Pulp Action from the Wild West through the Dirty 30s and More.
DELL Comics #496 was the first and only time the Green Hornet appeared in its publication. The issue is a part of their long running Four Color Comics series and contains two stories: The Freightyard Robberies (06-20-1949) and Proof of Treason (10-17-1952), which are adaptations of radio shows with the same names.
Dream Time Music by Paul Weston, Columbia Records/USA (1953). Illustration by Robert Maguire.
Terror That Stalks by Night!
The Unseen, issue #9 standard comics, March, 1953
Astronauts travel to the moon where they discover it is inhabited by attractive young women in black tights.(IMDb)
Mexican lobby card for the movie, Cat-Women of the Moon.
Ellery Queen magazine, December 1953 issue. Cover by Fred Kirberger
Adventures of the Blackgang: Henry Luhrs (1897-1964). Battling an Octopus,
American Manhood pulp magazine cover, August 1953.
Johnny Kelly, who plans on resigning from the police force and leaving his wife the next day, has a very eventful last night on duty.(IMDb)
True West, August, 1953, Cover by Jack Davis (1924-2016), one of the founders of Mad Magazine
George Orwell (1903-1950) Author of Animal Farm and 1984, passes away on this day in 1950. Considering the events of the last year, I find it amazing how much insight he had as to what happens when you give the government(s) to much power.
First edition dust cover