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<blockquote data-quote="DarylM" data-source="post: 145111">I hadn't thought that the story about the origins of High Noon Tex was a deliberate lie - just a misremembering of events. High Noon Tex was published in several Marvel UK titles to promote the launch of the Death's Head comic. So I thought Furman misremembered when it was published. It may even be the case that the intention of the strip was to cement Death's Head as a Marvel UK character rather than Marvel US or Transformers/Hasbro - even if it was after the fact of his first appearance.However, the editing out of the '88' in Bryan Hitch's signature in the 2002 Fallen Angel collection suggests someone knew it might be an issue. Although, weirdly enough, the collection is published by Titan Books and &quot;Licensed by Hasbro&quot;.If you had asked me, I would have said that I always thought High Noon Tex was Death's Head's first appearance - long before the claim made in the 2006 DH collection. But I don't know where I originally got that idea from. Maybe from The Body In Question.In any case, I assume that Hasbro just don't know that they've got a claim on the character. Or, if they do know, they don't particularly care and don't want to complicate their relationship with Marvel.After all, this started in the UK title - presumably small fry for them compared to the US comics. And, much-loved as Death's Head is by his fans, he's not really a huge character.And if Hasbro do know, they can't care too much because they have released Marvel action figures of Death's Head and Death's Head II.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DarylM, post: 145111"] I hadn't thought that the story about the origins of High Noon Tex was a deliberate lie - just a misremembering of events. High Noon Tex was published in several Marvel UK titles to promote the launch of the Death's Head comic. So I thought Furman misremembered when it was published. It may even be the case that the intention of the strip was to cement Death's Head as a Marvel UK character rather than Marvel US or Transformers/Hasbro - even if it was after the fact of his first appearance. However, the editing out of the '88' in Bryan Hitch's signature in the 2002 Fallen Angel collection suggests someone knew it might be an issue. Although, weirdly enough, the collection is published by Titan Books and "Licensed by Hasbro". If you had asked me, I would have said that I always thought High Noon Tex was Death's Head's first appearance - long before the claim made in the 2006 DH collection. But I don't know where I originally got that idea from. Maybe from The Body In Question. In any case, I assume that Hasbro just don't know that they've got a claim on the character. Or, if they do know, they don't particularly care and don't want to complicate their relationship with Marvel. After all, this started in the UK title - presumably small fry for them compared to the US comics. And, much-loved as Death's Head is by his fans, he's not really a huge character. And if Hasbro do know, they can't care too much because they have released Marvel action figures of Death's Head and Death's Head II. [/QUOTE]

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