tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669427.post7931843483646803523..comments2024-02-10T19:13:10.536+00:00Comments on downthetubes.net news blog: Who Remembers The Mighty Thor?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669427.post-9765717728821974102011-04-28T23:03:17.881+01:002011-04-28T23:03:17.881+01:00Yes, so if the plates were mixed up, each respecti...Yes, so if the plates were mixed up, each respective plate would be 'missing' from it's designated place. (My initial reply was a tentative suggestion based on a vaguely remembered memory from the dim and distant past - I still captured the gist of it. Blue Peter badge for me, I think.)Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669427.post-59517605548085270242011-04-28T16:52:53.661+01:002011-04-28T16:52:53.661+01:00Ah, plates being mixed up! That would make sense! ...Ah, plates being <i>mixed up!</i> That would make sense! Thanks for the info, Kid!<br /><br />Both options suggest a fairly slapdash printer, however!Gavin Burrowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347163260510316959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669427.post-69884721172746792742011-04-28T00:08:02.082+01:002011-04-28T00:08:02.082+01:00Okay, I've checked. A number of issues of FF #...Okay, I've checked. A number of issues of FF #110 were printed with the cyan and magenta plates mixed up - this led to greens being printed as reds, reds as greens and blues as purples. The mistake was caught and corrected, but a few off-colour copies did go on sale.<br /><br />It seems fairly certain then, that a similar error occurred with the first issue of THOR's comic.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669427.post-10684525180036694062011-04-27T22:44:50.571+01:002011-04-27T22:44:50.571+01:00I'd have to check, but I have a dim recollecti...I'd have to check, but I have a dim recollection that the missing colour plate "theory" was the explanation given in a subsequent issue. (Or was it for the off-colour cover of FF #110? As I said, I'll have to check.)Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669427.post-85911145323737163422011-04-27T18:10:53.873+01:002011-04-27T18:10:53.873+01:00Nice theory of a colour plate missing, but I don&#...Nice theory of a colour plate missing, but I don't think its borne out by those sample pages. Colours are swapped on them. In the original the villain is coloured green, but in the reprint he becomes muddy brown and Thor's cloak becomes green.<br /><br />Perhaps they didn't have access to the original colour separations, just the B+W artwork.<br /><br />Or maybe "Marvel colour&Gavin Burrowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347163260510316959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3669427.post-53702679258403516462011-04-27T16:03:02.959+01:002011-04-27T16:03:02.959+01:00Not only do I remember this comic, John, I've ...Not only do I remember this comic, John, I've still got my original set of them. (Was it really 28 years ago?) I think the colour differences on some pages to the original printings were due to one of the colours being accidentally left out of the mix. (As you know, the finished colour was achieved by mixing several different ones.)<br /><br />I think the comic would've had a better Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.com