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| Adventure House: The Darrell C.
Richardson Catalog Catalog #49a - Full sized b&w catalog - Catalog #49b - Full color auction/sales catalog To pre-order these catalogs, send us an email. You may purchase one or the other, or perhaps both. It's almost here! It's so close you can almost taste it. It's so big, we've had to split it into two different catalogs. Our main catalog will be almost 300 pages with 14,000 items and 1,500 b&w covers and will include the bulk of the sales items. ----$20.00 Our auction/sales catalog will be FULL COLOR! This catalog will include all the auction items, as well as those sales items that just needed to be displayed in full living color! ----$10.00 Order both for $30 and get free shipping. Shipping (United States ONLY) for a single catalog: $3.50 4th Class Book Rate $5.00 Flat Rate Priority Mail Envelope (If you live outside of the United States, please contact us for a quote.) Please note that these catalogs will have an effective sales date for a yet to be determined future, allowing all catalogs to be delivered and time to pour through all these great items. No want lists, or orders will be accepted from this catalog until that effective sales date is reached.
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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/category/age-of-aces-presents/ New this week: “The Squadron in Scarlet” by Donald E. Keyhoe from the November 1931 SKY BIRDS featuring “Cyclone” Bill Garrity and The Devildog Squadron For months the grim spectre of that German staffel had stalked up and down the Front, dropping its sinister messages of death upon British and French squadrons. And now at last it struck at the flying Marines. For out of the cloud mists over that Devildog drome a white-winged German plane swooped low, and from it came the threat of doom—a black coffin holding the body of a Devildog pilot. | |||||||||||||||
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of Adventure - Now available! The
SEA WRAITHS by Sean Ellis The first NEW NOVEL length Secret Agent X Thriller from the author of "Shroud of Heaven" Cargo ships are mysteriously
disappearing on the high seas. Dozens of men and millions
of dollars worth of cargo have been erased from existence.
Despite her concern over the long absence of Secret Agent X, Betty
Dale, star reporter of the Daily Herald, cannot resist the lure
of adventure and sets out to discover the secret of the shadowy villains
known as the Sea Wraiths. Meanwhile, in the City’s organized crime underworld, Nazi agents are hatching a plot to turn New York ’s capos into foot soldiers for the Third Reich, and threatening a quiet peace that has kept the streets free of violence. Will Secret Agent X emerge from hiding to thwart the machinations of Nazi spies? Or will he rescue his beloved Betty Dale from the clutches of….THE SEA WRAITHS! In order to promote The Sea Wraiths, Sean Ellis put one of his Secret Agent X short stories on his website. He also uploaded it to Smashbooks.com, which is an ebook service. So now instead of having to read the story off the webpage, you can download it to your Kindle (or whatever device you prefer) or to your computer to print. Check it out at: http://seanellisthrillers.webs.com/extras.htm |  | ||||||||||||||
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Book Cave - New podcast now available online! Episode 45: The
PhantomEpisode 46: Will Murray - New! Art and Ric have a nice talk with Will Murray on his carrer. Episode 44: The Destroyer Episode 43: Pulp Fanzines and Reprints Episode 42: A Few of Our Favorite Books Episode 41: Cyborg - The Six Million Dollar Man Episode 40: Perry Rhodan Episode 39: Comic Crusader Storybook Episode 38: Mark Waid's Irredeemable! Episode 37: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Master of Adventure Episode 36: Van Allen Plexico is Assembled! Visit The Book Cave website at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/ | |||||||||||||||
| Buck
Rogers: 70th Anniversary Edition DVD - Arriving
November 24th! VCI Entertainment will release Buck Rogers: 70th Anniversary Edition DVD on 11/24 (SRP $29.99). The classic 1939 serial has been remastered from the 35mm negative, and will come with a rare 1933 Buck Rogers short, three video features (The History of Buck Rogers by Clifford Weimer, Buster Crabbe: The All-American Hero and video of the 80th Anniversary Buck Rogers Panel at this past Comic-Con), liner notes by author Hank Davis, a photo gallery and the original theatrical trailer. Preserved in a state of suspended animation for 500 years by the Nirvano gas in the gondola of their dirigible wrecked in the arctic ice wastes, Buck Rogers (Buster Crabbe) and Buddy (Jackie Moran) are rescued by scientists in the year 2500 to find the world under the despotic rule of Killer Kane (Anthony Warde) and his super gangsters. Using an arsenal of fantastic weapons created in Dr. Huer's (C. Montague Shaw) clandestine laboratory, the group attempts to seek aid from the planet Saturn to oust the tyrannical ruler only to find that his henchmen have already taken over control of the Prince of Saturn. After several harrowing adventures with the Zugg men, Buck and Buddy return to Earth only to be shot down, imprisoned and finally rescued to participate in a spectacular air battle to wrest control of the Universe from the sinister intergalactic despot. |  | ||||||||||||||
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| CLASSICON 36 - Pulp, Paperback and
Glamour Art Show - November 7,
2009! CLASSICON 36, a Pulp, Paperback and Glamour Art Show will take place on November 7, 2009! Thousands of collectable old Pulp Magazines, Digests, Paperbacks, and Comics available for sale or trade! Calendars, Pinups, and Glamour Art Magazines! Original Paperback Artwork from the 1950s & 1960s! 10 AM - 4 PM $3.00 Admission $25 for a Dealer Table 35 Tables of Goodies UNIVERSITY QUALITY INN 3121 EAST GRAND RIVER LANSING, MI Just off US-127, Exit 78 More information is available at our website: http://www.curiousbooks.com Please feel free to call Ray Walsh if you have any questions at Curious Book Shop, (517) 332-0112 | |||||||||||||||
| CONAN
THE CIMMERIAN #15 - Arriving in comic shops November 4th!
Written by Timothy Truman, art by Paul Lee, cover by Joseph Michael Linsner. Ten thousand years before Conan disturbed the forbidden Temple of Set, princess Akivasha -- daughter to the first great ruler of Stygia -- was transformed into a vampire and cursed to haunt its halls forever. Her pampered years of hedonistic pleasure behind her, the beautiful Akivasha spent centuries with desiccated mummies and skittering monsters, as a deep loneliness grew within her. Now, something has awakened her from tedious ages of boredom. She immediately senses Conan's power and vitality when he steals into the temple, and she vows to take this Cimmerian warrior as her loveror at least have a good time killing him! Spinning out of Robert E. Howard's Hour of the Dragon novel comes the untold tale of Akivasha, the title character to Howard's "I Am the Woman Who Never Died" chapter. 40 pages, $2.99 Dark Horse Comics |  | ||||||||||||||
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Novels - New Yahoo newsgroup! There is a new Yahoo newsgroup dedicated to the dime novels and story papers of the late 19th century to the early 20th century.All genres[westerns, adventure, sports, mystery, science fiction ] and authors may be discussed. Dime novels and story papers were the inspiration for both comic books and pulps. Visit the Dime Novels website to join in today! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dimenovels/ | |||||||||||||||
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Savage - Film news! Ain't It Cool News is reporting that Shane Black is going to be writing a script for DOC SAVAGE, which Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (who recently wrote the new Star Trek and both Transformers movies) are producing. The announcement states that Doc will not be separated from the 1930s, will include the Fabulous Five, and the film will be an original Doc Savage story that attempts to encapsulate the feeling of the whole collection of Lester Dent's work. Ain't It Cool News | |||||||||||||||
| Doc Savage -
Now available! A HISTORY OF THE DOC SAVAGE ADVENTURES IN PULPS, PAPERBACKS, COMICS, FANZINES, RADIO & FILM HC Writer: Robert Michael "Bobb" Cotter Doc Savage is not only the prototype of the modern fictional superhero; he was also a seminal force in creating multimedia crossovers. The character exploded onto the scene in 1933, with the Great Depression and the gathering clouds of war as a cultural backdrop. The series is examined in relation to historic events and changing audience tastes, with special attention on the horror and science-fiction elements. The artwork features illustrations, covers, and original art. Hard Cover, 7x10, 240 to 250 pages, $55 Publisher: McFarland
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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! "The Curious Luck of the Earl of Pugwash" by H. Bedford-Jones from SHORT STORIES, February 10, 1942 Dennis Earle, a Canadian flyer during WWII, visits London during the German bombings and has an adventure. "G-Man Heat" by Milton Lowe from THRILLING DETECTIVE, December, 1938 Frank Craig, Postal Inspector, Barges Head-On into a Malicious Racket where Murder is Just a Starter! | |||||||||||||||
| Now accepting
orders for A HISTORY OF THE DOC SAVAGE ADVENTURES! A
History of the Doc Savage Adventures in Pulps, Paperbacks, Comics, Now accepting pre-orders for THE SILVER PYRAMID! Fanzines, Radio and Film Fantom Press is now taking preorders on the signed book plate edition of Bobb Cotter’s book, A History of the Doc Savage Adventures in Pulps, Paperbacks, Comics, Fanzines, Radio and Film. The book is at the printer now and should be shipping by month’s end. Thanks to Bobb’s, generosity, the profits from the sales will go to the continuing effort to help Bob Larkin. The books are cover price $55.00 + $6.00 insured media mail within the US, or add $13.00 for insured Priority Mail. Foreign buyers will need to email me for the proper postage costs. Book plates will be signed and numbered with numbers assigned on a first come, first served basis. PayPal is welcome at docsavagefan@yahoo.com, or by mail. If you want to mail payment, just drop me an email and I’ll make sure your place is safe in line. Doc Savage: The Silver Pyramid Fantom Press just made a deal with artists Andy and Adam Kubert, as well as writer Denny O’Neil to sign bookplates for their upcoming graphic novel from DC, Doc Savage: The Silver Pyramid. The graphic novel collects the trios 4 issue mini series from 1987 and retails at $19.99 + $4.00 insured Media Mail or $7.50 insured Priority mail with the US. The books are scheduled for mid January 2010 and preorders are being taken with numbers being assigned like above. Check out the new Fantom Press website devoted to these projects at www.fantompress.net It’s just in its infancy, but you can stop by and see the new projects as well as some of the other items that are for sale on Bob Larkin’s behalf. Over the next couple of months, I’ll have the retail side of the site up and running, but for now, you can keep sending payments to the old same place. Here’s my mailing address for those who don’t have it: Terry Allen 16921 Kara Ln Lake Oswego, OR 97035-4580 |
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PULP DOUBLES VOLUME 13: THE SPIDER - Now available! By Grant Stockbridge This trade paperback reprints two action-packed, 1930s and 40s adventures of the pulp-era hero The Spider. The stories are complete including the original pulp black-and-white illustrations and full-color covers. This issue contains "The Grey Horde Creeps" (#54 March 1938) and "The Howling Death" (#112 January 1943). Paperback, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95 We're
now taking subs for 2010 at $50 including s&h. (within North America)
