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Wednesday, 7 June 2017
CRIVENS' CRACKING COMIC COVERS: FANTASTIC #64...
I may have the original MARVEL mag featuring this cover (too lazy to check), but as I first encountered this tale in FANTASTIC #64, that's the cover you're getting, Criv-ite chums. May 1968, eh? It only seems like a few weeks ago to me at the most. Time flies when you're having fun. (Or thrown the clock out the window.)
SECRET ORIGINS COVER & IMAGE GALLERY PART FIVE...
Wow! It's been a whole five months since the previous post in this series. Just where does the time go? Anyway, here we are with numbers 13 & 14 of SECRET ORIGINS from too many years ago, leaving 'only' 36 issues still to go.
To be honest, a lot of the art in these stories is somewhat bland, and it gives me a renewed appreciation for just what a talented visual storyteller JACK KIRBY was in his prime. The artwork in this series of mags is always professional, but rarely rises above a competent level and is, for the most part, uninspired and nothing to shout about.
However, I've started so I'll finish - just so long as you Criv-ites want me to continue. Do you remember any of these comics from back in the day? If so, then feel free to share any reminiscences about them in our ever-lovin' (but recently neglected) comments section.











