Thunderbirds Day 2019 announcement
Get your marianation on with a "Thunderbirds" marathon Sept. 30 on the Century 21 YouTube channel.
New Music Friday: Elvis; The Rubinoos
Our picks this week. Click the links to order vinyl, CDs or downloads from Amazon.
CD set coming Sept. 13
Pop Culture Roundup: Spidey rights fight; Ditko; fascimile comics; Abbey Road
ITEM! Stan Lee's daughter, Joan Celia (JC), is siding with Sony in the current dust-up between that huge congomerate and another huge conglomerate, Marvel/Disney, over the movie rights to the character.
Here's what JC has to say:
Personally, I hope Marvel perseveres. Spidey only truly came alive on the big screen once he had the opportunity to interact with the rest of the Marvel Universe. And you'll never find a better Peter Parker/Spidey than actor Tom Holland. Seems to me like it's the fans who have the most to lose in this fight.
ITEM! Speaking of Spidey, a new play looks at the life of his co-creator Steve Ditko.
ITEM! Following Marvel's lead, DC Comics is now getting into the game of publishing fascimile versions of class comics. These news comics look just like the old ones, but on better paper (and with a higher price tag). I'm hoping to get this one, which is in comic book shops this week. Thanks, Kid, for the heads up.
ITEM! I do all my Beatles blogging at the Glass Onion Beatles Journal now, and haven't plugged that site in a while. But it's worth highlighting - in case you missed it - that a 50th anniversary box set of Abbey Road is out Sept. 27. You can get all the details here, and I hope you'll continue to check out the site for your daily fix of Beatles news and nostalgia. I'm also a contributing editor at Beatlefan magazine, BTW, which is also well worth checking out.
Here's what JC has to say:
“When my father died, no one from Marvel or Disney reached out to me. From day one, they have commoditized my father’s work and never shown him or his legacy any respect or decency," Lee fumed and that's when she dropped quite the bombshell.That's unfortunate.
"In the end, no one could have treated my father worse than Marvel and Disney's executives."
Personally, I hope Marvel perseveres. Spidey only truly came alive on the big screen once he had the opportunity to interact with the rest of the Marvel Universe. And you'll never find a better Peter Parker/Spidey than actor Tom Holland. Seems to me like it's the fans who have the most to lose in this fight.
ITEM! Speaking of Spidey, a new play looks at the life of his co-creator Steve Ditko.
"Ditko" tells the story of Steve Ditko, a comic book illustrator virtually forgotten by the masses, but celebrated by comic book fans everywhere. Ditko [was] instrumental in Marvel’s success by co-creating two of comics most iconic characters, Spider-Man and Doctor Strange and several of DC’s Silver Age icons: Hawk and Dove, Shade the Changing Man, and the Creeper. Ditko also worked for virtually every other publisher of note including Warren, Charlton, Pacific, and Eclipse, co-creating other iconic characters like Mr. A, the Question and Blue Beetle.
ITEM! Following Marvel's lead, DC Comics is now getting into the game of publishing fascimile versions of class comics. These news comics look just like the old ones, but on better paper (and with a higher price tag). I'm hoping to get this one, which is in comic book shops this week. Thanks, Kid, for the heads up.
ITEM! I do all my Beatles blogging at the Glass Onion Beatles Journal now, and haven't plugged that site in a while. But it's worth highlighting - in case you missed it - that a 50th anniversary box set of Abbey Road is out Sept. 27. You can get all the details here, and I hope you'll continue to check out the site for your daily fix of Beatles news and nostalgia. I'm also a contributing editor at Beatlefan magazine, BTW, which is also well worth checking out.
Coming Up: Marvel Masters of Suspense: Stan Lee & Steve Ditko Omnibus Vol. 2
Available for pre-order from Amazon now.
Details from Marvel Comics:
Details from Marvel Comics:
Concluding Marvel's once-in-a-lifetime Omnibus collection of every astonishing tale of suspense by the inimitable duo of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko! Their collaborations birthed the Amazing Spider-Man and Doctor Strange, and in these pages you'll find the concepts, the themes and the very creative origins of those iconic super heroes. They're packed inside tight five-page thrillers, stories covering everything from aliens with outsized agendas to down-on-their-luck gutter bums. Stories that sought to raise the bar for comic book storytelling. Stories that plumb the human condition, expand the language of comics - and shock your pants off . Extensively researched and painstakingly restored, this, True Believer, is the collection you've dreamed of - and a testament to two of Marvel Comics' greatest creators.
COLLECTING: JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY (1952) 74-96, STRANGE TALES (1951) 92-109, 112-113, TALES TO ASTONISH (1959) 27-48, TALES OF SUSPENSE (1959) 25-44, 46, AMAZING ADULT FANTASY (1961) 7-14, AMAZING FANTASY (1962) 15
Time Capsule: Vintage ad(s) - Billy Preston "That's the Way God Planned It"
Single released on the Beatles' Apple label on this day in 1969.
