Great Moments in Comic Book History

Roger Visits his Aunt!

From Nova #9

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Nova's "Necking and Such"

So I’m reading my copy of Nova Classic, ‘cause that’s what all the cool adults do, when I come to issue five of the original ‘70s Nova series and a section on the Comics Code jumps out at me. 

Richard Rider, AKA Nova the Human Rocket, visited Marvel’s offices hoping to get a comic book title based on himself. Amazingly, Nova wants the comic to show all his sexual conquests (“Necking and Such”) rather than be censored by that pesky Comics Code. Sadly, of course, the “Necking and Such” adult content would never appear. Not wanting to miss a lost opportunity nor bow to past censorship, I’ve decided to reconstruct these possible lost scenes using actual dialog from the Nova comics, Enjoy!

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Saturday Morning Cartoon Ads

Here are some cartoon ads that appeared in Comic books

Challenge of the Gobots 1986

Jestsons and Galtar and the Golden Lance, 1986

NBC's moring lineup 1978, Including the Fantastic Four with no Human Torch and Godzilla with his little buddy Godzuki

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There are worse fates I suppose...

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Warriors, Come Out to Play-i-ay

I watched the directors' cut of The Warriors a couple of days ago and man, I have to have to say this is one great movie. As a kid, I'd seen bits and pieces of it here and there, but to see it now as an adult, incredible. Most folks know about the various influences on the The Warriors, but it was great to hear that Comic Books affected the Hyper-reality of the film too.

The design, the editing and the characterizations were all viewed through comic book storytelling esthetics and so much so that the only thing the Director, Walter Hill, actually changed for his director's cut was to add comic book transitions i.e. captions and comic panels. It really works well and is a nice nod to a popular art form that most folks wouldn't want to acknowledge.

What is additionally interesting is that this year is the 30th anniversary of The Warriors (30 YEARS! holy crap) and a comic adaption begins coming out this February as part of the festivities. So it's all one big circle in the end.

Trailer, I love the music in The Warriors as well:


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Speaking of Ray Harryhausen...

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