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| 9th
Annual Fantastic Pulps Show & Sale - April 30, 2005 The 9th Annual Fantastic Pulps Show & Sale will be held Saturday, April 30, 2005 from 10am to 5pm. The location as always, is the lower level of the Lillian H. Smith branch of the Toronto Public Library, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The show is a small but pulp specific event of 25 tables, featuring pulps, pulp reprints and related items, as well as video and a scattering of other collectables. The show is a friendly event, and the city of Toronto has many attractions to offer for a vacation/pulp outing. There is a slide show, auction, and periodic tours of the library's own pulp collection. The library is located in the heart of Toronto at 239 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. For more
information contact Neil Mechem at Girasol Collectables at
905.820.7572 or email at: | |
| Back Numbers Can Be Easily Procured Warren Harris's apa-zine, BACK NUMBERS CAN BE EASILY PROCURED #15 (April 2005) is now available. This issue features: Editorial The Round Table (Letters of Comment) Days of Future Past by John Locke Photos from the Maltese Falcon Exhibit Photos from Wondercon/SF Book show If you have not read Warren's excellent apa-zine, click on over to Bill Burns' eFanzines website at http://efanzines.com/ and download #1 through #11. All issues are in PDF format. Bill
Burns has many other great efanzines on his site that you might also want to investigate. | |
| Black Dog Books - Now
available! THE CRIMSON BLIGHT by Arthur J. Burks Staple-spined, Full color cover. 64 pages, $10 What can account for the strange happenings on the Arahona cane plantation? Cro-magnon men? Dinosaurs, here in the Caribbean? See man battle ancient brute strength for the outcome of the world in this complete novel originally serialized in THRILLING ADVENTURES. TALES OF THE JUNGLE by L. Patrick Greene Staple-spined, Full color cover. 64 pages, $10 Three jungle-set works of retribution, "Cobwebs," "Yellow" and "Jungle Fate" collected from the rare pulp, MAN STORIES. Black Dog Books has moved! Effective May 1, 2005 all BDB orders should be sent to the new address: Black Dog Books Tom Roberts 1115 Pine Meadows Court Normal, IL 61761 blackdogbooks_tomroberts@yahoo.com | |
| CONAN
VOLUME 1: THE FROST GIANTS DAUGHTER AND OTHER STORIES - The softcover edition is now available in comic shops! When the internationally famous barbarian hero returned to comics, with an all-new fresh start by award-winning writer Kurt Busiek (JLA/Avengers, Astro City) and dynamic artists Cary Nord, Thomas Yeates, and Dave Stewart, the result was instant sell-outs and multiple printings to keep up with the demand. Now Conan's earliest adventures are collected in a handsome 176-page collection. Catch all the action and savagery as he wars with the murderous Vanir, meets the Frost Giant's Daughter, and is taken as a slave by the ancient sorcerers of Hyperborea! This top-selling new series faithfully expands on original author Robert E. Howard's literary creation. Collecting issues #1-#6 and fourteen pages from issue #7 of the ongoing series. Writer: Kurt Busiek Artist: Cary Nord, Thomas Yeates Colorist: Dave Stewart Soft Cover, 176 pages, Full Color, $15.95 Dark Horse Comics |  |
| E-texts
on the net this week The Shadow Magazine: Sorry, there's no new review this week. Next week's review will be The Devil's Feud from June 15, 1942. A Sip of Death by Jim Mennella is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery. Shadows of the Pulps: Nothing new this week. Blackmask Online: Nothing new this week. Larry Estep-Online Pulps: Now with over 550 stories online! Killer's Carnival by Stewart Sterling from THRILLING DETECTIVE, July 1940 Hair of the Dogie by James P. Olsen from MASKED RIDER WESTERN, October 1947 | |
