Intrigued by the ad for a "Speedry Brushpen," I did some Googling and learned it was a fiber-nibbed fountain pen similar to the better-known Flo-Master, which was used by 1940s/1950s illustrators like Robert Fawcett.. Nowadays the Brushpen would be classed as a marker rather than a pen. The special ink dried immediately because it was highly volatile (toxic, too, probably). I once bought a couple of never-opened cans of Flo-Master ink at a flea market and found both empty. The Speedry pen seems to have had a good run: this comic is from 1943 and the company was still making pens in the 1950sw.
By Andrew999
Of course, it was the blonde in the red dress that pulled me in on this Random 12 offering. On the whole, I wished it hadn't - I would have been cursing the loss of that ten cents.
In a convoluted tale that involves the evil Iron Jaw commandeering an Argentine freighter and kidnapping the aforementioned blonde, Crimebuster comes to the rescue.
Of the rest, I enjoyed Young Robin Hood and his Band the best – I liked the idea of the Merry Men transposed to a modern city and operating as a gang for good deeds.
Of the rest, though, I'd have to say I've had more fun with a pair of nose clippers on a wet afternoon.
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