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28 August 2009

Age of Aces - Now available!

The Spider VS. The Empire State by Norvell Page
$16.99 trade paperback, 430 pages

THEY SAID IT COULDN'T HAPPEN HERE. THEN THEY SAID ONE MAN COULDN'T STOP IT!

Richard Wentworth spent his vigilante career as The Spider always in the shadows. Now evil acted in broad daylight. The Party of Justice swept into office, rewriting the laws of New York state overnight to benefit their criminal backers and make slaves of its people. This American Reichstag gave itself sweeping powers and raised a private army to exert its malevolent will. How could The Spider hope to stop a criminal conspiracy as big as the state itself? This time The Master of Men would go beyond taking the lives of evildoers... by bringing Hope to the tyrannized citizens of the Empire State!


The "Black Police Trilogy" is author Norvell Page's classic pulp fiction Nazi allegory from 1938. Originally introduced 71 years ago this week in three consecutive months of The Spider Magazine, the novels "The City That Paid To Die", "The Spider at Bay", and "Scourge of the Black Legions" are collected in book form for the first time. This stunning Trade Paperback is designed by the incomparable Chris Kalb, and features an introduction by PEAPS member Tom Krabacher.

All Age of Aces books are $16.99, and are available from
AmazonAdventure House, and Mike Chomko Books.


Check out our spectacular newly redesigned web site at http://www.ageofaces.net

Besides information on all our books, there is lots of new content:
Art work from the air pulps, free PDF downloads of air war pulp stories,
and plenty more.

At the right is the spectacular poster created by Chris Kalb
that was on display at Pulpfest!

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://www.ageofaces.net and look for the "Age of Aces Presents" link.

New this week:

"No Survivors" by Ralph Oppenheim (War Birds June 1931) featuring The Three Mosquitoes
That intrepid trio of aces known as “The Three Mosquitoes” made the scar of their Vickers hated by every flying Hun. But even the skill of their wings was child’s play when they went to sea against that dread Channel menace that was leaving no survivors to tell it’s tale of dread. Then came the day when the red courage of madness swept the Mosquitoes leader into the maelstrom.

Blood 'n' Thunder #24 - Now available!
Blood 'n' Thunder #24 (Summer 2009) packs plenty into its latest hundred-plus-page issue. Feature articles include Part One of editor Ed Hulse's massive survey of Street & Smith's The Popular Magazine; Jean-Marc Lofficier's fascinating overview of pulp-like French crime fiction; and Will Murray's look at the post-pulp career of prolific fictioneer Arthur J. Burks. The Burks article is accompanied by a reprint of his most notorious weird-menace yarn (featuring a necrophiliac protagonist) from Mystery Tales.

Also: a heavily illustrated report on this year's Windy City pulp-collector show, guidelines for Depression-era writers trying to crack Ten Detective Aces, individual pulp reviews, and a lengthy article presenting newly discovered information on the long-lost 1928 movie serial, Tarzan the Mighty. A limited number of copies sold at the recent PulpFest and Ed reports that all subscriber copies were mailed out as of 8/26.


Each issue of the award-winning Blood 'n' Thunder now tops 100 pages and sports laminated color covers, giving it the appearance of a trade paperback. Single-copy price is $11.95 plus $2.50 postage, but Ed is now offering one-year, three-issue subscriptions for $30, which represents a considerable savings. 

Please make your checks or money orders payable to Ed Hulse and send to him at 2467 Route 10 East, Bldg. 15, Apt. 4B, Morris Plains, NJ 07950.  Ed also accepts Paypal payments at bnteditor@yahoo.com.



The Book Cave - New podcasts now available online!
Episode 37: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Master of Adventure - New!
Art Sippo and I talk about one of my all time favorite writers, Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Episode 36: Van Allen Plexico is Assembled!
Episode 35: Back From PulpFest Part 2
Episode 34: Back From PulpFest Part 1
Episode 33:  San Diego Comic Con
Episode 32: Crossover Characters
Episode 31: Pulpfest
Episode 30: 
H.P. Lovecraft

Episode 29: Kelly Ishikawa Comic Book Artist in Training
Episode 28: Archie Marries Veronica

Visit The Book Cave website at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/  

The Bronze Gazette #56 -  Going to press in a few weeks!
The Bronze Gazette #56 should go to press in the next couple of weeks. This issue is coming pretty quickly after #55 which shipped only a few weeks ago, so if you haven't done so already, please renew your subscriptions. Just enough issues are printed to cover the subscriptions and the complimentary issues plus a few extras just in case some issues are damaged. The only way to be assured of getting each issue is to subscribe.

Now accepting subscriptions for The Bronze Gazette issues #56, 57, 58.
Prices for the new year have actually gone down. Prices are as follows:
Cost is $15.00/3 Issues US
Cost is $16.00/3 Issues Canada
Cost is $20.00/3 Issues Overseas
For those that have stuck with TBG all of these years, thanks for your continued support.

The following back issue available:
20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 32, 35, 39, 40, 51, 53, 54, 55
Back issues are $6.00 each, but if you buy 3 or more then they are $5.00 each. Prices include postage.


Send orders to:
Green Eagle Publications
2900 Standiford Ave 16B
PMB #136
Modesto, Ca 95350
Checks payable to: Green Eagle Publications



Clive Cussler: SPARTAN GOLD - Arriving in bookstores September 1st!
Clive Cussler unveils his newest heroes, a husband-and-wife team who hunt treasure for a living—even at the risk of dying . . .
 
Thousands of years ago, two superpowers of the ancient world went to war, and a treasure of immeasurable value was lost to the shadows of history. In 1800, while crossing the Pennine Alps with his Grand Reserve Army, Napoleon Bonaparte stumbled across a startling discovery. Unable to transport it, he created an enigmatic map on the labels of twelve bottles of rare wine. When Napoleon died, the bottles disappeared—and the treasure was lost again.
Until now.

Treasure-hunting husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo are exploring the Great Pocomoke Swamp in Maryland when they are shocked to discover a World War II German U-boat. Inside, they find a bottle taken from Napoleon’s famous “Lost Cellar” and fascinated, they set out to find the rest of the collection. But another connoisseur of sorts is hunting his own prize, and the Lost Cellar is his key to finding it. That man is Hadeon Bondaruk, a half-Russian, half-Persian millionaire, and the treasure will be his, no matter what.

Filled with the high-stakes suspense and boundless invention that are unique to Cussler, Spartan Gold is a dazzling thriller from the grand master of adventure fiction.


Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Putnam
ISBN-10: 0399156429
ISBN-13: 978-0399156427
$26.95


Clive Cussler: THE WRECKER - Arriving in bookstores November 17th!
It is 1907, a year of financial panic and labor unrest. Train wrecks, fires, and explosions sabotage the Southern Pacific Railroad’s Cascades express line and, desperate, the railroad hires the fabled Van Dorn Detective Agency. Van Dorn sends in his best man, and Bell quickly discovers that a mysterious saboteur haunts the hobo jungles of the West, a man known as the Wrecker, who recruits accomplices from the down-and-out to attack the railroad, and then kills them afterward. The Wrecker traverses the vast spaces of the American West as if he had wings, striking wherever he pleases, causing untold damage and loss of human life. Who is he? What does he want? Is he a striker? An anarchist? A revolutionary determined to displace the “privileged few”? A criminal mastermind engineering some as yet unexplained scheme?

Whoever he is, whatever his motives, the Wrecker knows how to create maximum havoc, and Bell senses that he is far from done—that, in fact, the Wrecker is building up to a grand act unlike anything he has committed before. If Bell doesn’t stop him in time, more than a railroad could be at risk—it could be the future of the entire country.

Filled with intricate plotting and dazzling set pieces, The Wrecker is one of the most entertaining thrillers in years.


Hardcover: 480 pages
Publisher: Putnam
ISBN-10: 0399155996
ISBN-13: 978-0399155994
$27.95


Doc Savage: The Silver Pyramid - Coming in January!
DC Comics reprints the 1987 miniseries!
Pulp fiction hero Doc Savage - one of the major inspirations for the creation of Superman - stars in this fast-paced tale featuring early work by comics superstars Adam Kubert and Andy Kubert. Doc, and his band of assistants, are introduced in the modern era as retired heroes - and now, on the eve of an alien invasion triggered by a gang of would-be world conquerors, only Doc Savage's grown grandchild, Chip, can set things right. But is Chip, a self-professed pacifist, up to the task?

Trade Paperback, 128 pages, $19.99
ISBN-10: 1401226213
ISBN-13: 978-1401226213

DC Comics


Donald M. Grant - R.I.P.
Donald M. Grant passed away on Thursday, August 20th, after a long lasting illness.
He is survived by his wife, Shirley, and his two children.


Grant was best known as one of the original publishers of small press limited editions, specializing in horror, fantasy and science fiction. His editions of Stephen King’s Dark Tower series are one of the hottest and most enduring collectibles in the field. Other notable editions included works by Karl Edward Wagner, Peter Straub, Douglas E. Winter, Robert E. Howard, Fritz Leiber, Charles L. Grant, Ambrose Bierce, Edgar Rice Burroughs, William Hope Hodgson, H.P. Lovecraft, David Morrell, Roger Zelazny and many, many, MANY more. He also served on the founding committees of NECON and the World Fantasy Convention.


E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow in Review:
This weeks Shadow review is
"The Shadow's Rival" from June 15, 1937.

Pulpgen-Online Pulps:   Now with over 1000 stories online!

"Cargo of Show Business" by George Armin Shaftel from SHORT STORIES, September 25, 1944
A military C-47 is shot down in remote Iceland; its cargo is a plane full of entertainment people who make the rounds of military bases during WWII putting on shows for the troops.
"Trooper Tape" by William Rough from TEN DETECTIVE ACES, December, 1939
Trooper Dix had his own theory about murder. But when he tried to solve the case of the poisoned antique collector, his theory thrust him headfirst into a tangle of blood-red tape.


Gotham Pulp Collectors Club - Next meeting is  September 12, 2009!
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.


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.


Name:  Gotham Pulp Collectors Club
Time: 1-4 PM
Place: Hudson Park Library, 66 Leroy Street, Manhattan (WestVillage)

Contact:  Mark Halegua at msh@pulps1st.com


Heroes in the Wind: From Kull to Conan: The Best of Robert E. Howard
Scheduled to arrive in bookstores September 3rd!
Howard's swashbuckling fantasy stories feature the adventures of the enigmatic Conan: a free barbarian from distant Cimmeria who ventures into the splendid kingdoms of the south to find his fortune in the lost eons of the Hyborian Age between the sinking of Kull’s Atlantis and the dawn of history. Cunning thief, captain of mercenaries and corsairs, lover of sultry temptresses, Conan follows his destiny into demon-haunted treasure towers and across the plains of death. And at last, like Kull before him, he slashes his name across the scrolls of royalty as King Conan, usurper-lord of imperial Aquilonia.


Editor: John Clute
Paperback: 500 pages
Publisher: Penguin Classics
ISBN-10: 0141189436
ISBN-13: 978-0141189437
£10.99
Available from Amazon.co.uk

Thanks to John Clute for supplying the contents listing below!


The Contents include:

"Introduction" by John Clute (about 3500 words)

CONAN
A Prelude in verse, plus Three parts

"Recompense"
    ---one page poem
    Weird Tales (November 1938)
    The Best of Robert E Howard Volume 1: Crimson Shadows p119



PART ONE: BLACK DAWN
"The Shadow Kingdom"
(Kull)
    Weird Tales (August 1929)
    The Best of Robert E Howard Volume 1: Crimson Shadows pp1-25

"The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune" (Kull)
    Weird Tales (September 1929)
    Kull: Exile of Atlantis pp53-65

"Kings of the Night"
(Kull & Bran Mak Morn)
    Weird Tales (November 1930)

"Worms of the Earth"
(Bran Mak Morn)
    Weird Tales (November 1932)
    The Best of Robert E Howard Volume 1: Crimson Shadows pp185-211

"The Dark Man"
(Bran Mak Morn)
    Weird Tales (December 1931)
    The Best of Robert E Howard Volume 1: Crimson Shadows pp63-85

PART TWO: DARK INTERLUDES
"The Footfalls Within"
    Weird Tales (September 1931)
    The Second Book of Robert E Howard pp204-231

"Pigeons from Hell"
    Weird Tales (May 1938) [written 1934]
    The Best of Robert E Howard Volume 2: Grim Lands pp281-309

"Graveyard Rats"
    Thrilling Mystery (February 1936)
    Graveyard Rats And Others pp135-165

"Vultures of Wahpeton"
    Smashing Novels (December 1936)
    The Best of Robert E Howard Volume 2: Grim Lands pp195-261

PART THREE: HIGH NOON
"The Tower of the Elephant"  (Conan)
    Weird Tales (March 1933)
    The Best of Robert E Howard Volume 2: Grim Lands pp29-51

"Queen of the Black Coast"  (Conan)
    Weird Tales (May 1934)
    The Complete Chronicles of Conan pp236-262

"A Witch Shall Be Born"
 (Conan)
    Weird Tales (December 1934)
    The Complete Chronicles of Conan pp356-393

"Red Nails"
 (Conan)
    Weird Tales (July/October 1936)
    The Best of Robert E Howard Volume 2: Grim Lands pp399-471


John Carter of Mars
English actors Samantha Morton, Dominic West and Polly Walker have joined "John Carter of Mars," Disney's adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs book series that Andrew Stanton is directing.

Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins and Willem Dafoe already are on board the production.  Morton plays Sola, the daughter of Dafoe's Tars Tarkas, who must hide her softer side from her warmongering race.
West plays Sab Than, prince of the Zodangans who believes he is entitled to rule Mars.  Walker plays Sarkoja, a merciless, tyrannical Thark.

Stanton wrote the screenplay with Mark Andrews. Jim Morris and Colin Wilson are producing "Mars," which is eyeing a start early next year. Brigham Taylor is overseeing for the studio.



Library of America: AMERICAN FANTASTIC TALES
New anthology features Howard, Smith, Lovecraft and more!
Now Available!
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps
729 page, $35

ISBN-10: 159853047X
ISBN-13: 978-1598530476
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940's Until Now
744 pages, $35

ISBN-10: 1598530488
ISBN-13: 978-1598530483
American Fantastic Tales Boxed Set  - $70
ISBN-10: 1598530593
ISBN-13: 978-1598530599
Library of America



Contents of Volume 1
Contents of Volume 2
Introduction by Peter Straub.
CHARLES BROCKDEN BROWN - Somnambulism: A Fragment (1805)
WASHINGTON IRVING - Adventure of the German Student Irving (1824)
EDGAR ALLAN POE - Berenice (1835)
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE - Young Goodman Brown (1835)
HERMAN MELVILLE - The Tartarus of Maids (1855)
FITZ-JAMES O’BRIEN -  What Was It? (1859)
BRET HARTE - The Legend of Monte del Diablo (1863)
HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD - The Moonstone Mass (1868)
W. C. MORROW - His Unconquerable Enemy (1889).
CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN - The Yellow Wallpaper (1892)
KATE CHOPIN - Ma’ame Pélagie (1893)
JOHN KENDRICK BANGS - Thurlow’s Christmas Story (1894)
ROBERT W. CHAMBERS - The Repairer of Reputations (1895)
RALPH ADAMS CRAM - The Dead Valley (1895)
MADELEINE YALE WYNNE - The Little Room (1895)
GERTRUDE ATHERTON - The Striding Place (1896)
SARAH ORNE JEWETT - In Dark New England Days (1896)
EMMA FRANCIS DAWSON - An Itinerant House (1897).
STEPHEN CRANE - The Black Dog (1898)
MARY WILKINS FREEMAN - Luella Miller (1902)
FRANK NORRIS -. Grettir at Thornhall-Stead (1903)
LAFCADIO HEARN - Yuki-Onna (1904)
F. MARION CRAWFORD - For the Blood Is the Life (1905)
AMBROSE BIERCE - The Moonlit Road (1907)
EDWARD LUCAS WHITE - Lukundoo (1907)
OLIVIA HOWARD DUNBAR - The Shell of Sense (1908)
HENRY JAMES - The Jolly Corner (1908)
ALICE BROWN - Golden Baby (1910)
EDITH WHARTON - Afterward (1910)
WILLA CATHER - Consequences (1915)
ELLEN GLASGOW - The Shadowy Third (1916)
JULIAN HAWTHORNE - The Island of Ghosts (1919)
FRANCIS STEVENS - Unseen, Unfeared (1919)
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (1922)
SEABURY QUINN - The Curse of Everard Maundy (1927)
STEPHEN VINCENT BENET - The King of the Cats (1929)
DAVID H. KELLER - The Jelly-Fish (1929)
CONRAD AIKEN - Mr. Arcularis (1931)
ROBERT E. HOWARD - The Black Stone (1931)
HENRY S. WHITEHEAD - Passing of a God (1931)
AUGUST DERLETH - The Panelled Room (1933)
H.P. LOVECRAFT - The Thing on the Doorstep (1933)
CLARK ASHTON SMITH - Genius Loci (1933)
ROBERT BLOCH - The Cloak (1939)

