Pop Culture Roundup: Dave Cockrum! Kate Bush! Godzilla! ABBA and more!
ITEM! The illustrated evolution of Dave Cockrum's Storm.
ITEM! Kate Bush has shattered three Guiness World Records while running up that hill...
ITEM! Apple is casting it's live-action Godzilla TV series.
ITEM! Benny from ABBA covers the Foo Fighters.
ITEM! R.E.M. plans a reissue of its debut EP, Chronic Town.
ITEM! "Big Eyes" artist Margaret Keane is dead at age 94.
Deal Alert: All Three Penguin Classics Marvel Collection Titles on Sale
Amazon is offering Penguin's Spider-Man, Black Panther and Captain America collections for $28 each, regularly $50. You can order them here.
Pop Culture Roundup: KISS! Elvis! Love! Batman!
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ITEM! The new Elvis film acknowledges his love of Captain Marvel Jr. comics.
ITEM! Producer Rick Rubin interviews Love guitarist Johnny Echols.
ITEM! A look back at the Marshall Rogers-illustrated Batman comic strip.
Coming Up: Conan Novel "Blood of the Serpent" by S.M. Stirling Kicks Off New Book Series
Out Oct. 18. Order now from Amazon.
Details:
The pulse-pounding return of Conan, the most iconic fantasy hero in popular culture, with a brand-new standalone novel by New York Times bestselling author S.M. Stirling, tied directly to the famous tales written by the legendary Robert E. Howard.
Conan the Barbarian, the world’s most famous fantasy hero, returns in an all-new novel tied directly to the famous works by his legendary creator, Robert E. Howard.
Set early in his life, Conan has left his northern homeland to cut a bloody swath across the legendary Hyborian Age. A mercenary, a soldier, a thief, and a pirate, he faces conquering armies, malicious sorcerers, and monstrous creatures—against which he wields only the sword held in his powerful grasp.
A superstar of novels, short fiction, comics, video games, films, and an upcoming Netflix series, his adventures have inspired many of the most popular authors of the 20th and 21st centuries. This is the first in a series of brand-new, standalone adventures.
Cool! New "Thunderbirds" Vehicles from Corgi
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Corgi proudly presents a range of replica die-cast models that celebrate this iconic TV creation! Thunderbird 2 and 4. Thunderbird 2, piloted by Virgil Tracy, is the freighter that carries all of International Rescue’s ingenious heavy engineering equipment. Thunderbird 4, piloted by aquanaut Gordon Tracy, is a 30 feet long underwater and sea surface craft.
Out July 26: "Pulp Power: The Shadow, Doc Savage, and the Art of the Street & Smith Universe"
This looks like a beauty. Order now from Amazon.