WHITE DWARF COVERS: MONSTER LIFTS

I was intrigued by these old White Dwarf covers I saw online. 

I only ever owned one or two White Dwarfs and they were really early issues before colour art covers came in like these.

What struck me about these three is the art lifted from other sources, so I'll have a g at ID'ing them, which is always fun.

This cover from 1979 is clearly Wolfman, but is it lifted from elsewhere? I'll leave that one for readers if you fancy having a bash?

Turning to this cover I had thought it was from an Eerie or a Creepy comic by Warren but alas its not. Does anyone know if this was used somewhere else?

This final one from 1980 I do know. I read a paperback by Mark Ronson called the Ghoul a few years back with the same cover. Its from 1980 too!

Not sure who the artist is though. You?

THE MOTHER OF ALL QUEEN COLLECTABLES

Music collectables sometimes get a mench on MC. Yesterday I saw a future one I reckon. At well over £300 there can't be too many of them around. A friend brought it over to show me, a limited edition box set of all of Queen's studio LP's all re-issued in minty coloured vinyl along with a large lustrous coffee-table book. 

All the albums - about 12 maybe - and the book were neatly packed inside a bespoke LP case like the ones we all had in the Seventies. It weighed a ton and came in a neat card slip-over sleeve. An amazing set and deffo a collectable of tomorrow, if not today!

I was never a huge Queen fan. I did listen to them as a teenager if they were on somewhere but I never bought any of there stuff. I was just too into heavy rock and Queen weren't heavy. I did like Seven Seas of Rye and a few other tracks like Ogre Battle and Prophet Song but the whole operatic thing they developed put me off. Obviously being a guitar fan I did appreciate Brian May's memorable licks.

I remember seeing them on TV when Live Aid was on and yes, I too thought Queen did a barnstorming set. Maybe their finest moment as they conquered the whole world.

I once sold a Seventies white fold-up designer lamp on Ebay. It was only later that I saw the very same thing on Freddie Mercury's piano performance during Bohemian Rhapsody on You Tube! Pity I didn't see it it earlier, I would have mentioned it in my listing and got a few more quid maybe! A definite Queen collectable, ha ha!

Were and are you a Queen fan readers? Would you buy the new LP box set for nearly £400? Or have you got the originals already?

LOOK IN SCI FI

 Here's a few pages from the 1975 Look In annual featuring an article on TV Sci fi.

The Sounds of the Weird-Ohs and Silly Surfers LP Records

Hi,

                The Sounds of the Silly Surfers and the Weird-Ohs was a 1964 vintage LP by Mercury Records with six songs on each side inspired by the Hawk Silly Surfers and Weird-Ohs plastic kits. A total of 27:15 of pure weirdness. This item from You Tube offers the entire record for your listening pleasure.

The Sounds of the SILLY SURFERS and the WEIRD-OHS (full album) - YouTube

There is also a song featuring Leaky Boat Louie, which is not on the longer record.

Weird-Ohs - "Leaky Boat Louie" - YouTube

There were 12 Weird-Ohs kits in total, and there does seem to be a Weird-Ohs only record with a song for each character. This just shows the album cover.

popsike.com - New Sounds of the Weird-ohs '64 LP Record Hawk Model NM - auction details

There was a much later compilation CD called That California Sound, released in 2013. This item lists the songs on the CD, all 12 Weird-Ohs, but not the Silly Surfers.

That California Sound (2013, CD) - Discogs

I am very sorry if your brain melts listening to these.

The image of the album cover is from You Tube.

Paul Adams from New Zealand

THE SIXTH FINGER AND DOCTOR BLOOD'S COFFIN

It's going to be good night on TV in the UK tonight over on Talking Pictures TV. I just hope I can get to it as we have some neighbours visiting later!

At 8pm its the Outer Limits' weekly slot, tonight being the famous Sixth Finger episode.

Then at 9pm scream queen Caroline Munro introduces a real treat, Doctor Blood's Coffin. Not seen that often on telly, its a classic Sixties schlocker set in Cornwall. I always wanted to call a rock band the same name!

There's more on afterwards but I'll have peaked.

Will you be watching?

KOLCHAK'S BACK!

Blog friend and comic illustrator has mentioned to me his new work for a modern Kolchak graphic Novel. We've talked about Kolchak before and I know Scoop is a big fan having posted about the spook detective a few times.

Here's the link to the new Kolchak venture Paul's helping illustrate.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/manbomb/kolchak-the-night-stalker-50th-anniversary?ref=3gy4h1

Do you like Kolchak? Is there anything else like it?

I'VE NEVER SEEN THE LAST STARFIGHTER! HAVE YOU?

I was discussing Eighties family sci-fi movies - outside of latter Star Wars - with my son-in-law the other day. He'd seen Batteries Not Included with his son Moonbase Junior, which they all loved.

Its years since I've seen it but I do recall the basic story of a tenement under threat and the residents taking up ... robots. Not sure how the bots get involved but I remember a lovely film poster with small coloured lights flitting around an apartment.

Obviously we got to talking about ET, the grand-daddy of them all with more memorable lines in it than a Bay City Rollers single. If anything encapsulates what I think life was like in the US in the 80's its ET. The food, the homes, the constant activity, the low lights over the kitchen table, the clothes and the BMX bikes. It all seemed so perfect and yet ET fell terribly ill. Whether 80's America really was like it was in ET I will have to rely on our readers from the States to tell us.

Short Circuit was discussed a little too, the story of the gangly robot with a cute name that's gone AWOL. Other than that I just can't recall a thing about it.

I mentioned The Last Starfighter and said I'd never seen it although it has come up on the blog now and then. My son-in-law had never seen it either and given he's the right age to have caught up with it I wondered who actually saw this movie?

Have you? Have you seen the others mentioned here readers? Are there more family sci-fi flicks from the big hair decade?

RC BLACKBIRD SR71: I MEAN WOW!

Holy Blackbirds! Check this out! Now just imagine if that was in Tri-ang SpaceX livery!

https://youtu.be/XHmL_My0_A4?t=123