CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: PART TWO OF SUPER DC TEXT STORIES...

Monday, 3 March 2014

PART TWO OF SUPER DC TEXT STORIES...

And now, for your eager enjoyment, comes the text stories that accompanied the comic strip reprints contained within the pages of SUPER DC #s 4, 5 & 6. I'm not sure just who wrote these tales, but considering that editor MICK ANGLO did just about everything else on the mag, it wouldn't surprise me to learn that he penned these titanic text adventures too.

By the way, if anyone has a copy of Super DC #14 that they'd be willing to part with for a decent price, then get in touch via the Criv-ites comments section. Otherwise we're going to be two tales short of the full run. (Update: Number 14 has now been obtained.)

9 comments:

John Pitt said...: Thanks again for these. Obviously the UK contributions to Super DC , as with Fantastic , are much harder to come across. Good luck with#14.; 3 March 2014 at 22:40
Kid said...: Thanks, JP. It's proving difficult to track down, but maybe I'll get my hands on it one day.; 4 March 2014 at 04:52
andrew.kerr1961@googlemail.com said...: Took delivery of #14 yesterday, finally completing the set. Only skimmed through it but the text stories are both generic! No Batman or Superman!; 4 March 2014 at 10:18
Kid said...: Would you consider selling it, Andrew? Or sending me good quality scans of every page so that I can make a facsimile? I'd reimburse you for your time and trouble.

Or how about this for an idea? If you sell it to me (give you £15 for it), I'll make a high quality facsimile of the complete comic and send it to you.; 4 March 2014 at 12:40
andrew.kerr1961@googlemail.com said...: Couldn't sell it- like you I've been waiting a long long time for this one. However I was going to scan it and make a CBR for my own archive. I'll upload the raw scans to my 4shared account and send you the link if that's any good to you?; 4 March 2014 at 16:08
Kid said...: That would be much appreciated, Andrew - thanks.; 4 March 2014 at 19:38
Kid said...: Andrew, I've just come in to find your third attempt, and while I was looking at it, another one popped up. I haven't posted your comment with the link in case you don't want to share it with everybody, but if you want me to publish it, just say so.

Thanks once again for all your time and trouble. If there's a comic you'd like me to scan for you in return, just say so.; 15 March 2014 at 19:39
andrew.kerr1961@googlemail.com said...: Hi Kid, no problem. It's a bit of an odd issue isn't it? Almost as if the money was running out towards the end...; 17 March 2014 at 21:40
Kid said...: Andrew, what I always found odd was the fact that it was copyright-dated 1969 throughout its entire 14 issue, 1970/'71 run, and was priced at a shilling. (Later issues had 5p labels.) I've got two number ones, and the type-face of the page numbers and indicias is slightly different between the two versions, as is the page size.

If you ever decide you can part with #14, I'll give you £25 for it, inclusive of postage. In the meantime, I'm going to make a facsimile. Thanks again.; 17 March 2014 at 21:55

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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