tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post5559709487720972753..comments2024-03-28T17:45:54.544+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: January 11th, 1978 - Marvel UK, 40 years ago this week.Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-53074003395669513672018-01-13T10:58:16.174+00:002018-01-13T10:58:16.174+00:00Nebulon's true form looked an awful lot like t...Nebulon's true form looked an awful lot like the squid monster in the opening scene of GOTG2.Timothy Fieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01455609500395912042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-63096313747025612782018-01-13T04:55:52.782+00:002018-01-13T04:55:52.782+00:00Nebulon turned out to be a Lovecrafian monster fro...Nebulon turned out to be a Lovecrafian monster from the nethers of space.<br />So horrible, he caused the Squadron Sinister to gasp in horror at his true visage.<br />His evil plot? To melt the polar ice cap and submerge the Earth in water, thus making it more habitable for his aquatic, alien race.<br />Somebody shoulda told him to just be patient for a hundred years or so. We're getting there on our own without any help from supervillains.<br /><br />M.P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-66588868611490834562018-01-13T02:18:28.811+00:002018-01-13T02:18:28.811+00:00No need to apologize DW, I even looked it up to co...No need to apologize DW, I even looked it up to confirm that - spoiler alert! - next weeks Complete FF does indeed reprint the cover of #149, that's how much more I can bore myself.<br /><br />-seanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-35233622509395570092018-01-13T01:37:26.806+00:002018-01-13T01:37:26.806+00:00Hi Lew, My mistake. I was viewing this on my litt...Hi Lew, My mistake. I was viewing this on my little phone. By the way, I really enjoy your blog!Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-48396358411195086732018-01-13T00:50:57.906+00:002018-01-13T00:50:57.906+00:00Charlie, it's not the Thing's skull being ...Charlie, it's not the Thing's skull being crushed. The debris is sand from the impact of the Sandman's blow. <br /><br />What I really like about these covers is how action packed they are, and so clearly illustrated. Far more compelling than some of the quieter covers of modern Marvels. It's a shame Disney don't allow Panini UK to commission new cover art these days. Sadly they're only allowed to use existing American covers now.Lew Stringerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10746322402392204077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-31481762953379405832018-01-12T23:19:52.382+00:002018-01-12T23:19:52.382+00:00Charlie
That FF cover is a reprint of the US FF #...Charlie<br /><br />That FF cover is a reprint of the US FF #148. It is easy to lose track (despite virtually everything being available online) as my comment last week about preferring the UK FF cover to the US #149 were also wrong. Last week's Uk cover was #147 and presumably next week's UK FF will reprint #149.<br /><br />Sorry, I'm even boring myself with this...<br /><br />DWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-30039503150520606502018-01-12T22:46:46.286+00:002018-01-12T22:46:46.286+00:00I still Marvel at some of the violence you guys we...I still Marvel at some of the violence you guys were treated to! <br /><br />Sandman crushing Thing's face/skull like that truly strikes me as something you would never have seen in the USA. There was another cover, a few months ago, I remarked about with someone getting their head jacked up.<br /><br />Well, anyhow, that's my recollection from those bygone days of Silver and Bronze Age comics.<br /><br />P.S. Me and Paste Pot Pete are from the same town of Gary, IN. I've been really psyched all week, having just learned that! I mean, I feel like instead of "6 degrees of separation" I am but 1 - 2 degrees of separation from Medusa! :) Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-13944705660796007312018-01-12T18:02:30.475+00:002018-01-12T18:02:30.475+00:00Paul, it would indeed appear that the Sex Pistols ...Paul, it would indeed appear that the Sex Pistols played their last concert on January 14th, 1978.<br /><br />Sean, the story was drawn by Al Milgrom but was written by Gerry Conway and Bill Mantlo. It looks like Steve Engelhart's run on the strip ended with the tale before this one. I too strongly recall the Vitamin C episode. It's a miracle it didn't put me off oranges for life.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-92122076859308156132018-01-12T17:31:27.678+00:002018-01-12T17:31:27.678+00:00Was that the Englehart/Milgrom run on Captain Marv...Was that the Englehart/Milgrom run on Captain Marvel in MWOM, Steve?<br />Read some of it in the US monthly Mar-Vell, and recall being confused by a subplot in one about Rick Jones, his music biz people and a... um, "vitamin C" pill.<br />The Negative Zone was the best place for him really.<br /><br />I was reminded of Blake's 7 for the first time in ages recently when the Grauniad (sorry Colin:) ran a piece about the fortieth anniversary of the first episode.<br />Can't say I had much of a high opinion of the programme but I did enjoy the Ian Kennedy artwork in Marvel UK's inevitable Blake's 7 Monthly (poor old Blake - always second fiddle to Dr Who).<br /><br />-sean<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-57360491073287057702018-01-12T13:16:48.702+00:002018-01-12T13:16:48.702+00:00Spot on Steve Nebulon's true form was indeed t...Spot on Steve Nebulon's true form was indeed that of a giant space slug type character - incidentally didn't the Sex Pistol play their last concert in this week (until they reunited in the 90s) I think that was accompanied by Mr Rotten's famous "Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?" quotePaul Mcscottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18318282453323874419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-40974678377980596262018-01-12T09:13:45.791+00:002018-01-12T09:13:45.791+00:00I still live in hope that, one day, Blake's 7 ...I still live in hope that, one day, Blake's 7 will return and be just as nihilistic as it was then.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-66037816388702695302018-01-12T03:28:28.100+00:002018-01-12T03:28:28.100+00:00Nothing exciting happening in the world ?? Only th...Nothing exciting happening in the world ?? Only the senses-stunning second episode of Blake's 7 - introducing The Liberator, the coolest spaceship in the universe (or was that the 3rd episode?).<br /><br />There's a small change to the cover of MWOM - now it's "Sgt Fury" instead of just "Fury".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com