Clik here to view.
Clik here to view.
Clik here to view.
The Case of the Black (MALTESE?) Raven (1942)
Vernon Henkel's Police reporter Chic Carter, one of the regular players in Police Comics, had this Maltese moment in issue #10, dated July 1942. Thanks to "snard" and comicbookplus.
View ArticleClik here to view.
HAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: "The Big Knock-over" Serialized (1934)
"The Big Knockover," one of Hammett's longest and best stories (from Black Mask, Feb. 1927) hit the newspapers as "The Big Knock-over" in late 1934. The first few pieces here are from the Allentown...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clik here to view.
Forgotten Stories: THE DRAGON OF KAO TSU by Sam Walser (Robert E. Howard) (1936)
From the September 1936 issue of Spicy Adventure comes this rip-roaring tale from the typewriter of Robert E. Howard. Thanks to Pulpmags.org for the scans!
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clik here to view.
Will Murray Strikes Again! THE WILD ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
Will Murray, as you probably know, is the world's foremost living raconteur of Doc Savage, Tarzan, The Shadow and the Spider, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised to discover he also does a superlative...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pulp Gallery: THE SECRET SIX (1934-35)
Special thanks to Mr. R. Robinson, who laid a bookful of these "novels" on me.Â
View ArticleClik here to view.
Introducing REED CRANDALL's Jeb Rivers on the Mississippi (1949)
I haven't come across too many riverboat adventurers in the comics, but here's one of that rare breed, and - as a bonus - he's illutstrated by Reed Crandall. This first adventure is from Hit Comics...
View ArticleClik here to view.
HAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: Satan Met a Lady, Part 3 (1936)
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Aug. 21, 1936Unknown, Aug. 25, 1936Wilmington Morning News, Aug. 27, 1936Rushville Republican, Aug. 27, 1936Wilmington Morning News, Aug. 27, 1936Allentown Morning Call, Aug. 30,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clik here to view.
Forgotten Stories: "A Gift of the Gods" by Carroll John Daly (1923)
Back in January 1923, four months before Carroll John Daly introduced "Three Gun" Terry Mack, the first hardboiled private detective, "A Gift of the Gods" appeared in People's magazine. This is the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clik here to view.
Clik here to view.
Clik here to view.
Basil Wolverton's SPACEHAWK Stocks the Fridge (1940)
Yep, our man Spacehawk goes shopping in this tale from Target Comics #11, dated Dec. 1940. Thanks to Mr. Michael Barnes for doing his thing on comicbookplus.
View ArticleClik here to view.
HAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: The "Death in the Dark" Plagiarism Case (1933)
Chicago Tribune, Sept. 23, 1933Opelousas Clarion News Oct. 19 1933Winnipeg Tribune, Nov. 2, 1933Baltimore Sun, Jan. 7, 1953
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clik here to view.
Forgotten Stories: SUSAN SURRENDERS by Robert Leslie Bellem (1932)
This lavishly illustrated piece of Bellemania met the world in the April 1932 issue of Pep Stories. This was more than two years before the debut of Dan Turner, everyone's favorite Hollywood detective....
View Article