A TALE To HOLD YOU In SUSPENSE! The RAVING MANIAC!

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The following tale was STAN LEE's way of dismissing FREDRIC WERTHAM's 'crusade' against comicbooks.  Not the carton, but rather the content of some of them, which, read in the context of the times, probably were a concern for a lot of parents.  Of course, Wertham may have over-egged the pudding, but I don't think diminishing him by suggesting he was mentally unbalanced was the best way of addressing his point of view.  However, it's an entertaining tale, so read and enjoy.

PULSATING PIN-UPS PART FIVE: SUPERMAN...

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JOHN BOGDANOVE & DENNIS JANKE (with LINDA

MEDLEY) turned out this superb piccie of SUPERMAN back

in 1995, and it's the latest in our series of Pulsating Pin-Ups.

Don't like the long hair, but that apart, it's a dynamic drawing

of The MAN Of STEEL worthy of your attention.

PULSATING PIN-UPS PART FOUR: THE BAT-MAN & THE MAN-BAT...

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Yeah, okay, I know - it's one word these days, but 'BATMAN' used to be hyphenated and I for one prefer it that way.  However, that's neither here nor there, not when there's some dynamic NEAL ADAMS art to gaze at.  So what are you all waiting for?  Get gazing!

CALVIN & HOBBES (BUT WITHOUT HOBBES)...

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Unfortunately, I can't get rid of the 'see through' without bleaching out most of the

colour, but this strip is too funny not to show you, despite the poor reproduction.

BABE Of The DAY - IMOGEN HASSALL...

IMOGEN recently took up knitting

and proudly poses with the jumper she

made.  She didn't have quite enough wool

to finish it, but it looks fine to me as it is.

I'd be surprised if you disagreed.

PULSATING PIN-UPS PART THREE: SUPERMAN & LUTHOR...

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Continuing our perusal of pin-ups from SUPERMAN: The MAN Of STEEL GALLERY mag, here's one by AL PLASTINO, the veteran artist tasked with redrawing most of JACK KIRBY's Superman figures in JIMMY OLSEN # 133 and The FOREVER PEOPLE #1.  Not exactly a great blend of styles, and rendering the point of having Jack drawing Superman a rather redundant exercise, but hey - that's comics for you!  (Saying that, I didn't mind MURPHY ANDERSON inking faces in subsequent issues.)