FAVOURITE COMICS OF THE PAST PART FORTY-NINE - E.R.B.'s KORAK SON OF TARZAN #1...

Characters copyright The Estate of EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS

I remember that it was raining.  I also remember that I got this

comic in a local R.S .McCOLL's before wandering into another

shop, W.&R. HOLMES.  "Better get back to school" I eventually

thought, having taken an extended lunch break and missed a couple

of lessons.  I remember taking my seat in English class and then fur-

tively browsing through KORAK #1, secure in the knowledge that I

was out of the teacher's immediate sight as long as she stayed seated

at her desk.  I remained alert 'though, ready to put the mag back

into my schoolbag at the first sign of 'teach' standing up and

going for a wander 'round the classroom.

And, contents aside, that's all I remember about this comic

from the early '70s - shops, school and schoolbag (which I still

have), and the fact that it was raining when I purchased it and as

I made my way back to school.  Hardly a riveting reminiscence by

any means, but I find myself smiling at the memory of a vanished

period of my youth whenever I gaze upon the cover and inter-

nal pages of one of my favourite comics of the past.

"Good for you," you say, "but what's in this for us?"  Ah,

for you, the pleasure of perusing some pleasant pictures, and

perhaps even recalling your own memories associated with this

terrific treasure from yesteryear.  Maybe it was raining then

too.  Can you remember?  Then tell us all about it.

     

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