'ALIAS WOOD & JONES' DEPT: THE MUMMY...

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You're right!  The title of this post makes absolutely no sense at all.  It's a forced wordplay on 'ALIAS SMITH & JONES', the '70s TV show.  Not to worry though, as I'm about to redeem myself with this superbly-drawn comic strip adaptation of the 1931 UNIVERSAL movie - 'The MUMMY'.  Drawn by RUSS JONES (not RUSS HEATH, as I absentmindedly typed in a previous post) and WALLY WOOD, it's a feast for the eyes.  Curiously, only WW gets a mention in the credits, but later sources cite Jones as well, though I'm not sure in what capacity.  Did he pencil and Woody ink, or was it a bit of both?  If anyone knows for sure, let me know, willya?

I've got a coloured version of this strip, which I'd originally intended to post, but I'll save that for another time.  Here's the black and white first printing of the tale from MONSTER WORLD #1, and I've included the cover at the end so that you'll know what you're looking for when you scurry over to eBay to look for a copy.  Enjoy.

KLASSIC KIRBY KOMIC KOVERS: FOREVER PEOPLE #8...

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The FOREVER PEOPLE provided some interesting stories in its 11-issue, almost two-year run - as well as some intriguing covers.  The above one in particular jumped out at me from the spinner-rack in a far neighbourhood newsagent's one evening back  in 1972, mainly because of the comely charms of BEAUTIFUL DREAMER.  JACK KIRBY drew some good-looking women in the course of his cosmic comics career, and as a youth, I think I fancied most of them.  (Hey, who wouldn't?)  Have you got a favourite Kirby Kracker?  Tell all in our confessional comments section.