Wanted TPB: Adam Strange's Bronze Age Omnibus

Writer: Various

Artist: Various

Publisher: DC Comics (1980-1981)
Printing Order: The Brave and the Bold #90, Justice League of America #120-121, 138-139, Showcase #101-103,The Brave and the Bold #161,DC Comics Presents #3, World's Finest Comics #261-264, Green Lantern #132-147, The Brave and the Bold #190, and DC Comics Presents #82.

Dork Note: Just as the small screen has graced us with Buck Rogers and the big screen Flash Gordon...Adam Strange starred in a variety of guest appearances and backup stories. For all intensive purposes Adam Strange is DC's de facto space cowboy archetype and deserves some respect. The same respect as Buck and Flash! So answer me this DC...

...why do my shelves hold both a Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon DVD, but NO Adam Strange Bronze Age OMNIBUS?!

While I wait for an answer I'll just have to be satisfied with listening to Queen's Flash Gordon soundtrack and my autographed picture of Erin Gray!

Wanted Poster: Tiny Titans

Rob's Room: Steve Ditko's Spider-Man Splash Pages

Steve Ditko's Spider-Man Splash Pages (via Ditkomania)

Wanted TPB: Pre-Crisis Monitor Appearances Omnibus

 

Writer: Various
Artist: Various
Publisher: DC Comics (1982-1985) 
Includes and Roughly in Chronological Order of Appearance:  New Teen Titans #21, The New Teen Titans Annual #2, Green Lantern #173, Green Lantern #176, Green Lantern #178, The Flash #338 and #339, Tales of the Teen Titans #47, Blue Devil #5, The Fury of Firestorm #28, Batman and the Outsiders #14 and 15, Action Comics #560, Justice League of America #232, Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes #317, Wonder Woman #321, Infinity Inc. #8, All-Star Squadron #40, DC Comics Presents #76, Superman #403, The Saga of Swamp Thing #30 and #31,  Justice League of America #234, Vigilante #14, Superman #403, World's Finest Comics #311, Tales of the Legion of Super-Heroes #319 and #320, Amethyst #2, G.I. Combat #274-276, Wonder Woman #323, Action Comics #564, The Warlord #91, Jonah Hex #90, World's Finest Comics #314, Batman #384, Detective Comics #551, Tales of the Teen Titans #58, DC Comics Presents #78, and DC Sampler #3

Monitor created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist George Pérez:The Monitor is one of the central characters in Crisis on Infinite Earths. The character began appearing, along with his assistant Lyla, in numerous DC Comics titles beginning in 1982, three years before the Crisis began in July 1985. Wolfman used the early appearances of The Monitor as a sort of arms dealer who would provide supervillains with technology. As Crisis approaches the Monitor reveals he did this as his way to test the heroes and villains of Earth and find out which ones might help him in the battle to save the Multiverse. For the longest times his appearances in the DC’s mainstream superhero titles, were of him from behind or in the shadows, the first appearance of the Monitor Pre-Crisis was Teen Titans Vol. 2 #21 (July 1982)  his face was first revealed in one of their few remaining non-superhero titles, the war comic G.I. Combat #274 (Feb. 1985).

Rob's Room: Slam! Bam! Zowie! Wham!

How have I never seen this before!?

Batman (Adam West) sings "Orange Colored Sky" (1966)

Adam West hosted the ABC variety show Hollywood Palace that aired on October 8, 1966. The show opened with a musical performance by Batman singing "Orange Colored Sky." He also closed the show (not in costume) singing the classic "The Summer Wind". This show also featured George Carlin, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Ray Charles. and (the must see 2nd performance) Landon's Midgets. The full episode can be found on the Hollywood Palace YouTube page.

(via Batman (Adam West & Burt Ward) Facebook)

Rob's Room: Tom Jung’s Star Wars Saga Posters

Rob's Room: Tom Jung’s The Lord Of The Rings movie poster circa 1978

Tom Jung’s art for the 1978 The Lord Of The Rings movie poster (via ungoliantschilde)

Unproduced Toyline for Fantastic Four

Fantastic Four World's Greatest Heroes - This toyline would have consisted of two waves based on the 2006 animated series by the same name. Series 1 was to include the Human Torch with flame-on punching action, the "Duel Action" Thing, "Power" Dr. Doom and Shape Shifting Skrull. Series 2 would have included Reed Richards Mr. Fantastic, a second, "flame-one" version of the Human Torch, the incredible Hulk, one of Dr. Doom's Doombots, Susan Storm the Invisible Woman and the Mole Man. Each figure was to include a BAF piece of Giganto!