Was originally set to be made in 1986 by Charles Band's previous studio Empire Pictures under the name of "Mindmaster." Jack Kirby was also attached to the project.
Earl Kenton is actually a pseudonym of C. Courtney Joyner. The alias was a tribute to Erle C. Kenton.
The primary antagonist is Ivan Drago, played by Curt Lowens He reprised Drago in Invisible: The Chronicles of Benjamin Knight (1993). Dolph Lundgren famously played antagonist Ivan Drago in Rocky IV (1985), nearly a decade earlier. He reprised Drago in Creed II (2018).