Coming Monday to Hero Histories...

Riddle Me This, Caped Crusader Aficionados...

...how many of the legendary 1960s TV series' episodes were based on actual comic book stories?
The answer is...more than you think!

There's even a book reprinting a number of those graphic tales...but not all of them!

But, did you know a 1960s TV series tie-in novel with an original story (not a novelization of series episodes or the feature film) also adapted several comic stories into its' narrative?

We re-presented (starting HERE) this never-reprinted, original 1966 novel by "Winston Lyon" (actually noted Golden Age/Silver Age comics writer William Woolfolk) which combined elements of both the comic book and TV series versions of the Caped Crusader!

What we didn't realize at the time, was how much of the comic book version was actually taken directly from the comics!

Three different comics stories, each one featuring a different villain/villainess, were utilized to present multi-chapter crimes to baffle the Dynamic Duo!
We're presenting these tales in the order the foul fiends perpetuate their perfidy in the novel, along with links to the actual chapters for each one...

Monday!

Wednesday!

Friday!
The Four-Color Fun Starts Tomorrow at Hero Histories !
Same Bat-Time!
Same Bat Blog!
One hint...The campiest is yet to come !

The RetroBlog Summer Blogathon Concentrates This Week on HEROINES!

What's Better Than a Heroine?

A whole TEAM of them!

We've been presenting their complete, never-reprinted, exploits from the Swinging Sixties which will, sadly, end this week with the last of their 4-page tales and the one-shot book-length story that finishes their run...but left it open-ended!
Trivia: Though the last two issues of Gold Key's The Man from U.N.C.L.E. were reprints of earlier Napoleon Solo & Illya Kuryakin stories, the Jet Dream tales were new!
You'll be seeing everything this week between RetroBlogs Heroines! and Crime & Punishment!
Meanwhile (as they say in comics) here are the previously-re-presented stories...
Heroines: "Spy in the Sky" "Spider and the Spy" "Ting-a-Ling--Enemy Agent" "Powder-Puff Derby Caper" "Splash-Down to Death" "Day of Infamy" "Captive Jet" "Call to Freedom"
Crime & Punishment: "Super-Tiger of Targan!" "Death Plunge" "Set-Up Sultan" "Farmer Brown Fiasco"
True Love Comics Tales: "Achilles Heel"

As they say in the trading card business...
Buy Them!
Trade Them
Collect Them All!

It's a HOT Time at the RetroBlog Summer Blogathons!

A New Blogathon Begins Tomorrow...

...as Nazi-Punching gets a week-long workout with Doc Savage taking on his Nazi counterpart raised by scientists using the same techniques Dr Clark Savage Sr used for Clark Jr...at the 1936 Olympics in a never-reprinted, extra-long, almost half-century-old tale!

Guest-Starring: a host of historical figures including Jesse Owens and Adolf (you know who)!

Tomorrow at Hero Histories!

Meanwhile...

Jet Dream & Her Stunt-Girl Counterspies continue daily on both Heroines! and Crime & Punishment (With a Stopover at True Love Comics Tales)!

If You've Missed Their Already-Posted, Never-Reprinted, Silver-Age Adventures, Click HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE!

And Now...

We've Completed the Massive Re-Presentation of the Time-Lost, Never-Reprinted, First Prose Novel Starring the #FantasticFour , Doomsday, written by Marv Wolfman!

And for Those Silly Enough to Have Missed Any of It...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 & 16 17 & 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 & 27

RetroBlogs: We're Working Hard While You're on Vacation!

It's August, But the RetroBlogs' Summer Blogathon AIN'T on Vacation!

The Fantastic Four Were Trapped in Latveria by Doctor Doom...

...but they busted out, and are now heading back to NYC to stop Doom from invading the Baxter Building and gaining access to the Negative Zone!

Chapters:

15 & 16, 17 & 18, 19, 20, 21

Will They Stop Doom in Time?

Check Out Seduction of the Innocent on Monday!

PLUS...

Our re-presentation of the 1994 never-reprinted Modesty Blaise graphic novel was such a hit that we've decided to re-present another never-reprinted female super-spy's adventures, this one from the Swinging '60s!

And she's brought an entire multi-national team with her!

Their first adventure is HERE!

And, like Modesty, will continue daily on both Heroines! and Crime & Punishment!

Don't miss them!

It May Be Hot, But the RetroBlog Summer Blogathons are HOTTER!

You're Reading The Fantastic Four's Premiere Prose Adventure from 1979...

Part 10

Part 11

Part 12

Part 13

Part 14

...with Parts 15 & 16 combined, on Monday, at...

Seduction of the Innocent!

Speaking of "Seducing the Innocent", it's time for our annual Gothic Romance Beach Read, starting Monday at...

True Love Comics Tales!

RetroBlogs are SIZZLING!

The RetroBlog Summer Blogathons are HERE...

Things are hitting fever pitch...

...as Modesty Blaise and Willie Garvin rip apart Gabriel's criminal organization from within at Crime and Punishment and Heroines! in a tale that winds up this week!

