SUPERHEROES ARE DAMN-NEAR EVERYWHERE #208

Primary VIRGINIA CHRISTINE, best known to fantasy-fans for her role in THE MUMMY'S CURSE, acted in the SCARLET HORSEMAN serial and in episodes of THE LONE RANGER and THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN.

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Primary DENNIS CHRISTOPHER acted in THE SILENCERS and CIRCUITRY MAN, and in episodes of THE TIME TUNNEL, ANGEL, TARZAN THE EPIC ADVENTURES, DEEP SPACE NINE, THE SENTINEL and ENTERPRISE

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Primary THOM CHRISTOPHER  played "Hawk" on the second season of BUCK ROGERS, as well as acting in DEATHSTALKER III, WIZARDS OF THE LOST KINGDOM, S*H*E*, and SPACE RAIDERS.

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Primary CRISTY CHUNG acted in THE MEDALLION and BRIDE WITH WHITE HAIR 2.

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Primary THOMAS HADEN CHURCH acted in JOHN CARTER, THE SPECIALS, SPIDER MAN 3 and GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE, as well as voicing "Killer Moth" in the 2004 TEEN TITANS.

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Peripheral MARGUERITE CHURCHILL (left) acted in DRACULA'S DAUGHTER with--

Primary GLORIA HOLDEN (not shown) from THE CORSICAN BROTHERS.

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Primary EDUARDO CIANELLI (middle) acted in MACKENNA'S GOLD, the serials MYSTERIOUS DOCTOR SATAN and ADVENTURES OF THE FLYING CADETS, and episodes of THE MAN FROM UNCLE, THE GIRL FROM UNCLE, and THE TIME TUNNEL.

SUPERHEROES ARE DAMN-NEAR EVERYWHERE #207

Primary CLAUDIA CHRISTIAN gained fame as "Lt. Ivanovna" from BABYLON 5, and also acted in the movie ARENA and in episodes of GRIMM, HIGHLANDER, and SPACE RANGERS.

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Primary LEIGH CHRISTIAN acted in THE DOLL SQUAD and in episodes of THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN.

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Primary LINDA CHRISTIAN acted in TARZAN AND THE MERMAIDS.

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Primary JULIE CHRISTIE acted in DRAGONHEART and in HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN.

SUPERHEROES ARE DAMN-NEAR EVERYWHERE #206

Primary VALERIE CHOW acted in FUTURESPORT and HERO.

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Primary EMMANUELLE CHRIQUI acted in YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN, FUTURESPORT, THE CROW: WICKED PRAYER,  and  episodes of ADVENTURES OF SINBAD, FOREVER KNIGHT,  and KUNG FU THE LEGEND CONTINUES, as well as voicing characters in BEWARE THE BATMAN, the 2011 THUNDERCATS, and TRON UPRISING.

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Primary HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN acted in an episode of FOREVER KNIGHT but became somewhat more famous for playing Anakin Skywalker in ATTACK OF THE CLONES and REVENGE OF THE SITH.

MONSTER MASHUPS #35

It occurred to me that the term "monster mash" received its biggest boost from Bobby Pickett's 1962 hit song of the same title. I don't know that Pickett ever attempted to do a real music video for the song at any time, but the closest approximation I could find is at this Youtube address, which mixes in a lot of other monsters in addition to the "classics." There's also one derived from the "Groovy Ghoulies" TV-cartoon, but I can hardly bear to look at that one.

Much better is the 1983 Sheena Easton music video for her song "Telefone," in which the singer encounters scrupulously made-up versions of the classic Dracula, the Monster, the Hunchback, a "crawling hand," and the much bigger hand of King Kong. Unfortunately Google Images gives me only shots of Easton and not her menagerie of creatures.

SUPERHEROES ARE DAMN-NEAR EVERYWHERE #205

Primary JOHN CHO acted in the three recent STAR TREK films and in episodes of CHARMED and SLEEPY HOLLOW, as well as voicing a character in GODZILLA 2000.

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Primary MARGARET CHO acted in FACE OFF.

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Primary RAE DAWN CHONG acted in PEGASUS VS. CHIMERA, CHEECH AND CHONG'S CORSICAN BROTHERS, CITY LIMITS, and an episode of HIGHLANDER.

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Primary TOMMY CHONG acted in CHEECH AND CHONG'S CORSICAN BROTHERS  and voiced a character in HOODWINKED TOO.

