Saturday's random pulp cover: The Whisperer : "The Dead Who Talked"_October, 1936

The Whisperer had two runs as in his own magazine.  From October 1936 through December 1937 (first run) and that is where this issue is from.  Number 1 featuring "The Dead Who Talked".  A pretty nice cover from John Newton Howitt makes this a pretty great start.  I have no idea how the story plays out but all the pieces were there.  Could the magic strike again for Street & Smith?  It seems not to have been in the stars for Jim "Wildcat" Gordon.

 

ON THE AIR: November 10, 1950

 
 

Ep_04_The Case of the Careless Cleaner

 

"Sorry, doll!  I got fish to fry and kites to fly!  Catch you next week, maybe!"

The Shadow #3 "The Kingdom of the Cobra" page 7

 

"And, as you observed, I am King Cobra!"

The Shadow #3 "The Kingdom of the Cobra" page 6

 

"I prefer to make my call alone!"

The Shadow #3 "The Kingdom of the Cobra" page 5

 

"Burbank, put agent Harry Vincent on standby!"

The Shadow #3 "The Kingdom of the Cobra" page 4

 

"As you say, Shadow!"

The Sunday Comics: The Shadow "The Incredible Alliance Between Shiwan Khan and Atilla the Hunter" pages 16 - 18

 

Saturday's random pulp cover: The Skipper : "Beast of the Bay"_February, 1937

 Meh.  At least this time he doesn't look like a teenager.  However, the composition is just boring.  It almost looks like it was decided on by committee.

ON THE AIR: November 3, 1950

 
 

Ep_03_The Case of the Dear Dead Lady

The Shadow #3 "The Kingdom of the Cobra" page 3

 

"I don't know from art...but I know when to scram--"

The Shadow #3 "The Kingdom of the Cobra" page 2

 

"I'm an artist and ya can't hurry art!"

The Shadow #3 "The Kingdom of the Cobra" page 1

 This is just a phenomenal splash page.  Simply gorgeous.

The Shadow #3 "The Kingdom of the Cobra"

 Let's begin my favorite issue from Kaluta's run.  This is the one with Bernie Wrightson's inks.  Beautiful.  Enjoy.

The Shadow #2 "Freak Show Murders" page 20

 

"The Shadow never fails!"

The Sunday Comics: The Shadow "The Incredible Alliance Between Shiwan Khan and Atilla the Hunter" pages 13 - 15

 

Saturday's random pulp cover: The Skipper : "Black Leopard Princess"_January, 1937

 Pretty basic action cover.  I'm not sure I would pick up this magazine.  Why?  "Cap Fury" looks like an overgrown child to me.  The little nose and the tousled hair just looks teen aged to me.  Maybe it was intentional as a way to draw in kids who could see themselves a bit more in the character.  Me?  I was never a fan of Robin, I just wanted my hero to be, well, heroic.

ON THE AIR: October 27, 1950

 

 

Ep_02_The Case of the Careworn Cuff

The Shadow #2 "Freak Show Murders" page 19

 

"What about me?  Do you think you can finish The Shadow?"

The Shadow #2 "Freak Show Murders" page 18

 

"He... vanished!"

The Shadow #2 "Freak Show Murders" page 17

 

"You've reached your end, Harlequin!"

The Shadow #2 "Freak Show Murders" page 16

 

"He's getting away-- again!"

The Shadow #2 "Freak Show Murders" page 15

 

"Do you know who he is?"

The Sunday Comics: The Shadow "The Incredible Alliance Between Shiwan Khan and Atilla the Hunter" pages 10 - 12

 

Saturday's random pulp cover: The Skipper : "The Red Heart Pearls"_December, 1936

 Both The Skipper (Cap Fury) and The Whisperer were characters created to capitalize on the success of The Shadow and Doc Savage.  Each ran less than 15 issues as leads but they found a longer life as back ups in the very magazines they wanted to compete with.  The Skipper ran for another 40 tales in the back of Doc Savage Magazine.

ON THE AIR: October 20, 1950

 

Ep_01_Stamped for Murder

 

 Now it's time to listen to one of my favorite programs, The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe.  Sydney Greenstreet made this a pure joy to listen to.  Archie Goodwin, Wolfe's right hand man, was played by a multitude of actors over the course of it's 26 episode run.  Wally Maher is Archie in this, the first episode.  Lamont Johnson will play Goodwin in the next episode, Herb Ellis plays in episodes 3 & 4 while Larry Dobkin appears in episodes 5 - 12.  Gerald Mohr portrays Wolfe's man Friday in episodes 13 - 16 and Harry Bartell becomes the longest tenured Archie, playing the character in the final 10 cases.  Does anyone recognize Inspector Cramer?  It's none other than Bill Johnstone.

The Shadow #2 "Freak Show Murders" page 14

 

"The rest have alibis!"

The Shadow #2 "Freak Show Murders" page 13

 

 

"Next time, friend, I'll aim differently! -- You're warned!"

The Shadow #2 "Freak Show Murders" page 12

 

"--Thanks!"

The Shadow #2 "Freak Show Murders" page 11

 

"And remove your mask!"

The Shadow #2 "Freak Show Murders" page 10

 

"Who did this? Who?"

The Sunday Comics: The Shadow "The Incredible Alliance Between Shiwan Khan and Atilla the Hunter" pages 7 - 9

 

Saturday's random pulp cover: Doc Savage Magazine : "Fear Cay"_September, 1934

 Doc, Pat and company seem to be tangled up in another classic adventure.  Walter did a wonderful job painting this cover.

ON THE AIR: May 22, 1945

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ep_32_Revenge from the Grave

 

  And so ends our re-presentation of "The Strange Dr. Weird".  I hope you enjoyed this short run series.  Time to dig through the OTR files and see what I can come up with for next week and beyond.  Thanks for tuning in and taking a listen to UTBL radio.  We now return you to your regularly scheduled lives. 

 

 

The Shadow #2 "Freak Show Murders" page 9

 

"Shadow... that was a shot!"

The Shadow #2 "Freak Show Murders" page 8

 

"My, my!  Aren't we fierce!"

The Shadow #2 "Freak Show Murders" page 7

 

"Um-Gowa!"

The Shadow #2 "Freak Show Murders" page 6

 

"Yer in luck, Missy!  I need a lady freak!"

The Shadow #2 "Freak Show Murders" page 5

 

"Consider it done, Chief!"

The Sunday Comics: The Shadow "The Incredible Alliance Between Shiwan Khan and Atilla the Hunter" pages 4 - 6