That Trigan Empire opening was a bit odd. The implication is that these are the records of a now dead race. Uhhhh... yeahhhh... :o
The other thing I found interesting was them showing the aliens to be bigger than humans, not that that had any bearing on the stories that were told.
"Well, you've established they were giants, now what?"
"Nothing. All the animals and plants on their world is proportionally giant size too, so it's just like they were normal humans!"
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Anybody have any idea who the artist was? Not bad. For some wild reason it reminded me of the Walt Kelly Christmas stuff from years past...I know it's probably not, but...even without knowing who did it, this was the damndest thing I read all week. It kept me reading until the end, I'll say that much, but I couldn't for the life of me see a rhyme or reason...even Fellini or Salvador Dali would probably have said; "Now, wait a minute.." Right up there with SANTA CLAUS (1959) from Mexico, or America's own SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS. The ads were great, and that makes sense...they were the point of this...even remembered some of the toys...think I had at least one of the gun holster sets...Kids would have gone nuts for this comic, I bet...
Well, we can see why Mark picked this one, seeing he's an ad fan. Some great toys that I'd have loved to have recieved on Christmas morning. But here it was an orange, a selection box, a junior smokers kit, an annual - usually The Broons or Oor Wullie depending what year it was, or one of the piles of others that came out every year - and, if you were really lucky, a 10 bob note from your granny.
As for the story, that never happened in The Snowman, or Rupert. While there were talking animals in Rupert, it was much more fairytale, and all the better for that. I felt that having warships and jets in the story was a real letdown and I'm sure children would have dreamt up some fantastic allies, other than the military. Still, it's a nice, not bad wee story.
It's the ads that make this for me as an adult and I fondly remember the Woolworths in the town where I grew up. It was like an Aladdin's cave. Anyone remember those awful cover versions of hits on those never heard of before or since record labels? Our Woolies also sold comics, British comics. Not mainstream Beano or Dandy or the like, but the American look-a-like versions
Thanks for a look at this curiosity.