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This Witman Batman coloring book (# 1002) was purchased at Service Merchandise for 39 cents. What a cool cover. After my kids finished coloring the book (I had colored in it some as a kid) I kept the cover and recycled the rest. I also have the back cover which is the same except for the price sticker. So why is this show not on DVD yet???
Filed under: Books,Comics,Ephemera | 1960s, Batman, Children's, DC Comics|2 Comments
Dynamite, #35, May 1977, Charlie Brown Superstar! In many ways I think Charlie Brown was an early Gen Xer. Adults aren’t around, when they are they are pretty irrelevant, he’s a loser, baby, he just can’t win… I have several Peanuts books, the earlier stuff is really good. Shultz didn’t quite have the same zing at the end and the comics were only amusing, not really funny. But the earlier stuff is very good, and the TV specials are superb.
Here we have the Dynamite Duo once again. I really like the artwork (and miniskirt) in this series.
I dont’ know if I’ve mentioned this before, but I was going to be a stuntman when I grew up. A stunt driver in particular, and stuff like this only fed my mania. Some day I’ll do a post on that. Then we have Nancy Drew, but not on the cover like the
Hardy Boys.
Filed under: Comics,Magazines | 1970s, Charlie Brown, Children's, Dynamite Magazine|2 Comments
Back from the dead! At least, that’s how I feel after turning in a stack of paperwork. Got some great stuff planned for this next month, so be sure to follow along!
Here’s some photos I’ve found around that I thought I’d share. Don’t remember where I found most of them, if it was your blog leave a comment and I’ll add you to the post.
I love pop bottles (that’s soda pop bottles for you Easterners) and soda pop advertising, and I love Zorro! How great to find the two together.
Planet of the Apes in a 70s stripped robe. How cool is that?
I love these sew-on/iron-on patch advertisements that used to be in all the comic books.
What young boy of the 70s didn’t love Evel Knievel?
Don’t remember where I got this Marvel Poster, but it’s pretty cool.
Guys with guns. Robert Culp from Greatest American Hero and Bogart.
And finally, this is about as political as I get on this blog. Vote for Batman!
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Filed under: Books,Comics,Ephemera,Movies,Music,Prints and Lithography,Soda Pop | 7up, Batman, Dick Clark, Elvis Presley, Evel Knievel, Greatest American Hero, Humphrey Bogart, Keith Richards, Marvel Comics, Robert Culp, Zorro|1 Comment
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s Superman! By the Supermen. Selections from the new musical smash Superman. Spinorama, Premier Records Inc. S-175 stereo, M-175 hi-fi (AKA mono). 1966. This is pretty standard Broadway fare. I keep putting it in the “for sale” stack and my kids keep putting it in the “keep” stack.
From a now defunct blog called Mondo Daddykin, I have this info:
Hi. In 1966, the Man of Steel became a Broadway hit in “It’s A Bird, It’s A Plane, It’s Superman!” Actor Bob Holiday became the only man to play the comic book hero onstage, in a musical setting nonetheless! The play was written by David Newman and Robert Benton, who would later write for the Christopher Reeve “Superman” movies. Composer Charles Strouse (“Annie”) gave the stage musical an air of adventure with his dynamic score. The instrumental opening was very popular at the time, along with two of the play’s campy songs, “It’s Superman” and “You’ve Got Possibilities” (sung by Lois Lane to Clark Kent!) There was an official Broadway cast LP, which I do not have. I give you instead the cheap knockoff label Spinorama’s cash-in LP, which is even cooler in my opinion. Spinorama would license just enough rights to a popular character’s image and a taste of the real thing, and then fill out their records with their own house musicians performing related original material. In this case, the band is called The Supermen, and the music is…garage rock with a surf beat!! After the two licensed songs mentioned above (performed very well, by the way!), the Supermen kick out the jams with Ventures-style instrumentals named after Superman comic book imagery. You’ll recognize such icons as “Kryptonite” and “Fortress of Solitude.” My personal favorite is the “Bizarro Boogie” (Me am dancing!). Superman artist Wayne Boring provided the back cover art on the LP (included in the folder with the front cover as well). The pic you see here is one of my favorite Boring covers (which is anything but boring). Also in the folder are photos from the Broadway play. I threw in bonus tracks of the themes from the George Reeves TV series, the Max Fleischer cartoons from the ’40s, and the 1966 cartoon series, ending the CD with Charles Strouse’s super instrumental theme from the play. Enjoy! TRACK LISTING: 01. IT’S SUPERMAN, 02. YOU’VE GOT POSSIBILITIES, 03. MAN OF STEEL, 04. KRYPTONITE, 05. FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, 06. MR. MXYZPTLK, 07. BIZARRO BOOGIE, 08. CURSE OF THE DOUBLE L, 09. CLARK KENT’S SECRET IDENTITY, 10. METROPOLIS BY NIGHT, 11. THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN (1952 TV-THEME), 12. SUPERMAN- 1941 Max Fleischer Theme, 13. SUPERMAN-1966 TV-Cartoon Theme, 14. SUPERMAN- 1966 Broadway Theme.
Filed under: Comics,Music | 1960s, Broadway, LPs, Superman|No Comments
Fred Flintstone and Good Old Unreliable Dino, The Flintstones, Peter Pan Book and Records #1978, copyright 1976. What is that kid wearing?
Filed under: Comics,Music,Television | 1970s, 45s, Children's, Flintstones|No Comments
Hey, Peanuts! by Charles M. Schultz. First copyright is 1950, but this is the 1984 (forty-first!) printing. Fawcett publishers. The old Peanuts cartoon are pretty good. There at the end, the comic wasn’t very funny, but when they started running the old ones in the paper, those were funny.
The best cover I’ve seen for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. And I’ve seen a lot of them. I lived for awhile in Hannibal, MO, Samuel Clemens’ (aka Mark Twain) home town. And, I’m a librarian. Both those facts have given me ample opportunity to see many versions of Mark Twain’s work. This one is a Signet Classic copyright 1959, but this one was published in 1964.
Filed under: Books,Comics | 1950s, 1960s, 1980s, Charlie Brown, Literature, Mark Twain|No Comments
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