These covers bring back loads of great memories for me! Like many hundreds of other British comic fans I grew up with these Marvel reprints in the early '70s. As they were reprinting early '60s Marvel comics I was lucky enough to experience the Silver and Bronze Ages simultaneously... which was cool.
We got these reprints at the base PX too when we lived in Europe. Like you I too got to experience all those great original stories with the current stuff I was reading. Treasury editions are still my favorites.
I forever stand vigilant to protect this planet from the myriad of forces that are always against us. Be it the octopus, zombies, aliens or the robots my team of human agents, and our feline allies, circle the globe in a never ending struggle for human freedom.
I learn all I can on every subject that interests me. I especially enjoy ancient history because in the past there are valuable lessons to be found. Also, if I ever get my time machine to work properly, it would be good to know a bit about possible destinations and what to expect when I get there.
I greatly appreciate beautiful design. Be it manufactured or found naturally I am fascinated by the process of invention. I am attracted to the unique, the strange, the haunted. I like to share what I find on this blog.
And not let us forget the 'Cephalopod Menace' who, if allowed to, would wrap their tentacles around all that is good and pure in this life and crush it until it remained no more. They are creatures of pure spite. Hate is all they know. Death is all they do. They are our most ruthless and determined enemy.
So we fight. Selena has the celebrity contacts, the cat is ruthless and without pity, Roosevelt's ghost has the experience and I do the wetwork.
Fighting for the future of the planet doesn't have to be a chore, however. We can take the time to appreciate all that is cool in this world even as we cut the octopus into bite sized chunks.
This is the reason there has always been and must forever be, a Cave of Cool. Be sure to wipe your feet before you enter.
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These covers bring back loads of great memories for me! Like many hundreds of other British comic fans I grew up with these Marvel reprints in the early '70s. As they were reprinting early '60s Marvel comics I was lucky enough to experience the Silver and Bronze Ages simultaneously... which was cool.
I particularly like Jim Starlin's version of a large-breasted Daredevil on that last cover :-)
Is that wrong...?
LOVE great Starlin cover art.. Would love to collect these just to look at the covers each day.
We got these reprints at the base PX too when we lived in Europe. Like you I too got to experience all those great original stories with the current stuff I was reading. Treasury editions are still my favorites.
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