Diamond Eye vs Satan Bat

           

Diamond Eye- Warrior of Light (1973)

Kotaro Rai ends up with a magic ring that can summon the magical hero Diamond Eye.   This is fortunate, since Kotaro has stumbled onto a bunch of jewel thieves who turn out to be demons.  Kotaro can hold his own with humans, but against monsters?  He needs an ally.  Diamond Eye is as close to a genie or djinn as Japanese heroes got, so that makes him more unique than most of them.  That is saying something.  He carries the Diamond Stick, which has a wide variety of magical weapons in it.  He uses this to make the demons change back to their original forms.  King Cobra is the boss baddie, and it takes a good half year to stop him.

Sven- Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)

 

Something in the waters of the Pacific around Japan is destroying boats.  Reporter Steve Martin has a layover in Tokyo, and becomes involved in the mystery.  Turns out it is a giant radioactive monster, who first shows up on Odo Island.  Seems like the natives know of this monster, and had made regular sacrifices to it for a long time.  That is all the origin we get, though Dr. Yamane puts forth a few thoughts about it.  Godzilla immediately goes into Tokyo and wipes out the city in a blaze of dynamic violence.  Finally, a weapon even more terrible than Godzilla, the Oxygen Destroyer, is used to kill Godzilla.  Or did it?

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962

Mostly from Wiki- Sometime in the early 20th century, U.S. Senator Ransom "Ranse" Stoddard and his wife, Hallie, arrive in Shinbone, a frontier town in an unnamed western state, to attend the funeral of Tom Doniphon. When asked by the local newspaper editor why a senator would attend the funeral of a poor rancher, Stoddard answers with a story that flashes back 25 years.  The whole story then shows how big ol' bully Liberty Valance gets his just rewards and how the legend of the man who shot said bully begins.

"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."

Raymond Burr-Bob Costas interview on Godzilla.flv

 

RIP Sal Piro

           

HOTW- El Santo

 

From Wikipedia- Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta (23 September 1917 – 5 February 1984), known professionally as El Santo or in English The Saint, was a Mexican luchador enmascarado (Spanish for "masked professional wrestler"), actor and folk hero. He is one of the most famous and iconic Mexican luchadores, and has been referred to as one of "the greatest legends in Mexican sports". His wrestling career spanned nearly five decades, during which he became a folk hero and a symbol of justice for the common man through his appearances in lucha films and comic books telling fictionalized stories of El Santo fighting for justice.^[2][3] He starred or co-starred in at least 54 movies between 1958 and 1982.^[4]

Phantom 2040

 

Kit Walker is the 24th person with that name.  He has no idea about his ancestry, since his mother never told him.  They no longer live in Bengalla, but in Metropia, formerly known as New York City.  The world is rather forlorn, and many corporations try to strong arm the government into doing what they want.  Wait, what year is this happening?  Anyway, Guran shows up to have Kit fulfill his destiny as the 24th Phantom.  Kit is reluctant, but eventually takes over and battles many weird foes.

Freedom Force (1978)

 

From Wikipedia- The Freedom Force is a 1978 animated television series produced by Filmation and aired on CBS as a segment of Tarzan and the Super 7.^[1] It showcased a superhero team gathered by the heroine Isis from around the world to help fight evil.^[2] Isis had previously appeared in the live-action television series, The Secrets of Isis, although the actress who portrayed her, Joanna Cameron, did not reprise the role for the cartoon.  Nor did George DiCenzo voice Hercules.  He was voiced by Michael Bell, who also did four other male voices as well.

Sven- Kiss of the Vampire (1963)

 

From Wiki- Gerald (Edward de Souza) and Marianne Harcourt (Jennifer Daniel) are a honeymooning couple in early 20th-century Bavaria who become caught in a vampire cult led by Dr. Ravna (Noel Willman) and his two children Carl (Barry Warren) and Sabena (Jacquie Wallis). The cult abducts Marianne, and contrives to make it appear that Harcourt was travelling alone and that his wife never existed. Harcourt gets help from hard-drinking savant Professor Zimmer (Clifford Evans), who lost his daughter to the cult and who destroys the vampires through an arcane ritual using the Seal of Solomon that releases a swarm of bats from Hell.