CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: SUPERMAN Vs. SHAZAM! FACSIMILE EDITION...

Wednesday, 18 June 2025

SUPERMAN Vs. SHAZAM! FACSIMILE EDITION...

I returned to the '70s earlier today for a short spell with the arrival of DC's Limited Collectors' Edition C58 - Superman Vs Shazam! Never had it at the time, but I would've seen it advertised in 1978 so that's when I think of now that I own this Facsimile Edition. It won't be an exact facsimile as the internal colours will likely be different and a modern copyright notice has been added to the splash page which it wouldn't have had originally. (You know the one... Blah, blah... By Special Arrangement With The Jerry Siegel Family.)

The story is reprinted in a softcover book I own, though I never bothered to read it before. I have now, and I'm glad I waited 'til I had a facsimile in more-or-less the original dimensions. I've lost count of how many of these Collectors' Edition facsimiles I own, but they're quite impressive and I'm glad to have them. Anyway, if you had this 'comic' back in the day and want to return to the '70s for a visit, you should be able to track one down in your local comics shop or obtain it via eBay like I did. So what's keeping you, culture lovers? Grab one while you can!

6 comments:

Kid said...: What's up? No one interested in superheroes anymore?; 19 June 2025 at 13:48
Colin Jones said...: I know nothing about Shazam so why are there two Earths?; 20 June 2025 at 01:02
Kid said...: In DC continuity at the time, CJ, there were multiple Earths, chief among them Earth 1 and Earth 2. Earth 1 was where Barry Allen's Flash lived, along with the DC heroes as we knew them, Earth 2 was where Jay Garrick's Flash lived, along with DC heroes who saw World War II. There was also Earth S, where Captain Marvel lived, along with the Marvel Family. Complicated? That's why they had the first Crisis On Infinite Earths which merged them all together. There have been other Crises since then and I don't know what the state of play is at the moment with DC.; 20 June 2025 at 06:00
Colin Jones said...: Much obliged, Kid - I've heard of Crisis On Infinite Earths and I've heard it's all being undone again or something.; 20 June 2025 at 12:59
Kid said...: I think it's all been undone a few times over the years, CJ, to the extent that I can't keep up any more and have lost interest in DC comic mags.; 20 June 2025 at 13:22
Kid said...: Aside from reprints and Facsimile Editions.; 20 June 2025 at 13:23

About the artist:

From 1985 to 2000 A.D. (little joke there), I contributed to a variety of high profile comics and magazines for various companies.

For IPC/FLEETWAY/EGMONT, I freelanced as a lettering and logo artist on various weekly comics and monthly magazines, and also as a resize comic artist and spot illustrator on pocket books, summer specials and annuals.

For MARVEL U.K., BLACK LIBRARY, REDAN and USBORNE BOOKS, I again freelanced as a lettering artist, also working as a restoration artist for MARVEL U.S., restoring and re-creating certain pages of JACK KIRBY art for their MARVEL MASTERWORKS editions.

I also lettered the MARVELMAN sample pages submitted to MARVEL U.S. when they were considering acquiring the character, which - as we all now know - they DID.

Supplied comic strips, cartoons and illustrated advertisements for local business campaigns and newspaper publication on a professional basis since the age of 16. Did my first paid art job for publication at 14 or 15 for Lanarkshire Education Board.

Have also made TV appearances as a collector of memorabilia.

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Just some of the titles I worked on are:

2000 A.D. * JUDGE DREDD MEGAZINE * DICEMAN * SONIC The COMIC * JUDGE DREDD, LAWMAN Of The FUTURE * CRISIS * REVOLVER * EAGLE * TIGER * BATTLE ACTION-FORCE * BUSTER * WHIZZER & CHIPS * WHOOPEE * NIPPER * SCHOOL FUN * ACE VENTURA, PET DETECTIVE * The REAL GHOSTBUSTERS * DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE * COUNT DUCKULA * RUGRATS * The TRANSFORMERS * DEATH'S HEAD * THUNDERCATS * GALAXY RANGERS * DRAGON'S CLAWS * SINDY * MARVEL MASTERWORKS * The TROLLS * LOADED * INFERNO * WARHAMMER * ROSE BLACK.

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