KID'S KLASSIC KOMIC KOVERS: THE MIGHTY WORLD OF MARVEL #15...

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Yesterday morning, I woke to a thick carpet of snow in my town.

It was like a classic Christmas scene, but by afternoon, the snow had

started to melt and only patches remained.  It's the same this morning,

with those patches reluctant to disappear completely, and a Yuletide

atmosphere still casting its glow over the surrounding terrain.

It reminds me of a time, 44 years ago, of a similarly Festive

feeling, when I first bought The MIGHTY WORLD Of MARVEL

#15, and returned home after an afternoon adventuring with a pal to

find that my family had acquired a canine chum.  PRINCE was his

name, a mongrel who looked just like a mini-Alsation, and was the

first of three dogs we had over a period of around 25 years.

The above cover is interesting, in that most of it looks to have

been pencilled by JIM STARLIN and inked by JOE SINNOTT,

with the exception of the SPIDER-MAN figure, which has a distinct

JOHN ROMITA flavour to it.  Could this be a patch, dropped in

over Jim's original Spidey figure, or did he just do a good job of

channelling Romita senior's web-slinger?  Whaddya think?

Anyway, this cover's full of memories and associations for me,

and, if you're old enough to have bought it back then, it'll be the

same for you, too.  Hope you enjoyed seeing it again.

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