| ERBville Press - Now available! KWA OF THE JUNGLE by Paul Regard First time in paperback! The "Kwa of the Jungle" series as they appeared in the THRILLING ADVENTURES pulp magazine: Book 4: Kwa and the Walking Moon and Kwa and the Swamp Demon - 116 pages, 6x9 trade paperback, $9.95 Still available: KWA OF THE JUNGLE by Paul Regard Book 2: Kwa and the Ape People - 144 pages, 6x9 trade paperback, $9.95 Book 3: Kwa, King of Ophir and Kwa and the Beast Men - 148 pages, 6x9 trade paperback, $9.95 PE-RA, DAUGHTER OF THE SUN by Ralph Milne Farley First time in paperback! The original text from the AMAZING STORIES pulp magazine and the original illustrations. 116 pages, 6x9 trade paperback, $9.00 KA-ZAR: KING OF FANG AND CLAW by Bob Byrd - 204 pages, 6x9 trade paperback, $11.00 SHEENA: KILLER'S KRAAL by James Anson Buck - 109 pages, 6x9 trade paperback, $8.50 VICE SQUAD DETECTIVE - 174 pages, 6x9 trade paperback, $11.00 Coming Soon: Ki-Gor of the Jungle series Kwa of the Jungle (book 1) Jungle Stories The Leopard Woman Og, Son of Fire Gullivar of Mars | |
| George Lucas -
Star Wars and Indiana Jones news! George Lucas appeared at "Celebration III" last weekend to around 9,000 fans, and has officially confirmed that there are not one, but two "Star Wars" based TV series in the works. One of them will be a half hour 3-D CG animated series, the other will be a live action regular show, featuring characters from the film series, though not necessarily the main ones. Mark Hamill has long been rumoured to play an older, wiser Luke Skywalker in the new series, but the latest rumours knocking around the net indicate that the show may fill in the gaps between "Revenge Of The Sith" & "A New Hope". Lucas told the fans: "We're probably not going to start that for about a year. Like on 'The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles,' we want to write all the stories for the entire first season all at once. I'm going to get it started and hire the showrunners and all of that, then I'll probably step away." George Lucas also let it slip that a new DVD box set of all 6 films is in the works, possibly to include an all-new bonus disc containing deleted scenes from the original trilogy. Expect no further changes in the films themselves. In addition, don't look for a high-definition release of the films in 2007. Lucas also confirmed that the digitally-screened version of Episode III will be slightly longer than the traditional film version. IESB has confirmed that "Jay and Silent Bob" brainchild Kevin Smith will be involved in the forthcoming live-action "Star Wars" TV Series. According to the site, "Kevin's involvement will be in the writing and directing of at least a three episode story arch." Indiana Jones While George was busy, his right-hand man Rick McCallum was were asked where Indiana Jones has got to. "As a matter of fact, I just received the new script two days ago. I have yet to read it," McCallum said. "I'd like to be able to read it this weekend. I'll be talking to Steven [Spielberg] on Monday, and then we'll figure out what we're going to do. So, it's definitely in the works." Apparently Spielberg has one more film to do before turning his attention to "Indiana Jones 4". As for rumours that Harrison Ford's going to be recast due to age - that's as nonsensical as a lightglobe-clear lightsaber, he says. | |
| Hard
Case Crime At the Edgar Allan Poe Awards banquet, which was held April 28th in New York City. Two of Hard Case Crime's first three original novels -- THE CONFESSION by Domenic Stansberry and LITTLE GIRL LOST by Richard Aleas -- were nominated for Edgar Awards, and THE CONFESSION won! It's a terrific book that Hard Case Crime is proud to have published; if you haven't read it yet, you owe it to yourself to get a copy. Hard Case Crime was notified by the Private Eye Writers of America that two of their novels have been nominated for the Shamus Award! Max Phillips' FADE TO BLONDE is up for "Best Paperback" and LITTLE GIRL LOST is once again up for "Best First Novel." The awards will be announced at the start of September. |  |
| Hippocampus Press H. P. Lovecraft's LETTERS TO RHEINHART KLEINER, Bob Price's anthology TALES OUT OF DUNWICH and M. P. Shiel's THE HOUSE OF SOUNDS AND OTHERS are all due in the weeks to come. Looking ahead to summer, Hippocampus Press is going full steam ahead on the next two volumes of Lovecraft's COLLECTED ESSAYS. They have also signed some terrific new titles for the future, including an enormous collection of LOVECRAFT STUDIES veteran Dr. Robert Waugh's essays on HPL, and a new volume of Mythos fiction from W. H. Pugmire. | |
| Jack
