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|title=<center>Pinwheel: '''Video Comic Books'''</center>
|title=<center>Video Comic Books</center>
|image=Video_Comics_Logo.jpg
|image=Video_Comics_Logo.jpg
|imagecaption=Title card for 'Video Comic Books'.
|imagecaption=Title card for ''Video Comic Book''.
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
|status=<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>
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'''''Video Comicz''''' (aka '''''Video Comic Books''''') was an early Nickelodeon show that aired between 1979 and 1981. The show was broadcasted on the ''[[Pinwheel (partially found Nickelodeon puppet series; 1977-1990)|Pinwheel]]'' block in 1979 alongside''PopClips'' and ''Hocus Focus''. The show focused on reading comic books, featuring the voices of Diane Disque, William Hamilton, and Charles Pickard.  It only read comics published by DC Comics (since, at the time, Nickelodeon and DC Comics were both owned by Warner Communications), and it aired around the times of 3:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 7:00 PM, and 9:00 PM on weekdays, and 2:00 PM, 3:30 PM, and 5:00 PM on weekends.
'''''Video Comics''''' (aka '''''Video Comic Book''''') was a children's show that originally aired on QUBE C-1, Columbus Alive!, then later aired on Nickelodeon between 1979 and 1981. The show was broadcasted alongside ''PopClips'' and ''Hocus Focus''. The show focused on reading comic books, featuring the voices of Diane Disque, William Hamilton, and Charles Pickard.  It only read comics published by DC Comics (since, at the time, Nickelodeon and DC Comics were both owned by Warner Communications), and it aired around the times of 3:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 7:00 PM, and 9:00 PM on weekdays, and 2:00 PM, 3:30 PM, and 5:00 PM on weekends.


Not much is really known about the show, and the only evidence of its existence is two episodes (one from "Swamp Thing" and the other from "Hawkman") and a promo.  
Not much is really known about the show, and the only footage of the show online is three full episodes (featuring "Swamp Thing", "Hawkman", and "Sugar and Spike"), a small clip from the episode featuring "The Flash" comic, and a promo.  


==Comics Known to Have Been Read on the Show==
==Comics Known to Have Been Read on the Show==
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|2||Hawkman||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VZLdJJlZW4<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
|2||Hawkman||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VZLdJJlZW4<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|3||Green Lantern||<span style="color:red;">''Lost''</span>
|3||Green Lantern||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
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|4||The Flash||<span style="color:red;">''Lost''</span>
|4||The Flash||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h32qYF7oypU<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found'''</span>]
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|5||Sugar and Spike||<span style="color:red;">''Lost''</span>
|5||Sugar and Spike||[https://youtu.be/hIIXHq9MDKg<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
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|6||Adam Strange||<span style="color:red;">''Lost''</span>
|6||Adam Strange||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
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|7||Doodles Duck||<span style="color:red;">''Lost''</span>
|7||Doodles Duck||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
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|8||The Atom||<span style="color:red;">''Lost''</span>
|8||The Atom||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
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|9||The Three Musketeers||<span style="color:red;">''Lost''</span>
|9||The Three Musketeers||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
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|10||Nutsy Squirrel||<span style="color:red;">''Lost''</span>
|10||Nutsy Squirrel||<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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   |description1 =Promo for ''Video Comicz''.
   |description1 =Promo for ''Video Comics''.
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==External Link==
==External Link==

Revision as of 02:40, 31 May 2021

Video Comics Logo.jpg

Title card for Video Comic Book.

Status: Partially Found

Video Comics (aka Video Comic Book) was a children's show that originally aired on QUBE C-1, Columbus Alive!, then later aired on Nickelodeon between 1979 and 1981. The show was broadcasted alongside PopClips and Hocus Focus. The show focused on reading comic books, featuring the voices of Diane Disque, William Hamilton, and Charles Pickard. It only read comics published by DC Comics (since, at the time, Nickelodeon and DC Comics were both owned by Warner Communications), and it aired around the times of 3:00 PM, 5:00 PM, 7:00 PM, and 9:00 PM on weekdays, and 2:00 PM, 3:30 PM, and 5:00 PM on weekends.

Not much is really known about the show, and the only footage of the show online is three full episodes (featuring "Swamp Thing", "Hawkman", and "Sugar and Spike"), a small clip from the episode featuring "The Flash" comic, and a promo.

Comics Known to Have Been Read on the Show

# Comic Title Status
1 Swamp Thing Found
2 Hawkman Found
3 Green Lantern Lost
4 The Flash Partially Found
5 Sugar and Spike Found
6 Adam Strange Lost
7 Doodles Duck Lost
8 The Atom Lost
9 The Three Musketeers Lost
10 Nutsy Squirrel Lost

Gallery

Promo for Video Comics.

External Link