#30apr

[thehermitpoet]

the power of stories

bodyslammed

by epiphany

seeing my story

echoed on screen

the plot follows

beat for beat

my own path

never not nodding

at every move

the hero makes

i did that

that's me too

door after door

slams open

my mind flooded

with the light

i understand it now

this is the shape

of my tracks

i was too in it

i didn't notice

where i was going

now i see

the signposts

i can walk my own

hero's journey

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Spellbound No. 32, dated 30 April 1977. The Shop at Shudder Corner cover by Norman Lee with an ad for the issue shown below. Sheila Hawkins and Jean Marsh (not that one) work in an antique shop run by Jean's Uncle. Sheila replaced the lens of her torch with a mysterious piece of glass and found that shining it on an antique transported both the girls back in time to when and where the antique came from. DC Thomson.

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Bullet No. 64, dated 30 April 1977. Fireball cover, possibly by Neville Wilson. DC Thomson.

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Buddy No. 116, dated 30 April 1983. Limp-Along Leslie cover which comes from interior art. I don't know who the artist was. DC Thomson.

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Battle No. 417, dated 30 April 1983. The Hunters S.I.6. cover by Carlos Pino. Treasury of British Comics.

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Warlord No. 449, dated 30 April 1983. Code-Name Warlord cover by Jeff Bevan. DC Thomson.

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Hotspur No. 915, dated 30 April 1977 for 6p. King Cobra on the Empire State Building gets shot at from a helicopter. Great cover by Ron Smith. There was a rumour he had drawn some Spider-Man stories for Marvel but don't think this ever got any further than being just a rumour. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.

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Warlord No. 136, dated 30 April 1977. The Boys of Terror Island cover by Jeff Bevan. DC Thomson.