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'.







 

 

 

 

 

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7 comments:

  1. Laurie PowersNovember 15, 2009 at 1:49 PM

    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.

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  2. Evan LewisNovember 15, 2009 at 2:10 PM

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

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  3. Laurie PowersNovember 15, 2009 at 7:21 PM

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

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  4. Craig ClarkeNovember 16, 2009 at 2:08 AM

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

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  5. Evan LewisNovember 16, 2009 at 5:30 AM

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

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  6. Ann LittlewoodNovember 16, 2009 at 4:12 PM

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

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  7. Craig ClarkeNovember 17, 2009 at 2:29 AM

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

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