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The original Return of the Gods: Twilight of the Super Heroes series ran in 6 issues of Adventure vol. 2. I then looked at it and expanded and then re-lettered 97 pages to over 300. It's what I do.
Yesterday I found a folder with the original Looking Glass series that featured all of the ole IPC/Fleetway characters that was to appear in Valiant They Were. 57 pages. Now, after talking to Gil Page at Fleetway and two of the board members (before they lost interest) it was planned to serialise the series in a Fleetway comic (Buster was the title put forward) and so I re-lettered and re-drew and added pages until the final count was 111 pages.
I just had to stop myself doing something similar again. I don't think I have the amount of time needed for what I am doing/planning already but another huge book? Oh no!
Do what you can.... good luck. TTFN
ReplyDeleteI do as I am valiantly courageous as my eye sight will testify!
ReplyDeleteOff topic. Just watched Ron Elys the man of Bronze. Fantastic. Well worth a watch to pep you up for the day ! TTFN
ReplyDeleteRon Ely. Sad the studios screwed up on the film because it would have been good to see more. I read the Doc Savage pulps back in the 1970s then the novelisations -the film and of course, Ely was my generation's Tarzan!
ReplyDeleteWasn't there a plan to make a new Doc Savage with Dwayne Johnson ? Maybe my brains just fried. Good Night old friend..
ReplyDeleteThere was but "In April 2018, Johnson delivered the devastating news that his Doc Savage movie had become tangled up with a foe even this ancient superhero couldn’t solve: legal problems. Rights issues related to Doc Savage prevented the project from becoming a reality. Presumably because of the character’s relatively obscure status, Sony/Columbia Pictures and Original Film (the two entities financing this project) weren’t rushing to save Doc Savage. There were other tentpoles (including ones headlined by Johnson) these entities could finance instead, without having to deal with so many lawyers." In 2020 there was talk of a TV series but...silence ever since. A pity really as Shane Black (who was in the original Predator film and is an excellent writer/director) was involved. So, no, your memory ain't playing you up.
ReplyDeleteIt would be fun to sea new Doc Savage, though....who would he be ?
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Any roles involving muscle these days and the new name is Henry Cavill. Back in the late 80s it was Arnie Schwarzenegger but apparently his accent made it a no -no. If it was to be a film franchise then its best to go for someone who can act but is relatively unknown but has the right physique.Trouble is estates of old artists and writers see TV or movie mentioned and they immediately think of "MILLIONS" as their cut and they are the ones advising estates.I would put myself forward but at the moment I am waiting to see if they want me to play Captain Britain. :-/
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