When I was a kid, I was obsessed with The Six Million Dollar Man, inspired by the novel Cyborg by Martin Caidin. It was a sci fi/action/spy show that followed the adventures of Col. Steve Austin, an astronaut who was seriously injured in the crash of an experimental plane that he was test piloting. To save his life, his best friend and director of the Office of Scientific Intelligence agreed to have him undergo bionic surgery – and that is the premise of the show. There were many scenes of slow-motion running, jumping and feats of strength. I’m pretty sure I caught every episode… along with the follow-up, The Bionic Woman. Continue reading Irregular’s Intel – Revisiting a Series
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Comics Cosmos – Just Some of The Boys
A lot of people think it would be great to live in a world where superheroes exist. Not just in the sense of heroic people doing heroic things, but super strong, super fast, mutated whatever superheroes. Sure, it sound like a great idea – local and global problems taken care of by the ones who always save the day. But what about the reality of dealing with those heroes and their personalities and problems and egos? Well, that’s where The Boys come in. Continue reading Comics Cosmos – Just Some of The Boys
Comics Cosmos – The Black Private Dick
Back in 1971, a movie hit screens that took the film world by storm and became one of the most popular blaxploitation movies ever – I’m talkin’ ’bout Shaft (can you dig it?). Of course, even those who haven’t seen the movie (or its sequels or the 2000 remake or read the novels) probably know that Shaft’s “the black private dick that’s a sex machine to all the chicks”. And in 2015, Dynamite brought him back in comicbook form with Shaft: A Complicated Man. Continue reading Comics Cosmos – The Black Private Dick
Comics Cosmos – Comicbook Pinup
Everyone who is even vaguely aware of pinups has heard the name Bettie Page. She is, perhaps, the most iconic pinup girl from the 1950s. What many may not know, however, is that she has appeared in comics since the 1980s, when she was the inspiration for the female love interest of the Rocketeer. And Dynamite took that one step further with their comic Bettie Page: Bettie in Hollywood. Continue reading Comics Cosmos – Comicbook Pinup