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Amazing Adventures
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Amazing Adventures is the name of several anthology comic book series, all but one published by Marvel Comics.
The earliest Marvel series of that name introduced the company's first superhero of the late-1950s to early-1960s period fans and historians call the Silver Age of Comic Books. That same series also included the first comic book to be labeled "Marvel Comics".


Contents  [hide]
1 Ziff-Davis
2 Marvel Comics 2.1 1961 series
2.2 1970 series
2.3 1979 series
2.4 Other
3 Collected editions
4 References
5 External links

Ziff-Davis[edit]
The first series titled Amazing Adventures was a 1950s science fiction anthology produced by Ziff-Davis and featuring painted covers. It ran for six issues, beginning c. 1950. with the first two issues being undated. Subsequent issues were dated June, August, and November 1951, and Fall 1952. Its artists included Murphy Anderson, Bernard Krigstein, and Don Perlin, and at least one issue (#2) featured a cover painting by Alex Schomburg.[1]
Marvel Comics[edit]

Amazing Adventures

Amazing Adventures #3 (Aug. 1961)
 Cover art by Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers..

Publication information

Publisher
Marvel Comics
Format
Anthology
Genre
Fantasy
Science fiction
Superhero
Publication date
(Vol. 1) June 1961 - November 1961
(Vol. 2) August 1970 - November 1976
(Vol. 3) December 1979 - January 1981
Number of issues
(Vol. 1) 6
(Vol. 2) 39
(Vol. 3) 14
Creative team

Writer(s)
(Vol. 1) Stan Lee
(Vol. 2) Gerry Conway, Steve Englehart, Gary Friedrich, Jack Kirby, Don McGregor, Roy Thomas
Penciller(s)
(Vol. 1) Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby
(Vol. 2) Neal Adams, Rich Buckler, John Buscema, Howard Chaykin, Gene Colan, Jack Kirby, P. Craig Russell, Jim Starlin, Tom Sutton, Herb Trimpe
Inker(s)
Syd Shores
1961 series[edit]
Marvel's first series of this title ran six issues, premiering with June 1961 cover-date. It featured primarily science fiction and drive-in movie-style monster stories, virtually all drawn by either Jack Kirby or Steve Ditko.[2][3] Its first issue introduced the supernatural monster-hunter Doctor Droom, Marvel's first Silver Age of Comic Books superhero. [4] Droom had powers of telepathy and hypnotic suggestion taught him by a Tibetan lama who had requested that someone travel from the U.S. to give him medical attention.[5]
Doctor Droom vanished into obscurity for years when the comic was retitled and reformatted as Amazing Adult Fantasy from issues #7-14 (Dec. 1961 - July 1962).[6][7] He resurfaced in the 1970s as Doctor Druid, having been renamed to avoid confusion with Doctor Doom. The series was retitled once more for its final issue, published as Amazing Fantasy #15 (Aug. 1962), the comic book that introduced Spider-Man.[8]
1970 series[edit]



