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24 September 2010
ADVENTURE TALES #6 - Now available!
This issue of ADVENTURE TALES includes 3 stories by H. Bedford-Jones ("Mustered Out," "The Badman's Brand," and "Surprise in Sulphur Springs") plus:
 
"The Fugitive Statue" by Vincent Starrett (featuring detective Jimmy Lavender),
"Miracle" by John D. Swain
"The Devil's Heirloom" by Anthony M. Rud
"The Tapir" by Arthur O. Friel
"Thubway Tham's Dog" by Johnston McCulley
"Lancelot Biggs Cooks a Pirate" by Nelson S. Bond
"Payable to Bearer" a crime novelet by Talbot Mundy
 
Poetry by: Avram Davidson, Poul Anderson, Clark Ashton Smith, and Fritz Leiber.

Wildside Press

Age of Aces - Now available!
 
 "The Iron Ace" by William E. Barrett
In the Misty Skies of WWI France, history is written with flaming guns! And Yank airman Hugh McQuillen had smashed his way into those history books as "The Iron Ace."

Assigned as the C.O. of a Royal Flying Corps squadron, and prowling the skies in his deadly war plane adorned with the Laughing Skull, he was a grim and unrelenting instrument of war who killed Germans with such ruthless efficiency that he became known on both sides of the line as "The Assassin." McQuillen believed there was no decent way to bring men to a violent end, so he would not bow to the "chivalry of the air" practiced by his R.F.C. mates and the Germans. This made the Iron Ace a marked man, and his enemies would stop at nothing to bring an end to his savage reign.

Written by William E. Barrett, the nine tales of "The Iron Ace" appeared in Sky Birds magazine from 1933 through 1934. Barrett is best remembered for his novels, The Left Hand of God and The Lillies of the Field. But he was initially a very busy writer for the pulp magazines. And while much of his work was in the air war mags, he also contributed to the western and detective pulps. One of Barrett's most popular characters appeared in a series of stories in Dime Detective. "Needle Mike" was an undercover crime fighter who posed as a tattoo artist.

"The Iron Ace" is available 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: Nothing new this week.

Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon, Part Three – “Tournaments of Mongo” - Now online!
Part 3 of William Patrick Maynard's Flash Gordon blog is now online at the Blackgate website and at William Patrick Maynard's blogsite.


Andy McDermott: The Pyramid of Doom - Arriving in bookstores September 28th!
A BURIED EGYPTIAN TEMPLE.
A SECRET KEPT FOR 6,000 YEARS.
A RACE FOR LIFE WORTH KILLING FOR.
 
An international TV audience waits breathlessly as archaeologists prepare to break into a long-hidden vault beneath the Great Sphinx. But student Macy Sharif has already made her own shocking discovery: a religious cult raiding the site. Their prize? A map that will lead to something far more astounding: the lost pyramid of Osiris. Framed by corrupt officials, Macy goes on the run, trying to reach the only people who can save her before she is silenced—permanently.
American archaeologist Nina Wilde, once a renowned scientific explorer, now all but blacklisted by her colleagues, is trying to rebuild her reputation. But Macy’s plea for help will send Nina and ex-SAS bodyguard Eddie Chase on the ultimate treasure hunt. From the streets of Manhattan to a yacht off Monaco to a buried desert site, they’ll follow an elusive trail stalked by a killer determined to uncover a six-thousand-year-old secret. And beneath the forbidding desert, they’ll enter a forgotten world both wondrous and horrifying, where the ancient God of Death has kept his secrets—until now.

Mass Market Paperback: 496 pages
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN-10: 0553593633
ISBN-13: 978-0553593631
$7.99
Available on Amazon.com
Andy McDermott: The Sacred Vault - Coming March 22, 2011!
The sixth brilliant book from Andy McDermott - Clive Cussler's heir apparent. The world is in shock when Michelangelo's David is stolen from a museum in Florence, Italy. The latest in a series of audacious thefts of historical treasures, it's only a matter of time before another priceless artefact is targeted. When the Talonor Codex -- a great Atlantean explorer's account of his travels -- is stolen, it becomes clear that the thefts form only part of the raiders' ultimate plan. The codex holds clues to the location of the Vault of Shiva and its fabled contents -- the legendary Shiva-Vedas, the chronicles of the ancient Hindu god of destruction. Witnesses to the latest daring robbery, archaeologist Nina Wilde and former SAS soldier Eddie Chase are forced into a treacherous hunt across the world to discover the vault before its secrets fall into dangerous hands. The vault's prize is a treasure beyond price, but it may also be the catalyst for global annihilation...

Mass Market Paperback: 528 pages
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN-10: 0553593641
ISBN-13: 978-0553593648
$7.99
Available on Amazon.com
Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!
THE AVENGER Volume 4: "The Blood Ring" & "Stockholders of Death"
The Pulp Era's most unusual mystery man returns in two epic adventures by Paul Ernst writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, a famous museum becomes a killing site when an ancient Egyptian curse is revived by a strange ritual involving "The Blood Ring." Then, an unholy partnership between Organized Crime and Big Business produces a deadly trail of murder. Only The Avenger and Justice, Inc. can challenge the "Stockholders in Death."

BONUS: a lost Avenger radio script from the Golden Age of Radio! This classic pulp reprint showcases H. W. Scott's classic pulp covers, all the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books)  978-1-60877-027-4  Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $14.95
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
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)



Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 40: "Mystery on Happy Bones," Jiu San" & "The Lost Giant" - WWII special
Thrill to the original pulp exploits of DC Comics' newest superstar as the Man of Bronze battles America's enemies in three World War II thrillers by Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, Doc Savage's investigation of a kidnapped Army major unearths a Nazi plot. Then, the Man of Bronze is accused of treason after he breaks dangerous Japanese prisoners out of a POW camp. Finally, Doc disguises himself as a big-bandleader to search for an Allied government leader who has mysteriously disappeared. This extra-length pulp reprint features the original color pulp covers by Emery Clarke and Modest Stein, Paul Orban's classic interior illustrations and historical commentary by Will Murray, writer of seven Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Books) Softcover, 7x10, 144 pages, b&w, $14.95
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
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)
Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!
THE SHADOW Volume 41: "Chain of Death" & "Death's Premium"
"The weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay. The Shadow knows! The Knight of Darkness battles outlaw corporations in two thrilling pulp novels by Walter Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." First, The Shadow seeks to decode the secret plots of Crime, Incorporated and its murderous masterminds to unravel a "Chain of Death." Then, when a rogue insurance company offers death policies, Henry Arnaud takes out a "Death's Premium" on the life of Lamont Cranston. This instant collector's item showcases the original pulp covers by George Rozen and Graves Gladney, the classic interior illustrations by legendary artists Tom Lovell and Edd Cartier and commentary by popular-culture historian Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-033-5  Softcover, 7x10. 128 ages, b&w, $14.95
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
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)
Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in December!
THE AVENGER Volume 5: "Tuned for Murder" and "The Smiling Dogs"
The Pulp Era's strangest mystery man returns in two action-packed adventures by Paul Ernst writing as "Kenneth Robeson." What is the bizarre connection between a howling canine and an overly generous banker? Alone, Dick Benson confronts a vicious mastermind who is Tuned for Murder. Then, in The Smiling Dogs, The Avenger investigates the nightmarish secret behind a tiny red man and his smiling green dachshund. This classic pulp reprint features the color pulp covers by H. W. Scott, Paul Orban's original interior illustrations and historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-041-0  Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95

THE AVENGER #5 is solicited in the October PREVIEWS (Available September 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is OCT101271.
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
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in December!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 43: "Spook Hole" and "Three Times a Corpse"
Thrill to the original pulp exploits of the newest DC Comics superstar as the Supreme Adventurer returns in two thrill-packed novels by Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, Doc's investigation of a mysterious whaling ship brings the Man of Bronze and Pat Savage to South America in search of the strange secret that lies in Spook Hole. Then, Doc, Monk and Ham's Miami vacation is interrupted by a failed attempt on Doc's life which lures them into a sinister sea snare. This historic pulp reprint features the original color pulp covers by Walter Baumhofer and Charles J. Ravel, Paul Orban's classic interior illustrations and historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, b&w, $14.95
DOC SAVAGE #43 will be solicited in the November PREVIEWS.
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
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in December!
THE SHADOW Volume 44: "Atoms of Death" and "Buried Evidence"
The Shadow's alter egos of Lamont Cranston and Henry Arnaud take center stage in two thrillers from the Golden Age of Pulp Fiction. First, The Shadow is captured by the inventor of a deadly atomic disintegrator ray, in a novel that reintroduces the real Lamont Cranston. Then, the truth behind a fatal automobile accident is concealed by Buried Evidence. Can The Shadow unearth the million-dollar secret and prevent more murder? This instant collector's item showcases both color pulp covers by George Rozen, the classic interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Edd Cartier and commentary by popular-culture historian Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-040-3  Softcover, 7x10. 128 pages, B&W, $14.95

THE SHADOW #44 is solicited in the October PREVIEWS (Available September 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is OCT101270.
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
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)


Arkham House: DARK OF THE MOON - Coming in 2013!

Arkham House is working on a volume of poetry that August Derleth originally compiled in 1947 titled "Dark of the Moon." It is scheduled for 2013, maybe 2012, and it will be a big book. A new cover has been selected and is shown at the right. The original was evocative, but this one is too! This interpretive art was created by Victor Molev.



The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box / Arkham House

BAD GIRLS NEED LOVE TOO: PLEASURE YOURSELF WITH PULP FICTION by Gary Lovisi
Coming December 8, 2010!
Bad Girls Need Love Too will give art lovers and pop culture art enthusiasts 100 electrifying pulp covers in full color. The juicy excerpts are a magnificent time capsule to a period when real girls saved themselves for marriage and young men were in a state of annoyance. The men and women in the pages of these paperbacks were lusty and hot blooded and their actions often led swiftly to various sins of the flesh.
Hardcover, 192 pages, 6x8, $12.99
ISBN-10: 1440213577
ISBN-13: 978-1440213571

BAD GIRLS NEED LOVE TOO is solicited in the October PREVIEWS (Available September 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is OCT101267.

Black Coat Press: TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN Volume 7
Coming late 2010 or early 2011!

The seventh volume in the popular Black Coat Press series TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN will be arriving in late 2010 or early 2011.  This installment of the annual series features the subtitle "Femme Fatales" and promises to be a must-have volume. This collection of stories will include the short story "Nadine's Invitation" by Win Scott Eckert  which is an entry in his "Road to Would Newton" series that kicked off with last year's Scarlet Pimpernel story "Is He in Hell?"

More news when available.

The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories
Now available and recommended!
Weighing in at over a thousand pages, containing over forty-seven stories and two novels, this book is big baby, bigger and more powerful than a freight train--a bullet couldn't pass through it. Here are the best stories and every major writer who ever appeared in celebrated Pulps like Black Mask, Dime Detective, Detective Fiction Weekly, and more. These are the classic tales that created the genre and gave birth to hard-hitting detectives who smoke criminals like packs of cigarettes; sultry dames whose looks are as lethal as a dagger to the chest; and gin-soaked hideouts where conversations are just preludes to murder. This is crime fiction at its gritty best. Illustrated throughout!

Including:
  • Three stories by Raymond Chandler, Cornell Woolrich, Erle Stanley Gardner, and Dashiell Hammett.
  • Complete novels from Carroll John Daly, the man who invented the hard-boiled detective, and Fredrick Nebel, one of the masters of the form.
  • A never before published Dashiell Hammett story.
  • Every other major pulp writer of the time, including Paul Cain, Steve Fisher, James M. Cain, Horace McCoy, and many many more of whom you've probably never heard. 
  • Three deadly sections - The Crimefighters, The Villains, and Dames - with three unstoppable introductions by Harlan Coben, Harlan Ellison, and Laura Lippman
Edited by Otto Penzler
Paperback: 1136 pages
ISBN-10: 0307455432
ISBN-13: 978-0307455437
$25.00

The Book Cave - New podcast now available online!
Episode 93: The Spider's Web  - New!
Two of Art and Ric's favorite guests are back, Tom and Ginger Johnson. They are joined by the balloon lady herself, Barbara Custer, the publisher of Night To Dawn books. The subject is Tom's book The Spider's Web, but we stray off topic a few times.
Episode 92:  The Kahn Dynasty
Episode 91: Upcoming
Episode 90: Pro Se Productions
Episode 89: Gideon Kane
Episode 88: Andrew Salmon
Episode 87: Klaatu's Return
Episode 86: Jim Anthony Volume 2: The Hunters

BOOM! Comics: ROBERT E HOWARD'S THE HAWKS OF OUTREMER TP
Coming in February!
Writer: Robert E. Howard, Michael Alan Nelson; Art: Damian Couceiro
He is Cormac FitzGeoffrey, and he has no master. As a wandering warrior born and bred on battle, he's a renowned fighter, a ruthless adversary, and a man who is no stranger to the ways of violence and bloodshed. He counts his friends on one hand, so when Cormac learns that his most recent liege has been murdered, nothing will stop his quest for revenge. Sword-swinging, berserker action in only the way Robert E. Howard could deliver!
Cover by Joe Jusko. Softcover, 6.5x10, 128 pages, Full Color, $12.99

THE HAWKS OF OUTREMER TP is solicited in the October PREVIEWS (Available September 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is OCT100883.




CONAN: ROAD OF KINGS #1 (of 6)
Coming in December!
Writer: Roy Thomas
Pencils: Mike Hawthorne, Inks: John Lucas
Colors: Dave Stewart
Covers: Doug Wheatley and Dale Keown

The pirate world is about to get 100 percent more savage as Conan and his crew of brigands ravage the seas in search of treasure and glory. But when the beautiful Olivia appears aboard one of the captured ships and starts speaking of prophetic dreams and king’s fortunes, Conan and his crew head in another direction—one that leads straight to the ROAD OF KINGS!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.50, On sale December 15

CONAN: ROAD OF KINGS #1 is solicited in the
October PREVIEWS (Available September 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is OCT100023
(Wheatley cover).
The Diamond Item Code is OCT100024 (Keown cover).





CONAN VOLUME 9: FREE COMPANIONS HC - Coming in March 9, 2011!
Written by Timothy Truman, art by Tomas Giorello and Joe Kubert, colored by Jose Villarrubia.

Legendary artist Joe Kubert's very first sequential Conan work and illustrations by Cary Nord, Justin Sweet, and Joseph Michael Linsner highlight this latest collection of stories from Dark Horse's ongoing Conan the Cimmerian comic -- book series. In his short career as a mercenary, young Conan has impressed both Princess Yasmela and military leader Lord Amalric, but an ambitious rogue prince arrives in Khoraja and blindsides Conan out of the comfortable, courtly situation he's found himself in. Not only is Conan's love affair with Yasmela going south, but rebel Prince Julion immediately challenges Conan's headstrong impulses and military plans, causing a rift between the battered but proud forces of Khoraja and Amalric's army of colorful mercs.

Collects Conan the Cimmerian #14 and #16-#21.
184 pages, $24.99, in stores on March 9.


CONAN THE BARBARIAN STATUE - Coming in January 2011!
Created by legendary author, Robert E. Howard, Conan the Barbarian has become legendary within the comic/fantasy art world. Clad in leather, forged iron, and animal skins, the great warrior is armed with weapons capable of the total destruction of any foe. This fabulous statue is fully approved and licensed by Paradox Entertainment. Descending a jagged barren mountainside, Conan wields his massive weapon as he targets his quarry for the kill.

Designed and sculpted by William Paquet, and influenced by the great genre artists such as Frank Frazetta and John Buscema who gave Conan his signature look. The statue is hand-painted, cast in polyresin and comes in a handsome collector's box. The figure is 14" tall, and extremely limited in a numbered edition. Another stunning statue from Quarantine Studio.
Scheduled to ship in January 2011. 
SRP: $225.00

CONAN THE BARBARIAN STATUE is solicited in the October PREVIEWS
(Available September 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is OCT101596.

Quarantine Studio

CTHULHU: "MIDNIGHT REAVER" NYARLATHOTEP PLUSH - Coming in November!
The moon masks its glaucous light over the world beneath as the night wind howls with the ambience of a thousand tortured souls, whispering unheeded warnings as the clock strikes twelve. Hidden behind you, indistinguishable from the shadows at your feet, lurks the god of a thousand forms, Nyarlathotep, his malevolent desires ignited like the flame in his eyes as his tentacled claw reaches outward! From the mind of H.P. Lovecraft to your own nightmares, it's the Midnight Reaver Nyarlathotep Plush as Toy Vault's creepy and cuddly line of Cthulhu and friends plush continues! Scheduled to ship in November 2010.
SRP: $19.99

NYARLATHOTEP PLUSH is solicited in the October PREVIEWS (Available September 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is OCT101520.


Dark Horse Comics - New Solomon Kane comics coming in 2011!
Dark Horse editor Philip Simon has announced that Bruce Jones is scripting adaptations of "Skulls in the Stars" and "Red Shadows" for a SOLOMON KANE: RED SHADOWS mini-series!  Dark Horse has creature designs in from Guy Davis already, the entire first issue laid out and sketched by the artist, and the editor is meeting with Gregory Manchess to talk about his run of painted covers.

DOC SAVAGE #9 - Coming in December!
Written by Ivan Brandon & Brian Azzarello, Art by Nic Klein
Co-feature written by Jason Starr, Co-feature art by Scott Hampton
Cover by J.G. Jones
Doc’s adventure in the war-torn Middle East takes a nasty turn when he realizes that the people who sent him into the Zone don’t necessarily want him coming back out. Meanwhile, the threat he came to neutralize is not what it seems!

