Description

Spicy Tales Collection                                                 Trade Paperback
Editor: Tom Mason
Cover by: Bruce Timm

For Mature Readers: Book contains explicit images

Buried in the pages of the classic Spicy pulps – Spicy Detective Stories, Spicy Western Stories, and Spicy Adventure Stories – were the Spicy comics, Sally the Sleuth, Dan Turner Hollywood Detective, Polly of the Plains, and Diana Daw. These historically significant strips – the bane of the moral watchdog organizations of the 30’s and 40’s – are presented here in their entirety, complete and uncensored.

Spicy Tales Collection contains:

Sally the Sleuth
Writer: Adolphe Barreaux
Artist: Adolphe Barreaux

Working with her boss, the Chief, and her “tough kid” companion Peanuts, Sally finds new and different ways to endanger her life and her clothes. By far, the longest running and most popular strip from Spicy Detective. More than 20 Sally stories are featured here, including “the Dart of Death”, “The White Slave Peril”, and “Torso Murders”.

Sally the Sleuth contains:
A Narrow Escape
The Dark of Death
The White Slave Peril
Underground Peril
Crimson Menace
Murder Mania
The Kidnap Trai
Midnight Ransom
Maid to Order
Murder in Wax
Spy Trail
The Spider
The Scarab Murder
She Won’t Talk
Toy of Fate
The Murder Mystery
Murder in Focus
The Torso Murders
Perfume of Danger
Doll in Danger
The Unwelcome Visitor
Winning her Stripes
Hawaiian Spy Hunt
A Dangerous Mission

Reprints/collects: Sally the Sleuth (1934 – 1940) Standalone Strips in Spicy Detective.  Culture Publishing
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Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective
Writer: Robert Leslie Bellem
Artist: Adolphe Barreaux

Created by the phenomenal Robert Leslie Bellem (who was turning out more than a million words a year for the pulps under a variety of pen names), Dan Turner was a regular in the pages of Spicy Detective before graduating to its own comic strip. It’s also the only Spicy strip to rate its own movie. Dan Turner investigates all manner of crime in Tinseltown including “The Murdered Mummy,” “Zoot Suit Killers,” and “Sinister Santa Claus.”

Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective contains:
The Murdered Mummy
Murder with Music
Zoot Suit Killers
Killer’s Foil
Sinister Santa Claus

Reprints/collects: Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective (1943 – 1944) Standalone Strips in Spicy Detective.  Culture Publishing
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Polly of the Plains
Writer: Bill Everett & Joseph Sokoli
Artist: Bill Everett & Joseph Sokoli

Just returned to the West after a spell in the East, innocent Polly finds herself captured by maniacal bandits intent on ripping off her clothes and steaking her to an anthill. They don’t call it the Wild Wild West for nothin’!

Polly of the Plains contains:
Polly Returns
Kidnaped
Lashed
Into the Net
Ultimatum
Ant-Hill Vengeance
Quicksand

Reprints/collects: Polly of the Plains (1936 – 1937) Standalone Strips in Spicy Western.  Culture Publishing
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Diana Daw
Writer: Clayton Maxwell
Artist: Clayton Maxwell

Ripped from the pulp pages of Spicy Adventure, Diana is a young, single female adventurer intent on losing her clothes in all manner of historical settings.

Reprints/collects: Diana Daw (1934 – 1935) Continuous Strip in Spicy Adventure.  Culture Publishing
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Trade Paperback reprints/collects from Culture Publishing:
Sally the Sleuth (1934 – 1940) Standalone Strips in Spicy Detective
Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective (1943 – 1944) Standalone Strips in Spicy Detective
Polly of the Plains (1936 – 1937) Standalone Strips in Spicy Western
Diana Daw (1934 – 1935) Continuous Strip in Spicy Adventure

Trade Paperback is bagged & triple boarded and will be carefully / securely packaged then shipped via USPS Priority Mail to ensure that it arrives to you perfectly and quickly.

Second Printing
Publisher: Malibu
Publication Date: 1991
Format: BW, 134 pages, TPB, 10.20″ x 6.65″
ISBN-10: 0944735320
ISBN-13: 9780944735329

Collectible Entertainment note: Trade Paperback is in Very Fine condition.  Beautiful!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Spicy Tales collector and/or enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Recommended.

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