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Man-Thing (2005) From Comic Book to Screen

Posted on January 16, 2018September 18, 2023 by Mike Brooks

One of the great mysteries in the history of film is how and why Marvel put into production a film based on the comic book monster Man-Thing, a character with almost no name recognition – outside of comic book fans that is – and as a title it hadn’t been in publication for years, but…

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Swamp Thing (1982) From Comic Book to Screen

Posted on January 12, 2018March 31, 2023 by Mike Brooks

In 1971 writer Len Wein and legendary artist Bernie Wrightson created one of the most iconic and interesting creations to ever grace the pages of DC Comics Swamp Thing, and then roughly ten years later Wes Craven tried to bring this tortured hero’s story to the big screen.

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Happy (2017) – Review

Posted on December 29, 2017December 13, 2023 by Mike Brooks

With seasonal television programming cramming the airwaves with a variety of holiday saccharine material it’s nice to catch something a little different and the SyFy original series Happy is definitely something different.

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The Secrets of Isis (1975-1976) – Review

Posted on December 12, 2017June 6, 2019 by Mike Brooks

With the moderate success of Filmation’s live-action show Shazam! the studio decided to create a female counterpart to Captain Marvel but as they were unwilling to pay licensing fees for Mary Marvel a new character called Isis was created.

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Shazam! (1974-1977) – Review

Posted on December 8, 2017April 25, 2019 by Mike Brooks

In the early 70s kids were overjoyed to see Hanna-Barbera’s Super Friends cartoon, starring their favorite superheroes each and every Saturday morning, but over at rival animation house Filmation a half-hour live-action Saturday morning program, featuring the adventures of Captain Marvel, was being produced, and to say the results were something less than heroic would…

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