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Daily Planet

Posted on January 25th, 2011 by steve

Illustration by Kiel Bryant.

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Bette Davis Eyes

Posted on January 25th, 2011 by steve

‘Filmed with my Super 8 camera in the 80s when Kim Carnes first recorded her hit recording of Bette Davis Eyes’

A revisualization of Kim Carnes’ Bette Davis Eyes. From 1981.

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Lois Lane

Posted on January 25th, 2011 by steve

Lois Lane by co-creator Joe Schuster.

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Action Comics 1

Posted on January 24th, 2011 by steve

Action Comics No. 1 as ‘covered’ by illustrator Tom Addison.

More comic book ‘covers’ here. The original Action No. 1, below.

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The early Batman logos

Posted on January 24th, 2011 by steve

Comic book lettering artist Todd Klein takes a detailed look at the early Batman logotypes.

Part one here. Part two here.

With later Batman logo analysis here, here and here.

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Bat shirt

Posted on January 24th, 2011 by steve

Alexa Chung’s Bat Tunic for Madewell. Released in December.

Already sold out (tho flittering around eBay).

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I’m Batman

Posted on January 24th, 2011 by steve

People aren’t supposed to know this – but I’m really Batman.

Crime never sleeps. Neither do I.

Photo found via We Heart It

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Use the red phone

Posted on January 23rd, 2011 by steve

Found via We Heart It

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Wartime superheroes

Posted on January 23rd, 2011 by steve

‘Greenham Common Airfield in England about on June 5, 1944.’

The photographic work of Agan Harahap. More here.

‘Surrender of the Wehrmacht.’

‘Cherbourg-Normandy 1944.’

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J-Men Forever!

Posted on January 22nd, 2011 by steve

‘Tells a tale of world conquest by sex, drugs and rock and roll’

Cult classic J-Men Forever! (1979) was a mainstay on the USA network’s Night Flight (titles below).

And after Night Flight went away, J-Men vanished – only quietly showing up many years later on DVD.

J-Men Forever! was the brainchild of Philip Proctor and Peter Bergman of the Firesign Theatre – using cobbled together footage from old serials to create a silly (actually, immature is the right word) new movie; similar to Woody Allen’s What’s Up Tiger Lily (1966).

The Caped Madman (above) and The evil Lightening Bug steal the show. The film’s score features music from The Tubes, Head East, Budgie and Billy Preston.

Watch it in its entirety/in sections on YouTube. Click above to jump/watch.