Friday, 23 December 2022

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HO-HO-HO!

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M erry Christmas to all Crivvies everywhere.  This will probably be my last post of the year, but hopefully I'll be back in 2023 with a ...
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Tuesday, 20 December 2022

IT'S A DATE - OR IS IT?

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Copyright relevant owner H eads up, heroes.  As almost everyone and their granny knows, UK weekly comics are usually dated up to seven days ...
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Thursday, 8 December 2022

MEN OF ACTION (WELL, TWO OUT OF THREE AIN'T BAD)...

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ACTION MAN copyright HASBRO A bove are three Action Man figures, the one on the left from 2018, the middle one from 2016, and the one on t...
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Monday, 28 November 2022

"YOU'VE BEEN FRAMED..." (Updated)

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T hought I'd show you just what can be done with a scanner and printer, plus some inexpensive frames from Poundland .  The pictures are ...
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Sunday, 27 November 2022

PAST POSTINGS - The MIGHTY WORLD Of YESTERDAY...

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Copyright MARVEL COMICS T hey say that when you're dying, your life flashes before your eyes - but there's a far less drastic (and n...
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Monday, 21 November 2022

KENNER AND McFARLANE SUPER POWERS SUPERMAN FIGURES...

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Copyright DC COMICS Y ou're looking at my very own Kenner Super Powers Superman figure (above) from 1984.  I bought it in John Menzies ...
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Sunday, 13 November 2022

GUEST POST By JP - TV2000 - The DUTCH TV21...

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Copyright relevant owners M y favourite UK comic of all time is TV (Century) 21 .  I cut my milk teeth on the early Gerry Anderson puppet T...
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Friday, 11 November 2022

KEVIN O'NEILL PASSES AWAY...

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I meant to mention the untimely death of Kevin O'Neill before now, but my energy levels have been a bit low these last few days.  I ca...
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Saturday, 5 November 2022

CONAN IN COMIC AND BOOK FORM...

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Copyright MARVEL COMICS and CPI W ith the recent arrival at Castel Crivens of Conan the Barbarian Epic Collection Volume Six , I've now...
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Friday, 4 November 2022

CLOUD Of A BILLION LIGHTS...

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Copyright relevant owner R emember the great Century 21 mini albums that used to be around in the '60s?  To celebrate Fireball XL5'...
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Thursday, 3 November 2022

FOR FAWKES' SAKE - (Too good not to use again)...

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Images copyright their respective owners W hat can match the thrill, as a kid, of one of your favourite comics having a free gift every so o...
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Monday, 31 October 2022

TV21 #242 - The 'FINAL' ISSUE...

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What a boring cover.  Copyright relevant owner I recently purchased the last issue of the first series of a comic which had started its p...
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"THREE WEE WITCHES ON THE GREEN..."

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 J ust for fun, here are three frightfully fiendish iconic images suitable for Hallowe'en.  First up, an  AURORA  ad from any number of...
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Sunday, 30 October 2022

FAVOURITE COMICS Of The PAST - PART SIXTY - FANTASTIC FOUR #55...

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Copyright MARVEL COMICS B ehold The Silver Surfer on the comic's cover above.  Assuming that I purchased my original copy of this issue...
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