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SEVERIN and ELDER stage a Mutiny on the Bounty (1951)
This little history lesson is from Real Life Comics, back in Jan. 1951. Thanks to Dave Hayward for sticking it up on comicbookplus.
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HAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: Secret Agent X-9 (1934)
In case you missed it, I posted the BBC's four-part radio adaptation of this strip beginning HERE. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Feb. 2, 1934The Decatur Daily, Mar. 13, 1934The Decatur Daily, Mar. 13,...
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THE LONE RANGER Keeps On Ridin' (1939)
This here is the last Sunday sequence featuring the Ranger's original comic strip artist Ed Kressy. In our next thrilling chapter, Charles Flanders, fresh from his stint on Secret Agent X-9, makes the...
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WATCH IT HERE! Forgotten Books on Film: THE LADY IN THE MORGUE by Jonathan...
I just read this book again, for the third or fourth time, and it was laugh out loud funny. Again. Can't say the same for the movie, but they did a pretty good job of wrangling the plot into 110...
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Al Williamson & John Severin illustrate THE FARGO KID
Williamson pencils, Severin inks, from the Jun-Jul issue of Fargo Kid (the first issue). "leahs_dad" did the deed for comicbookplus.
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WATCH IT HERE! The Cisco Kid (Gilbert Roland) is THE GAY CAVALIER (1946)
Gilbert Roland was the coolest Cisco Kid ever. Here's the first of his six entries in the series. Stay tuned for more!
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HAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: The First Falcon Movie, Part 7 (1931)
Atlanta Constitution, Aug. 23, 1931Decatur Daily News, Aug. 24, 1931Unknown, Aug. 26, 1931Unknown, Aug. 26, 1931Burlington Hawk-Eye Gazette, Sept. 2, 1931Birmingham News, Sept. 21, 1931Shreveport...
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WATCH IT HERE! Forgotten Books on Film: THE FRENCH KEY by Frank Gruber (1946)
I've read this book a few times, and rapped about it HERE. Can't say it's one of my favorites, but it's still fun. As a writer, I'd put Gruber in a class with Erle Stanley Gardner. Perfectly competent...
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NERO WOLFE Comic Strip - Weeks 46, 47 & 48 (1957) Another Case Solved!
Next Saturday: Another Sunday adventure!
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WATCH IT HERE: The Buccaneers starring Robert Shaw (1956)
This series was produced in England for ITC, the same outfit that did The Adventures of Robin Hood (with Richard Greene), The Adventures of Sir Lancelot, and The Adventures of William Tell, where some...
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THE GREEN LAMA Jumps from Pulps to Comics (1941)
The Green Lama was one of the relatively few pulp heroes to make the transition into comic books at the same time. The Shadow had the most success at it, with Doc Savage a very distant second. There...
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WATCH IT HERE! Gilbert Roland as The Cisco Kid in BEAUTY AND THE BANDIT (1946)
Last week we looked at Roland's first entry in the series, THE GAY CAVALIER (HERE). Now he's back! Stay tuned for the other four. Next Week: Gilbert Roland rides again in SOUTH OF MONTEREY
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HAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: The Thin Man movie - Part 1 (1934)
Massillon Evening Independent, Mar. 12, 1934Baltimore Evening Sun, Apr. 23, 1934Louisville Courier-Journal, May 27, 1934Chicago Tribune, May 31, 1934San Francisco Examiner, June 5, 1934Allentown...
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