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| Adventure House: G8 & HIS BATTLE ACES
- Coming soon! January 2009 G-8 and His Battle Aces #31: "Scourge of the Sky Beast" by Robert J. Hogan What were these strange Monsters of the Sky that winged their way through space, leaving blood and destruction as they flew? What fiendish mind had spawned these beasts that sent the Allies crashing to horrible Death? Only Herr Doktor Krueger could have produced these deadly bats, and G-8's duty was clear, Kill the little beast of science, or let his comrades die! $9.95 (U.S.) - Media Mail Shipping $2.50 for a single copy. May 2009 G-8 and His Battle Aces #32: "Wings of Satan" by Robert J. Hogan Only the fires of Hell could produce these madmen of the battle lanes—fiendish pilots of the skies who card not fo rthe enemy's lives nor for their own. Soulds tortured from the beginning of time, now vengeance mad! Seeking to take from the living what they themselves bad been denied! $9.95 (U.S.) - Media Mail Shipping $2.50 for a single copy. September 2009 G-8 and His Battle Aces #33: "Patrol of the Cloud Crushers" by Robert J. Hogan Not even G-8 could fathom the ungodly powers of the cloud crusher! A hand that struck from nowhere—a haunting, terrible messenger of death! And yet the Master Spy's duty was clear—this menace must be destroyed, even though his very life be exchanged for the answer to this horrible curse of the skies! $9.95 (U.S.) - Media Mail Shipping $2.50 for a single copy. Adventure House |  
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| Adventure House: HIGH ADVENTURE - Coming soon! January 2009 HIGH ADVENTURE #104 featuring Jim Anthony in "Bloated Death" by John Grange Tired of the superficialities of civilization, Jim Anthony goes back to the forest of his ancestors, little realizing that all the evil workings of mankind that have so sickened him in the big city are also to be found under stark, primitive conditions. From Super-Detective 01/41 7x10, 112 pages, $7.95 (U.S.) - Media Mail Shipping $2.50 for a single copy. March 2009 HIGH ADVENTURE #105 featuring Captain Danger by Lt. Scott Morgan! Reprinted at last - The 1st issue of Captain Danger! Today's Air Soldier of fortune battles grimly against a malicious scientist who seeks to harness the elements in a mad drive for conquest and power. 7x10, 112 pages, $7.95 (U.S.) - Media Mail Shipping $2.50 for a single copy. May 2009 HIGH ADVENTURE #106 featuring Captain Satan "A Ghost Rides the Dawn" by William O'Sullivan 7x10, 112 pages, $7.95 (U.S.) - Media Mail Shipping $2.50 for a single copy. July 2009 HIGH ADVENTURE #107 featuring The Black Bat "The Nazi Spy Murders" by G. Wayman Jones When sabotage and slaughter stalk, the Black Bat gets into the biggest battle of his life as he strives to stamp out a Satanic Axis menace to America! 7x10, 112 pages, $7.95 (U.S.) - Media Mail Shipping $2.50 for a single copy. Adventure House |   
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| Age of Aces Presents - Downloadable PDF Air
War pulp stories! Age of Aces Books is now offering a new feature on their Web site called "Age of Aces Presents". You can now download free PDF versions of some great Air War pulp stories. Visit them at http://ageofaces.home.att.net and look for the "Age of Aces Presents" link. New this week: Nothing new this week! And while you are visiting the Age
of Aces website, make sure you checkout their fine Air War pulp reprints. Click on any of the covers to order from Amazon.com!
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| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Scheduled to ship yet this month! THE
SHADOW Volume 24: "Washington Crime" & "Quetzal" "As
you sow evil, so shall you reap evil. Crime does not pay. The Shadow Knows!" The
Dark Avenger returns in two riveting espionage thrillers by Walter B. Gibson writing
as "Maxwell Grant." First, The Shadow teams up with America's top secret agent
to combat a beautiful international spy and "Washington Crime." Then, in
a shadowy sequel, the U.S. State Department sends "El Ombre" to Mexico to prevent
the foreign agent code-named "Quetzal" from selling the blueprints for a top-secret
military installation to an enemy power. This classic reprint also features
both color pulp covers by George Rozen, the classic interior illustrations by
Edd Cartier, "Shadowing the 1960s Spy Craze" by Anthony Tollin and commentary
by pulp historian Will Murray. (Sanctum Productions) 978-1-934943-18-2
1-934943-18-5 Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95  1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid Check, Money Order, or Paypal Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Scheduled to ship yet this month! DOC
SAVAGE Volume 23: "Fantastic Island" & "Danger Lies East" The
pulp era's greatest action hero returns in epic tales of international intrigue
by W. Ryerson Johnson and Lester Dent (writing as "Kenneth Robeson"). First, the
disappearance of Johnny Littlejohn leads the Man of Bronze and the beautiful Pat
Savage to a madman's deadly "Fantastic Island" in the epic pulp novel that TIME
observed: "Š Ian Fleming obviously ransacked when he wrote Dr. No Š"
Then, in "Danger Lies East," Doc Savage goes undercover for the State Department
to prevent a Middle East holy war. BONUS STORY: "Talking Toad," Lester Dent's
first Gadget Man story from the pages of Crime Busters. This instant collector's
item showcases the classic color pulp covers by Walter M. Baumhofer and Walter
Swenson, and also features all the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban
and Edd Cartier, and historical commentary by Will Murray, author of seven Doc
Savage novels. (Sanctum Productions) 978-1-934943-17-5 1-934943-17-7 Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95  1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
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| E-texts
on the net this week The Shadow in Review: There is no new Shadow review this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "Death's Playgirl" by Lawrence Treat from TEN DETECTIVE ACES, April, 1940 When a detective plays bellhop on the fugitive trail, he expects to be the guests' stooge. But this agency man found he'd been sent on a doom-marked errand - with a coffin check for a tip. "Queen of Heaven" by E. Hoffmann Price from SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES, September, 1936 Her tong-leader father tried to sell her to seal a treaty of peace! And she would have none of it. But the Chinese girl was only one of Cliff Cragin's headaches when he braved the death of a thousand cuts. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edd
Cartier - R.I.P. Edward Daniel Cartier passed away Christmas Day. Edd was one of the all-time greatest pulp illustrators, legendary for his work on John W. Campbell's UNKNOWN and ASTOUNDING STORIES and 800 illustrations for THE SHADOW MAGAZINE. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ERBville Press - Now available! TARZAN OF THE APES by Edgar Rice Burroughs We believe that it goes without saying that "Tarzan of the Apes" is about as original a yarn as has been seen in a long while, and we shall be very much disappointed if we don't hear the same from some of our friendly readers. The ERBville Press edition uses the original magazine text. $12.95 TARZAN AND THE CITY OF GOLD by Edgar Rice Burroughs Into the mysterious wilderness of Abyssinia went Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle, through which he roamed, lured by the secrets and mystery of this remote land. And it is in one far place that the strange white warrior in armor of ivory leads him to the luxurious court of the most beautiful woman in the world, to slavery, to the arena, to the lion pit, to an atmosphere of love and hate, of intrigue and murder, to new friends and powerful enemies, to the throne of the Great God Thoos, to flaming Xarator, and to the horrors of the Grand Hunt. The ERBville Press edition uses the original magazine text. $12.95 ERBville Press |  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Flash
Gordon 1/6 Scale Figure - Coming soon! In 1936 floating cities, rocket ships, and hawk men exploded off the screen in the greatest movie serials of all time! Starring Larry “Buster” Crabbe as the heroic earthman, Flash Gordon became the film standard of space adventures for children and adults the world over! Having the honor of being the only serial to receive top billing on movie theater marquees, the Flash Gordon serials changed the genre of science fiction forever. Audiences continue to be dazzled by the iconic imagery that remains influential to this day! COMING SOON FROM GO HERO...for the first time in 1:6 scale figure format, Larry “Buster” Crabbe as Flash Gordon. Explore the strange world of Mongo! Protect the beautiful Dale Arden! Save the Earth from the evil death ray of Ming the Merciless!
