January 15, 2021

BW’s Daily Article Link: More On The Steel Movie

Earlier this week I reviewed the comic adaptation of Steel, written and co-drawn by the character’s co-creators. Originally created as part of the “Reign Of The Supermen” storyline (introduced before Superman’s death when Superman saves Irons and inspires him to become Man Of Steel, the armored hero and the only “Superman” not claiming to be the real Superman returned), Louise Simonson and Jon Bogdanove were not consulted by Kenneth Johnson, as this article goes into. Also noteworthy is that Johnson did the same thing he did with the Incredible Hulk TV show and ignored the source material. That’s why we have low-rent Batman instead of Iron Man on a budget.

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January 14, 2021

Before He-Man Was Prince Adam

Longtime readers of my Free Comic Inside article series are already aware that Prince Adam did not start out as He-Man’s secret identity. He started out not existing. When the original Masters Of The Universe illustrated booklets came out there was no Prince Adam–that was the creation of DC Comics not in the mini-comics when they took over for series two but the on the shelf regular comics that included a three issue miniseries and a set of crossovers with Superman, a short preview and in the pages of Superman’s team-up book, DC Comics Presents. So what was the original story for those you of you who are new here and haven’t read the mini-comics or the reviews?

Scott “ToyGuru” Neitlich, former brand manager during the “Masters Of The Universe Classics” toyline, has started a YouTube channel as part of his current branding advice business venture called Spector Creative. In this video Neitlich goes over the early mini-comics where He-Man was just a barbarian who got up one day and decided to go defend Castle Grayskull because why not. Learn the origins of Skeletor, Teela, He-Man’s powers, and then I’ll link to my reviews of those comics in case you want to know more.

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January 14, 2021

“Yesterday’s” Comic> Robotech Masters #4

“The Sun feel a bit close and robotic today. That wasn’t in the forecast.”

Robotech Masters #4

Comico The Comic Company (November, 1985)

“Half Moon”

WRITER: Mike Baron

PENCILER: Neil D. Vokes

INKER: Rich Rankin

COLORIST: Tom Vincent

LETTERER: L. Lois Buhalis

EDITOR: Diana Schutz

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January 14, 2021

BW’s Daily Article Link: That Time Batman Almost Fought Godzilla

The 1960s were a more creative time than today’s gloomy “realism” addicted creators. For example there was almost a movie crossover…as in “I went to a movie theater to see this” between the Adam West Batman and Godzilla! I’m not really sure the American treatment would have worked and I would love to hear about the full Japanese treatment but I’m sure curiosity alone would have led me to see this. I’m not sure I’d be into the modern take of this concept given how fun-impaired modern writers on both properties can be.

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January 13, 2021

My Favorite Intros: Jonny Quest

I can count the primetime adventures shows I know of on one hand:

  1. Jonny Quest
  2. Batman: The Animated Series (reruns of the Fox Kids afternoon shows)
  3. Invasion: America (miniseries: season two aired in Saturday morning period though)

What do you know, I have fingers left over. The pilot for Superman: The Animated Series aired in primetime and that was it. Otherwise it was sitcoms. Stations other than Fox tried to do something other than ripping off The Simpsons or Family Guy, but that only gave us Capitol Critters, Fish Police, and Father Of The Pride and I’m betting some of you only heard of those just now. I wish more action adventure shows were done in animation but you only get that for kids or out of Japan. This makes Jonny Quest a rarity. While reruns have treated it like a kids show it’s more of a family action show. People die in this series, sometimes in rather nasty yet off-camera ways. It’s sad more people don’t talk about it really. It’s one of those shows modern anime fans might want to try out.

Three different incarnations of this series exists along with the TV movies. All but one of them share a style but all of them have amazing intros that are classic and really darn good. Tonight we’re going to look at all three.

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January 13, 2021

“Yesterday’s” Comic> Star Trek: Starfleet Academy #2

A representation of social media discussions.

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy #2

Marvel/Paramount Comics (January, 1997)

“Liberty”

WRITER: Chris Cooper

PENCILER: Chris Renaud

INKER: Andy Lanning

COLORIST: Kevin Somers

LETTERER: Jim Novak

EDITOR: Bobbie Chase

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January 13, 2021

BW’s Daily Article Link: Beaver Started Series Finales

Leave It To Beaver is still a fairly well-known sitcom, and even had a spin-off years later that showed the Beaver as an adult. What you may not realize is that the series finale, the clip show (used properly), and sitcoms focused more on the kids than their parents, all started with this show. Me-TV makes the case, though it also mentions a certain puppet show that also got a final episode, a rarity with TV shows no matter when they’re told this is their final season.

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