THE BIBLE OF ‘BOND, JAMES BOND’ [BelserVerse, Part 1]: The Birth of An Icon.

'The name is Belser.  The Belser.' What’s happening people? Guess who's back? It's your resident pop culture maven back at it again to educate those who appreciate the ins and outs of your favorite characters. As the title suggests, this new series of articles will be on the greatest spy of all time, JAMES BOND. Doing …

THE MARVEL TELEVISION UNIVERSE [BelserVerse]: The Story of Thor the Viking Ghost and Ninja Devil.

Though we have covered all the CBS/Marvel characters under the original deal in the 70’s, I’m going to go ahead and add two extra ones for good measure. I’m doing this for two reasons: 1). I’m a nice nerd and 2) these two are spinoffs of one of the originals: The Incredible Hulk. As previously …

WORLD OF SUPER ADVENTURE – THE STORY OF THE HANNA BARBERA SUPERHEROES of the 60’s [Good Friday, Part 5]: The Fantastic Four.

REED: We four have been invested with the powers of the universe! More power than any other four people on Earth! With this power properly controlled and applied, we four could aid and do good for all mankind! And so, to fight tyranny, I put out the hand of Mister Fantastic! JOHNNY: And against crime, …

WORLD OF SUPER ADVENTURE – THE STORY OF THE HANNA BARBERA SUPERHEROES of the 60’s [Good Friday, Part 4]: The Herculoids and Shazzan.

The Herculoids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbz8OL3kYyk "Somewhere out in space live The Herculoids...Zok the laser-ray dragon! Igoo the giant rock ape! Tundro the tremendous! Gloop and Gleep, the formless fearless wonders! With Zandor their leader, and his wife, Tara, and son, Dorno, they team up to protect their planet from sinister invaders! All-strong! All-brave! All-heroes!! They are The …

THE MARVEL TELEVISION UNIVERSE [BelserVerse]: The Star-Spangled Mess.

Captain America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVJwXh1P1NQ The fourth of the CBS/Marvel would be the character with the longest history in Marvel, Captain America. Captain America first appeared in Timely Comics’ Captain America Comics #1 (March 1941) and was created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. In 1940, writer Joe Simon came up with the idea for Captain America …