The DALEK & The DOCTOR?

Popped in briefly to a comic mart in my home town today and met one of my heroes, who kindly posed for a photo before exterminating latecomers.  H'mm, with a change of outfit, I think I'd make a great DOCTOR.  (Or do I just need one?)

THINGS AIN'T WHAT THEY USED TO BE...

Image copyright MARVEL COMICS

I'm generally a fan of SAL BUSCEMA's art, but this must be one of the worst drawings of The THING I've ever seen.  How did it ever get past editorial, by cracky?  The Thing - a midget?  If ever a drawing needed revision, then this is the one.  Who among your fave artists has ever had an 'art lapse'?  Tell us all about it, Criv-ite chums.

PART TWO Of MAD COMIC COVER GALLERY...

Images copyright DC COMICS

MAD was founded by HARVEY KURTZMAN and WILLIAM GAINES in 1952 under the EC COMICS imprint.  The former was editor, the latter publisher, and as told in part one, the first 23 issues were comicbook format, before switching to a magazine style with #24.  Although the changeover meant that Mad wasn't subject to the recently formed COMICS CODE AUTHORITY, the primary reason was in order to retain the services of Kurtzman as editor (who'd written most of the very first [comicbook] ish, as well as drawing some of the strips).  He stayed only for another year, paving the way for AL FELDSTEIN, who took the mag to even greater heights of glory.

Right, that's the historical bit out of the way, time for the good stuff.  Namely, another half dozen covers of manic Madness!

(BOND) BABE Of The DAY - CAROLINE MUNRO...

"He's the man that I want!" says

lovely CAROLINE MUNRO, pointing

directly at me!  And who can blame her?

I'm a fine figure of a man and no mistake.

Gotta go now, the nurse has just brought

 my reality pill.)  Flibble-dibble.