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| Copyright MARVEL COMICS |
Special Marvel Edition was a comic which lasted for 16 issues from 1971 to 1974. The first four issues featured The Mighty Thor, the next ten starred Sgt. Fury, and the final two introduced The Hands Of Shang-Chi, Master Of Kung Fu. I bought #2 as a back issue at the start of the '80s, #1 circa the mid-'80s (I think), and #s 3 & 4 only recently. I've also got #15, purchased around 15 years or more ago (from the late Pete Root when he rented space in other premises in Buchanan Street in Glasgow), so that's only five issues in all. (Update: Now six, as I acquired #16 since first publishing this post.)
However, it's the Thor issues I'm mainly interested in today, as it's good to finally have all four 53 years after they first appeared, and around 43/44 years after I first acquired #2. Incidentally, neither 1 or 2 are replacements, both of them are the original issues from when I first bought them - as are 3 & 4, though I've only had them for a few days. I've shown the first two on the blog before, but thought it would be a good idea to feature all four together so that you Crivs can view them as the 'family' unit they are. (I've also now added them to some previous Thor cover posts so you'll see them there as well.)
Thought, theories, observations, and speculations about the comics welcome, as are imaginative, creative, inventive, and fanciful comments and insults about my good self. Get cracking.
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| On ODIN's helmet, the left horn isn't symmetrical with the right and extends further - almost in alignment with the contours of THOR's body. Such artistic errors were common with KIRBY |
