Hero Histories
Background info on characters from pulps, comic books, radio, movies, and tv.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Ominously Lurks...The Owl!
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"I'm not a Batman rip-off...and get off my flying Owl-Mobile!" Comics in the 1940s were noted for, among other things, a te...
Friday, July 23, 2010
"So, what's your super-power?" "I can turn into water..."
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Comic book scientists are incredibly clumsy. They spill or ingest chemical concoctions that would kill any ordinary human, but always end ...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Behold...the Blue Beetle!
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One of the most popular concepts in crime fiction of the 30s-40s was a policeman who felt too constrained by the letter of the law and decid...
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Guess the connection between these two Lost Heroes!
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Besides the fact they both fly! Answer: they're both jet-propelled ! ( Air-Man's wings are balloons! They don't flap like ...
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Broncho Bill
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Star of both a newspaper strip and comic book that ran from 1928 to 1950, Broncho Bill was originally called Young Buffalo Bill , then Buc...
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