And in the JUSTICE, INC. co-feature, there’s nothing standing between Smitty and his quarry, the murdering scum he plans to pay back in kind – but what will become of him if he breaks Benson’s cardinal rule? “Murder and Vengeance” concludes here!  40 pages, Full Color, $3.99, On sale December 8

DOC SAVAGE #9 is solicited in the October PREVIEWS (Available September 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is OCT100242.

THE DREAM WORLD OF H.P. LOVECRAFT by Donald Tyson - Coming in November!
Occult scholar Donald Tyson plumbs the depths of H. P. Lovecraft's cosmic visions and horrific dream world to examine the strange life of the man who created the Necronomicon and the Cthulhu Mythos. Tyson concludes that Lovecraft was a man in fundamental conflict with himself, and reveals Lovecraft for what he truly was — a dreamer, an astral traveler, and the prophet of a new age. NOTE: This item may be available through other retail outlets before shipping to comic book specialty shops.
Softcover, 6x9, 336 pages, $18.95
ISBN-10: 0738722847
ISBN-13: 978-0738722849

THE DREAM WORLD OF H.P. LOVECRAFT  is solicited in the October PREVIEWS (Available September 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is OCT101241.


E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow in Review:
This weeks new Shadow review is "The Creeper" from August 15, 1935. 

Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West
"Dutch Treat" from Black Mask December 1936. This would appear to be his last sale under the Paul Cain pen name.

Pulpgen-Online Pulps:   Now with over 1000 stories online!
"Double for Death" by Arthur J. Burks from Popular Detective, April, 1941
When His Cop Brother Shows Yellow, Jack Leysen Puts Himself on the Spot and Cleans the Family Name With a Blood-Bath!
"The Serpent City" by Edison Marshall from Blue Book, November, 1919
It was curious that three such good woodsmen should wander into the hills and fade from the earth. But as they were men steeped in iniquity, no one mourned their loss.  - From a Frontiersman's Diary


EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS' THE LOST CONTINENT GN
Writer: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Anne Odell, Art: Ricardo Arreola
In the 22nd-century, the world has been divided into the western hemisphere and the forbidden lands of the eastern hemisphere. No one knows better than Jefferson Turck, a lieutenant in the Pan-American Navy, that entering the eastern hemisphere is against the law. However, during a terrible storm at sea, Turck is forced to take refuge in a land located within the forbidden zone. Turck is shocked by the unforgiving lands he finds himself in, and by the fearsome beasts that inhabit them.
SC, 7x10, 72pgs, FC    SRP: $9.99

THE LOST CONTINENT is solicited in the October PREVIEWS (Available September 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is OCT100916.
EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS' THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT GN
 Writer: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Scott Alexander Young, Art: K.L. Jones
The Land that Time Forgot is the first book in the Caspak trilogy, written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Bowen could never have imagined the adventures he'd be forced to embark upon when he arrived on the inhospitable coast of Caspak and set up camp there. He could never have fathomed having to cope in an alien landscape inhabited by dinosaurs, Neanderthals, aerial monsters, and an almost unearthly flora and fauna.
SC, 7x10, 72pgs, FC    SRP: $9.99

THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT  is solicited in the October PREVIEWS (Available September 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is OCT100917.


EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS' THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT GN
Writer: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Steven Philip Jones, Art: K.L. Jones
The People that Time Forgot is the second book in the Caspak trilogy, written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. As far as Tom Billings was concerned, all he had to do was set sail for the South Pacific island of Caprona and find the last-known whereabouts of Bowen J. Tyler. However, arriving on the island with his own private army, Billings becomes separated from his companions after a machine gun fight with what appears to be a prehistoric creature. Billings experiences strange rituals, vicious creatures and ancient tribes, but true to his nature, he never gives up.
SC, 7x10, 72pgs, FC    SRP: $9.99

THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT is solicited in the October PREVIEWS (Available September 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is OCT100918.
EDMOND HAMILTON & LEIGH BRACKETT DAY 2010 - October 16, 2010!
Sponsored by the Kinsman Historical Society, the second year of this annual event will be held on
Saturday, October 16, 2010 in Kinsman, OH (see their Facebook page).

Haffner Press is pleased to announce the publication of a chapbook celebrating the occasion.
The contents are:
"The Veil of Astellar" by Leigh Brackett
"What's It Like Out There?" by Edmond Hamilton

The price is $10 (NET to all) with all proceeds (minus production costs) to be donated to the Kinsman Historical Society.
Postage is $3.00 in the Continental USA (all others contact us for rates).
ELRIC: SWORDS AND ROSES - Coming December 28th!
Writer: Michael Moorcock, Artist: John Picacio
The tragic antihero Elric of Melniboné is one of the best-known characters in the history of fantasy literature. This final volume in Del Rey's definitive reprinting of the series features classic Elric stories and essays by Michael Moorcock, black-and-white art throughout by John Picacio, the full text of the novel The Revenge of the Rose, a screenplay for the novel Stormbringer, a selection of classic Elric artwork, and much more.
Softcover, 6x9, 528 pages, $16.00
ISBN-10: 0345498674
ISBN-13: 978-0345498670

ELRIC: SWORDS AND ROSES is solicited in the October PREVIEWS (Available September 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is OCT101239.
Del Rey 
Fantom Press - Now available!
Copies of Doc Savage comic #5 signed by author B. Clay Moore are now in hand and shipping.
Limited to only 20 signed and numbered copies, this is our most limited offering yet.

Only $9.99 with all profits going to help Bob Larkin and family.



FIRST WAVE #4 - Arriving in comic shops September 29th!
Written by BRIAN AZZARELLO; Art by RAGS MORALES; Cover by J.G. JONES; 1:10 Variant cover by GEOF DARROW
Doc Savage and The Spirit have followed the Blackhawks to Hidalgo, but the Red Hand stands between them and the murderous Anton Colossi – who’s busy breaking bread with his dear friend Bruce Wayne! And when Doc’s newfound fortune is stolen as quickly as it was discovered, it’ll take another uneasy truce between The Avenger and Doc’s crew of compatriots to track it down!
40 pages, Full Color, $3.99

FLASH GORDON: INVASION OF THE RED SWORD #2 - Coming in December!
Writer: Brendan Deneen; Artist: Eduardo Garcia
After the invasion of the Red Sword's troops, our heroes are once again separated and on the run! Dale and Vultan race back to the Hawk Man city in an attempt to raise an army against the invading forces, while Flash, Dr. Zarkov, King Thun and Prince Barin find themselves face-to-face with none other than Ming the "Merciful," who has a deadly quest in mind for himself and Flash!  32 pages, Full Color, $3.99

INVASION OF THE RED SWORD #2 is solicited in the October PREVIEWS (Available September 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is OCT100793.


Friends of Old Time Radio Convention - October 21-24, 2010!
The 35th Annual Friends of Old Time Radio Convention (www.fotr.net) will take place October 21-24 2010 at the Ramada Plaza hotel in Newark, NJ.
The four day event features live recreations of classic old time radio programs with all-star casts as well as memorabilia, music, panel discussions, autographs and historical presentations.  The convention is a great way to meet and show appreciation for the veterans who made old time radio great as well as get to know some of the younger actors who are working to keep the tradition alive.
 
The invited guest list looks great so far.  I know everyone will enjoy seeing the great Simon Jones ("Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy") again. Shirley Mitchell (Lelia Ransom on Gildersleeve), New York area television host Chuck McCann, WXYZ veteran Elaine Hyman ("The Lone Ranger"), ABC announcer Bill Owen and Gloria McMillan (Harriet Conklin on Our Miss Brooks) are also back for more.  Local New York talk show legend Joe "Nostalgia King" Franklin will recreate his show live on stage, bringing his own surprises guests along.  Another great returning guest is Ivan Curry, star of "Bobby Benson and the B-Bar B Riders" on old time radio.  The guest list changes frequently, so keep checking the website for updates.

Thursday - Sunday programs include an afternoon program that consists of a recreation, panel discussions and dealer rooms.  The evening program features a buffet dinner in which there is at least one special guest at each table and all-star recreations.  It's a great way to socialize with the stars as well as see them perform.  On Sunday, there is a buffet breakfast and panel with remaining guests.

Shows scheduled for recreation this year include The Great Gildersleeve, The Adventures of Sam Spade, The First Nighter, Fibber McGee & Molly, Columbia Workshop, Screen Guild Theater and The Adventures of Superman.

Full information on the convention including room rates (historically low right now at $75/AAA) and registration information for the convention itself is available at www.fotr.net.

Please contact Sean Dougherty, publicity coordinator, at 201-739-2541 or SeanDD@optonline.net or @doughertysean on Twitter, or The Friends of Old
Time Radio Convention on Facebook for more information.

Gotham Pulp Collectors Club -  October 9, 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.

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

GREEN HORNET #11 - Coming in December!
Writer: Phil Hester; Artist: Jonathan Lau
Cover: Alex Ross (Main), Phil Hester (1-in-10), Jonathan Lau (1-in-15)
The Black Hornet is history, but a new, even deadlier threat has grown right in the heart of Century City, and it may already be too late for The Green Hornet and Kato to stop it. How can Green Hornet scare a street gang out of business when the gang members themselves have no fear of anything, even death? Is the horrifying power behind their fearless ferocity truly supernatural? And just who is Saint Death?
32 pages, Full Color, $3.99

GREEN HORNET #11 is solicited in the October PREVIEWS (Available September 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is OCT100944.

THE GREEN HORNET BLOOD TIES #3 - Coming in December!
Writer: Ande parks; Artist: Johnny Desjardins; Cover: Johnny Desjardins
The gangland intrigue gets even more intense in this prequel to Kevin Smith's Green Hornet series.  The heat is on in Century City as two crime lords launch a full out assault on rival gangs.  As the pressure from the original Green Hornet and Kato increases, Oni Juuma and Don Fannelli move to grab power on the streets.  Our heroes will have to step up their war on crime, as their personal lives are forced to the back burner… again.
32 pages, Full Color, $3.99

THE GREEN HORNET BLOOD TIES #3 is solicited in the October PREVIEWS (Available September 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is OCT100955.

THE GREEN HORNET: YEAR ONE #9 - Coming in December!
Writter: Matt Wagner; Art: Aaron Campbell
Covers: Matt Wagner; Francesco Francavilla
The story continues to trace the formation of the Green Hornet and Kato’s crusade against crime and the arsenal necessary to make that happen.  Rusty Schmidt finds himself frustrated in trying to, at Britt’s insistence, devise a non-lethal weapon that can still put the Hornet’s enemies out of commission, an elusive trick to which Kato may hold the solution.  Meanwhile, in the “present” day adventure, the Hornet and Kato step up the pressure on mob-boss Skid Caruso’s operations.   But, unbeknownst to them, Caruso has called in his own outside muscle—a merciless and sadistic enforcer known only as “The SCOURGE”!
32 pages, Full Color, $3.99

GREEN HORNET YEAR ONE #9 is solicited in the October PREVIEWS (Available September 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is OCT100949.

GREEN HORNET GOLDEN AGE RE-MASTERED #6 - Coming in December!
Writer: Based on stories by Fran Striker; Artist: Bert Whitman Associates; Cover: Joe Rubenstein
Whether you are a recent or long-time Green Hornet fan, this series of classic Green Hornet reprints will be enjoyed by fans of all ages!  Featuring stories written by Fran Striker, these 40 page issues are re-mastered for the first time!  Featuring a new cover by artist, Joe Rubenstein!
40 pages, Full Color, $3.99

GREEN HORNET GOLDEN AGE RE-MASTERED #6 is solicited in the October PREVIEWS (Available September 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is OCT100959.

Haffner Press - Early Bird Special Announced!
Haffner Press has put up a SUPER EARLY BIRD offer for the first three Haffner Press books of 2011:
TALES OF SUPER-SCIENCE FICTION edited by Robert Silverberg
 AT THE HUMAN LIMIT, THE COLLECTED STORIES OF JACK WILLIAMSON, VOLUME EIGHT
 THUNDER IN THE VOID by Henry Kuttner

Pre-paid orders for these three titles ($110.00) will receive free shipping and a BONUS chapbook not available with any other offer.  The contents of the chapbook will be announced soon, but if you took advantage of the "early bird" offers on some of our 2010 books, you know what to expect. Single-copy customers: have no fear -- we *will* be offering these books available separately, but right now we are only taking preorders for these 2011 releases as a set.


KATO #9 - Coming in December!
Writer: Ande Parks;  Art: Diego Bernard; Main Cover: Alé Garza, Carlos Rafael (1-in-10)
As the new Kato recovers from a psychic assault, she readies herself for an all-out attack on Takeshi's forces.  She's outnumbered, young and inexperienced, but her father, the original Kato, taught her well.  Kato sets traps and prepares herself for the clash with a league of well-trained ninjas.  This issue takes place in Century City and leads up to the thrilling finale of this arc, as well as directly into the events of Kevin Smith's Green Hornet series.
32 pages, Full Color, $3.99

KATO #9 is solicited in the October PREVIEWS (Available September 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is OCT100951.

KATO ANNUAL #1 - Coming in December!
Writer: Ande Parks;  Art: Edgar Salazar
Cover: Alé Garza (50%), Edgar Salazar (50%)
Kato's day of acclimating herself to her new city and country is interrupted when a giant monster begins rampaging through Century City.  Kato finds herself battling a menace right out of a classic Japanese man-in-suit movie, with the fate of her newly-adopted city in the balance.  Can Kato solve the mystery behind the monster's rampage in time, or will this monstrous menace destroy Century City just as Kato gets settled?  It's solid solo action for the all-new Kato!
40 pages, Full Color, $5.99

KATO ANNUAL #1 is solicited in the October PREVIEWS (Available September 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is OCT100953.


KATO ORIGINS #8 - Coming in December!  
Writer: Jia Nitz; Artist: Colton Worley; Cover: Colton Worley, Francesco Francavilla (1-in-10)
Murder!  When a prominent businessman is murdered in a closed house, everyone inside is a subject, even Kato!  Kato, working undercover for the Sentinel,  has to find the murderer while keeping his true identity hidden.  But everyone else is hiding a secret too.  Can Kato crack the case in time? 
32 pages, Full Color, $3.99

KATO ORIGINS #8 is solicited in the October PREVIEWS (Available September 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is OCT100958.

KULL: THE HATE WITCH #2 (of 4) - Coming in December!
Writer: David Lapham, Pencils: Gabriel Guzman, Inks: Mariano Taibo, Colors: Dan Jackson
Covers: Tom Fleming and Fabio Cobiaco

A series of murders has brought Valusia to the verge of rebellion!  If King Kull cannot defend the people of the Purple Kingdom from the awesome arcane powers of the evil witch Heka-La, then they’ll take his crown, and maybe his head in the process! With none of his allies to accompany him in his hunt for the witch, Kull must brave the one nation that hates him more than his own—Atlantis, whose memory is long and unforgiving. Kull must come face to face with his past and battle foes he once called friends if he is to find and destroy Heka-La and restore order to his kingdom!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.50, On sale December 29

KULL: THE HATE WITCH #2 is solicited in the October PREVIEWS (Available September 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is OCT100027 (Fleming cover).
The Diamond Item Code is OCT100028 (Cobiaco cover).


THE LAST PHANTOM #5 - Coming in December!
Writer: Scott Beatty, Art:  Eduardo Ferigato
Cover: Alex Ross, Joe Prado (1-in-10), Fabiano Neves (1-in-15)
The Ghost Who Walks has traveled from the Deep Woods to the concrete jungle of New York City to find the villains responsible for the deaths all around him! Armed with weapons both old and new, Kit Walker has accepted his birthright, but at what cost? As The Phantom's "Ghost Walk" closes in on its climactic conclusion, Kit reactivates the Jungle Patrol for its most important mission yet!   32 pages, Full Color, $3.99

THE LAST PHANTOM #5 is solicited in the October PREVIEWS (Available September 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is OCT100941.

Matthew Reilly: HELL ISLAND - Arriving in bookstores September 28th!
Captain Shane Schofield and his elite team of marines is about to discover . . .There is no hell like a man-made one. It is an island that doesn’t appear on any maps. A secret location where the government conducts classified experiments. Experiments that have gone terribly wrong. . . . When all contact with the mysterious island is suddenly and inexplicably lost, Captain Shane Schofield and four crack Special Forces units parachute in. Nothing prepares them for what they find—the island is a testing ground for a deadly breed of genetically enhanced supersoldiers. You could say they’ve just entered hell, but this place is much, much worse. . . .

Mass Market Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Pocket
ISBN-10: 1439191336
ISBN-13: 978-1439191330
$6.99
Available on Amazon.com
 
McFarland - Softcover Edition coming Fall / Winter 2010!
 Robert E. Howard: A Collector's Descriptive Bibliography of American and British Hardcover, Paperback, Magazine, Special and Amateur Editions, with a Biography by Leon Nielsen
Foreword by Damon C. Sasser
In the same way that Tolkien is considered the father of epic fantasy, so to is Robert E. Howard considered the father of the fantasy genre of sword and sorcery. Howard is among a select group of now-revered writers who published primarily in pulp magazines. Pulps continued publishing Howard material posthumously, and his first hardcover book appeared in 1937, a year after his early death at the age of 30. Anthologies, books, comic adaptations and movies based on his work are still being brought out. Howard created one of the most popular of all fantasy characters, Conan. Other famous characters included King Kull of Atlantis, the Puritan adventurer Soloman Kane, the female warrior Red Sonya, and the Pict Bran Mak Morn.

