The Fleischer cartoons have long been my favorite incarnation of Superman so when I heard that Mezco was making a box set of one of the best episodes, I leapt onto their waiting list as quickly as I could. It finally arrived today - and it was so very, very worth the wait:
Quick note: this is my first Mezco set – it will not be my last. You can procure yours here.
“His last mask”: Lon Chaney cartoon obit, 27 August 1930 | via
Best episode of the season and of the series. I repeat: why did it wait this long to get this good?
Felt, appropriately, like the start of a goodbye to an era – but also a hello towards a new one.
(Reiterating my desire for a series featuring the crew of the Titan and Jack Crusher.)
Are you going to make it out of this one alive, Will?
Way to call back to the start of the series; that's a hell of a McGuffin.
Latest Dick Tracy acquisition: this early-mid 1930s Allied Casting Set, gently (as gently as one can get, I suppose, with a Depression-era home foundry; very fond of the scorch ring around the center) used and possessed not only of most of its original pieces - including three castings of Tracy, Chief Brandon, and Junior - but of its original box (which was the biggest draw for me: this thing is in excellent shape for being a year or two shy of being a nonagenarian).
Doubt I'll be firing it up anytime soon, but I'm feeling all Mandalorian armorer at the moment. This is the way.
Joe Shuster, 1942
1994 Kenner THE SHADOW line = complete.
