#norman schultze

[thevondoom62]

Mania across Marvel

[comicwaren]

From Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 6 #027

Art by Ed McGuinness, Mark Farmer and Marcio Menyz

Written by Zeb Wells

[travsd]

The Linda Stirling Centennial

Born 100 years ago today, B movie star Linda Stirling (Louise Schultz, 1921-1997). Stirling wasm a Long Beach native who started out in amateur theatricals as a child, eventually studying with Ben Bard for two years, before going on to summer stock and modeling on the side. She did a stint as a show girl at Earl Carroll’s Theatre. She was one of the models in the Norman McLeod musical The Powers…

[goldenzx]

Specialized Super Spectacular Squadron Spider-Man / SSSS Spider-Man

Decided to make a group of Sentai Spidersona Goofballs, It was pretty hard to adapt the eyes into a visor design. Also was pretty hard to find out who would make up the team and what colors they would be (So many of Spidey's villains wear green, probably because of contrasting colors schemes?). As for why I decided to genderbend Rhino?.... dunno, really just seemed natural at the time.

Here's a bit of backstory and characters, but I don't have alot. I'd appreciate suggestions from people more familiar with Spider-man.

Spider Protector V and Spi-D Machines - 5 alien warriors from Planet Spider use the sentient transformation devices called the "Spider Protector V" to tranform into the Spectacular Squadron "Spider-Man". Fighting evil using their special combat suits and weaponize giant vehicles called the "Spi-D Machines".

But while patrolling a far away Solar System in-search of the dangerous Iron Cross Army, they are ambushed and ended up landing near a prestigious stem school called "Osborn High". With four of the warriors out of commission with both their Spider Protectors and Spi-D Machines heavily damaged, And their leaders losing faith in his skills, they decide to accept help from the shady headmaster and billionaire, Norman Osborn.

The four machines and changers are repaired, and all five suits and machines are given a few Osborn™ improvements, and the Spider Protector V are sent out to find a new group of heroes to fight the Iron Cross Army and their leader, the evil Doctor Monster. Although while Osborn seems be helping them to prevent the Iron Cross Army from conquering the earth, he seems to be plotting something behind the scenes.

The Hero's backstory (This is what I've thought of for now);

Peter Parker - Chosen to be the "Spectacular Red/The Spectacular Spider" or simply Spider-Man. A promising young lad who got accepted into Osborn High after disabling a sabotaged machine that was being shown off by scouts. He lives with his Aunt May and Uncle Ben.  He's always been a huge nerd, but started going to the gym when he entered his first highschool in hopes of deterring bullies, although that hasn't seemed to be working thus far. (and because of encouragement by Uncle Ben). Surprisingly snarky and more confident than the average dweeb.

Otto Octavius - One of Parker's classmates and first friend in this new school. A genius inventor Peter met at Osborn High, they both get their suits on the same day, he transforms into "Spectacular Green/The Spectacular Ock" or just Doc Ock. Quite intelligent, But often victim to his own hubris.

Herman Schultz - Becomes "Spectacular Yellow/The Spectacular Shocker" or Shocker. A self-taught engineer, after having to drop out of his first high school because of his parents' financial situation, he tried using engineering and inventing prowess to rob crack safes. While in Juvie he was chosen by the Spider Bracelet, and because of this and Osborn being impressed by his inventing talents, he is out of Juvie in exchange for attending Osborn High (And fighting Dr Monster). Although he can be quite greedy, he's actually quite a kind and caring and pretty peppy dude. Just don't ask him to borrow a couple bucks.

Alex Sytsevich - She's "Spectacular Grey/The Spectacular Rhino" or Rhino, and Peter's second friend at Osborn High. A Russian American from a poor. She can seem dimwitted at practically everything else. Short-sighted and easily deceived, combined with her near inhuman stature and strength caused her to fall into the wrong crowd. She is enrolled into Osborn High after being chosen by the Spider Bracelet, where she learns she's surprisingly great at physics. Wants to make an honest living for her and her parents, but is afraid the crime life may be all she's truly good at. Appreciates Peter Parker's friendship and honesty, and has a slight crush on him.