This guide is an invaluable resource about Howard, with information for every known published work. Initial chapters provide a biography, discuss Howard’s literary legacy, and give basic tips about collecting Howard�s writings. The main body of the work is a bibliography of Howard�s published works from 1925 through 2004. Each entry includes a description and known details including publisher, date, print run, and estimated value. A thorough index locates the publication of every Howard story or poem.
ISBN 978-0-7864-6109-7
98 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Softcover, 288 pages,  $29.95
Moonstone Books: THE SPIDER #1 - Coming this Winter!
Martin Powell has posted the splash page from my story "Death Siege of the Frankenstein Legion", illustrated by the legendary Pablo Marcos, on his blog. Click here to take a look!



Moonstone Books: THE PHANTOM GENERATIONS SPECIAL #1
 Arriving in comic shops September 29th!
Writters: Justin Gray, Mike Bullock and Aaron Shaps; Artists: John Toledo, Norman Lanting and Mick Collins
Cover: Eugenio Mattozzi.

Three brand new tales in one giant-sized mag! In "Final Roar," join the 14th Phantom in the hunt for a rogue lion who is responsible for the deaths of many villagers...and then begins to stalk the Phantom! In "Priceless," the 15th Phantom returns to Africa to find the perfect diamond for his betrothed, but what awaits him is far more than a pretty gem! And in "Ghost Drum," Venture to the wild west with the 16th Phantom, where the Masked Cowboy must battle for his life, and his soul, against an legendary murderer.

72 pages, Full Color, $7.50
Moonstone Books: PHANTOM DETECTIVE #2
Coming in December! 

Written by Aaron Shaps, art by Danillo Guida, cover by Tom Grindberg.

A Moonstone "Return of the Originals event!" The mystery of the murdered scientists deepens as New York City is terrorized by creatures from another world. But if there's one thing the Phantom Detective has learned throughout the years, it's that nothing is ever what it seems... Plus...an all-new Green Ghost!

32 pages, $3.50.

PHANTOM DETECTIVE #2 is solicited in the October PREVIEWS (Available September 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is OCT101067.



Moonstone Books: ROCKET MAN: KING OF THE ROCKETMEN #1
Coming in December!   

Written by James Kuhoric, Shannon Denton, art by Hannibal King, Amin Amat, colors by Jason Jensen, covers by Chris Scalf

A Moonstone "Return of the Originals" event! Years ago Saturday matinee audiences thrilled to the serialized adventures of the original jetpack wearing hero, Rocket Man. Blasting off the reels of those classic pulp serials, a new Rocket Man is born! With the original hero dead, the secret of the rocket suit in jeopardy, and ruthless criminals closing in on the scientist guarding the technology, a young man must make the choice between a life of crime and the selfless sacrifice of a hero. The origin of the new Rocket Man starts here! Plus a new tale of the high-flying G-8!

32 pages, $3.50.

KING OF THE ROCKETMEN #1 is solicited in the October PREVIEWS (Available September 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is OCT101068.




The Nostalgia League - Now available!
New in The Nostalgia League Library:  The Upper Berth by F. Marion Crawford


The Movie Serial Companion: Book One written by Raymond William Stedman
Now available!

This is the first of a two volume set which, when combined with Book Two,
will encompass almost 800 pages and include more than 5,900 illustrations.
Features of Book One
  • A five-chapter history of America’s film serials — silent and sound — revised and enlarged from Stedman’s much-praised book of the 1970s: The Serials: Suspense and Drama by Installment. 
  • A 227 page section of illustrated entries for every American chapter play of the silent era, plus some important series films, such as The Hazards of Helen. 
  • Annotated listings for each chapter play, including cast, directors, chapter titles and commentary. 
  • Reproductions of rare stills, posters and actual film frames: a remarkable number in color-some for the first time. 
  • Full color and black and white illustration throughout. 
  • Large format 8½ x 11" trade paperback with over 300 pages and more than 1900 illustrations. 
Note: an excerpt from one of the updated chapters can be found on The Nostalgia League page, Bela Lugosi's Last Serial.

To order: Please print out a copy of the order form and mail it with your payment to the address listed on the form.
PayPal: Click the PayPal link on the website and you will be taken to the PayPal site where you can buy the book with your PayPal account or major credit card.

Special Offer - Everyone who buys a copy of Book One will receive $5 off the purchase price of Book Two!
The forthcoming Book Two contains longer, and extensively illustrated, entries on every cliffhanger of the sound period, including the Lone Ranger, Green Hornet, and Superman duos, the Flash Gordon trio, the Dick Tracy quartet, and the classic Adventures of Captain Marvel, Drums of FuManchu, Spy Smasher — 232 in all.

Also covered individually are lesser known, but quite entertaining, adventures that brought kids to the theaters each Saturday. And, of course, there is the parade of Westerns with Buck Jones, Johnny Mack Brown, Wild Bill Elliott, and others. Bela Lugosi’s serial vehicles get their individual pages or two, as do the low-priced clinkers that turned up through the years, especially in the genre’s last days.

TNL Library’s “The Green Hornet Strikes Again” is an example of Book Two’s sound entries, minus the book’s dozen illustrations for that serial.
The Movie Serial Companion: Book One - Recommended!
THE MOVIE SERIAL COMPANION Book One is the first of two books about the classic cliffhangers that thrilled the multitudes during the first half of the 20th century. The book starts off with a five-chapter history of America’s film serials that runs for 62 pages and covers both the silent and the sound film eras. The text is easily read, engaging, informative, and insightful. My interest never flagged and I learned many things that I was not previously aware of. For instance, I did not know that most serials had two directors, one shooting while the other prepared the next days work, or one doing location scenes while the other did interiors. Following the beginning chapters of the book is a 225 page annotated listing of the American serials of the silent era. The listing is done alphabetically by serial title. Most of the serials merit at least a full page which includes the date of the serial, the studio, the director(s), a listing of the players, a listing of the chapter titles, a synopsis of the story, and a brief commentary. Each listing is accompanied with numerous stills of scenes from the serial and of the players. Some of the entries also include the one-sheet advertising for the film or magazine covers featuring the serial or its players. Each serial entry averages at least 3-to-4 illustrations. Illustrations are in black and white and full color throughout. All-in-all, this book is obviously a labor of love and a welcome addition to my library. I look forward to the publication of the second book in the series.
 
The Movie Serial Companion Book Two - Headed for the printers!

The Movie Serial Companion Book Two by Raymond William Stedman is headed for the printers!

The forthcoming Book Two contains longer, and extensively illustrated, entries on every cliffhanger of the sound period, including the Lone Ranger, Green Hornet, and Superman duos, the Flash Gordon trio, the Dick Tracy quartet, and the classic Adventures of Captain Marvel, Drums of FuManchu, Spy Smasher — 232 in all.

Also covered individually are lesser known, but quite entertaining, adventures that brought kids to the theaters each Saturday. And, of course, there is the parade of Westerns with Buck Jones, Johnny Mack Brown, Wild Bill Elliott, and others. Bela Lugosi’s serial vehicles get their individual pages or two, as do the low-priced clinkers that turned up through the years, especially in the genre’s last days. The cover shown is not the final cover.

Paizo Publishing: The Swordsman of Mars by Otis Adelbert Kline - Now available!
Science Fiction Bookclub Exclusive Hardcover Edition for members only!
A world-traveler and accomplished fencer, outcast Boston heir Harry Thorne is abducted by the brilliant Dr. Morgan, a scientist who wants Thorne for an important job: Track down and slay a renegade Earthman before he establishes a corrupt empire on Mars. Swapping bodies with a Martian noble, Thorne awakens on a fierce and vibrant world of strange beasts and stranger people…where his own future will be determined by the strength of his sword arm.
Introduction by Michael Moorcock.
Hardcover : 240 pages
ISBN: 9781616648107
5.5 x 8.25 inches
$12.99
Pro Se: PECULIAR ADVENTURES #2 - Now available!
The strangest action, the greatest heroes, the best high octane tales anywhere in the pulp world, PRO SE PRESENTS PECULIAR ADVENTURES #2, now in a new format, over 140 pages of pilots, monsters, girls lost between worlds, men lost to themselves, and so much more for only TEN DOLLARS!   What, you don’t believe us, then check out the table of contents below with selected excerpts from some of the tales told.
THE DIVINE WRAITH  Robert Butt
One of the robed men thunders, “REAVERS, ATTACK!” He and his partners surround the Divine Wraith, demons circling overhead. “If this must be,” the Wraith says defiantly, “Let it be now!”
THE CEREBUS CLAN: THE TOLL  Ken Janssens
Joe tried not to think of these things. For now, he had a purpose, a legacy... maybe even a destiny. It might be scary but it was time to head into the Gateway—into the dark cave. There were things he needed to understand.
THE ADVENTURE OF THE BEASTLY CONCUBINES  Joshua Reynolds
Sternberg crashed into the concubine, first slapping the gun aside, then his big hands were scrabbling for her throat. She howled and fell back, and Sternberg went flying out the door.
PERRY LELL: A DAY IN THE DEATH OF A GIRL  Megan Smith
Feet. Pounding the pavement.
Sweat. Wetting the brow.
Adrenaline. Pulsing blood through the ears.
WYLDE WORLD: IN THE BEGINNING  Lee Houston, Jr.
The beast was clearly angry, evidenced by its fiery red eyes and the loud snarl coming from a mouth full of sharp teeth. The large head swiveled and glared down at us, the eyes glowing as it drooled at the sight of two potential kills side by side.  “I guess it’s not happy that we aren’t tied up and helpless,” I said uneasily.
MR. BRASS AND THE SPAWN OF FRANKENSTEIN * Joshua Reynolds
Her name had been Marietta Conklin. A forgettable, plain woman who spent five years of her life practicing to be that way. She was a Pinkerton, an agent of the United States government, and she was dead.
THE SORCEROR’S GHOST  Sean Ellis
The Sorcerer raised his fist, pointing the barrel of his pistol at the other man’s chest, while the two British aces circled around to stand behind him. “I saved your life, Wyatt. I saved it the first day you flew for me and I saved it two days ago… and this is how you repay that debt?”
THE GIRL WITH THE PHANTOM EYES: A SOVEREIGN CITY STORY  Barry Reese
“Has he tried the police?”
“Yes. But they think he should be sent to the loony bin, apparently.”
“And why is that?”
“The girl he’s looking for – she has glowing eyes.”
WHAT IS THE FATE OF GARY WOOTEN? - III  Fuller Bumpers and John Palmer IV (COMIC STORY)
PRO SE PREVIEWS: AYM GERONIMO AND THE POSTMODERN PIONEERS - TALL TALES  John Morgan Neal, Todd Fox and Sarah Beach
THE ONE TRUE GUIDEBOOK TO THE VARIED ADVENTURES OF PECULIAR ODDFELLOW  Achilles Pater
 “It was a Peculiar day to be introduced to the world. Even for an Oddfellow.”
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QUEEN SONJA #10 - Arriving in comic shops September 29th!
Writter: Arvid Nelson; Art: Jackson Herbert; Covers: Jackson Herbert (25%), Mel Rubi (25%), Lucio Parrillo (50%)
The thrilling second story arc of Queen Sonja concludes! Writer Arvid Nelson has pushed the She-Devil to her limits, taunting her with forbidden love, palace intrigue and a world filled with monsters and demons! See how it all concludes here!
32 pages, Full Color, $2.99
QUEEN SONJA #15 - Coming in December!
Writer: Luke Lieberman; Artist: Mel Rubi; Covers: Fabiano Neves (50%), Carlos Rafael (50%)
One of the defining moments in Sonja's life comes to its thrilling conclusion!  She is forged into the warrior of legend by love, loss, revenge, and pain.  There is nothing left to lose, she will walk in the path of the Goddess, but first she will walk knee deep in her enemies blood.
32 pages, Full Color, $2.99

QUEEN SONJA #15 is solicited in the October PREVIEWS (Available September 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is OCT100968.

RED SONJA #56 - Coming in December!
Writer: Eric Trautman; Art: Walter Geovanni
Covers: Paul Renaud, Walter Geovanni
A new adventure begins! Following the deadly events in Shem, Red Sonja makes her way to Koth — and a family dispute between rival princes, all keen to seize the throne. And amid the intrigue and the skullduggery, assassins lurk: enemies, loyal to an old adversary that will stop at nothing until the She-Devil with a Sword is dead.
32 pages, Full Color, $3.99

RED SONJA #56 is solicited in the October PREVIEWS (Available September 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is OCT100967.

The Robert E. Howard Reader - Now available!
Darrell Schweitzer has announced that The Robert E. Howard Reader is going to press and should be available in a few days. You can order it from Wildside Press or Amazon.com for $14.99. Here is a list of the contents:

"Introduction" by Darrell Schweitzer
"Robert E. Howard: A Texan Master" by Michael Moorcock
"The Everlasting Barbarian" by Leo Grin
"Robert E. Howard’s Fiction" by L. Sprague de Camp
"The Art of Robert Ervin Howard" by Poul Anderson
"Howard’s Style" by Fritz Leiber
"What He Wrote and How They Said It" by Robert Weinberg
"Barbarism vs. Civilization" by S.T. Joshi
"Crash Go the Civilizations" by Mark Hall
"Return to Xuthal" by Charles Hoffman
"Howard’s Oriental Stories" by Don D’Ammassa
"King Kull as a Prototype of Conan" by Darrell Schweitzer
"How Pure a Puritan Was Solomon Kane?" by Robert M. Price
"Balthus of Cross Plains" by George H. Scithers
"Fictionalizing Howar" by Gary Romeo
"A Journey to Cross Plain" by Howard Waldrop
"Weird Tales and the Great Depression" by Scott Connors
"After Aquilonia and Having Left Lankhmar: Sword & Sorcery Since the 1980s" by Steve Tompkins

Thanks to Damon Sasser, Morgan Holmes, and the REHupa Blog for the tip!
Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword #1
Coming December 22nd!

Writer: Marc Andreyko, Mark Finn, Roy Thomas, Paul Tobin
Artist: Tim Bradstreet, Robert Atkins, Tim Conrad, Barry Windsor-Smith, and others
Cover Artist: Esad Ribic

Continuing our tradition of bringing Robert E. Howard's incomparable characters to life, Dark Horse is proud to present the inaugural issue of Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword!

Each eighty--page, perfect--bound issue will showcase the exploits of Howard's heroes in new comic adventures and restored reprints of classic tales, and include a wide range of bonus material too! Some of these characters have never before appeared in comics--you'll see them here first, folks! Featuring the work of industry legends and today's top talent and hottest rising stars, this is a can't--miss series for fans of action--packed adventure comics!

Featured in this issue: Paul Tobin (Spider--Man & the Secret Wars), Wellinton Alves (Nova), Marc Andreyko (Manhunter), Robert Atkins (G.I. Joe), Tim Bradstreet (Punisher), Barry Windsor Smith (Conan), and more!

*Includes Roy Thomas, Tim Conrad, and Barry Windsor--Smith's acclaimed Savage Sword of Conan epic, "Worms of the Earth," recolored and reprinted in its entirety!

Publication Date: December 22, 2010
Format: Full Color, 80 pages
Price: $7.99

ROBERT E. HOWARD'S SAVAGE SWORD #1 is solicited in the October PREVIEWS
(Available September 29th).   The Diamond Item Code is OCT100025.



THE ROOK Volume Five - Now available!
The Claws of The Rook... A gathering of heroes. An ancient evil reborn. The time is the late 1940's. Nazi Germany has fallen. But the threat from the Third Reich is far from over. Powerful agents of super-scientific and occult destruction still plague the world of men. Max Davies, the fearless vigilante known as THE ROOK, enlists the aid of Earth's most powerful heroes to stem the tide of evil that threatens to bring about the End of Days... the maniacal schemes of an undead Adolph Hitler... an alien intelligence with a hideous form of immortality... the rise of the Great Old Ones... and the return of the king of vampires himself, Count Dracula! In four brand-new tales of blazing action, fan favorite Barry Reese (Rabbit Heart) expands the universe of THE ROOK into new realms of terror and adventure! Featuring Cover and Interior art by Anthony Castrillo, with a special pin-up page by the legendary Fred Hembeck! Also included - a special tale by new WCB author - Stacy Dooks!

Paperback: 316 pages
ISBN-10: 0984476555
ISBN-13: 978-0984476558

Available on Amazon.com

The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 9 - Coming February 2, 2011!
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 9contains over five-hundred, jam-packed pages of adventure, betrayal, and revenge by some of the most respected names in comics! Michael Fleisher, John Buscema, Ernie Chan, Pablo Marcos, and other familiar talents make sure that Conan has his hands full with a demigod that wields the awesome powers of the leopard, three deadly dwarves, a siren with an army of undead pirates, and the return of the Devourer of Souls! This collection also includes the fan-favorite stories "The Blood Ruby of Death," in which a priceless gem turns even the staunchest of allies into enemies, and "When a God Lives," where the theft of a seemingly harmless statue unleashes the ancient, arcane energies of a god whose only goal is to destroy Conan and anyone else foolish enough to get in his way!

Paperback: 500 pages
ISBN-10: 1595826483
ISBN-13: 978-1595826480
List Price: $19.99

SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN Volume 9 is solicited in the October PREVIEWS (Available September 29th).  
The Diamond Item Code is OCT100026.


 SavageCon 2010 - October 16th-17th!
Its time again for the 2nd Annual SavageCon! 

This October 16th-17th. Formerly the LaPlata DocCon, we've gone back to our roots as a gathering of friends and pulp enthusiasts for a weekend of fun, trading, comradarie, and various pulpy activities!  

