Monday Mecha Madness WORLDS UNKNOWN "Farewell to the Master" Part 1

You know the story...sorta.

You've seen (and/or heard) the story adapted...sorta.

Now read the most faithful adaptation of the tale...short of the original novelette!

And before you go any further, "Gnut" is pronounced "Nut".

That's one of the reasons it was changed when the story by Harry Bates was adapted in 1951 into a movie...

Aw, you guessed!

As you've surmised, there were quite a few changes made when the silver screen version was created and produced!

And, when writer Roy Thomas, penciler Ross Andru and inker Wayne Howard went back to the source material for the never-reprinted Marvel's Worlds Unknown #3 (1973)...well, let's let Rascally Roy himself tell you about that...

Be here NEXT MONDAY for the ASTOUNDING conclusion...plus some kool extras (which will explain why I capitalized "astounding"!)

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Monday Mecha Madness SHOGUN WARRIORS "Elements of Destruction" Conclusion

We Have Already Seen...

...the three Shogun Warriors face three enemies who are the embodiments of the ancient "elements" of Earth, Fire, and Water!

At the moment, the Earth Elemental may be getting the best of Combatra!

Remember, I said "may"...

As we showed last week with Combatra, the entire backstory created for Raideen in his Japanese adventures was discarded for this series.

Unlike Combatra, Raideen was piloted by just one individual...but he had a whole support team behind him, assisting as needed!
Here's the credits Sequence for the Raideen TV series...

Next Monday, More Mecha Madness!

Monday Mecha Madness SHOGUN WARRIORS "Elements of Destruction" Part 1

When Last We Saw Our Titanic Trio of Tin Cans...

...no disrespect intended!

Please don't squish me!!!

Anyway, since the splash page synopsized what happened, let's keep going...

To Be Continued Next Monday!

In its' original Japanese incarnation, Combatra (aka Combattler V) is, like the various Voltrons and Power Ranger Zords, a multi-part/multi-operator robot!

Here's a pic of the original team...

...and here's the TV series' opening sequence, demonstrating how the separate vehicles merge...

Monday Madness RADIO BOY by Chuck Dixon & Jim Engel

In the 1980s, manga finally gained a foothold in the US...

...and American creators began doing their own manga-style material.

Some, like this never-reprinted one-shot title from Eclipse Comics (the first major American company to publish translated manga), were parodies.

This particular spoof was loosely-based on Osamo Tesuka's Astro Boy, which had achieved success in as a translated anime in the early 1960s and opened the door for a flood of Japanese cartoons on American TV that continues to this day.

Note: Though Astro Boy is best-known in the US as a tv cartoon series, it began as a wildly-successful manga in 1954.

The premise of Radio Boy is that the creator himself did the translations for this edition, resulting in a mish-mash of syntax and tenses as well as some literal translations of Japanese phrases.

As a collector of foreign videos (including Japanese and Chinese DVDs and BluRays), I can attest that the English subtitles on them often do read like the captions and copy in this spoof.

BTW, if you don't have a multi-region DVD/BluRay player, get one.

Much of the Asian material released by Dimension (especially their Jackie Chan catalog), Buena Vista, and other mass-market companies is butchered beyond belief, and seeing the originals (even with bad sub-titling) is eye-opening!

I suspect writers Chuck Dixon (yes, that Chuck Dixon) and Jim Engel had also seen some mis-translated films/videos, and wanted to re-create the experience on the printed page.

You'll have the chance to judge for yourself...HERE and HERE!

Next Week

Yep!
They're Back!

Monday Mecha Madness MEGAS XLR "LowBrow" (Pilot) & "Test Drive" (Premiere Episode)

Unseen on Free TV for over TWO Decades!

If you haven't seen it, just watch it.

You'll thank me later.

If you have seen it, you might as well watch it again here, since it's not rerunning on cable and isn't available on DVD/BluRay.

It is on AppleTV+...for $1.99 per half-hour episode!

First up, the 7-minute pilot (an intro, not the origin)

Then, the first 23-minute episode of the ongoing series, "Test Drive", which IS an origin episode!

Bonus: the complete theme song...

We will be re-presenting the comics adaptation in the future, but this was so cool I couldn't resist!

Enjoy!

Monday Mecha Madness SHOGUN WARRIORS "Warriors Three!" Conclusion

We're About to See Our Titanic Trio Hurtle into Action...

...so let's get the pilots aboard their mecha...and let them cut loose!

Well, three-on-one was a tad unfair!

To Be Continued Next Month!

But, Next Week

Another Mechanical Marvel!

This never-reprinted conclusion to the story from Marvel's Shogun Warriors #2 was written by Doug Moench, penciled by Herb Trimpe, and inked by Dan Green.

Monday Mecha Madness SHOGUN WARRIORS "Warriors Three!" Part 1

When Last We Left Our Giant Robots...

...normally, I'd explain what's going on, but the characters themselves, a rather chatty bunch, are happy to do so...

You and me both, Richard!

We'll return to the robot controller training session

Next Monday!

But I have a question...are all the robots designed for multiple controllers?
And, if so, why don't we have more potential pilots being trained?
Will Raydeen function as effectively with only one pilot?

Guess we'll find out...