TOM MIX and the Cry for Help! (1941)
From the Ralston-Purina production Tom Mix Comics #7 (Oct. 41) comes this premium selling adventure of Tom and his gang. Thanks to Devil Scans and ComicBookPlus.Â
View ArticleDAVY CROCKETT Beats the Redskins, British Style (1958)
This tale was told in the 1958 Knockout Annual, which means it was likely serialized earlier in the weekly British comic Knockout. Interesting that they gave him Georgie as a sidekick.
View ArticleGRAHAM INGELS (??) and "The Rise and Fall of Blackie Archer" (1949)
Every source I've found on the 'net credits Graham Ingels for pencils and inks on this story, but I find that pretty hard to swallow. Yeah, that's him on page 1 panel 2, page 2 panel 1, and all of page...
View ArticleHAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: "The Creeping Siamese" (1942)
This Op adventure, originally published in the May 1926 Black Mask, was reprinted in the May 31, 1942 El Paso Times.
View ArticleA SHERLOCK HOLMES STORY You've Probably Never Read . . .
 . . . unless you were buying comics 60 years ago in England or Australia. If you were, sorry! This digest-sized comic was published around 1960, and scanned for ComicBookPlus by paw broon.Â
View ArticleMeet "DR. MEPHISTO" (1945)
I always dig the funky covers of L.B. Cole (above), but I also dig the funky artwork (below) of a guy named Casper Emerson. I hope to find more of it. Apparently this was the doctor's first appearance,...
View ArticleHAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: Edward G. Robinson as Sam Spade (1943)
Binghampton Press and Sun Bulletin, Feb. 6, 1943St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Feb. 7, 1943South Bend Tribune, Feb. 8, 1943Tampa Times, Feb. 8, 1943
View ArticleMATT DILLON takes "The Marshall's Gamble" (1956)
Here's a TV-inspired saga from Four Color Comics #769, back in 1956. The Grand Comics Database credits the art to Jim McLaughlin.Â
View ArticleThe Outlaw SAM BASS in Song and Story (1948)
The piece of E.C. history below comes to us from Saddle Justice #3, back in 1948. Stan Ash, who also did a couple of crime stories, provided the art.Â
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