Sunday, 9 April 2017

FEEL LIKE COMMENTING?



I've had enough!  I'm fed up leaving comments on other blogs to demonstrate I'm showing an interest and that their efforts haven't gone unnoticed, only to find when I revisit that my comment hasn't been acknowledged.  I just find this terribly rude, so the next time I leave a comment somewhere that gets ignored, I won't be leaving any more comments.  In fact, I may even stop reading their blogs altogether.  They've only got themselves to blame.

Does such rudeness annoy you, Criv-ite chums?  All comments will be responded to - honest.

KLASSIC KIRBY KOMIC KOVERS: AVENGERS #2...


Image copyright MARVEL COMICS

I first read this tale in SMASH! in the 1960s, and again in MARVEL SUPER-HEROES in the '70s and there's just something about it that really grabs me.  (Despite STAN LEE having RICK JONES say that The HULK's secret identity is Dr. DON BLAKE, but hey - nobody's perfect, eh?)  Hulkie looks a bit small to me, which was a fault JACK KIRBY had, but it's not the real Hulk anyway so we'll overlook it this time.  Not exactly an action-packed cover, but nice enough.

BABE Of The DAY - LYNDSEY MARSHALL...



The lovely LYNDSEY MARSHALL blows
loving kisses in my direction because, like most
women, she adores macho manly-men like me.
 And who can blame her?  I'm quite a catch.

JOURNEY Into MYSTERY THOR COVER - HOW I WOULD HAVE DONE IT...

Images copyright MARVEL COMICS

I've already added this image to the 'spot the difference' post on JOURNEY Into MYSTERY #83, but I felt it deserved a post of its own.  As you know, several STONE MEN were removed from the cover before publication to give greater prominence to THOR, but I felt that a few of them could have been left in.  Consequently, I did a little work on a copy of the original production stat to show how I would've done things had I been calling the shots.  (Hey, you gotta think big!)  Below is the original for comparison.