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Adventure House: THE LONE RANGER MAGAZINE: MAY 1937 - Coming in June!
Writer: Fran Striker
"The Masked Rider's Justice." Justice meant more to the Lone Ranger and his companions that merely saving an innocent boy from a blood-lusting lynch mob; it meant following the job through until the youth's name was cleared and the real murderer brought to justice. Published by the same publisher as Spicy Detective, The Lone Ranger was an oddity for Trojan Publications. This reproduction of the original pulp magazine brings this rare collectible to a modern audience.
Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, B&W, SRP: $14.95

THE LONE RANGER MAGAZINE is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 31st).
The Diamond Item Code is APR101248.

Adventure House

Age of Aces - Now available!

Now available 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.

$16.99, 306 pages, 6x9, Trade Paperback
You can get your copy from Amazon, Mike Chomko Books, and Adventure House.

Age of Aces

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 Suicide Strafe" by Major George Fielding Eliot from the January 1935 Sky Birds
Those four victories to his credit meant nothing to Bob Sexton—now. At last he had gotten Gerhardt, the invincible German ace—had sent his famous Red-Wing plane crashing down to a fiery doom. Yet that fifth victory—the descendu that made him an ace—was the one he would never be able to claim.

Age of Adventure: TEXAS RANGERS - Now available!

The legendary pulp lawman Jim Hatfield rides again in 3 full length classics
from the pages of TEXAS RANGERS magazine!
The Lone Wolf of the frontier dishes out hot lead justice to
outlaws, rustlers, and bandits as only he can!
221 pages of Wild West adventure for only 9.99!

Saddle up and strap on your six shooters for this latest release from
Age of Adventure!

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to keep up with all the latest news!

Age of Adventure
THRILLING ADVENTURES #3
Coming in June!

Age of Adventure!

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Airship27 - Now available!

ROBIN HOOD – KING OF SHERWOOD

Airship 27 Productions & Cornerstone Book Publishers are proud to announce the release of Robin Hood – King of Sherwood, a brand new full length novel by I.A. Watson.

In 1190, two years after resting the crown from his father, Henry II, Richard the Lionhearted departed France for the Holy Lands and the Third Crusade. He left behind regents, Hugh, Bishop of Durham and his chancellor, William de Longchamp. But his younger brother, Prince John, lusted after the crown and saw Richard’s absence as a golden opportunity to seize control. John began a program of heavy taxation that threatened to destroy the social-economic stability of the England.

While the royals conspired against each other, it was the people of the land who suffered. Working under inhumane laws, they became no more than indentured slaves to the landed gentry. Amidst this age of turmoil and pain, there arose a man with the courage to challenge the aristocracy and fight for the weak and helpless. He was an outlaw named Robin of Loxley and how he became the champion of the people is a time worn legend that has entertained readers young and old.

Now, I.A. Watson brings his own vivid imagination to the saga, setting it against the backdrop of history but maintaining the iconic elements that have endeared the tale of Robin Hood throughout the ages. It is a fresh and rousing retelling of an old legend, imbuing it with a modern sensibility readers will applaud. The book features a stunning painted cover by professional artist, Mike Manley and black and white interior illustrations by the book’s designer, Rob Davis.

Airship 27 Productions is extremely proud to present – ROBIN HOOD – KING OF SHERWOOD!

ISBN: 1-934935-65-4
ISBN 13: 978-1-934935-65-1
Produced by Airship 27 Productions
Published by Cornerstone Book Publishers
Release date: 03/25/2010
Retail Price: $21.95

Altus Press - Now available!

The Hand of Red Finger

“Der Rote Finger!” the foreign spy gasped as he came face to face with America’s top agent. Ford Duane, a mild mannered bookstore owner is, in truth, the dreaded Red Finger, top agent of P.A.T., hunter and destroyer of foreign spies. Carrying only a strange gas gun, foreign agents end up dead after they meet this nemesis. His black gloves have one oddity, the trigger finger is painted blood red, giving him the name foreign spies have come to recognize and fear—The Red Finger!

For the first time, all 12 stories by Arthur Leo Zagat from the back pages of Operator #5 are collected in one edition.
And a newly-written story, “Obituaries are Final” by Tom Johnson—
published here for the first time—puts closure on this classic series.

Trade paperback, $24.95, available from Amazon.com
Limited Edition hardcover, $39.95, available from Lulu.com

Altus Press

Altus Press - Now available!

The Casebook of Seekay and Other Prototypes of The Avenger

It’s well known that Walter Gibson and Lester Dent pitched ideas that led to the creation of The Avenger, but what aspects did writer Paul Ernst introduce? This collection explores this relatively-unexplored question.

From the pages of Popular Publications from 1936-38, these ten stories examine characters whose weapons, physical traits, unique facial quirks and back story were similar to The Avenger. Included are all five stories of Seekay, a private detective whose disfigured face is hidden behind a plastic mask; The Wraith, a triple-identitied crimefighter who utilized a knife and a gun; Dick Bullitt and his gray features; Old Stone Face, the G-man with the emotionless visage; The Gray Marauder, who used a dual identity to fight crime; and Karlu, the mystic.
Includes an introduction by Will Murray.

Trade paperback, $29.95, available from Amazon.com
Limited Edition hardcover, $39.95, available from Lulu.com

Altus Press

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books

12-book THE SHADOW subscription: $167 via First Class; $155 via Media Mail (includes bonus variant and ring premium) 6-book THE SHADOW subscription: $84 via First Class; $78 via Media Mail 12-book DOC SAVAGE subscription: $167 via First Class; $155 via Media Mail (includes bonus variant and ring premium) 6-book DOC SAVAGE subscription: $84 via First Class; $78 via Media Mail 6-book AVENGER/WHISPERER subscription: $84 via First Class; $78 via Media Mail Future books can be ordered individually for $16.95 postpaid via Media Mail/$17.95 via First Class. Postage is free with multiple book orders (2 books for $29.90, three for $44.85, etc.) Individual back volumes (THE SHADOW #1-37 and DOC SAVAGE #1-36) are still available for $12.95@ each plus $2 Media Mail or $3 First Class postage. (Free shipping on multiple book orders) Any 6 back issues are available postpaid for $66 via Media Mail or $72 via First Class/Priority Mail. "Instant Collection" discounts of $250 postpaid are still available for the first 25 books in either series or $300 for the first 30 books of THE SHADOW or DOC SAVAGE. Click here to download the subscription order form.
Anthony Tollin announces: What has stayed down must finally go up. I've been holding back on increasing the price on my books for the last year because of the economy As of this summer, I'll have been publishing the books for four (4) years at the same price, despite the fact that per-unit costs went up considerably when the print run dropped following NVI's departure and subsequent bankruptcy, which was one of the reasons three DOC SAVAGE volumes were only 112 pages (compared with the usual 128 and occasional 144 page volumes which will be the standard for future releases). Also, the paper stock was upped from 50 pound to 60 a year ago, which combined with increased contract royalties, postage and UPS rates further added to costs. Future Sanctum Books releases jump from $12.95 to $14.95 with DOC SAVAGE #37 ("The Mystery on the Snow" & "Peril in the North") and THE SHADOW #38 ("Dead Men Live" and "Dictator of Crime"). Effective immediately, subscription prices go up too, though I've purposely priced the Media Mail sub rate at $78 for six volumes or $155 for 12 books ... which means readers can still pay no more than the former retail price of $12.95 if they purchase 12-book subscriptions. To sweeten the deal, I've purchased a quantity of Shadow replica rings to give away as free premiums with 12-book subscriptions. (The rings commemorate the 80th anniversaries of The Shadow's debuts, which extend from July 30, 2010 (the anniversary of radio debut) through March 6, 2011 (the anniversary of publication of the pulp magazine). While supplies last, the ring premiums will also be available for immediate pickup for those who purchase or renew subscriptions at conventions (beginning at Windy City in April and continuing through San Diego's Comic-Con International and Pulpfest). BTW, back volumes of THE SHADOW (pre #38) and DOC SAVAGE (pre #37) will continue to be available as back issue sales at the old prices, including the 6- and 12-book sub deals and the larger "Instant Collection" deals. This price increase will apply only to new subscriptions that include future volumes.

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in May!

DOC SAVAGE Volume 37: "Mystery on the Snow" & "Peril in the North"

Thrill to the original pulp adventures of DC Comics' newest superstar as the heroic Man of Bronze returns in two action-packed novels by Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, an attempt to kidnap Monk and Ham brings the Man of Bronze to Canada in search of a rare treasure. Then, Doc and Pat Savage journey to the Arctic Circle to rescue wartime refugees stranded on the icepack. BONUS: "Snow Tricks," a never-reprinted Lester Dent chiller from the super-rare first issue of Doc Savage Magazine! This classic pulp reprint features the color pulp covers by Walter M. Baumhofer and Emery Clarke, Paul Orban's original interior illustrations and historical commentary by Will Murray, writer of seven Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-026-7 Softcover, 7x10, b&w, $14.95

DOC SAVAGE #37 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 31st).
The Diamond Item Code is APR101247.

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474

1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging

2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid

Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

http://www.shadowsanctum.com

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in May!

THE SHADOW Volume 38: "Dead Men Live" & "Dictator of Crime"

"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows! The Dark Avenger crushes criminal conspiracies in two pulse-pounding pulp thrillers by Walter Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." First, Lamont Cranston discovers that strange scientific secrets lurk behind a series of prominent murders when "Dead Men Live." Then, Kent Allard and Margo Lane journey to a Caribbean nation to confront a "Dictator of Crime," but "La Sombra" is soon captured and sentenced to death by firing squad. This instant collector's item leads off with one of George Rozen's greatest pulp covers (later featured on Shadow Comics #1), and also showcases the original interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Paul Orban and commentary by pulp historians Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-028-1 Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $14.95

THE SHADOW #38 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 31st).
The Diamond Item Code is APR101249.

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474

1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging

2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid

Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

http://www.shadowsanctum.com

BEB Books - Now available!

Beb Books is proud to present the 21st and 22nd titles in our
Secret Agent “X” reprint project.

Monarch of Murder: (Secret Agent “X” #17 August, 1935)

A hell-ship was surging across the night waters of the Atlantic, a harbinger of doom bearing down on the shore of America. A mighty ocean liner it was, and one of its passengers came straight from the terror temple of His Satanic Majesty. That passenger was—Doctor Marko. The criminal aces of America had sent for him to lead the underworld's horror horde . . . . Another man was on the black waters of the Atlantic. He guided a speedboat to the gigantic liner. This lone man was Secret Agent “X”—and he was going aboard the liner to stop Doctor Marko from reaching America. But even “X” was stunned at Doctor Marko’s ghastly greeting.
Just $5 plus postage.

Horde of the Damned: (Secret Agent “X” #19, October, 1935)

Over the bleak, wave-whipped sea wall of the great Lasher estate swarmed a horror horde of the eternally damned. G-men rushed to check that tide of terror, to prevent a monster kidnap plot. But those G-men wilted on rubber legs. Their deadly machine guns dropped harmlessly from arms that turned to jelly, for those government men had been scourged by tho curse of the rubber corpse.... Secret Agent X was among them. But his thousand faces, his thousand disguises, his thousand surprises were swept before the mighty march of that dehumanized horde.
Just $5 plus postage

Both stories are available right now. Why wait to find out how Secret Agent “X”, the man of a thousand faces, solves this fantastic crimes!

Each story is reprinted on 8.5 x 11 paper in easy-to-read 11 point laserjet type, side-stapled, with color cover and all of the original interior art. Postage is $3 for 1 to 3 books, and 25 cents additional but each book additional book.

Check out our web site for other great stories from Beb Books.
http://home.sprynet.com/~beb01/bebbooks/

Checks or Money Orders, only, made payable to Brian Brown.
Brian Earl Brown
11675 Beaconsfield
Detroit, MI 48224

Black Dog Books - Coming in late April! THE BLACK DEATH by Marion Polk Angellotti For the first time in one volume is Marion Polk Angellotti¹s complete saga of the English mercenary, collecting the novel, "Sir John Hawkwood" (Adventure, April-July 1911) and eight subsequent short stories that appeared in Adventure between December 1911 and July 1915. With an introduction by Doug Ellis. Cover art by Arthur Beecher. First book publication. $24.95 / Trade paperback / 248 pages
Black Dog Books - Coming in late April! KILLER¹S CARESS by Cary Moran Three black moles on a voluptuous siren¹s shapely thigh lead Johnny Harding, dapper, wise-cracking columnist of the Daily Telegraph into a web of crime and caresses adroitly spun by a spider of seduction. Cary Moran has written a fast-moving, thrill-packed story studded with laughs, mystery and passion. While "Killer¹s Caress" is a freestanding novel with no magazine appearance, readers may recall a series of stories by Cary Moran about Johnny Harding that ran in Spicy Detective Stories. With an introduction by Tom Roberts. Cover art by Rudolph Belarski. First time in paperback. $14.95 US / Trade paperback / 138 pp.
Black Dog Books - Coming in late April! THE SPACE ANNIHILATOR edited by Gene Christie The Space Annihilator: Early Science Fiction from The Argosy, 1896-1910, collects 16 tales from the first of the many pulp magazines that dominated America¹s literary landscape in the first half of the twentieth century. The daring and prophetic concepts found in these stories include laser beams, the Star Trek transporter, cellular telephones and man-made earth satellites. One of the highlights of The Space Annihilator is the first published story by Gertrude Barrows, whose later work under the pseudonym Francis Stevens was praised by H.P. Lovecraft, A. Merritt and other masters of fantasy. As Stevens Barrows is credited with originating both the alternate universe story and the 'dark fantasy' tale. With an introduction by Gene Christie. Cover art by Frank R. Paul. First book publication. $15.95 US / Trade paperback / 160 pp.
Black Dog Books - Coming in late April! TWICE MURDERED by Laurence Donovan Between assignments ghostwriting Doc Savage, The Whisperer, The Skipper, The Black Bat and The Phantom Detective, Laurence Donovan wrote hundreds of shorter works in the detective, adventure, mystery and western fields. This first collection of his fiction assembles ten thought-provoking mysteries. Bonus: Also included is a bibliography of Donovan¹s writings. With an introduction by Tom Roberts. Cover art by Lyman Anderson. First book publication. $19.95 / Trade paperback / 210 pages
Black Dog Books - Coming in late April! LUST OF THE LAWLESS by Robert Leslie Bellem From the creator of Dan Turner comes six-gun excitement! Action, action, and more action! Every story in this collection is packed with brutal fistfights and blazing gun battles. You'll get stalwart, two-fisted, fast-on-the-draw heroes. You'll get beautiful young women almost as tough as the heroes, and they won't hesitate to grab a gun and take the fight to the bad guys when they have to. And speaking of bad guys, you'll get plenty of despicable villains, too. This collection brings together Robert Leslie Bellem's entire output for Spicy Western Stories, plus a short biography of the author. With an introduction by Spur Award nominee James Reasoner. Cover art by Allen Anderson. Included are: Meat Hunter Killer's Brand Powdersmoke Passion Bait For a Mantrap Brand of the Question-Mark Lust of the Lawless Coward Man's Size Gold and a Girl Six-gun fun from start to finish! First book publication. $10.00 / Trade paperback / 102 pages
Black Dog Books - Coming in late April! FUNDAMENTALS OF FICTION WRITING by Arthur Sullivant Hoffman "Of more practical value to more persons than any other book on its subject I have ever seen." NY Tribune "An excellent book" - Bookman "Editorially Mr. Hoffman speaks; categorically too. You will be interested." - Boston Transcript As valuable a resource today as when it first appeared, Hoffman's Fundamentals of Fiction Writing offers instructions and advice on improving your fiction. As a veteran editor of more then twenty years, Hoffman brings his gifted insight and experience to help you avoid the pitfalls and mistakes most commonly found in fiction. A must-have for both the seasoned professional and the aspiring beginner! First time in paperback. $10.00 / Trade paperback (Non-fiction)/ 102 pages Note: This is the first volume of BDB¹s new non-fiction line.

The Book Cave - New podcast now available online!
Episode 67: Joel Jenkins - New!
Art and Ric talk to Joel Jenkins about his many books he has written.

Episode 66: Jeff Deischer
Episode 65: The Return of Derrick Ferguson
Episode 64: How The West Was Weird
Episode 63: Coming Attractions
Episode 62: Derrick Ferguson
Episode 61: The Satan Factory
Episode 60: Bond, James Bond

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

BOOM! STUDIOS: ROBERT E. HOWARD'S HAWKS OF OUTREMER #1 (of 4)
Coming in June!

Writer: Robert E. Howard, Michael Alan Nelson, Artist: Damian Couceiro, Covers by Joe Jusko and Karl Richardson.
BOOM! Studios brings you an epic story by Conan creator Robert E. Howard published in comic book form for the first time ever! As a wandering warrior born and bred on the battlefield, Cormac FitzGeoffrey is a renowned fighter, a ruthless adversary, and a man who is no stranger to the ways of bloodshed and violence. Cormac counts his friends on one hand, so when he learns that his most recent liege has been murdered, nothing will stop his quest for revenge. By oath, a path of vengence will be marked by the blood of his enemies.
32 pages, Full Color, SRP: $3.99
BOOM! Studios

HAWKS OF OUTREMER #1 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 31st).
The Diamond Item Code is APR100830.

BUCK ROGERS RETRO-A-GO-GO T-SHIRTS - Coming in August!
Dark Horse introduces a stunning line of officially licensed Buck Rogers accessories, produced by our friends at Retro-a-go-go for the modern space traveler! We bring you four stylish Buck Rogers T-shirts, in both men's and women's sizes, to be worn by distinguished and brave fashion explorers!

BUCK ROGERS RETRO-A-GO-GO T-SHIRTS are solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 31st).
Buck Rogers Ray Gun T-shirt: Men's M- XL , $21.99; Men's XXL, $22.99; Women's S-XL, $24.99; in stores on August 18.
Buck Rogers Vintage T-shirt: Men's M- XL, $21.99; Men's XXL, $22.99; Women's S- XL, $24.99; in stores on August 18.
Buck Rogers Logo T-shirt: Men's M- XL, $21.99; Men's XXL, $22.99; Women's S- XL, $24.99; in stores on August 18.
Buck Rogers Wilma T-shirt: Women's S-XL; $24.99, in stores on August 18.

Captain Future - Feature film in development!
German director Christian Alvart ("Case 39," "Pandorum") will adapt Edmond Hamilton's 1940's pulp sci-fi magazine serial and later 1970's anime series "Captain Future" into a feature film reports Quiet Earth.

Christian Alvart:
I was a huge CAPTAIN FUTURE fan growing up. In elementary school I spent my whole allowance on the toys and the sticker collection which were quite a big deal in Germany. There was the popular Anime show in the 80's of course, but I also read all the original novels by Science Fiction pioneer Edmond Hamilton and loved them. It took us a couple of years to investigate and option the rights for the CAPTAIN FUTURE property and I'm very happy that we have the development financing together and are finally ready to move forward with the script.

We are developing CAPTAIN FUTURE as a big fun space opera for the whole family - hoping to recreate that same sense of excitement that I had discovering space through the CAPTAIN's eyes. There are many smart and adult ideas in the franchise for grown-ups to enjoy, but this will definitely be something they can take their kids to as well.

Like THE FIFTH ELEMENT this will be a big budget Science Fiction movie developed and produced out of Europe with an international cast. CAPTAIN FUTURE still has a huge fan base in countries like France (CAPTAIN FLAM), Italy (CAPITAN FUTURO) Germany and the UK. I know the fans will watch very closely where we take their beloved CAPTAIN and I hope they will be as excited about him conquering the big screen as we are now working in his Universe.

CAPTAIN FUTURE will be about Curtis Newton's first adventure and therefore - in part - his origin story. We are also in development on a possible sequel called CAPTAIN FUTURE - WIZARD OF SCIENCE which would be ready instantly if box office returns are promising.

And yes, since I get your question all the time: "Will we see the COMET in 3D?" "You bet we will!"

Source: Quiet Earth

CLASSIC RED SONJA “RE-MASTERED” #1 - Coming in June!
Writer: Roy Thomas; Artist: Esteban Maroto; Cover: Frank Brunner
Classic Sword and Sorcery action! An all new series reprinting classic Red Sonja tales! First up is an incredible story (“The Ring of Ikribu” from Savage Sword of Conan) by the legendary Roy Thomas, joined by artist Esteban Maroto! Featuring a new cover image by the legendary Frank Brunner! Remastered in color for the first time ever!
32 pages, Full Color, $3.99
Dynamite Entertainment

CLASSIC RED SONJA #1 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 31st).
The Diamond Item Code is APR100903.

CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #23 - Coming in June!
Timothy Truman (Writer), Tomás Giorello (Penciller), José Villarrubia (Colors), and Tomás Giorello (Cover)

Eluding their torments from Turan, Conan and Olivia seek to hide out on a small island in the Vilayet Sea, but they soon find themselves stalked by an unseen terror in the jungles and threatened by a group of pirates belonging to the Red Brotherhood. A centuries-old curse also haunts the island and threatens the lives of everyone on it! After surviving the massacre at Ilbars Stream and spending the ensuing weeks on the run, Conan still finds himself using his wits and survival knowledge to endure hardship and dangers. Olivia, the lovely former princess of Ophir, was rescued from slavery by Conan last issue—and she may be in a position to return the favor sooner than she’d like!

Tim Truman, Tomás Giorello, and José Villarrubia’s adaptation of Robert E. Howard’s “Iron Shadows in the Moon” continues in this action-filled second chapter.
Full Color, 40 pages, $2.99, On sale June 23
Dark Horse Comics

CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #23 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 31st).
The Diamond Item Code is APR100035.

CTHULHU VOLUME 1 Graphic Novel - Coming in June!
Writer/Artist: Various
H.P. Lovecraft was a genius and a visionary who created a God: Cthulhu. The anthology of horror fiction which shares its name with Lovecraft's unspeakable evil makes its English language debut with this chilling collection of original stories by some of Spain's finest comic artists and writers of horror. Inspired by the work of H.P. Lovecraft, these macabre tales are certain to please any fans of terror.
MATURE THEMES
Softcover, 7x10, 96 pages, B&W SRP: $9.99
Kettledrummer Books

CTHULHU VOLUME 1 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 31st).
The Diamond Item Code is APR101000.

