Friday, February 28, 2025

Fridays' Favorite OTR

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  The Whistler : "Murder has a Signature" 1/15/45 Bitterness, deceit and greed forge a chain of consequences that eventually leads...
Thursday, February 27, 2025

The City of Lights Can Be Pretty Darn Dark

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  1935's Charlie Chan in Paris , starring Warner Oland as Chan, is a strong entry in the series. It's a good, solid mystery with an ...
Wednesday, February 26, 2025

War Between Worlds, Part 1

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  cover art by Gil Kane Fantastic Four #160 (July 1975), written by Roy Thomas and drawn by John Buscema, starts with a bang. Or rather a s...
Monday, February 24, 2025

Cover Cavalcade

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  FEBRUARY IS THE ORIGINAL HAUNTED TANK MONTH! Another Joe Kubert cover, this one from 1969.
Friday, February 21, 2025

Friday's Favorite OTR

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  Philip Marlowe : "The Deep Shadow" 3/21/50 "This time, a bride-to-be, a corpse in a plush bungalow and a Southern drawl beh...
Thursday, February 20, 2025

Seeing it Through

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  cover art by A.L. Ripley Read/Watch 'em In Order #177 The second work of prose fiction (I'll be skipping a few poems in the issue)...
Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Every Respectable Lost World Includes Man-Eating Plants!

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cover artist uncredited Gee whiz, you would think that hungry dinosaurs and violent cavemen would be trouble enough for Turok and Andar! Now...
Monday, February 17, 2025

Cover Cavalcade

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  FEBRUARY IS THE ORIGINAL HAUNTED TANK MONTH! From 1970: A Joe Kubert cover
Friday, February 14, 2025

Friday's Favorite OTR

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  Sherlock Holmes : "Tell-Tale Pigeon Feathers" 1/21/46 The story starts in an unusual way, with Mrs. Hudson going to Mycroft rath...
Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Valentine's Day Break

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  1953: Art by Pete Morisi Sorry, no Wednesday or Thursday post this week. Tradition demands I pay attention to my wife.