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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

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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

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Out of the Vault – Reign of the Supermen

So in the aftermath of the huge Death of Superman event, DC Comics then unveiled the Reign of the Supermen. If you read last week’s Vault, and the entry on the Shaquille O’Neal movie, Steel, then you know that DC … Continue reading

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Super Movie Monday – Steel

So, finally at the end of our months-long journey through the films of Superman on the big screen, the final crappy truck stop meal before pulling into home. I promised you the “forgotten” Superman movie, and I give you… Steel, … Continue reading

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Out of the Vault – Action Comics 687

On Monday, I promised to bring you a “forgotten” Superman film to wrap up our months-long look at all of the big guy’s big screen appearances, and that is definitely going to happen. So I figured to give you a … Continue reading

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Super Movie Monday – Superman Returns, Part 3

This is it, the conclusion to our titanic three-part recap of Superman Returns, and the end (sort of) of our months-long odyssey through the Superman theatrical films. When we left off last week, Lois (with Lois Jr. in tow) had … Continue reading

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Super Movie Monday – Superman Returns, Part 2

Continuing a three-part recap of 2006’s Superman Returns, Bryan Singer’s bigger, faster, louder ode to the original 1978 film. But before we get back into the plot, a word about Brandon Routh’s eyes. They are brown. Not in the film, … Continue reading

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Super Movie Monday – Superman Returns, Part 1

Beginning a three-part recap of the latest and final (so far) appearance of Superman on the big screen. Last week, we finished talking about Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. In the intervening years, Superman continued to be a fixture … Continue reading

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Super Movie Monday – Superman IV, Part 2

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. Still. Okay, where were we? Oh yeah, this guy… Nuclear Man, cloned from Superman’s DNA which was attached to a nuclear warhead thrown into the sun to give him some extra oomph! He heads … Continue reading

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Super Movie Extra – Live-Action Superdickery

So I’ve often pointed you to this site which uses mainly comics covers to show that Superman is a dick. But we have a really good example in live-action in Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. Superman has already gratuitously … Continue reading

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