DOC SAVAGE - WILL MURRAY ANNOUNCEMENT!

The rumors are true. After a 7 year negotiation—I am not kidding—I’ve acquired from Conde Nast/Advance Magazines, the right to market 7 new Doc Savage novels. All 7 will be based on unused and unfinished Lester Dent ideas, outlines and manuscripts.

In anticipation of this, I’ve written THE DESERT DEMONS, which reunites the entire Doc Savage cast for a far-out adventure that sprawls from 1936 Hollywood, California to the alligator-invested interior of Florida.

Other Docs are in various stages of execution, with HORROR IN GOLD fully drafted. I’m likely to complete THE INFERNAL BUDDHA, which I began as my 8th Doc in 1993, next.

These will be kicked-up, over-the-top stories in the grand high adventure tradition. Which is why I’m calling this new series, The WILD Adventures of Doc Savage.

Award-winning artist Joe DeVito, who painted all of my previous Doc Savage covers, has executed a new cover for THE DESERT DEMONS. We’re continuing the tradition of the Bantam Books covers by the legendary James Bama by using the late Steve Holland as the model for the Man of Bronze.

Our last collaboration, THE FORGOTTEN REALM, was executed from a vintage photo of Holland as Doc. I’m pleased and proud to say that Bama has provided Joe with the negatives for his original Doc photo shoots of the 1960s and Joe will be painting future covers from unused Steve Holland poses—original ripped shirt and everything.

Next stop: Finding a publisher. With a new Doc Savage film in the works, this shouldn’t be hard.

Will Murray (Kenneth Robeson X)

Original Forgotten Realm cover
by award-winning artist Joe DeVito

DOC SAVAGE #3 - Coming in June!
Written by Paul Malmont, co-feature written by Jason Starr, art by Howard Porter and Art Thibert, co-feature art by Scott Hampton; Cover by J.G. Jones, variant cover by John Cassaday.

Doc Savage and his crew take the fight to the sinister mercenaries who've targeted them in a high-speed chase between two dirigibles in the canyons of Manhattan! You've never seen a dogfight like this before! In the Justice, Inc. co-feature, the Avenger is starting to lose control and so is the mastermind behind Josh's kidnapping! If Benson thinks this nightmare can't get worse, he has no idea how wrong he is. And come back next month for the return of First Wave with issue #4!

40 pages, Full Color, $3.99, in stores on June 9.
DC Comics

DOC SAVAGE #3 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 31st).
The Diamond Item Code is APR100181.

Donovan Pike and the City of the Gods
Chapter 6 is now available online and recommended!
Ten years ago, the father of Donovan Pike disappeared while searching for the City of the Gods, a mythical metropolis that legend says contains technology from the stars. Now a clue turns up that could mean Pike’s father is alive, and the City of the Gods is real.

The adventurer must team up with an old enemy to battle a dark army that will stop at nothing to prevent Pike from finding his father and discovering the location of an ancient city that will change the world – or destroy it.

Read it online or listen to the podcast! A new chapter will be posted approximately every week!

Visit the Pulp Nocturne website for the adventures of Donovan Pike!

E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow in Review:
This weeks Shadow review is "The Plot Master" from February 1, 1935.

Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online!
"The Miraculous Buddha" by H. Bedford-Jones from SHORT STORIES, April 10, 1944
An alternate history story of post-World War II, where matters turned out differently.
Most of the story takes place in Turkestan in Asia.
"Murder Off the Record" by Bill Morgan from TEN DETECTIVE ACES, January, 1946
A detective is a good witness to your innocence when your homicide scheme is foolproof.
But how can you trust a flatfoot in a case of . . . Murder Off the Record

FLASH GORDON COMIC BOOK ARCHIVES VOLUME 1 - Coming in August!
By Paul Norris, Jack Lehti, Frank Thorne and others.

Flash Gordon's classic era in comic books returns in a new archival collection from Dark Horse! Join the handsome and fearless Flash, his clever and capable companion Dale Arden, and eccentric scientist Dr. Zarkov as they face peril and danger in the wild landscapes of the planet Mongo and go head to head with the villainous despot Ming the Merciless! This archival collection, reprinting seven complete comics originally published from 1947 through 1953, makes a fine addition to any comics library. Ray guns, spaceships, and Silver Age storytelling -- it's all here and it's all action!

312 pages, $49.99, in stores on August 25.
Dark Horse Comics

FLASH GORDON ARCHIVES VOLUME 1 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 31st).
The Diamond Item Code is APR100049.

GREEN HORNET #2 - Arriving in comic shops March 31st!
Writer: Kevin Smith; Artist: Jonathan Lau;
Covers by ALEX ROSS (25%), JOHN CASSADAY (25%), MARC SILVESTRI (25%) & STEPHEN SEGOVIA (25%)
The Green Hornet is back, and Dynamite is the new home for the avenging hero and his faithful sidekick, Kato (and, their ride, Black Beauty, ‘natch)! Issue #2 continues the incredible opening blast from Dynamite and Kevin Smith: the original Green Hornet struggles with forces put in motion against him while his son unwittingly becomes a pawn in a world not of his making! Never before seen, this comic adaptation of the unproduced Kevin Smith screenplay is THE comic book event of 2010 (and beyond!) Featuring an incredible array of covers by Alex Ross, John Cassaday, Joe Benitez and Stephen Segovia!

32 pages, Full Color, $3.99
Dynamite Entertainment

GREEN HORNET #4 - Coming in June!
Writer: Kevin Smith; Artist: Jonathan Lau
Cover: Alex Ross (50%), John Cassaday (50%), Joe Benitez (1-in-10), Stephen Segovia (1-in-25)
After the incredible events of the last issue, the legacy of the Green Hornet and its future are forever altered! There’s not too much more we can say without giving away the thrilling events, but this issue features the aftermath of the battle with the Black Hornet, the original Hornet, Kato, his daughter and young Britt Reid! A hero will have died and the Hornet universe will have been changed forever! Featuring another awesome line-up of covers from Ross, Cassaday, Benitez and Segovia! Ask your local retailer for the incredible line-up of incentive covers to complete your collection!

32 pages, Full Color, $3.99
Dynamite Entertainment

GREEN HORNET #4 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 31st).
The Diamond Item Code is APR100869.

THE GREEN HORNET STRIKES! #2 - Coming in June!
Writer: Brett Matthews; Artist: Ariel Padilla; Cover: John Cassaday
Senses are shattering and pulses pounding as generations new and old experience this ultimate tale. THE GREEN HORNET STRIKES! Features the writing of acclaimed Lone Ranger scribe Brett Matthews, cover artist John Cassaday and interior artist Ariel Padilla! Issue #2 continues the excitement begun in our debut as this new Hornet makes his way through the underworld of Chicago and the tangled world above! Ask your local retailer for the incredible line-up of incentive covers to complete your collection!

32 pages, Full Color, $3.99
Dynamite Entertainment

THE GREEN HORNET STRIKES #2 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 31st).
The Diamond Item Code is APR100873.

THE GREEN HORNET: YEAR ONE #3 - Coming in June!
Writter: Matt Wagner; Art: Aaron Campbell
Covers: John Cassaday; Francesco Francavilla (1-in-10)
The Golden Age adventures of the fabulous Green Hornet continue! Told partially in their present day as well as filling in the story detailing the meeting of the Hornet and Kato, these new adventures are classics in the making! Ask your local retailer for the incredible line-up of incentive covers to complete your collection!

32 pages, Full Color, $3.99
Dynamite Entertainment

GREEN HORNET YEAR ONE #3 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 31st).
The Diamond Item Code is APR100879.

HUNT BEYOND THE FROZEN FIRE - Arriving in book stores March 30th!
Gabriel Hunt, Christa Faust, Cover art by Glen Orbik
Dr. Lawrence Silver vanished while researching a mysterious phenomenon near the South Pole. His beautiful daughter wants to know where and why—and it’s up to Gabriel Hunt to find out. But what they’ll discover at the heart of nature’s most brutal climate could change the world forever...

Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Leisure Books
ISBN-10: 084396247X
ISBN-13: 978-0843962475
$6.99

Visit the Hunt for Adventure website!

IDW Publishing: YOURS TRULY, JACK THE RIPPER #1 - Coming in June!
Writer: Robert Bloch, Joe R. Lansdale & John L. Lansdale, Artist/Colors: Kevin Colden
Psycho author Robert Bloch’s seminal tale of the Ripper in then-contemporary times was originally published in Weird Tales in ’43. Now it’s getting adapted to comics for the first time ever, by acclaimed writer Joe R. Lansdale & John L. Lansdale, and featuring art and colors by Eisner-nominated artist Kevin Colden (Fishtown).

32 pages, 2-Colors, $3.99
IDW Publishing

YOURS TRULY, JACK THE RIPPER #1 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 31st).
The Diamond Item Code is APR100358.

KATO #3 - Coming in June!
Writter: Ande Parks; Art: Alé Garza; Main Cover: Joe Benitez, Alé Garza (1-in-10), Johnny D (1-in-25)!
The prelude to the smash series from Kevin Smith and Dynamite continues as the story before their appearance in the pages of KEVIN SMITH’S GREEN HORNET is finally told! At the hands of the Black Hornet, Kato is faced with an unimaginable loss! Will he find the strength to survive? Featuring another awesome line-up of covers from Benitez, Garza and Johnny D!

32 pages, Full Color, $3.99
Dynamite Entertainment

KATO #3 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 31st).
The Diamond Item Code is APR100882.

KATO ORIGINS #2: WAY OF THE NINJA - Coming in June!
Writer: Jia Nitz; Artist: Colton Worley; Cover: Colton Worley, Francesco Francavilla (1-in-10)
Look out! Exploding from the pages of Matt Wagner’s Green Hornet: Year One, here comes Kato! It’s pure action, drama, mystery and more around every corner as Dynamite continues their debut of the all-new Kato series, “Way of the Ninja!”
Dynamite debuts an all-new Kato series, set during the earliest adventures of the Green Hornet and his faithful sidekick! Kato is on the case as he tracks a murderer and unfolds a mystery that centers around him and his previous life! Ask your local retailer for the incredible line-up of incentive covers to complete your collection!

32 pages, Full Color, $3.99
Dynamite Entertainment

KATO ORIGINS #2 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 31st).
The Diamond Item Code is APR100876.

KING CONAN VOLUME 1 - Coming in August!
Roy Thomas (Writer), John Buscema (Penciller), and Ernie Chan (Inker)

Conan is king! Join Conan, king of Aquilonia, his queen Zenobia, and their son Conn in this comics adaptation of L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter, and Björn Nyberg’s stories “The Witch of the Mists,” “Black Sphinx of Nebthu,” “Red Moon of Zembabwei,” “Shadows in the Skull,” and “The Ring of Rakhamon”!

Written by master comics scribe Roy Thomas and illustrated by the unparalleled John Buscema!
King Conan collects issues #1 through #5 of the early ’80s series originally published by Marvel Comics.
King Conan is based on a series of five short stories by Robert E. Howard, originally published in Weird Tales.

Trade Paperback, Full Color, 192 pages, $17.99, On sale August 25
Dark Horse Comics

KING CONAN VOLUME 1 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 31st).
The Diamond Item Code is APR100036.

Michael Moorcock: THE MAD GOD'S AMULET
Arriving in book stores March 30th!
After withstanding the power of the Black Jewel and saving the city of Hamadan from the conquest of the Dark Empire of Granbretan, Hawkmoon set off for Kamarang, where friendship and love await him. But the journey is beyond treacherous. With his boon companion, Oladahn, the beastman of the Bulgar Mountians, Hawkmoon discovers the peaceful city of Soryandum, which holds the power to transcend the confines of time and space. This power, which keeps the city from falling to the Dark Empire, could keep Kamarang safe. But alas his love Yisselda is now a prisoner of the Mad God, whose powerful amulet is linked to Hawkmoon’s ultimate destiny: a power that began at creation and calls heroes to arms throughout existence. Hawkmoon must rip this amulet from the neck of the Mad God if he hopes to save the city of Kamarang and free his friends and his one true love from the Dark Empire's relentless wrath.

The covers and interior art are being done by Vance Kovacs.

Trade paperback
ISBN-10: 0765324741
ISBN-13: 978-0765324740
$13.99

Moonstone Books: DOMINO LADY: NOIR - Coming in June!
Writer: Nancy Holder; Artist: Shawn Van Briesen; Cover: Michael J. Williams

Great jumping on point! Bram Stoker Award-winner and New York Times best-selling author Nancy Holder tells of bad love gone bad in the comic novella "D.O.A." Steamy white hot passion, the business of violent crime, and a girl who should know better! Gorgeous greyscaled art by Shawn Van Briesen!

32 pages, B&W SRP: $3.50
Moonstone Books

DOMINO LADY: NOIR is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 31st).
The Diamond Item Code is APR101013.

Moonstone Books: THE PHANTOM: GHOST WHO WALKS #12 - Coming in June!
Writer: Mike Bullock; Artist: Silvestre Syzilagyi; Cover: Art Thibert
"Godfall," Part 5. The Phantom and the HIM face off for their final confrontation. With the lives of thousands hanging in the balance, can the Phantom fight his way through waves of child soldiers to take out their leader, or will he become another trophy in the legacy of Uganda's most despicable warlord? Covers by Art Thibert, Fernando Peniche, and Roberto Castro.

32 pages, Full Color, $3.99
Moonstone Books

THE PHANTOM: GHOST WHO WALKS #12 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 31st).
The Diamond Item Code is APR101016.

Moonstone Books: HONEY WEST #1 - Coming in July!
Written by Trina Robbins, art by Cynthia Martin, colors by Mark Simmons, covers by David Lloyd and Malcolm McClinton.

The return of the world's first female private eye in fiction and on TV! As tough as Mike Hammer and as sultry as Marilyn Monroe! Gloria Fickling's creation has solved mysteries in 10 novels, and was also the star of the TV series Honey West starring Anne Francis!

Danger lurks in them thar Hollywood hills when topless piano player Mimi Malloy walks into Honey West's office. There's been a double homicide at her nightclub, the Purple Pussy, and Mimi suspects she's the next victim! Join us as our favorite girl detective goes undercover as a go-go dancer and mixes it up with Hollywood hippies to uncover the "Killer on the Keys."

32 pages, $3.99 (photo variant, $5.99).

Moonstone Books

Moonstone Books: The SPIDER: The Iron Man War #2 (of 3) - Coming in July!
Story: Norvell W. Page, Howard Hopkins; Art: J. Anthony Kosar

A continued HISTORIC UNVEILING! Read the story that Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster used for the 1940 SUPERMAN Sunday comic strip adventure “Bandit Robots of Metropolis” and Stan Lee/Larry Lieber used for the 1963 story in TALES OF SUSPENSE #39!!

THE SPIDER—cloaked, fanged nightmare in black—delivers swift justice with a pair of .45 automatics. Midnight shadows cast doom over exclusive Sutton Place—under attack by new evil in terror warfare—a sinister criminal mastermind in power armor named The Iron Man! Destructive giant armored men have the city held in a grip of terror, and only one man made of just flesh and blood stands in their path: THE SPIDER!

Cinematic NOIR painted art by J. Anthony Kosar! Second of a three-part Wide-Vision comic book mini-series based on the novel published in the THE SPIDER magazine. 32 pages, b/w, $3.99

Moonstone Books

Paizo Publishing - Now available!
Who Fears the Devil?—The Complete Silver John by Manly Wade Wellman
Introduction by Mike Resnick
There’s a traveling man that the Carolina mountain folk call Silver John for the silver strings strung on his guitar. In his wanderings, John encounters a parade of benighted forest creatures, mountain spirits, and shapeless horrors from the void of history with only his enduring spirit, playful wit, and the magic of his guitar to preserve him.

Manly Wade Wellman’s Silver John is one of the most beloved figures in fantasy, a true American folk hero of the literary age. The Planet Stories edition of Who Fears the Devil? collects—for the first time—all of John’s adventures published throughout Wellman’s life, including two stories about John before he got his silver-stringed guitar that have never previously appeared in a Silver John collection. Lost, out-of-print, or buried in expensive hardcover editions, the seminal, unforgettable tales of Who Fears the Devil? stand ready for a new generation to continue the folk tradition of Silver John!

352-page softcover trade paperback ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-188-6
$15.99

Paizo Publications - Planet Stories

Paizo Publishing - Now available!
Steppe by Piers Anthony with an Introduction by Chris Roberson

After facing a brutal death at the hands of enemy tribesmen upon the Eurasian steppe, the 9th-century warrior-chieftain Alp awakes in a world of “demons”—sinister businessmen who have brought him fifteen hundred years into the future to make him a soulless pawn in a ruthless game that spans the stars. Based on secret records of Earth’s past, the Game sets players in the roles of historical figures, pitting them against one another in a decadent and deadly fight for supremacy. For Alp, however, war is never a game. With his own execution imminent, Alp must adapt quickly to both his new century and the strange rules of the Game world, facing off in bloodthirsty battles against the most notorious figures in history. For if Alp doesn’t emerge victorious, he’ll never live to claim the woman he loves...

Introducer Chris Roberson (Paragaea: A Planetary Romance, Iron Jaw and Hummingbird) provides an introduction to the book and its formative effect on his own successful writing career.

First printing in 16 years!
128-page softcover trade paperback
ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-182-4
$14.99

Paizo Publications - Planet Stories

Philip José Farmer - RIVERWORLD miniseries to be broadcast April 18th!
Syfy channel has announced the airdate for the Riverworld mini-series: April 18th.
For some reason, rather than two hours one night and then another two hours a day or two later, they are showing all four hours in one night.

Prime Books
Coming in December!

Robert E. Howard
The Hour of the Dragon

Mass Market Paperback
Original WEIRD TALES text
320 pages

Cover by Scott Grimando
$6.99

Prime Books

Thanks to Sean Wallace
for providing the details and
the cover art!

PS Publishing: Black Wings: New Tales of Lovecraftian Horror - Now available!
Edited by S. T. Joshi
The work of H. P. Lovecraft continues to inspire many of the leading contemporary authors of horror and the supernatural. In this anthology, S. T. Joshi, the world’s leading expert on Lovecraft and the author of the lively treatise The Rise and Fall of the Cthulhu Mythos, tries his hand at assembling a modern-day Lovecraftian anthology, casting his net on both sides of the Atlantic and producing a volume that radically expands our notions of what constitutes “Lovecraftian” fiction.

Caitlín R. Kiernan, Brian Stableford, and Nicholas Royle produce innovative deconstructions of Lovecraft’s “Pickman’s Model” and “The Hound.” Michael Shea transfers the Cthulhu Mythos to San Francisco, Laird Barron and Philip Haldeman set their Lovecraftian horrors in the Pacific Northwest, and Donald R. Burleson and William Browning Spencer enliven the parched Southwest with cosmic monsters. Ramsey Campbell, Jonathan Thomas, Jason Van Hollander, and others make Lovecraft himself a character in tales of cosmic menace, while David J. Schow and Michael Cisco ring new changes on the Lovecraftian concept of the forbidden book. These and other stories by Michael Marshall Smith, Norman Partridge, W. H. Pugmire, Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., Darrell Schweitzer, Donald R. and Mollie L. Burleson, Sam Gafford, and Adam Niswander all reveal how vital and vibrant the Lovecraftian idiom remains . . . and how terrifying.

PS Publishing
Cover art by Jason Van Hollander
Limited: $96.00
Trade: $40.00

QUEEN SONJA #9 - Coming in June!
Writter: Arvid Nelson; Art: Jackson Herbert
From the edge of her sword to the murky swamp below, this magnificent work of art captures every dramatic detail of the She-Devil with a Sword. This is a must have for both the fine art collector and the lover of sword and sorcery fantasy. The penultimate issue of Arvid Nelson’s thrilling Queen Sonja arc (featuring the incredible art of Jackson Herbert). Mysteries unravel and blood will be spilled!
32 pages, Full Color, $2.99
Dynamite Entertainment

QUEEN SONJA #9 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 31st).
The Diamond Item Code is APR100902.

RED SONJA #50 - Coming in June!
Writer: Arvid Nelson, Kevin McCarthy, Raven Gregory, Art: Johnny D, Pablo Marcos, Joyce Chin
Covers: Joseph Michael Linsner, Art Adams, Johnny Desjardins, Joe Jusko
A special anniversary issue because YOU demanded it! When Dynamite made the move to the Queen Sonja series, fans were left without their 50th anniversary issue! No More! In the vein of Marvel’s Thor #600 and Amazing Spider-Man #600 – featuring 100 pages of story and art, including new stories from Arvid Nelson, Kevin McCarthy, Raven Gregory as well as reprinting classic stories by Roy Thomas and all! Featuring 4 awesome covers and a forward by Red Sonja writer Mike Carey! Ask your local retailer for the incredible line-up of incentive covers to complete your collection!
100 pages, Full Color, $4.99
Dynamite Entertainment
RED SONJA #50 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 31st).
The Diamond Item Code is APR100897.

RED SONJA: WRATH OF THE GODS #5 (OF 5) - Coming in June!
Writer: Luke Lieberman, Ethan Ryker; Art: Walter Geovani; Cover: Lucio Parrillo
Will Sonja, Thor and Gamble be able to take down both Loki and Odin, the All-Father? Find out in the senses-shattering conclusion of Wrath of the Gods!

32 pages, Full Color, $3.99
Dynamite Entertainment

RED SONJA: WRATH OF THE GODS #5 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 31st).
The Diamond Item Code is APR100904.

Renaissance E Books: Futures-Past Editions - Now available!

Two Classic Pulp Talesof Dark Fantasy and Demonic Horror
From the Woman Hailed as the "creator of of dark fantasy."

Futures-Past Editions are available in a wide variety of formats atthe Futures-PastEditions.com website and all major ebookstores, including the brandstores for Kindle, Sony, Palm, and B&N, as well as Fictionwise, eBooks.com,eBookmall, and others.