SUPERHEROES ARE DAMN-NEAR EVERYWHERE #204

Primary SONNY CHIBA started out in Japanese TV-series like KAMEN RIDER and a film version of the early superhero GOLDEN BAT. Then, after the success of his STREET FIGHTER series, he worked in such relevant films as DRAGON PRINCESS, MESSAGE FROM SPACE, IMMORTAL COMBAT, THE STORM RIDERS, and of course KILL BILL.

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Primary MICHAEL CHIKLIS acted in the two FANTASTIC FOUR movies of the nineties and in several episodes of GOTHAM.

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Primary LINDEN CHILES acted in episodes of V, KNIGHT RIDER, LOIS AND CLARK, WEREWOLF, THE INCREDIBLE HULK, LOGAN'S RUN, THE SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN, BIONIC WOMAN, TIME TUNNEL, MAN FROM UNCLE, and THE GREEN HORNET.

Primary LOIS CHILES acted in MOONRAKER.

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PrImary TSAI CHIN acted in YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, WENDY WU HOMECOMING WARRIOR, all of the Chris Lee "Fu Manchu" films starting with FACE OF FU MANCHU, and an episode of AGENTS OF SHIELD, as well voicing a character in LAST AIRBENDER.

SUPERHEROES ARE DAMN-NEAR EVERYWHERE #203

Primary JOAN CHEN acted in THE BLOOD OF HEROES, STEEL JUSTICE, JUDGE DREDD and an episode of KNIGHT RIDER.

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Primary JACKY CHEUNG (right) acted in EAGLE SHOOTING HEROES and DEADLY DREAM WOMAN.

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Primary LESLIE CHEUNG acted in EAGLE SHOOTING HEROES and in the two BRIDE WITH WHITE HAIR films.

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Primary MAGGIE CHEUNG acted in THE HEROIC TRIO and its sequel EXECUTIONERS, THE 2002 HERO and also in the aforementioned EAGLE SHOOTING HEROES (three Cheungs in one!)

SUPERHEROES ARE DAMN-NEAR EVERYWHERE #202

Primary MAURY CHAYKIN acted in THE MASK OF ZORRO and episodes of ANDROMEDA and STARGATE SG-1.

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Primary DON CHEADLE essayed the role of "War Machine" in IRON MAN 2 and in subsequent appearances of the character, as well as acting in THE METEOR MAN and some CAPTAIN PLANET shorts.

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Peripheral CHUBBY CHECKER, whose hit "The Twist" has appeared in 3 or 4 superhero films, acted in PURPLE PEOPLE EATER with--

Primary NEIL PATRICK HARRIS from STARSHIP TROOPERS.

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Primary CHER acted in an episode of THE MAN FROM UNCLE.

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Primary MORRIS CHESTNUT acted in KICK ASS 2 and the 2009 V teleseries.

RAR #34: TINA AND KRAG

So far all of the "real Americans" I've addressed here happen to come from North America. However, there is a whole 'nuther America down south, and that it has its own history of "don't-call-them-Indians."

The 1926 BOMBA book-series begins the history of the juvenile jungle-hero in the forests of South America, though eventually Bomba took his act to Africa. These days the character is best known through a series of black-and-white B-films, mostly from the early fifties, and these too were supposed to be somewhere in South America, though often the attire of the natives looked like they'd emigrated from Polynesia.

For a couple of years in the late 1960s, DC Comics published seven issues of a BOMBA THE JUNGLE BOY comic, all of which took place in a fantasy-version of South America.

Though the series had no support-characters in the first two issues, with issue #3 artist Jack Sparling came onto the title. He would finish out the series, and in the process he gave Bomba a sexy girlfriend who wore a Polynesian dress but talked like a modern teen.

Bomba faced a handful of Indian enemies, but only one was somewhat memorable. Krag, introduced in the last two issues as part of a never-concluded storyline, was a bulky fellow who had been born in some sort of Atlantis-like city before the rise of real history. For his two appearances he unleashes various types of science-or-magic on the modern world. Bomba fights him, Krag escapes, and the series ends with the hero pursuing the villain-- at which point I assume DC lost (or chose to lose) the license to the Bomba property.

MONSTER MASHUPS #34

SCOOBY DOO 2: MONSTERS UNLEASHED is a fun trip down monster-memory lane, in which the live-action Scoobies encounter "real" versions of many classic "phony" monsters, such as Captain Cutler, the Tar Monster, Miner 49'er, and the 10,000 Volt Ghost.

"Tonight, two icons of terror will come face to face-- for the last time!"

Not so much, according to my review here. This version of the Wolfman is not close enough to the Universal template to rate his own identity, in contrast to the starring Frankenstein Monster. So this would be an "anti-mashup."