The tune features George Harrison and Eric Clapton on guitars, Keith Richards on bass, Ginger Baker on drums, with Doris Troy and Madeline Bell on backing vocals. I guess all the good studio musicians were booked on that day.
The tune features George Harrison and Eric Clapton on guitars, Keith Richards on bass, Ginger Baker on drums, with Doris Troy and Madeline Bell on backing vocals. I guess all the good studio musicians were booked on that day.
Coming Up: Aquaman: The Silver Age Omnibus Vol. 1
Available for pre-order now from Amazon.
Details from DC Comics:
Details from DC Comics:
The 1950s and early 1960s adventures of Aquaman are collected for the very first time.
Like many DC heroes, Aquaman had a resurgence in the late 1950s with the introduction of new allies and new story elements. Now these tales from the dawn of the Silver Age of comics are collected for the very first time. In these undersea adventures, Aquaman meets an invading force of alien amphibians, discovers an island that is in fact a spaceship, attends the Underwater Olympics, helps a sea captain overcome an ancient curse and much more.
Collects SHOWCASE #30-33, AQUAMAN #1-18, BRAVE AND THE BOLD #51, and the Aquaman adventures from ADVENTURE COMICS #260-280, #282 and #284, DETECTIVE COMICS #293-300, WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #125-133, #135, #137 and #139, SUPERMAN #138 and #148, ACTION COMICS #272, SUPERMAN'S PAL JIMMY OLSEN #55, SUPERMAN'S GIRL FRIEND, LOIS LANE #12, 29-31.
New Comics Day: Fantastic Four; X-Men; Eerie Archives; Corto Maltese
Our picks this week. Click the links to order from Amazon.
Stan Lee and Jack Kirby unveil yet another unmatched Marvel milestone: the first appearance of the world's fi rst African super hero, the Black Panther and his kingdom of Wakanda! And that's just the start! The Thing goes toe-to-toe with the Silver Surfer, the Human Torch faces his 1940s namesake, and the FF must face Doctor Doom - when he's armed with the Silver Surfer's Power Cosmic! Next, it's another instant classic with the first appearances of Blastaar, the alien Kree and Ronan the Accuser, Sentry 456, and that spaghetti-headed wonder, the Supreme Intelligence. If that wasn't enough, the utopian scientists of the Enclave unleash a golden being known as "Him" (A.K.A. Adam Warlock) upon the Marvel Universe.
COLLECTING: VOL. 4: FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) 52-67, ANNUAL (1963) 4-5; MATERIAL FROM NOT BRAND ECHH (1967) 1, 5
The series that has critics and fans raving returns for its final installment! The ruination of the X-Men revisited! Re-live the now-classic storylines like Mutant Massacre and The Fall of the Mutants. With appearances by Longshot, Cable, and The Marauders! Out with old and in with the Blue and Gold as the X-Men enter the radical 90s! Revisit innumerous classic storylines like the return of Jean Grey! The trial of Magneto! X-Tinction Agenda! And many, many more! With appearances by Jubilee, Gambit, and The Reavers! Brought to life by the multi-hyphenate master of graphic fiction himself, Ed Piskor!
COLLECTING: VOL. 4: FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) 52-67, ANNUAL (1963) 4-5; MATERIAL FROM NOT BRAND ECHH (1967) 1, 5
Collects Eerie magazines #132 to #139.
The protagonist of this tale, actually, is not the 18-year-old Corto, but Rasputin, a deserter from a Siberian rifle regiment, and the writer Jack London, who was a war correspondent in the region at that time. London is already friends with Corto and introduces the sailor to the unpredictable Russian, who even as a young man kills with disconcerting ease and is ready to lie and betray without hesitation. It is, however, "the beginning of a beautiful friendship" that continues throughout the series. As a bonus, the book includes additional material that sets up the entire series, as well as several never-before published pages that Pratt intended for a continuation of the tale, in which Corto and Rasputin were to embark on a search for King Solomon's mines.
Coming Up: World's Finest: The Guardians of Earth
Available for pre-order now from Amazon.
Info from DC Comics:
Info from DC Comics:
Superman teams up with his fellow members of the Justice League to protect the Earth in these never-before-reprinted stories from the start of the 1970s.
In these tales from the start of the 1970s, Superman teams up with his fellow Justice League team members to protect the Earth. Included in this collection are stories in which the Man of Steel meets the Flash, in a well remembered race around the globe, as well as Green Lantern, Aquaman, Batman, Hawkman, Green Arrow, the Atom and Wonder Woman, in her white jumpsuit/secret agent phase. Collects WORLD'S FINEST COMICS #195-214.
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