Thursday, May 8, 2025

The Game

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  cover art by A.L. Ripley Read/Watch 'em In Order #180 Tom Gill was a forester and aviator, which sounds pretty cool. Though it's n...
Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Dakota Kid #1

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  cover art by Joe Maneely Last week, I said I would cover the only issue of Marvel's Western Team-Up , from 1973. But that book feature...
Monday, May 5, 2025

Cover Cavalcade

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  MAY IS ADORABLE HARVEY COMICS COVERS MONTH! The artist who did this 1968 cover is uncredited.
Friday, May 2, 2025

Friday's Favorite OTR

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  Gunsmoke : "Born to Hang" 4/23/55 A lynching leads to a vow to exact vengeance, which in turn leads to Dillon having a really bu...
Thursday, May 1, 2025

If You're a Bad Guy, DO NOT Play Poker in the Marvel Universe

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I can't help it. I notice some obscure bit of pop culture trivia and I just gotta share it. I literally can't help myself. In the 19...
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Yet Another One and Done Character

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  cover art by Pierce Rice All-New Short Story Comics , published by Harvey Comics, ran for three issues in 1943. It then shortened its titl...
Monday, April 28, 2025

Cover Cavalcade

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  APRIL IS KILLER ROBOT MONTH! A 1931 cover by H.W. Wesso. 
Friday, April 25, 2025

Friday's Favorite OTR

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  Suspense : "Bank Holiday" 7/19/45 Bonita Granville plays a bank teller who is kidnapped by two crooks during a robbery. It's...
Thursday, April 24, 2025

Introducing Cliff Marsland

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cover art by George Rozen The April 1932 issue of The Shadow Magazine  featured the novel Mobsmen on the Spot.  Written by Walter Gibson (un...
Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Mayor Monk

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  cover art by Victor Pazmino It was within pages of America's Funniest Comics  that we encountered Tommy the Time Traveling Cat, whose ...