A big shout out to blogger par excellence "Kid" Robson who is currently posting loads of wonderful scans from old Power Comics over at his blog. After mentioning to him that I had a knackered, coverless copy of Terrific no. 1 in my collection, Kid very kindly sent me scans of the missing pages.
This is in fact the only Power Comic I've ever owned ( apart from a Fantastic Annual ) and was passed down to me by my cousin Paul, along with some long-gone issues of Lion and Thunder. I missed out on the Power Comics experience, as I was only four months old when this mag came out, so I didn't get my first hit of British Marvel reprints until Mighty World Of Marvel debuted in 1972.
Above is an example of my awesome childhood colouring skills :-) Who knew Namor had blond highlights? I also managed to colour Iron Man a sickly pink and green but I'll spare you that horror...
Yep, those two yellowed pages are from my dog-eared copy, while the nice, pristine pages are Kid's. I can't remember if my copy ever had covers whilst in my possession, but it's good to know that I can now assemble a complete Fantastic no.1 for the first time in too many years.
Thanks again, Kid! You're Terrific!!
Soundtrack: Rabbit Heart ( Raise It Up ) by Florence + The Machine
Still Life by The Horrors
( Both awesome live in Cardiff the other night! Review to follow... )
Thanks for the kind words. A pleasure to assist. And your own blog is pretty darn excellent as well.
ReplyDeleteI won't be able to sleep again until I've seen pink and green Iron Man.
ReplyDeleteI've just realised, Mighty World of Marvel reproduced that Sub-mariner pin-up at some point, and I had it on my bedroom wall.
ReplyDeleteThe pin-up was on the back of MWOM #15 - totally different colour scheme 'though.
ReplyDeleteKid, Steve... thanks for the comments, guys.
ReplyDeleteDon't know if the world is ready for pink 'n' green Iron Man yet...