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Eagle and Scream! No. 139, dated 17 November 1984. Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future cover by Ian Kennedy. Treasury of British Comics | The Dan Dare Corporation
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Eagle and Scream! No. 139, dated 17 November 1984. Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future cover by Ian Kennedy. Treasury of British Comics | The Dan Dare Corporation
John photographed during promotion, outside the theatre and backstage for the opening night for the short lived “off-broadway” theatre production of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band on the Road: A Rock Spectacle, which opened at New York’s Beacon Theatre on the 17th November, 1974.
The show was produced by Robert Stigwood and directed by Tom O’Horgan, and included 29 songs, primarily from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and Abbey Road. Apart from the music, the Beatles weren’t directly involved in the show, but John attended some rehearsals and attended the opening night, accompanied by May Pang. Yoko also came to the opening night, and other celebrities including Andy Warhol, Bianca Jagger and ‘Papa’ John Phillips. Paul and Linda reportedly came to see the show in December, but none of these factors stopped the show from closing in January, 1975.
“I think that what we did offended Beatles fans, because we didn’t follow the record. Whatever the record was about — we took some songs out and put others in, and — ‘How dare you!’ It was like messing with Bach or something.”
[Tom O’Horgan, director of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band on the Road: A Rock Spectacle]
Pics: Chuck Pulin
Captain Britain No. 6, week ending 17 November 1976. Cover by Ron Wilson and Frank Giacoia. Issue includes a handy guide to Heathrow Airport below!
The text likely refers to the car bomb that went off at the airport on 19 May 1974, injuring three people, and other bomb alerts at Heathrow the same year.
The "Martial Arts Battle" refers to fictional events in Iron Fist No. 3, cover dated February 1976 in which Iron Fist fought The Ravager at Heathrow Airport. Like this Captain Britain story it had also been written by Chris Claremont.
The Wizard No. 197, dated 17 November 1973. Space Boarders Away! cover by Jeff Bevan. DC Thomson.
Warlord No. 530, dated 17 November 1984. Killer Kane cover, not sure of the artist but it's possibly Keith Shone.
DC Thomson.
The Crunch No. 44. dated 17 November 1979. Space Wars cover by Ian Kennedy. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.
Warlord No. 269, dated 17 November 1979. Taranto cover by Jeff Bevan who also drew the interior strip. Jeff Bevan, Warlord's main cover artist, drew a number of these 2 page strips based on real events over the years. The plane shown is the Fairey Swordfish. It only entered service in 1936 but already looked as if it had flown in the First World War. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.
Crunch Gallery of Heroes - Mark Sabor, the lead character of the Arena strip in The Crunch. Art by Enrique Alcatena. The image was another that got quite a few outings - originally appearing as interior art from The Crunch No. 36 and then as the front cover of The Crunch No. 40.
The Crunch No. 40, dated 20 October 1979. Arena cover by Enrique Alcatena. DC Thomson.
DC Thomson.