HEY! IT'S HULK MEGAZINE #1...

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As VICTOR MELDREW would say: "I don't believe it!"  Yeah, I know I'm always banging on about just how quickly time flies, but I'm compelled to mention it once again on sight of this comic.  1996?  It can't be true, but it is.  Although it only seems to me like four or five years ago at the most, a whole nineteen years have elapsed since I purchased this ace HULK MEGAZINE mag from a store in Glasgow city centre.

It's contains some cracking classic tales that belong in every comic fan's collection.  Even though I own the original printing of HEAVEN IS A VERY SMALL PLACE!, it's worth the price of the Special for this titanic tale from the '70s alone!  Add to that a pair of GIL KANE illustrated adventures and you've surely got a guaranteed recipe for success, right?  You'd think so anyway, but if there were ever any subsequent issues of this title, I never saw them.  Nevertheless, this is a comicbook you should have, so if not, get on to eBay right away!  

PERCHANCE DID YOU PURCHASE A PLASTON SUPERCAR RECENTLY?

Here's an item I saw on eBay recently - a PLASTON SUPERCAR from the 1960s.  I never had this toy as a kid so I'm not consumed by a desire to own it (though if anyone's giving one away, I'll gratefully take it off your hands), but it's a nice example of GERRY ANDERSON related merchandise from the period.

This toy is apparently quite rare, so these photos are as close as you and me are ever likely to get to it.  The starting bid was over £600, but I don't know what it finally sold for.  Oh, to be rich, eh?