CRIVEN'S CRACKING COVERS - THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN BOOK...

Image copyright MARVEL COMICS

I'm not quite sure what PETER PARKER is doing here.  I know what he's meant to be doing (changing to SPIDER-MAN), but it looks more like he's attempting to master the intricacies of a flamboyant dance step, while at the same time trying to scratch an irritating itch on his back, using his shirt like bathers do when towelling themselves dry.  Still, cracking cover though.

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I think I first saw this book in the Virgin Megastore in Glasgow, around the time (or not too long removed from it) it was first published.  However, my abiding memory of it is from when I saw it on sale in the Tricorn Centre in Portsmouth, back in 1981 (or possibly '85).  Funny how my second memory of it seems to be more prominent than the first.

MAKE A DATE With The MIGHTY MARVEL BICENTENNIAL CALENDAR 1976...

Superhero images copyright MARVEL COMICS

Okay, you saw the main piccies from The MIGHTY MARVEL BICENTENNIAL CALENDAR 1976 in our previous post.  Now it's time to check out the pages with the actual dates on 'em.  And remember, though this is the calendar for 1976, it actually went on sale in 1975, so it's even older than it seems.  Luckily, I still look like a teenager, so nobody'd ever believe I was even around back then.

(What?  Why are you lookin' at me funny?) 

CONAN copyright The Estate of R.E. HOWARD

SUFFERIN' SHAD! IT'S THE MIGHTY MARVEL BICENTENNIAL CALENDAR 1976...

Superhero images copyright MARVEL COMICS

Because you demanded it - I've changed my socks.  Meanwhile, on the blog front, here's a mighty MARVEL calendar from over 40 years ago.  If you're around my age, that probably only feels like yesterday - if you're under 40, it must seem like prehistoric times.  Either way, I'm sure you'll all enjoy looking at these pulsating piccies.

CONAN copyright CPI

BABE Of The DAY - VICTORIA VETRI...

Vivacious VICTORIA VETRI

tries out her new invisible high-heeled

shoes for the very first time.  Looks like

one heel might be higher than the other -

either that, or her left leg is shorter than

her right.  (H'm, let's just say it's the

 shoes as she's a sensitive lass.)

CRIVENS' CLASSIC COMIC COVERS - THE FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER #8...

Copyright MARVEL COMICS

I first saw this cover on an issue of the British weekly DRACULA LIVES around 1974, but I eventually tracked down the original American issue of The FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER that it came from sometime back in the '90s.  A cracking JOHN BUSCEMA illustration that manages to evoke the spirit of the great BORIS KARLOFF.