Welcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where we’re looking at a slightly different kind of Tokusatsu today. Gatchaman is the big (for Japan) budget adaptation of a classic anime (which was brought over to the U.S.A. as Battle of the Planets (70s), G-Force (80s), and Eagle Riders (90s)), which heavily influenced Super Sentai and as such bears…
DetailsWelcome back, for the second part of a rare, two part RETRO REVIEW. Last week I looked and wrote about Justice League of America # 21, cover dated August, 1963 and this week I’ll be featuring the next comic book in the series, Justice League of America # 22, cover dated September 1963, which has the…
DetailsWednesday, September 14th – Americana Broadcast @6PM Eastern This session is both in the showroom and online – join us in person or live via Proxibid. Our semi-weekly Wednesday broadcast continues with another spiffy selection of comics & collectibles from around the pop culture world, including several CGC slabbed books! Browse the catalog, prebid and join us live…
DetailsWelcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where Shotaro Ishinomori is as respected as Stan The Man. Today’s subject is the gritty movie reboot of one of his classic creations, 2014’s Kikaider Reboot. Plot Rundown Newly orphaned siblings Mitsuko and Masaru Kohmyoji are attacked by the government agency that employed their late father – the ominously named Project:…
DetailsI’ve been featuring Marvel Comics for the last two months in my RETRO REVIEWs, so I thought I’d switch over to DC Comics, for a couple of columns, if that’s okay with you, my readers. So this week I’ve have pulled from the comics vault my copy of Justice League of America # 21. Then…
DetailsWelcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where your author continues to be busier than expected! This week, we’re talking about the Power Rangers season that wasn’t, 2012’s Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters! Plot Rundown Three young heroes are recruited by Japan’s Energy Management Center to be become the Go-Busters, defenders of the wondrous clean energy source Enetron from the…
DetailsWelcome to another, though slightly different, edition of Fabulous Find. Rather than an old collectible, I’d like to bring to your attention something brand spanking new. Though it definitely has ties to something that happened over fifty (50) years ago. And what is that, you might ask? Well, it’s a new soft cover book written…
DetailsWelcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where your intrepid author was a bit busier than he expected to be this week. As such, we’re going to discuss the 1961 kaiju classic, Mothra! Plot Rundown A joint Japanese/Rolisican (stand-in for the U.S.A.) expedition to a mysterious island and atomic bomb test site in the South Pacific discovers a…
DetailsAnd as everyone knows, if it didn’t sell out, it would have likely remained on the spinner rack until late September or early October, before it would have been pulled. The cover is drawn by Jack “King” Kirby, with the inks likely done by Sol Brodsky. At one time it was thought the inks were…
DetailsWelcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where men in rubber suits beat CGI every time! In celebration of this week’s Rifftrax Live: Mothra (Thursday at 8 PM), we’re watching Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (abbreviated as “GMK”). Plot Rundown Godzilla, not seen since 1954, returns from the dead to menace Japan once more!…
DetailsHale and welcome fans, friends and family. I’m back once again with a new Fabulous Find. This week I was rummaging around in the DC annex of the comic book vault buried deep underground my home. I’ve twice written posts on Marvel Comics Calendars, but this week I thought I’d feature my one and only…
DetailsWelcome to Tokusatsu Gesundheit, where Eiji Tsuburaya is as esteemed as Ray Harryhausen. Today, we’re talking about Tsuburaya’s second most enduring creation, 1967’s Ultraman! Plot Rundown Science Patrol pilot Shin Hayata’s jet is blown out of the sky by an alien red light while investigating an alien blue light. Luckily for him, that red light…
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