REVIEWS FROM THE FLOOR OF 64 - WHERE THE PAST IS PERFECT...

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One of my chief faults (among many) is that it takes me forever to get around to doing things - decades even, in some instances.  It's not unheard of for me to have taken 30 years or more to acquire missing comics to plug gaps in my collection, not because of their scarcity, but simply because I was too lazy or distracted to actively seek them out.  I've got model kits I bought 20 or more years ago that are still awaiting assembly and painting, and there are around three I'm supposed to be doing for someone that are lying in various states of partial completion.

Such was the case with REVIEWS From The FLOOR Of 64, a fanzine initially devoted to FANTASTIC and TERRIFIC which I saw advertised quite a number of years back.  I meant to buy it, contacted the fella who produced it to say that I would - and then, before I knew it, the years had rolled by without me ever having done anything about it.  Until a couple or so months back when I finally purchased the first three issues via ebay.

Let me tell you, this is one of the very best (if not the best) fanzines of its kind that I've ever read.  Diligently-researched, intelligently and amusingly written, well illustrated, and displaying the writer's obvious love of the subject matter.  If you're around my age and remember the ODHAMS POWER COMICS, then this is a mag that you should seriously consider buying.  Back numbers of every issue are still available from the email address in the following paragraph.

The mag changed its name to PAST PERFECT when it widened its interests a good while back (#42) to include American comics, and other titles like TV21, MWOM, SMCW, TV TORNADO, and WHAM!, SMASH!, and POW! (as well as others I've probably forgotten).  Super-thick (the current issue has 76 pages, many of them in full-colour), each A5-sized ish is a comics nostalgists dream and would make a wonderful addition to your regular reading material.

For further details, dash off an email to editor, writer, and compiler PAUL WARE at pd.ware@hotmail.co.uk - go on, give it a try - I'd be surprised if you weren't glad you did once you've seen what a labour of love it is.

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