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| Issue #1. Images copyright relevant owner |
One of my favourite comics as a boy was THUNDER, containing such gems as ADAM ETERNO, STEEL COMMANDO, BLACK MAX, GAUNTLET Of FATE, and various others, including a couple of one-page humour strips. Looking back at my collection, over 40 years later, I'm surprised by how boring the covers were - perhaps the most effective were issues 2 & 3 - and it was probably the comic's inability to stand out on the newsagent's counter which contributed to its remarkably short lifespan of only 22 issues.
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| Issue #2 |
Thunder's most impressive strip was undoubtedly Adam Eterno, the man who couldn't die - unless struck a fatal blow by an object made of solid gold. (So a glancing blow on the back of his head from a gold-plated cigarette lighter was hardly going to bring him down.) Adam survived for quite a few years, first when Thunder was absorbed by LION, and then when Lion was merged with VALIANT - before disappearing into comics limbo and the fond memories of former readers lucky enough to have caught this short-lived comic thunderclap.
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| Issue #3 |
Below: The first-ever instalment of Adam Eterno from Thunder #1.
