Comic Strip: THE LEGENDS OF DAVY CROCKETT (1955)
This strip ran in the Sunday comics section of various newspapers during the Crockett Craze, beginning July 17. 1955. The story lasted about six months. Take your shoes off, neighbor, and prepare to...
View ArticleHAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: The Glass Key - Part 2 (1942)
Birmingham News, Nov, 8, 1942Harlington Valley Morning Star, Nov. 8, 1942Knoxville News Sentinel, Nov. 8, 1942Monroe Morning World, Nov. 8, 1942Rocky Mount Telegram, Nov. 14, 1942Longview News, Nov....
View ArticleTHE KID I KILLED LAST NIGHT by Day Keene (& David Laurence Wilson)
This is Day Keene’s book. It contains thirteen of his stories, all well told and rewarding. But the real star of the show is the Introduction, “The Many Births of Day Keene,” by David Laurence...
View ArticleLISTEN HERE: Davy Crockett, The NON-DISNEY Indian Fighter
Sure, you've seen the first three Disney episodes (at least I hope you have), and maybe you've even heard the audio adaptations of "Indian Fighter,""Goes to Congress" and "At the Alamo" released and...
View ArticleJIM BOWIE Meets JACK KIRBY (1955)
Here's an adventure of Big Jim illustrated for Harvey Comics by Joe Simon and Jack "King' Kirby.
View ArticleHAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: Another RED HARVEST That Never Was (1942)
Cedar Rapids Gazette, Mar. 15, 1942Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, Mar. 17, 1942
View ArticleSAM HOUSTON and "The Fight for Texas Independence" (1946)
Originally presented in Real Heroes #2, Aug. 1946. The artist is unknown (at least by me). Thanks to comicwanderer for scanning it for ComicBookPlus.
View ArticleHAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: The Glass Key - Part 3 (1942)
Mansfield News, Nov. 20, 1942Waterloo Courier, Nov. 22, 1942Bristol Herald-Courier, Nov. 22, 1942Panama City News-Herald, Nov. 22, 1942Spokesman-Review, Dec. 8, 1942Zanesville Times-Recorder, Dec. 25,...
View ArticleDAVY CROCKETT and the Shawnee War Plan - A 64-PAGE STORY! (1957)
Forgive me if I get some of this wrong: I've never actually seen an issue of this publication, and only recently became aware of its existence. Near as I can discover, it began in Australia, and was...
View ArticleA SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA by Christopher Morley !?! (1944)
One of the joys of perusing the Jim Rogers Collection of early Ellery Queen's (as now archived by Larry Paschelke) is finding little nuggets of interest like this. This one appeared in the issue for...
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