Comic Book Legends Revealed
Comic Book Legends Revealed #340
Welcome to the three hundredth and fortieth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, learn the inspiration behind both the Trial of Reed Richards and Knightfall! Plus, did the Katzenjammer Kids have to change their name because of anti-German sentiment during World War I? [...]
Comic Book Legends Revealed #339
Welcome to the three hundredth and thirty-ninth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, did Superman inspire the Vulcan nerve pinch? Was Mister Mind always intended to be a worm? And what’s the story of the almost crossover between Quantum and Woody and Black [...]
Comic Book Legends Revealed #338
Welcome to the three hundredth and thirty-eighth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, discover which actress nearly replaced Sean Young as Vicki Vale in the 1989 Batman film, learn the amusing truth behind Storm’s mohawk haircut of the 1980s and find out why [...]
Comic Book Legends Revealed #337
Welcome to the three hundredth and thirty-seventh in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, discover the strange story of how close Gerard Christopher (from the Superboy TV series) came to being Superman on Lois and Clark! Plus, was James Robinson ever going to do [...]
Comic Book Legends Revealed #336
Welcome to the three hundredth and thirty-sixth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, marvel at the great Spider-Man/Chameleon Boy feud of 1966! Plus, legends involving Jack Kirby and Alan Davis! Click here for an archive of the previous three hundred and thirty-five. Also, [...]
Comic Book Legends Revealed #335
Welcome to the three hundredth and thirty-fifth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, learn the bizarre story of the Wall Street insider who made hundreds of thousands of dollars through hidden tips within Bringing Up Father comic strips…or did he? Plus, legends about [...]
Comic Book Legends Revealed #334
Welcome to the three hundredth and thirty-fourth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, in honor of his 80th Anniversary this Tuesday, today’s legends are all Dick Tracy related! Did Dick Tracy really coin the phrase “Crime Does Not Pay”? Did Chester Gould actually [...]
Comic Book Legends Revealed #333
Welcome to the three hundredth and thirty-third in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, discover the amazing story of the #1 Women’s Tennis Player in the World who became a writer and editor for Wonder Woman! And that’s not even close to the craziest [...]
Comic Book Legends Revealed #332
Welcome to the three hundredth and thirty-second in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, discover whether Popeye’s use of spinach actually led to an increase in the sales of the plant! In addition, marvel at a strange early Comics Code censoring of a Superman [...]
Comic Book Legends Revealed #331
Welcome to the three hundredth and thirty-first in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, shockingly enough, it is a LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE theme week! Did I just blow your mind? Good! This week, be shocked at the truth about whether Annie creator Harold Gray [...]
Comic Book Legends Revealed #330
Welcome to the three hundredth and thirtieth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, learn which Green Lantern Larry Niven wanted to reveal was an alien! Plus, discover a “lost” Calvin and Hobbes comic strip and learn the origin of Clash drummer Topper Headon’s [...]
Comic Book Legends Revealed #329
Welcome to the three hundredth and twenty-ninth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, learn about the Donald Duck comic book story that Disney wouldn’t let you see! Discover what would have been the ending of the 1990s Spider-Man cartoon series! And marvel at [...]
Comic Book Legends Revealed #328
Welcome to the three hundredth and twenty-eighth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, did Aunt May and Uncle Ben appear in a Marvel comic book two months BEFORE Peter Parker did?!?! Plus, what is the story behind the proposed superhero team series that [...]
Comic Book Legends Revealed #327
Welcome to the three hundredth and twenty-seventh in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, find out the amusingly low budget reason why only one member of the X-Men appeared on the Marvel cartoon adaptation of Secret Wars. Plus, did Human League really get their [...]
Comic Book Legends Revealed #326
Welcome to the three hundredth and twenty-sixth in a series of examinations of comic book legends and whether they are true or false. This week, discover how a story about abortion, of all things, ended up with the effectual end of the Popeye daily comic strip. Plus, did Batman: The Killing Joke inspire a popular [...]
