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Neil Tennant

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	[[File:Neil_Tennant.jpg\|thumb]] Neil Francis Tennant was born in 1954 in North Shields near Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, the son of William and Shiela Tennant and the brother of Susan, Simon and Philip Tennant. He was educated first at St Cuthbert's Grammar school and then at the North London Polytechnic, where he obtained a degree in History. From 1975-1977, Tennant was employed as the London Editor of [[Marvel UK]], succeeding [[Matt Softley]], his duties including altering American spellings to British ones and changing exclusively American cultural references to ones more considered to be more familiar to British readers for the reprint weeklies, as well as indicating where artwork needed to be modified for the (at the time) generally younger British audience, in order to conceal partial (usually female) nudity on artwork taken from the US black & white magazines, which were originally intended for an older readership.		[[File:Neil_Tennant.jpg\|thumb]] Neil Francis Tennant was born in 1954 in North Shields near Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, the son of William and Shiela Tennant and the brother of Susan, Simon and Philip Tennant. He was educated first at St Cuthbert's Grammar school and then at the North London Polytechnic, where he obtained a degree in History. From 1975-1977, Tennant was employed as the London Editor of [[Marvel UK]], succeeding [[Matt Softley]], his duties including altering American spellings to British ones and changing exclusively American cultural references to ones more considered to be more familiar to British readers for the reprint weeklies, as well as indicating where artwork needed to be modified for the (at the time) generally younger British audience, in order to conceal partial (usually female) nudity on artwork taken from the US black & white magazines, which were originally intended for an older readership.

-	Having failed to distinguish himself in the comics industry, in 1977 Tennant left it and slipped into comparative obscurity: reputedly, he ended up working in the 'music business' as part of a popular music duo called 'the Pet Shop Boys', which has presumably provided him with some sort of living ever since, however meagre.	+	Having failed to distinguish himself in the comics industry, in 1977 Tennant left it (he was succeeded at Marvel by [[Nick Laing]]) and slipped into comparative obscurity: reputedly, he ended up working in the 'music business' as part of a popular music duo called 'the Pet Shop Boys', which has presumably provided him with some sort of living ever since, however meagre.

	They have a website, apparently: http://www.petshopboys.co.uk		They have a website, apparently: http://www.petshopboys.co.uk

Nick Laing

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Nick Laing was editor of [[Marvel UK]]'s London office following [[Neil Tennant]]. He worked on titles including [[The Complete Fantastic Four]] and [[Spider-Man Comics Weekly|Super Spider-Man]].
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Peter L. Skingley

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Peter L. Skingley was the London editor of [[Marvel UK]] in the early 1970s until succeeded by [[Matt Softley]]. He worked on weekly titles including [[Mighty World of Marvel]], [[Spider-Man Comics Weekly]] and the [[Avengers (Weekly)|Avengers]], his duties including seeing to the alteration of art and lettering on American reprints for the British market.
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Matt Softley

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Matt Softley was editor at the London office of [[Marvel UK]] circa 1975 after [[Peter L. Skingley]] and before [[Neil Tennant]]. He worked on weekly titles including [[Spider-Man Comics Weekly]], [[Mighty World of Marvel]], [[Savage Sword of Conan]], [[Planet of the Apes]] and [[Avengers (Weekly)|Avengers]], supervising the alteration of art and lettering on American reprints for the British market.
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Neil Tennant

