HE'S BACK: The Second Coming of Elmo by Cecil Jensen (and Frank Young)
Have you read the first collection of ELMO strips? If not, it’s high time you did. For the reasons why, I refer you to my review of that title, posted HERE.The ELMO strip, which began in various...
View Article"Robin Hood and the Princeling" by DAN BARRY (1947)
This adventure of Mr. Hood and his Merry Pranksters is signed "Dan Barry," who is justifiably better known for his later work on Flash Gordon. From Buster Brown Comics #9, published in the Fall of...
View ArticleHAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: The Maltese Falcon (1941) Part 1
Spokesman-Review, May 29, 1941Brooklyn Daily Eagle, May 30, 1941Harrisburg Telegraph, June 3, 1941Miami News, June 6, 1941St. Louis Globe-Democrat, June 18, 1941Rock Island Argus, June 21,...
View ArticleEllery Queen's Mystery Magazine - No. 1 (1941)
Some months ago, my old friend and fellow book collector Jim Rogers passed away, and left behind a complete run of EQMM from 1941 to 1959. Those mags have now passed into the care of another old...
View ArticleHEROES and DESPERADOES of the WEST (1950-51)
These one-pagers graced the pages of Kid Cowboy comics, an otherwise undistinguished publication in the early fifties. Some of these, you'll see, are signed by John Buscema, Joe Maneely and Ogden...
View ArticleHAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: The Hotel "Commydore"& Other Stories (1941)
Glen Falls Post-Star, June 12, 1941Twin Falls News, Sept 4, 1941San Francisco Examiner, Oct. 25, 1941
View ArticleEllery Queen's Mystery Magazine - Issues 2, 3 and 4 (1942)
More mags direct to you from the Larry Paschelke Library
View Article"Crimson Trail of the Lipstick Slayer" by L.B. COLE (1948)
Here's another tale illustrated by cool cover guy L.B. Cole. This springs from Law Against Crime #3, dated Aug. 1948, and posted to ComicBookPlus by the very busy freddyfly.
View ArticleHAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: The Maltese Falcon (1941) Part 2
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Sept 18, 1941Gerald Journal, Oct. 3, 1941New York Daily News, Oct. 4, 1941Rock Island Argus, Oct. 6, 1941Salt Lake Tribune, Oct. 8, 1941Shiner Gazette, Oct. 9, 1941Barnard...
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