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Severin & Elder tell the Real Life story of SAM HOUSTON (1950)
From Real Life Comics #51 (Jan. 1950) comes the real life lowdown on the first President of Texas. John and Will's art is complemented by a cover from Alex Schomburg. Kindly scanned for the 'net by...
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A Word from Our Sponsor: "THE MOST AMAZING SPACE KIT IN THE UNIVERSE!" (1953)
After I posted this ad to the Facebook group Retro Rockets, member William R. Polan kindly added these swell photos. Some of the items listed are sort of identifiable, others not so much. Gotta admit...
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Forgotten Books: ZORRO AND THE DRAGON RIDERS by David Bergantino (1999)
In writing book reviews, I do my best not to include spoilers. There are times, though, when it's damn near impossible, either because the book cannot be adequately described without them, or because...
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THE SHADOW Dailies: "The Riddle of the Sealed Box" Part 8 (The End)
Previously on The Shadow:Â 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...
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PUNCHO VILLA by Howard Nostrand (1954)
One of Mad comics' better imitators was Harvey Comics'Flip. It's a damn shame the mag only lasted two issues. This tale is from issue #1, dated April 1954. Thanks to Kracalactaka for uploading it to...
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A Word from Our Sponsor: GENE AUTRY Bicycles
I've long admired pics of the Hopalong Cassidy bike, with the brace of Hoppy pistols holstered on the handlebars. But I had no idea there had been Gene Autry bikes too, until I lamped this ad. (I have...
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Forgotten Books: A BADGE FOR A BADMAN by Brian Wynne (Brian Garfield) (1967)
In jawing about the first four Marshal Jeremy Six novels, I discussed Garfield's most commonly used theme. There is always, it seems, some outlaw gunman turning up in Six's jurisdiction of Spanish...
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THE PHANTOM DETECTIVE's Comic Book Debut (1946)
You probably know the Phantom Detective as a second-tier pulp hero who starred in his own pulp mag from 1933 to 1953. But did you know he also had a ten-issue stint in Thrilling Comics? That's so. This...
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Another Portland Rogues Gallery
A couple of months back I posted some of Bob Stuart's fine photos of Portland area collector types. (You can still see them HERE.) Well, here are more of the usual suspects, this time from our May...
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The DAVY CROCKETT Mystery (1955)
Coming to direct from the height of the Crockett Craze, it's a weird adventure from Forbidden Worlds #39, December 1955. "Tigger" scanned it for Comic Book Plus (.com). Art is credited to Kurt...
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Forgotten Books Special: BILL CRIDER sings ELVIS!
One momentous day in history, Bill Crider sent Cap'n Bob Napier a cassette tape labeled "Billy Boy & the B.B.s." Bob thinks it was sometime in the '80s, but could have been a little earlier or...
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ZORRO Pulp Illustrations (Part 1)
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