tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post3610381565182059573..comments2024-03-28T18:40:59.101+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: SEVEN SENSATIONAL PAGES OF THE AMAZING JOHNNY FUTURE - PART NINE...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-38955352244377835682014-04-29T18:47:20.093+01:002014-04-29T18:47:20.093+01:00I hope to get around to doing a cover gallery of D...I hope to get around to doing a cover gallery of DWW in the not too distant future, JP. I often walked for miles trying to hunt down comics, so I know just how you feel. I don't think I'd have the energy or the stamina to do it nowadays.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-85149332672043001392014-04-29T17:48:52.145+01:002014-04-29T17:48:52.145+01:00In hindsight, I suppose I do too. I remember once ...In hindsight, I suppose I do too. I remember once walking absolute miles to get one ish. #26 had been an Easter issue and, as such, had come in the shops early and had completely sold out everywhere on the town. So I caught the bus to the next town and started touring all the shops on that town, only to find a similar story. Downhearted and very weary I reached the very last newsagents on the outskirts of the next town - to discover they still had ONE copy left. Well I bet you can imagine how I felt? Now THERE'S true fanaticism for you!!<br />So whenever you see that yellow cover - think of my poor aching legs!John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-61928698810261214292014-04-29T16:28:52.895+01:002014-04-29T16:28:52.895+01:00DWM - one of British Marvel's (and now Panini&...DWM - one of British Marvel's (and now Panini's) longer-lasting success stories, JP. (I have to say that I think I preferred the weekly 'though - it was more comic-strip orientated.)Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-89388946501505399202014-04-29T16:22:13.132+01:002014-04-29T16:22:13.132+01:00Just like Col, I started buying Marvel UK with POT...Just like Col, I started buying Marvel UK with POTA, but I also liked Drac as well, so that announcement was just like Terrific joins Fantastic all over again! But even worse was to come! - when POTA joined TMWOM is was just like Fantastic joins Smash all over again!! I knew the end was nigh for my beloved Apes. And I so much wanted the TV series to be drawn and even the Return To... Cartoon series. <br />When I first saw Chewie in Star Wars THAT gave me something to look forward to, but the new SW weekly didn't really do it for me.I had to wait until DWW until my spark of enthusiasm returned. Thank GOODNESS the only "good news, readers!" we ever read there were the smooth transitions from weekly to monthly to the magazine it still is today!John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-24745838750623639512014-04-29T14:09:55.297+01:002014-04-29T14:09:55.297+01:00I remember the inside back-page of Planet of the A...I remember the inside back-page of Planet of the Apes No.87 which said something like "spine tingling news in next week's issue" alongside some pictures of the apes and Dracula which told me with sinking heart what was coming - I hated that merged comic and the way the mighty arching apes masthead was all squashed up to make way for the Dracula Lives masthead but as a POTA fan I kept on buying it until about five issues before the end when I finally gave up on it. My favourite bit of comics spin though was in Captain Britain No.23 when they announced that next week there'd be a new GLOSSY COVER but totally failed to mention that all the colour pages were being dropped !!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-20255685575751684212014-04-29T13:42:28.869+01:002014-04-29T13:42:28.869+01:00H'mm, I wonder if that's why they tried to...H'mm, I wonder if that's why they tried to present it as something to be happy about - because they knew kids would be sad about losing their favourite comic? I'm probably being too charitable, JP - it would doubtless have been for more commercial reasons.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-70616776538988217572014-04-29T13:36:44.884+01:002014-04-29T13:36:44.884+01:00I always HATED that "Great News, Readers!&quo...I always HATED that "Great News, Readers!" announcement whenever I saw it! Even though it meant less pocket money to pull out, it dealt like the kiss of death for a comic and for me, it was always a miserable experience. It was the same as an adult , whenever I saw it, it was always a downer.John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.com