Introduction by Peter Straub.
JOHN COLLIER - Evening Primrose (1940)
FRITZ LEIBER - Smoke Ghost (1941)
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS - Mysteries of the Joy Rio (1941)
JANE RICE - The Refugee (1943)
ANTHONY BOUCHER - Mr. Lupescu (1945)
TRUMAN CAPOTE - Miriam (1945)
JOHN CHEEVER - Torch Song (1947)
JACK SNOW - Midnight (1947)
JACK FINNEY - I’m Scared (1948)
SHIRLEY JACKSON - The Daemon Lover (1949)
PAUL BOWLES - The Circular Valley (1950)
RAY BRADBURY - The April Witch (1952)
JEROME BIXBY - It’s a Good Life (1953)
JEROME BIXBY - Trace (1964)
JEROME BIXBY - Space by the Tail (1964)
CHARLES BEAUMONT - Black Country (1954)
VLADIMIR NABOKOV - The Vane Sisters (1959)
DAVIS GRUBB - Where the Woodbine Twineth (1964)
DONALD WANDREI - Nightmare (1965)
HARLAN ELLISON - I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream (1967)
RICHARD MATHESON - Prey (1969)
T.E.D. KLEIN - Events at Poroth Farm (1972)
ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER - Hanka (1974)
FRED CHAPPELL - Linneaus Forgets (1977)
JOHN CROWLEY - Novelty (1983)
JONATHAN CARROLL - Mr. Fiddlehead (1989)
JOYCE CAROL OATES - Family (1989)
THOMAS LIGOTTI - The Last Feast of Harlequin (1990)
PETER STRAUB - A Short Guide to the City (1990)
KARL EDWARD WAGNER - Cedar Lane (1990)
JEFF VANDERMEER - The General Who Is Dead (1996)
STEPHEN KING - That Feeling (1998)
STEPHEN KING - You Can Only Say What It Is in French (1998)
KIT REED - The Mothers of Shark Island (1998)
CAITLIN R. KIERNAN - The Long Hall on the Top Floor (1999)
GEORGE SAUNDERS - Sea Oak (2000)
THOMAS TESSIER - Nocturne (2000)
MICHAEL CHABON - The God of Dark Laughter (2001)
JOE HILL - Pop Art (2001)
POPPY Z. BRITE - Pansu (2003)
STEVEN MILLHAUSER - Dangerous Laughter (2003)
M. RICKERT - The Chambered Fruit (2003)
BRIAN EVENSON - The Wavering Knife (2004)
KELLY LINK - Stone Animals (2004)
TIM POWERS - Pat Moore (2004)
GENE WOLFE - The Little Stranger (2004)
BENJAMIN PERCY - Dial Tone (2007)

Pulps1st - Pulp Image Library Version 7 is now available!

Pulp Image Library Version 7 is now available from Pulps1st.com.
The new disk is now a DVD and has over 23,000 cover images.


Watch the Pulps1st.com website, which will be updated soon, for ordering details.

Pulps1st.com


Pulp 'n' Fiction - Now online!
A new pulp website is now available online which sells pulps, vintage American paperbacks, vintage British paperbacks, comics, original adverts, and records. It's at http://www.PulpnFiction.com



Pulpville Press - Now available!
THE BOTTOM OF THE WORLD and other stories
by John Coleman Burroughs, Hulbert Burroughs, and Jane Ralston Burroughs

New hardcover edition (previously published as "The Lightning Men and other stories") with new typography and better quality illustrations. Four stories were written by these three members of the Edgar Rice Burroughs' family (creator of Tarzan) in collaboration with one and another (a fifth story was written by John Coleman Burroughs). "Hybrid of Horror" Terror screams in the night when a sculptor is called on to repair a cannibalistic statue. "The Man Without A World" A son of the interstellar void blazes the uncharted space-trails to Nova Terra! "The Lightning Men" Earth's exiles build a brave new world! "The Bottom of the World" Countless thousands vanish when a weird kidnaper snatches West Coast cities off the map! Follow Dan Norris as he invades a fantastic realm far below the Earth. Illustrated.


Order Here

Pulpville Press




For well over a year now, Dark Horse Deluxe has been distributing the beautiful work of ReelArt Studios. From the stunning Snow Giants statue, inspired by the work of Frank Frazetta, to Frank Cho’s beautiful Babe & ApeReelArt Studios has brought some of the most beautiful works to life with painstaking attention to detail. With the help of Dark HorseReelArt Studios has carved out a place in the marketplace amongst of the top producers of collectable statues. Now, the company ventures to move into the publishing world, utilizing an already established relationship with one of comics’ top brands.

ReelArt president, Michael Hudson came to 
Dark Horse with a proposal for a new imprint under the Dark Horse umbrella to transition well known pulp properties into traditional American comics. Fredric Brown’s MARTIANS GO HOME and Otis Adelbert Kline’s SWORDS OF VENUS will be the first two properties to receive this treatment. Both properties are licensed directly from the author’s estates and will feature contribution from such industry stalwarts as  Bruce Jones, Martin Powell,  Mike Ploog, Eduardo Barreto and Thomas Yeates. Longtime comics writer and editor, Christopher Mills will serve as Sequential Pulp’s Editor-in-Chief.

The books will be released as full color 22 page stories on a bi-monthly basis.
The books will be marketed by 
Dark Horse Comics as a specialty imprint.
MARTIANS GO HOME
will be solicited in the October PREVIEWS (Available in comic shops September 30th).
SWORDS OF VENUS
will be solicited in the November PREVIEWS (Available in comic shops October 28th).
In addition, Dark Horse Entertainment will represent these projects to Hollywood studios for big screen adaptation.

Dark Horse president Mike Richardson states, “Michael Hudson and ReelArt Studios have produced some of the finest products in the business.  We’ve been very pleased with our existing relationship and are excited by the prospect of expanding our partnership to the printed page.  Comic fans are going to see a slate of amazing original projects.”
MARTIANS GO HOME #1 (of 6)
Martin Powell (Writer), Mike Manley (Artist), and Bret Blevins (Cover)
On sale December 2009
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99

Martians have invaded Earth! That¹s right, real Martians.  Seriously. Suddenly, without warning, one billion Little Green Men are everywhere.  The Martians are on your street, and in your house, all of them knowing your deepest and darkest secrets. Untouchable as ghosts and obnoxious as hell, their sinister agenda remains a mystery.  Perhaps, their plan is simply to drive the entire human race insane, for that is exactly what they¹re doing.

From flop house to the White House, no one is above, or below, the torment of the alien invaders. All is lost.  Or, is it? Only our unlikely hero Luke Devereaux, a burnt-out science fiction writer with nothing left to lose, knows how to defeat the MartiansŠbut he has already lost his mind!
 
Sequential Pulp Comics presents writer Martin Powell, with artists Mike Manley and Bret Blevins, joining forces to present Fredric Brown¹s classic 1950s ³paranoia² sci-fi novel into a spectacular six issue limited series. You won¹t think of alien contact in the same way, ever again.


http://www.sequentialpulpcomics.com/

Fredric Brown’s "Martians Go Home" - Coming in November!



Cover for #1
Art: Bret Blevins

Left: Page 11 by Mike Manley




Promo art by Mike Manley!
Otis Adelbert Kline’s "Swords of Venus" - Coming in December!



Cover for #1 by Thomas Yeates
Other art: Eduardo Barreto



ROBERT E HOWARD PRESENTS: THULSA DOOM #1 - Arriving in comic shops September 2nd!
Writer: Arvid Nelson; Penciller/Inker: Lui Antonio; Covers: Alex Ross
From the pages of writer Robert E. Howard comes the debut of Dynamite’s Thulsa Doom!
Written by Kull writer Arvid Nelson and illustrated by Lui (Red Sonja) Antonio, the opening story arc also features cover artist Alex Ross! Featuring the origins of the ultimate anti-hero, Thulsa Doom #1 opens after the destruction of Atlantis, when the world was in chaos and Thulsa sought his own path to ultimate power!
32 pages, Full Color, $3.50

Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment


THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN VOLUME 6 - Arriving in comic shops September 2nd!
Written by Roy Thomas, Michael Fleisher and Bruce Jones, art by various.

With writers Roy Thomas, Michael Fleisher, and Bruce Jones contributing to The Savage Sword of Conan in the early 1980s, the action-filled comics magazine continued its long, successful run exploring the lush and dangerous world of Conan's Hyboria. This volume reprints most of the black-and-white Conan tales from 1981, with the artistic talents of John Buscema, Gil Kane, Ernie Chan, Ernie Colon, Alfredo Alcala, and others adding to the uncensored excitement! The Savage Sword creative teams presented in this latest tome deliver timeless adventures featuring Robert E. Howard's beloved barbarian.
Collects Savage Sword of Conan #61-#71.

544 pages, black and white, $19.95

Dark Horse Comics


Snowbooks: Sexton Blake - Scheduled to arrive in bookstores September 1st!
Created at the tail end of the Victorian era, Sexton Blake rapidly became one of the most popular fictional characters of the 20th Century. He featured in thousands of adventure stories written by more than two hundred authors and published in countless papers, magazines and comics. He also appeared in stage plays, radio dramas, films and television serials. One of the most written about characters in the English language, he was a household name and a publishing phenomenon. This book contains the finest stories from this vast output, edited by leading publisher and author George Mann.

Hardcover, 900 pages, £15
ISBN13: 9781906727413
Snowbooks

Available from Amazon.co.uk and Mike Chomko

The Spectre Library: THE DEVIL CHAIR - Very special sale price!
$10 and the buyer pays the shipping!

The Spectre Library now is accepting orders for Victor Rousseau's lost works of pseudo-science fiction stories "The Devil Chair." These stories have never been viewed by a single pulp fiction collector, and are now available for the first time, recovered from bygone newspapers. This is Rousseau's first-ever venture into the science fiction genre. The introduction is furnished by Michael Ashley.

Inheriting multi-million dollar properties in America, Englishman John Haynes relocates his wife and daughter from England to claim the inheritance. Upon arrival, Haynes, unaccustomed to American corruption, is railroaded into the penitentiary. While serving his sentence, he creates a scientific device in the machinist shops, a powerful gyroscope attached to a gasoline device, that when strapped to any means of transportation, enables him to speeds of 200 miles per hour!  Escaping prison, Haynes searches for his lost family while hunting the league of villains, attacking them both on the physical and psychological level.

"The Devil Chair" is a brilliant series, and among the best of his earliest and more thoughtful works of literature, pre-dating "The Sea Demons" and "Messiah of the Cylinder."

Author: Victor Rousseau
Title: The Devil Chair
Publisher: The Spectre Library
Jacketed, smythe-sewn hardcover
Limited edition: 200 copies
Introduction by: Michael Ashley
Retail price: $40
Accepted are checks or PayPal to spectrelibrary@gmail.com
NO CREDIT CARDS

The Spectre Library
533 One Center Blvd # 315, Altamonte Springs, FL 32701

spectrelibrary@gmail.com



Subterranean Press - Printed and waiting for slipcases!
The Best of Robert E. Howard, Volume One: Crimson Shadows
Illustrated by Jim and Ruth Keegan


The UK based small press Wandering Star issued glorious editions of Robert E. Howard’s work, including The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, The Ultimate Triumph, as well as two volumes of Howard’s Conan tales.

Subterranean Press is proud to continue this series of limited editions, beginning with Kull: Exile of Atlantis, exquisitely illustrated with color plates and black and white illustrations illuminating the text. We now continue with our second offering, Crimson Shadows, The Best of Robert E. Howard, volume one. We plan to match or better the quality of materials used in the Wandering Star editions, and will be doing a number of other books in the series.


Limited: $150
Deluxe Limited: $400
Length: 528 pages


Visit the Subterranean Press website for the contents list and to order!



Tantor Media: Del Rey Robert E. Howard Series Audiobooks - Now available!
Now available:  The Bloody Crown of Conan

Paradox has announced that the popular Robert E. Howard series published by Random House/Del Rey is coming as audiobooks from Tantor Audio. First out are the three Conan books, followed by "Bran Mak Morn: The Last King", "The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard", "Kull: Exile of Atlantis" and "The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane".

Tantor Media has published numerous bestellers on audio, including the Halo series and titles by Harry Turtledove, Richard K. Morgan, and Peter F. Hamilton. Tantor offers over 1,000 titles in all genres, with a niche in sci-fi & fantasy. Todd McLaren will be narrating the stories. He is a 2009 Audie finalist for "Halo, The Fall of Reach" by Eric Nylund. His recordings include "Altered Carbon" (Richard K. Morgan), "A Meeting at Corvallis" (Stirling) and "Opening Atlantis" (Turtledove).

The audiobooks can be found in bookstores and online as audio-cd, mp3-cd as well as mp3 download (online only).

Coming in September:
The Conquering Sword of Conan


Coming in October:
Kull
, Exile of Atlantis
Jim Barron reports that he contacted Tantor Media regarding the lack of track listings on THE COMING OF CONAN.
Tantor responded that they would take Jim's suggestion and they would most likely be able to include the information on subsequent audiobooks as they were not beyond the cutoff point in production to make changes.

Jim also passed along a contents list (with thanks to Jeff Wentzell) for THE COMING OF CONAN.

Coming of Conan index (d=disc#, t=initial track#)
d1,t1
d1,t10
d1,t11
d2,t10
d2,t18
d3,t13
d4,t12
d6,t2
d7,t6
d8,t17
d9,t22
d11,t5
d12,t6
d13,t3
d13, t18
d14,t24

Introduction
Cimmeria
Phoenix on the Sword
Frost Giant's Daughter
God in the Bowl
Tower of the Elephant
Scarlet Citadel
Queen of the Black Coast
Black Colossus
Iron Shadows in the Moon
Xuthal of the Dusk
Pool of the Black One
Rogues in the House
Vale of Lost Women
Devil in Iron
Phoenix, 1st draft







21 August 2009

50th Michigan Antiquarian Book & Paper Show -  Sunday, October 4, 2009!
The Midwest's largest book show will feature over 75 dealers from around the country offering over a million old, rare, and collectible book & paper items for sale!

Admission $4.50; free for children 13 and under
Lansing Center: 333 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI

http://www.curiousbooks.com/show/abf.html



Adventure House - Coming in January!
HIGH ADVENTURE #110 featuring Adventure Fiction: Tong of Death and Other Stories
THE TONG OF DEATH by Robert Carse [Short Stories 04/25/31]
RED BREATH by Foster-Harris
THE EMERALD BUDDAH by Murray Leinster
A TRAPPER SETS FOR PIRATES by Raymond S. Spears
THE EYE OF BLACK A'WANG by Murray Leinster
SKIN DEEP by Sherman Ripley
THE LEASH by Chester L. Saxby


7x10, 112 pages, 
$7.95 (U.S.) - Media Mail Shipping $2.50 for a single copy.

Adventure House


Adventure House - Coming in January!
Planet Stories - Winter 1940, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
ONE THOUSAND MILES BELOW by Eando Binder
PHANTOM OF THE SEVEN STARS by Ray Cummings
TWILIGHT OF THE TENTH WORLD by Thornton Ayre
THE CASTAWAY by George Danzell
ATOM OF DEATH by Ross Rocklynne
BEYOND LIGHT by Nelson S. Bond
EXIT FROM ASTEROID 60 by D.L. James
THE STELLAR LEGION by Leigh Brackett

Phantom Detective - August 1941 , 7x10, 112 pages, $14.95
THE THOUSAND ISLANDS MURDERS by Robert Wallace
MURDER NEVER TALKS by Kenneth L. Sinclair
DEATH IN A SACK by Glenn H. Wichman

Underworld Detective - April 1935 , 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
MURDER INCORPORATED by Val McNamara
THE FATAL CURSE by Donald G. Dooley
TEETH OF THE LAWLESS by G.T. Fleming-Roberts
Wiping out the Smoke Mob
THE MYSTERIOUS MRS. STEWART by James E. Ray
COP KILLER BURNS by Charles M. Martin
KILLER STATIC by Ken C. Park
THE LAST WITNESS by E. Penfield


Adventure House



Adventure House - Coming in March!
HIGH ADVENTURE #111 featuring Ki-Gor
THE LOST BEASTS OF TA'TAMBA by John Peter Drummond
Ki-Gor, White Lord of the Jungle, and Brend, boy-emperor of the Stolen Kingdom, battled side by side against the thousand warrior-beasts of Ramfis.  Crawling swamp lizards would have had a better chance of victory.  But struggling in the claws of Durge-Rama, the fiend usurper, Helene cried: "Ki-Gor, my mate, will save me!"

NIRVANA OF THE SEVEN VOODOOS by John Peter Drummond
No broken, haunted captive lived to flee the jackal-born terrors of Nirvana, land of the red mists, where the gleaming-eyed scientist Krishna ruled by the dread hand of ancient gris-gris.  And yet Ki-Gor, White Lord of the Jungle, dared enter that forbidden kraal, dared try to wrest his mate Helene from its secret power—and even dared challenge the half-human gorilla-men to a battle that could only end in defeat.


