| 03.07.2019 – Captain Barbell is a fictional superhero in Philippine comicbooks first appeared in Pinoy Komiks #5 (May 23, 1963) originally a shirtless strongman that was created by Mars Ravelo and artist Jim Fernandez similar to the American Superman, Captain Marvel or Shazam, and Thor. The character evolved over the years.
Like Darna, he also had an alter-ego named Tenteng, a thin, weakling and asthmatic person whose only dream was to become strong and muscular. The character was popular being portrayed by several Filipino actors in movies and television. There has been a memorable incarnation of the character in various shapes or form, but what stands out are the ones being portrayed by famous actors. Dolphy, the Philippine King of Comedy has portrayed the character as the third actor to assume the role after Bob Soler (Captain Barbell, 1964) and Willie Sotelo (Captain Barbell Kontra Captain Bakal, 1965). This was another take on the character as Ting-ting and Captain Barbell wearing the signature mask originally titled “Captain Barbell Boom!" |
The 1973 film, which was produced by RVQ Productions, is directed by Jose "Pepe" Wenceslao. His co-actors were Lotis Key, Panchito, Babalu, and Maricel Soriano. Notably, this film is in a black-and-white format, which has restored set to be shown this 13 March 2019 as part of ABS-CBN Film Restoration’s REELive the Classics at the Santolan Town Plaza. This digitally restored and remastered is in color by Kantana and Wildsound Studios.
This version of Dolphy-led film is obviously a comedic take on the character that has been portrayed seriously by previous actors based on the original komiks. The film’s original story is still based from Mars Ravelo’s komiks serye (Comics Series) but written in the film by Ading Fernando.
You can watch the teaser trailer below:
“Captain Barbell” is part of ABS-CBN Film Restoration REELive the Classics at the Santolan Town Plaza set to Premiere on 13 March 2019.
You can check the schedule for screening HERE!
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