Real
Name: Nick Fury (see comments) NICK FURY (ODHAMS EARTH)
Real
Name: Nick Fury (see comments)
Identity/Class: Extradimensional/alternate reality
(Earth-Odhams - see comments) human;
possibly British
citizen (see comments)
Occupation: Secret agent
Group Membership: Special Squad (Chief, The Cloak, Sherlock Holmes, Mole, Shortstuff, Spider-Man), Pow! staff (Bob "Bart" Bartholomew, Miss Bolster, Dare-a-Day Davy, Doctor Morg, the Dolls of St. Dominics (Cynthia, Ethel, Felicity, Judy, Lavinia, Little Lulu, Marigold the Bulk, Penelope, others), the Group (Brain, Fatso, Luvvy, Ringo, Shrimp, Stupid), Hamish, Kicks, Mike Higgs, Alf Wallace, Wee-Willie Haggis) (see comments)
Affiliations: Andy Capp, Asterix, Batman (Bruce Wayne), Captain America (Steve Rogers), Cyclops (Scott Summers), Dan Dare, Daredevil (Matt Murdock), Diabolik, Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange), Fantastic Four (Human Torch/Johnny Storm, Invisible Girl/Sue Storm, Mr. Fantastic/Reed Richards, Thing/Ben Grimm), Forbush Man, Garth, Ghost Rider (probably Carter Slade), Giant-Man (Hank Pym), the Heap, Hulk (Bruce Banner), Ignatz, Iron Man (Tony Stark), Krazy Kat, Mr. Natural (Fred Natural), Moomintroll, Plastic Man (Patrick "Eel" O'Brian), Professor X (Charles Xavier), the Python (Vic Dawes, Don Mason), Robin (Dick Grayson), Skyman (Allen Turner), Sub-Mariner (Namor MacKenzie), Target (Niles Reed), Thor Odinson, Wizard Prang, Wolfgang "Woozy" Winks
Enemies: Formerly Dare-a-Day Davy
Known Relatives: None
Aliases: None
Base of Operations: Special Squad HQ, London
First Appearance: Pow!#21 (Odhams, 10th June 1967)
Powers/Abilities: Nick is in peak physical shape, allowing him to knock out a youth barely half his height for three days with a single blow to the skull. He has access to a 50 ton flying saucer with the equivalent power of 958 trillion elephants.
Height: Unrevealed;
presumably 6'1"
Weight: Unrevealed;
presumably 221 lbs.
Eye: Unrevealed; presumably brown
Hair: Unspecified dark color; presumably brown (see comments)
History:
(Pow!#21/7)
- While in Special Squad HQ standing in a corridor beneath a portrait of
Spider-Man, Nick Fury watched as Chief briefed the Cloak on a new
mission the noseless agent was to undertake. Busy observing this
exchange, Nick ignored sundry other agents, including Sherlock Holmes,
as they wandered by.
(Pow!#33/? - BTS) - "Dare-a-Day" Davy, a boy who could never resist a dare, no matter how extreme, was challenged to go six rounds in a boxing ring with Nick Fury. Though Nick had no desire to waste his time doing so, he was ordered to take a break from his latest mission, which was vital to the survival of the British as a race, and accept the challenge.
(Pow!#33/?) - Returning from space in a 50 ton flying saucer, Nick angrily decried having to waste a quarter minute of his time, which was all he estimated it would take to win the bout. Entering the packed arena, Nick noted his opponent was already in the ring, psyched up and aggressively declaring that he would knock out his opponent in round one. Davy was so caught up in his rant that he failed to spot Nick enter the ring until the boy turned round in the middle of declaring Nick a "flabby useless hulk of..." Davy's tirade tailed off as he realized he was staring at a mountain of muscle much taller than himself, and the lad immediately switched to obsequious groveling, claiming he had only been joking. Nick informed the cowering boy that he took wastes of his valuable time seriously, but that if Davy cooperated as a patriot he could help Nick make up for lost time. Davy swiftly agreed to do whatever Nick wanted, until the agent explained that he wanted Davy to stand still so Nick could end the fight quickly with a single hard punch. Terrified, Davy turned chicken and began to run round the ring at an impressive 35mph, dodging the pursuing Nick's blows until his sixth lap of the ring, when finally a punch connected, ending the battle and knocking Davy out for the next three days.
(Pow!#50/4)
- Presumably eligible via his Special Squad membership, Nick attended
the 1967 Pow! staff Christmas party, where Spider-Man wished him a
Howling Good Christmas and Nick responded in kind.
(Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4) - In 1968 Nick attended the Special Squad Christmas party and watched from amid the revelers as the Cloak wished everyone a Merry X-Mas.
Comments: Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, but
imported into Odhams by Mike Higgs.
In the 1960s, Odhams was one of the UK publishers who held rights to
reprint Marvel stories. They did so across a string of titles that
became known as the Power Pack: Fantastic, Pow!, Smash!, Terrific! and
Wham! (and yes, the exclamation marks are part of the titles). To
differing degrees these mixed US reprints with non-Marvel UK material,
and adventure strips with comedy ones. And since comedy strips always
had a looser definition of the boundaries between strips/realities,
characters from a given strip could and did sometimes turn up
unexpectedly in other strips, including the licensed Marvel ones on a
handful of occasions. Spider-Man (and Nick Fury) were both being
reprinted in Pow!, so that was the starting point for their cameos.
Apart from his encounter with Dare-a-Day-Davey, who had his own strip,
all of Nick's appearances above are from the strip "The Cloak" by Mike
Higgs, whose titular hero was a superhero-like secret agent working for
the "Special Squad." Nick was presumably a member of this squad, as he
was mostly seen in the background at their headquarters; ditto
Spider-Man (see the sub-profile below). I don't have a full run of Pow!,
so it's entirely possible that I might have missed other cameos by Nick;
if so, they will be added as and when I learn about them. Additionally,
while I have a copy of the Dare-a-Day Davy strip Nick appeared in, I
don't own the actual issue, so I can't place exactly where in the order
of that issue's strips the story should be placed.
The final panel where Nick appears includes not only cameos of characters Odhams owned or were licensing, but also many unrelated to the company. It was near the end of the Cloak's run in Odhams titles, so I can only guess that Mike Higgs figured he had nothing to lose throwing in any character he felt like.
Though the Nick Fury strip being reprinted in
Pow! was obviously the 616 incarnation, I'm assuming this version is a
different one, native to an Odhams reality, which might overlap the
IPC/Fleetway/Rebellion one - Odhams was bought up by IPC/Fleetway, and
more recently almost all their properties, barring a few licensed or
creator-owned, were in turn bought up by Rebellion, and as a result some
of the characters seen attending the Special Squad Christmas parties
have been seen in subsequent stories published by IPC, Fleetway and
Rebellion. Because of the uncertainty about exactly which reality this
Nick might belong to, no reality number has been designated for him.
Given he works for a British agency and talks about a mission vital to
the survival of Britain, he may be British rather than American in this
reality.
None of this incarnation's physical stats have been revealed, as he only appeared in black and white and never in a good image alongside someone with an established height; I've ASSumed he probably has identical stats to his 616 counterpart.
This profile was completed 8/01/2021, but its publication was delayed as it was intended for the Appendix 20th anniversary 's celebratory event.
Profile by Loki.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Nick Fury is a counterpart to, but should not be confused with:
To take on Dare-a-Day Davy, Nick returned from a mission
elsewhere in the cosmos in a 985,000,000,000,000 elephant-power, 50-ton
flying saucer. How, why and where he obtained this vehicle remains
unrevealed.
--Pow!#33/?
(Pow!#21/7) Spider-Man's portrait hung in the halls of the Special Squad HQ.
(Pow!#50/4) -
Presumably eligible via his Special Squad membership, Spider-Man
attended the 1967 Pow! staff Christmas party, where he wished Nick Fury
a Howling Good Christmas and Nick responded in kind.
(Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4) - In 1968 Spider-Man attended the Special Squad Christmas party and watched from amid the revelers as the Cloak wished everyone a Merry X-Mas.
Comments: Odhams had reprinted Spider-Man stories in the Power Pack titles Smash! and Pow!
-- (portrait) Pow!#21/7; (in person) Pow!#50/4 (Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4
Dare-a-Day Davy was a boy who could never turn down a challenge, no matter how dangerous or foolish he knew them to be. This included taking on Nick Fury in a boxing match, which unsurprisingly did not end well for Davy.
Later, while attending the 1967 Pow!
staff Christmas party Davy accepted the thrill-seeking kid Kicks
(middle, daring Davy) challenge to pull a cracker.
Comments: Created by Ken Reid, a prolific British writer/artist who produced a large number of mostly humor strips for a variety of titles. Davy appeared in every issue of Pow!, and encountered stars from a few of the other strips, not just Nick Fury.