ALL are welcome, we'll have the usual Doc Savage goings on along with plenty for fans of all genres of pulpdom, comics, Sci-Fi, OTR, and art.  This years event will be held at and sponsored by the fabulous RAYGUN CAFE', the worlds first and ONLY Pulp and pop culture themed restaurant!

BUY-SELL-TRADE for those hard to find treasures!  

More info posted soon on our Facebook Page: 


WARLORD OF MARS #3 - Coming in December!
Written by Arvid Nelson; Art: Lui Antonio
Covers by J. Scott Campbell (50%), Joe Jusko (50%), Lucio Parrillo (1-in-15),
Patrick Berkenkotter (1-in-10)

We — and John Carter — dive into this issue head-first. At long last he arrives on Mars and meets the green Martian warrior Tars Tarkas. Carter butts heads with the brutal greens pretty quickly, but he's got an edge on them — Mars's weaker gravity means he's got superhuman strength. Who said you can't beat the truth into somebody?

32 pages, Full Color,  $3.99

WARLORD OF MARS #3 is solicited in the October PREVIEWS (Available September 29th).  
The Diamond Item Code is OCT100938.









17 September 2010
Age of Aces - Now available!
 
 "The Iron Ace" by William E. Barrett
In the Misty Skies of WWI France, history is written with flaming guns! And Yank airman Hugh McQuillen had smashed his way into those history books as "The Iron Ace."

Assigned as the C.O. of a Royal Flying Corps squadron, and prowling the skies in his deadly war plane adorned with the Laughing Skull, he was a grim and unrelenting instrument of war who killed Germans with such ruthless efficiency that he became known on both sides of the line as "The Assassin." McQuillen believed there was no decent way to bring men to a violent end, so he would not bow to the "chivalry of the air" practiced by his R.F.C. mates and the Germans. This made the Iron Ace a marked man, and his enemies would stop at nothing to bring an end to his savage reign.

Written by William E. Barrett, the nine tales of "The Iron Ace" appeared in Sky Birds magazine from 1933 through 1934. Barrett is best remembered for his novels, The Left Hand of God and The Lillies of the Field. But he was initially a very busy writer for the pulp magazines. And while much of his work was in the air war mags, he also contributed to the western and detective pulps. One of Barrett's most popular characters appeared in a series of stories in Dime Detective. "Needle Mike" was an undercover crime fighter who posed as a tattoo artist.

"The Iron Ace" is available 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: Nothing new this week.

Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon, Part Two – “Monsters of Mongo” - Now online!
Part 2 of William Patrick Maynard's Flash Gordon blog is now online at the Blackgate website.


Altus Press - Now available!

G Stands for Glory: The Complete G-Man Stories of Norvell Page
by Norvell Page, Introduction by Will Murray, Cover by Chris Kalb!

Known best for his work on Popular Publications' THE SPIDER,
pulp scribe proved he was no slouch when it came to penning gangster and G-man epics!

Dating from 1936-39, this book collects all eleven stories Page wrote for
ACE G-MAN STORIES... none of which have ever been reprinted until now.

396 pages

Order the softcover edition from Amazon.com - $34.95
Limited Edition Hardcover (only 100 made) coming soon!
Altus Press - Now available!

Diamondstone: Magician-Sleuth by G. T. Fleming-Roberts
Introduction by Will Murray

"I know all about cards..."
For six spectacular adventures, Diamondstone, Magician-Sleuth delivered justice
with a sleight of hand in the pages of POPULAR DETECTIVE from 1937-1939.

Written by master pulp scribe G. T. Fleming-Roberts,
this is the first time the complete series has been collected.
Includes an all-new introduction by pulp historian Will Murray.

254 pages

Order the softcover edition from Amazon.com - $24.95
Order the Limited Edition Hardcover (only 100 made) from Lulu.com - $34.95
Altus Press - Now available!

Hell on Friday: the Johnny Saxon Trilogy by William Bogart
Introduction by Will Murray

 From the author of Doc Savage!
Never before reprinted, this edition collects all three of William Bogart's
stories of Johnny Saxon, a pulp writer-turned-P.I.!
Loaded with numerous references to the pulp publishing world, its authors and characters,
it's rounded out by an all-new introduction by Doc Savage/Lester Dent expert Will Murray.

Includes the following book-length stories:
"Hell on Friday"   -    "Murder is Forgetful"   -   "The Queen City Murder Case"
And as a bonus: Bogart's article on advice for new writers.
548 pages

Order the softcover edition from Amazon.com - $34.95
Order the Limited Edition Hardcover (only 100 made) from Lulu.com - $44.95
HELL ON FRIDAY
At 10:40, Johnny Saxon, detective and ex-pulp writer, was snooping through Sam Sontag's almost deserted office, keeping one appreciative eye on the luscious curves etched against the frosted glass door of Sam's private hide-away. At 11:20, Johnny was in a bar, fortifying himself against the cold night air. At 12:03, he was gasping with delight as the incredibly lovely vision coming down the ramp at the Grand Central Station actually turned out to be the fabulous Dulcy Dickens, the girl who was scheduled to set the publishing world on its ear. And then at 12:40, just as Dulcy was saying, "Oh, Shonny" in her soft caressing voice, the cops came in and carted Johnny off to jail. It was a hell of a Friday night... And the next morning, Johnny found that he had never before understood what trouble really meant. Sontag was dead, murdered; Dulcy had disappeared with complete efficiency, and Johnny himself was gazing darkly into the business-end of the big gun held in the nervous fist of Jasper Ward, the late Sam Sontag's racketeer partner. It was find Dulcy Dickens--or else!
MURDER IS FORGETFUL
When the enormously wealthy J. P. Smith retained Johnny Saxon, private investigator and former detective story writer, to go to the magnificent Long Island estate of his lovely, wealthy sister-in-law, Irene Smith, to help her regain her memory, lost when her husband died in an automobile accident, Johnny was certain of but two things: Irene Smith's husband had not died by accident and Irene Smith herself, helpless in the complete blankness of amnesia, was under sentence of death from someone--from a murderer who was gambling against time that he could silence her forever before she could remember the night of the fatal accident. In Irene's charming, red-headed daughter, Kay, Johnny Saxon and his assistant, Moe Martin, thought they found their first suspect--for Kay had hated her father violently for his treatment of her mother--but after, Kay and Johnny had unexpectedly faced death together she became their strongest ally. For Kay, deeply devoted to her mother, opened more than one vista to the tangled relationships of a large and wealthy family--among others, to the character of J. P. Smith, to the secret drinking orgies of her aunt Nancy and to the dangerous eccentricities of delightful Grandfather Smith. Smart and swift-moving, "Murder Is Forgetful" is an up-to-the-minute story of a bizarre Long Island crime.
THE QUEEN CITY MURDER CASE
The tall fur-clad brunette at the auction rooms somehow reminded Johnny Saxon of an over-anxious burlesque queen. Certainly she did not look like a connoisseur of antiques. So it was with fascinated curiosity that the New York private detective observed her almost terrified determination to obtain possession of the old spinet desk, and, when that ramshackle article appeared upon the block, mischievously bid it up to an outrageous price. Developments were quick and startling. When Johnny next saw Jeannette Evans, at her apartment, the brunette was dead. And Johnny himself was ticketed as Police Suspect Number One for her murder. Johnny and his man Friday, Moe Martin, had come to Cincinnati on vacation. Pretty Nancy O'Neil, an old flame of Johnny's, quickly appealed to the detective to undertake the case of her married sister, Bess Sherman, threatened by an anonymous blackmailer. Then came the incident at the auction rooms. Johnny could hardly have foreseen how closely the terror of Jeannette Evans and the predicament of Bess Sherman were to be related, or have guessed the role to be played in  the double mystery by the ruthless "lifer" just escaped from the Ohio State Penitentiary. These were puzzles not wholly to be resolved until the exciting snowstorm climax at a nearby winter colony two or three days later.

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in December!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 43: "Spook Hole" and "Three Times a Corpse"
Thrill to the original pulp exploits of the newest DC Comics superstar as the Supreme Adventurer returns in two thrill-packed novels by Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, Doc's investigation of a mysterious whaling ship brings the Man of Bronze and Pat Savage to South America in search of the strange secret that lies in Spook Hole. Then, Doc, Monk and Ham's Miami vacation is interrupted by a failed attempt on Doc's life which lures them into a sinister sea snare. This historic pulp reprint features the original color pulp covers by Walter Baumhofer and Charles J. Ravel, Paul Orban's classic interior illustrations and historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, b&w, $14.95
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
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)
Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in January!
THE WHISPERER #4: "The Football Racketeers" and "Murders in Crazyland"
"He knows no law but Justice!" The secret life of Police Commissioner James Gordon is unmasked in two more hard-boiled thrillers by Doc Savage ghost Laurence Donovan writing as "Clifford Goodrich." First, Wildcat Gordon seeks to stop the corruption of college sports by "The Football Racketeers." Then, The Whisperer infiltrates an amusement park to uncover "Murders in Crazyland" in a classic thriller that inspired an early Batman story. BONUS: a magical tale of "prestidigitection" by The Shadow's Walter B. Gibson. This historic collector's item showcases both original color pulp covers including a knockout painting by Spider artist John Newton Howitt, plus classic interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, b&w, $14.95
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
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)



The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories
Arriving in bookstores September 21st!
Weighing in at over a thousand pages, containing over forty-seven stories and two novels, this book is big baby, bigger and more powerful than a freight train--a bullet couldn't pass through it. Here are the best stories and every major writer who ever appeared in celebrated Pulps like Black Mask, Dime Detective, Detective Fiction Weekly, and more. These are the classic tales that created the genre and gave birth to hard-hitting detectives who smoke criminals like packs of cigarettes; sultry dames whose looks are as lethal as a dagger to the chest; and gin-soaked hideouts where conversations are just preludes to murder. This is crime fiction at its gritty best. Illustrated throughout!

Including:
  • Three stories by Raymond Chandler, Cornell Woolrich, Erle Stanley Gardner, and Dashiell Hammett.
  • Complete novels from Carroll John Daly, the man who invented the hard-boiled detective, and Fredrick Nebel, one of the masters of the form.
  • A never before published Dashiell Hammett story.
  • Every other major pulp writer of the time, including Paul Cain, Steve Fisher, James M. Cain, Horace McCoy, and many many more of whom you've probably never heard. 
  • Three deadly sections - The Crimefighters, The Villains, and Dames - with three unstoppable introductions by Harlan Coben, Harlan Ellison, and Laura Lippman
Edited by Otto Penzler
Paperback: 1136 pages
ISBN-10: 0307455432
ISBN-13: 978-0307455437
$25.00

The Book Cave - New podcast now available online!
Episode 92:  The Kahn Dynasty - New!
Wayne Reinagel, writer of the Pulp Heroes triolgy, joins Art and Ric to talk about the August Book of the Month "The Kahn Dynasty.
Episode 91: Upcoming
Episode 90: Pro Se Productions
Episode 89: Gideon Kane
Episode 88: Andrew Salmon
Episode 87: Klaatu's Return
Episode 86: Jim Anthony Volume 2: The Hunters


The Bronze Gazette #59  -  Coming soon!

Now accepting subscriptions for The Bronze Gazette issues #59, 60, 61.
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.

Send orders and back issue inquiries to:
Green Eagle Publications
2900 Standiford Ave 16B
PMB #136
Modesto, Ca 95350
Checks and money orders should be payable to: Green Eagle Publications

Centipede Press - New Henry Kuttner collection is in the works!
Centipede Press has announced a new title in their Masters of the Weird Tale series, HENRY KUTTNER: MASTERS OF THE WEIRD TALE.

THE CHRONICLES OF KULL VOLUME 3: SCREAMS IN THE DARK AND OTHER STORIES
Arriving in comic shops September 22nd!
Writers: Roy Thomas, Don Glut, Steve Englehart; Artists: John Buscema, Ernie Chan, Howard Chaykin

The Chronicles of Kull Volume 3 collects the last nine exciting Kull the Destroyer comics, tying up all of the loose ends from the previous two volumes and culminating in the most important fight of the former Valusian king's life -- the battle for the Topaz throne and his former crown! Kull will need the help of an enigmatic warrior woman, Laralei, and an unlikely ally in arms, Ridondo the minstrel, if he is to conquer a giant extradimensional creature, three scheming wizards, and the wizard's skull-headed master and again rule the Purple Kingdom!

Volume 3 reprints Kull the Destroyer #21-#29, the short story "The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune" from Conan the Barbarian #25, Conan the Barbarian #68, "Beast from the Abyss" from Conan Annual #3, and a special cover gallery.

216 pages, $18.99
CONAN: ROAD OF KINGS #1 (of 6)
Coming in December!
Writer: Roy Thomas
Pencils: Mike Hawthorne, Inks: John Lucas
Colors: Dave Stewart
Covers: Doug Wheatley and Dale Keown

The pirate world is about to get 100 percent more savage as Conan and his crew of brigands ravage the seas in search of treasure and glory. But when the beautiful Olivia appears aboard one of the captured ships and starts speaking of prophetic dreams and king’s fortunes, Conan and his crew head in another direction—one that leads straight to the ROAD OF KINGS!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.50, On sale December 15


E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow in Review:
There is no new Shadow review this week. 

Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West
"Dutch Treat" from Black Mask December 1936. This would appear to be his last sale under the Paul Cain pen name.

Pulpgen-Online Pulps:   Now with over 1000 stories online!
"Dog Feud" by Joe Archibald from TEN DETECTIVE ACES, June, 1941
Featuring: Dizzy Duo
The pooch liked to gnaw on rugs and gents' ankles. And he liked Snooty Piper - which put Snooty behind a blitzkrieg of eight-balls.
"Long Sam's Singing Six-Guns" by Lee Bond from TEXAS RANGERS, February, 1948
Featuring: Long Sam Littlejohn
Long Sam Littlejohn chants a range dirge as his irons pound out a death song for black-brained bandits!

Glenn Lord Birthday Party - November 13th!
Paul Herman has announced November 13th as the date of a birthday party for Glenn Lord. This follows the success of last year’s birthday bash held in Houston at Tampico Seafood & Cocina Mexican. The event will be a warm-up to the big 80th birthday Glenn will be celebrating next year. More details are to come from Paul, which will be posted on the REH Two-Gun Raconteur website and on the Glenn Lord Birthday Bash 2010 tread at the REH Forums.

About 20 people showed up for last year’s event, including Patrice Louinet and Fabrice Tortey, who made the pilgrimage all the way from France. 
If you just can’t attend, be sure to mail your birthday wishes to Glenn at P.O. Box 775, Pasadena, TX 77501.

Glenn Lord also has a Facebook page, so that’s another option to send your birthday greetings.

THE GREEN HORNET CASEFILES
Coming in April 2011!

Moonstone Books' follow-up to The Green Hornet Chronicles is titled The Green Hornet Casefiles and will feature more great stories featuring the fabulous '60s version of The Green Hornet and Kato.

Covers are by Rubén Procopio's and Michael Wm. Kaluta!
Edited by Win Scott Eckert and Joe Gentile.
The book is due out in April 2011.

Thanks to Win Scott Eckert for the info!


Haffner Press: TERROR IN THE HOUSE - Off to the printer!
Terror in the House: The Early Kuttner, Volume One

TERROR IN THE HOUSE: THE EARLY KUTTNER, VOLUME ONE is off to the printer
and it's a race against the clock to make a debut at World Fantasy 36 in Columbus, OH on October 28th.

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 at Weird Tales, Mystery Tales, Thrilling Wonder Stories, 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 most (two stories and one novelette) of 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.

Preface by Richard Matheson
Introduction by Garyn G. Roberts, Ph.D.
Illustrated by Harry V. Parkhurst
ISBN: 9781893887466
$40.00
712 page. Hardcover




The rest of the announced slate of books for 2010 is looking great! 
Here's the status:

THE UNIVERSE WRECKERS: THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON, VOLUME THREE - All material in hand and ready to go!

THE COLLECTED CAPTAIN FUTURE, VOLUME TWO - Finishing up the 130+ graphics that make up the appendix.

SHANNACH--THE LAST: FAREWELL TO MARS by Leigh Brackett - Waiting for delivery of the introductory materials.


The Haffner Press line-up for the titles announced for 2011 is looking something like this:

TALES FROM SUPER-SCIENCE FICTION edited by Robert Silverberg - Late February 2011

AT THE HUMAN LIMIT, THE COLLECTED STORIES OF JACK WILLIAMSON, VOLUME EIGHT - April 1, 2011

THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF THE JACK WILLIAMSON LECTURESHIP - April 1, 2011

THUNDER IN THE VOID by Henry Kuttner - Planned to debut at the Windy City Convention 2011

HOLLYWOOD ON THE MOON / MAN ABOUT TIME: THE PETE MANX ADVENTURES by Kuttner & Barnes
- Planned to possibly debut at Worldcon in Reno, NV.

An Early Bird Special is planned for some of these titles. 
Keep Watching the Skies this weekend to see what we conjure up.

Hamilton/Brackett Day - October 16, 2010!
Organizer Don Sutton and the Kinsman Historical Society have selected October 16, 2010 as the date for the re-named "Hamilton/Brackett Day." 
The approach this year is to acknowledge the efforts of *both* Ed & Leigh.
The date has been moved from the middle of summer to the third Saturday in October. 

The Star Wars 501st Legion has been invited to participate to honor the 30th anniversary of "The Empire Strikes Back."
There will be a premiere of their personal slide collection. A German fan will talk about their impact in Germany.
The evening will end with a toast at their gravesite at dusk. Haffner Press is planning something special for the event.

Edmond Hamilton & Leigh Brackett Day has a Facebook page that will be updated with new  information as it becomes available.

