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Toy Soldier Saturday: MARX 54mm Cavalry (Part 1)
These stalwart Marx troopers came on the scene around 1957, and defended dozens of variations of Fort Apache from wild Marx Indians. They also helped out General Custer at the Marx Little Big Horn, for...
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Cap Gun Monday: NICHOLS PINTO (and Paint)
This 3 1/2-inch beauty made the scene back in 1959 on the heels of the Nichols Dyna-Mite Derringer. The plastic holster was designed to be worn on belt, though I never it done. Like the Marx...
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Overlooked Films: THE OUTLAWS IS COMING (1965)
When I was a little kid I loved everything about the Three Stooges, including the series of feature films (starting with Have Rocket, Will Travel) featuring the ersatz Curly, Joe DeRita. As a bigger...
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Forgotten Books: THE TAG MURDERS by Carroll John Daly (1930)
Damn! Race Williams just doesn't get any better than this.Back in the early 90s, Otto Penzler began reprinting the Race Williams novels, with Snarl of the Beast and The Hidden Hand. Sadly, they didn't...
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Toy Soldier Saturday: Meet the MARX Flintstones
OK, they're not exactly soldiers, but they fall under that broad umbrella that includes cowboys and Indians and cops and cavemen and even Campus Cuties (yes, Campus Cuties. Stay tuned.). The Marx...
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Saw this during the Giants-Nationals marathon on Saturday. An instant classic!
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Cap Gun Monday: HUBLEY COWBOY
It's another big 'un, measuring 11 1/2 inches long and packing plenty of weight. The Cowboy was Hubley's version of the Colt Peacemaker, and its only failing, in my opinion, was that grip was scaled...
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Overlooked Films: CHARLIE CHAN AT THE OPERA (1936)
Overlook Films no more. Visit Sweet Freedom.
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Comic Gallery: Topps ZORRO - with Lady Rawhide (1994)
Adam HughesClaude S. AubinMike GrellEarlier Topps Zorros are HERE.
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Forgotten Books: TWISTED TRAILS (The Santa Dolores Stage) by W.C. Tuttle (1934)
Yep, it's another adventure of those Cowpunchers of Disaster, Hashknife Hartley and Sleepy Stevens. Near as I can tell, this one first appeared as a pulp serial in 1929 and '30 (probably in Adventure)...
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Toy Soldier Saturday: MARX 54mm Cavalry (Part 2)
When I posted the first batch of these guys a couple of weeks ago (HERE), I said they made their debut in 1957. The Right Reverend Cap'n Bob Napier differed, saying they didn't show up until 1967....
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THE ICE GENIUS - An All-New WILD Adventure of Doc Savage by Will Murray
Yeah, Doc's back, and up to his bronze-toned ears in trouble in The Ice Genius.I've enjoyed all of Will Murray's new Doc Savage adventures from Altus Press (this is the eighth), but I found this one...
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Cap Gun Monday: MARX Miniature Flintlock Pistol
This miniature flintlock came in the same set as the Tommy Gun I featured a lot of weeks ago (the top of the box and the complete inner tray are pictured HERE). It also came in other sets, like the one...
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Starring Humphrey Bogart, Jimmy Cagney, Bette Davis, Edward G. Robinson and the rest of the Warner Brothers gang!
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How to SUCCESSFULLY Pitch Your Project at a Writers Conference
Jackie Blain hates to sing her own praises, but geez, somebody ought to. She’s a writer, AND a screenwriter, AND a teacher of both, AND a professional editor and writing coach, AND, for the past ten...
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