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| ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE
#28 - Coming in March! This issue of Illustration features the spectacular pulp artwork of Graves Gladney, most famous for his covers for The Shadow magazine. The extensive feature showcases many original Shadow paintings, shot directly from the original art, and presented in full-page reproductions. Most of these paintings have not been reproduced in any other book or magazine for over fifty years, and will be new to even the most jaded pulp art aficionado. The second major feature is on the work of Sandy Kossin, famous for his many paperback and magazine illustrations. Finally, children's artist Nan Pollard displays the paper doll and color book illustrations that made her a legend in the field. Magazine, 96 pages, Full Color, $15.00 Illustration Magazine |  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moonstone
Books: THE PHANTOM #26
- Arriving
in comic shops January 2nd! by Mike Bullock, Zeu & Silvestre Szilagyi "Man O' War." From the Chronicles of the 13th Phantom! While returning to the United States with his wife, Jeannette, The Ghost Who Walks finds himself embroiled in a battle with sea faring slave traders. Will The Phantom be able to free the enslaved members of the Llongo tribe, or join them in chains? And how does this tie in to the life of the 21st Phantom? Find out here! Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99 Moonstone Books | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The Pulp
Rack - New additions! Everyone I know looks forward to the books they plan to read for the Christmas holiday -- either the books already in their To Be Read pile, or the books they expect to receive as gifts. In these two followups to The Pulp Rack's interview with Henning Kure, you can read about books you might have once had a chance to read -- but probably won't get to, now. "A List of Henning's Tarzan Projects" You'll find this listing at this URL: http://pulprack.com/arch/2008/12/a_list_of_henni.html "Igor Kordey on Tarzan: The Rivers of Blood" You'll find it at this URL: http://pulprack.com/arch/2008/12/igor_kordey_on.html Enjoy! And to all The Pulp Rack's loyal patrons, have a great holiday! As always, thanks for your patronage. Duane Spurlock proprietor The Pulp Rack http://www.pulprack.com Sign up for the Pulp Rack email list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pulprack/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pulpville Press
- Now available! DARKNESS AND DAWN TRILOGY Now available, all three books of this trilogy from the pen of George Allan England, a contemporary scientific romance author in the mold of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Book 1 -- The Vacant World - $14.95 Book 2 -- Beyond the Great Oblivion - $14.95 Book 3 -- The Afterglow - $14.95 Pulpville Press |  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Shadow
- Movie Update! IGN Movies caught up with producer Michael E. Uslan at the premiere of The Spirit where Uslan gave IGN Movies the low down on what's happening with the feature film return of The Shadow. Uslan informed IGN Movies that his next project will likely be the reinvention of Walter B. Gibson's pulp hero The Shadow, followed by director Peter Segal's big screen version of DC Comics' Captain Marvel. IGN Movies broke the news about Sam Raimi's involvement with The Shadow back in December 2006. Raimi and Josh Donen's Buckaroo Entertainment will produce The Shadow along with Uslan's Comic Book Movies, Llc/Branded Entertainment banner. Siavash Farahani penned the screenplay. The Shadow was last brought to the screen in 1994 by director Russell Mulcahy with Alec Baldwin in the title role. Uslan advised IGN Movies that he has a specific actor in mind to play Lamont Cranston, a.k.a. The Shadow. Although he would not tell us who that actor is, he did say it was a rather unconventional choice that nevertheless excited executives when he told them. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The 8th Voyage of Sinbad Adam Shankman is in final negotiations to develop and direct "The 8th Voyage of Sinbad," Columbia's retelling of the classic myth featuring Sinbad the Sailor. Neal Moritz is producing through his Original Film banner. The story centers on Sinbad and his crew, who are marooned off the coast of China and embark on a quest to find the Lamp of Aladdin. Along the way they meet a beautiful empress and do battle with fantastical creatures and a rebellious Chinese general who threatens the kingdom. Cormac and Marianne Sellek Wibberley wrote the most recent draft. Toby Jaffe is exec producing along with Shankman and his producing partner Jennifer Gibgot. In its continuing journey to the screen, the project has had a voyage as long as Sinbad's, with John Singleton and Rob Cohen previously attached to direct, and Keanu Reeves and Vin Diesel attached to star. | |||||||
| Adventure House -
The December pulp facsimile reprints are now available! Planet Stories - Summer 1947, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 Two cosmic tales from the Golden Age of Science Fiction are reprinted in this replica edition of Planet Stories from Summer 1947! First, in Gardner Fox's "Vassals of the Lode-Star," the outlaw man-beats of the Settlements, caught in a mad space-time snarl and making their last grim stand against a surging android horde, could not see why might-thewed Thor Masterson of Terra chose instead to battle a strange green flame! Then, in Raymond F. Jones' "The Martian Circle" SBI Captain Roal Hartford must dare the death of the Thousand Minds to learn the dreadful secret of a sweet-voiced singer who weaves a spell of dreams and drugs that drove men mad and threatened to smash the System! Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, B&W SRP: $14.95 Phantom Detective - June 1935, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 NOTES OF DOOM by Robert Wallace Follow the Phantom on the breath-taking trail of a ghastly series of sinister crimes perpetrated by a super-criminal who holds promissory notes for the lives of his victims. Red Blooded Stories - December 1928, 7x10, 144 pages, $14.95 THE YELLOW TRAITOR by Pollok Guiler The helpless white foreigners find themselves betrayed into the hands of the murderous men of Canton, but . . . SACRIFICE by L. Patrick Greene All his life he lived his life for himself alone, selfish, self-centered, but . . . Adventure House |    | ||||||
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| Adventure House -
Coming in March! HIGH ADVENTURE #105 featuring Captain Danger by Lt. Scott Morgan! Reprinted at last - The 1st issue of Captain Danger! Today's Air Soldier of fortune battles grimly against a malicious scientist who seeks to harness the elements in a mad drive for conquest and power! Also included: DROME OF THE DEVIL by Harold F. Cruickshank PAYMENT DEFERRED by Orlando Rigoni SPAWN OF A NAZI STAFFEL by W.H. Randall 7x10, 112 pages, $7.95 Adventure House HIGH ADVENTURE #105 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 24th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN094591. | | ||||||
| Adventure House -
Pulp facsimile reprints
coming to comic shops in March! Phantom Detective - December 1934, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 THE CRIME CASTLE by Robert Wallace Grim, ghastly death and blood-curdling terrors stalk the house of a hundred murders! Thrills, suspense and action in one of the most baffling cases ever tackled by the Phantom! The Phantom Detective (December 1934) is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 24th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN094592. Available
direct from Adventure House in March! Secret Agent X - February 1935
, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95CURSE OF THE WAITING DEATH by Brant House Underworld fangs were bared. Underworld guns sounded a hideous tatoo of death. And Satan's signals gave the clue to a murderous bandit pack, with a power of an unseen curse behind them—a curse that made the police stand off; and made Secret Agent "X" pledge himself to battle on the volcano brink of destruction. Jungle Stories - Summer 1940, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 Rumor raced the tree-telegraph: Ki-Gor was doomed! The Wandarobo had trapped the blond stalker. . . And Helene would die beneath the cannibal moon! Adventure House |    | ||||||
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| Age
of Aces Presents - Downloadable
PDF Air War pulp stories! Age of Aces Books is now offering a new feature on their Web site called "Age of Aces Presents". You can now download free PDF versions of some great Air War pulp stories. Visit them at http://ageofaces.home.att.net and look for the "Age of Aces Presents" link. New this week: Nothing new this week! And while you are visiting the Age
of Aces website, make sure you checkout their fine Air War pulp reprints. Click on any of the covers to order from Amazon.com!
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| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Now available! THE SHADOW DOUBLE
NOVEL VOLUME 9: "FORESHADOWING THE BATMAN" VARIANT SPECIAL The book that rewrote the history of Batman is reissued in the first
Shadow variant edition‹as "The Knight of Darkness" returns in two historic
novels that gave birth to "The Dark Knight." First, a powerful new underworld
kingpin crosses swords with The Shadow in "Lingo," one of Walter Gibson's all-time
masterpieces which inspired the 'Batarang.' In "Partners of Peril" by Theodore
Tinsley, Lamont Cranston investigates chemical syndicate murders in the crime
thriller that was adapted by Bill Finger and Bob Kane as Batman's debut adventure
in Detective Comics #27. This extra-length volume also reprints Tinsley's "The
Grim Joker," a 1936 tale introducing a clown-faced crime boss called 'The Joker'.
PLUS: Will Murray documents the "Shadowy" origins of The Batman, and Anthony Tollin
chronicles how "Partners in Peril" was adapted as the first Batman story. This
special variant edition leads off with the classic George Rozen cover painting
that many consider the definitive portrait of The Shadow, and also reprints all
the original interior illustrations by Tom Lovell including a dynamite two-page
spread dropped from the original Street & Smith pulp. (Sanctum Press)
978-1-934943-19-9 1-934943-19-3Softcover, 144 pages, 7x10, B&W, $12.95 "With this astonishing discovery, Anthony Tollin and Will Murray have rewritten the history of Batman. We always knew that Batman was inspired by The Shadow‹we just didn¹t know how much he was inspired by The Shadow!" - ROY THOMAS
1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid Check, Money Order, or Paypal Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] | |||||||
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
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Coming in February! DOC
SAVAGE Volume 25: "The Red Skull" & "The Awful Egg" The greatest superhero of the pulp era returns in two power-packed
novels by Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." In "The Red Skull," Doc Savage
follows a murderous gangster to Arizona where a subterranean secret that could
transform the world lies in wait. Then, the Man of Bronze and his Iron Men
journey to the South Dakota Badlands in search of a fugitive murderer, where they
discover the prehistoric terror of "The Awful Egg." This deluxe pulp reprint features
the original color covers by Walter Baumhofer and Emery Clarke and all the classic
interior illustrations by Paul Orban. Historical commentary is provided by Will
Murray, author of seven Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Books) 978-0-9822033-2-3
0-9822033-2-2Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95 DOC SAVAGE Volume 25 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 24th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN094589. 1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid Check, Money Order, or Paypal Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] |  | ||||||
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc
Coming in February! THE SHADOW Volume 26: "Vengeance is Mine!" & "Battle of Greed" "Who
knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow Knows!" The Master
of Darkness deals out retribution and redemption in two classic pulp thrillers
by Walter B. Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." In "Vengeance is Mine!",
The Shadow hunts a terrorist whose murderous bombing rampage extends to
the Cobalt Club itself. Then, in "Battle of Greed," The Shadow offers
second chances to a trio of broken souls in the most unusual Shadow novel
of all time. BONUS: The Shadow teams with Chick Carter, Boy Detective,
in a rare crossover from the Golden Age of Radio. This instant
collector's item showcases the original color covers by George
Rozen and Graves Gladney, the classic interior illustrations by
Tom Lovell and Edd Cartier, and historical commentary by Will Murray,
Anthony Tollin and John Nanovic. (Sanctum Books) 978-0-9822033-1-6
0-9822033-1-4 Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95 THE SHADOW Volume 26 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 24th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN094593. 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid Check, Money Order, or Paypal Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] |  | ||||||
| Beneath Ceaseless Skies
#6 - Now available online! The fourth issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies is now available and features: "Dunasby, Fire and Ice," by Rebecca Lyn Shelley Deathfire shot an arrow through the man’s back. Then he drew his sword. The woman and children would be easy enough to kill, but he wanted to take care of the baby first. “Don’t worry,” he said, rubbing a gentle hand across the woman's sweat-soaked brow. “I’ll make it painless for all of you.” "The Dragon's Child," by J. Kathleen Cheney The wizard raised a hand, his long, pointed nails painted with blue lacquer. With one finger, he drew a slashing arc through the air. Pain seared like fire along Kseniya’s cheek, a line cutting across one of the old scars. She clenched her jaw to keep from crying out. She remembered that pain all too well. "The Last Devil," by Sarah L. Edwards His body lengthened, his worn leather footings bursting as his legs, now fused, spiraled behind, scaled and glistening black. Even when the foul thing had fully turned, its hands still grasped at the air while the twisted mouth shrieked fearful things. It would have seemed only a beast, powerful and deadly, were it not for those hands and eyes, so like a man’s but not, a living sacrilege. To receive notification of each new issue by either email or RSS feed, please visit the Subscribe page on the website. | |||||||
| Buck Rogers 1/6 Scale
Figure - Coming soon! Awake to the timeless vision of the future, to the birthplace of ray-guns and rockets. In the beginning there was one hero who pioneered time, space, and the imagination. Go Hero is proud to announce the return of the original "Man of Tomorrow"...Buck Rogers in the 25th Century! Buck Rogers’ Atomic Disintegrator: Originally manufactured by Daisy in the 1930s, the Atomic Disintegrator is the most celebrated ray gun, by which all others are judged. Used as cover art for the 1995 Foo Fighters debut album, it is the epitome of design perfection. Go Hero is set to release a limited edition functioning replica. Pull the trigger to spark, pop, and defeat the evil invaders! Buck Rogers 1/6 Scale Figure: (Click here for in progress photos) Of the many iterations and derivatives of Buck Rogers, never before have the classic designs been captured in a 1/6 scale figure. This limited edition, fully articulated figure will come equipped to defend the Earth with a die-cast jet pack, working visor, removable helmet, a scale version of the amazing Atomic Disintegrator, and more!
