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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Out of the Vault – Captain America’s First Appearance,
In early 1941, before the United States had even officially entered the war, the iconic American soldier appeared on the cover of his debut issue socking Hitler in the jaw. This was, of course, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby’s Captain … Continue reading
New Stuff Percolating
Origins is winding down, and a new iteration of the site is in the works. I’m starting to get a little excited by the possibilities, actually. I don’t want to break the big news yet, although if you read They … Continue reading
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Not-So-Powerful Pages – The Scarlet Pimpernel
No Powerful Pages today because I haven’t finished reading the book yet. In fact, I’m only about a third of the way through Baroness Orczy’s The Scarlet Pimpernel. Perhaps I’ll get some more reading time this next week. In the … Continue reading
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Super Movie Monday – The Shadow Strikes, 1937
So it looks as if this will be the last week of Origins, unless I find something extraordinary for next week. I almost didn’t find anything for today, but at the last minute, I grabbed this early Shadow film, since … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Batman’s First Appearance, Detective Comics #27
Okay, so we’ve established that, according to Bob Kane’s official version, he was inspired by The Mark of Zorro and The Bat Whispers, while I personally think as much or more inspiration was drawn from 1926’s The Bat (of which … Continue reading
Powerful Pages – The Curse of Capistrano, by Johnston McCulley
You probably know this story better under the title The Mark of Zorro. First serialized in five segments in 1919 in All-Story Weekly, The Curse of Capistrano was then adapted into the feature film The Mark of Zorro in 1920 … Continue reading
Super Movie Monday – The Mark of Zorro, 1920
Sorry for the late update. I was very busy last week, and it has been so ungodly hot that I literally couldn’t think at times. Digger World Headquarters is unfortunately not air conditioned. Continuing our look back at properties that … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – The Original Green Lantern
So I thought this would be a good tie-in with the movie, only the movie has mostly come and gone already. And really, this isn’t in any way the same Green Lantern, so I guess it doesn’t matter. Because the … Continue reading
Powerful Pages – Gladiator by Philip Wylie
Philip Wylie is perhaps best known for his novel When Worlds Collide, which was made into a big budget special-effects extravaganza by producer George Pal. But every year, it becomes more apparent that his most influential novel by far was … Continue reading
Super Movie Monday – The Bat, 1926
That’s right, Super Movie Monday is back to herald the beginning of a site-wide “Origins” retrospective. For the next who-knows-how-many weeks (a number which could well be  “one,” depending on how much material I develop), we’ll be examining some of … Continue reading
