BEST OF JULY 2022

Balladeer’s Blog’s annual end of year retrospective continues with this look at July’s best:

MURDERCYCLE (1999) – A Bad Movie gem! An alien object lands on Earth and melds with a motorcycle and its rider. The resulting bio-mechanical creature attacks a secret military compound to recover extraterrestrial technology being studied and reverse-engineered there. The full review is HERE.

MOTHER JONES: DEMOCRATS VS THE REST OF US – You can read it HERE.

LUKE RYAN: PRIVATEER OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR – A look at his swashbuckling career HERE.

EIGHT JAMES GARNER WESTERNS – Balladeer’s Blog’s review of some of the Westerns starring the iconic James Garner, like A Man Called Sledge, Duel at Diablo, Hour of the Gun, One Little Indian and more. Click HERE. 

BIDEN CAMPAIGN FIGURE SENTENCED TO TWELVE YEARS FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY – Democrats, can you please leave children alone? HERE.

KIKUYU CREATION MYTH FROM KENYA – A look at the Kikuyu stories of creation and the establishment of their culture. Read it HERE.

CONAN THE BARBARIAN: MARVEL’S ADAPTATION OF QUEEN OF THE BLACK COAST – After the Pulp Era, the Marvel Comics adaptations of Robert E. Howard’s Conan tales kept the figure alive in the public’s mind. A look at their lengthy version of Conan’s adventures with the love of his life Belit, the pirate queen. Also, Amra, Lord of the Lions. HERE.

JOE BIDEN’S DISASTROUS POLICIES CONTINUE TO HARM THE WORKING CLASS AND THE POOR – Plus more HERE.

FOOL-KILLER (April 1913) – James Larkin Pearson’s version of the Fool Killer attacks child labor and dives into conflict-of-interest scandals in politics plus the latest unrest in Mexico. Click HERE.

FACULTY LOUNGE FASCIST ROUNDUP: JULY 27th – HERE.

COMMANDO CODY: SKY MARSHAL OF THE UNIVERSE (1953) – From my Forgotten Television category came this look at the Commando Cody television series from the 1950s. Plus a summary of the movie serials the character had appeared in from 1949 onward. Click HERE.

NEWS ROUNDUP: JULY 20th – You can find it HERE.

DUTCH HENRY: NEGLECTED GUNSLINGER – A look at the infamous outlaw leader and his criminal career. This Frontierado season post is HERE.

THE ARTIFICIAL MOTHER (1894) – Balladeer’s Blog reviews this work of “ancient” science fiction dealing with an inventor’s attempt to create an android capable of looking after children. HERE.

DOC SAMSON, NEGLECTED MARVEL COMICS SUPERHERO – A brief overview of the early years of this gamma radiation-spawned hero who also holds an MD and a PhD. Read it HERE.

PONY EXPRESS RIDERS: The Man Called Boston HERE, and Irish Tommy HERE.

AND YET ANOTHER FORMER DEMOCRAT DRIVEN AWAY BY THE PARTY’S INCREASING INTOLERANCE AND FASCISM – The young lady’s story is HERE along with many others.

CASIMIR PULASKI, REVOLUTIONARY WAR HERO – A look at this Polish-American HERE.

CONAN THE BARBARIAN: CURSE OF THE CONJURER – Marvel’s adaptation of the novel Kothar and the Conjurer’s Curse. My review is HERE.

NEWS ABOUT THOSE WHITE-COLLAR CRIMINAL FAMILIES THE BIDENS AND THE PELOSIS – They’ve been plundering the public treasury for decades. HERE.

THOR VERSUS HERCULES – A review of Marvel’s very first story about the Thunder God meeting Hercules and other Greco-Roman gods, 1965-1966. Click HERE.

DEMAGOGUE JOE BIDEN THINKS HE’S FIT TO JUDGE WHO IS “PRO-AMERICAN” – It’s wrong when Republican presidents do this and it’s wrong when Democrat presidents do this. HERE.

THE SICKLE OF FIRE (1896) – This work of “ancient” science fiction deals with the catastrophic results of an experiment gone wrong. The full review is HERE.