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Thursday, December 16, 2010

The Hunter and the Hunted!

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According to the DC Wiki, the cover for World’s Finest 181, cover-dated December 1968, was by Irv Norvick. Cary Bates was the writer, an...
Monday, December 13, 2010

Book Review: Vampires, Burial, and Death

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The subtitle of this fine book by Paul Barber, "Folklore and Reality," explains the contrast which is the subject of his research....
Thursday, December 09, 2010

Talking to the Author of Kennedy Must Be Killed

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Well, I've chatted a bit online with Chuck Helppie, author of the book just reviewd in the previous post.  Here are my notes, then his, ...
Wednesday, December 08, 2010

Book Review: Kennedy Must Be Killed

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Boy howdy, this is an interesting book. In 1976, a book by Carl Oglesby, The Yankee and Cowboy War , posited that the "old money...
Friday, December 03, 2010

The Demon Under the Red Sun! (Part Two)

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When last we left our hero, he was having trouble lifting a fellow who weighed "only" 500 pounds. On this world zig-zagging thro...
Wednesday, December 01, 2010

The Demon Under the Red Sun! (Part One)

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Wow!  Check out the cool cover of Superman 184.  Not only are these people downright murderous, they have bad dental hygiene!  At least, the...
Monday, November 29, 2010

The Persistence of a Folk Song

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There's a folk song from the British Isles, called "Lord Randall."  Here are the words of one version: Lord Randall ...
Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Who Can Save Us Now?

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This is an anthology of stories about varying aspects of the superhero life.  Some stories are silly, some are serious, some are more ...
Friday, November 19, 2010

Book Review: The Supergirls

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The complete title of this fun book is The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines . With chapter ...
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Monday, November 15, 2010

The Two Ghosts of Superman!

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This was the cover story of Superman 186, cover-dated May, 1966.  The art was by Al Plastino (with touches by others), and the story was...
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Saturday, November 13, 2010

CBS's "Psycho" Trend

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Has anybody noticed CBS's penchant last week for referring to Alfred Hitchock's Psycho film? On Wednesday night's Criminal...
Friday, November 12, 2010

Awkward Phrasing 101

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Here we have a book by Michel Flynn, In the Country of the Blind , about conspiracy theories and secret societies and attempts to influenc...
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Monday, November 08, 2010

Soon I Will Be Invincible

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This is a delightful read. It's told in two first-person POVs.  The first is the tale of the greatest criminal genius of all...
Thursday, November 04, 2010

Vulcan Doomed -- Film at Eleven

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OKLAHOMA CITY (Disassociated Press) -- Once a fine polystyrene character from Ben Cooper, a once-proud Mr Spock mask disappeared into the ga...
Tuesday, November 02, 2010

The Essential Superman Encyclopedia

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This is a fine book with some rough edges. It’s modeled on Michael Fleischer’s The Great Superman Book , first published in 1978. Here ...
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Mark Alfred
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
I was born at a very early age, in a hospital to be near my mother. After appearing in productions of both GODSPELL and JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR in the 1970s, I found a wonderful wife and wrote many love songs to her, but not as many love songs as I write to God my Savior and Redeemer. We have three kids (one of each) -- wait for it -- blonde, brunette, and redhead.
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