December 7-14

SIXTY-EIGHTH DAY (Dec. 7)

Meet the Werewolf, Georgess McHargue (jv folklore) – Now we’ve been introduced to the werewolf! Vampires we know from the film Nosferatu. And all sorts of creatures cavorted through Famous Monsters magazine.

“The Joker,” from Batman no. 1 (Spring 1940) – but this Clown Prince of Crime is worse than most monsters!

Gilligan, “The Big Gold Strike;” Scooby-Doo, “Backstage Rage”

Connections, “The Trigger Effect” – Amazing and disturbing look at the net of interconnected technology we live in. Now here’s edifying TV!

“Chair of Death,” “RFK Pictures,” “Anastasia”, and “Bermuda Triangle,” Unsolved Mysteries


SEVENTIETH DAY (Dec. 9)

“Prof. Hugo Strange and the Monsters.” “The Cat,” “The Joker Returns” finishes The Batman Chronicles Vol. 1

Mammoth Book of Illustrated Crime, Colin & Damon Wilson (true crime) – The Wilsons’ stated desire was to describe the history of the last century and a half using crime tales, and they succeed. (Of course, they define everything from violent acts of war to making whiskey during Prohibition as “crime”.) Cubby learned a lot from this book about everything from the Mafia to Watergate to Hollywood scandals.

Gilligan, “Waiting for Watubi,” Scooby-Doo, “Bedlam in the Big-Top”

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953 sf)

Forty-eight books read = 1/100 of the way through all the books I estimate Cubby will ever read. Yes, most of them were for youngsters, but it’s a good boost for his ego. That’s not counting twenty or so books he is part-way through!


SEVENTY-SECOND DAY (Dec. 11)

Lone Ranger, “High Heels;” Jonny Quest, “Shadow of the Condor”

Gilligan, “Angel on the Island;” Scooby-Doo, “A Gaggle of Galloping Ghosts”

The Six Million Dollar Man, “Population: Zero”

Phantom of the Opera (1925 horror) – should have been paired with the last “Mazeppa” showing.

Pat Savage, Woman of Bronze (Oct. 1992) – one-shot comic from Millennium. Doc Savage and his crew may be the characters Cubby has seen the most, at this point.

A Study in Scarlet, Arthur Conan Doyle – Now we’ve been introduced to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson

The Who, “Who’s Better, Who’s Best” (cassette)


SEVENTY-FIFTH DAY (Dec. 14)

“Yes, We Have No Bonanza,” Three Stooges short

Gilligan, “Birds Gotta Fly, Fish Gotta Talk;” Scooby-Doo, “The Spooky Space Kook”

Star Ka’at, Andre Norton and Dorothy Madlee (jv sf) – managed to get in a second Norton book

Don’t Step in the Leadership, Scott Adams (comic strips)

Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles (cd)

Fifty books read = 1/96 of books