Sunday, 30 June 2013

SUPER SUNDAY SPECIAL: THE RETURN OF JOHNNY FUTURE...

 
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For all you frantic followers of JOHNNY FUTURE, the caped and cowled crusader makes a welcome return to the pages of this humble blog in a new, regular, Sunday slot.  Drawn by LUIS BERMEJO and published in the pages of FANTASTIC in the 1960s, this is one of the more popular and best-remembered POWER COMICS strips of the time.
 
Incidentally, the figure in the final panel on the last page isn't the sole work of Luis Bermejo.  The artistic integrity of the picture has been compromised by clumsy retouching in an attempt to cover any suggestion of nakedness.  As you'll see in upcoming episodes, there is no consistency to the way the alterations have been executed, though you'd think that the editors would have assigned such revisions to someone with a degree of skill.  Apparently not, sadly.
 
It's a shame that portions of the art have been ruined in this way, but let's try not to dwell on these thankfully few instances and instead focus on untampered examples of comic strip art at its finest.
 
See you all next week for Part Two, fellow fans!
   

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6 comments:

  1. Jeffsee30 June 2013 at 15:23

    Wow! First more Frankie,then to top it all off Johnny makes a welcome return as well. You spoil us Kid!
    Thanks a heap. Looking forward to more of the same in the near future.

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  2. Kid30 June 2013 at 15:42

    Don't I just! I can't seem to help myself - altruism runs in my blood. I'm a veritable saint, I am. ((And humble with it.)

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  3. PhilSee30 June 2013 at 22:53

    I second Jeff's comments! What is it about mad scientists and their hair?!, this guys is rockin' an afro and beatnik beard just in case we didn't realise that the creation of a twenty foot monster wasn't enough of a pointer that he was a tad NQR. And I like the way JF wakes up one morning and finds that he has the power of flight! Thanks for these.

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  4. Kid30 June 2013 at 23:04

    And look at the beak on him. Isn't that Jon Pertwee with black hair?

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  5. DeadSpiderEye2 July 2013 at 00:19

    He flies now? I suppose sauntering to emergencies is a little incongruous for a super hero. just as long as he didn't develop brick-laying vision or breath.

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  6. Kid2 July 2013 at 00:57

    Or drive a Johnny-mobile. (Ooer, that sounds rude.) I mean a Future-mobile.

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