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Hart R. I. P. John Hart (1917-2009), the man known as the “other” Lone Ranger, passed away Sunday, September 20, 2009 with his family at his side. His long career in films began in the Cecil B DeMille production of The Bucaneer in 1938. Playing bit parts until his enlistment in the War in 1941, he returned to Hollywood and won the role of Jack Armstrong in 1947 for Jack Armstrong: The All-American Boy . The departure of Clayton Moore from the Lone Ranger TV series led to his being cast in 1953 as the Masked Man for 54 episodes. With the return of Moore, he continued to act on television in the highly popular Hawkeye and The Last of the Mohicans with Lon Chaney. A 1955 Columbia serial cast him as Captain Africa , which originally was written as a Phantom project. He continued to act until 1982, with his last two appearances as the Lone Ranger on Happy Days and The Greatest American Superhero. Behind the scenes he worked on QuincyM.E. (which starred Jack Klugman), and produced educational films. The last years of his life were spent in Rosarita, New Mexico overlooking the beach he surfed as a young man. In addition to his wife of 52 years, Beryl, Hart is survived by his daughter, Robyn Proiette. Donations may be made to Rancho Del Nino Nueva Vida, a Rosarito Beach-area orphanage, through Cha Cha's Angels at www.rosaritoangels.org. Source: The Scoop | |||||||||||||||
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in the 1960s: An Issue by Issue Field Guide to a Pop Culture Phenomenon By Pierre Comtois Marvel Comics in the 1960s takes the reader from the legendary company’s first fumbling beginnings as helmed by savvy editor/writer Stan Lee to the full maturity of its wild, colorful, offbeat grandiosity. With the history of Marvel Comics in the 1960’s divided into three distinct phases, the author explains just how Lee, Kirby, Ditko, et al created a line of comic books that, while grounded in the traditional elements of panel to panel storytelling invented early in the twentieth century, broke through the juvenile mind-set of a low brow industry and provided the most vibrantly creative, tumultuous, decade of the twentieth century with a tapestry of full blown pop-culture icons! Trade Paperback, 224 pages, $27.95 (On sale for $23.76) TwoMorrows | |||||||||||||||
| Moonstone Books:
THE PHANTOM: GHOST WHO WALKS #6 Arriving in comic shops November 4th! Written by Mike Bullock, art by Silvestri Syzilagyi, colors by Bob Pedroza. Covers by Joe Corroney and Syzilagyi/Stephen Downer. "Return of The Eastern Dark" Pt II of II. Can the Phantom uncover the mystery of The Eastern Dark in time to save Jaime from a horrific death, or will he be too late? One thing is for sure, either way our hero is in for some pain! The Joe Corroney cover fits together with the previous issue's cover to form one picture! Bonus: The serialized Phantom prose back-ups continue this issue. 32 pages, $3.99 Moonstone Books |  | ||||||||||||||
| Paizo
Publishing - Now available! The Ship of Ishtar by A. Merritt, with an introduction by Tim Powers Explorer John Kenton returns from a lifetime of wanderings and the wreckage of World War I to discover a mysterious block of Babylonian basalt containing a crystal model of an ancient ship—the Ship of Ishtar! The sultry magic of the fabled ship draws Kenton into its dreamworld, where a strange crew plucked from the ages sails in a lushly imagined mystical seascape. At the fore of the ship is Sharane, beautiful, proud, luxurious priestess instilled with the power of Ishtar, goddess of Love, Wrath, and Vengeance. On the prow broods inhuman Klaneth, infused with the essence of Negal, god of the Underworld. Kenton finds himself in a cosmic struggle of wills between them sixty centuries in the making! Will he claim Sharane and take command the Ship of Ishtar, or will its mysterious power take command of him? Science fiction legend Abraham Merrit was a giant of the early 20th century, inspiring the lush language and mystical subjects of authors like H.P. Lovecraft, C.L. Moore, Clark Ashton Smith, and others. In his day he was among the most famous authors in America, with his books selling millions of copies, but today he is mostly forgotten. Planet Stories presents the triumphant return of a true master of fantasy, A. Merritt! Introduction by Tim Powers (The Anubis Gates, The Stress of Her Regard). 336-page softcover trade paperback ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-177-0 $14.99 Paizo Publications - Planet Stories |  | ||||||||||||||
| 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 ROBERT LESLIE BELLEM MAGAZINE by Robert Leslie Bellem Contents:
Order Here ERIC OF AZTALAN by Ralph Milne Farley Contents: Eric of Aztalan Pe-Ra, Daughter of the Sun The Time-Wise Guy The Danger From the Deep The Invisible Bomber Trade paperback, 7x10, 126 pages, $15 Order Here Pulpville Press |   | ||||||||||||||
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| Age of Aces -
Coming in November! Coming in November From Age of Aces Books, "Satan's Playmates: The Adventures of Molloy and McNamara" Mike Molloy and Tommy McNamara were the "Twin Terrors of the Western Front". They flew as if they had been born in Spads, they drank like thirsty whales, and they'd fought by each other's side through every mile of air along the lines and in every bar from the Front to Paris. If there were no more pressing targets, they pounded each other to a pulp, for any reason at all, and were strangely happy. Leading the 24th Pursuit Squadron across WWI Europe's blood red skies, Molloy and McNamara were the bane of the German Air Force. Their names and reputations were known wherever fighting men met with blazing guns or flying fists. Written by William Hartley, the twenty tales of Molloy and McNamara appeared in Dare-Devil Aces between 1936 and 1942. Age of Aces has collected the first eleven of them for this volume. | ||||||||
| 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/category/age-of-aces-presents/ New this week: “The Varnishing Americans” by Joe Archibald from the February 1934 SKY BIRDS featuring Elmer Hubbard If you thought Elmer Hubbard and Pokey Cook were a couple of wild Indians before, just wait until you see them with their war paint and feathers on! Even C.O. Mulligan had to listen to their war whoops with a smile. | ||||||||
| ALTER
EGO #92 presents Sword-and-Sorcery in the Comics, Part 3! -
Coming in March 2010! Behind a fantastic painted cover by Conan the Adventurer artist RAFAEL KAYANAN, we shine the spotlight on DC’s Sword of Sorcery by O’NEIL, CHAYKIN, & SIMONSON and Claw the Unconquered by MICHELINIE & CHAN—Charlton’s Hercules by GLANZMAN—Gold Key’s Dagar the Invincible by GLUT & SANTOS—plus Marvel S&S art by BUSCEMA, KANE, KAYANAN, WRIGHTSON, et al.—and JACK KATZ on his S&S classic First Kingdom (interviewed by JIM AMASH)! Plus FCA, MICHAEL T. GILBERT, BILL SCHELLY, STEVE GERBER’s fan-creations (part 3)—and more! Edited by Roy Thomas. Magazine, 100 pages, $6.95 TwoMorrows |  | |||||||
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books Coming early November! 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  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
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Tollin's Sanctum Books Coming early November! 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  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
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| Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books Coming early November! 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 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
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Tollin's Sanctum Books Coming early November! THE
WHISPERER Volume 2: "Six Pyramids of Death" & "Mansion of the Missing"
"He knows no law but Justice!" The secret life of
Police Commissioner James Gordon is revealed in two thrilling novels by Doc Savage
ghost Laurence Donovan writing as "Clifford Goodrich." First, one by one, the
possessors of "The Six Pyramids of Death" fall victim to a silent killer. Can
The Whisperer solve this deadly riddle? Then, when the home of a prominent judge
is turned into a house of horror, Wildcat Gordon decides that The Whisperer must
return from the dead to haunt "The Mansion of the Missing." BONUS: a Norgil the
Magician story by The Shadow's Walter Gibson. This historic collector's item showcases
the original covers by legendary illustrator Tom Lovell and Spider cover artist
John Newton Howitt, classic interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical
commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-004-5 Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95  1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class
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| Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books Coming in early January! DOC
SAVAGE Volume 33: "Quest of Qui" and "The Devil's Playground" The
pulp era's greatest superhero returns in two supernatural pulp novels by Lester
Dent and Alan Hathway writing as "Kenneth Robeson." After Johnny Littlejohn vanishes
while trailing a centuries-old Viking ship that materialized off Long Island,
Doc Savage journeys to Labrador on a "Quest of Qui." Then, the Man of Bronze and
his Iron Men journey to the Michigan North Woods to investigate tomahawk attacks
and a murderous Indian spirit known as Michabou in "The Devil's Playground." This
deluxe pulp reprint leads off with Walter M. Baumhofer's iconic portrait of Doc
Savage, and features Paul Orban's original interior illustrations and behind-the-scenes
commentary by Will Murray, writer of seven Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Books)
978-1-60877-015-1 Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95DOC SAVAGE VOLUME 33 is solicited in the November PREVIEWS (Available October 28th). The Diamond Item Code is NOV091065. 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
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Tollin's Sanctum Books Coming in early January! DOC
SAVAGE Volume 33: "Quest of Qui" and "The Devil's Playground" The
pulp era's greatest superhero returns in two supernatural pulp novels by Lester
Dent and Alan Hathway writing as "Kenneth Robeson." After Johnny Littlejohn vanishes
while trailing a centuries-old Viking ship that materialized off Long Island,
Doc Savage journeys to Labrador in a "Quest of Qui." Then, the Man of Bronze and
his Iron Men journey to the Michigan North Woods to investigate tomahawk attacks
and a murderous Indian spirit known as Michabou in "The Devil's Playground." This
deluxe pulp reprint showcases one of James Bama's greatest Doc Savage paintings,
and also features the original pulp covers by Walter M. Baumhofer and Emery Clarke,
Paul Orban's original interior illustrations and behind-the-scenes commentary
by Will Murray, writer of seven Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-016-8
Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95 JAMES BAMA cover variant DOC SAVAGE VOLUME 33 is solicited in the November PREVIEWS (Available October 28th). The Diamond Item Code is NOV091066. 1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
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Tollin's Sanctum Books Coming in early January! THE
SHADOW Volume 34: "The Blackmail Ring" & "Murder for Sale" "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!
The Master of Darkness investigates criminal conspiracies in two classic pulp
thrillers by Walter B. Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." First, The Shadow follows
a bloody trail of extortion and murder that leads from the back alleys of Paris
to the country homes of New England to confront "The Blackmail Ring" in a 1932
thriller, the earliest never-reprinted adventure of the Dark Avenger. Then, a
bizarre series of Philadelphia murders sets Kent Allard on the trail of another
"finger" of the deadly criminal organization called the Hand. This instant
collector's item showcases both of George Rozen's color pulp covers and all the
original interior illustrations, with commentary by pulp historian Will Murray.
(Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-014-4 Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95THE SHADOW VOLUME 34 is solicited in the November PREVIEWS (Available October 28th). The Diamond Item Code is NOV091069. 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
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SAVAGE SPECIAL #1 - Coming November 11th! 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 DC Comics |  | |||||||
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The Book Cave - New podcast now available
online! Episode 44: The
DestroyerEpisode 45: The Phantom - New! David Luhn joins Art Sippo and Ric as they go through the history of the Phantom. Art Sippo and Ric present an audio rundown with commentary of last weeks Coming Attractions. Plus, the first Book of the Month Club selection is announced. Episode 43: Pulp Fanzines and Reprints Episode 42: A Few of Our Favorite Books Episode 41: Cyborg - The Six Million Dollar Man Episode 40: Perry Rhodan Episode 39: Comic Crusader Storybook Episode 38: Mark Waid's Irredeemable! Episode 37: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Master of Adventure Episode 36: Van Allen Plexico is Assembled! Visit The Book Cave website at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/ | ||||||||
| BUCK
ROGERS #5 - Arriving in comic shops October 28th! 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 as Buck comes to grips with his strange new reality. Dynamite Entertainment | ||||||||
| BUCK ROGERS
#8 - Coming in January! Writer: Scott Beatty; Artist: Carlos Lopez; Covers: Carlos Rafael (75%), John Watson (25%) In “The Space Beneath: Part 2 (of 2)” Buck goes underground on the trail of his captured ship as he despearalty fights for a hope of home! 32 pages, Full Color, $3.50 Dynamite Entertainment BUCK ROGERS #8 is solicited in the November PREVIEWS (Available October 28th). The Diamond Item Code is NOV090731. | ||||||||
| Centipede Press:
MASTERS OF THE WEIRD TALE: WILLIAM HOPE HODGSON This massive collection features all of Hodgson's most important novels including The House on the Borderland, The Ghost Pirates, The Night Land, and The Boats of the Glen Carig. In addition, there are twenty of Hodgson's best tales and the finest drawings, new and old, by renowned illustrator Stephen Fabian, as well as sterling color and black and white work by Hannes Bok and Ian Miller. If you are interested, you can email Centipede Press for a table of contents in PDF format. Cloth in slipcase - $395 Centipede Press | ||||||||
| THE CHRONICLES OF KULL VOLUME 2: THE HELL
BENEATH - Coming in April! Dark Horse Comics presents the exciting second volume of The Chronicles of Kull, which completes the Kull the Conqueror run with issue #10—written by Gerry Conway and drawn by Marie Severin— and launches Kull the Destroyer, featuring the creative talents of such esteemed creators as Roy Thomas, Mike Ploog, Alfredo Alcala, and Ed Hannigan! This action-packed tome details Kull's surprising exile from Valusia and his return to Atlantis, where he faces the deadly Kraken, winged demons, and the god of flame and frost! In these uncertain times for the former King of Valusia, Kull finds allies among enemies and fiends among those he would once have called friends! Contents: Kull the Conqueror #10 and Kull the Destroyer #11 through #20 in their original colors, digitally cleaned and remastered! Writers: Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, Steve Englehart, and Doug Moench Art: Marie Severin, Mike Ploog, Ed Hannigan, and Alfredo Alcala ISBN: 1-59582-439-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-439-4 Price: $18.95 (CAN: $23.99) Dark Horse Books, 7x10, 200 pages |  | |||||||
| CONAN THE
CIMMERIAN #18 - Coming in January! Written by Timothy Truman, penciled by Truman and Tomas Giorello, colored by Jose Villarrubia, cover by Joseph Michael Linsner. "Free Companions," part 3 of 3. Defying Yasmela's orders, Conan sets himself on a runaway course that will end his time fighting with the combined forces of Amalric's mercenaries, the Khorajan army, and Julion of Koth's rebel soldiers. Our newest issue marks a turning point in Conan's career as a sword for hire, when he and his comrades find themselves without work or direction. An old battle wound threatens the life of Amalric, the leader of the restless mercenaries, and the rekindled affair between Princess Yasmela and Prince Julion continues to enrage Conan -- who must take action in order to save face. This original tale explores events alluded to in Robert E. Howard's Conan tales, taking place right after Dark Horse's Black Colossus story arc and building to the birth of Conan's "Free Companions"! 40 pages, $2.99, in stores on January 20. Dark Horse Comics CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #18 is solicited in the November PREVIEWS (Available October 28th). The Diamond Item Code is NOV090030. |  | |||||||
| 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! | ||||||||
| E-texts on the net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks Shadow review is "The Hydra" from December 1, 1942. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "No Guns Needed" by Robert Sidney Bowen from THE LONE EAGLE, April, 1937 A Green Kid Pilot Earns an Apology from a Hard-Flying, Hun-Dogging Veteran! "Slug Sense" by Lt. Frank Johnson from SKY FIGHTERS, July, 1935 Pilot Sam Bowen Carried a Chip on His Shoulder Whenever Jim Ryan Was Around! "Swing & Slay" by Lawrence Treat from TEN DETECTIVE ACES, March, 1941 Young Detective Bullitt was a fellow passenger of Death. For a corpse rode on that elevated train with him. Bullitt had to change his plans to fit terror's timetable - and the temper of a dark-eyed exotic girl. | ||||||||
| ELRIC VOLUME 5: IN THE DREAM REALMS -
Arriving in book stores October 27th! By Michael Moorcock with illustrations by Michael Wm. Kaluta The albino warrior Elric, emperor of the decadent kingdom of Melnibone, is one of the best known and most influential characters in the history of fantasy. Lush illustrations bring to life his continuing adventures in this new omnibus volume, which includes the novel The Fortress of the Pearl, a selection of classic artwork from early appearances of the Elric stories, and a Foreword by Neil Gaiman, as well as Gaiman's Elric tribute story, "One Life, Furnished in Early Moorcock." Trade Paperback , 5x8, 480 pages, B&W (5 of 6) SRP: $16.00 Del Rey |  | |||||||
| Gabriel
Hunt: HUNT AT WORLD'S END - Arriving in book stores October 27th! Co-authored by Stoker Award finalist Nicholas Kaufmann, this never-before-published tale takes Gabriel from his home in New York City to the jungles of Borneo, on the trail of a missing graduate student and three legendary gemstones of interest to an ancient Hittite cult. Despite being ancient, the cult is still very much an active force in the world, as Gabriel discovers en route to an underwater tomb off the coast of Turkey, the belly of a ship sailing the Indian Ocean, and a showdown in the forbidding Kalahari Desert. If you'd like a taste of of the story, you can find a sample chapter (and the book's smashing cover art, by Glen Orbik) at our Web site: www.HuntForAdventure.com. And if you'd like to get your hands on a copy of the book, you can either visit your favorite local bookseller next week (forward-thinking booksellers might even have some copies out on their shelves already), or order it online, or call 1-800-481-9191 and get a copy shipped to you by mail. WORLD'S END will be the last new Hunt yarn to appear this year -- but Gabriel will be back in 2010 with three more adventures, starting with HUNT BEYOND THE FROZEN FIRE in April. That one's co-authored by Edgar and Anthony Award finalist (and Scribe Award winner) Christa Faust, and it takes Gabriel to the ultimate adventure destination: Antarctica! You'll be hearing more about that one soon, as well as about Gabriel's ongoing adventures in Hollywood (could we see a Hunt movie some day?). First things first, though: grab a copy of HUNT AT WORLD'S END, settle down in front of a roaring fire (or at least a warm radiator), and get ready for a pulp adventure that'll...well, hopefully not actually stop your heart, but definitely make your pulse pound. Leisure Books ISBN-10: 0843962453 ISBN-13: 978-0843962451 $6.99 |  | |||||||
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| Hippocampus Press
- Coming in 2010! I AM PROVIDENCE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF H. P. LOVECRAFT by S. T. Joshi In 1996, S. T. Joshi's H. P. Lovecraft: A Life was published to universal acclaim. Joyce Carol Oates called it the "definitive" biography, and it won the British Fantasy Award and the Horror Write Sers Association Award. But that 1996 edition was abridged from the manuscript that Joshi wrote in 1993-95; in all, more than 150,000 words were cut for space reasons. Hippocampus Press is proud to present the complete, uncut edition of Joshi's biography, I AM PROVIDENCE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF H. P. LOVECRAFT. In addition to restoring every word of Joshi's original manuscript, the entire text has been thoroughly revised and updated in light of the new information on Lovecraft that has emerged since 1996. As such, this book can now truly be said to be the definitive biography of H. P. Lovecraft, written by the world's leading authority on Lovecraft. Readers will find countless details about Lovecraft's life and work not included in the earlier edition, along with important updates on new publications by and about Lovecraft in the last 15 years and on Lovecraft's increasing worldwide reputation. This book constitutes S. T. Joshi's final word on Lovecraft the man, the writer, and the thinker. I AM PROVIDENCE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF H. P. LOVECRAFT will be published as a limited edition two-volume hardcover set, with Smythe-sewn signatures and illustrated dust wrappers. All Hippocampus Press limited editions are printed on 60# white offset paper, acid free and elemental chlorine free. I AM PROVIDENCE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF H. P. LOVECRAFT is now being made available through this advance subscription. Order now to secure your copy. I AM PROVIDENCE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF H. P. LOVECRAFT by S. T. Joshi June 2010 ISBN 978-0-9824296-7-9 2 volumes (individual volumes not sold separately) Limited Trade Cloth: $100.00 http://www.hippocampuspress.com | ||||||||
| THE LONE RANGER
#20 - Coming in January! Writer: Brett Mathews; Penciller/Inker: Sergio Cariello; Covers: John Cassaday Resolve, Part 4: The Ranger confides in Loring, and Cavendish makes a momentous move, after another trip to Church! 32 pages, Full Color, $3.50 Dynamite Entertainment THE LONE RANGER #20 is solicited in the November PREVIEWS (Available October 28th). The Diamond Item Code is NOV090734. | ||||||||
| Mike
Chomko - October / November 2009 newsletter is now available! Mike's October / November 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 Mike has also establish a website where you can download his current and past newsletters. The website is located at http://sites.google.com/site/mikechomkobooks/ | ||||||||
| Moonstone Books: AIRFIGHTERS
