Coming Up: 1965 "Doctor Who" adventure "The Daleks' Master Plan" collected on vinyl


 Details from the BBC:

Demon Music are releasing the 12-part ‘lost’ adventure The Daleks’ Masterplan, first shown on BBC television from October 1965 to January 1966, as a narrated full-cast TV soundtrack on vinyl!

In the story, the Daleks threaten to destroy the fabric of time itself. In their quest to control the Solar System, they have taken possession of the devastating Time Destructor. Determined to stop them, the First Doctor (William Hartnell) steals the core of the weapon. He and his friends are thus pursued across time and space by their ruthless, powerful nemeses...

The adventure is presented across 7 x heavyweight 180g blue translucent vinyl. A version with 7 x heavyweight 180g splatter vinyl is also available exclusively from Amazon UK.

Written by Terry Nation and Dennis Spooner, this is the longest single Doctor Who adventure ever made for television and film recordings of all but three episodes are lost from the BBC archives. Linking narration is provided by Peter Purves (who played First Doctor companion Steven Taylor) and the cast includes Kevin Stoney as Mavic Chen, Nicholas Courtney as Bret Vyon, Jean Marsh as Sara Kingdom and Peter Butterworth as the Meddling Monk.




  

At the Movies: "Flight to Mars"


U.S. theater screenings set for Tom Baker's final "Doctor Who" story - "Logopolis"


"Logopolis," the final "Doctor Who" story featuring Tom Baker in the lead role will screen in select U.S. cities on March 13. The showings are a tie-in to the release of Baker's final "Doctor Who" season on Blu-Ray, which you can pre-order now from Amazon.

You can find theater info and buy tickets here.

Details from Fathom Events:

It's a Doctor Who classic fan favorite, in celebration of the upcoming Blu-Ray release Tom Baker's complete seventh season on Doctor Who! BBC Studios and Fathom Events are giving audiences the chance to see Tom Baker's 100-minute final adventure, "Logopolis," featuring the first appearance of Janet Fielding as companion Teegan, Anthony Ainley as the Doctor's archenemy The Master, and the regeneration of Fourth Doctor Tom Baker into Fifth Doctor Peter Davison!

Fans won't want to miss this one-of-a-kind screening that will also feature a brand new interview with Tom Baker and “Logopolis” companions Janet Fielding and Sarah Sutton.


Time Capsule: The Grateful Dead on "Playboy After Dark," Jan. 18, 1969



Pop Culture Roundup: Jimmy Stewart and Winnie the Pooh, too; Marvel's Pizzazz; Mickey Mouse; Black Magic Party; Batman '66

ITEM! Jimmy Stewart reads "Winnie the Pooh." (Via the Retroist)


ITEM! The newest issue of Back Issue magazine details the history of Marvel kid mag, Pizzazz. Here's a preview. I was a charter subscriber!



ITEM! A selection of Mickey Mouse Big Little Books. (Via Davy Crockett's Almanack)




ITEM! "Putting a Hex on Hitler" - a 1941 story from Life Magazine about a "black magic party." (Via  Monster Magazine World)


ITEM! When DC's Batman comic took the same tone as the "Batman" TV show. (Via 13th Dimension)



ITEM! Also, a look at the talented sculptors who created lifelike statues of the 1960's Batman series for an elaborate display in Hollywood. (Via 13th Dimension)



More "Captain Marvel" character posters

"Captain Marvel" opens March 8.

The cast includes Brie Larson in the lead, along with Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury; Ben Mendelsohn as Taros; Djimon Hounsou as Korath; Lee Pace as Ronan the Accuser; Lashana Lynch as Maria Rambeau; Gemma Chan as Minn-Erva; Annette Bening as a Kree scientist; Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson, and Jude Law as Mar-Vell.

New Comics Day: Conan - Marvel Omnibus; Marvel in the 40s; Hulk Epic Collection; What If? Classic; Haunted Horror

Our picks this week. Click the links to order discounted items from Amazon.

The greatest saga in sword-and-sorcery history begins - the saga of Conan! Born on a battlefi eld in the frozen lands of Cimmeria, Conan fights his way through the untamed Hyborian kingdoms, sparing no man, woman or wizard his wrath. His adventures will become legend. He will become king. Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith brought Robert E. Howard's iconic creation to four-color life with work that set new standards for comic book storytelling. Marvel is honored to present each story, each cover and each letters page - all painstakingly restored to match the majesty of the original editions. In these early exploits, Conan ventures from his homeland for the fi rst time, honing his skills as a thief, mercenary, pirate and above all, warrior!
COLLECTING: CONAN THE BARBARIAN (1970) 1-26; MATERIAL FROM CHAMBER OF DARKNESS (1969) 4; SAVAGE TALES (1971) 1, 4

