...the day that Jim Morrison died. While the legend of the "27 Club" gets dated most frequently back to Robert Johnson, it was Morrison's death, so soon after those of Joplin and Hendrix, that led to the…"
"I still say that DC should have retained the Fawcett Captain Marvel's name, and Marvel should have had a protector of America's capital named "Captain DC.""
"I had that one!
We knew that the 70s "blaxsploitation" films were cool, but we were too young to see most of them, until they turned up, bowdlerized, on TV. Luke Cage captured some of that geist."
"That costume would also be easier to assemble.
(I ignore the colour choices, since oddly-coloured clothing can be purchased off the rack in old comics)."
"The legend of the 27 Club owes much to a series of deaths of prominent popular musical artists in the late 60s and early 70s. Janis Joplin overdosed in October (4) of 1970, the cover date for this Daredevil team-up:"
"The 27 Club abducted two members in September 3 and 18 of 1970: Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson of Canned Heat and, of course, Jimi Hendrix. The cover date for this comic is September of 1970. Although I went out for Halloween in 1969 as a "Martian," this…"
"Of course, for the "27 Club" to exist, there had to be previous history of entertainers who died at that age. Although earlier examples exist, pop culture generally grounds the club with Robert Johnson, who died in August 16, 1938, and whose life…"
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Thanks for the info about Phantom of the Opera. I'll propose this to our music minister and see what he says!
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Hello! I hadn't relaized that you were the same person who had done the other timeline. That's cool.
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