#1 - Coming in January! Written by Chuck Dixon and Tom DeFalco, art by Oscar Celestini, covers by Tom Grindberg and Rob Schwager. It¹s an all out air war as Dixon, DeFalco and Celestini rev up Airboy and his Airfighters' return to the comic page! This 72-page extravaganza features the all new high-flying exploits of Airboy and his revamped compatriots in their very first Moonstone appearance: Skywolf, Black Angel, Flying Dutchman, Iron Ace, Bald Eagle, and the Flying Fool! Plus, a special first tale of Moonstone's Captain Midnight! 72 pages, black and white, $5.99. Moonstone Books AIRFIGHTERS #1 is solicited in the November PREVIEWS (Available October 28th). The Diamond Item Code is NOV090872. |  | |||||||
| Moonstone
Books: THE PHANTOM, JULIE WALKER: RACE AGAINST DEATH
Coming in January! Written by Elizabeth Massie, art by Paul Daly, colors by Stephen Downer, covers by J. Anthony Kosar, JD and Daly. Two time Bram Stoker winner and Buffy novelist Elizabeth Massie delivers a previously unknown adventure tale of danger on the high seas of the only female Phantom that Lee Falk ever created! Julie Walker is forced to take over the Phantom role and guard her friend, Nellie Bly on her historic trip around the world! Something or someone does not want Ms. Nellie to finish this record-breaking trek! 40 pages, $4.50. Moonstone Books THE PHANTOM: JULIE WALKER is solicited in the November PREVIEWS (Available October 28th). The Diamond Item Code is NOV090875. |  | |||||||
| Moonstone
Books: PHANTOM DOUBLE SHOT #2: KGB NOIR -
Coming in January! Written by Mike Bullock, Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith, art by Fernano Peniche, cover by Dennis Calero. A special Noir mini-series starring The Phantom with tectonic tie-in tales featuring Moonstone Books¹ best and brightest stars! After the events in #1, The Phantom falls into an explosive situation that may cost him his life, and begin the end of the world! The Hammer falls on The Phantom this issue! And in the second feature: Kolchak the Night Stalker tangles with a KGB up close and personal! 24 pages, black and white, $2.99. Moonstone Books PHANTOM DOUBLE SHOT #2 is solicited in the November PREVIEWS (Available October 28th). The Diamond Item Code is NOV090874. |  | |||||||
| Moonstone
Books: THE SPIDER #4 - Coming in January! Written by Robin Wayne Bailey, art by Cortney Skinner, cover by Gary Carbon. Join sci-fi/fantasy novelist Robin Wayne Bailey in "Death Votes Twice!" It's election year in NYC, however, someone isn't satisfied with casting votes. They're casting bombs! No one is safe from the monster city newspapers call The Chaos-Maker, as a bomb destroys the state capitol! When a young New York senator is killed, the city turns to Richard Wentworth for help. But the title of Senator can only complicate Wentworth's life because, as ever in times of trouble and danger, he must become -- The Spider! 32 pages, black and white with grayscale, $3.50. Moonstone Books THE SPIDER #4 is solicited in the November PREVIEWS (Available October 28th). The Diamond Item Code is NOV090878. |  | |||||||
| Pulpville
Press - Now available! CAPTAIN FLY-BY-NIGHT by Johnston McCulley Famed as the creator and author of Zorro, McCulley wrote a novel in a similar vein which was published in 1916 and subsequently made into a silent film. Captain Fly-By-Night was stirring up trouble in California between the red men and the white. Rojelio Rocha, betrothed by his parents to Anita Fernandez, heads to San Diego for his marriage. All three end up in a rollicking historical drama of Southern California life in the early 1800's. Hardcover, 182 pages, $29.95 Order Here THE RADIO FLYERS by Ralph Milne Farley Eric Redmond and his partner, Angus Selkirk, start on their flight for the North Pole with high hopes--and no suspicion of the amazing adventures that await them inside the Earth. Trade paperback, 7x10, 122 pages, $14.95 Order Here Pulpville Press |   | |||||||
| 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/ | ||||||||
| QUEEN
SONJA #1 -
Arriving in comic shops October 28th! Writer: Joshua Ortega; Penciller/Inker: Mel Rubi, Lucio Parillo; Cover: Mel Rubi RED SONJA LIVES! Dynamite Entertainment presents a bold new direction for the mother of all warriors, Red Sonja! Under the direction of writer Joshua (Death Dealer) Ortega, QUEEN SONJA #1 also features the return of artist Mel Rubi! Sonja finds herself with more than she bargained for as she takes the throne of her homelands! This first issue also features bonus pages of Red Sonja material, including an all-new Red Sonja short story! 48 pages for $2.99! Dynamite Entertainment |  | |||||||
| QUEEN SONJA
#4 - Coming in January! Writer: Joshua Ortega; Penciller/Inker: Mel Rubi Covers: Mel Rubi (25%), Lucio Parillo (50%), Jackson Herbert (25%) 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 #4 is solicited in the November PREVIEWS (Available October 28th). The Diamond Item Code is NOV090729. | ||||||||
| THE ROOK - Volume
Four by Barry Reese - Now available! "Max Davies - the masked vigilante known as The Rook - returns in six new tales of blazing pulp action! The Rook's never-ending war against the forces of darkness takes him into desperate battle against undead assassins, ghostly pirates, extra-dimensional devil-spawn, a power-mad megalomaniac, and a squadron of Nazi vampires, until - deep in the heart of Berlin - he faces the twisted Master of the Third Reich himself! Author Barry Reese (Guan-Yin and the Horrors of Skull Island, Savage Tales of Ki-Gor) once again keeps you on the edge of your seat in these two-fisted tales!" Cover Art by Norm Breyfogle and Interior Art by Storn Cook. 6" x 9" Trade Paperback, 176 pages, $11.95 Available at Amazon.com |  | |||||||
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 'paranoia' sci-fi novel into a spectacular six issue limited series. You won¹t think of alien contact in the same way, ever again. MARTIANS
GO HOME #1 was solicited in the October PREVIEWS.
The Diamond Item Code is OCT090014. It is not too late to reserve a copy at your local comic shop! Three page preview at: http://www.sequentialpulpcomics.com/
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| SOLOMON KANE: DEATH'S BLACK RIDERS #1
- Coming in January! Written by Scott Allie, penciled by Mario Guevara, colored by Juan Ferreyra, cover by Darick Robertson. Taking place after the events in Solomon Kane: The Castle of the Devil‹but written to stand on its own‹this new series delves deep into the horrors scattered throughout Germany's Black Forest. When Kane comes across gypsies being terrorized by roving bandits, he's not sure what's worse‹the bandits who wish to rob and rape innocent travelers or the evils that spew forth from the forest, intent on killing every man and woman around! With creature designs by Eisner Award-winning artist Guy Davis, this series uses Robert E. Howard's "Death's Black Riders" fragment and the "Rattle of Bones" short story as springboards to launch into a suspenseful and terrifying new excursion with Howard's troubled Puritan hero. 32 pages, $3.50, in stores on January 13. Dark Horse Comics SOLOMON KANE: DEATH'S BLACK RIDERS #1 is solicited in the November PREVIEWS (Available October 28th). The Diamond Item Code is NOV090029. |  | |||||||
| Tantor Media: KULL: EXILE
OF ATLANTIS - Rescheduled for January 2010! By Robert E. Howard; Narrated by Todd McLaren This groundbreaking collection brings together all of Howard's stories featuring Kull: "Exile of Atlantis," "The Shadow Kingdom," "The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune," "The Cat and the Skull," "The Screaming Skull of Silence," "The Striking of the Gong," "The Altar and the Scorpion," "The Curse of the Golden Skull," "By This Axe I Rule!" "Swords of the Purple Kingdom," "The King and the Oak," and "Kings of the Night." Tantor Media, Inc. | ||||||||
| TARZAN ARCHIVES: THE JESSE MARSH YEARS VOLUME
5 - Coming in March! Written by Gaylord DuBois, art by Jesse Marsh. In this volume, Tarzan fends off a scientist's unnaturally sized jungle animals; protects Cathne, "the city of gold," and its people from Tommy-gun-toting gangsters; outwits treacherous witch doctors and a truck-sized spider; discovers Egyptian ruins; and evades the dinosaurs of the lost land of Pal-ul-don while hunting for their eggs. The familiar faces of Boy, Jane, and Lieutenant Paul D'Arnot, a character fashioned after Jesse Marsh himself, and the recurring character Dr. MacWhirtle, a famed and eccentric paleontologist, is introduced for the first time! 240 pages, $49.99, in stores on March 10 Dark Horse Comics TARZAN ARCHIVES VOLUME 5 is solicited in the November PREVIEWS (Available October 28th). The Diamond Item Code is NOV090036. |  | |||||||
| ZORRO
#20 - Coming in January! Writer: Matt Wagner; Artist: Francesco Francavilla; Covers: Matt Wagner (75%), John K. Snyder III (25%) Zorro continues to wage war and chaos against the bullying oppressors of California, but those in command have had enough of the rogue and plot desperately to destroy him and his crusade once and for all! 32 pages, Full Color, $3.50 Dynamite Entertainment ZORRO #20 is solicited in the November PREVIEWS (Available October 28th). The Diamond Item Code is NOV090733. | ||||||||
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| Age of Aces -
Coming in November! Coming in November From Age of Aces Books, "Satan's Playmates: The Adventures of Molloy and McNamara" Mike Molloy and Tommy McNamara were the "Twin Terrors of the Western Front". They flew as if they had been born in Spads, they drank like thirsty whales, and they'd fought by each other's side through every mile of air along the lines and in every bar from the Front to Paris. If there were no more pressing targets, they pounded each other to a pulp, for any reason at all, and were strangely happy. Leading the 24th Pursuit Squadron across WWI Europe's blood red skies, Molloy and McNamara were the bane of the German Air Force. Their names and reputations were known wherever fighting men met with blazing guns or flying fists. Written by William Hartley, the twenty tales of Molloy and McNamara appeared in Dare-Devil Aces between 1936 and 1942. Age of Aces has collected the first eleven of them for this volume. | |||||
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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/category/age-of-aces-presents/ New this week: “The Roving Squadron” by Robert Sidney Bowen from the August 1930 FLYING ACES More planes shot down than in any other unit—more men gone west—that was the record of Eighty Squadron. And the first job they handed young Watson was a tough one—to be carried out “no matter what the cost.” | |||||
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| The Book Cave
- New podcast now available online! Episode 43: Pulp Fanzines and
ReprintsEpisode 44: The Destroyer - New! Art Sippo (my new permanent co-host) and I dig deep into one our favorite series, The Destroyer. Towards the end we talk about other series we want to cover. Episode 42: A Few of Our Favorite Books Episode 41: Cyborg - The Six Million Dollar Man Episode 40: Perry Rhodan Episode 39: Comic Crusader Storybook Episode 38: Mark Waid's Irredeemable! Episode 37: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Master of Adventure Episode 36: Van Allen Plexico is Assembled! Visit The Book Cave website at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/ | |||||
| Burroughs
