tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post4073444886901892823..comments2024-03-28T16:04:57.568+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: November 24th, 1976 - Marvel UK, 40 years ago this week.Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-27541292178607695952016-11-27T08:59:34.157+00:002016-11-27T08:59:34.157+00:00If they were mooting Howard the Duck in the pages ...If they were mooting Howard the Duck in the pages of Captain Britain, that's more evidence to back up my hypothesis from a few weeks ago that Captan Britain was the comic for hipsters back in the day.dangermash aka The Artistic Actuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669793446608643884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-90071562314165156052016-11-26T22:11:06.258+00:002016-11-26T22:11:06.258+00:00Climbing a tree won't help you! There is ho hi...Climbing a tree won't help you! There is ho hiding place from Aldo the Gorilla.<br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-7642491674418335722016-11-26T16:32:10.617+00:002016-11-26T16:32:10.617+00:00That must have been the Howard the Duck back-up fr...That must have been the Howard the Duck back-up from the somewhat carelessly titled Giantsize Man-Thing 4.<br /><br />It does seem like an odd fit for Captain Britain, but... maybe they wanted to test reader response to the character? With the US HTD monthly being (I think) the only new Marvel title of the 70s with a character they actually owned to sell well, I wonder if they were considering a new weekly fronted by Howard or something...?<br /><br />In which case, it would seem Howard and Garko the Man-Frog weren't a big hit with CB readers.<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-46162786830564130142016-11-25T00:59:19.699+00:002016-11-25T00:59:19.699+00:00I remember the Howard the Duck pull out comic. It...I remember the Howard the Duck pull out comic. It was actually the centre four pages, printed horizontally (Titan-tastic?) so that they could be folded in half, and have the tops cut, to form an eight page mini-comic. A web search tells me that it was the man-frog story. Personally, I struggle to remember anything good about Howard the Duck, but this did demonstrate how easy it is to make your own mini-comic. They became the next big thing at my junior school for about two weeks.<br /><br />DWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-38836585555458969452016-11-24T23:44:48.362+00:002016-11-24T23:44:48.362+00:00I had that issue of Captain Britain (in fact I had...I had that issue of Captain Britain (in fact I had all 39 issues) but I don't remember the Howard the Duck pull-out comic at all - that's a better free gift than the crappy mask in #1. And yes, a sad farewell to The Titans but in my opinion its' glory days were #27-52 when the Fantastic Four were the cover stars. Only another seven months till the landscape experiment was dropped permanently but it was great while it lasted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-8392719145097072692016-11-24T20:32:22.279+00:002016-11-24T20:32:22.279+00:00I like to think Conan's Brothers of the Blade ...I like to think Conan's Brothers of the Blade are the ancestors of the Mad Thinker's Triumvirate of Terror.Dougiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03965448821892833703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-27305521575904978442016-11-24T20:24:41.437+00:002016-11-24T20:24:41.437+00:00They joined The Mighty World of Marvel early in Ne...They joined <i>The Mighty World of Marvel</i> early in Neal Adams' run on the strip. In fact, it might have been for his first issue on the strip. They then joined <i>The Titans</i> for the very last installment of the Kree/Skrull War.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-25509808523124756452016-11-24T20:13:53.435+00:002016-11-24T20:13:53.435+00:00est ever lineup in a UK Marvel comic.
But they co...est ever lineup in a UK Marvel comic.<br /><br />But they could never get the timing right in these mergers and movements, could they? The Avengers went on to become my second favourite strip (I only ever read Spider-Man's comic) but joining them right in the middle of a multi part sentinels story wasn't the greatest ever introduction.<br /><br />And didn't they move to Titans (or was it MWOM) slap bang in the middle of the Kree Skrull war?dangermash aka The Artistic Actuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669793446608643884noreply@blogger.com