A Short Stop At The Transylvania Brain Surgery 4 (1975)
This Swamp Thing appearance is brought to you by Transylvania Brain Surgery. It is a UK fanzine that I haven’t seen too many of. This a bizarre appearance indeed.
The Breakdown
There are some bizarre strips inside. I mean real “farr-out” stuff
Swampy and Man-Thing helping to invite fans to write in/participate.
“Now, where’s the soap?” as you can see there are plenty of examples to help you get started on writing your own caption.
The Raised Sword of Hell!
The back cover is extremely odd. The small one is a Frankenstein monster-like man child.
So funny to find this on the web. I was the artist for the cover and the devil riders strip. Brought back some great memories!
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Phil, that is great! I’d love to chat with you about your work on the book.
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I did the Stomp!
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haha Greg, that is awesome. do you mean you literally worked on the book?
-John
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Yes, I wrote and drew the Stomp but the editors cut it up and re assembled it.
I didn’t mind, I was only 14 and was happy to see stuff printed.
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get outta town. that is so cool! did you know the editors or did you submit to the magazine and hope for the best?
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I knew them from Comic conventions and may have contributed to previous issues.
I used to contribute to a lot of fanzines back then.
Here’s a link to another one, 1975 or so.
https://www.comicsvalue.com/Fantasy-Unlimited-Golden-Age-fanzine-1974-Captain-America-Superman-Timely-Comics/400571281076.html
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that is so awesome, Greg! I love fanzines-the older the better. It’s so cool that you got to work on those!
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