Bulletin #80 - Now available! The Fall 2009 issue (#80) of the THE BURROUGHS BULLETIN is now available. This issue features articles on "Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder." It is profusely illustrated in black & white with full color front and back covers. Articles include: "Telling All About Edgar Rice Burroughs Tells All" by Jerry L. Schneider "Lex Barker Remembered By His Sons" "Newton at the Earth's Core" by James J. Stevens PICTURE GALLERY: Frank Cho "A 1926 Interview With the Author of Tarzan" by Glenn B. Gravatt "Rare Books in Limited Edtions" "Mahar" a poem by Kim L. Neideigh "The 'Lost' Gordon Scott Spanish Comic Covers" by Rudy Sigmund "Louis L'Amour and Edgar Rice Burroughs" by Bobbie M. Rucker "Minutes of the 2009 Burroughs Bibliophiles Business Meeting" Bibliographers Corner Letters to the Editor Subscriptions
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| Del Rey: DARK AGNES AND OTHER HISTORICAL
ADVENTURES By Robert E. Howard - Coming
in 2011! John Watkiss has officially been announced as the artist for the next volume of Robert E. Howard stories, titled DARK AGNES AND OTHER HISTORICAL ADVENTURES. | |||||
| Ed Valigursky R.I.P. Ed Valigursky died of heart failure September 7 at his home in Cape Coral, Fla. He was 82. Ed worked as an art director and cover artist for science fiction and fantasy magazines, including Amazing Stories, IF and Fantastic Adventures. He also illustrated covers for novels by such authors as Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke and Ray Bradbury, and became known for including robots and machines of his own design in his paintings. Ed had always been an aviation buff and soon his work began focusing on military and historical illustration. He became a cover artist for Bantam Books, Ballantine Books, Time-Life and other major publishers. In the 1970s and 1980s, Popular Mechanics magazine hired him to produce several dozen covers. His detailed and dramatic cover art illustrations broke multiple industry sales records and earned many awards. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | |||||
| 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! "Rangers Laugh Last" by Jackson Cole from EXCITING WESTERN, September, 1949 Featuring: Navajo Tom Raine An Arizona Territorial Ranger rides to protect Loma Azul! "Taken for a Slay Ride" by Joe Archibald from POPULAR DETECTIVE, April, 1941 Featuring: Willie Klump Willie Klump Learns What It Means to "Mitt the Mark" When He Tackles the Case of the Cackle Capsule! | |||||
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| Hippocampus
Press - Now available! A MEANS TO FREEDOM: THE LETTERS OF H. P. LOVECRAFT AND ROBERT E. HOWARD Edited by S. T. Joshi, David E. Schultz & Rusty Burke Now available: ISBN: 978-0-9814888-0-6: $100.00 2 volume set (individual volumes not sold separately) Over half the 300 copy print run has now been sold, and virtually all advance orders have been filled. We are aware of the unfortunate circumstances under which Amazon.com cancelled their existing pre-orders for this volume. The situation has been adjusted, but instead of offering it for sale at an impossible discount, they are now listing it at an inflated price. Happily there are still copies available at the actual retail cost. Order from us directly or from our independent bookseller friends to secure your copy today. H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard are two of the titans of weird fiction of their era. Dominating the pages of Weird Tales in the 1920s and 1930s, they have gained worldwide followings for their compelling writings and also for the very different lives they led. The two writers came in touch in 1930, when Howard wrote to Lovecraft via Weird Tales. A rich and vibrant correspondence immediately ensued. Both writers were fascinated with the past, especially the history of Roman and Celtic Britain, and their letters are full of intriguing discussions of contemporary theories on this subject. Gradually, a new discussion came to the fore-a complex dispute over the respective virtues of barbarism and civilisation, the frontier and settled life, and the physical and the mental. Lovecraft, a scion of centuries-old New England, and Howard, a product of recently settled Texas, were diametrically opposed on these and other issues, and each writes compellingly of his beliefs, attitudes, and theories. The result is a dramatic debate-livened by wit, learning, and personal revelation-that is as enthralling as the fiction they were writing at the time. All the letters have been exhaustively annotated by the editors. http://www.hippocampuspress.com | |||||
| Hippocampus Press - Now available! Weird Words: A Lovecraftian Lexicon, by Dan Clore Eldritch . . . cacodaemoniacal . . . lucubration . . . Have you ever wondered about the meaning of these and other esoteric words used by Lovecraft and his colleagues? In this Cyclopean dictionary, the product of aeons of erudition and research into the most recondite recesses of literature, Dan Clore not only defines thousands of words found in the work of A. Merritt, H. P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, and many others in the weird fantasy tradition, but supplies their etymologies and, most impressively, provides parallel usages of the words from centuries of English usage, citing authors ranging from Cotton Mather to Henry Kuttner, from Edmund Spenser to William S. Burroughs, from Edgar Allan Poe to Robert Anton Wilson. This is a volume that scholars of English usage, enthusiasts of fantasy and horror literature, and readers who love the beauty of the English language will find richly rewarding . . . either to read from beginning to end or to dip into as the mood strikes them. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dan Clore is a freelance writer and scholar whose works are well known to fans of H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937), a noted and influential author of weird fiction. Mr. Clore's publishing credits include critical essays in Lovecraft Studies, Studies in Weird Fiction, Necrofile; the Review of Horror Fiction, Weird Times, the anthologies A Century Less a Dream: Selected Criticism of H.P. Lovecraft, The Freedom of Fantastic Things: Selected Criticism on Clark Ashton Smith, and Supernatural Fiction of the World: an Encyclopedia. His fiction has appeared in publications such as The Urbanite, Deathrealm, Terminal Fright, Epitaph, Black October Magazine, Cthulhu Sex, Lore, and several others. His work is anthologized in The Last Continent: New Tales of Zothique and in Eldritch Horrors: Dark Tales. His collected works appeared as The Unspeakable and Others in 2001. A new, expanded edition, illustrated by Allen Koszowski, is scheduled for 2009. Hippocampus Press | |||||
| Leigh Brackett - New Yahoo Newsgroup now online! A new Yahoo Newsgroup dedicated to Leigh Brackett is now online. You can become a member by clicking on the link below. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/leighbrackett/ | |||||
| THE LONE RANGER AND TONTO #3
- Arriving in comic shops October 21st! Writer: Brett Matthews and Jon Abrams; Penciller/Inker: Vatche Mavlian Cover: John Cassaday Lone Ranger writer Brett Mathews is re-joined by artist Vatch (LONE RANGER & TONTO #2) Mavlian along with co-writer Jon Abrams and cover artist John Cassaday for a unique tale of the Ranger, Tonto and a travelling circus of most unique properties. 40 pages, Full Color, $4.99 Dynamite Entertainment | |||||
| Maidens
and Monsters - November 24, 2009 to April 18, 2010 Maidens and Monsters: The Art of Science Fiction, Adventure, and Fantasy will debut at the Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens in this November 24, 2009 and run through April 18, 2010. Alien worlds, brawny heroes, strange beasts, and buxom beauties are represented in this exhibition, which spans 80 years of science fiction and fantasy pulp magazine covers and book jacket illustrations from 1914 to 1995. This will be the first time the world-renowned, private Korshak Collection of original fantasy art will be shown to the public. These paintings and drawings by 22 grand-masters of illustration appeared on the covers and pages of timeless adventure stories such as the Allan Quatermain series by H. Rider Haggard and the Tarzan and John Carter of Mars series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Classic sci-fi and fantasy pulp magazines are represented from the 1910s to the 1960s, such as AMAZING STORIES, WEIRD TALES, and WONDER STORIES. Original works by N. C. Wyeth, Frank Frazetta, Michael Whelan, Frank R. Paul, Virgil Finlay, Stanley Meltzoff, Kelly Frank Freas, and J. Allen St. John, among other artists will be on display. Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens 633 Osceola Avenue Winter Park, FL 32789 http://www.maidensandmonsters.com/ | |||||
| Paizo Publishing -
Now available! The Ship of Ishtar by A. Merritt, with an introduction by Tim Powers Explorer John Kenton returns from a lifetime of wanderings and the wreckage of World War I to discover a mysterious block of Babylonian basalt containing a crystal model of an ancient ship—the Ship of Ishtar! The sultry magic of the fabled ship draws Kenton into its dreamworld, where a strange crew plucked from the ages sails in a lushly imagined mystical seascape. At the fore of the ship is Sharane, beautiful, proud, luxurious priestess instilled with the power of Ishtar, goddess of Love, Wrath, and Vengeance. On the prow broods inhuman Klaneth, infused with the essence of Negal, god of the Underworld. Kenton finds himself in a cosmic struggle of wills between them sixty centuries in the making! Will he claim Sharane and take command the Ship of Ishtar, or will its mysterious power take command of him? Science fiction legend Abraham Merrit was a giant of the early 20th century, inspiring the lush language and mystical subjects of authors like H.P. Lovecraft, C.L. Moore, Clark Ashton Smith, and others. In his day he was among the most famous authors in America, with his books selling millions of copies, but today he is mostly forgotten. Planet Stories presents the triumphant return of a true master of fantasy, A. Merritt! Introduction by Tim Powers (The Anubis Gates, The Stress of Her Regard). 336-page softcover trade paperback ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-177-0 $14.99 Paizo Publications - Planet Stories |
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| PULPDOM -
Email address update! Please note that the current email address for Pulpdom is moonfire@frontier.net PULPDOM #56 (July 2009) The contents include: "Re-examining Ray Cummings" by Mike Taylor "The Black Jarl" Part 1 by Johnston McCulley This issue has a full color front cover and is profusely illustrated with full color and black & white illustrations. Back issues are available as print on demand: $10 (color) and $6 (black & white) each (postpaid) anywhere in USA. Five issue subscriptions are $30. Contact C. E. Cazedessus II, P.O. Box 2340, Pagosa Springs, Colorado 81147 Email: moonfire@frontier.net Visit the new PULPDOM website at http://pulpdom.com |  | ||||
