MYSTERIOUS DR. SATAN (1940) stills & key book

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Part of a large batch of materials I acquired on the great Republic cliffhangers of the 30s and 40s. This first show & tell features my favorite of them all, THE MYSTERIOUS DR. SATAN (which was originally going to be a SUPERMAN serial), starring Eduardo Cianelli as one of the great mad scientists. I’ll post more from this lot in the coming days and weeks.

the other other obsession

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In addition to the Big Little Book obsession, I’m also hooked on lobby cards, so a brief tour of the Paintshop walls (pardon the comics and dog ass): Mexican cards for THE RETURN OF THE FLY and DIARY OF A MADMAN (what LC collection is complete without Vincent Price?) and an Italian poster for one of the best, BLACULA.

Joining requisite DICK TRACY lobby cards (from my favorite of the films. 1945’s DICK TRACY, starring my favorite on-screen Tracy, Morgan Conway) and the second Republic serial, DICK TRACY RETURNS is a lobby card from a 1943 Mexico City screening of my favorite movie serial / chapterplay, MYSTERIOUS DR. SATAN

The two comics PICTURES are the two linchpins of my 30+-year comics nuttery – GREEN HORNET No.3 being the first comic I ever bought and O’Neil / Kaluta THE SHADOW No.1 being the first issue of one of my favorite runs of all time.

PHANTOM ‘43 is from a 1955 re-release “IN FLAMING TECHNICOLOR!” (quite possibly the best description ever) and I’ve never actually seen THE SON OF DR. JEKYLL, but I imagine he’s up to no good. Also: ALF. Because ALF.