--Pow!#1-86
While attending the 1967 Pow! staff Christmas party
Spider-Man and Nick Fury exchanged Christmas wishes, wisely avoiding the
rest of the revelers.
At the 1968 Christmas party at Special Squad HQ the
Cloak was flanked by his friends Mole (to the left), Shortstuff and
Chief (to the right), and wished the assemblage behind him a Merry Xmas.
--Pow!#50/4 (Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4
While attending the 1967 Pow! staff Christmas party editor Alf Wallace complained to fellow editor Bob "Bart" Bartholomew that they still had to produce the next week's issue.
Comments: In real life Alf Wallace was the Odhams
staff editor while Bob "Bart" Bartholomew had been editor of Eagle
before coming to Odhams. They and fellow editor Albert "Cos" Cosser did
editorial columns for the Power Pack titles that were inspired by the
style of Stan Lee's Bullpen Bulletins. Bart would go on to oversee early
issues of 2000A.D. for IPC, while Alf was the creator of the Missing
Link, who might have an Earth-238 counterpart.
--Pow!#50/4
Layabout Andy Capp attended the 1968 Christmas party at Special Squad HQ.
Comments: Created by Reg Smythe, newspaper strip
character Andrew "Andy" Capp debuted in British tabloid The Daily Mirror
on 5th August 1957. A well known character in Britain, he had his own
live action TV series in 1988 where he was played by veteran British
actor James Bolam, and even has his own statue in the town of
Hartlepool. He's also the father of Buster Capp, the titular lead of the
long running IPC/Fleetway comic Buster (1960-2000), and he has an Earth-616
counterpart.
--Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4
Gaulish warrior Asterix attended
the 1968 Christmas party at Special Squad HQ. 
Comments: Created by Albert Underzo and Rene Goscinny, Asterix the Gaul debuted in French magazine Pilote#1 (October 25th 1959). Though the Asterix strips were not available in collected volumes in English until 1969, the character had been appearing in British comics since 1963, starting with the Fleetway title Valiant, where he was renamed Little Fred, and then in 1965 in the title Ranger, where he'd been renamed Beric the Bold. Possibly more relevant to explain his inclusion here, the first Asterix animated movie had its UK release on 22nd December 1968, less than a week before his appearance in the Cloak strip; while the strip obviously would have had to have been completed some time earlier, it's very likely Mike Higgs would have been made aware of the character via pre-publicity for the film, assuming he hadn't already known of the character.
This isn't the only time Asterix can be seen
in the company of Marvel characters - he's also doing so on Earth-Forbidden
Planet, in What The--?!#2, and normalman#7. Additionally X-Man
(Nate Grey) is seen watching what appears to be an Asterix cartoon in
X-Men#23.
--Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4
Gotham crimefighters Batman and Robin attended the 1968 Christmas party at Special Squad HQ.
Comments: Created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger (Batman) and same plus Jerry Robinson (Robin). Batman and Robin were well known to Power Pack readers, as not only was the Batman TV series been airing in the U.K. since 1966, but his newspaper strip had been reprinted in Smash!, an unusual case of a title reprinting both Marvel and DC characters alongside one another.
--Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4
Captain America attended the 1968 Christmas party at Special Squad HQ.
Comments: Odhams had
reprinted Avengers stories featuring Captain America in the Power Pack
titles Fantastic!, Terrific! and Smash!, making him well known to Power
Pack readers.
--Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4
While attending the 1967 Pow! staff Christmas party the
villainous scientist Dr. Morg offered his latest experiment, a
man-eating Christmas pudding, to Mole (left in image), while Mole's
friend Cloak wished everyone a Merry Xmas as he stood next to Chief and
Shortstuff (both to right of picture).
A year later they
attended the 1968 Christmas party at Special
Squad HQ.
Comments: Supporting cast members of Mike Higgs' Cloak strip, Chief, Mole and Shortstuff turned up across many of Cloak's appearances. Since I don't have a full set of the relevant issues of Pow! or Smash!, and only a few of those appearances involved Nick Fury or other Marvel characters, I've not tried to include a complete appearance list here.
--various issues of Pow! and Smash! incorporating Fantastic
Cyclops attended the
1968 Christmas party at Special Squad HQ.
Comments: Odhams had reprinted X-Men stories featuring Cyclops in the Power Pack title Fantastic!, making him well known to Power Pack readers.
--Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4
Space hero Dan Dare attended the 1968 Christmas party at Special Squad HQ.
