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Films!
I've got 'em!
But not, by and large, the ones on the following list.
52 Pick-Up, Sid and Nancy, Something Wild, Heat, Hoosiers, An American Tail, Defense of the Realm, Firewalker, The Wraith, The Mosquito Coast, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home and Eye of the Tiger.
And those are ones that came out in November 1986.
Thinking about it, I do believe that, of that lot, I've only seen Star Trek IV, which was OK but I'm not sure it was worthy of the coveted-by-Hollywood Steve Does Comics Movie of the Month award that can be the difference between box office success and failure.
Therefore, I shall leave it to my readers to decide just what was the outstanding cinematic offering from that selection.
But, speaking of films, everyone's favourite movie that combines Anthony Newley impressions with Muppets now has its very own Marvel Comics adaptation in which a young girl wishes her baby brother would disappear and the Goblin King is only too happy to oblige!
And it's all brought to us by Sid Jacobson, Jim Henson, Dennis Lee, Terry Jones, John Buscema and Romeo Tanghal.
Spider-Man only goes and lands himself his 20th annual and it sees the man known as Iron Man 2020 travel back in time, seeking a retinal imprint from a terrorist who's armed an experimental bomb in our future!
Blimey!
But there's a catch.
And that's that, in our time, his quarry is both a child and a friend of Spider-Man!
However, this is not an issue dedicated to Steve Rogers. It's a brand new publication from Marvel's New Universe experiment and it sees New York Smashers quarterback Jack Magniconte given a boost to his strength and stamina, thanks to his brother's latest invention.
But then, just like Dr Reinstein, his brother's killed by bad men - and our hero, his wife and teammates launch an organisation called Kickers, Inc, which is designed to help those with special problems.
He also tries to save his victim's daughter from the rebels he works for. However, Mark the merc fails. Presumably proving he's better at killing people than he is at saving them.
This time, teenager Keith Remsen wakes from a coma, with the power to enter and manipulate the dreams of others, while his sister acts as his anchor to the real world. I'm getting, "Sandman meets Cloak and Dagger meets New Mutants," vibes.
This time, some people called Kathy and Tyrone help a former CIA agent escape the KGB.
And this all, somehow, leads to the creation of a team called Psi-Force!
But it's the news all GI Joe fans have been begging for, as Larry Hama and Herb Trimpe give us one-page profiles of all our favourite GI Joe related characters, spread over 36 mighty pages we'll never forget.
In Manhattan, he tracks down a drug ring working from a place called The Factory and bumps off its owner.
At the same time, two FBI agents infiltrate the place, also looking to bring down the organisation.
With all that going on, it all sounds like a recipe for chaos, confusion and mutual misunderstandings.
Is there no end to the bounty the New Universe has to bring us?
It seems not, as a man called Dr Randy meets a man called Dave, after Dave has an overdose of painkillers.
Then, once it becomes clear that one of them has super-powers, the duo travel to The Clinic, a facility set up to treat those with "paranormalities."
But can it be that The Clinic has sinister plans for the "paranormals" in its care?
It sounds to me like someone needs to set Mark Hazzard and an amnesiac warrior on it.
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1 comment:
That is one random random-bag! Biggly random.
Charlie very highly recommends “Hoosiers.” Charlie bets Red does as well, being a fellow Hoosier.
Lastly, Merc reminds me of that magazine SOLDIER OF FORTUNE that was always eye-ball level wherever magazines were sold, even the grocery store. I thought it was pretty cool until some very unpleasant photos presented themselves. Glad it’s nowhere to be found now.
And I did meet a German mercenary once (allegedly) who was hired by Belgium to rescue Europeans when the Congo finally revolted in the 1960s. His bar in Nuremberg was interesting.
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