This wacky kid's film pits the two iconic folklore heroes against a motley mashup of monsters, which in this review I described as:
,,,a vampire, a Frankenstein Monster, a Siamese twin named “Two-in-One,” a boogieman, a guy with a carrot-head, a “Child Snatcher,” and a dwarf who can create hurricanes from his breath. Reigning over them all is the Queen of Badness, a dead ringer for the Queen from Disney’s SNOW WHITE...
Appearing in five issues of BLAZING COMICS, Red Hawk took on the evil Japanese, though the positive racial depiction of an American Indian hero was somewhat nullified by the anti-"Jap" slurs.
"Night of the Living Duck," an original 1988 cartoon short, was designed to be played in theaters with the compilation film DAFFY DUCK'S QUACKBUSTERS. The idea is that Daffy, an avid "monster kid," bonks himself on the head and dreams that he's singing (with Mel Torme's voice) for a club full of monstrous patrons. Most of the customers are familiar (but unnamed) faces except for a Godzilla parody, "Smogzilla."
That spoof-name pretty much captures the short's level of lame humor. Nice animation, and one of Mel Blanc's final voice-jobs, are the only attractions to this unfunny trifle.
I can't say I ever warmed much to Forge, the Cheyenne answer to Tony Stark. (Why so many Plains Indians, Marvel? How about a few Algonquins once in a while?) In addition to being a master designed of weapons, Forge also possessed some inchoate magical skills, which seemed to be gilding the lily. He's been around for a while, so he must've impressed more people than did, say, the Black Crow.
Not a lot more interesting Real Americans in the TOMAHAWK canon, but here's a curiosity from issue #87: Sergeant Witch Doctor, an Indian medicine man attached to the Rangers for one story. I guess the idea that an Indian guy would use the medical knowledge of his people on behalf of the American Revolution was well intentioned, though today it sounds a little condescending.
Here's another breed of anti-mashup. So far as one can tell from the cover of LAUGH #129, Archie and Veronica are about to go see a trio of rockers dressed up like "ghoul cats," not real ghouls in themselves. Included for curiosity's sake.
One of the oddest titles for a Real American feature-- "1/2 Chief Poke-in-Nose" (like in "The Poconos," get it?) first appeared in JOKER COMICS #16. "Poke" is a little-kid Indian who talks modern talk, but all the alleged humor comes from his ignorant-injun dad Chief Sock-in-Nose. The art's better than BIG CHIEF WAHOO but the jokes are just as dumb.
