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  1. Oct 14, '08, 11:50 PM #1
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    Plaid Stallions Thwip? Thwip?

    In 1976, I switched camps and decided that Marvel superheroes were now the way to go, so Spider-Man was what I needed to be that Halloween. Despite my adventures the year previous as "The Bat", my costume hunting was again done at the same Woolco store that had what seemed like a gigantic rack of collegeville costumes.



    In a repeat of the last year, no Spider-Man costumes were available, so for Halloween 1976, I was "The Spider", no, not the classic pulp character, just a guy who looked enough like Spider-Man not to get sued.



    I will again admit that I loved this costume although I have to admit that I was much more concious of this being a knock off than I was being "The Bat", I guess shame comes with age.
    If the mask looks familiar, there is a good reason, it was used on the cover the classic rock album "The Joker" by Steve Miller.



    PS I really miss my dog...

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  2. Oct 15, '08, 12:11 AM #2
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    Wow, Brian...you're lucky your mom saw fit to take a TON of photos of you at Halloween, greater still that you know where they are!

    Did you even get a Ben Cooper costume you really wanted?
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  3. Oct 15, '08, 12:30 AM #3
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    Looks alot better in green.
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    dont you just love how parents buy you something that's close to what you want but not the actual thing that you wanted?
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    I think that costume is freakin' cool actually.
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  6. Oct 15, '08, 8:10 AM #6
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    Did you even get a Ben Cooper costume you really wanted?
    Oh yeah, Star Wars saw me stop doing the knock off thing.
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    It reminds me of Spider-Woman somewhat, and I bet it predates her by a few years to boot.

    And as I mentioned yesterday, it's even cooler since it appears in Kingdom Come. "Steve Miller" pulls Human Bomb's finger and well...you know the rest.

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    Wow, yeah, I remember that mask! Weird knock off.


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    Ok, so how many of you are now searching ebay for Halloween costumes?
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    I was, really badly for a while but I sobered up a little.
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