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Private Eye "Angles O'Day" by JACK COLE (1951)
Plastic Man's Jack Cole offered his take on the Private Detective genre in this series from Ken Shannon comics. This one comes to us from #1, via "Tigger" and comicbookplus.
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HAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: Movie Rumors (1931)
Tyrone Daily Herald, Jan. 9, Brooklyn Standard Union, Jan 31, 1931Los Angeles Times, May 1, 1931Sioux City Journal, May 9, 1931Brooklyn Daily News, May 26, 1931Cincinnati Enquirer, June 28,...
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How TARZAN Got That Way (1946)
Yep, it's the real, true skinny on how Johnny Weissmuller got into Ape Man shape. From Sports Stars #1, back in Feb-Mar 1946, as uploaded to comicbookplus by Yoc.
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Forgotten Stories: NO PRISONERS! by Mickey Spillane (1942)
A bit of Spillane flash fiction from Target Comics #28, back in June 1942. Thanx to OtherEric for scanning it for comicbookplus.
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SGT. SPOOK meets JESSE JAMES - and A LOT of other dead people (1940)
Did Philip Jose Farmer read this as a kid? Wouldn't surprise me none! This saga is from Blue Bolt Comics #s 5, 6 & 7, from 1940. Found on comicbookplus, with scanning by dsdaboss, freddyfly and...
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HAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: The First Falcon Movie, Part 6 (1931)
Wilmington Daily Press Journal, July 13, 1931Mason City Globe-Gazette, July 14, 1931Mason City Globe-Gazette, July 14, 1931Cincinnati Enquirer, July 16, 1931Lafayette Journal and Courier, July 16,...
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RONALD REAGAN, Teen Heartthrob! (1947)
Comin' at ya from Sweet Sixteen #7, July 1947, stuck up on comicbookplus by CBpop.
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Forgotten Stories: "Clockwise" by Theodore Sturgeon (1946)
After providing us with the short tale "Smoke!" a few weeks back (HERE), the shade of Mr. Sturgeon has graciously agreed to share another. This one-pager appeared in Calling All Boys #7.
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Ken Shannon, Private Eye, in "The Playful PIckpocket" by REED CRANDALL (1951)
Reed Crandall provides the pencils for this second adventure of Ken Shannon, Crimebusting Private Eye. It's from his first issue, from Oct. 1951, shared on comicbookplus by "Tigger."Â
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HAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: The Glass Key Casting Merry-go-round (1931-34)
Napa Journal, May 9, 1931Brooklyn Standard Union, May 18, 1931Akron Beacon Journal, May 30, 1931Pittsburgh Press, Aug. 23, 1931San Bernadino County Sun, Sept. 13, 1931Minneapolis Star, Sept. 23,...
View ArticleForgotten Film: THE GLASS KEY on Westinghouse Studio One (1949)
While visiting NYC a few years back, I made a special trip to the Paley Center Museum of Broadcasting to watch this live TV broadcast. Donald Briggs was no George Raft or Alan Ladd, but Hammett is...
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Forgotten Books: THE WHITE CIRCLE by Carroll John Daly (1926)
I read this book again this week because I'm putting together an Introduction for a soon-to-be-published collection of Daly's Terry Mack stories for Steeger Books/Altus Press. It'll be one of a series...
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NERO WOLFE Comic Strip - Weeks 38 & 39 (1957) Another Case Solved!
Next Saturday: Another compete Sunday adventure
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