Monthly Archives: November 2016

French Saharan Adventures (Le Petit Journal 6)

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Jack Wagner

Here are some more color covers; this time from Le Petit Journal illustré which was the weekly illustrated supplement to the daily newspaper Le Petit Journal.  These depict various scenes from the French colonial experience in the Sahara.  Some of these, … Continue reading →

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French Colonial Adventures (La Petit Parisian 3)

Posted on November 19, 2016 by Jack Wagner

Here are some more pictures from the journal La Petit Parisian that depict various scenes from the French colonial outposts in Africa and Indochina.  Most of these are from 1889 to 1912 and were found on Galica.  I played around … Continue reading →

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Legion Pulp: Clay in Khaki

Posted on November 15, 2016 by Jack Wagner

Here is another Foreign Legion pulp story written by the master of the genre, Georges Surdez.  This tale appeared in The Big Magazine which is one of the more rarer pulp titles out there considering there was only one issue … Continue reading →

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Hodgepodge for October 2016

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Jack Wagner

Well, Happy Halloween everyone, that would have been yesterday the 31st for those who might be unfamiliar with this holiday.  I searched my archives and the web for hours last week but I couldn’t find a supernatural or scary story … Continue reading →

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