WALTER KOENIG DEAD AT 90

 

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Best known as Pavel Chekov in the Star Trek franchise, he became the first cast member to write for it with an episode of Star Trek: The Animated Series. He also wrote an episode of Land of the Lost, and played Vladimir Maximov and followers in an episode of The Real Ghostbusters.

ERIC BAUZA DEAD AT 46

 

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He played Tooth Filling, Future Cat, Goat Minister of Propaganda, General Bladderwort, and a Secret Service Agent in The Ripping Friends; Slip D’Peel, Slide D’Peel, and Sea Urchin in Coconut Fred’s Fruit Salad Island; Fistrick, Megawhatt, Articguana, Diamondhead, Driba, Galvan Albedo, Grey Matter, Pax, Solid Plugg, Bellicus, Eatle, Lackno, Dr. Psychobos, Mchaneer, Way Big, Rook Da, Freezelizard, Upchuck, Raff, Cast Iron, Parts Dealer, Ultimate Albedo, Buzzshock, Toepick, Vomit Man, Thunderpig, Jerry, Pretty Boy Vreedle, Mad Diamondhead, Mad Upchuck, Young Cooper Daniels, Trumbipuor, Chromastone, Mr. Smoothy and additional voices in Ben 10: Omniverse; an alien, a partygoer, a sightseer and Man #1 in Phineas and Ferb; Dark Opal, Citrina, Pegacorn, Spider, and Happy Tree in Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld, Lex Liger, Captain Cod and the narrator, in DC Nation’s Farm League, and Mercury and Mr. Mind in Shazam! as part of the DC Nation programming block; Raimundo Pedrosa, Jack Spider, and PandaBubba in Xiaolin Chronicles; Tiger Claw, EPF Man, Vic Fulci, Vinnie Fulci, Hun, Triceratons, Unicorn Man, Evil Ninja, The Hammer, and several minor characters in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012); Curly-Haired Boy, Cop and Sut in Sanjay and Craig; Shalmon in SpongeBob SquarePants; Donatello in TMNT: Don vs Raph; Leonardo in Turtles Take Time (and Space); Hermie in Doc McStuffins; Buhdeuce and his variants, Baby Monster, Dishwasher, Bacteria Blob, B2D2, various Monsters, Rich Passenger Beetle, Duckling, PB, Birdman, Three Headed Bird Man, Worm, Tadpolice, Finger #2, Announcer, Video Game Announcer, Gator, Monster Emcee, Big Baby Buns, Thon, Disco Ball, Stamp, Buhdeuce’s Gut, and Alarm Clock in Breadwinners; Maven Danger and Skip Scobbie in Transformers: Rescue Bots; Gust-O in Ben 10 (2016); Doctor Eric and additional voices in Pickle and Peanut; Patches, Gamers, Jerry, Narrator and main termite in Bunnicula; Three Eyed Potato Baby, Ball organizer, Cloudy, an actor, Spider With a Top hat, Sir Stabby, and additional voices in Star vs. the Forces of Evil; Mr. Negative and a Cop in Marvel’s Spider-Man; Uncle Samurai, announcer, a cop, Detective Kato and Buddy Guardians in Big Hero 6: The Series; Alfonso, parachuter, pie judge, carnival barker, city worker, passerby, train conductor and various announcers in The Rocketeer (2019); Splinter, narrator, manager, President Pepperoni, claw machine kid, Clem, NYPD, Blonde Boy, Distraught Man, narrator, Senor Hueso, Sergeant Woodpecker, Fox, Noah Sheck, Boy #1, Kraken, Yokai Pirate, Sanke #1, Male Barista, Lou Jitsu, Red Fox Cosplayer, Train Announcer, Bandaged Yokai, Arch of Aquinnah, Referee, Don Suave, Mutant Silverfish, Student #1, Officer #2, Yokai Masseur, and Jasper in Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Koala, Dingo and Bruce in Where’s Waldo? (2019); The Beagle Boys, tailor, dealer, announcer, security guard, Nik Nokturne, Funso Doll, Funso, Captain Farley Foghorn, Prospector Paul, Ticket Stand Clerk, and minor voices in DuckTales (2017); Creek Kids in Craig of the Creek; Hype Man, shop clerk and additional voices in Victor & Valentino; Mr. Park, investors, a healer, gremlins, talking rats, Faust and additional voices in The Owl House; Bruno, Nelson, Cucuy, Hi N’ Buy Employee, Egrets, Driver, Security Guard, Mr. Suarez, Comissioner Gordo, Burglar, Scary Movie Actor, Hipsters, Mike Liu, Evil El Pollito, Soothing Podcast Host, Fluffy, and minor roles in The Casagrandes; Broccoli, Celery Blacksmith, Veggie Artist, Sam Spider Spade, Chief of Police, Wasp, Robot Panda, Cashier, Fly, Another Random Bug, Olive Painter, Carrot Villager and Eggplant Villager in We Baby Bears; Pink Lynx, Murray, Logan, Paul, Harry Haberdasher and additional voices in Hailey’s On It!; CopyCat, Darren Dark, Tucker, Greg and additional voices in Hamster & Gretel; Commercial Announcer, Question Bot, Blood Pressure, Bomb Swapper, Defuser, Wolf Demon, Mutants, Big Mitchell, Parrot Mutant, Robot, Catapult Kevin, Honorabl3 Impartial-Bot, Grim Reaper, Arfthur, Nostrildamus, Pipsqueak and Tusky Boy in StuGo; Barge Captain and additional voices in Big City Greens; Announcer, Second Santa, BTAS Commissioner Gordon, Gordanian Commander, Marshmallow Duck, Joker Impressions, Joker’s Flower, Green Lantern’s Power Ring, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Wizard of Oz and Captain Boomerang in Teen Titans Go!; Reggie, Roy Fox, Billiam, George Meredith Willows, Rosso, Mr. RiPeppa, Rad, Lance Contract, Giancarlo, Nana Chubbs, Cherry Berry, Lil’ Ouchie, Ellis Girt Griswold and additional voices in Kiff; and Rex, Bruno, Hipster Man, Male Couple, Mr. Reynolds, Cory, Boy #2, TV announcer, Male Mercado Customer, Male Checkout Employee, Card Shark, Wild Card Willy Cosplayer, Male Judge, Kitty’s Trainer, Ed, Janitor Ed, and Jock in The Loud House.  He also provided additional voices in Milo Murphy’s Law, Amphibia, and It’s Pony, and worked as a production assistant on The Ripping Friends.