Max Dillon - He's the final member, "Spectacular Blue/The Spectacular Electro". He's solely motivated by money, studied hard to make money, entered Osborn high to get a better job to make money, and when he gained his suit he used it as leverage to be paid when he fights against the Iron Cross Army. Some may think it's because he wants a good life for his sister, and maybe that's partially true, but spend any amount of time with him, and you'll find that he's generally just a money-hungry guy. He is easy to anger and pretty rude. It's unknown why the Spider Protector V chose him.  Although he gets the job done well, probably the best fighter among them and the most adept at using his suits abilities, always getting vexed at when his teammates play around during battles. He wishes him and Schultz hero names weren't so similar and has been asking Herman to rename himself "Shockwaver" or something.

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🍂 16-10-2024

Went to school

Draw a little bit

Listened to a podcast

Went for a walk and spent two hours sitting in front of the sea

🎧 Listened: Norman Fucking Rockwell! by Lana del Rey and Pure Heroine by Lorde

��� Walked: 5km

📖 Read: finished Winter by Marissa Meyer!! Read two poems by Philip Schultz

📺 Watched: The perfect dinner (2022)

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- Villians Roster -

This is exactly what it sounds like, now a companion post to the Allies Roster! Peter has faced a lot of villians across his years in the suit. So this is the line-up of guys, at least more commonly known ones(in my opinion) that both TASM and MCU Peter Parker/Spider-Man has taken on. This is a combination of hinted and implied faceoffs, leaked information of what never happened, and personal opinion of who I personally think they're likely to have gone up against(so far). This will be updated as needed.

Any names on this list are free-game to refer to in threads.

Villians are listed by both name and allias.

TASM Peter Parker/Spider-Man

Dr. Curt Conners, "The Lizard"

Alexsie Sytsevich, "The Rhino"

Max Dillon, "Electro"

Harry Osborn, "Green Goblin"

Quentin Beck, "Mysterio"

Dr. Otto Octavius, "Doc Ock"

Dr. Adrian Toomes, "The Vulture"

Sergei Kravinoff, "Kraven the Hunter"

Flint Marco, "Sandman"

Eddie Brock, "Venom"

Cletus Kasady, "Carnage"

Wilson Fisk, "Kingpin"

Mac Gargan, "Scorpion"

Morbius

Joseph Martello, "Hammerhead"

more-antagonist-than-villian Felicia Hardy, "Black Cat"

Norman Osborn, "Green Goblin" (Raimi Version)

Dr. Otto Octavius, "Doc Ock" (Raimi Version)

Flint Marco, "Sandman" (Raimi Version)

MCU Peter Parker/Spider-Man

Mac Gargan, "Scorpion"

Adrian Toomes, "The Vulture"

Herman Schultz, "Shocker"

Joseph Martello, "Hammerhead"

Quentin Beck, "Mysterio"

Dr. Curt Conners, "The Lizard" (Webb Version)

Max Dillon, "Electro" (Webb Version)

Dr. Otto Octavius, "Doc Ock" (Raimi Version)

Norman Osborn, "Green Goblin" (Raimi Version)

Flint Marco, "Sandman" (Raimi Version)

Wilson Fisk, "Kingpin"

Lonnie Lincon, "Tombstone"

Sergei Kravinoff, "Kraven the Hunter"

more-antagonist-than-villian Felicia Hardy, "Black Cat"

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Birthdays 8.6

Beer Birthdays

Timothy Taylor (1826)

Dave Suurballe (1949)

Don Erickson (1961)

Mark Cowley (1964)

Marc Rosenblum (1972)

Paul Sangster

Five Favorite Birthdays

Piers Anthony; English writer (1934)

Paul Bartel; film director, writer, actor (1938)

Richard Hofstadter; historian, writer (1916)

Allan Holdsworth; English guitarist (1946)

Robert Mitchum; actor (1917)

Famous Birthdays

Alfred, Lord Tennyson; English writer, poet (1809)

Lucille Ball; actor (1911)

Paul Bartel; actor, director, & screenwriter (1938)

Elisabeth Beresford; English journalist & author (1926)

Peter Bonerz; actor (1938)

