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Forgotten Books: COMIC BOOK NATION by Bradford W. Wright (2001)
With over sixty years of comic book art to choose from, it amazes me that someone picked the undistinguished interior panel above for the cover of this book. I suppose it makes a feeble sort of sense,...
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America's Ace Sleuth: INSPECTOR DAYTON by Rafael Astarita (1942)
Until I started trolling Comic Book Plus (.com), I had never heard of Rafael Astarita. Now I'm a fan. Astarita worked for Jerry Iger's shop in the '40s, producing a lot of fine work for Fiction House...
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"How Davy Crockhead Conquered America" by Dick Ayers (1955)
Charleton's answer to MAD Comics (and later Magazine) was a publication that couldn't decide on its name. Sometimes it's titled Eh!, sometimes Crazy, sometimes Crazy, Man, Crazy and sometimes From Here...
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A Word from Our Sponsor: SGT. PRESTON 10-IN-1 Electric Trail-Kit! (1958)
You know you want one of these babies. And all you have to do is be rich. Hake's auctioned one off ten years ago for a mere $287.50.
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Forgotten Stories: "Something to Remember" by Frederick Nebel (1940)
A long, long time ago, someone called Frederick Nebel "The Backbone of Black Mask." Okay, I confess it was me, which may make it suspect, but does not make it untrue. During the mag's glory years under...
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Sam Hill, Private Eye in "The Double Trouble Caper" (1950)
From Sam Hill #1, published by Archie Comics in 1950, comes this wise-cracking tale of a private dick. The art, by Harry Lucey, is only passable, but the dialogue is pure '50s P.I. Steve Mertz will dig...
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JACK KIRBY's "Lightnin' and the Lone Rider" (1939)
I'm no Jack Kirby expert. I first met him in Fantastic Four #19, because that was the first Marvel comic I bought. But near as I can discover, he began his professional career in 1936, drawing humor...
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Forgotten Stories: Flash Fiction by ED LACY (1945-46)
When I was hunting hardboiled writers back in the '80s, I picked up a few paperbacks by Ed Lacy, but never got around to reading them. Were these comic book fillers written by the same guy? I don't...
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Michael H.Price's MOE LESTER meets SHERLOCK HOLMES (1995)
This cool stuff from Michael H. Price, one of the many adventures of Konstable Moe Lester, appeared in Krime Duzzin't Pay #1 back in 1995. Wade in and free yourself from the tyranny of correct...
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THE SHADOW Dailies: "The Riddle of the Sealed Box" Week 1 (1940)
Continued next Sunday . . .
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JACK KAMEN visits The Ghost Gallery (1948)
Before taking his talents to EC, Jack Kamen did a lot of stuff for Fiction House and the Iger Shop. Many issues of Jumbo Comics feature him on three different series. One of those series was The Ghost...
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