Crossover Movie Poster: Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood

 

Rick Dalton smokes Capitol W Lights, while Cliff Booth drinks Old Chattanooga Tennessee Lager, both of which were first seen in Tarantino’s film Death Proof. Margot Robbie reprises her role as Laura Cameron from the TV series Pan Am, making and serving Rick a drink on his flight back from Italy, although her face is not seen, because Robbie also plays Sharon Tate in the film. An ad for Tarantino’s ubiquitous fast food restaurant Big Kahuna Burger is on the side of a bus. The closing credits are shown over Rick filming a commercial for Red Apple Cigarettes, another recurring Tarantino brand. The ending of this film veers into alternate history, making it an alternate universe to the CU.

This crossover is one of hundreds covered in my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, which will be published by Meteor House! All three volumes are AUTHORIZED companions to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!

Crossover of the Week

Summer 1905

STAGECOACH MARY’S LAST RIDE-OUT 

Stagecoach Mary Fields teams up with a group of other famous individuals to clear the name of Jim Allen. Appearing or mentioned are: Durand; John Howdy; John Reid; Alfred Tabor; the Preacher; George Krumm; Black Jack Spade; Pete Reeves; Apache Gordon; Luke Oland; Jim Hoover; Duke Bagley; the White Wolf; the Ringo Kid; the Comanche Kid; the Tall Man; Hungry Hawkins; Long Sam Littlejohn; Tex Bulwer; Mazeppa; Shatterhand; Jim Kannah; Old Wawerly; Readestown; “that temple down in the Yucatan”; Don Muerte; the Coyote; Two-Gun Smith; Wah Lee; Tex Willer; Clementine Newton; Django Freeman; Chisolm; Tempest Cody; and Winoga. 

