tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post4109101881943370455..comments2024-03-28T16:59:18.564+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: January 4th, 1975 - Marvel UK, 40 years ago this week.Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-23844080315024112112016-02-08T08:50:45.161+00:002016-02-08T08:50:45.161+00:00You're right, Dangermash. I'd totally forg...You're right, Dangermash. I'd totally forgotten about his appearance in that tale and the friendship between him and Kraven.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-53763315430244357882016-02-08T08:29:30.532+00:002016-02-08T08:29:30.532+00:00It's the Chameleon's tnird appearance. Th...It's the Chameleon's tnird appearance. The one you've forgotten is ASM #15 or SMCW #7: the first appearance of Kraven the Hunter.dangermash aka The Artistic Actuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669793446608643884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-61018537678022679222015-01-07T09:57:29.135+00:002015-01-07T09:57:29.135+00:00Prowler, the coins available at the time were; hal...Prowler, the coins available at the time were; half a pence, 1 pence, 2 pence, 5 pence, 10 pence, and 50 pence. I'm not sure but it might still have been possible to use pre-decimal sixpence coins, as they weren't phased out until a while after decimalisation. Therefore, you'd either have to use a combination of smaller coins to buy comics, or use a larger one and get change.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-31210551903008033662015-01-07T00:57:04.491+00:002015-01-07T00:57:04.491+00:00Again, I find myself drawn to the 7 and 8 p prices...Again, I find myself drawn to the 7 and 8 p prices. Was there a coin that would buy a set amount of comics? Here, when comics were 20 or 25 cents, a buck would get either 5 or 4 comics. When prices jumped to 35 cents, you could buy two and walk home with the change or try to find a nickel somewhere. But at 35 cents, you would always have change. And change is not another comic. It felt right to have comics and no money on the walk home. When you had money in your pocket, you always felt there was one more comic just out of reach, tantalizing in its uncontainable ness!!!<br /><br />(Bob, you've been missing a lot of work lately. <br />Missing work? No, I haven't been missing work).The Prowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16047156663144096329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-7131006610848428252015-01-06T05:44:15.876+00:002015-01-06T05:44:15.876+00:00I think Charles Fort used "Lo" a bit too...I think Charles Fort used "Lo" a bit too (the title of his 1941 book).<br /><br />Oh, and Adrian Mole's magnum opus was to be entitled "Lo! The Flat Hills of My Homeland"B Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618583443442543086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-61513332113189571042015-01-05T22:53:19.773+00:002015-01-05T22:53:19.773+00:00Just checked, Colin, and it seems you are correct....Just checked, Colin, and it seems you are correct. The poster I was thinking of was for an early 70s rerelease. Don't I feel like an eejit.<br />Looks like you really made a monkey out of me (sorry, couldn't resist that)<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-6518714483464589572015-01-05T21:13:06.816+00:002015-01-05T21:13:06.816+00:00I don't think the Statue of Liberty ever appea...I don't think the Statue of Liberty ever appeared on the original 1968 movie poster. I've seen one which definitely doesn't feature it, unless there were others of course. Perhaps more modern POTA movie posters does include the statue because the twist ending is now so famous anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-71159507590452173802015-01-05T14:51:38.915+00:002015-01-05T14:51:38.915+00:00At least they had enough sense not to put the stat...At least they had enough sense not to put the statue of liberty on the cover. I could never understand why it was on the film poster, although obviously someone somewhere thought it was a good idea to give away the twist ending of the film before anyone even made it into the cinema.<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-52198431209772007842015-01-05T13:27:40.316+00:002015-01-05T13:27:40.316+00:00That issue of POTA is indeed the final part of the...That issue of POTA is indeed the final part of the movie adaptation but for me it was a confusing disappointment - the Statue of Liberty is shown lying down with a close-up of the head and shoulders and not like in the film's dramatic finale. Anyway, at the age of eight I didn't know what the Statue of Liberty actually was or its' significance to the ending of the story. Luckily the POTA weekly had lots of info about the apes movies so I was fully up to speed by the time the adaptation of "Beneath" began in POTA #35.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-8843393339248357162015-01-05T07:07:55.362+00:002015-01-05T07:07:55.362+00:00The scariest thing about the Spider-Man story is H...The scariest thing about the Spider-Man story is Harry's attempt at facial hair. Combined with the weirdest hairstyle in comics, the combination is truly creepy.And this was before he took drugs - AlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com