Superman Evolves! (Until 1983)

It's been more than a decade since I stopped buying new Superman comics.  Frankly, I felt dicked around as a reader by folks who were chasing ephemeral boss dictates or demographic phantoms than seeking to entertain and/or inspire people who wanted to read about Truth, Justice, and the American Way.

This article is from Comics Collector #1, dated Spring 1983.  It's a fine survey, with plenty of clipped-out figure illos, of the progression of the Man of Steel from radical strongman to beloved institution, to "old hat" seeking relevance.

See you Monday.  Have you got any comments on Superman's Evo/Devo-lutions?

Give My Creation LIFE!

Yes, it,s MA-80, Boneyard Bash.  Dead for a few years, resurrected just for you!

01. Reveille - American Military Bugle Call (0:21)

02. Danse Macabre (Franz Liszt piano transcription) - Camille Saint-Saëns   (9:53)

03. Graveyard Dance - Ray Sanders (1:45)

04. March of the Trolls - Edward Grieg (2:48)

05. Zombie Stomp - The Del-Aires (2:05)

06. Dance in the Graveyards - Delta Rae (3:39)

07. Laurie (Strange Things Happen) - Dickey Lee (3:05)

08. The Skeleton Dance (1929) - Carl Stalling (5:35)

09. 'Til the Following Night - Screaming Lord Sutch with The Savages (3:42)

10. Spookie Boogie - Cecil Campbell and His Tennessee Ramblers (2:25)

11. Zombie Jamboree (Back to Back) - Harry Nilsson (2:55)

12. Yodeling Ghost - Patsy Montana (3:03)

13. She Came Out of the Cold (1967 demo) - The Iveys (2:14)

14. The Cat - Rod Willis (2:22)

15. Tennessee Hillbilly Ghost - Terry Preston (Ferlin Husky) (2:23)

16. Cha Cha with the Zombies - The Upperclassmen (2:36)

17. Skeleton Frolic (1937) - Joe DeNat (7:07)

18. The Way Out Mummy - Bob Ridgley (1:58)

19. Rigormortis Rock - The Gazmen (2:13)

20. Pet Sematary - Ramones (3:29)

21. Misty Water Woman - Rick Springfield (4:35)

22. The Ghost Song - Salty Holmes (2:50)

23. Flip Top Box - Dickey Doo and The Don'ts (2:08)

24. Dead Shall Rise - The Dark (3:52)

Included are exclusive liner notes about the selections. I must comment on the brilliant Carl Stalling score for the 1929 Silly Symphony Skeleton Dance. In all commercial releases, there's a small audio dropout about one minute in. I fixed it with a little mad-doctor stitching.

Well, this concludes our month of fun of BLOG-O-WEEN on the Super Blog and SPOOKY SPOCK-TOBER on the Record Round-Up.

Seems I forgot the link.  Sorry about the trick!  HERE IS THE LINK

See you on Thursday for our regularly scheduled silliness!

   

Hometown Monsters?

Out here in the supposed boonies of Oklahoma, any kind o' critter is likely to pop up!

It's from the August 3, 2006 Oklahoman.  PS I don't know how big a foot is required, to qualify for that moniker.  I mean, I got family members who wear size 14!

See you tomorrow, HALLOWEEN, for the resurrection of a long-dead music comp, just for my fiends!