Good Reads: BLACK CANARY

Sarah Byam wrote a wonderful and impressive

run of Black Canary stories for DC Comics

in the 1990s with

a 4-issue mini-series that redefined Dinah,

followed by a short-lived ongoing of 12 issues.

Definitely worth picking up in the back issues bins

or at

Lonestar Comics Online

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"Birds of Prey" ;Batman, The Brave and The Bold

Too damned funny!

This show was supremely witty from start to finish, but it's easy to
see why this was banned from American release!

Not that kids would have gotten it, but....

Brilliant animation, catchy hilarious song, and some savvy
ladies who get too little attention on the big or small screen!

Enjoy!

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"It Was the Seventies"

"Say 'cheese'!"

The two made-for-TV specials from the Hanna-Barbera team
and NBC in the late 1970s, "Legends of the Super-Heroes", 
were live-action hoots that captured the imaginations of hungry
fanboys (and girls) at the time!

Like all things H/B, it probably has not weathered the test of
time well, and surely it is an embarrassment to anal-retentive
or angst-ridden continuity geeks. As for me, I still have fond
memories.

To see live people clad as super-heroes or comic book 
characters at that time was nearly unheard of...and here were
not only some good looking guys in form-fitting spandex,
but some B and C list characters (which tended to be my faves!)



As an Earth 2 fan (and majority DC fan at the time,) I 
went ape-shit wild over the promos for these! I marveled at
the Huntress, Black Canary, Solomon Grundy and others!
Captain Marvel? Awesome! MORDRU from the Legion?!?!
Whodathunk? It was a comic fan's wet dream.


Whatever criticisms there were (and are) about content,
the shows were very fun and exciting, and the costuming and make-up
were phenomenal! The action scenes exploded, and for young gay
kids everywhere, seeing shirtless and spandex-clad super-heroes
acted by hunks was a dream come true!
(Straight guys must have loved the Double-D's on Hunny
and B.C., too...something for everyone!)


I would probably intentionally never watch it again--some
things do not revisit well--but it's a great memory, and 
given the time and resources, it was great TV!


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