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Title: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on October 25, 2016, 06:38:42 PM
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)
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on October 31, 2016, 01:33:46 AM
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
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on November 06, 2016, 09:34:02 PM
The best way to organize your comics, according to a 1948 advertisement from Moe & Shmoe Comics #1.

https://youtu.be/eFHi3e81PK0
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on November 20, 2016, 03:24:47 AM
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
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on December 03, 2016, 05:48:43 AM
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
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: narfstar on December 04, 2016, 12:32:10 AM
I just listened to Yellowjacket One. Very very very impressed. YOu did a great job
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on December 04, 2016, 02:49:52 PM
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."
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: narfstar on December 11, 2016, 01:33:06 PM
He is one of my favs also which is why I tried it first
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on December 27, 2016, 10:40:09 PM
From Western Adventures #2, the Cross-Draw Kid fights a by-the-numbers masked baddie and saves a farm.

https://youtu.be/xy1L2iimcgk
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on January 03, 2017, 06:42:44 PM
From Mad Hatter Comics #1, a tale of costume parties, nameless supporting characters, and shocking plot twists. Shocking!

https://youtu.be/jjPFsyQVjTA
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on January 16, 2017, 10:43:33 PM
From Yellowjacket Comics #3 comes a tale of medical malpractice, evil doctors, and crab claws!

https://youtu.be/VYeZLy3_Jsk
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on January 25, 2017, 02:30:43 AM
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
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on February 02, 2017, 01:52:49 AM
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
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on February 08, 2017, 08:44:53 PM
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
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on February 15, 2017, 07:10:01 PM
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
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on February 22, 2017, 08:35:48 PM
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
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on March 01, 2017, 09:04:39 PM
Fun with promotional comics! Poor Knucklehead Blooper; if only he wouldn't ignore bicycle safety!
(from Bike Comics #nn, 1949)

https://youtu.be/WTZVNOJURKs
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on March 08, 2017, 07:47:25 PM
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
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on March 15, 2017, 04:52:49 PM
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
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on March 22, 2017, 02:02:47 PM
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
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on March 29, 2017, 07:12:42 PM
A soda ad from the 40s, starring those two pop-hawking cops, Pepsi and Pete.

https://youtu.be/WixbuAjdfmk
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on April 05, 2017, 05:18:43 PM
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
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on April 12, 2017, 01:56:35 PM
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
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on April 19, 2017, 01:14:38 PM
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
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on April 26, 2017, 03:25:17 PM
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
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on May 03, 2017, 02:36:05 PM
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
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on May 10, 2017, 01:38:58 PM
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
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on May 17, 2017, 05:21:51 PM
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
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on May 24, 2017, 12:42:45 PM
The Cola Cops return in a fire-related emergency of pachydermic proportions.

https://youtu.be/X9ABh31zoPM
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on May 31, 2017, 01:29:06 PM
From Wonder Comics #1, comes Fox Comics's premier superhero that never was:

https://youtu.be/ZLnTtupkTcc
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on June 07, 2017, 01:10:22 PM
From the promotional comic RD-119: the Miracle in Your Gas Tanks comes this thrilling tale of rust and carburetors:

https://youtu.be/fbcqeji9hEA
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on June 14, 2017, 01:21:52 PM
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
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on June 21, 2017, 01:46:15 PM
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
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on June 28, 2017, 01:27:57 PM
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
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on July 04, 2017, 07:39:39 PM
From Daredevil Comics #1 comes Pat Patriot! The greatest flag-clad superhero not named Captain Something-or-Other.

https://youtu.be/jlF_0zUCcKc
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on July 12, 2017, 01:48:39 PM
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
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on July 19, 2017, 01:44:57 PM
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
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on July 26, 2017, 01:11:12 PM
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
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on August 02, 2017, 01:05:18 PM
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
Title: Re: Public Domain Comic Book Network (YouTube channel)
Post by: mrpatduke on August 09, 2017, 01:59:13 PM
From Skyrocket Comics (no #) comes the first and only adventure of Alias the Dragon, flamethrowing champion of justice.

https://youtu.be/TR08lGvAEcg