Amazing Adventures vol. 2, #39 (Nov. 1976). Art by P. Craig Russell. (Face of Old Skull, man at left, redrawn by John Romita, Sr.)
Marvel's next Amazing Adventures was a split title featuring the Inhumans (initially both written and drawn by Jack Kirby, later drawn by Neal Adams) and the Black Widow (initially by writer Gary Friedrich and penciler John Buscema).[9] The Widow was dropped after vol. 2, #8, and full-length Inhumans stories ran for two issues before that feature, too, was dropped.[10]
Vol. 2, #11 (March 1972) introduced solo stories of erstwhile X-Men member the Beast, in which he was mutated into his modern-day blue-furred (originally grey-furred) form.[11] The initial story was by writer Gerry Conway, penciler Tom Sutton, and inker Syd Shores. Steve Englehart became the feature's writer with issue #12[12] and added Patsy Walker and her then-husband, "Buzz" Baxter,[13][14] to the Beast's supporting cast in issue #13.
In the fall of 1972, writers Englehart, Conway and Len Wein crafted a metafictional unofficial crossover spanning titles from both major comics companies. Each comic featured Englehart, Conway, and Wein, as well as Wein's first wife Glynis, interacting with Marvel or DC characters at the Rutland Halloween Parade in Rutland, Vermont. Beginning in Amazing Adventures vol. 2 #16 (by Englehart with art by Bob Brown and Frank McLaughlin), the story continued in Justice League of America #103 (by Wein, Dick Dillin and Dick Giordano), and concluded in Thor #207 (by Conway and penciler John Buscema). As Englehart explained in 2010, "It certainly seemed like a radical concept and we knew that we had to be subtle (laughs) and each story had to stand on its own, but we really worked it out. It's really worthwhile to read those stories back to back to back — it didn't matter to us that one was at DC and two were at Marvel — I think it was us being creative, thinking what would be really cool to do."[15][16][17] The Beast's strip ended with vol. 2, #16 (Jan. 1973).[10]
Following an issue that reprinted the backup features recounting the Beast's origin (edited from [Uncanny] X-Men #49-53 (with a new, single-page intro by writer Englehart and penciler Jim Starlin), the title introduced the series "War of the Worlds" and its central character, Killraven, in vol. 2, #18 (May 1973). Created by co-plotters Roy Thomas and Neal Adams, scripter Conway, and pencilers Adams and Howard Chaykin,[18] it was taken over by writer Don McGregor for an acclaimed run from vol. 2, #21 (Nov. 1973)[19] to the final issue, vol. 2, #39 (Nov. 1976). Pencillers were Herb Trimpe, Rich Buckler, Gene Colan, and, most notably, P. Craig Russell from vol. 2, #27.[10][20]
Its sister publication was Astonishing Tales. Additionally, plans were announced for a never-realized third split book featuring Doctor Strange and Iceman.[21]
1979 series[edit]
Volume 3 was a reprint comic book running 14 issue (Dec. 1979 - Jan. 1981). It reprinted X-Men #1-8 (Sept. 1963 - March 1964), the first six issues of which were split into two-part stories with an accompanying backup feature. For all but issue #12, this was the "Origin of the X-Men" backup feature from X-Men #38-48. The exception was the incongruous, 11-page Jim Steranko "Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." story, "Today Earth Died", from Strange Tales #168 (May 1968).[22]
Eight covers of this 1979 series were reprints of the Jack Kirby originals; artists for the rest included penciler John Byrne on vol. 2, #6 and #9.[22]
Other[edit]
The similarly named Amazing High Adventure was a sporadically published anthology of historical, biblical and science-fiction adventure stories from August 1984 to December 1986.[23] Like the 1950s Ziff-Davis Amazing Adventures, it, too, featured painted covers, with the artists including Joe Chiodo, Frank Cirocco, Dan Green, and John Bolton. A one-shot Amazing Adventures (July 1988) was similar.[24]
Collected editions[edit]
Black Widow: The Sting of the Widow includes the Black Widow stories from Amazing Adventures vol. 2 #1-8, 152 pages, September 2009, ISBN 978-0785137948
Marvel Masterworks: Inhumans Volume 1 includes the Inhumans stories from Amazing Adventures vol. 2 #1-10, 240 pages, October 2009, ISBN 978-0785141419
Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men Volume 7 includes Amazing Adventures vol. 2 #11-17, 256 pages, October 2008, ISBN 978-0785130482
Essential Classic X-Men Volume 3 includes Amazing Adventures vol. 2 #11-17, 560 pages, February 2009, ISBN 978-0-7851-3060-4
Essential Killraven includes Amazing Adventures vol. 2 #18-39, 504 pages, July 2005, ISBN 978-0785117773
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Amazing Adventures (Ziff-Davis, 1950 Series) at the Grand Comics Database
2.Jump up ^ Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1961 Series) at the Grand Comics Database
