BABE Of The DAY - VICTORIA VETRI...

VICTORIA VETRI gives

me that ol' "come hither" look -

showing just what kind of burds

guys tend to attract when they're

as handsome as I am.  Guess I

 was just born lucky, eh?

2000 A.D. COVER (& IMAGE) GALLERY - PART THREE...

Images copyright REBELLION

Ready for part three?  Well, ready or not, here it comes.  The final lot of 2000 A.D. covers from 1979, bought back in the day by my good self.  Think I'll have to sit down and read them all again one day, when I have time.  Funny that the first one of this run I bought (Prog 119) had JAMES BOND on the cover, and the last one (127) also gives him a mention.  It's possible I bought some of the following issues after the merger with TORNADO, but if I did, I never kept them.  (I just didn't like the comic's return to cheaper printing.)

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Below, is this the greatest JUDGE DREDD story ever written?   It's certainly got to be one of them, right up near the top.  Hopefully, REBELLION won't mind me posting the full story, but it's one with a powerful message that everyone should read. Click on the images to enlarge, then click again for optimum size.  Have your hankies at the ready - this one will really move you!

Did you spot that great bit of visual humour?  "A heavy guard on the door", with a clearly overweight judge filling the role.  I can't help but wonder if this was indicated in JOHN HOWARD's script, or was it JOHN COOPER's idea?  Nicely done though.

  

The above-mentioned 'SHAKY' KANE would eventually draw for IPC

2000 A.D. COVER (& IMAGE) GALLERY - PART TWO...

Images copyright REBELLION

As promised, here's the second part of a gallery of 2000 A.D. covers from way back in 1979.  I've included the JUDGE DREDD 'splash' pages because they're drawn by BRIAN BOLLAND and therefore worth a look.  DAVE GIBBONS' DAN DARE pages are also worth a look, but I've got to set limits somewhere or we'd never get on to the next post.  Anyway, better get started if we want to see the next lot of covers and images - coming soon.

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I assume that the above-mentioned KEVIN SUTHERLAND is the very same one
 who would later draw for The BEANO and 2000 A.D. itself.  Can anyone confirm?

2000 A.D. COVER (& IMAGE) GALLERY - PART ONE...

Images copyright REBELLION

In a previous post on 2000 A.D., I mentioned that I collected a short run of the comic back in 1979.  Having now checked, it was a mere 9 issues in total, from Prog 119 to 127, which happened to be the first merged issue with TORNADO.  So I thought I'd give you a look at the first of those 9 issues, followed in an upcoming post of the remainder of the 9 ish run.  Interested?  Good!

I bought this issue in R.S. McColl's in my local Town Centre, and looking at this cover now, I'm instantly returned in memory to the interior of a shop that vacated the premises only 2 or three years later.  It was ROGER MOORE's appearance as BOND in the soon to be released MOONRAKER that attracted my attention, and if not for him, it's unlikely I'd have given the comic a second glance.

It's funny how our decisions are influenced on such seemingly inconsequential things.  Back then, the weekly was still unashamedly a comic for boys, and looking at the contents now, it's actually not a bad little package.  It's just a shame that it was eventually hijacked by a far older readership, and transformed into a glossy magazine for 'adults'.  There's no equivalent of 2000 A.D. for kids today, and that's quite a sad situation when you think about it.

Ah, 1979.  To me, it seems like only a few short years ago, not the nigh-40 year gulf that it actually is.  Of course, if you weren't even born then, it must seem like prehistoric times.

  

1990 was 11 years in the future in 1979 - now it's 27 years in the past

And here's the booklet pages the 'right way up' to enable you to read them properly without having to turn your computer screen on its side.  Click to enlarge, then click again for optimum size.

BABE Of The DAY - EMILY PROCTER...

Dunno who told EMILY PROCTER

her gloves match her outfit, but she's been

misinformed.  I was going to say her top fits

like a glove, but you'd maybe think I was

suggesting she's got five nipples.

RECOMMENDED READING: JUSTICE INC. COLLECTED EDITION...

Images copyright DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

This image is getting to be a familiar sight on CRIVENS!, but hey - what a belter, right?  I only bought the first ish of the regular 2015 DYNAMITE comic because of ALEX ROSS's 'homage' to JOE KUBERT's original 1975 DC COMICS cover, but I recently acquired the collected edition of the six-part series and it was a nice little read.  I felt I'd just picked up from where I'd left off back in the '70s when I was a teenager.

There's a couple of instances where the letterer has skipped a word, which requires re-reading to catch the meaning, and the art has some minor problems where cars (very nicely rendered) and people aren't always proportionate size-wise, but all-in-all, if you're a fan of pulp heroes in general and The AVENGER in particular, then you'll enjoy this softcover volume.

Check out your local comicbook store, where you're sure to find a copy of this book sitting on the shelves.  Remember to pay for it before you leave though, as it's always embarrassing being rugby-tackled on your way out the door when you've forgotten to hand over your cash. I wonder how long it'll be 'til HOLLYWOOD sees the potential in this property for a big-budget movie?  We'll just have to wait and see.

Incidentally, I'd put a clear protective cover on the book not long before scanning, which slightly reflects the scanner's light.  Hopefully, it doesn't impair your visual enjoyment, but I wasn't going to risk damaging the book by taking it off and putting it on again.  (I knew you'd understand.)

KLASSIC KIRBY KOMIC KOVERS: STRANGE TALES #183 (Or #130 - TAKE YOUR PICK)...

Images copyright MARVEL COMICS

As you can see, the cover of STRANGE TALES #183 is an enlarged segment from #130.  I first saw JACK KIRBY's art for this on the cover of its latter printing, not its original, though I'd read the story contained therein in an issue of TERRIFIC back in the '60s.  Because I'm a generous guy, I thought I'd show you both versions, so don't say I never spoil you - because I do!  Which version do you prefer, frantic ones?  Share, share, share!