Hellfire: Plague of Dragons by Robert Weinberg - Now available!
In the fourteenth century, a horrific plague swept out from the barbaric East to decimate the great nations of Europe. This killer that spared no man, woman, or child—the Black Death—is well-known and documented. But there was also a second disaster that occurred at the same time, no less brutal than the Black Death, a living plague that killed without mercy which has gone untold and unrecorded—until now. A plague consisting of a horde of monstrous beasts unlike any seen before, or since: a plague of dragons.

This lavishly illustrated volume tells the story through a lost manuscript and accompanying artwork by fourteenth-century French wine merchant and confidant of popes and kings, Robertus of Avignon (1320–1387), found in the Historical Museum of New York in 2005. Discovered in a box of artifacts, historical documents, and original illustrations purchased by the museum in 1922, his illuminated manuscript and more than two dozen illustrations are reproduced in this spectacular volume that brings to life in great detail the majestic, domineering, and dangerous qualities of dragons.

Featuring the breathtaking images of best-selling fantasy art illustrator Tom Wood and written by prolific author Robert Weinberg, this vibrant and remarkably original book is sure to be a must-have for dragon lovers and historical fantasy fans alike.

Hardcover: 128 pages
Publisher: Running Press
ISBN-10: 0762439068
ISBN-13: 978-0762439065
$19.95
Available on Amazon.com

KATO ORIGINS #4: WAY OF THE NINJA - Arriving in comic shops September 22nd!
Writer: Jia Nitz; Artist: Colton Worley; Cover: Colton Worley, Francesco Francavilla (1-in-10)
From the pages of GREEN HORNET: YEAR ONE comes the solo adventures of KATO! Kato tracks the Japanese spies and their secret cargo to San Francisco.  There Kato finds Chinatown has been turned upside down and even American Japanese have been moved to internment camps.  Kato has to choose between stopping the secret cargo from making it off shore and into enemy hands, or finding the men who know about his hidden past. Either way, expect a fight!
32 pages, Full Color, $3.99
KULL: THE HATE WITCH #2 (of 4) - Coming in December!
Writer: David Lapham, Pencils: Gabriel Guzman, Inks: Mariano Taibo, Colors: Dan Jackson
Covers: Tom Fleming and Fabio Cobiaco

A series of murders has brought Valusia to the verge of rebellion!  If King Kull cannot defend the people of the Purple Kingdom from the awesome arcane powers of the evil witch Heka-La, then they’ll take his crown, and maybe his head in the process! With none of his allies to accompany him in his hunt for the witch, Kull must brave the one nation that hates him more than his own—Atlantis, whose memory is long and unforgiving. Kull must come face to face with his past and battle foes he once called friends if he is to find and destroy Heka-La and restore order to his kingdom!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.50, On sale December 29
Off-Trail Publications - Now available!
Ghost Stories: The Magazine and Its Makers: Volume 1
7x10-inch perfect bound; 256 pages, $24.00 postpaid
Ghost Stories: The Magazine and Its Makers: Volume 2
7x10-inch perfect bound; 272 pages, $24.00 postpaid
Edited by John Locke

In an era of odd magazines, Macfadden's GHOST STORIES (1926-31) was a standout of the strange. It tapped into occult interest by presenting haunted tales that may or may not have been true. If they were true, then GHOST STORIES was testament to the presence of spirits in every exciting arena, the Western Front, gangland, aviation, the Klondike, the circus, the theater; not coincidentally, all the varied settings that pulp stories employed.

The personnel that created GHOST STORIES, though not well remembered today in most cases, were an uncommonly talented and fascinating group. They include poets and scholars, war heroes and war correspondents, adventurers and Bohemians. A few were titans of magazine publishing and editing. A few developed into prolific pulpsters; a few became bestselling authors; a few went Hollywood; one earned a Pulitzer Prize for fiction. And because it's GHOST STORIES, a few led haunted lives: within these pages appear two murderers, a murder victim, a suicide, and several casualties of tragic accidents.

Volume 1 presents 19 spooky tales from GHOST STORIES, complete with original illustrations. Extensive nonfiction material includes the history of GHOST STORIES, and detailed biographies of every GHOST STORIES editor, and every author whose stories appear in Volume 1.

Volume 2 presents 15 eerie tales from GHOST STORIES, complete with original illustrations. Extensive nonfiction material includes detailed biographies of every author whose stories appear in Volume 2, and every GHOST STORIES cover artist. Also included is a gallery of all 64 GHOST STORIES covers.
All stories complete with original illustrations.
Check or Money Order to:
Off-Trail Publications
2036 Elkhorn Rd.
Castroville, CA 95012
Or:
PayPal: offtrail@redshift.com


Pulp Adventurecon 2010 - November 6, 2010!
The date for Pulp Adventurecon 2010 is November 6, 2010.

Here's the people who will be at the show:
Bill Bead, Nick Certo, Mike Chomko, Gil Cohen, Jack Cullers, Brendan Faulkner, Martin Grams, Rich Greene, John Gunnison, Mark Halegua, Rick Hall, Scott Hartshorn, Paul Herman, Ed Hulse, Cowboy Tony K., Gary Lovisi, Walker Martin, Chuck Miller, John Petrie, Dan Roberts, David Saunders, Darrell Schweitzer, Bruce Tinkel, Al Tonik, Mark Wawrzenski

Time: 10 am to 5 pm
Address: Ramada Inn, 1083 Route 206, Bordentown, NJ
Admission: $5
Cost is $45 for one table, and $40 for  additional tables.

Visit the Bold Venture Press website for the latest details.


Radio Spirits - Now available!
"The Saint--sprung from the pen of Leslie Charteris, his adventures fill thirty books, a dozen motion pictures--and now, by radio, he is yours for the next half hour."  Simon Templar, played here by Vincent Price (with Barry Sullivan substituting in two episodes), was wealthy and refined. He was well dressed, well traveled, and well educated. He was also The Saint, the "Robin Hood of modern crime," who was not afraid to break the law if that's what had to be done to ensure that justice was served.

Larry Dobkin co-stars as Louie the Cabbie in these digitally restored and remastered tales that find Templar sailing, skiing, and delving in to the disparate worlds of mining, baseball, prizefighting, mystery writing, and more. The Saint sets all manner of matters straight, all the while maintaining excellent form.

Includes a Program Guide written by Ian Dickerson, featuring photographs and a series history.
Click on the link above or below for a complete episode listing.
Duration: 10 hours
Media: (10) CDs
Price: $39.98
Radio Spirits - Now available!
THE LONE RANGER - BIOGRAPHY
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."

Click on the link above or below for a complete episode listing.
Duration: 8 hours
Media: (8) CDs
Price: $31.95
Radio Spirits

RADIO WESTERN ADVENTURES - Coming soon!
Features an unpublished Lester Dent story!
Pulp 2.0 Press Mad Pulp Bastard Bill Cunningham announced today that the publisher is adding a never-before-seen Lester Dent tale to its upcoming wild west book release RADIO WESTERN ADVENTURES (RWA). Dent of course is the world-famous pulp writer of the 30’s and 40’s who created the legendary DOC SAVAGE and THE AVENGER pulp characters. This wild west tale, “Snare Savvy” written in 1932 will join Donald F. Glut’s cover tale, “Who Really Was That Masked Man?” to create a western “double feature” tribute to Jim Harmon, the Old Time Radio historian and author, to whom this special book is dedicated.

The contract for “Snare Savvy” was negotiated by the author’s agent, noted pulp writer and historian Will Murray on behalf of the Dent estate. The story is a classic western featuring Dent’s smart alec cowboy character Haw Kain who rides into town and a whole mess of trouble when he goes up against greedy land grabbers looking to strike it rich.

“We are pleased as punch to be able to add Dent’s ‘Snare Savvy’ to Radio Western Adventures,” said Cunningham. “ It makes an already unique book like RWA that much more special to western and pulp fans. As I read it I could easily see Roy Rogers and Dale Evans as the lead characters Haw Kain and Genie Quayle. Their banter matched perfectly, each giving as good as he or she got. I’m ecstatic over the prospect of publishing a pulp master like Dent’s work, and grateful that Will Murray thought Pulp 2.0 would be a good publisher for the tale.”

Radio Western Adventures will be published on Amazon’s Kindle platform for digital reading and will later come out as a print release via Createspace. The Kindle edition will feature both stories as well as an essay tribute to Jim Harmon whose love for radio western heroes was well known amongst fans. This digital edition will also include several photos resurrected from Don Glut’s archives showing the profound influence these radio cowboys had on the author and his peers. Pulp 2.0 Press’s print edition will include all of the above plus even more bonus features exclusive to the print version. Both versions will feature a stunning cover by artist Nik Macaluso (www.scripttease.tv) who created the fantastic blaxploitation cover art for Pulp 2.0’s first release BROTHER BLOOD (also by Glut).

The Robert E. Howard Reader - Coming very soon!
Darrell Schweitzer has announced that The Robert E. Howard Reader is going to press and should be available in a few days. You will be able to order it from Amazon or Wildside Press directly. Here is a list of the contents:

"Introduction" by Darrell Schweitzer
"Robert E. Howard: A Texan Master" by Michael Moorcock
"The Everlasting Barbarian" by Leo Grin
"Robert E. Howard’s Fiction" by L. Sprague de Camp
"The Art of Robert Ervin Howard" by Poul Anderson
"Howard’s Style" by Fritz Leiber
"What He Wrote and How They Said It" by Robert Weinberg
"Barbarism vs. Civilization" by S.T. Joshi
"Crash Go the Civilizations" by  Mark Hall
"Return to Xuthal" by Charles Hoffman
"Howard’s Oriental Stories" by Don D’Ammassa
"King Kull as a Prototype of Conan" by Darrell Schweitzer
"How Pure a Puritan Was Solomon Kane?" by Robert M. Price
"Balthus of Cross Plains" by George H. Scithers
"Fictionalizing Howar" by Gary Romeo
"A Journey to Cross Plain" by Howard Waldrop
"Weird Tales and the Great Depression" by Scott Connors
"After Aquilonia and Having Left Lankhmar: Sword & Sorcery Since the 1980s" by Steve Tompkins

Thanks to Damon Sasser, Morgan Holmes, and the REHupa Blog for the tip!
Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword #1
Coming December 22nd!

Writer: Marc Andreyko, Mark Finn, Roy Thomas, Paul Tobin
Artist: Tim Bradstreet, Robert Atkins, Tim Conrad, Barry Windsor-Smith, and others
Cover Artist: Esad Ribic

Continuing our tradition of bringing Robert E. Howard's incomparable characters to life, Dark Horse is proud to present the inaugural issue of Robert E. Howard's Savage Sword!

Each eighty--page, perfect--bound issue will showcase the exploits of Howard's heroes in new comic adventures and restored reprints of classic tales, and include a wide range of bonus material too! Some of these characters have never before appeared in comics--you'll see them here first, folks! Featuring the work of industry legends and today's top talent and hottest rising stars, this is a can't--miss series for fans of action--packed adventure comics!

Featured in this issue: Paul Tobin (Spider--Man & the Secret Wars), Wellinton Alves (Nova), Marc Andreyko (Manhunter), Robert Atkins (G.I. Joe), Tim Bradstreet (Punisher), Barry Windsor Smith (Conan), and more!

*Includes Roy Thomas, Tim Conrad, and Barry Windsor--Smith's acclaimed Savage Sword of Conan epic, "Worms of the Earth," recolored and reprinted in its entirety!

Publication Date: December 22, 2010
Format: Full Color, 80 pages
Price: $7.99

The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 9 - Coming February 8, 2011!
The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 9contains over five-hundred, jam-packed pages of adventure, betrayal, and revenge by some of the most respected names in comics! Michael Fleisher, John Buscema, Ernie Chan, Pablo Marcos, and other familiar talents make sure that Conan has his hands full with a demigod that wields the awesome powers of the leopard, three deadly dwarves, a siren with an army of undead pirates, and the return of the Devourer of Souls! This collection also includes the fan-favorite stories "The Blood Ruby of Death," in which a priceless gem turns even the staunchest of allies into enemies, and "When a God Lives," where the theft of a seemingly harmless statue unleashes the ancient, arcane energies of a god whose only goal is to destroy Conan and anyone else foolish enough to get in his way!

Paperback: 500 pages
ISBN-10: 1595826483
ISBN-13: 978-1595826480
List Price: $19.99

Triad Toys - John Carter, Tars Tarkas, and Zorro figures available for pre-order!
The long-awaited John Carter of Mars, Tars Tarkas, and Zorro figures are up for pre-order!
These have been a long time coming, but they're definitely well worth the wait.

Tars Tarkas is a massive 20-inch high M|X polystone that is scaled perfectly to display next to the John Carter and Dejah Thoris figures.
We also have more characters coming from Edgar Rice Burroughs' timeless masterpiece.
Now that Zorro is up, we're hard at work to wrap up Lady Rawhide and some more characters so stay tuned.











10 September 2010
Age of Aces - Now available!
 
 "The Iron Ace" by William E. Barrett
In the Misty Skies of WWI France, history is written with flaming guns! And Yank airman Hugh McQuillen had smashed his way into those history books as "The Iron Ace."

Assigned as the C.O. of a Royal Flying Corps squadron, and prowling the skies in his deadly war plane adorned with the Laughing Skull, he was a grim and unrelenting instrument of war who killed Germans with such ruthless efficiency that he became known on both sides of the line as "The Assassin." McQuillen believed there was no decent way to bring men to a violent end, so he would not bow to the "chivalry of the air" practiced by his R.F.C. mates and the Germans. This made the Iron Ace a marked man, and his enemies would stop at nothing to bring an end to his savage reign.

Written by William E. Barrett, the nine tales of "The Iron Ace" appeared in Sky Birds magazine from 1933 through 1934. Barrett is best remembered for his novels, The Left Hand of God and The Lillies of the Field. But he was initially a very busy writer for the pulp magazines. And while much of his work was in the air war mags, he also contributed to the western and detective pulps. One of Barrett's most popular characters appeared in a series of stories in Dime Detective. "Needle Mike" was an undercover crime fighter who posed as a tattoo artist.

"The Iron Ace" is available 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:
“They Had What It Takes – Part 15: Major Alexander de Seversky” by Alden McWilliams from the April 1938 FLYING ACES
In the late thirties Flying Aces ran Alden McWilliams’ monthly illustrated tribute to the pioneer fliers of the early days of aviation which was called “They Had What it Takes”. In the April 1938 issue they featured Major Alexander de Seversky, the Russian born aircraft designer who also invented a bomb sight and a mid-air refueling device.

Beb Books - Now available!

Wings of Danger
Arthur A. Nelson's fantastic Africian lost race novel, Wings of Danger - $8.00 plus postage
Abu, The Dawn-Maker
A tale of a slave revolt with Conanesque touches decades before Conan was ever born, by Perley Poore Sheenan - $8.00 plus postage
Two collections of Max Brand's non-western fiction
"One Glass of Wine and other stories"
Collects historical adventure, modern espionage and romance novellas and a coupple comedy shorts
$8.00 plus postage

"Devil Ritter and other stories"
Brings together all of Brands fantasy and science fiction published in the Munsey magazines (Deviol Ritter, John Overton Returns, That Receeding Brow, The Lost Garden and Woodward's Devil)
$8.00 plus postage
Two tales of south seas adventure by Gordon Young
"Savages" the first of his Hurricane Williams tales - $8.00 plus postage
"Storm Rovers," third in his Hurricane Williams stories - $8.00 plus postage
Hurricane Williams is a tightly wound, disgraces white man living in and among the natives of the south seas waging a war again the white who would exploit the native islands.
Kwa of the Ape Men
"Kwa of the Ape Men" - Collecting all six stories from Thrilling Adventures.
A boat-load of weird fun for just $8,00 plus postage
Secret Agent X
Beb Books will have six further reprints of the adventure of Secret Agent X, continuing the series from #17, Monarch of Murder to #26, Subterranean Scourge. (#20, while forthcoming will not be available at the convention.

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. Add 25 cents more for each 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









The Book Cave - New podcast now available online!
Episode 91:  Upcoming - New!
Art and Ric cover what they plan to be doing over the next few weeks. They even added a way that you can help with the podcast.
Episode 90: Pro Se Productions
Episode 89: Gideon Kane
Episode 88: Andrew Salmon
Episode 87: Klaatu's Return
Episode 86: Jim Anthony Volume 2: The Hunters
Episode 85:  4 Horsemen of FarmerCon
Episode 84:  James Campanella
Episode 83:  Perry Constantine
Episode 82: The Blond Adder
Episode 81: Farmercon
Episode 80: Art's Tale of Doc's friends

BOOM! STUDIOS: ROBERT E. HOWARD'S HAWKS OF OUTREMER #4 (of 4)
Arriving in comic shops September 15th!

Writer: Robert E. Howard, Michael Alan Nelson; Artist: Damian Couceiro
Covers by Damian Couceiro and fan-favorite The Savage Sword of Conan artist Joe Jusko!

In his quest for revenge, Cormac FitzGeoffery finds himself caught in a web of betrayal… one that can only be reconciled with blood. Don't miss the savage conclusion to BOOM!'s epic series based on the story by Robert E. Howard! Featuring a cover by fan-favorite Savage Sword of Conan artist, Joe Jusko!




