Tonight on THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO

Oh HELL yeah! The mighty WEDNESDAY WEEK returns with a new 4-song covers EP, and we're playin' two of those songs tonight. AND IT'S NOT EVEN WEDNESDAY! We'll enhance your not-a-hump-day giddiness with the latest from PLASTICSOUL, CHEAP STAR, STANDING WAVES, THE HOVERING SPOOKS, and PALMYRA DELRAN AND THE DOPPEL GANG (covering JOEY RAMONE!), recent triumphs by COCKTAIL SLIPPERS, GENE CHAMPAGNE, TONY MARSICO AND THE UGLY THINGZ, THE CYNZ, DAVE COPE, APE HANGERS, and THE FLASHCUBES FEATURING TOM KENNY, a quick salute to newly-minted North Carolina Music Hall Of Fame inductees ARROGANCE, the TIRnRR debut of ELTON DUCK, and all sortsa proven winners by R.E.M., THE FLIRTATIONS, ALICE COOPER, DOLPH CHANEY, THE GRIP WEEDS, THE DONNAS, PHIL SEYMOUR, THE SMALL FACES, JOAN ARMATRADING, FOOLS FACE, THE BUSBOYS, THE ELVIS BROTHERS, WARREN ZEVON, TREVOR BLENDOUR, THE DAVE CLARK FIVE, NATALIE SWEET, BEN VAUGHN, IKE AND TINA TURNER, THE ROMANTICS, THE FOUR TOPS, HOLLY AND THE ITALIANS, KOMEDA, THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, THE RUBINOOS, and whatever else it takes to make sure the weekend stops here. It all starts with WEDNESDAY WEEK. Sunday night, 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, streaming via sparksyracuse.org, and as WESTCOTT RADIO on the Radio Garden app. The weekend stops HERE!

10 SONGS: 10/17/2026

10 Songs is a weekly list of ten songs that happen to be on my mind at the moment. The lists are usually dominated by songs played on the previous Sunday night's edition of This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl. The idea was inspired by Don Valentine of the essential blog I Don't Hear A Single

This week's edition of 10 Songs draws exclusively from the playlist for This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio # 1357

BANDA AL9: That Thing You Do!

In 1964, I saw the Beatles' then-new movie A Hard Day's Night at The North Drive-In in Cicero, NY. I was four years old--a veteran pop music afficionado!--and it was an unforgettable experience. It stayed with me, and when I became an even bigger Beatles fan in the '70s, I began to realize that A Hard Day's Night was my all-time favorite film.

Thirty years ago this month, A Hard Day's Night was suddenly dethroned by That Thing You Do! From my book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1):

"...Well I have heard your record, Guy, and I like it. I like it a lot. 'That Thing You Do!' You know, it's...snappy!

"Actor Tom Hanks made his directorial debut with this light-hearted little romantic comedy about the Wonders (formerly the One-ders), an unknown Erie, PA rock 'n' roll group that manages to score a big hit single in 1964. These fictional one-hit Wonders are a quartet of archetypes--the talent, the fool, the smart one, and the bass player--but the film executes the difficult task of making them seem plausible, real. There's a scene when the members of the Wonders all hear their song 'That Thing You Do!' on the radio for the first time, and that scene precisely nails the giddy rush of rockin' pop music better than any other slip of celluloid I've ever seen. Yeah yeah yeah, even better than the entirety of A Hard Day's Night, which had been my all-time favorite film right up until that night at a movie theater in Cicero, NY in 1996, when my eyes and ears opened wide with glee at Hollywood's best-ever love letter to rock 'n' roll music.

"And none of it would have or could have worked without the perfect song.

"Adam Schlesinger provided that perfect song. Mike Viola of the Candy Butchers co-produced and sang lead; some say Viola also co-wrote the song, but declined to take a songwriting credit, while other say that is not so. It is indisputable that the combined talents of Schlesinger and Viola crafted a stunning confection that steers clear of the quagmire of pastiche or parody, and captures the essence of fab and gear radio-ready 1964...."

In celebration of the film's 30th anniversary, Brazil's phenomenal pop combo Banda AL9 have released a loving and (of course!) snappy rendition of its irresistible title tune. Teen sensations Banda AL9 to the stage! You look good in the black, boys. And you ARE the smart ones.

