Evan Lewis's Blog, page 122
January 21, 2022
WYATT EARP has "Tin Star Trouble" (1958)
From Four Color #890, Feb. 1958. The artist is unrecorded.
January 20, 2022
JACK KIRBY shows how "Jim Bowie Makes a Magic Knife" (1955)
From Western Tales #33, here's another tale illustrated by Jack Kirby. Sorry I can't bring you the whole story in color. It was mighty hard to find it even in black and white.
January 19, 2022
HAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: The Glass Key - Part 4 (1942)
Wisconsin State Journal, Oct 15, 1942
Baltimore Sun, Oct. 24, 1942
Virginia Bee, Oct. 30, 1942
Harrisburg Telegraph, Nov. 16, 1942
Harrisburg Telegraph, Nov. 20, 1942
New York Daily News, Dec. 24, 1942
Akron Beacon Journal, Jan. 30, 1943
January 18, 2022
DAVID CROCKETT "Hero of the Alamo" (1941)
This little history lesson comes to us from World Famous Heroes #1, dated Oct. 1941. The art is signed "Leed," but who that was seems to be a mystery. The world famous hero known as "Yoc" scanned it for ComicBookPlus.
January 17, 2022
Pulp Gallery: LEADING WESTERN
1945
1949
1945
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1946
1950
January 16, 2022
January 15, 2022
BAT MASTERSON Comic Strip - Week 11 (1959)
More next week.
January 13, 2022
"ALAMO!" EC-Style by John Severin! (1952)
Two-Fisted Tales, under editor Harvey Kurtzman, was the first War comic that was actually an Anti-War comic. This tale from issue 28, obviously layed out by Kurtzman - and probably written by him as well, was illustrated by the great John Severin, a major influence on later Alamo comic artist Jack Jackson.
January 12, 2022
HAMMETT HERALD-TRIBUNE: G.I. Blues (1942-43)
Harrisburg Sunday Courier, Sept. 20, 1942
New York Daily News, Nov. 27, 1942
Harrisburg Evening News, Dec. 2, 1942
Franklin News-Herald, Dec. 10, 1942
Philadelphia Inquirer, Jan. 11, 1943
Honolulu Advertiser, Jan. 13, 1943
January 11, 2022
DAVY CROCKETT is "The Ringtailed Roarer of the Wilderness" (1954)
This adventure of old Davy comes to us from Wild Bill Hickok comics #17, back in Mar-Apr 1954. It was a reprint, originally appearing in the Avon one-shot Davy Crockett in 1951. Thanks to Walt Disney, it was well worth a re-run. The art is believed to by Howard Larsen, who also did some fine work for EC, Fiction House and other comic publishers. Thanks to Snard for providing this ish to ComicBookPlus.
