tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post4637898461592181379..comments2024-03-28T22:45:25.693+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: The most forgettable comics I have ever owned. Part 12: Marvel Preview #13, The UFO Connection.Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-68615220042150505452020-06-01T16:59:09.429+01:002020-06-01T16:59:09.429+01:00It was indeed a quite chilling read.It was indeed a quite chilling read.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-25277860669923024422018-01-23T19:41:18.734+00:002018-01-23T19:41:18.734+00:00Matt, you're right! I'd totally forgotten ...Matt, you're right! I'd totally forgotten that it was reprinted in <i>Star Wars</i>. Thanks for jogging my memory. :)Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-84822288932603851452018-01-23T19:11:35.048+00:002018-01-23T19:11:35.048+00:00I read this aged 7 when it was printed in the back...I read this aged 7 when it was printed in the back pages of Star Wars weekly UK in 1978, and it scared me a lot. <br /><br />There are alien killing machines all over the place, relentlessly chasing this little girl and her father, after first slicing her mother in two in front of her. They get hunted all round the world, and it turn out the aliens are abducting humans to drain them of psychic energy because the alien children can't survive without it. At the end the father is killed, and the final panel is the girl waiting in a pyramid surrounded by aliens knowing that soon a big psychic explosion will be set off which will kill the aliens and her.<br /><br />A bundle of laughs it isn't!Mattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-51546301013759720642017-05-01T09:45:19.263+01:002017-05-01T09:45:19.263+01:00I do remember it as being the only comic that ever...I do remember it as being the only comic that ever scared me, as I was still going through life thinking it was possible I might be kidnapped by aliens. Thankfully, that conviction has since receded considerably.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-31670654732419544782017-05-01T00:11:11.038+01:002017-05-01T00:11:11.038+01:00I still have this issue, and still think it is ver...I still have this issue, and still think it is very good, though Trimpe's art in definitely better in the first part when inked by Janson, as the second part was inked by Marcos, which was ok, but Janson was better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-90918920552895189182014-05-10T11:16:43.104+01:002014-05-10T11:16:43.104+01:00Thanks, Soupy. :)Thanks, Soupy. :)Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-85963886180126918862014-05-09T22:38:11.672+01:002014-05-09T22:38:11.672+01:00I remember having that comic. It began with - as I...I remember having that comic. It began with - as I remember - some alien gizmo hiding in a bin and shooting people. It was a little-bit Close Encounters but much, much more sinister.<br /><br />So right about the "time capsule" aspect. That was actually quite a brief period of obsession with that topic. The seventies seemed full of crazes like that - Kung Fu, streaking, sharks, disco. Ufos were just another one.<br /><br />Somehow, in my mind, this period is also associated with those lovely adaptations of Killdozer, War Toy, Black Destroyer etc. that appeared in the back of Planet of the Apes. Maybe they're contemporaneous.<br /><br />Great blog btw.SoupyBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-4072341715314553302014-04-24T18:11:39.173+01:002014-04-24T18:11:39.173+01:00Americans had already stopped listening to Jimmy C...Americans had already stopped listening to Jimmy Carter's promises about reducing inflation, reducing the unemployment rate, simplifying the tax codes, and balancing the budget, so we didn't pay much attention to his UFO claims, either. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-32466390534791735642014-04-24T13:15:10.763+01:002014-04-24T13:15:10.763+01:00B, that reminds me. Around the same time that I go...B, that reminds me. Around the same time that I got the above comic, me and my sister tried sharpening a blunt razor blade with a paper pyramid.<br /><br />The strange thing is it seemed to work.<br /><br />Admittedly, I can't be certain our dad didn't secretly swap a sharp blade for the blunt one while we were sleeping - but still....Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-40369813891184069192014-04-24T12:25:58.246+01:002014-04-24T12:25:58.246+01:00Everyone knows that pyramids can sharpen razor bla...Everyone knows that pyramids can sharpen razor blades - what more reason to get into them (so to speak)?B Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618583443442543086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-51728574948966438702014-04-22T22:12:12.642+01:002014-04-22T22:12:12.642+01:00...and the Spear of Destiny. Hitler always wanted......and the Spear of Destiny. Hitler always wanted the Spear of Destiny.<br /><br /><br />The Prowler (saw something once but still can't explain it).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-75631774054717564782014-04-22T18:21:04.812+01:002014-04-22T18:21:04.812+01:00John, you should watch the History channel on cabl...John, you should watch the History channel on cable TV if it’s not about UFOs its Hitler or dinosaurs - ideally about Hitler building UFOs to visit the past in order to get dinosaurs in order to win WW2 (and that’s not 100% off one particular programme) :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166190927603182073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-84978526056278309942014-04-22T18:18:20.642+01:002014-04-22T18:18:20.642+01:00I suspect it's because of the internet. There ...I suspect it's because of the internet. There are now so many UFO videos and reports out there that it's impossible to separate the wheat from the chaff and therefore the vast bulk of it tends to get ignored.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-54090385203915229382014-04-22T13:16:25.023+01:002014-04-22T13:16:25.023+01:00Why do we never seem to hear anything about UFO...Why do we never seem to hear anything about UFO's and aliens any more?John Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035300858247327343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-37472007979731158222014-04-21T12:11:40.730+01:002014-04-21T12:11:40.730+01:00Wasn't really a great book (imho) I picked it ...Wasn't really a great book (imho) I picked it up first time as it was at the height of the UFO craze and anything UFO was of interest and of course it was a Marvel B&W but recall the story being a bit long and didn't have Herb Trimpes best art. Saying that Marvel Preview was a good book I think Starlord was the next issueAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166190927603182073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-90771496823945193432014-04-20T23:45:51.344+01:002014-04-20T23:45:51.344+01:00My uncle said he saw a UFO once, but we put it dow...My uncle said he saw a UFO once, but we put it down to his home wine-making operation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com