MICHAEL GRAY DEAD AT 75

 

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He played Billy Batson on Filmation’s live-action Shazam!

NEW COMIC BOOK DAY 10/21/26

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MICHAEL FOREST DEAD AT 97

 

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He voiced Olympus in Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue.

NEW COMIC BOOK DAY 10/14/26

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EDSON SILVA DEAD AT 88

 

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He provided the Brazilian Portuguese dubs for Hawkman in Aquaman (1967); Klaw and additional voices in Fantastic Four (1967); Curly Joe, Stan Laruel, Geese Ausbie, a Ghost Pirate, Ben Bing/ Viking in The New Scooby-Doo Movies; and Solomon Grundy in Challenge of the Super Friends. 

NEW COMIC BOOK DAY 10/7/26

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MARTIN MYSTERY

 

MARTIN MYSTERY
(YTV, Discovery Kids October 1, 2003-March 27, 2006)
 
Marathon Animation, Rai Fiction, Image Entertainment Corporation, Merchandising Media GmbH (season 1-2)

  

            Martin Mystère is an Italian comic book created by Alfredo Castelli and Giancarlo Alessandrini, first published by Segio Bonelli Editore in 1982. The titular Martin is an art historian, archaeologist, anthropologist, adventurer, writer, television producer and collector of unusual objects living in New York City; although most of his education and adventures take place in Italy. Following the death of his parents in a plane crash, Martin devoted himself to studying the most enigmatic places and events in human history. Accompanying him on his adventures is Java, a mute Neanderthal man he discovered in a hidden city of Neanderthals. His long-time fiancée and eventual wife is Diana Lombard, a social worker that often gets annoyed with his taking off on his adventures on a whim and being surrounded by beautiful women. Although Martin often comes up against unscrupulous men and secret agencies, he occasionally found himself facing more fantastical beings such as Morgan le Fay, Loki, and Merlin.

