Reading Room CAPTAIN KIDD "BlackBeard the Pirate"

When you say "pirate", here's one of the guys who immedately springs to mind...

The first page is on the inside front cover, printed in two, not the usual four, colors!

...in this tale of treasure and treachery from Fox's Captain Kidd #24 (1949)

How close is this story to fact?

Judge for yourself HERE.

Notes:

1) Both writer and artist are unknown.

2) Though the issue number is 24, this is actually the first issue of Captain Kidd!

The book was previously-titled Dagar: Desert Hawk, and before that, All-Great Comics.

After only two issues about Kidd and other pirates (including Blackbeard), the book changed title again, this time to My Secret Story!, then, two issues later, finally, Sabu: Elephant Boy!

Be here tomorrow when we'll have some more pirate-themed stuff during our celebration of the new pirate/adventure series Black Sails!

Reading Room "Famous Pirates in History: Captain Kidd"

Next to Blackbeard, the most famous real-life pirate was...

..as you'll see in this never-reprinted tale from Shadow Comics #40 (1944).

Though it's missing its' feature title logo, this was part of an ongoing series called "Famous Pirates in History" that also included Benito DeSoto, John Gow, and Pierre LeGrand.

The Charles Wessell-illustrated strip was used as "filler" in several different titles besides Shadow Comics, including Super-Magician Comics.

(And before you ask, Shadow Comics starred the guy from radio and pulps who "knew what evil lurked in the hearts of men"...)

Be here tomorrow when we'll have some more pirate-themed stuff during our celebration of the new pirate/adventure series Black Sails!