Comments: Created by Frank Hampson, Dan Dare
debuted in Eagle I#1. This version of him might be the same
one who encountered Captain Wally, and there's more info about the
character there. He's got an Earth-238 counterpart, Roy
Risk.
--Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4
Daredevil attended the 1968
Christmas party at Special Squad HQ.
Comments: Odhams had
reprinted Daredevil stories in the Power Pack title Smash!,
making him well known to Power Pack readers.
--Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4
Italian master criminal Diabolik attended the 1968 Christmas party at Special Squad HQ.
Comments: Created by Angela and Luciana Giussani,
Diabolik debuted in the Italian title Prima Serie#1 (Astorina, 1st
September 1962). Massively popular in several European countries, in
1968 he starred in a movie, Danger: Diabolik, which was subsequently
released in the U.K. in February 1969, possibly bringing him to the
attention of the Cloak's Mike Higgs and thus to his cameo here. He's
noteworthy for being the visual inspiration for the X-Men's Fantomex
(with French villain Fantomas being the inspiration for Fantomex's
name); both Diabolik and Fantomas were primarily thieves, much like how
Fantomex was originally depicted, and while Diabolik's costume was
usually depicted as pitch black (the better to blend into shadows), if
you check out images from Danger: Diabolik you will see the white
variant of the costume that he wore on appropriate occasions, such as
when operating in snowy climates.
--Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4
While attending the 1967 Pow! staff Christmas party the villainous scientist Dr. Morg offered his latest experiment, a man-eating Christmas pudding, to Mole.
Comments: Created by Ed Fieto and an unidentified
writer, Doctor Morg was the star of Experiment X, a series that began in
Pow!#44 (18th November 1967) and concluded in Pow!#69 (11th May
1968).
--Pow!#44-69
Doctor Strange attended the 1968 Christmas party at Special Squad HQ.
Comments: Dr. Strange had been reprinted in both
Fantastic! and Terrific!, two of Odhams' Power Pack titles,
making him well known to Power Pack readers.
--Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4
The Dolls of
St. Dominics (and Miss Bolster)
While attending the 1967 Pow! staff Christmas party the
mischievous school girls the Dolls of St. Dominic's and their teacher
Miss Bolster (elderly woman in glasses) stood in the corner, with
Marigold the Bulk openly admiring all the lovely men present.
Comments: Created by Leo Baxendale, a legend of
British comics responsible for innumerable comedy strips including The
Beano's Bash Street Kids, The Dolls of St. Dominic's debuted in Pow!#1
(21st January 1967) and ran until Pow!#69 (11th May 1968). Tearaway
school children strips were a common trope in British comics, and part
way through their run the Dolls' strip merged with another such strip,
The Tiddlers, which had joined Pow! when it absorbed its failing sister
title Wham!
Adult versions of the Dolls later turned up
as brutal female inmates of the prison for superhumans in Wildstorm's
Albion comic.
--Pow!#50/4
The Human Torch, Invisible Girl, Mr. Fantastic and the
Thing of the Fantastic Four all attended the 1968 Christmas party at Special Squad HQ.
Comments: The Fantastic Four had been reprinted in
Pow!, Smash! and Wham!, three of Odhams' Power Pack titles,
making them well known to Power Pack readers.
--Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4
Forbush Man attended the 1968 Christmas party at Special Squad HQ.
Comments: This could be the "real" Forbush
Man and not just his counterpart, given how he sometimes reality
hops.
--Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4
Garth attended the 1968 Christmas party at Special Squad HQ.
Comments: Created by Steve Dowling and Gordon Boshell, Garth debuted in the tabloid newspaper The Daily Mirror on 27th June 1951. He has an Earth-238 counterpart, whose profile discusses Garth in more detail.
--Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4
Ghost Rider attended the 1968 Christmas party at Special Squad HQ.
Comments: Created by Vincent Sullivan, Ray Krank and Dick Ayers (Magazine Enterprises version) or Gary Friedrich, Roy Thomas and Dick Ayers (Marvel version); the former debuted (as Ghost Rider) in Tim Holt#11 (October 1949), and the latter in Ghost Rider#1 (February 1967).
The version appearing in the Cloak strip was
most likely intended to be the Marvel/Carter Slade incarnation of the
character, but the possibility that Mike Higgs had intended him to be
the Rex Fury/Magazine Enterprises version can't be ruled out, as that
incarnation of Ghost Rider had been reprinted in the U.K. in titles such
as Cartoon Art's Best of the West.
--Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4
Giant Man attended the
1968 Christmas party at Special Squad HQ.
Comments: Odhams had
reprinted Giant Man in the Power Pack title
Terrific!, making him well known to Power Pack
readers.
--Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4
While attending the 1967 Pow! staff
Christmas party the gang of kids known as the Group watched as the
thrill-seeking kid Kicks challenged Dare-a-Day Davy to pull a cracker.
Comments: Another creation of Leo Baxendale, the
Group - Brain, Fatso, Luvvy,
Ringo, Shrimp and Stupid - debuted in Pow!#1 (21st January 1967) and
ran until Pow!#52 (13th January 1968), coming to an end only a few
weeks after their cameo in the Cloak strip.
--Pow!#1-52
The Heap attended the 1968 Christmas party at Special Squad HQ.
Comments: Created by Mort Leiv and Harry Stein, the Heap debuted in Air Fighters#3 (Hillman, December 1942). A former World War I German flying ace, Baron Eric von Emmelman became a muck monster, possibly the first such one in comics, after being shot down over a swamp in Poland. His stories had been reprinted in the U.K. by companies including the Arnold Book Company and Thorpe and Porter, presumably the reason why Mike Higgs knew of the character. The Heap has a 616 counterpart.
--Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4
While attending the 1967 Pow! staff Christmas party artist Mike Higgs tried to draw the assembled revelers.
Comments: Mike Higgs was the real life creator of
the Cloak.
--Pow!#50/4
In Special Squad HQ Sherlock Holmes wandered by as Nick Fury was distracted watching the Chief hand the Cloak a mission.
Comments: Created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, this
version would be a counterpart to the character who appeared in Doyle's
novels and the version
of Holmes who existed on Earth-616.
You can see the whole panel where he appears, giving the context of his appearance alongside Nick Fury, in the Cloak's sub-profile.
--Pow!21
The Hulk attended the
1968 Christmas party at Special Squad HQ.
Comments: Odhams had reprinted Hulk stories in the Power Pack title Smash!, which even included the first (afaik) UK-originated strip for the character. As a result, he would have been easily recognizable to Power Pack readers.
--Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4
Iron Man attended the
1968 Christmas party at Special Squad HQ.
Comments: Odhams had reprinted Iron Man stories in the Power Pack title Fantastic!, making him well known to Power Pack readers.
--Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4
While attending the 1967 Pow! staff Christmas party the
thrill-seeking kid Kicks (middle, daring Davy) challenged Dare-a-Day
Davy (middle, taking on Kicks) to pull a cracker.
Comments: Created by Graham Allen, Kicks debuted in Pow!#1 (21st January 1967) and ran
until Pow!#52 (13th January 1968), appearing irregularly in a handful
of subsequent issues until his final appearance in Pow!86 (7th
September 1968).
--Pow!#50/4
Krazy Kat and Igantz Mouse attended
the 1968 Christmas party at Special Squad HQ.
Comments: Created by George Herriman, newspaper
strip characters Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse debuted in the New York
Evening Journal on October 8th 1913.
They have counterparts
on Earth-665 (Not Brand Echh), who can be seen hanging out with
Popeye and other newspaper strip characters protesting against monster
characters.
--Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4
Mr Natural attended the 1968 Christmas party at Special
Squad HQ.
Comments: Created by Robert Crumb, underground
comix character Mr Natural debuted in Yarrowstalks#1 (5th May 1967), but
made his way to comics in Zap Comix#1 (February 1968), which had a
British edition that presumably led to Mike Higgs learning of the
character. As far as I can ascertain, this seems to be the only time
he's been seen alongside Marvel characters, though I could easily have
overlooked a sneaky cameo somewhere.
--Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4
Moomintroll attended the 1968 Christmas party at Special
Squad HQ.
Comments: Created by Tove Jansson, Moomintroll debuted in the Swedish book Småtrollen och den stora översvämningen (The Moomins and the Great Flood) in 1945. He subsequently had a successful newspaper strip, which was translated into English and reprinted in the U.K.'s Evening News beginning in 1954, and which is likely how Mike Higgs learned of the character. As far as I can ascertain, this seems to be the only time he's been seen alongside Marvel characters, though I could easily have overlooked a sneaky cameo somewhere.
--Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4
Namor attended the 1968 Christmas party at Special Squad HQ.
Comments: Namor had been reprinted in Odhams' Power Pack title Terrific!, making him well known to Power Pack readers.
--Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4
Plastic Man and Woozy Winks attended the 1968 Christmas party at Special Squad HQ.
Comments: Created by Jack Cole, Plastic Man debuted in Police Comics#1 (Quality, August 1941) and his friend Woozy Winks debuted in Police Comics#13 (November 1942). Originally belonging to Quality Comics, he transferred to DC Comics in 1956 when the latter bought most of Quality's characters. Plastic Man has at least one other counterpart in the Marvel multiverse.
--Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4
Professor X attended the 1968 Christmas party at Special
Squad HQ.
Comments: Odhams had reprinted X-Men stories featuring Professor X in the Power Pack title Fantastic!, making him well known to Power Pack readers.
--Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4
At the 1967 Pow! staff Christmas party the snake-shaped vehicle the Python gatecrashed the party, startling diminutive Scottish spy Wee-Willie Haggis and his pet haggis Hamish.
Comments: Created by an unknown writer and artist
"Borrell," the Python debuted in Pow!#1 (21st January 1967) and
appeared, with a couple of brief breaks, until Pow!#43 (11th November
1967); thus, it turning up at the Christmas party after the strip had
ended was its final appearance in the weekly comic. The Python itself
was a giant robotic vehicle created by a dictator before being stolen by
pilots Vic Dawes and Don Mason, who used it to fight for good.
--Pow!#19, 11-33, 36-43, 50/4
Skyman attended the 1968 Christmas party at Special Squad HQ.
Comments: Created by Gardner Fox and Ogden Whitney, Skyman debuted in Big Shot Comics#1 (Columbia Comics, May 1940). An aviation hero, he had no innate powers but was a superb physical specimen at peak human potential and had a specialized aircraft, the Wing. As far as I can ascertain, this seems to be the only time he's been seen alongside Marvel characters, though I could easily have overlooked a sneaky cameo somewhere.
To the best of my knowledge, Skyman's stories never got reprinted in the U.K., so Mike Higgs could only have known about the character from U.S. copies of the character's appearances making their way across to Britain.
--Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4
Target attended the 1968 Christmas party at Special Squad HQ.
Comments: Created by Dick Briefer, Target debuted
in Target Comics#10 (Novely Press, November 1940). Target was a Golden
Age hero who wore a costume so bulletproof that he deliberately drew
criminal gunfire by placing a target on his chest. As
far as I can ascertain, this seems to be the only time he's been seen
alongside Marvel characters, though I could easily have overlooked a
sneaky cameo somewhere.
To the best of my knowledge, Target's stories never got reprinted in the U.K., so Mike Higgs could only have known about the character from U.S. copies of the character's appearances making their way across to Britain.
--Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4
Thor attended the 1968 Christmas party at Special Squad
HQ.
Comments: Odhams had reprinted Thor stories featuring in the Power Pack title Fantastic! and later in Smash!, making him well known to Power Pack readers.
--Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152/4
While attending the 1967 Pow! staff Christmas party diminutive Scottish spy Wee-Willie Haggis and his pet haggis Hamish were startled by the Python's dramatic wall-smashing entrance, with Haggis mistaking the robotic serpent for the Loch Ness Monster.
Comments: Created by unknown, MI:51/2
agent Wee Willie Haggis
debuted in Pow!#1 (21st January 1967) and
concluded in Pow!#50 (30th December 1967).
--Pow!#1-50
Wizard Prang attended the 1968 Christmas party at Special Squad HQ.
Comments: Created by Mike Brown, Wizard Prang and
his nemesis Demon Druid (no
relation) debuted in the strip Wiz War! in Pow!#76 (29th June
1968) and concluded in Smash! on the 31st January 1970 (Smash!
stopped numbering issues with #162 in 1969, when IPC bought out Odhams
and took over its publication)
--Pow!76-86, Smash!#137-31st January 1970
Appearances:
Pow!#21
(10th June 1967) - Mike Higgs (writer, art), Alf Wallace, Bob "Bart" Bartholomew (editors)
Pow!#33
(2nd September 1967) - Ken Reid (writer, artist), Alf
Wallace, Bob "Bart" Bartholomew (editors)
Pow!#50 (30th December 1967)
- Mike Higgs (writer, art), Alf Wallace, Bob "Bart" Bartholomew (editors)
Smash! incorporating Fantastic#152 (28th December 1968) -
Mike Higgs (writer, art), Alf
Wallace, Albert "Cos" Cosser (editors)
First Posted: 09/19/2021
Last updated: 09/18/2021
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