Jim Hardy returns for one last adventure in this final volume of the overlooked and long forgotten Dick Moores masterpiece! Windy, Paddles and Mollie go to New York where they encounter a racketeer who wants Paddles for his own nefarious needs. Jim is after this same racketeer, and with Windy’s help brings him to justice. Upon their return to California, Windy and Paddles face an uncertain future where Paddles might be getting too old to race. They encounter various people who see them as easy prey, but all learn in various ways that the pair are no pushovers. Finally, Windy and Paddles become involved in the war effort in a fight against an axis scientist whose mad schemes threaten national security! Jim Hardy—officially retitled as Windy and Paddles in 1941—is a showcase for Dick Moores’ monumental talents. This book contains every Jim Hardy/Windy and Paddles daily newspaper strip from August 26, 1940 to October 24, 1942.
$25.00 | 234pp | Paperback | B&W | 11″ x 8.5″ | No ISBN
Jim Hardy’s adventures continue! After capturing a murderer, Jim heads off to Santovia to rescue Nancy, who was kidnapped by the emperor to be his wife! After escaping, Jim and Nancy are cast adrift at sea, where they encounter a rouge captain and his crew. Then Jim smashes an illegal smuggling operation! Mollie, the smuggler’s daughter, vows revenge, but a series of events lead her to change her mind and become a loyal ally to Jim. Dick Moores is in peak form during these years, constantly experimenting with narratives that range from crime to adventure to drama. Using Mollie’s personal journey, he moves away from Jim Hardy to a pair of characters who would soon lead the strip into a new direction—Windy and Paddles. Moores writes some of the finest narratives of this era, of people looking for place and purpose, some never finding it, and others finding something quite unexpected!
$25.00 | 240pp | Paperback | B&W | 11″ x 8.5″ | No ISBN
Once Chester Gould’s assistant on Dick Tracy, Dick Moores went on his own, creating Jim Hardy, a
similar hard-boiled-gumshoe-type strip that quickly established itself as its own unique take on the
detective genre. Hardy’s is an ex-con-turned-police officer whose adventures differ from those of his
more famous contemporary in that they are character studies, rather than crime fiction. This long
forgotten 1930’s newspaper strip explored depression-era America with storytelling that Moores
would later utilize in his more famous strip, Gasoline Alley.
This book contains every Jim Hardy daily newspaper strip from June 1, 1936 to June 1, 1938.
$25.00 | 220pp | Paperback | B&W | 11″ x 8.5″ | No ISBN
