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So yeah, one of my hobbies is mocking up covers for comic books that never existed (see the "Lost Issues" tag for more). Or in this case, a trade paperback collection that will probably never exist.

Back in the 1940s, SHAZAM (or Captain Marvel, as he was known then) had a run of stories where he would visit a different city in each issue. The stories would highlight famous landmarks and featured local media celebrities in an obvious attempt to curry favor and get print/radio coverage. It must have been successful, since the series ran for 21 issues in a row.

I was amused to see that one of the cities visited was my home town of Cincinnati. Billy Batson arrives by train at Union Terminal, and takes a leisurely stroll over to Crosley Square to visit radio station WLW (which you could totally do, as they're maybe 30 minutes apart on foot). It's a lot of fun, and if I'd seen it as a kid, it would've blown my mind to see my city in a comic, so I can see why these were popular.

In the 1970s, SHAZAM became a live-action tv show, with Billy/Cap and an older chaperone named "Mentor" tooling around Southern California in a Winnebago, solving small-town problems and helping misguided teenagers in typical '70s tv style. The comic books decided to follow suit, and sent Billy off on another multi-city tour of the USA to celebrate the Bicentennial. Unlike the tv show, the comics storyline featured some of Captain Marvel's big villains, including Dr. Sivana and Black Adam, so that was cool.

Anyway, I thought these "road trip" stories would make a for a fun trade paperback collection. It's a pretty niche concept, and maybe 3 other people besides me would buy it. But practicality is not a concern when I'm just making things up for funsies.

I copied the trade dress from DC's "DC Finest" imprint, which is a new line of TPBs highlighting particular eras in a character's history: Batman Year One/Two, Flash's first Silver Age appearances, Catwoman's first solo series, etc. None of these books have actually come out yet, but I found some fairly hi-res previews online, so I was able to mock up a reasonable facsimile. Some of the fonts aren't quite correct, but I was able to get pretty close. The collection's name, "Highways and Byways", comes from the opening narration from the SHAZAM! tv show: "...travelling the highways and byways of the land..."

Anyway, here's my mock-up cover, and the list of contents:
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Welcome to the second of my "Lost Issues of the 1970s", where I create mock-ups of comic books that I wish had been published during my childhood, but weren't.
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One man's quest to fulfill a childhood dream. God bless 'im. I love stories like this:

http://www.gerryanderson.co.uk/finding-strakers-car/
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Lego and Doom...two great tastes that taste great together!


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This is fun: Someone cooked up statistics for Glorianna for the "Mutants & Masterminds" game. I don't know enough about that system to judge the accuracy, but it's a kick that someone liked the strip enough to go to the trouble:

http://roninarmy.com/threads/1478-ICARUS-BUILDS-M-amp-M-Fantasy-ideas-PL-4-classic-archetypes-PL-10-icons?p=58257#post58257
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Add this to the long list of crafts I'd love to learn, but will probably never get around to:

http://www.actionfigureblues.com/2011/03/diy-comic-book-binding-with-dozymuppet.html
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I was looking at some Silver Age Superman stories, and noticed how often they featured flashbacks of (or time travel to) Krypton. Not to mention the Bottle City of Kandor, the Phantom Zone, and other strays showing up. I started wondering just how many Kryptonians we had seen over the years (Spoiler alert: A lot). What follows is an attempt to catalog every native Kryptonian from the Pre-Crisis era. Additions and corrections welcome.
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Carol Strickland has put up all 4 issues of her 1970s Wonder Woman fanzine HOLA! as downloadable PDFs. A neat slice of fandom history.

http://www.carolastrickland.com/comics/wwcentral/misc_indexes/hola_folder/hola.html
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Doctor Who makes a surprisingly good musical.


http://youtu.be/xorwTKINHvk
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This is pretty wild...a fan-made Spider-Man film from 1969! Not the most sophisticated SFX, but you have to admire their ambition:


http://youtu.be/n4HQn6rsJ38
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Amazing recreation of the old Jonny Quest cartoon opening:


http://www.vimeo.com/28278839
also check out the behind-the-scenes blog: http://www.rogerevans.tv/jq_page2.html
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I love this song anyway...add in a bunch of loud & proud nerds and it gets even better!


http://youtu.be/3KmoKOrKJvk
jkcarrier: an angry dalek, exterminating (exterminate)
A neat fan-made Doctor Who anime...complete with bishounen Jon Pertwee.

http://youtu.be/ePtj3z8rSq4

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