Jim Main's Brain Freeze #1-B has reached completion!!!
For the prestigious second, introductory half of the publisher's spankin' new title, Main delivers another sci-fi spree, which includes exquisite, illustrated tributes to "Forbidden Planet", "Robot Monster", "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and a whole bunch more.
Such stellar homages are the result of Brain Freeze's talented contributors: Anthony C. Gray; Jon Lawrence; Tim Corrigan; Doug Holverson; Brian D. Leonard; Jason Bullock; John Lambert; Jerzy Szostek; Steve Shipley; Tony Lorenz; Jack Bertram; Matt C. Ryan; George Lane III; Carl Taylor; and Brad Foster. (Main also gives a cozy "From the Publisher" intro.)
Additionally, this issue's comic strips should prove of special interest to sci-fi buffs: Szostek's twisty "2 Much 2 Mulch" and Bullock's spacey "Bug Bytes" are memorable stand-outs, destined for high regard. (Gray's sleek, predatory cover does a great job in pumping up readers up for these swell sojourns, while Taylor's "RoboCop" meets "Westworld" salute is the ideal, cheerful crossover to cap 'em.)
No ifs, ands or buts, Brain Freeze's initial, two-parter creates an exciting, eclectic voyage, and (drum roll, please) more issues are coming. (A kaiju-steered sequel is already in the works.)
To purchase Brain Freeze #1-A and/or #1-B, email Mr. Main at mainjim23@gmail.com. You'll be dang glad you did.
You needed no other name than "The Virginian" to win over viewers in one of the television's longest-running westerns: a total of 249 walloping, 90-minute episodes, no less.
You also galloped into such series as "The Adventures of Briscoe County, Jr."; "Cheyenne"; "Gunsmoke"; "The Rifleman"; "The Lawman"; "The Texan"; "Rawhide"; "The Rebel"; "Death Valley Days"; "Wagon Train"; "Alias Smith and Jones"; "Black Saddle"; "Broken Arrow" and "Playhouse 90" (as Jesse James).
You also made "Firehouse" a weekly topliner, while finding time to say hello to "The Fall Guy"; "Walker, Texas Ranger"; "Ironside"; "Steve Canyon"; and "Richard Diamond, Private Detective", not to mention your juicy guest spot on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents".
In addition, you participated in some fine, feature-length stand-alones, including "Ten Who Dared"; "Love Me Tender"; "Backtrack"; "The Last Wagon"; "Ride the High Country"; "Good Day for a Hanging"; "The Gambler Returns"; "Third of a Man"; "The Tender Trap"; "Breakout"; "Bernadine"; "Hell to Pay"; "Pollyanna"; "Toby Tyler"; and the science-fiction classic, "Forbidden Planet".
"The Young Warriors", based on Richard Matheson's novel, "The Beardless Warriors", was the definite stand-out in your movie career: a WWII sojourn that personified duty and courage in a most tumultuous time.
You were a hero to many, Mr. Drury, and for good cause. Your personas exuded salt-of-the-earth charisma. We desperately need more icons like you today, but will remain grateful that you were at least here to show us the way.
You covered an amazing amount of ground during your career, sweeping through the genres like there was no tomorrow.
In the realm of science fiction and horror, you bolstered the thrills in the creepy "Curse of the Faceless Man" and the classic "Forbidden Planet". And let's not forget television, where you guest starred on such varied shows as "the A-Team"; "The Green Hornet"; "The Man from U.N.C.L.E."; "The Fugitive"; "The Invaders"; "Knight Rider"; "Mission: Impossible"; and above all, as the diabolical Dr. Malcolm Richards in the classic "Kolchak" sequel, "The Night Strangler". Of course, most fans will remember you best as the no-nonsense, but compassionate Oscar Goldman on "The Six Million Dollar Man" and "The Bionic Woman".
Thanks for all the enjoyment you gave us and be assured, your wonderful body of work will continue to delight far into the decades to come...
