tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099827080854690588.post5145693669828470680..comments2024-03-25T00:14:06.647-07:00Comments on Pulp Flakes: Issue Review - Dime Detective Magazine, June 1943Sai Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14480681895921130917noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4099827080854690588.post-10082335527463458562019-03-09T04:46:20.330-08:002019-03-09T04:46:20.330-08:00My favorite story is this issue is "The Nervo...My favorite story is this issue is "The Nervous Doorbell" starring the series character, The Dean by Merle Constiner. Written with wit and humor and the plot is very complex. There were almost 20 of these long novelets in DIME DETECTIVE. Most of them close to 20,000 words.<br /><br />You are right about the DL Champion series. Though there is humor the series is very dark and bleak, with Alhoff hating everyone. It's interesting to note that Champion's series in BLACK MASK starring Rex Sackler, was the complete opposite, full of humor and stressing Sackler's penny pinching habits.<br /><br />My favorite period for DIME DETECTIVE is the 1940's. Evidently the editor during the forties, Ken White, encouraged the writers to write long, involved stories full of black comedy and humor. Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.com