THE BUTCHER (1975) – EERIE’S GUN-WIELDING VIGILANTE PRIEST

This weekend’s light-hearted, escapist superhero post from Balladeer’s Blog looks at one of Warren Publishing’s most neglected 1970s characters from Eerie magazine – the disfigured, gun-wielding vigilante priest called the Butcher. EERIE #62 (Jan 1975) Title: Forgive Us Our Trespasses  Hero: The Butcher Villains: The New Orleans Mafia  NOTE: Along with Eerie‘s recurring characters the […]

DR. SAN GUINARY (1971-1981) – BAD MOVIE HOST

DR. SAN GUINARY – From 1971 to 1981, director John F. Jones at KMTV in Omaha, Nebraska hosted the channel’s version of Creature Feature as mad scientist Dr. San Guinary. The program originally aired late Saturday nights after the 10:00pm local news, then was moved to Midnight when KMTV started airing SNL in 1975. Omaha’s […]