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All And Everything => Shameless Self-Promotion => Topic started by: mrpatduke on October 25, 2016, 06:38:42 PM
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Public Domain Comic Book Network dramatizes all your favorite Golden Age comic characters (if your favorite comic book characters are obscure D-listers from companies that haven't existed for half a century).
But first, a word from our sponsors:
The only cola beverage that will save you from a whale (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eQwDaumqxg)
Frozen pop treats (police approved) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctuRjSo9vj4)
Chewy Chocolate Candy that will make you smart, athletic and popular (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qYtWH7-PaE)
And Vacutex, zit-removal for you and your sister (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77ef3TJtVQ0)
Andy playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW-F92wuROeBEhMWmNp73moMcH2Qk-5h9) (Archie-style comedy)
Cross-Draw Kid playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW-F92wuROeBYweRltZE2v-tI-1xD2OaY) (Western action!)
Yellowjacket playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW-F92wuROeCnBjAYanOX8jVjNjqjfylm)(superhero with a bee fetish)
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And so comes the Halloween Special, featuring werewolves, witches, Little Red Riding Hood, three or more huntsmen, and a twist ending to bring M. Night Shyamalan to tears. Adapting the Little Red Riding Hood story from Fantastic Fears #2 (Ajax-Farrell)
https://youtu.be/fhW2rfV6M8g
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The best way to organize your comics, according to a 1948 advertisement from Moe & Shmoe Comics #1.
https://youtu.be/eFHi3e81PK0
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Who is the mysterious crime boss of the city? Why is this guy called the Mad Hatter, despite not wearing a hat? Why does a guy so terrible at fighting continue to get into fights? Only one of these questions is answered in: "A Date with the Mad Hatter!"
https://youtu.be/CpQgCBEnMgY
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From Ziff-Davis's G.I. Joe #10 (the first one) comes this fun romp starring a comedy duo from the pen of legendary Archie creator Dan de Carlo.
The Two Yardbirds.
https://youtu.be/b1KggQnmdS8
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I just listened to Yellowjacket One. Very very very impressed. YOu did a great job
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Thanks! I think my edits have gotten a little cleaner since Yellowjacket, but I immediately fell in love with that character from the line "they didn't know I'm one of those rare people that bees don't sting."
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He is one of my favs also which is why I tried it first
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From Western Adventures #2, the Cross-Draw Kid fights a by-the-numbers masked baddie and saves a farm.
https://youtu.be/xy1L2iimcgk
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From Mad Hatter Comics #1, a tale of costume parties, nameless supporting characters, and shocking plot twists. Shocking!
https://youtu.be/jjPFsyQVjTA
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From Yellowjacket Comics #3 comes a tale of medical malpractice, evil doctors, and crab claws!
https://youtu.be/VYeZLy3_Jsk
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Adapted from a contest announcement in Reg'lar Fellers Heroic Comics #1 (1942)
What do you think about preparedness? And also whistles?
https://youtu.be/uvjE6UnssZA
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Another installment of the Two Yardbirds, in which a Colonel thinks the Army specifically tailors uniforms for privates. From Ziff-Davis's G.I. Joe #11 (actually #2).
https://youtu.be/b_eTo3qZP8U
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Can bubble gum be the answer to national security? According to Bubbles and Yanks, it sure can!
Adapting an ad from Fawcett's Funny Animals #55.
https://youtu.be/rLvnT1yX74k
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From All-New Short Story Comics #2 comes the only appearance of one of the great superhero partnerships of the Golden Age:
https://youtu.be/BB4-s1_awIw
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The greatest of all candy-themed superheroes faces his most terrible challenge: coaching youth-league football.
Captain Tootsie ad from Fawcett's Funny Animals #55.
https://youtu.be/vCVFMUq0GHw
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Fun with promotional comics! Poor Knucklehead Blooper; if only he wouldn't ignore bicycle safety!
(from Bike Comics #nn, 1949)
https://youtu.be/WTZVNOJURKs
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From Choice Comics #1 comes the tale of a man and his kangaroo, in a tale of friendship, trust, and enemy saboteurs of unspecified national origin.
https://youtu.be/WlQWACEKYTQ
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In my new monthly series, Golden Age Influences, I look at the tropes and trends in comic book history that lead up to current TV and movies.