POSSESSED: A Tale of the Demon Serapion by Francis Stevens

From theCreator of Dark Fantasy! Moveover Dean Koontz and Anne Rice, the Grandmistress of Horror is back in print atlast, with her supreme novel of psychological terror! Francis Stevens has"the best claim at creating the new genre of dark fantasy," writesProfessor Gary C. Hoppenstand. While the supreme historian of sf/f/h SamMoskowitz says, "Francis Stevens" (Gertrude Barrows Bennett) was thegreatest woman writer of horror between Mary Shelly and Anne Rice!" Thisunnerving classic from the pages of the pulp magazines All-Story and FamousFantastic Mysteries tells the chilling tale of a normal young man tempted totheft, murder and betrayal when he becomes the unwilling tool of an evil spiritfrom beyond the grave. Author-critic Lloyd Arthur Eshbach hailed this shudderclassic as "original in concept, entertainingly written, revealing anunusual mastery of atmosphere, a flair for maintaining suspense, a fertileimagination, a rare narrative gift, and a strong leaning toward themysterious." If you love the work of Koontz, King, Rice, Straub, andClark, you must read Francis Stevens Possessed! [Publisher Note: As a bonusthis special eBook edition contains an introduction about the author and herwork, plus the only three short tales of dark fantasy Francis Stevens ever published:"Behind the Curtain," "Elf-Trap" and"Unseen-Unfeared."]

ISBN: 1-58873-104-9
Retail download: $4.99
Category: Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
Pub. Date: April 2010

THE CITADEL OF FEAR by Francis Stevens

"Wonderfuland tragic allegory … amazing and thrilling scenes ... masterful … hugemystery, gigantic tragedy, and original and extraordinary situations…" soraved H. P. Lovecraft when The Citadel of Fear first appeared. Here is one of the greatest of all classics of dark fantasy,a gorgeously written and imaginatively conceived masterpiece by the mysteriouswoman author who wrote as Francis Stevens. In this pulp masterpiece fromAll-Story in 1918, Talapallan, lost city of the ancient Aztecs, still survivesin, hidden safely in an eerie underground world. And among its many temples isthe black fetid shrine where the dark god Nacoc-Yaotl is worshiped, the Citadelof Fear. When two men from the modern world stumble into Talapallan, the evilin one allows Nacoc-Yaotl to escape into the outside world. Soon two ofSteven's trademark strong women, and three very different but likable men, findthemselves pitted against a dark god of immense powers. Before the conflict isover, North American will be the scene of an epic battle against the mightiestgods of the Aztec pantheon. Romance, magic, meaning, adventure, and scrumptiouswriting are all here in this pulp magazine fantasy masterwork.

ISBN: 9781615081967
Retail download: $4.99
Category: Horror
Pub. Date: April 2010

Solomon Kane - Feature film on DVD June 28th!
The first part in a trilogy series, "Solomon Kane" is an epic adventure adapted from the classic pulp stories by Robert E. Howard, creator of "Conan the Barbarian." Solomon Kane (James Purefoy) is a 16th Century soldier who learns that his brutal and cruel actions have damned him. Determined to redeem himself, Kane swears to live a life of peace and goodness but is forced to fight once more when a dark power threatens the land.

Directed by Michael J. Bassett, starring James Purefoy, Max von Sydow, Pete Postlethwaite, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Alice Krige, Mackenzie Crook

Solomon Kane Official Movie Magazine - Arriving in comic shops March 31st!
Go behind the scenes of the epic movie, Solomon Kane, with this Official Movie Souvenir Magazine that brings you exclusive interviews, stunning artwork and storyboards, set secrets, and the history of Robert E. Howard's puritan adventurer and fantasy hero.
Price: $14.99

Tantor Media: THE HORROR STORIES OF ROBERT E. HOWARD
Now available!

Robert E. Howard, renowned creator of Conan the barbarian, was also a master at conjuring tales of hair-raising horror. In a career spanning only twelve years, Howard wrote more than a hundred stories, with his most celebrated work appearing in Weird Tales, the preeminent pulp magazine of the era.

In this collection of Howard's greatest horror tales, some of the author's best-known characters---Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, and sailor Steve Costigan among them---roam the forbidding locales of Howard's fevered imagination, from the swamps and bayous of the Deep South to the fiend-haunted woods outside Paris to remote jungles in Africa.

Included in this collection is Howard's masterpiece "Pigeons from Hell," a tale of two travelers who stumble upon the ruins of a Southern plantation---and into the maw of its fatal secret. In "Black Canaan," even the best warrior has little chance of taking down the evil voodoo man with unholy powers---and none at all against his wily mistress, the diabolical High Priestess of Damballah. Also included is the classic revenge nightmare "Worms of the Earth" as well as "The Cairn on the Headland."

Read by Robertson Dean
Running Time: 24 hrs - Unabridged
Trade: 19 Audio CD $54.99
Library: 19 Audio CD $109.99
MP3: 2 MP3-CD $39.99

Tantor Media

Tantor Media: BRAN MAK MORN - Coming in May!
From Robert E. Howard's fertile imagination sprang some of fiction's greatest heroes, including Conan the Cimmerian, King Kull, and Solomon Kane. But of all Howard's characters, none embodied his creator's brooding temperament more than Bran Mak Morn, the last king of a doomed race.

In ages past, the Picts ruled all of Europe. But the descendants of those proud conquerors have sunk into barbarism...all save one: Bran Mak Morn, whose bloodline remins unbroken. Threatened by the Celts and the Romans, the Pictish tribes rally under his banner to fight for their very survival, while Bran fights to restore the glory of his race.

This collection gathers together all of Howard's published stories featuring Bran Mak Morn: "Men of the Shadows," "Kings of the Night," "A Song of the Race," "Worms of the Earth," "The Dark Man," and "The Lost Race."

Read by Robertson Dean
Running Time: 11 hrs and 30 minutes - Unabridged
Trade: 10 Audio CD $34.99
Library: 10 Audio CD $69.99
MP3: 1 MP3-CD $24.99

Tantor Media

Tarzan of the Apes - Now available!
A central figure in American popular culture, Tarzan first came swinging through the jungle in the pages of a pulp-fiction magazine in 1912, and subsequently appeared in the novel that went on to spawn numerous film, full-length cartoon, and theatrical adaptations. The infant Tarzan, lost on the coast of West Africa, is adopted by an ape-mother and grows up to become a model of physical strength and natural prowess, and eventually leader of his tribe. When he encounters a group of white Europeans, and rescues Jane Porter from a marauding ape, he finds love, and must choose between the values of civilization and the jungle. Jason Haslam's engaging introduction situates the novel not only in the pulp fiction industry, but also against the backdrop of adventure stories, European exploration in Africa, and the debates over nature versus civilization. This edition also features an up-to-date bibliography, chronology, and helpful notes as well as appendices that include selections of letters from readers to the editor of The All-Story magazine where the novel first appeared, histories of feral children, African explorers, and American advocates of self-reliance.
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN-10: 0199542880
ISBN-13: 978-0199542888
$8.95

19 March 2010

Adventure House - Darrell Richardson Auction Update!
Because of a software glitch, you still have a chance at some real rarities in the Darrell Richardson Auction through Adventure House. Our auction was interrupted when the auction software prematurely closed a number of lots at the stroke of midnight. Because we were unable to get it back up in a timely manner, we've closed the first half of the auction that was completed and have rescheduled the last half this coming Friday evening, starting at 7:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time.

Don't miss out on this golden opportunity to bid on a true first A GENT FROM BEAR CREEK, or one of three copies of Ray Bradbury's fanzine, FUTURIA FANTASIA. How about a wonderful copy of ALL-STORY with the Curse of Capistrano, the first story about Zorro! Several rare Robert E. Howard non-Weird Tales pulps - JACK DEMPSEY'S FIGHT or ACTION STORIES!

Or any of these beautiful hardbound books by Robert E. Howard:
POST OAKS AND SAND ROUGHS
ECHOES FROM AN IRON HARP
KING CONAN
THE COMING OF CONAN
THE SWORD OF CONAN
CONAN THE BARBARIAN

Also included in this section of the auction:
THE RED PERI by Stanley G. Weinbaum
Fantasy Press. First Edition/Limited copy #91. Boards show some marring on front. Front and back end paper shows some adhesive showing through as tan stains. Shelf dust. DJ shows some rubbing to back.
SPACEHOUNDS OF IPC by Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.
Signed limited #280. Published by Fantasy Press. Book plate on endpaper. Discoloration to paper edge. Stain on front endpaper. DJ shelf wear and creases to spine ends. Small corner bump.
ALWAYS COMES EVENING by Robert E. Howard
Published by Arkham House. Signed by editor, Glenn Lord. Some shelf wear to DJ. Discoloration to endpapers.
THE SKYLARK OF SPACE by Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.
Signed by Smith to Darrell with personal message. Hadley Publishing Co. Book plate on front endpaper. Some soiling to boards. DJ shows soiling and rubbing, mostly to spine and back cover. Shelf wear on spine.
SKYLARK THREE by Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.
First edition Fantasy Press, signed with note by E.E. Smith to Darrell. DJ shelf wear to spine. Rubbing and soiling to covers. Shelf dust to paper edge. Discoloration to end papers.
SKYLARK OF VALERON by Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.
First edition Fantasy Press. Signed with personal note by E.E. Smith to Darrell. Discoloration to end papers. Shelf dust to paper edge. Soiling and rubbing to covers. Shelf wear to spine ends.
GALACTIC PATROL by Edward E. Smith Ph.D.
First Limited Edition Fantasy Press. Signed with inscription to Darrell. Discoloration to end papers. Shelf dust to paper edge. Shelf wear to spine ends.
FIRST LENSMAN by Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.
First edition Fantasy Press. Signed with inscription by E.E. Smith to Darrell. Color touch to top of DJ, as well as rubbing and soiling. Heavy discoloration to end papers. Shelf dust to top paper edge.
THE DARK MAN AND OTHERS by Robert E. Howard
First Edition Arkham House by Robert E. Howard. Boards are in beautiful as new condition. The DJ has a bump in upper right corner and minor shelf wear and soiling to spine and back cover.
GREY LENSMAN by Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.
Heavy spine tape, tears and chips. Tape inside front cover edge with tears and creases. Includes: Burroughs [Return of Tarzan], and Haggard.
Almost forgot, three parts to the exceedingly scarce Tarzan serial - THE RETURN OF TARZAN in NEW STORY MAGAZINE.
With several wonderful cover illustrations by N.C. Wyeth!

Well...you get the idea...some really great pulpular editions from Adventure House Auctions.

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Click on the Adventure House Auctions Icon toward the top of the page.

Age of Aces - Now available!

Now available from Age of Aces Books
"Satan's Playmates: The Adventures of Molloy and McNamara"

$16.99, 306 pages, 6x9, Trade Paperback
You can get your copy from Amazon, Mike Chomko Books, and Adventure House.

Age of Aces

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 Spy in the Ointment" by Robert J. Hogan from the November 1933 WAR BIRDS
When they asked for volunteers to fly that spy mission, Abe answered because he couldn’t sit down. It took another spy to convince him that medals were not always granted for bravery.

Age of Adventure: THE RIO KID WESTERN - Now available!

Galloping out of the pages of the Western Pulps of yesteryear rides The RIO KID!

Thrill to three full length, gun slinging classics collected together in
one BIG book of pulse pounding, quick drawing ACTION!
Over 200 pages for under 10 bucks!
Saddle up and strap on your six shooters for this latest release from Age of Adventure!

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Airship27: THE MASKED RIDER - Now available!

SADDLE UP FOR ADVENTURE

Airship 27 Productions & Cornerstone Book Publishers are saddling up to bring their readers three rip-roaring yarns of gun-blazing justice from out of the Old West. One of the hallmark genres of the early pulps were the many western titles available to readers. Heroes like the Masked Rider and many others rode the plains month after month in wild and wooly six-gun tales.

In the years immediately following the Civil War, the land west of the great Mississippi River was a lawless frontier being shaped by the courageous men and women who ventured there in hopes of finding a better life. What they found was a vast wilderness exploited by outlaws, drifters and cattle barons who made their own law at the end of a gun. Caught in the middle were the brave and noble Native American people, struggling to survive against this tide of so-called civilization.

A rare breed of men took on the challenge of bringing justice the west; men like the mysterious Masked Rider, Virgil Earp and Wild Bill Hickok. These were men who cast their long shadows over western history and went on to become legends. Now writers Eric Jones, Tommy Hancock and Aaron Smith bring us their adventures in three fast paced, no-holds barred shoot’em ups wherein it’s good versus evil on the dusty streets and rolling plains of this big country.

The Masked Rider and his blood-brother, Blue Hawk, must stop a gang of outlaws from taking over an entire town in The Raid on Granite Gap, while Virgil Earp walks a gauntlet of blood to rescue his kidnapped wife in Crossing Contention, and finally Wild Bill tries to stop two men of honor from destroying each other in The Long Trail of Vengeance. This title features a cover by Rob Davis and Shane Evans with interior illustrations by Nick Miller.

So load your six shooters, pilgrims and saddle up for western action Airship 27 style; Pulp Fiction for a New Generation!

ISBN: 1-934935-67-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-934935-67-5
Produced by Airship 27 Productions
Published by Cornerstone Book Publishers
Release date: 03/19/2010
Retail Price: $21.95

Airship27: CAPTAIN HAZZARD # 2 - Available once more!
Airship 27 Productions & Cornerstone Book Publishers are thrilled to announce the release of the new revised edition of CAPTAIN HAZZARD – CITADEL OF FEAR by Ron Fortier & Martin Powell. Published over four years ago, when pulp scribe Fortier first began this new series of Captain Hazzard adventures, the book became an instant success as the first new Hazzard story in over 68 years!! Since then the original publisher’s dwindling inventory stock and a few on-line books sellers have been the only places fans could find this much sought-after title. Even then they were forced to pay inflated prices.

“I don’t appreciate people who take advantage of pulp fans,” Fortier said recently when asked about the exorbitant prices listed for the title at Amazon. “Which is why I’m so thrilled we have it available again.” Aside from being available at the normal book outlets, CAPTAIN HAZZARD – CITADEL OF FEAR can be purchased at the Airship 27 on-line store (http://www.gopulp.info/) where all their titles are 25% off retail.

Both Fortier and Powell began their writing careers in the world of comics, each earning acclaim for their handling of classic pulp characters, Powell for Sherlock Holmes and Fortier for the Green Hornet. Over the past decade they have simultaneously turned to writing pulp fiction and are considered two of the finest amongst the new generation of pulp scribes. CAPTAIN HAZZARD – CITADEL OF FEAR is their one and only collaboration.

When the world’s leading scientists begin disappearing without a trace, Captain Hazzard and his team find themselves on the trail of a criminal mastermind known only as the Green Dragon. Battling an army of mind-controlled zombies, their adventure leads them to a fantastic hidden fortress of wonder and terror and a final confrontation with the forces of evil. Horror and thrills await them at every turn, all culminating within… THE CITADLE OF FEAR!

Join the fighting five; cowboy sharpshooter Jake Cole, playboy-surgeon Martin Tracey, noted physicist Washington MacGowen, ace pilot Tyler Randall, and crime reporter William Crawley, as they fellow their leader, the relentless Champion of Justice, Captain Hazzard in this pulse-pound pulp classic. Edited by Fortier with designs by Rob Davis and a breath-taking new cover painting by Laura Givens. Airship 27 Productions; Pulp Fiction for a New Genration.

ISBN: 1-934935-66-2
ISBN 13: 978-1-934935-66-8
Produced by Airship 27 Productions
Published by Cornerstone Book Publishers
Release date: 03/05/2010
Retail Price: $21.95

Altus Press - Now available! PULP DETECTIVES by Tom Johnson For the first time, nine all-new stories starring the classic pulp heroes of the 1930s, featuring characters such as The Phantom Detective, The Black Bat, The Lone Eagle, The Masked Detective, Secret Agent X, and Nightwind. Written by pulp scholar Tom Johnson, it’s nearly 350 pages of excitement! Trade paperback, $24.95, available from Amazon.com Limited Edition hardcover, $34.95, available from Lulu.com Altus Press
Altus Press - Now available! Wings of Danger Join the expedition as a lost colony of Vikings is discovered in East Africa; “Wings of Danger” is one of the best Lost Race stories from the pulps. Originally published as “The Adventurers” in Adventure in 1915, it’s another edition in the Altus Press Lost Race Library. Trade paperback, $29.95, available from Amazon.com Limited Edition hardcover, $39.95, available from Lulu.com Altus Press
Altus Press - Now available! Yellow Men Sleep Join explorer Con Levington as he searches for a lost civilization in the Gobi desert. Originally published as “The Fragrant Web” in All-Story Weekly in 1919. A lost classic of the Lost Race genre. Another book in the Altus Press Lost Race Library. Trade paperback, $19.95, available from Amazon.com Limited Edition hardcover, $29.95, available from Lulu.com Altus Press

Andy McDermott: THE SECRET OF EXCALIBUR - Arriving in book stores March 23rd!
The third thrilling adventure thriller featuring archaeologist Nina Wilde, in which Nina must find Excalibur, King Arthur's beloved sword. Said to make whoever holds it unstoppable in battle, the sword Excalibur has been coveted across the ages, and thought lost for over a thousand years. With a cryptic message to archaeologist Nina Wilde, this may be about to change. Historian Bernd Rust believes he can locate Excalibur...and that the sword is the key to harnessing an incredible source of energy. Nina is sceptical -- until she and Rust are attacked by mercenaries determined to steal his research. Nina and her boyfriend, ex-SAS soldier Eddie Chase, are soon propelled into a deadly race to find Excalibur. From the deserts of Syria to the arctic wastes of Russia, Nina and Chase must battle a merciless enemy who plans to use the sword's powers to plunge the world into a new era of war...

Mass Market Paperback: 528 pages
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN-10: 0553592955
ISBN-13: 978-0553592955
$7.99

Visit Andy McDermott's website at http://www.andy-mcdermott.com/

The Book Cave - New podcast now available online!
Episode 66: Jeff Deischer - New!
Art and Ric talk to Jeff Deischer about his novel Challenger: The Winter Wizard, our Februrary Book of the Month.

Episode 65: The Return of Derrick Ferguson
Episode 64: How The West Was Weird
Episode 63: Coming Attractions
Episode 62: Derrick Ferguson
Episode 61: The Satan Factory
Episode 60: Bond, James Bond

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

BUCK ROGERS RETRO-A-GO-GO T-SHIRTS - Coming in August!
Dark Horse introduces a stunning line of officially licensed Buck Rogers accessories, produced by our friends at Retro-a-go-go for the modern space traveler!
We bring you four stylish Buck Rogers T-shirts, in both men's and women's sizes, to be worn by distinguished and brave fashion explorers!

Buck Rogers Ray Gun T-shirt: Men's M- XL , $21.99; Men's XXL, $22.99; Women's S-XL, $24.99; in stores on August 18.
Buck Rogers Vintage T-shirt: Men's M- XL, $21.99; Men's XXL, $22.99; Women's S- XL, $24.99; in stores on August 18.
Buck Rogers Logo T-shirt: Men's M- XL, $21.99; Men's XXL, $22.99; Women's S- XL, $24.99; in stores on August 18.
Buck Rogers Wilma T-shirt: Women's S-XL; $24.99, in stores on August 18.

THE CHRONICLES OF KULL VOLUME 2: THE HELL BENEATH
Arriving in comic shops March 24th!
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

At last weekend's Emerald City ComiCon,
Dark Horse Comics announced there will be a new Kull series later this year!

At last weekend's Emerald City ComiCon, Dark Horse Comics
announced that the world of "Conan" will expand considerably in the next year.

Dark Horse Comics - Emerald City ComiCon announcements!
At last weekend's Emerald City ComiCon, Dark Horse Comics announced that Scott Allie will continue writing "Soloman Kane," the company will release a new "Kull" series this year, and the world of "Conan" will expand considerably in the next year.

The Dark Man Volume 5 Number 1 - At the printer!
Contents:
"The Shadow of the Beast": A Closer Look by Charles Hoffman
"Marchers of Valhalla", Creation, and the Cult of Castration" by Jeffrey Kahan
"Celtic Influences in the Works of Robert E. Howard" by Philip Emery
"A Second Look: The Lost Land of Lemuria" by Morgan Holmes
"Visualizing Howard's World: The Savage Sword of Conan" by Charles Hoffman
"The Good, the Bad, and Howard in the Cross Plains Universe" by Morgan Holmes
"Remembering Wolfshead" by Charles Hoffman

Runs about 80 pages. Cost should be around $13 + postage/handling.
Two dealers who regularly carry TDM are Mike Chomko and Gavin Smith.

Thanks to Miguel Martins and The Cimmerian for the cover scan!

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!
"Long Sam's Hangnoose Swap" by Lee Bond from TEXAS RANGERS, August, 1949
Featuring: Long Sam Littlejohn
Long Sam Littlejohn faces a choice between Comanche torture - or hanging.
"An Ace And a Pear" by Joe Archibald from POPULAR DETECTIVE, August, 1946
Featuring: Willie Klump
When Willie Klump gets mixed up in the murder of a taxidermist he has to stuff the solution down Satchelfoot Kelly's throat!

Electric Tiki: THE SHADOW STATUE
Arriving in comic shops March 24th!

