Sunday, October 11, 2026

Flopcast 753: Chicken Hands

We're reviewing another old Dynamite magazine, compliments of our pal Chris from Sci-Fi Explosion! This is a 1977 issue, and the cover features ill-fated sitcom couple Pinky Tuscadero and Fonzie. (Yes, we're talking about Happy Days again. Yes, we have a problem.) Also in this issue: A superhero named Jive Turkey! Skateboarding! She-Monsters! Disgusting pancakes! Jodie Foster! Magic Wanda! The DC Comics Hotline! And lots more mid-70s weirdness for the kids. So forget your school book club and enjoy Dynamite magazine in its final perfect form: the audio podcast.

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Show Notes

In the questionably-framed cover story, only Ron Howard really had any idea of what he was doing.

Pre-Han Harrison Ford stars alongside mid-Fonz Henry Winkler in Heroes (1977).

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A significant moment in comic history:

Not so much:

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Speaking of superheroes, this image accompanied an item about the hotline DC comics ran from 1976-77.

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The harpies in Jason and the Argonauts were a unique portrayal of a creature classically depicted with the head and torso of a human woman and the wings and lower body of a raptor (In either case, zero chicken hands).

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For the record, Jodie Foster was in Foxes (1980).