Williamson April 29th is Jack Williamson's 97th birthday! Happy Birthday Jack! | |
| King
Conan G4 Video Game Television has the latest news about Conan's future path! Coury Turczyn of g4tv.com sat with John Milius, director of Conan the Barbarian, and asked "Is there any information you can divulge on King Conan?" Milius replied "Well, King Conan is pretty well on hold. Warner Brothers decided they're going to do their own version of whatever they want to do with Conan. They've sort of put it in deep, deep freeze. I don't know. You'll have to talk to Warner Brothers and ask them what their wisdom is. They'll probably do an animated, kid-friendly Conan." http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/features/51562/Ten_Minutes_with_John_Milius.html Meanwhile, the Dark Horizons website is reporting a rumor that Robert Rodriguez will be shooting two back to back sequels for "Sin City" starting February of next year for a release presumably in 2007. Further, Rodriguez plans to start shooting a film titled "Conan" for Warner Bros. after he's done with the sequels. | |
| James Rollins
- Now available! MAP OF BONES officially hit bookstores April 26th. You can read the opening prologue on James Rollins website. The bestselling master of astonishing adventure James Rollins delivers his most relentlessly exciting page-turner to date -- a gripping and explosive novel of an ancient conspiracy to create a terrifying new world order out of the ashes of modern civilization. The crime is inhumanly cruel with horrific consequences both unthinkable and inevitable. During a service at a cathedral in Cologne, Germany, a band of armed intruders dressed in monks' robes unleash a nightmare of blood and terror, ruthlessly gunning down worshippers and clergy alike. The killers haven't come for the church's gold and valuable artwork, but for a priceless treasure secreted within: the preserved bones of the Three Magi who once came to pay homage to a newborn savior. As they flee the carnage they have wrought, they carry a prize that could reshape the world. The Vatican is in turmoil, and Lieutenant Rachel Verona of Rome's carabinieri is assigned to lead the investigation. But no ordinary police organization alone can deal with the bizarre theft and massacre, and SIGMA Force -- an elite covert arm of the U.S. Defense Department -- is called in under the command of Grayson Pierce. New to SIGMA, Pierce assembles a crack team of scientific and Special Forces operatives to unravel the mystery of the stolen bones, and together they set out on a twisting trail through a labyrinth of clues and dark revelations that carry them to the sites of the Seven Wonders of the World -- and to the doorstep of the mystical and terrifying Dragon Court. An ancient, secret fraternity of alchemists and assassins, the master-adepts of the Dragon Court have plans for the sacred remains that will alter the future of humankind in devastating ways that only the maddest of zealots could desire -- and they will let nothing and no one stand in their way. Suddenly Pierce, Verona, and the SIGMA team are the hunted as well as the hunters, forced to use every skill they possess to survive as they follow the bones to the ultimate confrontation between darkness and light -- in a lost place of history where science and religion will unite to unleash a horror not seen since the beginning of time. A masterful novel that combines the exhilarating mysticism of The Da Vinci Code with the pulse-pounding action of a Tom Clancy thriller, James Rollins's MAP OF BONES is destined to be a modern classic that will stand among the very best adventure tales ever written. Additionally, last years thriller SANDSTORM is now available is paperback. |  |
| Night
Shade Books - Now available! Letters from New York: The Lovecraft Letters Volume 2 edited by S.T. Joshi & David E. Schultz is now available. Letters From New York collects the letters written by H. P. Lovecraft while in New York - first, while visiting the city in 1922 and 1923, and then, as an unhappy resident, from 1924- 1926. The letters from this turbulent and unsatisfying period of his life provide keen insights into his creative and personal life. Hardcover, 350 pages, $40.00 | |