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Meanwhile, the Fantastic Four began their prose novel career in a never-reprinted story from 1979 with a battle involving both science and magic against Doctor Doom both on this blog and Seduction of the Innocent!

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

And the tale of a superhero who travels from comic books to the real world in a short-lived and long-forgotten (almost 40 years ago) TV series finally gets the attention it deserves at Hero Histories and Secret Sanctum of Captain Video!

Part 1

Part 1.5

Will Captain Justice rescue the helpless reporter and hardboiled-gumshoe?

How, without super-powers, will he stop a well-armed crimelord?

And what does Stan (the Man) Lee have to do with any of this?

Tune In This Week!

Same Blog Time! Same Blog Channel!

RetroBlogs...Where You Can Read and Watch Kool Stuff Created Before You (and Sometimes, Your Parents) Were Born!

The RetroBlog Summer Blogathon is Under Way...

Modesty Blase Has Entered the Blogathon!

The never-reprinted 1994 graphic novel based on Peter O'Donnell's first Modesty Blaise book, which provided about as much a basis for the 1966 movie as Ian Fleming's Casino Royale did for the 1967 flick based on that novel began running last week!!

If you've missed any of the action (written by O'Donnell himself and illustrated by Dan Spiegle and Dick Giordano) so far, here's the links to the previously-published segments at

Heroines & Crime and Punishment!

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

And try to keep up!

Modesty doesn't wait for anybody!

Plus, tomorrow...here comes...

The Fantastic Four!

With the movie Fantastic Four: First Flight finally incorporating the characters into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we're presenting this long-OOP (almost a half-century) premiere prose novel (as compared to graphic novel) featuring both the protagonists and one of the antagonists of the flick by long-time comics scribe Marv Wolfman right here at

Atomic Kommie Comics on Tuesday!

So Don't Touch That Keyboard!

Added to the 2025 RetroBlog Summer Blogathon...BATMAN VS THE THREE VILLAINS OF DOOM...ENHANCED!

 A Couple of Years Ago...

...we re-presented this never-reprinted, original 1966 novel by "Winston Lyon" (actually noted Golden Age/Silver Age comics writer William Woolfolk) which combined elements of both the comic book and TV series versions of the Caped Crusader starting HERE!

What we didn't realize at the time, was how much of the comic book version was actually taken directly from the comics!
Just as numerous plots of the TV show's first season were based on comic books, three chapters of the novel took their main plots...crimes by specific sinister super-criminals...from three different comics guest-starring those baleful baddies!

You'll see the specific chapters...along with the comic stories, on Sundays in August, right here!

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Batman vs 3 Villains of Doom

By Winston Lyon
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The RetroBlogs 2025 Summer Blogathons are Coming...

Starting July 1st, we're running several blogathons...

With Fantastic Four: First Flight finally incorporating the characters into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we're presenting this long-OOP (almost a half-century) premiere prose novel (as compared to graphic novel) about them right here at

Atomic Kommie Comics

The legendary Man of Bronze takes on the Nazis at the 1936 Olympics as they put up an athlete who was trained from birth using the same techniques that Dr Clark Savage Sr used for Doc in this never-reprinted, almost 40 year-old extra-long comic!

Guest appearances by historical figures including Jesse Owens and Adolf (You Know Who)!

See the Nazi-Punching action at

Hero Histories and Medical Comics and Stories

Almost 40 years ago, there was a "high-concept" series about a tired, disillusioned comic book creator whose characters (a wholesome, upright superhero and hardboiled private detective) entered the real world!

With only seven episodes produced (four unaired), it's been largely-forgotten.

But there was a never-reprinted 2-issue adaptation of the pilot episode!

You'll see that at

Secret Sanctum of Captain Video

Here's a never-reprinted 1994 graphic novel based on Peter O'Donnell's first Modesty Blaise book, which provided about as much a basis for the 1966 movie as Ian Fleming's Casino Royale did for the 1967 flick based on that novel!

See what O'Donnell really intended at

Heroines!

And, of course, another entry in our "Beach Read" book-length gothic romance comic story series at

True Love Comics Tales

Stay cool...and kool...with

RetroBlogs

this Summer!

Return of the BlogRoll

Now that I finally have a presence on Threads, BlueSky, and LinkedIn, I've noticed discussions about users linking their accounts on those apps to their vlogs/blogs/substack/etc.

I've noticed that, when I post to them, the link usually converts the feed into a phone-friendly format, which unlike my standard desktop/laptop format, doesn't have the sidebar elements I designed.
The sidebar has what's called a "blogroll", which is usually a listing of related blogs by family, friends, and others who share common interests!
In my case, it's a listing of my own blogs, dedicated to different genres and categories of fiction!
So, here's a blogroll within a blog post, featuring ALL the blogs I do, in alphabetical order!
Just click on the name to go to the blog!

Crime & Punishment

Femmes Fantastique

Hero Histories

Heroines!

