I was thinking about him too! I've never read any of his stories but he looks really impressive on this cover.paw broon wrote:and before I use up any more MMM's, how about The Flaming Avenger from the Rover?
- Phil Rushton
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I was thinking about him too! I've never read any of his stories but he looks really impressive on this cover.paw broon wrote:and before I use up any more MMM's, how about The Flaming Avenger from the Rover?
Just to clarify, Paw, The Iron Teacher Fights The Crooked Cross was the second serial to feature The Iron Teacher. His first appearance was in The Iron Teacher Speaks in The Hotspur 412 (Jul. 19 1941) - 429 (Jan. 17 1942). See below the advert from issue 411, which I've chosen to post rather than just the heading picture from 412, which is the same anyway, because of the informative blurb below it.paw broon wrote:Phoenix, I hadn't realised that The Iron Teacher went back so far.
The title of the serial was Karga The Clutcher, Phil. The story ran from 162 (Oct. 7 1933) - 181 (Feb. 17 1934). A second serial in The Skipper ran from 192 (May 5 1934) - 206 (Aug. 11 1934). There was also a complete in 1935. Along with a couple of other characters, Karga survived the sad demise of The Skipper in 1941 to reemerge in a text story in The Hotspur in 1952, and a picture strip serial in 1954.philcom55 wrote:I've got absolutely no idea who this MMM was, or what he did, but he certainly looks as though he's got what it takes to be a 'Chap'.
Well, that's for others to decide, but it may be worth pointing out that the 1948 picture strip serial is a pale version of its source, a much more substantial text serial with the same title that appeared in Adventure 793 (Jan. 9 1937) - 806 (Apr. 10 1937). In fact, most of the picture strip tales on the cover of Adventure between the first one, The Human Eagles in 1946 and The Son Of The Electric Shadow in 1953, and indeed several later ones, even as late as Happy Andy and Johnny Bull's Broadway Boys in 1959 and 1960 respectively, are either reasonably faithful reproductions of pre-war text serials in Adventure, or, in a few cases, are clearly influenced by them. The same can be said about the black and white picture strips that appeared inside Adventure between The Human Torpedo in 1951 and Tinker Cobb in 1958. Just a handful of the picture strips in colour on the cover and the black and white strips inside are completely new.felneymike wrote:Would the Keeper of the Dread Sword count?
How soon is soon, JT?JT Mirana wrote:Interesting news on The Black Sapper coming soon...