tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post4784681154920566299..comments2024-03-28T18:40:59.101+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: 'ALIAS WOOD & JONES' DEPT: THE MUMMY... Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-31791642035630823082020-06-01T12:51:26.095+01:002020-06-01T12:51:26.095+01:00Another movie that inspired a TV show was Visit To...Another movie that inspired a TV show was Visit To A Small Planet, HRK, which led to My Favourite Martian. There are probably loads more. Star Wars was probably a 'rip-off' of something which had preceded it.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-47290612968930575632020-06-01T03:48:56.801+01:002020-06-01T03:48:56.801+01:00It still blows my mind how they crammed an entire ...It still blows my mind how they crammed an entire movie into so few comic-book pages.<br /><br />An an aside: "ALIAS SMITH AND JONES was the first of 3 shows in a row created by Glen Larson that were the subject of LAWSUITS...<br /><br />ALIAS SMITH AND JONES / Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid<br /><br />McCLOUD / Coogan's Bluff<br /><br />BATTLESTAR GALACTICA / Star Wars<br /><br />In the case of McCLOUD, every episode after the pilot said "Created by Herman Miller"; he never worked on the show! I only recently found out, however, that the movie "Coogan's Bluff" started life as an intended pilot for a TV series, but was made as a theatrical feature film instead. The "McCLOUD" pilot gets my vote as the sole REALLY LOUSY episode in the entire run of the series. How the hell did it sell-- and, become my FAVORITE series of the 70s?<br /><br />With "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA", Universal's lawyers had a hilarious defense against 20th Century-Fox's claims. They said... "We're not ripping off STAR WARS... we're ripping off STAR BLAZERS!" (Alias "SPACE CRUISER YAMATO" from Japan in 1974. Anyone who's seen the show KNOWS they were telling the truth. And, "YAMATO" was BETTER-WRITTEN.)Henry R. Kujawahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01607373491331529952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-58290666198523905442016-12-15T11:52:59.230+00:002016-12-15T11:52:59.230+00:00I suppose it would depend on just how similar he w...I suppose it would depend on just how similar he was to his brother in looks and speech. Too much, and it might've seemed a bit strange to viewers; not enough, and there probably wouldn't have been much point casting him in the role. The best of those two options would probably be the first, but he would need to have been Pete's identical twin in every respect for such a switch to work.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-59439633352057708472016-12-15T05:08:07.885+00:002016-12-15T05:08:07.885+00:00I remember seeing the news about Pete Duel in 1971...I remember seeing the news about Pete Duel in 1971, when I was almost 13. Colin probably would have been four or five at the time, and naturally would have no memory of it. (Similarly, I have no memory of hearing about the deaths of Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, or even President Kennedy at the time they happened.)<br /><br />I don't know whether Geoffrey Duel was ever considered as a replacement. I remember seeing him as Billy the Kid in an early 1970's John Wayne Western, Chisum. Other than that, he seems to have mostly played secondary parts in made-for-TV movies and in episodes of various TV series. I even had a little trouble keeping it straight which brother was which, as the only thing I really knew either of them for was playing an outlaw in a Western.<br /><br />TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13686814973788356726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-44032895623543688022016-07-04T09:58:20.326+01:002016-07-04T09:58:20.326+01:00My pleasure, NH. Glad you enjoyed it.My pleasure, NH. Glad you enjoyed it.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-59396598763410543462016-07-04T04:53:11.544+01:002016-07-04T04:53:11.544+01:00Just gorgeous stuff. Many thanks!Just gorgeous stuff. Many thanks!Neil A. Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15497193747203392010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-60344591711298873452016-07-02T17:42:11.422+01:002016-07-02T17:42:11.422+01:00Daredevil #7, if I remember correctly. I don't...Daredevil #7, if I remember correctly. I don't have the original issue, but I DO have various reprints of it. As you say, DD, one of Marvel's finest.