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Oct 25, 2008 22:31

You know that captoon in The New Gods No. 7 about Kirby interrupting the tapestry upon occasion? I have decided to pay homage to the King by following suit and interrupting my reading and reviewing of Marvel's Tomb of Dracula with a review of

Frankenstein No. 1, January, 1973 ( Read more... )

gary friedrich, ploog, frankenstein, marvel, bronze age

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worldofagwu October 26 2008, 14:19:39 UTC
- thanks tim, for an enjoyable review - any additional info abt the letters page, bullpen bulletins or indeed marvel value stamps therein gratefully received

was mike ploog only listed as "ploog" in the credits? - if so i wonder if it was cos it made him seem more "monstrous"...?

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( tho by j.buscema & verpoorten rather than monstrous mike ploog )

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Okay - you asked for it! T-Guy's Trivia! t_guy October 26 2008, 22:23:29 UTC
Oops!

I forgot to mention that this review was posted here in wof! I most humbly beg pardon. Perhaps I should run it through there as well?

No, Mike Ploog is credited as 'Mike Ploog' in the credits; I apologise for misleading my readership.

It is too early for the letters page or Marvel Value stamps, the latter of which debuted in 1974, if memory serves.

The Bullpen Bulletins page features Stan's Soapbox (the Man attempting to flog you one of his periodic photo-caption projects), the Mighty Marvel Checklist and three main items - one of which announces this, the very comic in which it appears. It is also plugged in the Checklist. along with. inter alia, the first issues of Tex Dawson, Gunslinger, Crypt of Shadows and War Is Hell, a terrible trio of reprint rags - one of which should be reviewed in this very blog any day now. The mini-items announce, among other tid-bits, that Rich Buckler has just become a father, though your old China Roy or whoever is writing them neglects to inform us whether the child in question looks like ( ... )

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