It’s Friday! The final Friday of AWESOME-tober-fest 2019, to be exact. I’m still going strong with some Fangoria, but I thought I’d break with the Fangoria coverage for today and do a new Vintage Comic Throwdown cover. And today’s matchup features another gunfighter vs a classic monster like in the very first issue. Take a look at Jesse James Meets The Frankenstein Monster!
This particular cover has an interesting history. It was actually the second cover I made when I started doing this feature, which means it was created back in 2016. There were a few things I didn’t love about the logo I was using so I sat on it. The very first original concept of these covers was to do all “gunfighters vs monsters” concepts. So Billy the Kid vs Dracula was first, then this one would have gone, then I’d do something with Wild Bill Hickock, and then eventually return to Billy the Kid. But then other pop culture properties sort of caught my attention and then you get things like my Godzilla vs Shogun Warriors and A-Team Meets Chuck Norris covers. I must love Frankenstein because I’ve used him a few times. He also popped up fighting athletes in the Winter Olympics!
But I still enjoy doing these and I may get back to the roots of this concept and return to “gunfighters vs monsters” soon. I definitely want to revisit Billy the Kid in these covers. That’s it for this week, stay tuned, next week is Halloween and I’ll have several more Fangoria articles for you then!
If you want to see the previous 15 covers of Cavalcade Comics then check out the archive here.
Also, check out the blog Countdown to Halloween for more Halloween-y, bloggy AWESOMEness.
and was all wrapped up in the days of the early Revolution. I then watched Spielberg’s 
and loved it before starting this book. This book is a fascinating account of the days leading up to and the 12 day manhunt that occurred after President Lincoln’s assassination. Lots of inside stuff I never knew about. And it’s written in a very modern way that keeps events interesting and not like reading events out of a history book. Right after reading this book, I watched Robert Redford’s 
to complete my unofficial “Lincoln trilogy”. So now, I’m on the lookout for Swanson’s other books he’s written, most specifically the one about 
. But I highly recommend this book.
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and 
. But I went with my gut and chose this book. The second Star Wars book on my list. I really love what they’ve been doing with the Star Wars novels the last few years. They’ve really been changing it up and getting really good stories out there. Luceno wrote one of my favorites from a few years ago, Darth Plagueis, and he looked to do the same thing here. But this is a more intimate story than the galaxy wide epic that played out in the pages of that earlier book. Luceno really fleshes out the character of Tarkin in this book and investigates a bit more his relationship with Vader and even the Emperor. Lots of Star Wars-y goodness to be had. It gets me excited to see what comes next for the Star Wars expanded universe.
) as well as two of our favorite 
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from 1992, the 2004 sequel, 
, and then this third book which was released early 2013. All three books are excellent, but you’ll need to read the first two before reading this book. There’s a lot of continuity that flows throughout the books. Oh, and if you hated the movie, don’t worry, other than sharing a few of the same characters, the stories are completely different between the two. Just a warning, though, there is another “Jumper” book by Steven Gould called 
. That book is not really a part of this series, it’s a part of the movie series. Confusing? Yes, but that’s the way it is. Read my blog review above for a little bit more explanation. All that aside, this is a fun read that I thoroughly enjoyed. And hopefully we don’t have to wait 10 years for another Jumper book.
, which came out in Oct 2013. Lynch also plans a series of novellas based within this world. If you like smartly written, character based fantasy with a nice helping of action, this book is for you.
that focuses on what Lando is doing right before the actual book. It, too, is a lot of fun.
since I first saw it with my dad back in the 80s. I actually saw and know Clint Eastwood more for Josey Wales than I do “The Man with No Name” because I saw it first and it led me to Leone’s “Dollars Trilogy”. So, being a fan of it for so long I was surprised a few years ago when I discovered the movie was actually based on a 1973 book by Forrest Carter called Josey Wales: The Rebel Outlaw. The story would subsequently be retitled Gone to Texas.
, I was surprised that the main character wasn’t Josey Wales, however, there may have been rights issues.
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