| Pulpville Press - Now available! ALL DETECTIVE MAGAZINE by Erle Stanley Gardner Most famous as the creator of Perry Mason, Erle Stanley Gardner was a prolific short story and novelette author during his early years of writing. This magazine fascimile reproduction from All Detective Magazine features 7 of his stories from 1933 and 1934. Included are "Smudge", "Fingers of Fong", "Both Ends", "City of Fear", "Catch As Catch Can", "Murder Apprentice", and "Committee of One". Trade paperback, 7x10, 102 pages, $14.95 KING OF THE DINOSAURS by J. W. Pelkie Written by Amazing Stories editor Ray Palmer under a pen name for his Fantastic Adventures pulp magazine. There were two strange things in this world of cave men and dinosaurs--the precious berries that made men strong beyond belief and the dinosaurs' passionate fondness for baseball. Trade paperback, 7x10, 126 pages, $14.95 CAPTAIN COLT by Frederick C. Painton Meet Captain Lansing Colt, super-salesman for wholesalers in death. As contact man for munition makers he matches cunning with death's high priest. A facsimile reprint of the first four Captain Colt stories as they originally appeared in All Detective Magazine. Trade paperback, 7x10, 118 pages, $14.95 PRINCESS OF THE SEA by Don Wilcox The Princess of the Sea rode through the waves, imperious and proud. Her city lay deeply hidden beneath the waters, safe from all things it seemed--until one day... A facsimile reprint of the Fantastic Adventures novel. Trade paperback, 7x10, 122 pages, $14.95 Pulpville Press |    | ||||
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| Sherlock
Holmes Move Marathon - Coming on Xmas Day! Turner Classic Movies is doing a Sherlock Holmes movie marathon on Christmas day from 7 p.m till 7 p.m. the next night for 24 straight hours. About 17 movies from the Thirties up to !970 will be shown. This is in conjunction with the Johnny Depp theatrical movie to be released on that day. Click here for the complete schule and mark your calendars! Thanks to Larry Owen for the tip! | |||||
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| Age of Aces -
Coming in November! Coming in November From Age of Aces Books, "Satan's Playmates: The Adventures of Molloy and McNamara" Mike Molloy and Tommy McNamara were the "Twin Terrors of the Western Front". They flew as if they had been born in Spads, they drank like thirsty whales, and they'd fought by each other's side through every mile of air along the lines and in every bar from the Front to Paris. If there were no more pressing targets, they pounded each other to a pulp, for any reason at all, and were strangely happy. Leading the 24th Pursuit Squadron across WWI Europe's blood red skies, Molloy and McNamara were the bane of the German Air Force. Their names and reputations were known wherever fighting men met with blazing guns or flying fists. Written by William Hartley, the twenty tales of Molloy and McNamara appeared in Dare-Devil Aces between 1936 and 1942. Age of Aces has collected the first eleven of them for this volume. | |||||
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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/category/age-of-aces-presents/ New this week: "Hell Over Hainan" by Arch Whitehouse from the June 1939 FLYING ACES featuring Tug Hardwick and Beansie Bishop. Those two news-hawks, Tug Hardwick and Beansie Bishop, were well acquainted with Old Man Trouble. And by steering clear of Hainan they were sure they could stay out of his clutches. But what Tug didn’t know—though he would soon find out—was that Old Man Trouble could find you anywhere, especially in China where oil flows thicker than blood. | |||||
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books Now available! DOC
SAVAGE Volume 30: "Quest of the Spider" & The Mountain Monster" (Haunted Halloween Special) The pulp era's
greatest superman returns in two horrifying pulp thrillers by Lester Dent and
Harold A. Davis writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, a New Orleans lumber baron
and his daughter ask Doc Savage's help in combating the Gray Spider and his deadly
voodoo cult in the rare third adventure of the Man of Bronze. Then, Doc Savage
and his Iron Men journey to Alaska to battle the terrifying creature called "The
Mountain Monster." This instant collector's item showcases the original color
pulp covers by Walter Baumhofer and H. W. Scott, all the original interior illustrations
by Paul Orban and historical commentary by Will Murray, writer of seven Bantam
Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-008-3 Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95  1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class
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Tollin's Sanctum Books Now available! THE
SHADOW Volume 31: "The Dark Death" & "House of Shadows" (Halloween Special) "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow
knows! A ruthless blackmailer acquires the Q-ray, a deadly device that kills with
eerie selectivity via "The Dark Death." Then, a dying gunman asks the Knight of
Darkness to save his brother from a life of crime in "House of Shadows," a powerful
tale of redemption. BONUS: An executed murderer returns to exact vengeance on
Margo Lane's father in "Murder by the Dead," a lost radio thriller from Orson
Welles' first month as The Shadow. This instant collector's item showcases the
original color pulp covers by George Rozen and Graves Gladney and all the classic
interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Edd Cartier, with historical articles
by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-007-6 Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95  1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class
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Tollin's Sanctum Books Coming early November! 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 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
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books Coming early November! THE
WHISPERER Volume 2: "Six Pyramids of Death" & "Mansion of the Missing"
"He knows no law but Justice!" The secret life of
Police Commissioner James Gordon is revealed in two thrilling novels by Doc Savage
ghost Laurence Donovan writing as "Clifford Goodrich." First, one by one, the
possessors of "The Six Pyramids of Death" fall victim to a silent killer. Can
The Whisperer solve this deadly riddle? Then, when the home of a prominent judge
is turned into a house of horror, Wildcat Gordon decides that The Whisperer must
return from the dead to haunt "The Mansion of the Missing." BONUS: a Norgil the
Magician story by The Shadow's Walter Gibson. This historic collector's item showcases
the original covers by legendary illustrator Tom Lovell and Spider cover artist
John Newton Howitt, classic interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical
commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-004-5 Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95 1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class
postpaid
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
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| The Book Cave
- New podcast now available online! Episode 42: A Few of Our
Favorite BooksEpisode 43: Pulp Fanzines and Reprints - New! A very short episode of Ric talking about the Pulp Fanzines and reprints. Episode 41: Cyborg - The Six Million Dollar Man Episode 40: Perry Rhodan Episode 39: Comic Crusader Storybook Episode 38: Mark Waid's Irredeemable! Episode 37: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Master of Adventure Episode 36: Van Allen Plexico is Assembled! Visit The Book Cave website at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/ | |||||
| CONAN
THE CIMMERIAN #18 - Coming in January! Written by Timothy Truman, penciled by Truman and Tomas Giorello, colored by Jose Villarrubia, cover by Joseph Michael Linsner. "Free Companions," part 3 of 3. Defying Yasmela's orders, Conan sets himself on a runaway course that will end his time fighting with the combined forces of Amalric's mercenaries, the Khorajan army, and Julion of Koth's rebel soldiers. Our newest issue marks a turning point in Conan's career as a sword for hire, when he and his comrades find themselves without work or direction. An old battle wound threatens the life of Amalric, the leader of the restless mercenaries, and the rekindled affair between Princess Yasmela and Prince Julion continues to enrage Conan -- who must take action in order to save face. This original tale explores events alluded to in Robert E. Howard's Conan tales, taking place right after Dark Horse's Black Colossus story arc and building to the birth of Conan's "Free Companions"! 40 pages, $2.99, in stores on January 20. Dark Horse Comics | | ||||
| E-texts on the net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks Shadow review is "Fingers of Death" from March 1, 1933. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "The Grain of Sand" by H. Keith Trask from ALL-STORY WEEKLY, September 2, 1916 Two young ship's officers are in competition for advancement in the Consolidated Fruit Company's ships, but their styles are markedly different. "Bullet From Nowhere" by Robert Leslie Bellem from DAN TURNER-HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE, Jan., 1942 Featuring: Dan Turner The cameras are set, the scene has already been rehearsed; "Shoot!" the director says. . . . What happens is stark tragedy - not of the movie, play-acting variety, but like a chapter out of the deeper drama of life itself. | |||||
| Fantom Press - Now accepting pre-orders! A History of the Doc Savage Adventures in Pulps, Paperbacks, Comics, Fanzines, Radio and Film Fantom Press is now taking preorders on the signed book plate edition of Bobb Cotter’s book, A History of the Doc Savage Adventures in Pulps, Paperbacks, Comics, Fanzines, Radio and Film. The book is at the printer now and should be shipping by month’s end. Thanks to Bobb’s, generosity, the profits from the sales will go to the continuing effort to help Bob Larkin. The books are cover price $55.00 + 5.00 insured media mail within the US, or add $13.00 for insured Priority Mail. Foreign buyers will need to email me for the proper postage costs. Book plates will be signed and numbered with numbers assigned on a first come, first served basis. PayPal is welcome at docsavagefan@yahoo.com, or by mail. If you want to mail payment, just drop me an email and I’ll make sure your place is safe in line. Doc Savage: The Silver Pyramid Fantom Press just made a deal with artists Andy and Adam Kubert, as well as writer Denny O’Neil to sign bookplates for their upcoming graphic novel from DC, Doc Savage: The Silver Pyramid. The graphic novel collects the trios 4 issue mini series from 1987 and retails at $19.99 + $4.00 insured Media Mail or $7.50 insured Priority mail with the US. The books are scheduled for mid January 2010 and preorders are being taken with numbers being assigned like above. Check out the new Fantom Press website devoted to these projects at www.fantombooks.net It’s just in its infancy, but you can stop by and see the new projects as well as some of the other items that are for sale on Bob Larkin’s behalf. Over the next couple of months, I’ll have the retail side of the site up and running, but for now, you can keep sending payments to the old same place. Here’s my mailing address for those who don’t have it: Terry Allen 16921 Kara Ln Lake Oswego, OR 97035-4580 |
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| 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. Update! Anthony Tollin will be directing a GREEN
LAMA radio recreation at the Saturday-night banquet: "The Girl With No Name" by
Richard Foster (Kenneth Foster Crossen) and William Froug, starring Michael C.
Gwynne (as Jethro Dumont) and Chuck McCann (as Tulku). Featured in the cast: Tommy Cook (RED RYDER's original "Little Beaver), Simon Jones (THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY), Will Hutchins (SUGARFOOT), Gloria McMillan (OUR MISS BROOKS), Richard Herd (SEINFELD) and Corrine Orr (SPEED RACER). Anthony will also be manning the Sanctum Books table in Conference Room #1 throughout the convention. Here's the complete guest list as of now.
