Ken Aldred

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.

I'll go with Mentor / Alars being his father, then Thanos is Quill's half-brother.

The gold helmet looks more like a variation on Dr Fate's to me, rather than Hawkman. The Savage Dr Fate.

A pampered feline.

All I was saying was how much attitudes in the comics industry changed in a brief 5 year period. And, to me the vocalist in that Beatles cover sounds like Jon Bon Jovi.

How strange then that within 5 years his style became the industry standard.

That's not a bad critique for a first attempt. There's the implication that they're happy with the way he's drawing feet, at least.

That is fantastic. Yup. That's because Jack Cole was a genius.

I'll see what I can conjure up. Here's a few more... Kind of reminds me of hotel cons from ye olden days. Not that there's anything wrong with that! It looks just like a typical British comic mart, as run by Golden Orbit, and especially so because of the TV Tornado Annual in the first image.

You should post some of your favourite Klaus Nordling splash pages as well.

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The colours,the perspective,the clock...it just really struck my fancy the first time I saw it when Marty Mann posted it.Just tickles me pink,you know?And ive had a terrible ti e finding one.MM also has a Star Spangled comic with a clock on the cover,well clocks that I love.They are no my thing,but those two covers really are special to me. I like that cover. Biro did some good ones.