Saturday, July 28, 2012

The Echo and Dr Doom (not that Dr. Doom, of course)

Though he does appear in the "world greatest comic."










Saturday, July 21, 2012

Dick Briefer's groundbreaking Keri Krane

From Charlie Chan 3, possibly the first hard-boiled female detective.











Saturday, July 14, 2012

Friday, July 6, 2012

You mean you've never heard of the Golden Age artist Ken Rice?

I have to admit, neither had I until I came across this story and, struck by the quality of the art, did some research, ending up at Ace Horror, the definitive reference for all things Ace. My first thought was Mike Kaluta, but given that he was only three years old in 1950...













Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Like a hypodermic needle in the eye -- possibly the most infamous comic book story ever


Perhaps the darkest of Jack Cole's many dark moments, immortalized in Seduction of the Innocent.