December twenty ninth 1973 – Shock UK, 50 years ago this week.
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A realistic man as soon as acknowledged, “It be ChristMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSS!!!!!”

That man turn out to be as soon as Noddy Holder. And December 1973 turn out to be as soon as the first time he acknowledged it on fable of that turn out to be as soon as when Slade’s Merry Xmas Every person claimed the coveted Christmas Amount One region within the UK.

One way or the other, I’m able to not again feeling I’ve acknowledged this sooner than.

Regardless, over on the LP chart, Elton John’s most fashionable platter that mattered Goodbye Yellow Brick Avenue turn out to be as soon as hogging the pinnacle.

Provided that that Slade single is my approved Christmas tune of all time, it goes with out announcing that or not it’s far a music I approve of. On the other hand, at the moment of year, even a Scrooge fancy me feels inclined to unfold the cherish spherical and, so, completely different tracks I permitted of on that week’s singles chart were:

I Desire It Might even Be Christmas Every Day – Wizzard

My Coo-Ca-Choo – Alvin Stardust

The Present Must Scamper On – Leo Sayer

Lamplight – David Essex

Roll Away the Stone – Mott the Hoople

Dance with The Devil – Relaxed Powell

Amoureuse – Kiki Dee

Mind Video games – John Lennon

Photo – Ringo Starr

and

Goodbye Yellow Brick Avenue – Elton John.

I attain behold there have to not decrease than two versions of Deck of Cards within the High 50. What had we executed to deserve that special honour?
When you wish to sight that year’s UK Christmas countdown additional, it could perchance likely well simply also be found right here.

Whereas the accompanying album chart resides apt right here.

The Mighty World of Shock #65, Hulk vs Sandman

Now the Hulk’s in anguish!


He has to contend with a particular person whose vitality is sand!

How also can our hero ever hope to prevail against a one who’s uncouth and tough and worsening and will get in each place in the build?

Somewhat with out problems, because it turns out but, first, he has to realise that he needs to be combating him at all.

That’s on fable of, in a blueprint to take some secret protection force documents, Sandy cons him into believing he’s his simplest friend within the area.

The Fantastic Four, within the intervening time, are aloof, as far as I’m mindful, in Dr Doom’s embassy and having to face despite novel madcap malevolence the steel-masked threat has machinated.

I attain judge right here’s the account at some level of which Doom and Reed partake in a mental twin at some level of which the FF’s chief convinces the villain that triumph is finally his.

Spider-Man Comics Weekly #46

Oh, the melodrama! Spidey and JJ were captured by the Kingpin who’s out to drown the pair of them!


Now to not apprehension, Spidey’s net dome soon removes that possibility and, now, the wallcrawler’s free to address the corpulent robber.

But there is more drama but to be acted out as, in a fine burst of nobility, Fred Foswell sacrifices himself to assign the publisher who gave him a second chance.

A particular person to whom you positively wouldn’t give a second chance is the Sharp Man.

And that’s the reason a shame on fable of he’s getting one.

The mimicry-based fully threat is loose on the streets of Original York – and simplest Thor can pause him.

But staunch how attain you pause somebody who’s no decrease than as highly efficient as you’re?

The Avengers #15, Overall Gorgo


Hooray! Right here is the first self-discipline I had that featured the novel Avengers lineup!

And what a divulge they face after they have to thwart the hulking scare of Overall Gorgo.

So far as I’m able to undergo in mind, he’s a Vietnamese tyrant who seems unstoppable except it turns out he’s a robotic and the Scarlet Witch blows him up along with her hex vitality.

I attain judge this self-discipline also contains the conclusion of Dr Original’s first encounter with Dormammu, at some level of which the smog-faced villain has to pledge never to invade Earth, as a result of having wished the sorcerer’s again in preventing the Senseless Ones from destroying his kingdom.