Evan Lewis's Blog, page 117
February 7, 2022
Pulp Gallery: JUNGLE STORIES
1943
1943
1949
1945
1943
February 6, 2022
February 5, 2022
SECRET AGENT X-9: Terror in Cafe Society - Week 1 (1939)
Another adventure illustrated by the very cool Austin "Bud" Briggs. If you've been reading the Hammett Herald-Tribune on Wednesdays, you've seen his illos for several Continental Op stories. Author "Robert Storm" was a house name.
More X-9 next week!
February 4, 2022
February 3, 2022
February 2, 2022
HAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: George Raft returns to "The Glass Key" (1943)
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jan. 18, 1943
New York Daily News, Jan. 27, 1943
Shreveport Times, Jan. 29, 1943
Des Moines Register, Jan. 29, 1943
February 1, 2022
JOHNNY CRAIG introduces CAPTAIN CRIME, "The Field Marshal of Murder" (1948)
A war story in a crime comic? OK. From Crime Patrol #7, 1948. Can't swear to it, but I suspect this first appearance of the Captain was also his last.
DAVY CROCKETT accepts "The Challenge of Black Warrior" (1955)
Davy got the DC treatment in all eight issues of Frontier Fighters, beginning with this tale in #1, Sept-Oct 1955. Other stories in each ish featured Buffalo Bill (by Joe Kubert) and Kit Carson. Pencils and inks on this one are by John Prentice. Our thanks go out to getcomics.info.
January 31, 2022
The Shadow Lives! in the pages of THE SHADOWED CIRCLE #2
America’s new “Pulp Journal” returns—and it’s another corker!
Editor Steve Donoso and his agents are obviously putting a lot of work into this project, and pulp fandom is richer for it. This is a professional job all the way – with one exception: There’s are no ads!
Among this issue’s features:
Malcolm Deeley takes a deep dive into Mike Kaluta’s graphic novel, Hitler’s Astrologer.
Will Murray gives us a peek behind the curtain at Nostalgia Venture/Sanctum Books, revealing the trials and tribulations of pairing similarly themed stories.
Steve Donoso takes us on a tour of the Shadow’s New York City with 17 brilliant photos taken between 1935 and 1938. It’s the next best thing to being there.
Steve then provides an incisive review of Will’s excellent Master of Mystery: The Rise of the Shadow. (Do you have that book yet? What are you waiting for?)
From Tim King comes a fascinating look at the Shadow’s influence on real-life military and intelligence units—and no doubt expands the field of Shadow collectibles.
Todd D. Severin and Keith Holt offer Part 1 of what looks to be an in-depth look at Shadow History. This episode takes us from the birth of the pulps, through the Shadow’s debut as a radio personality, and into the mind of Walter Gibson as he brings the character to life. Great stuff.
Is that all? Nope. The issue rounds out with an expose providing convincing evidence that the fictional Explorer’s League, invented by Lester Dent in 1940, was actually New York’s real-life—and very prestigious—Explorer’s Club.
Accompanying all this are more good-lookin’ illustrations than you can aim a .45 at. You want a copy!
Where the heck can you get one? Visit the Facebook page: facebook.com/Burbank1931, or write Burbank directly at theshadowedcircle@yahoo.com.