7x10, 112 pages, 
$7.95 (U.S.) - Media Mail Shipping $2.50 for a single copy.

Adventure House


Age of Aces - Now available!

The Spider VS. The Empire State by Norvell Page
$16.99 trade paperback, 430 pages

THEY SAID IT COULDN'T HAPPEN HERE. THEN THEY SAID ONE MAN COULDN'T STOP IT!

Richard Wentworth spent his vigilante career as The Spider always in the shadows. Now evil acted in broad daylight. The Party of Justice swept into office, rewriting the laws of New York state overnight to benefit their criminal backers and make slaves of its people. This American Reichstag gave itself sweeping powers and raised a private army to exert its malevolent will. How could The Spider hope to stop a criminal conspiracy as big as the state itself? This time The Master of Men would go beyond taking the lives of evildoers... by bringing Hope to the tyrannized citizens of the Empire State!


The "Black Police Trilogy" is author Norvell Page's classic pulp fiction Nazi allegory from 1938. Originally introduced 71 years ago this week in three consecutive months of The Spider Magazine, the novels "The City That Paid To Die", "The Spider at Bay", and "Scourge of the Black Legions" are collected in book form for the first time. This stunning Trade Paperback is designed by the incomparable Chris Kalb, and features an introduction by PEAPS member Tom Krabacher.

All Age of Aces books are $16.99, and are available from
AmazonAdventure House, and Mike Chomko Books.


Check out our spectacular newly redesigned web site at http://www.ageofaces.net

Besides information on all our books, there is lots of new content:
Art work from the air pulps, free PDF downloads of air war pulp stories,
and plenty more.

At the right is the spectacular poster created by Chris Kalb
that was on display at Pulpfest!

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://www.ageofaces.net and look for the "Age of Aces Presents" link.

New this week:

"Devildog Breed" by Donald E. Keyhoe (Sky Birds July 1934) featuring Lucky Lane
Here they are again—that bunch of flying, fighting Devildogs—Lucky Lane and the Three Lunatics, Cyclone Bill Garrity, and the rest of the mad Marines. And fighting against them is a silent, unseen menace—a strange, black shadow that shrouds whole formations in its sable cloak of death, and sends them reeling down—to doom.

Age of Aces - Now available!
Don't miss these recently released titles from Age of Aces!
Click on any of the covers to order from Amazon.com!





Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in late October!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 31: "Devil on the Moon" & I Died Yesterday" (plus The Skipper!)
The Girl of Bronze shares center stage with her famous cousin in two of Lester Dent's most unusual thrillers. When a dying man claims to have escaped from lunar captivity, Doc and Patricia Savage set out to uncover the strange secret of the "Devil on the Moon." Then, Doc's adventurous cousin teams with Monk Mayfair to rescue the kidnapped Man of Bronze in "I Died Yesterday," a groundbreaking tale narrated by Pat Savage herself. BONUS: Captain Fury (a.k.a. The Skipper) and Mara the Leopard Princess confront "Black Cypress Doom." This deluxe pulp reprint showcases the original color pulp covers by Emery Clarke and Walter Swensen, all the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban and Edd Cartier and historical commentary by Will Murray, writer of seven Doc Savage novels.  (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-010-6 
Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95

DOC SAVAGE VOLUME 31 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 26th).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP091115.

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
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 (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in late October!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 31: "Devil on the Moon" & I Died Yesterday" (JAMES BAMA Variant)
The Girl of Bronze shares center stage with her famous cousin in two of Lester Dent's most unusual thrillers. When a dying man claims to have escaped from lunar captivity, Doc and Patricia Savage set out to uncover the strange secret of the "Devil on the Moon." Then, Doc's adventurous cousin teams with Monk Mayfair to rescue the kidnapped Man of Bronze in "I Died Yesterday," a groundbreaking tale narrated by Pat Savage herself. BONUS: Captain Fury (a.k.a. The Skipper) and Mara the Leopard Princess confront "Black Cypress Doom." This instant collector's item showcases James Bama's breathtaking painting and the original color pulp covers by Emery Clarke and Walter Swensen, the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban and Edd Cartier and historical commentary by Will Murray, writer of seven Doc Savage novels.  (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-011-3  Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95
DOC SAVAGE VOLUME 31 (BAMA variant) is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 26th).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP091116.

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
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 (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in late October!
THE SHADOW Volume 32: "The Silver Scourge" & "The Book of Death"
"As you sow evil, so shall you reap evil. Crime does not pay. The Shadow knows! Secret Service operative Vic Marquette teams with The Shadow and his new ally Pietro to end the counterfeiting plague of "The Silver Scourge." Then, the incriminating secrets concealed within "The Book of Death" initiate a winding trail of blackmail and murder! This instant collector's item showcases the original color pulp covers by George Rozen (including his all-time greatest Shadow painting) and the classic interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Paul Orban, with historical commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books)  978-1-60877-009-0  Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95
THE SHADOW VOLUME 32 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 26th).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP091117.

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
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 (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in early December!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 32: "The Feathered Octopus" & "The Goblins"
The pulp era's greatest superhero returns in two thrill-packed pulp novels by Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." Patricia Savage is kidnapped and spirited off to the South Seas, leading Doc Savage on the trail of an Asian mastermind. What is the incredible secret of "The Feathered Octopus"? Then, the Man of Bronze and his Iron Men investigate sightings of "The Goblins," bizarre green creatures whose touch brings a terrible, burning death! BONUS: An exciting adventure of Click Rush, the Gadget Man. This deluxe pulp reprint showcases the classic color pulp covers by Robert G. Harris and Modest Stein, Paul Orban's original interior illustrations and historical commentary by Will Murray, writer of seven Doc Savage novels.
(Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-013-7  Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95


Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
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 (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in early December!
THE SHADOW Volume 33: "The Strange Disappearance of Joe Cardona" & "The Hand"
"The weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay. The Shadow knows! The Knight of Darkness crushes crime in two classic pulp thrillers by Walter B. Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." First, "The Strange Disappearance of Joe Cardona" sets The Shadow on the trail of the Purple Death. Then, a sinister criminal organization called "The Hand" challenges the Dark Avenger to a fight to the finish, in the first installment of the legendary pulp epic that inspired the premier adventure of DC Comics' Seven Soldiers of Victory. This instant collector's item showcases both of George Rozen's color pulp covers and the classic interior illustrations by Edd Cartier, with historical commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin.
(Sanctum Books)  978-1-60877-012-0  Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
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 (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

THE BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH CONAN ARCHIVES VOLUME 1 - Coming in January!
Written by Roy Thomas, art by Barry Windsor-Smith.

In 1970, Barry Windsor-Smith burst onto the comic-book scene with his dynamic portrayal of Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian, altering the course of the blue-eyed Cimmerian forever, and cementing himself as one of the greatest artists to touch pencil to paper. Nearly forty years later, Dark Horse Comics, in the tradition of the Dark Horse Archives collections, reprints Barry Windsor-Smith's entire run on Marvel's Conan the Barbarian in two fine hardcover volumes!

The first volume of The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives includes such classic tales as Rogues in the House and The Tower of the Elephant, written by Roy Thomas and fully illustrated by Barry Windsor-Smith -- now presented as they were intended, remastered using the original color palette!

This volume reprints the first half of Barry Windsor-Smith's run on Conan the Barbarian.

200 pages, $49.95, in stores on January 20.
Dark Horse Comics

CONAN ARCHIVES VOLUME 1 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 26th).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP090018.

BATMAN/DOC SAVAGE SPECIAL #1 - Coming in November!
Written by Brian Azzarello; Art by Phil Noto; Cover by JG Jones
Sketchbook material and variant cover by Rags Morales
Doc Savage returns to DC Comics...and comes face-to-fist with the Batman! Superstar scribe Brian Azzarello (100 BULLETS, JOKER) and the breathtaking art of Phil Noto combine to shine the first light on a shadowy new version of the DC Universe, where the thugs run rampant, corruption runs deep, and even heroes can’t be trusted! Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze, hates what he’s heard about the connections between a grisly murder and Gotham City’s violent new vigilante. But the Batman can’t abide do-gooders getting in his way...and his .45 just won’t stay in its holster!

Be here for this vital prologue to an upcoming 6-issue miniseries by Azzarello and Rags Morales (IDENTITY CRISIS), which will pull back the curtain to reveal the full width and breadth of DC’s new pulp-influenced universe. This special issue also features sketchbook material by Rags Morales that will show you just what you’re in for! You might think you’re ready – but you’re very, very wrong...
56 pages, $4.99, in stores on November 11.
DC Comics
BATMAN/DOC SAVAGE SPECIAL #1
is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 26th).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP090139.

Bison Books: Swords from the West by Harold Lamb - Now available!
Edited by Howard Andrew Jones; Introduction by Robert Weinberg

Beset by enemies on every side and torn by internal divisions, the crusader kingdoms were a hotbed of intrigue, where your greatest ally might be your natural enemy. Because lives and kingdoms often rested on the edge of a sword blade, it was a time when a bold heart and a steady hand would see you far—so long as you watched your back.

Here, for the first time, are all seventeen of Harold Lamb’s uncollected crusader stories in one volume. Read now of the fall of kingdoms and the fate of doomed men, of desperate battles and brave comrades, of shrewd maids and scheming nobles. Join Nial O’Gordon, a young crusader riding deep into Asia to forget his past. Venture forth with Sir Robert of Antioch to cross blades with the Mongol hordes. Join King Richard the Lionhearted for his last battle. Stand firm beside Sir John and his Arab friend Khalil against a band of traitors. And sail out with Michael Bearn on a mission of vengeance, as he risks his life to bring down a sultan and his kingdom.


Trade paperback, 622 pages, $26.95

University of Nebraska Press: Bison Books


Bison Books: Swords from the Desert by Harold Lamb - Now available!
Edited by Howard Andrew Jones; Introduction by Scott Oden

Countless authors have swept us into the exotic east, but few based their tales there. In a time when westerners still spoke publicly about “the white man’s burden,” Harold Lamb was crafting action-packed stories featuring Arabs, Mongols, and Hindus as heroic, sympathetic, and believable characters: men of honor and integrity ready to lay down their lives for their countries and their comrades.
 
Assembled in this volume are four novellas and three short stories gleaned from the work of one of the greatest pulp writers. Lamb eventually won acclaim and awards for his accurate historical research and was regularly consulted by the State Department for his Middle Eastern expertise, but before any of that he drafted these thrilling tales of adventure.
 
In “The Shield,” Khalil el Khadr reaches storied Constantinople just before it is besieged by a horde of crusaders. He must survive the intrigues of his rivals, bypass the invading Franks, rescue the maiden under his charge, and escape with the city’s most fabulous horse. Journey to sixteenth-century India with the brilliant Daril ibn Athir, a skilled Arab physician with a sharp wit and a sharper sword that he must wield in three novellas to keep schemers and assassins at bay. Three shorter tales of heroes and maidens from desert lands round out this volume, a must-have for those who thrill to tales of bold deeds and daring exploits.


Trade paperback, 328 pages, $21.95
 
University of Nebraska Press: Bison Books


More information about Harold Lamb and his works is available at www.haroldlamb.com.

Bison Books by Harold Lamb - Coming in May 2010!
Swords from the Sea by Harold Lamb
Edited by Howard Andrew Jones with an Introduction by S. M. Stirling 

Swords from the East by Harold Lamb
Edited by Howard Andrew Jones with an Introduction by James Enge



The Book Cave - New podcasts now available online!
Episode 36: Van Allen Plexico is Assembled! - New!
Join me as I talk to Van Allen Plexico about his books. As usual I go off topic and we talk comics for a while.
Episode 35: Back From PulpFest Part 2
Episode 34: Back From PulpFest Part 1
Episode 33:  San Diego Comic Con
Episode 32: Crossover Characters
Episode 31: Pulpfest
Episode 30: 
H.P. Lovecraft

Episode 29: Kelly Ishikawa Comic Book Artist in Training
Episode 28: Archie Marries Veronica
Episode 27: Ric Rambles On
Episode 26: Episode 26: The PSP and You

Visit The Book Cave website at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/  

BUCK ROGERS #3 - Arriving in comic shops August 26th!
Writer: Scott Beatty; Penciller/Inker: Carlos Rafael; Covers: John Cassaday (75%), Carlos Rafael (25%)
Get on board with Buck Rogers, writer Scott Beatty and artist Carlos Rafael! And let’s not forget about those awesome John Cassaday covers! Issue #3 continues the exciting opening arc as Buck finds out more about his new home in the 25th Century and continues to long for the past he left behind

Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment


BUCK ROGERS #6 - Coming in November!
Writer: Scott Beatty; Penciller/Inker: Carlos Rafael; Covers: John Cassaday (75%), Carlos Rafael (25%)
The Future is here! From Dynamite, writer Scott Beatty, cover artist John Cassaday and artist Carlos Rafael comes the all-new adventures of Buck Rogers! After the opening events of our first thrilling story arc, the creative team presents a special done-in-one -- “The Past is Passed” -- as Buck comes to grips with his strange new reality and explores his fantastic new home.  32 pages, Full Color,  $3.50

Dynamite Entertainment

BUCK ROGERS #5 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 26th).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP090751.

CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #16 - Coming in November!
Written by Timothy Truman, penciled by Tomas Giorello, colored by Jose Villarrubia, cover by Joseph Michael Linsner.

"Free Companions," part 1 of 3. A new story arc begins, leading to Conan's tumultuous time fighting and looting with the kozaki -- a wild group of fellow mercenaries also known as the "Free Companions." Conan and his fellow warriors, regrouping and recovering from their battle with the wizard Natohk and his desert hordes, find themselves on the verge of having to serve in another war! Timothy Truman begins an original tale that will explore events alluded to in Robert E. Howard's Conan tales, and he will also share artistic duties with Argentine sensation Tomás Giorello to illustrate a time in Conan's life when he tries to keep his barbarous nature and hot temper in check in order to prove that he can be a leader of men.

40 pages, $2.99, in stores on November 18.

Dark Horse Comics
CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #16 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 26th).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP090017.

Doc Con XII - November 14, 2009!
Doc Con XII will be held November 14, 2009 by Rob Smalley in Chandler Arizona. While, Doc Savage and Doc Savage Magazine began in 1933 and turned 75 in 2008, Pat Savage made her debut in Brand of the Werewolf in 1934 and 2009 will mark her 75th anniversary. While the theme may be Doc Savages single-action six-shooter toteing cousins anniversary, the emphasis will be on expanding our Doc Savage knowledge base. In Rob Smalleys own words:

In a way I think we returned to our roots at Doc Con 11 thanks to those that provided us insights into people and history relating to the Doc Savage era and publishing realm. All week I've been saying to myself, "that's what you would do at a Doc Savage Conference". I thought it was great and made this year's Con unique from all others. I would like everyone to consider continuing this theme of learning segments at Doc Con 12.


Contribute! Be a Big Part of the Big Book of Bronze #2!!
2008 saw the first Big Book of Bronze unveiled at Doc Con XI
You are invited to contribute your article or artwork for inclusion!
Our inaugural effort came in at 74 pages and our goal is double it in size!
Check out the Big Book of Bronze #1 at: http://www.lulu.com/content/4310692

Join the Doc Con Yahoo Newsgroup for the latest information!

Electric Tiki: THE SHADOW STATUE
Coming in December!
"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?  The Shadow knows..."
One of the most famous pulp heroes of the 20th century, The Shadow has been featured in comic books, comic strips, television, video games, and at least five motion pictures. The Shadow, designed and sculpted by Rubén Procopio, stands dramatically, his guns drawn over an elaborate cityscape logo base. As a bonus, each statue comes with a full size replica of the Shadow's mysterious ring! Each 13" tall piece is hand-cast in high-quality polystone and hand painted to exacting standards. It is packaged in a durable foam interior and a beautiful full color package, and each piece is individually numbered for authenticity.

Scheduled to ship in December 2009.
SRP: $199.99

THE SHADOW STATUE is solicited in the
September
PREVIEWS (Available August 26th).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP091413.


E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow in Review:
This weeks Shadow review is
"Young Men of Death" from April 1943.

Pulpgen-Online Pulps:   Now with over 1000 stories online!

"High Treason" by Alan Anderson from SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES, September, 1936
Why should the girl put on a strip act in her hotel window? Bruce wondered. Women and naval secrets, trick messages and seaplanes, all these and more were to clutter up his days because he was curious.
"Suicide Patrol" by Lieut. Scott Morgan from SKY FIGHTERD, December, 1933
Death Rode With the Hundred and Fifth Squadron - Grim Death in War-Torn Skies!


FLASH GORDON: THE SECRET HISTORY OF MONGO - Coming in November!
After the events of The Mercy Wars, Flash explores this strange new world and comes across an ancient device that allows him to see into Mongo's recent past — revealing untold tales of Ming the Merciless, Prince Barin, Princess Aura, Prince Vultan and more! Creators include Joe Casey, Denny O'Neil, Tom DeFalco, J.M. DeMatteis, Shawn McManus, and Joe Staton.
Softcover, 7x10, 80 pages, Full Color, SRP: $7.95

THE SECRET HISTORY OF MONGO is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 26th).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP090616.

