This issue has a little bit of everything in it
Tag: 1966
Green Hornet Reference Photo
Reference photo used for the artwork found on the Green Hornet Comic by Gold Key and The Official Adventures of the Green Hornet LP (below)
Eerie, May, 1966
EERIE, Issue #3, May, 1966. Cover by Frank Frazetta.
Clash of the Titans
Van Williams and Adam West are seen here, locked in hand-to-hand combat
The Mexicali Brass Presents…
The Theme from the Green Hornet and other selections…
Spies Strike Silently, 1966
Spies Strike Silently is a 1966 Spanish-Italian film. It stars Lang Jeffries, who plays the role of secret agent Mike Drum, an American working for the British Secret Service. who “Probably thinks he’s James Bond.”
Green Hornet Gas Gun
Several promotional shots of the gas gun prop that was using in the television show.
The Incomparable Imperial
Details from various Imperial Crown advertisements from 1966.
Picture a walnut paneled office with leather upholstered chairs, copy transmitter-reciever, dictating machine, two telephones, conference table, typewriter, reading lamp, air conditioner, television set – and a 440 cu. in. V8 under it.
(ad copy for the Imperial Crown Coupe Mobile Director concept, which was for the car show circuit in 1966.)
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Batclimbing
During the 1966 Batman series, there were several cameos by actors popping their head out of a window while Batman and Robin were climbing by. The more notable celebrities were Dick Clark, Jerry Lewis, Sammy Davis Jr. and of course the Green Hornet and Kato. The “special effect” is shown above, West and Ward would walk on a floor that looked like the side of a building, then the scene would be filmed sideways.
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Captain Atom #83, 1966
The first appearance of the Silver Age Blue Beetle (Ted Kord). Cover art by Steve Ditko.
