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Panic ye not, cavortin' Crivs - although this entry concludes the 50 issue regular magazine run, we're not going to end on unlucky (part) 13, as there's still one final post to come featuring Annuals and Specials. So it's only taken around 8 years to get to the end of this series, which kind of reflects not only my lack of enthusiasm for this mag, but yours also, as (with a few exceptions aside) not many of these posts seemed to generate too many hits or comments. Who knows, maybe there'll be a collective sigh of relief now that it's about to end, which will inspire a rabid response to mark its passing, eh? However, wait 'til part 14 when we officially pull down the curtain on this particular gallery and close its doors for good. In the meantime, cast a glance over what's on offer this time around.
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Well, you've guilted me into commenting!! I'm finding numbers of views let alone comments are making me slow down.
ReplyDeleteI never saw this series as I'd left comics in the late 70s to get narried, etc. etc. And covers are one thing. But I have loved seeing the splash pages. And I hadn't realised Swan was in these. Gorgeous
Hi, NB, I've probably inadvertently exaggerated the lack of popularity of these posts, but it just seems that they haven't set the blogging world alight, even though there ARE some good images in amongst them. Also, I loved the very first issue, which had Wayne Boring drawing Superman, inked by Jerry Ordway.
ReplyDeleteTomorrow is exactly 50 years since the first episode of the POTA TV series was broadcast on ITV at 7:25pm. This is a momentous anniversary for me because the direction of my childhood was completely changed by the POTA TV series and the subsequent discovery of the POTA weekly and Marvel comics and Conan of whom I've been a lifelong fan as well as meeting other Marvel readers like my friend Carl Coffey so I can't imagine my childhood without Marvel and it probably wouldn't have happened without the POTA TV series to kick it all off.
ReplyDeleteWhat else can I say, CJ, but happy 50th Anniversary. As far as POTA goes, although I've seen all 5 original movies, I've never seen even one episode of the TV show. Maybe one day, eh? That name Carl Coffey sounds familiar; did he have any letters published in any of the UK Marvel mags back in the day?
ReplyDeleteNot as far as I know, Kid, and I think I'd have heard about it if he did.
ReplyDeleteTalking of 50th anniversaries - did you ever watch Coronation Street in the '70s? If so do you remember when the women of the street went on holiday to Majorca? Those Majorca episodes were broadcast on October 14th and 16th 1974 so it's the 50th anniversary of them too. They are the earliest Corrie episodes I can remember watching and I watched them both again on YouTube last year.
I'd only have seen Coronation Street when my mother was watching CJ, and even then I wouldn't have been paying much attention to what was going on. I remember early characters, but not really any of the storylines.
ReplyDeleteI also wasn't aware Curt Swan was drawing some of these issues ( I thought he had retired by then) some very nice pages. The only issues of this version of Secret Origins I still have are numbers 48 and 49 .
ReplyDeleteI always enjoy looking at any comic book art particularly pre-90s. I didn't collect a lot of DC titles as I've mentioned before I didn't have access to them locally. So I don't feel qualified to comment on something I don't know too much about but enjoy nevertheless. It's a pity the blog doesn't have a like button as I'm sure all who look would click it even if not commenting.
ReplyDeleteI was a long term viewer of Coronation Street and remember the Majorca episodes even though I was 5 at the time. I watched it up until Steve MacDonald was lecturing his mate about white privilege. At that point I turned to the wife and said "This is no longer for me." We used to watch it while eating dinner (evening) but now we watch sit-coms or something for half an hour. We've just finished watching the 70s Famous Five series. Next we're watching the 90s Famous Five series. I have a long list of things to watch that should keep me going as long as I watched Corrie at least.
I think Curt still kept his hand in on occasion, McS, though I don't think he was doing much. Shame he didn't do more.
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The blog did have a 'like' button at one time, M, but I think I disabled it because a couple of detractors used the opportunity to 'dislike' on occasions, or to tick 'amusing' on serious subjects. I just thought I'd deny them their childish spite. I also used to have a 'If you liked this post, you may also like these' option, but it just vanished one day and I haven't been able to restore it.
Kid, even if you never watch the POTA TV series you should go to YouTube and watch the fantastic opening credits - the scene at the end with a gorilla on horseback raising his rifle aloft is totally iconic. I've just discovered that YouTube now includes new reviews of each episode so I'm going to watch the review of episode 1 later this morning as it's the 50th anniversary.
ReplyDeleteAnd of course next Saturday (Oct 19th) is 50 years since POTA #1 and Dracula Lives #1 were launched.
Yesterday was my father's birthday (he died in 1999 but he would have been 97 yesterday) so it's a strange coincidence that Alex Salmond died on my father's birthday. My parents got married on January 1st 1954 and according to Wikipedia Alex Salmond was born on December 31st 1954.
I might watch the opening credits, CJ, just to get a taste of the series. I've got POTA and DL #1, but they're not my original copies. Having said that, I've probably had them for close to 30 years. I'll see if I can remember to celebrate them next Saturday. Regarding Alex Salmond's birth and death - cue The Twilight Zone theme, eh?
ReplyDeleteMake sure you type "Planet Of The Apes TV series" into YouTube, Kid.
ReplyDeleteA couple of other curious coincidences: my father's funeral took place on September 8th (1999) and September 8th was the date of the Queen's death in 2022. My mother's funeral took place on November 20th (2009) and November 20th was the date of the Queen and Prince Philip's wedding in 1947.
Do these really count as coincidences though, CJ? If you and me were both invited to a party and we both turned up with the same style and colour of jumper on, that could rightly be said to be a coincidence (unless we'd arranged it beforehand), but if my neighbour died the day before me, wouldn't that just be an instance of chance? Not 100% sure, to be honest.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure either, Kid, but I forgot to mention that Keir Starmer's birthday is on September 2nd, the same date as my father's death (funny how we have a birthday but not a deathday).
ReplyDeleteWell, you can't celebrate your 'deathday', can you, CJ? And nobody can send you a card, so it's perhaps not so surprising we don't have them.
ReplyDeleteThat's true, Kid, but you can remember somebody else's deathday and raise a glass to them or light a candle for them or whatever. My mother died on November 5th so every Guy Fawkes Night is also her deathday but the word has never caught on probably because nobody wants to dwell on death too much.
ReplyDeleteIt's also a horrible name, CJ. People usually just say it's a relative's 'anniversary' when they're remembering a loved one on the date they died.
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