The January 2022 issue of Retro Fan, with Barbara Eden on the cover, is currently available at Barnes and Noble. No feedback from the earlier issue with Lara Parker but there is some DS content in the issue.
There's a lighthearted piece about celebrity crushes, where a woman recalls her adolescent fixation on Barnabas Collins, through the gum cards and comic books. Her other crushes include George Harrison, Cousin Itt and The Banana Man from Captain Kangaroo. I wonder if she's still single.
There is also an extremely good article about the Roy Thinnes series The Invaders. The series started off with a bang but very quickly burnt out after two abbreviated seasons and a mere 43 episodes. The show had a great premise. Aliens from an unspecified planet had landed on Earth, had somehow taken human form and were plotting to, of course, take over the planet. David Vincent, as played by Thinnes, somehow stumbled onto the aliens and would thwart their plans on a weekly basis. The premise was also a limited one that didn't allow for much variation. The aliens would come up with a scheme. Vincent would put an end to it. Some of the aliens would be killed off but there would be another nefarious plan next week. They would try to discredit Vincent but to no avail. But Vincent could never really convince most people that there had been an invasion. He would have occasional allies but not very many continuing characters. And a move to a 10pm time slot didn't help matters.
Another DS connection: one of the episodes was written by Art Wallace.
There are other good articles in the issue, including the feature story on Barbara Eden, who still manages to be amazingly perky at 90. It's definitely a good read, though the $9.95 price tag may put off some readers.
