KLASSIC KOMIC KOVERS - E-MAN #1...

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E-MAN #1 - I remember my father buying me this comic one dark and drizzly evening in a dingy newsagent's just 'round the corner from the famous BARROWLAND market.  That was in the early '70s, and I don't think I ever read (or even saw) another ish 'til FIRST COMICS reprinted them in the early '80s - though #2 rings a faint bell in memory's belfry, so there's a possibility I had that one as well.

KLASSIC KOMIC KOVERS - The SPECTRE #1...

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Here's the cover to the first issue of The SPECTRE's own magazine in 1967- feel free to 'in-spectre' it.  (Surely a shoe-in for the worst joke of the year award.)

BABE Of The DAY - CARLA GUGINO...

Put some clothes on, luv - you'll catch a cold.

Gentlemen, the gorgeous CARLA GUGINO!

KIMBERLEY JIM...

Did you know that JIM REEVES was once a

member of The ROLLING STONES?  What's

that?  You don't believe me?  Well, listen to this

clip and hear him say it for himself.

DETECTIVE COMICS COVER GALLERY - PART ONE...

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The BAT-MAN (as he was referred to inside the actual comic, though his name was rendered unhyphenated on the cover) first appeared in DETECTIVE COMICS #27, cover-dated May 1939, (which means it probably went on sale in February) and almost immediately became one of the top two 'long-underwear' characters created in the 20th century.  (And he shows no sign of relinquishing his superstar status anytime soon in the 21st.)

Like SUPERMAN in ACTION COMICS, Batman didn't feature on the cover of every issue in his first few appearances, but this was an oversight that was soon corrected when his popularity with readers was recognized.  ROBIN The BOY WONDER was added in issue #38, and thus began the long tradition of boy sidekicks so that the main hero wasn't talking to himself all the time.  (Personally, I hate sidekicks - ban 'em all!)

Anyway, here are 11 covers of Detective Comics for you to gaze at in wide-eyed wonder at how it all began!

    

BABE Of The DAY - CINDY CRAWFORD...

You asked to see more of CINDY

CRAWFORD - request granted!

BEAR Of The DAY - PADDINGTON BEAR (Does 'SINGING In The RAIN')...

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Back in the mid-'70s, one of my favourite TV shows was PADDINGTON BEAR.  Why?  'Cos it was very funny, and if you haven't seen this 'SINGING In The RAIN' homage before, then you're in for a rare treat.  (You'll believe a bear can dance!  Well, sort of.)