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Ray Brady
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Posted: 01 July 2011 at 12:24pm \| IP Logged \| 1

I remember one of those puzzle books referred to Wolverine having blue gloves with spring-out claws attached.

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Posted: 01 July 2011 at 1:29pm \| IP Logged \| 2

My first reaction to that X-Men villain quiz was: "What's Kalibak doing in there?" Then
I recognized who it was, but whoa-- BLASTAAR and KALIBAK... Separated At Birth?

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Nathan Greno
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Posted: 01 July 2011 at 1:57pm \| IP Logged \| 3

I didn't have those books... but I did have this...

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Nathan Greno
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Posted: 01 July 2011 at 1:58pm \| IP Logged \| 4

C'mon, Vision and Silver Surfer! Even Wolverine is smiling!!!

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Flavio Sapha
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Posted: 01 July 2011 at 3:28pm \| IP Logged \| 5

I would love to see someone put one of these together with clip art culled from gloomy, muddy-colored, sleep-inducing, present day comic book art!

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Posted: 01 July 2011 at 3:43pm \| IP Logged \| 6

Flavio: I would love to see someone put one of these together with clip art culled from gloomy, muddy-colored, sleep-inducing, present day comic book art!

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They'd have to take "FUN" out of the book's title.

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Dale Lerette
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Posted: 01 July 2011 at 4:17pm \| IP Logged \| 7

Yes. I remember those. Wow, that brings back some memories! Good memories!

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Dave Aikins
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Posted: 01 July 2011 at 8:32pm \| IP Logged \| 8

I love Owen McCarron. He was the Canadian artist who drew and created all the Marvel Fun & Games puzzles and illustrations, plus a big ol' batch of coloring books in the 70's.

I was able to get a full set of unused Marvel Fun & Games comics a couple of years ago. If I had time, I'd scan them in....

Man, they were fun! Much more fun then the Fun Book collections...

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Posted: 02 July 2011 at 12:17am \| IP Logged \| 9

Owen McCarron, if I'm not mistaken, did a couple of coloring books that I recall fondly. In one, the FF battled the Pink Fink, and in the other, the Hulk teamed up with a small, robotic alien shaped like the number Six.*

I so wanted Cross-Wordo to cross over in the Marvel Universe proper. He could totally have been a Defenders villain!

Regarding the Marvel Fun Books, I enjoy them immensely and pick up ones I don't have whenever I find them! Those things are treasure troves of stock images and "pin-up" shots of the Marvel characters! So much John Romita, Jim Starlin, Gil Kane, and Dave Cockrum goodness to be found in those!

*Sadly, Tricia Helfer was nowhere to be found at the time. Nor was Patrick McGoohan, come to think of it...

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Posted: 02 July 2011 at 8:06am \| IP Logged \| 10

I forgot about those! I loved 'em! I remember taking them on family vacations to pass the driving time. Good memories - Thanks for reminding me!

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Norman Hardy
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Posted: 02 July 2011 at 9:06am \| IP Logged \| 11

Wow, what a blast from the past. I had all of these, I think, but the Fun Book is the one I remember the most. These were essential on long road trips(Dad didn't like to fly).

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Robert Cosgrove
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Posted: 02 July 2011 at 11:16am \| IP Logged \| 12

Sorry to be a wet blanket, but I bet the artists' major thought was that their work was being reused but they were getting no additional compensation. I know, I know--"work for hire."

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