Sunday, November 15, 2009

HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE: The Case of the Poisoned Puppet


Most issues of Hollywood Detective had a Dan Turner comic story along with the prose adventures. Why they made him look like a grown up Jimmy Olsen I'll never know. This one is from May 1943, the same issue as 'Shakedown Sham'.







 

 

 

 

 

7 comments:

Laurie Powers said...

I know Wild West Weekly had comics on and off during its life - basically I think they were trying to grab ahold of some of the market they had lost to the comic books. But they never really took off. Nice scans - thanks for posting them.

Evan Lewis said...

Any of those comics feature Sonny, Kid Wolf or other regulars from the prose stories? Those would be mighty interesting to see.

Laurie Powers said...

I want to say that there were a few with Sonny, but I can't be sure. I can take a look.

Craig Clarke said...

"The Dickens you gargle!"? Is that some obscure euphemism for "The hell you say!"?

Evan Lewis said...

Good catch, Craig. The ability to translate Bellemese into English without footnotes is a mark of distinction.

Ann Littlewood said...

"Cop a swivel?" Great literature, perhaps not. Colorful? You betcha.

Craig Clarke said...

Thanks. I guess reading those Jim Anthony, Super-Detective novels paid off after all. :)