Pop Culture Roundup: David Lynch; Tom Corbett, Space Cadet; stretchy superheroes; Neal Adams' Batman
Item! See David Lynch's hand-drawn map of Twin Peaks.
Item! I wonder if Tom Corbett enjoyed being called a space cadet. Either way, I bet 1950s kids loved playing with these exciting Corbett "push outs"!
Item! Remembering the stretchable superheroes of the Seventies.
Item! Neal Adams writes and illustrates a new Batman-Ras Al Ghul mini-series starting this summer from DC Comics. DC will also release a fascimile edition of the comic that first introduced Ras, Batman #232.
Item! I wonder if Tom Corbett enjoyed being called a space cadet. Either way, I bet 1950s kids loved playing with these exciting Corbett "push outs"!
Item! Remembering the stretchable superheroes of the Seventies.
Item! Neal Adams writes and illustrates a new Batman-Ras Al Ghul mini-series starting this summer from DC Comics. DC will also release a fascimile edition of the comic that first introduced Ras, Batman #232.
New Comics: The Amazing Spider-Man Newspaper Comics; Superman Golden Age Newspaper Dailies; Eerie Archives
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The woebegone web-slinger encounters problems that make Dar Harat seem like a sewing circle--if he can escape from their clutches, that is! Daily Bugle writer Jenny Sue Saxon arrives and falls for Peter Parker while trying to become Spider-Man's biographer, even as Aunt May faces financial ruin in a very modern kind of bank heist. Mary Jane returns just in time to learn an important secret--and to introduce Peter to her Uncle Spencer Watson (what, no Aunt Anna?). Spidey's reputation is under fire when he's accused of pushing drugs. It's not for the squeamish! And in a story that rivals the classic "drug issues" of Spider-Man's comic book, Stan Lee addresses one of the most heart-rending problems of modern times: child abuse.
In these fifteen storylines by writer Alvin Schwartz and artist Wayne Boring, Superman faces off against the "Crime Mentalist" who can predict crimes before they happen; finds himself locked up for speeding in "Superman, Jailbird;" plays cupid to help a millionaire Prince Charming find the mysterious "Miss Whisper;" and is at the mercy of Enthor's paralyzing weapon!
Enter a howling maelstrom of gut-churning horror, mind-bending science-fantasy, and breathtaking adventure, all from the hallowed pages of Eerie magazine. Featuring over 300 pages of gripping stories by Archie Goodwin, Howard Chaykin, Jim Starlin, Wally Wood, Victor de la Fuente, and others.
Collects Eerie magazines #126 to #131.
Collects Eerie magazines #126 to #131.
Coming Up: Prince "Originals"
Out June 21. Order from Amazon now.
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By the mid-1980s, Prince was dominating the charts even as a writer/producer with songs he'd composed and recorded for others. In addition to releasing nine of his most commercially successful full-length albums, he also wrote and recorded endless reels of material for proteges The Time, Vanity 6, Sheila E., Apollonia 6, Jill Jones, the Family, and Mazarati. Occasionally, Prince's original demo recordings would beused as master takes on their albums, with only minor alterations to the instrumentation and a replacement of the vocal tracks. Other times, artists would rely on his demos to guide them through their own recording process, with Prince's initial take informing their final version of his song. The aggregate effect was a complete saturation and transformation of the pop music landscape, with Prince both leading and subverting mainstream culture.
Pop Culture Roundup: Pretty Things; Stan Lee; super radios!
ITEM! Remember radios? Remember radios that looked like superheroes?
ITEM! Stan Lee coffee. Why, we're not sure.
ITEM! How the Pretty Things created S.F. Sorrow, the world's first rock opera.
ITEM! Stan Lee coffee. Why, we're not sure.
ITEM! How the Pretty Things created S.F. Sorrow, the world's first rock opera.
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