tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post6189839152696163355..comments2024-03-28T18:40:59.101+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: CAPTAIN BRITAIN COVER, SPLASH PAGE & IMAGE GALLERY - PART FIVE...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-6565073765525815772015-05-22T11:43:24.617+01:002015-05-22T11:43:24.617+01:00Well, maybe those who were balding wore bowler hat...Well, maybe those who were balding wore bowler hats? Thanks for the link, Phil - I'll check it out.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-7770584054278339102015-05-22T07:41:27.327+01:002015-05-22T07:41:27.327+01:00I was reading the archives of comics should be goo...I was reading the archives of comics should be good and Brian Cronin pointed out that Lance Hunter, agent on the SHIELD tv show, was introduced in Captain Britain as head of STRIKE. I completely forgot until I saw the story. I remember it now, because he had a bowler hat and he was balding. Because as we know, everyone in Britain in the 1970s walked around with a bowler hat. http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2014/09/23/when-we-first-met-more-agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d/#more-172764Philnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-40581404930811630062015-05-18T10:28:22.090+01:002015-05-18T10:28:22.090+01:00Yup, issues 117-128 were printed in FF Masterworks...Yup, issues 117-128 were printed in FF Masterworks Volume 12. ('Thunder In The Ruins' is #118.)Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-88422287629890014312015-05-18T07:16:48.068+01:002015-05-18T07:16:48.068+01:00Btw I only read those FF stories once, the post Ki...Btw I only read those FF stories once, the post Kirby era, the Busema era. does anyone know if they have been reprinted in the Marvel Masterworks color reprints and what issues? I would like to re read them.Philnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-20137092645167971452015-05-17T23:50:44.281+01:002015-05-17T23:50:44.281+01:00Steranko was emulating Kirby, I think, but taking ...Steranko was emulating Kirby, I think, but taking it a few steps further. The CA & CB artist was trying to 'suggest' JK without doing an outright imitation, I think. Yeah, it does look like it was done with Rotring pens, 'though I was thinking more a BIC ballpoint.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-2114376171385678342015-05-17T23:16:56.183+01:002015-05-17T23:16:56.183+01:00I was thinking Herb Trimpe did alright with this p...I was thinking Herb Trimpe did alright with this project.<br />It lacked something but it is alright.<br /> <br /> And then there it was,ping!<br /><br />That drawing of Cap and Cap shaking hands.<br /><br />I have to the left of me a pile of these early Captain Britain comics,well within arms reach.<br />But I cant be bothered reading them due to the lack of pizzazz,and i can read the other strips in better quality elsewhere.<br />If I had bothered to read or flick through them i would have seen that drawing of Cap and Cap shaking hands,and remembered the pondering.<br /><br />I probably thought about it for the rest of the week.<br /><br />It suggested to me that I wanted a set of RotRing pens.<br /><br />Steranko's SHIELD is what I consider capturing the 'Kirby' look.<br />What a spectacular rip-off.<br />I first read some of these stories in an Alan Class comic.<br />Just wonderful.<br />True Pizzazz!<br /><br />baabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07388667792167744260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-59279207844846747012015-05-17T22:31:16.381+01:002015-05-17T22:31:16.381+01:00Also, they couldn't always make up their mind ...Also, they couldn't always make up their mind on where a story split. In at least one ish of MWOM, they had a 'continued next issue' box on the page where they'd decided to cut an FF tale in two. When you turned the page, there was the next one, with the same caption box. That's why I once said that some British Marvel mags sometimes had a 'makeshift' quality about them.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-46099053255312152082015-05-17T22:08:04.214+01:002015-05-17T22:08:04.214+01:00That wasn't the only time Marvel UK had mixed-...That wasn't the only time Marvel UK had mixed-up pages - Savage Sword Of Conan (monthly) No.8, 9 and 11 all had some pages printed in the wrong order, once was bad enough but three times out of four issues was ridiculous - it really p*ssed me off at the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-59531838965715637532015-05-17T21:07:23.541+01:002015-05-17T21:07:23.541+01:00Actually, Phil, I don't think that's a bad...Actually, Phil, I don't think that's a bad drawing at all. I suspect the artist was trying to capture the 'Kirby' look, and compromised his own style in the process. Some colour would've given it a little 'life', I think. It seems to have worked on the FF pin-up (which first appeared on the back of a Treasury Edition) because that's hardly JK at his finest. Some of the new splash pages are decidedly dodgy 'though. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-91073678068619287532015-05-17T20:54:35.313+01:002015-05-17T20:54:35.313+01:00I remember those. It's quite bizarre looking a...I remember those. It's quite bizarre looking at the difference in art between Steranko, Buscema and Kirby, then we get the artist who did the black and white Cap A meets Cap B poster. It's like dudes couldn't you have afforded to pay for a better artist? Philnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-81012745678022778182015-05-17T17:36:48.440+01:002015-05-17T17:36:48.440+01:00I know, JP - I'm almost as famous for my gener...I know, JP - I'm almost as famous for my generosity as I am for my humility. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-83573596176380558652015-05-17T15:28:24.025+01:002015-05-17T15:28:24.025+01:00This is the point when I got my first ever MWOM!
A...This is the point when I got my first ever MWOM!<br />Another excellent, generous post, Kid!John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.com