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| CONAN THE CIMMERIAN
#9 - Coming in March! Written by Timothy Truman, penciled by Tomas Giorello, colored by Jose Villarrubia, cover by Joseph Michael Linsner. Nahtok, a powerful wizard with the desert tribes of Shem under his command, now looks to expand his motley empire northward into the politically unstable Koth -- where Koth's leaders are more likely to kill each other on the battlefield than join together to face a common foe. The only thing standing in Nahtok's way is the small border kingdom of Khoraja and their battered military forces, now led by the inexperienced Princess Yasmela. Amalric's mercenaries -- with Conan still riding among their numbers -- are charged with reinforcing Yasmela's depleted army, as the conquering Nahtok draws near and Yasmela is haunted by both evil threats and holy visions. Tim Truman, Tomás Giorello, and José Villarrubia continue their adaptation of Robert E. Howard's "Black Colossus," a chilling Robert E. Howard tale that finds Conan at a strange crossroads in his mercenary career and on the path to the largest-scale battle of his life, as a clash between Nahtok and Amalric's men appears inevitable! 40 pages, $2.99, in stores on March 18. Dark Horse Comics CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #9 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 24th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN090086. |  | ||||||
| Doc Savage - Movie Update! IGN Movies caught up with producer Michael E. Uslan at Wednesday's premiere of The Spirit where he gave IGN Movies the low down on what's happening with the long-gestating feature film return of pulp hero Doc Savage. Uslan told IGN Movies that while The Shadow and Captain Marvel are likely to be his next two projects, he's also actively developing Doc Savage. No screenwriter or director has been hired yet, but Uslan says that several big names have expressed interest in Doc. The producer said his project has no ties to the version that was being developed years ago with director Frank Darabont and star Arnold Schwarzenegger and that neither of them are involved with his incarnation. He stressed that his will be a fresh start. Uslan added that no star is attached right now but hinted that the title role would likely not be played by an unknown. When asked about Dwayne Johnson, who has been rumored for the role in the past, Uslan simply replied that he's going to play the villainous "Black Adam" in Captain Marvel and didn't really give the impression that The Rock was also going to play the Man of Bronze, but he didn't outright deny it either. Uslan, who also produced Constantine and executive produced all of the Batman films, said the film would follow Doc's departure from his Arctic base on his first adventure to the United States. He stressed that the film would focus on Doc's story and developing his character, and downplayed the possibility that his team of companions -- the Fabulous Five -- would play a large part in the film, suggesting that they could be better served in sequels. | |||||||
| ELRIC
VOLUME 4: DUKE ELRIC - Coming in March! (W) Michael Moorcock, (A) Justin Sweet This Elric omnibus includes the novel "The Sailor on the Seas of Fate," the comic book script "Duke Elric," and a selection of classic artwork that complemented early editions of Elric novels and short stories. Softcover, 5x8, 368 pages, $15.00 ELRIC VOLUME 4: DUKE ELRIC is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 24th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN094653. Available in bookstores March 24th! |  | ||||||
| E-texts on
the net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks Shadow review is "Master of Flame" from May 15, 1941. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "Meat Brawl" by Joe Archibald from POPULAR DETECTIVE, August, 1944 Featuring: Willie Klump Willie Klump, the Hawkeye Hawkshaw, gets into a stew when he takes the trail of a Black Market murder! "To Have and to Hold" by Lon Williams from WESTERN ACTION, January, 1956 Featuring: Judge Steele Judge Steele was distressed, rather than furious as usual. Below his bench, where murdering catamounts customarily sat, stood a girl, about fourteen years of age. And something told Steele that this was to be the strangest and most difficult case he'd ever presided over. | |||||||
| FALL OF CTHULHU: APOCALYPSE #1
- Arriving in comic shops December 24th! by Michael Alan Nelson & Mark Dos Santos The Apocalypse is upon us! Since the beginning of the Fall of Cthulhu storyline, readers have been anxiously awaiting the moment when all the tale's threads begin to tie together into the ultimate war between gods and men. As of now, they wait no longer! Let the Apocalypse begin! Features two alternate covers. BOOM! STUDIOS COVER A-24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 COVER B-24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 | |||||||
| Flesk Publications: Al Williamson's Flash Gordon: A Lifelong
Vision of the Heroic - Coming in early 2009! Al Williamson’s Flash Gordon: A Lifelong Vision of the Heroic, collects all the major works of the artist featuring the character. At 256 pages, it encompasses Williamson’s three stints of depicting Flash in comic book format: the legendary King Comics stories from the 1960s, the 1980 adaptation of the Universal Flash Gordon motion picture, and the Marvel Comics miniseries of 1994. In addition to these classics of sequential storytelling, Al Williamson’s Flash Gordon features Williamson’s Flash drawings done for commercial illustration and prints, his assists on the Flash Gordon comic strip, a variety of Flash images contributed to amateur publications, and a selection of largely unpublished images spanning his interest in the character from childhood to the conclusion of his career. With an introduction by Sergio Aragones, text by Mark Schultz, and images reproduced directly from the artist’s original drawings, this long-overdue collection of evocative artwork documents the lifelong impact that Flash Gordon had on Williamson and the particular impact that Williamson had on Flash Gordon. Hardcover, 256 pages, $44.95 ISBN-10: 193386513X ISBN-13: 978-1933865133 Flesk Publications |  | ||||||
| Galaxy Press: Stories
from the Golden Age by L. Ron Hubbard - Now available! Experience the pulse-pounding stories that L. Ron Hubbard wrote in the 1930s and 1940s in 8 different genres, each of which packed the pages of the most popular pulp fiction magazines of the day including: Five Novels, Argosy, Unknown and Astounding Science Fiction.
The Galaxy Press release schedule is posted online at http://www.goldenagestories.com/html/releases-a.php Thanks to Mike Decker for the tip! | 
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| ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #28 - Coming in March! This issue of Illustration features the spectacular pulp artwork of Graves Gladney, most famous for his covers for The Shadow magazine. The extensive feature showcases many original Shadow paintings, shot directly from the original art, and presented in full-page reproductions. Most of these paintings have not been reproduced in any other book or magazine for over fifty years, and will be new to even the most jaded pulp art aficionado. The second major feature is on the work of Sandy Kossin, famous for his many paperback and magazine illustrations. Finally, children's artist Nan Pollard displays the paper doll and color book illustrations that made her a legend in the field. Illustration Magazine Magazine, 96 pages, Full Color, $15.00 ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #28 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 24th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN094600. | |||||||
| INDIANA JONES AND THE TOMB OF THE GODS
#3 (of 4) - Arriving in comic shops December 24th! Rob Williams (W), Steve Scott (P), Nathan Massengill (I), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Tony Harris (Cover) Breakneck adventure doesn’t let you stop for breath in this continuation of Indiana Jones’s search for ancient artifacts and treasures! Once again, archaeologist and self-stated preserver of history Dr. Henry Jones Jr. is on the trail of something colossal. With exotic locations, natural disasters, wild animals, ever-pesky Nazis, and a beautiful fortune hunter, Indy’s quest for the Tomb of the Gods could be his most amazing and historically disturbing escapade ever! This way for a touch of history and a lot of gripping adventure -- Indiana Jones is not your average archaeologist! Full Color, 40 pages, $2.99, On sale August 27 Dark Horse Comics | |||||||
| KULL #5 - Coming in March! Written by Arvid Nelson, art by Will Conrad, cover by Jose Villarrubia. Still recovering from last issue's surprise battle, King Kull is on edge and eager to find the snake-men who may still be hidden in his court and throughout Valusia's City of Wonders. The Great Serpent cult is far from defeated, and their reach is long. With one treaty falling apart, a powerful ally in danger, and his trusted friend, Brule, doubting his latest commands, Kull must plan his next move carefully -- and now constantly watch his back for traitors! Expanding upon the events in Robert E. Howard's short story, "The Shadow Kingdom," to show what happens right after Kull exposes the threat of the scheming snake-men in his kingdom! 32 pages, $2.99, in stores on March 4. Dark Horse Comics KULL #5 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 24th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN090087. |  | ||||||
| Moonstone
Books - Coming in March! AIRBOY - 1942: BEST OF ENEMIES Written by Chuck Dixon, art by Todd Fox and Lito Fernandez, colors by Val Staples Covers by Joel Naprstek and Steve Bryant. The Ace fighter pilot, and his one of a kind plane, return with an all-new story! Be here for the first meeting between Airboy and that gorgeous femme fatale Valkyrie! Intrigue, thrills, volatile physical chemistry and cinematic aerial combat! 56 pages, $6.50. Moonstone Books AIRBOY - 1942: BEST OF ENEMIES is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 24th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN094365 (Bryant cover). The Diamond Item Code is JAN094366 (Naprstek cover). |  | ||||||
| Moonstone Books -
Coming in March! THE PHANTOM: GENERATIONS #1 Written by Ben Raab, art by Pat Quinn, cover by Doug Klauba and Jason Millet. A new maxi-series of one-shot comic novellas, with each issue (by a different creative team) telling a tale of one of the 21 Phantoms! Ben Raab and Pat Quinn return to tell an untold tale of the first Phantom! A tale of intrigue and adventure torn from the very first Chronicle of the Ghost Who Walks! When his newborn son is abducted and his family threatened, the Phantom goes on the hunt to uncover the identity of the mysterious kidnapper and bring the blackguard to justice! 32 pages, $3.99. Moonstone Books THE PHANTOM: GENERATIONS #1 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 24th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN094372. | 
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| NECRONOMICON #4 (of 4) - Arriving
in comic shops December 24th! by William Messner-Loebs & Andrew Ritchie The fate of the world hangs in the balance as a lowly college student must fight to keep the Necronomicon's magic from unleashing the vengeance of the Old Ones - and turning the entire Middle East into a raging cauldron of mystical power that will rule the Earth! Don't miss this shocking conclusion! 24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 BOOM! STUDIOS | |||||||
