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DOC SAVAGE meets THE SHADOW: "The Sinister Shadow" by Will Murray
I am in awe of this book.Pulp fans like me have been dreaming about a Doc/Shadow encounter for decades, and The Sinister Shadow is everything we could have hoped for. We’ve known for a long time that...
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Forgotten Books: THE SHADOW UNMASKS (1937, 2008)
Will Murray's new Doc Savage novel The Sinister Shadow (reviewed HERE), put me in such a Shadowy mood that I decided it was time to finally take a look at The Shadow Unmasks.That story, from the first...
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Comic Gallery: TOM MIX rides with Norman Saunders (1949)
Earlier (non-Saunders) Mix covers HERE.
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Overlooked TV: The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956)
Herewith we present the first episode of this British TV series from 1956. I have the whole shebang on DVD and have seen most of it. The acting is mostly bad, the stories are corny, the production is...
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The Ghost Who Walks Vol. 4: 1940-1943
Hermes Press' fourth volume of The Phantom: The Complete Newspaper Dailies features three continuities. First up, our hero uncovers an underground air base prepping for use by a hostile nation. Then...
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FFB: The LINKS - and - GENIUS JONES by Lester Dent
Having scoured the World Wide You-Know-What in search of Forgotten Book links before hitting the sack on Thursday eve, I came up with these. I'll be adding more in the morn (Pacific Coast Time) and...
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Toy Soldier Saturday: 60mm ROY ROGERS (and friends)
Yeah, it's the King of the Cowboys from the King of the Toy Soldier Companies. These guys were included with Roy Rogers Ranch and Roy Rogers Mineral City town sets. Marx later made some 45mm versions...
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Overlooked Films: PHILIP MARLOWE, PRIVATE EYE in "Spanish Blood"
This episode, from season two of the HBO series, was originally broadcast May 4, 1986. The story first appeared in the November 1935 Black Mask, featuring a police lieutenant named Sam Delaguerra,...
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Forgotten Books: THE DEAD DON'T CARE by Jonathan Latimer (1938)
This fourth volume in Latimer's Bill Crane series is clever, funny, irreverent, sharply written and soaked in alcohol, which is to say it say it's a worthy successor to the first three books. But it...
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The Writers Conference Blues
This is Day 2 (of 3) of the annual really big writers conference here in Stumptown. Once again, me and the usual gang of intellectuals are helping people hone their pitches, manuscripts and cover...
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Cap Gun Monday: Hubley TEXAN JR. (first edition)
This earliest version of the Texan Jr. began production around 1940, the first of a line that lasted into the '60s. This one is eight inches long, on the small side for a cowboy pistol, but weighs a...
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NOT Overlooked Films: THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (1939)
There's nothing overlooked about this film. It just bears watching again and again. Why not now?More good stuff at Sweet Freedom.
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