3.Jump up ^ Daniels, Les (1991). Marvel: Five Fabulous Decades of the World's Greatest Comics. Harry N. Abrams. p. 81. ISBN 9780810938212. "Monsters...were almost all that Marvel offered as the 1960s dawned, and even they were running out of steam...Things looked bleak, but during 1961, editor Stan Lee was working with [Jack] Kirby and [Steve] Ditko to create a new line of super heroes"
4.Jump up ^ Markstein, Don (2011). "Doctor Droom". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on February 26, 2013. Retrieved February 26, 2013. "The superhero creations of Lee and Kirby didn't start with The Fantastic Four. Five months earlier, in the back pages of one of the typical monster comics they were doing at the time, they introduced their least well remembered star. Doctor Droom...debuted in Amazing Adventures #1, dated June 1961."
5.Jump up ^ DeFalco, Tom; Gilbert, Laura, ed. (2008). "1960s". Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History. Dorling Kindersley. p. 80. ISBN 978-0756641238. "A master of the dark and mystical world of black magic, Dr. Droom...went to Tibet to treat an ailing lama."
6.Jump up ^ Amazing Adult Fantasy at the Grand Comics Database
7.Jump up ^ DeFalco "1960s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 81: "With its seventh issue, Amazing Adventures became Amazing Adult Fantasy, but this move proved to be more than the usual Marvel name change...Since screenwriter Rod Serling's Twilight Zone was gaining popularity and critical acclaim on television, [Stan] Lee believed there was a market for intelligent fantasy and science-fiction stories."
8.Jump up ^ Amazing Fantasy (Marvel, 1962 Series) at the Grand Comics Database
9.Jump up ^ Sanderson, Peter "1970s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 146: "As Marvel was expanding its line of comics, the company decided to introduce two new 'split' books...Amazing Adventures and Astonishing Tales. Amazing Adventures contained a series about the genetically enhanced Inhumans and a series about intelligence agent the Black Widow."
10.^ Jump up to: a b c Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1970 Series) at the Grand Comics Database
11.Jump up ^ Sanderson "1970s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 154: "In Amazing Adventures #11, by scripter Gerry Conway and artist Tom Sutton, Hank McCoy, the Beast's alter ego,...mutated, growing grey fur all over this body."
12.Jump up ^ Englehart, Steve (no date). "Amazing Adventures featuring The Beast". SteveEnglehart.com. Archived from the original on February 26, 2013. Retrieved February 26, 2013. "The series was handed over to a brand-new writer for his very first superhero."
13.Jump up ^ Sanderson "1970s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 156: "New Marvel writer Steve Englehart reintroduced Timely teen Patsy Walker into the Marvel Universe as a supporting character in the Beast's new series."
14.Jump up ^ Markstein, Don (2009). "Patsy Walker". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on February 26, 2013. Retrieved February 26, 2013. "In 1972, Patsy was back, as a supporting character in a series starring The Beast."
15.Jump up ^ Larnick, Eric (October 30, 2010). "The Rutland Halloween Parade: Where Marvel and DC First Collided". ComicsAlliance.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
16.Jump up ^ Cronin, Brian (October 1, 2010). "Comic Book Legends Revealed #280". ComicBookResources.com. Archived from the original on December 5, 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
17.Jump up ^ Amazing Adventures #16 (Jan. 1973), Justice League of America #103 (Dec. 1972), and Thor #207 (Jan. 1973) at the Grand Comics Database
18.Jump up ^ Sanderson "1970s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 159: "Roy Thomas conceived the initial idea of an alternate-future Earth sequel to H. G. Wells' classic science fiction novel The War of the Worlds...Neal Adams plotted the first story with a script by Gerry Conway and art by Adams and Howard Chaykin."
19.Jump up ^ Sanderson "1970s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 161: "Marvel's 'War of the Worlds' series in Amazing Adventures became a true classic when Don McGregor took over as writer."
20.Jump up ^ "Philip Craig Russell". Lambiek Comiclopedia. 2013. Archived from the original on February 26, 2013. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
21.Jump up ^ "Marvel News". Marvelmania Magazine (5): 30. 1970.
22.^ Jump up to: a b Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1979 Series) at the Grand Comics Database
23.Jump up ^ Amazing High Adventure at the Grand Comics Database
24.Jump up ^ Amazing Adventure at the Grand Comics Database
External links[edit]
Amazing Adventures at the Comic Book DB
Amazing Adventures vol. 2 at the Comic Book DB
Amazing Adventures vol. 3 at the Comic Book DB
Archive of McQuarrie, Jim, "Amazing Adult Fantasy No. 9", "Oddball Comics" (column), #1151, April, 9, 2007
Marvel Universe Database: Doctor Druid