| THE NIGHTMARES
OF H.P. LOVECRAFT: BLACK CTHULHU STATUE - Coming in February! Black Cthulhu's horrific countenance is mounted with an array of writhing tentacles - shorter sturdier tentacles inlaid with clustering pink suckers and narrower protracted tendrils bearing wedge-shaped pseudopods. For the moment, Cthulhu is entombed in the sunken slime-choked city of R'lyeh, although he acts through gruesome servitors and utilizes horrible narcotic dreams to communicate with his deranged followers. Cthulhu will inevitably rise again, emerging from the depths of the South Pacific with an appetite for squirming human prey. The Nightmares of H.P. Lovecraft: Black Cthulhu Statue is limited to 100 pieces, stands 14" tall, and boasts a wingspan of 22". Sculpted from mixed materials, the statue features a hard resin body for durability, soft tentacles for poseability, and detachable wings. Prolonged exposure to the Black Cthulhu Statue will cause mind-warping nightmares and irreversible madness, and will draw unwarranted attention from the hideous minions of Great Cthulhu! Painted and ready to display. Scheduled to ship in February 2009. Statue SRP: $249.99 BLACK CTHULHU STATUE is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 24th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN094922. | |||||||
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| Off-Trail Publications -
Coming to comic shops in March! THE GANGLAND SAGAS OF BIG NOSE SERRANO Volume 1: DAMES, DICE AND THE DEVIL By Anatole Feldman; Introduction by Will Murray Featuring the first four Big Nose Serrano novels from Gangster Stories, 1930-31. Serrano started off as a gangland version of Cyrano de Bergerac, a guy with a large nose who supplies romantic poetry to a better- looking friend. But Big Nose evolved into his own force of nature, a Tommy gun toting berserker who rhymed as he slew. From the pen of top gang pulp author, Anatole Feldman, who wrote down-and-dirty gang fiction like he was born to the cause. Big Nose is reprinted for the first time since original publication. Unique, unforgettable. Stories complete with original illustrations. 6x9-inch perfect bound; 266 pages, $20.00 postpaid (media mail) or add $4.50 for priority mail THE GANGLAND SAGAS OF BIG NOSE SERRANO Volume 1 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 24th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN094590. Can't wait until March? Volumes 1 and 2 are both available now direct from Off-Trail Publications! Click
here for a complete listing of Off-Trail Publications fine
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| Off-Trail
Publications - Coming to comic shops in March! THE WEIRD DETECTIVE ADVENTURES OF WADE HAMMOND Volume 4 by Paul Chadwick The biggest Wade Hammond collection yet contains the remaining nine stories from Ten Detective Aces. With Volume 4, all 39 Wade Hammond adventures are now available. Here, the indomitable amateur investigator faces off against some of his weirdest enemies, The Spinner, The Purple Hand, the sadistic Flandrin, and many others. Also included is Chadwick's only known article on pulp writing. An in-depth introduction updates Chadwick's career with newly unearthed information. 6x9-inch perfect bound; 232 pages, 9 stories, $18.00 postpaid (media mail) or add $4.50 for priority mail WADE HAMMOND Volume 4 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 24th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN094594. Can't
wait until March? All four volumes of The Complete Wade Hammond Adventures are NOW AVAILABLE! Click here for a complete listing of Off-Trail Publications fine
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| Paizo Publishing - Coming in March! The Sword of Rhiannon by Leigh Brackett, with an introduction by Nicola Griffith Greed pulls archaeologist Matt Carse into the forgotten tomb of the Martian god Rhiannon and plunges the unlikely hero into the Red Planet’s fantastic past, when vast oceans covered the land and the legendary Sea-Kings rule from terraced palaces of decadence and delight. This pivotal novel in the sword and planet fantasy subgenre is one of the greatest adventure tales from one of the most important authors in the history of science fiction! Talented enough to co-write The Big Sleep film with William Faulkner and imaginative enough to pen the original screenplay for The Empire Strikes Back, Leigh Brackett is a giant in the science-fiction field, and The Sword of Rhiannon is one of her most popular adventure tales. An introduction by popular modern writer Nicola Griffith (Ammonite, Slow River) puts the book into a modern context for readers as yet unfamiliar with Brackett’s rare genius. 160-page softcover trade paperback, $12.99 ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-152-7 THE SWORD OF RHIANNON is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 24th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN094655. | 
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| The Phantom - Lee Falk's immortal character returns to film! Australia’s Sherlock Symington Productions has won the rights to make a follow-up to 1996’s The Phantom which starred Billy Zane as the titular character. The new film will reportedly be called The Phantom Legacy, and will explore the father/son dynamic between the hero and his father, and “what it means to be the Phantom,” said screenwriter Tom Boyle. The concept of destiny and the father/son relationship is key to the hero created by Lee Falk, as the mantle of The Phantom passes from father to son. Kit Walker, the current Phantom is the 21st such son to wear the purple skintight costume. The new film will be set in the present day, and is expected to cost $87 million to produce. The Phantom Legacy will be shot entirely in Australia, and producers of the film are already in talks with several “top talent” actors, both American and Australian. | |||||||
| Pulp
Tales Press - Now available! THE MAGAZINE OF EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS FACT & FICTION #3 THE CAVE MAN UNDER THE MOONS OF MARS (part 1 of 2) AN AUTO-BIOGRAPHY NEW STORIES OF TARZAN 5 CHICAGOANS HIGHLY PRAISED Published by Pulp Tales Press. Retail price $14.95. | 
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| RED SONJA #40 - Arriving in comic shops December 24th! Brian Reed (W), Walter Geovani (A), Covers: Fabiano Neves, Paul Renaud, Patrick Berkenkotter Red Sonja is BACK! But what does that mean? Red Sonja learns many answers concerning her life's recent mysteries in this latest issue from Brian Reed and Walter Geovani , but she also learns her adventures in this strange new world are just beginning! 32 pages, Full Color SRP: $2.99 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment |  | ||||||
| RED SONJA #44 - Coming in March! Writer: Brian Reed; Penciller/Inker: Walter Geovani The countdown to issue #50 continues as events once again swirl around Red Sonja and her very fate hangs in the balance! This issue: The adventures of Lucan Martur! We see Lucan, Verona, and their child on the road, questing for the Blood Dynasty. But as his hunt turns sour, he grows more and more desperate to get to the Blood Dynasty before Sonja, and makes a desperate move that continues to reveal his fiendish nature! 32 pages, Full Color, $2.99 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment RED SONJA #44 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 24th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN094132. | |||||||
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| ZORRO
#13 - Coming in March! Writer: Matt Wagner; Penciller/Inker: Francesco Francavilla Cover: Francesco Francavilla In an effort to distract his romantic rival, Zorro himself confronts Esteban Pasquale, hoping to incite enough anger in him to send him furiously pursuing The Fox instead of wooing La Senorita. Confusion and a sword battle ensues and Esteban's plot stands revealed, but can Zorro reverse the course? 32 pages, Full Color, $3.50 Dynamite Entertainment ZORRO #13 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 24th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN094140. | |||||||
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| Age
of Aces Presents - Downloadable
PDF Air War pulp stories! Age of Aces Books is now offering a new feature on their Web site called "Age of Aces Presents". You can now download free PDF versions of some great Air War pulp stories. Visit them at http://ageofaces.home.att.net and look for the "Age of Aces Presents" link. New this week: Nothing new this week! And while you are visiting the Age
of Aces website, make sure you checkout their fine Air War pulp reprints. Click on any of the covers to order from Amazon.com!
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| Airship 27: CAPTAIN HAZZARD - CAVEMEN IN NEW YORK -
Printing mistake! A major printing mistake has been discovered in Captain Hazzard # 4 - The Cavemen of New York. Somehow, through some totally weird voodoo glitch in the Airship 27 computer programs, the text for page 185 was misplaced! The
text on page 185 should be inserted between the text on page 181 and 182. Page 184 continues on page 186. Airship 27 Productions has recruited John Bruening to be their Proof-Reader which will hopefully prevent a recurrence of this problem. After correcting the page order, Cornerstone Books Publisher Michael Poll asked writer Andrew Salmon and Rob Davis to proof the book yet again one final time which they did over the past weekend. There now is a clean copy that is replacing the file at the Lulu store. So anyone ordering a copy after today will have a good copy. Likewise these files will be transfered with the Cornerstone printers as well. Unfortunately Airship 27 cannot change the few copies remaining in outlet inventories ala Amazon and Barnes & Noble on-line. Hopefully those will be depleted soon. The bottom line is that the on-line store (Lulu.com, Cornerstone) copies are fixed and fans should go there to procure the book. In the meantime Airship 27 wishes to make this up for all of you who have already bought this book. Simply write to Airship 27 at airship27@comcast.net and tell them the last word in the novel to confirm you do own the book. Airship 27 will digitally send you (free of charge) a copy of the clean pdf files so that you can at least have a clean version in digital format. Everyone involved with Airship 27 Productions and Cornerstone Book Publishers are truly sorry for this snafu. It was never their intention to produce anything but the highest quality books. |  | |||||
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Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Coming this month! THE
SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOLUME 9: "FORESHADOWING THE BATMAN" VARIANT SPECIAL The book that rewrote the history of Batman is reissued in the first
Shadow variant edition‹as "The Knight of Darkness" returns in two historic
novels that gave birth to "The Dark Knight." First, a powerful new underworld
kingpin crosses swords with The Shadow in "Lingo," one of Walter Gibson's all-time
masterpieces which inspired the 'Batarang.' In "Partners of Peril" by Theodore
Tinsley, Lamont Cranston investigates chemical syndicate murders in the crime
thriller that was adapted by Bill Finger and Bob Kane as Batman's debut adventure
in Detective Comics #27. This extra-length volume also reprints Tinsley's "The
Grim Joker," a 1936 tale introducing a clown-faced crime boss called 'The Joker'.
