Dark Shadows turns 60 today!!!

 

Today marks the 60th anniversary of the airing of Dark Shadows episode 1 from 1966 June 27.  Or, as streamers would recognize it, Dark Shadows Beginnings episode 1.  Even though Barnabas won't show up for another 200+ episodes, those early ones are great.  Read about my initial enthusiasm here.

I finally purchased the legit complete series boxset from MPI not too long ago.  And it's the perfect time to restart the series, which I've completed at least twice (and some change). You see, I had to take a break because I didn't want to watch a week's worth of commercials by streaming it again.  

Stan Lee Lied (2024) - A Review of Sorts

 

Our beloved leader, Jim, sent this book to me after I shared with him a link to a news article, which announced a new product that would allow you to have Stan Lee read stuff to you via a digitally cloned voice.  Having been raised on my brother's copy of Stan's The Origin of Marvel Comics from 1974 (now battered but long in my possession after he abandoned comics), and the six-issue reprint collections by Pocket Books, as well as Stan's narration for the early 80's cartoons of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends and The Incredible Hulk, I've long been a fan of his bombastic writing style.  Plus, there were all those great stories from the early Marvel Age...

Luke 8:17

For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be known or brought out into the open.

Dang.