But what else did I dream of?
I dreamt of having super-powers.
And what of these things that men call, "Super-powers?" Do they bring happiness and contentment into their possessor's life?
There's only one way to find out - and that's to flush our minds down the drain that is the Temporal Vortex, watch it go round and round in circles, and see what the past has to offer us.
The Red Skull's still out to destroy us all.
Only another thirty seven weeks of this story to go.
At this rate, Tony Blair'll be Prime Minister before the Skull finally gets round to killing James Callaghan.
It's the return of the dreaded split covers, as Doc Samson continues his attempt to recruit the Hulk for his psychiatric purposes, while Battle for the Planet of the Apes...
...Hold on a minute.
What's this?
Will miracles never cease?
The Red Skull's battle with Britain might be showing no signs of ending but, from the looks of it, Marvel's Battle for the Planet of the Apes is finally over. No doubt there'll be street parties all over Ape City.
My razor-sharp senses tell me, from the cover's speech balloons, that we may be blessed with the return of Jason and Alexander.
The preparations for Aunt May's wedding are clearly going swimmingly.
Still, they always say a bad rehearsal means a good wedding.
Fury may have been a flop but, fair play to it, it had easily the best covers of any Marvel UK weekly - not to mention a nifty way with alliteration.
Now I think that might be the MWOM with the cutaway diagram of Titan. Not last week.
ReplyDeleteThe adaptation of "Battle" was finally over but the Planet Of The Apes stories continued till June, alternating between Jason & Alexander and the aquatic Freedom Reaver adventures - both arcs ended on a cliffhanger as the U.S. POTA magazine was abruptly cancelled.
ReplyDeleteSteve - I'm digging the Stuka cover! (reminds me of my uncle's stories about shooting down a Stuka on the Murmansk Run.) Stories weren't really memorable though?
ReplyDeleteMy mom told me her dad had a buddy who was on one of the ships on the Murmansk Run. He told my Grampa about it later. I don't know the details, but I guess it got pretty horrible. He was haunted by it.
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if you liked Foyle's War, there's an episode involving sailors sunk in the Murmansk Run.
DeleteCharlie, Fury was reprints of really terrible - and forgettable - old Marvel war comics.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you might well like Johnny Red though, the rather excellent 70s series - originally in Battle, currently in print from Titan - about a fighter pilot on the Russian front. Same writer as Roy of the Rovers, no less.
-sean
Sean, i just read a couple Roy's this past week in the only Tiger Annual I own from 1962! was Roy published in other Annuals as well? (Sorry if I sound like a neophyte to the world of Annuals, lol.) I will seek out Johnny Red! eBay (Amazon?) here i come! Tally Ho! Th Thanks for the tip!
ReplyDeleteDid Fury ever reprint the story where Captain Savage and his Leatherneck Raiders dressed up as women?
ReplyDeleteI only wish I could tell, you Joe. Sadly my knowledge of Captain Savage is virtually non-existent.
ReplyDeleteAs is my knowledge of the contents of, "Fury."
ReplyDeleteAchtung Charlie - haven't read the current revived Johnny Red comic by Garth Ennis, so I can't say whether thats a better bet than the old reprints. Guess it depends how much you want that authentic 70s war comic vibe.
ReplyDeleteBtw Roy of the Rovers got his own weekly title and annuals in the 70s.
(I remember reading plenty of US war comics like Enemy Ace, the Losers and all that, but did you have football comics?
Obviously with American football being such a baffling game there'd be no demand for imports here, but no one seems to discuss them on the internet either...)
-sean
My kid brother use to read Roy Of The Rovers while I was on Spider-Man. I would have a sneaky read of his conics. If RotR would have been published as 20-page long monthlies rather than 2-page long weekly comic strips, it would have made an awesome mag. When I think about how much character development his teammates got in those 2-page strips and think what Stan Lee could have done over 20 pages, well....
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