New York among all local children shows in this market" with an average ARB rating of 15.2. Sales revenue after eight weeks was $750,000. By January 1963, Supercar had been sold into 140 U.S. and 49 foreign markets for $1.9 million in total sales, guaranteeing production of a second series of shows. Comic book In the U.K., comics based on the series appeared in TV Comic in the years 1961–1964, running from issue #483 (18 March 1961) until issue #667 (26 September 1964). These stories were drawn by H. Watts and Bill Mevin. Further Supercar comics were published in TV Century 21, from 23 January 1965 to 8 Jan. 1966, drawn by Bruno Marraffa. Supercar was the first Gerry Anderson series to be adapted as a comic book in America, with the Gold Key company releasing four issues between November 1962 and August 1963. Misc!Mayhem Productions in the USA planned to release a five-issue Supercar licensed comic book mini-series "picking up where the classic Gerry Anderson TV series left off". Only the first issue (Vol. 1. No.0) appeared in February 2003. Soundtrack In 1998, Fanderson issued a limited-edition album of Barry Gray's music from the series, paired with his work on Fireball XL5. It was the first soundtrack album produced by the society. In 2013, the society released a second limited-edition disc, this one completely devoted to the series. Reception Noting aspects such as the lack of female regular characters, Marcus Hearn describes Supercar as being "squarely aimed at little boys of the Meccano era". He also writes that the series' over-arching "rescue theme", as well as its "fetishisation" of technology, make it comparable to APF's later science-fiction productions. Reviewing Supercar for DVD Talk, Glenn Erickson gave the series the highest rating of "Excellent", praising its puppet sets, scale model work, special effects and "razor-sharp" cinematography. He wrote that the production values were of a kind which "simply weren't seen in 1960 children's programming, which made this peppy half-hour programme a sure bet for syndication." He also commented that the inclusion of Mitch the Monkey as an anthropomorphic character was a welcome departure from other children's shows, which typically focused on "Lassie-like genius animals". By contrast, Matt Hinrichs rated the series two out of five, describing it as a "primitive precursor to Stingray, Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet", and best skipped. Calling the production standards "modest", he wrote that much of