I loved this show when I was a kid. It was part of the first season of The Krofft Supershow (1976-77). It starred soapstar Deidre Hall as Electra Woman.
If you aren't familiar with the 1970s version, here's a website for it.
Here's the unaired update of Electra Woman from 2001. It stars Markie Post as Electra Woman.
It's not good, but not as bad as I was expecting...
Just for kicks, here's the opening credits for the 70s series:
9.24.2007
9.15.2007
Golden bondAge Comics
 SMASH COMICS 6. JANUARY 1940 |  HUMAN TORCH 6. WINTER 1941 |
 BLUE BEETLE 29. JANUARY 1944 |  JUMBO COMICS 82. DECEMBER 1945 |
 BLONDE PHANTOM 14. SUMMER 1947 |  BILL WEST 9. FEBRUARY 1951 "Join our COWBOY CLUB and get 4 BIG PREMIUMS!" I'll just bet! LOL! |
9.13.2007
Post Super Heroes CREATE A VILLAIN Contest
This is just too classic:
It's strange how the designs and voices of the characters all seem to have jumped right out of the Super Friends. Except for Wonder Woman: she's got the voice, but the character design doesn't seem to be one that had been used before or since. Hmmm.
And did anyone win this contest?
It's strange how the designs and voices of the characters all seem to have jumped right out of the Super Friends. Except for Wonder Woman: she's got the voice, but the character design doesn't seem to be one that had been used before or since. Hmmm.
And did anyone win this contest?
9.11.2007
Return of the TITANS!
DC’s presentation at the Baltimore Comic Con Diamond Retailer Summit was hosted by DC’s VP – Sales, Bob Wayne, who reiterated that the TITANS EAST one-shot will lead to a new TITANS series which will star Nightwing, Cyborg, Donna Troy, Starfire, Raven and Beast Boy.
Samson and David ... Boys will be Boys
Golden-age homoerotica at it's finest:
 FANTASTIC COMICS 10. SEPTEMBER 1940 |  FANTASTIC COMICS 11. OCTOBER 1940 |
 FANTASTIC COMICS 16. MARCH 1941 |  SAMSON 6. JUNE 1941 |
9.10.2007
DC Comics x A Bathing Ape Bapesta Wonder Woman
I want these shoes!!!
I want them now!
There's a toy, too.
They also come in Superman, Batman and Flash. Check out some pics here.
They're selling on eBay for over $200 a pair. Ain't gonna happen.
But they're only $100 here. Somebody stop me....
I want them now!There's a toy, too.
They also come in Superman, Batman and Flash. Check out some pics here.
They're selling on eBay for over $200 a pair. Ain't gonna happen.
But they're only $100 here. Somebody stop me....
9.09.2007
SHUNKKCH!
If you thought that Black Adam was the first member of the Shazam Family to go for the eyes (INFINITE CRISIS 6. MAY 2006):
Then you must have missed CAPTAIN MARVEL JR. 115 (NOVEMBER 1952):
Guess it runs in the "family."
Ew. SHUNKKCH, indeed!
Then you must have missed CAPTAIN MARVEL JR. 115 (NOVEMBER 1952):
Guess it runs in the "family."Ew. SHUNKKCH, indeed!
9.07.2007
Phantasmo: The Master of the World!
They just don't design super hero costumes like they used to!! Here's Phantasmo! Who premiered in THE FUNNIES #45, July 1940, from Dell Comics.
From International Hero:
I love the cover to #48. How many hands did this have to pass through that nobody caught the coloring "error!?" "Oh, he's nekkid." "That's alright." LOL!
On the cover to #52, the cowboy in green looks like he's jonesin' to dive into the prize package!
Alas, the poor baddie on #55 is being denied the phantastic Phantasmo phall...oh, sorry! But the poor guy -- he really looks upset!!
From International Hero:
Powers/Abilities: Able to separate his spirit from his body, enabling it to act independently. While unfettered by his mortal form, his spirit can grow to giant size, fly, become invisible and has superhuman strength. However it remains vulnerable to injury inflicted on its corporeal counterpart, and if the body is killed, so too would the spirit.
History: Having spent 25 years in Tibet as a student of the Grand High Lamas, an unidentified American returned home armed with their magical knowledge to fight crime. Adopting the alias Phil Anson, he would separate his spirit from his body to become Phantasmo, Master of the World; since his mortal form remained his main vulnerability, he hired bellhop Whizzer McGee as his bodyguard.
I love the cover to #48. How many hands did this have to pass through that nobody caught the coloring "error!?" "Oh, he's nekkid." "That's alright." LOL!
 THE FUNNIES 45. JULY 1940 |  THE FUNNIES 48. OCTOBER 1940 |
 THE FUNNIES 52. FEBRUARY 1941 |  THE FUNNIES 55. MAY 1941 |
Alas, the poor baddie on #55 is being denied the phantastic Phantasmo phall...oh, sorry! But the poor guy -- he really looks upset!!
