1989 BATMAN MOVIE TRAILER...

Ten years after seeing SUPERMAN The Movie in the ABC in Glasgow, I viewed

TIM BURTON's BATMAN film in the same darkened halls.  Have to say, I absolutely

loved it.  Tell you what - let's watch the trailer together and relive old memories, eh?

BATMAN COLOURING BOOK...

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For no other reason than because I like it.  Did you have any BATMAN colouring books when you were a kid?  Feel free to share any reminiscences you may have in our captivating comments section.  (It's nothing without you!)

BABE Of The DAY - MARVEL GIRL...

Lovely!  Sensational

JEAN GREY in her skimpy

mini-skirted MARVEL GIRL

costume.  That should knock all

those evil super-villains (and

heroes) for six!  Yowza!

The 1972 MIGHTY WORLD Of MARVEL POSTER...

Image copyright MARVEL COMICS

Before the SPIDEY poster seen in the previous post, there was this one by Big JOHN BUSCEMA.  I'm uncertain as to whether both were originally produced for a Stateside audience and then pressed into service for British readers, or we got them first before they were made available to U.S. Marvelites, but I'm sure I saw them advertised in the American mags at some stage.  Anyone know for sure?

"It's bigger than a bread-box!"

The 1973 SPIDER-MAN POSTER...

Image copyright MARVEL COMICS

This is perhaps the first poster to feature a 'real' SPIDEY (as in someone dressed up as him).  It was given away through SPIDER-MAN COMICS WEEKLY back in 1973, in exchange for eight tokens that readers clipped out, one at a time, every week, which they then submitted to the Marvel offices in return for their very own poster.  Although I have the poster, it's too big for scanning, so here's the preview pic printed in the comic to show Marvelites what they were actually getting.  Hey, it looked great back in the day, but I was only 14 then, remember.  Incidentally, I have two copies of this issue, and in the other one (if memory serves), the discoloured area on the right side of Spidey's costume is the correct blue, so go figure.

KLASSIC KOMIC KOVERS: The AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #5...

Image copyright MARVEL COMICS

I've always loved this cover - ever since I first saw it on POW! #10 in March of 1967.  Don't ask me to explain why - there's just something about it that appeals to me in some strange, indefinable way.  Several years ago, I bought a small DOCTOR DOOM figure, which somehow reminds me more of STEVE DITKO's version of the character as seen in this ish than it does of JACK KIRBY's.

And look - I've even included a couple of photos to show you what I'm talking about.  You don't get extras like this on other blogs, let me tell you.  I think I deserve some kind of award.