FAVOURITE COMICS OF THE PAST PART FORTY-SEVEN - SUB-MARINER KING-SIZE SPECIAL #1...

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I well remember the day I bought this King-Size mag

sometime in 1972 (or '73) as it was a particularly sunny one. 

Can no longer recall if it was a Saturday, or a weekday during

the school summer holidays, but I believe I purchased it from

one of the local RS McCOLL's in the main shopping centre of

my home town.  From there I made my way along to another

newsagents in a neighbouring area, and I remember walking

the stretch of road between the two, and the hot sun

beating down upon me on the journey.

As for the contents, I'd first read these stories in the

pages of TERRIFIC back in 1967, although, at the time,

it seemed a far longer period than 5 or 6 years between 'then

and now'.  VINCE COLLETTA is much-maligned in some

fan circles nowadays, but his inking over GENE COLAN's
pencils on this strip was excellent, and easily the equal of
his inks on JACK KIRBY's THOR tales   Add to that a
great SAL BUSCEMA* cover and you've got yet
another of my favourite comics of the past.

(* I think I can see a hint of MARIE SEVERIN 
in there as well.  Couldn't swear to it 'though,)

Incidentally, originally Gene was named in the credits
as ADAM AUSTIN, but this was altered for this King-
Size re-presentation of these SUB-MARINER tales.

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