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| KULL VOLUME 1: THE SHADOW KINGDOM - Arriving in comic shops October 14th! Written by Arvid Nelson, penciled by Will Conrad, colored by Jose Villarrubia, cover by Paul Renaud. More comfortable with a sword than a scepter, the enigmatic Kull has recently crowned himself king and seeks to unite the once proud and powerful land of Valusia. As representatives from all corners of his kingdom seek his counsel, the warrior-king accepts a strange invitation from the Pictish emissary. Kull will need to discard ancient prejudices if he's to save the newly united Valusian empire from a clandestine enemy that once threatened to enslave and exterminate mankind! Aided by Brule -- a hotheaded Pict confidant -- Kull uncovers layers of deception and treachery in the ancient halls of the Tower of Splendor and faces the growing threat of the devious Serpent Cult! Discover Valusia's darkest secrets and witness the first days of its mightiest king. 144 pages, $18.95 Dark Horse Comics | 
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| 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/ | |||||
| RED SONJA #49 - Arriving in comic shops October 14th! Writer: Brian Reed; Penciller/Inker: Walter Geovani; Covers: Mel Rubi (50%), Adriano Batista (25%), Fabiano Neves (25%)! This is it as writer Brian Reed sends off his Red Sonja in style and Dynamite plans a momentous event to occur in Red Sonja #50 as the welcome writer Joshua Ortega and the return of artist Mel Rubi in the thrilling “Queen Sonja” event! Be there! Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment | |||||
| THE ROOK - Volume Four by Barry Reese
- Now available! "Max Davies - the masked vigilante known as The Rook - returns in six new tales of blazing pulp action! The Rook's never-ending war against the forces of darkness takes him into desperate battle against undead assassins, ghostly pirates, extra-dimensional devil-spawn, a power-mad megalomaniac, and a squadron of Nazi vampires, until - deep in the heart of Berlin - he faces the twisted Master of the Third Reich himself! Author Barry Reese (Guan-Yin and the Horrors of Skull Island, Savage Tales of Ki-Gor) once again keeps you on the edge of your seat in these two-fisted tales!" Cover Art by Norm Breyfogle and Interior Art by Storn Cook. 6" x 9" Trade Paperback, 176 pages, $11.95 Available at Amazon.com | | ||||
| SOLOMON KANE: DEATH'S BLACK RIDERS #1
- Coming in January! Written by Scott Allie, penciled by Mario Guevara, colored by Juan Ferreyra, cover by Darick Robertson. Taking place after the events in Solomon Kane: The Castle of the Devil‹but written to stand on its own‹this new series delves deep into the horrors scattered throughout Germany's Black Forest. When Kane comes across gypsies being terrorized by roving bandits, he's not sure what's worse‹the bandits who wish to rob and rape innocent travelers or the evils that spew forth from the forest, intent on killing every man and woman around! With creature designs by Eisner Award-winning artist Guy Davis, this series uses Robert E. Howard's "Death's Black Riders" fragment and the "Rattle of Bones" short story as springboards to launch into a suspenseful and terrifying new excursion with Howard's troubled Puritan hero. 32 pages, $3.50, in stores on January 13. Dark Horse Comics | | ||||
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| TARZAN ARCHIVES: THE JESSE
MARSH YEARS VOLUME 5 - Coming in March! Written by Gaylord DuBois, art by Jesse Marsh. In this volume, Tarzan fends off a scientist's unnaturally sized jungle animals; protects Cathne, "the city of gold," and its people from Tommy-gun-toting gangsters; outwits treacherous witch doctors and a truck-sized spider; discovers Egyptian ruins; and evades the dinosaurs of the lost land of Pal-ul-don while hunting for their eggs. The familiar faces of Boy, Jane, and Lieutenant Paul D'Arnot‹a character fashioned after Jesse Marsh himself‹return, and the recurring character Dr. MacWhirtle, a famed and eccentric paleontologist, is introduced for the first time! 240 pages, $49.99, in stores on March 10 Dark Horse Comics | | ||||
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| 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 | |||||||
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| Age of Aces Presents - Downloadable PDF Air War pulp stories! Age of Aces Books is now offering a new feature on their Web site called "Age of Aces Presents". You can now download free PDF versions of some great Air War pulp stories. Visit them at http://www.ageofaces.net/category/age-of-aces-presents/ New this week: “Guile of the Griffon” by Arch Whitehouse from the November 1935 FLYING ACES featuring "The Griffon". Join Kerry Keen and Barney O’Dare as “The Griffon” returns with another exciting adventure. Down through the ebony night dived a strange, black amphibian. Glistening in the reflected light of the great Montauk beam, it glided to the water and taxied to a ramp where two men stood in the shadows. And from the cockpit of that eerie craft crawled a hideously deformed creature—a man whose very existence was a cruel mockery of the grave. “I built—” he croaked, leering at the taller man, “not one plane, but two. The other,” he continued in a queer cackle, “went to a man whom you, Keen, will kill—though as yet you’ve never even heard of him . . . .” | |||||||
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| BEB Books - Now available! Avalon by Francis Stevens. Never Before Reprinted Piracy, kidnaping, murder, strange doings and stranger people inhabit a group of islands off the coast of the Carolinas in the Atlantic. Deeded to the Avalon family centuries ago by the King of England, things seem to be spinning out of control. A gothic novel in the ancient tradition yet set in modern day America. Avalon has never been reprinted since its original appearance as a four part serials in The Argosy August 16, 1919 to September 6, 1919 The Fatal Gift by George Allan England Can there be such a thing as too much beauty? Is the pursuit of physical perfection a threat, a challenge to God’s Domain? How far should one go? And in light of human frailty, can perfection ever be achieved? The Fatal Gift is George Allan England’s classic tale of scientists crossing the line into realms they were not meant to go! Reprinted from its original appearance in All-Story Weekly, September 4th, to September 25th, 1915. Captives of the Temple by Seward P. Hopkins. Never Before Reprinted. From the very beginning of the Pulp Era comes a novel of thrilling adventures on the Amazon with mutineers, treasure, beautiful women, befuddled scientists, a lost city of degenerate Spaniards and the mysterious Moon Orchid, whose fruit brings madness to all who eat it! A novel published in four parts in The Argosy from December 1899 to March, 1900. Secret Agent X The Sinister Scourge Drugs are flooding the city of New York, hidden in every imaginable material – cosmetics, toothpaste, headache powders. People are becoming addicts, desperate for more of the drug, willing to do anything to get more! Who could be importing all these drugs, and why are they, in effect, giving it away for free? Paul Chadwick conducts the terror. Talons of Terror Men marked for death found with their throats torn open, their bodies drained of blood! What kind of monster could do such a thing and how can Secret Agent “X” prevent another devastating attack when he himself, as millionaire Elisha Pond, is one of those marked for death! The last of Emile C. Tepperman's Secret Agent "X" novels. The Corpse Calvacade G. T. Fleming-Roberts debut novel. Anywhere you look - the banks, businesses, retail stories may all be filled with bad money. What goal is the Seven Gang seeking to accomplish by flooding the city with bad money? Only by infiltrating the tightly controlled gang, where discover means sudden death, can Secret Agent “X” hope to stem the flood of bad money before the city dissolves into total panic! Each title is $5. Postage is now $3.00 for one to three books. Add 25 cents for each book beyond three. List of currently reprinted SAX books: 1. The Torture Trust, Secret Agent X , February, 1934 2. The Spectral Stranglers, Secret Agent X , March, 1934 3. The Death-Torch Terrors, Secret Agent X , April, 1934 4. The Ambassador of Doom, Secret Agent X , May, 1934 5. City of the Living Dead, Secret Agent X , June, 1934 6. Hand of Horror, Secret Agent X , August, 1934 7. Octopus of Crime, Secret Agent X , September, 1934 8. The Hooded Hordes, Secret Agent X , October, 1934 9. Servants of the Skull, Secret Agent X , November, 1934 10. The Murder Monster, Secret Agent X , December, 1934 11. The Sinister Scourge, Secret Agent X , January, 1935 12. Curse of the Waiting Death, Secret Agent X , February, 1935 13. Devils of Darkness, Secret Agent X , March, 1935 14. Talons of Terror, Secret Agent X , April, 1935 15. The Corpse Cavalcade, Secret Agent X , May 1935 22. Brand of the Metal Maiden, Secret Agent X , January 1936 24. The Fear Merchants, Secret Agent X , March 1936 25. Faceless Fury, Secret Agent X , April 1936 28. City of Madness, Secret Agent X , October 1936 Checks or Money Orders, only, made payable to Brian Brown. You can also E-mail us at: beb01@sprynet.com Send To: Brian Earl Brown 11675 Beaconsfield Detroit, MI 48224. BEB Books | 
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| The
Book Cave - New podcasts now available online! Episode
41: Cyborg - The Six Million Dollar ManEpisode 42: A Few of Our Favorite Books - New! Matt Moring of Altus Press and David Luhn join me to talk about our favorite comics and books. Episode 40: Perry Rhodan Episode 39: Comic Crusader Storybook Episode 38: Mark Waid's Irredeemable! Episode 37: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Master of Adventure 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 Visit The Book Cave website at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/ | |||||||
| David
Saunders - Interview now online! Laurie Powers has interviewed David Saunders, the son of pulp artist Norman Saunders, and posted the interview on her blog, Laurie's Wild West. Laurie is the granddaughter of pulp author Paul S. Powers. Click here to read the interview. | |||||||
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| E-texts
on the net this week The Shadow in Review: There is no new Shadow review this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "The Philosophy of Gray Eagle" by Wolcott LeClear Beard from ALL-STORY WEEKLY, November 9th, 1919 The stern and primitive philosophy of Gray Eagle, war-chief of the Sioux. "A Man Hires a Guide" by James B. Hendryx from SHORT STORIES, September 10, 1946 Featuring: Black John Smith Another tale of the outlaws of Halfaday Creek in the Yukon. | |||||||
| 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.
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| Girasol Collectables:
THE WEIRD WRITINGS OF H. P. LOVECRAFT - Coming in 2010! All of Lovecraft's fiction from the original run of WEIRD TALES, in facsimile form right off the original pulp pages! Girasol Collectables is pleased to announce their upcoming hardcover project, which will be the Weird Writings of HP Lovecraft. It'll be similar in format to their REH books; facsimile scans right from the original pages, with no edits or reset text, containing all of HPL's material from the original run of Weird Tales. A 2 volume set, with one oversized volume to cover the bedsheet issues from 1923 and 1924, and a smaller 7x10 sized volume for the standard sized issues. Limited Edition of 200 copies, pre-release price of $150 + $10 s&h (within North America) (Save $25). We'll do our best to match existing numbers for REH buyers, but can't guarantee it; get in early for the best chance at that. Due out Spring of 2010. | |||||||
| GIRASOL PULP DOUBLES VOLUME 13: THE SPIDER
- At the printer! By Grant Stockbridge This trade paperback reprints two action-packed, 1930s and 40s adventures of the pulp-era hero The Spider. The stories are complete including the original pulp black-and-white illustrations and full-color covers. This issue contains "The Grey Horde Creeps" (#54 March 1938) and "The Howling Death" (#112 January 1943). Paperback, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95 Girasol Collectables Inc. Spider Doubles #13 is at the printer now, and will be shipping mid-October. We're now taking subs for 2010 at $50 including s&h. (within North America)
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| Girasol Collectables -
October 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 $95 ($10 off) Our first Replica this month is THE SPIDER #44 in "Slaves of the Black Monarch" from August 1937. $35 Our second Replica this month is OPERATOR 5 #20 from November 1935. $35 Our third Replica is TERROR TALES #22 from June 1936. $35 Girasol also accepts Paypal as an alternate method of payment. Other than Replicas, please confirm availability first before ordering items such as pulp magazines or other books. Payments can be made to our regular info@girasolcollectables.com email address. As always, these reprints are exact copies including the illustrations, ads, and back-up stories and have been printed on off-white paper, staple-bound and finished off with a high quality reproduction of the original cover. The only thing missing is the smell (alas) and the flaking newsprint. Email Girasol Collectables at: info@girasolcollectables.com. A complete listing, along with other items such as books, fanzines and of course pulps, can be found on the Girasol Collectables website at http://www.girasolcollectables.com/ All payments must be made in $US payable to Girasol Collectables and mailed to: Neil Mechem c/o Girasol Collectables 3501 GlenErin Drive, Apt. 1409, Mississauga, ON, Canada L5L 2E9 Here is a complete listing of the Pulp Replicas currently available for $25, $35, or $50 each postpaid within North America. Overseas will be a few dollars more. |    | ||||||
