Film Fest Friday - Superman: The Mechanical Monsters

Recently I've been reading through many of Superman's earliest adventures in the old fashioned medium of the Sunday newspaper comic, and so accordingly I decided to present one of Superman's earliest cartoon adventures for Film Fest Friday. This was the second of Max Fleischer's Superman cartoons and is titled The Mechanical Monsters. In this adventure, Superman must stop a crook and his band of robots to save Lois Lane and recover a million dollars worth of stolen valuables.

This film is rated PG by ME for the expected action and adventure. Not that a little of that ever hurt anyone.



That was quite fun. Some people may say otherwise, but I still think these earliest adventures of the Man of Steel are some of the best.

Up, up, and away!
T.H. Excellence

I Love Post-Christmas Sales

I'm not a shopper. Maybe it's because I'm not a woman. But whatever the case may be, I'm not a shopper. I don't go out for hours on end to browse through endless racks and shelves of merchandise. If I happen to be in a shopping location of some sort, I might briefly examine any items of interest, such as movies, music, or books, but I typically will not spend more than fifteen minutes doing so. That being said, it should be of no surprise that I am a stranger to the post-Christmas sales.

Stranger no more.

Today I went to Barnes and Noble with a $25 gift card in tow, intending to find a fun read for the extent of my winter break. After reading Marvel's Civil War series for a couple of hours (amazing series, by the way - check it out!), I began searching for books to fulfill my quota. I managed to find two publications of great interest: Superman: Sunday Classics and Batman: Sunday Classics, which contain reprints of the Golden Age Sunday strips that featured these fine superheroes. I was incredibly pleased to find both of these, and was even more pleased to discover them both on sale. These collections are typically priced at $14.95. Due to the post-Christmas pricing, I was able to acquire both for under twelve bucks!

So anyway, that's what I spent my day doing. You can guess what I'll be spending my evening doing.

Up, up, and away!
T.H. Excellence