TAC #1: Answers from long-time
Superman fans to questions posed by Don Rhoden. All of
us have our own opinions concerning the series, and here is your
chance to learn what the most devoted fans had on their minds
in 1988.
TAC #2:
Interviews with Phyllis Coates and Robert Shayne, a copy
of George Reeves' death certificate, a photo essay on buildings
used in the Adventures of Superman, and a question &
answer session with Jack Larson and Noel Neill at the Cleveland
Superman Exposition in 1988. (76 pp)
TAC #3: Reader profiles
from Jan Alan Henderson, Gary Coddington, and John Field; the
original running order of the Adventures of Superman;
a list of George Reeves' performances at the Pasadena Playhouse
(supplied by Dabbs Greer); "The Quest For George Reeves"
by Rick Spector; and a photo of George's boyhood home. (56 pp)
TAC #4: An interview with
Robert Shayne (Inspector Henderson), reader profile by Colin
Duff of Australia, "In Praise of the Color Years" by
Michael Hayde, an interview with Noel Neill, "Through the
Time Barrier" by Janeen Christensen, a special photograph
of Bob and Bette Shayne (taken on their forty-fourth wedding
anniversary in 1989) and another of George Reeves and Robert
Preston on stage at the Pasadena Playhouse in 1937. (60 pp)
TAC #5: An interview with
Jane Ellsworth (widow of Superman producer Whitney Ellsworth),
Pat Ellsworth Wilson (daughter of Whitney Ellsworth), Art Weissman
(George's personal manager), and Jack Larson, a photo and story
about George's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and a George
Reeves filmography. Other photos show George receiving a Myasthenia
Gravis membership card from Jane Ellsworth and Jack Larson at
California Studios with Pat Ellsworth in 1953. (60 pp)
TAC #6: A special letter
from Jane and Pat Ellsworth, "Truth, Justice, And The American
Way" by Art Weissman, a review of So Proudly We Hail
by Janeen Christensen, a narrative of a meeting between George
Reeves and Kirk Alyn by Chuck Harter, an article by Dick Laughlin
who now owns one of George's automobiles, "The Story of
Robert Maxwell's Departure From Superman" by Michael Hayde,
an updated George Reeves filmography, "How They Made Superman
Fly" by Paul Mandell, the whereabouts of George Reeves'
remains by Jim Beaver, and "I Remember Superman" by
Terry Roarke. (68 pp)
TAC #7: "Drums of
Death" (a list of the Superman character actors who are
no longer with us), conversations with both Jackson Gillis (who
wrote some of the very best Superman episodes) and Chuck Connors,
the television works of George Reeves, Janeen Christensen's review
of Rancho Notorious, a tribute to Robert Shayne, and more.
(64 pp)
TAC #8:
"A Day Of Remembrance For Robert Shayne" by
Chuck Harter, "1957: The Shadow of Superman" by Michael
Hayde, a review of Jungle Jim by Janeen Christensen, an
interview with Gary Grossman by Chuck Harter, and many photographs.
(64 pp)
TAC #9: An article about
Metropolis, Illinois, a review of Lydia, an interview
with director Tommy Carr, two more articles by Pat Ellsworth
Wilson ("A Tale of Two Witch Hunts" and "Superman
Faces a Death-Defying Challenge"), and many photographs.
(68 pp)
TAC #10: An interview
with Gerard "Superboy" Christopher, "The Defeat
of Superman: From Script to Screen," by Michael Hayde, "How
George Reeves Changed My Life" by DC artist Kerry Gammill,
and a review of Thunder In The Pines. (72 pp)
TAC #11: An interview
with Keith Thibedeaux (Little Ricky from I Love Lucy),
a tribute to Noel Neill by Mike Hayde, "On The Trail of
George Reeves" by Jan Alan Henderson, and a review of Jungle
Goddess. (64 pp)
TAC #12: A special photo
issue with photographs of Christopher Reeve, Gerard Christopher,
Kirk Alyn, Tommy Bond, Phyllis Coates, Noel Neill, Jim Beaver,
Jack Larson, and John Haymes Newton; an interview with Harry
Thomas, make-up man on Superman and the Mole-Men; an original
Superman story, "Miracle Over Metropolis;" a review
of Father Is A Prince, and photos taken during the taping
of Unsolved Mysteries and in the back yard of George's
house at 1579 Benedict Canyon Drive. This will truly be a collector's
item as many of these photographs are never-before-seen photos
from private collections. (64 pp)
TAC #13: A special response
to the recently-published Hollywood Kryptonite by Kashner
and Schoenberger. Through an interview with Queta Vacio, an article
from Complete TV, photos, and articles by Jan Alan Henderson
and Jim Beaver, The Adventures Continue shows that George
Reeves was a far cry from the alcoholic, despondent individual
described by Kashner and Schoenberger. (64 pp)
TAC #14:
A super-special first season issue. Michael Hayde
gives us a 40-page article detailing the events of the summer
of 1951. In "Superman Comes To Television" you will
learn when each of the episodes was filmed, how George Reeves
was hired, when Jack, Phyllis, John, and Bob came on board, and
about the unfortunate accidents which occurred during the first
weeks of filming. Also, "Present At The Creation of Superman
And The Mole-Men" by Pat Ellsworth Wilson and Janeen Christensen's
review of Man At Large. (68 pp)
TAC #15: The biggest issue
to date with 80 pages of articles, illustrations, and rare photographs.
There are interviews with Jack Larson, Alejandro Vacio (who knew
George Reeves as "Uncle George," Steven Lance (author
of Written Out Of Television), and Phil Dockter (who once
wore George Reeves' Superman costume). Among the rare photos
are a series of pictures taken of George when he was just a boy
(ages 16 months, 2 years, and about 7 or 8). (80 pp).
TAC #16: Most likely the
final The Adventures Continue magazine, this 50th
anniversary issue features a review of Forever Female
by Janeen Christensen; Roughing It With Dad, a personal
remembrance of her father by Stephanie Shayne Parkin; Michael
J. Hayde's research into George Reeves' appearance on The
Tony Bennett Show on August 11, 1956; an interview with Walter
Reed (by Boyd Magers); and "Trouble In The Old Home Town,"
an orignal story by Stephen Brooks. (68 pp)