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

SRP: $199.99

Electric Tiki

Haffner Press - Coming in late 2010! The Universe Wreckers: The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume Three Introduction by Eric Leif Davin Illustrated by H.W. "Wesso" Wessolowski, Frank R. Paul, Hugh Rankin, C.C. Senf, J. Fleming Gould, and Leo Morey Less than a year after the release of first two volumes of THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON (Vol. One: The Metal Giants and Others and Vol. Two: The Star Stealers: The Complete Tales of the Interstellar Patrol) Haffner Press lets no grass grow under our feet as we announce the next volume of collected stories from one of the godfathers of Space Opera. This volume sees Hamilton established not only as a regular contributor to Weird Tales, but also to Amazing Stories, Hugo Gernback's new magazine Air Wonder Stories, and the young upstart publication, Astounding Stories. Eight of these stories are reprinted for the first time, including two novels: "Cities in the Air" and "The Universe Wreckers." Hamilton's as-yet-unrecognized talent for the short horror story gets a work-out with "The Plant Revolt," "The Life-Masters," and "The Horror City." As with previous volumes in this series, an appendix showcasing the original pulp magazine illustrations also bulks large with osbcura including reader's letters from the vintage magazines commenting on these stories, along with editorial correspondence between Hamilton and his editors. University of Pittsburgh professor Dr. Eric Leif Davin (and author of Pioneers of Wonder: Conversations with the Founders of Science Fiction and Partners in Wonder: Women and the Birth of Science Fiction, 1926-1965) provides and lengthy introduction placing these Hamilton stories in historical context and shares a wealth of information on the editorial policies of the commissioning editors. Table of Contents	ISBN 9781893887336 $40.00 700+ pages, Hardcover
Haffner Press - Coming in late 2010! Terror in the House: The Early Kuttner, Volume One Introduction by TBD, Illustrated by Harry V. Parkhurst Before his marriage to (and subsequent collaborations with) Catherine L. Moore, Henry Kuttner was a frequent contributor to the pulp magazines that specialized in the weird, supernatural, horror, and science fiction genre. Beginning in 1936, with the minor classic "The Graveyard Rats," Kuttner launched a steady stream of short stories aimed Weird Tales, Thrilling Mystery, Spicy Mystery and others. Writing for Weird Tales brought Kuttner into direct correspondence with that magazine's premier contributor. H. P. Lovecraft. Kuttner set several stories in Lovecraft's "Cthulhu Mythos" and several are presented in TERROR IN THE HOUSE including: "The Secret of Kralitz," "The Eater of Souls," "The Salem Horror," The Jest of Droom-Avista," "The Frog," "The Invaders," and "The Bells of Horror." Given the short lengths of Kuttner's stories, he had to be prolific and he contributed reams of copy to the weird-menace (a sub-genre of horror where a seemingly supernatural plot is resolved with a pedestrian ending) pulps, Thrilling Mystery and Spice Mystery. It was his specialization for "spicy" or sexed-up stories that led Kuttner to write moster (two stories and one novelette) for the first issue of Marvel Science Stories, arguably the first "spicy" science fiction pulp. TERROR IN THE HOUSE is the first volume in a set collecting many of Kuttner's earliest stories, most of which have never been reprinted. Table of Contents	ISBN: 9781893887466 $40.00 600+ pages, Hardcover
Haffner Press - Coming in late 2010! Shannach – The Last: Farewell to Mars by Leigh Brackett Introduction by TBD Illustrated by Ed Emshwiller and Frank Kelly Freas Picking up where Lorelei of the Red Mist: Planetary Romances left off, this volume collects the final 16 stories of strange adventures on other worlds from the undisputed "Queen of Space Opera." Drawn from the last years of pulp magazines such as Planet Stories, Startling Stories, and Thrilling Wonder Stories, Shannach – The Last: Farewell to Mars sees Brackett at the peak of her talents. Oddly, it is at this point where she abandons the "planetary romance" sub-genre and embarks on a small string of stories tinged with social relevance. This departure didn't stop editors asking for some of "that old Brackett magic" and she offered up two latter day tales ("The Road to Sinharat" and "Purple Priestess of the Mad Moon") before returning to chronicle further adventures of Eric John Stark in her final "Skaith" novels. Closing out the collection is a trio of tales written on commission from the "king of anthologies," Roger Elwood. The book is adorned with Frank Kelly Freas' and Ed Emshwiller's vintage illustrations from the original pulp magazines. In a review of Lorelei of the Red Mist: Planetary Romances Paul di Filippo says "[Brackett's work] is replete with hard-bitten protagonists with wounded psyches, females both nurturing and malevolent, weird alien life forms, strange planetary environments, danger, treachery, camaraderie and even spiritual epiphanies. In short, this book holds the essence of SF—at least, the essence of one very important school of it." Yeah, that's the stuff! Table of Contents	ISBN 9781893887442 $40.00 500+ pages, Hardcover
Haffner Press - Coming in late 2010! THE COLLECTED CAPTAIN FUTURE, VOLUME TWO by Edmond Hamilton Introduction by Bertil Falk Illustrated by Earle K. Bergey, George Rozen & H.W. "Wesso" Wessolowski Table of Contents Introduction by Bertil Falk "Captain Future and the Seven Space Stones" (Captain Future, Winter 1941) "Star Trail to Glory" (Captain Future, Spring 1941) "Magician of Mars" (Captain Future, Summer 1941) "The Lost World of Time" (Captain Future, Fall 1941) "The Future of Captain Future" Artwork Gallery Haffner Press	ISBN-13 9781893887404 $40.00 700+ pages, Hardcover
>> SUPER EARLY BIRD SPECIAL << Reserve your copies of all four titles in advance of publication and receive an exclusive bonus book . . . • An Inside Look • Which includes: "An Inside Look at Captain Future" by Edmond Hamilton "Hero, Heroine, Heavy" by Leigh Brackett "Selling the Fantasy Story" & "Selling Science Fiction" by Henry Kuttner Visit the Haffner Press website to reserve all four books and An Inside Look with free shipping (in Continental USA, all others contact us for rates) Haffner Press

A HEX OF SHADOWS by T. J. Glenn - Now available!
In the year 1937 the world trembles on the brink: Dr. Shadow, Former stage magician, Anton Chadeaux, is paralyzed in a plane crash in Korea is rescued and taken to a secret Sulsa monastery where for years he is bathed in strange herbal mixtures and taught ancient secrets. He is reborn as a grey skinned Goliath with a mission: help the helpless, give hope to the hopeless and punish the truly evil of the world.

Join him in six mysterious adventures as he: Investigates a murder attempt on the father of a friend? Faces a mysterious killer called the Shade of Death? Must figure out how a 'locked room murder' of the head of a New York Tong and save his lady friend friend 'Hank'? Faces the vicious Mauler Manzetti in a charity boxing match? Encounters machete wielding killers, in the world of Voodoo ? And lastly, when Dr. Shadows' friend is murdered in New Orleans is forced to enter the deadly Bayou Sinistre.

Mystery and action as if straight from the pages of the Pulps of old!
eBook Publisher: epress-online/epress-online, Inc., Published: 2010
Available on Fictionwise and Amazon.com

KING CONAN VOLUME 1 - Coming in August!
Roy Thomas (W), John Buscema (A), and Ernie Chan (A)

Conan is king! Join Conan, king of Aquilonia, his queen Zenobia, and their son Conn in this comics adaptation of L. Sprague de Camp, Lin Carter, and Björn Nyberg’s stories “The Witch of the Mists,” “Black Sphinx of Nebthu,” “Red Moon of Zembabwei,” “Shadows in the Skull,” and “The Ring of Rakhamon”!

Written by master comics scribe Roy Thomas and illustrated by the unparalleled John Buscema!
King Conan collects issues #1 through #5 of the early ’80s series originally published by Marvel Comics.
King Conan is based on a series of five short stories by Robert E. Howard, originally published in Weird Tales.

Trade Paperback, Full Color, 192 pages, $17.99, On sale August 25
Dark Horse Comics

QUEEN SONJA #5 - Arriving in comic shops March 24th!
Writer: Joshua Ortega; Penciller/Inker: Mel Rubi
Covers: Mel Rubi (25%), Lucio Parrillo (50%), Jackson Herbert (25%)
Our first story arc comes to a stunning conclusion from writer Joshua Ortega and definitive artist Mel Rubi! Sonja is seated on the throne, and now the adventures can truly begin! But will the intrigue and battle from this series carry into the next? By the gods, yes! Yes, they will!
32 pages, Full Color, $2.99
Dynamite Entertainment

Thousands of Pulp Magazines in One Hall!

Robert J. Randisi to Attend PulpFest!

Joining us at the 2010 PulpFest to help celebrate the 90th anniversaries of Black Mask’s debut and Max Brand’s first appearance in Western Story Magazine will be prolific author Robert J. Randisi, whom the publishing-industry trade journal Booklist has called "one of the last true pulp writers."

Randisi, who has for many years been active in both fan and pro circles, is the author of over 540 books, more than 50 short stories, and one screenplay. He has also edited 30 anthologies. A professional since 1982, when he began writing full time, Randisi has penned Westerns, mysteries, and stories in the horror, science fiction, and men’s-adventure genres. He has written yarns published under 15 different pseudonyms; as "J. R. Roberts" he created—and still writes—the long-running Gunsmith series, which currently numbers some 340 novels.

Randisi’s activities in the crime-fiction field have been many and varied. He edited a Writer’s Digest how-to book, Writing the Private Eye Novel, and for seven years was the mystery reviewer for the Orlando Sentinel. In 1982 he founded the Private Eye Writers of America and created the Shamus Award. In 1985 he co-founded Mystery Scene Magazine and the short-lived American Mystery Award; a couple years later he co-founded the American Crime Writer’s League. In 1993 he was awarded a Life Achievement Award at the Southwest Mystery Convention. Just last year he received the Life Achievement Award from the Private Eye Writers of America.

We look forward to having Bob Randisi join us in Columbus this July, and we trust that PulpFest attendees will be delighted to have him participate in our celebration of vintage pulp fiction.

PulpFest plans are coming together rapidly and dealers tables are going fast. Print advertising for the convention will be rolling out shortly, and we’re already distributing flyers and promotional postcards by the thousands at targeted conventions and book fairs in the Northeast and Midwest.

We’ll be making additional updates to this site in the weeks and months to come, so check back regularly for news about programming, auctions, and special events.

Join Bob Randisi, William F. Nolan, and hundreds of other fans
at this summer's celebration of the pulps, July 30 - August 1, in Columbus, Ohio.

Help to Promote PulpFest 2010

Pulpfest would like pulp fans to download their Pulpfest 2010 flyers, print them out,
and leave stacks at collectibles shows, conventions, bookstores and comic shops,
or maybe post one on the bulletin board at their local college or library.

Pulpfest also hopes that dealers and eBay sellers will enclose the flyers with their mail-order shipments.
Any help that you provide will be thoroughly appreciated!

The Pulpfest 2010 flyers can be found by clicking here.

PulpFest

Renaissance E Books: Futures-Past Editions - Now available! The Vengeance Of Martin Brand The Classic Pulp Space Opera by Raymond A. Palmer First Time in Book Form the Classic Pulp Space Opera! From the hallowedpages of Amazing Stories in 1942, here is the first of the adult spaceoperas. Written by the legendary, and highly controversial sciencefiction editor Raymond A. Palmer, The Vengeance of Martin Brand has never before appeared in any book edition. In this book, Palmer took a giant stride forward from his contemporaries, replacing the noble, uncomplicated heroes of the first space operas, with the tormented anti-hero, 'Suicide" Martin Brand, one of science fiction's most memorable characters. The half-crazed Brand, who likes to play classical music while rocketing toward a half-dozen enemy ships, atomic cannons blasting, is Earth's only hope. The embittered former spy for the Interplanetary Patrol is the only one who knows about the Martian spaceships waiting in the hidden cavern on the Moon. It would be easy to make himself the most powerful man in the system and become its master. But, to warn Earth Brand would have to forsake vengeance on the man who betrayed him and cost him everything he held dear, then survive two women, one who has sworn to kill him and one who has sworn to arrest him dead or alive, and if he made it that far, he'd have to fight his way to the surface through ten thousand Martians. But that's why the call him 'Suicide' Martin Brand. And even if he does succeed in warning Earth, war will flare across three worlds! From its advanced flashback within a flashback technique, to the adult passions andemotions of the characters, The Vengeance of Martin Brand is superiorspace opera far ahead of its time! Cover: Original cover The Vengeance of Martin Brand Amazing Stories 1942 by H.W. McCauley. ISBN: 1-58873-809-4 Retail download: $4.99 Category: Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Publication Date: March 2010
Renaissance E Books: Futures-Past Editions - Now available! Planets of Adventure #4: "Red Witch of Mercury" by Emmett McDowell & "The Beast Jewel of Mars" by Leigh Brackett Two Complete Book-Length Novels of Strange Aventures on Other Worlds in the Universe of Future Centuries reprinted from the pages of the legendary pulp magazine of colorful, poetic space opera, Planet Stories! In Emmett McDowell's gripping adventure, death was Jaro Moynahan's stock in trade, and every planet had known his touch. But now, on Mercury, he was selling his guns into the weirdest of all his exploits gambling his life against the soft touch of a woman's lips - the fearful Red Witch of Mercury. Leigh Brackett's incomparable classic asls. could Fand, beautiful and base, bewitch the tall swordsman from Terra? Burk Winters was a panting, shambling ape, fleeing through dark and echoing pits of horror. Behind him hissed the lashes of the jeering mob, savagely exultant at having debauched another proud Terran into something that slavered and crawled. Had the scheming Fand overlooked one crucial factor? Could the Earthbeast's love for Jill somehow free him from the superscientific thrall of her devolution ray- the Beast-Jewel of Mars? Original cover by Allen Anderson, for the Winter 1948 Planet Stories, illustrating The Beast-Jewel of Mars. ISBN: 9781615081929 Retail download: $4.99 Category: Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Pub. Date: March. 2010
Renaissance E Books: Futures-Past Editions - Now available! WEST POINT, 3000 A.D. The Golden Age SF Pulp Classic by MANLY WADE WELLMAN World Fantasy Award Winner's Pulp Masterpiece of Earth Versus the Martians at West Point! The dirty Marties were infiltrating Earth and had penetrated its military defenses and secrets. Yes, it was a sorry day indeed for Earth when she admitted Martian Cadets to West Point for training. And only two cadets stood between Earth and the deadly peril of alien conquest, Garr Devlin, the son of a criminal, and Nola Rakkam, scion of an aristocratic family that had served with distinction in the planet’s military for generations. Garr Devlin was a denizen of the Underways, New York’s underground slums for the lower caste workers who never saw the sun and labored from night to day tending the great machines that supplied the metropolis’ light and water. His appointment to West Point violated both tradition and social convention. But to the Cadets from Mars, his entrance into West Point was the signal for war on Earth. And they began by inciting the workers of the Underways to revolt. But what would be the outcome of the great Martian-inspired revolt? Would the woman Garth loves, Nola Rakkam kill him believing him a traitor? Would Nola herself be shot in turn? If the Martian conspirator Bexlann played his cards right, could he not aspire to personal overlordship of all Earth, as a reward for a job well done? As the editors wrote at the time of its original publication in Amazing Stories for Oct. 1940, "Trapped in the Underways as Martian revolt flames, could Garr Devlin discover the real meaning of West Point honor and of a thousand years of tradition before it was too late for the Earth and the entire solar system? This dramatic story of espionage and counter-espionage, with the destiny of the Earth itself at stake, will attain a climax so exciting and so surprising that West Point, 3000 A.D. will undoubtedly go down in the annals of science fiction as one of the greatest stories ever written." First book publication! Genre: Science Fiction ISBN: 9781600892738 Price: $4.99
Renaissance E Books: Futures-Past Editions - Now available! THE USURPERS The Pulp Classic of Alien Invasion by GOFF ST. REYNARD "1950s Pulp Alien Invasion Shocker Too Intense for Book Publication!" When The Usurpers first appeared in a 1950s issue of Imagination Nebula and Hugo Award winner Robert Silverberg wrote that Geoff St. Reynard's work is "off the beaten track. The concept of aliens masquerading in human form is not at all new but this story is different and powerful, a minor SF classic." Considered too strong by the hard and softcover SF book publishers of the era, The Usurpers has never been republished in the half-century since. Now you can read this SF classic and judge for yourself. Here is a story that is bound to remind you of Night of the Living Dead and The Thing. Science fiction often speculated about whether aliens might walk the Earth masquerading as human beings. Jerry Wolfe discovered it was true! He had seen the aliens in their actual form! He must be high, you say. Don't laugh! Your best friend is one of them! Discover what happens when a handful of brave men and women decide to pit their puny forces against the might of Earth's secret masters and the governments they control! You will find romance, action, and daring speculation in this lost classic, in its first ever book publication! Genre: Science Fiction ISBN: 1-58873-739-X Price: $4.99

Robert E. Howard: BEYOND THE BLACK RIVER - New Kindle Edition!
BEYOND THE BLACK RIVER includes eleven stories featuring Robert E. Howard's iconic character, Conan the Cimmerian.
Each story is an original, authored by Robert E. Howard himself.
Included are the following stories:
Beyond the Black River
Shadows in Moonlight
Jewels of Gwahlur
Queen of the Black Coast
The Frost-Giant's Daughter
Red Nails
Shadows in Zamboula
The People of the Black Circle
A Witch Shall Be Born
The Slithering Shadow
The Devil in Iron

Startling Stories #3 - Now available!
Welcome to the latest and greatest issue of STARTLING STORIES!
This long-awaited issue is jam-packed with action and adventure.

Featuring classic pulp fiction, with the original illustrations, by Raymond F. Jones, Arthur J. Burks, Clifford D. Simak, James H. Schmitz, and Raymond Z. Gallun from the Golden Age of Science Fiction.

We are also pleased to feature new fiction by Robert Morganbesser, S. Clayton Rhodes, John L. French, Don Hutchison, and K.G. McAbee, all of whom have written some new tales that will entertain and surprise you! They are some of the new Fictioneers that Wild Cat Books is proud to work with, and we're sure you'll enjoy them.

We also feature the newest installment of famed artist Ron Wilber's comic book heroine "Saucy Blaine", and for good measure we have also included a comic reprint of "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet"! Add to this mix our usual Retro-Reviews of Popular Culture, and this is an issue you won't want to miss!

Edited and Designed by William Carney, this is a magazine that all Sci-Fi and Fantasy fans will want on their bookshelf!

Paperback: 200 pages
ISBN-10: 0984476504
ISBN-13: 978-0984476503
$13.50

Wild Cat Books

Wildside Press - Now available!
Oriental Stories, Vol. 1, No. 1: October-November 1930
The first issue of Oriental Stories, edited by Farnsworth Wright, includes work by such "Weird Tales" regulars as Robert E. Howard, Frank Owen, Otis Adelbert Kline, and many more.
Paperback: 144 pages
ISBN-10: 1434402401
ISBN-13: 978-1434402400

Oriental Stories, Vol. 1, No. 4: Spring 1931
The fourth issue of the classic pulp magazine ORIENTAL STORIES (Spring, 1931) features work by Otis Adelbert Kline, Frank Belknap Long, and Robert E. Howard (" Hawks of Outremer"), plus many other tales of the Exotic East.
Paperback: 144 pages
ISBN-10: 1434405125
ISBN-13: 978-1434405128

Wildside Press

12 March 2010

Age of Aces - Now available!

Now available from Age of Aces Books
"Satan's Playmates: The Adventures of Molloy and McNamara"

$16.99, 306 pages, 6x9, Trade Paperback
You can get your copy from Amazon, Mike Chomko Books, and Adventure House.

Age of Aces

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming later this month!

DOC SAVAGE Volume 35: "Meteor Menace" & "The Ten-Ton Snakes"

The pulp era's legendary Man of Bronze confronts threats from space in two pulse-pounding pulp novels by Lawrence Donovan and Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, after the "Blue Meteor" horror brings near-fatal insanity to Ham Brooks, Doc Savage and his Iron Crew are spirited away to Tibet where they confront the mysterious Mo-Gwei to uncover the strange secret behind the "Meteor Menace." Then, a war hero's plea for help and a box of anaconda skins lead Doc to the danger-filled Brazilian jungles in search of "The Ten-Ton Snakes." Will Murray provides historical commentary while Anthony Tollin explores "Doc Savage Around the World." This classic pulp reprint also features the original color pulp covers by Walter M. Baumhofer and Emery Clarke, plus Paul Orban's classic interior illustrations. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-022-9 Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474

1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging

2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid

Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

http://www.shadowsanctum.com

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming later this month!
THE SHADOW Volume 36: "Crime Rides the Sea," "River of Death" & "The Case of the River of Eternal Woe"

"The weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay. The Shadow knows! The Dark Avenger takes to the High Seas in two action-packed pulp classics by Walter B. Gibson and Theodore Tinsley and a lost radio thriller by Bob Shaw. First, roaring ocean waters set the scene for an epic battle between The Shadow and another of The Hand's murderous Fingers. Then, the Master of Darkness combats the drowned corpse calling himself "Davy Jones" in "River of Death." BONUS: Lamont Cranston and Margot Lane investigate "The Case of the River of Eternal Woe" in a lost classic from the Golden Age of Radio. This instant collector's item showcases both of George Rozen's color pulp covers, the classic interior illustrations by Edd Cartier and commentary by popular-culture historians Anthony Tollin and Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-021-2 Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474

1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging

2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid

Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

http://www.shadowsanctum.com

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
The following backlist titles are still available.
Click here for the Sanctum Books minisite with covers. Click on the covers for book descriptions.

"Instant Collection" discounts of $250 postpaid are now available for the first 25 books in either series or $300 for the first 30 books of THE SHADOW or DOC SAVAGE. In the case of Doc Savage, purchasers can request either the
classic (pulp cover) or James Bama variants of the six volumes with dual covers (#1, 2, 14, 17, 22 and 26).

