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BETTY BATES, Lady at Law (1942)
I'd never paid any attention to Al Byant until I came across his work for Quality Comics on comicbookplus, but his noirish style has made me a fan. We'll be seeing more of him (and Betty, too). This...
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HAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: Satan Met a Lady, Part 4 (1936)
McCallen Daily Press, Sept. 15, 1936Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sept. 29, 1936Harrisburg Evening News, Sept. 30, 1936Harrisburg Telegraph, Oct. 2, 1936St. Cloud Times, Oct. 3, 1936Mason City Globe-Gazette,...
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Forgotten Stories: "In Debt to the Devil" by ROBERT LESLIE BELLEM
Been craving a little spicy adventure in your life? Well, here you go. This rousing tale from old Bob Bellem appeared in the May 1936 issue of Spicy Adventure Stories, and comes to us via PulpMags.org.
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WILL EISNER's "Black X" Returns in ESPIONAGE (1938)
The "Black X" is off on his second adventure, from Feature Funnies #14, Nov. 1938. Thanks to movielover and comicbookplus. I've a feeling "X" will be back.Â
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HAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: "Pickup" aka "The Whosis Kid" (1936)
The Continental Op story "The Whosis Kid" made its first appearance in the March 1925 issue of Black Mask. It showed up next in the newspapers, under the title "Pickup." Why the new name? Beats me. The...
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Forgotten Books: HADES & HOCUS POCUS by Lester Dent (1936, 1937, 1979)
These two Lester Dent novellas were published in Argosy way back in '36 and '37. "Hades" in three parts beginning Dec. 5, 1936, and "Hocus Pocus" in another three starting May 22, 1937. I've been...
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Reed Crandall, Captain Daring and the Hoochie Coochie Princess (1950)
Crandall and the Captain return in this tale from Buccaneers #21, May 1950. We met them both a while back HERE. Thanks to comicbookplus and Digital Comic Book Museum.
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HAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: "Pickup" aka "The Whosis Kid" serialized (1936-38)
A couple of weeks back we saw clips of this story from the Philadelphia Inquirer. This time we present stuff from the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph (July 1936), The Camden Courier-Post (Dec. 1938) and the...
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The LESTER DENT LIBRARY from Black Dog Books (2009-2013)
The Black Dog website is not currently accepting orders, but all these are available on a Print On Demand basis from Amazon.
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