Tuesday, 25 March 2014

PART TWO OF JOHN BYRNE'S FANTASTIC FOUR COVER GALLERY...

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Well, I could write a great long screed here, which would doubtless have you enthralled and hanging on every word, such is my majestic mastery of the English language.  However, I know you don't visit this blog to read what I have to say, regardless of how witty and entertaining I happen to be.  So, I won't detain you any longer from enjoying JOHN BYRNE's dramatic and dynamic delineations of MARVEL's first and favourite family, The FANTASTIC FOUR.  Be warned though - you may have to endure a few self-indulgent footnotes along the way. 



I got this issue from a Glasgow newsagent's at the far end of a street that led to the Barras.
I was doing a signwriting job that day and the guy I was with was shocked to see I'd bought
a comic.  Perhaps he thought it was a comic for girls because of Sue on the cover



This was another one I remember reading in the Blue Lagoon while devouring a Fish
& Chips tea.  In fact, the previous issue may also have enjoyed that distinction


This is another comic I got by mail order from Dave Hern's Wonderworld Comics in
Bournemouth.  Not 100% sure, but I may have got the previous ish at the same time

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2 comments:

  1. Simon B 26 March 2014 at 00:11

    Some beautiful Byrne artwork there! His take on FF ( actually his second run on the comic )was one of my favourite periods in the mag's history. Nice to see Terry Austin's inks on #250's cover, giving it that "X-Men" look.
    It's funny you should mention buying some of these comics from Wonderworld. I used to deal with Dave Hearn too and had quite a few mail-order subscriptions from him over the years. Back in the day there was really nothing like receiving a parcel of shiny new comics through the post! Ah, the simple pleasures of life...

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  2. Kid26 March 2014 at 00:51

    His 'first' run is included in the first Omnibus volume, Cerebus, but he was only the artist on those tales (apart from a couple of issues), and it was a short run at that.

    It was a friend I used to work with who recommended Wonderworld to me, and I got quite a few comics from him which I still have. Yeah, it was always great receiving one of those parcels.

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