BB-Gun

They could have changed the title...

+1 There were two on comic connect earlier this year. They both sold pretty fast. It is the Chessler every one wants. (other than Dynamic #8 and Punch #12 neither one I have). I think it might be my favorite of the 3. The Dynamic #8 is a close second though... I like Dynamic 9...

That's one I don't have.

I put that War Fury in with my horror comics. Rudy drew Death Kiss for that Horrific.

This sweaty gruesome War Fury interior art is by Rudy Palais. Heck illustrated another interior story as well.

I put that War Fury in with my horror comics.

That one always reminds me of the Baker flame thrower cover.. Do you have any other Baker war covers?

Thanks for the photos, BB. Do you know if the Silly Symphony comic strip has ever been collected and reprinted in book form? Some of the stories were reprinted in the Abbeville Best Comics Series. I don't have my copy at hand but the War with the Flies should be in there according to the GCD.

There is a lot of variety in that title. If you aren't too picky, you can find something you like. All of them seem to have pretty good stories on the inside but some of the issues have fan favorite covers. I like 'em all. The pulps are good too and some are a little cheaper than the comics.

Church (first Catman cover) , Larson , Palais I like the Palais art but these are my two favs.

I've never heard of that, but it sounds interesting. I think he is talking about the War with the Flies with Bucky Bug. It was reprinted in WDCS 23 and 25. I photographed a few pages.

That's a nice collection you have there. Have you read any of them? I'm looking for recommendations regarding who were the better authors writing for those titles. I have a couple of boxes of Western Pulps and many are from the thirties. My father collected pulps or at least kept his collection from his youth for many years. It disappeared long before I developed an interest in collecting pulps myself. I don't think it was hi-grade and I didn't read any of them or any of mine. I used to read mostly science fiction when I was younger and murder mysteries when I grew old and moth-eaten.

A similar cross-over would be Robert E. Howard writing a boxing story featuring Conan the Barbarian fighting Jack Dempsey.

Street Smith had a large stable of Western Characters appearing in Wild West and Western Story. Cross-overs were not that unusual. Pete Rice stories continued to appear after the demise of Pete Rice Magazine.

Movies with Gene Autry and Roy Rogers also had contemporary settings. People were often traveling around in cars and planes but switched to horses when out on the range. Considering the size of Texas I wouldn't recommend traveling across the state on horseback, even if it is on your bucket list. Gene was also mixed up with the futuristic Phantom Empire in one of his serials.

From Laurie's Wild West blog: According to the BLOOD 'N' THUNDER GUIDE TO COLLECTING PULPS, or Ed's Bible ..., "The Pete Rice novels were set in the contemporary West, where waddies still wore ten-gallon hats and strapped on gun belts but occasionally traveled in cars and airplanes." He could also time travel apparently. He co-starred in stories about Sonny Tabor which were set in 19th century American west. Why waste a good character name once you have built him up?

The second one of these I have seen on the Boards ( Hepcat) and the first time I've seen the playing surface. Yes, a little underwhelming, but I still want one! I am amused by the characters' names on the box, obviously done by someone with just a passing knowledge of the MLJ line - "Mr Jag" ,"Mr Steel" - or maybe s/he just ran out of room on the box. I don't remember seeing a Fox story in the silver age. Where did it appear? How about the Shadow? Archie also published his stories and threw in an extra pair of boots.

I was admiring this comic page from afar and the rocket at the top when I suddenly realized that the torpedo (not rocket) was in the Jungle Jim topper not Flash.

The GCD says it was by Robert McCay which makes since. Didn't he draw characters for some of the cartoons produced by McCay? It didn't last long. I only see Nemo story listings for a few issues after vol 2 #3. Stories were by Otto Binder by the way.

Lulu was pretty original but I think most of these dream sequences were inspired by Little Nemo. He was featured in The Shadow comics for a while.

I have about five issues of THE SHADOW...again not always easy to find. As far as the collectable Blue Coal Ring...don't remember it being offered. Don't have any copies of THE SHADOW COMIC that contained any SUPERSNIPE stories but did have issues featuring old Street & Smith pulp characters like DOC SAVAGE and NICK CARTER. mm Nice books Marty. I like the issues with Powell art. Supersnipe was in Shadow Vol 2 #3 and he was fighting the German...measles. Nice story that ended badly for Sup if I recall correctly.

Baker went through a brief period, roughly coinciding with Diary Secrets 11 through 13, where he experimented with a "stipple" effect... often referred to as "grey tone". He also used the same effect, around the same time, on some of the Fightin' Marine covers, and probably on a few other St. John titles I can't recall at the moment. Do these count? He did do this Fighting Marines cover and by the way, is that a Joyce Kaltenbach book. She also signed a Suspense 3 and 4.

Here are a couple that I found at Comic Book Plus...

Did Street and Smith put out two weekly western pulps or did they change the name?