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TODAY'S FEATURE - Blog #3109: This past week I've been blogging about who was going to be at the Wizard World Anaheim Comic Con in Orange County, California... Well, we are back from that show, and the first blog I want to post is about meeting two of the stars of one of my favorite TV Shows from the 1960's: Land of the Giants! I know that several of you have only seen this series as re-runs, and maybe some of you haven't seen it all?! So here is a brief history of the show: Land of the Giants was an hour-long American science fiction television program lasting two seasons. I first watched it beginning on September 22, 1968 and viewed the final episode on March 22, 1970. This was another of my favorite shows that was created and produced by Irwin Allen. He had several TV Shows that I enjoyed when I was in junior and senior high school. I believe that this 'Land of the Giants' was the fourth of those science fiction TV series that he produced. This show was aired on the ABC Network and was from 20th Century Fox Television. It isn't such a big deal now, but back then this series was filmed entirely in color. Unfortunately it only ran for 51 episodes, lasting for two seasons. On Friday I met Don Matheson and Deanna Lund at the booth. Don Marshall, who also starred in the show, was also at this con. However I didn't see him until Sunday. Other stars that were on the TV Series included Gary Conway, Kurt Kaznar, Stefan Arngrim, and Heather Young. Besides the five issue comic book series from Gold Key Comics, of which issue #1 is shown at the top left, there were also three novels that Murray Leinster wrote in 1968 and 1969 based on this television series. We sometimes get the comics and paperbacks in, but they don't last too long in our online store. There are several collectors that want these items from this popular TV Series! The Land of the Giants booth at Wizard World Anaheim was a last minute addition, and I wasn't able to blog about the stars attending, prior to the con starting...
However, I am glad to have met both Deanna and Don, and found that Deanna has a couple of websites that she recommended to me that I am listing here. She is also on Facebook, but does not have a Fan Page as of yet. When she does, I'll update this blog post or run another one. At the table, Deanna had a couple of promos from http://www.Giantslog.com and she also mentioned to me the http://www.DeannaLund.com which I am also listing here. For those of You that couldn't attend this convention, I'll be blogging about more media guests and comics creators in the days to come... If You can't wait for my posts, you can check out more of who was there at Wizard World Anaheim by joining their Facebook Fan Page right here for one, AND / OR You can go direct to their web site to see who else appeared there at: Wizard World Anaheim. Special Thanks to Deanna Lund who spent extra time with me on the first day of the con going over all the material published above, plus more to be blogged about her in the months to come as she was also on the Batman TV Show that I have a book coming out out on. My thanks to Don Matheson also. I'll be blogging separately about Don Marshall, who I didn't see until Sunday. AND my thanks again to all of YOU reading this blog and our archived blog posts, now over the 3,100 total posts in number! ~ Michael D Hamersky @ ComicBookCollectorsBlog.com
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Note: Our online comic book store was still 'open' for business during the weekend, as this was only a three day con, and we'll start shipping order again either later today (Monday) or Tuesday. Again, Gold Key Comics that published 'Land of The Giants', 'Voyage To The Bottom of The Sea', and other great TV Shows can be found in our online store at:
Yeah, that's me in the photo shown to the left, taken at the 1973 San Diego Comic Con! I first set up as a 'dealer' at the 1972 SDCC at the El Cortez Hotel. So I've been around comic conventions for a little while, LOL! Tina and I now have an on-line exhibitor table at the first "virtual" comic con titled the "Facebook Comic Con" (FBCC)! You can view our table and interact with us there by 
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