Thursday, December 31, 2020
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Bronze Age Brave and Bold v 1
I received this fun book as a late Xmas present. It's chock full of stories that don't quite fit into the established DC continuity, but who cares about that? You get to see Batman team up with a wide variety of heroes, many of which were not in the Justice League. Which makes them more fun. The first story is a Metal Men adventure in which Batman mentions a web slinging "Peter come lately". It's from 1967, which seems a little late to be using that joke. Batmania is in full swing for the first few stories, though not nearly as bad as it had been in the other books Batman was featured in.
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
MOTW- Baragon
Sunday, December 27, 2020
The Five Deadly Venoms
Thursday, December 24, 2020
A Charlie Brown Xmas- changes made
Here's a nifty video showing how the first Peanuts special was changed from the time first aired to the next airings. I myself don't remember Coca Cola being a sponsor- I remember the tons of Dolly Madison "Zingers: which were always my favorite cakey snack.
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
MOTW- Black Scorpion(s)
Sunday, December 20, 2020
Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Reptiles (1966)
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Kamen Rider Super-1
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Reptisaurus The Terrible
Who would have thought Reptilicus would inspire 9 issues of a continuing comic book? Not me, that's for sure. Had I known this series existed when I was younger I would have been searching them out, because, well, giant monsters. This collection is self published, since these comic books are apparently in the public domain now. The reprints look like exactly what they are, comic books scanned into a computer and used that way. While I don't mind that the advertisements have been removed, a few of the pages would have been fun to read. They do leave all the other stories in there, which are sort of surreal, but fun to read.
Monday, December 14, 2020
Johnny Cypher takes action!
Saturday, December 12, 2020
Gammera will Destroy You!
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Battle Robo
Battle Fever J was the first Sentai that featured a giant robot. It's a cool looking mecha, and the first six episodes it's not even featured in the show. It's mentioned as a secret weapon, and when it finally debuts it's pretty cool. It's need to battle Egos giant versions of their monster of the week.
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Dropkick Murphy's "Mick Jones Nicked my Pudding"
Here's a fun video (remember those?) by the Dropkick Murphy's. Oddly enough, I have only become familiar with their work in the last five years or so, with the lone exception of "Shipping off to Boston". They sure are fun! I like their paying homage to the Clash and Mick Jones, and I hope he has seen the video. Enjoy your tasty snack!
Sunday, December 6, 2020
The Moose that Roared (2000)
Hokey smokes is this a great book! It's the complete history of Rocky and Bullwinkle, plus the many other shows and advertisements that Jay Ward was involved in. Keith Scott did a masterful job in telling a great story. He was friends with many of the artists involved, and has loads of great pictures of pre-production sketches as well as full on drawings. Since most of the people involved in making these shows have since passed on, this is now almost invaluable to fans.
Saturday, December 5, 2020
Young Samson/Space Kiddettes
Friday, December 4, 2020
That goateed loudmouth...
Wednesday, December 2, 2020
The Sign of Zorro 1958
This was a feature culled from eight episodes of Disney's fun series about The Fox.They released it in the 70s, but it was just the first episode. That was quite the disappointment, I must say. I was salty about it for years, and never wanted to watch the show at all. It didn't help when Disney crayonized all the episodes in the 90s, which made them even less appealing. The original movie runs about 91 minutes which would make for a far more acceptable movie.
Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Dinosaur Ridge 2015
As part of a special edition of Xenorama, this place will be featured. In fact, several places like this will be in the issue. It's a lot of fun to research and many pictures have actually been taken by me. Dinosaur Ridge is a really cool area up by Red Rocks. I went to that amphitheater many times in the 80s and never knew this place was here. Then I saw an advertisement for the local hotel that has dinosaurs all over it, and had to go.