{"product_id":"9780996030656","title":"Velda: The Complete Velda, Girl Detective","description":"My name is Velda Bellinghausen. I'm a private investigator. I used to be a showgirl at Slotnik's Follies, but I got pretty sick and tired of shedding my clothes twice a day, four times on weekends for matinees. So I followed up on an ad I saw on a matchbook cover and sent in my twenty bucks for the Hawkshaw Course on Detection. It was the best twenty bucks I ever spent, too! In no time at all, I had my license and was in business for myself! \u003cp\u003eNow I'm called upon to investigate murders, burglaries, and all sorts of crimes occurring in the big city. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVelda: Girl Detective - VOLUME ONE is a multi-leveled representation of not only the more lurid of the 1950s crime comics but of comic collecting itself. The book is also more than a passing homage to the noir films and hard-boiled detective school of writing of the 1950s. Purporting to be an anthology of all the issues of a little-known golden age comic, it includes a history of the creation of the comic, an interview with its creator and an episode list of the \"Girl Detective\" TV show as well as special features including a Velda paper doll kit and the complete 1952 Velda pinup calendar. The comics also include vintage ads as well as featurettes such as \"Hawkshaw Hawk, Bird Detective\" and \"Neolithica: Girl of the Pleistocene.\" Velda has also been featured in a series of radio plays broadcast by NPR - as well as a full-length stage play. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Velda is the kind of detective I like.\"- Richard S. Prather (writer, Shell Scott novels). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hubba Hubba!\" - Kevin Burton Smith, thrillingdetective.com. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A pulp classic! If you like your action gritty, yet full of surprises, then you'll love Velda...\" - Rick Overton (writer, Dennis Miller Show, actor). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Velda Comic is spectacular. I felt like I was a kid again as it had the real flavor of the old detective comics I used to read.\" - Bob Burns\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Caliber Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47008992493808,"sku":"9780996030656","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780996030656_p0.jpg?v=1763901682","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780996030656","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}