THE AVENGER by Kenneth Robeson
A-1:    Justice, Inc. & The Golden Hoard
A-2:    The Sky Walker & The Devil¹s Horns
A-3:    The Frosted Death & The Glass Mountain

DOC SAVAGE by Kenneth Robeson
D-1:         Fortress of Solitude & The Devil Genghis*
D-2:         Resurrection Day & Repel*
D-3:         Death in Silver & The Golden Peril
D-4:         Land of Always-Night & Mad Mesa
D-5:         The Spook Legion & The Submarine Mystery
D-6:         The Polar Treasure & Pirate of the Pacific
D-7:         The Lost Oasis & The Sargasso Ogre
D-8:         The Sea Magician & The Living-Fire Menace
D-9:         The Majii & The Golden Man
D-10:       Dust of Death & The Stone Man
D-11:       Cold Death & The South Pole Terror
D-12:       The Squeaking Goblin & The Evil Gnome
D-13:       Brand of the Werewolf & Fear Cay
D-14:       The Man of Bronze & The Land of Terror*
D-15:       The Red Spider, Terror Wears No Shoes &
Return from Cormoral
D-16:       The Secret in the Sky & The Giggling Ghosts
D-17:       The Czar of Fear & World¹s Fair Goblin*
D-18:       The Monsters & The Whisker of Hercules
D-19:       The King Maker & The Freckled Shark
D-20:       The Thousand-Headed Man & The Gold Ogre
D-21:       Hex & The Running Skeletons
D-22:       Mystery Under the Sea & The Red Terrors*
D-23:       The Fantastic Island & Danger Lies East
D-24:       The Black, Black Witch, Hell Below & The Shape of Terror
D-25:       The Red Skull & The Awful Egg
D-26:       The Annihilist & Cargo Unknown*
D-27:       Murder Mirage & The Other World
D-28:       The Metal Master & The Vanisher
D-29:       The Mental Wizard & The Secret of the Su
D-30:       Quest of the Spider & The Mountain Monster
D-31: Devil on the Moon & I Died Yesterday*
D-32:       The Feathered Octopus & The Goblins
D-33:       The Devil's Playground & Quest of Qui*
D-34:       The Man Who Shook the Earth & The Three Devils

*Also available in James Bama variant cover editions

THE SHADOW by Maxwell Grant
S-1:        Crime, Insured & The Golden Vulture
S-2:        The Chinese Disks & Malmardo
S-3:        The Red Blot & The Voodoo Master
S-4:        The Murder Master & The Hydra
S-5:        The Black Falcon & The Salamanders
S-6:        The Shadow¹s Justice & Broken Napoleons
S-7:        The Cobra & The Third Shadow
S-8:        The London Crimes & Castle of Doom
S-9:        Lingo, Partners of Peril & The Grim Joker
S-10:      The City of Doom & The Fifth Face
S-11:      Road of Crime & Crooks Go Straight
S-12:      Serpents of Siva & The Magigals Mystery
S-13:      Six Men of Evil & The Devil Monsters
S-14:      The Grove of Doom & The Masked Lady
S-15:      The Shadow Unmasks & The Yellow Band
S-16:      City of Crime & Shadow Over Alcatraz
S-17:      The Fate Joss & The Golden Pagoda
S-18:      The Unseen Killer & The Golden Masks
S-19:      Voodoo Trail & Death¹s Harlequin
S-20:      The Blue Sphinx & Jibaro Death
S-21:      The Plot Master & Death Jewels
S-22:      Tower of Death & The Hooded Circle
S-23:      Smugglers of Death & The Blackmail King
S-24:      Washington Crime & Quetzal
S-25:      The Gray Ghost & The White Skulls
S-26:      Vengeance Is Mine! & Battle of Greed
S-27:      The Python & The Shadow, The Hawk and The Skull
S-28:      Master of Death & The Rackets King
S-29:      The Shadow¹s Rival & The Devil Master
S-30:      The Sealed Box & Racket Town
S-31:      The Dark Death & House of Shadows
S-32: The Silver Scourge & The Book of Death
S-33:      The Strange Disappearance of Joe Cardona & The Hand
S-34:      The Blackmail Ring & Murder for Sale
S-35:      The Condor & Chicago Crime

THE WHISPERER by Clifford Goodrich
W-1:   The Dead Who Talked & The Red Hatchets
W-2: Six Pyramids of Death & Mansion of the Missing

BEB Books - Now available!
Six Stories -- Six different genres -- Each one masterfully told!
“One Glass of Wine” - Historical
In Regency England, stung by the laughter of a woman when he tears his only pair of breeches, Richard Henshaw vows to go to London to seek his fortune with the one thing he knows how to use - a sword.
"The Sole Survivor" - Espionage
What drove German Spy 4022-L to leave his secretive brotherhood for the certain death of a front-line posting?
“It Was Like This—” - Comedy
The things a man will do when he is in love but as they say, ‘the course of love is seldom true...’
"A Sagebrush Cinderella" - Romance
Jacqueline During slings hash at her father’s restaurant far out west but dreamed of knights in shining armor. The chance to go to a dance in a nearby town produces all sorts of complications for her and for her would be fairy godmother.
"The House That Steve Built" - Drama
"The Ghost" - Melodrama

Call these Dramas, or Melodramas, or Bitter Romances, these two stories are much alike, and yet, nothing alike. In the first the husbands weak character threatens to break up his marriage, until prodded by friends to make one last stab to win his wife back. In the other, a rival whispers that her husband as always loved another, merest chance reveals that the only woman the husband has ever loved has been, not the bitter woman she had become but the women he married so many years before.

Five of these stories have never been reprinted before this.
106 pages (8.5 x 11, side stapled) of thrilling entertainment for just $8.00 (plus $3 postage).

Check out our web site for other great stories from Beb Books.
http://home.sprynet.com/~beb01/bebbooks/

Checks or Money Orders, only, made payable to Brian Brown.
Brian Earl Brown
11675 Beaconsfield
Detroit, MI 48224

The Book Cave - New podcast now available online!
Episode 65: The Return of Derrick Ferguson - New!
Derrick Ferguson returns to talk about his book Dillon and the Legend of the Golden Bell.

Episode 64: How The West Was Weird
Episode 63: Coming Attractions
Episode 62: Derrick Ferguson
Episode 61: The Satan Factory
Episode 60: Bond, James Bond

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

Donovan Pike and the City of the Gods
Chapter 5 is now available online and recommended!
Ten years ago, the father of Donovan Pike disappeared while searching for the City of the Gods, a mythical metropolis that legend says contains technology from the stars. Now a clue turns up that could mean Pike’s father is alive, and the City of the Gods is real.

The adventurer must team up with an old enemy to battle a dark army that will stop at nothing to prevent Pike from finding his father and discovering the location of an ancient city that will change the world – or destroy it.

Read it online or listen to the podcast! A new chapter will be posted approximately every week!

Visit the Pulp Nocturne website for the adventures of Donovan Pike!

Dover Publications: 120 Great Pulp Fiction Covers Book/CDROM
My report last week stating that this title is now available was in error.
This title has been cancelled by the publisher.
I apologize for the mis-information and thank Mike Chomko for the correction.
Handpicked from macabre magazines published in the first half of the 20th century, these fantastic full-color covers are alive with bug-eyed beings from other worlds, muscular jungle men, hard-bitten private eyes, damsels in distress, and more. They're great for t-shirts, mugs, blogs, and thousands of other print and web projects!

Paperback: 64 pages with CDROM
Publisher: Dover Publications
ISBN-10: 0486990419
ISBN-13: 978-0486990415

Dover Publications

E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow in Review:
This weeks Shadow review is "Room 1313" from April-May 1947.

Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online!
"Half-Size Homicide" by Robert Leslie Bellem from SPEED DETECTIVE, November, 1943
Featuring: Dan Turner
Dan wasn't even working for the movie star when she slapped his face and fired him in the most public way possible! To make matters worse, the whole thing was right under the nose of the gabbiest gossip columnist in Hollywood.
"Apples of Kultur" by Earl Walker from ARGOSY, February 9, 1918
The unforeseen consequences of submarine warfare in WWI, seen from the German point of view.

The Early Adventures of El Borak by Robert E. Howard
Now shipping!

Now that everyone has had a chance to purchase the Del Rey volume El Borak and Other Desert Adventures, it’s time to complete the El Borak series by reading how it all began. The REH Foundation Press is proud to present The Early Adventures of El Borak. This volume contains those hard-to-find stories from the Cryptic publications of the 1980s, as well as several other related items, including the first publication of a synopsis for “Blood of the Gods.” The vast majority of the pieces in this collection are juvenilia.

This volume checks in at 350 pages, and will be printed in hardback with dust jacket, in a limited quantity of 150 copies, each individually numbered. Cover design and painting by Jim & Ruth Keegan; introduction by David Hardy; and edited by Rob Roehm. The book is expected to ship by the end of March.

The Early Adventures of El Borak is $36 for REHF Members, $40 for non-members (all prices in US dollars) plus shipping. (How to become a member? See here.)

For international shipments (including Canada), insurance is not available for 1st Class, but is automatically included in Global Priority. All books will be securely packed. REH FOUNDATION PRESS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LOSS BY THE POST OFFICE. PURCHASE INSURANCE IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO TAKE THE RISK. Those wishing to ship via some other carrier (UPS, FedEx, etc.) will need to contact us at info@rehfoundation.org to make arrangements and determine costs.

To order, pay directly via PayPal to paypal@rehfpress.com, via check (personal or cashier’s) or money order sent to: The REH Foundation Press, PO Box 251242, Plano, TX 75025. ALL PAYMENTS MUST BE IN US DOLLARS. Be sure that all the necessary shipping information is included and accurate, and that the total price includes correct shipping and insurance (if wanted). NO FOREIGN MONEY ORDERS.

Books will not be shipped prior to checks clearing the bank. If you have any questions or comments regarding pricing or shipping, please contact us at info@rehfoundation.org.

The Early Adventures of El Borak

Introduction: The Making of El Borak by David Hardy

The Coming of El Borak
The Iron Terror
Untitled, “Gordon, the American”
The Coming of El Borak
Khoda Khan’s Tale
El Borak
Untitled, “I emptied my revolver”
The Land of Mystery
The Shunned Castle
The White Jade Ring
A Power Among the Islands
North of Khyber
Intrigue in Kurdistan
Lal Singh, Oriental Gentleman
The Sword of Lal Singh (poem)
The Tale of the Rajah’s Ring
The Further Adventures of Lal Singh
Lal Singh, Oriental Gentleman

The Adventures of Yar Ali Khan
The Song of Yar Ali Khan (poem)
The Lion Gate
Untitled, “When Yar Ali Khan crept”
Untitled, “Two men were standing”
Untitled Poem, “Now bright, now red”

Steve Allison: The Sonora Kid
The Sonora Kid—Cowhand
The Sonora Kid’s Winning Hand
Red Curls and Bobbed Hair
Untitled, “Madge Meraldson”
Untitled, “The Hades Saloon”
Untitled, “A blazing sun”
Untitled, “The way it came about”
Untitled, “The hot Arizona sun”
Untitled, “Steve Allison”
Brotherly Advice
Desert Rendezvous
The West Tower

Miscellanea
Under the Great Tiger by Robert E. Howard & Tevis Clyde Smith
Untitled, “A Cossack and a Turk”
Spears of the East
Untitled, “. . . that is, the artistry”
Untitled, “Thure Khan gazed out”
Synopsis: “Blood of the Gods”
Map for “Blood of the Gods”
Map of unidentified El Borak Story
“Thoughts of an Afghan on a Raid” – drawing
“Where East and West shall meet” – drawing
Two Sketches found on the back of typescript pages
List of Middle Eastern Rulers – typescript
List of names found in El Borak stories – manuscript

Electric Tiki: THE SHADOW STATUE
Now shipping!

Electric Tiki

FLASH GORDON: THE SECRET HISTORY OF MONGO - Arriving in comic shops March 17th!
After the events of The Mercy Wars, Flash explores this strange new world and comes across an ancient device that allows him to see into Mongo's recent past — revealing untold tales of Ming the Merciless, Prince Barin, Princess Aura, Prince Vultan and more! Creators include Joe Casey, Denny O'Neil, Tom DeFalco, J.M. DeMatteis, Shawn McManus, and Joe Staton.
Softcover, 7x10, 80 pages, Full Color, SRP: $7.95

THE GREEN HORNET: YEAR ONE #1 - Arriving in comic shops March 17th!
Writter: Matt Wagner; Art: Aaron Campbell
Covers: Alex Ross (25%), Matt Wagner (25%), John Cassaday (25%); Stephen Segovia (25%)
The Green Hornet expansion continues as Dynamite presents the original tales of comics’ most iconic hero! Matt Wagner, one of the most creative minds in comics takes the reins, bringing the characters to their basic roots a la All-Star Superman! And Matt Wagner is the man to do it! Rooted in the pulp tradition, the original tales of Britt Reid and Kato begin here! Joining Wagner is artist Aaron Campbell (Sherlock Holmes), whose stunning recreation of the industrial world of 1930’s Chicago is sure to wow fans across the globe!

32 pages, Full Color, $3.99
Dynamite Entertainment

Haffner Press - Your Vote Counts!
After the well-received presentation at Pulpfest 2009 (Crashing Suns: The Early Edmond Hamilton) Haffner Press has asked by the Pulpfest 2010 organizers for a similar performance. But here's where *you* can make a difference.

We have accumulated a lot of information/trivia/goodies on both Leigh Brackett and her works, along with a lot of info and artwork on Captain Future (who celebrates his 70th Anniversary this year).

Visit www.haffnerpress.com and look for the RED box at the upper left of the page and cast your vote for either Captain Future, or Leigh Brackett -- The Queen of Space Opera. We'll close the poll in mid-April and begin work in earnest on the winning topic.

There are only 144 votes so far! Let's go folks, cast your vote today!

Join the Haffner Press Facebook page!

Hard Case Crime - Coming in April and beyond!

April 2010
MEMORY by Donald E. Westlake, Cover art by Glen Orbik
Hospitalized after a liaison with another man’s wife ends in violence, Paul Cole has just one goal: to rebuild his shattered life. But with his memory damaged, the police hounding him, and no way even to get home, Paul’s facing steep odds—and a bleak fate if he fails...

This final, never-before-published novel by three-time Edgar Award winner Donald E. Westlake is a noir masterpiece, a dark and painful portrait of a man’s struggle against merciless forces that threaten to strip him of his very identity.

June 2010
NOBODY'S ANGEL by Jack Clark, Cover art by Ron Lesser
Eddie Miles is one of a dying breed: a Windy City hack who knows every street and back alley of his beloved city and takes its recent descent into violence personally. But what can one driver do about a killer targeting streetwalkers or another terrorizing cabbies? Precious little—until the night he witnesses one of them in action...

August 2010
MURDER IS MY BUSINESS Brett Halliday, Cover art by Robert McGinnis
Ten years ago, private eye Mike Shayne did a job for one of the richest men in El Paso, digging up dirt on a boy courting the tycoon’s daughter. Now the daughter’s back, all grown up and dangerous. And so’s Shayne—but this time it’s to investigate murder...

ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #29 - Now available and arriving in comic shops March 17th!

This will be a landmark Special Issue devoted to the work of legendary pulp art master H.J. Ward. David Saunders returns with the most in-depth and detailed story ever published on the life and career of this mysterious artist, perhaps best known for his many thrilling pulp covers for the "spicy" genre. You will not want to miss this incredible issue!

Magazine, 96 pages, Full Color, SRP: $15.00

Illustration Magazine

Radio Spirits: The Lone Ranger: Biography - Now available!
The Lone Ranger, the sole survivor of an outlaw ambush, wears a mask to conceal his true identity. He rides a great white horse, uses silver bullets as his calling card, and rides with a loyal Indian companion. Strong, fast, and as capable with a gun as he is capable of compassion, his mission is to lend assistance to the oppressed…the underdog…the little man in need of help.

Brace Beemer stars as The Lone Ranger, with John Todd as Tonto, in this exciting collection. These sixteen digitally remastered and restored radio programs are among the most exhilarating and well-written episodes from this action-packed series. Join the Masked Rider of the Plains as he meets with great historical figures of the American West, including Buffalo Bill, Calamity Jane, Teddy Roosevelt, Annie Oakley, Billy the Kid, and more!

This 8 CD set includes a Program Guide by Garry Yoggy, featuring photos and background information about the show and its "Biography Series."

EPISODES INCLUDE: Buffalo Bill 02-14-44, Bat Masterson 03-06-44, Pawnee Bill 03-13-44, Ben Thompson 04-03-44, Calamity Jane 04-10-44, Sam Bass 04-24-44, Annie Oakley 05-08-44, Teddy Roosevelt # 1 05-19-44, Teddy Roosevelt # 2 05-22-44, John Wesley Hardin 06-12-44, Billy The Kid 06-26-44, Beecher's Island 07-03-44, Kit Carson 07-17-44, Al Jennings 08-07-44, George A. Custer 08-28-44, Billy Tilghman 09-04-44

Duration: 8 hours
Media: (8) CDs
Catalog Number: 44512
Price: $31.95

Robert E. Howard Days 2010 - June 11 and 12!
REHupa and the REH Foundation are working with Project Pride and gearing up for Robert E. Howard Days 2010. Set aside June 11th and 12th, check your ammo and point your pony in the direction of Cross Plains, Texas, for at least two (and usually four) days chock full of Howard Mania.

The 2010 version of HD is geared towards The Illustrators of Robert E. Howard, and to that end we’ve invited Jim & Ruth Keegan to be our Guests of Honor. Jim & Ruth, in additon to being the fantastic Art Duo responsible for illustrating the Del Rey two-volume set of THE BEST OF ROBERT E. HOWARD and the upcoming EL BORAK The Desert Adventures, are the creators of The Adventures of Two-Gun Bob, the wonderful biographical graphic comic strip that appears in every edition of a REH title from Dark Horse Comics.

There is much more planned on the art side of programming, including an REH art display, at least one book, original drawings from pros like the Keegans, Gary Gianni, Mark Schultz (et al) to be auctioned off at the Banquet and sold at the Swap Meet – all for the benefit of the Howard House and Project Pride.

All the regular Howard activities are there as well: The REH House is open to all (as is the Gift Shop), there’ll be Walking and Bus Tours, Celebration Banquet & Silent Auction, Swap Meet, Caddo Peak BBQ, plus the great fellowship we afford each other in gathering and Talking ’bout Bob. The Poetry Throwdown is coming back in a revised, insect-free fashion, and this year we will present the First Annual Robert E. Howard Foundation Awards. Also, not all the panels are slanted to REH art, so there’ll be plenty of things going on to satisfy your Howard cravings.

The Robert E. Howard Days 2010 Information Page will be updated soon, and we’ll keep you posted as we revise it along the way. I wanted to get y’all to be thinking about the warmer days coming, filled with that good REH Fellowship we partake of every year. In the meantime, most of the basic information is still on the ‘09 version (like hotels & such), so check that out. (A heads up: the folks who run the 36 West Motel in Cross Plains asked us this past HD to not contact them until March 1st for reservations, so be sure to mark that on your calendar – don’t everyone call at once!)

So start making your plans, check flight info, gather items to send to the Silent Auction and get ready for the Best Two Days in Howard Fandom.

Visit the REHUPA website for the full schedule of events and registration details.

Wildside Press - March Newsletter!

HELP WANTED!

First, and most important, we're looking for another local person to join the staff on an hourly, part-time basis. It will involve pretty everything from filing to data entry to shipping to proofreading to typesetting to writing copy to editing. In other words, a little bit of everything as needed. Flexible hours, probably 15-20 per week. This is an in-office job so you need to be in the Rockville, Maryland area. Ideal for a retiree looking to stay active or a college student who wants to learn publishing. Email a resume to wildside@wildsidepress.com if interested.

WEB SITE FACELIFT

Second, our website has had a big facelift. See it here: http://www.wildsidebooks.com

TWITTER, ANYONE?

We now have a Twitter feed. If you are interested in coupons and general news, you can sign up here: http://www.twitter.com/wildsidepress
If you are interested in our new releases, we have a second Twitter feed.
WARNING: it will have a VERY high volume of information. (We release a lot of books.) http://twitter.com/wildsidepress/newreleases

EXTENDED - THE EPIC 2-FOR-A-PENNY SALE!

We have extended the 2-for-a-penny sale through March 15. Just add this special item to your cart (it acts like a book), spend $5.00 more, and we'll send you two freebies. Kim is nagging us to get the office cleaned out. Please help! We WANT you to take these books away! http://www.wildsidebooks.com//2-Books-for-a-Penny_p_3920.html

If you have trouble getting the web site to work (we've had a few notes about ordering problems -- but also 150+ successful orders, so we know it's working for most people) please make sure you have cookies enabled. If all else fails, you can always phone in your order (301-762-1305) during business hours, or mail in your order using the mail-order form here: http://www.wildsidebooks.com/wildsidemailorder.html

Yellowed Perils: Thoughts and Comments on the World of the Pulp Magazines
An excellent pulp blog worth bookmarking!
Recent updates:
Do you have a pulp lair?
Two books pulp fans should have
Who will be the Man of Bronze?

http://thepulp.net/PulpBlogs/YellowedPerils/

05 March 2010

2010-2012 Film Release Dates

March 26, 2010 May 7, 2010 May 14, 2010 June 11, 2010 June 18, 2010 November 19, 2010 November 26, 2010 December 22, 2010	CLASH OF THE TITANS IRON MAN 2 ROBIN HOOD THE A-TEAM JONAH HEX HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HOLLOWS 1 RED DAWN THE GREEN HORNET
May 6, 2011 May 20, 2011 Summer June 17, 2011 July 15, 2011 July 22, 2011 October 7, 2011	THOR PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES COWBOYS & ALIENS GREEN LANTERN HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS 2 THE FIRST AVENGER: CAPTAIN AMERICA MARVIN THE MARTIAN
May 4, 2012	THE AVENGERS

2010 Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention

April 23-25, 2010!

CELEBRATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF ADVENTURE!

We’re planning a number of special displays to commemorate the anniversary of the pre-eminent pulp and its kin.

MEMBERSHIPS: Memberships are $35 for all three days, $25 for Friday only, $25 for Saturday only, and $15 for Sunday only. We are also offering Early Bird Admission for non-dealers for $60, which is a three day membership which allows entry to the dealer room on Friday at 10 a.m. (which is one hour after dealer setup begins and two hours before the con generally opens to the public). Ages 13 & under are free. We can now accept payments online through our new Paypal account: register@windycitypulpandpaper.com Click here to download the registration form.

DEALER INFO: Dealer setup begins Friday at 9 a.m. – the dealer room is open to the public from noon - 5 p.m. Friday (10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Early Bid Admission), 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sunday. For dealers, tables are 6’ long. Each table includes: 1 tablecloth and 2 chairs. Wall tables are $90 and island tables are $80. The dealer room will have around 120 tables. Each dealer and dealer’s helper must also buy a regular 3 day membership ($35).

PROGRAM BOOK: All attendees will receive a program book, containing pulp articles and reprints. To advertise in the program book, rates are: full page ads $70 (4 1/8” x 6.75”), half page $40 (4 1/8” x 3 3/8”), business card size $25 (3.25” x 2”). The deadline for submitting and paying for ads is March 15, 2010. Please contact Tom Roberts at tom.roberts2@comcast.net for ad and other program book matters (other than payment).