Burroughs Bulletin #83 - Now available!
The Summer 2010 issue (#83) of the THE BURROUGHS BULLETIN is now available. 
This issue is dedicated to ERB foreign editions. 
It is profusely illustrated in black & white with full color front and back covers.
Articles include:
“Foreign Editions of the Burroughs Books: The View from the ERB Memorial Collection” by George T. McWhorter“
"Collecting ERB Foreign Editions: Reaching Out by Radio” by Tom Lindgren
“Tarzan á ...Íslandi: A Brief History of Edgar Rice Burroughs in Iceland” by Richard Korn
Bibliographer’s Banter: “Czech Editions of Edgar Rice Burroughs”
Art Gallery: Tarzan and Alley Oop
“What ERB Has Meant to Me” by Jack Bender
“Tarzan and the White Raven: A History of de Witte Raven Pocketbooks”
“The Secret of Exum”
“A Very Special Methuen”.
“The Chicago Muckers Chapter and the 2010 Dum-Dum”  plus the Editor's Page and Letters.

Subscriptions are $35 for four quarterly issues and 12 monthly issues of THE GRIDLEY WAVE newsletter. 
Send checks or money orders to:
Henry Franke, 318 Patriot Way, Yorktown, VA 23693.
Payment via Paypal is also accepted at BurroughsBibliophiles@gmail.com
Dynamite Dames 2011 Wall Calendar - Now available!
Dynamite Dames Wall Calendar: Hot dames, old flames and flashy trollops. These wily, scheming dangerous women are pure dynamite. In the 1940's, eight percent of pulp fiction readers were male. The paperbacks were instantly recognizable by their tawdry artwork and suggestive titles. This wall calendar features a dozen pulp fiction covers.

$13.95

Amazon.com

E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow in Review:
This weeks Shadow review is "Syndicate of Sin" from September 15, 1942.    

Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West
"Dutch Treat" from Black Mask December 1936. This would appear to be his last sale under the Paul Cain pen name.

Pulpgen-Online Pulps:   Now with over 1000 stories online!
"The Man Who Could Not Believe" by Blanche Theodore from ALL-STORY WEEKLY, August 16, 1919
A "Different Story" about a man who thinks he has committed suicide, and his ethereal adventures.
"Focus on Death" by Robert Leslie Bellem from HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE, January, 1944
Featuring: Dan Turner
They were making a cowboy picture, and of course the Indians' arrows had all been blunted. Nevertheless it was an arrow with sharpened tip that came out of the welter of battle to kill the lovely star!


Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Second Century - Now available!
In the 20th century, nearly a century ago, Edgar Rice Burroughs began publishing books about John Carter of Mars and Tarzan of the Apes. And that was just the beginning. His imagination took us on many new and exciting adventures. And his adventures are continue to be exciting entertainment even today. His works are still adapted into games, comics, television shows and motion pictures. Indeed, film director James Cameron has acknowledged that it was the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs that inspired almost directly much of the world and creatures of his record shattering motion picture, AVATAR. Many authors, artists, film makers and scientists credit Edgar Rice Burroughs with inspiring them to pursue their careers. Now, scholars and fans, members of a branch of the highly respected Burroughs Bibliophiles (the National Capital Panthans), have compiled this new book to share their joy of his works. With creativity and insight, they examine why so many people in so many countries of the world still find vital reasons to read the books by Edgar Rice Burroughs - even as we enter a second century of their entertaining the world. This book contains poetry, fiction, comics and illustrations as well as useful information on collecting all things Burroughs.
Paperback: 184 pages
ISBN-10: 1452871736
ISBN-13: 978-1452871738
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
$19.95
Elric Swords and Roses - Coming December 28th!
Written by Michael Moorcock
Illustrated by John Picacio
Foreword by Tad Williams
Paperback: 480 pages
ISBN-10: 0345498674
ISBN-13: 978-0345498670
$16.00
FANTOMAS: The Complete Film Series (1913-1914) DVD Set - Available September 21st!
Based on the phenomenally popular French pulp novellas, Louis Feuillade's outrageous, ambitious FANTÔMAS series became the gold standard of espionage serials in pre-WWI Europe, and laid the foundation for such immortal works as Feuillade's own Les Vampires and Fritz Lang's Dr. Mabuse films.

René Navarre stars as the criminal lord of Paris, the master of disguise, the creeping assassin in black: Fantômas. Over the course of five feature films (which combined to form a 5 1/2-hour epic), Fantômas, along with his accomplices and mistresses, are pursued by the equally resourceful Inspector Juve (Edmund Bréon) and his friend, journalist Jerôme Fandor (Georges Melchior).

THE FILMS:
Fantômas in the Shadow of the Guillotine (1913, 54 Min.)
Juve vs. Fantômas (1913, 62 Min.)
The Murderous Corpse (1913, 90 Min.)
Fantômas vs. Fantômas (1914, 60 Min.)
The False Magistrate (1914, 71 Min.)
Thanks to Greg Gick for the tip!

Friends of Old Time Radio Convention - October 21-24, 2010!
The 35th Annual Friends of Old Time Radio Convention (www.fotr.net) will take place October 21-24 2010 at the Ramada Plaza hotel in Newark, NJ.
The four day event features live recreations of classic old time radio programs with all-star casts as well as memorabilia, music, panel discussions, autographs and historical presentations.  The convention is a great way to meet and show appreciation for the veterans who made old time radio great as well as get to know some of the younger actors who are working to keep the tradition alive.
 
The invited guest list looks great so far.  I know everyone will enjoy seeing the great Simon Jones ("Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy") again. Shirley Mitchell (Lelia Ransom on Gildersleeve), New York area television host Chuck McCann, WXYZ veteran Elaine Hyman ("The Lone Ranger"), ABC announcer Bill Owen and Gloria McMillan (Harriet Conklin on Our Miss Brooks) are also back for more.  Local New York talk show legend Joe "Nostalgia King" Franklin will recreate his show live on stage, bringing his own surprises guests along.  Another great returning guest is Ivan Curry, star of "Bobby Benson and the B-Bar B Riders" on old time radio.  The guest list changes frequently, so keep checking the website for updates.

Thursday - Sunday programs include an afternoon program that consists of a recreation, panel discussions and dealer rooms.  The evening program features a buffet dinner in which there is at least one special guest at each table and all-star recreations.  It's a great way to socialize with the stars as well as see them perform.  On Sunday, there is a buffet breakfast and panel with remaining guests.

Shows scheduled for recreation this year include The Great Gildersleeve, The Adventures of Sam Spade, The First Nighter, Fibber McGee & Molly, Columbia Workshop, Screen Guild Theater and The Adventures of Superman.

Full information on the convention including room rates (historically low right now at $75/AAA) and registration information for the convention itself is available at www.fotr.net.

Please contact Sean Dougherty, publicity coordinator, at 201-739-2541 or SeanDD@optonline.net or @doughertysean on Twitter, or The Friends of Old
Time Radio Convention on Facebook for more information.

THE GREEN HORNET: PARALLEL LIVES #3 - Arriving in comic shops September 15th!
Writer: Jai Nitz; Artist: Nigel Raynor; Cover: Paul Renaud
The movie prequel continues to delve into the secret origins of Kato and Britt Reid.  Where did Kato get the idea for the Black Beauty and how did he learn to be a mechanic? Find out in this love-triangle-filled issue with illegal street racers and nitro-fueled chases.  Also, see what happens an ocean away when Britt gets the idea to do some racing of his own.
32 pages, Full Color, $3.99

Hawkmoon: The Sword of the Dawn - Now available!
In Michael Moorcock’s vast and imaginative multiverse, Law and Chaos wage war in a never-ending struggling over the fundamental rules of existence. Here in this universe, Dorian Hawkmoon traverses a world of antique cities, scientific sorcery, and crystalline machines as he pulled unwillingly into a war that pits him against the ruthless and dominating armies of Granbretan.

In The Sword of the Dawn, Dorian Hawkmoon’s quest to destroy the Dark Empire of Granbretan leads him onto the path of a man who possess a rare ring that allows men to travel through time.  Hawkmoon uses this ring to travel to a far future New Orleans, where he must battle the Pirate Lords who possess the Great Sword of the Dawn, which can end the Dark Empire once and for all.

Paperback: 224 pages
ISBN-10: 076532475X
ISBN-13: 978-0765324757
$14.99
Hawkmoon: The Runestaff - Coming December 7th!
In Michael Moorcock’s vast and imaginative multiverse, Law and Chaos wage war in a never-ending struggling over the fundamental rules of existence. Here in this universe, Dorian Hawkmoon traverses a world of antique cities, scientific sorcery, and crystalline machines as he pulled unwillingly into a war that pits him against the ruthless and dominating armies of Granbretan.

Paperback: 208 pages
ISBN-10: 0765324768
ISBN-13: 978-0765324764
$14.99


Hippocampus Press - Discount on new titles  -  I AM PROVIDENCE shipping soon!
Order both collections of horror by Jonathan Thomas and save!

TEMPTING PROVIDENCE AND OTHER STORIES is our new collection of horror fiction from Jonathan Thomas. The title story finds the ghost of H. P. Lovecraft lingering over his city, shaping the ways it has evolved... Other tales introduce a Lord of the Animals who seems to have an inexplicable sympathy with our four-footed friends, and a man whose quest for an extremely rare psychedelic album leads to something much stranger...

In these twelve stories, Thomas fulfills the promise of his earlier work from Hippocampus, MIDNIGHT CALL AND OTHER STORIES, and proves himself one of the leading figures in contemporary supernatural horror. Reviews will be appearing soon, but order now and see why this new collection has already been praised by Sherry Austin and T.E.D. Klein.

For a limited time, order MIDNIGHT CALL together with TEMPTING PROVIDENCE for a special discounted price.
The fourth volume of THE LOVECRAFT ANNUAL has been released and is now available to ship.
Visit our website for the full table of contents of this 2010 edition, and to order!
And the news everyone wants to hear: I AM PROVIDENCE by S. T. Joshi begins shipping in about a week. The books are on their way from the printer right now, and will be arriving here soon. We will commence filling orders immediately. There are still a few signed copies of this monumental Lovecraft biography to be had, so order today! Everyone who already ordered will receive a copy signed by S. T. Joshi.

McFarland: Radio Crime Fighters by Jim Cox - Now available!
In the early days of radio, producers, directors and scriptwriters were well aware of the listening public’s fascination with subject matter that was tinged with almost any form of wrongdoing. Stories that compared right and wrong, portrayed crime and punishment, and showed the characters upholding law and order kept audiences of every age hooked on this type of program for more than thirty years.

This work covers over 300 syndicated radio mystery and adventure serials that aired in the early or middle twentieth century. To be included in the book, a series must have included one or more characters who regularly appeared in occupations or avocations that fought against espionage, theft, murder, and other criminal activities. Each entry includes the name of the series, air dates (stations and times are noted), the sponsor, extant episodes, cast information (such as the directors, writers, composers, announcers, lead actors and supporting actors), and a brief synopsis.

ISBN 978-0-7864-4324-6
photos, appendix, bibliography, index
333 pages, softcover, 7 x 10
Price: $39.95

Moonstone Books: PHANTOM DOUBLE SHOT #6: KGB NOIR
 Arriving in comic shops September 15th!
Writer: Mike Bullock and Joe Gentile;  Artist: Fernado Peniche; Cover by Denis Calero

A special noir mini-series starring The Phantom with tectonic tie-in tales featuring Moonstone Books' best and brightest stars! The Phantom hits the nail on the head...with the Hammer...to conclude this gritty six part story with a bang!

And then, The Spider is out for revenge as an innocent woman and child is killed and NKVD agents are roaming the streets looking to take down one of their own!

24 pages, black and white, $2.99.

The Norvell Page Blog - Now online!
Learn more about the man who wrote The Spider and other pulps, Norvell Page! This site has been experiencing a rapid  growth.
Pulp readers will want to check back often to enjoy the new content.

Pulpville Press: Pulp Tales Presents #17 - Now available!
BLACK WINGS OF DEATH by G. T. Fleming-Roberts

A collection of Thrilling Mystery stories by the author of CAPTAIN ZERO and THE GHOST.
CONTENTS:
Ghouls of the Green Web
I Love the Dead
The Man Who Couldn't Die
Dead Tongues of Terror
Next Time I Die
Blood of the Mummy
Black Wings of Death
Danger in the Dark



Trade Paperback, 7x10, 132 pages, $15
MYSTERIOUS ISLAND by Jules Verne
The complete classic trilogy of Jules Verne's THE MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, illustrated by N. C. Wyeth.
Hardcover, 394 pages, $30
Trade Paperback, 394 pages, $20




Radio Spirits: The Shadow: Radio Treasures - Now available!
Radio listeners first heard the sinister laugh of The Shadow on July 31, 1930. This 80th anniversary treasury includes two never-before-released shows starring Orson Welles and Margot Stevenson - "Revenge on the Shadow" and "The Hospital Murders"- from previously lost transcription records.

This 9-Hour digitally restored and remastered collection also includes the premiere broadcast of the 1937 radio revival, Agnes Moorehead's final network appearance as Margot Lane, and performances by Bill Johnstone, Bret Morrison, Marjorie Anderson, Grace Matthews, Lesley Woods, Richard Widmark, Kenny Delmar, Ken Roberts, Frank Readick, James LaCurto, and more.

The Shadow's concealed confrontations with mad scientists, evil mystics, and political players…his menacing meddling in the affairs of religious cults and gamblers…his enigmatic escapades all over the globe, from Broadway theaters to exotic Egypt still thrill after 8 decades!

Includes Program Guide by Anthony Tollin with photographs and background information about the series.

Duration: 9 hours
Media: (9) CDs
Price: $35.95
Thanks to John Olsen for the tip!

The Shadow: Radio Treasures
The Death House Rescue 0 9-26-37
The Phantom Voice 02-06-38
The Bride of Death 03-06-38
The White Legion 03-20-38
Revenge on the Shadow 07-31-38
The Hospital Murders 08-14-38
The Man Who Murdered Time 01-01-39 (Broadcast 08-20-39)
Prelude to Terror 01-29-39
Can the Dead Talk? 03-19-39
The Shadow Returns 11-19-39
The Sandhog Murders 11-26-39
The Stockings Were Hung 12-24-39
Death in a Minor Key 09-29-40
The Shadow Challenged 01-19-41
Etched with Acid 03-17-46
Murders on the Main Stem 12-15-46
Spider Boy 06-01-47
The Comic Strip Killer 11-23-47

Robert E. Howard: Two- Gun Raconteur Blog - Mark Finn interview on his upcoming El Borak comic book story!
Mark Finn has taken some time out from his busy schedule to be interviewed by the REH Two-Gun Raconteur Blog about the new El Borak comic book story he is working on for Dark Horse Comics. Mark's El Borak story will be illustrated by Tim Bradstreet!

ROBERT E. HOWARD’S SAVAGE SWORD is a new 80-page, perfect bound, quarterly series beginning in December 2010. The book will feature the exploits of well-known heroes like Conan and Solomon Kane while also shining a spotlight on some of REH’s lesser known characters such as Dark Agnes, El Borak, Bran Mak Morn, and Sailor Steve Costigan.


Sherlock Holmes (1964-1965) - Coming September 14th!
The classic BBC run of Sherlock Holmes starring Douglas Wilmer is finally available on DVD!
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective has enthralled generations since his first appearance in 1887.
In 1964 BBC commissioned a series with Douglas Wilmer as Holmes and Nigel Stock as his faithful friend Dr. Watson.
After thirteen episodes, Wilmer quit due to the rigors of a tight shooting schedule.

This DVD, never before released, includes some of the best stories from the canon.
Whether it's the horrifying case of The Speckled Band or the fascinating story behind The Red Headed League, this is a DVD must have for all Sherlock and mystery fans.

Pilot: The Speckled Band
Episode 1 - The Illustrious Client
Episode 2 - The Devil's Foot
Episode 3 - The Copper Beeches
Episode 4 - The Red-Headed League
Episode 6 - The Six Napoleons
Episode 7 - The Man with the Twisted Lip
Episode 8 - The Beryl Coronet
Episode 10 - Charles Augustus Milverton
Epsiode 11 - The Retired Colourman
Episode 12 - The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax

This 2-DVD set will retail for $19.98.
It can now be pre-ordered from BBC America for $15.98.
Strange Wonders: A Collection of Rare Fritz Leiber Works - Coming in October!
By Fritz Leiber
In regards to Fritz Leiber, I believe that publication of such unpublished and uncollected works only strengthens his literary greatness. Through fragments, drafts and practice writings, we can clearly see the evolution from Leiber, the amateur, to Leiber, the professional. We are exposed to the clear way in which he dedicated his life to the written word and trained his abilities to produce the award-winning masterpieces that we read even today. While some may object to such a volume, I ask them this—is not the dream just as important as the empire that had been built from it? Are not the blueprints and sketches as impressive as the buildings and the artwork? We must place all this into perspective, and see that publishing such works is not a smear upon Leiber’s legacy. Rather, it completes a full circle. If we are asked to be thorough in the biography of an individual, then we must also do so for their bibliography.
Trade: $40
ISBN: 978-1-59606-324-2
Length: 280 pages (Trade Edition)
William Preston
Doc Savage and his life are alluded to in a William Preston short story published in Asimov's Science Fiction (March 2010)  entitled "Helping Them Take The Old Man Down." The prequel to "Helping Them Take the Old Man Down," entitled "Clockworks," has been picked up by Asimov's.

Thanks to Art Sippo for the tip!


