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Toy Soldier Saturday: MARX 60mm Town Cowboys
These 60mm fellers (and the lady) populated such Marx playsets as Roy Rogers Mineral City, and, except for the owlhoots, were pals with Roy, Dale, Pat Brady and the ranch hands that have appeared here...
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Cap Gun Monday: Hubley OFFICIAL "38"
Among the dozens (hundreds?) of great cowboy cap guns, there were dang few detective pistols. This 5 1/2" snub nose .38 from Hubley was one of the best. Cap'n Bob Napier has one of these in a...
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Overlooked Films: THE WESTLAND CASE (1937)
Last Friday's Forgotten Book was Jonathan Latimer's 1935 novel Headed for a Hearse (HERE). The book seemed custom made for a film, and Hollywood must have agreed, because two years later Universal...
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Forgotten Books: THE EVIL STAR by John Spain (Cleve F. Adams)
I've featured a lot of Cleve F. Adams novels here, and this won't be the last. As I've said before, there's something very appealing about his slightly wacky wit and the distinctive rhythm of his...
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Toy Soldier Saturday: MARX GIs (Part 2)
About a coon's age ago I posted three guys from this set of Marx 54mm GIs. They're HERE. Here at last are a few more, and there will be many more to come. Heck, WWII was a big war and it took a lot of...
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Cap Gun Monday: Actoy LONE RANGER
No Lone Ranger I can recall carried a six-shooter that looked like this, but that didn't stop Actoy, makers of the Buntline Special I posted last year (HERE), from slapping his name on it. The only...
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Comic Gallery: Johnny Craig on CRIME PATROL (1949-50)
Earlier Crime Patrol covers HERE.
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Forgotten Books: THE LINKS -and- "The Murdered Mummy" by Robert Leslie Bellem
I'm honored to be filling in for Patti Abbott this week - for an extremely worthy cause. She's busy editing the proofs of her highly-anticipated novel, Concrete Angel (now available for pre-order...
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Toy Soldier Saturday: Marx LONE RANGER and TONTO
These 60mm figures were likely the work of the same sculptor who did the yellow ranch and town cowboys I featured recently. There were also 54mm figures of L.R. and old Faithful, to mingle with the...
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Cap Gun Monday: Mattel Zero W Fanner 50 (with box & holster)
I have mighty few cap guns in their original boxes, so I feel compelled to show off those I do. Next week, I'll yank this smokewagon out of the holster display it in all its glory. The Agent Zero W...
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