Comicbook Short Story~ Honey West in "The Fall Guy"

   Honey West is a fictional character created by Gloria and Forest Fickling . She first appeared in the 1957 book This Girl for Hire and would appear in 10 novels before being retired in the mid-60s .

    West was one of the first female "private eyes" to ever appear on television. Anne Francis first played West in the second season episode of Burke's Law entitled "Who Killed the Jackpot?", broadcast on April 2, 1965, which led to this series being commissioned as a spin-off. It lacked the witty writing of Burke’s Law and only ran for 1 season. Of course, it didn't help that they pitted it against "Gomer Plye USMC" which was extremely popular at the time.

   The producer, Aaron Spelling, liked the idea of a sexy female detective, and gave us three of ‘em a decade later with “Charlie’s Angels”.



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   Gold Key Comics released a one-shot Honey West comic book in June 1966. Here is one of the 2 stories from it. With script by Paul S. Newman, art by Jack Sparling, if this had been a few years earlier, it would no doubt have carried a Dell Four Color number.

Some old Thanksgiving themed ads



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1913--I don't know how many people can identify Buster Brown anymore.




Life Magazine, November 22, 1954







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January 1927   Ladies Home Journal.

 

OK, it's not an ad, but I like it so much I think I'll print it out and frame it. Harper's Bazar cover, 1894





Woman's Day, November 1947



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SEA HUNT Danger Dive

155 half hour episodes of SEA HUNT were aired between 1958 and 1961. Dell produced 13 comicbook issues, including 3 in their Four Color series.

from Four Color #994, May 1959
art by Dan Spiegle

SPACE FAMILY ROBINSON- Tam Meets The Trygans

Not published in the US, here is the five page SFR story from the 1966 Lady Penelope annual from the UK

 unknown artist, certainly not Spigel. Possibly Sebastia Boada or John Burns.