ART SHOW: We will once again be hosting an art show displaying original pulp and paperback art. For the sixth year in a row, the art show is sponsored by Dan Zimmer and the fine folks at Illustration magazine (www.illustration-magazine. com). If you have any art you’d like to make available for display in the art show, please contact us. The art show hours will be posted to the website when they are set.

AUCTIONS: Our regular Saturday night auction will consist of material from many sources. If you have material you’d like to submit, please contact us. In addition to our regular Saturday evening auction, the upcoming Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention (April 23-25, 2010) will feature a Friday night estate auction. This year, the material will be drawn from the estate of collector Peter Scollo and his 10,000+ pulp collection. As might be expected with such a large collection, Peter collected across a broad mix of pulp genres -- detective, SF, western, general adventure, etc. -- and was also a hardcore Edgar Rice Burroughs collector. We anticipate that this will be our largest estate auction ever! We should receive the material in late February or early March, and we plan to post lot photos and descriptions in advance on the website when available.

PULP FILM FEST: Our Pulp Film Fest shows old movies based on pulp stories, on 16 mm film. The Pulp Film Fest is organized by Ed Hulse & sponsored by Blood ’N’ Thunder magazine. This years film schedule is posted below.

WEBSITE: www.windycitypulpandpaper.com is the con’s website. We’ll be posting updates to it periodically up until the time of the con, so
please check it for the most recent information. Also check out and join our new Facebook page!

CON SUITE: Our con suite will operate from Thursday night (come pick up your badges) until late Saturday night/early Sunday morning – stop by and grab a drink and some munchies, while chatting about our favorite hobby!

HOTEL: For our tenth show, for the third year in a row we’re at the Westin Lombard, in the West suburbs of Chicago. Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, 70 Yorktown Shopping Center, Lombard, IL. 630-719-8000

The Westin is a new hotel, located about 20 minutes SW of O’Hare Airport and about a half hour West of Midway Airport. Room rates are $109/night (to get the con rate, you must book by 5:00 p.m. on April 1, 2010!). Parking is free. The hotel is in the midst of a shopping and restaurant corridor – it’s adjacent (within walking distance) to Yorktown Mall and about a mile from Oak Brook Shopping Center. For those with families, it’s also only 7 miles from the Brookfield Zoo, one of the nation’s top zoos. Movie theaters are also a short walk away. And if you like to gamble, the Aurora River Boat is about 10 miles away. If you are flying in and not renting a car, please check the website for details on various cab companies and shuttle services that offer fixed price transportation to and from the hotel. PLEASE MENTION THE CONVENTION WHEN BOOKING ROOMS.

Visit the Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention website at
http://www.windycitypulpandpaper.com/


PULP FILM FEST SCHEDULE
Friday, April 24th 12:00 — The Red Rider (1934), Chapters 1-7. Adapted from W. C. Tuttle's "The Redhead from Sun Dog" (March 1—April 1, 1929), this action-packed serial finds cowboy star Buck Jones playing Brick Davidson, a two-fisted lawman determined to prove that his pal, Silent Slade (Grant Withers), has been framed for murder. Marion Shilling and Walter Miller (as a marijuana-smoking heavy) round out the principal players. 02:00 — Captain Calamity (1936). Adapted from Gordon Young's "Cap'n Calamity" (September 1, 1934), this seafaring saga stars erstwhile opera singer George Houston as Cap'n Bill Jones, just about the fightin'-est swab what ever sailed the South Seas. We showed a black-and-white 16mm print of this film in our first Windy City film program, but this year we're running the extremely rare color version, mastered from the only surviving 35mm print. 03:15 — Sabatini Silents: Captain Blood and The Sea Hawk (both 1924). Rafael Sabatini's classic swashbucklers made their American debuts in the pages of Adventure, with "Captain Blood" running in 1921 as a series of connected novelettes from June 3 to October 20, and "The Sea Hawk" as a five-part serial from October 20 to November 30, 1922. Unfortunately, the first film version of Captain Blood does not survive in its entirety, but we're proud to present a compilation of scenes that maintains the basic narrative in a fast-moving half-hour. Nickelodeon-era matinee idol J. Warren Kerrigan plays Peter Blood. The Sea Hawk has been magnificently restored and is one of the silent screen's most impressive films. Milton Sills plays the title role. Both films have musical accompaniment; The Sea Hawk features a newly recorded performance of the original 1924 organ score. Following the Friday-Night Auction — Durango Valley Raiders (1938). Adapted from the Harry F. Olmsted novelette of the same title in the June 1936 issue of Star Western. Battlin' Bob Steele tangles with a mysterious outlaw known as, believe it or not, The Shadow. There's action a-plenty in this fast-paced Republic "B" Western.	Saturday, April 25th 09:00 — The Red Rider (1934), Chapters 8-15. The second half of this wild-and-woolly Universal serial finds Davidson drawing ever closer to the murdering outlaw he's sworn to capture. Our guess is he'll get `er done before that fifteenth chapter fades out. 12:00 — We're in the Legion Now (aka Rest Cure, 1936). J. D. Newsom wrote many of the best Foreign Legion stories published in the pulps. The one on which this movie is based, "Rest Cure," appeared in Adventure's April 1934 issue. Reginald Denny and Vince Barnett play ex-racketeers who join the Legion in a bid to escape rival mobsters who have orders to rub them out. A trio of comely females—Esther Ralston, Claudia Dell, and Eleanor Hunt—lends able support in this breezy action-comedy. Turned out by the same man who made Captain Calamity, Legion also was produced in color, and we're showing a DVD mastered from the sole-surviving print. 01:30 — The Man from Painted Post (1917). Adapted from Jackson Gregory's "Silver Slippers," which ran in Adventure's November 1916 issue, this breezy Western is an early outing for Douglas Fairbanks, whose cheery personality and unbridled athleticism makes him perfect in the role of a cattle detective who poses as a dude to investigate rustling on a big ranch. With musical accompaniment. 03:00 — The Black Watch (1929). This is the cheat we referred to above. But it's not that much of a cheat. Black Watch is a John Ford-directed early talkie adaptation of Talbot Mundy's "King, of the Khyber Rifles," which was serialized in Adventure's sister magazine, Everybody's, from May 1916 to January 1917. But as Mundy is closely associated with Adventure and this story's leading characters subsequently appeared in its pages as well, we figured you wouldn't mind. Besides, Black Watch is an incredibly rare film, never made available on TV, pay cable, or home video. Unfortunately, the sole surviving print is a poor one, and our DVD transfer leaves much to be desired. But it was this or nothing, so we chose to give you the opportunity of seeing the film for what may very well be its last public screening. Victor McLaglen plays King, and a young Myrna Loy co-stars as the alluring Yasmini. Following the Saturday-Night Auction — Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939). Warner Brothers' Torchy Blane mysteries ostensibly adapted the MacBride-Kennedy series written by Frederick Nebel for Black Mask. The first entry, Smart Blonde, stuck pretty close to Nebel's "No Hard Feelings" but replaced Kennedy with a female reporter, Torchy Blane. Thereafter Warner Brothers quit adapting Nebel's pulp yarns. This late entry, the last to co-star Glenda Farrell as Torchy and Barton MacLane as Steve MacBride, is actually based on "The Purple Cipher," a Murray Leinster mystery published in the March 1, 1920 issue of Snappy Stories. Amazingly, this was the third cinematic go-round for Leinster's yarn, first adapted to the screen in 1920 under its original title, and then in 1930 as Murder Will Out. The 1939 version is the only one that survives, and although it was heavily reworked to accommodate the Torchy Blane format, it's a very entertaining little movie—fast and funny, just what you'll want to see after what promises to be a long auction.

14th Annual Fantastic Pulps Show & Sale
Saturday, May 8, 2010, 10am to 5pm!

Canada's premier pulp event!
The show is a small but pulp specific event, with lots of great stuff
for the collector and the curious alike.

From 10am to 5pm, located at the Lillian H. Smith branch of the
Toronto Public Library, 239 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

For more information, contact us at: info@girasolcollectables.com

Girasol Collectables Inc.
3501 Glen Erin Drive, Suite 1409
Mississauga, ON, Canada L5L 2E9
905.820.7572

There are numerous hotels in the Toronto downtown, in various price ranges, and if you are an autoclub member, pick up one of their tourbooks for Toronto, Ontario, and you will find many additional options and attractions. We look forward to seeing you there!

51st Michigan Antiquarian Book & Paper Show - Sunday, April 11, 2010!
The Midwest's largest book show will feature about 90 dealers from around the country offering over a million old, rare, and collectible book & paper items for sale! 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Admission $4.50; free for children 13 and under
Lansing Center: 333 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI
http://www.curiousbooks.com/shows.html

Adventure House - Richardson Collection and Auction!
The time is close at hand. The catalog goes live this Friday Evening at 7:00 pm Eastern time. Don't have a catalog? It would be a good idea to get to the web site at: www.adventurehouse.com and purchase your copy. Some one of a kind items being sold, but more than that, this invaluable reference tool is 414 pages, 17,000 items with over 1,700 b&w images. Destined to remain on your bookshelf for a long time. (If the weight doesn't make the bookcase fall over!)

The auction is already under way, and the bidding is beginning to heat up. Be sure to register and get into the action. You'll find the link to the auction at the top of our shopping cart. Some great stuff is being auction, including A GENT FROM BEAR CREEK (True first edition), THRILLS OF THE JUNGLE, ALL-STORY MAGAZINE (actually several of them) with UNDER THE MOONS OF MARS by Edgar Rice Burroughs and THE CURSE OF CAPISTRANO by Johnston McCulley. Also you might want to check out the scarce science fiction fanzines and books. Hopefully something for everyone's taste.

John Gunnison
Adventure House

Age of Aces - Now available!

Now available from Age of Aces Books
"Satan's Playmates: The Adventures of Molloy and McNamara"

$16.99, 306 pages, 6x9, Trade Paperback
You can get your copy from Amazon, Mike Chomko Books, and Adventure House.

Age of Aces

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:
"One Blue Flare" by O. B. Myers from the November 1933 War Birds
When the "Blue Flare" tears through the skies, no pilot ever fails to answer that signal for help. But sometimes someone answers it who shouldn’t. Then a baited trap is the only answer.

Airship27: CAPTAIN HAZZARD # 2 - AVAILABLE ONCE MORE!
Airship 27 Productions & Cornerstone Book Publishers are thrilled to announce the release of the new revised edition of CAPTAIN HAZZARD – CITADEL OF FEAR by Ron Fortier & Martin Powell. Published over four years ago, when pulp scribe Fortier first began this new series of Captain Hazzard adventures, the book became an instant success as the first new Hazzard story in over 68 years!! Since then the original publisher’s dwindling inventory stock and a few on-line books sellers have been the only places fans could find this much sought-after title. Even then they were forced to pay inflated prices.

“I don’t appreciate people who take advantage of pulp fans,” Fortier said recently when asked about the exorbitant prices listed for the title at Amazon. “Which is why I’m so thrilled we have it available again.” Aside from being available at the normal book outlets, CAPTAIN HAZZARD – CITADEL OF FEAR can be purchased at the Airship 27 on-line store (http://www.gopulp.info/) where all their titles are 25% off retail.

Both Fortier and Powell began their writing careers in the world of comics, each earning acclaim for their handling of classic pulp characters, Powell for Sherlock Holmes and Fortier for the Green Hornet. Over the past decade they have simultaneously turned to writing pulp fiction and are considered two of the finest amongst the new generation of pulp scribes. CAPTAIN HAZZARD – CITADEL OF FEAR is their one and only collaboration.

When the world’s leading scientists begin disappearing without a trace, Captain Hazzard and his team find themselves on the trail of a criminal mastermind known only as the Green Dragon. Battling an army of mind-controlled zombies, their adventure leads them to a fantastic hidden fortress of wonder and terror and a final confrontation with the forces of evil. Horror and thrills await them at every turn, all culminating within… THE CITADLE OF FEAR!

Join the fighting five; cowboy sharpshooter Jake Cole, playboy-surgeon Martin Tracey, noted physicist Washington MacGowen, ace pilot Tyler Randall, and crime reporter William Crawley, as they fellow their leader, the relentless Champion of Justice, Captain Hazzard in this pulse-pound pulp classic. Edited by Fortier with designs by Rob Davis and a breath-taking new cover painting by Laura Givens. Airship 27 Productions; Pulp Fiction for a New Genration.

ISBN: 1-934935-66-2
ISBN 13: 978-1-934935-66-8
Produced by Airship 27 Productions
Published by Cornerstone Book Publishers
Release date: 03/05/2010
Retail Price: $21.95

ALTER EGO #92 presents Sword-and-Sorcery in the Comics, Part 3!
Now available and arriving in comic shops March 10th!
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

Altus Press - Now available! PULP DETECTIVES by Tom Johnson For the first time, nine all-new stories starring the classic pulp heroes of the 1930s, featuring characters such as The Phantom Detective, The Black Bat, The Lone Eagle, The Masked Detective, Secret Agent X, and Nightwind. Written by pulp scholar Tom Johnson, it’s nearly 350 pages of excitement! Trade paperback, $24.95, available from Amazon.com Limited Edition hardcover, $34.95, available from Lulu.com Altus Press
Altus Press - Now available! Wings of Danger Join the expedition as a lost colony of Vikings is discovered in East Africa; “Wings of Danger” is one of the best Lost Race stories from the pulps. Originally published as “The Adventurers” in Adventure in 1915, it’s another edition in the Altus Press Lost Race Library. Trade paperback, $29.95, available from Amazon.com Limited Edition hardcover, $39.95, available from Lulu.com Altus Press
Altus Press - Now available! Yellow Men Sleep Join explorer Con Levington as he searches for a lost civilization in the Gobi desert. Originally published as “The Fragrant Web” in All-Story Weekly in 1919. A lost classic of the Lost Race genre. Another book in the Altus Press Lost Race Library. Trade paperback, $19.95, available from Amazon.com Limited Edition hardcover, $29.95, available from Lulu.com Altus Press

Altus Press - Coming soon! The Crimson Mask Omnibus Volume 1 by Norman A Daniels & Frank Johnson Introduction by Tom Johnson Part of the early 1940s pulp hero revival, pharmacist Bob Clarke takes on the underworld as The Crimson Mask! The first of three volumes collecting the entire series, this first volume includes an all-new introduction by pulp historian Tom Johnson. Volume contains the following: "Enter the Crimson Mask" "The Crimson Mask's Murder Trail" "The Crimson Mask's Death Gamble" "Sign of the Crimson Mask" and "The Crimson Mask's Scorpion Trail." 375 pages/SC: $27.95/ HC: TBD Altus Press
Altus Press - Coming soon! The Complete Adventures of The Griffon Volume 1 by Arch Whitehouse Fighting the aerial forces of evil for nearly ten years in the pages of FLYING ACES, Kerry Keen AKA The Griffon returns to print! This edition begins a complete reprinting of the entire series. Volume 1 contains his first six stories, all from 1935: "Guns of the Griffon": Meet Kerry Keen sky sleuth in this new series of modern thrillers. "The Griffon's Gamble": Kerry Keen, sky sleuth, solves a strange new mystery. "Hawks of Hate": A Fox steals The Griffon in this latest bang-up Kerry Keen yarn. "Red-Heads of Death": Death hurtled upon the plane carriers--yet only the Griffon penetrated its mask. "Guile of the Griffon": A death-dealing plane sped through the sky--yet no one was at its controls. "Legions of the Flame": Kerry Keen solves the mystery of the man who died twice. Also included is an article by series author, Arch Whitehouse. 200 pages/SC: $19.95/ HC: $29.95 Altus Press
Altus Press - Coming soon! The Curse of the Harcourts by Chandler H. Whipple Introduction by John Pelan A Millennium of Terror! This is the complete history of the grim saga of the house of Harcourt and the fearful doom which for nine centuries overshadowed it... Running for six parts in the pages of Dime Mystery Magazine in 1935, this epic has never been reprinted before. 190 pages/SC: $19.95/HC: $29.95 Altus Press
Altus Press - Coming soon! Secret Agent "X" The Complete Series Volume 4 by Paul Chadwick, Emile C. Tepperman and G. T. Fleming-Roberts Introduction by Will Murray For 41 issues from 1934 to 1939, SECRET AGENT "X" battled the forces of evil in the page of his own pulp magazine. Now, for the first time... the complete pulp series is being reprinted in nine deluxe omnibus editions! The text has been reset and all the original interior illustrations have been remastered. This volume contains the next four stories, by Paul Chadwick, Emile C. Tepperman and G. T. Fleming-Roberts: "Devils of Darkness," "Talons of Terror," "The Corpse Cavalcade" and "The Golden Ghoul." This is THE Secret Agent "X" reprint series to own! 478 pages/SC: $29.95/HC: TBD Altus Press

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming later this month!

DOC SAVAGE Volume 35: "Meteor Menace" & "The Ten-Ton Snakes"

The pulp era's legendary Man of Bronze confronts threats from space in two pulse-pounding pulp novels by Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, after the "Blue Meteor" horror brings near-fatal insanity to Ham Brooks, Doc Savage and his Iron Crew are spirited away to Tibet where they confront the mysterious Mo-Gwei to uncover the strange secret behind the "Meteor Menace." Then, a war hero's plea for help and a box of anaconda skins lead Doc to the danger-filled Brazilian jungles in search of "The Ten-Ton Snakes." Will Murray provides historical commentary while Anthony Tollin chronicles "Doc Savage Around the World." This classic pulp reprint also features the original color pulp covers by Walter M. Baumhofer and Emery Clarke, plus Paul Orban's classic interior illustrations. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-022-9 Softcover, 7x10, b&w, $12.95

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474

1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging

2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid

Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

http://www.shadowsanctum.com

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming later this month!

THE SHADOW Volume 36:
"Crime Rides the Sea," "River of Death" & "The Case of the River of Eternal Woe"

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474

1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging

2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid

Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

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Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming later this month!

THE WHISPERER Volume 3: "Murder Queens" & "Kill Them First"

"He knows no law but Justice!" The secret life of Police Commissioner James Gordon is explored in a pair of two-fisted thrillers by Doc Savage ghost Laurence Donovan writing as "Clifford Goodrich." First, The Whisperer trumps the sinister schemes of four sultry "Murder Queens." Then, when the Black Hood¹s racketeers terrorize the city, Wildcat Gordon vows to "Kill Them First!" BONUS: a magical tale of "prestidigitection" by The Shadow's Walter B. Gibson. This historic collector's item showcases the original covers by Spider cover artist John Newton Howitt, classic interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-020-5
Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474

1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging

2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid

Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

http://www.shadowsanctum.com

BEB Books: Abu, The Dawn-Maker - Now available!
    Before he could repeat the cry Abu seized him by the arm and throat, bent him over backward. Al-Marwazi in that crushing grip apparently lost courage.
    ““Your bauble——I’’ll get it back for you,”” he gasped.
    Abu laughed.
    He twisted and crushed, twisted and crushed. There was scarcely a sound, except that of soft silk garments deranged, the shifting of feet on the ground. There was a moment when Abu was kneeling on the thing he had pressed down under him.
    ““Allah!”” he cried. ““He is dead. I have killed Al-Marwazi!””
    The rich man had managed to get out his dagger, but it had been too late. It was slipping now from the smooth, fat fingers of his right hand.
    And Al-Marwazi, as though he had forgotten all about the struggle that had barely begun, let it slip, lay with his face to the earth.
    Abu picked up the dagger and pressed it home.
    ““Allah!”” he repeated. ““He is dead. And I——””
    It was evident that the new thought had had difficulty in making its presence known; but once it was realized, Abu reeled to his feet like a drunken man.
    ““And I,”” he gasped, ““I am free!””

Abu, The Dawn-Maker is a fast paced, bloody tale of a slave revolt in Portugese East Africa.

Following the death of his master Abu is declared, a wonder, a miracle, a messiah who would be a new dawn to all the down-trod peoples of the world. Drawn by his Luck and charisma, thousands join his army. The cities fall to his armies but close to Abu lies the seeds of destruction -- a woman. Khadija! She has seen in him a vitality that sets her afire. She would have him for her mate. But Abu has made a solemn vow - of sobriety, of poverty and above all, of chastity -- until his great work is done.

Here is a tale of violence and passion that would have made Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan the Barbarian, proud.

Click here for a review by James Reasoner!

Checks or Money Orders, only, made payable to Brian Brown.
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Send To:
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Detroit, MI 48224.
BEB Books

BEB Books - Now available!
BEB Books is pleasured to announce our latest publication, The Golden Ghoul, a Secret Agent “X” adventure from July, 1935. The Golden Ghoul is the 16th episode of the Agent and Beb Books 20th SAX reprint.
We are half way to our goal of reprinting every single Secret Agent “X” story.

Secret Agent "X's" far-flung. crime-crushing organisation brought him whisperings of a fiend who meted out a death worse than death— a monster who called himself the Ghoul, for this Ghoul made men living prisoners in an amber colored shroud of their own dead flesh. And even Secret Agent "X." the man of a thousand disguises, a thousand surprises, was check-mated when he pried into the Ghoul's palace of pain.

Thrill a minute adventure from G. T. Fleming-Roberts writing as Brant House.

Check out our web site for other great stories from Beb Books

And don’t forget our other recent publications:
"Wings of Danger" by Arthur A. Nelson
"The Girl in the Golden Atom" and "People of the Golden Atom" by Ray Cummings
*Two SF classics in one volume*
"Fruit of the Lamp" - comic fantasy from Victor Rouseau.

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11675 Beaconsfield
Detroit, MI 48224.
BEB Books

Blood 'N' Thunder #25 - Now available!
Zorro - The Curse of Capistrano
This features a wide variety of articles covering pulp and pop-culture history. Highlights include Hulse's comparison of the original 1919 Zorro novel with its groundbreaking 1920 movie adaptation and old-time radio expert Martin Grams on the Early years of the Green Hornet radio show. Also novelist Bill Maynard on reviving Sax Rohmer's immortal Fu Manchu and historian John Locke's chronicle of the early 30s fusion of horror with the pulp detective story. Includes the second half of a lengthy retrospective covering Street & Smith's flagship pulp, The Popular Magazine, and a review of the 1943 Republic serial, Daredevils of the West. Great articles with lots of vintage artwork and photos.

