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If not for a boy called William Nodwell, I may never have learned of such great comics characters as The Steel Claw, The Spider, Zip Nolan, Charlie Peace, Robot Archie, T.H.U.N.D.E.R Agents, and probably a few others. Or I certainly wouldn't have known of them until much later in my life than I did. The reason for this was because it was when my mother and brother (and perhaps occasionally my father) and myself were visiting William's parents, who resided in the row of houses across from the one in which we'd once lived between the years 1960-'64, that I got to read William's comics. These visits took place at occasional intervals between 1965-'70, and perhaps even continued beyond that, though, if so, me and my brother were no longer required to attend and my mother probably made such visits on her own.
Unnecessary detail as far as you're concerned I know, but remembering such trivia helps me keep such characters in the context of their times as far as my experience of them goes. It's odd to think that, because of the circumstances, I probably associate the above strips more (or at least as much) with a neighbourhood I was then no longer living in, rather than the one I was living in at the time. But what's all that got to do with the price of cheese? Nothing, but when my hardback collected edition of The Spider arrived at Castel Crivens this morning, I couldn't help but feel my memories drawn back to the time when I first laid eyes on him in the Nodwell family home, lo, all those many decades ago.
I shouldn't have to give you the hard-sell on this volume, should I? It's classic British adventure at its best, with a little help from American writer Jerry Siegel, who along with his friend Joe Shuster, created Superman back around 1933 or '34. There's a long-standing rumour that Jerry created The Spider, but this book reveals that he only took over writing the strip for a while after co-creator (along with artist Reg Bunn) Ted Cowan had written the first two complete stories. In fact, it was Jerry who approached the editors of Lion comic, after seeing a few issues and being impressed with The Spider.
Anyway, the book is officially available from the 14th, though I think the limited edition hardback with a superb cover by Chris Weston (above) may be sold out, so you may have to settle for the softcover edition with a different cover. Either way, what's not to like? Check out the Treasury Of British Comics website for details.
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