Tales from the past viewed through rose tinted glasses
Monday, December 11, 2023
Bring on the Christmas Back-Ups - Night of the Prowler - by Bernie Wrightson & Len Wein
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Gone but not forgotten: Near Myths - The early work of Grant Morrison and Bryan Talbot
Near Myths was an A4 SF magazine (similar to Dez Skins’ “Warrior”) published out of the Science Fiction Bookshop in Edinburgh under the ”G...
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I was probably about seven years old when I walked into my local newsagents in Cambuslang (near Glasgow) with my pocket money firmly he... -
Following on from my last post featuring some of my favourite Marvel comic book covers from 1973, I thought I would show some of DC's ... -
Nearly a half-century on I still consider 1973 to be the year that cemented my destiny in becoming a lifetime comic book fan. It was a yea...
I don't have that issue, but I've got that story somewhere so it must've been reprinted at some point. Yeah, classic stuff (if a bit cliched).
ReplyDeleteIt was reprinted in "Christmas with the Superheroes"Kid. I only picked this issue up in the early 1980s , initially for the Neal Adams cover but it's a great HoM issie.
DeleteI've never seen this little gem before. Thanks for sharing a story which well and truly fits the times.
ReplyDeleteIt certainly packs a lot into its 3 pages Rip.
ReplyDeleteThat story reminds me of waking up on Christmas Eve when I was about 5 and being convinced that Santa wouldn't come if I didn't go back to sleep.
ReplyDeletelol I was the same Colin. I can still remember when I was about 4 years old being convinced I saw Santa and his reindeer in the sky when I was looking out my window on Christmas eve way back.
ReplyDeleteThat's a nice little story. Love the slow zoom on the husband's face as his expression softens and the colouring turns from monochromatic to pastels. I don't remember ever reading it, but I do have the comic buried away somewhere. Time to fish it out.
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