Did a Comic Strip Creative Ever Hold the Power of Life or Death...
...over everyone around him, or was this just a power-trip fantasy of writer Stan Lee and/or artist Steve Ditko?
Regrettably, we can't ask either of the creatives of this story from Marvel's Journey into Mystery #81 (1962), as they've both passsed beyond this mortal coil!
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Showing posts with label comic strip. Show all posts
Showing posts with label comic strip. Show all posts
Friday, January 23, 2026
Friday Fun JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY "Comic Strip!"
Saturday, September 6, 2025
Space Heroine Stories BARBARELLA 4.2 aka Conclusion!
When Last We Left Our Heroine...
After surviving the Excessive Machine, Barbarella ends up in the bedroom of the Queen of Sogo.
The pair manage to escape and free the blind angel, Pygar.
However, unskilled in piloting the alien craft they are traveling in, Barbarella crashes the ship, and in the ensuing confusion, the Queen escapes...
The pair manage to escape and free the blind angel, Pygar.
However, unskilled in piloting the alien craft they are traveling in, Barbarella crashes the ship, and in the ensuing confusion, the Queen escapes...
This multi-part comic strip was turned into a graphic album, and then adapted into a feature film starring Jane Fonda in the title role.
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| Japanese poster |
Two more graphic novels, False Moon aka Moon Child (1977) and Storm Mirror (1982), have appeared since.
Dynamite Comics has been running new comics (not by Jean Claude Forrest), both several solo mini-series and a crossover with another space heroine, Dejah Thoris: Princess of Mars!
Nelvana Animation, proposed doing an animated series during the 1990s, but no network was willing to finance it.
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| Proposal art by Jean-Claude Forrest |
Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, Spy Kids, and Machete franchises) had a movie remake in development, but it died in 2009, and, to date, no one else seems interested...
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Saturday, June 28, 2025
Space Heroine Saturdays BARBARELLA 4.1
...so let's begin the final chapter of her 1960s adventures!
Next Month:
The Fantastic Finale!
Plus some fun facts!
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Sunday, June 8, 2025
Jasmine Amy Rogers for Best Actress in a Musical!!!
Legendary cartoon character Betty Boop has returned to pop culture prominence in a big way...
(Hey, it worked for Little Orphan Annie!)
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| Photo: Mark Seliger |
Starring gorgeous Broadway veteran Jasmine Amy Rogers as the embodiment of Betty,
...the show looks like an absolute hoot!
With award-winning creatives handling writing, directing, and production
(including effects like transitioning the cast and sets from black and white to color on stage), the production appeals to old (who remember the cartoons) and young, who will be introed to the pop art icon!
Sunday, May 18, 2025
Errol Flynn's Captain Blood...by the creator of Flash Gordon!
How many of you have seen this classic movie poster...
...and knew it was the work of Alex Raymond, of Flash Gordon, Jungle Jim, and Secret Agent X-9 fame?
Yep!
Since Captain Blood and Arabella Bishop do not look like Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, it's a reasonable bet that this was done as an advance promo piece before casting, but it was so good, the studio still used it as their half-sheet poster for both the initial release and re-releases!
If you look at the original Flash Gordon strip, you'll see Raymond incorporated a lot of pirate/swashbuckler costume, weapon, and design motifs into Flash's adventures on other worlds!
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Space Heroine Saturdays BARBARELLA 3.2
Barbarella met a number of inhabitants of the labyrinth surrounding Lythion's capital city, Sogo, including Pygar the blind angel, and Earth scientist Durand.
With their help, Barbarella defeated the LeatherMen and is now en-route to the city itself.
While many elements were adapted into the feature film with minimal alteration, there's one startling difference...Durand, the main villain of the movie, is a good guy in the original comic strip!
More Barbarella soon.
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Saturday, March 1, 2025
Space Heroine Saturdays BARBARELLA 3.1
It's been a while since we last looked in on Barbarella...
...and you're about to encounter more plot elements and characters you saw in the 1960s movie, but in somewhat different form...
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Wednesday, January 1, 2025
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