CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: 11/29/24

Annual for 1967, released in '66. Copyright relevant owner

I don't think I ever read, never mind owned, any The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Annuals back in the day. Many years later - more years than I care to recall or am actually able to - I acquired the first in the series of four, though I didn't know it was the first as, until fairly recently, I wasn't aware of how many there'd been. Anyway, numbers two-to-four were obtained only in the last week or two, so I now have a full set which I gladly share with you here.

There was a fair bit of merchandise for the show, from Aurora plastic model kits, Gilbert action figures, MB card games, A&BC card sets, Corgi and Husky diecast cars, badges, ID cards, attache cases, fountain pens (with invisible ink), and a whole host of other things. Personally, I have the Corgi Thrushbuster, the World Distributors Annuals ('natch), and used to have the cheaper cardboard attache case, which an aunt and uncle gave me for Christmas in the '60s. (Update: Now got a replacement.) My brother had the fountain pen, which I dropped while walking over a field one day with him and one of his pals, and the pen was never seen again. (Another update: Now got a replacement for this as well.)

Anyway, included here are the four Annual covers along with their rear illustrations, to allow you the joy of reliving an aspect of your past if you're old enough to have had them when you were a kid. (And I've included a few bonus items just for you!)

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