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BLACK FRIDAY: King of the Spies! (1942)
From the 9th issue of Cat-Man Comics (Apr. 1942) comes this spy named for today. Art is credited to Allen Ulmer. Thanks to loftypilot for sharing it on comicbookplus.
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Black Friday at ALTUS PRESS / STEEGER BOOKS
Matt Moring is doing it again. Best bop over and take advantage of this great sale. My review of the Joe Shaw bio will appear here on Sunday.
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30% OFF: JOSEPH T. SHAW, The Man Behind BLACK MASK by Milton Shaw
Joe “Cap” Shaw has become an almost mythic figure in the history of hardboiled fiction. A great deal has been written about him over the years, but usually as a supporting character in stories...
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FRAZETTA & WILLIAMSON: Captain Comet, Space Pilot (1953)
This story appeared in Danger Is Our Business #1 (Dec. 1953). I found a cleaner copy of it in a reprint of the same title (#9) from 1958. Thanx to Dave Hayward for the comicbookplussing.
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HAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE (1927-29)
Eugene Guard, Nov 10,1927San Francisco Examiner, January 29, 1928Wassau Daily Herald, February 2, 1929San Francisco Examiner, February 3, 1929Rock Island Argus, July 27, 1929Miami News, August 11,...
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Forgotten Books: COP HATER by Ed McBain (1956)
Somehow, I never got around to reading an 87th Precinct book. A review of this first in the series by Owlhoot Dale Goble reminded me of that deficiency, prompting me to read it too. So I did, sort of....
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NERO WOLFE Comic Strip - CASE SOLVED! - Weeks 11, 12 & 13 (1957)
When I went looking for the strip for Feb 9, I was dismayed to find Little Lulu under the Wolfe title. Thankfully, on the next page of the newspaper I found Wolfe where Lulu belonged. (No offense to...
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THE SAINT's Comic Book Debut (1942)
From Silver Streak Comics #18, Feb. 1942. A comicbookplus rangerhouse scan, with Art by Ed Ashe.
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HAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: Enter the Falcon (1930)
London Observer, August 3, 1930Chattanooga News, March 1, 1930The Reading Times, March 10, 1930Minneapolis Star Tribune, March 16, 1930St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 21, 1930
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The Triumphant Return of LITTLE LULU
I confess, I have yet to read a Lulu comic book. I remember her only -and vaguely - from the Sunday funnies. Back in the '80s, when I was amassing Bruce Hamilton's boxed sets of the EC and Carl Barks...
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BASIL WOLVERTON's Bingbang Buster Rides Again! (1950)
From Black Diamond Western #17, Jan. 1950. Provided to comicbookplus by Marble River.
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