You have to respect a villain who worked his varsity sweater into his costume. That takes effort.
Blue Beetle #51
Charlton Comics Group (August, 1965)
“Mentor The Magnificent”
WRITER: Joe Gill
PENCILER: Bill Fraccio
INKER: Tony Tallarico
no colorist, letterer, or editor credited…sucks to be those guys!
The 1950s are not loaded with narrative songs. At least most of the ones I’ve heard were more moments in time, usually involving some teenager seeking love, losing at love, or learning some weird named dance. It was also a decade where the parents and the entertainment code got stricter. Teen movies usually had some rebel punk either getting his horrible end or fighting giant irradiated animals and blobs. The 1950s are kind of weird.
The Shangri-Las were a quartet of two groups of sisters, Mary & Betty Weiss and Marge & Mary Ann Ganser. One of their two most well-known hits, “Remember (Walking In The Sand)”, was about a girl whose boyfriend was suddenly leaving and she couldn’t figure out why. Their most famous song, and one that was even covered by Twisted Sister of all groups, was “The Leader Of The Pack”, the title single from the 1965 album.
In this tale, Betty takes the lead and is even namedropped in the story as her friends try to learn whether or not she was dating a local bad boy, a motorcycle rider that lead…supposedly a biker gang, but isn’t stating that from what we hear in the song simply making the same mistake as her parents?
They gave Wonder Woman a sword and shield, and now all the superheroes want them.
Heroes Unleashed #2
PD Comics (the date is missing from my digital copy, the downside of using layers in a PDF file, perhaps)
Captain Midnight: “The War To End All Wars” part 2
WRITER: Bryan Augustyn
ARTIST: Jay Piscopo
Commander X: “Allies”
WRITER/ARTIST: Jay Piscopo
Sword Of The Blue Scarab
WRITER/ARTIST: Jay Piscopo
Here at BW Media Spotlight, giant monsters are more interesting and fun than any vampire or werewolf, probably because we’ve never seen them romance a vapid teenage girl. From Godzilla to Gamera, from the Power Rangers to just plain old dinosaurs, the giant monster has been part of our movie and fictional history for as long as there have been movies. Some are warnings of the dangers of nuclear radiation, some an allegory of past sins, and some just fun to watch smash buildings and fight other giant monsters and robots. Godzilla has been all three!
In the following video hosted at Elvira’s Vault on YouTube, and produced by AMC back when that stood for American Movie Classics, sci-fi actor Billy Mumy narrates a discussion of giant monster history from Hollywood and beyond, and their various inspirations with the real “monsters” of the decade, with opening and closing commentary by the Mistress Of The Dark herself. Is your favorite monster here, or are there movies you didn’t even know existed?
Sonic loves chili dogs, but hates barbecues.
Sonic The Hedgehog #68
Archie Comics Publications (March, 1999)
LETTERER: Jeff Powell
EDITOR: J.F. Gabrie
“Surprise!”
WRITER: Karl Bollers
PENCILER: Steve Butler
INKER: Pam Eklund
COLORIST: Frank Gagliardo
Lupe & The Wolfpack: “Survival Of the Fittest”
WRITER/INKER/COLORIST: Ken Penders
PENCILER: Sam Maxwell
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