Friday, 8 May 2026
Thursday, 7 May 2026
Frankenstein (Monster) versus The Prize Heroes
Probably one of my favourite American Golden Age cross-overs involves Dick Briefer's Frankenstein from Prize Comics 24, October 1942 and the story "Utter Failure". Simplistic? Yep. Fun? Absolutely!!
Was The Charlton Comics Documentary Ever Made?
I was asked whatever happened to the Charlton Comics movie? I posted the 2017 trailer here: https://hoopercomicart.blogspot.com/2017/04/charlton-comics-movie-official-hd.html
Lots of comic pros were dragged out as evidenced from this video https://hoopercomicart.blogspot.com/2017/04/history-of-charlton-comics-charlton.html
The last post on their web page was 2019 in which it was said they had completed the documentary and were in post production. That was it. Apparently a lot of financial contributions but no documentary only short clips of interviews. You can check these out here: https://www.charltonmovie.com/charlton-theatre
Fans were asking what happened and although I did try contacting them in 2020, 2021 and 2022 there were no responses and according to Charlton fans who spoke to some of the pros involved responses went from "I do not want to discuss that" to Neal Adams allegedly stating "it left a nasty taste in my mouth".
I ought to add that although the people responsible said everything was ready for post production and they needed more funds to do that they were looking for an intern to do the editing for free.
Some fan opinions on what went on are quite strong and as we have not heard from the documentary producers themselves we have no idea if a documentary was made. I did try their email as well as their FB messenger in the last couple days....nothing.
Wednesday, 6 May 2026
Buck Danny Classics 10 - The Hunt for Molotok-41
Authors: Frédéric Zumbiehl and Frédéric Marniquet; illustrated by André Le Bras
Age: 12 years and up
Size: 21.7 x 28.7 cm
Number of pages: 48 colour pages
ISBN: 9781800441804
£8.99 incl VAT
https://www.cinebook.co.uk/buck-danny-classics-hunt-molotok-p-4594.html
1958. Buck Danny continues the covert operation intended to rescue American nuclear scientists kidnapped by the USSR in 1951. Unfortunately, nothing goes as planned, and Buck and friends find themselves struggling to escape the clutches of deadly SMERSH operatives – the Red Army’s counter-intelligence arm … From Russia to Iran and Turkey, from desperate dogfights in the air to commando operations on the ground, courage and consummate skill will be the key words of this conclusion to a two-part story.
First thing: although Cinebook lists vol 9 on its site re Buck Danny Classics none of the other volumes showed up and 10 is nowhere to be found. I had to do an internet search to actually find the details... on the Cinebook site!!! No idea what is going on there but I';ve given the links to save you getting an headache.
Now, a spoiler but not a major one: in the last book Sonny was arrested for the murder of someone close to him. Away from Buck and his friends things look like they might get a little rough but one thing is certain: Sonny is toughing it out.
Meanwhile Buck and friends are knee deep in action and at one point things are looking a little bleak for them until "someone" rescues them!
Gun fights, shark attack and more than a few surprises are in store for any avid reader of this series and the rather sinister organisation that just lost its leader has a new one appointed: none other than Miss Lee -and she is one Sonny's revenge list!
And The Responses Were.....
I was asked by someone how my last "Who would be in your UK created super team?" went. I had to check as I have posted the same thing....seven times over the last few years. Checking and doing a rough count of responses I came up with...
None. My mistake was not realising that most CBO views are from outside the UK. Mind you, twice I have posed the same question for Germany and France. Same lack of response. Hmm. Here is a new one:
Who would feature in your dream Belgian super team of heroes?
I'll leave it a week and then ask the same about the Netherlands. If I was a betting man I would bet on zero responses!
Tuesday, 5 May 2026
Black Tower Super Heroes: Werewolves
86pp
A4
Black and white
£10.00 UK
The Prof, investigator of the paranormal, encounters two werewolves in Castle Park...and Devilina who has a "sort of" message for him. Kotar, Sabuta, Lady Silana, Tarot and others deal with new werewolf activity and Dr Lycaon is granted access to the labs at the HQ of the explorer/adventurer group The Questors. Lycaon believes he is close to a serum that will cure the curse of lycanthropy but someone or something is trying to stop him. Meanwhile in space Freelancer delivers justice to the Central Galactic Council after its betrayal (see The Green Skies) and on Earth the equally treacherous Council of Light meets its fate. Will Lycaon succeed with his cure or does the increased werewolf activity even in the halls of one of the UKs most secret buildings indicate that the cure is too late?
Does It Come Before or After The Green Skies?
Blogger Subzero from Tales From The Kryptonian just let me know that he received his copy of The Ultrimate Game. He asked if (in reading order) this came after Green Skies?
Well, you could but it is meant as a stand alone although there are references only someone who has read Green Skies will get -Streamline telling "Father Time" that he knows who he really is for instance.
But, like I wrote, it is meant to be a one off fun read covering multiple parallel Earths, heroes, villains and settings such as the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. It's FUN!!
Buck Danny Classics 9 - Flight of the Rapier
Authors: Frédéric Zumbiehl and Frédéric Marniquet; illustrated by André Le Bras
Age: 12 years and up
Size: 21.7 x 28.7 cm
Number of pages: 48 colour pages
ISBN: 9781800441798
£8.99 incl VAT
https://www.cinebook.co.uk/buck-danny-classics-flight-rapier-p-4593.html
1951. A plane carrying an American general and 40 nuclear technicians makes an emergency landing off the coast of Ireland. When rescuers reach the spot, though, they find nothing – no life rafts, no bodies … The West cannot afford to leave anyone with knowledge of atomic weapons in enemy hands, so it will be up to Buck and his friends to find the missing men, thanks to an experimental, high-altitude, Mach 3-capable aircraft: the Rapier …
That's the aircraft called Rapier NOT the Rapier Anti-Aircraft missile system. Mentioning that before anyone else does 😋
I think there are enough Buck Danny fans out there who know what to expect -action, well drawn aircraft and a few plot twists. Espionage can get dirty as Sonny finds out. The series is not just about nice looking military jets flying around, which some people imagine it to be. I mean, enemy spies killing MI5 agents and scarpering before "the SAS get here" is far removed from flying. Before anyone says anything; this series is set in 1951 and from the end of WW2 into the 1950s the SAS were involved in going after Nazi war criminals as well as other "enemy threats".
I know there are a few Buck Danny fan sites out there and I know they like hearing when the next English language edition appears (some collect in as many languages as they can). Well -here you go lads and another is on its way!
Remember ordering from Cinebook direct helps them keep the cash flow going because most publishers lose out on services like Amazon. Show Cinebook some love!
Sunday, 3 May 2026
You Tube Demonetisation
Yes, YT is demonetising MANY channels and there is no appealing., The excuse is use of AI slop -YT channels seem to be bursting with this but the ones viewed most are NOT being demonetised.
Guess what? My channel is demonetised even though it is not monetised and contains no AI and in point of fact I have not uploaded in a year (but I was working on something)_
It's pure YT greed. They want every penny.-Daily Motion has gone the same way.
Sad considering how YT started. We need someone with money to start a new YT
Saturday, 2 May 2026
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