Monday, 31 December 2018

HOW The WEST WAS DONE...

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Image copyright MARVEL COMICS H ere's a question for all you cavortin' Criv-ites to consider as you prepare to 'see i...
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Sunday, 30 December 2018

LOOKING FOR TERROR? THEN TRY TIM BOO BA...

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Images copyright MARVEL COMICS H ere's another of the fantastic five-page tales that STAN LEE and STEVE DITKO were so good at....
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Saturday, 29 December 2018

A JOURNEY INTO HISTORY AND MYSTERY...

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Images copyright MARVEL COMICS B ashful   BARRY PEARL suggested that I show this STAN LEE/STEVE DITKO strip, presumably to...
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BY THEIR WORKS SHALL YE KNOW THEM...

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R emember the above from a while back?  A fellow by the name of PATRICK FORD , totally misrepresenting what my post which he links t...
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Friday, 28 December 2018

STAN LEE - LIAR AND THIEF? HERE'S WHY I DON'T THINK SO...

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Images copyright MARVEL COMICS F irst of all, apologies for the slight shadow down one side of each image on show here, but I couldn...
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PRESENTING (WHAT, AGAIN?) JINKSY JILL & HANDSOME BILL...

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Pencilled, inked, lettered & coloured by me (boasting again) I suppose I'm just being lazy showing this again, but I don't...
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Thursday, 27 December 2018

RUMBLING REPOST - The SOUND Of THUNDER...

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Black Max.  Images copyright relevant owner I t's funny what you think  about when you look at the  cover of a book or comic  fr...
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Wednesday, 26 December 2018

THE 'GHOST' OF CHRISTMAS PAST...

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L et's say it was 1970 - though it could have been 1969 or 1971.  It's hard to be precise after so long a time.  I bought ...
Tuesday, 25 December 2018

SEASONAL REPOST - A TALE Of TWO SANTAS...

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Christmas selection box Santa I  was supposed to go to my primary school Christmas dance that December night in 1968 or '69 - I...
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WHAT DOES CHRISTMAS MEAN TO YOU?

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F or many years I thought this was an exclusive JIM REEVES song as I'd never heard anyone else sing it.  Then, around ten years...

SEASONAL REPOST - SANTA CLAUS CAME TO TOWN - AND STAYED...

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I t was 1972 or '73, getting on towards Christmas.  I'd just acquired two different Santa 'cake toppers' from a shop call...

NEW FOR OLD...?

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I have this theory that, with a lot of things in life, people are trying to relive, re-experience, various earlier points in their h...
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HERE'S HOPING YOU HAVE A SILENT And PEACEFUL NIGHT...

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H ere's the mighty JIM REEVES with a song that expresses the true meaning of Christmas - SILENT NIGHT .  Just listen to the quiet ...
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Monday, 24 December 2018

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL TRUE BELIEVERS...

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Images copyright MARVEL COMICS H ere's a little Christmas gift for you all - some more covers of  TRUE BELIEVERS comics repri...
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GUESS WHAT JIM'S DREAMING OF?

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O pened my curtains this morning to see a sprinkle of fine frost covering the ground, so with a little piece of luck, maybe we'l...
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Sunday, 23 December 2018

DO YOU KNOW OMEGA The UNKNOWN?

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Image copyright MARVEL COMICS W ell, it may have taken me around 40 years to get there, but yesterday I finally finished a jour...
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Friday, 21 December 2018

SEASONAL REPOST - The WOOLWORTH'S SANTA...

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I n the words of the song ( SILVER BELLS in case you were wondering), soon it will be Christmas Day, so this post is rather appropriate. ...

SEASONAL REPOST - SANTA IN SENSATIONAL 'STITCH-UP' SCANDAL...

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O kay, it's that time of the year once again for  SANTA CLAUS  to raise his bearded head, and provide me with all the excuse I need t...

AN OLD CHRISTMAS CARD...

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T ime now for another track from the singer with a voice as soft as someone who could walk through snow and leave no footprint - JIM...
Thursday, 20 December 2018

TIME - THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT...

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L args, 1971.  During a fortnight's holiday there, I bought three things that I yet remember to this day.  Not necessarily in the...
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Tuesday, 18 December 2018

REFLECTIVE REPOST - IS THE 'ART' BEING TAKEN OUT OF COMICS?

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  Front page of hand-lettered promotional leaflet, sans address & 'phone number A s regular readers of this humble blog s...
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