The COMIC THAT DOESN'T EXIST...

Image copyright MARVEL COMICS

Well, it does exist, but there's only one single copy, so the title isn't too much of a cheat.  (Did grab ya though, huh?)  British comics readers of a certain age will remember the DOUBLE DOUBLE COMICS from the 1960s that used to be on sale in newsagents.  They consisted of unsold, random, de-covered issues that were bound together four at a time by distributors THORPE & PORTER, and given a new cover that very often had little or nothing to do with the contents.  (Apart from featuring one of the interior heroes - and I'm not even sure if that was guaranteed on all occasions.)

The mags were comprised mainly of DC issues, hence titles like SUPERMAN DOUBLE DOUBLE COMICS, ACTION COMICS DOUBLE DOUBLE COMICS, and so on.  How-ever, occasionally the odd MARVEL mag found itself included, squeezed 'self-consciously' between a JLA tale and a BLACKHAWK adventure.  Essentially, they were 'pot luck' comics, because these omnibus mags (with the same covers) could sometimes contain a completely different mix to one another.  One thing they certainly were, though, was value for money, as four mags for the price of two was not to be sneezed at.

A good few years back, I happened to have a spare copy each of The MIGHTY THOR #s 242-245, which were surplus to requirements.  (I had upgraded to better condition copies.)  So I took off the covers, glued the issues together, trimmed them, then cut out the story blurbs from three of the covers and stuck them onto the one I had chosen to adorn my self-produced 'Double Double Comic'.  The result wasn't too bad at all, if I say so myself.  I recently scanned the 'composite' cover and printed it onto card, finally replacing the 'patchwork' one I had originally made, lo, those many years ago. That's the completed product above, though I now wish I'd added a small Marvel logo to the space above the Thor pic on the top-left.

And just think - it's the only one of its kind in existence!

PART SIX Of JOHNNY FUTURE And The KILLER ROBOT...

Copyright REBELLION

"Patience is a virtue" and "All things come to he who waits" are two old sayings which, with this very post, I have demonstrated to be true beyond any reasonable smidgen of doubt.  After all, weren't you all waiting for the next episode of JOHNNY FUTURE's epic battle against the forces of evil, in his ongoing quest for truth, justice and the British way of life?  Of course you were!  Why wouldn't you be?

So here it is.  Drawn by the amazing LUIS BERMEJO and culled from the weekly '60s POWER PACK paper periodical, FANTASTIC, it's an absolute belter!  I won't hold you back from it any longer - get stuck right in!