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-	[[File:Neil_Tennant.jpg\|thumb]] Neil Francis Tennant was born in 1954 in North Shields near Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, the son of William and Shiela Tennant and the brother of Susan, Simon and Philip Tennant. He was educated first at St Cuthbert's Grammar school and then at the North London Polytechnic, where he obtained a degree in History. From 1975-1977, Tennant was employed as the London Editor of [[Marvel UK]], his duties including altering American spellings to British ones and changing exclusively American cultural references to ones more considered to be more familiar to British readers for the reprint weeklies, as well as indicating where artwork needed to be modified for the (at the time) generally younger British audience, in order to conceal partial (usually female) nudity on artwork taken from the US black & white magazines, which were originally intended for an older readership.	+	[[File:Neil_Tennant.jpg\|thumb]] Neil Francis Tennant was born in 1954 in North Shields near Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, the son of William and Shiela Tennant and the brother of Susan, Simon and Philip Tennant. He was educated first at St Cuthbert's Grammar school and then at the North London Polytechnic, where he obtained a degree in History. From 1975-1977, Tennant was employed as the London Editor of [[Marvel UK]], succeeding [[Matt Softley]], his duties including altering American spellings to British ones and changing exclusively American cultural references to ones more considered to be more familiar to British readers for the reprint weeklies, as well as indicating where artwork needed to be modified for the (at the time) generally younger British audience, in order to conceal partial (usually female) nudity on artwork taken from the US black & white magazines, which were originally intended for an older readership.

	Having failed to distinguish himself in the comics industry, in 1977 Tennant left it and slipped into comparative obscurity: reputedly, he ended up working in the 'music business' as part of a popular music duo called 'the Pet Shop Boys', which has presumably provided him with some sort of living ever since, however meagre.		Having failed to distinguish himself in the comics industry, in 1977 Tennant left it and slipped into comparative obscurity: reputedly, he ended up working in the 'music business' as part of a popular music duo called 'the Pet Shop Boys', which has presumably provided him with some sort of living ever since, however meagre.

Talk:Superman Spectacular/@comment-Tony ingram-20120514212215

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Now that, I never knew!

Talk:Superman Spectacular/@comment-93.186.23.242-20120514202954

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There was a Superman Spectacular #2. It had a red surround on the cover instead of yellow and reprinted the story of Zod's Army.

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Earth 33 1/3

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-	[[File:Img255.jpg]][[File:Eart33.2.jpg]][[File:Earth33.3.jpg]][[File:Earth33.4.jpg]][[File:Earth33.1.jpg]]Earth 33 1/3 is the world on which the various cartoon characters created by [[Tim Quinn]] and [[Dicky Howett]] in various [[Marvel UK]] titles of the early '80's exist. Apart from 'Earth 33 1/3' itself, the most successful strips connected with the place were [[Jet Lagg]], [[Hulk the Menace]] and [[The Fantastic 400]]. The long running [[Doctor Who?]] strip (a spoof of [[Doctor Who]]) may also have been set on Earth 33 1/3. Other strips by Quinn and Howett during the same period included [[The Fairly Amazing Spider-Hound]] and [[Whacker's World]] as well as the multi-part serial [[I Was Adolf's Double]].<gallery captionalign="left">	+	[[File:Img255.jpg]][[File:Eart33.2.jpg]][[File:Earth33.3.jpg]][[File:Earth33.4.jpg]][[File:Earth33.1.jpg]][[File:Earth33.5.jpg]]Earth 33 1/3 is the world on which the various cartoon characters created by [[Tim Quinn]] and [[Dicky Howett]] in various [[Marvel UK]] titles of the early '80's exist. Apart from 'Earth 33 1/3' itself, the most successful strips connected with the place were [[Jet Lagg]], [[Hulk the Menace]] and [[The Fantastic 400]]. The long running [[Doctor Who?]] strip (a spoof of [[Doctor Who]]) may also have been set on Earth 33 1/3. Other strips by Quinn and Howett during the same period included [[The Fairly Amazing Spider-Hound]] and [[Whacker's World]] as well as the multi-part serial [[I Was Adolf's Double]].<gallery captionalign="left">
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Havoc

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[[File:Havoc4.jpg|thumb]] Havoc was a weekly reprint title published by [[Marvel UK]] from 13th July-7th September 1991, a total of nine isues. It was aimed at a slightly older age group than Marvel's other weeklies at the time, and featured Conan, Deathlok, Walt Simonson's Star Slammers and the licensed strip Robocop.
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Fantastic Four

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[[File:FFUK5.jpg|thumb]] Fantastic Four was a reprint title published by [[Marvel UK]]. It ran from 6th October 1982-20th April 1983, a total of 29 issues. It was notable for introducing [[The Fantastic 400]].
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The Complete Fantastic Four

