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SECRET AGENT X-9 on BBC Radio: Episode 1 "Murder Mansion" (2009)
Back in 2009, BBC Radio aired a four-part adaptation of the first continuity of this Dashiell Hammett/Alex Raymond comic strip. Near as I can discover, Hammett actually wrote the story and the script....
View ArticleSECRET AGENT X-9 on BBC Radio: Episode 2 "Carnage at Sea" (1994)
Our 1994 BBC dramatization continues. X-9 was born when William Randolph Hearst wanted a strip to rival Dick Tracy, and chose Hammett to create it. Hammett then reportedly raked in $500 a week to...
View ArticleSECRET AGENT X-9 on BBC Radio: Episode 3 "The Powers That Be" (1994)
Here's Part 3 of 4. Diane Johnson's book Dashiell Hammett: A Life has some interesting letters between agents of the Division of Investigation (the pre-1935 name for the FBI) asking who the heck was...
View ArticleSECRET AGENT X-9 on BBC Radio: Episode 4 "You're the Top" (1994) The End!
Yep, this is our thrilling conclusion. Did the BBC adapt any other Hammett stuff? I suppose I should find out. Hammett lasted less than a year and a half on the strip, and was reportedly canned for...
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WATCH IT HERE! A Forgotten Book on Film: MEET NERO WOLFE / FER-DE-LANCE (1936)
As of this posting, I have not yet seen this film. I've been saving it so I can watch it along with you. I had a chance at the 1982 Bouchercon in San Francisco, but missed it because I was either...
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NERO WOLFE Comic Strip - The FOURTH Sunday Adventure (1957)
Once again (and sadly, for the last time) we are indebted to Mr. Ger Apeldoorn for the color Sundays presented here. Also sadly, some of the black and white reproductions found in newspaper archives...
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Basil Wolverton's SPACEHAWK and the Vulture Men from the Void (1940)
Our Man Spacehawk danced with the Vulture Men in Target Comics #8, back in Sept. 1940. "rangerhouse" scanned it for comicbookplus.
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HAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: The Thin Man novel, Part 1 (1933-34)
Davenport Daily Times, Feb. 20, 1932Burlington Free Press, July 8, 1933Pittsburgh Press, Jan. 5, 1934Los Angeles Times, Jan. 7, 1934Appleton Post-Crescent, Jan. 13, 1934Chattanooga Daily Times, Jan....
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WALTER B. GIBSON Teaches You Magic Tricks (1946)
Amaze your friends and be the life of the party with these dazzlers from the number 1 agent of The Shadow. They ran in early issues of Calling All Boys back in 1946. Yeah, I know Gibson published a...
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WATCH IT HERE! Forgotten Books on Film: THE LEAGUE OF FRIGHTENED MEN (1937)
Last week we looked at the 1936 film, MEET NERO WOLFE (HERE), and just about everyone who commented, both here and on Facebook, expressed dislike. Jeez, I liked it. No, it was certainly not an accurate...
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NERO WOLFE Comic Strip - Weeks 40 & 41 (1957) Wolfe gets a new artist and a...
Beginning with these strips, from late August 1957, artistic chores pass to Jim Christiansen, and scripting to Ed Herron. Here we go . . .
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Swamp Fox, Swamp Fox, Tail on his Hat! (1942)
This funnybook story appeared in Real Heroes #6, from Sept. 1942, uploaded to comicbookplus by Kracalactaka.
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HAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: The Thin Man novel Part 2 (1934)
Miami News, Feb. 4, 1934Ithaca Journal, Mar. 2, 1934 San Francisco Examiner, Mar. 15, 1934San Francisco Examiner, Mar. 15, 1934Unknown, Mar. 17, 1934St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Apr. 27, 1934San Bernadino...
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Famous Fighters of the Frontier: DAVY CROCKETT (1949)
This portrait (suitable for framing) and history lesson come to us from Tex Granger #20, dated Jan. 1949. The fact that it was pre-Disney probably accounts for the 'stache. Thanks to dsdaboss for...
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WATCH IT HERE! Forgotten Books on Film: THE WESTLAND CASE / HEADED FOR A...
Here's a mystery for you: Why would the studio think a title as bland and generic as THE WESTLAND CASE would fill more seats than HEADED FOR A HEARSE? It's too many for me. Breaking with the tradition...
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