Number 226Johnny PerilHoward Purcell was a longtime artist at DC Comics, with a comic book career going back to 1940. He rarely signed his work. He drew this excellent cover of Showcase#30 in 1961, inked by Sheldon Moldoff.He [...]

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Number 225Bill Everett puts the bite onBill Everett drew great stories for the Atlas horror comics. He was also tapped to do some horror-comedy for Atlas' short-lived Mad imitations. "Drag-ula" came from Crazy #2, 1954.The [...]

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Number 224The gold keyI want you to click on the picture of this cover of Twilight Zone #4 from August 1963, and tell me what's happening in this painting. Go ahead and look. I'll wait until you're finished.Back so soon? [...]

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Number 223Talking out of his assThis is a funny Sparky Watts story from Big Shot Comics #83, dated November 1947. When artist/writer Boody Rogers retired from comic books in 1952 he opened some art supply stores in Arizona. [...]

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 Number 222Beyonders Kill!Happy Thanksgiving! For you beyonders beyond our borders, today in America we are celebrating our own abundance with a feast of gluttony, enough caloric intake per person to nourish a smaller [...]

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Number 221The Green TurtleThis story is by request. It's the first Green Turtle story from Blazing Comics #1* from 1944.Rural Home was the publisher, and as far as I can tell, ultimately not a successful one. Since it was [...]

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Number 220The most beautiful thing in the galaxyNo matter what Russ Heath drew, he drew it well. His work ran the gamut of genres, all of the subjects handled with as much skill as any comic book artist who ever set a Number [...]

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Number 219Brother RatsI haven't shown you a crime comics story in a while. I ain't forgot you muggs what likes these yarns about murderers and killers. Here's a good one about some bad brothers.The last of the wild Western [...]

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Number 218 Flash Kicks Axis!This is a followup to Pappy's #215, scanned from Flash Comics #35. My copy of that issue of Flash Comics isn't complete: the cover and first wraparound are missing, but some great in-house ads [...]

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Number 217Do do that voodoo…Jerry Robinson has been named a creative consultant for DC Comics. It's recognition for a guy who had so much to do with not only early DC history, but history of the comics genre.This is one [...]

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Number 216Ghost Of GuamTen-hut!Specialist Pappy reporting, sir! To honor this Veteran's Day, this old soldier has dug into his duffel bag of moldy comic books and pulled out Real Fact Comics #1, a DC comic dated March-April, [...]

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