Asia Carrera; porn actor (1973)

Paul Claudel; French writer (1868)

Jess Collins; artist (1923)

Barbara Cooney; author and illustrator (1917)

Kimberly Conrad; Playmate of the Year 1989 (1962)

Randy DeBarge; singer-songwriter & bassist (1958)

Vera Farmiga; actress (1973)

Alexander Fleming; bacteriologist (1881)

Charles Fort; author (1874)

Soleil Moon Frye; actress (1976)

Melissa George; actress (1976)

Hoot Gibson; actor (1892)

John Graves; author (1920)

Geri Halliwell; pop singer (1972)

Catherine Hicks; actress (1951)

Byard Lancaster; saxophonist and flutist (1942)

Richard C. Miller; photographer (1912)

Marisa Miller; model (1978)

Scott Nearing; sociologist, natural-food advocate (1883)

Leslie Odom Jr.; actor and singer (1981)

Jason O'Mar;, Irish actor (1972)

John Middleton Murry; English poet and author (1889)

Jon Postel; computer scientist (1943)

JonBenét Ramsey; child beauty queen & murder victim (1990)

Dutch Schultz; gangster (1901)

M. Night Shyamalan; film director (1970)

Elliott Smith; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1969)

Andy Warhol; artist (1928)

Norman Wexler; screenwriter (1926)

Michelle Yeoh; actress (1962)

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"Spent an hour today talking to Harry Beach, one of our three real, honest-to-goodness "desperate criminals." It served to reinforce my growing realization of how inadequate a characterization such a category as "desperate criminal" can be.

Most of the men in West Street [the federal New York Detention Headquarters] just now are of the "light-custody" variety. Either they have short sentences, orthey are types not given to violence: OPA violators, draft dodgers, confidence men, and so on. These three are a different breed of cat. Harry, for instance, is a bank robber serving a forty-eight year sentence. One of his companions, sporting the unhkely name of Norman de Britten, wears two bullet scars, was bodyguard to the notorious Dutch Schultz, and has twenty-nine years to do. The third, Richard Langford, is a quiet, scholarly looking hijacker waiting to be sent somewhere to begin a sixteen-year stretch.

These three are locked in one cell-block for twenty-three hours a day. The other hour they spend on the roof, under heavy guard, getting what exercise and fresh air they can. They eat all their meals in their cell, and the guards heave an almost perceptible sigh of relief when they lock them back in after the roof period. I got to know them through Bob Brooks, for whom Harry especially has a tremendous respect.

"Imagine that guy," he said to me. "A successful lawyer and he gives it all up and goes to prison just for his convictions! What a guy!"

Harry himself is quite a guy. About my age, he has already served eight years and has forty still to do, but he is as calm and unperturbed as anyone in here, with the possible exception of his two cellmates. They "build their time" easily, joking with each other and with guards and other inmates, wasting no time on worry or self-pity. That in itself is quite an accomplishment for men in their shoes, though not too surprising. Men who put their own lives on the line when they break the law, as these did, are likely to be strong characters, and one can only reflect with regret on what they could have been if they had started on another track.

Much more astonishing is the gentleness and kindness they all three exhibit, not occasionally, but consistently. They chat encouragingly with men who would drop dead on the spot with their sentences—like the little liquor dealer, Mr. Robin.

Poor Mr. Robin violated the OPA and got a sentence of fifteen days, and he is absolutely certain that he will not survive it. He wails and whines more than anyone else here, walking unhappily through the corridors between the cells literally wringing his hands.

Robin's greatest comfort comes from the three long-timers. He stands at their cell for hours at a time while they josh him gently about his "long stretch," assure him that the days will pass more swiftly than he thinks, and laugh at his fears that he will be socially ostracized when he gets out. All this from men who cannot even begin to hope for release before as many years pass as Mr. Robin has days!

But the most impressive example of this kindness came a few days ago. A young Jehovah's Witness, barely eighteen years old, was brought in with a three-year sentence for refusal to accept the draft. Just a boy, probably brought up in a kind, decent, middle-class home and totally unprepared for anything like this, the youngster simply could not take it. He shrinks from everyone, can hardly talk, and seems on the verge of complete mental collapse. With the instinctive cruelty of unhappy, frightened men who find someone in an even worse state than themselves, some of the inmates have tormented him pretty badly.

