This Week in Comics — 2011/02/09
"Batman -- The Brave and the Bold #4" "The Bride and the Bold" Wonder Woman assists Batman by taking on the supervillainess Giganta while he deals with her partner Mouse…
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‘The Sleep of Reason’ — “Petrocelli”
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A student has a violent argument with his professor, storms out of class, then returns several minutes later, brandishing a gun and shoots the professor before the entire class. Its a classic open and shut case, except the student doesn’t remember anything of the incident. That’s what gets Petrocelli’s attention.
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My Thanks to You All
[amtap book:isbn=0471831123] Just a short note to thank all of you who click on the Amazon links that I include with some of the postings here, even if you don't…
Vampirella — Part II
The second installment about the mesmeric character Vampirella
Vampirella — Part I
A true survivor: created in 1969 as merely the host of a Warren Publishing B&W horror magazine, Vampirella evolved past her counterparts Uncle Creepy and Cousin Eerie into becoming a real character in her own right, one being published to this day.
“Death Note”
What can you do when you have the power of life and death, especially traceless, unstoppable death, over anyone you can name? In “Death Note”, Light Yagami discovers that despite his best (and worst) intentions, no real good can come of it.
A Comics-Based Makeover
From the "Geeks Are Sexy" website: cosmetics from MAC Cosmetics inspired by the comics character Wonder Woman. And just what would that have to do with hypnosis? Well, remembering Wonder…
Posted inNonfiction The HiM Collection
“They Came From Hyde Brothers” — 2011/01/15
I really should check out Hyde Brothers more regularly. That's a local used book store of the old school type which has been the source for a good percentage of…
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Milestone
The previous post, "The Hypnotic Eye (1960) Part I" is my 50th post. Hard to believe that I've come this far already. That roughly means I've posted 10 times per…
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“The Hypnotic Eye” (1960) Part I
[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053931/]
Beautiful women disfigure themselves under the hypnotic control of a suave stage hypnotist and his sinister assistant. Part I (here) consists of a description of and the history of the movie: subsequent parts will include selections of the promotional material and press images (from my extensive collection) generated to promote the movie.