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Comic Con news roundup…

The biggest news, as Cullen posted on our chat board, is that not only is Godzilla 2 a go (the film will hit the $500 worldwide million mark this weekend, so it’s not a megahit, but certainly hitting profitability now). Sadly, it will be a while, because Gareth Edwards will return as director, and…
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Monster of the Day #958
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Monster of the Day #958

Rock Baker was nice enough to send me some fab painted pulp covers. I love these, and hey, it saved me some work. Enjoy! Man, there's a lot going on here.
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Monster of the Day #957
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Monster of the Day #957

Look at that. Movie technology has truly became amazing. I will never love such things, though, as much as that puppet snake in King Kong Escapes yesterday.
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Monster of the Day #954
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Monster of the Day #954

I guess this is probably a repeat of yesterday's MotD, as some of our savvy commenters pointed out. And indeed, it does look quite the same. This is the only still I could actually find of it from Princess on the Moon, though, which is criminal. And event this looks like a Russian lobby…
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RIP James Garner
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RIP James Garner

Mr. Garner served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He was wounded twice, once in a friendly fired incident, and received two Purple Hearts. He was 86 at the time of his passing.
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Monster of the Day #953
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Monster of the Day #953

Here's an interesting one. In 1978, Toho and Hammer quite nearly made a coproduction about the Loch Ness Monster. Toho announced it, and they got as far as making up the prop, the poster art and announcing some of the talent, such as Bryon Forbes for director. Then Hammer's funding fell through and the…
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