“Magpie Murders,” a new series on “Masterpiece,” is a mystery within a mystery, based on a book by Anthony Horowitz. By Roslyn Sulcas LONDON — It’s 1955. The great detective Atticus Pünd is heading to ...

Picture a newsstand in the 1950s, with its flurry of colors and action-packed images jostling to grab your attention. This was a boom period for the industry, the Pre-Code early 1950s era with crime, ...

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Batman has a long and distinguished career in comics and movies (and a less distinguished career in 1940s serials). Ever since springing from the minds of Bill Finger and Bob Kane in his debut in ...