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Super Movies – The Crow

In 1994, Miramax Pictures released the film adaptation of The Crow. They were not the original studio. Paramount was originally supposed to distribute the film, but they dropped out after star Brandon Lee was killed in an accident on the … Continue reading

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Super Movies – Faust: Love of the Damned

Our month-long Halloween extravaganza continues with Faust: Love of the Damned. Faust got its start as an independent, black-and-white comic book written by David Quinn with artwork by Tim Vigil (as previously discussed in Out of the Vault here). The … Continue reading

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Super Movie Monday – Jack the Giant Killer

Okay, I admit, this one doesn’t have even the slightest connection to superheroes except maybe that Dell published a Jack the Giant Killer comic to tie in with the movie. Anyway, everything I wanted to do I either don’t have … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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Super Movie Monday – Adventures in Babysitting

I know, I know. What the hell is this 80’s teen comedy doing in a weekly feature about superhero movies? Well, in honor of the debut of Marvel’s Thor in theaters this past Friday, I thought I’d give you a … Continue reading

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Super Movie Monday – My Super Ex-Girlfriend

Okay, this week’s Super Movie Monday will be pretty long, because if ever a movie did not deserve to be discussed for two weeks, it’s this one. My Super Ex-Girlfriend was released in 2006 to take advantage of all the … Continue reading

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