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Out of the Vault – Captain America #117
The next few weeks from the Vault are going to be a little different. I have a very few Captain America comics from the 60’s and 70’s, and for the next month or so, I’ll be visiting them one by … Continue reading
Super Movie Monday – The Return of Swamp Thing
So in 1989, seven years after Wes Craven’s Swamp Thing (which was discussed here last week), came the sequel, The Return of Swamp Thing. Back for the sequel were Dick Durock as Swamp Thing and Louis Jourdan as villain Arcane … Continue reading
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Out of the Vault – Achilles Storm #1
I tried to do things right this week: got an early start reading the book I thought I would cover, Achilles Storm No. 1, published by Aja Blu Comix in 1990. But then I read it, and it just sucked. … Continue reading
Super Movie Monday – Swamp Thing
Okay, so in the 70’s, writer Len Wein and artist Berni Wrightson created a tight little horror story for House of Secrets #92, featuring a plant-man much like previous comics characters, The Heap and Marvel’s Man-Thing. The next year, Wein and … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Flaxen
Two years ago, I did a series of Vault posts over on Frazier’s Brain about comic book heroes based on real-life people. It was inspired by seeing Tim Burgard in the credits of a movie and realizing I had some … Continue reading
Super Movie Monday – The Rocketeer
After seeing Joe Johnston’s Captain America: The First Avenger last week, I decided to revisit The Rocketeer, the film which convinced the producers of Captain America to give Johnston the job. The Rocketeer was a 1991 Disney picture based on … Continue reading
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
