De rien.

For what it’s worth, the new issue of ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY magazine has a big cover story on the crossover, along with sidebars offering primers on each of the four series. I believe it hits newsstands today.

(I got my subscription copy in the mail yesterday.)

If you really want to refresh your memory, you could also track down the novelizations of the first three movie. Just saying. :)

Honestly, that looks so much like KING KONG Aurora model set I made as a kid.

Love it.

Believe it or not, the Matheson story predates the toy by close to a decade, and is cited in the movie’s opening credits..

Yep, I AM LEGEND is pretty much the grand-father of the entire zombie apocalypse genre, even though Matheson used the word “vampire” instead of “zombie” to describe his shambling hordes of walking dead . . . ..

Also based on Matheson: The Incredible Shrinking Man, Somewhere in Time, What Dreams May Come, Stir of Echoes, Duel, etc., etc.

And George Romero has admitted that Matheson’s 1954 novel was the “unofficial” inspiration for NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD.

And this is where I point out that the movie was based on a Richard Matheson story, “Steel,” that had been previously filmed as an episode of the original Twilight Zone tv series.

Kryptonite.

I have a soft spot for the Renee version of The Question, too, in part because I novelized that whole storyline.

That may have ALSO been a concern. Artistic decisions aren’t always made for just one reason.

Or maybe the “playing the fire” thing was the reason the solo HUMAN TORCH tv series never made to the air, and that explanation got conflated with the cartoon series over the years, since this was all happening around the…

Correction: I think you mean that the SUPERMAN radio show introduced “Kryptonite,” not “Krypton.”

The planet is from the comics. The evil mineral debuted on the radio show.

It gets better. The book has already been shelved in The Library.

Really. I have photographic proof! :)

I love that story. Thanks for sharing!

And coming soon:

And dare I mention that there are now LIBRARIANS novels as well?

For what’s worth, Charlie did not scorn media tie-ins and occasionally included them in her monthly roundups—as I can personally attest to. :)

I confess: I loved that tv-movie as a teen.

The Steve Englehart/Frank Brunner/Gene Colan years remain my favorite on the character . . ..