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I don't know where that search beam is coming from, and I don't think I wanna know, either!

#Spectreman #tokusatsu #mecha #P Productions #Japanese superheroes

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Mr. and Mrs. Scott Free, by Kevin Maguire.

#Big Barda #Mister Miracle #Scott Free #New Gods #Fourth World Saga #DC Comics #Jack Kirby #Kevin Maguire

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Cutaway drawing of Captain Harlock's ship, Arcadia.

#Space Pirate Captain Harlock #Captain Harlock #Arcadia #pirate ship #space ship #manga #anime #Leiji Matsumoto #mecha

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The real Major Matt Mason, inspiration for the 1960s toy line, exploring the surface of the moon.

And one of the toys based on his true-to-lfe exploits:

#Major Matt Mason #Man In Space #astronaut #Moon Suit #action figures #toys #Mattel

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"C'mon, ya overgrown iguana, eat this building!"

Rodak regretted not paying for the full 4-week kaiju training course for Aron.

#The Space Giants #Ambassador Magma #Rodak #Goa #Aron #kaiju #uchujin #seijin #tokusatsu #suitmation #Toei #Osamu Tezuka

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John Cena as Peacemaker at the red carpet for The Suicide Squad (2021).

#The Suicide Squad #Peacemaker #Christopher Smith #John Cena #DC Comics

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A bunch of the New Generation kids out for a field trip.

#Ultraman #Ultraman Orb #Ultraman Gingavictory #Ultraman Geed #Ultraman X #Ultraman Ruebe #tokusatsu #Tsuburaya Productions #Japanese superheroes #New Generation Ultras #final form Ultras

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Godzilla at sunset by Nobuhiko Ito (@itonobuhiko/X/Twitter).

#Godzilla #kaiju #tokusatsu #Toho #Nobuhiko Ito #diorama #digirama

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Early 1960s Sears catalog toy page.

Considering that $10.00 back in 1963 was worth about $101.00 in today's economy, these puppies were not cheap. And that's before you added in the cost of the batteries, which were never included back then.

Still, Garloo at Sears is a heck of a lot cheaper than advertised on TV:

#vintage toys #robot toys #Great Garloo #Sears catalog #remote control toys #Youtube

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Awesome page pencilled by Alex Toth for a short lived Challengers of the Unknown series, written by Bob Rozakis, that briefly ran in Adventure Comics.

As indicated at the top of the page, this was scheduled for Adventure Comics (vol. 1) #498 (April, 1983). However, the Challengers series ended in Adventure #497; there book became an all-reprint anthology with #498.

Fortunately, someone at DC Comics knew they couldn't let Toth's great work moulder away unused in a drawer somewhere. The pages were integrated into the story for DC Comics Presents #84 (August, 1985), written by Rozakis, wherein Superman teamed with the Challengers.

Toth's pages became a 7-page Challengers flashback sequence, inked by Greg Theakston. The rest of the issue was drawn by Jack Kirby, also inked by Theakston. This marked Kirby's final time drawing the Challengers, the team he created in 1957, as well as his final major work for DC.

Kirby's final work for DC was this cover for Action Comics (vol. 1) #638 (February, 1989). This was during the time when Action became a weekly anthology book. Superman was kicked off (most of) the covers, and relegated to a two-page serial in the centerfold that read like a continuing Sunday newspaper comic strip.

#Challengers of the Unknown #Lester “Rocky” Davis #Walter “Prof” Haley #Matthew “Red” Ryan #Kyle “Ace” Morgan #DC Comics Presents #Superman #Action Comics #Etrigan the Demon #The Demon #DC Comics #Alex Toth #Jack Kirby #Greg Theakston #Terry Austin

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UP, UP, AND AWAY!

(Wires? What wires?)

#Superman #Christopher Reeve #DC Comics

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Thunder Mask turns his gloves into a giant shuriken to take down the Devil Beast Tirema.

#Thunder Mask #Tirema #Devil Beast #maju #kaiju #tokusatsu #Japanese superheroes

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The Excelsior-class (refit) U.S.S. Enterprise the day it was christened and launched.

#Star Trek #Star Trek: Generations #U.S.S. Enterprise #NCC-1701-B #Excelsior-class refit #Starfleet #Starfleet starships #starships #drydock

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Frankenstein Jr. by Mike Mignola.

#Frankenstein Jr. #Hanna-Barbera #Mike Mignola

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KIKAIDER 01

#Kikaider 01 #android #mecha #tokusatsu #Toei #Japanese superheroes

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Flash Gordon gets a lift from one of the Hawkmen of Mongo in this animation cel from The New Adventures of Flash Gordon (1979) from Filmation.

#The New Adventures of Flash Gordon #Flash Gordon #Hawkmen of Mongo #Mongo #animation cel #Filmation

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Space Godzilla vs. Voltron by Dustin Weaver.

#Space Godzilla #Voltron #kaiju #mecha #Dustin Weaver