The Marvel Lucky Bag - July 1982.

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A number of moderately well-known films were unveiled in July 1982 but by far the most famous release that month was Tron, Disney's effects-packed tale of something or other.

Come to think of it, although I've, "seen," it on several occasions, I'm not sure I've ever managed to keep my attention on the thing all the way through, leaving me with very little idea of what it's actually about.

It's a long time since I last visited the Micronauts in this feature but I must confess that's a cover which would make me liberate this book from its spinner rack.

Apparently, this issue features Computrex and Professor Prometheus. Not that I have the vaguest inkling of who they are.

And now I pay a rare visit to Moon Knight's dark domain.

It would seem our hero's in Haiti where he teams up with Brother Voodoo to take down a terrorist who can raise the undead.

The Grand Comics Database informs me that, this issue, Moon Knight, "Speaks in numerous contractions and jive," which is a thing I've always wanted to hear.

We also get a second Moon Knight strip, titled Murder by Moonlight.

Marvel was never going to refuse the chance to adapt the Conan movie rocking the world's cinemas.

And it hasn't.

Inevitably, it's drawn by John Buscema but, perhaps shockingly, there's no involvement from Roy Thomas in the writing stakes.

Instead, we have the likes of John Milius, Oliver Stone, Ed Summer, John Buscema and even Michael Fleisher credited as authors.

I'm just hoping Fleisher manages to inject some of his Iron Jaw magic into proceedings.

Not content with giving us a special based around Arnie, Marvel also gives us one based around Annie.

It's true. The 1980s' greatest musical gets the comic book treatment, even though, as I've commented in the past, it does seem a strange idea to do comic book adaptations of musicals, bearing in mind the impossibility of capturing the tunes on a comic book page.

I dread to think what the lyrics to Annie's songs look like on the page. They probably seem like the dark rites of some nightmarish doomsday cult.

The 2nd issue of Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions smashes its way into our newsagents. And the first punch-up involves DD, Talisman and Darkstar vs the Invisible Girl, Iron Fist and Sunfire.

The second contains She-Hulk, Captain Britain and Defensor vs Iron Man, Sabra and the Arabian Knight Bizarrely, the latter of those two teams wins. I can only assume Iron Man did all the fighting for them.

Rom's comic's still going strong - and will do for several more years to come. 

It would appear our armoured astronaut has to tangle with the combined power of Mystique, Rogue and Destiny but not before the usual confusion over who's the good guy and who's the bad guy.