tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post7753543908402501724..comments2024-03-28T18:40:59.101+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: SUPER DC - IT'S A DATE...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-67330733057944943512017-11-02T19:15:31.613+00:002017-11-02T19:15:31.613+00:00It's one of those cases where they might not e...It's one of those cases where they might not even know they've got it. I think they acquired it automatically when they bought part of IPC, though my memory is vague on the details and might be misremembering some parts. I only noticed when I bought a 48 issue partwork of Look & Learn which features Trigan Empire from the first Ranger episodes, and the copyright line attributed the strip to DC/Warner.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-87408874207925698712017-11-02T16:45:23.313+00:002017-11-02T16:45:23.313+00:00No - I was completely clueless in that regard. I p...No - I was completely clueless in that regard. I pay so little attention to what Marvel & DC are doing in the publishing world these days that i missed that. When did it happen? I won't ask why they're just sitting on it. That's the way they work - buy up properties and warehouse them like the end of Raiders Of The Lost Ark.<br /><br />You included the Bumper Book in your previous post, so it was already here. I was surprised to find colour strips, but at first glance, it might actually be the least of them in terms of the articles & extras.-3-https://www.blogger.com/profile/18201804552651989442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-30117974494166570222017-11-02T11:34:17.032+00:002017-11-02T11:34:17.032+00:00I'm sure you know that The Trigan Empire is no...I'm sure you know that The Trigan Empire is now owned by DC Comics/Warner, so you'd think that they'd do something with the material to make Americans more aware of the strip. Incidentally, there's also a Super DC Bumper Book, so that may be worth your while trying to track down. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-44366721752985001582017-11-02T08:00:35.587+00:002017-11-02T08:00:35.587+00:00Well, when i thought it was just reprints, the boo...Well, when i thought it was just reprints, the book got ignored. Though i do like many of the annuals that mix American reprints and unique material.<br />For Super DC, it was you showing the bits with the Cybermen from #2 and The Saint from #1 that sent me digging. I much enjoyed Roger Moore's version, as well as Vincent Price on the radio and the original Leslie Charteris novels. The reprints themselves i'm scarcely glancing through. It's the articles and features that i'm loving.<br />I prefer the look and flow of the 2 page original version on Trigan Empire, and heartily endorse their policy of accuracy to the original. I seem to remember later stories in the collection varying heavily from the Ranger/Look And Learn versions.<br />I'm going to have to run a piece or three on The Rise And Fall Of The Trigan Empire soon. Far too few of the folks around here are aware of the saga, and that's just wrong.<br />-3-https://www.blogger.com/profile/18201804552651989442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-65140459976030079552017-11-02T07:32:43.110+00:002017-11-02T07:32:43.110+00:00Nice to know that an American likes a British comi...Nice to know that an American likes a British comic that reprints American strips. As for The Trigan Empire, I don't think I've seen the IDW books of that series, so can't say with certainty whether they use 2 or 3 page strips, but I'd suspect it's the 2 page versions as IDW usually try to be as archival as possible and that's how the strips first appeared.<br /><br />'Hijack' away, 3 - I don't mind. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-81910342998950515592017-11-02T06:15:52.908+00:002017-11-02T06:15:52.908+00:00The piece you posted on 12 October sent me off dig...The piece you posted on <a href="http://kidr77.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-definite-articles-from-pages-of.html" rel="nofollow">12 October</a> sent me off digging for this series. I hadn't really looked before, thinking it was just reprint strips. After you showed us a peek at the articles, the hunt was on.<br />The copy i found of #1 is the reprint edition, with two lines of credits on pg. 39.<br />No clue as to the reasons for the differences, nor can i help compare for variations with only the one version. Just wanted to tip the hat in thanks for putting me on to these.<br />And i liked that little bit about Patrick Macnee wanting to be a jockey and becoming an actor because he grew too tall. I wanted to be an astronaut, but growing past 185cm by the time 13 rolled around closed that and i followed the artist path instead.<br /><br />You've got me thinking about another variation encountered a not long back, concerning something else you mentioned - The Trigan Empire. Which version of Episode One does the IDW collection use? Two or three page version?<br />I first encountered the saga in an American collection from Chartwell that's almost 40 years old now. Much later, upon finding Ranger #1, it was quite surprising to find the first three pages of my book was originally only two. <i>(Sorry - didn't mean to hijack the topic)</i><br /><br />-3-https://www.blogger.com/profile/18201804552651989442noreply@blogger.com