Daily Archive: July 20, 2005

Jul 20

James Doohan has died.

‘Star Trek’ Star James Doohan Dies – Yahoo! News The man was a genuine war hero. Wounded during D Day. (Indeed he lost a finger he managed to mostly hide during his entire career.) He was also an extremely talented vocal artist who did a lot of the alien voices on Star Trek and the …

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Jul 20

Remembering Jim Aparo

As I read more and more memorials to Jim Aparo, I’m reminded of some of my favorite stories that featured his art. That cover of Batman hanging from Elongated Man’s neck? That was his! He also did one of the greatest Metal Men stories ever, the immortal “Whatever Happened to Whatsername?”

Jul 20

P.S. 238 THE MOVIE???

In light of our recent talk about “The Island” being a ripoff of “Parts: The Clonus Horror”, I’ve been meaning to follow that up with a similar discussion. A kid is the progeny of the world’s two most powerful superheroes, so he is sent to a superhero school even though he doesn’t have any powers …

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