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Animal Stories
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Not to be confused with the Larry Lujack radio story series in the United States; see WLS.
Not to be confused with “First Animal Stories”.See also: section on ‘’’Animal Stories’’’ under Charles G. D. Roberts.
Animal Stories

Format
Animated series
Country of origin
UK
No. of seasons
4
No. of episodes
52
Production

Running time
5 minutes per episode
Production company(s)
Collingwood O'Hare
Mill Creek Entertainment
 Sandman Animation Studio
Broadcast

Original channel
LWT (1999-2002)
Cartoon Network Too (2006)
Playhouse Disney (15 November 1999-August 2002)
Original run
1999 – 2002
Animal Stories is a British pre-school animated television series. Cartoon Network TOO began airing this program on 5 June 2006. It also aired on Playhouse Disney in the United States from 1999 to 2002.
Animal Stories began airing Tiny Pop in September 2013.
DVD release[edit]
Mill Creek Entertainment released Animal Stories- The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 on 18 May 2010.[1]
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ Animal Stories: The Complete 52 Episode Series
External links[edit]
Animal Stories at Toonhound
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Amazing Stories (TV series)
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Amazing Stories
AmazingStoriesTVseries.jpg
Genre
Anthology, fantasy, horror, science fiction
Created by
Steven Spielberg (uncredited)
Developed by
Steven Spielberg
Joshua Brand
John Falsey
Directed by
Various
Theme music composer
John Williams
Country of origin
United States
Original language(s)
English
No. of seasons
2
No. of episodes
45
Production

Executive producer(s)
Steven Spielberg
Running time
30 minutes[1]
Production company(s)
Amblin Entertainment, Universal Television
Broadcast

Original channel
NBC[2]
Original run
September 29, 1985[3] – April 10, 1987
Chronology

Related shows
Family Dog
Amazing Stories is a fantasy, horror, and science fiction television anthology series created by Steven Spielberg. It ran on NBC from 1985 to 1987, and in 1992 was somewhat erratically screened in Britain by BBC1 and BBC2 - billed in the Radio Times as "Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories" - with episodes airing at any time from early on Sunday morning (such as "The Family Dog") to weekday evenings (like "Such Interesting Neighbors") to very late at night (for instance "Mirror, Mirror"); it later received a more coherent run on Sci-Fi.
The series was nominated for 12 Emmy Awards and won five. The first season episode "The Amazing Falsworth" earned writer Mick Garris an Edgar Award for Best Episode in a TV Series. It was not a ratings hit (ranking 40th in Season 1 and 46th in Season 2), however, and the network did not renew it after the two-year contract expired. The 1987 science fiction movie, *batteries not included was originally intended to be featured in Amazing Stories, but Steven Spielberg liked the idea so much that he decided to make it a theatrical release.[4]
The series title licensed the name of Amazing Stories, the first dedicated science fiction magazine.[5]


Contents  [hide]
1 Episodes 1.1 Season One (1985–1986)
1.2 Season Two (1986-1987)
2 Soundtrack
3 Reception
4 Spin-offs
5 Home video and rebroadcasts
6 References
7 External links

Episodes[edit]
The series list below is annotated with the Book numbers as they appeared in the US release on VHS; the Japanese LaserDisc and UK VHS (PAL) releases are indicated with volume numbers. Note that Vol. 7 and 8 are switched for the UK VHS release. All episodes have a running time of around 25 minutes, with the exceptions of "The Mission" and "Go To The Head Of The Class" (both running 50 minutes).
Season One (1985–1986)[edit]

