tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post1834907778519098011..comments2024-03-28T18:40:59.101+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: KLASSIC KOMIC KOVERS - GIANT-SIZE AVENGERS #1...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-2141491002645747142016-06-15T18:42:17.307+01:002016-06-15T18:42:17.307+01:00They were essentially the same thing, CJ, content-...They were essentially the same thing, CJ, content-wise at least. The '70s 'Giant-Size' titles were regular titles, the Annuals were meant to come out every year, but didn't always. (For example, 6 Captain America 'King-Size Specials/Annuals' in 10 or so years.) Sometimes a mag was an 'Annual' one year, a 'King-Size Special' the next. The 'Giant-Size' titles were intended as ongoing regular titles, but most of them faded after several (or a few in some cases) issues. The Specials were, in the main, sold in the U.K., but perhaps were sold out before you had a chance to see them.<br /><br />******<br /><br />That would certainly have been interesting, DD.<br /><br />******<br /><br />When I first looked at the cover, PM, it screamed 'Romita' to me, but a couple of figures are suggestive of the way Ron Wilson positioned characters. The only credit I can find for the cover is JM, but I wonder if he perhaps inked another artist's work and revised it in places. Once Romita inked something, it tended to look like his style. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-17154788512390546252016-06-15T18:18:01.423+01:002016-06-15T18:18:01.423+01:00Mr Romitas work always sparkles - love this cover....Mr Romitas work always sparkles - love this cover.paul Mcscottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982725171182221096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-44209443141917510082016-06-15T15:40:33.235+01:002016-06-15T15:40:33.235+01:00Much as I love John Buscema's Thor, that cover...Much as I love John Buscema's Thor, that cover makes me wish Romita had had a run on the title at some point!Dave Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562199843047738071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-16009907069986843842016-06-15T15:32:03.644+01:002016-06-15T15:32:03.644+01:00I can never understand the difference between the ...I can never understand the difference between the "Giant Size" specials and the annuals. Kid, were any of them available in the UK because I never saw any at all - I was able to buy the U.S. Marvel comics (much more easily from about 1979) and the Treasury Editions but never the Giant-Size/annuals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com