FURY COVER GALLERY - PART ONE...

Images copyright MARVEL COMICS

FURY was an odd mag for MARVEL, in that it tried to emulate the appeal of rival weeklies like VICTOR, HOTSPUR and BATTLE, and steal a slice of the U.K. war comics market for itself.  It never really caught on though, consisting of a hodgepodge of reprints from Marvel's back-catalogue of various war-themed stories, and lasted for a mere 25 issues before being merged into MWOM.  (And take two demerits if you don't know what those initials stand for.)  On the plus side, from issue #3, the covers were drawn by CARLOS EZQUERRA, so let's look at the first 'dirty dozen' of them right now!

TIME IN A CUP...

Until a few years ago, a handful of JAJ/PYREX cups, like the one in the photo, used to reside in a cupboard in the kitchen.  I think they occupied a kitchen cupboard in just about every house I've ever lived in, but I associate them with two in particular - this and the previous one.  At some indeterminate stage they disappeared (given, I suspect, to a relative), but I recently acquired a replacement set on eBay.

Just looking at them brings my childhood back to me in a rush, and I'm once again a 10 year old boy in the kitchen of the house I lived in at the time; or a 14 year old teenager in the home I currently occupy.  It's almost a mystical thing, this sense of 'time-travel' on such occasions, and I'm sometimes amazed at how even one item can conjure up memories of entire periods of one's past life to mind.

So I've now had a cup of tea in one of my 'new' cups, and lingered in yesteryear for a spell.  Is there any specific item from your youth that you'd like to have again, to help recall a particular period in your life with a keenness and clarity that, somehow, only a tangible object can bestow?

The comments section awaits.    

BABE Of The DAY - JOLENE BLALOCH...

Sexy JOLENE BLALOCH smoulders on

the stairs, blocking my way as I rush to the loo.

Later, Jolene, later - it's a turtle's head about

to drop here, lass - so move your @ss!

The MASTERWORKS SERIES Of GREAT COMIC BOOK ARTISTS #1 - FRANK FRAZETTA...

Images copyright DC COMICS

Well, I said I would and now I have.  At least in part, in that here's the first issue of DC's The MASTERWORKS SERIES Of GREAT COMIC BOOK ARTISTS, featuring the artwork of FRANK FRAZETTA.  The second issue likewise showcases FF's work, and it'll be appearing here fairly soon - on CRIVENS!, absolutely the best blog you've ever seen in the last 30 seconds!