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LINCOLN MONSTERS RETURN
When I was a kid Mego was extremely popular– they started with ACTION JACKSON who was an 8″ rival to GI JOE complete with different outfits you could dress him in for various adventures. Then came WORLD’S GREATEST SUPERHEROES which featured comic book heroes SUPERMAN, BATMAN, ROBIN and AQUAMAN soon…
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BOB KANE “PAINTING” CATWOMAN
Bob Kane was a cartoonist who did a few things like Peter Pupp in the mid to late 1930s. He’s best known for creating BATMAN but in reality he didn’t because his friend Bill Finger talked him out of going with the red and black costume he’d come up with…
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MOVIE REVIEW: GODZILLA (1954) Actually, it’s GOJIRA
BEFORE ALL THE MONSTER BATTLES, CITY-SMASHING CHAOS, AND HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS, THERE WAS GODZILLA (1954) — A SERIOUS, HAUNTING FILM THAT INTRODUCED THE WORLD TO ONE OF CINEMA’S MOST ICONIC CREATURES. DIRECTED BY ISHIRŌ HONDA, THE ORIGINAL GODZILLA ISN’T JUST A MONSTER MOVIE; IT’S A POST-WAR TRAGEDY WRAPPED IN SCI-FI HORROR.…
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Superman at the World’s Fair
Superman Day at the World’s Fair – borrowed liberally from the great blog THE KANDOR ARCHIVES – so if you want the full story head over there- I’m just going to hit some highlights. July 3, 1940 Superman had been around for about two years and National Comics (now DC)…
