Black Star and the Golden Bat (1979)
Who is the lead character in this? Batman? The Golden Bat of Japanese culture? The Batman of Zur-En-Arrh? Who knows, but when a bunch of kids and their pet dog find supervillain Black Star and his army of henchmen, they must find the hero they worship and get his help, all to show their dying […]
Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)
Created the year after Superman by C.C. Beck and Bill Parker, Captain Marvel is the alter ego of newspaper boy Billy Batson, who gains the powers of Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles and Mercury when he says “Shazam!” He was created when Fawcett Comics’ circulation director Roscoe Kent Fawcett said, “Give me a Superman, only […]
Power Pack (1991)
Power Pack — first appeared in 1986 and created by Louise Simonson and June Brigman — is the first team of preteen superheroes in the Marvel Universe that operated without adult supervision. However, unlike many other young heroes, they had supportive parents and weren’t orphans. The Power kids — Alex, Julie, Jack and Katie — each […]
Legends of the Superheroes (1979)
January 18, 1979: I was six years old and in pure comic book mania, as Superman had come out, there was a DC ski stunt show at Sea World, The Incredible Hulk was on CBS, the Captain America TV movie would be airing the very next day and there had already been a few Spider-Man TV movies. It was an […]
Flashman (1967)
Ernesto Gastaldi has written so many movies that we love, from The Whip and the Body, The Possessed and Day of Anger to All the Colors of the Dark, Casablanca Express, Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key and Death Walks On High Heels. Oh man! I feel like with his resume I’m leaving so many out, so […]
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