tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post3307308917101382058..comments2024-03-28T18:40:59.101+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: SPIDER-MAN COMICS WEEKLY #1 - FORTY-FOURTH ANNIVERSARY...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-65305179343208284312017-02-12T13:29:21.584+00:002017-02-12T13:29:21.584+00:00I'm biased - I particularly love THIS one.I'm biased - I particularly love THIS one.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-31354909137801321432017-02-12T13:19:42.742+00:002017-02-12T13:19:42.742+00:00...Which is exactly why I love them so much!
:-)...Which is exactly why I love them so much!<br />:-)John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-73214916275859708622017-02-12T12:37:21.382+00:002017-02-12T12:37:21.382+00:00At least you can re-experience them on blogs like ...At least you can re-experience them on blogs like this one, JP.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-78479466636284076642017-02-12T12:05:21.567+00:002017-02-12T12:05:21.567+00:00Well, once I spotted POTA #4, I HAD to get that &q...Well, once I spotted POTA #4, I HAD to get that "for my bother" ( cough! ) and put in a regular order with my music papers. And, of course, this led to Drac Lives, which led to....well, you know how it is! In the latter part of the 70's I would have to try at least one copy of every title and picked up quite a.few from second-hand comic shops in Darlington. I used to really LOVE those shops! I would have gladly worked in one shop in particular for free!! But, alas, we need money to live with!<br />Anyway, this reignited my passion and throughout the 80's I would collect avidly, both UK and US comics.<br />But, had to let most of them go in the mid 90's for a mere "Pitt-ance" of their true worth, (sob, sob!) The house was getting overrun, the floorboards were groaning.<br />But, better to have loved and lost and all that!....John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-22883051420629821312017-02-11T23:36:11.303+00:002017-02-11T23:36:11.303+00:00Did you start buying them once you knew about them...Did you start buying them once you knew about them, JP?Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-71086126342655210562017-02-11T22:04:34.727+00:002017-02-11T22:04:34.727+00:00Well, shame on me! I was having a bit of a rest fr...Well, shame on me! I was having a bit of a rest from comics when this came out and was blissfully unaware that Marvel had come to the UK and released a couple of titles!<br />Round about this time, I was buying loads of music papers - Disc, Sounds, Record Mirror, NME & Melody Maker. I wish I had kept all of those too!<br />I was still buying comics for my brother, e.g. Look-In and Whizzer & Chips, so I don't know how I never spotted them!John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-31390155333313839842017-02-11T13:37:31.396+00:002017-02-11T13:37:31.396+00:00Glad to be of assistance, S.Glad to be of assistance, S.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-90226075246103291432017-02-11T11:58:05.300+00:002017-02-11T11:58:05.300+00:00Thanks Kid,it would have been the 67 Pow one I had...Thanks Kid,it would have been the 67 Pow one I had , great free gifts, I wore them with pride on my white 60,s tee shirts.Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-48682443541778123732017-02-11T11:17:08.801+00:002017-02-11T11:17:08.801+00:00Easy-peasy! There was a Spider-Man iron-on transfe...Easy-peasy! There was a Spider-Man iron-on transfer given away with Pow! #2 in 1967, and also in The Mighty World Of Marvel #2 in 1972. (They weren't the same transfer obviously.)Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-32481050671963747042017-02-11T11:11:50.425+00:002017-02-11T11:11:50.425+00:00Hi Kid,Could you help me solve a mystery from my p...Hi Kid,Could you help me solve a mystery from my past.I remember having the Ironman tee shirt transfer and I thought that in the next issue<br />the free gift was a a Spider-Man iron on transfer but I can't find any information about.I hope it wasn't just a dream because I remember it so clearly.Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-56783954196627622332017-02-10T21:52:47.688+00:002017-02-10T21:52:47.688+00:00By the time I could afford the 50p, #s 1 & 2 w...By the time I could afford the 50p, #s 1 & 2 were gone, so #3 was the first (and only) issue I received. I now have a full set - as well as the membership card, poster, and Hulk envelope. (Not signed by Steranko 'though.) You'll no doubt have seen them on the blog. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-34297269293659364332017-02-10T20:48:59.381+00:002017-02-10T20:48:59.381+00:00I so remember this. I also joined FOOM and a few y...I so remember this. I also joined FOOM and a few years ago Steranko signed my envelope, he designed the Hulk cover. Phil Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-69679481206995226032017-02-10T10:52:12.340+00:002017-02-10T10:52:12.340+00:00I haven't been in A1 since last year or the ye...I haven't been in A1 since last year or the year before. The area doesn't seem so busy these days, what with some other shops (like the model shop) closing. I've got Terrific's Iron Man transfer, plus the MWOM Hulk and Spidey ones.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-27823691014899042722017-02-10T10:39:40.896+00:002017-02-10T10:39:40.896+00:00I miss AKA and the Virginia Galleries ("A1&qu...I miss AKA and the Virginia Galleries ("A1" is now almost entirely a toy shop) - I suspected my free gift in MWOM issue 1 was probably pilfered ( an iron on transfer was pretty good back then) strangely no one ever nicked those free plastic planes they gave away in the late 70s early 80s!Paul McScotty Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16300292599442281225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-54840599126435477112017-02-10T10:30:48.418+00:002017-02-10T10:30:48.418+00:00Talking about posters, PM, when we moved from this...Talking about posters, PM, when we moved from this house to another in 1983, I couldn't take my 1975 The Super-Heroes and Savage Sword of Conan posters with me because they were glued to the wall. A year or two later, I was in AKA in the Virginia Galleries and saw a back issue of the weekly SSOC #1 with the poster still inside, so I bought it. When I got home, I discovered it also had The Super-Heroes poster as well, so I was well-pleased. They had obviously never been removed (I could tell by the staples), so the comic must have left the printers like that in 1975. (The posters are up in their original positions on the wall of the very room of the house we moved from in 1983 and returned to in '87.) The point of that story being that some comics had posters, some had none - and some had two. Of course, there's always the possibility that someone stole the posters from the issues in your newsagent's.<br /><br />The two Epic volumes of Ditko's Spidey are well-worth having - I know 'cos I've got 'em. (Along with the Omnibus volume, the Masterworks editions, the Marvel Tales reprints, etc.)<br /><br />Yeah, 44 years ago. Astounding, eh? Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-22795167530274035282017-02-10T10:11:57.039+00:002017-02-10T10:11:57.039+00:00I still remember the excitement at hearing Marvel ...I still remember the excitement at hearing Marvel in the UK was bringing out a new weekly featuring Spider-man and Thor and couldn't wait to rush and get it. However, despite this being one of the pivotal comics in my "geeky" life I can't actually recall where I bought it (unlike MWOM and the Avengers weekly for which I have almost total recollection) Strangely my free gift was not in my copy (not a big loss, as you say it was basically a paper bag) and similarly the free gifts were also missing in 2 other Marvel UK books I purchased :the free gifts in my MWOM 1 (although I got a another issue with the gift) and the Savage Sword of Conan monthly Magazine 1 were also not included - as Conan was put aside for me I asked the newsagent about it and he checked his other 4 editions he had and they were also all mising the "free" poster.<br /><br />One of the few comic regrets I have is giving almost all my early SMCW away to a charity shop back in the early 90s (I still have the first 5) still I am eyeing up purchasing the Ditko Epic collection of those early Spider-man tales (will take up less space as well) oh I forgot to add , 44 years ago.... Aaaaaargh!Paul McScotty Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16300292599442281225noreply@blogger.com