TONY MARSICO AND THE UGLY THINGZ: Bittersweet

Yes. Just...YES! If the question happens to be Does this track sound like a friggin' hit record?, "Bittersweet," the new single from Tony Marsico and the UglyThingz earns a big, big yes in my programing log. We PLAY the hits! This one comes to us courtesy of Jonathan Lea (of the Jigsaw Scene and TIRnRR Fave Raves Tall Poppy Syndrome), who serves here as a deputy Ugly Thing on guitar. Our Jonathan compared "Bittersweet" to the power pop greatness of the Plimsouls, and if that seems like a bold claim, I say you can see it's true even from a million miles away. "Bittersweet" returns to the Syracuse airwaves on our next show. Bitter? No. Sweet? YES!!!

THE FAR WEST: Bitter, Drunk And Cold

Sure, but enough about me.

THE SPONGETONES: Starting To Feel

A new single from the Spongetones gets an automatic nod for airplay on this show. "Starting To Feel" offers the lead vocal debut of 'Tones drummer Eric Wilhelm on a lovely, McCartneyesque beat ballad. In the near-dystopian world sprawled all around us, we could all do with an opportunity to sway while starting to feel.

(Speaking of that McCartney guy, we'll hear from him in just a few paragraphs.)

THE RAMONES: I Don't Care

As the B-side of "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker," "I Don't Care" was one of the first two Ramones songs I owned, a blind purchase in 1977. I'd read about the Ramones in Phonograph Record Magazine, heard "Blitzkrieg Bop" on college radio, and took the plunge in purchasing the "Sheena" 45 even though I hadn't heard it yet. The 45 had considerable impact on me, and many more Ramones purchases would follow.

"I don't care?" Plainly, I do care. The Ramones were the subject of my first book, featured directly in two chapters (and indirectly in a third) in my second book, and a significant presence in my third book Guitars Vs. Rayguns!! Short Stories And Other White Lies and its novelette-length digest A Band Called GUITARS VS. RAYGUNS! I saw the Ramones eight times, and I co-host a weekly radio show named after a line in a Ramones song. I'm proud to be partisan; indifference is for frauds and hipsters. 

And I don't care about them.

RIHANNA: Shut Up And Drive

From a previous post:

Rihanna's "Shut Up And Drive" is a stupid song about sex. But it's a great stupid song about sex, probably the best-ever stupid song about sex, and a legit contender for my all-time Hot 200. Yeah, even among songs that may or may not be stupid and may or may not be about sex...

...Wikipedia describes "Shut Up And Drive" as a new wave song--no, really!--based on "Blue Monday" by New Order. No offense to the mopey British guys, but I prefer it the way Rihanna did it.

"Shut Up And Drive" strikes me as a sort-of equivalent to "Heavy Music" by Bob Seger and the Last Heard, a track I initially dismissed as a stupid song about sex before realizing it was--you guessed it!--a great stupid song about sex. 

Rihanna's song is greater. Drive, baby. Drive.

PAUL McCARTNEY: Not Such A Bad Boy

The Greatest Record Ever Made!

LED ZEPPELIN: Good Times, Bad Times

Ya never know with us. WE never know with us.

THE FLASHCUBES FEATURING TOM KENNY: Got No Mind

You can't have a hit record if you only play it once. And you can't get word out if you only share information once. Repeated from last week's 10 Songs:

In memory of Flashcubes guitarist Paul Armstrong, the surviving 'Cubes are releasing a new single and planning an epic memorial live show. Let's review my recent hype on behalf of each event:

Our friends at Big Stir Records are now accepting preorders for "Got No Mind," the new 45 by the Flashcubes featuring Tom Kenny. Offered as a memorial tribute to Flashcubes guitarist Paul Armstrong (the song's author), the track has already been a TIRnRR fixture, and it will remain so for the foreseeable. And to sanctify the release of this 7" slab o' cantankerous wonder, the mighty Big Stir is also offering original copies of two previous Flashcubes 45s--1979's "Wait Til Next Week"/"Radio" and 2016's two-fer of Chris Spedding covers, "Boogie City"/"Hey Miss Betty"--both individually and in bundles with the new one. Visit The Flashcubes page at Big Stir for details.