Newcomers usually spend at least the first night on the second floor, but the authorities assigned him directly to the third, apparently hoping that the relatively quieter atmosphere there would help. When it did not the lieutenant went to Harry and his cellmates for help. The result was that the young JW was moved in with the three desperadoes—an act that on the surface would seem completely irrational. But the lieutenant knew his men. The three desperate criminals could not be kinder to the boy if they were his brothers. They actually come close to hovering over him, and when they talk to him, as Harry does frequently, they are as compassionate as his own parents could be. Under their influence, and in the protection of the constantly locked cell, the boy is beginning to respond a little, and today I saw him smile briefly at one of Harry's sallies. It would be funny if it were not so touching. Any time I am tempted to categorize anyone as unrelievedly bad, I shall remember Harry and the young JW."

- Alfred Hassler, Diary of a Self-Made Convict. Foreword by Harry Elmer Barnes. Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1954 (written 1944-1945), p. 30-32.

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Amazing Spider-Man #36 (1966, Marvel Comics) CGC 5.0 1st Appearance Looter

We have a nice copy of Amazing Spider-Man #36 from 1966 graded 5.0 by CGC.   It is freshly graded, we just got it back so the case is super nice.   Amazing Spider-man #36 features the first appearance of the Looter who is a recurring villain in the Spider-man series. The Looter, also known as Norton Fester, made his first appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man #36. This issue was published in March 1966 by Marvel Comics. The story was written by Stan Lee and illustrated by Steve Ditko. In this issue, Norton Fester, a disgruntled former employee of a research lab, gains superhuman strength and agility through an experimental serum he steals. Adopting the moniker "The Looter," he embarks on a criminal career, believing his newfound powers make him invincible. However, he soon crosses paths with Spider-Man, who must stop the Looter's destructive rampage and prevent him from endangering innocent lives. The Looter, with his green costume and flight-like abilities, provided an early challenge for Spider-Man in this particular issue. While not as well-known or prominent as some of Spider-Man's other villains, the Looter has made sporadic appearances in subsequent comic book stories throughout the years.  

Amazing Spider-Man #36 (1966, Marvel Comics) CGC 5.0 1st Appearance Looter - Available NOW on ebay Some of the Villains in the Amazing Spider-man series The Amazing Spider-Man has a rich gallery of villains that Spider-Man has encountered throughout his comic book history. Here are some notable villains that have appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man: - Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) - Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius) - Venom (Eddie Brock) - Sandman (Flint Marko) - The Lizard (Dr. Curt Connors) - Electro (Max Dillon) - Kraven the Hunter (Sergei Kravinoff) - Mysterio (Quentin Beck) - Vulture (Adrian Toomes) - Scorpion (Mac Gargan) - Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) - Chameleon (Dmitri Smerdyakov) - Hobgoblin (various individuals, including Ned Leeds and Roderick Kingsley) - Rhino (Aleksei Sytsevich) - Black Cat (Felicia Hardy) - Shocker (Herman Schultz) - Carnage (Cletus Kasady) - The Jackal (Miles Warren) - The Tinkerer (Phineas Mason) - The Looter (Norton Fester) - The Vulture's Crew (The Vulture's grandchildren, primarily Adrian Toomes' descendants). These are just a few examples, as Spider-Man has faced many villains over the years, each with their own unique abilities, motivations, and storylines. The Amazing Spider-Man series has continuously introduced new villains and provided compelling conflicts for the web-slinger to overcome. Read the full article

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Being Spider-Man sure isn't easy when you've got to deal with mad doctors, aliens, clones, and goblins, among others.

