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Pulp Gallery: OPERATOR 5 (1934)
Operator 5, in case you missed the news, guest stars in Will Murray's new Spider novel, The Doom Legion (HERE).
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"The Origin of BLACKHAWK" (1941)
By Command Performance (per orders from Cap'n Bob Napier), we now present the first appearance of Blackhawk, from Military Comics #1, published in August 1941. Despite some dispute, it appears likely...
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FRANK FRAZETTA's Buck Rogers Portfolio (1975)
This portfolio, published by Russ Cochran in 1975, featured eight plates reproduced from Frank Frazetta's original art on old Famous Funnies covers. Frazetta added the colors for the project. I have...
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Forgotten Books: THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN by Ian Fleming (1965)
I've read this one two or three times since its first publication in 1965, but as with most Bond novels, the images retained in my brain come from the movies. In this case, as in most, those film...
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Dan Turner, HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE in Color! "Televised Frame" (1950)
Beginning in October 1950, our man Dan appeared in fifteen straight issues of the Trojan comic book Crime Smashers. Sadly, he only appeared on the cover once - the one you're looking at now - but he...
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"BARRIER" - A Science Fiction tale by JACK DAVIS (1958)
This tale, one of the many wonders to found at comicbookplus, comes to us from Strange Planets No. 1, published back in 1958 and scanned for posteriety by "comicwanderer."
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WILD WEST Picture Puzzle Gum Cards (1937)
Kids were supposed to cut these cards up to make puzzles out of them. What a lousy idea that was!
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Forgotten Books: CONAN THE MAGNIFICENT by Robert Jordan (1984)
Every time I finish one of Robert Jordan's Conan books, I'm eager to start another. In fact, it's hard not to, because if I try reading something different I have a tough time getting into it. Is that...
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Dan Turner, HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE in Color! "Bullwhip Bump-Off" (1950)
From Crime Smashers #2, December 1950, comes the second comic book appearance of our Hollywood Detective. This one, like last week's adventure, was probably a reprint from Dan's pulp mag. It was...
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77 SUNSET STRIP: "Kookie's Close Call" by Alex Toth (1960)
77 Sunset Strip was the best TV detective show ever, and, as an extra added attraction, this tale was illustrated by Alex Toth. It's from Four Color #1106, from Jun-Aug 1960, and scanned for...
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Everett Raymond Kinstler does GERONIMO (1951-52)
The great pulp illustrator Everett Raymond Kinstler did many, many contents pages for the inside front covers of Avon comics. These three were for various titles starring you-know-who. Kinstler also...
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Forgotten Books: THIRD ON A SEESAW by Neil MacNeil (W.T. Ballard) (1959)
I just about always like the second book better than the first, so I wasn't surprised to like this better than Tony Costaine and Bert McCall's first adventure, Death Takes an Option (reviewed HERE)....
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