Shawn likes making it official

As you can see by the image above,

it is official that I AM now a member

of The Super Friends.

Having a written document ALWAYS makes it true!

If you feel that you could be a Super Friend,

be sure to get your copy of Super Friends #2.

Shawn likes great comic book covers

Action Comics #469

Just in case you can't read the dialogue -

Terra-Man: Doggone if you ain't the most rambunctious bronc I ever rode, Superman!

But I aim to break you! Wa-Hoo!

Shawn likes the DC Superheroes Picture Frame

This is the GREAT looking DC Superheroes picture frame that was available from

the Warner Bros. Studio Store.

I think every character looks so good, even those who up to this point had not been featured in a "Bruce Timm style" animated show.

The sly way that Poison Ivy is looking at Catwoman is so in character with the animated version.

Shawn likes The Super Dictionary

Today it's time to talk
about the Super Dictionary.


The Super Dictionary was published in 1978 when I was 10 years old and I remember
that I thought it was the greatest reference book ever!


Before I got this book I'm not sure how I managed
to know the definitions of words.


But with the superheroes help - I believe
that my vocabulary improved dramatically.


In fact, I think you should go

to eBay and bid on a copy for yourself - do it right now!

Shawn likes the Batman bank

You remember Batman Cereal, right?

Batman Cereal (although I wish they would have called it 'Batman: The Cereal') came out in 1989 during the marketing onslaught that was the "first" Batman movie*.

*Many people believe that the 1989 Michael Keaton Batman movie is the first Batman movie - they are wrong - there were several serials in the 40's and even the Batman TV show from the 60's had a feature length film release.*

Batman Cereal was basically left over Cap'n Crunch cereal reformed into bat shapes. I remember eating box after box of it just to get these super-cool (errrrr, uhhhh, Bat-cool, I mean) coin banks. And boy, did I suffer to get each bank. For whatever reason, Batman Cereal REALLY used to cut up my cheeks and gums - but I was so Bat-crazy that I didn't care and now I have about 20 of these things up in my attic right now. Mission: Accomplished !!!!!

I never did send away for the soft glow night light (man, I should have - that could have been tomorrow's post!) but looking at the sticker on the back of the bank now - since there is no experation date it MUST still be valid. (... and yes - I really do think that way!)

Shawn likes Ra's Al Ghul

When I was a kid I loved and hated this comic! I remember standing in the newstand in Spring Grove (where as a kid, I got about 90% of my comic collection), looking at this cover and being so sad that they actually killed Robin! How could they do that? He was my favorite hero! But that amazing artwork by Neil Adams MADE me buy it. Most comics are 10 inches in height and 6 1/2 inches wide - THIS book - a treasury edition - was 13 inches high, by 10 inches so it was MASSIVE!


Of course, comics being what they are - this scene doesn't actually appear in the book at all.


This book is a reprint collection of stories featuring Ra's Al Ghul (pronounced Raysh Al Ghoul - which I wish they would have gotten correct when they filmed 'Batman Begins') and his fight against Batman. As a kid - I couldn't really grasp why Ra's was doing what he was doing to Batman and Robin or what his endgoal was, but I knew that he wasn't just some guy who wanted to rob banks.


The ever-incredible 'Batman: The Animated Series' actually adapted this story in a two part episode (The Demon's Quest), and it was GREAT! The animated series didn't do a lot of comic book adaptions, preferring to tell original stories, but they hit a home run with this one!


*Another thing about this comic - I can still remember being really, really fascinated that I could see the upper collar of Robin's tunic, which was usually obscurred by his cape. LOL - yeah, I know - all these years later it makes SO much sense, now!

Shawn likes The Super Friends Lunchbox

Super Friends would have to be my all time favorite TV show of all time - yes, even beating out Fame! ;-)

As you'll see - time and time again, I love group shots and this is a superhero lovers dream! 16 (16!) characters all packed on a metal lunch box with a hot purple plastic handle. Things suddenly make so much more sense about me and my future life.

Although I love this so much it always bothered me / worried me that on my thermos Batman's face is green. Wasn't my thermos doing it's job?

I could also never decide if, on the back of the lunchbox, Flash was trying to hit Batgirl - or hold her hand.

Although this wasn't my first lunch box (that honor goes to the 2-in-1 lunchbox of Inch High Private Eye / Goober and the Ghost Chasers), this was my favorite lunchbox by far!

When I first saw it in the store I wanted it so much, but couldn't get it. I can still remember the Saturday when Mom came home from work and said that she stopped at the store (probably Hills or K-Mart) and got it for me.

I was so happy to have it that I hugged it tight and then ran around the outside of the house, still hugging it and singing that I love it. What a dippy little kid I was, LOL - okay - still am!