Celebrate 80 years of Marvel Comics, decade by decade - beginning with the first two superstars of the Flying Forties! The original Human Torch and Namor the Sub-Mariner get along as well as fire and water, and several of Timely's greatest comics feature the twin titans clashing in fantastic feature-length fisticuffs! A rivalry for the ages is born when Namor, mistreated by the surface world, attacks New York - and the Torch stands in his way! As WWII rages, Namor decides to obtain peace by flooding the planet! Can the Torch and his young sidekick Toro bring Namor back to his senses? They'd better - because the Nazis are on the attack, and the two Golden Age arch-rivals must put their differences aside and unite against a common foe!
COLLECTING: MATERIAL FROM MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS 7-10; HUMAN TORCH COMICS 5B, 8, 10 

Return of the Maestro?! Major Matt Talbot, nephew of the Hulk's old foe Glenn, has set his sights on capturing the jade giant - and with Hulkbusters and the Ringmaster on his side, he might just succeed! Meanwhile, a terror group called the Alliance has pushed the world to the brink of nuclear war. But if the Leader's machinations are behind the Alliance's carnage, then why is the Hulk claiming credit...and why does he look like the Maestro? That's what Thor wants to know! As She-Hulk and Doc Samson take center stage, Janis Jones arrives from the future - but when Onslaught does the impossible and physically separates Bruce Banner from the Incredible Hulk, everything will change for the green goliath!
COLLECTING: INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) 436-448, SAVAGE HULK (1996) 1, CUTTING EDGE 1, CABLE (1993) 34, ONSLAUGHT: MARVEL UNIVERSE

The first twelve awe-inspiring issues of the most awesomely off beat series off all time - collected in one sense-staggering volume. Twelve titanic tales of triumph and tragedy in the mighty Marvel tradition! Spanning from: What if Spider-Man Joined the Fantastic Four? to: What if the Fantastic Four had Diff erent Super-Powers? Daredevil's secret exposed? The identity of Thor passed down to another? A new Hulk? Multiple Spider-Men? Some of the ideas that shook Marvel's foundation got their start right in the realm of remote possibility overseen by the wondering Watcher! But can even Uatu believe his eyes when Jack "King" Kirby rewrites himself and his fellow legends as the Fantastic Four?
COLLECTING: WHAT IF? (1977) 1-12

Horror comics from the early 1950s that the Senate and do-gooders reviled. Lovingly restored, this striking, full-color tome showcases terrifying stories of dead walking and ghouls stalking, drawn by Alex Toth, Rudy Palais, Bernard Baily, and many more macabre masters. Part of the acclaimed Chilling Archives of Horror Comics.
Collects stories from long-lost comics like Black CatWeb of MysteryStrangeWeb of EvilWeird Terror, and many more!

Coming Up: The Avengers Omnibus Vol. 4


Out April 2. Pre-order from Amazon now.

Details:

Caught in the crossfi re, Earth has become the staging ground for a conflict of cosmic proportions. The merciless Kree and the shape-changing Skrulls have gone to war, and humanity is on the frontline. It's Roy Thomas and Neal Adams'classic Kree-Skrull War! Then, every Avenger from day one returns to battle Ares and the Enchantress. There's no time wasted upping the ante when the mutant-hunting Sentinels return from the heart of the sun. Next, enter: Steve Englehart! The Avengers' new writer doesn't miss a beat as he builds to Marvel's fi rst hero-vs.-hero epic -the Avengers/Defenders War. Also featuring Mantis' first appearance, Magento and the X-Men, and Vision and the Scarlet Witch's growing romance.

COLLECTING: AVENGERS (1963) 89-119, DAREDEVIL (1964) 99, DEFENDERS (1972) 8-11


Watch: First "Spider-Man: Far From Home" movie trailer


Out July 5.

New on Video: Notorious - Criterion Collection; The Old Man and the Gun

Our picks:


Best Comics Covers of the Week

Coming up: Savage Sword of Conan - The Original Marvel Years Omnibus Vol. 1


 Out April 2. Pre-order from Amazon now.

Details:

Crom! This inaugural volume ushers in Marvel's line of definitive Savage Sword of Conan collections. Full-color covers, letters pages, pinups, extensive articles and reviews on Conan, his world and his creator -everything's included just as no one is spared the vengeance of Conan! After the breakout success of Conan's color comic, Marvel brought the legendary sword-and-sorcery saga of Robert E. Howard's hero to its black-and-white magazine line. In lushly illustrated novel-length adventures with all the drama, violence and allure the comic book medium can off er, writer Roy Thomas and Marvel's greatest artists craft a host of Conan classics like Barry Windsor-Smith's "Red Nails" and John Buscema's "Black Colossus" and "A Witch Shall Be Born" featuring the infamous Tree of Death are just the beginning!

COLLECTING: SAVAGE TALES (1971) 1-5; SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN (1974) 1-12, SPECIAL (1975) 1


Comic Art: Jack Kirby's 2001

It's a pity this classic Marvel Comics treasury edition wasn't reprinted last year to celebrate the film's 50th anniversary.

Spectacular late Kirby art: