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Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Number 1371: Babes gone bad

In crime comics bad girls were usually blonde, and they wore red dresses. Those things translate to scarlet women. Not only are such females criminals, but they probably have spent many nights standing under lamp posts luring innocent guys to moral doom. Trust crime comics to warn us of the evils of blonde hair and red dresses.

“The Female Of the Species” is from Fawcett’s Down With Crime #5 (1952). Art by Maurice Gutwirth (?); “Marie Swain, ‘Rod-Baby!’” is from Avon’s Gangsters and Gunmolls #3 (1952). Artist unknown. (Also unknown is why in one panel Marie is called Sally.)

















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More bad blondes from Pappy’s past. Just click on the pictures:



Monday, May 20, 2013

Number 1370: Doiby’s ruint derby

Paul Reinman was an American comic book journeyman who was born in Germany and emigrated to the U.S. at a young age. He worked in comics from at least the early forties to the mid-seventies. His work is instantly recognizable, and he drew thousands of pages over a long career.

Green Lantern was one of the features he worked on during his time at DC in the 1940s. This entertaining story, which takes place in the time of King Arthur, is a pretty good example of the DC superheroes of the era whose time ended in 1949, only to be revived in different form about ten years later. By then Reinman was long gone from DC, working at Marvel, ACG and Archie. Reinman died in 1988, at age 78.

Doiby Dickles was Green Lantern’s sidekick, supposed comic relief. I find the character annoying, like I did the Three Stooges knockoffs who showed up with The Flash in his comics. I suppose they were there so the main character had someone to talk to, like Woozy Winks in the Plastic Man stories. The difference was Woozy Winks was actually funny.

From All-American Comics #72 (1946):














Sunday, May 19, 2013

Number 1369: Tarzan the spider-man

Last time we saw Tarzan he was helping Queen La take over a lost city of cavemen (Pappy's #1333). Today we have another Dell Tarzan story featuring another queen, another lost city, and a really big spider.

After you read the story, read our favorite œconomist, Daniel, and his explanation for why spiders cannot get this big, from a comment to the blog, Four Color Shadows.

“The Webs of Arrack” was written by Gaylord DuBois and drawn by Jesse Marsh. From Tarzan #25 (1951):

























More Tarzan stories. Just click the pics.

Happy 100th birthday, Tarzan:


















Jungle Déjà Vu:
















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