boyajian@akov68.DEC (Jerry Boyajian) (07/24/84)
I posted this message some days ago, but I haven't seen it arrive (there seems to be a couple of other messages of my that got lost in the ether, too), so I'm posting it again. If any of you have already read it, I apolo- gize for the repeat. ********** > Dr Who #1: Well, Marvel has taken a perfectly good idea, and once again, > trashed it beyond all recognition. Uh, guys (marvel people), in case you > haven't noticed, we have gone through two more doctors since Marvel Premiere, > back in 79-80. Do you just have a large backlog of Tom Baker stuff? If you > do, then why did you take up 1/2 of the magazine with a non-doctor story? > The title of this magazine is not 'The Fourth Doctor, and stories about > Daleks'. Will you people stop playing to the lowest common denominator?! > > Laurie/pucc-k:afo Ah, Laurie, your comments are well taken, but perhaps it might be in order to tell you that the stories in DR. WHO #1 are reprinted from Marvel-UK's DR. WHO WEEKLY #1 (and possibly #2 -- I haven't compared them). The idea is to present that British material, hitherto unpublished in the U.S., to American Dr. Who fans. Most Dr. Who fans are probably glad to finally see that material, regard- less of which Doctor is being used. Out of date? So what? [Just as a point of information, *I* am not a fan of the Doctor, so I personally couldn't care less] You might also be interested to know that the DR. WHO WEEKLY alluded to above had, at some point that I'm not sure of, metamorphosed into DR. WHO MONTH- LY, which is still being published (it's up to issue #89 or #90 or somesuch), and is carried by most comics shops (at least in the Boston area). It's one of the few British comics generally available in the U.S. Over the next week or so, I hope to be posting a series (currently estimated at four) of messages about British comics (in response to Moriarty's request). --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Maynard, MA) UUCP: {decvax|ihnp4|allegra|ucbvax|...}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian ARPA: boyajian%akov68.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA