Although the date for this issue is September/ October, because of the way comics were dated back in the day, this issue probably came out smack in the middle of of the summer of ’74. I’m feeling oddly nostalgic as this latest summer slowly takes the stage, so indulge me while I take a moment to consider the summer annual and the summers I recall in general. Because of some yet to be explained anomaly in the space time continuum, summers were so much longer back when I was in school. They stretched out endlessly and (full disclosure) boringly in front of you. I could try to describe this for you, but nothing ever captured it so hauntingly and accurately as the the Gear Daddies song Sonic Boom. So I’ll let that song speak in my stead. It’s an amazing song and worth tracking down (as if that were hard anymore) if you’re not friends with it already. Here ’tis:
Summer vacation
Nothing on TV
No one’s home
For me
Just sitting in my room
Got no money
Nothing to do
Stare at the ceiling
Sonic boomDarkened apartment
Beautiful day
Lie in bed
As the hours drift away
Drift away
Nothing changes
Nothing moves
Drift on back
Sonic boom
