INDIANA JONES & The MISSING ISSUE...

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Got it at last!  A whole 30 years after I failed to find this ish in my local shops back in 1985, I finally managed to track down a copy on eBay last night and am currently awaiting delivery.  It wasn't a particularly great series, but the collector's mentality insists on filling the gaps so I had to have it.  There were only 11 issues of this monthly, and having just pulled out my collection of them from a cupboard, I see that #11 is also missing.  Drat!!!  I was sure I had it, so has it simply become separated from the others, or is it yet another one I also missed?  I thought my mission to complete the set was finally at an end, but it looks like the journey isn't over yet.  Back to eBay then - one final stage of the task yet remains.

(Update: And you'll all no doubt be thrilled to learn that I've now managed to obtain that elusive #11, as well as the Christmas Special mentioned in the comments section.) 

BABE Of The DAY - CATRIONA SHEARER...

Today's weather will see

temperatures rising, and there'll

be several warm spells along with

an invigorating atmosphere.  At

least, there will be whilst bonnie

babe CATRIONA SHEARER

is here.  Things are looking

much brighter already.

QUEEN Of The SEAS By KEN REID...

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More KEN REID you said, Crivs, so more Ken Reid you get.  Revisiting old territory for Ken (the seafaring theme first witnessed in JONAH), we now turn our attention to the very first appearance of QUEEN Of The SEAS, as published in SMASH! #1, cover-dated February 5th, 1966.  For those who only know Ken's art from his much later, and, it has to be said, more stiff and sedate work in the '80s, it may come as a revelation to see that his earlier pages were more alive, vital, spontaneous, manic, crowded and teeming with detail.

But why take my word for it?  The pleasure of discovery (or rediscovery for older readers) now lies before you.