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-48425735797265653672016-07-02T13:02:37.337+01:002016-07-02T13:02:37.337+01:00The Daredevil issue drawn by Wally Wood where he f...The Daredevil issue drawn by Wally Wood where he fights the Sub-Mariner is one of my favorite single issues ever. It's right up there with Fantastic Four 51 and Amazing Spider-Man 50 for me as one of Marvel's finest Silver Age moments. Dave Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562199843047738071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-14207156337134093672016-07-02T00:49:49.320+01:002016-07-02T00:49:49.320+01:00Took a look at that link, DD - very nicely done. H...Took a look at that link, DD - very nicely done. However, the guy's legs look a little short in relation to his body (ever the critic). As for Wood, I suppose we should be thankful for his Daredevil and T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents strips, eh?Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-86973042599134088012016-07-02T00:43:48.415+01:002016-07-02T00:43:48.415+01:00That is gorgeous art. Page 5, panel 3 is one of th...That is gorgeous art. Page 5, panel 3 is one of the creepiest drawings I think I've ever seen! I love Wally Wood's sci-fi stuff he drew for EC. I knew he'd done comparatively little pencilling on big-name superhero titles, but just checked Wikipedia and was surprised by just how little- I'd have loved to have seen him have a year or two drawing Batman. <br /><br />Incidentally Kid, I found this while skulking around the web: Al Williamson pencils inked by Wally Wood. What a combo! http://www.comics.org/issue/696960/cover/4/Dave Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10562199843047738071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-42539067023227118972016-07-01T23:22:28.247+01:002016-07-01T23:22:28.247+01:00I knew at the time, CJ, because it was all over th...I knew at the time, CJ, because it was all over the news. Roger Davis did his best, but the series didn't last too long after that. Pete Duel had a brother (also an actor) who apparently looked very like him - I wonder if they ever considered offering him the part?Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-45248020837430141592016-07-01T23:08:12.176+01:002016-07-01T23:08:12.176+01:00It was only about 18 months ago that I discovered ...It was only about 18 months ago that I discovered Pete Duel had died in 1971 - all those times I watched Alias Smith & Jones and I didn't know he was dead !!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-46849197015708295572016-07-01T22:11:26.118+01:002016-07-01T22:11:26.118+01:00You feel free, Phil. Link away. I'd have loved...You feel free, Phil. Link away. I'd have loved to have seen them do Frankenstein - the Boris Karloff version.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-53615794803198500882016-07-01T21:22:34.395+01:002016-07-01T21:22:34.395+01:00That is some gorgeous are right there. And I have ...That is some gorgeous are right there. And I have to say I'm not familiar enough with Russ Jones to see anything but Wood in that art. However I'm going to link this to my FB.Phil Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-33131229018235207012016-07-01T19:31:19.286+01:002016-07-01T19:31:19.286+01:00I remember when 'Alias Smith & Jones' ...I remember when 'Alias Smith & Jones' first started on British TV, TC - shame about what happened to Pete Duel. Woody had a studio of artists that worked as his 'assistants' to a greater or lesser degree. Unless Woody was only doing inking, the assistants usually didn't get a mention. Obviously Russ Jones must have been mainly responsible for the pencilling in the case of 'The Mummy's Hand', but involved in a different way with 'The Mummy'. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-3821639977445488852016-07-01T16:00:02.512+01:002016-07-01T16:00:02.512+01:00I didn't know if anyone besides me remembered ...I didn't know if anyone besides me remembered Alias Smith & Jones. It was an obvious attempt to do Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid as a TV series. <br /><br />I also didn't know that another artist worked on the Mummy comic. It looked like Wally Wood's style to me. I have no clue whether Jones did pencils and Wood inks, or vice versa. <br /><br />The adaptation appears to have mixed up the characters of Dr. Muller and Sir Joseph. <br /><br />Monster World #1 also had articles/features on Lionel Atwill (the "Mad Doctor of the Horror Films") the 1950's Black Sleep movie (IIRC, the six stars included Rathbone, Chaney, and Carradine), and a "Mr. Magoo Meets Frankenstein" cartoon. TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13686814973788356726noreply@blogger.com