Poster for the 1931 horror film Frankenstein, featuring a then unknown actor, Boris Karloff
Weird Tales, March, 1937
This Weird Tales has a very halloweenish haunted house on its cover. 32 years later the same house was visited by some meddling kids (below)
Black Mask, Nov, 1949
Ghost Stories, 1934
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New York, July 15, 1934
Valley of the Zombies, 1946
Ormand Murks, thought dead but survives via means of a voodoo potion, has an insatiable need for blood. Murks kills Dr. Maynard, the doctor responsible for committing him to an insane asylum. Meanwhile two young lovers are suspected of the murders and are out to prove their innocence. Though this doesn’t have much in the way of valleys or zombies, it is a fun little flick with pretty good acting and dialog.
“You might need my help, and I’m good at screaming.” – Susan
Paulette Goddard, 1939
Publicity shot of Paulette Goddard in The Cat And The Canary, 1939
Sgt. Fury’s Weapons of War, 1963
Before the letters to the editors started being published, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby included some historical information towards the back of the Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos comic.
Issues 1,2,4 and 5 dealt with the various firearms of WW2.
Issue #1 Continue reading “Sgt. Fury’s Weapons of War, 1963”
Elliot’s Pocket Revolver, 1861
A MOST POWERFUL ARM, WHICH CAN BE carried constantly about the person without inconvenience or danger. Length four inches, scarcely more than that of the barrels. It is the most compact, safe and powerful Pocket Revolver ever made; weighs only eight ounces, charged with cartridges, which can be purchased in andy city or large village, each barrel rifled, gain twist and sighted. Will penetrate one inch of pine at one hundred and fifty yards.
Black Books Detective, Winter, 1942
Underground Nests, 1936
Underground Nests for War Airplanes
THE next war, all agree, will be a war in the air; and the advantage will be with the force striking the first blow. Obviously, the attack will be made on the fixed air bases of the other army, since that will inflict most damage from a military point of view. An airplane on the ground is quite helpless; and its hangars and shops are vulnerable. During the late war, battleships were kept at their bases to protect them while not engaged in battle with similar foes; but the ship always floats, while the airplane must spend most of its time grounded. (Science and Mechanics, Feb, 1936)