ZOWIE WEDNESDAYS!
Welcome to ZOWIE WEDNESDAYS — in which we’re serializing across 13 weeks Mark Voger’s forthcoming book Zowie! from publisher TwoMorrows. Click here for a ton more on this feature — and info on the book itself, a brightly colored history of “the TV Superhero Craze in ’60s Pop Culture.” You can also find there links to previous installments. Right on! — Dan
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For the first time out, we featured a groovy interview with Yvonne Craig.
This time, we work the other side of the street with a look at Grantray-Lawrence’s Marvel superhero cartoons of the Silver Age:
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Zowie! by Mark Voger, is a 192-page, full-color hardcover that lists for $43.95. It is scheduled to be released July 31 and will be available through booksellers and comics shops. You can also pre-order it directly from TwoMorrows. Click here.
Also check out MarkVoger.com!
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MORE
— The Complete ZOWIE WEDNESDAYS! Index. Click here.
— HOW BATGIRL GOT HER KICKS: Why YVONNE CRAIG Did Her Own Stunts — While ADAM WEST and BURT WARD Didn’t. Click here.
May 29, 2024
Ten-year old me was beyond jazzed about this series (Friday’s at 4:30 p.m.) It was my introduction to Marvel, and for whatever reason, the opening theme and individual themes are still lodged in my memory nearly 60 years later. Great memories.
There are still scattered clips of this on YouTube.
May 29, 2024
Why, after so many years, Marvel (or Disney) has never released this classic “Marvel Super Heroes” series on DVD or Blu-Ray? It’s a real shame. I would love it. I remember this show which aired weekday afternoons on WOR-TV Channel 9 in New York back in 1966 and it was like having the actual comic books come to life. The animation was limited and simple, but it introduced kids to these timeless characters each with their own great
theme song and overall loads of charm.
May 29, 2024
Caught these on re-runs in the 80’s before I left for elementary school in the morning. I always remember the Captain America theme: “When Captain America throws his mighty shield…”
May 29, 2024
As usual, nostalgic fondness overrides any sign of empathy for the artists ripped off in this venture. There’s Don Heck lamenting how he and his peers got nothing- not even passing credit- and there’s no sign of awareness towards their plight. “The Ramones covered it, bruh!” That’s all I need to know this book isn’t for me.
May 30, 2024
I remember this just barely! Over on You Tube” “Irving’s Zoo” does some wonderful commentary on them, especially the bit at the very first of this vid about the old theme from the Iron Man cartoon (that shows up much later somewhere else!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG7dQMZc_Pg&list=PLoVuOOVGFgsBMjOH_f1sqpbBD92cC0a_g
May 31, 2024
Yeah. I gotta admit the fact that the art used for the cartoon do not include even a passing credit to those whom they ripped off (forget getting compensated for it) does tamper the enthusiasm for seeing them again after all these years. The business side of comics was nothing less than brutal to creators back then and just a bit better now.