In Other News ...

Of course, we're going to see the new Superman movie on opening night.  But cast your memories back a couple of decades ... 

Back in 2006, Superman Returns was the "new" Superman movie.  While there was a lot of good in it, there was just too much creepy x-ray spying and other stuff going on.  However ...

Somehow our local rag heard about my status as a big Superman fan.  I took a reporter and a photog on a tour of the Fortress of Markitude and ended up on the front page!

Above is the article as scanned from the June 28, 2006 Oklahoman.  Following are pix taken for the article.

Here I am showing off some issues in the Comics Closet.

This is a copy of Superman #158, which introduced (among other things) Nightwing and Flame Bird.

The above photo WAS NOT in the article, but it's me in 1963 with the same issue of Superman #158, when it was new.

Here I am with an (empty) box of wonderful Superman processed cheese food!

Here's a separate photo of the box, which can be studied in depth here.

See you at the movies!

  

Superman Is Back!

...And I've got him!

Yup, the door leading into the Fortress of Markitude bears a couple of posters.  The bottom one:

Here's a closer view.  The Interwebs tell me this promo poster is from 1993.  It's been on this here door since the Fortress of Markitude was established in 2004.

Tell me some of YOUR old comics-poster tales!

  

Don't Put Them in the Dishwasher

Here are four glasses dated 1976, which I bought at the time as released. I think from Dairy Queen, here in OKC???

Here is the promo poster in situ in the Comics Closet of the Fortress of Markitude.

A little more detail in CUs of top and bottom halves.

And a CU of the corner.

Finally, here are those glasses on one of the shelves in the Fortress.

PS this person's post shows the backside of the glasses and transcribes the text from same.

You must admit, many might have the glasses, but who has the poster????  See you Monday, campers!

   

Slightly Green, Anyway!

Good ol' Muh-ZAY-puh may not be Irish, but I got some. So here's a memory that's at least PARTIALLY green ...

As revealed in 2019, I got myself one of them there Underground Cards rapidly.

It rests on display in a place of honor in the Fortress of Markitude.  Come on over and see it sometime!  Until then, check back on Monday for more MARCH MAZEPPA MADNESS!!!!
  

My Little Lamby

For this last post in this February month of love, I’m gonna tell you about my oldest friend.

My little Lamby may not look like much now, but she’s been my friend since the beginning. I have a feeling that Mom made her from terrycloth and filled her with foam rubber. Her eyes and nose are flannel dots. Sometime before my tenth birthday I got ahold of a black magic marker. I colored her eyes and made her nose a heart. You CAN see that her nose is a heart, right? 

Here I am at three months old. Mom took this picture of (L-R) Sue, Dad holding me (and me holding Lamby), and Robert. Mom made matching shirts.

I’m six months old in the above photo. Note that my blanket’s made from the same cloth as our shirts in the previous photo.

Little Lamby’s filling has mostly crumbled. Nowadays she tends to settle according to the dictates of gravity. I propped her up here, in the Fortress of Markitude, overlooked in the background by a photo of my three-year-old self.

Here we are, in a photo taken by someone who’s an even better friend. Lamby and I don’t cuddle much any more, out of respect for her brittle condition. But she has stuck with me for some 64 years now, and I ain’t gonna ditch her now!

Now, Lamby isn’t a showoff. Usually she just hangs out on a display shelf with other items of alternately detritus or treasure status.

Someday I’ll tell you about Kitty-Cat. Until then, tell me—do you have any long-lived friends from babyhood or childhood? 

See you on Monday, March 1st, for the commencement of 2021’s March Mazeppa Madness!

  

  

A Dusty Christmas Present

On Christmas Day, in 1977, I was 21.  And my folks knew I loved Star Trek.

So it was only logical to give me this towel.  Of course this is an imaginary scene; the (TV) Enterprise never slapped around a Klingon ship in this fashion.

Forty-some years later, the towel is still in fine fettle, though unused.

It adorns one of the walls in the Fortress of Markitude.

Have you any 40+-year-old Christmas treasures?

  

Superman Music Source Uncovered!

