This text, written by Sharon Delaney of Creation Entertainment, was quoted directly from the accompanying letter.

All the photos this month are from "Hercules and the Lost Kingdom."

Raised as I was on Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies, when I saw this shot my heart soared and my mind boggled. The anachronisms that are so much fun and so much a part of this series had finally invaded 1930s Hollywood! I began to envision Hercules in top hat and tails, sweeping me across the dance floor. But Wait! This movie precedes Hercules' meeting with the Widow Twanky by four years. Would The Big Guy be able to glide across the dance floor in terp-sichorean splendor? No matter - in this setting, if all he did was sweep me off my feet, I'd be happy!

Hercules and the Lost Kingdom is the Story of Hercules' quest to free the Lost City of Troy from Hera's curse. In photo #2, Gargan the Giant has entered the town where Hercules stopped for a bite to eat. The giant has heard about the magnificent Hercules and, basically, wants to turn him into roadkill! Okay - a 20-foot giant comes gallumping up to where you are quietly eating lunch and is getting ready to rip the roof off the building and turn you into a memory. Got the picture? I don't know about Hercules, but Kevin Sorbo is one cool dude, sitting there calmly studying his lines!

In the next shot, Hercules puts himself on the slave block to gain entrance into Queen Omphale's home. Her husband possesses a variety of navigational instruments and the One True Compass, that points to the lost city, is among them. "Shall we start the bidding at . . ." (grin)

Deianeira - a young woman who's delighted to be picked as the village virgin at the height of her fertility to be sacrificed to the Water God in order to save the crops. Hercules' words of wisdom to Deianeira after he rescues her from plunging down a very steep waterfall to her death, "If you're sacrificing yourself to the Water God, he's not home. The gods don't care about human sacrifice. If it doesn't rain, irrigate."

The loneliness of being half-god, half-man and oh, so very human is shown in al small, but poignant scene between Deianeira and Hercules as they settle in for the night around a campfire. Deianeira: "Are you immortal?" Hercules: "You wanna know? So do I. All I can tell you is when the sun's out, I'm gonna live for ever. At night, when I can't sleep ant the worries come creeping in, the next monster's gonna get me for sure."

Iolaus wasn't in this movie, but I didn't want to leave him out! So I've included three photo's that showcase all the facets of Michael's and Iolaus' personality that we love.

The first is from "Long Live the King" Michael played a dual role as Iolaus and his identical twin cousin, King Orestes. We based our Golden Hunter t-shirt on this photo because it's such a regal and commanding image.

"Two Men and a Baby" brought out the father in Michael Hurst. This shot of him holding the baby has the sweetest smile. And for Michael, being a new father himself, this was probably a delightful episode to film.

The beginning of the episode "the Apple" took place on a beach. Once again, Renaissance plays with the historical timeline and has Iolaus inventing surfing! Oh well, so much for history. I'll just admit I love Hercules and Iolaus as beach bums.