tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post471120294846744536..comments2024-03-27T12:09:07.950+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: THE THING IS BIG BEN COVER & IMAGE GALLERY - PART ONE...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-87439296334060586062014-07-15T14:49:39.292+01:002014-07-15T14:49:39.292+01:00I'd say the name was more to do with giving th...I'd say the name was more to do with giving the comic a 'British' identity, JP, rather than cashing in on a rather obscure character aimed at a different age group. However, could it also have been used to take a little pop at Dez? Who knows! Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-18624221628884163402014-07-15T14:01:08.665+01:002014-07-15T14:01:08.665+01:00I preferred the 2-in-1 stories to the Thing solo s...I preferred the 2-in-1 stories to the Thing solo stories, especially around the "project pegasus" era. As for this comic - one of the last decent Marvel weeklies, shortly before a time when the only weekly titles they put out were licensed titles- bleak years for Marvel UK. As for the title - well Dez Skinn had Big Ben- the man with no time for crime in Warrior just before, so draw your own conclusions....John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-8222296662129790202014-07-14T23:19:38.849+01:002014-07-14T23:19:38.849+01:00I liked the US Marvel "Two in one" comic...I liked the US Marvel "Two in one" comic but I don't think the strips were strong enough for a UK weekly possibly with FF back up to round it off (then again tha might confuse readers with the Thing in some FF stories etc) - I suppose the "Big Ben" title was to make it sound more London/British - wasn't aware Hunt Emerson did anything for Marvel as always nice artwork from the ladAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166190927603182073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-24718957507355111162014-07-14T22:47:26.293+01:002014-07-14T22:47:26.293+01:00Let's give them points for trying, CJ. The fac...Let's give them points for trying, CJ. The fact is, the material they were printing in these later mags just didn't have the magic of the earlier stories.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-44035407806579815582014-07-14T22:27:25.007+01:002014-07-14T22:27:25.007+01:00Poor Marvel UK - how could they be reduced to prin...Poor Marvel UK - how could they be reduced to printing this tripe. Was this really the same company that produced MWOM, SMCW, POTA, the Titans and the Complete FF - the golden age for the weeklies ended with the final issues of MWOM and Super Spider-Man in January 1979 and then it was all downhill. It was despair at the new-look weeklies that caused me to switch permanently to U.S. imports.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com