"It's September 8 so HAPPY STAR TREK DAY as the franchise and the original series celebrate their 60TH ANNIVERSARY! Assignment: Earth was the last episode of Season 2 and Gene Roddenberry's attempt at a backdoor pilot for a second series that NBC…"
"While Tower Comics was a grand experiment before my reading time started mostly known for the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, they did explore the Teen Scene of the Swingin' 60s too. (Image courtesy of the Grand Comics Database.)"
"If you folks want to read something really weird, pre Vertigo, then I suggest Brother Power: The Geek! Found them at a garage sale and Overstreet (the Grand Comics Database of the day) confirmed there were only two issues. Makes one wonder what…"
"Never heard of the book you talked about Jeff, but Pocket Books did do an anthology called Constellations, which was based on the premise of "What if there was a Season 4?""
"I've read a lot of Star Trek over the years, including the Blish and Foster adaptations. Blish seemed to present his adaptations more straight forward since the series was gaining popularity in syndication and could easily be rewatched to this day.…"
"Almost didn't make it today but here's a cover I'm sure all you cats will dig, courtesy of the Grand Comics Database. As Phillip pointed out above, DC reused at least the cover gags from The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis for Windy and Willy. Unless…"
"When I first discovered the Teen Titans during their late 1970s revival, Donna Troy was already wearing her more famous costume but here's Wonder Girl swinging 1960s debut of that outfit, courtesy of the Grand Comics Database. Not sure if it…"
"Hanna-Barbera wanted to do an animated version of Dobie Gillis, but couldn't get the rights despite all their pitch work. So they replaced the title character with a new breakout star while retooling the rest of their work and the rest is history as…"
"I unfortunately was a subscriber of the other newspaper in town when this strip started in the rival publication, but I wished it well. (Image courtesy of the Grand Comics Database.)"
"One of the few 100 pagers I acquired brand new, considering what newstand and convenience store vending were like back in the day. (Image courtesy of the Grand Comics Database.)"
"I read it via back issues. Fresh from his Fourth World and other DC endeavours, definitely a Kirby experience just as he was starting up his run on The Eternals."
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Still trying to get the hang of this new forum. But it's great to have somewhere to else to talk, even if F+W ever manages to get their act together with CBGXtra.