The BOY With A SKULL In A BOX...

Copyright REBELLION

Let's be honest now - if you carried a skull around with you in a box you'd be considered decidedly weird.  Having said that, sometime back in the '70s, I bought a life-size skull by REVELL and painted it with a greenish glow-in-the-dark paint.  One evening, me and some pals took it out with us, and you should've seen the startled looks we got as I walked around with Skully (the tooth is out there) tucked under my arm.  It really was a case of exaggerated, open-mouthed, 'double-take' stares of shock and horror.  Wotta larf.  Wotta tit!  I wouldn't do it now of course, but back then I was young, crazy and reckless (in a conservative - small 'c' - kind of way), and was up for a jolly jape or two.

Anyway, that's enough talk about my favourite subject (me) - time for a look at what brings use all here.  A four page BRIAN'S BRAIN strip from the SMASH! Annual for 1967.  O joy! 

BABE Of The DAY - VICTORIA VETRI...

VICTORIA VETRI is her name - and making

men go weak at the knees is her game.  Hands up

all those who'd ditch the wife for this babe if they

ever got the chance?  (Be honest now!)

AVENGERS #100 (U.K. EDITION)...

Images copyright MARVEL COMICS

Having had this comic in 1975, when I recently saw it on eBay I decided to re-acquire it.  I couldn't recall much about it, but, hey - it's the 100th ish so it was sure to have something of interest relating to its celebratory status.  Nope, not a thing!  That blurb you see on the cover is all you get!  No editorials, no articles, zilch!

Still, having bought it, I thought I'd better give you a glimpse of the contents.  That's not my mistake regarding the indicia page, by the way - it really did appear on the splash page of the second story instead of (as is usually the case) the first.

So cop a gander at The AVENGERS #100!  It's a little piece of history, even though MIGHTY MARVEL didn't make much noise about it at the time.  (Not like them to be so shy, is it?)

LOOKING FOR A GOOD SINGER? I KNOW ONE...

Here's another catchy little number by the

late, great JIM REEVES.  It's an overdub version

where he 'duets' with one of his biggest fans, who's

also a successful singer in his own right.  You'll be

singing it for days once it gets into your head.

YOU SAY I'M CRAZY? I GUESS I AM...

Here's Gentleman JIM REEVES doin' his

'thang'.  Catchy, catchy, catchy.  Did I mention

how catchy this is?  It's pretty durn catchy!

BABE Of The DAY - CANDY LOVING...

I know only four things about this

babe.  1) Her name's CANDY LOVING.

2) She was a PLAYBOY model in the '70s.

3) She's stunningly beautiful.  4) I love

CANDY.  (If you want any more, you'll

have to write it yourselves.)