Horror Comics of the 1950s

Medical Comics & Stories

Not Safe For Work Comics

Pop Art Martial Arts

Secret Sanctum of Captain Video

Seduction of the Innocent!!

True Love Comics Tales

War: Past, Present & Future

Western Comics Adventures

Enjoy any and all of them!

Nazi Smashers are Joining the Russkie Smashers at Hero Histories!

Just as in the Dark Days of World War II...

...2025 is the Time to Take a Stand Against Nazis/Pseudo-Nazis!

Beginning Monday, our weekly "brother" RetroBlog, Hero Histories will be alternating the ongoing Russkie Smasher feature with Nazi Smashers!
Behold as a literal army of heroes joins the battle against the enemies of America, past and present!
Coming this Monday:
Blackhawk vs Hitler's Daughter
...which combines both Nazis and Russkies!
Wonder how?
Be HERE Monday to find out!

It's the Final Week of the CountDown to Halloween 2024 Blogathon...

...and If You Haven't yet Joined In...

Art by the late, great, Dave Stevens!

There's Still Time to Get In On on the Fiendish Fun!!!

(In Alphabetical Order)

Hero Histories

Heroines!

Horror Comics of the 1950s

Medical Comics & Stories

True Love Comics Tales

Western Comics Adventures

RetroBlogs Participating in the CountDown to Halloween 2024 Blogathon ...

...Begin Posting This Week!

(In Alphabetical Order)

Commie-Crushing Kaiju in

Hero Histories

(Which, because it posts on Mondays, begins on October 7th!)

Supernatural Superwomen and/or Villainesses in

Heroines!

Seldom-Seen Sinister Stories from Long-Lost Publisher Comic Media in

Horror Comics of the 1950s

Hospital Horrors in

Medical Comics & Stories

Horrifying HeartBreak (Literally) at

True Love Comics Tales

Specters Amongst the SageBrush in

Western Comics Adventures

check out the rest of the Putrid participants of Countdown to Halloween 2024
here!

Halloween Will be a Month-Long Party at RetroBlogs Participating in CountDown to Halloween 2024!

Art by the late, great, Dave Stevens!

RetroBlogs Participating in CountDown to Halloween 2024 Will Post New Halloween/Horror Material Weekly During October!!

Don't Miss Out on the Fiendish Fun!!!

(In Alphabetical Order)

Hero Histories

Heroines!

Horror Comics of the 1950s

Medical Comics & Stories

True Love Comics Tales

Western Comics Adventures

Wow!

We're Not Gonna Get Much Sleep in October, Are We?

We're Going APE on the 50th Anniversary of the Planet of the Apes TV Series!

To Be More Accurate, Our "Brother" RetroBlog...
...Secret Sanctum of Captain Video, will be celebrating with a month-long look at never-reprinted British comics (there weren't any American comics) from the mid 1970s featuring the characters from the short-lived (only fourteen episodes) tv series starring Roddy McDowall, Ron Harper, James Naughton, and Mark Lenard!
The Saga Begins Friday, on the 50th Anniversary at
Secret Sanctum of Captain Video!

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Planet of the Apes

Omnibus 3

Reprinting the Prose Adaptations by Noted Sci-Fi Author George Alec Effinger of Eight TV Series Episodes

Originally-Published in Four Separate Volumes in 1974-75!

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How Does ALL OF THE MARVELS Tie-In to RetroBlog MEDICAL COMICS & STORIES???

If You're a Marvel Comics Fan and You Haven't Read This Book...

You Damn Well Should!

It's a fascinating look at almost the entire Marvel Comics output (including most non-superhero titles, but not including the Western or military books) from the month in 1961 when Fantastic Four #1 came out to the end of 2017, when the author began writing the book!
One of the strangest, but fascinating, chapters is about a minor character who went from obscurity after appearing in 1961 to a supporting (but important) place in the Marvel Multiverse and the Marvel Cinematic Universe by 2017!
Who is it?
You'll have to go to our "brother" RetroBlog...

Medical Comics and Stories

...this Friday to begin a weekly journey in September through this character's history from the dawn of the Marvel Age to the present!

Hint: It ain't Dr Strange or Dr Droom/Druid!

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All of the Marvels

by Douglas Wolk

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Space Force / Space Heroine Saturdays STARFAWN "To the Nearest Quasar!" Part 6 and Epilogue

We Have Already Seen...

...to prevent a planetary disaster, Shalla (aka StarFawn) utilized her newly-acquired transforming powers to become pure energy and enter an alien power conduit to move trapped fellow crewman Daystar out of the power flow which his body was contaminating!

As she made contact with the helpless, immobile crewman, everything went black, and...

Sadly, there was no sequel tale.

Since both the writer and artist are unfamiliar to most of the under-40 audience, here are their bios from the back of the book...

Though Preiss and Severin have passed on, Steve Fabian is still alive and has a website you can visit HERE.
Annette Kawecki changed careers, went to medical school, and is now a successful MD!

Next Week:

Back to One or Two-Part Stories, beginning with...

Well, Just Tune In Next Saturday to See!

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StarFawn

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