Television Crossover Universe

 I've previously covered the works of Stephen King and their adaptations, and then covered Children of the Corn in a separate post. I recently watched the early adaptations of Stephen King for my October watch and was thinking about how two different versions of the Dead Zone are in the TVCU.  Both the original novel and the television series are connected to the TVCU.  This kind of weird coincidence where similar versions of the same character exist in the same universe are not uncommon in the TVCU.  Different versions of Superman exist in the same universe.  The American and British Office have crossed.  Baywatch the movie exists in the same universe as the tv series.  They are even working on a way for Ghosts UK and Ghosts USA to crossover.   So here is my post on the Dead Zone.   THE DEAD ZONE (NOVEL BY STEPHEN KING) Release Date: August 1979 (Contemporary Setting) Series: Stephen King Universe (works of Stephen King) The Story:...

Every Christmas I post something holiday related.  This Christmas I intended to cover the Grinch, particularly since I'm also currently working on Cartoon Multiverse:  The Cartoon Crossover Encyclopedia, but my schedule has been so full that I just haven't had the time. So Merry Belated Christmas!   Earlier than somethings but later than others--HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (LIVE ACTION)-- In the live action film, the Grinch was delivered via storks dropping off kids via balloons. The Grinch was diverted from his original destination as a baby and raised by a Who couple.   His hatred of Whos came from being raised among people who didn't like him because he was different. He was the product of constant bigotry and bullying, but the final straw was when he was embarrassed in front of the Who girl that he had a crush on, which led him to leave Whoville and live in the cave in the mountain. 1954--SEUSSICAL--This musical adapts Horton Hears a Who but co...

Part two of A Sense of Place, a four part series on fictional locations.   Thanks to Robert E. Wronski Jr. and Ted Gregory, without whom this article would be much less complete.     As Dennis O’Neil whispers, “Gotham City is Manhattan below Fourteenth Street at eleven minutes past midnight on the coldest night in November.” There’s no escaping the art deco gone wrong, nor the encroaching shadows and stumble-down sidewalks that all funnel toward crime. It’s a rotting city, and always has been. But there are heroes there, if you choose to look.     Take note: this is not a Batman blog. I will only be charting crossovers where Gotham City itself is the crossover. Gotham’s most famous citizens are a sideshow affair today.     December, 1940~“The Coming of Mr. Scarlet” in Wow Comics #1; story by Ed Herron and Jack Kirby           Mr. Scarlet, pre-war mystery man, operates in Gotham City. ...