03 September 2010
2010-2012 Film Release Dates
November 19, 2010
November 26, 2010
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HOLLOWS 1
RED DAWN
January 1, 2011
January 14, 2011
May 6, 2011
May 20, 2011
June 3, 2011
June 17, 2011
July 15, 2011
July 22, 2011
July 29, 2011
October 7, 2011
SINBAD THE FIFTH VOYAGE (Limited release)
THE GREEN HORNET
THOR
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES
X-MEN FIRST CLASS
GREEN LANTERN
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS 2
THE FIRST AVENGER: CAPTAIN AMERICA
COWBOYS & ALIENS
MARVIN THE MARTIAN
May 4, 2012
THE AVENGERS














22nd Annual NYC Collectable Paperback & Pulp Fiction Expo -  Sunday, September 19, 2010!
The 22nd Annual NYC Collectable Paperback & Pulp Fiction Expo will be held on Sunday, September 19, 2010. 
Watch the Gryphon Books website soon for more news and guests on the big 2010 show!

Confirmed guest authors and artists include:
ELAINE DUILLO, famous cover artist.
LINTON BALDWIN, Lion Books crime author.
ANNETTE & MARTIN MEYERS, mystery author couple who also write as Maan Meyers.
SANDY KOSSIN, classic vintage paperback cover artist.
JACK KETCHUM, horror and fantasy author.
C.J. HENDERSON, crime, fantasy and SF author.
MARVIN KAYE, fantasy author and Sherlockian anthologist.
PETER STRAUB, masterful horror and fantasy author.
MORRIS HERSHMAN, Manhunt author and soft-core author as Arnold English.
RON GOULART, master storyteller, SF writer, pulp and comic book scholar, more.
KEN WISHNIA, had crime mystery author.
MARCUS BOAS, fabulous fantasy artist.
ANN BANNON, Famous Gold Medal author of lesbian pulp novels.
MARIJANE MEAKER, (aka Vin Packer, Ann Aldrich), tentative to appear
RHODA PLOTKIN, wife of famed cover artist Barney Plotkin,
STAN TRYBULSKI, crime author.


ADVENTURE TALES #6 - Available September 7th!
This issue of ADVENTURE TALES includes 3 stories by H. Bedford-Jones:
"Mustered Out"
"The Badman's Brand"
"Surprise in Sulphur Springs") plus:

"The Fugitive Statue," by Vincent Starrett (featuring detective Jimmy Lavender)
"Miracle," by John D. Swain
"The Devil's Heirloom," by Anthony M. Rud
"The Tapir," by Arthur O. Friel
"Thubway Tham's Dog," by Johnston McCulley
"Lancelot Biggs Cooks a Pirate," by Nelson S. Bond
"Payable to Bearer," a crime novelet by Talbot Mundy

Poetry by: Avram Davidson, Poul Anderson, Clark Ashton Smith, and Fritz Leiber.

ISBN: 1-4344-1773-5
7" x 10" (pulp size), 152 pages, $12.95

Age of Aces - Now available!
 
 "The Iron Ace" by William E. Barrett
In the Misty Skies of WWI France, history is written with flaming guns! And Yank airman Hugh McQuillen had smashed his way into those history books as "The Iron Ace."

Assigned as the C.O. of a Royal Flying Corps squadron, and prowling the skies in his deadly war plane adorned with the Laughing Skull, he was a grim and unrelenting instrument of war who killed Germans with such ruthless efficiency that he became known on both sides of the line as "The Assassin." McQuillen believed there was no decent way to bring men to a violent end, so he would not bow to the "chivalry of the air" practiced by his R.F.C. mates and the Germans. This made the Iron Ace a marked man, and his enemies would stop at nothing to bring an end to his savage reign.

Written by William E. Barrett, the nine tales of "The Iron Ace" appeared in Sky Birds magazine from 1933 through 1934. Barrett is best remembered for his novels, The Left Hand of God and The Lillies of the Field. But he was initially a very busy writer for the pulp magazines. And while much of his work was in the air war mags, he also contributed to the western and detective pulps. One of Barrett's most popular characters appeared in a series of stories in Dime Detective. "Needle Mike" was an undercover crime fighter who posed as a tattoo artist.

"The Iron Ace" is available from Amazon, Mike Chomko Books, and Adventure House.

 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: Nothing new this week.

 
Airship 27 Productions - Now available!
TALES OF THE BAGMAN 
(A New Hero in Old Chicago)

Airship 27 Productions & Cornerstone Book Publishers are happy to announce the release of their thirtieth title, TALES OF THE BAGMAN by B.C. Bell.   This book features the debut of a brand new pulp hero, the Bagman, and he’s unlike any other crime buster you’ve ever seen before.

In the 1930s, Chicago was one of the fastest growing metropolises in the country.  Situated on mighty Lake Michigan, it was the home to millions of hard working Americans looking to a better themselves.  The Windy City was also shackled by its bootleg history, a time of violent gang wars that had permanently established a brutal underworld empire second to none.  Corruption was the order of the day and both the police and government were in the pay of the mob bosses.

Frank “Mac” McCullough was a foot-soldier in one of the city’s toughest families until he was ordered to rough up his uncle; a decent man with a gambling problem.  The innate decency in Mac rebelled and suddenly he found himself up against the very men he had once admired and followed.  Determined to put an end to their lawlessness, he put a bag over his head as a crude disguise only to become labeled the Bagman by the press. 

Now writer B.C. Bells tells the amazing stories of old Chicago’s most unique hero.  Aided solely by a tough, black WW I veteran named Crankshaft, Mac wages war against the mobs in these fast pace, non-stop action tales pulp fans will cheer. “Bell’s writing is a terrific mix of pulp action and wry humor,” applauds Airship 27 Productions’ Ron Fortier.  “It’s really a breath of fresh air in the pulp genre and we know our fans are going to love the Bagman.” Designed by Rob Davis, the book features nine illustrations by Kelly Everaert and a gorgeous cover by Laura Givens.  Airship 27 Productions is thrilled to present pulpdom’s newest avenger, THE BAGMAN.
AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTIONS – PULP FICTION FOR A NEW GENERATION!

ISBN:  1-934935-76-X
ISBN 13:  978-1-934935-76-7
Produced by Airship 27 Productions
Published by Cornerstone Book Publishers
Retail Price: $21.95

Available now at on-line store (http://www.gopulp.info/)

Altus Press: ECHOES INDEX - Now available!
Matt Moring has compiled a complete index of ECHOES, the longest-running pulp fanzine published by Tom & Ginger Johnson/Fading Shadows Inc..
The Echoes Index is made available as a PDF free of charge for pulp fans and scholars everywhere.

Fading Shadows Inc. was born in June 1982 with the publication of ECHOES-SPECIAL ISSUE. The stated goal of the publication was to publish the best articles and art, written and drawn by the experts in the field. This first issue contained articles by Bob Sampson, Nick Carr, Ginger Johnson and Link Hullar with a cover and interior art by Frank Hamilton. Two months later, ECHOES Volume 1 Number 1 was published. This issue continued the tradition of publishing the best articles and art that fandom had to offer. ECHOES continued to be published on a bi-monthly schedule until the final issue (#100) as a fanzine in August 1998. ECHOES continued as a monthly newszine until issue 176 dated December 2004.

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in early October!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 41: "The Seven Agate Devils" and "The Flying Goblin"
HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
Thrill to the original pulp exploits of DC Comics' newest superstar as the Man of Bronze returns in two thrill-packed novels by Lester Dent, Martin Baker and William Bogart writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, Doc Savage investigates a series of bizarre Hollywood murders surrounding "The Seven Agate Devils," strange Satanic statuettes left at the scene of each killing. Then, a rocket attack frees a deranged patient from Doc Savage's "Crime College" and the Man of Bronze journeys to Sleepy Hollow in search of "The Flying Goblin." BONUS: a Doc Savage chiller from the Golden Age of Radio! This classic pulp reprint features the color pulp covers by Walter Baumhofer and Emery Clarke, Paul Orban's original interior illustrations and historical commentary by Will Murray, writer of seven Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-036-6  Softcover, 7x10, 144 pages, b&w, $14.95
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
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in early October!
THE SHADOW Volume 42: "Bells of Doom" and "The Murdering Ghost"
HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
The Knight of Darkness investigates paranormal mayhem in two heart-stopping thrillers by Walter Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant" and an eerie lost thriller from the Golden Age of Radio! First, the ghostly death knell of "Bells of Doom" foretells serial slaughter in one of the all-time greatest Shadow thrillers. Then, a psychic investigator's scientific study of seances unleashes a series of killings by "The Murdering Ghost" in a novel that draws upon Gibson's work with Houdini debunking fake spiritualists. This instant collector's item showcases both classic pulp covers by George Rozen, the original interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Paul Orban and commentary by popular-culture historians Will Murray and Anthony Tollin.
(Sanctum Books)  978-1-60877-035-9  Softcover, 7x10. 128 ages, b&w, $14.95
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
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)


All Pulp Blog - New website now online!
Against the backdrop of the Great Depression, the exciting field of pulp fiction took hold.  Now, those sensibilities are returning as pulp fiction is booming once more!  All Pulp is your source to the Who, What, When, Where, and How of the Modern Pulp Revival!!

All Pulp is a new, innovative source for pulp news, reviews, interviews, and two fisted goodies in one location. Delivering new content daily, All Pulp intends to be the best outlet for the latest and greatest in the high octane, action packed genre of pulp.

Pulling its staff from across the field, All Pulp is manned by an eclectic, inspired group of seven writers and fans ready to bring their best to every word they write.  Ron Fortier, Barry Reese, Sarge Portera, Derrick Ferguson, Bobby Nash, Van Plexico, and Tommy Hancock represent the broad spectrum of subgenres, interests, and approaches that make pulp the powerhouse it is today!

Want your book reviewed?  Get in touch with All Pulp!  Want fandom to see your hot topic news releases?  Send `em to All Pulp!  Are you the best thing to happen to pulp since Street and Smith? Let All Pulp interview you!!  Want to hear opinions, plans, theories, and good ol' rousing discussion of pulp tales, characters, conspiracies, and conundrums?  Get lost in the Columns and the Panel at All Pulp!

Books, movies, old and new time radio, any and everything that could relate to the pulp genre will be covered and found at All Pulp! 
Send any questions, releases, or anything you want covered to allpulp@yahoo.com  Daily content updates guaranteed! 

Two Fisted News and More Delivered Daily…from All Pulp!
Going Live Friday, September 3, 2010 at http://allpulp.blogspot.com/

Black Coat Press - September releases are now available!
HELGVOR OF THE BLUE RIVER
Two short novels of prehistoric adventure by J.-H. Rosny aîné and adapted by Brian Stableford—“The Giant Feline” and the title story.
In Helgvor of the Blue River (1929), two desperate women flee their barbarous tribe, and cross paths with a prodigious warrior. The Giant Feline (1918) features two friends of different races who set off in search of greener pastures for their tribe, befriend a wild creature, and ally themselves with Wolf-Women... Rosny’s final, action-packed prehistoric adventure novels chart the domestication and integration of savage human instincts into sympathetic culture. Together with Vamireh and Quest for Fire, they combine the restless vigor of youth, the violence and wisdom of ages, the species-imperative of accepting difference and diversity, and the exhilarating joy of defying tyranny and death. $23 (softcover)

CHRONOLYSIS
One of the most important French SF novels of the 1970s, Michael Jeury’s novel deals with time and its manipulation through the use of chronolytic drugs. Its protagonists are psychronauts, helpless explorers of a confusing, multidimensional universe, facing threats from alternate realities, such as Harry Krupp Hitler 1st, Emperor of the Undetermined, or the mysterious Phords from the future world of Garichankar. They search for secret paradises, hidden within the folds of space and time, away from their bleak realities. Also includes a foreword by Theodore Sturgeon, a biography and illustrated bibliography of Jeury, and a never-before-published short story. Adapted by Maxim Jakubowski. $23 (softcover)

THE SONG OF MONTSÉGUR
A team of spelunkers is found dead in mysterious circumstances in the shadow of the once-proud Cathar redoubt of Montségur, in Southern France. What mysterious treasure were they seeking--and did they find it? A ruthless battle over long-buried secrets is going to pit the Roman Catholic Church against an ancient secret society and descendents of the Nazis who once looked for the Holy Grail in Montségur, with the very future of Humanity at stake...

Published in France two years before the world-famous Da Vinci Code, The Song of Montségur is an award-winning, fast-paced supernatural thriller which blends elements from French history with modern-day conspiracies.


The Book Cave - New podcast now available online!
Episode 90: Pro Se Productions - New!
It's a Pro Se Party!  Ric and guest co host Tommy Hancock  have two hours of Pro Se Press goodness.
Episode 89: Gideon Kane
Episode 88: Andrew Salmon
Episode 87: Klaatu's Return
Episode 86: Jim Anthony Volume 2: The Hunters
Episode 85:  4 Horsemen of FarmerCon
Episode 84:  James Campanella
Episode 83:  Perry Constantine
Episode 82: The Blond Adder
Episode 81: Farmercon
Episode 80: Art's Tale of Doc's friends

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

 
BOOM! STUDIOS: THE CALLING: CTHULHU CHRONICLES #3 - Arriving in comic shops September 9th!
Writter: Michael Alan Nelson, Joanna Stokes; Artist: Christopher Possenti
The Cthulhu Chronicles continue to unravel… and no one is safe! Clayton Diggs's journey into a Lovecraft-inspired world of horror worsens, and more terrifying pieces begin falling into place. Clayton finally learns the identity of the mysterious man in the photographs. But the answers he finds only lead to more questions… An all-new ongoing supernatural horror series with a decidedly modern spin from superstar writing team Michael Alan Nelson (28 Days Later, Hexed) and Johanna Stokes (Death Valley, Station)!
32 pages, Full Color, $3.99
Centipede Press - Coming in October!
MASTERS OF THE WEIRD TALE: FRANK BELKNAP LONG
The largest collection of Long’s stories ever assembled in one volume, including many stories reprinted for the first time since their original publication in the pulps over fifty years ago. Featuring original illustrations by Allen Koszowski, Randy Broecker, and others, an illuminating introduction by editor John Pelan, a gallery of cover art from previous Long books, and photographs of the author. The essential collection of Long’s work, including the complete short novel ”The Horror from the Hills,” heavily illustrated in both color and black & white, bound in cloth with a full cloth slipcase, and limited to 200 signed and numbered copies.

$225 (prepublication price - You must preorder to receive the price reduction.)
The price of this volume will increase to $295 upon publication, expected in October.


CLASSIC RED SONJA “RE-MASTERED” #4 - Arriving in comic shops September 9th!
Writer: Roy Thomas; Artist: Esteban Maroto;  Cover: Esteban Maroto
The classic series written by the legendary writer Roy Thomas continues! 
Joined by artist Esteban Maroto, this comic is re-mastered in color for the first time ever!
32 pages, Full Color,    $3.99
The Clayton Astounding: Planetoids of Peril - Now available!
The third volume in this series dedicated to the Astounding Stories of Super-Science, edited by Harry Bates between 1930-1933. Not the Golden Age Astounding of John W. Campbell but the fun, BEM-filled Pulp of SF adventure.

This volume is filled with tales of planets and moons covered with alien monsters and terrible chills. featuring work by Anthony Pelcher, Sewell Peaslee Wright, Edmond Hamilton, Charles W. Diffin, Paul Ernst and Robert H. Wilson.
With introductions and commentary by G. W. Thomas.
Pages: 218
Binding: Perfect-bound Paperback
Interior Ink Black & white
Dimensions (inches): 6.0 wide × 9.0 tall
Price: $13.99


Conan
In the September 2 WASHINGTON POST, Lisa de Moraes reports that Conan O'Brien can call his new talk show "Conan" after receiving a license from Conan Properties International, which has a trademark on the name.  

CONAN: THE NEWSPAPER STRIPS VOLUME 1
Arriving in comic shops September 9th!
Writers: Roy Thomas and Doug Moench
Artists: John Buscema, Ernie Chan, Alfredo Alcala, Rudy Nebres, Pablo Marcos, Alan Kupperberg, and Tom Yeates

From September 4, 1978, until April 12, 1981, thousands of readers across the country thrilled to the daily adventures of everyone's favorite barbarian, Conan! Now Dark Horse Comics is proud to present the Conan newspaper strips collected for the first time in a handsome hardcover volume. Readers will once again enjoy the talents of Roy Thomas, Doug Moench, John Buscema, Ernie Chan, Alfredo Alcala, Rudy Nebres, Pablo Marcos, Alan Kupperberg, and Tom Yeates as they artfully unfold the continuing saga of Conan in these daily comic strips!

Collects daily and Sunday strips from September 4, 1978, through December 23, 1979.
The strips in this volume are by Roy Thomas, John Buscema, and Ernie Chan.

Volume 2 will collect the remaining strips from December 24, 1979 through April 12, 1981!
280 pages, $34.99

Doc Con XIII - November 13, 2010!
Doc Con XIII will be held in Peoria Arizona at the home of Jay Ryan - November 13, 2010 (Event Coordinator - William Lampkin)
The Doc Con XIII schedule is coming together nicely. On the bill this year will be:
  • A Discussion about Arizona State University students' essays on Doc Savage/Prof. Challenger (from "Lost World"), by Paul Cook
  • Doc's vest vs. Batman's utility belt (as well as their other gadgets), by Steve Ringgenberg
  • A look at "Monk Mayfair as Doc Savage's Id," by Fred Forino
  • Something puzzling from the Doc Con quiz master, Glenn Horner
  • Something having to do with the Doc Savage Method of Self Development, by Jay Ryan
  • The forgotten Doc Savage TV script, by William Lampkin
  • A video retrospective of Doc Savage comic books, with contributions by Howard Wright, Jay Ryan, Courtney Rogers and William Lampkin
  • Doc Con After Dark will feature the screening of a video on the pulp era.
Of course, if anyone else would like to contribute a segment (or if I have left you out), please let William Lampkin know. We'd love to have you do something. (William Lampkin is this year's con coordinator. Jay Ryan will be hosting the con at his home.)

