{"product_id":"velda-the-complete-velda-girl-detective-volume-two-9780996030663","title":"Velda: The Complete Velda, Girl Detective Volume Two","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ron Miller\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Caliber Comics\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Caliber Comics\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Crime \u0026amp; Mystery\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy 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! Now I'm called upon to investigate murders, burglaries, and all sorts of crimes occurring in the big city. Velda: Girl Detective is a multi-leveled representation of the more lurid of the 1950s crime comics as if it actually existed as a classic Golden Age comic. A passing homage to the noir films and hard-boiled detective school of writing of the 1950s as it includes vintage ads as well as side story featurettes such as \"Hawkshaw Hawk, Bird Detective\" and \"Neolithica: Girl of the Pleistocene.\" In this second volume, stories of Velda's exploits continue in Velda \"Goes to the Circus\" and \"Goes to Hollywood\" plus Velda hypnotized, visiting a dude ranch, and Velda against a crazed strangler. See the action tales of a burlesque queen who became a private eye. As a special bonus, this volume contains Velda's calendar pinups!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Caliber Comics","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45496262426775,"sku":"9780996030663","price":1329.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780996030663.webp?v=1767153356","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/velda-the-complete-velda-girl-detective-volume-two-9780996030663","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}