You’d think that of all the phrases, they’d have left “SHEER NIGHTGOWNS” on the VHS cover.

So just in case you wanted to read more of me picking at the scab of DC’s Villains Month — and geez, why wouldn’t you — here’s a long-ish interview I did over at Comic Book Resources on that very topic.

BEHOLD: Swamp Thing art! The Louis CK/Swamp Thing mash-up you requested, Cute Poison Ivy versus Cute Swamp Thing, and (people have been sending me this one a lot, and thanks to everyone…it was my work computer’s wallpaper for a while!) “If you see Swamp Thing, say Swamp Thing.” And then there’s my old pal Batfatty, much missed around these parts, who sent me a link to the Japanese VHS cover for Return of the Swamp Thing (based on the beautiful U.S. one-sheet, which I do have!).

A couple of weeks back I posted a link to a YouTube video of Video Comics, an early Nickelodeon program that would present print comics onscreen panel-by-panel, with voice actors and sound effects. The Swamp Thing episode didn’t feature the kids-on-bikes “Ride of the Valkyries” opening that many entries in the series had, but reader tvguy1979 sent along a link to a short promotional video which contains most of that missing intro.

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Heather Locklear looks surprisingly HAPPY in that picture!

“My career can only go UP from here!”

Nice find on the Nick promo! I spent about 90 minutes last weekend sifting through pre-1983 Nick material on YouTube and watched a ton of promos. Apparently this one hadn’t been posted yet. Very cool to see it!

I miss Ralph’s Comics too! Always loved a correctly graded 40 year old comic. Ralph’s Mike knows how to grade them Jimmy Olsens. Yesh. Yebbus. Yuh-huh. right.

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