Overlooked Films: SOLOMON KANE (2010)
 Surprise! Solomon Kane is a damn good movie. I ain't saying it's a great film, to rank up with the classics, but it's everything it ought to be, and as a long-time Howard fan, I'm mighty pleased....
View ArticleComic Gallery: The Birth of SHIELD (Part 4) (1966)
Earlier S.H.I.E.L.D. covers are HERE.
View ArticleForgotten Books: HARD GUY by James A. Lawson
Back in the Olden Days, before Tom Roberts started publishing those glitzy trade paperbacks, Black Dog Books were like this one -- a format he described as "saddle-stitched booklet, under single-color...
View ArticleToy Soldier Saturday: IDEAL GIs (Part 2)
Here's the rest our hard-bitten Ideal troop. Their brothers-in-action are HERE. More Toy Soldiers (and some non-soldiers) HERE.
View ArticleDan Turner in Pictures: SINISTER SANTA CLAUS (1944)
This one's from Hollywood Detective, October 1944. More Dan Turner comics HERE.Â
View ArticleCap Gun Monday: MARX Miniature Derringer
 When Marx called this a miniature, they weren't fooling. At 2 1/8 inches, it's of the smallest guns in the Miniature line. There ain't much more to say about it, so I'll shut up. More, more, more Cap...
View ArticleToy Soldier Saturday: MARX 60mm Ranch Cowboys (Part 1)
These here cowpokes are among those you'd like encounter in a 60mm Roy Rogers or Lone Ranger Ranch playset, hobnobbing with such luminaries as Roy, Dale, Bullet and Pat Brady, or L.R. and his faithful...
View ArticleCap Gun Monday: Kilgore Eagle
 Kilgore was a big name in caps, and made some nice guns in the cast iron age, but by the time pot metal was king, most of their cap guns were second rate. That includes the Eagle. It ain't bad by...
View ArticleOverlooked Films: The Three Stooges Out West in PHONY EXPRESS (1943)
 N'yuk, n'yuk, n'yuk. 'Nuff said.
View ArticleBlack Dog Books After-Christmas Sale!
Two Nebels for $30. Save $15, HERE. Over at the Black Dog Books site, Jolly old Tom Roberts is doing his dangdest to make your new year happy. In addition to the swell packages pictured here, he's even...
View ArticleForgotten Books of 2014 (and before)
Herewith we present our round-up of Forgotten Books (and stories) for the year. And because copy & paste makes it so easy, the previous years too. Sorry for the eyestrain. Each date links to the...
View ArticleToy Soldiers of 2014
These little buggers had been languishing in baseball card boxes since the '90s, and last year I finally decided to trot them out for photo shoots. Each date links to pics of their friends and...
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