[comicwaren]

From Gold Goblin #004

Art by Lan Medina, Rafael Pimentel, Craig Yeung, John Livesay, Roberto Poggi and Antonio Fabela

Written by Christopher Cantwell

[subbyfoxelf]

[comic review] alien vs. predator: annual (1999)

the 48 pages of this double-sized one-shot were devoted to five stories of varying quality.

the first three stories–hell-bent (writer: david ross, artists: david ross & mark lipka), pursuit (writer: ian edginton, artists: mel rubi & rob hunter), and lefty’s revenge (writer: brian mcdonald, artists: pop mhan & norman lee)–all feel like the comic equivalent commercials for longer works, but as far as i can tell hell-bent and lefty’s revenge are both self-contained, with only pursuit serving as a direct sequel to one of the aliens comics.

in all three cases, it doesn’t feel like much effort was put into telling a story that fit the length they were given, instead it’s like you get halfway through the exposition of an actual story before it suddenly cuts off abruptly and you’re like “oh, okay, i guess that’s it.” very unsatisfying.

chained to life and death (writer: mark schultz, artist: tom biondolillo) tells a much more appropriately-paced, self-contained story that reads rather like a poetic montage about an elder hunter who decides to die at the claws and teeth of his “beloved prey” before realizing a split second before his death that the alien does not understand him or the significance of his act. it’s a pretty tragic story, but one that adds a bit of texture to the universe. it’s probably clear at this point that this is my favorite story in this special.

old secrets (writer & artist: alex maleev) is some religious bullshit that i don’t care about. it retells the story of st. george and the dragon and reveals that the dragon in it was actually a xenomorph and i guess the church has an alien ship buried underground or some shit? idk, i really don’t care.

c-rank

[hildegard-von-bingen]

Lili Marlene

performed by: Vera Lynn

Lili Marlene was the most popular song of World War Two, loved by both Axis and Allied countries and armies, and a favourite of Erwin Rommel, the “Desert Fox”.

In 1915, Hans Leip, a schoolteacher in the German army, wrote a poem entitled Das Lied eines jungen Soldaten auf der Wacht (The Song of a Young Soldier on Watch).  The girl's name in the poem, Lili Marleen, was named after his friend's girlfriend Lili, and a nurse called Marleen who would wave to him when going off duty.

In 1937, the poem was published as part of a collection, and the following year, Norman Schultze set it to music.  Lale Anderson recorded it for the first time in 1939, but it sold poorly.

Nazi politics were also an issue.  The song had a strong anti-war theme, and this was anathema to propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. It was banned, and Andersen and Schultze were accused of “moral sabotage”.  Andersen, who was believed to be sympathetic towards Jewish people, was placed under house arrest, and Schultze was ordered to compose more Nazi-oriented music.

When Germany invaded Yugoslavia in 1941, the German army took over Radio Belgrade for their own broadcasts.  However, their music options were limited, as most of the records had been smashed in the bombing.  Lieutenant Karl-Heinz Reintgen, the officer in charge of the station, was asked to collect more records while on leave in Vienna.  One of them was Lili Marleen, and Reintgen remembered that a friend in the Afrika Korps liked the song, so he chose it for broadcast.  Soon, they were playing it nightly at 9:55pm.

Goebbels demanded that the song be removed, but was forced to back down under popular demand.  The song was a hit with the German troops in North Africa as well as back at home, and Erwin Rommel specifically asked the station to play the song every night. Schultze and Andersen were sent around Germany to perform the song for which they'd previously been condemned.

The Allied 8th Army in North Africa could pick up German broadcasts, and were soon singing the song as well.  Fitzroy Maclean, a Lance Corporal in the Special Air Service, wrote after the war:

Husky, sensuous, nostalgic, sugar-sweet, her voice seemed to reach out to you, as she lingered over the catchy tune, the sickly sentimental words.  Belgrade...The continent of Europe seemed a long way away.  I wondered when I would see it again and what it would be like by the time we got there.

Soldiers took it back home with them, and it was eventually translated into English.  The publisher Jimmy Phillips told off a group of soldiers on leave for singing a German song, so they told him to translate it if he wanted them to sing it in English! However, Phillips made some changes, making it more of a love song without the anti-war themes of the original.

[splendidnothings]

Amazing Spider-Man #900

Variant cover by J. Totino Tedesco

[antygabo14]

I did some concepts for green goblin, shocker and Anastasia the hunter, they still need a bit more work, but I like this direction