Readers wanted more superheroes, so here we go:
MISTER NOBODY
Secret Identity: None was ever revealed.
Origin: Even this enigmatic figure’s origin remained unknown, just like MLJ’s hero the Marvel (qv).
First Appearance: Terrific Comics #1 (January 1944). His final Golden Age appearance came in 1946.
Powers: Continue reading
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Christmas Carol-A-Thon 2016 continues here at Balladeer’s Blog with a look at the 1970 musical version that starred Albert Finney.
The only – and dubious – advantage to having such a young man portraying Ebenezer Scrooge is that he could realistically play Scrooge’s younger self in the Christmas Past scenes.
Big deal. In reality it meant that the portions with Belle get dragged out even longer and more excruciatingly than they usually do, just to take advantage of the fact that for once it’s not a different actor playing the younger Ebenezer. Again – big deal.
Yet I like this version much more than I should. A rerun of it late one Christmas night was my first exposure to it years ago when I was first getting into the multiple versions of A Christmas Carol. That has probably colored my feelings about it all these years because I have to admit when I read negative reviews of this production I laugh like hell and nod my head in agreement at all the bashing it gets … yet I still like it for some reason. Continue reading
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Each one of the following stories is either True or False.
ONE: BILL GATES COMPARED DONALD TRUMP TO JOHN F KENNEDY. True. Click HERE
TWO: CAREER CRIMINAL HILLARY CLINTON ROBBED A CONVENIENCE STORE AND – AFTER A SIX-HOUR STANDOFF WITH THE POLICE – SHE STILL WASN’T PRESIDENT. True, plus her hostages all took their own lives to get away from that shrill crook.
THREE: DONALD TRUMP REVEALED HE IS ACTUALLY A VERY BASHFUL MAN WHO CAN’T STAND ATTENTION. False, he is actually an elderly Norwegian woman who LOVES attention.
FOUR: FOOTBALL LEGEND AND MAN’S MAN JIM BROWN SAYS HE “FELL IN LOVE” WITH TRUMP AFTER MEETING HIM. True, click HERE
FIVE: THE DEMOCRATS’ CONGRESSIONAL CAUCUS OFFICIALLY CHANGED THEIR NAME TO “THE KU KLUX KAUKUS.” False, but they HAVE changed their Party name’s spelling to “DemoKKKrats.” Continue reading
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The Green Hornet (2006)
Attention, my fellow Green Hornet fans: All of us disappointed by the awkward 2011 Seth Rogan Green Hornet movie can savor this experimental 2006 French short.
This 10 minute story is much better than the 2011 flick despite its short running time. It makes you hope that some overseas filmmaker may yet pick up the GH brand and present his story the way it deserves to be presented.
I’m linking to the English-dubbed version of the short. It’s very energetic and features impressive stunt work, plus the music that plays with the closing credits is a variation of the jazzy Al Hirt theme from the 1960s Green Hornet television series.
NOTE FOR PURISTS: No gas gun for the Hornet in this version, he wields nun-chucks, throws knockout darts and uses kung fu like Kato. Here is the link: Continue reading
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USCAA (United States Collegiate Athletic Association) DIVISION ONE 1. WASHINGTON ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY SHOCK ### 2. CONCORDIA (AL) COLLEGE HORNETS ### 3. ROCHESTER COLLEGE WARRIORS ### 4. UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT FORT KENT BENGALS ### 5. WEST VIRGINIA TECH GOLDEN BEARS ###
6. OAKWOOD UNIVERSITY AMBASSADORS ### 7. NEWPORT NEWS APPRENTICE SCHOOL BUILDERS ### 8. SUNY-CANTON KANGAROOS ### 9. FLORIDA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CONQUISTADORS ### 10. ILLINOIS TECH SCARLET HAWKS ###
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… *** *** *** *** *** Is Mr Fattah the Democrats’ 2020 Presidential nominee?
Ah, those Democrats! They love to act like they are THE moral models for everyone else in the world. Disgraced Democrat Representative Chaka Fattah – living up to the grand standards of the Party of Hillary “Bugsy” Clinton – has been sentenced to TEN YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON for bribery, for stealing campaign contributions, for stealing charitable donations, and for stealing federal grant money, all to finance his own Democrat-model lifestyle.
I THINK THE DEMOCRATS HAVE FOUND THEIR 2020 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE! Nobody will ever match the criminal career of the Hillarytron or get as many cops killed as Obama has, but hey! There is obviously a great farm system in the Party of slavery, the Ku Klux Klan, the Spoils System, Tammany Hall, Jim Crow, making police Public Enemy Number One, vote fraud, Cities of Illegal Immigrants and making death threats against members of the Electoral College! Democrats are so innovative!
C’mon, Democrats! Lecture the rest of us some more in that sickeningly sanctimonious way that you love to do!
On the Republican side: Continue reading
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Nohoilpi – The gambling god of the Navajo, sometimes referred to as the Great Gambler. He is a renegade son of the sun god Tsohanoai.
Nohoilpi came to the Earth and taught his gambling games to the various tribes but soon abused his power by besting them at all of his games of chance and then collecting his winnings by enslaving people to build an entire city to mark his glory. Continue reading
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TO THE MOON & BACK IN NINETY DAYS (1917) – By John Y Brown. Balladeer’s Blog presents more Ancient Science Fiction (or Vintage Science Fiction if you prefer). This story was first penned in 1917 and later published by the Lunar Publishing Company in 1922.
Brown himself pretended to narrate the adventure, which hewed so closely to what was known about the moon back then that it must have both educated and entertained readers. The story says that in 1914 our narrator met Captain Horace Ewald, a brilliant nautical engineer and scientist in Alton, IL.
Captain Ewald invited Brown along on his planned expedition to the moon in what he dubbed his “Ethereal Vessel” but which we would call a spaceship. The craft was 235 feet tall with the shape of a dome fused to prisms. Ewald and his team constructed the Ethereal Vessel out of aluminum plating and used electric batteries to power the anti-gravity pods. Continue reading
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Obama consulting with his speech writers.
And this piece of garbage has the nerve to talk about “Fake News?” At what point does somebody do an intervention with this deluded fool? Yes, Barry, we know you always tried to mislabel Muslim terror attacks on U.S. soil as “workplace violence” or “toxic American gun culture” and all the other excuses you’ve used but I doubt if even Paul Krugman believes THIS particular lie.
Fort Hood, the Boston Marathon Muslim Massacre, the Muslim fanatic gunning down gay people in Florida earlier this year, last December’s Muslim slaughter at an office party, and many others, right on up through the recent Ohio State Muslim loon there have been PLENTY of Muslim terror attacks on U.S. soil under this weak, inept and crooked little man. Continue reading
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BLOODBEAT (1982) – The presence of a female slasher adds a fresh (but not uprecedented) feel to Bloodbeat. This Christmas horror film is so obscure people seldom if ever get its year of release correct let alone the storyline.
Even in the world of weird film premises this little honey manages to stand out. Bloodbeat is about a woman who goes to spend Christmas with her boyfriend’s family in Wisconsin only to find herself possessed by the spirit of a dead samurai warrior who forces her to go on a killing spree with his sword. Continue reading
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