Tag: dracula

Super Mates 108: House of Franklin-Stein Part 4

October 23, 2023

This episode BITES! It’s the final trip to the House of Franklin-Stein for 2023 as Chris and Cindy end the Halloween season with a look at the classic movie that started the Universal Horror cycle proper, 1931’s Dracula, starring the legendary Bela Lugosi!

Then the Prince of Darkness returns to bedevil Storm and the rest of Marvel’s Merry Mutants in Uncanny X-Men Annual #6, by Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz!

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Dracula (1931) directed by Todd Browning

Theme from Pryde of the X-Men by Rob Walsh

Theme from X-Men: The Animated Series by Ron Wasserman

“The House of Franklinstein” by Terry O’Malley, of Stop Calling Me Frank https://www.facebook.com/rockSCMF

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Who's Editing #16: Night of the Editors

April 12, 2022

Siskoid welcomes guest editor Steve Givens to take on issue 16 of Who’s Who (Mr. Terrific to Nightmaster) and reinvent its heroic entries as an entirely new line of books. Siskoid does too, but goes off the rails into an alternate reality where Disney has purchased DC Comics!

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Credits:
Theme: “Révolution” by Les Sherpas.

Bonus clips: “Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30” by Strauss; Ron Marz talking to Sobrecapa YouTube channel in 2020.

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Super Mates 99: House of Franklin-Stein Part 3

October 11, 2021

Hammer Time at the House of Franklin-Stein! Chris and Cindy cover Dracula A.D. 1972, starring Horror Icons Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing! Lee is back as the Count, awakened in the 20th century to vanquish the family line of his most hated foe. Can Cushing’s Van Helsing save his granddaughter and her swinging friends from Dracula’s bloody revenge?

Then Batman tracks a vampire in Detective Comics #489 (April 1980) by J.M. DeMatteis and Irv Novick But is this undead killer the real deal? And just why is a famous magician also after the bloodthirsty beast?

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Dracula A.D. 1972 directed by Alan Gibson

“The House of Franklinstein” by Terry O’Malley, of Stop Calling Me Frank https://www.facebook.com/rockSCMF

 

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Super Mates 91: House of Franklin-Stein Part 1

September 14, 2020

Return to the House of Franklin-Stein! The Super Mates begin hosting the Halloween party no one can cancel with a Universal Monsters classic! Lon Chaney Jr. stars in the horror noir, Son of Dracula…but is he the son of the Count, or the real deal? And just who is pulling the strings, the count, or his vampire bride?

Then it’s a bit of Saturday Morning Fever when Chris and Cindy discuss the Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends episode, “The Bride of Dracula”. Drac has his romantic sites set on Firestar! Can Spidey and Iceman save their roommate?

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  • Email us at supermatespodcast@gmail.comClip credits:Son of Dracula (1943) directed by Robert Siodmak, music by Hans J. Salter

    “The House of Franklinstein” by Terry O’Malley, of Stop Calling Me Frank

    “Without You” (from a DIFFERENT Son of Dracula) by Harry Nillson

    Clips and music from Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends’ “Bride of Dracula”, directed by Don Jurwich, theme and music by John Douglas

    “Transylvania Terror Train” by Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures

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FW Presents: Showcase Gene Colan: DRACULA

March 26, 2020

It may not be October, but times are certainly scary, and on this episode of FW Presents, Ryan Daly brings the terror to SHOWCASE GENE COLAN. First, Ryan performs an arcane ritual to resurrect Greg Araujo from podcast death, and then they confront the horror of TOMB OF DRACULA #1, the Marvel magazine that spun off of the legendary comic book series of the same name. Will Marv Wolfman’s story leave Ryan and Greg cold and lifeless, or will the delicious black and white art of Gene Colan and Bob McLeod be the ray of sunlight that saves them? Tune in to find out!

Throughout his life, Gene Colan brought his truly unique art style to the pages of Batman, The Tomb of Dracula, Iron Man, Wonder Woman, The Avengers, Howard the Duck, Doctor Strange, The Spectre, and so many others. What issues will Ryan chronicle on this podcast? You’ll have to tune in to find out!

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Intro: Gene Colan interview from “The Men Without Fear”; “The Vampire Hunters” by Wojciech Kilar.

Additional music: “Main Titles & The Storm (from Dracula)” by John Williams; “Love Bites (So Do I)” by Halestorm.

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FW Presents: Showcase Gene Colan: DRACULA Image Gallery

March 26, 2020

Check out these images from the latest episode of FW Presents!

Tomb of Dracula #1 cover by Bob Larkin.

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Super Mates 86: 5th Anniversary Celebration!

February 18, 2019

Chris and Cindy celebrate 5 years of Super Mates by going back to their roots for a rambling, unscripted conversation! They quiz each other on Five Top 5 lists, related to Super Mates show subjects over the years. Just don’t hold them to their spur-of-the-moment answers afterwards!

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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn, Avengers: Infinity War, Wonder Woman (2017), Batman TV Series (1966), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Horror of Dracula, The Monster Squad (1987), Justice League Unlimited, Wonder Woman TV Series, Captain America: The First Avenger

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Super Mates 84: House of Franklin-Stein Part 3

October 11, 2018

It’s Hammer time at the House of Franklin-Stein! Peter Cushing returns as Van Helsing, and he’s up against a new vampire, and his bevy of beauties! It’s the Hammer classic, The Brides of Dracula!

 Then it’s Hammers of Justice Time! Chris and Cindy review Batman: The Brave and the Bold’s “Shadow of the Bat”! The Dark Knight goes darker when he becomes one of the undead, out to vampirize his Justice League International teammates! Special thanks to episode writer J. M. DeMatteis for the great insight and feedback!

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Clip credits:

The Brides of Dracula directed by Terrence Fisher, music by Malcom Williamson

Opening wedding march by Marc Shaiman from Addams Family Values

“Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein or Dracula” by The Diamonds

Batman: The Brave and the Bold opening and closing themes by Andy Strummer

“Peter Cushing” by The Surfin’ Wombats

 

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Super Mates 82: House of Franklin-Stein Part 1

September 13, 2018

Come back to The House of Franklin-Stein! The spooks are after Bud & Lou…and Chris & Cindy! It’s an all-time classic: Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (and the Wolf Man, and Dracula!) With Chaney, Lugosi and Strange!

Then it’s over to the comic vault of horror to review Super Friends #28 (1979), featuring the World’s Greatest Super Heroes vs. a monster rally all their own: Solomon Grundy! Bizarro! Man-Bat! Etrigan the Demon! Swamp Thing!

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Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein directed by Charles T. Barton; music by Frank Skinner

Opening wedding march by Marc Shaiman from Addams Family Values

World’s Greatest Super Friends theme and incidental mustic by Hoyt Curtain

“(It’s A) Monster’s Holiday” by Buck Owens

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FW Presents: Those Wonderful Toys Ep.5

October 19, 2017

FW Presents a Halloween Treat! Chris takes a look at Remco’s line of Universal Mini-Monsters action figures from the 80s!

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Clip credits:

“Toyland” by Doris Day

Audio clips from Spaceballs, Dracula (1931), Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man (1941), Creature from the Black Lagoon, Mad Monster Party

“The Monster Mash” by Bobby “Boris” Pickett

“Frankenstein” by Edgar Winter

“Zombie Zoo” by Tom Petty

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