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flood so i think we can guess what s on the other side of that dead end it s a much lighter episode this time compared to the atmosphere rich story we ve had thus far there are also more examples of using skull for comedy which i found humorous last time because it hadn t been done before but now i feel it s taking away from that gloriously scary leader alan is so good at portraying nevertheless knowing the final chapter is upon us i m still looking forward to seeing how this one is resolved even if it s now looking very unlikely we ll get to see what britannicus looks like or what his curse entailed it s sad to think there s only one more issue of the regular comic to go but i m excited by the adventure book which as i explained above also went on sale on this day back in 1988 so i ll be spending time this week reading that for the full review in seven days to fill the gap between the penultimate and climactic issues of super naturals so come back to check that out on sunday 13th february 2022 and then the following sunday 20th february for the finale issue seven adventure book super naturals menu alan langford anthony williams barrie tomlinson francesc masi julio vivas sandy james tom williams comic reviews super naturals super naturals 7 licensed to thrill 23 january 2022 phil boyce leave a comment after the festive cover for 5 and the fantastic montage that made up last issue s this super naturals cover by sandy james is initially a little disappointing but that s only because of the comparison to the more elaborate ones that went before it may be a lot simpler but it does focus on possibly the best of the evil super naturals so perhaps it s a sign of some fiery content we ll see inside the doll remains in its position as our first strip and the opening page includes this fantastic image by way of a recap as well as looking great there s another good reason behind this image of the doll looming large over the house the little wooden murderer doesn t actually appear in the strip this issue regular readers might ve felt a little short changed if his evil face wasn t included somewhere but quite possibly it was more to clue in new readers to who we were dealing with this issue s chapter focusses entirely on simon wickham as he searches the house on his own so this recap panel reminds us of the larger story and the implications of the doll s continued survival also it s just such a brilliant atmospheric picture while the dummy doesn t appear this chapter has what is arguably one of the most memorable moments in super naturals whole run those caterpillars above make a gross reentry into the story just a few panels later as simon thinks to himself that his chicken tastes a bit odd queue the following image which made me gag a little at the thought i ll admit i do hope francesc masi knows how some fans reacted to the artwork he produced once recovered from this shock the rest of the story has simon make his way into the cellar of the house after hearing a noise from underneath the floor convinced the doll is trying to scare him into inaction he braves the dark and makes his way down the floor is a sea of caterpillars and after simon becomes trapped on a crumbling staircase they begin to crawl all over him before a cackling shape starts to rise up out of them for this issue s cliffhanger apart from the gross out moment above the main purpose of this chapter is to build upon some of the already established mysteries such as the fate of previous foster child alan who is described as having met some terrible but undefined end because of the doll most likely in relation to this is the fact the marshall s cellar door is boarded up with several planks of wood simon has been told no one has been down there for years is this where alan met his doom is this where the doll was trapped or originally found a shocking but ultimately intriguing chapter that heightens anticipation for what could come next the additional features have moved up from the second half of the comic there s another one page ghostling tale in which a scientist perfects some form of death stare to kill any living thing by looking at it he kills his cat and several plants before looking in the mirror to congratulate himself with predicable results serves him right for the cat on spooks letters page a reader asks for anneka rice to be placed into the tomb of doom because of her continuous smile but it appears spooks or should that be editor barrie tomlinson is a bit of a fan there s also an advert to hype up the new eagle and battle weekly when battle folded after a successful run of 664 issues since its creation in 1975 while i ve now left twitter both personal and blog accounts and can no longer access the tweet i did share the letters page photo above and tagged anneka rice in it not really thinking she d see it but she did barrie always so forthcoming with information about his comics and support for this site commented how he just couldn t banished her to which anneka replied and thanked him as a fan to this day barrie seemed quite taken it was quite the moment a high speed escape down a mountain on top of a log and coming face to face with a giant mammoth and sabre toothed tiger the scary cat challenge has a lot to live up to this issue after the stunning strip we were treated to last time thanks to massimo belardinelli s art food for thought is based upon an idea sent in by reader daniel bridge of hull while it s unknown who developed these into full scripts most likely editor barrie tomlinson the artist is jim watson it involves a school visit to a life size prehistoric model village and one of the kids sneaks off to rest behind some rocks away from his class on a hot summer s day we see this exact location in prehistoric times as rather clichéd cave people summon their god to bring them food some kind of portal in time opens and they see kenny warren our school kid initially thinking he s a god they soon turn on him as a trickster when he can t produce any food for the starving group they give chase and the main bulk of the strip is his attempt to flee involving a high speed escape down a mountain on top of a log and coming face to face with a giant mammoth and sabre toothed tiger yes he really did just say he was always good at tobogganing in the end it s the usual scenario where kenny wakes up just before he s killed by the cave people figuring out it s all a dream before he spots something spooky which suggests it really happened in this case he still has snow on his shoes it s all rather tame after the spectacle in 6 but for the target audience it had a high stakes chase and big prehistoric beasts so i ll assume it went down a treat at the time the legend of the super naturals is now in the middle of the comic and continues to build on the lore lionheart and thunder bolt materialise in england and burnheart naturally tries to incinerate them however even though they re in a weakened state from their transference see last issue no harm comes to them because they re in their secondary state each character has their original human ghost form and their solid real world animal form in between is this secondary state their humanoid shape but baring the features of their animal totem it s while in this form that they can unleash their hidden magical powers this is the most interesting of the various layers the comic has been adding to what the toys established and it means the cool holograms