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

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

The Book Cave - New podcast now available online!
Episode 64: How The West Was Weird - New!
Russ Anderson, Barry Reese and Josh Reynolds join Art and Ric to dwell into the new anthology How The West Was Weird.

Episode 63: Coming Attractions
Episode 62: Derrick Ferguson
Episode 61: The Satan Factory
Episode 60: Bond, James Bond
Episode 58: Chilling with Art & Ric
Episode 57: Paul Malmont
Episode 56: From T.V. to Paperback
Episode 55: Looking Back

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

THE BOOK OF SECRETS by Walter Gibson - New printing
Walter Gibson whom we know as the author of The Shadow under the pen name of Maxwell Grant, was also a magician and wrote this revealing book on magic in 1929. Gibson reveals with great clarity and understanding the secrets of stage magic, oriental magic, psychic phenomena, card tricks and much more. Gibson wrote many books on magic and served as a ghost writer for Houdini and others. Written in a time when magic shows were big, many of these tricks are long forgotten.

Hardcover: 164 pages
Publisher: Laughing Elephant
ISBN-10: 1595833595
ISBN-13: 978-1595833594
$24.95

The Bronze Gazette #57 (February 2010) - Now available!
This issue features:
Editorial
"Covering Pfeiffer" by Courtney Rogers
"Doc Con XII Report" by Howard Wright
"Bug Whapper" by Tim Faurote & Howard Wright
News Update
Front Cover: Scotty Philips
Interior illustrations: Edd Cartier, Scotty Philips, Fred Pfeiffer, Tim Faurote, and Bobb Cotter

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

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

Send orders to:
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CLASSICON 37 - Pulp, Paperback and Glamour Art Show - Spring 2010!
CLASSICON 37, a Pulp, Paperback and Glamour Art Show will take place Spring 2010!
Stay tuned for the exact date.
More information is available at our website: http://www.curiousbooks.com/shows.html
Please feel free to call Ray Walsh if you have any questions at Curious Book Shop, (517) 332-0112

Clive Cussler: THE SILENT SEA - Arriving in bookstores March 9th!
By Clive Cussler and Jack DuBrul
On December 7, 1941, five brothers exploring a shaft on a small island off the coast of Washington State make an extraordinary discovery, only to be interrupted by news of Pearl Harbor. In the present, Cabrillo, chasing the remnants of a crashed satellite in the Argentine jungle, stumbles upon a shocking revelation of his own. His search to untangle the mystery leads him, first, to that small island and its secret, and then much farther back, to an ancient Chinese expedition-and a curse that seems to have survived for more than five hundred years. If Cabrillo's team is successful in its quest, the reward could be incalculable. If not . . . the only reward is death.

Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Putnam Adult
ISBN-10: 0399156259
ISBN-13: 978-0399156250
$27.95

Visit Clive Cussler's website at http://www.numa.net/clive_cussler.html

COMPLETE CONAN OF CIMMERIA VOLUME 3 LIMITED DELUXE HC
Now available!
Writer: Robert E. Howard, with paintings & illustrations by Gregory Manchess
Strictly limited to 1,000 copies and individually signed and numbered by award-winning artist Gregory Manchess, this deluxe, slipcased, hardcover edition of Robert E. Howard's Complete Conan of Cimmeria Volume 3 features 13 color paintings and 52 tonal paintings by Manchess, and contains the following Conan stories: "The Servants of Bit-Yakin," "Beyond the Black River," "The Black Stranger," "The Man Eaters," and "Red Nails," plus over 200 pages of notes and miscellanea.

Hardcover, 6x9, 416 pages, $225
Book Palace Books

If you don't want to order from the UK, there are two retailers in the U.S. that carry this book.

Bud Plant Comic Art

Terence A. McVicker, Rare Books
1745 W. Kenneth Road
Glendale, California 91201
(818) 242-4818
email:mcrarebooks@earthlink.net

Conan - Feature Film Update!
Latino Review reports two new cast additions:
Rachel Nichols as Tamara
Leo Howard as Young Conan

CONAN: THE FRAZETTA COVER SERIES #4 - Arriving in comic shops March 10th!
Writer: Mike Mignola; Penciller: Cary Nord; Colors: Dave Stewart; Cover: Frank Frazetta

The fourth installment in Conan: The Frazetta Cover Series features Frank Frazetta's stunning painting, "The Destroyer," and includes an adaptation of "The Hall of the Dead"—an unfinished tale left by Robert E. Howard and fleshed out by Mike Mignola, Cary Nord, and Dave Stewart.

Pursued by a small army, Conan heads for shelter in the ancient ruins of a forgotten city, lured by a flimsy rumor of treasure. Instead, he finds the fallen idols of twisted gods and a lot of croaking creatures. Luckily, frogs are no match for an armed Cimmerian . . . right? Conan soon finds himself battling a slithering monstrosity and an onslaught of undead warriors! Retainers to a lord long forgotten awaken to protect a treasure so sizable even the dead can't bear to see it stolen. Can a cunning Cimmerian and a foe-turned-ally withstand the power of such dark sorceries long enough to escape with some loot and their lives?

Full Color, 48 pages, $5.99
Dark Horse Comics

CTHULHU'S REIGN - Coming April 6th!
All original stories about the return of Cthulhu and the Old Ones to Earth.

Some of the darkest hints in all of H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos relate to what will happen after the Old Ones return and take over the earth. What happens when Cthulhu is unleashed upon the world? What happens when the other Old Ones, long since banished from our universe, break through and descend from the stars? What would the reign of Cthulhu be like on a totally transformed planet where mankind is no longer the master? Find out in these exciting, brand-new stories.

Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: DAW
ISBN-10: 0756406161
ISBN-13: 978-0756406165
$7.99

The Dark Man Volume 5, Number 1 - Going to the printers this week!
Contents:
"The Shadow of the Beast": A Closer Look by Charles Hoffman
"Marchers of Valhalla", Creation, and the Cult of Castration by Jeffrey Kahan
Celtic Influences in the Works of Robert E. Howard by Philip Emery
A Second Look: The Lost Land of Lemuria by Morgan Holmes
Visualizing Howard's World: The Savage Sword of Conan by Charles Hoffman
The Good, the Bad, and Howard in the Cross Plains Universe by Morgan Holmes
Remembering Wolfshead by Charles Hoffman

Runs about 80 pages. Cost should be around $13 + postage/handling.
Two dealers who regularly carry TDM are Mike Chomko and Gavin Smith.

Doc Con XIII - November 13, 2010!
The upcoming Doc Con XIII will be held at the home of Jay Ryan on November 13, 2010. Located in Peoria, AZ, it is just two miles north of Loop 101 which connects directly with Sky Harbor International Airport. Five hotels and the largest concentration of restaurants anywhere in the United States, are located within three miles of the site. Friday Nov. 12 will be a dinner and radio play and is open to anyone who wishes to attend and/or participate. Sunday Nov. 14 is an optional breakfast to wish the out-of-state attendees well and so long for another year!

Full details are available in The Doc Savage Convention Newsletter. The Doc Savage Convention Newsletter is distributed irregularly each year in January and sometimes in July. If you would like to receive a copy of the DSCN please, email Jay Ryan at JRyanDS@aol.com with your name and email address and he will make sure that you are included on the list.

Dover Publications: 120 Great Pulp Fiction Covers Book/CDROM - Now available!
Handpicked from macabre magazines published in the first half of the 20th century, these fantastic full-color covers are alive with bug-eyed beings from other worlds, muscular jungle men, hard-bitten private eyes, damsels in distress, and more. They're great for t-shirts, mugs, blogs, and thousands of other print and web projects!

Paperback: 64 pages with CDROM
Publisher: Dover Publications
ISBN-10: 0486990419
ISBN-13: 978-0486990415
Dover Publications

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!
"Ice Feud" by Ronald Tuckwell from SPORTS ACTION, December, 1937
A girl comes between these Maroon hockey stars and the rink championship hangs in the balance.
"Dead End" by Wilbur S. Peacock from SHORT STORIES, March 25, 1946
. . . Still a Rookie Detective Whose Time Was of so Little Value, Anyone Could Command It.

The Early Adventures of El Borak by Robert E. Howard
Now accepting pre-orders!

The Early Adventures of El Borak is $36 for REHF Members, $40 for non-members (all prices in US dollars) plus shipping. (How to become a member? See here.)

Shipping options are:
Domestic via USPS Priority, $9
Domestic via USPS Book Rate, $3
Canada via Global Priority, $23
Australia via Global Priority, $33
Europe via Global Priority, $33

Purchasing more than one book?
For combined shipping prices, click here.

Insurance to any US location is $2 extra.

The Early Adventures of El Borak

Gabriel Hunt: HUNT BEYOND THE FROZEN FIRE - Coming March 30th!
Gabriel Hunt has spent the past five months recuperating from three of his most exhilarating adventures ever...but he's all rested now and ready to embark on his next: HUNT BEYOND THE FROZEN FIRE, co-authored by Edgar Award finalist (and Scribe Award winner) Christa Faust.

In this one, Gabriel returns from a grueling encounter in Transdniestria to find an emergency waiting for him at home: the daughter of scientist Lawrence Silver tells him her father has gone missing at a research site near the South Pole. But she thinks he may still be alive! So, it's off to Antarctica for Gabriel and two of his most capable allies, vehicular genius Rue Aparecido and man-mountain Maximillian Ventrose, Jr. (known as "Millie" to his friends). I can say with great confidence you will not be able to guess what they find when they arrive.

The book officially hits stores on March 30...but I wouldn't be surprised if some of them jumped the gun and put it out on their shelves a few days early. So keep your eye out -- or ask your favorite local bookseller to order you a copy now. (Or, heck, order one for yourself online, or by calling 1-800-481-9191. So many options!)

And to spice things up a bit, if you do get your hands on a copy before April 30 and e-mail us either a photo of yourself reading it or a copy of a review of the book you've posted somewhere online, we'll e-mail you back a pdf of the FIFTH book in the series, HUNT AMONG THE KILLERS OF MEN, co-authored by Hollywood screenwriter (and acclaimed novelist) David J. Schow!

So you can get *two* brand new Hunt adventures in the next few weeks, one of them before anyone who isn't on this mailing list. Just e-mail your photo or review to postmaster@huntforadventure.com, and the pdf will come by the electronic equivalent of return post. (And if you send a photo, please let us know if it's just for our enjoyment or if you'd be comfortable if we added it to the Rogues Gallery of Hunt readers on our Web site: http://www.huntforadventure.com/events.shtml...)

Girasol Collectables
THE WEIRD WRITINGS
OF H. P. LOVECRAFT
Coming Spring 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 $175 + $10 s&h
(within North America)

We'll do our best to match existing numbers for REH buyers, but can't guarantee it; get inearly for the best chance at that.
Due out Spring of 2010.

Girasol Collectables

Girasol Collectables - March Pulp Replicas!
Girasol Collectables is pleased to announce three more issues in its ongoing series of Pulp Replicas.
Click here or on the images to the right for a look at larger Pulp Replica cover images.

Monthly Special: All three for $85 ($10 off)

Our first Replica this month is THE SPIDER #54 featuring "The Grey Horde Creeps" from March 1938. $35

Our second Replica this month is WEIRD TALES #25 from October 1925. $35

Our third Replica is SPICY-ADVENTURE #5 from February 1935 - $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

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

BLACK MASK MAGAZINE ($35 each postpaid)
April 1920 - First issue!
June 1,1923 - The rare KKK issue

CIVIL WAR STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
Spring 1940

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

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

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

EERIE TALES ($20 eachpostpaid)
#1 July 1941

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

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

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

THE MYSTERIOUS WU FANG ($35 )each postpaid
#1 September 1935

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

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

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

ORIENTAL STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
#1 Oct./Nov. 1930
#2 Dec. 1930/Jan 1931
#3 February/March 1931
#4 Spring 1931
#5 Summer 1931
#6 Autumn 1931
#7 Winter 1932
#8 Spring 1932
#9 Summer 1932

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

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

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

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

SOLDIER OF FORTUNE ($25 each postpaid)
October 1931

SPICY-ADVENTURE STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
#2 November 1934 [#1 after the ashcan]
#4 January 1935
#5 February 1935
#6 March 1935
#8 May 1935
#12 September 1935
#13 October 1935
#14 November 1935
#16 January 1936
#17 February 1936
#18 March 1936
#19 April 1936
#20 May 1936
#21 June 1936
#22 July 1936
#23 August 1936
#24 September 1936
#25 October 1936
#26 November 1936
#28 January 1937
#39 December 1937

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

SPICY-MYSTERY STORIES ($25 )each postpaid
#2 June 1935
#3 July 1935
#4 August 1935
#5 September 1935
#6 October 1935
#7 November 1935
#8 December 1935
#9 January 1936
#10 February 1936
#11 March 1936
#12 April 1936
#13 May 1936
#14 June 1936
#15 July 1936
#16 August 1936
#17 September 1936
#19 November 1936
#20 December 1936
#22 February 1937
#23 March 1937

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

THE SPIDER ($35 each postpaid)
#1 The Spider Strikes! (October 1933)
#2 The Wheel of Death (November 1933)
#3 Wings of the Black Death (December 1933)
#4 City of Flaming Shadows (January 1934)
#5 Empire of Doom (February 1934)
#6 Citadel of Hell (March 1934)
#7 Serpent of Destruction (April 1934)
#8 The Mad Horde (May 1934)
#9 Satan's Death Blast (June 1934)
#10 The Corpse Cargo (July 1934)
#11 Prince of the Red Looters (August 1934)
#12 Reign of the Silver Terror (September 1934)
#13 Builders of the Black Empire (October 1934)
#14 Death's Crimson Juggernaut (November 1934)
#15 The Red Death Rain (December 1934)
#16 The City Destroyer (January 1935)
#17 The Pain Emperor (February 1935)
#18 The Flame Master (March 1935)
#19 Slaves of the Crime Master (April 1935)
#20 Reign of the Death Fiddler (May 1935)
#21 Hordes of the Red Butcher (June 1935)
#22 Dragon Lord of the Underworld (July 1935)
#23 Master of the Death Madness (August 1935)
#24 King of the Red Killers(September 1935)
#25 Overlord of the Damned (October 1935)
#26 Death Reign of the Vampire King (November 1935)
#27 Emperor of the Yellow Death (December 1935)
#28 The Mayor of Hell (January 1936)
#29 Slaves of the Murder Syndicate (February 1936)
#30 Green Globes of Death (March 1936)
#31 The Cholera King (April 1936)
#32 Slaves of the Dragon (May 1936)
#33 Legions of Madness (June 1936)
#34 Laboratory of the Damned (July 1936)
#35 Satan's Sightless Legion (August 1936)
#36 The Coming of the Terror (September 1936)
#37 The Devil's Death Dwarfs (October 1936)
#38 City of Dreadful Night (November 1936)
#39 Reign of the Snake Men (December 1936)
#40 Dictator of the Damned (January 1937)
#41 The Mill-Town Massacres (February 1937)
#42 "Satan's Workshop (March 1937)
#43 Scourge of the Yellow Fangs (April 1937)
#44 The Devil's Pawnbroker (May 1937)
#45 Voyage of the Coffin Ship (June 1937)
#46 The Man Who Ruled in Hell (July 1937)
#47 Slaves of the Black Monarch (August 1937)
#48 Machine Guns Over the White House
#49 The City That Dared Not Eat
#50 Master of the Flaming Horde
#51 Satan's Switchboard
#52 Legion of the Accursed Light
#53 "The City of Lost Men
#54 "The Grey Horde Creeps"

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

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

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

TERROR TALES ($35 each postpaid)
#1 September 1934
#2 October 1934
#3 November 1934
#4 December 1934
#5 January 1935
#6 February 1935
#7 March1935
#8 April 1935
#9 May 1935
#10 June 1935
#11 July 1935
#12 August 1935
#13 September 1935
#14 October 1935
#15 November 1935
#16 December 1935
#17 January 1936
#18 February 1936
#19 March 1936
#20 April 1936
#21 May 1936
#22 June 1936
#23 July/Aug 1936

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

WEIRD TALES ($35 each postpaid)
#1  March 1923
#2  April 1923
#3 May1923
#4 June 1923
#5  July/August 1923
#6 September 1923
#7 October 1923
#8 November 1923
#9   December 1923/January 1924
#10 February 1924
#11 March 1924
#12 April 1924
#13 Anniversary Issue May/June/July/24 ($50)
#14 November 1924 - One of the rarest WT's
#15 December 1924
#16 January 1925
#22 July 1925
#23 August 1925
#24 September 1925
#25 October 1925
#31 April 1926
#40 January 1927
#53 February 1928
#59 August 1928
#117 September 1933
#118 October 1933
#128 August 1934
#143 November 1935

Gotham Pulp Collectors Club - Next meeting is March 13, 2010!
Gotham Pulp Collectors Club is a club for pulp collectors to meet in the NYC/Metro area.
It meets the 2nd Saturday of every month.

All are invited to attend, so, if you have an interest in pulp magazines, please come and share tales of your interest in and collections with other pulp collectors. Some of us will bring representative issues of Doc Savage and Weird Tales to show from our collections and tall tales of how we got these books. All meetings are free and open to the public.

Name: Gotham Pulp Collectors Club
Time: 1-4 PM
Place: Hudson Park Library, 66 Leroy Street, Manhattan (WestVillage)
Contact: Mark Halegua at msh@pulps1st.com

THE GREEN HORNET: A History of Radio, Motion Pictures, Comics and Television
Now available!
The Green Hornet was one of radio's best-known and most distinctive adventure shows. Britt Reid, publisher of The Daily Sentinel, was in the position to learn facts about criminals that only the police had access. Armed with this knowledge, a gas gun that rendered foes momentarily unconscious, and a black speedster known as The Black Beauty, he donned the guise of The Green Hornet. Feared by the underworld and sought after by the police, the masked vigilante fought racketeers, gangsters and saboteurs. When the police were faced with red tape, The Green Hornet, with his sidekick Kato, his faithful valet, circumvented protocol and legal procedure in their determined battle to put away crooks.

Since The Green Hornet first appeared on radio in 1936, he has made the transition to motion pictures, comics and television. Very little has been written about the masked marvel and what has been recorded in magazine articles and encyclopedias prior to this publication has never explored the character as deeply... or accurately.

For the first time, the complete story of this crime fighter is unmasked, as prolific TV and radio historians Martin Grams and Terry Salomonson usher you into the Black Beauty. A complete history of the radio series from the creation to conception sketches, reprints from production files to the untold adventures, biographic details of the cast and the characters they played (including Mike Axford, Kato, Gunnigan, Lenore Case, Linda Travis, Ed Lowry, Clicker Binney, Commissioner Higgins, etc.) and background information is all provided under one cover.

Also included are details of the two cliffhanger serials produced by Universal in the early forties, the unaired 1952 television pilot, the long-running popularity of the comic books and the William Dozier television series (1966-67) starring Van Williams and Bruce Lee. A complete episode guide documents every adventure including unproduced scripts and plot ideas. Whether you are a casual fan or a serious enthusiast of the series, here is everything you want to know about The Green Hornet!

Paperback: 816 pages
Publisher: BearManor Media
ISBN-10: 0982531109
ISBN-13: 978-0982531105
$44.95

Haffner Press - Your Vote Counts!
After the well-received presentation at Pulpfest 2009 (Crashing Suns: The Early Edmond Hamilton) Haffner Press has asked by the Pulpfest 2010 organizers for a similar performance. But here's where *you* can make a difference.

We have accumulated a lot of information/trivia/goodies on both Leigh Brackett and her works, along with a lot of info and artwork on Captain Future (who celebrates his 70th Anniversary this year).

Visit www.haffnerpress.com and look for the RED box at the upper left of the page and cast your vote for either Captain Future, or Leigh Brackett -- The Queen of Space Opera. We'll close the poll in mid-April and begin work in earnest on the winning topic.

There are only 90 votes so far! Let's go folks, cast your vote today!

Join the Haffner Press Facebook page!