Friends of Old Time Radio Convention - October 23-26, 2009!
The Friends of Old Time Radio is hosting its 2009 Convention October 22-25 at the Holiday Inn North in Newark, NJ. 
There will again be many exciting autograph opportunities.

The Friends of Old Time Radio will hold their 34th annual convention at the Holiday Inn North in Newark, N.J. from Thursday October 22 - Sunday October 25.  The event features celebrity guest appearances, live recreations of radio dramas, historical panels, memorabilia and more.  Celebrities scheduled to appear include Chuck McCann, Shirley Mitchell, Simon Jones, Tracey Dey, Joe Franklin, Rosemary Rice and Richard Herd. 

Program and registration information is available from Sean Dougherty, publicity coordinator, 201-739-2541, SeanDD@optonline.net, or online at www.fotr.net. Group discounts are available. 

The Friends of Old Time Radio Convention has a page on Facebook and issues updates via twitter at @fotrconvention and @doughertysean.

Here's the complete guest list as of now.

Clay Cole - child radio actor; radio and tv host of many musical
                 and disc jockey programs
Tommy Cook - Red Ryder
Richard Herd - Theater 5; (TV) Seinfeld, T J Hooker
Chuck McCann - Comedian, actor
Gloria McMillan - Our Miss Brooks
Shirley Mitchell - The Great Gildersleeve


New East Coast Guests
Alan Abel - Professional Media Hoaxer;
                 radio (Bob and Ray, Monitor); author
Tracey Dey - Singer in the 60's and studied theater
Lillian Murphy - Harvest Program, Chicago Theater of the Air
Mary Owen - daughter of Donna Reed and Tony Owen
Eugene Pitt - leader of the Jive 5 with several hits including
                    "My True Story."

Returnees
Arthur Anderson - Let's Pretend, Mercury Theater
Cliff Carpenter - County Seat, Terry and the Pirates
Christina Britton Conroy - Barbara Britton's daughter: Voice Over and
                                     Radio, and Theatre Actress.
                                     Also Music Pschotherapist
Larry Conroy - Voiceover Coach; Count of Monte Cristo
Joe Franklin - Joe Franklin Show in New York
Michael C. Gwynne - Drummer, DJ, actor (Movie) Payday, many others
Russell Horton - in many CBS Radio Mystery Theater programs
Will Hutchins - (TV) Blondie; Sugarfoot
Elaine Hyman - The Lone Ranger
Simon Jones - British Actor (TV) Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Ruth Last - Let's Pretend, Quiet Please
Corinne Orr - Theater Five; (TV) Voices for Speed Racer;
                    Trixie and Spritle
Bill Owen - (Announcer for ABC)
Rosemary Rice - Archie Andrews; Let's Pretend
Lynne Rogers - The Guiding Light
Jean Rouverol - One Man's Family
Leslie Shreve - Actress, activist, television, movies, voiceovers
Craig Wichman - Director of Quicksilver Radio Theater
                          on Twilight Zone Radio Series

Glenn Lord - August 29, 1-3PM - Joe's Crab Shack, Houston, Texas
If you've ever wanted to meet the godfather of REH studies, this is your chance.
Joe's Crab Shack, 12400 Gulf Freeway, Houston, Texas, Saturday, August 29, 1-3PM.

It is pretty rare that he makes any kind of appearance anymore (the last time was 2007). So if you'd like to meet him, maybe get a book signed or a photo, this is the time. And, he always enjoys meeting his fellow REH fans and talking smack. He also is big on HPL, and quite conversant on pulp authors of many stripes. The list of industry folks he has worked with and knows (authors, editors, publishers) reads like a Who's Who of the Fantasy genre.

His bio on Wikipedia gives some basic background. There is no other like him, and at least in the Howard world, probably never will be again. So, if you get the chance to stop by, please do. Note that we'll probably do a birthday party in November as well, if you're thinking about jumping on a plane. This is pretty short notice on this one, but the next we'll try to let folks know a ways more in advance.

Thanks to Paul Herman for setting this up!

GRYPHON BOOKS Collectable Paperback Show -  Sunday, October 4, 2009!
New York City Collectible Paperback & Pulp Fiction Expo #21, the big 2009 show will be held on Sunday, October 4, 2009, at the Holiday Inn on 57th Street in NYC.  A limited number of 6’ and 8’ tables available but book tables asap.
Call Gary at 718-646-6126 after 5pm EST 

Confirmed guest authors and artists include:
ELAINE DUILLO, famous cover artist.
LINTON BALDWIN, Lion Books crime author.
ANNETTE & MARTIN MEYERS, mystery author couple who also write as Maan Meyers.
SANDY KOSSIN, classic vintage paperback cover artist.
JACK KETCHUM, horror and fantasy author.
C.J. HENDERSON, crime, fantasy and SF author.
MARVIN KAYE, fantasy author and Sherlockian anthologist.
PETER STRAUB, masterful horror and fantasy author.
MORRIS HERSHMAN, Manhunt author and soft-core author as Arnold English.
RON GOULART, master storyteller, SF writer, pulp and comic book scholar, more.
KEN WISHNIA, had crime mystery author.
MARCUS BOAS, fabulous fantasy artist.



Hermes Press: From Four Color to Silver Screen: The First Movie Superheroes
Coming soon!
By Christopher IrvingFilm versions of comic books weren’t always big-budget affairs: they were originally screened as low-budget weekly chapter plays to kids in the 1940s. From Four Color to Silver Screen: The First Movie Superheroes covers the first live-action exploits of Superman, Batman, Captain Midnight, Spy Smasher, Captain Marvel, Vigilante, and others! Comics historian Christopher Irving (Comic Book Artist Magazine, The Blue Beetle: His Many Lives From 1939 to Today) ties the history of the serials in with the history of the comics, in this full-color book that starts with the Superman cartoon shorts of 1940, and ends with the lasting effect the serials had on the succeeding Superman and Batman television shows. You’ll learn the successes, the near-misses, and the outright silliness of the first onscreen comic book characters.
Deluxe paperback with wrap-around flaps and endleaves: $39.99
ISBN #1-932563-04-0, 208 pages; all color; 8.5" x 11"

Hermes Press

THE LONE RANGER #19 - Coming in November!
Writer: Brett Mathews; Penciller/Inker: Sergio Cariello; Covers: John Cassaday
The Lone Ranger and Tonto are being framed for murder! As the pair attempt to prove their innocence, Cavendish is on the move, and he’s bringing a wagon load of guns with him. All this plus the most shocking moment yet on this issue’s last page!

home.  32 pages, Full Color,  $3.50
Dynamite Entertainment
THE LONE RANGER #19 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 26th).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP090757.

Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention - August 27 to 29, 2009!
The Clarion Hotel, Aberdeen, Maryland

Movie stars sign autographs for fans!
Old-Time Movies and TV Shows screened 24/7!
Vendor Room!
Seminars, Panels and Presentations!
Drive-In Movie Theater on Friday night!  Don't miss the fun!

Lee Meriwether  (Catwoman on Batman, Time Tunnel, Barnaby Jonesalso Miss America 1955)
James Best  (Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on Dukes of Hazzard)
Celeste Holm  (Academy Award Winner for A Gentleman's Agreement and nominee for All About Eve! Also Tom Sawyer!)
Bob Hastings  (Lt. Carpenter on McHale's Navy, Batman, and more!)
Johnny Whitaker  (Family Affair, Tom Sawyer, Gunsmoke and Adam-12)
Rosemary Rice  (Studio One and Katryn on I Remember Mama)
Diane Sowle  (Mrs. Bucket on Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)
Patty McCormack  (Academy Award nominee for The Bad Seed)

Click on the web-site link for complete schedule of events!
http://www.midatlanticnostalgiaconvention.com



Mike Chomko - August 2009 newsletter is now available!
Mike's August 2009 newsletter is now available. Click here to view/download it.
Orders over $20 are discounted approximately 10%.
Shipping is between $2-6, depending on the weight of your order (media mail or bound printed matter). 
Michael Chomko, 2217W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA  18104-6542



Moonstone Books: THE PHANTOM CHRONICLES Volume 2
Coming in
December!
In December 2009, Moonstone Books will release The Phantom Chronicles 2, a collection of prose short stories by noted authors including Harlan Ellison. Edited by Moonstone head honcho Joe Gentile and regular Phantom comic book scribe Mike Bullock, the book will also feature 14 other stories by Ed Gorman, Robin Wayne Bailey, Mike Bullock, Tom DeFalco, Win Scott Eckert, Joe Gentile, Mark Justice, Jeff Mariotte, Joe McKinney, Nate Meyer, Will Murray, Mel Odom, Martin Powell, and Aaron Shaps, as well as spot illustrations by Ruben Procopio.

Ellison’s tale – a brand new story fragment from the master wordsmith – will feature the  first team-up ever of the Phantom and the Green Hornet.

With an introduction by Lee Falk’s (
Phantom creator) daughter Diane Falk!

The book will be available in two editions, a standard, 256-page trade paperback, which will retail for $16.95, and a 272-page limited edition hardcover (far right), which will carry a $37.99 cover price.

Moonstone Books
Thanks to Win Scott Eckert for the covers!


Moonstone Books: THE PHANTOM GENERATIONS #4 - Arriving in comic shops August 26th!
Written by Will Murray, art by Sean Van Briesen, cover by Doug Klauba.
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!

Doc Savage novelist Will Murray takes the fourth Phantom back to "The First Skull." For centuries, all Phantoms have sworn an oath to fight piracy on the skull of their father the first Phantom. A Singh pirate leader has learned of this skull -- although he doesn't know its true significance--and to avenge the many defeats of his ancestors by the hands of the Phantom line, decides to steal that very skull, hoping to demoralize the Phantom. No pirate has ever penetrated the Deep Woods before. But backed by a tiny band of cut-throats, the ancestral cranium is stolen!

32 pages, $3.99.

Moonstone Books


Moonstone Books: THE PHANTOM GENERATIONS #9 - Coming in November!
Writer: Mike Baron; Artist: Alex Saviuk
The Slave Trail, The Phantom in chains! Join Nexus' co-creator Mike Baron for tale somewhere in the Middle East, where an entire village is put to the sword. A young child then looks to the Phantom to get his revenge for him — against an army of scimitars and flintlocks, crocodiles, and quicksand! The jungle is unforgiving to all!
32 pages, Full Color, $3.99

Moonstone Books

THE PHANTOM GENERATIONS #9 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 26th).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP090922.

Moonstone Books: THE SPIDER #1 - Arriving in comic shops August 26th!
Writer: C.J. Henderson; Artist: J. Anthony Kosar
The Spider: the most violent and ruthless of all crime fighters. More just than the law, more dangerous than the underworld, hated, feared, and wanted by both. A cloaked, fanged, borderline crazy denizen of the dark force-feeding hard justice with a pair of '45's! Senseless slaughter accompanies a new string of bold and audacious heists, and only the Spider can stop it, but at a price so steep, can even the Spider hope to pay it?

40 pages, Black & White, $3.50
Moonstone Books


Moonstone Books: THE SPIDER #3 - Coming in November!
Writer: Howard Hopkins; Artist: Cortney Skinner
The man-creature, hands about the Spider's wrists, hoisted him off his feet and slammed him against the stone wall. The beast was powerful, incredibly so, for he suspended the Spider in midair and shook him like a child's rattle. Then he twisted, and hurled the Spider. Wentworth's back crashed into the low marble railing running along the balcony. Momentum carried him over the railing and hurtling towards death upon the theater floor twenty feet below!
32 pages, B&W, $3.25

Moonstone Books

THE SPIDER #3
is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 26th).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP090933.

Pulp Adventurecon 10 - Saturday, November 7th, from 10am to 5pm!
We're all set to sponsor another one-day show at the Ramada Inn of Bordentown, NJ -- Saturday, November 7th, from 10am to 5pm.  There is  usually 45+ tables in our dealer room, and we'll probably try and do something special to commemorate the TENTH show.  As one person, Joe Rainone, commented, it's a milestone ... and we agree, to a certain extent. 
Nine years and ten shows of unabashed pulp collecting consumption.  Details will be posted shortly to http://www.boldventurepress.com/



Pulpville Press - Now available!
THE GODS HATE KANSAS by Joseph J. Millard
INVASION FROM THE STARS! It began with the landing of meteors in Kansas. Then, suddenly, it exploded into a massive catastrophe. First, the meteorite investigating them disappeared. When they reappeared, they had barricaded themselves from the world and began building a rocket, aimed at the stars. Then the Crimson Plague struck, sweeping over Earth's population, destroying human capacities and defying scientific probing. Only a few escaped the invasion from outer space. Among them astrophysicist Curt Temple, whose girl friend, Lee Mason, was enslaved and changed. Curt knew he had to pit his slim knowledge against the most perfect intelligence in the cosmos to save the world--and the woman he loved. Illustrated.


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Pulpville Press

QUEEN SONJA #2 - Coming in November!
Writer: Joshua Ortega; Penciller/Inker: Mel Rubi
Covers: MEL RUBI (25%), LUCIO PARILLO (50%), JACKSON HERBERT (25%)
"Know also, O prince, that in the selfsame days that the Cimmerian did stalk the Hyborian Kingdoms, one of the few swords worthy to cross with his was that of Red Sonja, warrior-woman out of majestic Hyrkania. Forced to flee her homeland because she spurned the advances of a king and slew him instead, she rode west across the Turanian steppes and into the shadowed mists of legendry."—The Nemedian Chronicles
The story of Sonja’s march to the throne continues as writer Joshua Ortega and artist Mel Rubi weave an incredible tale of intrigue and power in the ancient lands of Hyboria!

32 pages, Full Color, $2.99
Dynamite Entertainment
QUEEN SONJA #2 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 26th).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP090752.  

RED SONJA #47 - Arriving in comic shops August 26th!
Writer: Brian Reed; Penciller/Inker: Walter Geovani
Brian Reed and Walter Geovani continue to march towards the momentous event that will be Red Sonja #50! As she quests for the mystery that is the Blood Dynasty, events are in motion that will change the world of Red Sonja FOREVER!

Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99

Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment


REELART STUDIOS SHEENA,
QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE STATUE

Now available!
Arriving in comic shops August 26th!

Created by Will Eisner, Sheena was the first female comic-book character with her own title. Inspired by H. Rider Haggard's She, Sheena paved the way for a host of other jungle queens to follow. Sheena has transcended comics to television and film. One of the most endearing and enduring portrayals of Sheena was by Irish McCalla in the 1955-56 TV series. This statue is our tribute to the character, her comic roots, and the actress that made her real for the postwar generation. Sculpted and paint mastered by Joy and Tom Studios. Certificate of authenticity is included.


Limited to 500 pieces for worldwide distribution
9 3/4" tall   
$179.00


The regular edition is sold out but there are a few artist proofs still available.
If you want a regular numbered edition it would be best to use Bud Plant or
some other retailer.



REELART STUDIOS
DOC SAVAGE STATUE

 Now available!
Arriving in comic shops August 26th!

Doc Savage is undisputedly one of the most famous characters to come out of the pulps. Street and Smith Publications' Doc Savage Magazine ran from 1933 to 1949 and was revived in the early 1960s as paperbacks. Those paperbacks identified the look we attribute to the Man of Bronze today. One of the best artists whose work graced those covers is Bob Larkin. This statue is our tribute to Doc and to Mr. Larkin. Sculpted by Tony Cipriano and paint mastered by Kat Sapene. Certificate of authenticity is included.

REELART STUDIOS                 DARK HORSE COMICS


Limited to 1,000 pieces for worldwide distribution   
19" tall
$249.00

The regular edition is sold out
but there are a few artist proofs still available.
If you want a regular numbered edition it would be best to
use Bud Plant or some other retailer.



ROBERT E. HOWARD PRESENTS: THULSA DOOM #4 - Coming in November!
Writer: Arvid Nelson; Penciller/Inker: Lui Antonio; Covers: Alex Ross
The origin of the ultimate anti-hero, Thulsa Doom, continues here as we conclude our opening story arc!  Atlantis is destroyed! The world is in chaos! And Thulsa seeks his own path to ultimate power! From the pages of writer Robert E. Howard comes Dynamite's Thulsa Doom! Written by Kull writer Arvid Nelson and illustrated by Lui (Red Sonja) Antonio with incredible painted covers by Alex Ross!

32 pages, Full Color,  $3.50
Dynamite Entertainment
THULSA DOOM #4 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 26th).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP090758.  

SHERLOCK HOLMES #4 - Arriving in comic shops August 26th!
Written by Leah Moore and John Reppion; Penciller/Inker: Aaron Campbell; Cover: John Cassaday
The penultimate issue in Dynamite’s acclaimed Sherlock Holmes comic book event! After Watson appeals to Mycroft Holmes and Sherlock himself arrives at the scene end of last issue, can the world’s greatest detective unravel his greatest mystery?

