Another BABE Of The DAY - NATALIE DORMER...

"Look into my eyes... you are feeling

very sleepy!" says NATALIE DORMER,

gazing deep into my baby blues.  (Hah, the

things some women will do to try and lure

me into bed!  She should just try asking -

 who's ever going to say no to her?!) 

TOYBOX TREASURES Of The PAST: BATMAN MASK SPECS...

BATMAN & ROBIN copyright DC COMICS

A tenuous connection to BATMAN to be sure - and can they accurately be called specs when they have no glass to enable the wearer to see?  Ah, but what about X-Ray Specs you ask - they had no glass either.  True, but they did enable the wearer to 'see' things differently, and at least they looked like specs.  Anyway, I'm sure I had a pair of the above 'specs' when I was a kid.  Did any of the rest of you?  Do tell in the CS.

RECOMMENDED READING: HERO-A-GO-GO! (YUP, THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED)...

Images copyright respective owners

If you're a child of the '60s (otherwise known today as decrepit old fart), then you'll probably love MICHAEL EURY's new softcover book (from TWOMORROWS Publishing) entitled HERO-A-GO-GO!  Sadly, I can't open it wide enough to scan without risk of damaging its spine, so you'll have to glean what it's all about from the back cover spiel.  Available now from all good comics shops.  Treat yourself and buy your copy of this titanic tome today.

BABE Of The DAY - BECKY RULE...

Beautiful BECKY RULE enjoyed

being our babe of the day so much, she

requested yet another appearance.  That's

three in a row, but are we complaining? 

Don't be daft - we're not mental!

CRIVENS' CLASSIC COMIC COVERS: The INCREDIBLE HULK #181...

Image copyright MARVEL COMICS

Classic because it's the first appearance of WOLVERINE on a cover.  Who'd have guessed the diminutive mutant would go on to become such a huge star in the MARVEL firmament?  And would HUGH JACKMAN have made such an impact in the X-MEN movies if he'd had to wear that garish looking costume seen above?  Given that Hugh is around a foot taller than the character he plays, I'm surprised Marvel haven't found an excuse to change Wolverine's height in the comics.