Month: April 2018

World Cruise, 1933

On: By: Romeyn



S.S. President Johnson, formerly the S.S. Manchuria, built in 1903. The ship was requisitioned by The United States Shipping Board and became a troop carrier for the US Army carrying upwards of 5000 soldiers per voyage. She made 13 round trips to Europe before being returned to her owners in 1919. In 1928 she was renamed the S.S. President Johnson and sold to Dollar Steamship Lines. All old first class quarters were stripped and replaced with seventy-five staterooms and twenty-five new private baths for 175 first class passengers. All public rooms were renovated, a steel tank swimming pool was added on deck, a new deck house was built as a smoking room, and the “verandah cafe” with a 2400 square foot “play ground” above was added.

Le Petit Journal, 1924

On: By: Romeyn


Like in a movie
A young American girl is currently terrorizing the Brooklyn residents. In the company of another malfeasance, she burst into the banks and, revolver in hand, seized money from the coffers. Then, stiff, strange, mysterious, she fled by car before the intervention of the police. This woman-bandit is a real movie character, unfortunately wanders into reality.

G.I. Combat, 2015

On: By: Romeyn

G.I. Combat Vol. 1: The War That Time Forgot (The New 52)

Originally debuting in the early 60’s from Sgt. Rock creator Robert Kanigher, The War Time Forgot mixed the popular war stories of the time with everyone’s favorite, dinosaurs! Now, as DC Comics launches the second wave of New 52 titles, J.T. Krul and Ariel Oliveti bring us these new tales of contemporary soldiers battling pterodactyls and a tyrannosaurus rex as they struggle to understand where – or when – they are!

 

My local Books-a-Million store currently has this title on their discount comic rack, overall it was a fun read with great graphics.