Another Secret Agent Man!

No, Not James Bond...

No, Not Maxwell Smart...but

David Hasselhoff as....

Nick Fury,  Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. ! 

Secret Agents were very big in the 1960's. Only one has continued on into this time period, and he has been re-invented recently, James Bond.

Well this blog post isn't about James Bond, but rather it is about Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD in the 1997 TV Movie,. 

This movie was made for TV before Marvel Comics started to make it big with Theatrical Movies of their super-heroes like Spider-Man, X-Men, Fantastic Four, etc.

In my opinion this TV movie definitely was not up to par with the above named theatrical movies.

David Hasselhoff tried to portray Nick Fury in the movie, but he just didn't make it for me, too much of a caricature for me...

Lisa Rinna was the 'Contessa', but she didn't come across either for me. Come to think of it... none of the actors really portrayed the characters that have a long history in the comic books.

Unfortunately there was too much background info to give to the viewer all at once, and it just wasn't done right.  This is a poor example of a comic book movie, sad to say.

For those interested in 'Strange Tales' and 'Nick Fury' Marvel comic books, from which this Nick Fury TV Movie is derived, we have several listed in both our eBay Featured Store.   

Thanks for reading this pop culture / comic books blog post, and feel free to post your comment!

Michael

EVERYONE Was Kung Fu Fighting ! Even........ James Bond!

That's Right !

Take A Look @ the Cover to the Right Where James Bond invades the martial arts world in one of his movies!

We currently have that issue and more in our eBay Featured Store! 

The whole martial arts world exploded in America with Bruce Lee's faster than the camera action in 'The Green Hornet' TV Show.

Next thing you know, 'Kung Fu' is on TV without Bruce, but he came back with 'Enter the Dragon' and more films.

Never an industry NOT to copy, the comic book publishers started printing 'Karate Kid', 'Master of Kung-Fu', 'Iron Fist' and so forth....

The whole martial arts craze lasted a long time in print, and still has fans today in magazines.

There has even been a small revival of martial arts characters getting updated for the 2000's in the comics world since the movies are still coming out with martial arts themes. 
   

Michael

James Bond Has Been Featured In Illustrated Format

For many years!   The Secret Agent's adventures are a natural for this format of reading! 

There have been Graphic Novels, TradePaperBacks, Comic Books & Comic Magazines written and drawn about 007! 

We have just finished listing a few items recently received.

Since most of the materials are comic book adaptations of the James Bond movies, those are usually picked up by movie collectors of Ian Fleming's best known character.

The items that are in lesser grade are priced accordingly for reading copies.

Michael

  BORIS KARLOFF COMICS 

 VIETNAM

 STAR TREK MEDIA 

 AVENGELYNE

10th ANNIVERSARY

Star Trek Media

We just finished listing some more Star Trek Fan Club magazines along with our Star Trek Comics & Mags! 

Star Trek has had several comic book series published through the years.

Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Malibu Comics, etc. have added greatly to the lore of the Star Trek Universe.

Of course there have been paperback and hardcover novels in printed form.

The Star Trek Club magazines are not that easy to find in SoCal where we are, probably because the TV Shows and the Films have several actors/actresses that are in demand for collectibles.

The issue to the top right is an example of that collectability.  Kim Cattrall starred in an early Star Trek Film, and went on to star in the TV series 'Sex and the City', thus making this magazine issue collectible for both Star Trek Fans & Sex and the City fans.

Michael

'Last Day In Vietnam'

A Graphic Novel by Will Eisner

Has Been Reviewed in the eBay Review Section, and Is Just One of the Graphic Novels or Comic Books on Wars that we have in our eBay Featured Store! 

This Graphic Novel was written and drawn by the writer/artist that was there in the 'Nam, Will Eisner.

Will is the father of the graphic novel, and does a good job in telling several stories in this softcover edition of his graphic novel.

Unlike the Spirit stories that he is also known for, each of the  stories in this Graphic Novel is easy to read, and understand without any continuity. The well-defined graphics help illustrate the story even more and make you feel that you were actually there with the characters.

Definitely this was the format for Will to tell these stories of Vietnam.

Michael