Transatlantica. The song “Trouble” was originally recorded and performed by Elvis Presley in 1958. DeShannon first recorded her version a year later.
Album Cover for Jackie DeShannon’s “Trouble,” 2023
Tag Archives: 1958
Cover to “Adventures of Superman — The Complete 5th and 6th Seasons,” 2006
Warner Home Video. The original program aired on television between 1952 and 1958.
Cover to “House of Secrets” #12, Jack Kirby, 1958
DC Comics.
Man attending movie theater projector, photo by Marion S. Trikosko, 1958
Throwback Thursday: “The Adventures of Superman” (1952-1958)!
No, I was not alive when “The Adventures of Superman” first aired in the 1950’s. But I could swear that I remember seeing reruns on local New York broadcast TV when I was a tot in the 1970’s.
I could be wrong! It’s possible I’m remembering some other iteration of the character in film or television. My instincts are telling me that this is the show, though.
Comic book fans will recognize George Reeves in the iconic title role.
I am linking here, by the way, to Steven Brandt’s Youtube channel. Thanks, Mr. Brandt.
Cover to “House of Mystery” #76, Jack Kirby, 1958
DC Comics.
Cover to “House of Mystery” #78, Jack Kirby, 1958
DC Comics.
Throwback Thursday: “Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine,” by Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams
Hot damn, did I love this book when I was in grade school. I’d be surprised if any of my friends remember it, because it was published in 1958 … I’m not sure how it wound up in my hands in the early 1980’s. The eponymous “homework machine” depicted in the book was a 50’s-era computer owned by Professor Bullfinch, who was Danny’s mentor or father figure or … something.
This was actually the third in a series of “Danny Dunn” books published between 1956 and 1977. I read one other — “Danny Dunn and the Fossil Cave,” which I also liked a lot.
The authors were Raymond Abrashkin and Jay Williams, and they were quite good at their craft. Danny, along with his friends Joe and Irene, were pretty relatable characters to a kid in the second grade.
Poster for “I Married a Monster From Outer Space” (1958)
Paramount Pictures.
Eric Robert Nolan, Author 