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…
Category: TV
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…
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,…
Underdog (1964 -1967) – Review
In the annals of superheroes, there is one such individual who stands head and shoulders above all others, a paragon of virtue and unbridled strength whose belief in Truth, Justice and the American Way makes him noble if a little naïve, of course, this hero is Superman, the last son of Krypton, but in 1964…
The Incredible Hulk (1977) – Review
With superhero shows exploding across various streaming services and network channels it’s almost hard to believe that a television program based on a comic book character would have been a hard sell, but in the 1970s there were only a few examples and very few worked, there was very successful Wonder Woman series with Linda…