weren t just for looks anymore no longer are the battles just simple fist fights and magic spells each of their forms carries advantages and disadvantages for all of them and i just hope this can be built upon further before the final edition the battles in this issue are certainly a step up from all that came before it ll be such a shame to see all of this potential go unrealised much like fellow holographic toy franchise comic visionaries the creepy art of the first chapter in this story was expertly crafted by john gillatt before dave d antiquis brought a more action packed approach to the strip now regular contributor to barrie s comics sandy james has taken the helm known for his full colour covers and posters at first i didn t recognise the art as last issue simply because it s unusual for me to see his work in black and white he also drew a fantastic full colour strip for ring raiders the solid line work this version of skull and the panel showing the tomb of doom of which he drew a poster for 1 are classic sandy speaking of his posters this takes up the middle pages and takes a break from the usual individual character portraits to bring us the evil super naturals vehicle the bat bopper tonka were renowned for their toy trucks and the ones in the super naturals range looked they would ve been great fun to have as a kid after seeing it munch its way through a wall at the end of last issue s the curse it s confirmed here that it s a sentient being in its own right the ghostly face on the front was a superb three dimensional hologram on the toy and i remember the adverts featured it rearing up on its back wheels as described here as always sandy has produced a very colourful fun poster and it s probably my favourite so far moving on to our more light hearted strip ghostlings drawn by anthony williams spooks takes up arms geddit against the future human tribe s enemies in fact he even gets a little bit carried away with all of the bravado in this funny moment as the last of the crevice crawlers makes its escape the human troggers still claim all of this was foretold and want to elevate spooks to be their leader as they reclaim the surface but spooks knows he can t abandon his comrades and so uses the fact he s about as typical a ghost as you can get and disappears materialising outside however he then has to sneak past the guards because he s used up all his energy and can t disappear again this must mean he can t even slide through walls or in this case the rocks like a ghost normally would until he recovers initially i thought the cliffhanger didn t make any sense you can see it below my first reaction was one of confusion i ll admit he s a ghost surely the rock would just pass through him but rereading his dilemma above i m going to assume the fact he can t disintegrate himself or pass through the rocks is the basis for the cliffhanger as he could actually get crushed now of course the perpetuator of this falling boulder weird wolf wouldn t have known all this so it still begs the question why would he think this would hurt a ghost i m well aware i m probably overthinking this children s comic but that s the thing with reading these childhood favourites without the rose tinted glasses we may remember the wonder and enjoyment these comics brought and reliving those feelings is great fun but we also can t help but view them through adult eyes i think i m right though about spooks energy being low and that s the reason behind the ending i have faith the answer will be forthcoming in 14 days it also explains why he needed rescued in 5 the final strip continues skull burnheart and scary cat s christmas day quest to find the tomb of britannicus in 19th century london and unleash his dire curse upon the world as i predicted last time the human soldiers the good super naturals lionheart eagle eye and spooks find themselves up against can cause them no harm in their primary form but they can be slowed down they can t allow this to happen they also can t transform into their animal forms because they could be gunned down but most importantly to lionheart they can t scare the men away not when the soldiers have guns and in their panic could hurt each other in the end as the terrified men realise their bullets are simply passing through the so called fiends their commander takes charge with a sword only for a very apologetic eagle eye to grab him by the throat instantly putting the man to sleep he tries to explain to the troops that they re here to help and he salutes them as he leaves but he knows how fear and reason make bad bedfellows and so he casts a blessing of forgetfulness over them and they fall asleep too it shows how they have to be more thoughtful in their dealings with us humans not just simply blasting through in the name of the greater good it s quite refreshing actually so the tomb has been found and as burnheart goes to stand guard outside knowing eagle eye will sense where they are he leaves his flame gun behind so his leader can unleash the curse we ve seen reference to their weapons running low and having to recharge their magical energies in previous issues when the magical power of burnheart s gun runs out it leaves the all conquering skull and his frightful ghostling quite literally left in the dark as to what to do the doll s skin crawling moments aside this issue might be short on the frights but it s been an entertaining read nonetheless with more being established about the licenced characters the writers are really getting to grips with them and it shows i could easily have said the non licenced strips were the highlights in most of the previous issues but here the super naturals themselves have reclaimed their namesake comic in three highly entertaining tales that have left me eager for more it s just as well 8 is already sitting here on my shelf waiting to be devoured for the next review on sunday 6th february 2022 a curse upon you if you re not here on that day issue six issue eight super naturals menu alan langford anthony williams barrie tomlinson francesc masi james nicholas jim watson sandy james comic reviews super naturals super naturals 6 monstrously good art 9 january 2022 phil boyce leave a comment my favourite super naturals cover so far wasn t initially drawn as one so impressive are massimo belardinelli s monstrous creations in one of the strips inside that they were used in a montage with an image of scary cat by sandy james hiding the seams the strip was part of her reader challenge after all the black and white images work perfectly with that logo and i can only imagine what could ve been if massimo had been given the chance to design and colour a cover of his own the images are for the anthology tale not related to the licence and we surprisingly kick things off with the other original story the doll moving from the middle of the comic to pole position could be a sign of the strip s popularity and it s got the shock factor to perfectly kick things off it s still christmas day and the family game of hide and seek almost ends in tragedy uncle frank is rushed to hospital with the horrible knowledge that the doll which he believed was somehow responsible for the death of previous foster child alan is alive and murderous he s able to whisper this to simon before he falls into unconsciousness and rushed away simon is the only one who knows the truth apart from his seemingly hypnotised younger brother david of course 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