PLUS: Will Murray documents the "Shadowy" origins of The Batman, and Anthony Tollin
chronicles how "Partners in Peril" was adapted as the first Batman story. This
special variant edition leads off with the classic George Rozen cover painting
that many consider the definitive portrait of The Shadow, and also reprints all
the original interior illustrations by Tom Lovell including a dynamite two-page
spread dropped from the original Street & Smith pulp. (Sanctum Press)
978-1-934943-19-9 1-934943-19-3Softcover, 144 pages, 7x10, B&W, $12.95 "With this astonishing discovery, Anthony Tollin and Will Murray have rewritten the history of Batman. We always knew that Batman was inspired by The Shadow‹we just didn¹t know how much he was inspired by The Shadow!" - ROY THOMAS  1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid Check, Money Order, or Paypal Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] | ||||||
| Blackstone Audio - Coming January 1, 2009! BLACK MASK AUDIO MAGAZINE, VOLUME 1 Read by a full cast Mystery & Suspense - Unabridged Subtitle: Classic Hard-Boiled Tales from the Original Black Mask Tough gumshoes, rotten yeggs, and dangerous dames In the 1930s and '40s, Black Mask was the single most important magazine for the modern mystery field. In its pages writers such as Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Earl Stanley Gardner reshaped the established view of mystery fiction, creating the "hard-boiled" private eye. Now comes this series in which the toughest of tough detectives are resurrected from its pages in sonic dramatization from the award-winning Hollywood Theater of the Ear. Stories included in this volume are “Lost and Found” by Hugh B. Cave, “Pigeon Blood” by Paul Cain, “Rough Justice” by Frederick Nebel, “Black” by Paul Cain, “The Missing Mr. Lee” by Hugh B. Cave, “Taking His Time” by Rueben J. Shay, “Trouble Chaser” by Paul Cain, "Waiting for Rusty" by William Cole, and “Too Many Have Lived” by Dashiell Hammett. Featuring Richard Ferrone • Grover Gardner • Anthony Heald • Malcolm Hillgartner • William Hughes • Lorna Raver • Burt Ross • Rochelle Savitt • Christine Williams • Tom Weiner • Kaitlin Hopkins • George Guidall • Jeff Woodman Executive Producer: Josh Stanton Producer-director: Yuri Rasovsky Dramatizations: Tanya A. Perez, Griffith Chase Editorial Director: Keith Alan Deutsch Sound: John Baker, Andrew Barnes, and Aura Johnson Formats: 4 Tapes - $34.95 1 MP3CD - $19.95 4 CDs - $40.00 Visit the Blackstone Audio website at http://www.blackstoneaudio.com/ | 
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| CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #6 - Arriving in comic shops December 17th! Written by Timothy Truman, penciled by Tomas Giorello and Richard Corben Colored by Jose Villarrbuia, cover by Frank Cho. Richard Corben illustrates another gripping Connacht flashback, as we witness how Conan's grandfather returned to Cimmeria, found a bride, and tamed his wanderlust in order to become an integral part of his tribe. In Conan's present, Conan has overcome impossible odds and trials to return to the Cimmerian village he grew up in -- only to find that much has changed in the years he's been away. With Brecan and his men closing in on the fugitive Caollan, will Conan's reunion with his former Cimmerian lover get cut short? 40 pages, $2.99 Dark Horse Comics |  | |||||
| CTHULHU TALES #9 - Arriving in comic shops December 17th! by Brian Augustyn, Glen Cadigan & Jon Reed Glen Cadigan presents a haunting story of parental love gone very, very wrong in the present, while Brian Augustyn tells a tale of years gone by - and the British Empire's first contact with Cthulhu's agents of horror in the stunning "Empire of Ants." Features covers by Shane Oakley and Dean Haspiel. BOOM! STUDIOS COVER A-SC, 24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 COVER B-SC, 24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 | ||||||
| Dial
P For Pulp Podcast - The tenth show is now available
for download! Dial P For Pulp is a podcast for anyone interested in any aspect of the pulps. The podcast is now available online and highly recommended! There is no cost involved. Just download the mp3 file and enjoy! Dial P for Pulp is the brain child of David Drage and David has done an excellent job putting the program together. The tenth podcast features: Steampunk and Ship of Ishtar Pt.2 Music - Airship Pirates by Abney Park Reviews: "Unnatural History" and "Leviathan Rising" by Jonathan Green "The Court of the Air" by Stephen Hunt "Space Captain Smit" by Toby Frost Character Profile: Captain Nemo Gangster Flash: Newark 1930 read by Sally Wiget Music - Rust Part 2 by Vernian Process A. Merritt's Ship Of Ishtar The second part of an extended look at Abraham Merritt and his book Ship of Ishtar Music - Maiden Voyage by The Clockwork Dolls Download the show here: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/ironmammoth/dialpforpulp/index.html All shows to date are available for download at: http://www.dialpforpulp.com You can also join the Dial P for Pulp Yahoo newsgroup at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dial-p-for-pulp/ | ||||||
| E-texts on the
net this week The Shadow in Review: There is no new Shadow review this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "Daughter of Murder" by Robert Leslie Bellem from DAN TURNER-HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE, December, 1942 Featuring: Dan Turner There are some things a daughter ought to know about her own mother - including how she died. Dan Turner had some doubts about both would-be heiresses, but no doubt about which one wanted to kill him! "Considerate Monsieur Boiret" by Thomas Edgelow from ALL-STORY WEEKLY, September 18, 1915 Margaret Hobart's chaperon disappears from a hotel in Paris, and no one admits to ever seeing her. | ||||||
| ERBville Press
- Now available! ERBville PRESS presents: In the Edgar Rice Burroughs Matched Paperback Set - Available exclusively on Amazon.com THE CAVE GIRL by Edgar Rice Burroughs Wrecked alone on an unknown shore, Waldo Emerson Smith-Jones, scion of an effetely intellectual Boston family, finds himself terrified and physically unfit. A series of adventures leads him to the cave of a beautiful girl, Nadara, who is as primitive and uneducated as she is strong and self-reliant. THE OAKDALE AFFAIR by Edgar Rice Burroughs Gail Prim, daughter of prominent Oakdale banker, Jonas Prim, has disappeared. A burglar has stolen her jewelry and cash from her bedroom and fallen in with a gang of tramps. They are after the loot, even if it means the burglar's death. Bridge, from The Mucker, rescues the burglar and then ensues many adventures with The Oskaloosa Kid, Gail Prim, and others in this mystery-adventure story.
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| FALL OF CTHULHU: GODWAR #4 - Arriving in comic shops December 17th! by Michael Alan Nelson & Mateus Santolouco Cthulhu has finally heard the call - and, despite the best efforts of Cy and Lucifer, the evil Mr. Arkham's plans have culminated in the war between the cults of Cthulhu and Nodens as an ancient city begins its slow ascent from the frigid depths of the ocean! Features two alternate covers, one by Mateus Santolouco. BOOM! STUDIOS COVER A-24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 COVER B-24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 | ||||||
| "Hour Of The Dragon" by Robert E. Howard -
Podcast now available online! From the generous efforts of Morgan Saletta and his pick from the 2nd Annual SFFaudio Challenge here is Chapter 1 |MP3| of the only Conan novel written by Robert E. Howard himself! "Hour Of The Dragon" by Robert E. Howard; Read by Morgan Saletta Podcast - [UNABRIDGED] Podcast: Dragon Hour / The Hour of the Dragon Follow Conan and his struggle to overcome the dark necromancy that has cast him from the throne he won! Quake at the dark and evil arts wielded against him in this chapter by chapter audiobook production of Robert E. Howard’s "The Hour of the Dragon". The original work was published in four parts in WEIRD TALES from December 1935 to April 1936, and later appeared as CONAN THE CONQUEROR (1950). SFFaudio | ||||||
| Howling Wolf Lost
Pulp Classics - Now available! Miracle In Three Dimensions And Other Stories by C.L.Moore 9 otherwise uncollected stories by C.L. Moore, including "Greater Glories" and "here lies...", both unavailable since their original magazine publication. Also includes the title story, "Bright Illusion", "Tryst In Time", "Greater Than Gods", "Fruit Of Knowledge", "There Shall Be Darkness", and "Doorway Into Time". The Lost Pulp Classics Series Miracle In Three Dimensions And Other Stories by C.L. Moore The Horror from the Hills by Frank Belknap Long (due 4th quarter, 2008) The Greatest Adventure by John Taine (Due 1st quarter 2009) Visit the Howling Wolf Lost Pulp Classics website at http://www.lostpulpclassics.com/ | 
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| The Lone Ranger: 75th Anniversary - Seasons
1 and 2 (1949) - Now available! Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear...when with one jaunty call, "Hi-Yo, Silver!" the Lone Ranger solidified his role as America's favorite hero of the Wild West. Mounted atop a white stallion, he remains a steadfast symbol for truth and justice, capturing the hearts and imaginations of generations of fans. Celebrate the Lone Ranger's 75th anniversary with this 13-disc collector's edition DVD, featuring seasons 1 & 2 of the original TV series. Available from Amazon.com |  | |||||
| Lost Continent Library
- The Xmas issue is now available! Lost Continent Library Magazine's Horror Issue is now online for free download at http://www.mottimorphic.com. Lots of old-fashioned pulp adventure and related features in this one, so enjoy! | ||||||
| THE MISKATONIC PROJECT: H.P. LOVECRAFT'S
THE WHISPERER IN THE DARKNESS - Arriving in comic shops December 17th! by Mark Ellis, Daryl Hutchinson, Don Heck & Darryl Banks Set in 1928, the graphic novel introduces members of the Miskatonic Project, three paranormal investigators who have experienced horrific brushes with the Great Old Ones in the past, including Cthulhu. The graphic novel features an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's "The Whisperer In Darkness" by noted Lovecraft illustrator, Daryl Hutchinson, and a sequel to the events of story penciled by legendary Marvel Comics artist Don Heck and Darryl Banks, who also drew the cover. Also, there's also a chronology of the world according to the Cthulhu Mythos. Transfuzion Publishing Softcover Graphic Novel, 128 pages, $16.99 | ||||||
| Thomas Yeates - Signed to illustrate 3 John Carter novels in one volume! Thomas Yeates has signed a contract to illustrate the first three John Carter of Mars novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs in one volume which is due out Fall 2009. Nore news when available. | ||||||
| Triad Toys - Coming soon! Triad Toys has entered into a two year licensing agreement with Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. for 12" figures and statues of the characters from Burrough's John Carter of Mars works. Visuals will be drawn both from modernized Triad Toys concepts and the classic look. First releases are planned for early 2009. http://www.triadestore.com/ | ||||||
| Wildside Press - Xmas Specials! Hours of the Dragon: The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard, Volume Eight, limited to 1000 copies, down to 200 Meticulously-restored text by renowned Howard scholar Paul Herman, this is the eighth installment in the definitive 10-volume chronological collection of Robert E. Howard's stories that appeared in pulp magazines like the revered Weird Tales. Robert E. Howard is considered the godfather of sword and sorcery, and the creator of the international icon, Conan the Cimmerian. This volume features THE HOUR OF THE DRAGON, the only REH-authored novel featuring Conan, and "The Hyborian Age," REH's chronicle of the world of Conan. WEIRD TALES If you started reading Weird Tales in 1923, you've enjoyed mind-blowing original stories from H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Ray Bradbury, Fritz Leiber, Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King, Tanith Lee, Gene Wolfe, Michael Moorcock, and countless other titans of fantastic literature. If you're a newcomer, there's good news: not only are we still bringing you incredible new discoveries every issue, we have a sneaking suspicion that each issue is better than the last! This December, choose from three unique special offers at WeirdTalesMagazine.com: WEIRD TALES HOLIDAY SPECIAL: The December 2008 issue of Weird Tales features an exclusive interview with the leading dark-fantasist of our generation, Neil Gaiman — and this holiday season, we're doubling up on the Gaimany goodness! From now through Dec. 31, all new and renewing Weird Tales subscribers will receive a free copy of THE NEIL GAIMAN READER, a fantastic book of essays and critiques about Neil's work that includes two extensive interviews with the man himself. What's more, order by Dec. 15 and the READER will reach you by Dec. 23 with free shipping. That's $47.95 worth of weirdness for just $20! (NOTE: Use the coupon code "holiday2008" when ordering your subscription.) While supplies last. LOVECRAFTIAN SPECIAL: Subscribe for $30 and receive four issues of Weird Tales plus your choice of: (a) the two most recent issues of H.P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror; (b) the anthology Weird Tales: The 21st Century, Vol. 1, collecting thirteen of the magazine's best stories of 2006-2007; or (c) Move Under Ground, Nick Mamatas's incredible novel in which Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs and the Beat authors face off against the cosmic nightmare of Cthulhu! (Indicate your choice in the "order comments" field when placing your order.) WEIRD TALES TRIAL PACK: Not sure you're ready to subscribe? Try a three-issue sampler pack of the world's greatest dark-fantasy magazine for just $12. An offer that can't be beat! | ||||||
| ZORRO #9 - Arriving in comic shops December 17th! Matt Wagner (W), Caesar Razek (A), Covers: Matt Wagner, Francesco Francavilla Matt Wagner's Zorro from Dynamite Entertainment continues! Following the opening origin arc (Zorro: Year One), Wagner continues to script, art direct and provide covers for our second story arc! This time out, we're welcoming artist Cesar Rezak to the team for this 6-issue arc! In issue #9, a new love interest is introduced as Zorro continues to be hounded by the military men that he's made to look so foolish and incompetent. Featuring covers by Wagner and a 1 in 4 chase cover by Francesco Francavilla! 32 pages, Full Color, $3.50 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment |  | |||||
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| Adventure House - The April pulp facsimile reprints are announced! Jungle Stories - May 1941 , 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 Ki-Gor—And the Forbidden Mountain by John P. Drummond More terrible than the Leopard-men's flesh-shredding axes, or the deadly oozing crocodile-swamps, was the venal wrath of Rina, blood-thirsty Jungle Dictatress. Phantom Detective - May 1941 , 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 Yellow Shadows of Death by Robert Wallace A Robin Hood of Chinatown turns killer—and as the hue and cry of the betrayed swells to the chorus of doom, the Phantom steps in to probe a blood-drenched, sinister mystery! All-Detective Stories - May 1941 , 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 The Man Who Died Twice by William E. Barrett He used death itself as a pawn in his ruthless game; but the Grim Jaws gaped for him when he baited a trap with virtue. Murderer's Luck by Robert Leslie Bellem
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| Age of Aces Presents - Downloadable PDF Air War pulp stories! Age of Aces Books is now offering a new feature on their Web site called "Age of Aces Presents". You can now download free PDF versions of some great Air War pulp stories. Visit them at http://ageofaces.home.att.net and look for the "Age of Aces Presents" link. New this week: Nothing new this week! And while you are visiting the Age
of Aces website, make sure you checkout their fine Air War pulp reprints. Click on any of the covers to order from Amazon.com!
