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'''Video Comic Books''' is a segment on the 1977 show ''[[Pinwheel (partially found Nickelodeon puppet series; 1977-1990)|Pinwheel]]''. It was broadcasted on the Pinwheel block in 1979 as a segment, along with PopClips and Hocus Focus, and was later renamed '''Video Comicz''' in 1980. The segment 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 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.


Not much is really known about the segment, and the only evidence of its existence is one clip from a reading of "Swamp Thing" and a promo.  
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.  


==Comics Known to Have Been Read on the Show==
==Comics Known to Have Been Read on the Show==
•Swamp Thing
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
 
|-
•Green Lantern
! style="background-color:green" | #
 
! style="background-color:green" | Comic Title
•The Flash
! style="background-color:green" | Status
 
|-
•Sugar and Spike
|1||Swamp Thing||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdm0JgM8UYU<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
 
|-
•Adam Strange
|2||Hawkman||[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VZLdJJlZW4<span style="color:green;">'''Found'''</span>]
 
|-
•Doodles Duck
|3||Green Lantern||<span style="color:red;">''Lost''</span>
 
|-
•The Atom
|4||The Flash||<span style="color:red;">''Lost''</span>
 
|-
•The Three Musketeers  
|5||Sugar and Spike||<span style="color:red;">''Lost''</span>
 
|-
•Nutsy Squirrel
|6||Adam Strange||<span style="color:red;">''Lost''</span>
 
|-
==Videos==
|7||Doodles Duck||<span style="color:red;">''Lost''</span>
{{Video|perrow  =2
|-
|8||The Atom||<span style="color:red;">''Lost''</span>
|-
|9||The Three Musketeers||<span style="color:red;">''Lost''</span>
|-
|10||Nutsy Squirrel||<span style="color:red;">''Lost''</span>
|}
==Gallery==
{{Video|perrow  =1
   |service1    =youtube
   |service1    =youtube
   |id1          =Hdm0JgM8UYU
   |id1          =rOMS3A5vVag
   |description1 =Reading of 'Swamp Thing'
   |description1 =Promo for ''Video Comicz''.
  |service2    =youtube
  |id2          =rOMS3A5vVag
  |description2 =Promo for Video Comic Books
}}
}}
 
==External Link==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMjn0PobLsc The Poparena's video on ''Video Comics''.] Retrieved 04 Nov '18
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Revision as of 14:58, 4 November 2018

Video Comics Logo.jpg

Title card for 'Video Comic Books'.

Status: Partially Found

Video Comicz (aka Video Comic Books) was an early Nickelodeon show that aired between 1979 and 1981. The show was broadcasted on the Pinwheel block in 1979 alongsidePopClips 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.

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 Lost
5 Sugar and Spike Lost
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 Comicz.

External Link