In Search Of: Yep, The 1970s Classic was Pretty Full of Crap

As a kid in the 70s, I LOVED 'In Search Of" with Leonard Nimoy. I devoured every episode, eagerly watching and believing the things they presented. The 1970s was a great era for the 'mysteries' being presented, with tons of books like 'Chariots of the Gods' and documentaries like 'In Search of Noah's Ark' all those Schick Sun Classic documentaries and the many alien visitation and 'real' monster books being pumped out almost daily by the cheap paperback press. 'True' ghost books, strange phenomenon, unexplained disappearances, all things 'paranormal' (a term I don't think existed then), I haunted the library to get them. Loved it, read it, wanted more.

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Kamandi! The Last Boy at DC!

Kirby is coming”. It was splashed across ads for DC comics in the early 70s. It was the biggest thing to hit the ever-shrinking comics world since the Batman TV series. Jack Kirby, a (the?) mainstay of Marvel Comics, erstwhile partner of Stan ‘the Man’ Lee, was leaving the company he’d help lift to popularity with his shear talent, and going to Marvel’s greatest rival, DC Comics. Worlds shook that day. When Jack arrived, he was there to shake those worlds even more.

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