The Merchandise Guide
Comics: Uzay 1999
Compiled by Martin Willey

The Turkish comic Uzay 1999 ("Space 1999") was published in Istanbul by Çizgi. Dates are not known, but probably 1976-1979. One interior page has a hand-written date of August 1979, suggesting it followed the Vampirella comic reprints. It reprinted strips from the US Charlton black and white comic.

At least two issues were produced, both containing exactly the same stories. Each issue was 66 pages and digest sized (16.5cm x 24cm). The covers were colourful Frank Frazetta-like space paintings, reprinted by Warren's Eerie magazine.

Uzay 1999 Volume 1

The cover box reads Televizyon' un sevilen dizisi UZAY 1999 - Komutan König ve arkadaslari (Television's popular series Space 1999 - Commander Konig and his friends).

• A Lonely Emperor (from Vol 2 No 4, May 1976)
• The Perpetual Metamorphosis (from Vol 2 No 7, Sep 1976)
• Class Determination: Alien Insecta! (from Vol 2 No 4, May 1976)
• Paradise Progression (from Vol 2 No 6, Aug 1976)

Uzay 1999 Volume 2

The stories are exactly the same as volume 1. The sub-title is "Science fiction dizisi: 2" (science fiction volume: 2).

Vampirella (Benli)

Space: 1999 was one of the strips in the 1977 Turkish edition of the horror comic Vampirella, which republished material from the American comic of the same name, originally published by Warren. The Turkish publisher was Mehmet K. Benli. The final issue was January 1978.

There are 11 issues in total, and cover all 11 stories that are in Charlton Issues 4, 6, 7, and 8.

Possibly around 1979, Tay published 6 reprint compilations from Vampirella, 2 of which contained Space: 1999.

March 1977	3 page series article, The Metamorph (from Vol 2 No 8). Cover is a mash-up of Charlton vol 2 no 8 (art by Gray Morrow) and Vampirella 30 (Jan 1974, art by Enric)
April 1977	1 page Maya/Catherine Schell profile, Primary Life Form (from Vol 2 No 8)
May 1977	Snowball (from Vol 2 No 6) Introduction page used in the May and June issues. It consists of the artwork Eagle from the Contents page of Vol 2 No 4, and five of the photo images from the Contents page of Vol 2 No 6 from the Charlton comic.
June 1977	Just Like Home (from Vol 2 No 6)
July 1977	Paradise Progression (from Vol 2 No 6)
August 1977	A Lonely Emperor (from Vol 2 No 4)
September 1977	The Infinity Mechanism (from Vol 2 No 7)
October 1977	The Perpetual Metamorphosis (from Vol 2 No 7)
November 1977	Class Determination: Alien Insecta! (from Vol 2 No 4)
December 1977	Another Name for Hell (from Vol 2 No 4)
January 1978	Cosmic Headache (from Vol 2 No 7)

Vampirella (Tay)

Tay published 6 reprint compilation comics, only the last 2 of which included Space: 1999. They are undated, but believed to be 1979.

5	Just Like Home (from Vol 2 No 6 and Benli June 1977) The introduction page from Benli June 1977 (see May 1977 above), which seems to be photocopied with additional text: "In this issue we present to our readers an excerpt from the graphic novel of the famous television series..."
6	Primary Life Form (from Vol 2 No 8 and Benli April 1977) Includes the "Maya ve Uzay 1999" Catherine Schell profile from the Benli edition. Again it is a poor photocopy, with the additional text "Fantastik Sinema"