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Cinemas!
What films were making their debuts within them, during this month in 1986?
These films were: Critters, A Room With a View, Absolute Beginners, Wise Guys and 8 Million Ways to Die.
Of those, I've seen the whole of Critters and some of Absolute Beginners and, Reader, I can declare Critters to be the better of those two features.
I pass no judgement upon the other films.
The Eternals revival is still going and I've no idea what happens in this issue.
However, I do know the Arctic may be a location.
My razor-sharp senses tells me it's some sort of spin-off from Star Wars and that, this issue, on the planet Dodz, our beloved robots help unseat a greedy governor.
Despite the popularity of Star Wars, I do believe this mag will last for just eight issues.
Having already lasted three times that long, Dreadstar hits its 24th edition - and does so with someone called Monalo defeating someone called Willow and taking her prisoner.
However, this series only has two more issues left in it.
Assuming, of course, that that's her and not someone else entirely.
But it would appear this mag has just five more issues left in it.
I know little of this adventure but I do know Evil Hyperion is killed by Good Hyperion!
I anticipate plenty of action, as the Punisher tries to put a stop to the Trust and their army of Punisher clones!
Holy Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer, Batman! Shades of DC's early 1970s Manhunter revival!
I couldn't claim it's a sight we've never seen before when an article in the Daily Bugle sends Spider-Man over the edge and he sets off on a revenge mission against its publisher.
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That Squadron Supreme isn't bad. Going berserk, Hyperion slays the fake Hyperion, because he's "making time" (is that what you kids call it, these days?) with Wonder Woman ( I mean Zarda! ) The ending's a bit vicious for little kids. The heat-vision showdown, leaving the fake Hyperion a damaged husk, still mooning over Zarda, with his last breaths (if memory serves.) Mount Rushmore is "Presidents' Mountain", of course, as it's an alternate Earth. Like I said, not bad at all! Often, with Marvel's male characters ( DD, the Guardsman - he got a green costume, too! - etc) red hair's code for Irish ancestry. Or was Hyperion just given red hair to match his costume?
Phillip
Never saw not one of those comics. I often wonder how many of these I flicked past searching for my favourites.
I did read the trade paperback of Moonshadow, though, so I can tell you with authority that it’s terrible.
Soz for the bad grammar - I'm simultaneously eating my tea. Remove the comma after "showdown", and change "leaving" to leaves!
Phillip
Of those movies, I believe I’ve only ever seen A ROOM WITH A VIEW, which I often get mixed up with WINGS OF THE DOVE, another Helena Bonham Carter movie. Besides both of them being period pieces (and starring HBC of course) the two movies are VERY different in tone. WINGS is very good but super-depressing.
Of these comics, I think I had that PUNISHER. I vaguely remember liking the dynamic Zeck /Beatty art, but other than that I don’t remember much else about it.
b.t.
I went to see Absolute Beginners. On a date. With the cousin of a schoolmate, but she brought the schoolmate along as a chaperone so it was a washout.
I didn’t really like the film either. I do like the theme song though.
I bought the Pet Shop Boys first album that day too, so it wasn’t a completely wasted journey.
I went to one of the PSB ‘Obscure’ concerts in Camden last Tuesday. Apart from the guy behind me singing along to everything, it was really good.
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