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Jeffs Comics @jeffscomics.bsky.social · 1d

James Bama's original promotional art for Star Trek (later used for Blish's first book) and Bob Larkin's homage to it a decade later.

I love the flames! A feature Gold Key comics would use as well.

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🎬 ScreenMedia 🎞 @screenmedia.bsky.social · 2d

The Japanese epic kaiju film "GODZILLA" the first film in the Godzilla franchise directed and co-written by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya was released in Japan #OnThisDay in 1954

🎬 Toho 🇯🇵

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Nicola’s Century 21 @gleanniucha21.bsky.social · 3d

Some intriguing “set design” by Frank Hampson in the third instalment of “Emergency Landing”.

The more I look at this the greater my appreciation that Frank, always concerned with detail, must of carefully planned and mapped out all of this environment in advance.

Much of which we’d never see!

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Nicola’s Century 21 @gleanniucha21.bsky.social · 3d

💥Supermarionation Sunday💥

Tomorrow’s news, today

TV Century 21 thread 🧵

Issue 42

On sale 3rd November 1965

Cover faithfully transcribed in alt text.

THIS WEEK:

Slot cars, Coppit and Quasars

FAB1 BACK IN ACTION

Pursuit of the Hawk continues

REPORTS from the Isle of Arran indicate that Lady Penelope's
known as Fab One, has been repaired and made fully operational.

This means that her Ladyship will be able to make up lost time in her attempt to track down the mysterious man who uses the code sign "Hawk".

The Hawk has made several attacks on Lady Penelope and her chauffeur Parker, in order to reach the hiding place of a valuable ruby.

Full report on pages 16/17.

Steve Zodiac Mystery!

ACE ASTRONAUT MISSING!

THE Space City Press Office issued the news today that Colonel Steve
Zodiac has mysteriously disappeared. Commander Zero stated that Fireball XL5 is at present marooned on an asteroid undergoing repairs and that radio contact with the ship has not been broken.

The Commander went on to say that the three XL5 crew members split up to investigate the asteroid and that Professor Matic
and Doctor Venus had
already radioed in their reports.

As yet no news has come in from Colonel Zodiac.

For fuller details turn to pages 4 & 5

STOP PRESS

SKARO INVASION

News has just reached TV 21 from Dalek planet, Skaro.

Report states:

Monstron invaders have launched an attack on Dalek City.

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simonontheriver.bsky.social @simonontheriver.bsky.social · 3d

Today I learned there was no animated Super Goof until 2002.

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Alex Jaffe “Alex Jaffe” Alex Jaffe @alexjaffe.bsky.social · 3d

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Alex Jaffe “Alex Jaffe” Alex Jaffe @alexjaffe.bsky.social · 3d

It’s Steve Ditko’s 100th birthday today. Here’s the entire first appearance of my favorite creation of his, The Question, as he appeared in a seven-page backup to 1967’s BLUE BEETLE #1.

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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 4d

How many of you recall Dan Dare's appearance in a newspaper strip story, "Mission to the Stars", which was published in Sunday issues of The People in 1964?

https://downthetubes.net/dan-dares-mission-to-the-stars-recalled/

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simonontheriver.bsky.social @simonontheriver.bsky.social · 5d

I think Philip Jose Farmer has already done that one.

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 5d

If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

[Scene is the entrance cabin to a NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY AND GARDENS]

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NATIONAL TRUST EMPLOYEE [inside cabin]:

Hello there

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[A young family - two parents two kids - have arrived at the front desk].

DAD:

Hi - do you have an activity trail, for the kids?

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NT EMPLOYEE:

Of course – you’re just in time for the Autumn Gammon Trail!

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MUM:
That sounds fun, doesn’t it kids?

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NT EMPLOYEE [handing an activity sheet and pencils to the kids]:

Every autumn, the Reform Trust gammons flock back to the National Trust for the AGM. Just follow the trail round the grounds, and see how many you can spot!

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NT EMPLOYEE [hearing something in the gardens]:

Listen - that's their call

[Calls emanating from the landscape]:

tut-tut
woke-woke

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NT EMPLOYEE [showing the family an apparently empty fenced enclosure with some bushes in]:

They are extremely sensitive and fragile...
But you can bring them out of hiding if you put a little sign down mentioning slavery.

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KIDS [pointing]:
There they are!

[Some little red faced PEOPLE wearing Barbour jackets and gilets emerge cautiously from the bushes. They are creeping towards a TINY SIGN in the middle of the enclosure].

[Little people noises]:
woke-woke
tut-tut
woke-woke

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[Close-up of the TINY SIGN - we can read that it says]:

Slavery had a bit to do with building this massive house.

[Noises from the little people again as they inspect the tiny sign]:

tut-tut
woke-woke

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MUM [pointing]:
What's that one doing there?

NT EMPLOYEE:
Oh, that's so sweet…

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[We see that one of the people is sat on a rock, with a little laptop open on a tree stump, and they are furiously typing away].

NT EMPLOYEE:
I think he's writing a column for the Daily Telegraph…

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[We see close up to the little person’s screen, it is a word document reading]:

Are National Trust scones secretly WOKE?

