tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post4408176794973915969..comments2024-03-28T16:55:49.068+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: MARVEL PREMIERE DOCTOR WHO COVER & SPLASH PAGE GALLERY...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-7239155036905876942020-08-08T11:36:12.125+01:002020-08-08T11:36:12.125+01:00In my second-last comment, 'sptung' is obv...In my second-last comment, 'sptung' is obviously meant to be 'sprung'. (Or maybe even 'sprang'.) Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-67031772596437936942014-05-06T15:00:18.894+01:002014-05-06T15:00:18.894+01:00That reminds me, JP, of the time I was lettering a...That reminds me, JP, of the time I was lettering a Flintstones story for Marvel. It had originally been in English, then translated into a foreign language - then translated (not too well) back into English. Fred was wrestling a burglar and exclaimed "God, I'll kill you!", which I changed as HB cartoon characters aren't meant to blaspheme or threaten to murder anyone. It was the editor who had translated the strip, and she really didn't have a clue.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-20060402418026600322014-05-06T13:24:47.374+01:002014-05-06T13:24:47.374+01:00I got to wondering if this was also the first time...I got to wondering if this was also the first time a UK strip had been reprintedin an American comic. I remember that a Hulk UK strip was reprinted somewhere as a back - up story around this time. These 4 were the only ones I got, when DW got his own US title(s) I never came across any.Of course, there was soon to follow a plethora of our comics reprinted with all the 2000 AD material. - wonder what they did with JD's City Of The Damned story? - And this coming from the nation that gave the UK E.C. comics in the 50's!<br />Which reminds me, around 1959 my Dad bought me a Flintstones pocket book. I couldn't believe my eyes when I read, " Wilma, stop, you'll BOLLIX it up!"John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-40164422706754276062014-05-05T00:53:38.097+01:002014-05-05T00:53:38.097+01:00Actually, JP, the seeming discrepancy is merely do...Actually, JP, the seeming discrepancy is merely down to shorthand cover blurbs, if you think about it. Obviously, it's claiming to be the first U.S. comicbook appearance of either these particular strips, Tom Baker's incarnation of the Doctor, or a strip based on the BBC series. The Dell comicbook was an adaptation on a movie (not the series) featuring an alternate version of Doctor Who, who is only an ordinary earthling inventor, not a timelord from the planet Galifrey. So, the Marvel claim is, in a very real sense - with a choice of options - accurate.<br /><br />******<br /><br />Maybe you just got older, CJ, and what you would've regarded as tension when you were a kid just doesn't seem that 'tense' to you as an adult. Doctor who was pretty rubbish in 1989, but it was also pretty rubbish in 1979 as well, to my way of thinking. There came a time in the series when the characters all started to look as if they were having fun being chased, rather than being in fear of their lives, I'll give you that, but that goes back to long before the series was revived, I think. As for you not mentioning Marvel Premiere, don't worry about that - such strictures don't concern us on this blog. As long as the comment is even vaguely about the subject and is what sptung to your mind on reading the post, is fine.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-36059353842760486882014-05-05T00:36:57.449+01:002014-05-05T00:36:57.449+01:00I'm aware that my above comment makes no menti...I'm aware that my above comment makes no mention of Marvel Premiere but I never had any of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-32306652126811972002014-05-05T00:09:04.634+01:002014-05-05T00:09:04.634+01:00I got Doctor Who weekly when it first came out but...I got Doctor Who weekly when it first came out but only for a couple of issues as I found the style of it quite unappealing - the lettering for instance I didn't like, it looked untidy compared to U.S. Marvel comic lettering and I didn't like the art much either. To be honest, I've never been that much of a Who fan but I did watch the TV show especially in the Pertwee/Tom Baker period but I didn't shed any tears when it was cancelled and it probably would have been a lot better if it had been cancelled in 1979 rather than '89 and they could have avoided the sad '80s decline. I only watch modern Who now and again out of curiosity and the modern Doctors seem rather bland to me but Peter Capaldi could be interesting. But when I watch it there's no tension - the'70s Who always had a feeling of menace building up to the cliffhanger ending - nowadays there's no cliffhangers and no tension in my opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-46510813552564569752014-05-04T23:21:27.309+01:002014-05-04T23:21:27.309+01:00Also better point out that the "first US comi...Also better point out that the "first US comic book appearance" was incorrect. - the first was way back in the 60's with Dell's Dr. Who And The Daleks ( movie adaption ).John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-60819557649102565002014-05-04T21:40:51.264+01:002014-05-04T21:40:51.264+01:00And the winner of the most prolific blogger of the...And the winner of the most prolific blogger of the year award is........<br />Our newsagents didn't get #58 in the monthly bundles, so I had to send off for it, so it is the odd ( US ) one out of my four. Still at least I didn't have to walk miles to find a copy!John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.com