The Contents of the Oil Skin Envelope
Dick was never happier in his life than when opening his wonderful Christmas box.
Saddest idea for a happy holiday cover ever.
Indeed some days you just CAN’T get rid of a bomb.
Frank Merriwell Doomed; or, The Anti-Dreyfus League
“Quick as thought Frank caught the spluttering bomb.”
Tip Top Weekly
Volume Number: Issue Number: 368
Frank Merriwell’s Manhood; or, To the Rescue of June.
With a shout of surprise and joy, Merry clasped the redskin in his arms.
Frank Merriwell Among the Mormons or The Lost Tribe of Israel June 19, 1897.
“Avaunt, ungodly gentiles!” cried elder holdfast. “Remove from my sight those inventions of Satan!”
While loads of Pulp, comic strip and comic book characters had films almost none of the old penny dreadful, weekly nickels or dime novel characters did. Even in the silent era which those things were still being published. No filmed adventures of Nick Carter (though a made for TV film based on that character staring Robert Conrad did show up a year or two after The Wild, Wild West went off) The Brady’s, Young Wild West (though the character is mentioned by Bogart as Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon), Sexton Blake, or The Liberty Boy of `76.
Well, as you can see above, there was one it seems. I don’t thing it was a big success however.
Well that’s big of him, spending some time tied to the buzz saw I mean.
I wonder what the poor are doing tonight.
By the way, nice heels there Banjo Bob… or more likely Banjo Robert the III.
“Her lover” didn’t mean the same thing in 1909 when this was published as is does today.
Move along people, nothing to see, nothing homoerotic going on here, just jolly college lads and their japes.
Linen? Oh…
Before The Shadow and Doc Savage Street & Smiths go to hero was Frank Merriwell (get it he was Frank Merry and Well) a clean living sports hero.
They still own the rights to him… but no one is asking.
