TWO MORE TRUE BELIEVERS...

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Wow!  35 years.  Really?  Yes, really.  'Twas way back in 1985 when I bought the first ish of a new SPIDEY mag - WEB Of SPIDER-MAN #1, and now I have the TRUE BELIEVERS reprint issue to complete the circle.  This one came out almost a couple of years ago, but I've only just acquired it.  Note that the new logo (replacing the original 'Web' one) doesn't look as out of place as most of the other replacement logos on current TB issues do.

Talking of which, the cover of the True Believers reprint of The INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #54 would've looked better if MARVEL had retained the corner illo of ol' SHELL-HEAD to offset the space around the new name.  I think someone needs to have a word with whoever's responsible for the replacement logos on this current batch of TBs, because quite a few of them let the side down.

Anyway, that small observation aside, they're still well-worth having for the titanic tales from yesteryear contained within.  And as I've mentioned before, the original, untampered-with covers are reproduced in the back of each mag.  (Just a shame they're not on the front.)

More TBs and Facsimile Editions coming up soon, frantic ones.

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