The Ringmaster — Marvel Mini-Bust
The Ringmaster (and his Circus of Crime): is there ever a group as sorry as these criminals in all of comics? A truly second-tier villain and his henchmen who probably…
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GuildWars 2 — The Return of the Mesmer Profession
GuildWars 2, the follow-up to the popular MMORPG GuildWars, in development now for several months, has been slowly divulging elements of the game. Over that time, the developers disclosed seven…
This Week in Comics — 2011/12/14
Star Trek & The Legion of Super Heroes #3 The team-up comic is now in its third issue and only now have the heroes of both worlds met. And, of…
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“This Island Earth” (1955)
[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047577/] Atomic scientist Doctor Carl Meacham (Rex Reason) is selected to join a very secret scientific research organization, based on his ability to assemble a device beyond any human science.…
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Hypnotic Spy Movies — 2 of Salon’s 20 Classic Spy Movies
Just a short notice: Salon Magazine, an online magazine / website, just published a list of 20 classic spy movies. Includes among them (and placed very high on the list)…
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‘Hypnotism Practiced Over Airway!’ — Radio World, March 27, 1926
An experiment on the effectiveness of hypnotism by radio was conducted in Boston and Springfield, Mass, by WBZ. Prof. Gerald M. P. Fitzgibbons, who stood at a microphone in Springfield,…
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‘The Truth About Hypnosis’ — Llewellyn
Llewellyn is one of the major and best known sources for a variety of materials, including but note solely limited to alternative, New Age, psychic, pagan ... You get the…
“Paradise Dungeons” — A Critical History of Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman may be the absolute strangest fictional character ever to become popular. Created by William Moulton Marston, she is explicitly a character created to promote his vision of a…
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‘Ersatz Patriotism’ — Sensation, March, 1942
Its not an idle figure of speech when the Nazi race is described as a hypnotized people! With the German hordes being decimated by the avenging Russian army, the fantastic…
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Eye strain (caused by broken glasses) combined with muscle tension headache (work related plus maybe caffeine withdrawal symptoms) means reduced computer time for a while until I recover. In the…