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Forgotten Books: THE LEGION OF THE LIVING DEAD by Carroll John Daly (1937)
In the novel Mr. Strang (discussed HERE), our Beatle-haired hero exterminated the rat running what he called the Parole Evil, a racket in which criminals with particular skills were parolled to commit...
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DC TRIP: Breakfast with the King
For as long as I can remember (which, according to Google is 1968), I've hearing about Roy Rogers restaurants, and haven't been able to go. They've just never had such critters out here on the West...
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DC TRIP: More Dioramas in Gettysburg
The building housing the Gettysburg Diorama (shown HERE) also features a bunch of smaller dioramas in glass cases. The figures in some of these are about 54mm, some larger, and in at least one case a...
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DC TRIP: The guy who put the Washington in Washington DC
George's face is all over the DC area, and rightly so. This painting, now in the National Portrait Gallery, was done from life in 1785 by British artist Robert Edge Pine. Thankfully, this was before...
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DC TRIP: A letter from John Wilkes Booth
Then.Now.We knew before going that the original Ford's Theater had burned down in 1893, after being remodelled for use as a government office building. I don't know if other visitors knew that or not,...
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DC TRIP: Amazing Sights at the Museum of American History
Okay, so maybe I have a low threshold for amazement, but I thought this stuff was mighty interesting.George Custer's buckskin jacketChief Joseph's rifleCapn Bob Napier's Lincoln LogsLady ColumbiaSilver...
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It's Back! The World's Greatest Sporting Event
Yeah, I'm incredibly bummed that the U.S. team failed to qualify, and that my blood brothers from Italy won't be there, either, but the World Cup will still command my attention and strain my eyeballs...
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DC TRIP: The Museum that 007 Built
Well, maybe not exactly, but it's hard to imagine The International Spy Museum existing without Bond's iconic status. Most of the main floor is devoted to the Bond Villians exhibit. Overall, it's...
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DC TRIP: Andy Jackson is our Gen'ral's name
Andy Jackson is our gen'ral's name,His reg'lar soldiers we'll put to shame,Them redskin varmints us Voluteers'll tame,'Cause we got the guns with the sure-fire aim.Davy - Davy Crockett,The Champion of...
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DC TRIP: Spy Toys on Wheels
Saw this fleet of spymobiles at The International Spy Museum. A couple of them looked familiar, like maybe I once had my own. Gave me visions of having a machine gun installed on the hood of my PT...
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DC TRIP: George Washington Slept (and Sat) Here
Yeah, we made the pilgrimage to the old wickiup George called Mount Vernon. George, Martha and her rugrats by a previous marriage were there to greet us.George's ride was pimped up something like this...
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DC TRIP: The Tall American
Yeah, we paid another visit to this guy. Hasn't moved a muscle since we saw him ten years ago. His butt must be getting sore.A 1917 copy of a life mask made in 1860, before Abe ran for President. 1917...
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DC TRIP: Presidents Gone Wild
More cool stuff from the Smithsonian Museum of American History - Presidential style . . . Harry Truman's vacation shirt Warren G. Harding's pajamasEisenhower's golf clubsA fan given away at Babtist...
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Pirate Comics: "Eric Falcon, Soldier of Fortune" by Bill Ward
This tale illustrated by Bill Ward, the creator of Torchy (see her HERE), is from Buccaneers #20 (the second issue) from May 1950. Thanks to JonTheScanner for uploading it to comicbookplus!
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DC TRIP: Still More Planes . . .
Lockheed 5B Vega, as flown by Amelia, in the Air and Space MuseumSorry, I can't identify this one. Can you?Lockheed Model 8 SiriusTsk, tsk. Another mystery plane.Eastern Airlines DC3
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DC TRIP: Grant and Lee (and other guys) were Here
The chairs and table used at the surrender at Appomattox.As seen in the Smithsonian Museum of American History. Lee sat here. Grant got the padded chair.Grant's field glasses.Grant's camp chair.John...
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Avon Comics CUSTER'S LAST FIGHT: Part 1 "The Civil War" (1950)
On this anniversary of Day One of Custer's Last Stand, we present Part One of this 1950 Avon comic, as posted on the very cool comicbooksplus site.
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Avon Comics CUSTER'S LAST FIGHT: Part 2 "The Indian Wars!" (1950)
You saw Part One yesterday, right? Here's the next installment, courtesy of comicbookplus. Tomorrow: Custer bites the dust.
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Avon Comics CUSTER'S LAST FIGHT: Part 3 "The Battle of the Little Bighorn"...
Here at last is the thrilling conclusion. Time for Charly Gordon to stand up and cheer. Thanks once again to comicbookplus.
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