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-	[[File:Complete FF.jpg\|thumb]] The Complete Fantastic Four was a weekly title launched by [[Marvel UK]] on 28th September 1977, and ran for 53 issues until 8th June 1979. The first 36 page issue gave away a free gift of a plastic snap together model of a Boeing 747, while the second gave away a free maze game. Early issues contained just two reprint strips; early '70s Fantastic Four reprints continuing from their run in [[Spider-Man Comics Weekly\|Super Spider-Man]] and 'classic' '60s reprints beginning with Fantastic Four #1 in the backup slot. In later issues, a third strip was included, 'The Invaders'. Following the title's cancellation, both the Fantastic Four and the Invaders moved into the pages of [[Mighty World of Marvel]].	+	[[File:Complete FF.jpg\|thumb]] [[File:CFF31.jpg\|thumb\|left]]The Complete Fantastic Four was a weekly title launched by [[Marvel UK]] on 28th September 1977, and ran for 53 issues until 8th June 1979. The first 36 page issue gave away a free gift of a plastic snap together model of a Boeing 747, while the second gave away a free maze game. Early issues contained just two reprint strips; early '70s Fantastic Four reprints continuing from their run in [[Spider-Man Comics Weekly\|Super Spider-Man]] and 'classic' '60s reprints beginning with Fantastic Four #1 in the backup slot. In later issues, a third strip was included, 'The Invaders'. Following the title's cancellation, both the Fantastic Four and the Invaders moved into the pages of [[Mighty World of Marvel]].
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Frantic

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-	[[File:Img156-1.jpg\|thumb]] Frantic was a humour magazine launched by [[Marvel UK]] in March 1980, and ran for 18 issues until July 1981. The brainchild of editorial director Dez Skinn, it carried reprints from the Marvel US title 'Crazy' (created to be Marvel's answer to MAD magazine) lampooning popular movies and TV shows of the time such as Superman, the Dukes of Hazzard, Mork & Mindy and Kramer vs Kramer, plus Marvel characters Obnoxio the Clown and Howard The Duck. Frantic was eventually merged with [[Marvel Madhouse]]. There were also two Frantic Specials, published prior to the launch of the magazine itself; a Summer Special in May 1979 and a Winter Special in October of the same year.	+	[[File:Img156-1.jpg\|thumb]][[File:Frantic9.jpg\|thumb\|left]] Frantic was a humour magazine launched by [[Marvel UK]] in March 1980, and ran for 18 issues until July 1981. The brainchild of editorial director Dez Skinn, it carried reprints from the Marvel US title 'Crazy' (created to be Marvel's answer to MAD magazine) lampooning popular movies and TV shows of the time such as Superman, the Dukes of Hazzard, Mork & Mindy and Kramer vs Kramer, plus Marvel characters Obnoxio the Clown and Howard The Duck. Frantic was eventually merged with [[Marvel Madhouse]]. There were also two Frantic Specials, published prior to the launch of the magazine itself; a Summer Special in May 1979 and a Winter Special in October of the same year.
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Spider-Man and Zoids

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[[File:SMZ47.jpg|thumb]] Spider-Man and Zoids, a follow-up title to [[Spider-Man Comics Weekly]], was published by [[Marvel UK]] between March 1986 and February 1987 and ran for 51 isues in total. It featured reprints of the American '''Spider-Man''' and '''Secret Wars''' titles, alongside new, UK originated Zoids stories by [[Grant Morrison]] and [[Steve Yeowell]] (Zoids was a short lived 1980s toy line featuring robot dinosaurs, which spawned various spin-offs).
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Spider-Man Comics Weekly

