Number 211Witch's CauldronHAPPY HALLOWEEN!I thought for this special day you might like a really early comic book horror story. It even has a witch.The story comes from MLJ's Blue Ribbon Comics #22, March 1942.I did a little [...]

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Number 210The all-American bullet-headed Saxon mother's sonBulletman was created by Bill Parker, who also created and wrote the early adventures of Captain Marvel. The artwork for this story, "Bulletman Fights the Gagman," [...]

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Number 209Hanging around with Dick AyersHere's a gruesome little tale, taken from Ghost Rider #10, 1952. Dick Ayers was at the peak of his powers in this story. His storytelling and drawing ability were at their best during [...]

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Number 208No return from Davy Jones!This well-illustrated story appeared in a magazine called Monsters and Things #2, dated April, 1958. No credits are given.Monsters and Things was a 25¢ magazine I remember from the magazine [...]

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Number 207 Locked Up!This story is from a 1970s issue of Crypt Of Shadows, reprinted from one of the '50s Atlas horror comics. Sorry I don't know which one. The credit lines are clear, though. Carmine Infantino drew it, [...]

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Number 206Grass Green's American ManThere were a few superstars in comics fandom, circa the early 1960s. Richard "Grass" (for "Grasshoppa") Green was one of the top fan artists of the day. After being discharged from military [...]

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Number 205Sheena rules!If memory serves, Sheena, created by Will Eisner, was the first of the female Tarzan-types to star in comic books. Sheena was also a young guy's dream girl. Especially if the guy liked girls who could [...]

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Number 204The rope-a-dopes"Noose For A Magician" is from a coverless issue of Beyond. I don't know the issue number.I also don't know the artist. Except for the fact that the main character follows Pappy's First Law of Horror [...]

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Number 203More comic book paperbacksLittle Lulu turned into a paperback edition sometime after The Mad Reader. This Is Little Lulu appeared in November 1956. It's apt: Lulu was considered hip, chic, in the 1950s, like Mad [...]

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Number 202 Supermouse gets hot under the collar!"The Good Old Wintertime" is from Supermouse #2 (1948. Supermouse, created by Kin Platt in 1942, first appeared in Coo Coo Comics.I've seen quite a few Supermouse stories, [...]

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Number 201Somewhere Lurks A Thing!Boo! It's October! Halloween month…and we need to get into the mood.I haven't posted a strip by Dick Briefer in a long time. If you want to see more of his work, click on the "Dick Briefer" [...]

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