FAVOURITE COMICS Of The PAST PART FIFTY-SEVEN - The PYRO-GRANULATE AFFAIR...

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Two for the price of one this time around, Crivs - SUPERMAN'S PAL THE NEW JIMMY OLSEN #s 139 & 141 (a two-parter, 140 being a giant ish containing non JK reprints), which I originally purchased in the early '70s.  I've always thought (and often said) that JACK KIRBY's turn on Jimmy Olsen was the best thing he ever did at DC COMICS, and these two mags (along with #s 142 & 143) are ample testimony to that fact.  An interesting plot, great art (inked by the unfairly maligned VINCE COLLETTA), and mostly (with the odd exception) freer-flowing dialogue than Kirby normally delivered, the tale rips along at a cracking pace and is hugely entertaining. 

I bought ish 139 twice at two different times.  My failing memory prevents 100% certainty, but I may've first got it while on holiday in Blackpool in 1973, (definitely) later buying another copy from a local newsagent's back home - purely because the pristine newness of the cover appealed to me.  DC republished all of Jack's Olsen issues (sans '40s reprints) a year or so back in a single collected edition, so if you missed them in the '70s (being either too busy or unborn), you can now catch up on them.  Check out your nearest comics store or bookshop right away - though they may be cheaper on Amazon or eBay.  In the meantime, you can whet your appetite by perusing the powerful pages on dynamic display in this 'ere pulsating post.

Got a favourite Kirby Jimmy Olsen issue?  If so, tell your fellow Crivs which one (or ones, if it's a two-parter) in our captivating comments section.

WEAR THE FOX HAT...

Having a ginormous back garden which is a bit wild and overgrown at the moment, the local foxes love lolling about in it.  Saw a couple today, with one lovingly grooming the other (no rumpy-pumpy involved), so grabbed my camera and snapped a few pics through the window and from just outside the back door.  The first one shows the reflection of the net curtain I drew aside to take the photo, and the focus isn't great on the next two as they were shot through glass, though the last two are perhaps slightly better.

Anyway, I thought it was a nice thing to behold and thought all you nature-loving Crivvies might too.  Incidentally, foxes are individuals and don't all behave in the same way.  Some will take food straight from my hand (very gently too), others get off their mark on sight of me (a bit like women), while a few keep their distance but don't look scared.  Any nice stories involving foxes, readers?  Let rip in the comments section.

 

OOPS!

Part 57 of FAVOURITE COMICS Of The PAST was also part 44 - newly worded to be sure, but the same two comics.  I just forgot that I'd already featured them, but then a nagging doubt made me check.  Should've done that first, eh?  Anyway, I've deleted it.  Oh, well, back to the drawing board.