Saturday, August 22, 2026

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.

Friday, August 21, 2026

ON THE AIR: October 20, 1950


 
 
 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!"

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Saturday, August 15, 2026

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.

Friday, August 14, 2026

ON THE AIR: May 22, 1945

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  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!"