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Super Movies – Captain America, Chapters 2-5
Continuing our look back at Captain America’s first screen appearance, the 1944 Republic serial Captain America. At the end of Chapter One, “The Purple Death,” Captain America (also known as crusading district attorney  Grant Gardner) was trapped in a building … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – JLA/Avengers
So a few weeks ago, we looked at Defenders #62-63, in which a large number of heroes came together almost at random to try out for the Defenders in a huge mega-crossover. Next we looked at Marvel Super Hero Contest … Continue reading
Super Movies – Captain America (1944)
While discussing Howard the Duck last time, I mentioned that the only Marvel Comics character to make it to the big screen previously was Captain America. Given the current release of the latest (and one might even say “Ultimate”) Marvel … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Contest of Champions
Last time, we discussed Defenders #62 and #63, in which an open casting call was given out for membership, which was answered by a lot of heroes. And although it was played for laughs, it seemed to have sparked an … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Defenders #62-63
Since we talked about The Defenders last week, I thought I would share a bit of another storyline. About a year before the issues which wrapped up the Omega storyline, I picked up a couple of random issues of The … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – The Defenders #76-77
This has been a long time coming. I’ve been intending to cover these two issues ever since I first started the Vault over at They Stole Frazier’s Brain in April of 2008. That first Out of the Vault was a … Continue reading
Super Movies – The Incredible Hulk, Part 2
Continuing our recap of The Incredible Hulk starring Ed Norton and Liv Tyler. But first, I mentioned last week that this film departs from the Ang Lee film in several ways to draw more inspiration from the 70’s/80’s TV series … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Paper and Ink
Late post coming in, not to talk about any specific comic, but about the changes in the physical product since I started buying comics in the late 1960’s. When I was a kid, comics were still considered a throwaway product. … Continue reading
Super Movies – Ivan Reitman’s Watchmen
Most fans know about the unreleased Fantastic Four movie that was made by Roger Corman’s New World studio, or the unaired Justice League TV pilot starring David Ogden Stiers as Martian Manhunter. There are plenty of low-quality bootleg copies floating … Continue reading
Out of the Vault – Superboy Starring the Legion of Super-Heroes
So last week, we talked about a reprint book DC tried in the mid-70’s featuring the Legion of Super-Heroes. But why did they try to cash in with some cheap Legion reprints? Because Superboy, which featured revolving back-up features including … Continue reading
