Tag: Universal Monsters

Super Mates 113: House of Franklin-Stein Part 1

September 15, 2025

The House of Franklin-Stein returns! Chris and Cindy begin their 12th Annual Spooky Season Spectacular with a stone-cold Universal Monsters classic! Ancient Imhotep rises to reunite with his lost love by any means necessary in the original The Mummy (1932) starring Boris Karloff!

Then they unwrap a Mummy tale from the comic crypt, Superman #5 (1987) by John Byrne and Karl Kesel! The Man of Steel battles an oversized and powerful ancient mummy unearthed in South America!

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The Mummy (1932) directed by Karl Freund

Superman Ruby Spears Animated TV series theme by John Williams and Ron Jones

“The Mummy” by Dyke and the Blazers (with Boris Karloff and Phyllis Diller) from Mad Monster Party? (1966), directed by Jules Bass

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House of Franklin-Stein Trailer 2025

September 08, 2025

On September 15th, 2025, return to the House of Franklin-Stein! Four episodes in September in October, each showcasing a classic horror film, and a super hero comic featuring a similar monster!

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Super Mates 109: House of Franklin-Stein Part 1

September 16, 2024

Return to the House of Franklin-Stein! Cindy and Chris kick off their 11th annual Halloween season series with the Oscar-winning 1931 classic, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde starring Fredric March as the man and the monster within!

From the comic crypt comes Wonder Woman #153 (April 1965) where the Duke of Deception steals Wonder Girl’s face, and replaces it with a monstrous Jekyll/Hyde version! It’s as crazy as it sounds!

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) directed by Rouben Mamoulian

Wonder Woman TV series theme by Charles Fox

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House of Franklin-Stein 2024 Promo

August 21, 2024

The House of Franklin-Stein SPOOK SHOW! The 11th annual Halloween celebration begins in September and runs through October! Chris and Cindy present four episodes covering classic horror films, and tales featuring super heroes vs. legendary monsters!

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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

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Super Mates 107: House of Franklin-Stein Part 3

October 09, 2023

Beware the moon! Chris and Cindy have a howling good time discussing the 1981 John Landis classic An American Werewolf in London, starring David Naughton, Jenny Agutter and Griffin Dunne, and featuring groundbreaking effects by Rick Baker!

There’s another lycanthrope on the prowl in Amazing Spider-Man #124-125, when J. Jonah Jameson’s son goes furry as the macabre Man-Wolf!

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An American Werewolf in London (1981) directed by John Landis, music by Elmer Bertstein

Amazing Spider-Man TV Series (1977) Theme (Season 2) by Dana Kaproff. Amazing Spider-Man TV Series (1977)  Pilot Theme by Johnnie Spence

Power Records The Amazing Spider-Man “Mark of the Man-Wolf”

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Super Mates 105: House of Franklin-Stein Part 1

September 11, 2023

Return to the House of Franklin-Stein! Chris and Cindy kick off their 10th Annual HoF series with discussion on James Whale’s immortal Universal classic film, The Invisible Man, featuring a deliciously mad performance by Claude Rains!

 Plus, another invisible foe vexes the Dark Knight in the Batman: The Animated Series episode “See No Evil”, guest-starring Michael Gross and a very young Elizabeth Moss!

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The Invisible Man(1973) directed by James Whale, music by Hans Roemheld

Batman: The Animated Series “See No Evil” directed by Dan Riba, music by Shirley Walker

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Super Mates House of Franklin-Stein 2023 Promo

September 04, 2023

Return to The House of Franklin-Stein! Spooky season begins in one week when Chris and Cindy begin their 10th annual celebration of classic horror films, and tales featuring super heroes vs. legendary monsters!

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Super Mates 104: House of Franklin-Stein Part 4

October 24, 2022

In this year’s final trip to the House of Franklin-Stein, Chris and Cindy share an audio commentary on one of horror’s greatest films, James Whale’s 1931 classic, Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff!

Then it’s back to the comic crypt for “Bizarro Meets Frankenstein” by Otto Binder, Wayne Boring and Stan Kaye from Superman #143 (Feb. 1961). The backwards duplicate of Superman wreaks havoc at a movie studio who dares to declare Frankenstein is the greatest monster!

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Theme from The Adventures of Superman by Leon Klatzkin

Clip from This is Your Life, November 20, 1957 featuring host Ralph Edwards, Boris Karloff and Jack P. Pierce

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Super Mates 101: House of Franklin-Stein Part 1

September 12, 2022

The House of Franklin-Stein rises from the tomb! Spooky season begins with Chris and Cindy discussing a Universal Monsters Mummy Double Feature! The Mummy’s Hand starring Tom Tyler, and The Mummy’s Tomb with Lon Chaney, Jr.!

 Then SHAZAM!!! The Super Mates unwrap Marvel Family #79 (Jan, 1953), where the World’s Mightiest Mortals meet the Mad Mummy in “The Dynasty of Horror” by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck!

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The Mummy’s Hand (1942) directed by Christy Cabanne

Shazam! Theme from The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! by Ray Ellis

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