Blogs Posts on "Robert Leslie Bellem"

HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE: The Case of the Poisoned Puppet by Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and the Wild West on Nov 15, 2009Most issues of Hollywood Detective had a Dan Turner comic story along with the prose adventures. Why they made him look like a grown up Jimmy Olsen I'll never know. This one is from May 1943, the same issue as 'Shakedown Sham'.    ...

Lust of the Lawless - a Complete SPICY WESTERN by Robert Leslie Bellem by Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and the Wild West on Nov 8, 2009Most readers of "Adult" westerns assume the concept was born back in the 70s with series like Slocum (think about it) and Longarm, the guy with the long erect cigar between his teeth. Truth is, they were around as early as 1936, when Spicy Western St...

Shakedown Sham - A Complete Dan Turner Story by Robert Leslie Bellem by Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and the Wild West on Nov 1, 2009I've done some yapping about the pleasures to be derived from Dan Turner stories, and I've posted a couple of swell Hollywood Detective covers. But words and pictures can't prepare you for Robert Leslie Bellem's writing. You have to experience it for...