Dracomics TV’s First Lois Lane Passes Away draconicverses, October 13, 2023 Phyllis Coates, who is best remembered as the first actress to play Ace Reporter Lois Lane on TV has passed away at age 96. She played the part in SUPERMAN MEETS THE MOLEMEN (1951), the theatrically released feature film that preceded the first season of THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN (1952-1957),… Continue Reading
Dracomics Keith Giffen Passes Away at 70 draconicverses, October 12, 2023 Ambush Bug.Jamie Reyes’ Blue Beetle.Lobo.Justice League Antarctica.The Great Darkness Saga. “BWAH HA HAAAA!” All of these summon Keith Giffen to mind. From his time drawing & co-writing LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES with Paul Levitz – including the immortal “Great Darkness Saga” – to turning JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA, into JUSTICE LEAGUE,… Continue Reading
Japanese Monster Movies YouTube Shorts – My Favorite Godzilla Memory draconicverses, October 11, 2023October 12, 2023 Continue Reading
Japanese Monster Movies Happy (American) Anniversary, Shin Godzilla! draconicverses, October 11, 2023October 11, 2023 Today in 2016, the more horror-aimed take on Godzilla, Hideaki Anno’s SHIN GODZILLA (2016), was released for a limited run in the US, distributed by Funimation. This completely new spin on Godzilla featured the kaiju going thru multiple metamorphoses, until attaining it largest size, emitting a huge swath of destruction,… Continue Reading
General …Rising From the Ashes! draconicverses, October 11, 2023October 11, 2023 Greetings, Friends & Fiends! Ye Olde Dragon here, with the RETURN of the Blog that started it all for me, back in 2011, The Draconic Verses! I’ll be doing all sorts of updates on the site, and though you might see a batch of posts on here already, it’s because… Continue Reading
Japanese Monster Movies 20 Years Ago Today – August 31, 1997 draconicverses, August 31, 2017 Greetings my most excellent Friends and Fiends! A somewhat reflective Ye Olde Dragon here, stirring up the memories in my mind. Memories of August 30-31,1997. Now I know that the first thing that springs to most people’s mind is the tragic loss of Princess Diana. It certainly should. In fact,… Continue Reading
Japanese Monster Movies Why I Want Godzilla: KotM (2019) Dedicated to Haruo Nakajima. draconicverses, August 11, 2017 Greetings, Friends & Fiends. Ye Olde Dragon here. I realize that I might not have been entirely clear on my explanations on why I want Legendary Pictures and Director Mike Dougherty to dedicate their upcoming film, GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS (2019) to the memory of Haruo Nakajima. In this… Continue Reading
Japanese Monster Movies A Request to LEGENDARY PICTURES draconicverses, August 8, 2017 The above graphic should be self-explanatory. Haruo Nakajima, who passed away yesterday – August 7, 2017 – was the first “Man in the Godzilla Suit“, and he played Godzilla from 1954 – 1972, spanning twelve films from GOJIRA (1954) thru CHIKYÛ KOGEKI MEIREI: GOJIRA TAI GAIGAN (1972) – aka GODZILLA… Continue Reading
Ye Olde Dragon's Digital Den Ye Olde Dragon Reviews From Hell It Came Blu-Ray Release from @WarnerArchive draconicverses, April 21, 2017 Greetings, Friends and Fiends! Ye Olde Dragon with the follow-up to my review of the upcoming Blu-Ray release of FROM HELL IT CAME (1957) from Warner Archives! This is one of my favorite cheesy monster movies, ever! As I said in the video, the acting is almost as wooden as… Continue Reading
Movies Video: Ye Olde Dragon Unboxes a @WarnerArchive Delivery… draconicverses, April 18, 2017 Greetings, Friends & Fiends! Ye Olde Dragon here, with a quick link to a quick unboxing video! The good folks at Warner Archive sent me a trio of Blu-Rays to review, but I asked them NOT to tell me which ones, so I could do an unboxing video to act… Continue Reading