Full Color, 22 pages, $3.50
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment


ZORRO #18 - Coming in November!
Writer: Matt Wagner; Penciller/Inker: Francesco Francavilla; Covers: Matt Wagner (75%), 
John K. Snyder III (25%)
Writer and cover artist Matt Wagner and artist Francesco Francavilla continue their acclaimed story of Zorro! In this issue, a unique look at the legend of El Zorro told by the workers around him that have seen his attack on their masters first-hand!

32 pages, Full Color, $3.50
Dynamite Entertainment

ZORRO #18 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 26th).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP090762.




14 August 2009

Age of Aces - Now available!

The Spider VS. The Empire State by Norvell Page
$16.99 trade paperback, 430 pages

THEY SAID IT COULDN'T HAPPEN HERE. THEN THEY SAID ONE MAN COULDN'T STOP IT!

Richard Wentworth spent his vigilante career as The Spider always in the shadows. Now evil acted in broad daylight. The Party of Justice swept into office, rewriting the laws of New York state overnight to benefit their criminal backers and make slaves of its people. This American Reichstag gave itself sweeping powers and raised a private army to exert its malevolent will. How could The Spider hope to stop a criminal conspiracy as big as the state itself? This time The Master of Men would go beyond taking the lives of evildoers... by bringing Hope to the tyrannized citizens of the Empire State!


The "Black Police Trilogy" is author Norvell Page's classic pulp fiction Nazi allegory from 1938. Originally introduced 71 years ago this week in three consecutive months of The Spider Magazine, the novels "The City That Paid To Die", "The Spider at Bay", and "Scourge of the Black Legions" are collected in book form for the first time. This stunning Trade Paperback is designed by the incomparable Chris Kalb, and features an introduction by PEAPS member Tom Krabacher.

All Age of Aces books are $16.99, and are available from
AmazonAdventure House, and Mike Chomko Books.


Check out our spectacular newly redesigned web site at http://www.ageofaces.net

Besides information on all our books, there is lots of new content:
Art work from the air pulps, free PDF downloads of air war pulp stories,
and plenty more.

At the right is the spectacular poster created by Chris Kalb
that was on display at Pulpfest!

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:
"Death Flies to Fukien" by Arch Whitehouse (Flying Aces Feb. 1938) featuring Tug Hardwick
Those two-hawks, Tug Hardwick and Beansie Bishop, knew where they could find Old Man Trouble if they wanted him. Shanghai was the place—for the welcome they’d get there would be a rousing one profusely punctuated with bullets! But meanwhile, Old Man Trouble had grown tired of waiting for them. That was something those two Yanks didn’t know—until a man fell at their feet with a knife in his back!


Age of Aces - Now available!
Don't miss these recently released titles from Age of Aces!
Click on any of the covers to order from Amazon.com!





AIRSHIP 27: THE GREEN LAMA - Now available!
Airship 27 Productions and Cornerstone Book Publishers are thrilled to launch their latest pulp anthology; The Green Lama, Master of the Mystics Arts.

Created by Kendal Foster Crossen back in 1940 for DOUBLE DETECTIVE MAGAZINE, the
character was intended to be competition for Street & Smith’s Shadow title. When wealthy young socialite, Jethro Dumont traveled to Tibet, it was in search of enlightenment and purpose for his life.  These he found plus a very rare and unique talent for the mystic arts.  Empowered by powerful, arcane abilities, he has set forth on a new and bolder path, one of truth and justice.  With his Buddhist sensibilities, Jethro Dumont became the most unique and memorable pulp hero of them all, The Green Lama.

In order to protect his identity, Dumont created a second false persona, that of Buddhist Dr. Pali.  Aided by young starlet Jean Farrell and Detective Caraway, the The Green Lama thrilled readers young and old in both his pulp and comic book adventures.

Now he returns in three all new adventures written by today’s action-adventure scribes,
Kevin Noel Olson, Adam Garcia and Peter Miller. From the mountain tops of hidden Tibet to the streets of New York and the glitter of Hollywood, journey with this classic pulp icon as he once more battles the wicked in defense of the weak and innocent.

Features twelve new black and white illustrations by Jay Piscopo with a cover by Mike Fyles.  
Edited by Ron Fortier with designs by Rob Davis. “Om Mani Padme Hum.” 

Jump aboard 
Airship 27 Production's newest pulp collection and get ready for old fashion thrills.  Airship 27 Prod. Pulp fiction for a new generation!


ISBN:  1-934935-53-0
ISBN 13:  978-1-934935-53-8
Produced by 
Airship 27 Productions
Published by Cornerstone Book Publishers

Release date: 14 August 2009
Retail Price: $24.95


Airship 27/Cornerstone Books Publications - Now available!
Don't miss these recently released titles from Airship 27 and Cornerstone Books!
Click on any of the covers for full details including links to order from Lulu.com!





Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming later this month!
THE AVENGER Volume 2: "The Sky Walker" & "The Devil's Horns"
The Pulp Era's strangest superhero returns in two more epic adventures of Justice, Inc. by Paul Ernst writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, Chicago skyscrapers collapse after "The Sky Walker" is seen striding above the skyline, sparking fears of an alien invasion in the pulp epic that was later adapted to comics by Jack Kirby. Then, "The Devil's Horns," a cryptic message traced in a dying man's own blood provides the clue that helps The Avenger clean up a corrupt city. This instant collector's item showcases H. W. Scott's classic color pulp covers in the same format as Sanctum's popular Doc Savage reprints, along with all the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban.  BONUS:"Boulevard of Death," a Whisperer thriller by Lawrence Donovan from the back pages of The Shadow Magazine, plus historical commentary by pulp historian Will Murray and Anthony Tollin.
 (Sanctum Books)   Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
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 (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming later this month!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 29: "The Mental Wizard" & The Secret of the Su"
The pulp era's greatest superhero seeks the lost secrets of Atlantis in two action-packed pulp novels by Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, deep in the Amazon, Doc Savage is drawn into the weird mystery of "The Mental Wizard" in his quest for a lost kingdom and the incredible creature known only as "Z." Then, plunging into the Everglades the Man of Bronze races against Doctor Light and his Nazi agents in a desperate search for "The Secret of the Su." BONUS: Doc confronts "The Society Amazonia" and their murderous conspiracy to create a New World Order controlled by women, in a lost 1943 Doc Savage radio adventure by Edward Gruskin. This instant collector's item leads off with one of Robert G. Harris' greatest cover paintings and also features all the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical commentary by Will Murray, writer of seven Bantam Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-006-9  Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95 

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
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 (orders@shadowsanctum.com)
Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming later this month!
THE SHADOW Volume 30: "The Sealed Box" & "Racket Town"
"The weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay. The Shadow knows!  When supercrime casts its dark shadow over two troubled towns, the Master Avenger swings into action to root out evil. First, guised as both Lamont Cranston and Kent Allard, The Shadow seeks to uncover the strange secret of "The Sealed Box" that makes it more valuable than life itself, in the classic novel that was adapted as the first Shadow comic strip adventure. Then, the Dark Avenger battles the vile corruption that lurks beneath the surface of the "Racket Town." BONUS: Commissioner James Gordon becomes "Bullet Bait" in the first Whisperer short story from the back pages of The Shadow Magazine! This groundbreaking pulp reprint showcases both original color pulp covers by George Rozen and the classic interior illustrations by Edd Cartier, with historical articles by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin.
(Sanctum Books)  978-1-60877-005-2  Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
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 (orders@shadowsanctum.com)
THE BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH CONAN ARCHIVES VOLUME 1 - Coming in January!
Written by Roy Thomas, art by Barry Windsor-Smith.

In 1970, Barry Windsor-Smith burst onto the comic-book scene with his dynamic portrayal of Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian, altering the course of the blue-eyed Cimmerian forever, and cementing himself as one of the greatest artists to touch pencil to paper. Nearly forty years later, Dark Horse Comics, in the tradition of the Dark Horse Archives collections, reprints Barry Windsor-Smith's entire run on Marvel's Conan the Barbarian in two fine hardcover volumes!

The first volume of The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives includes such classic tales as Rogues in the House and The Tower of the Elephant, written by Roy Thomas and fully illustrated by Barry Windsor-Smith -- now presented as they were intended, remastered using the original color palette!

This volume reprints the first half of Barry Windsor-Smith's run on Conan the Barbarian.

200 pages, $49.95, in stores on January 20.
Dark Horse Comics


The Book Cave - New podcasts now available online!
Episode 35: Back From PulpFest Part 2 - New!
Michael Neno joins Ric to talk about PulpFest and his comic book artist career.

Episode 34: Back From PulpFest Part 1
Episode 33:  San Diego Comic Con
Episode 32: Crossover Characters
Episode 31: Pulpfest
Episode 30: 
H.P. Lovecraft

Episode 29: Kelly Ishikawa Comic Book Artist in Training
Episode 28: Archie Marries Veronica
Episode 27: Ric Rambles On
Episode 26: Episode 26: The PSP and You

Visit The Book Cave website at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/  

CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #13 - Arriving in comic shops August 19th!
Written by Timothy Turman, penciled by Tomas Giorello, colored by Jose Villarrubia, cover by Joseph Michael Linsner.

In "Black Altar," the relentless final chapter in the "Black Colossus" adaptation, Natohk's desert hordes surge up the narrow Shamla Pass, and Conan's ragged army desperately attempts to hold their high ground. Outnumbered and facing an army fueled by a zealous, reborn Stygian wizard, simply surviving may be the greatest victory Conan can hope for. Any triumph will ring hollow, though, if Conan can't protect Khoraja's current sovereign, the beautiful Princess Yasmela -- whom Natohk has vowed to capture! Tim Truman, Tomás Giorello, and José Villarrubia bring the gripping, blood-filled Battle of Shamla Pass to life! Smartly written and flawlessly rendered, don't miss the epic finale to a Robert E. Howard classic.

40 pages, $2.99, in stores on August 19.
Dark Horse Comics  


CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #16  - Coming in November!
Written by Timothy Truman, penciled by Tomas Giorello, colored by Jose
Villarrubia, cover by Joseph Michael Linsner.

"Free Companions," part 1 of 3. A new story arc begins, leading to Conan's tumultuous time fighting and looting with the kozaki -- a wild group of fellow mercenaries also known as the "Free Companions." Conan and his fellow warriors, regrouping and recovering from their battle with the wizard Natohk and his desert hordes, find themselves on the verge of having to serve in another war! Timothy Truman begins an original tale that will explore events alluded to in Robert E. Howard's Conan tales, and he will also share artistic duties with Argentine sensation Tomás Giorello to illustrate a time in Conan's life when he tries to keep his barbarous nature and hot temper in check in order to prove that he can be a leader of men.

40 pages, $2.99, in stores on November 18.

Dark Horse Comics


DC Comics: Doc Savage & Batman Teamup Coming in November!

This special will lead directly into a six-issue miniseries in 2010 featuring Doc Savage, Batman, The Spirit and several other non-superpowered DCU heroes and classic Street and Smith characters like The Avenger.

Brian Azzarello (“100 Bullets”) will write both the “Batman/Doc Savage” Special, illustrated by Phil Noto, and the miniseries, illustrated by Rags Morales.

Azzarello spoke with CBR News after details of Doc Savage’s upcoming appearances were discussed during the DC Nation Panel at Chicago Comic-Con.

Read the interview here.

The cover by J.G. Jones is depicted at the far right!
The alternate cover by Rags Morales is pictured at the right.

DC Comics


Source: Comic Book Resources


Disney Treasures: Zorro - Coming in November!
Zorro, a half-hour Walt Disney Productions TV series based on the well-known Zorro character, premiered October 10, 1957 on ABC. The final network broadcast was June 2, 1959. Seventy-eight episodes were produced, and 4 hour-long specials were aired on the Walt Disney anthology series between October 30, 1960 and April 2, 1961.

Don Diego de la Vega (portrayed by Guy Williams) is depicted as a former University student, newly recalled by his father from Spain to his home outside El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles sobre El Rio Porciuncula (later shortened as Los Angeles). Just before reaching California, Diego learns of the tyranny of Captain Monastario, and realizes that his father, Don Alejandro, summoned him to help fight this injustice.


At last, this classic TV series will be released on DVD in its original black & white format!
All of the episodes will be included in two boxed sets.
Each boxed set is $59.99.

The release date is November 3rd!


E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow in Review:
This weeks Shadow review is
"Young Men of Death" from April 1943.

Pulpgen-Online Pulps:   Now with over 1000 stories online!

"Ranger Out of Bounds" by Johnston McCulley from TEXAS RANGERS, August, 1945
All's Fair in War on Outlaws, Decides Lawman Tom Darnack When He Tries a New Way of Getting His Man!
"Murder Wrap" by Joe Archibald from POPULAR DETECTIVE, February, 1942
Featuring: Willie Klump
Willie Klump Was Proud of His New Suit - But He Had to Give the Seat of His Pants to a Dog to Filch a Murder Case from  the Police!


Lovecraft is Missing - Now available online!
Written & Ilustrated by Larry Latham
Lovecraft is Missing, the online graphic novel that interweaves an  original adventure with events and characters from the life and  fiction of H P. Lovecraft, announces the Lovecraft Birthday Special.

This Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009, will be horror master H. P. Lovecraft’s 119th birthday. To celebrate, Lovecraft is Missing will post its new  comic  page on Thursday rather than the usual Friday, as Father  Jackey relates some incidents that will eventually appear in Lovecraft’s “The Call of Cthlhu,” though from a very different  perspective. At last we begin to learn some of the background to the mysteries that swirl around Nan Mercy, Orwin Battler and the presumed priest.

Some other surprises are also in the works.
Lovecraft is Missing Book 1, debuted October 1, 2008; the new page marks the mid-point of Book 3.
Comic pages are updated every Friday; blogs are updated Monday and Wednesday.

http://www.lovecraftismissing.com  

Moonstone Books: DOMINO LADY #4 - Coming in December!
Written by Nancy Holder, art by Reno Maniquis, covers by Michael J. Williams and Matt Larseon.

Join Buffy novelist and four time Bram Stoker Award winner Nancy Holder, as she uncovers the sexy noir thriller secrets of "The Catalina Caper"! Hollywood has come to the island, and the Domino Lady's alter ego will make her big screen debut! First, of course, there is a matter of blackmail under the lights to attend to. There is nothing the Domino lady won't do for her adoring public.

32 pages, $3.99

Moonstone Books


Pulpville Press - Now available!
THE SKYLARK OF SPACE by E. E. Smith
The original space opera! The original text! The original illustrations!
All in a brand new hardcover edition!

244 pages, 6" x 9", jacket-hardcover binding, black and white interior ink

Order Here

Pulpville Press

Robert E. Howard: ALMURIC - Now available!
ALMURIC
In this science fantasy classic, swordsman Esau Cairn is sent from Earth to the planet Almuric, where he finds human tribes in fortified towns and fights ape-like humans, winged demons, and other inhuman beings. Written by Robert E. Howard, the creator of Conan, this novel was published in book form in 1964.

Paperback: 112 pages
Publisher: IAP
ISBN-10: 8562022853
ISBN-13: 978-8562022852

$7.95

The Robert E. Howard Foundation - Now available!
This printing is limited to 75 copies. Get yours while you can.

The Robert E. Howard Foundation is now taking pre-orders for the third printing of Collected Poetry. The volume to be printed in July and start shipping in August. This volume collects all of Howard’s known verse (more than 700 poems), excluding only certain draft and/or variant versions of his poems which are not significantly different from published versions. It also includes the prose poems published in Etchings in Ivory, title and first line indexes, and “Barbarian Bard: The Poetry of Robert E. Howard” by Steve Eng. This massive volume, over 800 pages, will be printed in hardback with dust jacket, in a limited quantity. Cover design is by Jim Keegan.

Ordering information is available on The Robert E. Howard Foundation website.


The Robert E. Howard Foundation  

SAVAGE CON - September 12 & 13!

The 4th Annual Doc Savage Convention in Missouri is on again! 

Formerly the LaPlata Doc Con the new, expanded "SAVAGE CON" will not only have all of the Doc Savage goodness its always had, but now will have features and fun on all Pulps, Comics, RPG's, Sci-Fi and more!  Pulp and Comic trivia contests with prizes, live gaming sessions, artists alley, vendor tables, and lots of fun.  We've relocated to St. Louis and the convention will be held close to all the great attractions the city has to offer, the world famous St. Louis Zoo, Art Museum, Forest Park, and so much more!  Food and beverages will be available at the venue and a full bar for those 21 and over. 

Contact Wayne Judge for specifics and close accomodations at shaolin770@yahoo.com  

SAVAGE-CON is Doc Savage and a whole lot more!



Wild Cat Books - Now available!
Don't miss these recently released titles from Wild Cat Books!
Click on any of the covers for full details to order from Lulu.com and Amazon.com!
Visit the Wild Cat Books website at http://www.wildcatbooks.net/  





Will Murray - New Doc Savage novel!
Will Murray has announced that he has one more chapter to revise and he will have a solid draft of his new Doc Savage novel, "Horror in Gold."  There is no publisher at this time...stay tuned.


