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Need Your Love by Steve Marriott
Mondo Zombie Boogaloo - Various Artists
Longing for the Past: 78 Rpm Era Southeast
Kassidat: Raw 45s From Morocco
DVD and Blu-ray new releases Oct. 1, 2013: Little Mermaid; Wizard of Oz; Mod Squad, more!
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The Little Mermaid
The Wizard of Oz: 75th Anniversary Edition
The Mod Squad Season Four Volume One
The Mod Squad Season Four Volume Two
Mccartney, Paul - Going Underground: McCartney, The Beatles And The UK Counter-culture
The Little Mermaid
The Wizard of Oz: 75th Anniversary Edition
The Mod Squad Season Four Volume One
The Mod Squad Season Four Volume Two
Mccartney, Paul - Going Underground: McCartney, The Beatles And The UK Counter-culture
Pop focus: Jim Steranko - Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
But we're not here to talk about Joss Whedon, but the man who made his mark on the original Marvel Comics Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. strip: cartoonist, writer, escape artist, raconteur and blower-of-minds, Mr. Jim Steranko.
Steranko took over art chores on the Nick Fury strip in 1966, initially penciling over Jack Kirby's layouts, but he was soon adding his own touches to the strip -- innovative stuff in comics for the days, with lots of op-art experimentation that really added to the title's 1960 spy movie feel. The images below will give you a feel for what an impact this comic had back in its day. Even now, it's a lot more imaginative and fun-to-look-at most new comics.
Along with S.H.I.E.L.D., Steranko is noted for his excellent two-part, tabloid-size "Steranko's History of Comics" books, which were great early examples of American comic book history, documenting the medium's most influential creators and characters. A real-life escape artist and magician in his younger years, Steranko was also the model for Kirby's "super escape artist" Mister Miracle, who, in turn, inspired the Escapist character in Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay."
Steranko also has a very engaging Twitter feed and is reviewing episodes of the new S.H.I.E.L.D. series (he didn't like the first ep).
Let's celebrate his impact and art, below.
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