tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post1440302110140646232..comments2024-03-28T16:55:49.068+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: FABULOUS FLASHBACKS: FANTASTIC AT FIFTY...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-82160874964757580252017-02-13T18:50:50.142+00:002017-02-13T18:50:50.142+00:00You missed a treat, PM, by not being into Fantasti...You missed a treat, PM, by not being into Fantastic and Terrific, especially as the former had Luis Bermejo's Johnny Future. However, as far as the Marvel stories go, it was only a delayed treat, as the stories were later reprinted in the Marvel U.K. line. I'm surprised to read that you thought there was a lot of reading in Fantastic 'though, as, despite the higher page count, the pages of Wham!, Smash!, and Pow! were far more packed (on account of there being more panels per page) with content than F and T.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-64736226692502221482017-02-13T16:15:59.154+00:002017-02-13T16:15:59.154+00:00I think it was the format on Fantastic etc , there...I think it was the format on Fantastic etc , there was a heck of a lot of reading in the comic and added to that it was black and white so was not that appealing to me (at least) as a 7 year old. I much preferred the short sports/ adventure etc type stories in UK comics at the time and the humour strips. Added to that I wasn’t that aware of Marvels characters then and was more into the simple colour strips in the DC US comics with mostly simpler storylines. Whams format (and Pow and Smash) were much more to my liking with a mix of superheroes, humour and adventure tales. By the time MWOM came on the scene I had just started high school and was a sophisticated man of the world with a wider pallet of tastes, rather than the impudent imp of child I had been in the “Fantastic” days paul Mcscottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982725171182221096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-32742217428845083222017-02-11T23:34:43.366+00:002017-02-11T23:34:43.366+00:00And I've got all of them, JP. I just couldn...And I've got all of them, JP. I just couldn't be bothered digging out the comics to scan. Maybe I'll add them later. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-4651561213699039172017-02-11T22:18:08.499+00:002017-02-11T22:18:08.499+00:00Well , 50 years ago today ( well, it was a Saturda...Well , 50 years ago today ( well, it was a Saturday anyway ), I went to Walsall market with our Uncle Albert, ( who incidentally never once started a sentence with ".... During the war...." ) and I was glancing through a copy of this to see what all the fuss was about, after seeing it heavily publicised in Smash and Pow. Uncle Albert immediately bought it for me and once we got back to my Granny's house and I read it, well I just HAD to get this every week!<br />Anyway, in recent times I have looked for the other 3 Power comics' pennants on the net and found these on EBay and bookmarked the page, if anyone's curious to see what they looked like?<br />http://www.ebay.co.uk/gds/Power-Comics-Fantastic-Pow-Smash-Wham-Pennants-/10000000011703423/g.html<br /><br />John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-578428801045273492017-02-11T10:10:23.543+00:002017-02-11T10:10:23.543+00:00I was 8 when Fantastic first came out, PM, but I d...I was 8 when Fantastic first came out, PM, but I didn't buy it 'til #7. Considering you later liked MWOM, I'm a bit surprised that Fantastic didn't appeal to you at the time, but as you say, it was a bit pricey. I did have the chance of buying #3 in Glasgow when it first came out, but decided not to because of the disgusting free gift, which was anathema to me. Sometimes I lay all 89 issues out on the carpet just so I can see all the covers at the same time. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-83869726630870981032017-02-11T10:01:05.576+00:002017-02-11T10:01:05.576+00:00I never bought "Fantastic" (or Terrific ...I never bought "Fantastic" (or Terrific for that matter) as I recall it was a bit pricey at that time for a comic and the strips were not really what I liked as a 6 or 7 year old (preferring UK humour and adventure such as Buster Lion etc). However' like most kids at that time we did get the first 3 issues of "Fantastic" for the free gifts - I clearly remember the free transfers in issue 2 (had no idea what the heck you were to do with the free pennants in issue 1) were not liked by my parents (normally ok with comics etc) - My abiding memory of Fantastic at the time was it was a lot of reading and pretty drab (of course now it looks great to me)Paul McScotty Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16300292599442281225noreply@blogger.com