MARTY PASKO PASSES AWAY...

MARTY PASKO was a well-known name in comicbooks, writing SUPERMAN, SWAMP THING, WONDER WOMAN and a whole host of others.  He also wrote for TV, on such shows as BUCK ROGERS In The 25th CENTURY, FANTASY ISLAND, and again, quite few other shows.  Sadly, he's died, at the far too young age of 65.  Another name from my comicbook reading youth now gone, alas.  Such a shame.  Condolences to family, friends, and fans.

DC AND MARVEL FACSIMILE EDITIONS...

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I'm still waiting for a stack of Facsimile Editions and True Believers issues which have been held up because of the current 'situation', but thankfully four of them turned up today.  Two DC ones and two MARVEL ones, so there's balance for you.  The MIGHTY THOR #229 facsimile repeats an advert page in place of the BULLPEN BULLETINS page, which just might be deliberate because of concerns over a prominent announcement about Marvel's then-new photo-profile magazine devoted to HITLER.  (However, being fearless, I've reproduced the page below so that you can see what you're missing, alongside its repeated replacement.)

Facsimile and original - side-by-side

The other three issues are DETECTIVE COMICS #38, The BRAVE And The BOLD #28 (this version is much less expensive than the Loot Crate one I acquired a few months back), and The INCREDIBLE HULK #182, completing the story in which WOLVERINE made his first appearance in the Marvel Universe, which began at the end of #180.  Anyway, tell you what - instead of me blabbing on about them, why don't I just shut up and let all you Crivs get on with gaping at the cataclysmic covers?  You'd like that?  Okay, then get stuck in.

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BABE Of The DAY - HUDSON LEICK...

Sultry HUDSON LEICK does a bang-on

impression of Dr. STRANGE - right down to

the STEVE DITKO hand-gestures.  (Admit it -

that was a clever way of combining the topics

 of babes and comicbooks in one post.)