Cool stuff: New Batman Mego-style figures from Figures Toy Company

I love how super-specific these are to the 1960s TV series (plus the 1950s comics version of Batgirl). More info.









"Black Panther" featurette: "The Warriors of Wakanda"


Video find: 1960s "Mighty Thor" cartoon



Music new releases Jan. 12, 2018: Big Star; Denny Doherty; Main Ingredient; The Remains; Diana Ross; Dionne Warwick, more

Notable and new. Click the links to order from Amazon.








Pop Culture Roundup: Steve Ditko; superhero toys; Irv Novick; Dial B for Blog returns!

Via Marvel Mysteries and Comics Minutiae: Hidden gems in Marvel's reprint titles.

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What do you know? One of the best pop culture blogs ever, Dial B for Blog, is back with a new post taking a look at the "Wild Wild West" comic book series.

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Via The Fabulous Fifities: Several weeks of the 1940s "Cynthia" comic strip illustrated by Batman artist Irv Novick.



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Via Plaid Stallions: The 1978 Azrak Hamway International Catalog.

Coming up: "Of All the Things," reissue of 1970s LP by Mamas and Papas singer Denny Doherty


Out Friday. Order now from Amazon.

Details:

Almost to the day we released our The Mamas and The Papas: Complete Singles—50th Anniversary Collection back in January 2016, fans of the group (and they are legion!) started asking us about reissuing Papa Denny Doherty’s criminally overlooked 1971 solo album on the ABC/Dunhill label, Watcha Gonna Do.

This record came out on CD only in Japan back in 2002, and commands hundreds of dollars online, so  a straight reissue would have worked just fine.

But that’s not how we do things at Real Gone Music... and so we aren’t stopping with the album. 
We’re adding six bonus tracks, five of ‘em previously unreleased, to fashion a brand-new compilation, Of All the Things—The Complete ABC/Dunhill Masters

Arranged by Jimmie Haskell, produced by Bill Szymczyk, and featuring songs written by Denny with his first wife Linda Woodward with such session players as Barry McGuire, Buddy Emmons, Russ Kunkel, “Fast” Eddy Fischer, and Eric “The Doctor” Hord, Watcha Gonna Do is truly a lost gem of early ‘70s roots rock, sort of The Mamas and Papas meeting The Band and The Eagles (Szymczyk went on to produce all of The Eagles albums).

The bonus tracks include the rare single of the non-LP track “To Claudia on Thursday”—with additional vocals supplied by Spanky McFarlane of Spanky & Our Gang—plus five other tracks unearthed from both album session tapes and follow-up recordings left in the vaults.

Joe Marchese provides liner notes featuring quotes and reminiscences from Eddy Fischer, Denny’s daughters, Bill Szymczyk, Michelle Phillips, and others. Artwork includes previously unpublished period photographs. Remastered by Mike Milchner/Sonic Vision, this release is a must for any fan of The Mamas and The Papas and of that gorgeous Doherty tenor!

Track list:


1. Watcha Gonna Do
2. Neighbors
3. Gathering the Words
4. Don't You Be Fooled
5. Got a Feelin'
6. Tuesday Morning
7. Still Can't Hear the Music
8. Hey Good Looking
9. The Drummer's Song
10. Here Comes the Sun/The Two of Us
11. Shadows on My Wall
12. To Claudia on Thursday
13. Sail the Waterway
14. Shadow Sounds
15. Giles of the River
16. Of All the Things

First trailer for "Teen Titans Go! To the Movies"


Video find: "Captain America" 1960s cartoon series



New comics Jan. 10, 2018: Daredevil Masterworks 12; Thor by Walt Simonson 2

New and notable. Click the links to order from Amazon.



"Teen Titans Go!" movie poster and teaser trailer

Details:

When the Teen Titans go to the big screen, they go big!  “Teen Titans GO! to the Movies” finds our egocentric, wildly satirical Super Heroes in their first feature film extravaganza—a fresh, gleefully clever, kid-appropriately crass and tongue-in-cheek play on the superhero genre, complete with musical numbers.

It seems to the Teens that all the major superheroes out there are starring in their own movies—everyone but the Teen Titans, that is!  But de facto leader Robin is determined to remedy the situation, and be seen as a star instead of a sidekick. 

If only they could get the hottest Hollywood film director to notice them.  

With a few madcap ideas and a song in their heart, the Teen Titans head to Tinsel Town, certain to pull off their dream.  But when the group is radically misdirected by a seriously Super-Villain and his maniacal plan to take over the Earth, things really go awry.

The team finds their friendship and their fighting spirit failing, putting the very fate of the Teen Titans themselves on the line!

Will Arnett (“The LEGO® Batman Movie”) and Kristen Bell (“Frozen”) lend their voices to the first-ever big-screen version of DC Entertainment and Cartoon Network’s animated TV show, which also stars Greg Cipes (TV’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”) as Beast Boy, Scott Menville (TV’s “Spider-Man”) as Robin, Khary Payton (“The Walking Dead”) as Cyborg, Tara Strong (the “My Little Pony” franchise) as Raven, and Hynden Walch (TV’s “Adventure Time with Finn & Jake”) as Starfire, reprising their roles from the series. 


Stan Lee interview in Castle of Frankenstein mag, 1968







New "Black Panther" TV Spot