tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post4102453009071777998..comments2024-03-28T18:40:59.101+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: WATCHING THE CLOUDS DRIFT BY...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-17797436386602159242012-04-12T09:45:31.940+01:002012-04-12T09:45:31.940+01:00Or, to put it another way - "There are more t...Or, to put it another way - "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."<br /><br />All too true, Thom - all too true.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-72062876331976746112012-04-12T04:44:59.722+01:002012-04-12T04:44:59.722+01:00I traded off a lot of comics over the years, but I...I traded off a lot of comics over the years, but I always kept key issues that triggered memories, such as this one.<br /><br /> I kept the first comic I ever bought off the spinner back in the '50s (Uncle Scrooge), my first 3 DC superhero comics circa 1961, and other sentimental stuff like that there. <br /><br />My comment moderation words are tmenhisi essums, which I'm thinking is Latin for "throw your reality pills down the drain, life is stranger than we imagine.Thomas Haller Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278003392092477845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-1662752278808029202012-04-12T01:51:08.877+01:002012-04-12T01:51:08.877+01:00Thom, I'm impressed - the same copy from all t...Thom, I'm impressed - the same copy from all those years ago? In fact, I'm jealous. Maybe we're the same person from different points in time, currently inhabiting the same time continuum - you know, like Doctor Doom and Pharaoh Rama-Tut?<br /><br />Time for my reality pill.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-33090971218446592982012-04-12T01:34:31.114+01:002012-04-12T01:34:31.114+01:00Oh, absolutely Kid, absolutely. My recollection of...Oh, absolutely Kid, absolutely. My recollection of this comic is very specific as well. <br /><br />I bought it brand new off the racks at the Woolworth's at the JCRS shopping center near my house. The weather was blue skies and a few scattered clouds. My mother was shopping at the fabric store, and I curled up somewhere with this comic and was transported. I had only read a few golden age stories at that time, mostly from Jules Feiffer's superhero book, and I was stunned to see an Elmer Fuddish Mr. Mxyzptlk, almost sweet and innocent. The story where the animated Superman feature was playing with Superman and Lois in the audience blew my mind. I went back and bought a second issue so that I could cut it up for my scrapbook of kool komic stuff.<br /><br />I read and reread that comic a hundred times, and I still have the same intact copy I bought on that blue sky day.<br /><br />Geez, you and I use the same time machine.Thomas Haller Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278003392092477845noreply@blogger.com