Spicy Tales
#4
(January 1989)
Malibu,
1988 Series
- Price
- 1.95 USD; 2.50 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- For Mature Readers
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Eternity Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
Eternity [block]
- Editing
- Chris Ulm (Editor-in-Chief); Mickie Villa (Editorial Assistant)
Issue Notes
All stories are reprints of stories that appeared in the 'Spicy' line of pulps by Frank Armer's Culture Publications
[Introduction] [The Death of the Pulps]
text article / 2 pages
- Synopsis
- More information on Frank Armer's 'Spicy' line of pulp magazines from Culture Publications.
A Dangerous Mission
Sally the Sleuth / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Adolphe Barreaux (signed as Barreaux)
- Pencils
- Adolphe Barreaux (signed as Barreaux)
- Inks
- Adolphe Barreaux (signed as Barreaux)
- Letters
- Adolphe Barreaux (signed as Barreaux)
- Genre
- detective-mystery; crime
- Characters
- Sally the Sleuth; Supporting Characters: The Chief; Villains: "Butch" Robb, Bolu and natives
- Reprints
-
from Spicy Detective Stories (DM Publishing, 1934 series) #v13#6 (October 1940)
-
Killer's Foil
Dan Turner / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dan Turner; Supporting Characters: Mike Crane, Ben Beech, Tim Todd, Dawn Kent, Dave Donaldson (Homicide Squad); Villain: ?(One of the Supporting Characters)
- Reprints
- from Hollywood Detective (DM Publishing, 1943 series) #v3#5 [March 1944]
-
Ant-Hill Vengeance
Polly of the Plains / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Joseph Szokoli (signed as Joseph Sokoli)
- Pencils
- Joseph Szokoli (signed as Joseph Sokoli)
- Inks
- Joseph Szokoli (signed as Joseph Sokoli)
- Letters
- Joseph Szokoli (signed as Joseph Sokoli)
- Genre
- adventure; western-frontier
- Characters
- Polly of the Plains; Jean Dawson (supporting character); Dolly (supporting character); Ken (supporting character): Jose (supporting character); Pancho (villain); Pancho's thugs (villains)
- Reprints
- from Spicy Western Stories (DM Publishing, 1936 series) #v1#6 [April 1937]
-
Indexer Notes
Listed in Table of Contents as fourth story, actually third story.
Murder in Wax
Sally the Sleuth / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Sally the Sleuth; The Chief (supporting character); Peanuts (sidekick, supporting character); Schmidt (villain, owner of a wax museum)
- Reprints
- from Spicy Detective Stories (DM Publishing, 1934 series) #v4#6 [April 1936]
-
Indexer Notes
Listed in Table of Contents as fifth story, actually fourth story.
Spy Trail
Sally the Sleuth / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Sally the Sleuth; The Chief (supporting character); Sandra Vale (villain); unnamed spy (villain)
- Reprints
- from Spicy Detective Stories (DM Publishing, 1934 series) #v5#1 [May 1936]
-
Indexer Notes
Listed in Table of Contents as sixth story, actually fifth story.
The Spider
Sally the Sleuth / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Sally the Sleuth; Mr. Crawford (supporting character); The Chief (supporting character); The Spider (villain)
- Reprints
- from Spicy Detective Stories (DM Publishing, 1934 series) #v5#2 [June 1936]
-
Indexer Notes
Listed in Table of Contents as seventh story, actually the sixth story.
[Chapter 6]
Diana Daw / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Diana Daw; Ted Morton (supporting character); Bulo (supporting character, a native); Queen Raferti (villain); Prince Tatanktu (villain)
- Reprints
- from Spicy-Adventure Stories (DM Publishing, 1934 series) #v2#1 [April 1935]
-
Indexer Notes
Listed with next sequence as one four page story in Table of Contents, actually 1 of 2, two page story. Also listed as third story, actually seventh story.
[Chapter 7]
Diana Daw / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Diana Daw; Ted Morton (supporting character); Sheik Hammad (supporting character); savages (villains); slave traders (villains)
- Reprints
- from Spicy-Adventure Stories (DM Publishing, 1934 series) #v2#2 [May 1935]
-
Indexer Notes
Listed with previous sequence as one four page story in Table of Contents, actually 2 of 2, two page story. Also listed as third story, actually eighth story.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Diana Daw? -
1.
[Introduction] [The Death of the Pulps]
-
2.
A Dangerous Mission
Sally the Sleuth -
3.
Killer's Foil
Dan Turner -
4.
Ant-Hill Vengeance
Polly of the Plains -
5.
Murder in Wax
Sally the Sleuth -
6.
Spy Trail
Sally the Sleuth -
7.
The Spider
Sally the Sleuth -
8.
[Chapter 6]
Diana Daw -
9.
[Chapter 7]
Diana Daw
This issue was modified by, among others
- mike clark
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Mark Q
- Mark Semich
- Jim Van Dore
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