[ends]

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Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 8d

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simonontheriver.bsky.social @simonontheriver.bsky.social · 10d

Yes.

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simonontheriver.bsky.social @simonontheriver.bsky.social · 10d

USA Today has a headline "Artemis II orbits the moon", which I find irritating because the mission doesn't launch until next year.

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Nicola’s Century 21 @gleanniucha21.bsky.social · 10d

Part 2 of “Emergency Landing.

A four part story illustrated by Frank Hampson whilst Mike Noble on extended leave.

Frame 3… 🤔

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Nicola’s Century 21 @gleanniucha21.bsky.social · 10d

💥Supermarionation Sunday💥

Tomorrow’s news, today

TV Century 21 thread 🧵

Issue 41

On sale 27th October 1965

Cover faithfully transcribed in alt text.

THIS WEEK:

Christmas is approaching.

LONE MISSION FOR TEMPEST

BLUE WHALE DROP IN PACIFIC

AT this minute Captain Troy
Tempest faces all the might of
Titan's vicious Aquaphibians -
completely alone: He was lowered into the Pacific Ocean from a
WASP atomic powered “Blue
Whale" air-sea craft and proceeded on a one-man-submarine towards the Uranium Mining Plant.

These moves developed following
official confirmation that the Plant, which supplies seventy percent of all the Security Patrol's uranium fuel, has been invaded and overrun by Titan.

The problem facing WASP Officials is how to regain control of the Plant and new atomic powered Terror Fish fleet. A counter-attack is out of the question because of the risk of reprisals to WASP personnel imprisoned by the Aquaphibians.

Full report and further news, pages 14 and 15.

FAB 1 Sabotaged!

REPORTS of a fresh sabotage act on Lady Penelope Creighton - Ward's Rolls-Royce, Fab 1, are coming in to our Fleet Street offices. Lady Penelope is at
present on the Isle of Arran
searching for the Clingsdale
Ruby. The reports state that while journeying from Tormore to the coast, the high tension wiring on
Lady Penelope's Rolls-Royce was blown out. But for the bomb proof devices incorporated in the car's design, Lady Penelope would have been blown sky high.

The newsflash goes on to say that the act of sabotage is the latest attempt to stop Lady Penelope finding the ruby. Several previous attacks have already failed.

Full picture story on pages 24 and 25.

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simonontheriver.bsky.social @simonontheriver.bsky.social · 10d

Is it just me, or did Baxter's Cullen Skink and Elsinore's Bouillabaisse used to be much thicker and chunkier than they are now?

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Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 11d

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simonontheriver.bsky.social @simonontheriver.bsky.social · 10d

Bring back the quaterstaff.

This issue also featuring Fantastic Four, Nick Fury and Marvel Team-Up.

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simonontheriver.bsky.social @simonontheriver.bsky.social · 11d

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cat hurt in fire survives four weeks in burned-out building

Cat survives fire and four weeks trapped in burned-out building

www.bbc.co.uk

simonontheriver.bsky.social @simonontheriver.bsky.social · 14d

Refried as a movie poster in an episode of Father Brown.

Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 14d

Good morning! It’s Wednesday October 22nd 2025! Already? Crikey!

(Dated this very day in 1974, just 51 years ago, the magazine-sized Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction #1, with its pulptastic cover by Kelly Freas & John Romita.)

You be careful out there among them English,Joanne Book.

simonontheriver.bsky.social @simonontheriver.bsky.social · 14d

Famous WII Old Bill cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather. Two soldiers under fire in a fox hole. One tells the other "Well, if you knows of a better 'ole, go to it."

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Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · Sep 30

9. Saint Maud
Streaming on: Prime Video This 2019 psychological horror stars Morfydd Clark from Penarth, Wales, as a devout hospice nurse spiraling into obsession. With haunting visuals and some Welsh dialogue, the film explores faith, loneliness, and madness in a gripping, slow-burning story.

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Paul Sandars🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @paulsandars.bsky.social · Sep 29

Still Celtic rainforest around Blaenau Ffestiniog.

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Chicago Tafia Welsh Society @chicagotafia.bsky.social · Sep 30

11. World War Z
Streaming on: Prime Video and Apple TV (Rent for $3.99) The 2013 zombie blockbuster starring Brad Pitt includes scenes filmed in Blaenau Ffestiniog, a dramatic slate-quarrying town in North Wales.

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Golwg360 @golwg.360.cymru · Oct 1

“Ras yn erbyn amser” i godi arian i brynu tafarn gymunedol

Mae angen codi £75,000 mewn cyfranddaliadau erbyn canol mis Hydref er mwyn gallu prynu tafarn y Wynnes ger Blaenau Ffestiniog

✍️ Cadi Dafydd

“Ras yn erbyn amser” i godi arian i brynu tafarn gymunedol

Mae angen codi £75,000 mewn cyfranddaliadau erbyn canol mis Hydref er mwyn gallu prynu tafarn y Wynnes ger Blaenau Ffestiniog

golwg.360.cymru

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