#flying skeleton

[steammanofthewest]

Flying skeleton dime novel cover, Beadle's Half Dime Library No. 300, April 24, 1888, "The Sky Demon; or, Rainbolt, the Ranger" by Oll Coomes. Originally appeared in Starr's American Novel No. 67 (1871); and reprinted in Beadle's Half Dime Library No. 1160 (1905); Beadle's Pocket Novels No. 35 (1875); New Dime Novels No. 583 (1884); Pocket Library No. 271 (1889); and Western Weekly No. 38, August 17, 1911.

The Steam Man of the West

[steammanofthewest]

Flying skeleton dime novel cover, Western Weekly No. 38, August 17, 1911, "The Sky Demon; or, Rainbolt, the Ranger" by Oll Coomes. Originally appeared in Starr's American Novel No. 67 (1871); and reprinted in Beadle's Pocket Novels No. 35 (1875); Beadle's Half Dime Library Nos. 300 (1883) and 1160 (1905); New Dime Novels No. 583 (1884); and Pocket Library No. 271 (1889).

The Steam Man of the West

[danskjavlarna]

Source details and larger version.

It all connects: vintage skeleton imagery.

[nicky9door]

With Halloween just around the corner, American joker Tom Mabe used his squawking Flying Reaper to swoop down and stalk his victims.

[coffeeplot]

Friend was at soccer, so I ranted about my feels to photoshop instead.

I think I was being a tad melodramatic... }:-)