| Old Tiger Press Old Tiger Press reports that their J. Allen St. John biography (Volume 1) was the top seller at lulu.com a couple of weeks ago, and at the same time was their # 25 all time best seller that week. THE LIFE AND WORK OF J. ALLEN ST. JOHN by Darrell C. Richardson is still available for $29.95 and highly recommended. The second volume in the St. John series will focus on the western illustrations of St. John. Darrell Richardson is working on the text for two other volumes - one will be a collection of material on St. John's ERB work, with pieces by Vern Coriell, Stan Vinson, and other ERB and St. John collector's and experts, the other will consist of memories of St. John by his students. Both will be lavishly illustrated and in color. The western book and at least one of the other two will come out this year, and in December, Old Tiger Press will bring out the 100th anniversary reprint of St. John's only book, THE FACE IN THE POOL. Old Tiger Press is also working on some other projects for this year, including a collection of Otis Adelbert Kline's Dragoman stories, which were originally slated for publication by FAX books in the seventies. They even commisioned art from Steve Fabian. One project Old Tiger Press is particularly excited about is THE TARZAN SCRAPBOOK. This was a title announced by FAX in the seventies, but Dennis McHaney became gung ho over a totally different set of contents a few weeks ago while going through Darrell Richardson's collection of Tarzan related movie material. What the world needs is a multi volume set of repros of Tarzan movie posters and related material from around the world covering the entire history of Tarzan films. McHaney reports he was staggered by the selection of material available for this project. Be prepared to be STUNNED by that first volume. |  |
| Robert
E. Howard Days - June 2005 The Guest of Honor this year will be publisher Marcelo Anciano of Wandering Star. Marcelo will hopefully provide a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the Wandering Star volumes and a look at what is to come. Click here for the 2-day schedule of events and registration information. | |
| SCIENCE FICTION IN THE GOLDEN
AGE - Now available! Science fiction is many different things to many different people, but the shape it has today was born in the first half of the 20th century. This book, edited by James Van Hise, consists largely of non-fiction reprints from the now rare small press magazines of that period. There are articles examining the then contemporary science fiction scene as well as interviews with luminaries of the period (like the original editor of ASTOUNDING). There are also articles by writers of that period such as John Russell Fearn, Edgar Rice Burroughs and others, including a 1938 article by H.G. Wells about life on Mars (illustrated). Plus there are many different reprints of vintage artwork from the fan magazines (unused art for the first edition of THE SKYLARK OF SPACE) as well as classic work by Frank R. Paul and others. This is the first of a planned three volume series, all of which will appear this year. Each volume is 8 1/2 x 11, with full color front and back covers, 150 pages and side-stapled. Also includes some interior pages in color. Each volume is $25.00 plus $8.00 priority mail or $3.00 media mail (overseas is $9.00 for Global Priority mail). Paypal to Jimvanhise@aol.com or send to James Van Hise, 57754 Onaga Trail, Yucca Valley, CA 92284. | |
| SWORD & FANTASY #2
- Now available! SWORD & FANTASY #2 is now available. 84 pages, 8 1/2 x 11. Full color front and back covers. Articles include a lengthy interview with Jim & Ruth Keegan, the writers and artists of THE ADVENTURES OF TWO-GUN BOB, the Robert E. Howard bio-strip which appears in each issue of the Dark Horse CONAN comic book. There is also an article on the Conan story "The Scarlet Citadel." Plus a 1938 article by Henry Kuttner "Selling The Fantasy Story." Also presented is an 8 page letter by Harold Preece about a Robert E. Howard biography he planned to write. I also include an article on MODERN ROBERT E. HOWARD FANDOM and the new fanzines currently available, a 1940s article on Robert E. Howard from the old fanzine THE FANSCIENT, and a 1940s review of the Arkham edition of SKULLFACE & OTHERS from a British science fiction fanzine, FANTASY