Ben Affleck....

A Real Daredevil in the Comic Book Based Movie !!

Ben Affleck was born as Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt in Berkeley, California, to Tim Affleck, who was a social worker, and Chris Boldt, a school teacher. 

At eight years of age, Affleck met ten-year-old Matt Damon who lived two blocks away in Cambridge. Affleck and Damon would later attend Cambridge Rindge and Latin School together, although they were in different year groups.

Ben came to national attention in 1997 when he and best friend Matt Damon wrote the screenplay for and starred in Good Will Hunting.

After other sucessful films, Affleck starred in Daredevil, a 2003 movie directed by Mark Steven Johnson, who also wrote the screenplay. The movie is based on the Marvel comics character, using predominantly the 'grim and gritty' stories written by Frank Miller.

As a sidenote, Ben subsequently dated his Daredevil co-star, actress Jennifer Garner who portrayed Elektra, and the two were engaged. In May 2005, it was announced that Garner was pregnant and the couple were married on June 29, 2005 in the Caribbean. Garner gave birth to a daughter, Violet Anne Affleck, on December 1, 2005.

I started with the Daredevil Comic Book when it first appeared in print, back in 1964, and stopped reading it in 1974... so I missed the change to the 'Grim and Gritty' aspect by Frank Miller and others in the 1980's. 

The Daredevil Movie and the Elektra Movie that featured Jennifer without Ben, were both of a 'Grim and Gritty' Style,' but I still enjoyed both of them, mainly because of Jennifer!

For those interested in the Daredevil comic books, we have several listed in our eBay Featured Store and eBay Pro Store, including the comic to the right! We also have a few Elektra comics that Jennifer Garner portrayed, just click on the cover to the right!

Michael

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Halle Berry Was

 Cover Featured.... 

... on Last Sunday's Parade Magazine with a long article inside.

Tina and I have seen her at the SDCC, (San Diego Comi-Con International), enjoyed her program promoting 'Gothika' and wish her well for her personal future.

We both enjoyed her as 'Storm' in the X-Men movies, and I enjoyed her in the 'Catwoman' movie, although the script was lame !  I have thought for a long time that she looks better with shorter hair, as when she was the 'Bond Girl' Jinx in the 2002 James Bond thriller 'Die Another Day' !

 For those interested in Batman comic books, some of which feature Catwoman that Halle has portrayed, we have several for sale in our eBay Featured Store and eBay Comic Book Pro Store. 

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Michael (and Tina)

Boris Karloff's

Thriller / Tales of Mystery.....

...was a licensed comic book series from Gold Key Comics. 

The series ran for 97 issues from October 1962 to February 1980.

The first two issues were titled: Boris Karloff Thriller, which was the name of the TV Show that was running at the time, and then the title was changed with issue number three.

Thriller, the TV Show, was, along with The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents, one of the best anthology television series of the 1960s, running from 1960-1962 on NBC-TV.

The TV show featured host Boris Karloff, who introduced an entertaining mix of macabre horror tales and suspense thrillers. The TV Show was created by Hubbell Robinson for Revue Studios, (which was later purchased by Universal Studios), and produced by Fletcher Markle, William Frye, and Maxwell Shane.

The comic book for those that have not read one before, could be compared to Gold Key's Twilight Zone comic, or to DC Comics' The Unexpected. This series was a popular one for Gold Key, and lasted eighteen years after the demise of the TV Show!

For those interested in Boris Karloff's Tales of Mystery comic books, we have several unslabbed and CGC slabbed comics listed in our eBay Featured Store and eBay Pro Store. Thank you for reading this comic book blog post and feel free to post YOUR comment!

Michael

BRIGITTE NiELSEN as Red Sonja

Talking about Conan, In Conan the Barbarian movie, it was Sandahl Bergman who played Valeria, a thief and the love of Conan’s life. She was offered the role of Red Sonja, but turned it down, choosing instead to play the villainous Queen Gedren in the Red Sonja movie.

 For those interested in Red Sonja comic books, we have them listed in our eBay Featured Store and eBay Pro Store.

Michael

The Movie is Only a Month Away But Already the Villains Are Out Wreaking Havok !

Villains from the three Spider-Man Movies, including the Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, Sandman and now Venom from Movie #3 are listed for sale now!

Clicking on any of the covers shown on the left or the right of this text will take you to the Make It So Marketing eBay store where we have the CGC graded Amazing Spider-Man Comic books  if not already sold !

For those that rather read their comics instead of collecting them, we also have hundreds more Spideys in our eBay Featured and ProStores, Starting from ONLY 99cents !!

Thanks for checking this comic book blog post out, and feel free to post your comment about the upcoming movie or the previous ones! 

Michael