Vulcan "Lost" Issues????

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Vulcan "Lost" Issues????

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Hi, guys.

Found an interesting find at the ComicVine website today.

Now I know that Vulcan's last issue was on 3rd April 1976 where the next week, it merged with Valiant.

But you wouldn't get that impression when you check the covers listed in the URL below. Instead, it appears that the comic carried on to 1979 where it even changed its logo's design to match Action's.

https://comicvine.gamespot.com/vulcan/4 ... asc&page=2

Very clever and if you check, a number of these additional covers are taken from Vulcan's German twin - Kobra (translation included).

Of course, another explanation is that I have fallen through a dimension warp into a parallel universe where Vulcan never merged with Valiant but I should be able to prove/disprove that by watching an original Star Trek episode and see if Spock has a beard. :wink:
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You’ve got me there! I would have bought these too!

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Those covers are from fan-made compilations. Initially they used the Kobra issues to continue Vulcan beyond the point where it merged with Valiant. When they ran out of Kobras they carried on by using scans from the comics where the strips originally appeared.

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Re: Vulcan "Lost" Issues????

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I think they have done a great job. My only regret is that the comics don't actually exist or, as Adam says, I would be buying them too.

Now spot the fake
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