On Saturday, November 7th, fans and participants representing the Syracuse power pop and new wave rock 'n' roll scene that the Flashcubes ignited in the late '70s will gather at Syracuse's original home of rock 'n' roll The Lost Horizon to pay loud and heartfelt tribute to the late, great Paul Armstrong. 

In his brash capacity as a guitarist and general spark plug for the audacious energy of the Flashcubes, Paul Armstrong was a key figure in the history of Syracuse rock 'n' roll, and the impact he and his brother Flashcubes Gary Frenay, Arty Lenin, and Tommy Allen have had upon my life and work is damned near beyond measure. As we bid farewell to Paul Armstrong, you can be damned sure we're gonna put on a tribute show that would make PA proud.

And to do that, a bunch of performers who loved Paul and shared his passion for three chords and a cloud of dust will gather at the Lost for a full-volume celebration of his legacy. We'll have live sets by Amerikan Primitive, Perilous, 1.4.5. Survivors, the Johnny Thunders Orchestra, The Wax Museum host Ronnie Dark, PA's Boston buds Sal Baglio and Mike Gent, Syracuse's favorite son Tom Kenny, and the Flashcubes featuring Mark Doyle. Your emcees will be Dana and Carl, and we promise the sort of bright-lights bonanza that Paul Armstrong would have dug the most.

TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW! It's possible there will still be tickets available at the door...but given the response so far, I would not recommend waiting. This one's for Paul Armstrong. And it's gonna be as loud as he was. YOU should join us. Got no mind? WE don't mind!

COCKTAIL SLIPPERS: Back Where You Belong

And this is where we belong. Sing it, Cocktail Slippers! We'll meet you again back here on Sunday night.

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My new book of short stories Guitars Vs. Rayguns!! Short Stories And Other White Lies is out now, and you can get autographed copies of the new book, its six-chapter novelette digest A Band Called GUITARS VS. RAYGUNS!, and my previous book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) directly from me. You can still get my previous previous book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones from publisher Rare Bird Books, OR an autographed copy here. If you like the books, please consider leaving a rating and/or review at the usual online resources.

I compiled a various-artists tribute album called Make Something Happen! A Tribute To The Flashcubes, and it's pretty damned good; you can read about it here and order it here. 

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl airs Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, streaming at SPARK stream and on the Radio Garden app as WESTCOTT RADIO. You can read about our history here

4 Million Boppin' Clicks (probably) Can't Be Wrong

On Thursday, Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do) accrued its four millionth click. This blog is nearing its eleventh birthday (January 18th), and frankly, four million accumulated tappety-taps over the course of more than a decade ain't all that impressive in this TikTok age. 

BUT! More than half of that four million accrued in the last year. In this post from November of 2025, the ledger only registered 1,961,894, and I mentioned my hope that Boppin' would hit its 2 millionth bop by mid-January. It took me eight years to get to the one-million mark. I do realize that nearly all of these clicks upon clicks upon clicks are byproducts of bots and AI rather than engagement with actual, y'know...human beings. Readers! I love readers! I wish I had more of them!

Nonetheless, as a great philosopher once noted, I yam what I yam. Never mind that this great philosopher made that statement in between (and during) mouthfuls of spinach. Whether the audience is flesh and blood or the advance cybernetic minions of the new order, the Bop goes on.

And for the time being, it's back to boppin' a daily basis. I may switch back to sporadic blogging at any moment, but I'm currently trying to balance the need to make time for other projects with the need to remain in the practice of writing something on a regular basis. You can't be a writer if you don't write, and you can't become a better writer if you don't keep on writing.

I'm a work in progress. But I'm still here. And I betcha the bots think I'm pretty, too.

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My new book of short stories Guitars Vs. Rayguns!! Short Stories And Other White Lies is out now, and you can get autographed copies of the new book, its six-chapter novelette digest A Band Called GUITARS VS. RAYGUNS!, and my previous book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) directly from me. You can still get my previous previous book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones from publisher Rare Bird Books, OR an autographed copy here. If you like the books, please consider leaving a rating and/or review at the usual online resources.

I compiled a various-artists tribute album called Make Something Happen! A Tribute To The Flashcubes, and it's pretty damned good; you can read about it here and order it here. 