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| Altus Press - New online blogs! Altus Press has added blogs by publisher Matt Moring and Tom (Fading Shadows) Johnson. Visit the Altus Press website to check them out. http://www.altuspress.com/ | |||||||||
| Altus Press - Help needed! From Altus Press publisher Matt Moring: My name is Matt Moring and I'm wrapping up work on a collection of Doc Savage articles by Will Murray. The book should be out in a few months, but I wanted to look into the possibility of including an all-new interview with Will regarding all things Doc. Will's done several interviews in the past, so it's difficult for me to think of anything which hasn't already been asked. So that's where you all come in. Maybe you've got a Doc/Lester Dent/Will question which you'd like to see answered... now's the chance to do so! So if you can assist with this, please send your question(s) along to me at m.moring@comcast.net, and if we get enough questions to make a good-length interview, your question will appear in print. This book should get wide circulation, so please do participate. I want to make this a must-own for Doc fans everywhere. | |||||||||
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| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Coming this month! DOC
SAVAGE Volume 23: "The Fantastic Island" & "Danger Lies East" The pulp era's greatest action hero returns in epic tales of international
intrigue by W. Ryerson Johnson and Lester Dent (writing as "Kenneth Robeson").
First, the disappearance of Johnny Littlejohn leads the Man of Bronze and the
beautiful Pat Savage to a madman's deadly "Fantastic Island" in the epic pulp
novel that TIME observed: "Š Ian Fleming obviously ransacked when he wrote
Dr. No Š" Then, in "Danger Lies East," Doc Savage goes undercover for
the State Department to prevent a Middle East holy war. This instant collector's
item showcases the classic color pulp covers by Walter M. Baumhofer and Walter
Swenson, and also features all the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban
and Edd Cartier, and historical commentary by Will Murray, author of seven Doc
Savage novels. (Sanctum Productions) Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95 1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid Check, Money Order, or Paypal Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] |  | ||||||||
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Coming this month! THE
SHADOW Volume 24: "Washington Crime" & "Quetzal" "As you sow evil, so shall you reap evil. Crime does not pay. The
Shadow Knows!" The Dark Avenger returns in two riveting espionage thrillers by
Walter B. Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." First, The Shadow teams up with America's
top secret agent to combat a beautiful international spy and "Washington Crime."
Then, in a shadowy sequel, the U.S. State Department sends "El Ombre" to Mexico
to prevent the foreign agent code-named "Quetzal" from selling the blueprints
for a top-secret military installation to an enemy power. This classic reprint
also features both color pulp covers by George Rozen, the classic interior illustrations
by Edd Cartier and commentary by pulp historian Will Murray. (Sanctum Productions)Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95 1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid Check, Money Order, or Paypal Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] |  | ||||||||
| Beneath Ceaseless Skies
#5 - Now available online! The fourth issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies is now available and features: "The God-Death of Halla," by Tina Connolly The man's head swung wildly, his fingers grasping towards the straining netted bundle. The touch of the God on an unholy man was not pretty. Halla could sense it, crackling the air from the Mouth to the man. It was a compulsion that filled him with blood lust, blanketed his mind with one urge: kill the dove. "Precious Meat ," by Catherine S. Perdue I lifted my muzzle and sniffed. The wood was different today. Fine dust still hung in the air and sparkled in sunlit shafts. Such a thing this sparkling was. I gazed at it in wonder. Had the light ever been just so before? Was this a new thing? To receive notification of each new issue by either email or RSS feed, please visit the Subscribe page on the website. | |||||||||
| BlackBart Books - Now available! --And Their Memory Was a Bitter Tree: Queen of the Black Coast and Others by Robert E Howard (Author), Arnie Fenner (Foreword), H. P. Lovecraft (Afterword) As one of the three most important American pulp fantasy authors of the 1930s (with Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith), Robert E. Howard captivated readers with his indomitable, battle-scarred barbarian hero Conan. Though Howard's life ended prematurely in 1936 at the age of 30, Conan lives on as one of the genre's most enduring icons. This beautifully designed collection contains nine essential Conan stories along with a full-length Conan novel. Also included is The Hyborean Age, Howard's fascinating history of the raw, blood-drenched world Conan inhabited, an alternative Earth that preceded Tolkien's Middle Earth. And Their Memory Was a Bitter Tree features a color map of this realm and an interior painting by cult artist Brom, along with a series of Frank Frazetta's seminal Conan paintings, appearing for the first time with the stories for which they were created.
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| Black
Dog Books - Coming soon! CITY OF CORPSES: THE COLLECTED WEIRD MYSTERIES OF KEN CARTER Read the stories that led to Norvell Page receiving the commission to write The Spider. Included are: "Hell's Music," "City of Corpses," "Statues of Horror," "Gallows Ghost," "The Devil's Hoof," "The Sinister Embrace," and "Satan's Sideshow," reprinted from Ten Detective Aces Also included are Page 's nonfiction article, "How I Write," photos, a biography of the author, and an introduction by Robert Weinberg. Trade paperback, $19.95 DEMONS OF THE NIGHT and Other Early Tales of Suspense by Seabury Quinn Best known as a prolific contributor to WEIRD TALES, Seabury Quinn created an impressive body of literature prior to and parallel with his first sales to that magazine. DEMONS OF THE NIGHT spotlights those early works, including his first published article, his first fiction sale, and stories from his extremely rare "Washington Night's Entertainment" and "Problems of Professor Forrester" series. Three of the works in this volume were previously unknown, and five have never been reprinted in their entirety anywhere since the original magazine appearances, as long as nine decades ago. Cover art by Greg Hildebrandt Trade paperback, $16.95 OLD SAILS by Captain A. E. Dingle Eleven thrilling tales of adventures at sea written by a master mariner. Read: "The Light on Little Hope", "Piracy", "Recognition", "The Rusty Cutlass", "water", "The Burden Paternal", "Doc", "The Killer", "The Siren's swan Song", "Old Sails", and the pirate novella, "Three Palms Cay". Also included are a nonfiction article, and a bibliography of written works by Dingle. Trade paperback, 198 pages, $19.95 HELL'S HOOFPRINTS by Lester Dent For the first time, HELL'S HOOFPRINTS collects the complete works of Lester dent from WESTERN TRAILS, including his fiction, articles, vignettes and letters to readers - with a bonus story written for WESTERN TRAILS but never appearing there. Trade paperback, 230 pages, $22.95 THE TALBOT MUNDY LIBRARY, VOLUME ONE: A TRANSACTION IN DIAMONDS A collection of all of the stories and articles published by Mundy during 1911, his first year as a professional writer. Introduction by Brian Taves, author of Talbot Mundy-Philosopher of Adventure. Trade paperback, $19.95 THE TALBOT MUNDY LIBRARY, VOLUME TWO: THE SOUL OF A REGIMENT Contains the bulk of Mundy's sales during 1912 to ADVENTURE magazine, his primary outlet during this period. It will include a new introduction by prolific and popular writer S. M. Stirling. Trade paperback, $19.95 Shipping is $4.50 for the first title and $1 for each additional title. Orders of 4 or more titles can be sent USPS Flat Rate for $8.95, or Media Mail for approx. $5.00. Visit our new BLOG, Black Dog Books News From the Dog Pound, for news of upcoming titles and developments regarding projects from Black Dog Books, announcements, as well as occasional random thoughts and other information to share. Black Dog Books 1115 Pine Meadows Ct. Normal, Il 61761-5432 http://www.blackdogbooks.net/ info@blackdogoboks.net |  
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| BUCK ROGERS IN 25TH
CENTURY: THE COMPLETE NEWSPAPER DAILIES VOLUME 1: 1929-1931 - Now available and arriving in comic shops December 10th! by Philip Francis Nowlan & Dick Calkins Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, the first, best, and original science-fiction newspaper strip, has it all - space ships, anti-gravity belts, space pirates, invaders from other worlds, nefarious villains, and, of course, heroes. Comic strip historian Maurice Horn notes that Buck Rogers in the 25th Century "introduced most of the staples of science-fiction plotting" to the American public - as well as to everyone else in the world who read it. Beginning in September 2008, Hermes Press will begin a complete reprint of the ground-breaking newspaper strip in a 9" x 12" landscape format, 2 strips per page. Reprinting over 900 strips, 2 years of the daily strip are presented in Volume One, beginning with the first strip dated January 7, 1929. A special 16-page color section contains an essay on the strip by a leading science-fiction author to place the series in historical perspective together with documentary materials and production artwork. See and experience the thrill and awe of the precursor of Star Trek, Star Wars, and every other science-fiction story to come after! Hardcover, 9x12, 336 pages, $39.99 Hermes Press | |||||||||
| THE COMPLETE GREEN LAMA: FEATURING THE
ART OF MAC RABOY VOLUME 2 - Now available and arriving in comic shops December 10th! Written by various, art by Mac Raboy and various. Dark Horse Archives completes the entire Green Lama series with this second high-quality hardcover of the Golden Age classic! The emerald-clad freedom fighter returns to mete out further justice courtesy of famed artist Mac Raboy and writer/editor Joseph Greene! In fact, the pair even makes an appearance in this volume, join us as millionaire playboy Jethro Dumont once again chants "Om Mani Padme Hum!" And, while this 1940s anthology series is best known for its eponymous Buddhist superhero, it featured an astonishing variety of short comics and prose pieces. Daring do-gooders the Boy Champions, Merlin-powered Lieutenant Hercules, flying ace Rick Masters, and the mischievous sprite Angus McErc together show off the creative experimentation that caught fire in the wake of Action Comics #1! 208 pages, $49.95, in stores on November 19. Dark Horse Comics |  | ||||||||
| CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #9 - Coming
in March! Written by Timothy Truman, penciled by Tomas Giorello, colored by Jose Villarrubia, cover by Joseph Michael Linsner. Nahtok, a powerful wizard with the desert tribes of Shem under his command, now looks to expand his motley empire northward into the politically unstable Koth -- where Koth's leaders are more likely to kill each other on the battlefield than join together to face a common foe. The only thing standing in Nahtok's way is the small border kingdom of Khoraja and their battered military forces, now led by the inexperienced Princess Yasmela. Amalric's mercenaries -- with Conan still riding among their numbers -- are charged with reinforcing Yasmela's depleted army, as the conquering Nahtok draws near and Yasmela is haunted by both evil threats and holy visions. Tim Truman, Tomás Giorello, and José Villarrubia continue their adaptation of Robert E. Howard's "Black Colossus," a chilling Robert E. Howard tale that finds Conan at a strange crossroads in his mercenary career and on the path to the largest-scale battle of his life, as a clash between Nahtok and Amalric's men appears inevitable! 40 pages, $2.99, in stores on March 18. Dark Horse Comics | | ||||||||
