JD DeLuzio replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"Or the back of the next issue, which explained where the 16 appear:"
6 hours ago
JD DeLuzio replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"Beware"
6 hours ago
JD DeLuzio replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"This Beano is cover-dated July 3, 1971....

...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…"
yesterday
JD DeLuzio replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"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.""
yesterday
JD DeLuzio replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"A handful of significant women in my life (including my wife) have been born on the thirteenth of the month. Here are birth months for two of them:"
Friday
JD DeLuzio replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"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."
Friday
JD DeLuzio replied to Captain Comics's discussion The Massive, Extravagant, Over-the-top Golden Age JSA Re-read
"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)."
Thursday
JD DeLuzio replied to Jeff of Earth-J's discussion Does Continuity Still Matter?
""Selective Continuity" is also a pretty good descriptor of how history is taught and understood.
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Thursday
JD DeLuzio replied to The Baron's discussion Movies I Have Seen Lately
"Naked Ambition (2026): interesting account of the life, work, and influence of BunnyYeager, pin-up girl turned hugely influential pin-up photographer, then forgotten woman turned art-world star."
Thursday
JD DeLuzio replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"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:"
Thursday
JD DeLuzio replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"I'm quite certain people have seen UFOs in the canyon. I am almost as certain they have not seen extraterrestrial craft."
Thursday
JD DeLuzio replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"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…"
Wednesday
JD DeLuzio replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
""There was shrinkage!""
Wednesday
JD DeLuzio replied to Cavaliere (moderator emeritus)'s discussion What are you watching right now?
"Canadian classic, eh?
 
For those of you who haven't seen it, she's a werewolf, not a vampire. Ginger Snaps' lycanthropes transform slowly, as the full moon approaches."
Tuesday
JD DeLuzio replied to Cavaliere (moderator emeritus)'s discussion What are you watching right now?
"Temporally and culturally impossible, I suppose, but I'm imagining a crossover with Ginger Snaps (2000)."
Tuesday
JD DeLuzio replied to Steve W's discussion A Cover a Day
"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…"
Tuesday
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