Thursday, 10 October 2019

MR. HANDSOME...

                                             

                                                I am the handsomest of men,
                                                the ladies look, then look again;
                                                I'm toned and fit, and tall and dark,
                                                in my blue eyes resides a spark
                                                which makes them tremble deep within
                                                and lets me turn their hearts to 'sin'.
                                                If truth be told, I'm quite a tease,
                                                but women's eagerness to please -
                                                to play the game of 'birds and bees'
                                                and do their utmost to appease
                                                my appetite for pleasures rare -
                                                lets me perform with style to spare.

                                                I am Adonis come to life,
                                                all women wish to be my wife.
                                                I conquer hearts with languid ease
                                                and watch them go weak at the knees.
                                                Whenever I pass through a door,
                                                I laugh as their chins hit the floor.
                                                E'en Sapphic slaves can't help but 'turn'
                                                so filled with lust for me they burn,
                                                their 'lady love' they all do spurn
                                                and nevermore will they return
                                                to their past wicked wanton ways,
                                                such is the power of my gaze.

                                                My skin is firm and tanned and smooth,
                                                my honeyed words do serve to soothe
                                                the fever in their lustful hearts,
                                                pierced by cherubic cupid's darts.
                                                I cannot fail, I am God's gift
                                                to women who require a 'lift'
                                                to make them feel desired and young
                                                by one so handsome and well-hung,
                                                who charms them with a silver tongue,
                                                whose name and fame are so far-flung -
                                                for me they'd all lay down and die...
                                                and do so with a grateful sigh.

                                                Who am I?  Why...

                                                I'm Mr Handsome.

AMAZING FANTASY #15 FACSIMILE EDITION - THE GOOD AND THE BAD...


Copyright MARVEL COMICS

AMAZING FANTASY #15 Facsimile Edition is a nice little addition to the series, but I have to be honest and say it's not quite as good as it could be.  However, first let me tell you what is good about it.  The SPIDER-MAN strip, unlike many previous 'doctored' reprints, is reproduced from faithful source material, with none of the clumsy amendments, alterations, or restorations that earlier re-presentations suffered from.  What's not so good is that, unfortunately, the back-up strips are taken from the 1992 MARVEL MILESTONE EDITION, and are not quite as sharp in the reproduction stakes as the main tale.

SUE STORM making a guest 'appearance' in the latest incarnation of the ad?

What's more, for some curious (no doubt PC reason), an image has been omitted from one of the ads, and the indicia has been moved from the inside cover to under the splash page, leaving too large a space where it originally sat.  Also, the cover COMICS CODE stamp has been deleted, which I think is a step too far, as keeping it would help capture the 'spirit of the age' in which the mag first appeared.  Plus, the bar code box is too prominent - it could be smaller, as it was on the Facsimile Edition of FANTASTIC FOUR #1.

Perhaps it was felt that she was too full of 'adoration' in her manner,
but isn't that the whole point of the ad - to attract adoring women?

Those few gripes aside, I'd still recommend it, as it's the closest that most of us will come to ever owning anything resembling the original 1962 comic.  Pick one up as soon as you can, because these mags sell for at least twice the price on ebay once they're no longer available - sometimes even more.

Why not keep the (new) indicia where the original was, like in the
Fantastic Four Facsimile Edition?  Why compromise its integrity? 

 
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