All Select Comics, Issue #11, featuring the Blonde Phantom
Tag: 1946
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
Amazing Stories, July, 1946
The Killers, 1946
An early noir piece starring Ava Gardner and Burt Lancaster, partly on the 1927 short story of the same name by Ernest Hemingway. besides being Burt’s first role, it was also William Conrad’s first credited role, being on of the killers. Two killers come to the small town of Brentwood and kill “The Swede” (Lancaster), The rest of the film is in flashback mode as life insurance investigator Jim Reardon (Edmond O’Brien), unfolds the story leading up to the Swede’s murder.
Green Hornet Comics, May, 1946
Green Hornet, Issue #30, Harvey Comics, May, 1946. “Black Beauty Meets a Challenge”
Fight Comics, No. 43, April, 1946
Drago, June 16th, 1946
Drago was Burne Hogarth’s creation following his run as the artist on Tarzan. Drago was a Argentinian cowboy fighting Baron Zodiac, a Nazi-in-exile working to bring the Third Reich back to life.
Ava Gardner, 1946
Promotional shots of Ava Gardner for the Movie “The Killers”
Weird Tales, March, 1946
The Crimson Ghost, 1946
A criminal mastermind known as the Crimson Ghost is out to steal a device called the Cyclotrode, which can short-circuit all electrical currents on the planet. (IMDb)
