Talk:The Purple Cloud/@comment-3091825-20101006094055

I think this was the first of the Dandy Sci-Fi `world threats` stories! I caught the first run in 1960/61 but didn't recall it until I read the re-prints in 68/9.

A superb story, though I felt it went on a little too long! The chief villian `Purple Mask` as I recall, did seem to keep escaping rather too often towards the latter stages of the run!

The `Black Cloud` which was developed to counter the purple one must have given Charles Grigg the idea of countering his Classic menace `The Crimson Ball (1963/4) with the Black Ball!