When last we left our intrepid band of adventurers...

[juldea]

What's the origin of the phrase, "When last we [left] our intrepid band of [adventurers]..."? Google is of no assistance.

Comments

[bonisagus.livejournal.com]

It probably either comes from the Golden Age of Radio Theatre or the dawn of Sci-Fi on television so sometime between 1930 and 1959.

[etherial.livejournal.com]

I'd guess Pulp Science Fiction Serials.

[brewergnome.livejournal.com]

I'm fairly certain it's from radio, the serial mysteries I think.

[jester-king.livejournal.com]

I think you're right, the old stuff like "The Shadow"

[anitra.livejournal.com]

I'm sure it comes from radio drama. "When we last left our hero, he was hanging from the side of a cliff..." :)