DON WINSLOW AND THE SCORPION'S STRONGHOLD; Illustrated by Irwin I. Hess
Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1946. Irwin I. Hess. Authorized Edition #2327. Cloth. 8vo, cloth, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) of Don Winslow and his airplane, cartoon endpapers of the characters, 248 pages. Fine / Fine. Item #1182
"Don Winslow and Red Pennington again pick up the trail of the Scorpion and this evil genius leads them across the Pacific to Hawaii, and on to the Philippines. Often the Scorpion is almost within reach, but always he manages to elude the most carefully laid plans. Unknowingly, Don and Red are led on until they have to fight for their lives in the mountain stronghold of the Scorpion."--jacket.
EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION overall of this early post-war Whitman edition of the comic strip hero, Don Winslow.
Author Frank Martinek, who had a background in Naval Intelligence during World War I and the Justice Department, wrote the widely distributed and popular comic strip on "Don Winslow" and his adventures.
Price: $35.00