CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: RECENT ARRIVALS Of FACSIMILE EDTIONS...

Friday, 27 March 2026

RECENT ARRIVALS Of FACSIMILE EDTIONS...

Not long arrived at Castel Crivens (though pre-ordered some months back), four great Facsimile Editions - one a double - including Silver Surfer #1, and Action Comics #242 & #419, the original of which I bought around 9 months back. As well as the normal version of SS #1, I got the variant foil edition, though I'm not sure it will scan properly due to its silvery sheen. If it's not included in the following images then it clearly didn't.

Glad to see that Marvel have gone for the square-binding of the '60s ish, instead of staples, which diminishes the historical integrity of such publications in my opinion. Hopefully, they'll reissue previous stapled reprints in their original format in the future. Good to see the foil edition has no barcode box on the front cover, instead being relegated to the back as DC now do with all their facsimiles. Wish Marvel would adopt the same approach with their reissues.

Also, the reproduction of the ads in the DC mags is spot-on, not having the wishy-washy, faded look to them of some previous facsimiles. Looks like they're finally getting the hang of it.

Anyway, if you don't already have these titanic titles, rush round to your nearest comics shop or get on to eBay and nab 'em for your collection. Incidentally, if you were thinking of not buying the SS #1 reprint because you already have the Fantasy Masterpieces presentation from the '70s, be advised that this issue had a few pages omitted and isn't complete. It was edited in such a way as not to be obvious, but I'm sure you'd prefer to own the complete story.

Anyway, feast your eyes on these covers.

As I suspected, the variant foil cover wouldn't scan properly (just came out black), so I photographed it at an angle so that you could get a better look at it.

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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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