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Cap Gun Monday: Kilgore KIT CARSON
Kilgore put Kit Carson's name on a couple of different cap guns in the late '50s. This particular model was issued in both short and long-barrel varieties. This is the long one, stretching to 9 1/2...
View ArticleOverlooked TV: CONAN THE ADVENTURER in "The Heart of the Elephant"
Here's the two-part premier of the 1997-98 TV series cobbled together from various (and mostly non-Howardian) incarnations of Conan. This one features a special guest appearance by Mickey Rooney, and a...
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Now in AHMM: Daffy Dill and and Candid Jones in "FLASH!" by Richard Sale!
When AHMM Editor Linda Landrigan invited me to select and introduce a story for the magazine's Mystery Classic department, the choice was a no-brainer."Flash!" - from the May 29, 1937 issue of...
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Forgotten (and FREE) Stories: RACE WILLIAMS in "Body, Body--Who's Got the...
Race Williams did a lot of magazine-hopping in the course of his 32-year pulp career. He began in Black Mask, jumped to Dime Detective and had paid a visit to Street & Smith's CLUES by the time...
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Toy Soldier Saturday: MARX Squatty-body GIs
I ain't certain sure what to call these guys. They're small (the tallest is two inches), some (particularly the standing rifleman and the grenade thrower, are skinny when sideways, most of them have...
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The Western Art of FRED HARMAN
"Riding High"Here are three more examples of the exceedingly fine Western art of "Red Ryder" artist Fred Harman. These are postcards I picked up at his museum in Pagosa Springs, Colorado. I also...
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Cap Gun Monday: Hubley FORTY FIVE
Seven inches of solid, shiny pot metal, etched with leaf and vine designs and MADE IN U.S.A. Cool.More Youth-Destroying Cap Guns HERE.
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Overlooked Films: SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE DEADLY NECKLACE (1962)
Here's a strange one. A German-French-Italian production with a werid jazzy soundtrack and a screenplay by Curt Siodomak. For some reason, it seems to be set in the 1930s. Christopher Lee stars as...
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FFB: Five Books Reviewed by *Guest Blogger* DASHIELL HAMMETT
This piece is from The Saturday Review of Literature for May 21, 1927, and can be seen in its original habitat on UNZ.org, HERE.CURRENT MURDERSReviewed by DASHIELL HAMMETT THE HOUSE OF SIN. By ALLEN...
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Toy Soldier Saturday: MARX 54mm Indians (Part 1)
These hardy warriors spent decades attacking Marx Fort Apaches, and usually being rebuffed. In the early years they were red (like most of these), brown or yellow. In later sets they were flesh-toned,...
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The Art of TOM ROBERTS (Part 1)
Here's one of eight covers (that I know of) that Tom did for Crippen & Landru. This book was published in 2006.This painting was used for three different Battered Silicon Dispatch Box books, all...
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Cap Gun Monday: Nichols Stallion 38
This is how my collection began. Back in 1985, I heard Clayton Moore was coming to town, and wanted something for him to autograph. One place I hunted was an antique toy store, and there in a glass...
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Overlooked TV: YANCY DERRINGER
Richard Sale (whose Daffy Dill/Candid Jones story "Flash!" appears in the June AHMM - details HERE, and about whom I have blabbed at length - HERE) created and produced this Desilu series with his wife...
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CROSS EXAMINATIONS: CRIME IN COLUMBUS by John Hegenberger
This collection of four stories by Mr. John Hegenberger is now available for Kindle. Haven't read the stories yet, but I like the titles - "Headache,""Heartache,""Neckache" and "Backache." I can relate...
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Forgotten Books: LADY IN PERIL by Lester Dent (1959)
I enjoyed reading this book, but didn't really like it. Does that make sense? It's the last of four Dent novels I've been hoarding for thirty years and waiting for the right moment to read. Maybe I...
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Toy Soldier Saturday: Tim-Mee U.S. Air Force (Part 1)
On this Memorial Day weekend we pay tribute (with the help of these Tim-Mee Toys) to the U.S. Air Force. These guys were made in the U.S,A, in the late '50s and early '60s. Their soft plastic comrades...
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