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Dan Turner, HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE in Color!: "Blackmail Bump-Off" (1951)
Here's Dan in his third comic book appearance, from Crime Smashers #3, Feb. 1951. Looks like another colorized reprint from Hollywood Detective. For this one, we're indebted to comicbookplus scanner...
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Do-It-Yourself HALLOWEEN MASKS (again)
The Fox So Cunning and FreeBridezillaThe HornetMr. NimoySmashed HulkP&OTricky DickKit WalkerArt ScottThe 6 Million Dollar MaskYo!Damn Dirty ApeThe Return of Art ScottBarneyFrankYo, RintyThe Man...
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SAM SPADE's Halloween: The Fairley-Bright Caper (1948)
Originally broadcast on Halloween Night, 1948. Pump out a couple of nickels worth of Wildroot, apply to hair, and get ready to listen!
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Richard Powers' TARZAN Paintings (1960s)
The Return of TarzanTarzan and the Ant MenTarzan and the Forbidden CityTarzan and the City of GoldTarzan the Magnificent
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Forgotten Books: THE VALLEY OF TWISTED TRAILS by W.C. Tuttle (1931)
I've been a Tuttle fan for a long time, but most of my reading has been with his flagship heroes Hashknife Hartley and Sleepy Stevens, with side visits to Sheriff Henry Conroy.  Leafing through this...
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Dan Turner, HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE in Color! "Make-Up for Murder" (1951)
I have about 25 issues of Dan's pulp mag, Hollywood Detective, ranging from 1942 to 1950, and nary a one of them has a comic story drawn by anyone but Adolphe Barreaux. Does that mean this one, from...
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SKILLS TO KILL - a New Spy Thriller from BRIAN DRAKE
Ex-CIA agent Steve Dane and his lady love, ex-FSB (formerly KGB) agent Nina Talikova, enjoy each other’s company immensely, but aren’t really happy unless bullets are flying and things are blowing up...
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The BLACKHAWK SQUADRON Arrives! (1941)
Military Comics #2, from Sept. 1941 saw the first appearance of the Blackhawk Squadron and their familiar Grumman Skyrocket planes. The art is credited to Chuck Cuidera and Bill Smith. This was one was...
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Forgotten Books: THE SEVEN-PER-CENT SOLUTION by Nicholas Meyer (1974)
I had fond memories of this one, and had been looking forward to a second reading for a long time. Maybe that was the problem - that my expectations were too high. At any rate, this time through, I...
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Dan Turner, HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE in Color! "Bellyboard Bump-Off!" (1951)
Crime Smashers #5 was dated July 1951, and uploaded to comicbookplus by freddyfly. Let's all tip our fedoras to Fred. He offers a guess the art might be by Robert McCarty, the guy who did last...
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Sherlock and Watson? Nope! It's SPURLOCK and WATKINS in "Murder in the Blue...
From December of 1936, and Detective Picture Stories #1, comes this tale of two famous detectives (one of whom is undoubtedly a great uncle of Duane Spurlock). It was uploaded to comicbookplus by...
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