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I couldn't swear to it after all this time, but I have a notion I saw The FANTASTIC FOUR #90 while living in our old house, but didn't buy it 'til after moving into our new abode some time later. Perhaps I should clarify that; I definitely purchased it while in my new home, but maybe first saw it while living in the old one. Anyway, regardless of where I lived when I first saw it, I bought it in the same shop some weeks or months later. I know it was the selfsame issue as they only had one copy.
That was sometime in 1972. In 1973 or '74, I got the next three issues in a shop (perhaps on one of the piers) in Blackpool while on holiday. Yes, that's right, late '60s issues of the FF (and other titles) were still on sale, brand-new, several years after publication. Anyway, I also bought some other issues of the cosmic quartet, so now's as good a time as any to show them. So because I know you care about the details, remember that #90 wasn't bought in Blackpool, but in a local shop called CORSON'S, which yet survives to this very day. (Update: The premises were bought by a new owner in February of 2018 and refitted and renamed.)
Okay, having refreshed my memory with the above preamble, let's move on to the good part - the covers themselves. I'm sure you'll find having had to wade through my personal reminiscences a small price to pay for such cataclysmic classics, but if not, then too bad. Hey, tell you what, why not get your own back on me by sharing your memories of these MARVEL mags in our captivating comments section? After all, turnabout is fair play, so they say.
And now, the splash pages...