Story by Jess Nevins in Stagecoach Mary, 2016. Jim Allen (aka the White Wolf) appeared in stories by “Walker A. Tompkins” (Hal Dunning) in Street & Smith’s Wild West Weekly. Durand appeared in three stories by Duane Hopkins in Short Stories in 1934. John Howdy is better known as Pa Howdy, whose tales were told by Laurence Donovan in Detective Fiction Weekly and G-Men Detective. John Reid is the former Lone Ranger. Alfred Tabor is Sonny Tabor, from “Ward M. Stevens’” (Paul S. Powers) tales in Wild West Weekly. Captain William McDowell is Captain “Roaring Bill” McDowell from “Jackson Cole’s” (A. Leslie Scott) Jim Hatfield stories in Texas Rangers. The Preacher is Preacher Devlin, from L. L. Foreman’s stories in Western Aces and Western Story Magazine. George Krumm is the sidekick of “Andrew A. Griffin’s” (Paul S. Powers) Johnny Forty-Five, another Wild West Weekly character. Black Jack Spade is an alias used by Duke Buckland, whose two-gun exploits were recounted by Frederick C. Davis in Western Trails. Pete Reeves is from “David Manning’s” (Frederick Faust) Bull Hunter stories in Western Story Magazine. Apache Gordon is from George C. Henderson’s Apache and Wagonwheel stories in Wild West Weekly. Luke Oland is a foe of Marvel Comics’ Western hero the Two-Gun Kid. Jim Hoover is the title character of “Big Ben” (Willi Richard Sachse) and “F. L. Barwin’s” (Lisa Barthel Winkler and Fritz Barthel) German pulp magazine Alaska-Jim, ein Held der kanadischen Polizei. Duke Bagley appeared in stories by William R. Cox in Star Western. The Ringo Kid is either John Wayne’s character from Stagecoach or the Marvel Comics cowboy of that name. The Comanche Kid’s tales were told by Cherry Wilson in Western Story Magazine and Far West Stories. The Tall Man is from the Phantasm films. Hungry Hawkins is from the Hungry and Rusty stories by Samuel H. Nickels in Wild West Weekly. Bud Jones was the subject of a series of tales by J. Allan Dunn in Wild West Weekly. Long Sam Littlejohn is from Lee Bond’s stories in Texas Rangers. Tex Bulwer is from the German pulp Tex Bulwer, Abenteuer im Wilden Westen. Mazeppa is from the German pulp Texas Jack der Berühmteste Indianerkämper. Old Shatterhand is from Karl May’s Western novels. Jim Kannah is from “Suton Caryl’s” (Max Hody) Belgian pulp magazines Les Mysteres du Far-West; Jim Kannah, le Roi du Far-West; Les Drames du Mexique; and Les Mysteres du Far West (not the same title as the above). Old Wawerly is better known as the New Leatherstocking from the German pulp Der Neue Lederstrumpf. Readestown is from the Frank Reade, Jr. stories by “Noname” (Luis P. Senarens). “That temple down in the Yucatan” is from Dr. Adrian Mohr’s German pulp Rolf Rodewalds Reise um den Erdball. Don Muerte is from Harry F. Olmsted’s stories in Star Western. The Coyote is from the series of stories by “Carter Mulford” (José Mallorqui). Tucson “Two-Gun” Smith is one of the Three Mesquiteers, from William Colt McDonald’s stories and novels. Wah Lee, the Shooting Gallery Kid, was the subject of two stories by W. Ryerson Johnson in Street & Smith's Western Story Magazine in 1943. Tex Willer is the title character of Gianluigi Bonelli’s comic strip. Clementine Newton is related to one of the aides of the avenging pulp hero with malleable skin. Django Freeman is from the movie Django Unchained. Sam Chisolm is from the 2016 remake of The Magnificent Seven. Tempest Cody was a cowgirl who appeared in nine films in 1919. Winoga is from the German pulp Winoga, der Letzte Mohikaner. Many of the characters in Wild West Weekly crossed over with each other, establishing them in the same universe, including Austin Gridley’s Pete Rice, Sonny Tabor, Cleve Endicott’s Billy West and the boys of the Circle J Ranch, Charles E. Barnes’ Bar U Twins, Lee Bond’s Oklahoma Kid, Allan R. Bosworth’s Blackstone Bangs and his fictionalized version of Judge Roy Bean, William A. Todd’s Risky McKee, J. Allan Dunn’s Whistlin’ Kid and Sleepy Sloane, Paul S. Powers’ Kid Wolf, Johnny Forty-Five, the White Wolf, and Walker A. Tompkins’ Tommy Rockford and the Border Eagle. 

This crossover writeup is one of hundreds included in my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, which will be published by Meteor House! All three volumes are AUTHORIZED companions to Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!

Crossover of the Week

Winter 1990
DWELLING IN THE DARK 
Peyton Westlake, aka Darkman, meets with gangster Frank White disguised as his lawyer Joey Dalesio, who he diverted to another location after his meeting with Arty Clay. The vigilante is trying to find out who Robert Durant’s superior was. White and Durant are both members of the Black Coats, whose leader is Colonel Bozzo-Corona. Westlake spends the next several months traveling the country, clashing with Marsellus Wallace and posing as a fixer for Keyser Söze. He also gets valuable information on Gordon Gekko by posing as various employees of Jackson Steinem & Co., after two unsuccessful attempts to question him, first while impersonating FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast and later as reporter Carl Kolchak. Westlake comes face-to-face with the Colonel and his executioner, the Marchef. The Colonel mentions Westlake’s girlfriend, Julie Hastings, and says the last person who was able to hold his own against the Marchef was the Nyctalope. 
Short story by Matthew Dennion in Tales of the Shadowmen Volume 16: Voir Dire, Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier, eds., Black Coat Press, 2019; reprinted in French in Les Compagnons de l’Ombre (Tome 27), Jean-Marc Lofficier, ed., Rivière Blanche, 2020. Darkman is from the titular movie and its sequels, as are Robert Durant and Julie Hastings. Frank White, Joey Dalesio, and Arty Clay are from the movie King of New York. The Black Coats, Colonel Bozzo-Corona, and the Marchef are from Paul Féval’s crime novels. Marsellus Wallace is from the film Pulp Fiction. Keyser Söze is from the movie The Usual Suspects. Gordon Gekko and Jackson Steinem & Co. are from the movie Wall Street. Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast is the protagonist of a series of novels by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. Carl Kolchak is from the TV series Kolchak: The Night Stalker. The Nyctalope is Jean de La Hire’s pulp hero. 

