SKY-RIDER OF THE SPACEWAYS!

«Issue No. 4,

wherein the gleaming alien journeys to Asgard to battle Thor,

represents yet another apex of Marvel art – for a second issue in a row.»

 

 

 

 

Scene no 91: The mighty Thor (Diamond Select Toys, Marvel Premiere Collection, Resin statue no 561 of 3000) against the Silver Surfer (TOY BIZ, Marvel Legends Action Figure, Series V, 39 points of articulation). Recreation of the famous cover of comic book THE SILVER SURFER No. 4 (Pencils, John Buscema; inks, Sal Buscema; February 1969).

The text: From The Marvel Age of Comics 1961-1978, by Roy Thomas.

ROBERT E. LEE

«A nation which 

does not remember what it was yesterday

does not know where it is today.»

 

 

 

 

Scene no 90: The overall commander of the Confederate States Army (COMANSI toys, Legendary personages of The Wild West, hand painted figurines, ref. 19500) and the General Lee 1969 Dodge Charger car from the television series The Dukes of Hazzard (NOREV toys, Charger, 1:43 Metal).

The quote: Famous statement of Robert E. Lee.

RAGING SEA

 

«The Ocean has its silent caves,

Deep, quiet, an alone;

Though there be fury on the waves,

Beneath them there is none.

The awful spirits of the deep

Hold their communion there;

And there are those for whom we weep,

The young, the bright, the fair.»

Scene no 89: Warships (Unknown manufacturer, wooden small models) that are sailing in a raging sea (IMAI plastic models, Operation Sail). 

The verses: The first two stanzas from the poem The Ocean, by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

MEIFUMADO

 

«Our lives are indestructible.

Immortal!

Though waves break and blood flies, never shrink.

Though my body falls, never quail.

 Though my eyes shut, my lips close…

Do not fear.

  In that world of rebirth,

I’m still your Father.

In that world and all worlds,

You are my Son!

We are Father and Child!

Forever!»

 

  

 

 

Scene no 88: Itto Ogami and son Daigoro (Improvized models and scenery by an unknown artist) abandoned the way of men to walk the demon path to hell. Always surrounded by enemies (Aoshima Japan History Miniature Model Series).

The text: From the twenty-eighth and final volume of the epic LONE WOLF AND CUB by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima.

YELLOW SUBMARINE

 

«So we sailed on to the sun

Till we found a sea of green

And we lived beneath the waves

In our yellow submarine.»

 

 

 

 

Scene no 87: The legendary submarine (Sutcliffe model, The Sea Wolf Atomic Submarine, boxed tinplate clockwork toy) is preparing to dive into the green sea of 60s pop music (McFARLANE Toys, The Beatles Yellow Submarine, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band).

Lyrics: From the song “Yellow Submarine” by The Beatles.

THIS ENGLAND

This royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle,

This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall
Or as a moat defensive to a house,

Against the envy of less happier lands,
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England,
This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings,
Feared by their breed and famous by their birth,
Renowned for their deeds as far from home

For Christian service and true chivalry.

 

                                                  

Scene no 86: English knights (Britains Swoppets, 15 th Century Knights, The Wars of the Roses, 10 different plastic figures) protect the throne which encloses the Stone of Scone (Britains Toys, Coronation Chair).

The lyrics of the play: By William Shakespeare. From «Richard II», Act 2, scene 1.

DUEL IN VENICE

«Elsewhere is a negative mirror. 

The traveler recognizes the little that is his, discovering the much he has not had and will never have.»

 «“Memory’s images once they are fixed in words, are erased” Polo said.

“Perhaps I am afraid of losing Venice all at once, if I speak of it, or perhaps, speaking of other cities, I have already lost it, little by little.” »

                        

                                                  

Scene no 85: Elizabethan swordsmen (Cherilea Toys, 4 different plastic figures) duel in the flowerbed (Britains Toys, Floral Garden), in front of Desdemona's mansion. (Signor Blum Wooden Toys, Palazzo Contarini-Fasan puzzle).

The text excerpts: From “Invisible Cities” by Italo Calvino.