I love this book- it's the nostalgia me. The illustrations are priceless and there is much to be said for the details therein: scenes, clothes, facial expressions, body language. And how it all changes from the action being all in the illustration itself to the comic strip where balloons are needed. My late uncle used to read Argosy in his younger years but he had thrown them all away by the time I asked for them. I'll have to get along with remembering that my grandfather and I always read Dick Tracy in the "funnies". And all those wonderful Charlie Chan movies with Warren Oland and his Number One Son (or was it Son Number One?). Peter Haining did a great job here. ( )