The Car (1977) Official Trailer (HD)

                  

Xenorama #56

Kamen Rider V3 is fifty years old in 2023!  Rider V3 Punch!

This issue should be available for order in the next day or so!  It is all about Kamen Rider V3, the most popular Kamen Rider series of all time!  Well, that's what I heard, anyway.  It features his series, a few movies he appeared in and the remake, Kamen Rider The Next.  This edition is only in black and white, though I promise you there will be more color versions in the near future.

HOtW- The Spider Queen

 

Shannon Kane was the wife and assistant to Dr. Harry Kane.  He gets killed by enemies of his country (one would think the US).. Shannon goes into his records and finds the web fluid her husband invented.  She cleverly invents bracelets that can shoot webs out from them.  She goes to war with criminals and spies.  She does all this in a rather interesting costume, and catches the eye of Detective Mike O'Bell.  He likes both of her identities, Shannon and The Spider Queen.

The Long Ryders - Looking for Lewis & Clark - Whistle Test 1 Oct 1985

Mysteries of Unexplained Worlds #36

 

I got this on a whim, since the cover had dinosaurs and one other prehistoric animal on it.  It was published in June of 1963, so I can forgive the cover artist for the animals.  What I really can't forgive are the rather pedestrian stories inside.  The art is serviceable.  I mean, it is a Charlton book, so one has to expect that.  The stories are all by Joe Gill (more than likely) and the artists were Dick Giordano, Charles Nicholas, Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio and possibly someone else.  Not all the stories were signed.  Charlton was obviously trying to emulate DC and Marvel's genre mags, but failing to get either the twists of a Marvel story, or the fun of the DC books.  These things just happen.

The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)

 

Former Chief Inspector Dreyfus is finally sane again after spending three years in a sanitarium.  Chief Inspector Clouseau goes to visit Dreyfus, and in about five minutes drives Dreyfus insane again.  This leads to Dreyfus escaping, forming a villainous network, kidnapping a scientist, having said scientist create a death ray and blackmailing the world all in order to kill Clouseau.  Several nations send assassins to eliminate Clouseau, but through dumb luck and accidents, he manages to wipe out all of them.  Finally, Clouseau sneaks into the castle, confronts Dreyfus and defeats the insane villain.  At least until the next sequel.

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur 13- Devil on Her Shoulder

 

IN WHICH Devil, upset at being too big to help Moon Girl out properly sulks.  Lunella invents a Tincture of Tininess and gives him a drop to become human sized for a day.  Devil enjoys his new size so much that he wants to stay that way for a longer amount of time.  To do this, he takes more of the Tincture.  This causes him to start shrinking even more.  Just in time for Torg shows up to wreck havoc on the town, since he was unhappy with his portrayal in the new movie.  Lu contacts Dr. Bill (Giant-Man 2) Foster about reversing the effect.  Devil returns to his regular size, and battles Torg until they become friends.

Fiends Attack - Scenes from Fiend Without a Face (1958)

              

Secret Invasion 01- Resurection

 

IN WHICH we find out that there are renegade Skrulls living on Earth that want to claim our fair planet for themselves.  This brings Nick Fury back to Earth from S.A.B.R.E (yes, a satellite in space) to investigate.  Where are the other Avengers or superheroes that could help him?  The President of the US doesn't like Nick going rogue in Russia, and tells Colonel Rhodes to stop Fury.  The renegade Skrulls are terrorists, and want the humans to kill themselves off.  This means bombs.

HOTW- Batman

 

Sometime in the mid to late 1920s, young Bruce Wayne sees his parents get murdered in front of him.  They had just been to see The Mark of Zorro, and decided to take a short cut.  That sure was a bad idea.  Joe Chill (named years later) was waiting for them.  This traumatized young Bruce, who dedicated his life to the idea of eradicating crime.  Like that can happen.  Ten years later Batman shows up and fights crime.  Later, he starts encountering stranger criminals, some of whom only want to defeat Batman.  This has continued for almost 85 years.