Life-Size Tonto
This 6-foot Tonto poster was a Wheaties giveaway in 1957.See his Kimosabe HERE.
View ArticleOverlooked Films: THE SHADOW - Unaired TV Pilot (1954)
Presenting... The Case of the Cotton Kimona, a 1954 TV pilot so lame it was never aired. In this radio-like incarnation of the Shadow, Lamont Cranston is a criminal psychologist and Margo Lane appears...
View ArticleComic Gallery: ELLERY QUEEN meets Norman Saunders (1952)
See earlier (non-Saunders) Ellery covers HERE.
View ArticleForgotten Books: LONE RANGER Big Little Books
19391937193819391939A few of the many. More to come!Gallop on over to pattinase for more Forgotten Books.
View ArticleComic Gallery: FRAZETTA does Ghost Rider (again!)
195019511951More Frazetta Ghost Rider covers HERE.
View ArticleFilms I've Overlooked: Little Caesar (1931)
Little Caesar and The Public Enemy, both released in 1931, have become linked in the public consciousness as the first great gangster films, and also as the breakthrough performances for two iconic...
View ArticleFREE FOR KINDLE - Last Day!
Here's a change of pace.My friend and long-time critique group partner Kassandra Kelly has just released this eBook, aimed at folks with a yen to paint with wax. Now, I'll admit I don't know jack about...
View ArticleDavy Crockett Rides Again! (in AHMM)
Davy and I were mighty pleased when Linda Landrigan, editor of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, accepted "Mr. Crockett and the Bear" and served it up to the world last May. But we're even happier...
View ArticleForgotten Books: FREDERICK NEBEL's Fifty Roads to Town (1936)
Frederick Nebel, best remembered for his work in Black Mask and Dime Detective, had three hardcover novels published during his lifetime. I reviewed the first two, Sleepers East (1933) HERE, and But...
View ArticlePulp Gallery: THE LONE RANGER 1 & 2 (1937)
The Grosset & Dunlap novel The Lone Ranger and the Mystery Ranch was based on this story.This one was the basis for the G&D book The Lone Ranger and Tonto.More Ranger pulps next week!
View ArticleOverlooked Films: THE LONE RANGER Serial (1938)
The 1938 Republic Serial The Lone Ranger, marking the Ranger’s first appearance on the movie screen, is officially a lost film. No complete version of it (at least in English) is known to exist.Our...
View ArticleForgotten Books: More LONE RANGER Big Little Books
19441938 1938 19411946 More Lone Ranger BLBs HERE. More Forgotten Books at pattinase.
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