The "official" con day is Saturday, Nov. 13, but Friday night, Nov. 12, kicks of the gathering with a radio play re-enactment. Then Sunday morning, Nov. 14, will be a breakfast for those wishing to get together one last time.

Cost for the con will be $20 again this year, which includes a copy of "The Big Book of Bronze, Volume 3."
Hope to see you there!
DOC SAVAGE #6 - Arriving in comic shops September 9th!
Written by IVAN BRANDON; Co-feature written by JASON STARR 
Art by NIC KLEIN; Co-feature art by SCOTT HAMPTON 
Cover by J.G. JONES; 1:10 Variant cover by JOHN CASSADAY

The events of “The Lord of Lightning” have left Doc and his crew somewhere they’ve never been — on the wrong side of the law! They’ve explored some strange lands in the past, but in the criminal underworld, they’ve lost their way! It’s a thrilling done-in-one from the creators of the acclaimed Image comic Viking! And in the JUSTICE, INC. co-feature, a new case sheds light on the violent past of Smitty, one of Benson’s most trusted detectives… and sets both men on a bloody odyssey that will clearly draw the line between “Vengeance and Murder!”
40 pages, Full Color, $3.99

E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow in Review:
There is no new Shadow review this week.    

Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West
"Dutch Treat" from Black Mask December 1936. This would appear to be his last sale under the Paul Cain pen name.

Pulpgen-Online Pulps:   Now with over 1000 stories online!
"Hick's Tricks" by G. R. Taggart from POPULAR DETECTIVE, August, 1939
A City Sleuth and a Country Town Marshal team up in order to trim a kidnapper!
"Corpse Collector" by Norman A. Daniels from SECRET AGENT "X", November, 1935
Captain Stone was an office cop till the Shotgun Gang mowed down a buddy in that bank stick-up. Then he decided to turn corpse collector - but the Shotgun Gang wanted Captain Stone for a death decoy, and they were ready to use bullet persuasion.
"Woman into Leopard" by Seabury Quinn from SHORT STORIES, August 10th, 1946
Featuring: Hiji
How a Jungle murder scam was thwarted by a pair of stones, and a pelt... The 11th in the Hiji saga.
 
Fantom Press - Now available!
Paul Malmont signed Doc Savage 1-4 comic sets now in stock at Fantom Press!

In stock and ready for immediate shipment are signed sets of DC Comics new Doc Savage series.

Sets include hand signed copies of issues 1 through 4 containing author Paul Malmont’s four issue tale “The Lord of Lightning”.  
Each issue is signed and numbered by Mr. Malmont and is in an edition of 25 sets.
Each issue is bagged and boarded in Mylar with and acid free back board. Sets are issued with a certificate of authenticity.

Introductory priced at only $15.99 a sets plus $4.00 postage within the US, get you copies now before they are gone!
http://www.fantompress.net/doc_savage_comics_signed_sets
All profits from the sales of Fantom Press items go to help out Doc Savage artists Bob Larkin and Family.


Girasol Collectables - September 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 #60 featuring "The City That Paid to Die" from September 1938. $35

Our second Replica this month is WEIRD TALES #26 from November 1925. $35

Our third Replica is SPICY-DETECTIVE #26 from June 1936 - $25

Girasol also accepts Paypal as an alternate method of payment.
Other than Replicas, please confirm availability first before ordering items such as pulp magazines or other books.
Payments can be made to our regular info@girasolcollectables.com email address.

As always, these reprints  are exact copies including the illustrations, ads, and back-up stories and have been printed on off-white paper, staple-bound and finished off with a high quality reproduction of the original cover.
The only thing missing is the smell (alas) and the flaking newsprint.

Email Girasol Collectables at: info@girasolcollectables.com.
A complete listing, along with other items such as books, fanzines and of course pulps, can be found on
the Girasol Collectables website at http://www.girasolcollectables.com/

All payments must be made in $US payable to Girasol Collectables and mailed to:
Neil Mechem c/o Girasol Collectables
3501 GlenErin Drive, Apt. 1409,
Mississauga, ON, Canada L5L 2E9





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
#2  October 1935
#3  November 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)
#14Blood 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 (September 1935)
#19 Attack of the Blizzard Men (October 1935)
#20 Scourge of the Invisible Death (November 1935)
#21 Raiders of the Red Death (December 1935)
#22  War-Dogs of the Green Destroyer (January 1936)
#23 Rockets From Hell (February 1936)

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
#27 December 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
#15 July 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
 #26 June 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
#26 June 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 (Sept 1937)
#49 The City That Dared Not Eat (October 1937)
#50 Master of the Flaming Horde (November 1937)
#51 Satan's Switchboard (December 1937)
#52 Legion of the Accursed Light (January 1938)
#53 The City of Lost Men (February 1938)
#54 The Grey Horde Creeps (March 1938)
#55 City of Whispering Death (April 1938)
#56 When Thousands Slept in Hell (May 1938)
#57 Satan's Shackles (June 1938)
#58 The Emperor from Hell (July 1938)
#59  The Devil's Candlesticks (August 1938)
#60  The City That Paid to Die (September 1938)  

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
#24 Sept-Oct 1936
#25 Nov-Dec 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
#17 February 1925
#22  July 1925
#23  August 1925
#24  September 1925
 #25  October 1925
#26 November 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 -  September 11, 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.

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


GREEN HORNET GOLDEN AGE RE-MASTERED #2 - Arriving in comic shops September 9th!
Writer: Based on stories by Fran Striker; Artist: Bert Whitman Associates; Cover: Joe Rubenstein
A new series of Golden Age reprints featuring the classic adventures of the original Green Hornet! Each issue in this new series of classic Hornet material is 40 big pages, featuring stories all inspired by the man who started it all, Fran Striker! Completely re-mastered for today’s discerning reader and collector, Dynamite has also commissioned Joe Rubenstein to create brand-new covers, inspired by the golden Age comics of yesteryear!
40 pages, Full Color, $3.99
THE GREEN HORNET STRIKES! #3 - Arriving in comic shops September 9th!
Writer: Brett Matthews; Artist: Ariel Padilla; Cover: John Cassaday
Chicago’s turf war has a new player... and its greatest hero. THE GREEN HORNET AND KATO. But the Hornet is hunted, untested, and untrained... will he survive under the pressures of the criminal world around him? Dynamite’s ambitious Green Hornet comic books don’t get much more ambitious than this, the ultimate tale of the Green Hornet! Featuring covers by John Cassaday and the writing of Brett Matthews along with artist Ariel Padilla!

 32 pages, Full Color, $3.99
THE GREEN HORNET: YEAR ONE #5 - Arriving in comic shops September 9th!
Writter: Matt Wagner; Art: Aaron Campbell
Covers: John Cassaday; Francesco Francavilla (1-in-10)
The penultimate issue to the first story arc is here! Delve deeper into the origin of the original Green hornet as Britt Reed returns home in the aftermath of his father’s death and inherits not only the Daily Sentinal and his dad’s fortune, but also his thirst for justice. In the mist of this upheaval in his life, the seeds for his secret crusade as The Green Hornet are sown! Meanwhile in “present day,” The Hornet and Kato continue to sting the criminal operation of mob-boss “Skid” Caruso, who’s still running illegal booze, even AFTER the repeal of Prohibition.

32 pages, Full Color, $3.99
Hamilton/Brackett Day - October 21, 2010!
Organizer Don Sutton and the Kinsman Historical Society have selected October 21, 2010 as the date for the (happily) re-named "Hamilton/Brackett Day."  Haffner Press will send and post updates as they become available, but the approach this year is to acknowledge the efforts of *both* Ed & Leigh, and the date has been moved from the middle of summer and to Hamilton's birthday.  Leigh's birthday is December 7th, but Northeast Ohio's weather can be dicey at that time of the year.

Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention -  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.


Moonstone Books: THE SPIDER #1
Coming this Winter!

THE SPIDER, Master of Men! First Issue Collector’s Item!
“Death Siege of the Frankenstein Legion." Story by Martin Powell
and Illustrated by Pablo Marcos. Cover by Dan Brereton.
Variant cover by Doug Pagacz.

There was no escape for Nita Van Sloan, abducted by a horde of inhuman monstrosities, doomed to become the victim of a diabolical experiment. THE SPIDER, Mast...er of Men, strikes back with a vengeance, fighting alone against the brutally brilliant creator of the Frankenstein Legion, in a desperate race against time to save the only woman who shares his darkest secrets.


Moonstone Books: PHANTOM DETECTIVE #2
Coming in December! 

Written by Aaron Shaps, art by Danillo Guida, cover by Tom Grindberg.

A Moonstone "Return of the Originals event!" The mystery of the murdered scientists deepens as New York City is terrorized by creatures from another world. But if there's one thing the Phantom Detective has learned throughout the years, it's that nothing is ever what it seems... Plus...an all-new Green Ghost!

32 pages, $3.50.
Moonstone Books: ROCKET MAN: KING OF THE ROCKETMEN #1
Coming in December!   

Written by James Kuhoric, Shannon Denton, art by Hannibal King, Amin Amat, colors by Jason Jensen, covers by Chris Scalf

A Moonstone "Return of the Originals" event! Years ago Saturday matinee audiences thrilled to the serialized adventures of the original jetpack wearing hero, Rocket Man. Blasting off the reels of those classic pulp serials, a new Rocket Man is born! With the original hero dead, the secret of the rocket suit in jeopardy, and ruthless criminals closing in on the scientist guarding the technology, a young man must make the choice between a life of crime and the selfless sacrifice of a hero. The origin of the new Rocket Man starts here! Plus a new tale of the high-flying G-8!

32 pages, $3.50.



Moonstone Books: DOMINO LADY: NOIR  
Arriving in comic shops September 9th!
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: Green Hornet Chronicles
At the printer and coming soon!

THE GREEN HORNET CHRONICLES
Edited by Joe Gentile and Win Scott Eckert
Covers by Glen Orbik and Rubén Procopio

CONTENTS:
"Reflections on The Green Hornet": Introduction by Van Williams
"The Night Car" by Will Murray
"I Had The Green Hornet’s Love Child!" by Greg Cox
"Weakness" by C.J. Henderson
"Topsy-Turvy" by James Chambers
"Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Richard Dean Starr
"Just a Man" by Thom Brannan
"The Cold Cash Kill" by James Reasoner
"Flight of the Yellow Jacket" by Howard Hopkins
"By Scarab and Scorpion" by Mark Ellis
"You Can’t Pick the Number" by Rich Harvey
"Eyes of the Madonna" by Ron Fortier
"Stormy Weather" by Patricia Weakley
"The Auction" by Terry Alexander
"Go Go Gone" by Robert Greenberger
"Mutual Assured Destruction" by Bill Spangler
"The Crimson Dragon" by Mark Justice
"Fang and Sting" by Win Scott Eckert
"The Inside Man" by Matthew Baugh
"The Soul of Solomon" by Harlan Ellison(R)
"Life at 90 MPH": Afterword by Dean Jeffries
"The Green Hornet's Hunch" by Dennis O'Neil (bonus story in Limited Editions only)
Interior Art: Rubén Procopio

336 pages, Squarebound, Softcover, 6”x9”, $18.95
354 pages, Limited Edition Hardcover, $47.95
354 pages, Signed Limited Edition, Slipcase Hardcover $99.99

Moonstone Books

Thanks to Win Scott Eckert for posting the contents!

Nonstop Press - Now available!
OUTERMOST: THE ART AND LIFE OF JACK GAUGHAN
Writer: Luis Ortiz
Fantastic imagery, explosive color, and occasionally creepy creations merge together in this elaborate collection of the work of genius artist, Jack Gaughan. Extremely prolific and popular from the 1960s through the 1980s, Gaughan is showcased in this chronicle that is the first to detail the art and life of this master of the science fiction and fantasy genre. Overflowing with samples of work from the artist's personal archives and exploring examples of his working method, this definitive guide provides an inside look into this four time Hugo Award winner.
Hardcover, 9x9, 176 pages,  SRP: $39.95

The Norvell Page Blog - Now online!
Learn more about the man who wrote The Spider and other pulps, Norvell Page!



Off-Trail Publications - Now available!
Ghost Stories: The Magazine and Its Makers: Volume 1
7x10-inch perfect bound; 256 pages, $24.00 postpaid
Ghost Stories: The Magazine and Its Makers: Volume 2
7x10-inch perfect bound; 272 pages, $24.00 postpaid
Edited by John Locke

In an era of odd magazines, Macfadden's GHOST STORIES (1926-31) was a standout of the strange. It tapped into occult interest by presenting haunted tales that may or may not have been true. If they were true, then GHOST STORIES was testament to the presence of spirits in every exciting arena, the Western Front, gangland, aviation, the Klondike, the circus, the theater; not coincidentally, all the varied settings that pulp stories employed.

The personnel that created GHOST STORIES, though not well remembered today in most cases, were an uncommonly talented and fascinating group. They include poets and scholars, war heroes and war correspondents, adventurers and Bohemians. A few were titans of magazine publishing and editing. A few developed into prolific pulpsters; a few became bestselling authors; a few went Hollywood; one earned a Pulitzer Prize for fiction. And because it's GHOST STORIES, a few led haunted lives: within these pages appear two murderers, a murder victim, a suicide, and several casualties of tragic accidents.

Volume 1 presents 19 spooky tales from GHOST STORIES, complete with original illustrations. Extensive nonfiction material includes the history of GHOST STORIES, and detailed biographies of every GHOST STORIES editor, and every author whose stories appear in Volume 1.

Volume 2 presents 15 eerie tales from GHOST STORIES, complete with original illustrations. Extensive nonfiction material includes detailed biographies of every author whose stories appear in Volume 2, and every GHOST STORIES cover artist. Also included is a gallery of all 64 GHOST STORIES covers.
All stories complete with original illustrations.
Check or Money Order to:
Off-Trail Publications
2036 Elkhorn Rd.
Castroville, CA 95012
Or:
PayPal: offtrail@redshift.com


Pulp Adventurecon 2010 - November 6, 2010!
The date for Pulp Adventurecon 2010 is November 6, 2010.

Here's the people who will be at the show:
Bill Bead, Nick Certo, Mike Chomko, Gil Cohen, Jack Cullers, Brendan Faulkner, Martin Grams, Rich Greene, John Gunnison, Mark Halegua, Rick Hall, Scott Hartshorn, Paul Herman, Ed Hulse, Cowboy Tony K., Gary Lovisi, Walker Martin, Chuck Miller, John Petrie, Dan Roberts, David Saunders, Darrell Schweitzer, Bruce Tinkel, Al Tonik, Mark Wawrzenski

Time: 10 am to 5 pm
Address: Ramada Inn, 1083 Route 206, Bordentown, NJ
Admission: $5

Visit the Bold Venture Press website for the latest details.

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 #51 - Arriving in comic shops September 9th!
Writter: Peter Brett; Art: Walter Geovani; Covers: Joseph Michael Linsner (50%), Paul Renaud (50%)
Red Sonja returns to her roots under the skillful hand of new writer Peter V. Brett! Brett, an acclaimed writer of fantasy novels, is the author of the ongoing Demon Trilogy, whose first volume The Painted Man, was published in 2008, and the second novel, The Desert Spear was published in 2010

32 pages, Full Color, $3.99

 SavageCon 2010 - October 16th-17th!
Its time again for the 2nd Annual SavageCon! 

This October 16th-17th. Formerly the LaPlata DocCon, we've gone back to our roots as a gathering of friends and pulp enthusiasts for a weekend of fun, trading, comradarie, and various pulpy activities!  

ALL are welcome, we'll have the usual Doc Savage goings on along with plenty for fans of all genres of pulpdom, comics, Sci-Fi, OTR, and art.  This years event will be held at and sponsored by the fabulous RAYGUN CAFE', the worlds first and ONLY Pulp and pop culture themed restaurant!

BUY-SELL-TRADE for those hard to find treasures!  

More info posted soon on our Facebook Page: 
SavageCon 2010

SWORD'S EDGE: PAINTINGS INSPIRED BY ROBERT E. HOWARD
Writer/Artist Sanjulian
Now available and arriving in comic shops September 9th!

Countless artists have painted Robert E. Howard's iconic characters through the years, but none have done so more brilliantly than legendary Spanish painter, Manuel Perez Clemente Sanjulian. With the impact of a battleaxe, Sword's Edge collects an action-filled brace of paintings that brings Howard's classic stories to vivid life for a new generation of enthusiasts!
Hardcover, 9x12, 48 pages, Full Color    $19.95

Upcoming Modern Hero-Pulp Novels by Christopher R. Yates
Enemies & Allies [Superman & Batman], Kevin J. Anderson, Harper, $7.99, September 28, 2010
Hunt Through Napoleon's Web, Raymond Benson, Leisure Books, $6.99, September 28, 2010
Wild Cards 1, editor George R.R. Martin, Tor, $15.99, November 23, 2010
The Long Man, Steve Englehart, Tor, $7.99, November 30, 2010
Chicks in Capes, Edior: Lori Gentile & Karen O’Brien, Moonstone, $14.99, December 7, 2010
Wild Cards: Suicide Kings, editor George R.R. Martin, Tor, $7.99, December 28, 2010
52: The Novel, Greg Cox, Ace, $7.99, January 25, 2011
The Plain Man [Max August], Steve Englehart, Tor, $25.99, March 1, 2011
Wild Cards XXI: Fort Freak, edited by George R.R. Martin, Tor, $25.99, April 1, 2011
Solomon Kane [Movie novelization], Ramsey Campbell, Titan Books, $7.99, may 3, 2011


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