This crossover writeup is one of hundreds included in my book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3, to be published by Meteor House! As with the first two volumes, this latest one is an AUTHORIZED continuation of Win Scott Eckert's Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 and 2!

Crossover Movie Poster: The Hateful Eight

 

Minnie Mink and Bob both smoke Red Apple tobacco. Oswaldo Mobray’s real name is English Pete Hicox. Red Apple Cigarettes are a recurring brand in Tarantino’s films. English Pete Hicox is an ancestor of Lt. Archie Hicox from Inglourious Basterds.

This is only one of hundreds of works covered in my forthcoming book Crossovers Expanded: A Secret Chronology of the World Volume 3. As with the first two volumes, this book is an AUTHORIZED companion to Win Scott Eckert's books Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Vols. 1 and 2 and will be published by Meteor House!

Crossover Movie Poster: Inglourious Basterds

Sgt. Donny Donowitz is one of the Basterds. A pack of Red Apple Cigarettes can be seen at a table in the La Louisiane tavern. Sgt. Donowitz is the father of film producer Lee Donowitz from the film True Romance. One of the main characters of True Romance, Alabama, is also mentioned in Reservoir Dogs. Red Apple Cigarettes also appear in Pulp Fiction, Four Rooms, From Dusk Till Dawn, Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, Kill Bill: Vols. 1 and 2, and Planet Terror, as well as several stories by Win Scott Eckert. Rick Lai notes, “The movie alters WWII history. In June 1944, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Göring, and Martin Bormann all die in a Parisian movie theater. Presumably real-life actor Emil Jannings perished there as well. References to ‘Americans...on the beach’ place these supposed deaths after D-Day (June 6, 1944). How does this square with history? All the answers can be found in the adventures of Doc Savage. In my Doc Savage chronology (The Revised Complete Chronology of Bronze, Altus Press, 2010), the events of Violent Night (aka The Hate Genius) transpired in June 1944. Hitler attempted to flee Germany only to be caught in Switzerland by Doc Savage. The novel asserted that Hitler had left a double in Germany to impersonate him. It was this double who was killed at the Paris cinema. The other Nazi leaders present were doubles as well. In my Doc Savage chronology, I argued that Jonas Sown (The Screaming Man and The Frightened Fish) was behind Hitler’s flight. All the doubles behaved like their originals in Paris because they were under the influence of Sown’s mind control device. Sown arranged for Hitler’s escape from Allied custody in Switzerland (the dictator arrived in Germany only to be nearly killed in the July bomb plot, Operation Valkyrie). As for Emil Jannings, he must have miraculously survived the attack on the Parisian movie house. He actually died in 1950.”

Crossover Cover: Demolition Angel

Carol Starkey investigates a bombing. John Chen appears, and Samantha Dolan is mentioned. Serial bomber Mr. Red eats at Big Kahuna Burger. Big Kahuna Burger has appeared in several films, most notably Pulp Fiction; this reference brings the events of this novel into the CU. Carol Starkey would go on to appear in other books by Crais. John Chen and Samantha Dolan are from Crais’ Elvis Cole novel L.A. Requiem.

For the record, I will be attending FarmerCon/Pulpfest from Friday until Sunday, and may or may not post here while I'm in Columbus. However, I will post a convention report on my personal blog, Diary of a Madman, when I return.

Crossover Movie Poster: The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D

In this film directed by Robert Rodriguez, a bag of Big Kahuna Burgers is seen on the dock where Max first encounters his imaginary superhero Sharkboy, who has been brought to life. Big Kahuna Burger is a fictional fast food chain that is best known for its appearance in Quentin Tarantino’s film Pulp Fiction, and has appeared in several more films made by Tarantino, Rodriguez, and others.