It's kool to see a friend do well...
The film noir/pulp-influenced Internet sensation will see print in a three-parter at Dark Horse Comics' anthology title Dark Horse Presents!
Congratulations, Francesco!
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Beware The Black Beetle!
The film noir/pulp-influenced Internet sensation will see print in a three-parter at Dark Horse Comics' anthology title Dark Horse Presents!
Congratulations, Francesco!
Monday, December 26, 2011
"I'm Quitting, before the Easter Bunny shows up with a CANNON!"
Ah, the Silver Age of Comics!
When situations like the one portrayed above were the norm, rather than the exception.
From Hot Wheels #6 (1970), the last issue of the first comic based on a TV series based on a toy line.
Ironically, it was the Christmas issue...
Long before He-Man, Micronauts, GI Joe and Transformers presented toys as animated action heroes, Hanna-Barbera's Hot Wheels animated series (based on the highly-successful Mattel toys) featured a politically-correct team of teens battling evil while engaging in auto races in nifty cars (with their seat belts firmly buckled, of course)!
Yes, it sounds like Scooby Doo without the annoying talking dog...
To see this never-reprinted story, click HERE.
And, keep an eye on Secret Sanctum of Captain Video™, where the entire six-issue run of How Wheels will be re-presented after January 1st.
When situations like the one portrayed above were the norm, rather than the exception.
From Hot Wheels #6 (1970), the last issue of the first comic based on a TV series based on a toy line.
Ironically, it was the Christmas issue...
Long before He-Man, Micronauts, GI Joe and Transformers presented toys as animated action heroes, Hanna-Barbera's Hot Wheels animated series (based on the highly-successful Mattel toys) featured a politically-correct team of teens battling evil while engaging in auto races in nifty cars (with their seat belts firmly buckled, of course)!
Yes, it sounds like Scooby Doo without the annoying talking dog...
To see this never-reprinted story, click HERE.
And, keep an eye on Secret Sanctum of Captain Video™, where the entire six-issue run of How Wheels will be re-presented after January 1st.
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Star Wars Christmas Special!
Would it really be a Merry Christmas without the...
See the one Star Wars tale George Lucas doesn't count as part of the Expanded Universe!
Merry Christmas!
or is it
"Happy Life Day"?
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Christmas Comics on RetroBlogs!
Over the past week, the RetroBlogs™ have presented a slew of classic Yuletide-themed tales...
To wind-up the series, on Christmas Day, Secret Sanctum of Captain Video™ will present a long-unseen, never-reprinted, Xmas story from the first comic book based on a TV series based on a line of toys!
Which one?
You'll have to visit it on Christmas Day to find out!
Friday, December 23, 2011
Sometimes Truth, Justice, and The American Way DO Triumph!
Now THIS is the guy we elected...
...faster than a filibuster, more powerful than the Speaker of the House, able to leap tall Tea Partyers at a single bound...
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