Hero Histories
Background info on characters from pulps, comic books, radio, movies, and tv.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Salute the Fighting Yank!
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Our story starts in June of 1941...and in 1775. At a critical point of the American Revolution, George Washington himself entrusted messeng...
Monday, August 30, 2010
Blazing Action with...the Blue Bolt!
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In the 1940s, comic books were the equivalent of videogames today. Everybody was publishing them, even the staid Saturday Evening Post !...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
"...into the Third Dimension leaps...Captain 3-D!"
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In the early 1950s, "3-D" using red and green prints of simultaneously-shot movie footage from cameras a couple of feet apart. (no...
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Sunday, August 22, 2010
The Coolest Hero of All--Sub-Zero Man!
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Since hot weather currently is currently playing havoc with most of the U.S., I thought it appropriately-ironic to present the "coolest...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
"The Cisco Kid was a Friend of Mine..."
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The Cisco Kid was the first Hispanic multi-media superstar, featured in books, movies, radio, comic books, newspaper strips, and eventuall...
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