Mark Kistler as “Commander Mark” from his public television series The Secret City. Plenty of Houstonians who grew up in the 80s and 90s probably remember turning on their local PBS station and seeing ...

Mark Kistler, aka Commander Mark, stars in a new documentary, The Secret Cities of Mark Kistler, that tells the story of Kistler's legacy and how it all happened. (Corgan Pictures) Commander Mark had ...

Commander Mark had big bright eyes and a wide mustachioed smile big enough to match his magnetic persona. He wore bright red military coveralls, with a bandolier filled with — not bullets, but magic ...

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