2,000 Years On!

Title: 2,000 Years On! (A Scion Scientific Novel)
Author: John Russell Fearn (writing as Vargo Statten)
Artist: Ron Turner
Year: 1950

Categories: Science Fiction and Fantasy

The New Satellite

Title: The New Satellite (A Scion Scientific Novel)
Author: John Russell Fearn (writing as Vargo Statten)
Artist: Ron Turner
Year: 1951

Categories: Science Fiction and Fantasy

The Sun Makers

Title: The Sun Makers (A Scion Scientific Novel)
Author: John Russell Fearn (writing as Vargo Statten)
Artist: Ron Turner
Year: 1950

Categories: Science Fiction and Fantasy

Tony at the Ball Game

Title: Tony at the Ball Game and What He Learned About Women
Author: I. P. Freeley
Artist: Unknown
Year: c1945

The cover and a few images from a novelty joke and cartoon booklet featuring the cutest racist Italian caricature this side of Mario. In the booklet Tony visits a baseball game “Sox vs Reds” and describes what he sees in Chico Marx-flavored prose “One guy he come out wot has got da boxing glove on one hand and dog muzzle on da face.” Tony then visits the bathroom and observes the various rites of women using the toilet, including the “Cautious Girl”, “Bashful Girl”, Acrobatic Girl” and others. Cartoon on nearly every page.

Categories: 1930s Sleaze and GGA, 1940s Sleaze and GGA, Tijuana Bibles, 8-Pagers

Tijuana Bible Glimpses

A few standout panels from some recently arrived Tijuana Bibles.

From top to bottom:

Sonja Henie and Tyrone Power in “Hot Stuff on the Ice”

Ophelia Pratt Presents Dan Dunn #9

Dorothy Lamour in “Purple Passion in the South Seas”

Categories: 1930s Sleaze and GGA, Tijuana Bibles

Pleasure Lodge

Title: Pleasure Lodge (Midwood F223)
Author: Peggy Swenson (Pseudonym of Richard E. Geis)
Artist: Unknown
Year: 1962

“Their outdoor sport was skiing–indoors they played a warmer game.”

Categories: 1960s Sleaze and GGA

Odd Couple

Title: Odd Couple (Spotlight SB 313)
Author: Martin Mansfield
Artist: Bill Alexander (?)
Year: 1967

“It wasn’t unusual that she earned her share of the family income as a hooker…The other half of their money came from Bob. On those evenings when he put on stockings and high heels…to earn at least a hundred bucks from the local Police Commissioner!”

Categories: 1960s Sleaze and GGA