The Batman Chronicles vol. 10

 

I have not read a lot of Golden Age stories about any single character.  I have read a lot of reprints of various issues, but those were only single issues.  It was much hard to read ten issue of Action or Detective Comics in a row.  DC Comics has been releasing these books in a rather inexpensive form now, which reprints all the stories of a single character.  I got this the other day, and it was quite fascinating.  There was no real continuity at all, and despite ostensibly being part of a shared world with other heroes- since Batman and Superman were members of the JSA- many stories would flat out contradict other stories.  Batman would say constantly "there is no such thing as magic" despite Dr. Fate, Johnny Thunder and his Thunderbolt and the Spectre existing in said JSA.  And he KNEW them.

HOTW- Sheena, Queen of the Jungle

 

From Wiki:

Sheena is the young, blonde daughter of Cardwell Rivington, who is exploring in Africa with his daughter in tow. When Cardwell dies from accidentally drinking a magic potion made by Koba, a native witch doctor, Sheena is orphaned. Koba raises the young girl as his daughter, teaching her the ways of the jungle and various central African languages. The adult Sheena becomes "queen of the jungle" and acquires a monkey sidekick named Chim^.

Fleetwood Mac - Sara (Official Music VIdeo)

                 

Happy Belated Birthday, Stevie Nicks

 

Ms. Stevie Nicks turned 75 on May 26th.  She was my first musical crush, when I saw the concert video for Sara sometime in 1982.  I had not cared for the song much, since it had been overplayed a lot for about three years, but seeing it performed was amazing.  She was ethereal and mystical, which enhanced her amazing presence.  She was also really pretty, which did appeal to 17 year old me.  I knew next to nothing of Fleetwood Mac or Stevie Nicks, other than I generally enjoyed their music.

V3... Henshin!

I once had a friend describe the 70s series Kamen Rider effects as being drawn by colored pencils.  I have often thought of that when seeing some of the effects.  It was a little harsh, but I can see where he was coming from.  Kamen Rider (and most of Toei's shows at that time) were about the action, rather than the effects.  They did their best with miniatures and rays, but those would not start to improve until about 1978.

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur- 09- Skip Ad…olescense

 

IN which Lunella invents an app that lets her skip the "boring" parts of her life, like cleaning the house, the rink and those sorts of things.  Lu calls it "Skipster."  The app has AI, and improves itself.  It begins skipping Lu's life based on Lu's previously chosen skips.  Lu realizes she is missing some important parts of her life.  She confronts "Mae" and ends up INSIDE the app.  They have a long discussion, and Lu is able to "skip" back to the point in time before she invents Skipster.  She then decides to live in the moment, per Casey.

King Dinosaur trailer (1955)

                    

Superman & Batman Generations (1999)

 

This is an Imaginary Tale about these heroes from their start of their careers (beginning in 1939) and ends up a thousand years in the future.  They meet new heroes, have triumph and heartbreak, encounter love and hate over all those years.  It is quite a journey, filled with heroes and their children, as well as friends and enemies.

RIP- Tina Turner - Proud Mary LIVE

           

HOTW- Kamen Rider 1 and 2

 

Rider Kick!

Kamen Riders 1 and 2 battled Shocker and Gel-Shocker for almost two years.  Takeshi Hongo and Hayato Ichimonji were turned into cyborgs against their will, but managed to break free from the mind control of Shocker.  This didn't happen at the same time, as Takeshi went abroad to battle Shocker in other parts of the world while Ichimonji took over in Japan.  They did unite several times, and managed to end the threat of Shocker.  They would later return to help many other Riders later on.