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl airs Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, streaming at SPARK stream and on the Radio Garden app as WESTCOTT RADIO. You can read about our history here

Fake THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO Playlist: 45s I acquired before I'd heard the songs

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl is simply too large a concept to be neatly contained within a mere three-hour weekly time slot. Hence these occasional fake TIRnRR playlists, detailing shows we're never really going to do...but could.

Most pop music fans in my age bracket will remember hearing some specific new song on the radio, and being inspired to buy that song on a 7" 45 RPM vinyl single A-S-A-motherlovin'-P. Today's imaginary playlist is not about that. No, these are 45s I acquired before I'd heard the songs on either side.

The purchases and acquisitions weren't necessarily drawn from a blank slate. Often, it was an act I'd heard about, or more likely read about in CREEM or Bomp! or Trouser Press, maybe Phonograph Record Magazine, possibly even Rolling Stone. Others were by acts whose previous work I'd already discovered and enjoyed, so why not jump right into their latest Pick T' Click without waiting for radio or TV to introduce it to me?

To meet the criteria for this playlist, I had to be unfamiliar with both the A-sides and the B-sides before I took possession of the 45 (though either side is fair game for the playlist itself). No 12" singles allowed, but 7" EPs are perfectly okeydokey. I'm disqualifying singles where I'm pretty sure I'd heard the band perform the songs live before the single release; that eliminates all of the Flashcubes' singles, dammit. I'm allowing oldies accumulated way after the fact; if I heard those oldies at the time of their release, I didn't remember them, so they were effectively new records to my ears. And I say purchases and acquisitions to include stuff I got for free, like the Candy and Sheila E promo 45s scored when I worked in a record store in the '80s, singles by the Jam and Simply Saucer which were included free with other purchases, and the Freddy Cannon single my parents bought for me at J.M. Fields in the early '60s. We play the hits! Even if it's a hit we haven't heard yet.

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl--y'know, the real one--airs Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, and on the web at http://sparksyracuse.org/ You can read all about this show's long and weird history here: Boppin' The Whole Friggin' Planet (The History Of THIS IS ROCK 'N' ROLL RADIO). TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS are always welcome.

The many fine This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio compilation albums are still available, each full of that rockin' pop sound you crave. A portion of all sales benefit our perpetually cash-strapped community radio project:

Volume 1: download
Volume 2: CD or download
Volume 3: download
Volume 4: CD or download
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Volume 5: CD or download

Fake TIRnRR Playlist: 45s I acquired before I'd heard the songs

THE RAMONES: Sheena Is A Punk Rocker

SHEILA E: The Glamorous Life

CANDY: Whatever Happened To Fun...

JOAN JETT: I Love Rock 'n' Roll

RASPBERRIES: I'm A Rocker

THE TROGGS: I Can't Control Myself

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JAMES BROWN: Cold Sweat Part 1

SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES: Hong Kong Garden

WILSON PICKETT: Hey Jude

SIMPLY SAUCER: She's A Dog

THE LAST: She Don't Know Why I'm Here

THE PRETENDERS: Kid

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THE ROMANTICS: Little White Lies

THE ROMANTICS: Tell It To Carrie

JOE "KING" CARRASCO AND THE CROWNS: Houston El Mover

THE MONKEES: Tear Drop City

THE SCRUFFS: Teenage Girls

NEW MATH: Older Women

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THE MARVELETTES: The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game

GENERATION X: Ready Steady Go

THE ANIMALS: Inside--Looking Out

THE NERVES: Hanging On The Telephone

THE OHMS: Chain Letter

BOW WOW WOW: C30 C60 C90 Go!

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STANLEY FRANK: S'cool Days

THE DAVE CLARK FIVE: Concentration Baby

THE CHESTERFIELD KINGS: I Can Only Give You Everything

THE CLASH: London's Burning

THE CLASH: Tommy Gun

THE CREATION: Making Time

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THE UGLY DUCKLINGS: Nothin'

THE REVILLOS: Mind-Bending Cutie Doll

THE MOD FRAMES: I Don't Want To Cry

PAUL REVERE AND THE RAIDERS: Him Or Me--What's It Gonna Be?