№
Title
Directed by
Written by
Airdate
US VHS
 LaserDisc
Japan
 LaserDisc
 Europe/Australian VHS
1x01 "Ghost Train" Steven Spielberg Teleplay: Frank Deese
Story: Steven Spielberg 1985·Sep·29  Vol. 2
1x02 "The Main Attraction" Matthew Robbins Teleplay: Brad Bird and Mick Garris
Story: Steven Spielberg 1985·Oct·06  Vol. 4
1x03 "Alamo Jobe" Michael D. Moore Teleplay: Joshua Brand & John Falsey
Story: Steven Spielberg 1985·Oct·20  
1x04 "Mummy Daddy" William Dear Teleplay: Earl Pomerantz
Story: Steven Spielberg 1985·Oct·27  Vol. 1
1x05 "The Mission" Steven Spielberg Teleplay: Menno Meyjes
Story: Steven Spielberg 1985·Nov·03 Book One Vol. 1
1x06 "The Amazing Falsworth" Peter Hyams Teleplay: Mick Garris
Story: Steven Spielberg 1985·Nov·03 Book Three Vol. 2
1x07 "Fine Tuning" Bob Balaban Teleplay: Earl Pomerantz
Story: Steven Spielberg 1985·Nov·10 Book Five Vol. 7
1x08 "Mr. Magic" Donald Petrie Joshua Brand & John Falsey 1985·Nov·17 
1x09 "Guilt Trip" Burt Reynolds Gail Parent & Kevin Parent 1985·Dec·01  
1x10 "Remote Control Man" Bob Clark Teleplay: Douglas Lloyd McIntosh
Story: Steven Spielberg 1985·Dec·08 Book Two 
1x11 "Santa '85"
 a.k.a. "One Amazing Night" Phil Joanou Teleplay: Joshua Brand & John Falsey
Story: Steven Spielberg 1985·Dec·15  Vol. 8
1x12 "Vanessa in the Garden" Clint Eastwood Steven Spielberg 1985·Dec·29  
1x13 "The Sitter" Joan Darling Teleplay: Mick Garris
Story: Joshua Brand & John Falsey 1986·Jan·05  
1x14 "No Day at the Beach" Lesli Linka Glatter Teleplay: Mick Garris
Story: Steven Spielberg 1986·Jan·12 Book Three 
1x15 "One for the Road" Thomas Carter James D. Bissell 1986·Jan·19  
1x16 "Gather Ye Acorns" Norman Reynolds Teleplay: Stu Krieger
Story: Steven Spielberg 1986·Feb·02  
1x17 "Boo!" Joe Dante Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel 1986·Feb·16  
1x18 "Dorothy and Ben" Thomas Carter Teleplay: Michael De Guzman
Story: Steven Spielberg 1986·Mar·02  Vol. 4
1x19 "Mirror, Mirror" Martin Scorsese Teleplay: Joseph Minion
Story: Steven Spielberg 1986·Mar·09 Book Four Vol. 6
1x20 "Secret Cinema" Paul Bartel 1986·Apr·06  
1x21 "Hell Toupee" Irvin Kershner Gail Parent & Kevin Parent 1986·Apr·13  
1x22 "The Doll" Phil Joanou Richard Matheson 1986·May·04  Vol. 5
1x23 "One for the Books" Lesli Linka Glatter Teleplay and Short Story: Richard Matheson 1986·May·11  3-tape-set
1x24 "Grandpa's Ghost" Timothy Hutton Teleplay: Michael De Guzman
Story: Timothy Hutton 1986·May·25  
Season Two (1986-1987)[edit]

