So Why Didn't They Go To 'Nam?

From The 'Nam Comic Book Series

That is something that I always wondered about...

During WWII Captain America punched Adolph Hitler right in the nose, (Captain America #1).

The origin of Tony Stark was really started in Vietnam in 1963, (Iron Man #1 from 1963). Iron Man blasted his way out of there back to the USA. 

(FYI: The 2008 Iron Man film was retro'd to an Arab country to update him in the 2000's.)

"The 'Nam" comic book series was published by Marvel Comics from December 1986 to September 1993, lasting 84 issues.

The series was very realistic and drew a lot of attention during its' early print run, but then changes came in.

The creative staff was changed, and it was discussed about bringing in superheroes to increase sales on the then flagging sales in the early 1990's.

It was issue #41 that the special imaginary story of Captain America, Iron Man and the Mighty Thor was printed.

Later in issues #52 & 53 the "Punisher" appeared.

The "Punisher" later returned for a three issue arc from #67 - 69.

There were other Vietnam war comics published during this time, the 'Vietnam Journal' from another comics company is a highly sought after series that ended early.

The 'Nam was also published as a magazine series in a comic book graphic format but didn't last long.

Publishers will move on to the next genre if they find that one to be booming, i.e. monsters comics, Bad Girls Comics, HoRRoR comics, etc. have all seen their ups and downs since the 1930's when comics were first introduced.

So this war comics series and others, like "Semper 'Fi" from Marvel, although good reads, just didn't last...

BTW, we don't have a battlefield going on here, but we do have an ongoing Comic Con  and Pop Culture convention here at Make It So Marketing, what with our daily blog posts and listings of items for sale!

Michael

TV Western Comics With Photo Covers...

Michael

Why Do Certain Archived Blog Posts Continue...

To See Daily Visits?

For a while I was blogging about our Top 10 Archived Blog Posts of the Day...

Tina suggested that I stop blogging about that, so I have knocked it off for a while.

But, there are a few archived blog posts of ours that see daily visits in steady numbers of visitors.

And they seem to go in cycles during the week, the month, and the quarter.

The archived blog post featuring Carolyn Jones as Wonder Woman's mother on the TV Show is one that is always being viewed each day in some number of views.

Currently that is the most viewed archived blog post this morning with 15% of our viewership!

Yet, as far as I can tell... there isn't any news on a Wonder Woman film update, nothing going on about Lynda Carter, and Carolyn has passed on years ago in 1983... So why the continual views?

The Mysteries of Blogging!

BTW, We have an ongoing Comic Con  and Pop Culture convention here at Make It So Marketing, what with our daily blog posts and listings of items for sale!

Michael

Possibly Your Next Chance To See...

 'Ando'!

From the 'Heroes' TV Show

That is... IF you live on the West Coast, because 'Ando Masahashi' of the Heroes TV Show, aka James Kyson Lee in 'real life', will be at the upcoming Los Angeles Science Fiction and Comic Book Convention!

'Ando' will be appearing there September 14th from 12:00 PM (noon) to 1:30 PM with writer / director Joe Dougherity to sign Akira's Hip Hop Shop, a new short film on DVD. James stars in this independent film...

James also will sign his autograph on the DVD if it is purchased at the Con, and one free additional item of yours. This would be in addition to the entrance fee of $8.00 to enter.

Tina and I saw him already at the San Diego Comic Con International at the end of July, and are very excited that his character 'Ando' develops a 'super power' of his very own this season per the Season Premiere that was shown only at the SD Comic Con!

BTW, We also have an ongoing Comic Con  and Pop Culture convention here at Make It So Marketing, what with our daily blog posts and listings of items for sale!

Michael

The Adventures Of

Young Indiana Jones!

Volume 1

During this past week after viewing the Republican National Convention each night, Tina and I have been watching episodes of a DVD set called "The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones".

I missed seeing this when it first came out on TV from 1992 -1996, as it seemed to be more like what Tina called it at first... "an afteroon TV Special".

However, we both soon got caught up in this adventureous series.

There are 7 episodes in this 12 DVD set. The reason for the xtra DVDs is that there are multiple bonus features on the peoples, times and places that Indy visited.

This is really a beautiful production, and I am glad we stopped long enough to view all of the episodes and most of the bonuses before having to return it!

For those that don't know, Henry (Indiana) Jones Jr was born July 1, 1899 in Princeton, NJ.

The first episode starts May 1908 with 'My First Adventure'. Indy meets Miss Seymour, his Oxford tutor, and the family travels to Egypt, where Indy meets Howard Carter, an archeologist.

Indy in the first five episodes is played by a young kid, Corey Carrier. It took a while for me to warm up to him, but he did a good job in portraying what had been up to that time Harrison Ford's role.

Episode 2A - Passion For Life - Sept 1908. Indy meets Picasso and Norman Rockwell in Paris. 2B - Indy meets Teddy Roosevelt in British East Africa.

Episode 3A - Perils of Cupid - Sept 1908. Indy's mom is romanced by Giacomo Puccinni. 3B - Sept 1909. Indy meets his first love at age of 10. Sigmund Freund explains love to him.

Episode 4A - Travels With Father - shown out of order as it is August 1910  in Russia with Tolstoy. 4B is in Athens Sept 1910.

Episode 5A - Journey of Radiance - January 1910 at Ganges River with Krishna. 5B - March 1910 in China where Indy almost dies of disease.

 Episode 6A Spring Break Adventure - New Jersey 1916 - Thomas Edison. This episode threw me off as all of a sudden Indy is in NJ and no mention of mother and no Miss Seymour. 6B in Mexico 1916, where Indy is captured by Pancho Villa's army.

Episode 7A - Love's Sweet Song - British Isles 1916 where Indy is joining the Belgian Army to fight in The Great War (WWI).

The only thing unsettling about this DVD set is that it starts with a young kid, and then bam! All of a sudden you are 6 years in the future, no mention of mother till later, (she died), and Indy pays no attention to his dad until he gets to London where he meets Miss Seymour. She immediately dresses him down, and makes him write his father as to where he is.

Indy goes from a young boy who is always gets into the action wherever he is... to a young man who it takes a while to adjust to.

However, Tina and I do want to watch the next Volume, so the DVD set is recommended!

BTW, we don't have a Movie Theater here, but we do have an ongoing Comic Con  and Pop Culture convention here at Make It So Marketing, what with our daily blog posts and listings of items for sale!

Thanks for reading this post today and please join us again!

Michael