Wednesday, 28 January 2026

(BOND) BABE Of The DAY - JULIE EGE...

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I intended to write an interesting, educational, erudite post which would amaze and astound you, but then realised I could create the same ...
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The DISAPPEARING PEN Affair...

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Copyright relevant owner B ack in November of last year I published a Man From U.N.C.L.E. Annuals Cover Gallery , in which I mentioned my b...
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Tuesday, 27 January 2026

The SKULL COMES HOME... (Updated)

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I t was 1977 or '78.  Once, I could have told you precisely what year, but my memory is in decline, alas.  I'd been in Glasgow for t...
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Wednesday, 21 January 2026

BABE Of The DAY - JANE RUSSELL...

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F rom  Picture Show Annual  1951 comes delectable Jane Russell , one of my top babes of all time.  It's been said that gentlemen prefer ...
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Thursday, 15 January 2026

CASTEL CRIVENS NEW ACQUISITIONS... (Updated)

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All images copyright relevant and respective owners A rrived yesterday, The Legend Testers from Smash! (60th Anniversary) - though for som...
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Wednesday, 14 January 2026

JUST WILLIAM - AND JOE...

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Copyright relevant owner B ack when I was a mere boy circa 1970 or thereabouts, a friend told me about the 'Just William'  books by ...
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JACK KIRBY'S FOURTH WORLD FIASCO?

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Copyright DC COMICS N owadays, DC Comics' Fourth World saga is sometimes hyperbolically (surely) described as 'Jack Kirby's Mas...
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Sunday, 4 January 2026

PLASTON TARDIS TIMES TWO...

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A s a kid, I had what I now realise was an inadvertently destructive habit of removing stickers and labels that weren't positioned prope...
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Wednesday, 31 December 2025

BABE Of The NEW YEAR - JACQUELINE BISSET...

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H appy New Year to all Criv-Kids . See you again (hopefully) in 2026.
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Monday, 29 December 2025

THE TIME TO STOP IS GETTING NEARER...

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Copyright MARVEL COMICS S adly, I'm compelled to conclude that my buying days, especially of old toys and vintage comics, will soon have...
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Thursday, 25 December 2025

And now, a word from your host...

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  A very   MERRY CHRISTMAS  to all CRIV-KIDS  everywhere.
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Sunday, 21 December 2025

TOMB RAIDER...?

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Copyright DC COMICS Y ou may remember me mentioning one of my childhood friends dying recently (October 21st), though we weren't exactly...
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Friday, 19 December 2025

DOCTOR STRANGE #1...

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Copyright MARVEL COMICS W hen it comes to Doctor Strange , the late Steve Ditko was, in my opinion, the definitive artist on the strip.  Ot...
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Wednesday, 17 December 2025

CHRISTMAS With The SUPER-HEROES...

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Copyright DC COMICS H ere's yet another DC Limited Collectors' Edition I didn't have at the time, but I've got it now - or ...
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Monday, 15 December 2025

WOWZA! THRILLING ADVENTURE STORIES #2...

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Copyright relevant owner I can't help but wonder whether any other b&w magazine ever had such a magnificent line-up of top-notch ar...
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Sunday, 14 December 2025

SUPERMAN Vs SPIDER-MAN 'TREASURY EDITION' 50th ANNIVERSARY...

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Copyright DC COMICS & MARVEL COMICS D ue out the first week in January '26, two versions of the 50th Anniversary edition of Superm...
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