Java, Martin, Billy and Diana, on the case.

            The comic was very loosely adapted into a French/Canadian animated series: Martin Mystery. Created by Vincent Chalvon-Demersay and David Michel and developed by them with Séverine Villaume, the show reimagined Martin (Sam Vincent & Alexis Tomassian) and Diana (Kelly Sheridan & Dorothée Pousséo) as 16-year-old Canadian stepsiblings attending Torrington Academy; a boarding school located in Sherbrooke, Quebec. They worked for a secret organization known as “The Center” that covertly protected Earth from extraterrestrial and supernatural threats. Martin’s vast knowledge of the supernatural and his overall intuition made him a valuable member of The Center; however, his hyperactive nature, huge ego and clumsiness tended to get in the way. Working alongside them was Martin’s best friend, Billy (also Vincent & Yann le Madic), a small, green-skinned alien, and Java (Dale Wilson & Sylvain Lemarié), a super-strong and simple-speaking caveman from 200,000 years ago that worked as a janitor at Torrington as a cover. Serving as their supervisor was M.O.M. (Teryl Rothery & Laurence Dourlens); a super-serious former agent that was an expert in hand-to-hand combat. A planned 4^th season would have revealed that M.O.M. was Diana’s mother who had her memories of her family removed and stored so that she could run The Center without distractions.

Martin suffering a slight case of vampirism.

            Martin Mystery debuted on YTV and Discovery Kids (later Nickelodeon) in English and Vrak in French on October 1, 2003, running for 3 seasons across 66 episodes. In May and June of 2004, the series began airing in the United States on the FoxBox Saturday morning programming block. After 7 episodes it was removed and the series was later picked up and aired by Nickelodeon before eventually moving to Nicktoons Network from 2005-08. Because the series was produced by Marathon Animation (now Zodiak Kids & Family France) and Image Entertainment Corporation, Martin Mystery characters have appeared in their other productions; including a  crossover with Totally Spies! In the years since, Martin Mystery has garnered a cult following, despite Alessandrini disavowing the series in 2011 as “very ugly”. While it has had a very limited home media release, episodes can be found on video hosting sites like YouTube. In 2023, Powerkids Entertainment Ltd. and Boneli Entertainment, the production arm of Sergio Bonneli Editore, announced a new 3D computer-animated series based on the comic that seemed to maintain the youthful versions of the characters. However, as of this writing, it has yet to be released.

DENNIS HASKINS DEAD AT 75

 

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Best known as Principal Richard Belding from the Saved by the Bell franchise; which he had reprised in an official and unofficial capacity across various projects over the years.

NEW COMIC BOOK DAY 9/30/26

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NEW COMIC BOOK DAY 9/23/26

Wednesday is New Comic Book Day! Available: Biker Mice From Mars: Scorch #2, Power Rangers Compact Comics TPB vol. 1, Power Rangers: Green #1 2nd print & #2, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures #41 (final issue), & Toxic Crusaders TPB.

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GERRIT GRAHAM DEAD AT 77

 

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He played Cat R. Waul in Fievel’s American Tails; Milo in an episode of The Tick (1994); General Blackout, Sign Man, a trooper and Melvin in Dumb and Dumber: The Animated Series; and Guardian in Gargoyles.

NEW COMIC BOOK DAY 9/16/26

Wednesday is New Comic Book Day! Available: Gargoyles #2, Power Rangers Unlimited #3, Space Ghost vs. The Herculoids #1, Street Sharks: Jawsome Justice TPB, & Thundarr the Barbarian Ashcan Edition #1.

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