Here you are - proof that YOGI BEAR has Scottish ancestry. No wonder I'm
fond of him - he's 'Scottisher' than the average bear, hoots mon, up yer kilt!
Thursday, 17 August 2017
BABE Of The DAY - KATE BECKINSALE...
Her dad was fond of porridge, but curvy
KATE BECKINSALE is fond of sitting on a
cool floor, bare-@rsed. "It soothes my piles,"
she says. Well, if it works, it works, but she
should try some soothing ointment.
HE IS GROOT - GRAB HIM (AND XEMNU & CAP) WHILE YOU CAN...
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| Images copyright MARVEL COMICS |
These TRUE BELIEVERS comics are great, frantic ones. GROOT features the living tree's first appearance, while the 2nd tale in the mag is the debut of The HULK. No, not ol' Greenskin as you might imagine, but rather the alien who was later renamed XEMNU The TITAN. The Cap mag contains two Golden Age CAPTAIN AMERICA tales, plus his retold origin from the '60s, which has long been one of my favourite stories since I first read it in a King-Size Special back in the early '70s. Well, what are you waiting for? Rush 'round to your local comicbook store today and buy 'em - if they've any left that is. These magnificent MARVEL mags are less than a £1 each (between 75-90 pence depending on where you get them), so how can you go wrong?
KIRBY 'KOCK-UPS' PART FIFTEEN - BRASS FROGS, KILLERS, & CORPSES...
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| Images copyright MARVEL COMICS |
I've just read (or re-read, to be accurate) BLACK PANTHER #1 and discovered yet another KIRBY 'KOCK-UP'. Read that introductory caption on the above double-page spread (click on the image to enlarge): "His hand is stiffened in rigor mortis..." According to what I've read on the subject (and different sources vary on the exact times), rigor mortis in humans usually starts within a few hours after death (though limbs are still movable), and is fully set after around 12 hours, though there can be variations dependent on room temperature, etc.
However, given the Panther's statement about the wound possibly being "fresh" in the panel below, it couldn't possibly be rigor mortis, something you'd think Jack would've known. But does it even matter, you ask. Well, it does if you're looking for regular posts to read on this blog, effendis. Okay, time for me to earn a No-Prize by offering a possible explanation. Residual energy from the brass frog's time travelling powers speeded up the body's decomposition, bringing on rigor mortis quicker than usual. There! Happy?
However, given the Panther's statement about the wound possibly being "fresh" in the panel below, it couldn't possibly be rigor mortis, something you'd think Jack would've known. But does it even matter, you ask. Well, it does if you're looking for regular posts to read on this blog, effendis. Okay, time for me to earn a No-Prize by offering a possible explanation. Residual energy from the brass frog's time travelling powers speeded up the body's decomposition, bringing on rigor mortis quicker than usual. There! Happy?
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| You're right, T'CHALLA - it was inflicted only moments before. That's why it couldn't be rigor mortis - until I gave you an 'out' |
KIRBY KLASSIC KOLLECTABLES - ON SALE NOW!
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| Images copyright MARVEL COMICS |
Another two TRUE BELIEVERS issues for you, frantic ones. I still have the original comics I bought back in the mid-'70s, so I'll have to dig them out and compare them for my own amusement when I have the time. The ETERNALS was (sort of) MARVEL's answer to DC's NEW GODS, and it lasted 8 issues and an Annual longer than its competitor's 11 ish run, both series, of course, being by the same creator - JACK (King) KIRBY. More covers in this current series of reprints coming soon! Available from wherever great comicbooks are sold.
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| This series was originally called RETURN Of The GODS, and an ad with that title on the cover appeared in various Marvel comics |
HEY, TRUE BELIEVERS! MISSED THE MARVEL AGE?
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| Images copyright MARVEL COMICS |
If you're too young (or weren't around) to have experienced the MARVEL AGE firsthand, then here's a fantastic opporchancity to catch up on some of the best bits. Mighty Marvel are currently issuing reprints of various KIRBY KLASSICS in a handsome single issue format in the countdown to what would've been his 100th birthday on August 28th. I'll be showing more covers shortly, but to start the ball rolling, here's a couple of THOR comics for you to paste your peepers 'pon - ol Goldilock's origin (as well as the first appearance of LOKI), and his pulse-pounding pummel-fest with The HULK. Well, just what're you waiting for pilgrims - go grab 'em today! (You'll be sorry if you don't!)
