tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post598694708766548914..comments2024-03-29T08:31:38.748+00:00Comments on Steve Does Comics: November 3rd, 1976 - Marvel UK, 40 years ago this week.Steve W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-86789151926939679392016-11-04T17:39:27.763+00:002016-11-04T17:39:27.763+00:00IRL, the blackout was caused by an inaccurately ca...IRL, the blackout was caused by an inaccurately calibrated circuit breaker. But in the comics, it had to be A.I.M. or Hydra. Not much excitement if Colonel Fury could fix everything just by turning a switch off and then back on. <br /><br />There were reports of a baby boom in New York nine months later, although that was probably just an urban legend. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-69997197615291470522016-11-04T16:43:13.407+00:002016-11-04T16:43:13.407+00:00Thanks, Paul. :)Thanks, Paul. :)Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-33277219818178838542016-11-04T14:03:10.661+00:002016-11-04T14:03:10.661+00:00How things have changed, last time we had an elect...How things have changed, last time we had an electrical cut, we all huddled around the laptop and watched a film until the power came back on a few hours later.<br />Still loving the blog.Paul Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-2750261030595933982016-11-04T08:42:13.252+00:002016-11-04T08:42:13.252+00:00Colin, I used to love it when we got the old coal ...Colin, I used to love it when we got the old coal fire going. We did, however, discover why it's not a good idea to throw old batteries on a fire. It's a miracle we all came out of it unscathed.<br /><br />TC, I don't think Marvel UK ever reprinted any Golden Age material. For them, Marvel definitely started in the early 1960s and anything before that was uncharted territory.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-37246048741406863682016-11-04T05:04:00.335+00:002016-11-04T05:04:00.335+00:00I vaguely remember the Sub-Mariner fighting an amn...I vaguely remember the Sub-Mariner fighting an amnesiac Toro in the late 1960's, and Toro sacrificing himself to stop the Puppet Master or the Thinker at the end, but I had completely forgotten about him impersonating the "real" original Torch. <br /><br />The 1940 Sub-Mariner vs. Torch story was reprinted in 1966 and '67. Part of it in the one-shot Marvel Super-Heroes Special #1, then the rest in Fantasy Masterpieces #7 and #8. That's in the US, of course. Don't know if it was ever reprinted in MWOM or The Titans. <br /><br />Daredevil and the Panther met in Daredevil #52, but I have no idea whose life was "on the line." They teamed up again in Avengers #82, fighting the Zodiac villains. TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13686814973788356726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-80036366451857046162016-11-04T02:06:57.253+00:002016-11-04T02:06:57.253+00:00I'd completely forgotten about that Nick Fury ...I'd completely forgotten about that Nick Fury New York blackout story. Back in the '70s power cuts would last for hours but we had a coal fire so we could make toast on the fire and boil water for tea. At the time those frequent power cuts were a real nuisance but nowadays I have rather fond memories of huddling around the fire in the darkness eating toast or reading comics by candlelight :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-23995099420206650742016-11-03T21:04:01.601+00:002016-11-03T21:04:01.601+00:00Yeah - Dougie's story sounds vaguely familiar....Yeah - Dougie's story sounds vaguely familiar. Might be something thatI I've seen mentioned in that 10 volume directory of the marvel universe from the late 80s? I'm sure you know the one I mean.dangermash aka The Artistic Actuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669793446608643884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-59057387586151906802016-11-03T20:42:01.333+00:002016-11-03T20:42:01.333+00:00Thanks for the info, Dougie. It's strange that...Thanks for the info, Dougie. It's strange that I have no memory of it at all but such are the vagaries of memory.Steve W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09191442559702617745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-6574840893925258792016-11-03T20:13:57.246+00:002016-11-03T20:13:57.246+00:00SPOILER!
It's a Roy Thomas sort -of -sequel t...SPOILER!<br /><br />It's a Roy Thomas sort -of -sequel to the Lee -Kirby Torch/Quasimodo FF annual. Subby fights an amnesiac adult Toro who is impersonating the android Torch. Toro sacrifices himself at the end.<br />John Byrne had plans to introduce Toro's daughter in Avengers West Coast, in the late 80s. It didn't happen, to my knowledge.Dougiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03965448821892833703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6263300365798803459.post-1586793361291187232016-11-03T19:44:34.092+00:002016-11-03T19:44:34.092+00:00I think you're right about the Spider-Man/Visi...I think you're right about the Spider-Man/Vision Teamup story Steve.<br /><br />And Subby and the original Torch. I'm wondering whether this could be a reprint of the first Marvel crossover back in the 1940s. Who knows, maybe that might have been reprinted in Subby's 1960s strip, hence the appearance in Titans. This is all just guesswork though.dangermash aka The Artistic Actuaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15669793446608643884noreply@blogger.com