CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: PART EIGHT OF MIGHTY MARVEL COVER GALLERY...

Wednesday, 6 March 2013

PART EIGHT OF MIGHTY MARVEL COVER GALLERY...

Images copyright MARVEL COMICS

From the days when The MIGHTY WORLD Of MARVEL was still the toughest new kid on the block, comes another three covers with internal images to thrill and delight you. JIM STARLIN is still handling the cover artwork, with interior power-packed pages by JACK KIRBY and STEVE DITKO. Interestingly, you'll notice that, on the second-last page from the bottom, the illustration which originally graced the cover of JOURNEY Into MYSTERY #83 (which, back in 1962, was published with fewer STONE MEN From SATURN) has had the central figure of THOR The MIGHTY 'beefed up' from his original appearance.

There - edification as well as entertainment. So who said I never give you anything? Whoever it was, they were lying.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: Ahhh memories I remember the excitment of seeing in isuse 19 a new UK Marvel - of course we all knew it was going to be Spidey (but Thor was a pleasent addition) and the inculsion of DD in MWOM - That was just a wonderful period Marvel UK although it took me a few months to get into DD (loved the Wally Wood period and once Gene Colan took over that was me sold ) - Those covers by Starlin still hold up - Really enjoying all the UK Marvel stuff thanks for this - McScotty; 6 March 2013 at 19:38
Kid said...: A pleasure, McScotty.; 6 March 2013 at 20:05
Dougie said...: It's thrilling to see these again. As I'm certain you can appreciate, it only feels like months since those 70s Saturday mornings.; 9 March 2013 at 12:45
Kid said...: Sometimes only weeks, Dougie. I often feel I'm still living in the '70s, and am surprised when reminded of the actual year. Surprised and shocked, in fact. (And a little alarmed.); 9 March 2013 at 13:31

About the artist:

From 1985 to 2000 A.D. (little joke there), I contributed to a variety of high profile comics and magazines for various companies.

For IPC/FLEETWAY/EGMONT, I freelanced as a lettering and logo artist on various weekly comics and monthly magazines, and also as a resize comic artist and spot illustrator on pocket books, summer specials and annuals.

For MARVEL U.K., BLACK LIBRARY, REDAN and USBORNE BOOKS, I again freelanced as a lettering artist, also working as a restoration artist for MARVEL U.S., restoring and re-creating certain pages of JACK KIRBY art for their MARVEL MASTERWORKS editions.

I also lettered the MARVELMAN sample pages submitted to MARVEL U.S. when they were considering acquiring the character, which - as we all now know - they DID.

Supplied comic strips, cartoons and illustrated advertisements for local business campaigns and newspaper publication on a professional basis since the age of 16. Did my first paid art job for publication at 14 or 15 for Lanarkshire Education Board.

Have also made TV appearances as a collector of memorabilia.

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Just some of the titles I worked on are:

2000 A.D. * JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE * DICEMAN * SONIC The COMIC * JUDGE DREDD, LAWMAN Of The FUTURE * CRISIS * REVOLVER * EAGLE * TIGER * BATTLE ACTION-FORCE * BUSTER * WHIZZER & CHIPS * WHOOPEE * NIPPER * SCHOOL FUN * ACE VENTURA, PET DETECTIVE * The REAL GHOSTBUSTERS * DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE * COUNT DUCKULA * RUGRATS * The TRANSFORMERS * DEATH'S HEAD * THUNDERCATS * GALAXY RANGERS * DRAGON'S CLAWS * SINDY * MARVEL MASTERWORKS * The TROLLS * LOADED * INFERNO * WARHAMMER * ROSE BLACK.

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