- published: 25 May 2016
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Terrific was a weekly British comic published by Odhams Press under the Power Comics imprint. It ran for 43 issues from 15 April 1967 until 3 February 1968, when it was merged with its sister title Fantastic.
Terrific was very similar in format to Fantastic, which had started publication two months earlier. The two titles were quite unlike other British comics of the time, consisting mainly of material reprinted from American Marvel Comics. In this respect they can be considered a precursor of the Marvel UK weeklies, such as The Mighty World Of Marvel, that appeared during the 1970s.
The Marvel titles which were reprinted in Terrific included The Avengers, the Doctor Strange strips from Strange Tales, and the Sub-Mariner and Giant-Man strips from Tales to Astonish.
Stranger things can change
How your consciousness can fade
Reason can compete
With a drug that shares your name
And there you are on cue where the light falls
Waving at strangers wearing your name out
You are not yourself here
You are someone else dear
Aren't you terrific
Aren't you terrific now
All the world applauds
To the popular tricks you choose
Who are they to stop
When your hands are clapping too
And you believe that it's an achievement
Scratching them where they have no feeling
You are not yourself here
You are someone else dear
Aren't you terrific
Aren't you terrific now
It was you
Who spoke out when noone heard
Oh yeah
You're not as pure as you were
Vanity hangs you by threads
And right now I wish some things were undone
It's as natural as it is fun
This is not the time to give up yourself to anyone
You are not yourself here
You are someone else dear
Aren't you terrific
Aren't you terrific
If you saw yourself here
You would be amazed yeah
Are you terrific