The big reveal…right on the cover so it’s not as interesting when it happens in the comic.
Darkhawk #38
Marvel (April, 1994)
Amulet Quest part 1: “Call To Glory” WRITER: Danny Fingeroth PENCILER: Tod Smith INKER: Ian Akin COLORIST: Bob Sharen LETTERER: Jim Novak EDITOR: Nel Yomtov
When we last left our heroes Luke was taken prisoner and Leia finally got her meeting with Black Sun. Let’s see where this goes. Last chapter had a lot of switching between scenes; too many in fact, which had the result of pulling you out rather than boost the tension of both events. Hopefully that doesn’t happen again.
“Where Is he? I’ve been waiting in this white void for hours!”
The Batman & Robin Adventures #18
DC Comics (May, 1997)
“Joker’s Last Laugh!” WRITER: Ty Templeton PENCILER: Brandon Kruse INKER: Terry Beatty COLORIST: Linda Medley LETTERER: Tim Harkins ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Darren Vincenzo EDITOR: Scott PetersonThroughout the many video games and three TV shows there was only one live-action Carmen Sandiego actress, from the TV version of Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego, (The only game I actually own is the NES version of this one.) However, since the show wanted to play up the mystery the actress was never credited. Todd Van Luling of The Huffington Post got his ACME Detective’s license to track her down and he was successful. As a bonus he talked to Kevin Shinick (Lynne Thigpen, who played the Chief in both PBS game shows based on the game series, passed away in 2003) and learned more about her mystery portrayer and the other roles she did on the PBS game show.
Now find the voice actress from the other PBS Carmen game show, Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego. The only portrayer I know is Rita Moreno from Where On Earth Is Carmen Sandiego, the DIC animated series from Fox Kids, who was also on the original version of The Electric Company and a few guest-star roles.
“How can I have so much trouble finding someone in a white void?”
Legion Of Super-Heroes #61
DC Comics (September, 1994)
“End Of An Era“ finale: “Borrowed Time!” WRITERS: Tom McCraw & Mark Waid PENCILER: Stuart Immonen INKER: Ron Boyd COLORIST: Tom McCraw LETTERER: Bob Pinaha ASSISTANT EDITOR: Mike McAvennie EDITOR: KC Carlson
And the ones for my videos are just me cursing. You don’t want to see that.
Saw a blooper reel for a web show. You can’t do those in comics.
Over at the Clutter Reports I cleaned my dresser up. Small project but big result. Also has the usual recommended articles to help push you in your own clutter-clearing projects. And that’s all I have to report this week.
Grainy B&W image of supposed UFO, Passoria, New Jersey Edited version (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I’m not intending a theme here, folks. While researching for last week’s UFO posting I came across a Jack Webb series called Project U.F.O. which seemed like a good balance to last week’s post. Also, it’s a Jack Webb show I hadn’t heard of. The shows I did know was of course Dragnet, Adam 12, and Emergency. All three shows follow a tradition of being based on real life cases from detectives, patrol officers, and paramedic firefighters respectively. So what is this series about?
The 1960-1980s were the height of Unidentified Flying Object sightings or presentations about them. While people still claim today to have seen an alien craft or even been abducted it’s either not as reported as much or doesn’t happen as often. While some of these sightings can easily be explained away there are a few that aren’t. In the 60s the US Air Force created Project: Blue Book, which was supposed to investigate these sightings. The Colton Report looked over numerous investigations and concluded that there were logical explanations to most if not all of the sightings. Joined by a decline in U.F.O. sightings, Project Blue Book was closed down. Odd then that this series appears to take place in the late 1970s, when the show was made, while full records from the investigations didn’t pop up until 1979, just around the time of the show’s second and final season.
Tonight we’ll look at the pilot episode to see what was different about this show from the British series as well as one show it can easily be compared to, The X-Files, minus the paranoia and sexual tension of course. Neither was Webb’s style.
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