The MIGHTY WORLD Of MARVEL VOLUME 6, NUMBER 9...

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Here's a sneak preview of the cover to The MIGHTY

WORLD Of MARVEL #9, on sale June 1st, frantic ones.

Now you've no excuse not to buy it, 'cos you know what

it looks like in advance.  Only £3.99 for 76 pages.

CRIVENS' CRACKING COMIC COVERS: FRANKIE STEIN SUMMER SPECIAL 1976...

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Oh, you lucky Crivs - here's the stunning original artwork by ROBERT NIXON for the cover of the WHOOPEE FRANKIE STEIN Summer Special 1976.  Absolutely suberb, innit?  Below is the published cover from the original issue I bought a whopping 41 years ago!)

BABE Of The DAY - NATALIE DORMER...

Okay - here's your real babe for

today - NATALIE DORMER.  You can

thank regular reader JS for this one.

BABE Of The DAY - The BRIDE...

Today's babe appears in answer to

a special request from BILL PRATT.

 (Well, it takes all kinds I guess.)

RIVETING REPOST: TAKE A LOOK AT THIS LOLLY - FAB FOR 50 YEARS...

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Back in 2004, I was shopping in my local supermarket one night ('twas the servants' day off), when I espied a box of FAB iced lollies in the refrigerated display cabinet designated for such items.  The box featured a promotional tie-in to the live-action THUNDERBIRDS film released at the time, and I was heartened to see that this humble iced lolly had not forgotten nor abandoned its 1960s roots.

You see, dear reader, this particular item of frozen confectionery was linked to Thunderbirds from its very inception, being named after the GERRY ANDERSON programme's 'call sign' and touted as "The First Iced Lolly For Girls".  Of course, such sexist distinctions have long since been forgotten and, as far as I'm aware, this LYONS MAID favourite is still around today.  I know ZOOM iced lolly (as advertised by FIREBALL XL5's STEVE ZODIAC) was likewise obtainable a few years ago, but does anyone know whether or not that's still the case?

I must look in the fridge the next time I'm in SAINSBURY'S.

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Lyons Maid was sold to NESTLE in 1992, but the brand was revived in '08, though I'm unsure if it's still going.  However, I was doing my shopping a couple of days back and bought a box of Fabs, which celebrates 50 years this year.  Below are pictures of the box and one of the wrappers (I've also shown the Lyons Maid logo). I find it reassuring, in light of the many changes that've happened over the years, to still have something around that goes all the way back to my childhood days.  Isn't that just Fab?!