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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 9, 2022 16:30:51 GMT -5
Iron Mike Sharpe, The Fabulous Moolah, and Adrian Adonis appear in a short story in Love and Rockets #16. Yeah, Los Bros were fans; even mentioned that Adrian Adonis had wrestled under his real name, Keith Franks, in Los Angeles. I loved Jaime's mini, with Gina & Xochitl as a tag-team, Whoa, Nellie!    You could tell he had seen plenty of wrestling, by the highlights he inserted into the matches....  He also did pin-ups that evoked the wrestling magazines of the 60s and 70s and his belt designs really looked like belts that were used in the old territories.  |
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Post by codystarbuck on Jan 9, 2022 16:39:35 GMT -5
codystarbuck , yes, I know George was a creature of early TV; that’s why I was thinking of what could have/ might have been had he and Superman teamed up in say, 1948 or’49, when George was making wrestling an early example of “appointment TV.” Nice photo of Mazurki as Split-Face from the Dick Tracy movies. He he was also excellent as Moose Malloy opposite Dick Powell in “Murder, My Sweet” and Bruno the Strongman in “Nightmare Alley” (1947). Oh, sure, in that time frame. Make it the mid-50s and you could also have Verne Gagne and Lou Thesz involved, even Eduard Carpentier, for some international flavor (well, Canada). I'm just glad Marvel never had Sting & Spider-Man team up against Doc Ock & Lex Lugar....  Although, Cactus Jack & the Hulk teaming up could have been fun, or Hulk battling Vader. The comic did last long enough to be around when Hulk Hogan arrived, in WCW. So, no Hulk vs Hulk Hogan. Interestingly enough, during the heyday of Hulkamania, the WWF had to pay a license fee to Marvel to use the Hulk Hogan name in broadcasts and merchandise. If you look at trademark notices on merchandise, you can see a "TM Marvel Comics." |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Jan 9, 2022 21:30:03 GMT -5
I loved those M.U.S.C.L.E. figures as a kid... never read the comic though. Maybe one of these days.
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