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Pocahontas and I recently saw Enter the Dragon at the Parkway Theatre in Oakland. The villain has a white cat, and she asked “What is it with villains and white cats?” Naturally, this led to a discussion of Ernst Stavro Blofeld. I did a web search and found four Blofeld fan pages among the top ten results.

As I read from them, Pocahontas commented “You’re so happy.” And it’s true — I was. I adore the sort of geek passions that lead to Blofeld fan pages.

Which brings me to the Dr. Strange Custom Covers Project. In the original Dr. Strange run, he shared a comic book called Strange Tales with first the Human Torch, then Nick Fury. And only in the final Steve Ditko issue did Strange get the cover to himself… he was otherwise relegated to a little inset box, playing second fiddle to his bookmate.

Well, one fan has taken it on himself to create the Dr. Strange covers that weren’t — covers based on the stories’ Ditko art that showcase Dr. Strange and put the other characters in inset boxes. And he’s been buying up coverless copies of the stories to attach his covers to.

Way cool. Howard Hallis, I salute you!

(That last link via NeilAlien — where else?)