BABE Of The DAY - LYNDA CARTER... (Or Is It?)

Here's my newest girlfriend, who bears

a remarkable likeness to Wonder Woman

actress Lynda Carter.  If you swallow that, I'm

also the president of a Nigerian bank and have a

fantastic financial opportunity for you.  Simply

send me all your personal bank details and

 I'll make me you extremely wealthy.

AMAZING WORLD Of SUPERMAN... (Updated)

Copyright DC COMICS

Saw this hardback 2021 reprint of the 1973 Official Metropolis Edition Amazing World Of Superman over on another blog, and even though I've got a couple of originals stashed away somewhere, I leapt straight over to eBay and bought myself a copy for a steal of a price (in my favour).  It even contains the map, which is printed on thicker paper stock than the '73 version, so if you missed this super collectable item back in the day, now you have the opportunity to remedy the situation.  Cop a loving gander at some of the captivating contents, then get busy tracking down a copy for yourselves.

And just so you know, the hardback is a few millimetres smaller than the original, but the image size on the pages is around an inch to an inch-and-a-half smaller than the '70s printing (wider margins, you see).  However, the reproduction quality is excellent.

This b&w story was later coloured and reprinted in a couple of books, namely Secret
Origins Of The Super DC Heroes and Superman From The '30s To The '80s.
The pages were added to at the sides to fit the different dimensions, but it was executed
reasonably well, though I thought the balance of some panels was slightly compromised

And here's the coloured splash page from a subsequent reprinting

And below is one of my original editions...

VENUS OF THE STARS...

Copyright relevant owner

Not long arrived at Castel Crivens, the Fireball XL5 World Space Patrol Technical Operations Manual.  You don't need to read my witterings on this one - if you're a Fireball fan the pictures will speak for themselves.  Nice to see the TV Century 21 Astran 'jelly beans' included in the 'official' history of WSP continuity, as well as Fireball's prototype, C21, don't ya think?  It also mentions planet Uraniture, where Steve Zodiac and his crew encountered some sinister snowmen in a classic TV21 tale.  Available from The Official Gerry Anderson Store.