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Here's yet another issue in the MARVEL Facsimile Edition series that all you True Believers out there will be sure to want to add to your ever-burgeoning collections. One of the great things about these mags is that they contain all the original ads, which helps to capture the era in which they were first published. In this case the year was 1980, and (you know I'm going to say it, don't you?) it only seems like yesterday to me. I never had the original ish of this classic, but I think it was reprinted (probably in instalments) in one of the UK b&w monthlies like MARVEL SUPERHEROES, so the artwork seems familiar to me. Some great JOHN BYRNE art in this mag, so if you're a fan of his, this one is right up your street.
Don't delay - buy it today!
A comics shop has recently opened in my town-centre...yay!!! And this very facsimile edition is currently on sale. I had the original (bought via mail-order about a year after it came out) but I chose not to buy the facsimile. Why? Because 1980 was shite and I don't want to be reminded of it.
ReplyDeleteBut I have bought three issues of Marvel's new Conan - Conan The Barbarian #7, Age Of Conan: Belit #5 and Savage Sword Of Conan #7. I see that Savage Sword Of Conan has no "The" in the title which means it has exactly the same title as the UK weekly from days of yore. The UK monthly was called THE Savage Sword Of Conan and the US original magazine was called The Savage Sword Of Conan The Barbarian. And the new SSoC is clearly a comic-book, not a magazine, so you could argue it is really the spiritual heir of the UK weekly not the American magazine. That's what I like to think anyway - and it's nice to own a comic called SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN for the first time since 1975.
Remember, CJ, if you want that comic shop to STAY in your town centre, the best way to make sure it has a chance is to buy lots of comics from it. Not JUST you, of course - all comic fans in your neck of the woods. I bought the first three issues of Marvel's new CTB, and the first two of SSOC and enjoyed them, so I'll have to try and track down the next issues. I think it's great that Conan is back at Marvel - it's where he belongs - in comicbook form anyway.
ReplyDeleteIncidentally, a good number of years ago, a comic shop called The Dream opened (to much fanfare) in the Old Village quarter of my town. It didn't last long, and it now seems like a dream that it was ever there, so it was very aptly named.
Kid, I'm delighted that Conan is back at Marvel too - I always hoped it would happen but I doubted it ever would. I've downloaded the e-book versions of Conan The Barbarian Vol.1 (containing issues #1-6) and Savage Sword Of Conan Vol.1 (#1-5). I haven't read them yet but they'll be my bedtime reading very soon.
ReplyDeleteJust a thought on that X-Men cover - it's undeniably a classic but I've always hated the way Byrne draws the Earth in the sky. The Earth just doesn't look like that as seen from the moon. As I recall, in the final panel of the story the Watcher is looking at the Earth (you can check!) and the Earth is drawn properly, as it really appears from the moon. So why couldn't Byrne draw it like that on the cover?
Well, obviously he could have had he wanted to, but didn't. Maybe he'd checked photo reference by the time he drew the last panel, assuming that he drew the cover first. Or, if he drew the story first, maybe he just preferred that look for the Earth on the cover. In superhero comics, I guess anything goes. Personally, I was too busy ogling Marvel Girl to notice (or care).
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