tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post5790511213779451594..comments2024-03-19T06:48:12.795+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: Marvel style, done the Fleetway way. Marvel Annual 1972.Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-21042809167991754092023-02-06T19:52:05.008+00:002023-02-06T19:52:05.008+00:00Hi, Mark. I have the feeling I might have been the...Hi, Mark. I have the feeling I might have been the person who said he was Spanish. It would appear that he was the British artist James E McConnell, a man noted for his work on <i>Look and Learn</i>.<br /><br />I shall have to dig out my copy of the annual to see if you're right about which panel is the Eric Morecambe one. I do recall that it's in the scene where Bruce and Rick first encounter the Toad Men and find themselves pinned to the wall by the villains' magnetic guns.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-1856013905613422012023-02-06T12:38:55.864+00:002023-02-06T12:38:55.864+00:00I´ve just spotted the Eric Morecambe panel (page 9...I´ve just spotted the Eric Morecambe panel (page 9, panel 7)!<br />I remember reading somewhere that the cover artist was a Spanish chap.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07254419131417884427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-90986082327200837722018-11-12T12:48:42.911+00:002018-11-12T12:48:42.911+00:00Hi, Brian, it also resembles a panel from The Incr...Hi, Brian, it also resembles a panel from <i>The Incredible Hulk</i> #2.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-65079331624581392952018-11-12T07:12:00.254+00:002018-11-12T07:12:00.254+00:00That cover is based on a panel from page 6 of Incr...That cover is based on a panel from page 6 of Incredible Hulk #109, btw. Herb Trimpe pencils.Brian Hamilton-Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04230709794325756680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-85191325717351570272010-10-06T04:37:49.547+01:002010-10-06T04:37:49.547+01:00Actually, I think Marvel merely arranged for Fleet...Actually, I think Marvel merely arranged for Fleetway to publish the book on their behalf, as it must have been printed from newly-supplied proofs. Why? The pages were printed in their original format and not resized as in TV21 (and earlier Odhams/IPC titles).<br /><br />Also, Dez Skinn once said that Stan Lee had told him that MWOM's original title was going to be called The Wonderful World of Marvel, and the Annual features an article which uses that title.<br /><br />I'd imagine the Annual was a rush job, and that it was a Fleetway Annual only because they had the set-up to print and distribute it. It was advertised as an official Marvel Annual in the pages of MWOM itself, and was probably titled simply "Marvel" because, at the time of preparation, they hadn't yet made up their minds on whether to go with "Wonderful" or "Mighty". It was the same with the 1974 Annual also.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-50404716482937466872010-04-08T03:20:35.033+01:002010-04-08T03:20:35.033+01:00Of course. What a fool I've been. Not only tha...Of course. What a fool I've been. Not only that but I'd forgotten about Fu Manchu's Flip-Flop Ninjas as well.Stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-45521613408678925202010-04-07T23:52:06.378+01:002010-04-07T23:52:06.378+01:00Have you never heard of the Pentagon's elite S...Have you never heard of the Pentagon's elite Slipper Squad? You just don't mess with soldiers in comfortable shoes...<br />:-)Simon B https://www.blogger.com/profile/07719757386457800087noreply@blogger.com