ZORRO #15 - Arriving in comic shops August 19th!

Writer: Matt Wagner; Penciller/Inker: Francesco Francavilla; Covers: Matt Wagner (75%), Francesco Francavilla (25%)
Artist Francesco Francavilla returns to the pages of Zorro! Under the skillful hand of Eisner nominated writer and cover artist Matt Wagner, Dynamite’s Zorro series continues with issue #15 and the beginning of our third story arc. This time, El Zorro faces a band of merciless pirates and the line continues to blur between the masked avenger and his alter-ego Diego!
Covers by Wagner and Francavilla!

32 pages, Full Color, $3.50
Dynamite Entertainment






07 August 2009

2009-2011 Film Release Dates
December 25, 2009
SHERLOCK HOLMES
February 12, 2010
May 7, 2010
June 4, 2010
June 25, 2010
November 19, 2010

THE WOLFMAN
IRON MAN 2
THOR
THE GREEN HORNET
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HOLLOWS

May 6, 2011
July 15, 2011

THE FIRST AVENGER: CAPTAIN AMERICA
THE AVENGERS


2009 Dum-Dum - August 13-16!
The 2009 will be held in Dayton, Ohio on August 13-16
Guest of Honor - Pete Ogden



Early Registration Cost
Member: $80 Spouse: $75
Guest for Banquet Only: $35
Please RSVP by July 6, 2009
Late Registration
Member: $85 Spouse: $80
Guest for Banquet Only: $40

Dealer tables free to members, $10 for everyone else.

Planned Events
1.    Mucker Jeopardy
2.    Art Presentation by Dennis Willcutt
3.    Panels and Presentations
4.    Friday backyard dinner at Spargur Home
5.    Saturday Banquet
6.    Auction
7.    Huckster’s Room
8.    Saturday Spouses’ Non-ERB events
9.    Advance Showing of Tarzan Documentary Footage

10.  And More

Mail to:
Richard C. Spargur
5535 Woodbridge Lane
Dayton, Ohio 45429
Phone: (937) 4348676
Email: rspargur@woh.rr.com


HOLIDAY INN
DAYTON-MALL-I-75 & RT 725
31 PRESTIGE PLAZA DR
MIAMISBURG, OH 45342
UNITED STATES

Desk:  1-937-434-8030
Fax:    1-937-434-6452
Web:    http://www.hidayton.com
Mention “Dum-Dum 2009” when registering

Rates
$79 King or Queen
$89 Double Beds

Directions
From North:
I-75 South to exit #44, left off exit to 2nd light, right at Prestige Plaza Drive, the hotel will be to the right.

From South:
I-75 South to exit #44, right off exit to light at Prestige Plaza Drive, right at Prestige Plaza Drive, the hotel will be to the right.

50th Michigan Antiquarian Book & Paper Show -  Sunday, October 4, 2009!
The Midwest's largest book show will feature over 75 dealers from around the country offering over a million old, rare, and collectible book & paper items for sale!

Admission $4.50; free for children 13 and under
Lansing Center: 333 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI

http://www.curiousbooks.com/show/abf.html


Adventure House
August pulp facsimile reprints are now available!


Thrilling Detective - June 1935, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
Startling Stories - May 1941, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
Phantom Detective - November 1939, 7x10, 112 pages, $14.95

Adventure House



Adventure House - Coming in November!
Captain Future - Summer 1943, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
THE STAR OF DREAD by Brett Sterling
THE WHEEZERS by William Morrison
RAIN, RAIDS AND RAYS by Jep Powell
VENUSIAN QUARTZ by Oscar J. Friend


Mystery Novels Magazine - Jan. 1935, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
DEATH IN 447 by Beulah Poynter
THE DYNAMO HORROR by James Duncan
CLAWS OF THE CAT by G.T. Fleming-Roberts
MURDER BY THE DEAD Norman A. Daniels


Phantom Detective - March 1939 , 7x10, 112 pages, $14.95
THE CHAIN OF DEATH by Robert Wallace
MURDER PREFERRED by C.K.M. Scanlon
LIME LIGHT by John Benton


Adventure House



Adventure House - Coming in December!
Complete Underworld Novelettes
    Spring 1934
, 7x10, 156 pages, $14.95

SINISTER STREET by Westmoreland Gray
MURDER HOARD by Nelson Robins
THE NEW CHIEF by William Mahoney
THEY DO ESCAPE by Monsieur X

Jungle Stories - Fall 1940, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
KI-GOR—AND THE PARADISE THAT TIME FORGOT
    by John Peter Drummond
CODE OF THE BUSH by Bill Cook
JUNGLE GODDESS by Armand Brigaud
WHITE HUNTER by Paul Annixter
SOUTH OF SINGAPORE by E.A. Morphy
THE JU JU KISS by Wilbur S. Peacock
IDOL OF DEATH by Clyde Irvine


Phantom Detective - January 1941 , 7x10, 112 pages, $14.95
THE PHANTOM'S GREATEST GAMBLE by Robert Wallace
TOUGH WITNESS by Frank Johnson
THROAT TROUBLE by Allan Douglas


Adventure House



Adventure House - Coming in January!
Planet Stories - Winter 1940, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
ONE THOUSAND MILES BELOW by Eando Binder
PHANTOM OF THE SEVEN STARS by Ray Cummings
TWILIGHT OF THE TENTH WORLD by Thornton Ayre
THE CASTAWAY by George Danzell
ATOM OF DEATH by Ross Rocklynne
BEYOND LIGHT by Nelson S. Bond
EXIT FROM ASTEROID 60 by D.L. James
THE STELLAR LEGION by Leigh Brackett

Phantom Detective - August 1941 , 7x10, 112 pages, $14.95
THE THOUSAND ISLANDS MURDERS by Robert Wallace
MURDER NEVER TALKS by Kenneth L. Sinclair
DEATH IN A SACK by Glenn H. Wichman


Adventure House




To be announced!
Adventure House - Coming in January!
HIGH ADVENTURE #110 featuring Adventure Fiction: Tong of Death and Other Stories
7x10, 112 pages, $7.95 (U.S.) - Media Mail Shipping $2.50 for a single copy.

Adventure House


Age of Aces - Now available!

The Spider VS. The Empire State by Norvell Page
$16.99 trade paperback, 430 pages

THEY SAID IT COULDN'T HAPPEN HERE. THEN THEY SAID ONE MAN COULDN'T STOP IT!

Richard Wentworth spent his vigilante career as The Spider always in the shadows. Now evil acted in broad daylight. The Party of Justice swept into office, rewriting the laws of New York state overnight to benefit their criminal backers and make slaves of its people. This American Reichstag gave itself sweeping powers and raised a private army to exert its malevolent will. How could The Spider hope to stop a criminal conspiracy as big as the state itself? This time The Master of Men would go beyond taking the lives of evildoers... by bringing Hope to the tyrannized citizens of the Empire State!


The "Black Police Trilogy" is author Norvell Page's classic pulp fiction Nazi allegory from 1938. Originally introduced 71 years ago this week in three consecutive months of The Spider Magazine, the novels "The City That Paid To Die", "The Spider at Bay", and "Scourge of the Black Legions" are collected in book form for the first time. This stunning Trade Paperback is designed by the incomparable Chris Kalb, and features an introduction by PEAPS member Tom Krabacher.

All Age of Aces books are $16.99, and are available from
AmazonAdventure House, and Mike Chomko Books.


Check out our spectacular newly redesigned web site at http://www.ageofaces.net

Besides information on all our books, there is lots of new content:
Art work from the air pulps, free PDF downloads of air war pulp stories,
and plenty more.

At the right is the spectacular poster created by Chris Kalb
that was on display at Pulpfest!

Age of Aces - Now available!
Don't miss these recently released titles from Age of Aces!
Click on any of the covers to order from Amazon.com!





Age of Adventure - Now available!
Don't miss these recently released titles from Age of Adventure!
Click on any of the covers for full details including links to order from Lulu.com!





Altus Press
Now available!

For the first time, the Ki-Gor series from the pages of Jungle Stories is collected, complete and in order! Volume 1 is introduced by Tom Johnson and includes the first six Ki-Gor stories:
"Ki-Gor, King of the Jungle (Winter 1938-1939)"
"Ki-Gor and the Stolen Empire (Summer 1939)"
"Ki-Gor and the Giant Gorilla-Men (Fall 1939)"
"Ki-Gor and the Secret Legions of Simba (Winter 1939-1940)"
"Ki-Gor and the Forbidden Mountain (Spring 1940)"
"Ki-Gor and the Cannibal Kingdom (Summer 1940)"


Altus Press

A Man Named Jones - The Complete Series
Scheduled for Mid-August!

Written by pulp veteran Charles B. Stilson as a follow-up to his successful "Polaris of the Snows" trilogy, available for the first time in one volume.

In "A Man Named Jones," a very drunk Jones awakening to find a dead man under his table holding a large, raw emerald and the photograph of a lovely white women surrounded by Polynesians fiercely protecting her South Seas island from visitors. He vows to rescue the woman from her island prison, not knowing that the crew he's sailing with are as vicious a band of pirates imaginable.

"Land of the Shadow People" picks up the story some years later when Jones is blackmailed into once again searching for the source of the mysterious emerald. What he finds is a strange race of chameleon people desperate to preserve the secret of their existence. Written in a crisp, modern style these two novels will provide hours of enjoyment.

374 pages. $29.95


Altus Press

Alias Mr. Death: The Complete Series
Scheduled for Late August!

By D.L. Champion, George Fielding Eliot and Harold Ward
Introductions by Tom Johnson and Matthew Moring

Collecting the entire nine-part series from the pages of Thrilling Detective in 1932. Written by D.L. Champion, this was the inspiration for The Phantom Detective series. And as a bonus, this collection includes the two "Alias Mr. Death" revival stories from 1939. And for the first time, the unpublished story "Alias Mr. Death" by pulp scribe Harold Ward. This also includes all-new introductions by Tom Johnson and Matthew Moring, and it's housed under a replica of the original hardcover edition's dustjacket.

280 pages. $24.95

Altus Press

Altus Press

Secret Agent "X"
The Complete Series Volume 3

Scheduled for Late-August/September!

For 41 issues from 1934 to 1939, SECRET AGENT "X" battled the forces of evil in the page of his own pulp magazine. Now, for the first time... the complete pulp series is being reprinted in nine deluxe omnibus editions! The text has been reset and all the original interior illustrations have been remastered. This volume contains the next four stories, by Emile C. Tepperman and Paul Chadwick: "Servants of the Skull," "The Murder Monster," "The Sinister Scourge" and "Curse of the Waiting Death." This is THE Secret Agent "X" reprint series to own!

374 pages. $29.95


Altus Press

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming later this month!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 29: "The Mental Wizard" & The Secret of the Su"
The pulp era's greatest superhero seeks the lost secrets of Atlantis in two action-packed pulp novels by Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, deep in the Amazon, Doc Savage is drawn into the weird mystery of "The Mental Wizard" in his quest for a lost kingdom and the incredible creature known only as "Z." Then, plunging into the Everglades the Man of Bronze races against Doctor Light and his Nazi agents in a desperate search for "The Secret of the Su." This instant collector's item leads off with one of Robert G. Harris' greatest cover paintings and also features all the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical commentary by Will Murray, writer of seven Bantam Doc Savage novels.
(Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-006-9 

Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95 

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
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 (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming later this month!
THE SHADOW Volume 30: "The Sealed Box" & "Racket Town"
"The weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay. The Shadow knows!  When supercrime casts its dark shadow over two troubled towns, the Master Avenger swings into action to root out evil. First, guised as both Lamont Cranston and Kent Allard, The Shadow seeks to uncover the strange secret of "The Sealed Box" that makes it more valuable than life itself, in the classic novel that was adapted as the first Shadow comic strip adventure. Then, the Dark Avenger battles the vile corruption that lurks beneath the surface of the "Racket Town." BONUS: the first Whisperer short story from the back pages of The Shadow Magazine! This groundbreaking pulp reprint showcases both original color pulp covers by George Rozen and the classic interior illustrations by Edd Cartier, with historical articles by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin.
(Sanctum Books)  978-1-60877-005-2 

Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
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 (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

The Book Cave - New podcasts now available online!
Episode 34: Back From PulpFest Part 1 - New!
Matt Moring of Altus Press is back from PulpFest. Matt tells me all about PulpFest and his upcoming books.
Be sure to be here next week for part 2 with Michael Neno.


Episode 33:  San Diego Comic Con
Episode 32: Crossover Characters
Episode 31: Pulpfest
Episode 30: 
H.P. Lovecraft

Episode 29: Kelly Ishikawa Comic Book Artist in Training
Episode 28: Archie Marries Veronica
Episode 27: Ric Rambles On
Episode 26: Episode 26: The PSP and You
Episode 25: Episode 25: Wold Newton
Episode 24: Episode 24: Iain Banks
Episode 23: Star Trek The New Movie
Episode 22: Tom Roberts of Black Dog Books
Episode 21: Free Comic Book Day
Episode 20: The Terror Of Fu Manchu

Visit The Book Cave website at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/  

The Bronze Gazette - The 55th issue is now available!
This issue features:
Editorial
"Remembering Frank Hamilton" by
Howard Hopkins
"The Red Spider Redux" by Will Murray.
"In Praise of Pfeiffer" by Glenn Horner
News Update
Front Cover: Mark Mrvicin
Interior illustrations: Edd Cartier, Frank Hamilton,
Fred Pfeiffer, and Bobb Cotter
Edited by Howard Wright

Subscriptions are now available forTHE BRONZE GAZETTE issues 56, 57, and 58 only.
Rates:U.S. $16.50 for three issues; Canada  $18.00 for three issues; Overseas $22.00 for three issues.

Makes checks and money orders payable to:
Green Eagle Publications
2900 Standiford Ave 16B, PMB #136
Modesto, California 95350.


CAPES, CROOKS & CLIFFHANGERS - Now available!
Heroic Serial Posters of the Golden Age By John E. Petty and Grey Smith, with a Foreword by Noel Neill

Batman! Superman! Flash Gordon! The Green Hornet! Captain Marvel! All of these colorful characters, and many others from the comics, pulps, and radio, made their silver screen debuts as multi-part serials, in which the hero would face certain death at the end of each chapter, urging their fans to return week after week to continue their thrilling adventures. Now, you can relive these hair-raising chapterplays, and thrill to hundreds of images of rare and seldom-seen movie poster material, in this exciting new archival-quality 312-page full color book.
 Sample Chapter

My copy of this book arrived this week. If you are a serial fan, you do not want to pass this book up. Every page bursts to glorious life with full color reproductions of posters (one sheet, three sheet, half sheet, etc), lobby cards, pulp covers, comic covers, big little book covers, and more!  This is a true visual feast to behold! Highly recommended!

Contents include:
THE SERIALS BEGIN
SUPERMAN — THE MAN OF STEEL   
BATMAN — GOTHAM’S GUARDIAN
THE GREEN HORNET — HERO OR VILLAIN?
FLASH GORDON — HERO OF MONGO
CAPTAIN AMERICA — THE SENTINEL OF LIBERTY 
BUCK ROGERS — THE FUTURE IS NOW
THE PHANTOM — THE GHOST WHO WALKS   
DICK TRACY — AMERICA’S LAWMAN
CAPTAIN MARVEL — THE ULTIMATE IN WISH FULFILLMENT
TARZAN — LORD OF THE JUNGLE   
ROCKETMAN — KING OF THE OPEN SKIES   
ZORRO — CALIFORNIA’S FIRST DEFENDER
THE SHADOW — WHO KNOWS WHAT EVIL.
THE LONE RANGER — TAMING THE WILD WEST
WHO WERE THOSE (SOMETIMES) MASKED MEN?
HEROES FROM THE COMIC STRIPS   
OUT OF THIS WORLD SERIALS   
FOREST LORDS & JUNGLE GODDESSES   
THE SERIAL LEGACY 


Softcover - $39.99
Limited Edition Hardcover with a numbered bookplate signed by both authors and Noel Neill - $125


Heritage Auction Galleries

The Cimmerian - Last call to purchase back issues!
Leo Grin has announced that August 31 is the date after which all excess unsold copies of The Cimmerian will be destroyed. If you want any after that, you’ll have to wait for already-sold copies to appear on eBay, or scavenge at the REH Museum in Cross Plains for what copies they might still have.

There will be no extensions or copies held on layaway.
August 31 is the date. Get ‘em while you can.

The Cimmerian


DC Comics: Doc Savage & Batman Teamup - Coming in November!

This November, writer Brian Azzarello teams with artist Phil Noto for the BATMAN/DOC SAVAGE SPECIAL #1, which sets the stage for an entire new world for the Doc, along with a slew of characters that will pop up later, including the Blackhawks and Rima, the Jungle Girl. This one-shot special will reintroduce the character through a team-up with the Dark Knight, ahead of Azzarello's First Wave project that will explore Savage and other pulp heroes in a contemporary setting.

