CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: PART FOUR OF CAPTAIN BRITAIN COVER, SPLASH PAGE & IMAGE GALLERY...

Monday, 4 May 2015

PART FOUR OF CAPTAIN BRITAIN COVER, SPLASH PAGE & IMAGE GALLERY...

Images copyright MARVEL COMICS

Presenting highlights from yet another thrilling three MARVEL U.K. CAPTAIN BRITAIN comics from the sizzlin' 1970s. CB, FF and NICK FURY - this mag should've lasted longer than it did, but sad to say, somehow failed to grab the loyalty (and dosh) of enough readers to keep it going! However, not much point now in beating yourselves up over your failure to support this Mighty Marvel Mag (if you were around at the time) - just enjoy the incredible images that lie before you. And check out those great KIRBY and STERANKO pin-ups!

10 comments:

Anonymous said...: Well, I DID support it - I had every single issue, even sticking with it after the switch to black & white which was very disappointing. Kid, which of these was the one where the pages were all printed out of order ?; 4 May 2015 at 13:28
Kid said...: That's the next two issues, I believe, CJ. However, although I'll mention that, I'll probably post the pages in the right order to avoid confusion.; 4 May 2015 at 13:55
DeadSpiderEye said...: It's all my fault, I didn't buy a single issue, I just flipped through 'em on the shelves in Smiths. I was too busy chasing... ooh what are they called now, you know, they spend all your money, take an hour and half in front of the mirror before they got out the door...; 4 May 2015 at 14:19
Kid said...: Ah, so YOU'RE to blame, DSE! That'll be women you're talking about. Yeah, they're good at that, aren't they?!; 4 May 2015 at 15:04
John Pitt said...: Add me on to the blame list, - I only had a couple of issues first time around, which is why this series is so good for me - It's almost like getting these weeklies brand new!
I actually discovered how good the original CB was from the TPB reprints.
( - on your recommendation, I might add! ); 4 May 2015 at 22:18
Kid said...: Glad you liked these early tales, JP - otherwise you'd be asking ME to refund you the cost of those TPBs.; 4 May 2015 at 22:49
Phil said...: I cut out the pin ups and the Steranko splash pages and stuck them on my window of all places.; 4 May 2015 at 23:24
Kid said...: And now you've got them again, Phil. (If you've got a printer.); 4 May 2015 at 23:38
Anonymous said...: I never liked CB's new face in the corner box - the original one was much better.; 5 May 2015 at 14:18
Kid said...: I dunno, I kinda liked it. He looks more noble and heroic, as opposed to quite sinister in the original.; 5 May 2015 at 14:53

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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