The Story Behind The Aborted Death of George Reeves Comic Book

Back in 1993, it was announced by Eclipse Comics that the death of Adventures of Superman star George Reeves would be made into a comic book as part of their True Crime series.  Comics Buyer's Guide (CBG) carried the above advertisement (by Neal Adams).

The comic book would be illustrated by longtime Supergirl artist Jim Mooney with the cover rendered by Neal Adams.  I was looking forward to this comic, being a George Reeves fan.

Above, Neal Adams and Armand at last month's Comikaze Expo.

Unfortunately, the comic book was never published due to financial problems of Eclipse Comics.  The Jim Mooney pages never saw the light of day.

Lou Koza has the full story at The Adventures Continue website.  You can read it by going here.

By the way, Neal Adams will be appearing at the Long Beach Horror & Comic Con November 3 and 4 at the Long Beach Convention Center.  For details, go here.

Pierpoint Landing

(Click on above image to view larger.)

An item (above) was emailed to me today by Lou Koza, who currently runs The Adventures Continue website on the Adventures of Superman television show starring George Reeves.

It is a Long Beach Press-Telegram news article on a 1953 location shoot of "The Golden Vulture" episode. The cast and crew were at Pierpoint Landing in Long Beach for the shoot. This jogged a memory for me.

Above, my grandfather and his boat in Morro Bay, circa 1963. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Back in the 1960s, my grandfather used to take us fishing on his boat and we'd occasionally launch from Pierpoint Landing. We'd also launch from Redondo Beach or go up to Morro Bay.

My grandfather was also a fan of the Adventures of Superman in the years preceding his passing in February 1966. He watched it on KTTV-TV Channel 11 in Los Angeles.

Thanks to Lou Koza for this little stroll down Memory Lane!