Azzarello is no stranger to noir or gritty storytelling, as anyone familiar with Vertigo’s 100 BULLETS and the recent JOKER OGN can attest. Coupled with Noto’s neo-classic art style and you’ve got the perfect launching pad for a collection of books that will pull these beloved characters into the 21st century.

The cover by J.G. Jones is depicted at the right!


DC Comics


Source: DC Comics Blog


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!

"Murder's Messenger" by Robert Leslie Bellem from DAN TURNER-HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE, January, 1942
Featuring: Dan Turner
It's a big job for a detective to stop a murder from happening - especially if he gets there too late. But with the cutest quail in Hollywood cooled, her killer had to be found
"Toole o' the Trolly: For Fightin' Glory Be!" by Charles Wesley Sanders from ALL-STORY WEEKLY, August 16, 1919
Featuring: Toole
Toole comes to the assistance of a stranded railroad train. 


Friends of Old Time Radio Convention - October 23-26, 2009!
The Friends of Old Time Radio is hosting its 2009 Convention October 22-25 at the Holiday Inn North in Newark, NJ. 
There will again be many exciting autograph opportunities.

The Friends of Old Time Radio will hold their 34th annual convention at the Holiday Inn North in Newark, N.J. from Thursday October 22 - Sunday October 25.  The event features celebrity guest appearances, live recreations of radio dramas, historical panels, memorabilia and more.  Celebrities scheduled to appear include Chuck McCann, Shirley Mitchell, Simon Jones, Tracey Dey, Joe Franklin, Rosemary Rice and Richard Herd. 

Program and registration information is available from Sean Dougherty, publicity coordinator, 201-739-2541, SeanDD@optonline.net, or online at www.fotr.net. Group discounts are available. 

The Friends of Old Time Radio Convention has a page on Facebook and issues updates via twitter at @fotrconvention and @doughertysean.

Here's the complete guest list as of now.

Clay Cole - child radio actor; radio and tv host of many musical
                 and disc jockey programs
Tommy Cook - Red Ryder
Richard Herd - Theater 5; (TV) Seinfeld, T J Hooker
Chuck McCann - Comedian, actor
Gloria McMillan - Our Miss Brooks
Shirley Mitchell - The Great Gildersleeve


New East Coast Guests
Alan Abel - Professional Media Hoaxer;
                 radio (Bob and Ray, Monitor); author
Tracey Dey - Singer in the 60's and studied theater
Lillian Murphy - Harvest Program, Chicago Theater of the Air
Mary Owen - daughter of Donna Reed and Tony Owen
Eugene Pitt - leader of the Jive 5 with several hits including
                    "My True Story."

Returnees
Arthur Anderson - Let's Pretend, Mercury Theater
Cliff Carpenter - County Seat, Terry and the Pirates
Christina Britton Conroy - Barbara Britton's daughter: Voice Over and
                                     Radio, and Theatre Actress.
                                     Also Music Pschotherapist
Larry Conroy - Voiceover Coach; Count of Monte Cristo
Joe Franklin - Joe Franklin Show in New York
Michael C. Gwynne - Drummer, DJ, actor (Movie) Payday, many others
Russell Horton - in many CBS Radio Mystery Theater programs
Will Hutchins - (TV) Blondie; Sugarfoot
Elaine Hyman - The Lone Ranger
Simon Jones - British Actor (TV) Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Ruth Last - Let's Pretend, Quiet Please
Corinne Orr - Theater Five; (TV) Voices for Speed Racer;
                    Trixie and Spritle
Bill Owen - (Announcer for ABC)
Rosemary Rice - Archie Andrews; Let's Pretend
Lynne Rogers - The Guiding Light
Jean Rouverol - One Man's Family
Leslie Shreve - Actress, activist, television, movies, voiceovers
Craig Wichman - Director of Quicksilver Radio Theater
                          on Twilight Zone Radio Series

 
GIRASOL PULP DOUBLES: THE SPIDER VOLUME 12 - Now available!
This trade paperback reprints two action-packed adventures of the pulp-era hero The Spider! The stories are complete, including the original black-and-white illustrations. The volume contains "Satan's Death Blast" (June 1934) and "Murder's Legionnaires" (February 1942). 

Softcover, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95

Girasol Collectables Inc.


Girasol Collectables - August 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 #45 in "Voyage of the Coffin Ship" from June 1937.  $35

Our second Replica this month is WEIRD TALES #24 from September 1925
.  $35

Our third Replica is GOLDEN FLEECE #9 from June 1939.  $25
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.





ALL DETECTIVE MAGAZINE  ($25 each postpaid)
#27 January 1935

BLACK MASK MAGAZINE  ($35 each postpaid)
June 1,1923 -the rare KKK issue

CIVIL WAR STORIES ($25 each postpaid) 
Spring 1940

DAN TURNER  ($25 each postpaid)
Dan Turner Hollywood Detective No. 1 (January 1942)
Dan Turner Hollywood Detective No. 2 (April 1942)


DOCTOR DEATH  ($25 each postpaid)
#1 February 1935
#2  March 1935
#3  April 1935

DR. YEN SIN  ($35 each postpaid)
#1 May/June 1936
#2 July/August 1936
#3 September/October 1936

EERIE TALES ($20 eachpostpaid)
#1 July 1941

GOLDEN FLEECE  ($25 each postpaid)
#1 October 1938
#2 November 1938
#3 December 1938
#4 January 1939
#5  February 1939
#6  March 1939
#7  April 1939
#8 May 1939
#9 June 1939

HORROR STORIES ($35 each postpaid)
#1 January 1935

MAGIC CARPET ($25 each postpaid)
#1 January 1933
#2 April 1933
#3 July 1933
#4  October 1933
#5 January 1934

MYSTERY ADVENTURE MAGAZINE  ($25 each postpaid)
November 1936 with a rare Domino Lady cover appearance


THE OCTOPUS ($35 each postpaid)
February/March 1939

OPERATOR 5  ($35 each postpaid)
#1  The Masked Invasion  (April 1934)
#2  T
he Invisible Empire  (May 1934)
#3  The Yellow Scourge (June 1934)
#4  The Melting Death (July 1934)
#5  Cavern of the Damned (August 1934)
#6  Master of Broken Men (September 1934)
#7  Invasion of the Dark Legions (October 1934)
#8  The Green Death Mists (November 1934)
#9  Legions of Starvation (December 1934)
#10 The Red Invader (January 1935)
#11 
The League of War Monsters (February 1935)
#12  The Army of the Dead (March 1935)
#13  
March of the Flame Marauders (April 1935)
#14 Blood Reign of the Dictator (May 1935)
#15 Invasion of the Yellow Warlords (June 1935)
#16 Legions of the Death Master (July 1935)
#17  Hosts of the Flaming Death (August 1935)
#18 Invasion of the Crimson Death Cult (Sept. 1935)
#19 Attack of the Blizzard Men (Oct. 1935)

ORIENTAL STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
#1  Oct./Nov. 1930                        
#2  Dec. 1930/Jan 1931
#3  February/March 1931
#4  Spring 1931
#5  Summer 1931

#6  Autumn 1931
#7  Winter 1932

#8  Spring 1932
#9  Summer 1932

PIRATE STORIES ($25 )each postpaid
#1  
November 1934

THE PHANTOM DETECTIVE ($25 )each postpaid
#1  
February 1933

SAUCY MOVIE TALES  ($25 each postpaid)
#3   December 1935 (#1 after a title change)
#4   January 1936  (#2 after a title change)
#5   March 1936 
#11 September 1936

THE SCORPION ($35 each postpaid)
April/May 1939

SOLDIER OF FORTUNE ($25 each postpaid)
October 1931

SPICY-ADVENTURE STORIES  ($25 each postpaid)
#2  November 1934 [#1 after the ashcan]
#4  January 1935

#6   March 1935
#8  May 1935
#12 September 1935
#13
October 1935
#14 November 1935
#16 January 1936
#17
February 1936
#18 March 1936
#19 April 1936
#20 May 1936

#21 June 1936
#22 July 1936
#23 August 1936
#24 September 1936
#26 November 1936
#28 January 1937
#39
December 1937

SPICY-DETECTIVE STORIES  ($25 each postpaid)
#1  May 1934
#3  July 1934
#5  September 1934
#7  November 1934
#10 February 1935
#11 March 1935
#13 May 1935
#14 June 1935
#16 August 1935
#17 September 1935
#18
October 1935
#19 November 1935
#20 December 1935
#21 January 1936
#24 April 1936
#25 May 1936
#27 July 1936
#29 September 1936              
#30 October 1936
#31 November 1936
#76 August 1940
SPICY-MYSTERY STORIES  ($25 )each postpaid
#2  June 1935
#3  July 1935
#4  August 1935
#5  September 1935
#6  October 1935

#7  November 1935

#8  December 1935
#9  January 1936
#10 February 1936
#11 March 1936
#12 April 1936

#13 May 1936
#14 June 1936
#15 July 1936
#16
August 1936
#17 ­ September 1936
#19 November 1936
#20 December 1936
#22
February 1937
#23 March 1937

SPICY WESTERN STORIES  ($25 each postpaid)
#2   (December 1936) 
#14 (December 1937) 

THE SPIDER  ($35 each postpaid)
#1  The Spider Strikes! (October 1933)
#2  The Wheel of Death (November 1933)
#3  Wings of the Black Death (December 1933)
#4  City of Flaming Shadows (January 1934)
#5  Empire of Doom (February 1934)
#6  Citadel of Hell (March 1934)
#7  Serpent of Destruction (April 1934)
#8  The Mad Horde (May 1934)
#9  Satan's Death Blast  (June 1934)
#10 The Corpse Cargo  (July 1934)
#11 Prince of the Red Looters (August 1934)
#12 Reign of the Silver Terror (September 1934)
#13  Builders of the Black Empire (October 1934)
#14  Death's Crimson Juggernaut (November 1934)
#15
 The Red Death Rain (December 1934)
#16 The City Destroyer (
January 1935)

#17 The Pain Emperor  (
February 1935)

#18  The Flame Master (March 1935)
#19 Slaves of the Crime Master
(April 1935)
#20 Reign of the Death Fiddler (May 1935)
#21 Hordes of the Red Butcher (June 1935)
#22 Dragon Lord of the Underworld (July 1935)
#23 Master of the Death Madness (August 1935)
#24 King of the Red Killers(September 1935)
#25 Overlord of the Damned (October 1935)
#26 Death Reign of the Vampire King (November 1935)
#27 Emperor of the Yellow Death (December 1935)
#28 The Mayor of Hell (January 1936)
#29
Slaves of the Murder Syndicate (February 1936)
#30 Green Globes of Death (March 1936)
#31 The Cholera King (April 1936)

#32 Slaves of the Dragon (May 1936)
#33 Legions of Madness (June 1936)
#34 Laboratory of the Damned (July 1936)
#35 Satan's Sightless Legion (August 1936)
#36 The Coming of the Terror (September 1936)
#37 The Devil's Death Dwarfs (October 1936)
#38 City of Dreadful Night (November 1936)
#39 Reign of the Snake Men (December 1936)
#40 Dictator of the Damned (January 1937)
#41
The Mill-Town Massacres (February 1937)
#42 "Satan's Workshop (March 1937)
#43 Scourge of the Yellow Fangs (April 1937)
#44 The Devil's Pawnbroker (May 1937)
#45
Voyage of the Coffin Ship (June 1937)

STRANGE DETECTIVE STORIES
($25 each postpaid)
#2 December 1933

STRANGE STORIES  ($25 each postpaid)
#1 February 1939

STRANGE TALES  ($25 each postpaid)
#1 September 1931
#2 November 1931
#3 January 1932
#4  March 1932
#5 June 1932
#6 October 1932
#7 January 1933

TERROR TALES  ($35 each postpaid)
#1  September 1934
#2  October 1934
#3  November 1934
#4  December 1934
#5  January 1935
#6  February 1935
#7 March1935
#8 April 1935

#9 May 1935
#10 June 1935
#11 July 1935
#12  August 1935
#13  
September 1935
#14  October 1935
#15  November 1935
#16  December 1935
#17 January 1936
#18 February 1936
#19
March 1936
#20 April 1936
#21 May 1936


THRILLING MYSTERY ($25 each postpaid)
#1 (October 1935)

WEIRD TALES  ($35 each postpaid)
#1  March 1923
#2  April 1923
#3
  May1923
#4  June 1923

#5  July/August 1923
#6  September 1923
#7  October 1923

#8   November 1923

#9   December 1923/January 1924 
#10  February 1924
#11  March 1924
#12  April 1924
#13  Anniversary Issue May/June/July/24 ($50)
#14  November 1924 - One of the rarest WT's
#15  December 1924

#16  January 1925
#22
 July 1925
#23  August 1925
#24
 September 1925
#31  April 1926
#40
 January 1927
#53  February 1928
#59  August 1928
#118 October 1933
#128 August 1934
#143 November 1935




Gotham Pulp Collectors Club - Next meeting is  August 8, 2009!
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.


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.


Name:  Gotham Pulp Collectors Club
Time: 1-4 PM
Place: Hudson Park Library, 66 Leroy Street, Manhattan (WestVillage)

Contact:  Mark Halegua at msh@pulps1st.com

GRYPHON BOOKS Collectable Paperback Show -  Sunday, October 4, 2009!
New York City Collectible Paperback & Pulp Fiction Expo #21, the big 2009 show will be held on Sunday, October 4, 2009, at the Holiday Inn on 57th Street in NYC.  A limited number of 6’ and 8’ tables available but book tables asap.
Call Gary at 718-646-6126 after 5pm EST 

Confirmed guest authors and artists include:
ELAINE DUILLO, famous cover artist.
LINTON BALDWIN, Lion Books crime author.
ANNETTE & MARTIN MEYERS, mystery author couple who also write as Maan Meyers.
SANDY KOSSIN, classic vintage paperback cover artist.
JACK KETCHUM, horror and fantasy author.
C.J. HENDERSON, crime, fantasy and SF author.
MARVIN KAYE, fantasy author and Sherlockian anthologist.
PETER STRAUB, masterful horror and fantasy author.
MORRIS HERSHMAN, Manhunt author and soft-core author as Arnold English.
RON GOULART, master storyteller, SF writer, pulp and comic book scholar, more.
KEN WISHNIA, had crime mystery author.
MARCUS BOAS, fabulous fantasy artist.


Hard Case Crime - Coming in September and beyond!
September 2009
LOSERS LIVE LONGER by Russell Atwood, Cover art by Robert McGinnis
The death of legendary private eye George Rowell looked like an accident—but searching for the truth behind it will put down-and-out East Village detective Payton Sherwood on the corpse-littered trail of a runaway investment scam artist, a drug-addicted reality TV star—and the bewitching beauty whose appearance set it all in motion...


October 2009
HONEY IN HIS MOUTH by Lester Dent, Cover art by Ron Lesser - First publication ever!

If you were small-time grifter Walter Harsh, recovering in a hospital with a broken arm, you’d listen to a proposition that could net you a cool $50,000 for impersonating the South American strongman you resemble. You’d pay attention when the dictator’s sultry mistress started putting the moves on you. And in the dead of night, when no one was watching, you might just hatch a plot to get it all for yourself: the money, the girl, and the stash of stolen loot she’s conspiring to spirit out of the country...  


November 2009
QUARRY IN THE MIDDLE by Max Allan Collins, Cover art by Ron Lesser
The enigmatic hitman Quarry—star of seven celebrated novels and an award-winning feature film ("The Last Lullaby")—is back in this violent, steamy tale of warring crime families. When two Godfathers set out to bump each other off, guess who winds up with both contracts...



Heroes in the Wind: From Kull to Conan: The Best of Robert E. Howard
Coming in September!
Howard's swashbuckling fantasy stories feature the adventures of the enigmatic Conan: a free barbarian from distant Cimmeria who ventures into the splendid kingdoms of the south to find his fortune in the lost eons of the Hyborian Age between the sinking of Kull’s Atlantis and the dawn of history. Cunning thief, captain of mercenaries and corsairs, lover of sultry temptresses, Conan follows his destiny into demon-haunted treasure towers and across the plains of death. And at last, like Kull before him, he slashes his name across the scrolls of royalty as King Conan, usurper-lord of imperial Aquilonia.


Editor: John Clute
Paperback: 500 pages
Publisher: Penguin Classics
ISBN-10: 0141189436
ISBN-13: 978-0141189437
£10.99


Thanks to John Clute for supplying the contents listing below!


