Book Review: I, Barbarian by Jay Scotland (John Jakes) James the Frank is not called that because of his honesty, though he does have a tendency to tell the truth even when it’s not convenient. He’s called that because his Crusader father got very lost and wound up at a yam station (kind of an… Continue reading Book Review: I, Barbarian
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Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #503
Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #503 edited by Nicola Cuti All good things must come to an end, they say, and this digest issue was the last one of the original Adventure Comics run. (It would be picked up again as a title 2009-11 before being cancelled for the New 52 reboot.) At the end… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Adventure Comics #503
Comic Book Review: Asterix Volume One
Comic Book Review: Asterix Volume One Written by Rene Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo It is the year 50 B.C. and Gaul has been conquered by the Roman forces under Julius Caesar. Well, almost conquered. There’s one small village that refuses to surrender, and although it is surrounded by four Roman encampments, has managed… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Asterix Volume One
Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #26: The Brave and the Bold
Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #26: The Brave and the Bold edited by Mike W. Barr Before The Brave and the Bold became an all-Batman team-up book, it was an adventure comic book series that featured multiple action-oriented characters. This digest reprints five of those features, plus a Batman team-up because that was… Continue reading Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #26: The Brave and the Bold
Movie Review: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Movie Review: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) directed by Frank Lloyd Midshipman Roger Byam (Franchot Tone) is excited for his first Royal Navy assignment, sailing aboard the Bounty under Captain William Bligh (Charles Laughton) to Tahiti to secure breadfruit trees and in Mr. Byam’s case, compile a dictionary of the local language. Bligh is a brilliant navigator and… Continue reading Movie Review: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Movie Review: Creatures the World Forgot
Creatures the World Forgot (1971) dir. Don Chaffey The Dark-Haired Tribe hunters have had a successful day, bringing down an antelope while only losing one of their number to its mate. But as the tribe is divvying up the meat, The Crone (Rosalie Crutchley) directs their attention to the nearby twin mountains–which turn out to be… Continue reading Movie Review: Creatures the World Forgot
Book Review: Way of a Buccaneer
Book Review: Way of a Buccaneer by Davenport Steward It is 1663, and young Wayne Thorp, late of Cambridge University, is assisting his father Captain Thomas Thorpe in a smuggling voyage to Spanish-controlled Panama. Unfortunately, their trading partner, Irish-Spanish minor government official Don Timóteo O’Bannion y Salazar, has decided he can make even more money… Continue reading Book Review: Way of a Buccaneer
Magazine Review: Golden Fleece June 1939
Magazine Review: Golden Fleece June 1939 edited by A.J. Gontier, Jr. & C.G. Williams Golden Fleece Historical Adventure was a short-lived pulp magazine that ran for nine issues in 1938-1939, with this being the final issue (not identified as such in the issue itself.) As the subtitle mentions, it specialized in historical adventure fiction and… Continue reading Magazine Review: Golden Fleece June 1939
Book Review: The Moon Maid
Book Review: The Moon Maid by Edgar Rice Burroughs It is the 2020s, and it is at last time for the humans of Earth to visit their neighbors on Mars, or as its natives call it, Barsoom. The first spaceship to essay the journey is also named the Barsoom. It carries a crew of five,… Continue reading Book Review: The Moon Maid
Anime Review: Dragon Ball Daima
Anime Review: Dragon Ball Daima Previously, on Dragon Ball: Son Goku was rocketed to Earth as an infant from the dying planet Vegeta–to conquer it. Instead, he became its greatest defender and the universe’s best martial artist. Along with his friends, quite a few of whom were former enemies, Son Goku defeated threat after threat.… Continue reading Anime Review: Dragon Ball Daima