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June 1953. "Activities at the Sun Fun Festival, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Mickey Spillane, one of the beauty pageant judges, on the beach with a woman." From photos by Jim Hansen for the Look magazine assignment "Behind the Scenes -- Beauty and the Beach." View full size.
There were many stories I heard during my association with Marvel Comics regarding Mr. Spillane, who wrote comic book stories before making it as a mystery novelist.
To paraphrase a mysterious cowboy in a bowling alley: The dude imbibed.
On the left, folks, on the left :-)
[He is a lookalike because it is Mickey Spillane! Thank you for solving this mystery. - Dave]
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