FANTASTIC COVER GALLERY - PART FOURTEEN...

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Before your pulsating peepers lies six of the final ten front and back covers from FANTASTIC, a weekly comic published by ODHAMS PRESS back in the latter half of the '60s.  That means there are only four more examples to go before we bring down the curtain on this series for the last time.  On view here are issues 80-85, with 86-89 still to come in our final instalment, which will also include the covers to the Fantastic Summer Special and three Annuals.  So are you ready?  Okay, then let's go!

Be here for the final instalment of Fantastic Cover Gallery - coming soon.

The THING From The SWAMP - PART ONE...

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As I roam the streets of Sheffield - oops, sorry - wrong blog.  As I patrol the local environs of my town clad in my homemade superhero costume, ready to right wrongs and dispense instant justice to neighbourhood miscreants, people often say to me:  "Why are you dressed like that, you feckin' psycho?"  To which I reply:  "Stop picking on me, or I'll tell my mum."  Thankfully, that only happens when my normal clothes are in the wash and it's too cold to go out in my pyjamas - and besides, there's a guy down the road who thinks he's Elvis, which just goes to show that there's always someone far worse off than yourself.  Now, where's my 'Smarties'?

Anyway, for this post, I thought you'd enjoy seeing some terrific covers by TOM YEATES from The SAGA Of The SWAMP THING.  Having been a regular reader of ol' Swampy's original comic back in the '70s, I was overjoyed to see him awarded his own magazine again in 1982.  It gave me the opportunity not only to catch up with an old friend, but also to get in on the ground floor of what became a highly collectable series.  The release of this title inspired me to eventually hunt down and re-obtain Dr. ALEC HOLLAND's previous 24 issue run of four-colour classics, which, I'm proud to say, I still have in my collection today.

However, it's the second series we're going to focus on for the moment, so - without further ado - here are the first six covers for you to drool over.

 

COMIC COVERS 'SNAP'! - PART NINE...

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The DEMON Of GOTHOS MANSION was a cracking tale (Gromit), with a cracking cover.  Does anybody else think, like me, that if BATMAN comics were still this good then more people might buy them?  I first read this DENNY O'NEIL, IRV NOVICK & DICK GIORDANO story in b&w when it was reprinted in the BATMAN From The '30s To The '70s volume, and I obtained the original comic quite a few years back.  Anyway, NEAL ADAMS' cover art is moody and mysterious, and actually a lot more effective than the 1939 BOB KANE one which inspired it.  Agree?  Disagree?  Feel like a pizza?  Let us all know in the comments section.