№
Title
Directed by
Written by
Airdate
US VHS
 LaserDisc
Japan
 LaserDisc
 Europe VHS
2x01 "The Wedding Ring" Danny DeVito Teleplay: Stu Krieger
Story: Steven Spielberg 1986·Sep·22 Book One Vol. 2
2x02 "Miscalculation" Tom Holland Michael McDowell 1986·Sep·29  Vol. 3
 3-tape-set
2x03 "Magic Saturday" Robert Markowitz Richard Christian Matheson 1986·Oct·06  Vol. 8
2x04 "Welcome to My Nightmare" Todd Holland 1986·Oct·13  
2x05 "You Gotta Believe Me" Kevin Reynolds Teleplay: Stu Krieger
Story: Steven Spielberg 1986·Oct·20  Vol. 8
2x06 "The Greibble" Joe Dante Teleplay: Mick Garris
Story: Steven Spielberg 1986·Nov·03  Vol. 3
 3-tape-set
2x07 "Life on Death Row" Mick Garris Teleplay: Rockne S. O'Bannon
Story: Mick Garris 1986·Nov·10 Book Three Vol. 5
2x08 "Go to the Head of the Class" Robert Zemeckis Teleplay: Mick Garris & Tom McLoughlin and Bob Gale 1986·Nov·21 Book Two Vol. 1
 3-tape-set
2x09 "Thanksgiving" Todd Holland Teleplay: Pierre R. Debs & Robert C. Fox 1986·Nov·24  Vol. 5
2x10 "The Pumpkin Competition" Norman Reynolds Peter Z. Orton 1986·Dec·01 Book Five Vol. 7
 3-tape-set
2x11 "What If...?" Joan Darling Anne Spielberg 1986·Dec·08  
2x12 "The Eternal Mind" J. Michael Riva Julie Moskowitz & Gary Stephens 1986·Dec·29  
2x13 "Lane Change" Ken Kwapis Ali Marie Matheson 1987·Jan·12  3-tape-set
2x14 "Blue Man Down" Paul Michael Glaser Teleplay: Jacob Epstein & Daniel Lindley
Story: Steven Spielberg 1987·Jan·19 Book Four Vol. 6
2x15 "The 21 Inch Sun" Nick Castle Bruce Kirschbaum 1987·Feb·02  Vol. 8
2x16 "The Family Dog" Brad Bird 1987·Feb·16 Book Two Vol. 4
 3-tape-set
2x17 "Gershwin's Trunk" Paul Bartel Paul Bartel & John Meyer 1987·Mar·13  3-tape-set
2x18 "Such Interesting Neighbors" Graham Baker Teleplay: Mick Garris & Tom McLoughlin
Short Story: Jack Finney 1987·Mar·20  3-tape-set
2x19 "Without Diana" Lesli Linka Glatter Mick Garris 1987·Mar·27 Book Five Vol. 7
2x20 "Moving Day" Robert Stevens Frank Kerr 1987·Apr·03  Vol. 3
2x21 "Miss Stardust" Tobe Hooper Teleplay: Thomas E. Szollosi & Richard Christian Matheson
Short Story: Richard Matheson 1987·Apr·10  
Soundtrack[edit]
In 1999 Varèse Sarabande released a CD containing a rerecording of the scores for the episodes "The Mission" and "Dorothy and Ben" (John Williams and Georges Delerue respectively) plus Williams' opening and closing themes, performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by John Debney.
In 2006-2007, Intrada released three volumes of original music from the series, covering the impressive lineup of composers who worked on it and featuring all of the most noteworthy scores (with the exception of Danny Elfman and Steve Bartek's "The Family Dog," because the masters could not be found - a brief suite is on Music for a Darkened Theatre: Vol. 2, however), as well as two alternate versions of Williams' main title theme, one used just once (Alternate #1, on "Alamo Jobe")[6] and the other never used.[7] The album is also notable for the premiere release of the music Williams composed for the Amblin Entertainment logo (although the logo music is not heard on the show itself).
Other than Williams, Bruce Broughton and Billy Goldenberg are the only composers to be represented on all three volumes. The running times below indicate the cumulative time for each score rather than the time of each track. (The series theme is not quoted in any of the episode scores, with the exception of "Ghost Train.")
Volume 1 (2006)
CD1:
Amazing Stories Main Title - John Williams (1:02)
Ghost Train - John Williams (15:45)
Alamo Jobe - James Horner (10:01)
Gather Ye Acorns - Bruce Broughton (18:37)
The Doll - Georges Delerue (10:09)
The Amazing Falsworth - Billy Goldenberg (8:47)
CD2:
Amazing Stories Bumper #1 - John Williams (:04)
Moving Day - David Shire (13:41)
Without Diana - Georges Delerue (12:39)
Mummy, Daddy - Danny Elfman & Steve Bartek (13:26)
Vanessa In The Garden - Lennie Niehaus (13:23)
Welcome To My Nightmare - Bruce Broughton (16:04)
Amazing Stories End Credits - John Williams (:29)
Amblin Logo - John Williams (:15)
Volume Two (2006)
CD 1:
Amazing Stories Main Title ­Alternate #1 - John Williams (1:03)
Boo! - Jerry Goldsmith (12:13)
What If...? - Billy Goldenberg (12:32)
Dorothy And Ben - Georges Delerue (10:10)
The Main Attraction - Craig Safan (12:09)
Such Interesting Neighbors - David Newman (17:13)
Thanksgiving - Bruce Broughton (12:14)
CD 2:
Amazing Stories Bumper #2 - John Williams (:04)
Hell Toupee - David Shire (13:41)
One For The Road - Johnny Mandel (8:40)
The Remote Control Man - Arthur B. Rubinstein (12:53)
The Greibble - John Addison (15:43)
No Day At The Beach - Leonard Rosenman (11:04)
Santa ’85 - Thomas Newman (13:05)
Amazing Stories End Credits - John Williams (:29)
Amblin Logo (Christmas Version) - John Williams (:15)
Volume Three (2007)
CD 1:
Amazing Stories Main Title ­Alternate #2 - John Williams (1:03)
Go To The Head Of The Class - Alan Silvestri (26:58)
The Wedding Ring - Craig Safan (12:51)
Mirror, Mirror - Michael Kamen (24:56)
Mr. Magic - Bruce Broughton (12:50)
CD 2:
Amazing Stories Bumper #1 - John Williams (:04)
Secret Cinema - Billy Goldenberg (7:56)
Life On Death Row - Fred Steiner (13:57)
