1998 : WHEN DICAPRIO AND DUCHOVNY RULED THE NEWS STAND

Here is a scan from a recent issue of    ENTERTAINMENT   WEEKLY.

The movie   TITANIC   certainly generated a lot of media coverage upon its release at the end of 1997.




It reminded me of a similar article on   THE  X-FILES   back in the summer of   1998.




The show was at its absolute peak with both a hit show on tv  and a spin-off movie in  theatres.




As a tie-in with   FIGHT  THE   FUTURE ,  the  uk   Sunday   Times   published a special supplement which included   this  gallery of  mag  covers.

Its quite staggering just  how  dominant   Mulder  and  Scully   were in  print media at that time.

THE LAST JEDI POSTER MAG

Now here is a real curio which I just picked up in my local newsagents,  a  poster magazine for  THE LAST  JEDI.




You don't see many of these nowadays.   Its also notable how they used an old photo of   Kylo Ren from Vanity Fair.




I've scanned in order the cover and back page plus the inside pages.   It also opens into a dual poster of  Luke and  Rey.

MORE MUTANT MAIL

Here is my letter  from  ESSENTIAL  X-MEN   plus  Kevin  Barron's  response several issues later.


As you can see,  Kevin had two letters in the same issue.


In one particular issue,  he had THREE   !

A LITTLE BIT OF MARVEL UK HISTORY

Kevin  Barron must surely be  THE  most prolific letter writer to the m-uk collector editions.   His response to my comments about the 1980's era has in turn generated a lot of feedback  including this letter from  Rob  Kirby in the latest issue of   ESSENTIAL   X-MEN.




Kirby  is quite an authority on the subject of marvel uk  as he proves here.

ROY OF THE ROVERS IN THE TIMES

Now  here  is  something  you  don't  see  every  day ,   Roy  Race made  an  appearance  in  last Saturday's  Times   newspaper. 

DAN DARE IN THE NEW EUROPEAN

From todays   NEW  EUROPEAN  newspaper,   a great article on the history  of  Dan  Dare.


Apologies for the pages being slightly cut off  but the library scanner is only so big.

THE PHANTOM NEWSPAPER SUPPLEMENTS

EPISODE 1  also generated a record number of souvenir brochures and magazine supplements in the uk newspapers.   The   SUNDAY   TIMES   special  was  probably the best of the bunch but here are a few more that may have escaped fan attention.




The  MIRROR  specials  re-used  shots  from  the  VANITY  FAIR   special  but also had some pics not seen in VF.