SUPER DC TEXT STORIES - PART THREE...

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D'you know, I'm not at all sure that I read any of these text stories when I first bought SUPER DC back in the early '70s.  I'd have to re-read them to see if they ring any bells in my memory, but nothing comes to mind when I glance at them today.  I recall reading the stories in the Annual, but not the ones in the monthly comic, so I'll have to sit down one day and work my way through them.

If I'm not mistaken, these stories were reprinted from TV TORNADO, a weekly comic from a couple or so years before, but the original versions covered three pages whereas the re-presentations were only allocated two.  Whether this was achieved by omitting some pictures or abridging the text, I'm not sure;  it could simply have been a case of using a smaller typeface, but my copies of TV Tornado aren't on hand for me to compare.

Anyway, here are six stories from #s 7-9 to keep you occupied for a while.  The remaining tales will be along in the not too-distant future.  That should give you all something to look forward to, hopefully.  (Assuming you want to see more.) 

  

COME IN NUMBER FOURTEEN - YOUR TIME IS UP! (OR: DC? SIMPLY SUPER!)

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Oh, am I a happy chappie!  A mere 15 minutes ago as I type this, I took possession of a full set of all 14 issues of SUPER DC (a sort of DC superheroes version of FANTASTIC, which reprinted MARVEL strips) that came out back in the 1970s.  I well-recall buying the first issue in a shop called CORSON'S, and pausing to pore through its pages in the open-but-covered bicycle area of the local community hall less than a minute from (and in view of) my house - I just couldn't wait!

Going by the copyright date inside and the shilling price on the cover, the comic seems to have been produced and published in 1969, but it didn't go on sale in my area until towards the end of 1970.  Perhaps the publisher, TOP SELLERS, tried it out in England first before selling it in Scotland, because there's a slight difference in size and indicia typeface between the two #1s I have, suggesting one's a reprint.  I'll have to compare them to the third #1 I received today.

A goodly number of years ago, I bought the first 13 issues from (I think) the late ROGER WILSON of WONDERLAND TOYS (he sold various other stuff as well), but #14 proved elusive.  Amiable ANDREW KERR sent me scans from his own then-recently acquired copy some months back, which I was going to use to make a facsimile, but I never had time to get around to it.  Then, at the beginning of this week, I saw the complete set for sale on eBay as a bundle, so, in order to get that final ish, I bought the lot.

I'll still be looking for another issue #14 so that I can complete my first run (I don't mind having two sets), so if anyone has one they want to sell or swap, get in touch.  I have a few spare early issues that I'd be only too happy to exchange for that one number, if anyone's interested.  Any takers?  Incidentally, I did have the comic back when it first came out, so it's a bit of a mystery as to why it's so difficult to find nowadays.  Perhaps the print-run on that ish was minuscule? 

And in case there are one or two of you who didn't already know, MARVELMAN 'creator', the late MICK ANGLO, was the comic's editor and drew some of the covers and internal illustrations.  Collector, historian and cartoonist, the late DENIS GIFFORD, also had some cartoon strips in the monthly mag from time to time.

And now I've got all 14 of them - lucky me!

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Update: I've now got that other #14 I needed.

SENOR BUM? SENOR WILLIE? (TWO INFAMOUS SPANISH FLASHERS!) - NO! SENOR SANTA CLAUS...

As the 12 days of Christmas approach their end, let's have one last Seasonal song from JIM REEVES.  This one's a little faster-paced than usual and is just a wee bit mental, but it's fun all the same.  (There's no use hiding, McSCOTTY - we all know you're a closet Jim Reeves fan!)

BABE Of The DAY - LUCKY BLONDE HEATHER...

It's seriously sexy HEATHER

THOMAS to warm us all up on this

cold winter's night.  And it's working -

I can unplug my electric blanket now,

 'cos I don't need it anymore.