Comments on: Comic Book Legends Revealed #228

By: Kid Robson

Kid Robson — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:49:16 +0000

Actually (for the record), Fantastic and Terrific were published by Odhams Press.

By: The Amazing Spider-Ads

The Amazing Spider-Ads — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:17:27 +0000

Ha, so did they also photostat over the insides of those Iron-Man stories with the red-and-gold version?

By: jmy

jmy — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:13:39 +0000

I would imagine some of the EC sci-fi comics had alternate realities. Of course, if we limit it to super-hero comics, then it still may be Wonder Woman.

By: Paul Ware

Paul Ware — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:46:55 +0000

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By: Richard Morrison

Richard Morrison — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:07:18 +0000

Wow ! what about that alfredo alcala art for Beneath Planet of The Apes too.

By: Richard Morrison

Richard Morrison — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:03:36 +0000

Ha! just spent a few hours reliving my childhood after following that link . Thanks Marti!

By: Marti Gray

Marti Gray — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:48:31 +0000

Ah, here goes Richard, courtesy of the excellent It Came From Darkmoor blog;

http://itcamefromdarkmoor.blogspot.com/2009/06/it-came-from-darkmoors-marvel-uk-to-z.html

By: Marti Gray

Marti Gray — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:42:13 +0000

I heard that too. Very cheeky.

I especially enjoyed that strip about four monkeys who went up in a rocket, got hit by cosmic rays . . .

By: Richard Morrison

Richard Morrison — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:34:12 +0000

Grrrrr…. this reminds of something.

I discovered my love of comics through reading reprints issued by marvel UK in the 1970s. One of my favourite titles being planet of the apes which featured adaptations of the movies from the apes franchise along with other standalone adventures set on the palnet of the apes. I loved some of those stand alone stories and carried fond memories of them into adulthood. However, i read somewhere a few years back that there wasnt much POTA material to reprint so the editors of Marvel UK took to reprinting other marvel sci fi material with the heads of apes pasted on to the main characters.

Its funny, i do concede that . . . but it has rather tarnished the memory for me!

By: KAM

KAM — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:31:35 +0000

Sijo – “To count as a counterpart of Earth it must specifically be called that; there’s plenty of planets in fiction that just happens to be Earthlike.”
So you would discount Magic-Land from JLA #2 just because it had the wrong name, even though a map showed the exact same continents as Earth?

Heck, even on Earth, Earth isn’t the only name for our planet. A different parallel with a slightly different history could be named Terra or Monde or any number of other words for our planet in different languages.

I will agree that some of the parallel worlds in other dimensions might not count as Earth’s if they have distinct differences (such as different continents) & only occupy the same space, however just because the name isn’t the same doesn’t necesarily disqualify it as an alternate Earth.

By: wwk5d

wwk5d — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:08:35 +0000

That dialogue in that WW story is priceless. Interesting look at they style of stories from that era.

By: Eastin

Eastin — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:22:54 +0000

Brian just wanted to let you know that I’ve spent the last few weeks reading the entire archive of CBLR. Great stuff. Lots of interesting facts, great debate, and humor contained in these columns and the comments following each. Plan to pick up a copy of the book soon also. Keep up the great work.

By: arcee

arcee — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:03:51 +0000

Re: Sijo

The comic translations I remember were sold back in the day when comics (also Mexican comics with heroes like Santo, Blue Demon and Kaliman) were sold in Pharmacies. Way, way before comics became exclusive to comic book stores. And that particular pharmacy (“Mom and Pop” type not a chain like Walgreens or Amal) no longer exists today.

In other words, the stone age. LOL!

By: ParanoidObsessive

ParanoidObsessive — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:15:22 +0000

Wait, am I the only one who noticed this? "Well, recently, Morisi's son Val dropped me a line and she said I could run the anecdote by her. He confirmed the basic gist of the story, but she said that it was actually his father asking the editor" HOLY CONFLICTING PRONOUNS, BATMAN! Was it his son, and the female pronouns are wrong, or did you mean his daughter and got confused? Or did some crucial piece of information get left out (like it was supposed to say his son AND daughter), which would otherwise make sense? Or is it perfectly clear to everyone else and I'm having some sort of massive brainfart here? I'm so confused.

By: Jherek Carnelian

Jherek Carnelian — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:55:14 +0000

Yeah I remember that Superboy story as a reprint from an 80 page giant annual so 1961 sounds about right. The term Multiverse was coined by the British Sci-Fi author Michael Moorcock who cleverly linked his dozens of books by having them take place on parallel earths. Some of his characters could move between them at will, albeit somewhat randomly, and often met other versions of themselves. My message board name is taken from one of his characters and both Grant Morrison and Alan Moore acknowledge Moorcock’s influence on their work. I don’t think he coined the term before the early sixties though, so in DC terms somewhere between Flash of Two Worlds and Crisis on Infinite Earths.

By: Gavin Bell

Gavin Bell — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:26:59 +0000

another vote for “where the hell are the Grant/Breyfogle trades?” here!

By: Dan Bailey

Dan Bailey — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:09:13 +0000

Every time I see an example of George Tuska’s pre-Silver Age art (which unfortunately isn’t very often at all), I’m reminded of how neat it looks. His ’60s & ’70s work, in contrast, does very little for me, though I very much respect the fact that he produced steadily. Makes me wonder what changed in his approach. Y’know, maybe I should go looking for a copy of Dewey Cassell’s TwoMorrows volume on Tuska; at the very least, surely it contains quite a nice selection of the style I prefer.

By: suedenim

suedenim — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:32:10 +0000

Let that be a note to the folks who occasionally send me reminders about the legends they’ve sent in in the past – I didn’t forget, it just sometimes takes a long time for a legend to be featured! It’s a capricious business.

It’s just that what happened to your double in his co-existing world affected you! Something that can happen to anyone!

By: MarvelSmartAss

MarvelSmartAss — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:11:09 +0000

Speaking of multi-verses … another take on Flash #123: http://wp.me/pBLmC-3p

By: SwanShadow

SwanShadow — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:56:38 +0000

George Tuska is indeed still with us, and right up until an e-mail he distributed to fans earlier this week, was still drawing on commission. Alas, he’s now officially retired. At 93, I believe he’s entitled.