Ken Aldred

Incredible that this book isn't a key yet.

I have heard of it before, but it's quite old-fashioned.

Basically, any northernness is going to be erased?

Great choice. One of the few Silver Age comics I have. Pretty much my introduction to that period of Marvel as well. My second purchase following FF 20 in summer 1977. I've since replaced that poor condition copy, long gone, with an 8.5 white pager.

It's superb. I prefer the Jaime Hernandez material. Gilbert's later stories get a bit dark at times for me. I have many of the issues as physical copies, but I also have a complete run of Jaime's digital collections as well.

It has. 18 minutes past midnight, here in the UK. Success !

Retcon, to the best of my knowledge.

Great choice. One of my favourite panels.

Severin did the colouring for the interior artwork at EC, as well. Easily one of the best colourists ever to work in comics. As a more contemporary example, I remember looking at her work in Superman Adventures, and thinking that when someone else did the colouring it would suddenly seem a bit garish and mismatched in comparison.

Sorry to hear this. Get well soon, Joe.

I’d also noticed John Byrne’s artwork and was pleased to see him start on X-Men. After a couple of issues he was interrupted by a mediocre Tony Dezuniga fill-in ... Of course, after that, Byrne and Claremont went on, like Miller, to create a classic run of stories.

I liked Miller’s art right from the beginning. Without a news magazine or fanzine being available to me in the north of England at the time, the Ditko fill-in issue was an unexpected disappointment. Far from his best work.

Quite a few panels featuring peak period Adams / Palmer brilliance in that issue. To balance out, the Adams panels (and splash pages) that blew me away when I first saw them in the 70s... Sometimes a comic book is so good and has such an influence on you that you can't pick just one panel, especially when the art's up at this level, and it's so definitive for a character.

Yup. I'm being much, much too harsh, not a word-for-word case, I'd agree, and sounding extremely jaded towards the classic version of this horror character, whenever yet another film or TV series seems to be heavily referencing the original, public domain story. Reading the synopsis on the PVR, the reaction I got was 'here we go again, '. Total disinterest at the time, even at that level.

Welcome !!

That's a great one. Not the slightest bit overwritten. "Yea, 'tis not some mealy-mouthed cabbage I do battle with ! " Pure Shakespeare.

I've read loads of material featuring them, but not much about the origin itself. However, Wikipedia says.. ' The first detailed account of the Celestials' origin was finally presented in Ultimates 2 #6 (2017).' I wasn't aware of that development as it's a series I haven't read yet - maybe this year?

Yup. It does take the stress out of that.

If you're reading and enjoying comics, does the format you've chosen really matter?

There's also a recent issue that reprints the short Eternals origin stories from 70s What If?, which are interesting.

At the same age my equivalent was Ferro Lad vs The Sun Eater.

Congrats to Joaquin for a very, very well-deserved win for Best Actor at the Golden Globes.

I missed it altogether. I assumed it was yet another verbatim Stoker adaptation.

Yup. Cloned or deep-frozen assassin with a cyborg arm, but with excellent manners. British version of Bucky.

Very powerful story ending. The Marvel Silver Age equivalent to this...