[Meanie Monday] Black Adam vs. Yeti

The film about the DC superhero Shazam is in the works and features the villain Black Adam, to be played by Dwayne Johnson, whose birthday it is today.  Happy birthday, The Actor Formerly Known as The Rock! 

Here is my favorite Shazam panel btw:

And this is a close second:

Anyway, back to the birthday boy's bad boy role - did you know that Black Adam has TWICE defeated yetis?

Black Adam

Crazy. What's with the guy?

The first time was an actual superhero yeti named the Yeti from the Great Ten:

Oh man, he headlocked him to death.

And the second time is actually during his back story:

From Black Adam: The Dark Age Vol 1 2:  

Back in the Himalayas, Black Adam places Isis' remains in his satchel and begins the long trek down the mountainside. A Yeti emerges and attacks him, forcing Black Adam to drop his pack. Using his knife, Adam slices open the Yeti's stomach and grabs a hold of his intestines. He uses the beast's innards to rappel down the slope of the mountain to retrieve Isis' bones. Once he reaches the lower ledge, he severs his intestinal bungee cord and continues on his way. Source

See the whole fight here.

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Defeating the snow beast was defining, formative moment for Black Adam.

[Morbid Monday] Yeti Loves Bloodpainting, Apparently

Emily Hare

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Sebastian Van Donink

Hagen Deloss

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Superjail cartoon on Adult Swim

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Haunted House Yeti Prop (only $2,800)

In my various Internet trawlings for yeti, I kept finding photos (mostly on Instagram) of folks posing with this scary yeti sculpture.  Where could one find such a fellow?

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I noticed he usually looked pretty different in each photo.

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And then I noticed that folks were tagging him from different haunted house attractions in different parts of the country: Tennessee, Maryland, etc.

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Turns out there's not one single haunted house where you can get a photo op with the yeti. It's actually a prop one can get from Ghost Ride Productions for $2800.  Nice!

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There's also a Bumble (but they call it "Bobble")

[You are the Yeti] Yeti Arcade: Counter-Strike Online: Beast Mode

Counter-Strike Online: Beast Mode (2013): Play a yeti in Beast Mode.

Cyborg 8

Cyborg

Yeti Loves Goya, Apparently

Do you know this painting?

'Course you do.  It's Goya's Saturn Devouring His Son.

Here are some depictions of Yeti that remind me of it:

Zoë Moss

Tokko (manga)

Damon Hellandbrand

Fred Gray (previously blogged here)

Andreas Rocha

After posting the above, I realize I'd blogged before about Lisa Hanawalt's direct homage "Yeti Eats Cars":

Lisa Hanawalt

Film: Creepshow (1982)

The 1982 horror anthology movie, Creepshow, has a segment, "The Crate", where a diminutive yeti in a crate kills people.

Here's some fan art and some replicas people made.

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