Outside of North America a live-action webslinger first appeared in cinemas in 1977, as the CBS TV movie was - like many lavish network pilots of the time - released theatrically in the rest of the world. The movie pitted Nicholas Hammond's far-too-old Peter Parker against arguably Spidey's greatest foe, the iconic Guru. Unsurprisingly Hammond was well up for appearing in No Way Home. Unsurprisingly Marvel Studios weren't.
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Thursday, 15 December 2022
Wednesday, 14 December 2022
The Angels #6 magazine cover
Charlie's Angels was massive before Farrah Fawcett's departure, though the name of Ideal Publishing's magazine suggests they maybe didn't bother paying for a licence. What's really curious though is the juxtaposition of promises of "naughty" Farrah centrefold action with beauty tips, suggesting the magazine was pushing for two very different target markets.
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