Here’s the final update on the Adventures of Superman music I have scored (get it?) over the years.  While rummaging through the dankest corners of the Fortress of Markitude, I came across the original paperwork from “Vintage Soundtrak,” the source of my compilations of AoS music.

First off, here are those two comps:

https://www.filefactory.com/file/57krm23qnpwa/MA-52.rar

01. Mysterioso (2:13)

02. Wax Museum (1:32)

03. Build to Sting (0:18)

04. Frantic Rhythm (1:53)

05. Violin Scream (1:19)

06. The Getaway (0:57)

07. Fight (3:13)

08. Jump the Fence! (1:19)

09. Queasy (1:34)

10. Deserted Village (1:33)

11. Rip Through Fear (1:03)

12. Face at the Window (1:44)

13. Eerie Oboe (1:22)

14. Flute to Finale (0:53)

15. Night of Terror (2:29)

16. Sad Romance (1:20)

17. Monkey Mystery (1:18)

18. Airport (0:37)

19. Slow Carousel (0:46)

20. Radio Waltz (1:43)

21. Tango (2:09)

22. Silsby Pastorale (1:43)

23. Life and Death (2:28)

24. Romantic Interlude (1:54)

25. Blue Melody (1:41)

26. World of Tomorrow (3:10)

27. Menace (1:34)

28. City Desk (1:21)

29. Sword of Damocles (2:56)

30. Cat Burglar (1:28)

31. Atlantic Rollers (2:09)

32. Solemn Moment (1:31)

33. Sea Power (1:35)

34. Scotland Yard (2:59)

35. Prelude to Crime (0:24)

36. Crime Doesn't Pay (2:47)

37. Changing Moods I (3:01)

38. Changing Moods II (2:48)

39. Humorous In & Out (0:34)

40. Chameleon Moods (2:40)

41. Free for All (1:35)

42. Hope Abandoned (2:47)

43. Arctic Wastes (2:25)

(UPDATED 2021 LINK:)

MA-55 - Adventures of Superman - More Library Recordings

01. Eerie Night - F G Charrosin (3:10)

02.  Tragedy - Unknown Artist (1:26)

03. Lost in a Fog - Ronald Hanmer (1:25)

04. Dismal Swamp - King Palmer (1:37)

05. Mists - Unknown Artist (1:18)

06. The Tell-Tale Heart - Jack Foulds (2:48)

07. The Ghost Walks - F G Charrosin (1:41)

08. Stealthy Footsteps - F G Charrosin (1:49)

09. Confusion - F G Charrosin (1:17)

10. Rebellion & General Havoc - Edward Carmer (1:34)

11. Disorder - Edward Carmer (1:20)

12. Desert Caravan - Granville Bantock (3:02)

13. Storm at Sea - Unknown Artist (2:52)

14. Tenebrae - Unknown Artist (3:05)

15. Condemned - Unknown Artist (3:02)

16. Dramatique - Unknown Artist (1:03)

17. Tumult & Commotion - Miklós Rózsa (1:20)

18. Mechanical Monster - Unknown Artist (1:50)

19. Danger Ahead - Unknown Artist (1:45)

20. Men of Steel - Miklós Rózsa (1:39)

21. Informal Interview - Ronald Hanmer (2:38)

22. Bits and Pieces - Ronald Hanmer (0:58)

23. Just Whimsical - Ronald Hanmer (1:40)

24. Way Out East - Ronald Hanmer (2:59)

25. Dagger in the Dark - Ronald Hanmer (3:06)

26. Magic Necklace Cue - Modest Mussorgsky (2:00)

27. Seven Souvenirs Cue - Modest Mussorgsky (1:44)

28. Catacombs - With the Dead in a Dead Language - Modest Mussorgsky (3:58)

It was in late 1991 or 1992 that I ordered a couple of cassettes of music from Vintage Soundtrak.  One of those tapes was out of stock, so they sent me another.

Here is the order form they enclosed:

Note that you could order WITH or WITHOUT Dolby processing!

And they enclosed a very informative note on how they dubbed the music.

Following are the summary pages of their offerings.  Full of nifty info!

Boy, I wish I could go back in time and order all of those puppies!

Well, that’s about it, Super-Fans!  Tune in again for more excitement ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­next Monday!