Captain's Library: TV GUIDE "X-Files: Circle Game"

With the revival mini-series ending tonight...

...we thought we'd re-present probably the only never-reprinted story from the fabled Topps Comics run (1995-98).

Written by Stefan Petrucha and illustrated by Charles (The Walking Dead) Adlard, this tale appeared in the July 15, 1995 issue of TV Guide.
For the British-born Adlard, his work on The X-Files comic was his American breakout assignment, after doing projects for Marvel UK, the short-lived Defiant Comics, and beginning work on Topps' Mars Attacks revival.
His somewhat-abstract style, capturing the essence of the characters instead of exact likenesses, worked perfectly in keeping the moodiness and atmosphere of the TV show, where darkness and shadow played such an important part of the imagery.

Happy 50th Anniversary, Caped Crusader (and Boy Wonder)!

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the debut of the now-legendary Batman tv series!

Here's a treat for the pop-art graphics aficionados among you...

The iconic 1966 LIFE magazine cover featuring Adam West...

...and the pic it was flopped and cropped from!

Captain's Library SUPERGIRL: THE MOVIE "Conclusion"

When Last We Left Our Heroine...

...exiled to the Phantom Zone by the sorceress Selina, Supergirl encounters Zaltar, her eccentric friend from Argo City whose machinations led to the loss of the Omegahedron, a Kryptonian power source now in the possession of Selina.

To ensure Kara returns the Omegahedron to Argo City, Zaltar leads her to the one, incredibly-dangerous, way out of the Phantom Zone...

The sequence with Selina's evil doppleganger did not appear in the final film.

In the movie, the monster she battled earlier reappears and almost destroys her before she sends it, Selina, and Bianca into the Quantum Vortex.

Writer Joey Cavalieri and artist Gray Morrow were working from earlier drafts of the script, and included elements that either were not filmed at all or were cut from the American theatrical version of the movie.

The DVD/Blu Ray versions (there are several) all contain bits and pieces of story that were not in the American release.

The most complete version is the HTF novelization by Norma Fox Mazer, a noted juvenile book author of the 70s-90s.

Here's the Gray Morrow original art for the final page of the story....

And watch Supergirl on CBS for the adventures of the new live-action Kara Zor-El!

Captain's Library SUPERGIRL: THE MOVIE "Part 3"

We Have Already Seen...

...searching for the Omegahedron (a Kryptonian power source lost on Earth), Kara Zor-El aka Supergirl creates the identity of Clark Kent's (aka Superman's) cousin, Linda Lee to become a student at Midvale School where she's given a dorm room with Lois Lane's younger sister, Lucy.

Meanwhile, evil sorceress Selina (who now possesses the Omegahedron without knowing its' full capabilities) sends an invisible creature to destroy Kara after the teenager interferes with the sorceress' attempt to seduce young gardner Ethan...

The creature "seen" in this battle in the comic (and in the French poster at the top of this post) is never shown clearly in the movie.

It reappears in the finale of the film, but not the comic, which features Supergirl battling a different monster!

The saga continues, tomorrow, back at our "sister" blog, Heroines!

Extra: Here's a scan of the original art for page 29.

A lot sharper and clearer than the printed page.