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| E-texts on
the net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks new Shadow review is "Cards of Death" from May 1, 1938. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "Pistol Performer" by Walt Sheldon from TEN DETECTIVE ACES, December, 1939 Cord Kenyon had been tops as a pistol performer. But now holdup guns forced him to stage a new kind of hot-lead exhibition. And Kenyon had no time to rehearse for a coffin role. "Front - for Murder" by Leo Hoban from POPULAR DETECTIVE, June, 1941 Hop Gallagher and Johnnie Quigley roll a magician's murderer out of the hat. | |||||||||
| ERBville Press - Now
available! ERBville PRESS presents: In the Edgar Rice Burroughs Matched Paperback Set - Available exclusively on Amazon.com BEYOND THIRTY by Edgar Rice Burroughs Here is adventure! The United Americas had been isolated for hundreds of years while the rest of the planet was wracked by incessant warfare. The Commander of an American ship patrolling the Eastern sea frontier on 30 degrees West longitude is cast adrift with three seamen by a treacherous fellow officer. The four men reach the coast of England to find a land of blasted cities. Saber toothed tigers of a new species and giant wolves have decimated the surviving naked savages. Battle and adventure on the Continent make this an exciting escape to the future. Available from Amazon.com Also currently available from Amazon.com (click on book title):
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| Forrest J. Ackerman - R.I.P. Forrest J. Ackerman, the sometime actor, literary agent, magazine editor and full-time bon vivant who discovered author Ray Bradbury and was widely credited with coining the term "sci-fi," has died, the Associated Press reported. He was 92. Ackerman died Dec. 4 of heart failure at his Los Angeles home, Kevin Burns, head of Prometheus Entertainment and a trustee of Ackerman's estate, told the AP. Ackerman was legendary in science fiction circles as the founding editor of the pulp magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland. He was also the owner of a huge private collection of science fiction movie and literary memorabilia that for years filled every nook and cranny of a hillside mansion overlooking Los Angeles, nicknamed the "Ackermansion." Every Saturday morning that he was home, Ackerman would open up the house to anyone who wanted to view his treasures; everyone knew him as "Forry." He sold some pieces and gave away others when he moved to a smaller house in 2002, but he continued to let people visit him every Saturday for as long as his health permitted. Source: SciFi Wire L.A. Times | |||||||||
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| Girasol Collectables - December Pulp Replicas! Girasol Collectables is pleased to announce three more issues in its ongoing series of Pulp Replicas. Click here or on the images to the right for a look at larger Pulp Replica cover images. Monthly Special: All three for $85 ($10 off) Our first Replica this month is The Spider in "Dictator of the Damned" from January 1937. $35 Our second Replica this month is WEIRD TALES #40 from January 1927. $35 This issue features Robert E. Howard's "The Lost Race" and H. P. Lovecraft's "The Horror at Red Hook." Our third Replica is SPICY MYSTERY STORIES #22 from February 1937. $25 Girasol Collectables is also now offering Pulp Replica subscriptions for certain 2009 Replica lines: The Spider: 8 issues for $250 (Save $30) Operator #5: 4 issues for $125 (Save $15) Both Spider and OP5 for $360 (Save $60) Girasol also accepts Paypal as an alternate method of payment. Other than Replicas, please confirm availability first before ordering items such as pulp magazines or other books. Payments can be made to our regular info@girasolcollectables.com email address. As always, these reprints are exact copies including the illustrations, ads, and back-up stories and have been printed on off-white paper, staple-bound and finished off with a high quality reproduction of the original cover. The only thing missing is the smell (alas) and the flaking newsprint. Email Girasol Collectables at: info@girasolcollectables.com. A complete listing, along with other items such as books, fanzines and of course pulps, can be found on the Girasol Collectables website at http://www.girasolcollectables.com/ All payments must be made in $US payable to Girasol Collectables and mailed to: Neil Mechem c/o Girasol Collectables 3501 GlenErin Drive, Apt. 1409, Mississauga, ON, Canada L5L 2E9 Here is a complete listing of the Pulp Replicas currently available for $25, $35, or $50 each postpaid within North America. Overseas will be a few dollars more. |    | ||||||||
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| Gotham Pulp Collectors Club -
Next meeting is December 13, 2008! Gotham Pulp Collectors Club is a club for pulp collectors to meet in the NYC/Metro area. It meets the 2nd Saturday of every month. This is the 75th anniversary of the hero pulps with The Phantom, Doc Savage, Nick Carter (in the pulp), Lone Eagle, Spider, G-8, and Moon Man making their debuts. It's also the 85th anniversary for Weird Tales debut. All are invited to attend, so, if you have an interest in pulp magazines, please come and share tales of your interest in and collections with other pulp collectors. Some of us will bring representative issues of Doc Savage and Weird Tales to show from our collections and tall tales of how we got these books. All meetings are free and open to the public.
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| Haffner
Press Coming in February! HAFFNER PRESS IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE . .
. Edmond
Moore Hamilton (1904-1977) was one of the early pioneers of American science fiction.
For fifty years his stories established and popularized many of the tropes in
modern science fiction. Later this year, Haffner Press will launch the first salvo in a program authorized
by the Estate of Edmond Hamilton to collect all the prose work of this neglected
master. All of his science fiction, all the fantasy, all the mysteries--all the
stories and novels (including the entire run of the "Captain Future" adventures)
will be assembled in this multi-volume set.THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON - AUTHORIZED EDITION • The Metal Giants and Others: The Collected Edmond
Hamilton, Volume One • The Star Stealers: The Complete Tales of the Interstellar Patrol, The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume Two • The Collected Captain Future, Volume One: Captain Future and the Space Emperor As with all Haffner Press titles, quality is of prime importance. Each volume of THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON will be printed on acid-free archival-quality paper with smythe-sewn hardcover bindings using full-cloth covered boards. Full-color dust jackets will reproduce digitally restored covers from the original pulp magazines. We are currently lining up a stellar group of writers, editors, historians, and friends of Hamilton to provide insightful introductions for each volume. Keep Watching the Skies and check the Haffner Press website frequently for updates on this project. We have a lot of neat tie-ins to this particular program, and you won't want to miss at thing. Click on the cover image for a complete
contents listing on the Haffner Press website!
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| Hard
Case Crime - Coming in December and beyond! December 2008 FIFTY-TO-ONE by Charles Ardai, Cover art by Glen Orbik CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF HARD CASE CRIME! Okay, not really. But what if, instead of having been founded 50 books ago, Hard Case Crime had been founded 50 years ago, by a rascal out to make a quick buck off the popularity of pulp fiction? Such a fellow might make a few enemies—especially after publishing a supposed non-fiction account of a heist at a Mob-run nightclub, actually penned by an 18-year-old showgirl. With both the cops and the crooks after them, our heroes are about to learn that reading and writing pulp novels is a lot more fun than living them... January 2009 KILLING CASTRO by Lawrence Block, Cover art by Sharif Tarabay There were five of them, each prepared to kill, each with his own reasons for accepting what might well be a suicide mission. The pay? $20,000 apiece. The mission? Find a way into Cuba and kill Castro. This breathtaking thriller, originally published the year before the Cuban Missile Crisis under a pen name Lawrence Block never used before or since, is the rarest of Block’s books—and still a work of chilling relevance all these years later, with Castro and Cuba once again commanding headlines. February 2009 THE DEAD MAN'S BROTHER by Roger Zelazny, Cover art by Chuck Pyle THE FIRST
NEW ZELAZNY NOVEL IN 15 YEARS! Once an art
smuggler, now a respectable art dealer, Ovid Wiley awoke to find his former partner
stabbed to death on his gallery floor. That was strange enough—but when
a CIA agent showed up to spring him from NYPD custody, things got a lot stranger.Now the CIA is offering to clear up the murder charge, but only in return for a favor: They want Ovid to fly to Vatican City and trace the trail of a renegade priest who has gone missing with millions in church funds. What’s the connection? The priest’s lover, a woman Ovid knew in his smuggling days... March 2009 THE CUTIE by Donald E. Westlake, Cover art by Ken Laager Mavis St. Paul had been a rich man’s mistress. Now she was a corpse. And every cop in New York City was hunting for the two-bit punk accused of putting a knife in her. But the punk was innocent. He’d been set up to take the fall by some cutie who was too clever by half. My job? Find that cutie—before the cutie found me. |  
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| Howling Wolf Lost Pulp Classics
- Now available! Miracle In Three Dimensions And Other Stories by C.L.Moore 9 otherwise uncollected stories by C.L. Moore, including "Greater Glories" and "here lies...", both unavailable since their original magazine publication. Also includes the title story, "Bright Illusion", "Tryst In Time", "Greater Than Gods", "Fruit Of Knowledge", "There Shall Be Darkness", and "Doorway Into Time". The Lost Pulp Classics Series Miracle In Three Dimensions And Other Stories by C.L. Moore The Horror from the Hills by Frank Belknap Long (due 4th quarter, 2008) The Greatest Adventure by John Taine (Due 1st quarter 2009) Visit the Howling Wolf Lost Pulp Classics website at http://www.lostpulpclassics.com/ | |||||||||
| KULL #5 - Coming in March! Written by Arvid Nelson, art by Will Conrad, cover by Jose Villarrubia. Still recovering from last issue's surprise battle, King Kull is on edge and eager to find the snake-men who may still be hidden in his court and throughout Valusia's City of Wonders. The Great Serpent cult is far from defeated, and their reach is long. With one treaty falling apart, a powerful ally in danger, and his trusted friend, Brule, doubting his latest commands, Kull must plan his next move carefully -- and now constantly watch his back for traitors! Expanding upon the events in Robert E. Howard's short story, "The Shadow Kingdom," to show what happens right after Kull exposes the threat of the scheming snake-men in his kingdom! 32 pages, $2.99, in stores on March 4. Dark Horse Comics | | ||||||||
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LONE RANGER #16 - Arriving in comic shops December 10th! by Brett Matthews & Sergio Cariello; Cover: John Cassaday Dynamite, Brett Matthews, Sergio Cariello and cover artist John Cassaday are proud to present a special epilogue to the "Scorched Earth" storyline with this issue, titled "Ostinato"! Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment MATURE THEMES 32 pages, Full Color, $3.50 | |||||||||
