Blind Genre Item: Helicarrier or Cloudbase?

Blind Genre Item: Helicarrier or Cloudbase?

Mar 11

Here’s a thought (not a useful one, but I find sitting in front of a computer with access to Wiki tends to cater to my wandering mind);

Which came first – the S.H.I.E.L.D Helicarrier in Marvel Comics or Spectrum’s Cloudbase in Captain Scarlet?

This came to mind as part of a giant office discussion on patterns in fiction, which itself grew out of a large debate about patterns that transcend simple lifting, borrowing, or homage (like the outcast boy wizard in British fiction or magical armor as found in Torchwood and the Jack Staff comic, concurrently.) After watching a clip from the last season of Doctor Who, wherein the Master had his flying base I got to pondering flying bases in general, hence today’s blind item.

And the answer is…

Nick Fury FTW!

The Helicarrier, designed by Jack Kirby himself, showed up in 1965 – Captain Scarlet didn’t arrive on the scene until 1967.