Super DC - The Uncollected Text Adventures : Super DC #11 "The Sword of Ribydal"
If any feature in Super DC was built to go the distance, it's clearly the man-to-ape dictionary adapted from Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan stories. By Super DC #11 , the feature is on its third installment and it's only gotten as far as "G." Other features include profiles of actors Lee Marvin and Sexton Blake star Laurence Payne , and a two-page spread for the short-lived tv drama " The Strange Report ." The regular sports feature covers the then-very recent 1969 League Cup final between Swindon and Arsenal FCs. The letter column is full of kibbitzers this month. David Smith of Glamorgan compulsively documents every sound effect from the first issue in service of complaining about their overuse. The resulting wall of all-caps onomonopaiea is poetry: Gary Pleace of Whitchurch has 50 DC Comics, and his friend has 100, and wishes Super DC all the best. So do Mick and John Wilkinson of Anlaby Common. DCA of Sheffield finally raises the obvious question abo...
