Ah, for the Olden Days of Only a Handful of Earths!

These two pages are from Amazing Heroes #36, cover-dated December 1, 1983.

Eight Earths ... not a hundred, not fifty-two, but eight.  Ain't that sufficient?

I really wish that writers were creative enough to tell stories in just a couple of little old universes.  Instead of blowing whole cosmoses up every few years, they could try blowing up some preconceptions like continuing story arcs, neurotic heroes, and obsessive hyper-continuity.

Call 'em imaginary stories, or "what if?" and otherwise have some characters that have the same costume or girlfriend or backstory for a year or so.

Rant concluded.  See you next Monday!

  

The Eggheads Like MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR

At least, that's what I gleaned from this review in the December 1967 Saturday Review.

I even agree with Mike Jahn that Sgt Pepper isn't the be-all and end-all of Western Civilization.  Don't string me up!

  

See you Thursday.

  

Shoppin’ Silly, the Amazon Way! #5

We all know that websites, especially sellers, use algorithms to analyze our transactions. They then tailor “suggestions” targeted to our presumed buying practices.

But sometimes those algorithms produce silly results!

While I really like Stephen King's writing in "The Body," I don't think it (or its original publication in Different Seasons) merit being listed as a reference book.

Even less so do I agree with the sorting algorithm which placed these JFK-assassination books in "Humor & Entertainment."

The moral is, Don't take computer suggestions without a little good ol' human dubiosity!  See you on Monday.  Happy shopping!

  

A Late December!

Here are the pages for December from the PsychoFLAIRapy calendar. Sorry to be tardy!

Those crazy PsychoFLAIRians, as you've noticed, wear nothing but G-strings and bikinis all year round.

PS -- as a special reward for sticking with us through the entire year of "1971=2021" calendar pages ...

Here's the BACK side of the December calendar.  It's proof that my talents don't run to freehand sketching.

  

No CODs for This Shopping List!

In December 1971 I thought it a neato, keen-o idea to concoct some anarchic kid's demolition Xmas list.

Pretty hyperbolic, huh?

Check out the back side of this typed sheet, on which I wrote the item prices before totaling them up on Dad's 15-pound electric adding machine.

And what do YOU want for Christmas, my precious?  Ponder that while waiting for Thursday's post!

  

Get Ready for Some Hope!

As we get ready to celebrate the greatest gift of all -- hope for everybody -- here's a new compilation of Christmas music.  Here are the tracks:

01 - Joy to the World - Cathedral Brass - 1998  (1:23)

02 - The First Nowell - The Elizabethan Singers - 1965  (4:09)

03 - I Wonder as I Wander - Radhika Miller - 1990  (3:17)

04 - Away in a Manger - John Edwards-Rondal Wallace - 2003  (3:19)

05 - Lullabies for the Baby Jesus - Mitzie Collins, Glennda Dove & Roxanne Ziegler - 1986  (3:14)

06 - Gloria! To God Sing Gloria! - arr Lloyd Larson - 2008  (3:40)

07 - What Child Is This - Jill Justice - 1990  (4:48)

08 - Santa Claus Is Coming to Town - The Fab Four - 2002  (2:07)

09 - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - London Festival Choir & London Symphony Brass Ensemble - 1987  (2:19)

10 - Lux Hodie...Orientis Partibus - Joel Cohen - 1975  (3:00)

11 - Concert Variations on “Adeste Fidelis” - Anna Maria Mendieta - 1993  (4:37)

12 - Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella - John Edwards-Rondal Wallace - 2003  (2:41)

13 - Sweet Child of Glory - Mary O'Hara - 1962  (2:03)

14 - Children, Run Joyfully - St. Louis Jesuits - 1977  (2:36)

15 - Fantasy on “O Come, Little Children” - Joseph Martin - 1997  (4:21)

16 - Hallelujah to the New Born King - His Love, Reaching - 1975  (1:38)

17 - Ding Dong! Merrily on High - London Festival Choir & London Symphony Brass Ensemble - 1987  (2:06)

18 - Zither Carol - James Galway Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Singers, Chapel Choir Of King's School Canterbury - 1986  (2:54)

19 - Silent Night - The Elizabethan Singers - 1965  (3:07)

20 - I Wonder as I Wander - Kathleen Battle - 1986  (2:57)

21 - Twelve Days of Christmas - The Swingle Singers - 1987  (2:56)

22 - Go Tell It on the Mountain - Cambridge Singers, City of London Sinfonia - 1993  (3:13)

23 - Sound Over All Waters - Theresa Thomason and Paul Halley - 1998  (4:12)

24 - Hark! - The Fab Four - 2008  (1:44)

25 - For All Eternity - Classic Fox Records - 2006  (1:48)

26 - All Is Well - Michael W Smith et al - 2010  (4:09)

Don't forget that things don't have to end dark and lonely.  Check out the light of the world, he's pretty cool!

https://www.filefactory.com/file/6rh6zylbegrs/MA-154.rar

See you on Thursday!

  

Superboy TV, Part 4

PART ONE

PART TWO

PART THREE

As elucidated in these earlier installments, this is a promo packet sent to syndicating stations for the 2nd season of Superboy.  It's courtesy of Ranger Roger, aka Mark Barragar.  I'm sad when I recall that it's been 10 years now since Mark's death.  Sah-LOOT!

Above are the front, unfolded interior, and back of this big folder.

The material for this post comprises the stuff provided for print ads -- for local newspapers or the rags' Sunday supplements, etc.

That's why the top-left corner of this legal-size folder says "Print Advertising."  Now, brace yourselves for a lot of now-quaint letterings, logos, and clip-art-type treasures!

This week!  Next week!  Tuesday!  Thursday!  All new!  The head spins!

When your mind straightens out after all this dizzying promotion, come back on Thursday for some what-have-you.