Thursday, March 15, 2012

SPIDER-MAN AT 50

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From Comics Buyer’s Guide #1688: “Peter, sometimes I get the feeling that you’re laughing at a secret little joke that’s all your own!”...
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

RAWHIDE WEDNESDAYS: PART FOUR

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Previously in Tony Isabella’s Bloggy Thing: The Rawhide Kid is one of my favorite comics characters.  Inspired by Essential Rawhide Kid ...
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012

DEPRESSION DAY DOUBLE-FEATURE

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Most of you get that this bloggy thing of mine is as much personal therapy for me as entertainment for my rollicking readers.  Note to se...
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Monday, March 12, 2012

CRIME TIME

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Crime comics were still a big part of the comics market in December 1951, my birth month.  However, along with horror comics, the crime ...
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Friday, March 9, 2012

SUNSET CARSON RIDES INTO THE SUNSET

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Sunset Carson (real name Winifred Maurice Harrison) starred in 21 “B” westerns from 1944 to 1950.  His career in comic books was not as s...
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Thursday, March 8, 2012

IF YER HUNGRY, CHEW ON THIS FER AWHILE!

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Fighting in Korea, Combat Kelly had a healthy run in the 1950s with a total of 44 issues from November 1951 to August 1957 and a couple ...
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

POLITICS-FREE SINCE MONDAY

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Published by United Features Syndicate, Comics on Parade made its debut in 1938 as an anthology of UFS comic-strip characters.  That fir...