A BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE: The screen siren turns 77! Every year on Jan. 16, we run our birthday tribute to actress Caroline Munro who, to our way of thinking, would have been the perfect Talia in a 1970s Batman movie. Here it is again, in fact. (She’s turning 77.) The whole reasoning is based on her role as Margiana in 1973’s Ray Harryhausen-infused The Golden Voyage of Sinbad: But now we have something new to add to the mix: a phenomenal commission by artist Frank Cho, showcasing Munro in the movie. Check out what he posted online: “Took a break from my regular work and finished a commission that I started months ago,” Cho wrote on Facebook. “The commission was of Caroline Munro, but since I’m a huge Ray Harryhausen fan, I had to add the centaur-cyclops from The Golden Voyage of Sinbad.” Naturally, I showed this to our pal and 13th Dimension house colorist Walt Grogan, and he promptly whipped up this magazine-y cover: See, that just reinforces that she would have made a great Talia too. (Here’s Cho’s website, by the way.) For history’s sake, this is how Margiana was portrayed in Marvel’s groovy, two-part Golden Voyage of Sinbad adaptation in 1974’s Worlds Unknown #7-8, by Len Wein, with art by George Tuska and Vince Colletta: Oddly, she has blonde hair on the cover of Issue #8: Now, if I could only go back to the ’70s to get that Batman movie made. — MORE — CAROLINE MUNRO — The Greatest TALIA That Never Was. Click here. — The Kitschy Greatness of THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD. Click...
FRANCO’S FREE-FOR-ALL FRIDAYS! By FRANCO The Question: DC or not DC? — Want more FRANCO’S FREE-FOR-ALL FRIDAYS? Come back next week! — MORE — I’ve Already Broken My Resolutions — But How About a TINY TITANS and MINI MARVELS Team-Up? Click here. — My 13 NEW YEAR’s RESOLUTIONS. Click here. — Franco and his forehead have traveled the world and he writes and draws stuff. Franco is the creator, artist and writer of Patrick the Wolf Boy and Aw Yeah Comics! Franco has worked on books/comics, including Tiny Titans and Superman Family Adventures. Franco was also a high-school teacher and is one of the principal owners of Aw Yeah Comics retail stores. Dan made Franco add that he has won three...
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