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When SMASH! gave up reprinting MARVEL stories in 1969, there seems to have been quite a bit of protest from disappointed readers about the decision. Why else would editor GIL PAGE - in the guise of 'office boy' MIKE - appeal to them to give the new direction a chance? However, note must have been taken of the reaction, because very soon, the comic was featuring a U.K. superhero of its own - The INCREDIBLE TRI-MAN!
The cover-dated ish of 13th September 1969 bore a banner which read "You can meet a great new character inside - The Incredible Tri-Man!" However, the strip doesn't appear to have been as popular as IPC anticipated, because it ended after 21 episodes, never to be seen again. (Except for a full-colour RON TURNER illustrated adventure in the 1971 Annual.)
So, starting now, we re-present British SPIDER-MAN clone, The Incredible Tri-Man. If you thrilled (or yawned) to his weekly adventures as a kid, you can now re-live a moment of your long-ago youth. If not, you can scratch your head in bemusement at what your grandfathers used to read back in 'prehistoric times'.
And if you'd like to leave a comment, hey - I ain't stopping you! Get that typing finger moving now.
Hey, this is GOOD STUFF! I'm reading this for the first time and it's excellent "Peter Parker"- type comic book material! I'm really looking forward to following his exploits!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for showing us!
It actually wasn't a bad little strip, JP, and I'm surprised it didn't last longer. Perhaps it was just too derivative of Spider-Man and readers preferred the 'real deal'.
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