Watch "The Tonight Show," Feb. 29, 1972
Pop Culture Roundup: Spider-Man! Paddington! Batman! More!
ITEM! Spider-Man toaster. Nuff said.
ITEM! Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was the voice of Paddington Bear in dubbed versions of the movies in his country.
ITEM! Mick Jagger and Questlove are producing a James Brown documentary.
ITEM! Neal Adams, Jim Aparo, Steve Englehart, Irv Novick, Dennis O’Neil and Marshall Rogers are among the comics creators acknowledged in the new Batman film.
Hot Trax '72: Donny Osmond! Isaac Hayes! Sonny and Cher! More!
New song on the charts 50 years ago this week.
Pop Culture Roundup: Agatha Harkness! Ant-Man! Jurassic Park! Captain Marvel!
ITEM! A Marvel spin-off of "WandaVision" featuring Kathryn Hahn as Agatha Harkness is on the way.
ITEM! M.A.S.H. film star Sally Kellerman has died at age 84.
ITEM! Marvel plans a new comic book mini-series to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Ant-Man this year.
ITEM! "Wheel of Fortune" got some "Jurassic Park" trivia wrong and fans freaked out, which begs the question, does "Jurassic Park" have a fan base of 80 year-olds?
ITEM! Alter-Ego mag takes a look at some rare Captain Marvel trading cards.
Watch a trailer for "Batman and Me," a documentary about an obsessive collector
"I didn't want to do it. I knew it would become a monster." When Darren Maxwell began collecting Batman merchandise in 1989, obsession quickly gave way to addiction. Decades later, Darren struggles to let go of the beast he created.
Watch a trailer for the animated release "DC Showcase: Constantine – The House of Mystery"
The straight-to-video release is out May 3.
Pop Culture Roundup: Snoopy, "Weird Al," Not comiXology, More!
ITEM! March will see the season 2 debut of "The Snoopy Show," plus the streaming of five "Peanuts" specials on Apple TV+.
ITEM! Here's Daniel Radcliffe as “Weird Al” Yankovic:
New Comics Collected Editions Out This Week: Doctor Srange; What If?; Lucky Luke!
Releases of note. Click the links to order from Amazon.
Roger Stern and Chris Claremont turn their magic towards the Master of the Mystic Arts—Doctor Strange! Joined by artistic icons Gene Colan, Marshall Rogers and Tom Sutton, there is no doubt the Doctor is in. Their stories featuring villains Nightmare, D’Spayre and the Dream Weaver twist reality and rend Strange and Clea’s souls with inconceivable fears. Next, Baron Mordo returns, armed with the occult secrets of the Vatican. Then, Wong is captured by the Shadowqueen and Clea and Strange must traverse dimensions and battle the demonic N’Garai to save him! Also featuring mystic encounters with Nighthawk, Namor, the Avengers and the Black Knight and the return of a figure from one of Doctor Strange’s first adventures.COLLECTING: Doctor Strange (1974) 29-51, Man-Thing (1979) 4; material from Chamber of Chills (1972) 3-4, Defenders (1972) 53