9.06.2007
HEROES Graphic Novel Cover by Alex Ross
TV Guide has given us the first look at Alex Ross' cover for the HEROES Graphic Novel coming from Wildstorm/DC Comics. It collects the online comics that have been appearing at NBC.com since the show started.
Here's the blurb from Wildstorm/DC Comics:
And it's interesting that they've released the Alex Ross artwork and not the cover by Jim Lee. Hmmmm, I wonder why the release date was pushed back? Especially considering that all the chapters of the book are already done. What could be the delay? I don't know...
Here's the blurb from Wildstorm/DC Comics:
Written by Aron Eli Coleite, Chuck Kim, Joe Pokaski, Oliver Grigsby, Pierluigi Cothran, Andrew Chambliss, Harrison Wilcox, Jesse Alexander, Christopher Zatta, Mark Warshaw and others; Art by Phil Jimenez, Michael Turner, Koi Turnbull, Marcus To, Peter Steigerwald, David Moran, Micah Gunnell, Travis Kotzebue, Jordan Kotzebue, Jason Badower, Staz Johnson, Steve Lejeune, Adam Archer, Mark Roslan and others; Covers by Jim Lee and Alex RossExcept that the On Sale date has actually changed to November 7. Just so you know...
This stunning hardcover collects the amazing online comics based on the smash-hit, Emmy Award-nominated NBC show HEROES! This volume — featuring two stunning covers by comics legends Jim Lee and Alex Ross — also includes an introduction by Masi Oka (Hiro), all 34 chapters of Season One, and Tim Sale's artwork as seen on the show. The comics included have been written and illustrated by some of comics' and television's top writers and artists, including Michael Turner, Phil Jimenez, Marcus To, and more!
Wildstorm | 240pg. | Color | Hardcover | $29.99 US
On Sale October 24, 2007
And it's interesting that they've released the Alex Ross artwork and not the cover by Jim Lee. Hmmmm, I wonder why the release date was pushed back? Especially considering that all the chapters of the book are already done. What could be the delay? I don't know...
9.04.2007
What's that smell...?
Oh, whoops, I left out last week's comics. Really should have put them up...
WONDER WOMAN 12. OCTOBER 2007
Considering all the troubles that this title has been having since it started last summer...you think they'd try a little harder. I know it's just a fill-in-to-kill-time until Gail Simone's run starts, but sheesh. This was just bad. They'd have been better off just skipping a couple months. The story wasn't much to talk about, just a standard yawn fest. Surprisingly, the Dodsons didn't hit the cover out of the park, either. And the art...oy. The best I can say is that it was servicable. It wasn't horrible, but you couldn't call it good.
COUNTDOWN 35. AUG 29 2007
Meanwhile, down the block...the art in this issue makes the pedestrian art in WONDER WOMAN look like a George Perez original. I'll just say it: the art in this issue was bad. Horrible. I could barely read the thing. I'm actually kind of liking COUNTDOWN, but they're trying hard to push me away.
Even J G Jones' cover was not up to snuff. It was absolutely nothing compared to the masterpieces he was creating on a weekly basis for 52. Maybe he needs tighter deadlines to turn out the good stuff.
And the origin of Parallax confused me. I thought that the reason that Hal Jordan went crazy was because he was infected/possessed by the Parallax entity. But here it looks like his going crazy opened him up to the possession. And I was under the impression that the entity was named Parallax, but again, it seems that it was just the name Hal took up after becoming evil. I don't know. At least the Ivan Reis art was hot.
COUNTDOWN TO ADVENTURE 1. OCTOBER 2007
Well, at least the art doesn't suck.
I have no idea what's going on. I've never followed Adam Strange, so I just have to go with the flow and hope something starts to make sense. And it seems like it's been longer than "weeks" since week 51 of 52, but Starfire's been unconscious since then, so what do I know?
The first 10-12 years that I was reading comics I was dealing with the multiverse. Never had a problem with it. Wasn't confused at all. But this new multiverse is making my head spin. The Monitors have been watching Earth-48 for eons...even though this multiverse is supposed to be new. So is the current Earth-2 supposed to be the same Earth-2 from the original multiverse, since the current multiverse seems to have always been around now retroactively? AHHHHH! Make it stop!
AMAZONS ATTACK 6. LATE OCTOBER 2007
Beautiful art, but sheesh...
Remember back in the day when a mini-series was a self-contained story (not counting titles that may have crossed-over)? A beginning, a middle and an end. OMG. DC just doesn't do that anymore. And this is the worse example. A complete cliffhanger ending with no next issue. WTF? And where on earth did this villain get the power to do all the crap she's been doing? I don't know. It just made no sense at all.
