Mighty Marvel Mosterbash 2009: The Monster of Frankenstein (Power Records, PR-14)

Decided to kick off this year's Mighty Marvel Monster Bash a few days earl, offering up this great Power Records vinyl...plug, it's got some great Mike Ploog art...enjoy!


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Curse of the Werewolf (Power Records, 1975)

The werewolf film genre has always been a thorn in my side for years....the only reason I tend to dislike it is simply a question of originality.

I mean, outside of Universal Pictures' classic The Wolf Man and The Howling (and remember, everything in this blog is personally my opinion, and you know what they say about those...), I find that every werewolf film produced is basically a rehash of the same friggin' story....

So, having said that...I still have no clue whatsoever why I like the Marvel Comics' character Jack Russell, Werewolf by Night....maybe it's the thought that the character was named after an absolutely cute little breed of dog that I adore....

Be sure to check out our sister site, Who's Who....Cares?, for Marvel Spotlight #2...the 1st app. of Werewolf By Night.

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Dracula: Terror In The Snow (1974, PR15)

In a joint effort with my other blog, WHO's WHO....CARES?, I'm providing an important service: Giving away the Halloween treat of the monstery side of 1970s Marvel Comics...

This Power Records offering from 1974 is an audio adaptation of Marvel's Tomb of Dracula #19. With this download, I've included a CBR file of that particular issue.





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CONAN THE BARBARIAN" 4 STORIES (POWER RECORDS 8180)

It's been awhile, but here's yet another Power Record from my vault....enjoy...

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Captain America & The Falcon: "...And A Phoenix Shall Arise" (Power Records PR-12, 1974)

This particular Power Records attempt at bringing Marvel Superheroes to the audio realm holds a soft spot in my heart, for it was the first of these releases I ever owned. I believe an older relative purchased it for me, and over the years the comic lost it's cover and the record became warped and broken...a few years back I was able to find another copy at a local dirt mall.

Pay close attention to the vocal talent they used for the Falcon. I cannot help but giggle whenever I hear this incredibly white-bread sounding voice attempting "jive-talk"....plus Captain Melodramatic....I mean, "America", does the audio equivalent of chewing scenery...

"The Big War.....just claimed another victim, Sam....."

Track Listing:

01 Captain America and The Falcon - And A Phoenix Shall Arise

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Spider-Man: The Mark of The Man-Wolf (Power Records, PR-8146, 1974)

I was a Spider-Man fan as a child, cutting my teeth on the double whammy of the (then-current) introduction of the original Hobgoblin storyline and the (then-current, again) monthly reprints of the entire Lee/Ditko run of the book via the reprint title Marvel Tales, circa the early 1980s.

But, after a downhill slide of over a decade in incredibly terrible storylines, Marvel Comics has finally provided the straw that has broken the Web-Headed camel's back in the form of "One More Day".....

From Wikipedia:

One More Day is a 4-part, 2007 comic book crossover storyline, connecting all of the Spider-Man comic book series. It will conclude the storyline of the fallout of Spider-Man's actions during the Civil War. It starts in Amazing Spider-Man #544, continues in Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #24 and The Sensational Spider-Man (vol. 2) #41, and concludes in Amazing Spider-Man #545.

The last issue has been delayed until late December, according to Newsarama.[1]

Writer J. Michael Straczynski wrote this: "there's a lot that I don't agree with, and I made this very clear to everybody within shouting distance at Marvel, especially Joe Quesada... there was a point where I made the decision, and told Joe, that I was going to take my name off the last two issues of the OMD arc." Eventually Joe talked me out of that decision because at the end of the day, I don't want to sabotage Joe or Marvel, and I have a lot of respect for both of those." ^[1]

The story has been quite controversial and has been heavily criticised by areas of the fandom under the assumption the story will undo Spider-Man's marriage. ^[2] The story itself is still ongoing.

Spoiler Alert!!!!!!! The following is (for anyone who cares) the revelation in store for those reading "One More Day"

Just prior to the One More Day storyline, Peter publicly confronts the government's Scarlet Spiders who each wear redesigned "Iron Spider" armor; their appearance in battle against and alongside Peter raised public doubt

over whether Parker is the original and/or only Spider-Man, despite his previous public reveal.

Peter's attempts to save Aunt May by contacting such diverse characters as Mister Fantastic or the High Evolutionary fail, prompting the demon Mephisto to appear to him with a bargain; he will save May's life, so long as Peter and Mary Jane agree to have all memory of their marriage wiped from all but a small part of their souls, thus allowing Mephisto to enjoy listening to that part scream for all eternity. Peter and Mary Jane agree to the deal and the continuity for the past 20 years is wiped out. Peter and Mary Jane are no longer married, Aunt May is no longer shot, Peter's unmasking

has never occurred, and Harry Osborn is alive (with everybody celebrating at a party for him). Fan reaction is almost completely negative to these changes.

IMO, if Joe Q. likes stories that focus on deals with the Devil, then he can burn in Hell. I wash my hands completely of any and all Marvel titles

. My reasoning? The Pete and MJ marriage is one of the better things to come about within the last 20 years in the book, and Marvel decides to chuck it. For what? A poor excuse for cop-out and poor writing? Screw Marvel. I'll never buy another one of their books again.

Anyways....onward to happier times. Here's another Power Records Marvel Comics post.

Track Listing:

01- Spider-Man: The Mark Of The Man-Wolf

02- The Incredible Hulk: At Bay

03-Captain America And The Falcon: And A Phoenix Shall Arise

04-The Fantastic Four: The Way It Began

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Marvel Superheroes Power Records Part Two: "Man-Thing: Night Of The Laughing Dead" (Power Records, PR16, 1974)

When I was a kid, I loved that little corner of the Marvel Universe (circa 1970s) that darker, more horror themed characters resided. This would explain why I own complete runs of the Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider series, Tomb of Dracula, and Marvel Spotlight issues #12–24 (the run of the series that featured Daimon Hellstrom, also known as the Son of Satan).....

And then, there's Man-Thing.....

Coming from a long line of funny-book muck monsters, Ted Sallis, aka, the Man-Thing....y'know, the "Fear Burns At The Touch Of.." guy who first appeared in Savage Tales #1 (May 1971), has always held a special place in my heart. I just love the big dumb lug. So, please...refrain from any of the "Giant-Sized Man-Thing" jokes that seem to be so popular amongst the kids today....at least until you give this download a listen.

Included with this download is a file of JPEGs the complete comic...

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Marvel Superheroes Power Records Part 1: "The Incredible Hulk at Bay!"

I'm a long-time comic book geek....I've got almost (yeep!) 30 years under my belt as a fan, having started my collecting habit during the summer of 1979....

For years, I've loved these Power Record releases of audio stories starring various Marvel heroes and have spent years amassing a near complete collection of them. And, I figured if I was gonna deviate any from the B-Movie theme...this would be deviation, just to keep things lively.

This particular post goes out to 3BeerMan, a fellow B-Movie Message Board member who runs the always fun 3-B Theater, a B-Movie review site that seems to entertain me to no limit. After announcing this little blog endeavor over there, and my intentions of posting these particular Power Records, he came across with the first request. He states that due to a packaging error, the copy of this .45rpm he received as a child contained the wrong comic, so to rectify that problem, along with an mp3 of the record, I've included scans of the entire Hulk comic that came with it to help complete his experience....

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