February 28, 1976 - BOLAN ~ Dragon or Dreamer. MIGHTY MARC

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TRIED GETTING into Marvel comics lately? No, not just reading them, but actually appearing in them.

Hard isn't it? First you have to be a super-hero like one of the Fantastic Four; as fabulously neurotic as Spiderman or as cosmic as Silver Surfer. You can even do it by being totally misunderstood -that's if you're the incredible Hulk, of course.

-Then there are the super-villians that have made it like Dr. Doom, The Mole Man and all those baddies that have it in for Daredevil.

Or you could be Marc Bolan.

What?

Yeah, the bopping elf may be taking that big ride straight over the top and into fantasy if Stan Lee get his way.

Stan The Man was recently interviewed by Marc on a TV show and realised he'd found his new super...

Super what?

Well that's difficult to say because one man's hero is another's villian and in the case of the T Rex leader it's particular-ly true. Some people would even dispute the 'super' part.

But Bolan definitely started off as a super hero to thousands of early rock fans who would flame on to 'Deborah' and 'One Inch Rock', but sadly they thought 'underground' meant they could solely possess him.

When the rest of the nation caught up with T Rex (after a Top Of The Pops appearance) Bolan became super - villain to the rock elite and super hero to millions of teenagers.

Since then it's been a right duel, with the critics continually attacking his music and pitching in now and again with a "washed-up"; "over the hill'' or 'past it".

But, of course, super-stars don't fade away, there are just more of them.

So come now on a senses-shattering voyage through time, space and the congested traffic of Pimlico for a face-to-face confrontation with the fearless Futuristic Dragon.