THE INCREDIBLE TRI-MAN - PART ONE...

When SMASH! gave up reprinting MARVEL stories in 1969,

there seems to have been quite a bit of protest from disappointed

readers about the decision.  Why else would editor GIL PAGE - in

the guise of 'office boy' MIKE - appeal to them to give the new direc-

tion a chance?  However, note must have been taken of the reaction,

because very soon, the comic was featuring a U.K. superhero of

its own - The INCREDIBLE TRI-MAN!

The cover-dated ish of 13th September 1969 bore a banner

which read "You can meet a great new character inside -

The Incredible Tri-Man!"  However, the strip doesn't appear to

have been as popular as IPC anticipated, because it ended after 20

issues, never to be seen again.  (Except for a full-colour RON

TURNER illustrated adventure in the 1971 Annual.)

So, starting now, we re-present British SPIDER-MAN clone,

The Incredible Tri-Man.  If you thrilled (or yawned) to his weekly

adventures as a kid, you can now re-live a moment of your long-ago

youth.  If not, you can scratch your head in bemusement at what

your grandfathers used to read back in 'prehistoric' times.

And if you'd like to leave a comment, hey - I ain't

stopping you!  Get that typing finger moving now.

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