Haffner Press Coming in 4th Quarter 2010! THE COLLECTED CAPTAIN FUTURE, VOLUME TWO by Edmond Hamilton Table of Contents Introduction by Bertil Falk "Captain Future and the Seven Space Stones" (Captain Future, Winter 1941) "Star Trail to Glory" (Captain Future, Spring 1941) "Magician of Mars" (Captain Future, Summer 1941) "The Lost World of Time" (Captain Future, Fall 1941) "The Future of Captain Future" Artwork Gallery We are taking preorders at $40 per copy (with free shipping in the continental USA). No firm date for release, but no later than early 4th Quarter of 2010. Haffner Press
Haffner Press - Coming in 2010! DETOUR TO OTHERNESS by Henry Kuttner & C.L. Moore ISBN: 978-1-893887-18-3 Introduction by Robert Silverberg; Afterword by Frederik Pohl; Cover art by Richard Powers 600+ pages, $40.00 Archival-quality smythe-sewn hardcover In 1961, Ballantine Books published BYPASS TO OTHERNESS, a paperback collection of some of Henry Kuttner's (and C. L. Moore's) best short stories. Several selections were drawn from Kuttner's popular series such as the "Hogbens" (comedic otherworldly hillbillies living in America), "Gallagher Galloway" (scientist who invents technical marvels /only/ when intoxicated), and the "Baldies" stories eventually collected in /Mutants. BYPASS was projected as the first of three "Otherness" collections of Kuttner's short fiction. RETURN TO OTHERNESS followed in 1962 with 8 more stories. And then . . . nothing. The third "Otherness" collection never appeared. Now, almost fifty years later, Haffner Press announces DETOUR TO OTHERNESS: a massive hardcover assembling the contents of both BYPASS TO OTHERNESS and RETURN TO OTHERNESS, and adding 8 additional stories selected for their scarcity, quality, and sheer entertainment value. Grand Masters Robert Silverberg and Frederik Pohl provide introductory and afterword materials to the book, and the whole affair is decorated with an unpublished painting by Richard Powers. Haffner Press
WITH FOLDED HANDS . . . AND SEARCHING MIND The Collected Stories of Jack Williamson Volume Seven ISBN: 978-1-893887-37-4 Foreword by Robert Silverberg; Cover art by Hubert Rogers 500+ pages, $40.00 Archival-quality smythe-sewn hardcover The ambitious program to collect the short fiction of Grand Master Jack Williamson continues! The 15 tales in this penultimate volume cover Williamson's entry into the US Army in 1942 through to his very successful effort to integrate into the post-WWII science fiction market. Featured is the 1948 3-part serial ". . . And Searching Mind," which Williamson re-wrote into his most famous work, The Humanoids. Other classics in this volume include the first "Humanoids" story, "With Folded Hands . . ."; "Breakdown," set in the same universe as his novel co-authored with James Gunn, Star Bridge; and his much-reprinted classic, "The Equalizer." Appearing in either book-form or hardcover for the first time are "Cold Front Coming," "Hocus-Pocus Universe," "The Hitch-Hiker's Package," and "You Can't Beat a Marine." Also included is Williamson's afterword with his recollections on the genesis of these tales and the World War II-era science fiction field. As with previous volumes in this series, the full-color endpapers reproduce the original magazine covers (with artwork by pulp masters including Hubert Rogers, Earle K. Bergey and Frank R. Paul) of the stories herein, and the binding is designed to match the 1940s editions of Williamson's works published by Fantasy Press. The book is smythe-sewn, bound in full cloth, and printed on acid-neutral paper, with full-color endpapers reproducing the original pulp magazine cover art. With a foreword by legendary author, editor, and long-time friend of Williamson (and fellow Science Fiction Grand Master), Robert Silverberg, With Folded Hands . . . And Searching Mind represents the changing state of mid-20th Century American Science Fiction and continues the documentation of Williamson's unparalleled career.	Haffner Press
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL Reserve your copies of both titles in advance of publication and receive a bonus chapbook . . . "1951" which includes Jack Williamson's 1951 novel "Dragon's Island" as it appeared in abridged form in STARTLING STORIES June 1952 along with the unreprinted Kuttner/Moore novelette, "We Shall Come Back" from SCIENCE FICTION QUARTERLY, November 1951. Visit the Haffner Press website to place your pre-order! Free shipping in Continental USA for a limited time (all others contact us for rates)

Harold Lamb: Swords from the Sea - Coming in late April or May!
Edited by Howard Andrew Jones with an Introduction by S. M. Stirling

Vikings, pirates, heroes, rogues, and explorers . . . all have heard the siren call of the sea, and master storyteller Harold Lamb chronicled some of their most daring exploits. This single volume contains all of Lamb’s historical seafaring stories, drawn from rare and fragile pulp magazines. Never before collected, these short stories and novels are a treasure trove of adventure. Best known for his stirring tales of Cossacks and crusaders, Lamb was no stranger to swashbuckling, and his sea stories deliver it in buckets.

Sail with John Paul Jones as he fights to save the crippled Russian fleet from the Turks, one eye always alert for the knives of his czarist rivals. Venture across the desert with a lone American on a desperate venture against the Barbary corsairs. Seek the Northeast Passage, beset by ice, storms, and traitors from within, at the side of explorer Ralph Thorne. Ride the whale road with the Vikings, plying their swords from Iceland to Byzantium. Introduced by best-selling author S. M. Stirling, this volume concludes with a rare behind-the-scenes look at Harold Lamb’s writing secrets, penned by the editor who made him famous.

Trade paperback, 472 pages
1 appendix
978-0-8032-2036-2
$24.95

University of Nebraska Press

Harold Lamb: Swords from the East - Coming in late April or May!
Edited by Howard Andrew Jones with an Introduction by James Enge

Their conquest was measured not in miles but in degrees of longitude. They smashed the gates of empires, overthrew kingdoms, diverted rivers, and depopulated entire countries. They were the Mongols of Genghis Khan, swift and merciless, but also resourceful, bold, and cunning. Their tale has seldom been told in the West, and never by an author with the acumen of Harold Lamb.

Ride with young Temujin as he outwits schemers and assassins and rises to conquer Asia as Genghis Khan. Venture to the land beneath the northern lights on a mission of vengeance with Maak the Buriat. Stand with Aruk the gatekeeper and Hugo the Frank as they hold the pass against the Sungar hordes. Lamb’s action-packed Mongolian stories, available here in one complete volume, restore the Mongols to their place in history, portraying them not as mindless barbarians but as men of honor and bravery who laid down their lives for their leader and their lands.

Trade paperback, 416 pages
2 illustrations, 1 appendix
978-0-8032-1949-6
$24.95

University of Nebraska Press

ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #29 - Coming soon!
This will be a landmark Special Issue devoted to the work of legendary pulp art master H.J. Ward. David Saunders returns with the most in-depth and detailed story ever published on the life and career of this mysterious artist, perhaps best known for his many thrilling pulp covers for the "spicy" genre. You will not want to miss this incredible issue!
Magazine, 96 pages, Full Color, SRP: $15.00

Illustration Magazine

James Rollins: SUBTERRANEAN - Arriving in book stores March 9th!

Eleven years after it was initially published,
James Rollins's debut novel Subterranean is now available in hardcover for the very first time.

Beneath the ice at the bottom of the Earth is a magnificent subterranean labyrinth, a place of breathtaking wonders-and terrors beyond imagining. A team of specialists led by archaeologist Ashley Carter has been hand-picked to explore this secret place and to uncover the riches it holds. But they are not the first to venture here-and those they follow did not return. There are mysteries here older than time, and revelations that could change the world. But there are also things that should not be disturbed-and a devastating truth that could doom Ashley and the expedition: they are not alone.
Hardcover: 432 pages
Publisher: William Morrow
ISBN-10: 006191617X
ISBN-13: 978-0061916175
$22.99

Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention - Sunday, September 23 - 25, 2010!

COME SPEND A WEEKEND WITH CLASSIC MOVIE AND TV STARS, OLD-TIME RADIO, OLD-TIME TV SHOWS AND MOVIES!
The Mariott Hotel, Hunt Valley, Maryland

Pulp vendors will be set up in the vendor room.

Events Scheduled:
THE HISTORY OF THE LONE RANGER -- presented by Fran Striker Jr. His father created The Lone Ranger as well as numerous blood n' thunder characters such as Ned Jordan, Secret Agent; Peter Value, Soldier of Fortune; and Warner Lester, Manhunter.

THE HISTORY OF ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE -- a look back at the magazine's origin and evolution over the decades.

THE PULP ART OF H.J. WARD -- Well-researched by David Saunders, who wrote an extensive article about Ward, with co-operation from Ward's family, which appears in the latest issue of ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE.

THE HISTORY OF RADIO'S "THE SHADOW" -- a presentation about the radio program and it's shadowy origins.

http://www.midatlanticnostalgiaconvention.com/

Mike Chomko - March 2010 newsletter is now available!
Mike's March 2010 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/
You can also visit Mike's storefront at Amazon.com.

Moonstone Books: THE PHANTOM GENERATIONS #8 - Arriving in comic shops March 10th!
Writer: Mike Bullock, Zeu
When a serial killer strikes in the heart of the Deep Woods, The Phantom's pursuit leads him across the Atlantic to Port Royal, better known as the Sodom of the New World. While the Ghost Who Walks is merely seeking justice, what he finds is a date with destiny.
32 pages, $3.99
Moonstone Books

Moonstone Books: The Spider - New titles on the way!
Martin Powell has announced that he is the new writer for The Spider at Moonstone!
He will be solely responsible for writing:
1. A new bi-monthly Spider comic book.
2. A semi-annual illustrated Spider pulp magazine.
3. A special illustrated pulp novella featuring the first team-up of The Spider and G-8 and His Battle Aces.

And that's just for starters!

The artists for these stories are in the process of being cast. Martin is ecstatic regarding the possibility of one of them, in particular. You will be, too, he promises.

Off-Trail Publications - Now available!
City of Numbered Men: The Best of Prison Stories Only
Edited by John Locke

During Prohibition, America's prisons filled beyond capacity with convicts, turning decrepit institutions into seething cauldrons of hate and despair. The papers reported daily on escape attempts, inmate violence, tough
wardens, grisly executions, and horrendous riots that were beaten back with machine guns and tear gas . . . all the raw material that famed pulp publisher Harold Hersey needed to launch a pulp magazine: PRISON STORIES. Each hardboiled issue featured sociopathic cons, snitches, corrupt guards, devious wardens, and brutal violence. Included are stories from all six issues of this ultra-rare pulp, complete and uncensored with original illustrations.

Additional features:

Complete cover gallery
The startling history of PRISON STORIES
"Harold Hersey: Tales of an Ink-Stained Wretch," the first comprehensive biography of pulp publishing's most colorful character
Author biographies
Highlights from the monthly letters column

6x9-inch perfect bound
276 pages
$20.00

Off-Trail Publications

Philip José Farmer - RIVERWORLD miniseries to be broadcast April 18th!
Syfy channel has announced the airdate for the Riverworld mini-series: April 18th. For some reason, rather than two hours one night and then another two hours a day or two later, they are showing all four hours in one night.

Thousands of Pulp Magazines in One Hall!

PulpFest is proud to announce that award-winning author, editor, screenwriter, and biographer
William F. Nolan will be the Guest of Honor at this year's convention.

Among his other accomplishments, Mr. Nolan is a leading authority on pulp fictioneers Max Brand, Dashiell Hammett and the other BLACK MASK contributors who flourished under the regime of editor Joseph T. Shaw. His many books on these writers include HAMMETT: A LIFE AT THE EDGE (1983), THE BLACK MASK BOYS (1985), and MAX BRAND: WESTERN GIANT (1986). This year marks the 90th anniversary of both BLACK MASK's first issue and Max Brand's first appearance in WESTERN STORY MAGAZINE, and the PulpFest committee felt that Mr. Nolan would be the ideal person to help recognize these milestones in pulp history. He will headline PulpFest panels on Western and hard-boiled detective fiction.

Nolan is an accomplished fictioneer in his own right, having written numerous works in the fantasy, horror, and science-fiction genres. He is perhaps best known as the co-author of LOGAN'S RUN and author of its sequels. He is a two-time winner of the Mystery Writers of America's prestigious Edgar Award, was named Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, and just recently received the Lifetime Achievement Stoker Award from the Horror Writers Association.

PulpFest 2010 will be held at last year's venue, the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. The show will begin on Friday, July 30th, and run through Sunday, August 1st. For additional information feel free to visit the con website at www.pulpfest.com. And by all means, plan on revisiting our site at periodic intervals over the next several months for updates regarding other programs and events.

For further details on a variety of topics including the Munsey Award, please explore our website. If you’d like to be added to our mailing list, please send your name and address (home and email) to David J. Cullers at jack@pulpfest.com or at 1272 Cheatham Way, Bellbrook, OH 45305. We hope to see you at the end of July 2010.

PulpFest

Pulpville Press - Now available!
OTIS ADELBERT KLINE: A COLLECTION by Otis Adelbert Kline and E. Hoffman Price
Over 30 fiction and non-fiction works of Otis Adelbert Kline are contained in this 500+ page book with the original magazine illustrations.

CONTENTS
MEN WHO MAKE THE ARGOSY DETECTIVE TALE ARTICLES THE PHANTOM WOLFHOUND THE MALIGNANT ENTITY THE RADIO GHOST TREASURE ACCURSED! WRITING THE FANTASTIC STORY SPAWN OF THE COMET THE VENGEANCE OF SA'IK THE THING THAT WALKED IN THE RAIN THE METAL MONSTER FLAMING NOTES CITY SLICKERS OFFICE FLIRT	CANINE SLEUTH THE FANG OF AMM JEMEL REVENGE OF THE ROBOT THE MODERN DETECTIVE STORY THE IRON WORLD A BOOK BLURB I HAVE A RADIO MIND PROPHETS OF SCIENCE WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF PROPHECY? STOLEN CENTURIES THE ROBOT BEASTS TWO MARKET REPORTS STRANGER FROM SMALLNESS

Hardcover, 520 pages, $40
Trade paperback coming soon!

What's NEW from Pulpville Press!

Pulpville Press

Pulp Newsgroups - Now online!
There are numerous pulp newsgroups that are of potential interest to pulp fans.
Information on several of these groups and a link to sign up is posted below.

Abraham Merritt: This group is dedicated to all of the fiction of ABRAHAM MERRITT. Merritt's novels, short stories, paperbacks, hardcovers, pulps, reprints, and any movies based on these works can all be discussed here. Also, any artwork from any of the above pertaining to Merritt's writing can be discussed and displayed. If interested, questions and statements about other authors that copied or imitated Merritt's style can be posted.
Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ABEMERRITTFANS/ to join!

CoverUps: Sharing and trading of Pulp Fiction covers. Discussion not only allowed, but encouraged! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cover_Ups/

Doc Con: The annual Doc Savage Convention gathered together for the first time on October 24, 1998. The convention also known as Doc Con is the brainchild of Rob Smalley who together with Jay Ryan, Paul Cook and Courtney Rogers have hosted the event each year in Arizona. Traditionally held the second Saturday of each November, Doc Con attracts residents from around the country, for a weekend of planned Doc Savage events as well as discussions and camaraderie. Follow along with the planning each year by participating in this group. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Doc_Con/

Edgar Rice Burroughs Group: This group is dedicated to the study and appreciation of one of the greatmasters of literary adventure, Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950). Creator of numerous famous characters, such as Tarzan, Carson Napier, and John Carter of Mars, and exciting worlds, such as Venus, Barsoom, and Pellucidar, Burroughs is widely recognized as one of the fathers of the Pulp Era and modern heroic fiction. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/edgarriceburroughs/

FictionMags: The purpose of this mailing list is to discuss the history of fiction magazines, and to exchange information about magazines which have carried fiction, past or present. Particular emphases are on the "Gaslight" magazines of circa 1880-1914, the pulp magazines of the first half of the 20th century, the "Big Slick" magazines of the mid-20th century, the digest-sized magazines of the 1950s and 1960s -- and any other areas of magazine publishing which have been important for fiction. Discussion may cover aspects of the publishing history of the magazines concerned, their editors and editorial policies, the authors they published, and so on.
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/fictionmags/

Flearun: This group is for fans of all the incarnations of Doc Savage. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flearun/

Otis Adelbert Kline: This group is devoted to Otis Adelbert Kline. His works in the science fiction, weird and historical fiction genre and his general biography can also be discussed here.
Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OTISKLINE/ to join!

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

RED SONJA: WRATH OF THE GODS #2 (OF 5) - Arriving in comic shops March 10th!
Writer: Luke Lieberman, Ethan Ryker; Art: Walter Geovanni; Cover: Lucio Parillo
RED SONJA: WRATH OF THE GODS explores the mysteries of Sonja's past, while presenting her with the malicious threat of Loki in the present! Can Thor, the God of Thunder, and Odin, the All-Father, aid the warrior woman and prevent their fellow god from destroying the very world? Featuring a fully-painted cover by Lucio Parrillo.
32 pages, Full Color, $3.99
Dynamite Entertainment

Robert E. Howard: Two-Gun Raconteur #14
Coming in June!

The new issue will feature a never-before reprinted Howard story in its original form.
This humorous Western was first published in 1936.

Articles and essays by Mark Finn, David Hardy, Brian Leno, Brian Murphy,
Simon Sanahujas and others.

Artwork by Bob Covington, Stephen Fabian, Richard Pace, Michael L. Peters, Miko,
Didier Normand, Tomasz Oracz, and others

Plus reviews, news and other features.

Stayed tuned for more details, pricing and ordering information.

REH: Two-Gun Raconteur

Robert E. Howard - Two excellent new REH blogs worth bookmarking!

REH: Two-Gun Raconteur Blog

Jim & Ruth's Two-Gun Blog

Robert T. McCall - R.I.P.
Robert T. McCall, an artist whose fervor for space exploration found expression in his six-story-tall mural at the National Air and Space Museum and two postage stamps canceled on the Moon, died on Feb. 26 in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was 90.

Seven Realms Publishing: FALCON'S FLIGHT by Sean Ellis - Coming soon!
Seven Realms Publishing announced that Sean Ellis, author of The Shroud of Heaven and Secret Agent X and the Sea Wraiths, has signed on to publish his next great adventure story, tentatively titled Falcon's Flight.

IN THE GOLDEN AGE OF ADVENTURE...
Dodge Dalton's syndicated series of stories about the adventures of Captain Zane Falcon have made both the author, and his iconic protagonist, famous. Maybe a little too famous, because a diabolical villain, wielding a fantastic power unearthed in the ruins of a forgotten civilization, is spoiling for a fight with America's greatest hero.

There's just one problem: Falcon doesn't exist. Or does he? In order to save America, Dodge will embark on a journey to the ends of the earth to find Captain Falcon, and along the way will discover the hero within himself.

EARLY PRAISE FOR FALCON'S FLIGHT:
"Falcon’s Flight is high flying adventure at its best. Cleverly conceived, original, and multi-layered, the action literally jumps off the page and takes the reader through unexpected twists and turns,"
-- Rob MacGregor, author of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Amazon: The Ghost Tribe.

The Shadow - Feature Film Update!
Latino Review reports that Fox has aquired The Shadow film.
Reportedly, Emma Watts at Fox is paying a MILLION DOLLARS to pick up The Shadow.
Additionally, Sam Raimi is no longer going to direct. Word is he is looking at David Slade to direct the film.

SOLOMON KANE: DEATH'S BLACK RIDERS #3 - Arriving in comic shops March 10th!
Scott Allie (Writer), Mario Guevara (Art), Juan Ferreyra (Colors), and Darick Robertson (Cover)

When you're trapped inside an inn that's been the scene of multiple murders and is now surrounded by a pack of evil, gruesome demons, the last thing you want to find out is that there's something equally gruesome trapped inside with you! Solomon Kane and a frightened priest may not live through the night! One will rely on his guts and guile, while the other will feel that consecrating the building with prayer will be enough to protect them. The Cleft Skull tavern seems to attract the deadliest sort of troubles Germany's Black Forest can offer—and the dangers found within and without the Cleft Skull threaten to destroy our strange hero and his frightened, new companion! Scott Allie (The Devil's Footprints, Exurbia) expands upon Robert E. Howard's classic Solomon Kane tale "Rattle of Bones" and the unfinished "Death's Black Riders" fragment, as Mario Guevara (Lone Ranger and Tonto) and Juan Ferreyra (Rex Mundi, Small Gods) join him to illustrate another horror-tinged adventure.

32 pages, $3.50
Dark Horse Comics

Paperback: 200 pages
ISBN-10: 0984476504
ISBN-13: 978-0984476503
$13.50

Wild Cat Books

ThrillerFest 10 - July 7 to 10, 2010!
ITW's annual celebration of the thriller world is the largest event of its kind, a meeting place for authors, readers, budding writers, and publishing industry professionals. For 2010, we’ll be back in the heart of New York in July with the ThrillerFest conference including CraftFest and AgentFest.
ThrillerFest V will be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City.

The dates will be July 7-10, 2010. You must register for the conference prior to making hotel reservations. Call the Hyatt at 1-800-233-1234 or 212-883-1234. Ask for the ThrillerFest or International Thriller Writers rate of $199. If you prefer, use the direct online reservation link by clicking here. Conference rates apply July 6-11, 2010. If your stay is longer, please call the hotel to make your reservations.

Thrillerfest 10

Upcoming Modern Hero-Pulp Novels by Christopher R. Yates
The Point Man, Steve Englehart, Tor, $15.99, March 2, 2010 - Now available!
The Long Man, Steve Englehart, Tor, $25.99, March 16, 2010
Hunt Beyond the Frozen Fire, Christa Faust, Leisure Books, $6.99, March 30, 2010
Iron Man 2 Movie Novelization, Alexander Irvine, Grand central Publishing, $7.99, March 30, 2010
The Darkness: Volume 2, Kerri Hawkins, Top Cow, $6.99, 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, June 22, 2010
Infinite Crisis: The Novel, Greg Cox, Ace, $7.99, June 29, 2010
Final Crisis: The Novel, Greg Cox, Ace, $15.00, July 6, 2010
With Great Power..., editor: Lou Anders, Pocket, $15, July 20, 2010
Hunt Through Napoleon's Web, Raymond Benson, Leisure Books, $6.99, August 2010

Wildside Press - Now available!
The Red Hell of Jupiter and Other Tales from the Pulps by Paul Ernst
Paul Ernst was born at the turn of the 20th century and took up writing in his early twenties. His initial efforts appeared in the science fiction pulps, including Astounding Stories, Strange Tales, and Amazing Stories. He remains best known for the infamous "Dr. Satan" series he penned for Weird Tales, as well as the 24 lead novels from The Avenger magazine, which featured (naturally enough) The Avenger as their hero.

Paperback: 212 pages
ISBN-10: 1557428271
ISBN-13: 978-1557428271
$14.95

Space Hawk by Harry Bates and D. W. Hall under the pseudonym Anthony Gilmore
Hawk Carse came to the frontiers of space when Saturn was the outpost planet, which was years before the swift Patrol ships brought Earth's law and order to those vast regions. Classic space opera from the pages of Astounding consisting of
five stories originally published in 1931-32 and 1942, written by Harry Bates and D. W. Hall under the pseudonym Anthony Gilmore.
Paperback: 286 pages
ISBN-10: 1434407950
ISBN-13: 978-1434407955
$14.99

Arizona Argonauts by H. Bedford-Jones
Three adventurers find a fortune in gold in the Arizona desert.
Written by the great H. Bedford-Jones and originally published in SHORT STORIES for May 1920
Paperback: 130 pages
ISBN-10: 1434407918
ISBN-13: 978-1434407917
$13.99

ZORRO: MATANZAS #2 (OF 4) - Arriving in comic shops March 10th!
Writer: Don McGregor; Artist/Cover: Mike Mayhew
A classic tale of Zorro never before told! Featuring a thrilling script by the legendary Don McGregor and incredible art by Mike Mayhew, Matanzas is a classic Zorro adventure - presented here for the very first time! Thrill to the continuing adventures!
32 pages, Full Color, $3.99
Dynamite Entertainment

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