The Pumpkin Competition - John Addison (14:29)
Grandpa's Ghost - Pat Metheny (11:06)
The Mission - John Williams (29:55)
Amazing Stories End Credits - John Williams (:29)
Amblin Logo (Alternate) - John Williams (:15)
Reception[edit]
The series gained a number of positive reviews.[8][9][10] However some reviewers were unimpressed with the show with Jeff Jarvis of People saying "Amazing Stories is one of the worst disappointments I've ever had watching TV."[11]
Spin-offs[edit]
One episode of the show, "The Family Dog", was spun off into its own series. Six years after Amazing Stories finished its run, Family Dog ran on CBS for ten episodes before being pulled off the schedule.
The video game The Dig originated as an idea Spielberg had for Amazing Stories, but decided it would be too expensive to film.[12]
In 1985-86, TSR published six tie-in novels under the banner "Amazing Stories". They were branching (Choose Your Own Adventure style) books where the reader chose where to jump at key points.[13]
1.The 4-D Funhouse by Clayton Emery and Earl Wajenberg. Cover by Jeff Easley.
2.Jaguar! by Morris Simon. Cover by Jeff Easley.
3.Portrait in Blood by Mary L. Kirchoff (credited as Mary Kirchoff). Cover by Jeff Easley.
4.Nightmare Universe by Gene DeWeese and Robert Coulson. Cover by Jeff Easley.
5.Starskimmer by John Betancourt. Cover by Doug Chaffee.
6.Day of the Mayfly by Lee Enderlin. Cover by Doug Chaffee.
Home video and rebroadcasts[edit]
A selection of the original series episodes were released in the VHS format in 1993; these were titled "Book One" through "Book Five" in the US. In Japan and Europe episodes were cut together as movies and released in 8 volumes during the late 1980s, early 1990s. A 3-tape VHS (PAL) set was released in the UK in 2001.
Europe/Japan VHS series
Amazing Stories: The Movie (1987)
Amazing Stories II (1987)
Amazing Stories III (1988)
Amazing Stories IV (1988)
Amazing Stories V (1989)
Amazing Stories VI (1989)
Amazing Stories VII (1990)
Amazing Stories VIII (1990)
US VHS series
Amazing Stories: Book One (1993)
Amazing Stories: Book Two (1993)
Amazing Stories: Book Three (1993)
Amazing Stories: Book Four (1993)
Amazing Stories: Book Five (1993)
The Complete First Season (DVD) was released on July 18, 2006, in the US.[14] The second season of the series has not been released on DVD in the US yet, but is available in Japan (Region 2, NTSC) and was released there on July 8, 2009. The full series was also released on DVD in Germany (Region 2, PAL) with both English and German dubbed audio as 11 single DVDs or a boxset containing all episodes, which was released on November 20, 2009.
Three of the episodes ("The Mission", "Mummy Daddy" and "Go to the Head of the Class") were packaged together as an anthology film and released theatrically in several European countries such as Spain, France (July 10, 1986) or Finland (June 26, 1987), and also in Australia on September 17, 1987. It later appeared on LaserDisc in Japan as Amazing Stories: The Movie shortly afterwards.
As of 2006, the SciFi channel in the United States showed episodes on an irregular schedule. The MoviePlex channel also shows the series as a collection of "movies," which are blocks of three episodes.
Both the first and second season are available on Netflix.
References[edit]
1.Jump up ^ "Nbc Executives Mull 'Amazing' Comeback". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
2.Jump up ^ "AMAZING STORIES TRIES NEW TACTICS". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
3.Jump up ^ "Spielberg's Amazing Pr Tour By Satellite". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
4.Jump up ^ "Leap to Spielberg Show Is Director's 'Amazing Story'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
5.Jump up ^ Bennetts, Leslie (July 31, 1984). "Spielberg to Produce Adventure Series for NBC". The New York Times.
6.Jump up ^ Burlingame, Jon, liner notes, Amazing Stories: Anthology Two, Intrada, 2006
7.Jump up ^ Burlingame, Jon, liner notes, Amazing Stories: Anthology Three, Intrada, 2007
8.Jump up ^ "`Amazing Stories` Failed In Ratings, But Will Return". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
9.Jump up ^ "Sunday`s `Amazing` Story One Of The Best So Far". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
10.Jump up ^ "Speilberg`s Tales For Television Filmmaker Steven Spielberg Says Brevity Is The Soul - And The Challenge - Of Amazing Stories.". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
11.Jump up ^ "Picks and Pans Review: Amazing Stories Nbc". People. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
12.Jump up ^ Plunkett, Luke (November 2, 2011). "So, a Giant Asteroid is Heading for Earth... Again...". Kotaku. Gawker Media. Retrieved January 7, 2013.
13.Jump up ^ http://www.gamebooks.org/amazing.htm
14.Jump up ^ "Amazing Stories - The Complete First Season". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
External links[edit]
Amazing Stories at the Internet Movie Database
Amazing Stories at TV.com
"Amazing Stories". Official site (Sci Fi Channel). Archived from the original on February 9, 2005.
"Amazing Stories: The Complete Second Season DVD petition". Amazon.com.