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	Three weeks later, in #634, they removed him again. The title reverted to 'Spider-Man Comic' and the long running reprints of Spidey's adventures which had continued uninterrupted since 1973 finally ended, replaced by tales for younger readers from the pages of the US title 'Spidey Super Stories', backed up by strips such as Willy the Wizard from Marvel US's Star Comics line for younger children. The adventures of 'Spider-Man proper' would continue intermittently in the pages of [[Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars]] fortnightly, but the actual Spider-Man title was now on its last legs, catering exclusively to a juvenile audience and minus its glossy covers again as a cost cutting measure (though oddly still including occasional material seemingly better suited to an older readership, such as [[Indiana Jones]] and the translated European murder mystery [[The Tough Guys of Paris]]). The title was simplified to 'Spidey Comic' with #652 and finally ended with issue #666 on 14th December 1985, an ignoble end for Marvel UK's longest running weekly comic.		Three weeks later, in #634, they removed him again. The title reverted to 'Spider-Man Comic' and the long running reprints of Spidey's adventures which had continued uninterrupted since 1973 finally ended, replaced by tales for younger readers from the pages of the US title 'Spidey Super Stories', backed up by strips such as Willy the Wizard from Marvel US's Star Comics line for younger children. The adventures of 'Spider-Man proper' would continue intermittently in the pages of [[Marvel Super-Heroes Secret Wars]] fortnightly, but the actual Spider-Man title was now on its last legs, catering exclusively to a juvenile audience and minus its glossy covers again as a cost cutting measure (though oddly still including occasional material seemingly better suited to an older readership, such as [[Indiana Jones]] and the translated European murder mystery [[The Tough Guys of Paris]]). The title was simplified to 'Spidey Comic' with #652 and finally ended with issue #666 on 14th December 1985, an ignoble end for Marvel UK's longest running weekly comic.

-	Spider-Man weekly was relaunched from issue #1 as Spider-Man and Zoids (Zoids being a strip based on a then popular toy line) from 3rd March 1986, and effectively continued Spidey's ongoing adventures where Secret Wars had left off, but the new title lasted only 51 issues until February 16th 1987.	+	Spider-Man weekly was relaunched from issue #1 as [[Spider-Man and Zoids]] (Zoids being a strip based on a then popular toy line) from 3rd March 1986, and effectively continued Spidey's ongoing adventures where Secret Wars had left off, but the new title lasted only 51 issues until February 16th 1987.

	* Spider-Man Summer Specials were published in 1979-1987 (the 1984 edition being a 'Spider-Man Fun Book' full of puzzles), and Winter Specials in 1979-1985. There was also a Spider-Man Holiday Special in 1992. Spider-Man Annual's were published in 1974-1986 and 1990-1992 (the first annual was released in 1974 but officially dated 1975, which continued until Granddreams took over publication in late 1979 and began dating the books the year they were released; there were, therefore, effectively two 1979 annuals) and a Spider-Man and Hulk Omnibus annual in 1983. There were also 28 issues of a digest sized Spider-Man Pocket Book published between March 1980 and July 1982 (following the Pocket Book's cancellation, the early Spider-Man stories it was then reprinting continued for a few months in the pages of [[The Daredevils]]). Subsequent Spider-Man Annuals were published by publishers other than Marvel UK, and several further fortnightly and monthly Spider-Man titles have been published by [[Panini UK]], who now hold the licence to publish comics under the Marvel UK name.		* Spider-Man Summer Specials were published in 1979-1987 (the 1984 edition being a 'Spider-Man Fun Book' full of puzzles), and Winter Specials in 1979-1985. There was also a Spider-Man Holiday Special in 1992. Spider-Man Annual's were published in 1974-1986 and 1990-1992 (the first annual was released in 1974 but officially dated 1975, which continued until Granddreams took over publication in late 1979 and began dating the books the year they were released; there were, therefore, effectively two 1979 annuals) and a Spider-Man and Hulk Omnibus annual in 1983. There were also 28 issues of a digest sized Spider-Man Pocket Book published between March 1980 and July 1982 (following the Pocket Book's cancellation, the early Spider-Man stories it was then reprinting continued for a few months in the pages of [[The Daredevils]]). Subsequent Spider-Man Annuals were published by publishers other than Marvel UK, and several further fortnightly and monthly Spider-Man titles have been published by [[Panini UK]], who now hold the licence to publish comics under the Marvel UK name.