With the ratings success of The Incredible Hulk Returns it was a no-brainer that NBC would want another Marvel Team-up, despite the fact that the previous film failed at its primary mission which was to serve as a backdoor pilot for a Thor series, but if at first you don’t succeed try, try again. This…
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The Incredible Hulk Returns (1988) – Review
Superheroes crossing over into each other’s comics is certainly nothing new, the comic book Marvel Team-Ups was founded on that very premise, but when it came to live-action versions of these four-colour heroes that simply wasn’t the case, that is until the New World Television produced this made-for-television movie that brought the Asgardian hero Thor…
Japanese Spider-Man (1978-1979) – Review
In the early days of adapting comic books into live-action television shows or feature films things like “character accuracy” were rarely a concern to the producers of such enterprises but in the late 70s Marvel made a licensing deal with the Toei Company that would take that concept to the next level and the result…
Morbius (2022) – Review
In the early 70s the comic book industry’s self-censorship board, under the guise of the Comics Code Authority, was updated and the ban on stories dealing with vampires was lifted but instead of resurrecting Dracula editor-in-chief Stan Lee wanted a costumed villain and thus Morbius, the Living Vampire, was born, unfortunately, in 2022 this tragic…
Doctor Strange (1978) – Review
In the late 70s, CBS looked to be very interested in making a splash with television shows based on comic book heroes, hoping to have the same success that ABC had with Wonder Woman, and even though they did success with The Incredible Hulk, things didn’t go as well with their The Amazing Spider-Man series,…