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Forgotten Books: BENEFIT PERFORMANCE by Richard Sale (1946)
Richard Sale was at his best when he was dishing out slangy dialogue. That’s what made the Daffy Dill series so great, because with Daffy telling the stories, they’re pretty much all slangy dialogue....
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Toy Soldier Saturday: Marx WWII Japanese
These 54mm soldiers (about 2 inches tall) are circa 1963. The green guest stars are Marx American GIs. More Toy Soldiers HERE.
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DOAN & CARSTAIRS WEEK - Day 1: Holocaust House (1940)
This is the tale that introduced our intrepid duo to the world. Doan is a detective for the Severn Agency. He's chubby, mild-mannered and innocent-looking, but deadly as hell. Carstairs, the Great Dane...
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DOAN & CARSTAIRS WEEK - Day 2: The Mouse in the Mountain (1943)
A little over two years after their debut in "Holocaust House" (HERE), our heroes hit the big time in in this Morrow Mystery.Doan (no first name given) is an agency detective sent to the sleepy Mexican...
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DOAN & CARSTAIRS WEEK - DAY 3: Sally's in the Alley (1943)
Sally’s in the Alley is where the Doan & Carstairs series shifts into high gear.In our heroes’ two earlier adventures, “Holocaust House” (HERE) and The Mouse in the Mountain (HERE), the author and...
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DOAN & CARSTAIRS WEEK - DAY 4: Oh, Murderer Mine (1946)
Norbert Davis went a little crazy with this one. His Doan & Carstairs adventures are known for madcap humor and wacky characters, but - until Oh, Murderer Mine - they had a least one foot in the...
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Forgotten Stories: "Cry Murder!" The LOST Doan & Carstairs adventure by...
With all the books and ebooks that have reprinted the Doan & Carstairs series (search "Norbert Davis" at Amazon and Lulu and you'll see what I mean) I'm amazed that none - so far - have included...
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Toy Soldier Saturday: IDEAL Knights
These 70mm soft plastic figures (about 3" tall) were sold in the late '50s and maybe early '60s. There was also a charging horse (great for jousting). Don't know if there were any other humans in the...
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Forgotten Books: FIVE by Temple Field (Raoul Whitfield) (1931)
Raoul Whitfield began his pulp career writing air war stories and gravitated toward crime. The novel Five, originally published in Black Mask between September 1929 and June 1930, is a transitional...
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Toy Soldier Saturday: MARX Men from U.N.C.L.E. (and Thrush)
In the '60s, Marx had a whole line of 6 inch figures that were sold individually in dime stores. There were cowboys, Indians, pioneers, cavalry, knights, vikings, WWII soldiers representing several...
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Overlooked YouTube Videos: HUBLEY COLT .45
This baby gets my vote as the best cap gun of all time. It's not only regulation size - a whopping 13 inches long - but it packs all the weight of the real thing, too.I didn't have one of these when I...
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