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Steven Spielberg


Filmography ·
 Awards and nominations
 

Directorial
 works
Firelight (1964) ·
 Slipstream (1967) ·
 Amblin' (1968) ·
 "L.A. 2017" (1971) ·
 Duel (1971) ·
 Something Evil (1972) ·
 The Sugarland Express (1974, also wrote) ·
 Jaws (1975) ·
 Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977, also wrote) ·
 1941 (1979) ·
 Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) ·
 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) ·
 Twilight Zone: The Movie ("Kick the Can" segment, 1983) ·
 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) ·
 The Color Purple (1985) ·
 Empire of the Sun (1987) ·
 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) ·
 Always (1989) ·
 Hook (1991) ·
 Jurassic Park (1993) ·
 Schindler's List (1993) ·
 The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) ·
 Amistad (1997) ·
 Saving Private Ryan (1998) ·
 A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001, also wrote) ·
 Minority Report (2002) ·
 Catch Me If You Can (2002) ·
 The Terminal (2004) ·
 War of the Worlds (2005) ·
 Munich (2005) ·
 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) ·
 The Adventures of Tintin (2011) ·
 War Horse (2011) ·
 Lincoln (2012)
 

Written only
Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies (1973) ·
 Poltergeist (1982, also produced) ·
 The Goonies (1985)
 

Produced only
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) ·
 Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) ·
 Flags of Our Fathers (2006) ·
 Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) ·
 Super 8 (2011)
 

Created for TV
Amazing Stories (1985–1987) ·
 High Incident (1996–1997) ·
 Invasion America (1998)
 

See also
Steven Spielberg bibliography ·
 Amblin Entertainment  (Amblimation)
   ·
 DreamWorks ·
 USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education
 

 


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