Cool Stuff: Holy Merchandise, It's More Bat-Stuff!

I'm not sure what the country this action figure was produced in, but I'm guessing it was the local licensor of Mego's stuff!



I don't know what a Menko Card Game is, but here's a Batman one from Japan!



Mexican Lobby Card from the 1967 Batman movie!



Hey, I think that Mr. Green here is that reissued Batman parachutist I referred to a few days ago!



Multiple Toymakers apparently made this figurine in 1966, it must be part of a set, but I don't believe I've seen the full set!



My son would love this Batman nite-lite!



"Oil Can" Puzzle! I believe this was part of a series focusing on the Super Foes, this one featuring the Penguin!



Pencil case!



Italian poster for the 1967 Batman movie! It definitely seems like every time I put up a poster for a Batman movie or serial, there's a good chance the tights will be colored red!



Print Putty, made by Colorforms!



These 1981 puffy stickers feature some classic images, eh?

And we'll wrap up this installment with some photos of custom-made Batman character puppets designed to fit in with the Ideal 1960s puppets!


Batgirl!


The Joker!


The Riddler!



And here they are with the official Batman and Robin ones!

Cool Stuff: Original Comic Art!

Let's begin with some Superboy pages!



Here's page 3 from Superboy #117, by Curt Swan!



Page 1 from Superboy #126, by George Papp!



Page 24 from Superboy #93, again by Papp!



Next up, we have page 20 from Super Friends #45, by Joe Staton!



Up next, here's page 32 from Superman #94, by Al Plastino!



OK, this isn't really original comic art, but I thought you might enjoy this look at a proof page from the 1939 Superman comic strip!



Next, we've got the cover for Superman #235, by Neal Adams! That cover blurb kind of answers its own question, doesn't it?



Next, we have page 14 from Superman #307, by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez!



Here's page 14 from Superman #321, by Curt Swan!



Page 32 from the same issue!

More Superman next time!

Give-A-Show Fridays: Snuffy Smith and Bozo the Clown!

By the 10's: Blackhawk, Part 3!

And with this installment, we should wrap up Blackhawk!



As you can see, by issue 210, the standard Blackhawk uniforms were long gone!



Issue 220



Issue 230 - the most infamous Blackhawk issue of all!



Issue 240 - small wonder the series got cancelled not too long after this, eh?



Issue 250 - part of a brief revival in the 1970s.



Issue 260 - the final revival (under the original numbering) in the 1980s!



Issue 270!

Next time: Would you believe Coo Coo Comics?

Random Videos of Geekery: 1960s Hulk, Episodes 19 and 20!

Episode Nineteen:


Episode Twenty:

Cool Stuff: Yep, It's More Bat-Stuff!

Good thing I know you guys don't get tired of Batman merchandise quickly!



As cheesy as this German Batman handpuppet looks... I want one!



A girl's Bat-Wallet here!



These self-adhesive patches were sold through gumball machines, according to the seller!



Here's a photo of the gameboard for Hasbro's Batman board game!



This next item is a flying inflatable Robin figure from Japan... and I hope the phrase "inflatable Robin" doesn't end up getting some unwanted attention from... shall we say... Google searches that are a bit outré?



Italian poster for the 1967 Batman movie!



Speaking of 1967, here's a Japanese Batman postcard from that year!



Joker pillowcases! Guaranteed to make sure you don't get a good night's sleep, I'm sure!



This Joker yo-yo is much newer than the stuff I usually present here, but the idea is so perfect I had to save the photo!



The infamous Adam West Life cover!



1966 Magic Slate! I hope none of you are going to comment that you don't know what one of those is!

Famous Monsters #147, Part 5!

As promised, this time around, we look at the article "Close Encounters of the Weird Kind"!



This article was an overview of SF tv shows and movies announced as going into production... and as was the case with some of the Castle of Frankenstein articles of the same type, I'm guessing not all of these made it into production! On this first page... the only movies I recognize that made it into production are "Starcrash" and "The Alien" (renamed simply "Alien" prior to release).



Mentioned on these pages are "The Altered State," which sounds like it was the original title of "Altered States," then "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes," "The BOys From Brazil," "Brianstorm," "The MArtian Chronicles," "The Incredible Shrinking Woman," "Flash Gordon," and "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," along with a lot of movies I doubt made it into production (heck, one movie mentioned was "Bicentennial Man," which finally got made this decade).



The final page of the article mentions a lot of movies, but I don't know if any of them outside of "Meteor" went into production! "Jaws 2" is mentioned with the photo, but not in the text.

Page 35, the final page of this installment, features "Mystery Photo #109," which I can't place at all... maybe one of you can? Apparently if you scramble the letters in "Bad Droid Food Lost On Mall" you can get the title of the movie this is from...

Next time around: Barry Atwater and Vampire Jokes!

By the 10's: Blackhawk, Part 2!

And how, the DC years!



As you can see by issue 110's cover, when DC took over the title, it pretty much went wacky right away, with transformations worthy of Jimmy Olsen and more!



Here's issue 120's cover... makes me suspect DC had no idea what they were going to do with the title after they acquired it from Quality!



Issue 130... now there's a sentence you don't see spoken in comics these days, eh? Well, maybe some manga titles...



Issue 140's cover is a welcome respite from the weirdness previously... with Lady Blackhawk!



But with issue 150, we're back to the weirdness again!



Seriously, did DC have any idea what had happened in any of the Quality issues of the book? I mean, sure, the war stories may have fallen out of favor, but, come on!



Issue 170...



Issue 180... any time you wonder why DC ended up making the Blackhawks superheroes, think back to this run of issues!



Issue 190!



Issue 200!

One more segment to go on this one!