Ken Aldred

I never noticed it before. The right hand looks okay, but the left hand is very poorly drawn.

Always reminds me of the insectoid Martians from "Quatermass and the Pit".

I can tell. +1

Clever choice, Kav, if you've read the comic. No bodies to draw, in any case.

I don't have the book but this has always impressed me as the ugliest key cover of them all. Always looked like more of a pulp magazine cover to me. That's all. The blue in the cover is actually quite striking when you see a copy in hand.

Glad to hear. The water level did get quite high.

That's excellent.

Congrats. A bargain !

Do you think a porcupine could take out 48 voles! Guess id need more for a vole skin lining for my coat though...i like a three quarter length. Im sure a good Northern tailor could swing it...ive heard they are tops.. A Canadian, human-porcupine hybrid? They'll get owned. Several ways it goes down... 'I have 48 voles.' 'We have a Porcupine.' Or, you could go Dark Age, 'Savage Sword of Jimmers' on them.. 'I will decorate my quills with the ratty, little heads of your fallen.' Either way, it requires intimidation - because voles are bullies, preferring strength and safety in numbers. One might say that they are a cowardly, superstitious lot.

I have no idea what you're talking about so reading this post completely out of context is like I've edited the original post to make it clearer.

Yup. I remember Twentieth Century Vole very well. They produced some great films. We were all shocked when it was suddenly shut down after FBI and CIA investigations proved that the company was a front for laundering cash from the voles' coke, heroin, prostitution and human trafficking interests.

It has gone quiet since the voles started picking off members of the DFJ.

Lobster bisque?

I have kept my OO Marvel Fanfare #1-4 over the years due to the love of the story and artwork. It was that good. Likewise. It was a shame that Golden didn't do the entire story. Paul Smith's work was strong too, especially for a then-new talent. The BWS Thing story was another highlight.

Not off hand, I will check tomorrow. Thank you.

The annual I remember most fondly had stories from Captain America 100, Thor 165 and Amazing Spider-Man 129. The annual made me chase up copies of the US originals when I started collecting seriously in the late 70s. What I can't recall is the annual's cover, even whether you've already posted it, David? Any idea?

I'd forgotten that the stories in the early issues had one extra ink colour rather than being entirely b/w.

I should find myself a nice copy of Fantastic 1. As I said in another thread, it's where it all started for me, aged just three-and-a-bit.

Fond memories.

Not my copy. It’s the comicbook that started it all for me. My parents got it for me when I was three-and-a-bit years old, and turned me into a lifelong X-Men fan as a result.

This. Coffee Nyquil.

Deep down I know I‘m not really being too serious there. Basically too close to a Vader / Luke dynamic.

- EC - The Spirit by Will Eisner - Plastic Man by Jack Cole All available as comicbook reprints or Archive hardcovers.