Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Captain's Library & Theatre CAPTAIN JUSTICE "Once a Hero" Part 1.5

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...comic book character Captain Justice is about to travel across the Forbidden Zone to the "real world".
He's determined to find out from his creator, Abner Bevis, why his recent adventures were thinly-disguised reworkings of earlier stories...









Adapted from Dusty Kaye's screenplay by J M DeMatteis and illustrated by Steve Leialoha, Marvel's Captain Justice #1 (1988) took the 90-minute pilot episode and converted it into a two-issue mini-series.
Though Leialoha tried to differentiate the two-dimensional comic world from the three-dimensional real world with simplified linework and almost no solid black areas in the backgrounds for the comic dimension, the technological limitations of printing at that time minimalized his effectiveness!
(For example, using a coarser Lichetenstein-style dot screen for the colors in the comic book world would've enhanced the visual difference tremendously!)
Stan Lee contributed an introduction to the comic book which woud've been mirrored in the show itself.
But let's have The Man tell you what happened (Marvel Age #62 [1987])...



Now, here's a promo for the show featuring both Captain Justice and Gumshoe as they adapt to life in the "real world"...

More to come next week!

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Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Captain's Patriotic Library 1776 Part 2

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...it ain't easy starting a country!
If you think today's Congress is a mess, look at what the Founding Fathers were going through...













The Conclusion...with more musical numbers, tomorrow at... Atomic Kommie Comics

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Friday, June 20, 2025

Captain's Library & Theatre BEN CASEY FILM STORIES "Operation Tycoon" Conclusion

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(on our "brother" RetroBlog, Medical Comics and Stories)
...abrasive Type-A business tycoon Walter Tyson, ordered to the hospital for emergency surgery runs up against abrasive medical genius (and rule breaker) Doctor Ben Casey.
"When Titans Clash" doesn't begin to describe the telenovella-level goings-on in this fumetti-style adaptation of the TV episode "An Expensive Glass of Water" as the rich man's scheming shrew of a wife enters the picture...








The adaptation by comics scripter Paul S Newman tones down the surprisingly-adult original story...which you can see right here...

Enjoy!
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Saturday, June 14, 2025

Captain's Theatre SPACEBALLS: THE ANIMATED SERIES

You Think Disney+ Went Nuts with Prequels, Sequels, and Spinoffs Based on Licensed Properties?
Mel Brooks Beat Them To It in 2009 with Spaceballs: the Animated Series!
We linked you up with the two-episode pilot which re-imagined the movie and made a couple of changes to set up the TV series HERE!
Now witness the 13th (and final) episode of the series...spoofing Spider-Man!