I think it's a Marvel joke (different Defenders)...but I am not a comic book expert.
Trek guest actors in maybe surprising roles
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I think it's a Marvel joke (different Defenders)...but I am not a comic book expert.
That just occurred to me as I walked upstairs.
Anyhoo - The Magician, "The Illusion of the Stainless Steel Lady." A favorite gimmick of 70s TV was the fading 1930s movie star in trouble. In this case it was Nina Foche. Her faithful old butler? Ian Wolf, of course!
She was being held prisoner for her money in her mansion by evil guy Anthony Zerbe (who would have to wait for a bad TNG movie to be in Trek), but his evil henchman was Mark Leonard:
Leonard never looked comfortable in 70s fashions to me. That hair is just wrong for him. Needs bangs.
She was being held prisoner for her money in her mansion by evil guy Anthony Zerbe (who would have to wait for a bad TNG movie to be in Trek), but his evil henchman was Mark Leonard:
Leonard never looked comfortable in 70s fashions to me. That hair is just wrong for him. Needs bangs.
It's better than the perm he had for Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
^^^I miss @Shatmandu.
Stan Lee had a habit of 'borrowing' titles and names from television shows for his character's teams! The Avengers was obviously the Patrick MacNee series that ran from 1961-69! The Champions ran in 1968 and starred Stuart Damon! The Invaders ran from 1967-68 and starred Roy Thinnes and The Defenders was a show that starred E.G.Marshall and Robert Reed which was transmitted between 1961 and 1965!
How did ol' Stan get away with it?
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How did ol' Stan get away with it?
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I don't know about the others (or how much involvement Stan would have had in the conception of the titles created in the '70s), but the comic book Avengers started in '63, at which point the British TV series hadn't aired in the US yet, so that one was likely a coincidence.
Of course it was a coincidence. The word "avenger" existed in the language long before TV and comics came along. It's a term used repeatedly in the Bible, so it would've been in common usage for centuries. And the title The Avengers was used for several earlier works, including a 1942 British war film in its US release (originally called The Day Will Dawn, with Ralph Richardson and Deborah Kerr) and a 1950 swashbuckler film based on a Rex Beach novel. Not to mention numerous works called The Avenger or Avenger.
The age of the Greg Brady man-fro was a sad time in our lives. I didn't succumb myself, but I... had a friend.
Or he had heard of it? And decided to nick it's title for his own magazine in 1963?
Stan had already stolen some of DCs baddies and changed them round a bit for Spiderman's enemies! The Vulture for instance is a more vicious version of The Penguin and The Green Goblin is The Joker or The Jester for DareDevil! 
Then again George Lucas took Stan's Doctor Doom and called him Darth Vader in Star Wars!JB
I think there are still pictures of my ill-judged coiffure choices. The search continues….
Including an old pulp hero, The Avenger, who was a contemporary of Doc Savage and the Shadow.
What? Outside of being villains with bird motifs, the Vulture and the Penguin have nothing in common. The Joker and the Green Goblin don't have much in common, either. You're really reaching here.
Not a guest star, but a notable example of recycled wardrobe:
The sorcerer's robe worn by Korob in the episode "Catspaw" was previously worn by Bob Denver in a dream sequence in the Gilligan's Island episode "Lovey's Secret Admirer" (which aired in January 1967; "Catspaw" aired that fall). It was likely a rented costume from a costume house.
See also:
https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/who-wore-it-best.276360/#post-11304627
Thurston Howell and Trelane wore the same cape, clearly this was a rental too.
Searchable Tags: Gilligan's Island, Squire of Gothos, costumes.
It was from Western Cosrtume. Pretty sure it also appeared on Batman.See also:
https://www.trekbbs.com/threads/who-wore-it-best.276360/#post-11304627
Thurston Howell and Trelane wore the same cape, clearly this was a rental too.
Well maybe and maybe not, Jonny! With the goblin and the Joker it's the style I suppose and with Vulture and Penguin the bird thing! Spiderman and Batman both have the moniker of something that scares people too!
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For anyone who's got MeTV, Nimoy's on Gunsmoke!
That’s pretty general, like saying Crimson Tide is a riff on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea cuz both are set in subs.
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