PAUL REVER AND TH RAIDERS: I Had A Dream

HOLLY AND JOEY: I Got You Babe

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TALKING HEADS: Uh Oh, Love Comes To Town

TALKING HEADS: Psycho Killer

RONNIE SPECTOR: It's A Heartache

SHRAPNEL: Go Cruisin'

THE RATTLERS: On The Beach

THE POPPEES: Jealousy

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ARTHUR CONLEY: Shake, Rattle And Roll

THE PENETRATORS: Gotta Have Her

THE PENETRATORS: Teenage Lifestyle

CURTIS SEALS: The Scandalizer

THE PLEASERS: Who Are You

THE PLEASERS: The Kids Are Alright

THE STANDELLS: 60's Band

R.E.M.: Radio Free Europe

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THE JAM: All Around The World

THE JAM: In The City

THE JAM: Strange Town

THE TOYS: I'm Telling You Now

THE KNACK: Pay The Devil (Ooo Baby Ooo)

STIV BATORS: It's Cold Outside

THE TEARJERKERS: Syracuse Summer

EDDIE AND THE HOT RODS: Do Anything You Wanna Do

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FREDDY CANNON: Teen Queen Of The Week

THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE! Paul McCartney, "Not Such A Bad Boy"

Drawn from previous posts, this is not part of my book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1).

An infinite number of tracks can each be THE greatest record ever made, as long as they take turns. Today, this is THE GREATEST RECORD EVER MADE!

PAUL McCARTNEY: Not Such A Bad Boy

Written by Paul McCartney

Produced by George Martin

From the album Give My Regards To Broad Street, Parlophone Records [UK]/Columbia Records [USA], 1984

Rock 'n' roll as we know it might not even exist if not for the movies. That may be an overstatement, but it's certainly true that rock's first crossover success came via Hollywood. When the film The Blackboard Jungle appeared in 1955, its opening credits sequence propelled a novelty fox trot called "Rock Around The Clock" to the top of the pops, making the seemingly unlikely figures of Bill Haley and his Comets the world's first rock 'n' roll stars. The ongoing sheet-shakin' between rock and film has been consummated again and again over the ensuing decades, from Jailhouse Rock through A Hard Day's Night, the Monkees in Head, the Ramones in Rock 'n' Roll High School, Earth, Wind & Fire in That's The Way Of The World, and the fictional Wonders in That Thing You Do!, plus whatever more recent iterations have occurred since I grew too old to keep up with what you crazy kids are up to. Just stay off of my lawn already.

Paul McCartney's 1985 film vehicle Give My Regards To Broad Street is not very good. It's probably not that bad; I should watch it again to see if it holds up better than my memory claims. If nothing else, hey: It's Paul McCartney! I mean, what the hell, right? It's not like he owes us anything. And the soundtrack is frequently terrific, with remakes of "Eleanor Rigby" and "Ballroom Dancing," and a great hit single in "No More Lonely Nights." The album's highest points are two tracks Paul recorded with an ace combo consisting of Linda McCartney, Ringo Starr, Dave Edmunds, and Chris Spedding, and I woulda killed to see that combo live! McCartney claimed that a new song called "No Values" came to him in a dream, a song he imagined seeing the Rolling Stones perform in concert. When he realized no such Stones song existed, he wrote and recorded it himself. It's the second best song on the Give My Regards To Broad Street soundtrack. 

The best song? Glad you asked! "Not Such A Bad Boy" is not just the best song on Give My Regards To Broad Street, it's one of McCartney's very best tracks, period. Its relative obscurity is maddening. And it's second only to "Maybe I'm Amazed" among my favorite post-Beatles McCartney songs.

Give My Regards To Broad Street may get a worse rap than it really deserves. It's not bad, but nor is it in any way special. Well, let's amend that a bit--even by itself, the presence of McCartney does make it sorta special. The soundtrack justifies it, approaching the transcendent with "No Values" and "Not Such A Bad Boy," neither of which is on any other album, and they're just as solid as anything Sir Paul ever did after leaving the act you've known for all these years. 

In particular, "Not Such A Bad Boy" is such a confident rockin' pop number, oozing with swagger and amiable panache. It's aching for rediscovery as one of McCartney's best. Not such a bad song after all. Give it my highest regards.

