Watch Out for these Swindles! (1948)
A public service from the pages of Public Enemies comics back in 1948. Proof human nature ain't changed much in the past 70 years.
View ArticleTHE SHADOW Dailies: "The Riddle of the Sealed Box" Week 2 (1940)
Previously on The Shadow: Just before his death, the mayor sends a box of dirt on the local graft ring to retired businessman Richard Whilton. Whilton, of course, is promptly bumped off, and the box...
View ArticleMitzi in Hollywood by MATT BAKER (1947)
Here's a fine effort by GGA master Matt Baker, from Movie Comics #4, 1947. "freddyfly," whom you may remember from our Dan Turner scans, uploaded it to Comic Book Plus (.com). Thanks Fred!
View ArticleForgotten Books: ZORRO AND THE THE JAGUAR WARRIORS by Jerome Preisler (1998)
Back in 1998, with the Fox so Cunning and Free about to make his big screen return in The Mark of Zorro, one of my favorite heroes was enjoying a renaissance. Topps was publishing a comic book series...
View ArticleTHE SHADOW Dailies: "The Riddle of the Sealed Box" Week 3 (1940)
Previously on The Shadow: Just before his death, the mayor sends a box of dirt on the local graft ring to retired businessman Richard Whilton. Whilton, of course, is promptly bumped off, and the box...
View ArticleJOHN SEVERIN's "American Eagle and Silent Murder!" (1955)
Mr. John Severin treats us to another adventure of American Eagle, once again from Prize Comics Western. This one appeared in issue 110, from May-June 1955, and was uploaded to comicbookplus by a...
View ArticleCostaine & McCall books by Neil MacNeil (W.T. Ballard)
I sought out this series back in the '80s, when I was amassing books by Black Mask writers, but when I finally got around to reading it (last year) I found I was missing Mexican Slay Ride. So a few...
View ArticleForgotten Stories: ZORRO STRIKES AGAIN by Johnston McCulley (1944)
After the publication of the first Zorro novel, The Curse of Capistrano (also known as The Mark of Zorro) in 1918, Johnston McCulley put Zorro through his paces in four more novels and 57 shorter...
View ArticleSPACE PATROL Stamps and Diplomatic Pouch (circa 1952)
These cool stamps come to us from deep within the archives of Honorary Space Patrol Commander Larry Paschelke. They were included in the official Space Patrol Top Secret Diplomatic Pouch, issued...
View ArticleTHE SHADOW Dailies: "The Riddle of the Sealed Box" Week 4
Previously on The Shadow: Just before his death, the mayor sends a box of dirt on the local graft ring to retired businessman Richard Whilton. Whilton, of course, is promptly bumped off, and the box...
View ArticleSHERLOCK HOLMES in (sort of) "Death at the Opera" (1950)
From Spectacular Stories #4, dated July 1950, comes this odd use of The Great Detective. "Yoc" uploaded it to Comic Book Plus (.com) for us.
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