Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Shogun Warriors: Comic-Books (Marvel; 1979)
award-winning creator of Enter The House Between and author of 32 books including Horror Films FAQ (2013), Horror Films of the 1990s (2011), Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), TV Year (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007), Mercy in Her Eyes: The Films of Mira Nair (2006),, Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company (2004), The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi (2004), An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith (2002), The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film & Television (2004), Exploring Space:1999 (1997), An Analytical Guide to TV's Battlestar Galactica (1998), Terror Television (2001), Space:1999 - The Forsaken (2003) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002).
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Great series of posts on Shogun Warriors, I actually had no idea that Marvel ran a series of comics based on these robots, and that they had crossovers with superheroes.
ReplyDeleteI think it's great that at least with "Pacific Rim" we're experiencing a revival of the mecha/kaiju genres (there's a new Godzilla coming out in May after all) what do you think of these?
I also think it's great that writers like you keep reminding us of the awesomeness of the past.
Regards John,
This was a magnificent comic book series. Thank you for posting this.
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