Sunday, July 7, 2024

Summer Fun is Reading the "Time-Lost" RetroBlog Blogathons...

...as the never-reprinted adaptation of the 1994 Shadow movie concludes this week at...

And
Martial Arts Mayhem Ensues with the Never-Reprinted Origin of Rip Jagger: JudoMaster at...
The Heat is ON for Evildoers!

Saturday, July 6, 2024

Space Hero Saturdays STRANGE WORLDS "I Was a Human Satellite!"

You Don't Have to be Square-Jawed and Muscle-Bound to be a Space Hero...

...as our unnamed protagonist discovers in this tale from Atlas' Strange Planets #3 (1959)
Illustrated by Steve Ditko and written by an unknown scribe, the lesson is that courage isn't defined by lack of fear, but being able to control fear and to utilize it!
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Friday, July 5, 2024

Friday Fun DONALD OF THE DEAD

Combine Don da Con, the 2016 Republican Convention held in Cleveland, and George Romero's zombie films and you get...aw, you guessed!
Explains a lot about Republicans, doesn't it?
This is just an excerpt, since the story runs 36 rather funny and in-joke-laden pages.
Written by Dan Taylor and illustrated by Chris Fason, who also created Hero Happy Hour!

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Thursday, July 4, 2024

A Safety Tip from The Fighting Yank for the 4th of July...

Here's the word, kids, from The Fighting Yank himself...
Art by Mort Meskin
...from the final issue of his 1940s series, Standard's Fighting Yank #29 (1949)
Art by Alex Schomburg
And here's the patriotic cover from that issue!

Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Wednesday Worlds of Wonder UNKNOWN WORLDS OF SCIENCE FICTION "Day of the Triffids" Conclusion

...this pseudo-Ripley's Believe it or Not page which was used to promote the 1963 movie conveys all the basic info you need to know!
So let's dive into the story's finale...

The 1951 John Wyndham novel this tale was adapted from was dramatized in a 1963 theatrical film, a pair of TV mini-series in 1981 and 2009, and radio mini-series in 1957, 1968, and 2001.
All of these productions were produced in England.
American audiences have seen/heard only the 1953 movie and 1981 TV mini-series.
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