The Contents include:

"Introduction" by John Clute (about 3500 words)

CONAN
A Prelude in verse, plus Three parts

"Recompense"
    ---one page poem
    Weird Tales (November 1938)
    The Best of Robert E Howard Volume 1: Crimson Shadows p119



PART ONE: BLACK DAWN
"The Shadow Kingdom"
(Kull)
    Weird Tales (August 1929)
    The Best of Robert E Howard Volume 1: Crimson Shadows pp1-25

"The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune" (Kull)
    Weird Tales (September 1929)
    Kull: Exile of Atlantis pp53-65

"Kings of the Night"
(Kull & Bran Mak Morn)
    Weird Tales (November 1930)

"Worms of the Earth"
(Bran Mak Morn)
    Weird Tales (November 1932)
    The Best of Robert E Howard Volume 1: Crimson Shadows pp185-211

"The Dark Man"
(Bran Mak Morn)
    Weird Tales (December 1931)
    The Best of Robert E Howard Volume 1: Crimson Shadows pp63-85


PART TWO: DARK INTERLUDES
"The Footfalls Within"
    Weird Tales (September 1931)
    The Second Book of Robert E Howard pp204-231

"Pigeons from Hell"
    Weird Tales (May 1938) [written 1934]
    The Best of Robert E Howard Volume 2: Grim Lands pp281-309

"Graveyard Rats"
    Thrilling Mystery (February 1936)
    Graveyard Rats And Others pp135-165

"Vultures of Wahpeton"
    Smashing Novels (December 1936)
    The Best of Robert E Howard Volume 2: Grim Lands pp195-261

PART THREE: HIGH NOON
"The Tower of the Elephant"  (Conan)
    Weird Tales (March 1933)
    The Best of Robert E Howard Volume 2: Grim Lands pp29-51

"Queen of the Black Coast"  (Conan)
    Weird Tales (May 1934)
    The Complete Chronicles of Conan pp236-262

"A Witch Shall Be Born"
 (Conan)
    Weird Tales (December 1934)
    The Complete Chronicles of Conan pp356-393

"Red Nails"
 (Conan)
    Weird Tales (July/October 1936)
    The Best of Robert E Howard Volume 2: Grim Lands pp399-471

Hippocampus Press - Coming this month!
A Means to Freedom: The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard
In a very welcome turn of events, Hippocampus Press will publish the correspondence of famed weird fictioneers H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard. Both sides of the correspondence will be presented, allowing readers to follow the intense and often heady exchange of ideas between these two titans of literature. Meticulously edited and exhaustively annotated by reigning Howardian and Lovecraftian scholars Burke, Joshi, and Schultz, and presented with appropriate indices and appendices, this release marks a milestone in the study of both Howard and Lovecraft.
 
The letters will be published in a limited edition two-volume hardcover set, with Smythe-sewn signatures and illustrated dust wrapper, and with each volume individually shrink-wrapped.

The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard
Edited by Rusty Burke, S. T. Joshi and David E. Schultz
2009: 2 volume set (individual volumes not sold separately)
ISBN: 978-0-9814888-0-6
Price $100.00 / Pre-publication discount price: $90.00

The pre-publication discount on A MEANS TO FREEDOM: THE LETTERS OF H. P. LOVECRAFT AND ROBERT E. HOWARD is ending soon. Order before midnight on Monday, August 10th, to secure this two-volume limited hardcover set at the pre-publication price of $90.00 plus shipping.


http://www.hippocampuspress.com

Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention - August 27 to 29, 2009!
The Clarion Hotel, Aberdeen, Maryland

Movie stars sign autographs for fans!
Old-Time Movies and TV Shows screened 24/7!
Vendor Room!
Seminars, Panels and Presentations!
Drive-In Movie Theater on Friday night!  Don't miss the fun!

Lee Meriwether  (Catwoman on Batman, Time Tunnel, Barnaby Jonesalso Miss America 1955)
James Best  (Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on Dukes of Hazzard)
Celeste Holm  (Academy Award Winner for A Gentleman's Agreement and nominee for All About Eve! Also Tom Sawyer!)
Bob Hastings  (Lt. Carpenter on McHale's Navy, Batman, and more!)
Johnny Whitaker  (Family Affair, Tom Sawyer, Gunsmoke and Adam-12)
Rosemary Rice  (Studio One and Katryn on I Remember Mama)
Diane Sowle  (Mrs. Bucket on Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)
Patty McCormack  (Academy Award nominee for The Bad Seed)

Click on the web-site link for complete schedule of events!
http://www.midatlanticnostalgiaconvention.com


Moonstone Books: SHERLOCK HOLMES & KOLCHAK #3 (of 3) - Arriving in comic shops August 12th!
Writer: Joe Gentile; Artist: Andy Bennett, Carlos Magno
Two of the most unique investigators of all time try to untangle the same mystery — one hundred years apart from each other! Kolchak follows Holmes' investigation of a not-so-innocent man who voluntarily wants to be imprisoned, a murdered domestic, and a showdown with the world's most deadly anarchist/assassin. Available with a regular cover from Dan Padrosian and a black and white cover from Paul Guinan, limited to 200 copies.
32 pages, Full Color, $3.99
Off-Trail Publications - Now available!

GROTTOS OF CHINATOWN: The Dorus Noel Stories
By Arthur J. Burks
Introduction by John Locke


Dorus Noel spent many years in the Far East, and had the torture scars to prove it. Now he was back in New York, working undercover in Manhattan's Chinatown, confronting the most insidious crimes and criminals imaginable, cases beyond the ability of the police. Burks' Chinatown is a society of strange alliances, a place of dark menace and mystery, an urban nightmare of secret passageways riddling the district like rabbit warrens, a world under the shadow of China's past.

Collected here for the first time are all 11 Dorus Noel stories from All Detective Magazine (1933-34). Also included is extensive new information on All Detective and the fascinating career of the Speed-King of the Pulps, Arthur J. Burks.

Stories complete with original illustrations.

6x9-inch perfect bound; 192 pages, $16.00 postpaid


Check or MO to:
Off-Trail Publications
2036 Elkhorn Rd.
Castroville, CA 95012

Or:
PayPal: offtrail@redshift.com



Click here for a complete listing of Off-Trail Publications fine line of pulp reprints!





 A PulpFest Update

PulpFest has been a huge success!
Attendance was at about 350+ people, which is almost double the official attendance of the 2008 Pulpcon.

Congratulations to the Pulpfest Committee
(
Jack Cullers, Barry Traylor, Mike Chomko,
Ed Hulse, and Chris Kalb)
and thanks for the hard work putting together the show!

Guest of Honor Otto Penzler was interviewed by Ed Hulse, Blood and Thunder Magazine publisher.
Penzler announced that he has three more Big Lizard Book of Pulps collections in the works:
Black Mask, Vampire Archives, and Adventure Stories.

Black Mask has been postponed until Fall 2010. Vampire Archives arrives September 29th!

As part of the con's The New Fictioneers programming,
Ron Fortier tooks to the stage and read a chapter from his latest Captain Hazzard novel, Cavemen of New York.
The reading was recorded and is now available online for all to hear!

Pulpfest pictures have been posted online at two websites:
Picture Link 1 and  Picture Link 2

Thanks to Lohr McKinstry and Brian Earl Brown for posting them!
I was awarded the inaugural Munsey Award at Pulpfest.
Considering the caliber of the other nominees, I never dreamed that I might actually walk away with the prize.
My sincere thanks to those who nominated me and the Lamont winners who voted for me.
Special thanks to Tom Johnson who got me started doing this back in ECHOES #42 published in April 1989.
I was unable to be at Pulpfest and I thank Matt Moring (Altus Press) for accepting the award on my behalf.
I also offer a big thanks to all the publishers of pulp reprints, new pulp fiction, and other pulp related material.
Without your fine efforts, there would be no COMING ATTRACTIONS.

Next year, Pulpfest will be held July 30 through August 2nd!
Mark the date on your calendar now!


Visit the Pulpfest 2009 website at http://www.pulpfest.com/
Pulpville Press - Now available!
JUNGLE STORIES #3
Contents:
KA-ZAR: KING OF FANG AND CLAW by Bob Byrd -- the complete novel
KWA OF THE JUNGLE by Paul Regard
TARZAN THE UNTAMED by Edgar Rice Burroughs -- the final 4 chapters of the magazine version
130 pages

$14.95

Order Here or Amazon.com

Pulpville Press

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!

Phantom Detective: Tom Johnson has created a Phantom Detective Yahoo Group. All Phantom Detective fans and/or pulp fans are welcome!  To join the group, go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/The_Phantom_Detective/?yguid=321995096

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

The Robert E. Howard Foundation
Pre-orders now being accepted for the third printing of Collected Poetry!


The Robert E. Howard Foundation is now taking pre-orders for the third printing of Collected Poetry. The volume to be printed in July and start shipping in August. This volume collects all of Howard’s known verse (more than 700 poems), excluding only certain draft and/or variant versions of his poems which are not significantly different from published versions. It also includes the prose poems published in Etchings in Ivory, title and first line indexes, and “Barbarian Bard: The Poetry of Robert E. Howard” by Steve Eng. This massive volume, over 800 pages, will be printed in hardback with dust jacket, in a limited quantity. Cover design is by Jim Keegan.

Ordering information is available on The Robert E. Howard Foundation website.


The Robert E. Howard Foundation  

The Robert E. Howard Foundation: Sentiment: An Olio of Rarer Works - Next REH title!
As announced at Howard Days this year, our next book is entitled Sentiment: An Olio of Rarer Works. This is a collection of Howard’s humor and contemporary fiction, some non-fiction pieces, and a few other items of miscellanea. The gem of the collection is “Wild Water” which, after a conversation with Foundation members, will also appear in a future Western volume (it’s a tough story to place). Many of the other pieces are short, unfinished, and/or unpolished. Because of this, we’ll be printing a small run and would like to know just how many customers are interested in the first printing so we’ll know about how many to produce. The price will probably be the same as our other large volumes ($53 for members and $59 for non-members). The book should go to the printer soon, with delivery sometime in August or September (our printer shuts down for two weeks in the summer).

Please email your interest to info@rehfoundation.org.

We are NOT accepting pre-orders at this time.


The contents of Sentiment (which could still change a bit) are as follows:

Adventure Tales
Wild Water
Tallyho!
Shackled Mitts
Wolves—And a Sword
Untitled (“. . . that is, the artistry . . .”)
Untitled (“Franey was a fool.”)
Untitled (“Who I am it matters little.”)
The Fear-Master
The Drifter
The Land of Forgotten Ages
Untitled (“Trails led through dense jungle.”)
Untitled (“The lazy quiet of the mid-summer day. . .”)
Eighttoes Makes a Play
           Alternate ending


The Adventures of Steve Bender
Bill Smalley and the Power of the Human Eye
Over the Rockies in a Ford
The Ghost of Bald Rock Ranch
A Boy, a Beehive, and a Chinaman
Westward, Ho!
Friends
Untitled (William Aloysius McGraw’s father. . .”)
The Wild Man

The Fishing Trip
The Ghost with the Silk Hat
The Hand of Obeah
Untitled (Maybe it doesn’t seem like anything . . .”)

Humor
The Ideal Girl
Cupid Vs. Pollux
Thoroughbreds
The Heathen
The Ghosts of Jacksonville
Mr. Dowser Buys a Car
The Influence of the Movies
The Sheik
A Unique Hat
A Man and a Brother
West Is West
The Weaker Sex
What the Deuce?
The Mutiny of the Hellroarer
The Roving Boys on a Sandburg
Wolfsdung
Untitled Story (“A man,” said my friend . . .”)
The Bore of the Cowed
The Dook of Stork
The Rump of Swift
King Bahthur’s Court
King Hootus
Untitled (“Tumba Hooey. . .”)
Where Strange Gods Squall
A Glass of Vodka
The Post of the Sappy Slipper
After the Game
Sleeping Beauty
Untitled (“. . . the honor of Beffum”)
Weekly Short Story
The Thessalians
Ye College Days
The Reformation: A Dream

Detective Parodies
Unhand Me, Villain
Aha! Or the Mystery of the Queen’s Necklace
Halt! Who Goes There?
The Sappious Few Manchew
The Fastidious Fooey Mancucu
The Case of the College Toilet
Untitled story (“Hatrack!”)
The Werewolf Murder Case
The Tom Thumb Moider Mystery
The Toy Rattle Murder Case


Confessionals & Other Contemporary Fiction

A Matter of Age
The Curse of Greed
The Stones of Destiny
The Grove of Lovers

Revenge
The Rivals
Midnight
A South Sea Storm
The Sophisticate
The Voice of the Mob
A Horror in the Night
Pigskin Scholar
Diogenes of Today
The Devil in His Brain
The Loser
The Female of the Species
The Splendid Brute
The Nut’s Shell
Pay Day
A Touch of Color
Vengeance of a Woman
The Block
Nerve
Untitled story (“My name is San Culotte.”)
Ten Minutes on a Street Corner
Untitled story (“Yessuh”)


Commentary on the World

The Beast From the Abyss
With a Set of Rattlesnake Rattles
The Ghost of Camp Colorado
The Hashish Land
In His Own Image
The Sword
Musings
Jazz Music
What the Nation Owes the South
Le Gentil Homme Le Diable
The Question of the East
More Evidences of the Innate Goodness of Man
Sentiment
Surrender—Your Money or Your Vice
Them
Something About Eve
The Vicar of Wakefield
Circus Charade
Man
Legend

STRANGE DAYS: ALIENS, ADVENTURERS, DEVILS & DAMES POSTERBOOK
Now available!
Edited by Cathy & Arnie Fenner

The greatest cover paintings of the pulp era are collected in this lavish collection of amazing artwork. Featuring stunning works by pulp masters like Virgil Finlay, Hannes Bok,
Edd Cartier, Enoch Bolles, Rudolph Belarski, Margaret Brundage, Frank Schoonover, George Rozen and Walter Baumhoffer, these works range from the garish to the gothic. These large format, full color prints are suitable for framing and feature everything from sci-fi aliens and horror scenes to cheeky pin-ups and the Shadow.

Softcover, 11x15, 32 pages, Full Color, $17.95

Available from Bud Plant Comic Art.

Underwood Books



Upcoming Modern Hero-Pulp Novels by Christopher R. Yates
Lobster Johnson: Satan Factory, Thomas E. Sniegoski, Dark Horse, $12,95, July 8, 2009 - Now available!
Countdown: The Novel, Greg Cox, Ace, $15.00, July 7, 2009 - Now available!
The Calling, David Mack, Pocket, $15.00, July 21, 2009 - Now available!
The 4400: Welcome to Promise City, Greg Cox, Pocket Star, $7.99, July 28, 2009 - Now available!
Hunt Through the Cradle of Fear, Charles Ardai, Leisure Books, $6.99, August 1, 2009 - Now available!
Indiana Jones & the Army of the Dead, Steve Perry, Del Rey,  $7.99, September 29, 2009
Iron Man: Femmes Fatales, Robert Greenberger, Del Rey, $7.99, September 29, 2009
The Evil in Pemberley House, Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert, Subterranean Press, $40, Sept. 30, 2009
The Darkness: Volume 2, Kerri Hawkins, Top Cow, $6.99, September 30, 2009
Hellboy: The Ice Wolves, Mark Chadbourn, Dark Horse, $12.95, October 15, 2009
The 4400: Promises Broken, David Mack, Pocket Star, $7.99, October 27, 2009
Hunt at World’s End, Nicholas Kaufmann, Leisure Books, $6.99, October 27, 2009
The Sapphire Sirens,  John Zakour, DAW, $7.99, December 1, 2009
Wild Cards XX: Suicide Kings, ed. George R.R. Martin, Tor, $25.99, December 22, 2009

Iron Man: Virus,  Alexander Irvine, Del Rey, $7.99, January 26, 2010
Hunt Beyond the Frozen Fire, Christa Faust, Leisure Books, $6.99, February 1, 2010
Hunt Among the Killers of Men, David J. Schow, Leisure Books, $6.99, May 2010
Shades of Gray, Jackie Kessler & Caitlin Kittredge, Bantam/Spectra, $15, July 1, 2010
Hunt Through Napoleon's Web, Raymond Benson, Leisure Books, $6.99, August 2010

The Vampire Archives: The Most Complete Volume of Vampire Tales Ever Published
Coming  September 29th!
The Vampire Archives is the biggest, hungriest, undeadliest collection of vampire stories, as well as the most comprehensive bibliography of vampire fiction ever assembled. Dark, stormy, and delicious, once it sinks its teeth into you there’s no escape.

Vampires! Whether imagined by BramStroker or Anne Rice, they are part of the human lexicon and as old as blood itself. They are your neighbors, your friends, and they are always lurking. Now Otto Penzler—editor of the bestselling Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps—has compiled the darkest, the scariest, and by far the most evil collection of vampire stories ever.

With over eighty stories, including the works of Stephen King and D. H. Lawrence, alongside Lord Byron and Tanith Lee, not to mention Edgar Allan Poe and Harlan Ellison, The Vampire Archives will drive a stake through the heart of any other collection out there. Other contributors include: Arthur Conan Doyle, Ray Bradbury, Ambrose Bierce, H. P. Lovecraft, Harlan Ellison, Roger Zelazny,  Robert Bloch, and Clive Barker.

Trade Paperback, 1056 pages, $25
ISBN-10: 0307473899
ISBN-13: 978-0307473899

Vintage Crime/Black Lizard



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