This month, Iron Fist and the history of comic book martial arts.
https://youtu.be/X_QKadktjhA
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The Cross-Draw Kid returns, this time in a yellow shirt! From Western Adventures #2, our (my) favorite cowboy helps a young man clear his name by brazenly charging into a well-defended mesa, threatening an innocent woman with a branding iron, and throwing a box of bullets into a pot-bellied stove. Hero!
https://youtu.be/IHLUc-k8FFo
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A soda ad from the 40s, starring those two pop-hawking cops, Pepsi and Pete.
https://youtu.be/WixbuAjdfmk
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From Yellowjacket Comics #4, our hero Yellowjacket is confronted with a crime he himself created to be unsolvable. So, how does he get out of this mess?
https://youtu.be/VmAlCdRJQ20
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From Yellowjacket Comics #1 comes the tale of Diana the Huntress, a goddess from Olympus come to Earth during WW2 to do fetch quests for the Allies.
Special guest star Dael Kingsmill from MonarchFactory.
https://youtu.be/O6p1-OPWDyY
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Golden Age Influences: Riverdale and the Golden Age of Teen Humor Comics
As a guy with a slight obsession with Archie knockoffs, it seemed like this was a fine excuse to do a short retrospective of the genre:
https://youtu.be/V9XGaL_BPXU
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From Mad Hatter #2 comes this tale of a Lost City of Gold, and the two mobsters who want to steal it.
https://youtu.be/lQYH1_8Lp74
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From Scream Comics #16, the first appearance of my favorite Archie-clone, Andy! Can the poor guy fumble his way through football and love? No doubt. There will be fumbling.
https://youtu.be/JFKy13XYnRQ
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From Blue Ribbon Comics #1. Hercules comes to Earth to do his 12 labors all over again, but this time with mobsters where the monsters should be.
https://youtu.be/wECymazeeAI
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With Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 out in theaters, I thought I'd take the opportunity to look at the classic spaceman archetype and the various tropes of comic book space opera.
https://youtu.be/6TmO_Dn-tMc
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The Cola Cops return in a fire-related emergency of pachydermic proportions.
https://youtu.be/X9ABh31zoPM
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From Wonder Comics #1, comes Fox Comics's premier superhero that never was:
https://youtu.be/ZLnTtupkTcc
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From the promotional comic RD-119: the Miracle in Your Gas Tanks comes this thrilling tale of rust and carburetors:
https://youtu.be/fbcqeji9hEA
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With Wonder Woman out in theaters, I decided to do a retrospective on the superhero ladies of the Golden Age:
https://youtu.be/k0wk_jCqHKM
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From Weird Comics #6, here's Dynamite Thor! The only hero who waits until intermission to deal with a raging fire he knew about before the play even started!
https://youtu.be/jALLwpVM2lU
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From Western Comics #3. The Cross-Draw Kid's best adventure, "The Cross-Draw Kid Exposes the Hoax of the Jester!"
https://youtu.be/1J_lxOzXomA
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From Daredevil Comics #1 comes Pat Patriot! The greatest flag-clad superhero not named Captain Something-or-Other.
https://youtu.be/jlF_0zUCcKc
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From Ziff-Davis's G.I. Joe #3 (#12 on cover):
When two privates crash an officers club, how much trouble could they really get into?
https://youtu.be/URma0ndB6Zg
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Golden Age Influences: Spider-Man and the Golden Age of Teen Heroes
A look back at the teen heroes who came before Spider-Man, and how the amazing webhead changed the game.
https://youtu.be/z6ya3v6VgJc
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From Choice Comics #2 comes this tale of manly American Jack Brian, Australian marsupial Bingo, and a carload of escaped war prisoners who threaten Canada.
https://youtu.be/F-6tiki4s4o
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From 1947's The Story of Johnny Surge, enjoy this tale of how an anthropomorphic milking machine saved the farm!
https://youtu.be/_hoc_kH7sY4
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From Skyrocket Comics (no #) comes the first and only adventure of Alias the Dragon, flamethrowing champion of justice.
https://youtu.be/TR08lGvAEcg