This is the third of five comics I somehow managed to forget to post here, as reminder (mostly to myself) this is a list of the remaining two comics yet to post and when I will post them:-
STAR ZEROES "Winter Special" November 14th
Wrong Romance: Omega December 14th
This month "Marvel Super Special 7" The "Lost in Translation" Edition
As you will hopefully know Marvel Super Special 7 AKA The comic book adaptation of the musical movie “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” was never released in the US or any english speaking territory and when you read it you might understand why but more obviously the movie it was based on was a commercial disaster. As far as I know neither Dave Kraft nor George Perez even saw a copy of the finished comic in English, but it was released in some other countries including France and this is where this version of the comic comes from. The original dialogue is missing and what takes its place is attempt to translate the French dialogue back into english, hence why this is being referred to as the “Lost in Translation” Edition. This is probably is close as you will ever get to the comic that was never released. The production of the comic was fraught with problems and made under a very tight deadline. George Perez himself was only at the start of his career and is given Jim Mooney as a inker. Pages kept on being changed on very short notice and it’s a wonder the comic ever got completed. And yet here it is or as close as you will ever get to it. To clarify I have not rewritten the dialogue it is a literal translation of the French with some tweeks to make contextual sense. This of you who was expecting to make “my” version of this comic I am sorry, but even I need a break occasionally! A special thanks must go to Dave Henderson who did all of the hard work in scanning the comic.
Next Time: More Killdozer