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| PULPDOM #53 (November 2008) - Now
available! The contents include: "The Men Who Make The Argosy: Ralph Milne Farley" "Following in the Footsteps: Ralph Milne Farley" by Mike Taylor "The Men Who Make The Argosy: Otis Adelbert Kline" "Following in the Footsteps: Otis Adelbert Kline" by Mike Taylor "Partial Ralph Milne Farley Bibliography" "Partial Otis Adelbert Kline Bibliography" "E. F. Bleiler on Farley and Kline" by E. F. Bleiler "Satans on Saturn" by Otis Adelbert Kline and E. Hoffmann Price - Reviewed by Mike Taylor "The Fang of Amm Jemel" by Otis Adelbert Kline This issue has a full color front cover and is profusely illustrated with full color and black & white illustrations. Back issues are available as print on demand: $10 (color) and $6 (black & white) each (postpaid) anywhere in USA. Five issue subscriptions are $30. Contact C. E. Cazedessus II, P.O. Box 2340, Pagosa Springs, Colorado 81147 Email: ridgefire@frontier.net Visit the new PULPDOM website at http://pulpdom.com |  | ||||||||
 The
PulpFest 2009 web site is now up and running! For any and all information concerning Summer’s premiere event for collectors of vintage pulp magazines and related material, just go to www.pulpfest.com. In addition to the basics, you’ll find a downloadable registration form, links to sites managed by our host hotel and local Columbus institutions, a list of dealers (which is already substantial, even with the convention more than seven months away), capsule bios and contact info for PulpFest committee members, and other items of interest. The PulpFest web site boasts an eye-catching design and is easy to navigate. It will be updated regularly over the weeks and months to come—not only with additional facts about the show, but also with fun stuff that every pulp fan will enjoy. Visit www.pulpfest.com early and often for all the news about what promises to be 2009’s most noteworthy gathering of people who read, research, and collect pulp magazines and other forms of vintage American popular fiction. Visit the Pulpfest 2009 website at http://www.pulpfest.com/ Want
to help advertise Pulpfest 2009? Visit
the Pulpfest Promotions
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| Pulpville Press - Now
available! THE SECOND DELUGE by Garrett P. Serviss This is a story of intense interest from beginning to end--it deals with the passing of the earth through a water nebula. Cosmo Versal, scientist, became convinced that the earth would be covered with water to a depth of six miles. In other words, the globe would be covered to a depth as great if not greater than occurred in the Biblical deluge. He built an ark and picked his company for the proposed long voyage, taking about 500 of both sexes, and also animals. With the final floating of the ark amidst a torrential flood and what happened to the majority of the people on Earth, will be answered by reading the book. Hardcover w/dustjacket - $29.95 Trade Paperback - $14.95 Pulpville Press | 
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| Pulp Newsgroups -
Now online! There are numerous pulp newsgroups that are of potential interest to pulp fans. Information on several of these groups and a link to sign up is posted below. Abraham Merritt: This group is dedicated to all of the fiction of ABRAHAM MERRITT. Merritt's novels, short stories, paperbacks, hardcovers, pulps, reprints, and any movies based on these works can all be discussed here. Also, any artwork from any of the above pertaining to Merritt's writing can be discussed and displayed. If interested, questions and statements about other authors that copied or imitated Merritt's style can be posted. Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ABEMERRITTFANS/ to join! CoverUps: Sharing and trading of Pulp Fiction covers. Discussion not only allowed, but encouraged! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cover_Ups/ Doc Con: The annual Doc Savage Convention gathered together for the first time on October 24, 1998. The convention also known as Doc Con is the brainchild of Rob Smalley who together with Jay Ryan, Paul Cook and Courtney Rogers have hosted the event each year in Arizona. Traditionally held the second Saturday of each November, Doc Con attracts residents from around the country, for a weekend of planned Doc Savage events as well as discussions and camaraderie. Follow along with the planning each year by participating in this group. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Doc_Con/ Edgar Rice Burroughs Group: This group is dedicated to the study and appreciation of one of the greatmasters of literary adventure, Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950). Creator of numerous famous characters, such as Tarzan, Carson Napier, and John Carter of Mars, and exciting worlds, such as Venus, Barsoom, and Pellucidar, Burroughs is widely recognized as one of the fathers of the Pulp Era and modern heroic fiction. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/edgarriceburroughs/ FictionMags: The purpose of this mailing list is to discuss the history of fiction magazines, and to exchange information about magazines which have carried fiction, past or present. Particular emphases are on the "Gaslight" magazines of circa 1880-1914, the pulp magazines of the first half of the 20th century, the "Big Slick" magazines of the mid-20th century, the digest-sized magazines of the 1950s and 1960s -- and any other areas of magazine publishing which have been important for fiction. Discussion may cover aspects of the publishing history of the magazines concerned, their editors and editorial policies, the authors they published, and so on. http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/fictionmags/ Flearun: This group is for fans of all the incarnations of Doc Savage. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flearun/ Otis Adelbert Kline: This group is devoted to Otis Adelbert Kline. His works in the science fiction, weird and historical fiction genre and his general biography can also be discussed here. Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OTISKLINE/ to join! Pulp Fiction Uncensored: is for all fans of Pulp Fiction! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pulp_Fiction_Uncensored/?yguid=321995096 PulpMags: If you're interested in the old pulp magazines, this forum is the place to be. We deal with OLD pulps only! If you're looking for something dealing with modern "pulp fiction" style writing, you'd be bored here.This moderated list is setup along the lines of PEAPS, the Pulp Era Amateur Press Society, and all pulp fans across the world are welcome. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpMags/ Pulp Swap Group: Place your swappable pulps and digest, plus wants, in the file section or individual messages. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpSwap/ REH Comics Group: This group is dedicated to the characters created by Robert E Howard that have appeared in comic book form from Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Cross Plains Comics, Dynamite Entertainment etc. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheREHcomicsgroup/ Vintage Paperbacks: A forum for readers and collectors of classic paperback books, primarily from the "vintage era" of 1939 to 1960 (roughly speaking). Ace Doubles, Dell Mapbacks, L.A. Bantams, Gold Medal, Avon, Handibooks, and many more - we cover them all. Discussion of all genres is welcome and we particularly want to hear about any rare and unusual paperbacks or stories *about* paperbacks that you might be able to share. We discuss the cover artists, the writers, the publishers, and anyone and everyone connected with the great world of vintage paperback books. Read a great old book lately? Come on in and tell us about it! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VintagePaperbacks/ Western Pulps: This list is dedicated to the discussion of Western pulp magazines -- the characters, the authors, the stories, the paperback reprints, and anything else connected with Western pulps. Though the primary emphasis is on pulps, we also discuss non-pulp Western novels, movies, comics, etc. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WesternPulps/ Wild Cat Books: Here we share a mutual love of the great, thrilling literature from the early to late 20th Century, and focus on Discussion, Promotion, and any topic related to the "Bloody Pulps" and Classic Heroes such as TARZAN... JOHN CARTER OF MARS... SECRET AGENT X... KI-GOR... DOMINO LADY... THE MOON MAN... THE LENSMEN... and many more. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildcatbooks_pulps | |||||||||
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| TARZAN: THE JESSE
MARSH YEARS VOLUME 1 - Coming in March! Written by Robert P. Thompson and Gaylor DuBois, art by Jesse Marsh. Dark Horse Archives presents the first four issues of this influential Golden Age series in a handsome hardcover -- kicking off a comprehensive program that will collect the first 19 years of the classic title! In 1947, artist Jesse Marsh left Walt Disney Studios -- where he had worked on Pinocchio, Fantasia, and various animated shorts‹to work for Western Publishing full time. Tarzan was one of his first assignments, with the iconic character's first original comic-book appearance in Dell Four-Color Comics #134. Tarzan #2 would begin Marsh's long-term collaboration with writer Gaylord DuBois. Their work drew admiration and respect from readers and peers -- Russ Manning among them -- and Marsh's art inspired future comics creators from Richard Corben to Los Bros. Hernandez! Dark Horse plans to publish the entire run (~19 years) of Jesse Marsh's Tarzan. 256 pages, $49.95, in stores on February 25. Dark Horse Comics |  | ||||||||
| TARZAN: THE JESSE MARSH YEARS VOLUME 2
- Coming in May! Written by Gaylord DeBois, art by Jesse Marsh. The original Tarzan comics are finally back in print after sixty years! This second volume reproduces six big Golden Age issues for readers new and old to enjoy, and all stories are by the dynamite team of Gaylord DuBois and Jesse Marsh. DuBois and Marsh's 19-year collaboration on Tarzan produced a legendary body of work and an enduring vision of one of the world's foremost adventure icons. Marsh's art enthralled an entire generation of comics readers, influencing future creators the Hernandez brothers and earning the acclaim of such fellow professionals as Russ Manning and Alex Toth! Dark Horse plans to publish the entire run (~19 years) of Jesse Marsh's Tarzan. 224 pages, $49.95, in stores on May 20. Dark Horse Comics |  | ||||||||
| Upcoming Modern Hero-Pulp Novels
by Christopher
R. Yates Fantastic Four: Doomgate, Jeffrey Lang, Pocket Star, $7.99, November 25, 2008 - Now available! Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, James Rollins, Del Rey, $7.99, November 25, 2008 - Now available! The Flaxen Femme Fatale, John Zakour, DAW, $7.99, December 02, 2008 - Now available! Wild Cards XIX: Busted Flush, George R.R. Martin, ed., Tor, $24.95, December 09, 2008 Wonder Woman, S.D. Perry & Britta Dennison, Pocket Star, $7.99, December 30, 2008 Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (novelization),Greg Cox, Pocket Books, $7.99, December 30, 2008 Captain Freedom, Gregory Xavier Robillard, Harper, $13.95, February 3, 2009 Ballistic Babes, John Zakour & Lawrence Ganem, DAW, $8.99, April 7, 2009 Hellboy: The Fire Wolves, Tim Lebbon, Dark Horse, $12.95, April 15, 2009 Indiana Jones & the Army of the Dead, Steve Perry, Del Rey, $7.99, April 28, 2009 Enemies & Allies [Superman & Batman], Kevin J. Anderson, HarperCollins, $26.95, May 5, 2009 Spider-Man: Darkest Hours, Jim Butcher, Pocket, $15.00, June 02, 2009 Iron Man [untitled], Robert Greenberger, Del Rey, $7.99, June 23, 2009 Countdown: The Novel, Greg Cox, Ace, $15.00, July 7, 2009 The Calling, David Mack, Pocket, $15.00, July 21, 2009 The 4400: Welcome to Promise City, Greg Cox, Pocket Star, $7.99, July 28, 2009 |  | ||||||||
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