Next came the Pious Seven shown in the top Right panel at the completion of a mission against "The Great Satan" or George Soros. This incarnation failed due the excessive creepiness of Headless Man who is seen at the back of the panel.
The Drunken Trio and the Nudey Five were also short lived permutations though sadly missed by "specialist bookshop" customers. The forced employment of a "Specialyst Hatte Artyst" was a feature of the time and is due to the business interests of the Earl of Suffolk, a favourite of Henry VI
They're trying to figure out how to get across the river with a turkey, two kids and a crappy boat.
ReplyDeleteIn the updated version they have a jetpack.
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ReplyDeleteRemakes are never as good as the originals.
are they naked in the last panel b/c they stopped being invisible?
ReplyDeleteThe old Fantastic Four overcome Satan yet the new Fantastic Four PROMOTE Satan.
ReplyDeleteMensic, that's for sure.
Top left is the Ambiguous Sexuality Four with the motto "Increase, Multiply" which, it was thought, might facilitate the use of the comic as a teaching aid.
ReplyDeleteI took that course.
recall that the satanists/Luciferians/occultists/et cetera believe that rebellion is a courageous act.
ReplyDeleteJesus was a total conformist.
Only the Russian translation of Monty Python does it justice
ReplyDeleteI always enjoyed the Buboe-sporting Seven.
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ReplyDeleteHere's the episode where they defend the planet from a rogue speech balloon.
Jebus, that was a close run thing, they had already started to turn into cats
ReplyDeleteI'm not entirely whether in this episode the Hatte-Wearing Hextet are fighting an orb or merely inventing the ferris-wheel.
ReplyDeleteYou can see that they hadn't learnt from Headless Man very well and had the new character Head Inna Box Woman on the sidelines.
ReplyDeleteI'm happy to see the bearded lady finally found love.
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