But Pete Woods was amazing. At least there's that.
THE CREAM ALSO RISES:
TEEN TITANS 50. OCTOBER 2007
At least there was one book that didn't have any major suckage.
This was fun. I absolutely LOVED seeing all the old Titans creative teams come back and revisit. I'd like to see this kind of thing more often. Mike McKone and George Perez were awesome. I could've done without the Lobo crap, but over all I like the way it cut back and forth between remembering Bart, the flashbacks, and the set-up for the next storyline. It was a well-done book!!
Hopefully this week's books will be better. Hopefully a lot better. Even though, thanks to the holiday, I won't see them until Monday. Grrrr....
WONDER WOMAN 12. OCTOBER 2007Considering all the troubles that this title has been having since it started last summer...you think they'd try a little harder. I know it's just a fill-in-to-kill-time until Gail Simone's run starts, but sheesh. This was just bad. They'd have been better off just skipping a couple months. The story wasn't much to talk about, just a standard yawn fest. Surprisingly, the Dodsons didn't hit the cover out of the park, either. And the art...oy. The best I can say is that it was servicable. It wasn't horrible, but you couldn't call it good.
COUNTDOWN 35. AUG 29 2007Meanwhile, down the block...the art in this issue makes the pedestrian art in WONDER WOMAN look like a George Perez original. I'll just say it: the art in this issue was bad. Horrible. I could barely read the thing. I'm actually kind of liking COUNTDOWN, but they're trying hard to push me away.
Even J G Jones' cover was not up to snuff. It was absolutely nothing compared to the masterpieces he was creating on a weekly basis for 52. Maybe he needs tighter deadlines to turn out the good stuff.
And the origin of Parallax confused me. I thought that the reason that Hal Jordan went crazy was because he was infected/possessed by the Parallax entity. But here it looks like his going crazy opened him up to the possession. And I was under the impression that the entity was named Parallax, but again, it seems that it was just the name Hal took up after becoming evil. I don't know. At least the Ivan Reis art was hot.
COUNTDOWN TO ADVENTURE 1. OCTOBER 2007
Well, at least the art doesn't suck.
I have no idea what's going on. I've never followed Adam Strange, so I just have to go with the flow and hope something starts to make sense. And it seems like it's been longer than "weeks" since week 51 of 52, but Starfire's been unconscious since then, so what do I know?
The first 10-12 years that I was reading comics I was dealing with the multiverse. Never had a problem with it. Wasn't confused at all. But this new multiverse is making my head spin. The Monitors have been watching Earth-48 for eons...even though this multiverse is supposed to be new. So is the current Earth-2 supposed to be the same Earth-2 from the original multiverse, since the current multiverse seems to have always been around now retroactively? AHHHHH! Make it stop!
AMAZONS ATTACK 6. LATE OCTOBER 2007
Beautiful art, but sheesh...
Remember back in the day when a mini-series was a self-contained story (not counting titles that may have crossed-over)? A beginning, a middle and an end. OMG. DC just doesn't do that anymore. And this is the worse example. A complete cliffhanger ending with no next issue. WTF? And where on earth did this villain get the power to do all the crap she's been doing? I don't know. It just made no sense at all.
But Pete Woods was amazing. At least there's that.
THE CREAM ALSO RISES:
TEEN TITANS 50. OCTOBER 2007
At least there was one book that didn't have any major suckage.
This was fun. I absolutely LOVED seeing all the old Titans creative teams come back and revisit. I'd like to see this kind of thing more often. Mike McKone and George Perez were awesome. I could've done without the Lobo crap, but over all I like the way it cut back and forth between remembering Bart, the flashbacks, and the set-up for the next storyline. It was a well-done book!!
Hopefully this week's books will be better. Hopefully a lot better. Even though, thanks to the holiday, I won't see them until Monday. Grrrr....
9.03.2007
Stardust
Why is nobody going to see this movie? It's probably one of the better movies that's come out this year! It's so much fun, and it's tanking at the box office.
I guess maybe it's a hard sell, since it's not like every other movie out there today. Or maybe it's just that people don't like something that's different. I don't know.
I guess maybe it's a hard sell, since it's not like every other movie out there today. Or maybe it's just that people don't like something that's different. I don't know.
New Logo!
Okay, time for a new logo. I actually got it up a few hours ago and Walt beat be to the intro by commenting earlier, LOL!! Anyway, here's the inspiration:
I did take the liberty of adding go-go checks. But it's my blog and I can do whatever I want!!!
Just for kicks, here are the two old logos that I've used:
Okay bye!
ADVENTURE COMICS 364.
JANUARY 1968
JANUARY 1968
I did take the liberty of adding go-go checks. But it's my blog and I can do whatever I want!!!
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