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Sunday 22 September 2013

PART FIFTEEN OF THE MIGHTY WORLD OF MARVEL COVER GALLERY...

Images copyright MARVEL COMICS

Well, another look at some covers and interior images from The MIGHTY WORLD Of MARVEL must be long overdue, so let's remedy that situation right away. By this time, the colour within MWOM was fast-diminishing - only the exterior covers were still full-colour and the interior spot-green was soon to disappear, leaving only deadly dark and overdone grey tones which obliterated most of the detail. It's not too apparent in the following pages, but you'll see in the next part how evident the decline is.

So be sure to join us again then. Meanwhile, enjoy the pretty pics presented for all you particular patrons of this pandemonious place of powerfully perfect pages and pulsating pin-ups.

I got my original copy of this ish while on holiday in Blackpool in 1973. It contains no pin-ups, alas

6 comments:

Nick Caputo said...: Hi Kid,

Like the new look and logo! It looks like all the covers were drawn by Rich Buckler and inked by Mike Esposito and Frank Giacoia. Nice stuff as always and I look forward to more.; 22 September 2013 at 22:32
Kid said...: And more you shall have, Nick - before too long. Incidentally, did you mean the blog logo or the comic's logo? Nice to hear from you - as usual.; 22 September 2013 at 22:51
baab said...: Gil Kane drawing The Hulk,I truly loved this .

I cannot believe the age I was when these issues came out.
My kids are that age now.
I will have to keep that in mind.; 23 September 2013 at 00:27
Kid said...: Scary to think it was 40 years ago, eh, Baab? Where did my life go?; 23 September 2013 at 00:39
Nick Caputo said...: Blog Logo, nice stuff!; 3 October 2013 at 01:05
Kid said...: Thanks, Nick.; 3 October 2013 at 01:10

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.

Copyright Notice:

Images remain the property of their respective copyright owners and are used here only for the purpose of review, promotion, and nostalgia.

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In the case of images culled from my own collection where copyright of an item isn't mine, I impose no copying restrictions on fellow bloggers.

(Although, if you don't allow copying on your own site, then you really shouldn't be copying from others, should you?)

And while you can credit this blog if you like, it's not mandatory. Who has time to make notes of every casually visited site during an idle browse of the internet?

In the case of anyone copying images of my own artwork and calligraphy, I affirm my right to be identified as the creator, and any such copying should not be for the purpose of monetary or material gain. (Unless it's mine.)

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