Shakin’ Sticks # 453

Even as we speak, Craig is packing for San Diego where he’ll be signing his Archie book at the Archie tables! Here’s Archie now over at Pappy’s with a Bob Montana story and some original strip art!
http://pappysgoldenage.blogspot.com/2011/07/number-980-bob-montanas-archie-this-is.html
The Comics Detective returns and he has with him some declassified FBI files on Crime Does Not Pay and Daredevil publisher Lev Gleason, investigated for his Communist ties!
http://thecomicsdetective.blogspot.com/2011/07/mr-gleason-are-you-now-or-have-you-ever.html
I’ve always had a soft spot for the Mister Magoo comic strip from the 1960′s by artist Pete Alvarado. Here’s a nice long selection from one of several paperback reprint collections of the day.
http://hairygreeneyeball3.blogspot.com/2011/07/whats-new-mister-magoo.html
Finally today, I’ve also long had a soft spot for Marvel’s lovable loser superhero, Nighthawk. Here’s a tribute to the Marvel Batman doppelganger of the seventies.
http://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/2011/07/secret-origins-nighthawk.html

— booksteve


































