Steve Reeves IS Hercules in HERCULES & HERCULES UNCHAINED

Skip the pablum and have some peplum today with...

at
Secret Sanctum of Captain Video™ 
as we go to sunny Italy for a solid six days of posts featuring the comic adaptations of two sword and sandal (with a hint of sorcery) sagas starring the one-and-only Steve Reeves!
HERCULES

...featuring the manly art of John Buscema
and...
HERCULES UNCHAINED

 ...with muscular renderings by Reed Crandall and George Evans!

The testosterone will be oozing off your screen!
(which could be kind of messy...)

PLUS: You can see and compare the actual movies to the comic adaptations!

The Greatest HERCULES of All is Coming to RetroBlogs™!

We hope you've enjoyed five days of...

at Crime & Punishment™ this week
and we want you to join us next week as

Secret Sanctum of Captain Video™ 
goes to sunny Italy for a week of posts featuring two sword and sandal (with a hint of sorcery) sagas starring Steve Reeves...

...featuring the manly art of John Buscema
and...

...with muscular renderings by Reed Crandall and George Evans!
The testosterone will be oozing off your screen!

Fantastic Femmes--Tia Carrere

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Fantastic Femmes--Gina Torres

Note: this page has been updated with NEW info HERE!

Superb, convincing, action actress.
Talented singer (mezzo-soprano) with opera & jazz training.
Her rendition of "All Night Long" is on the soundtrack of the film I Think Love My Wife, which she also stars in.

Genre Appearances
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (SuperWoman)
[Not in the same continuity / universe as Justice League / Justice League Unlimited]
Vampire Diaries (Bree)
FlashForward (Felicia Wedeck)
Pushing Daisies "Water & Power" (Lila Robinson)
Angel (Jasmine)
Firefly / Serenity (Zoë Alleyne Washburne)
Matrix Reloaded / Matrix Revolutions (Cas)
Matrix Online [Video Game] (Niobe)
Alias (Anna Espinosa)
24 (Julia Milliken)
Justice League / Justice League Unlimited (Vixen aka Mari Jiwe McCabe)
La Femme Nikita (Jenna Vogler)
Hercules the Legendary Journeys (Nebula / Casting Director Beth Hymson)
Xena: Warrior Princess "King of Assassins" (Cleopatra)
Cleopatra 2525 (Hel aka Helen Carter)

M.A.N.T.I.S. (Dr. Amy Ellis)

Check out
her Official WebSite
Goddess (fan site)

Other actresses to play Niobe include...
Jada Pinkett-Smith in Matrix Reloaded / Matrix Revolutions
Other actresses to play Cleopatra include...
There are 87 different listings here for various movie / tv Cleopatras based on the historical figure.