Saturday, June 07, 2008

they got the talk

Sgt. Nick Fury reminisces about some of the women he and his unit of goldbricks have crossed paths with:

(from Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos Annual #5, 1969)

Yep, Sophia Loren once fought alongside the Howling Commandos. Truly a pivotal moment in the history of fan-fiction.

I don't want to jump to conclusions, but in the cases of Carla and Dr. Reiker it's hard for me not to overlook the fact that at the time this comic was published, it was a commonly held belief on the right wing of the political spectrum that the both the civil rights and anti-war movements were run by communist dupes.

Then again, we are talking about crazy mixed up dames, right, fellas?

Rodgers & Hammerstein - There Is Nothin' Like a Dame (from South Pacific: An Original Soundtrack Recording, 1958) - Eliminate all other possibilites, and the one which remains must necessarily be a dame.

Graham Parker - Local Girls (from Squeezing Out Sparks, 1979) - A shining example of the "Cranky Not-Really-That-Young Man" school of new wave.

2 comments:

Ivan said...

"We feel hungry as the wolf felt when he met Red Riding Hood"?!?

Holy moly! That's punk rock!

Great site, Andrew, thanks for your hard work!

Bully said...

A black girl working for the Nazis? Man, she must have had a really fine resumé to get that position.