Did Colleen find the missing Mitch McConnell?
No, it’s Super-Turtle, worn out from helping to replenish America’s nearly depleted stock of long-range missiles.
I’m getting packed for the annual NCS meeting and awards dinner in Columbus. I’ll post when/if I can from there.
I have a gift for Colleen that I know she will appreciate. Joe Sinnott’s illustrated life of Pope John XXIII, a work that he was rightly very proud of.
This collection of the seventeen Fleischer/Famous Studios Superman cartoons appears to have been ripped from the Warner Bros. Blu-ray release, rather than being a fan’s AI restoration of Warner’s earlier DVD release.
By coincidence, the first cartoon in the playlist, ‘Showdown’, happens to be the first one I recall seeing as a child, in black & white. This link shows the playlist, which is something that YouTube’s embedded player used to do.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOkQQ2CR4rZw
For sticklers, here is the correct order for the titles, listed by their release dates:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_(1940s_animated_film_series)#List_of_films
Yesterday, I said the Steve Ditko Spider-Man Artist’s Edition book would be delivered today. I had pre-ordered it with Amazon in February. In fact, I ordered two copies, with one going to Denro as a birthday present.
Here it is, after 2 PM, and they haven’t shipped yet. Based on my past experience, I know that if something isn’t on its way by now, it won’t be arriving as expected.
Also based on past experience, I expected that canceling wouldn’t work; and, indeed, it didn’t, because the order was “being prepared.” Which is nothing more than a timed software action, not based on something actually happening.
Was the publisher unable to ship copies to Amazon in time? Were they sent to the wrong Amazon location? Is there an internal problem at Amazon? Doesn’t matter.
Canceling should be presented as an option once Amazon declares that delivery has been delayed. I’ll cancel and then take advantage of the now-discounted price for later delivery.
Follow-up: 7 PM – not yet shipped.
9 PM – Shipped, arriving tomorrow.
7/22/26 8:26 AM – Package being processed at carrier facility.
Oh boy! A total of 22-cents off!
The Amazing Spider-Man by Steve Ditko Artist's Edition Price on order date: $195.00 Price charged at shipping: $195.00 Lowest price before release date: $194.89 Amount to be refunded: $0.11 Quantity: 2 Total Savings: $0.22
Let’s compare that against the current price on Amazon. 22% off beats 22-cents.
-22% $151.50 List Price: $195.00
I’m thinking Joe Sinnott probably had Bing Crosby’s Hey Jude/Hey Bing! album in his record collection. 65-year-old Bing covered two Apple label singles from the fall of ’68.
On December 11, 1961, ABC-TV in America broadcast a TV special that Bing had produced in England, in which he performed this humorous rendition of ‘The Sheik of Araby’.
A few weeks later, on January 1, 1962, the Beatles, with Pete Best on drums, recorded their own humorous take of ‘The Sheik of Araby’ at their Decca Records audition.
Wishing a very quick recovery for Joe Sinnott’s son Mark, who underwent successful coronary bypass surgery today.
As originally presented, Supergirl was so sweet and lovable that her cousin wished he could marry her.
“Lovable” isn’t how Superman thinks of the updated Supergirl. She’s a wild, drunk party girl.
This trailer for the new movie features Blondie’s ‘Call Me’.
Another trailer has Jimmy Ruffin’s ‘What Becomes of the Brokenhearted’.
Rick James’ ‘Superfreak’ seems a likely song selection, but when the credits roll this one from Donovan would be my pick.
