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Overlooked Radio: Jonathan Latimer's LADY IN THE MORGUE
Peter Lorre introduces this episode of Mystery Playhouse from May 15, 1945. I'd rather see the 1938 movie, but this rado version is a whole lot better than nothing.P.S. I yapped about the book HERE....
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Knights of the Metropolitan Museum (Part 4)
It's been a while since we paid a visit to NYC's Metropolitan Museum. Here'a another of their four mounted knights with matching horse armor. Our previous knights, plus jolly old King Henry VIII, are...
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Forgotten Books: WHERE THERE'S A WILL by Rex Stout (photo edition)
 Ye Olde Cap'n Bob Napier and I got an email from noted Wolfean "Tough Jim" Gaston the other day, saying this:As you both are well aware, in the Nero Wolfe novel WHERE THERE'S A WILL, there are 6...
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GGA Comic Gallery: FIREHAIR, White Queen of the Fighting Sioux (1951-52)
More Firehair HERE.
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Most Embarassing Minor League Baseball Caps (Part 3 - Dogs)
El Paso ChihuahuasJackson GeneralsBatavia MuckdogsLone Star Pit BullsPeoria ChiefsEl Paso Chihuahuas (again)Yikes. The Strike Outs just keep on comin'. Watch for Part 4, if you dare.
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Moments in Paperback History: LanceCon '85
Awhile back we looked in on Lance Casebeer's 1982 paperback party - aka LanceCon - (HERE) courtesy of cameraslinger Art Scott. Sadly, Art failed to attend in '83 & '84, so we have no photos, and...
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Forgotten Books: KILLER IN THE RAIN by Raymond Chandler
Here's an interesting trip down the mean street called Chandler Lane. Mr. C didn't want these stories reprinted, because he chopped them up and pieced them back together to form three of his first four...
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Most Embarassing Minor League Baseball Caps (Part 4 - The Birds ahd the Bees...
Myrtle Beach PelicansGreensboro GrasshoppersGreat Lakes LoonsSavannah Sand GnatsAkron Rubber DucksSalt Lake BeesReading Fightin' PhilsSorry, we're not finished yet.
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Overlooked Films: G-MAN BLB Flip-It Movie
When I posted some Tarzan Big Little Books a while back, one of which boasted the Flip-It Movie feature, one of our readers - yeah, you guessed it, it was Cap'n Bob Napier - suggested I scan one of the...
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FFB: Five Books Reviewed by DASHIELL HAMMETT
My thanks once again to Misters Herron and Zobeck for unlocking the secret (HERE) of locating Mr. Hammett's columns in The New York Evening Post. This one is from the issue of May 10, 1930.THE MAN OF A...
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SHADOW COMICS 55, 56 & 57 (1945)
The Shadow Knows what his earlier covers looked like. Do you? See 'em HERE.
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Most Embarassing Minor League Baseball Caps (Part 5 - Reptiles)
Everett AquaSoxBeloit SnappersDaytona TortugasDaytona Tortugas (again)Wisconsin Timber RattlersPart 1 is HERE. Stay tuned. Worser ones to come.
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