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| 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 October and beyond! 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... December 2009 THE CORPSE WORE PASTIES by Jonny Porkpie, Cover art by Ricky Mujica Usually, when you call a burlesque act a "show stopper," you don’t mean it quite so literally. But this time, that’s just what happened: The show stopped dead, and so did the girl. And as I looked at her nearly naked and completely lifeless body and the bottle of poison in her hand with my fingerprints all over it, I thought to myself: Porkpie, you’re in for it this time... THE VALLEY OF FEAR by A. C. Doyle, Cover art by Glen Orbik A sawed-off shotgun blast to the face leaves one man dead—and reveals a secret that has pursued another across an ocean and set the world’s most ruthless criminal on his trail. The man needs the help of a great detective...but could even Sherlock Holmes save him now? | 
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| Hippocampus Press
- Now available! 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 are 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 http://www.hippocampuspress.com | |||||||
| John
Carter of Mars - Casting Update! Thomas Haden Church (who played the Sandman in Spider-Man 3), James Purefoy (who starred as the title character in the NBC series The Philanthropist) and Mark Strong (who is in the upcoming Sherlock Holmes) have joined the cast of Disney’s John Carter of Mars, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Church plays Tal Hajus, an ambitious and vicious Thark warrior who is biding his time to be a ruler. Purefoy plays Kantos Kan, the captain of the Xavarian, the kingdom of Helium’s grand warship. Strong is Matai Shang, the ruler of the Thems with godlike status. Also in the movie are Willem Dafoe, Samantha Morton, Dominic West, and Polly Walker. Andrew Stanton is directing the adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs book which stars Taylor Kitsch (who portrayed Gambit in X-Men Origins: Wolverine) in the title role and and Lynn Collins as Dejah Thoris. | |||||||
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| Howling
Wolf Lost Pulp Classics - Now available! MIRACLE IN THREE DIMENSIONS AND OTHER STORIES by C.L.Moore 9 otherwise uncollected stories by C.L. Moore, including "Greater Glories" and "here lies...", both unavailable since their original magazine publication. Also includes the title story, "Bright Illusion", "Tryst In Time", "Greater Than Gods", "Fruit Of Knowledge", "There Shall Be Darkness", and "Doorway Into Time". THE HORROR FROM THE
HILLS by Frank Belknap Long A
bloodsucking demon from the fourth dimension mistakenly exhibited in a Manhattan
Art museum terrorizes New York in this long‐lost tale of the “Cthulhu
Mythos”, a saga of extraterrestrial terror taken from the nightmares of
H. P. Lovecraft and penned at his insistence by friend and colleague Frank Belknap
Long. Out of print for decades, we are proud to present the first modern edition
of this timeless work of outer‐space horror.Coming Soon! Lost Pulp Classics #3: The Greatest Adventure by John Taine Lost Pulp Classics #4: Darkness by Murray Leinster (including thestories “Darkness On Fifth Avenue”, “City Of The Blind”, “The Storm That Had To Be Stopped” and “The Man Who Put Out The Sun”) Lost Pulp Classics | 
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| PlanetaryStories #16/Pulp Spirit
#7 - Now available! Planetary Stories 16 bows in with another great line up, from it's front cover by Jim Garrison to Guy Lillian's latest instalment of the always welcome "Zine Dump." Leading off you'll find Johann Kuester's "Quick Trip," the story of a spaceship captain and his robot. You'll also find a new Bonnie N Clyde story by Shelby Vick, as well as Rick Brooks' Wonderlust fantasy "The Fiends That Flew the West." s if that weren't enough, the good ship Planetary is hauling more cargo by Martin Haggerty, Edward Morris and Henry K. Scudder, illustrated by Jim Garrison and S. Tolen. "From the Vibrating Ether," our letter column includes contributions from Anthony Larson -- discussing Johann Kuester, Clark Ashton Smith, poet-editor Donald Sydney Frier, Gerald Page, Wilson "Bob" Tucker and Jack Vance --; Johann Kuester writing about Bob Bolin's "Curtain Call on Mars," "Bonnie and Clyde in the Belt," and science fiction films; and Stephen Haffner with some inside stuff about Haffner Press's upcoming projects. As for Pulp Spirit, it starts off with a cover by a newcomer, Tara Osbourne. Tara illustrates "Silverbones," a great westerrn story by Kevin Breen. "Grandpa's Warning," a horror story by newcomer Sara Kuester is illustrated by Jim Garrison. Rick Brook contributes "I Did It Because of the Cat," with an illustration by Jerry Burge. And we wind up the fiction contents with Erwin K. Roberts, "The Dropout," featuring Jack Dare. Monte Herridge begins a new column on "Series from Detective Story Weekly," which tells you about Paul Allenby's Happy McGonigle stories. This time in PulpRack we review holiday themed stories from the pulps. Alongside some of the original pulp illustrations illustrating those stories, we have artwork by Roy Coker and Mark Fults. No matter what your taste in neo pulp fiction might be, you'll find the best examples of it in these two zines. Don't hesitate to go to www.planetarystories.com and treat yourself to the nest in reading enjoyment. | |||||||
| 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/ | |||||||
| 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/ Leigh Brackett: A Yahoo Newsgroup dedicated to Leigh Brackett. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/leighbrackett/ Otis Adelbert Kline: This group is devoted to Otis Adelbert Kline. His works in the science fiction, weird and historical fiction genre and his general biography can also be discussed here. Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OTISKLINE/ to join! Pulp Fiction Uncensored: is for all fans of Pulp Fiction! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pulp_Fiction_Uncensored/?yguid=321995096 PulpMags: If you're interested in the old pulp magazines, this forum is the place to be. We deal with OLD pulps only! If you're looking for something dealing with modern "pulp fiction" style writing, you'd be bored here.This moderated list is setup along the lines of PEAPS, the Pulp Era Amateur Press Society, and all pulp fans across the world are welcome. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpMags/ Pulp Swap Group: Place your swappable pulps and digest, plus wants, in the file section or individual messages. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpSwap/ REH Comics Group: This group is dedicated to the characters created by Robert E Howard that have appeared in comic book form from Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Cross Plains Comics, Dynamite Entertainment etc. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheREHcomicsgroup/ Vintage Paperbacks: A forum for readers and collectors of classic paperback books, primarily from the "vintage era" of 1939 to 1960 (roughly speaking). Ace Doubles, Dell Mapbacks, L.A. Bantams, Gold Medal, Avon, Handibooks, and many more - we cover them all. Discussion of all genres is welcome and we particularly want to hear about any rare and unusual paperbacks or stories *about* paperbacks that you might be able to share. We discuss the cover artists, the writers, the publishers, and anyone and everyone connected with the great world of vintage paperback books. Read a great old book lately? Come on in and tell us about it! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VintagePaperbacks/ Western Pulps: This list is dedicated to the discussion of Western pulp magazines -- the characters, the authors, the stories, the paperback reprints, and anything else connected with Western pulps. Though the primary emphasis is on pulps, we also discuss non-pulp Western novels, movies, comics, etc. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WesternPulps/ Wild Cat Books: Here we share a mutual love of the great, thrilling literature from the early to late 20th Century, and focus on Discussion, Promotion, and any topic related to the "Bloody Pulps" and Classic Heroes such as TARZAN... JOHN CARTER OF MARS... SECRET AGENT X... KI-GOR... DOMINO LADY... THE MOON MAN... THE LENSMEN... and many more. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildcatbooks_pulps | |||||||
| THE ROOK - Volume
Four by Barry Reese - Now available! "Max Davies - the masked vigilante known as The Rook - returns in six new tales of blazing pulp action! The Rook's never-ending war against the forces of darkness takes him into desperate battle against undead assassins, ghostly pirates, extra-dimensional devil-spawn, a power-mad megalomaniac, and a squadron of Nazi vampires, until - deep in the heart of Berlin - he faces the twisted Master of the Third Reich himself! Author Barry Reese (Guan-Yin and the Horrors of Skull Island, Savage Tales of Ki-Gor) once again keeps you on the edge of your seat in these two-fisted tales!" Cover Art by Norm Breyfogle and Interior Art by Storn Cook. 6" x 9" Trade Paperback, 176 pages, $11.95 Available at Amazon.com A
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| SHERLOCK HOLMES #5 - Arriving in comic
shops October 7th! Written by Leah Moore and John Reppion; Penciller/Inker: Aaron Campbell; Cover: John Cassaday The acclaimed mystery from Dynamite concludes. Can the world's greatest detective unravel his greatest mystery? Find out in the conclusion of "The Trial of Shelock Holmes!" Full Color, 22 pages, $3.50 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment | |||||||
| Upcoming Modern Hero-Pulp Novels
by Christopher
R. Yates Indiana Jones & the Army of the Dead, Steve Perry, Del Rey, $7.99, September 29, 2009 - Now available! Iron Man: Femmes Fatales, Robert Greenberger, Del Rey, $7.99, September 29, 2009 - Now available! The Evil in Pemberley House, Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert, Subterranean Press, $40, Sept. 30, 2009 - Now available! Hellboy: The Ice Wolves, Mark Chadbourn, Dark Horse, $12.95, October 7, 2009 - Now available! 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 Darkness: Volume 2, Kerri Hawkins, Top Cow, $6.99, November 30, 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 The Point Man, Steve Englehart, Tor, $15.99, February 2, 2010 The Long Man, Steve Englehart, Tor, $25.99, March 16, 2010 Iron Man 2 Movie Novelization, Alexander Irvine, Del Rey, $7.99, April 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 |  | ||||||
| Wildside Press
- Now available! The Man Who Changed Rooms and Other Criminal Types by Johnston McCulley Trade pb, 196 pages, $19.95 ISBN: 978-1-4344-0451-0 This volume assembles five suspenseful stories by Johnston McCulley (the creator of Zorro). Included are "The Man Who Changed Rooms," "Eternal Assets," "Initiating Noggins," "Forfearance," and "Demons of Disaster." Charlie Chan's Chance: The Screenplay for the Lost Charlie Chan Film Trade pb, 114 pages, $12.95 ISBN: 978-1-5574-2702-1 "Charlie Chan's Chance" -- the 1932 Fox motion picture starring Warner Oland as Chan-- is now considered a "lost" film (the original film materials were destroyed in a vault fire.) Unless a copy surfaces in some remote corner of the world, as happened with "Charlie Chan in Paris," this original screenplay is the closest Chan fans will come to seeing the original. This addition to the film series was penned by Barry Conners and Philip Klein, with added material suggested by Earl Derr Biggers, and based loosely on Biggers' original novel, "Behind That Curtain." Charlie Chan's Courage: The Screenplay for the Lost Charlie Chan Film Trade pb, 114 pages, $12.95 ISBN: 978-1-5574-2706-9 "Charlie Chan's Courage" - the 1934 Fox motion picture starring Warner Oland as Chan - is now considered a "lost" film (the original film materials were destroyed in a vault fire.) Unless a copy surfaces in some remote corner of the world, as happened with "Charlie Chan in Paris," this original screenplay is the closest Chan fans will come to seeing the original. This addition to the film series was penned by Seton I. Miller and based on Earl Derr Biggers' classic Charlie Chan novel, "The Chinese Parrot." Two Worlds of Raymond F. Jones Trade pb, 118 pages, $9.95 ISBN: 978-1-4344-7485-8 Included in this volume are two short novels by Raymond F. Jones: "The Memory of Mars" originally appeared in the December, 1961 issue of Amazing Stories. "Cubs of the Wolf" originally appeared in the November, 1955 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. | 
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| Zorro
and the Pirate Raiders - Now available! The Pirate Raiders, with the villainous Captain Bardoso in command, are employed by the vicious Captain Ramon to kidnap the daughter of a wealthy caballero, hoping to use her to trap Zorro. Battles on land and sea, flashing swords and booming cannon explode before your very ears in this exciting audio production. Based on the book by D.J. Arneson, as adapted from a story by Johnston McCulley. Executive Producer Mark Vander Berg Produced By Seth Adam Sher Music By Jeffrey Gage Dramatized for Audio and Directed By Jerry Robbins RUNNING TIME: 163 minutes. Visit the Zorro and the Pirate Raiders website to listen to the trailer, learn more about the story, and learn more about the cast and crew. Colonial Radio Theatre | |||||||
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