BABE Of The DAY - JUDITH RALSTON...

Here's regular commenter McS's

favourite 'Babe of the Day' - JUDITH

RALSTON - who presents the weather on

BBC TV.  If she only knew McS stands under

the lamppost just outside her house every night,

staring up at her bedroom window, the 'weather'

would most likely be stormy.  I sure wish he'd

break the habit, 'cause I have to stand under

a lamppost further up the street and the

view isn't so clear from that one.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN LEGENDS?

Copyright REBELLION

From the SMASH! Annual for 1970, comes The LEGEND TESTERS!  DANNY CHARTERS and ROLLO STONES embark on yet another mission to test whether a legend from the past is true or not.  It's a fascinating concept and I'm surprised that the strip wasn't continued for many years afterwards as it seems a rich vein to mine for action and adventure.  I think IPC/FLEETWAY slipped up in not having Danny and Rollo in the revamped Smash!, or reviving them for VALIANT, or STARLORD, or even 2000 A.D.  They would've been a perfect fit for either of the latter two, being, as they were, sci-fi comics.

In the U.S., at around the same time that the duo first appeared in  ODHAMS' weekly Smash! comic (1966), was a TV programme called The TIME TUNNEL, although I'm unsure as to exactly when it was first shown on British television.  It's interesting to speculate whether the Smash! strip was 'inspired' by the IRWIN ALLEN TV series, or was simply a twist on the BBC's DOCTOR WHO.

  

Will The Legend Testers ever live again in new adventures?  Only time will tell, but for the moment, enjoy this look back at one of their exciting expeditions from over 45 years ago.