If you like what you see here on Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do), please consider a visit to CC's Tip Jar. You can also become a Boppin' booster on my Patreon page.  

My new book of short stories Guitars Vs. Rayguns!! Short Stories And Other White Lies is out now, and you can get autographed copies of the new book, its six-chapter novelette digest A Band Called GUITARS VS. RAYGUNS!, and my previous book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) directly from me. You can still get my previous previous book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones from publisher Rare Bird Books, OR an autographed copy here. If you like the books, please consider leaving a rating and/or review at the usual online resources.

I compiled a various-artists tribute album called Make Something Happen! A Tribute To The Flashcubes, and it's pretty damned good; you can read about it here and order it here. 

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl airs Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, streaming at SPARK stream and on the Radio Garden app as WESTCOTT RADIO. You can read about our history here

COMIC BOOK COVER GALLERY: Some '60s, '70s, and '80s series I'd like to see published in collected editions

Collected editions! Today's gallery gathers representative covers from a number of '60s, '70s, and '80s series I'd like to see preserved in the form of attractively-priced trade paperbacks. I hit the same subject in this post from 2024, but now let's expand it into its own Comic Book Cover Gallery.

We must mention a few notes before we proceed. First, I do know that some of these properties (including E-Man and Zot!) have been collected previously; the E-Man book is effectively out of print, and the Zot! book only includes the black and white issues. My list is dominated by DC Comics IPs, because I think Marvel has already accomplished some deep dives into its archives; the current DC Finest series seems poised to address that imbalance. 

I have some wished-for collections that fall outside the parameters of this gallery. I'd love to see a collection of the Charlton Comics science-fiction Western Wander (written by Denny O'Neil and go'geously illustrated by Jim Aparo), which ran as a back-up strip in The Cheyenne Kid from 1968 to 1971, but I didn't own any of those comics, and even if I did, Wander wasn't a cover feature. Collections of Sheldon Mayer's out-of-time-frame 1940s Scribbly And The Red Tornado strips from All-American Comics and Jim Hanley's '70s fanzine superhero Goodguy would be terrific subjects for trade editions.

Finally, I confess I wouldn't necessarily buy each of these proposed trades if they came to be. Yeah, fat lotta help I am. But I would be first in line for Blackhawk, Crossfire, DNAgents, and E-Man (and Goodguy, Scribbly And The Red Tornado, and Wander), and I would almost certainly replace my black-and-white Zot! book with a comprehensive collection. The 'Mazing Man and Adventures Of Jerry Lewis would be pretty sure bets, and everything else would at least be a contender.

As always, we'll be sticking exclusively to the '60s, '70s, and '80s era of acquisition I've established for these galleries. Today's selections include books I bought new, back issues I acquired after the fact (but within the timeline), and B-stock contraband originally purchased without their covers. These aren't actual photos of comics in my collection; most images are courtesy of the Grand Comics Database, which is grand indeed. But I did have each and every one of 'em at some point in time.

Refers to Rose and the Thorn back-up strips

Vigilante strips from Adventure and World's Finest

Representing a collection of the 1970s Atlas/Seaboard line

"Search For Zatara" serial and subsequent Zatanna solo stories

Ain't gonna happen. Cross-licensing nightmare with DC, Marvel, The Lone Ranger, and Tarzan. The Batman story will be reprinted by DC in 2027

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My new book of short stories Guitars Vs. Rayguns!! Short Stories And Other White Lies is out now, and you can get autographed copies of the new book, its six-chapter novelette digest A Band Called GUITARS VS. RAYGUNS!, and my previous book The Greatest Record Ever Made! (Volume 1) directly from me. You can still get my previous previous book Gabba Gabba Hey! A Conversation With The Ramones from publisher Rare Bird Books, OR an autographed copy here. If you like the books, please consider leaving a rating and/or review at the usual online resources.

I compiled a various-artists tribute album called Make Something Happen! A Tribute To The Flashcubes, and it's pretty damned good; you can read about it here and order it here. 

This Is Rock 'n' Roll Radio with Dana & Carl airs Sunday nights from 9 to Midnight Eastern, on the air in Syracuse at SPARK! WSPJ 103.3 and 93.7 FM, streaming at SPARK stream and on the Radio Garden app as WESTCOTT RADIO. You can read about our history here