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Because honestly, I did not know this. Or if I ever did at any point it was buried so far back into my subconscious that it was lost in a memory black hole. But he was related. In the original radio broadcast he was the grandson/grand-nephew of The Lone Ranger because that broadcast was a spin-off of The Lone Ranger radio show. And then that little tidbit got lost when it went into TV because of ownership issues. Does it crop up every once in a while? I don’t know. I haven’t seen the recent movies. Any comments on that? I did some digging. NotRead More →

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I recently ran across a new to me website that I’ve fallen in love with – The Silver Petticoat Review: Romance in Entertainment. What I love about it is that it feeds my “and I want some romance in what I watch” craving with regards to video fare. To be perfectly honest I usually don’t seek out stuff on TV and in the movies for romance. If it’s called a romance, half the time I’ll be leery of it in the first place. But I like to know what’s out there at the same time.Read More →

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Eighty years after Superman arrived on Earth, Bruce Wayne first donned his cowl and Steve Rogers transformed into Captain America, the boundless imagination once confined to the pages of popular comic books has become a bottomless well of inspiration to real-life military researchers around the world.The cutting-edge science and otherworldly gadgets that have been integral to the rise of iconic American superheroes — and helped fuel their unprecedented success at the box office and fan conventions over the past two decades — can no longer be considered purely science fiction, insiders and analysts say. Iron Man-inspired, jetpack-powered exoskeleton wows military leadersRead More →

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I’ve always preferred DC Comics but there is no denying that Stan Lee was a comic book creative genius his entire career. He will be missed by all comic book fans.  Around 10 minutes long but still an enjoyable watch:  And finally for more information about his life and death:  Stan Lee, the comic book mastermind who changed the landscape of the superhero genre by creating countless beloved characters, has died at age 95. An attorney for Lee’s daughter, J.C. Lee, said the creative dynamo who revolutionized the comic world by introducing human frailties in superheroes such as Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four and The IncredibleRead More →

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I mean, really bad ones.  First a side note. I browse a lot of old book covers, aka pulp fiction, doing research. A lot. And the one thing that always amazes me is just how bad a rap romance has always gotten with regard to the covers in the genre. I guess the thing that gets me the most is that while there may be some bad covers in the romance genre, they ain’t got nothing on the really old covers from other genres. All popular genre have their problems but, for me, mysteries and science fiction have produced some doozies of covers over theRead More →

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I make no secret of the fact that I love Lois & Clark/Superman. I also love a lot of different versions of the characters. But I have to say that these New Frontier retro versions of them are really special. I have the Justice League animated video of The New Frontier and I love that it’s so different so much that I don’t even care that Lois is only in it for a couple of scenes. So good. So when I saw these panels, I literally squeeged. Am I imagining it or would these make excellent Halloween costumes/cos-play? Read More →

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Otherwise known as getting in the mood for Halloween.  I was re-watching the old TV series Jonathan Creek after finding it on Amazon Prime and got curious about the theme music. I figured it was written for the series but nope. Apparently the theme of that show is part of a fairly famous piece of music written by Camille Saint-Saëns with very strong roots in Halloween. More on that in moment. Also, once you get something like that in your head it’s hard to get it out so I thought everyone else should also have it firmly in their head for Halloween too. So enjoy.  WhatRead More →

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This isn’t something that comes up a lot but I have a thing for the old style black and white monster movies. So here’s a question, are there any romances out there with monsters in them a la Universal Studios old style monsters? We all know there are a very large gaggle of vampires, shifters and what have you in romances nowadays, but they don’t really count as those old style monsters. So are there any? Pretty sure I’ve run across a Frankenstein type in a romance in the past but the others?  And the reason this came up is the following, which kind ofRead More →

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Geographical fun: being humourous outlines of various countries, with an introduction and descriptive lines is a 1860s book compiled by “Aleph”, nom de plume of London surgeon and educator William Harvey. The young lady who is responsible for these Sketches is now in her fifteenth year, and her first idea of Map Drawing is traceable to her meeting with a small figure of Punch riding on a Dolphin, and contrived to represent England. The thought occurred to her when seeking to amuse a brother confined to his bed by illness. It is believed that there illustrations of Geography may be rendered educations, and prove of service toRead More →

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I noticed recently that Captain America had wings on his costume sometimes. Usually more likely on the WWII era costumes but sometimes on more modern ones. And I was like, wait, what? Because I have no idea why he would. At all. So I did some digging and came up with an article called The Evolution of Captain America’s Uniform about all the different variations he’s worn in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). But still since they echo what was in the comics in various eras, it’s a good illustration of what I’m talking about. It’s hard to see but some of them have embossedRead More →

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Source: These Gorgeous Animal Constellation Cookies Are Simply out of This World – I Can Has Cheezburger? Just saying, because these are almost too pretty to eat. Or should I say out of this world. But the process of making them is even more unbelievable. I can’t help thinking mine would come out looking like… not constellations… if I was playing with this dough. Read More →