REVIEW. There is also first in a series of articles on Sword & Sorcery in comics (this installment on the 1960s Warren magazines which featured Reed Crandall, Steve Ditko, Gray Morrow, Frank Frazetta and Jeff Jones), and much more! This issues fabulous cover is by Margaret Brundage! This issue also features artwork by Mike Zeck (a vintage Conan illustration he did in the 1970s, which is a real knockout), art by Rick McCollum as well as some WEIRD TALES illos from Robert E. Howard stories. I intend this to be a semi-regular publication (3 or 4 times a year). SWORD & FANTASY #2 is now available and issue #1 is still available (and is also listed on Ebay). Each issue is $12.00 plus $6.00 priority mail, $2.00 media mail or $9.00 Global Priority mail for orders outside the US. Paypal to Jimvanhise@aol.com or send to James Van Hise, 57754 Onaga Trail, Yucca Valley, CA 92284. |  |
| Zorro
by Isabel Allende - Coming Tuesday, May 3rd! ZORRO by Isabel Allende is a swashbuckling adventure story that reveals for the first time how Diego de la Vega became the masked man we all know so well. Born in southern California late in the eighteenth century, he is a child of two worlds. Diego de la Vega's father is an aristocratic Spanish military man turned landowner; his mother, a Shoshone warrior. Diego learns from his maternal grandmother, White Owl, the ways of her tribe while receiving from his father lessons in the art of fencing and in cattle branding. It is here, during Diego's childhood, filled with mischief and adventure, that he witnesses the brutal injustices dealt Native Americans by European settlers and first feels the inner conflict of his heritage. At the age of sixteen, Diego is sent to Barcelona for a European education. In a country chafing under the corruption of Napoleonic rule, Diego follows the example of his celebrated fencing master and joins La Justicia, a secret underground resistance movement devoted to helping the powerless and the poor. With this tumultuous period as a backdrop, Diego falls in love, saves the persecuted, and confronts for the first time a great rival who emerges from the world of privilege. Between California and Barcelona, the New World and the Old, the persona of Zorro is formed, a great hero is born, and the legend begins. After many adventures -- duels at dawn, fierce battles with pirates at sea, and impossible rescues -- Diego de la Vega, a.k.a. Zorro, returns to America to reclaim the hacienda on which he was raised and to seek justice for all who cannot fight for it themselves. Hardcover: 400 pages ISBN: 0060778970 Publisher: HarperCollins SRP: $25.95 |  |
| 22 April 2005 | |
| 9th
Annual Fantastic Pulps Show & Sale - April 30, 2005 The 9th Annual Fantastic Pulps Show & Sale will be held Saturday, April 30, 2005 from 10am to 5pm. The location as always, is the lower level of the Lillian H. Smith branch of the Toronto Public Library, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The show is a small but pulp specific event of 25 tables, featuring pulps, pulp reprints and related items, as well as video and a scattering of other collectables. The show is a friendly event, and the city of Toronto has many attractions to offer for a vacation/pulp outing. There is a slide show, auction, and periodic tours of the library's own pulp collection. The library is located in the heart of Toronto at 239 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. For more
information contact Neil Mechem at Girasol Collectables at
905.820.7572 or email at: | |
| AMAZING ADVENTURES OF THE
ESCAPIST #6 - Available
in comic shops April 27th! By Will Eisner, Thomas Yeates, Chris Offutt, Steven Grant, Howard Chaykin, Jason, Dan Best, Eddie Campbell and Norm Breyfogle. In these pages, the Spirit meets the Escapist! That¹s right‹legendary comics godfather Will Eisner returns to his world-famous creation for a meeting that neither WWII-era hero will soon forget. This is the first new Spirit story both written and drawn by Eisner to see print in decades! Also in this issue is the comics writing debut of Lannan and Whiting award winner Chris Offutt! Thomas Yeates (Conan) lushly illustrates this celebrated author¹s tale of the Escapist in Vietnam. Dan Best and Eddie Campbell (From Hell) present a fully-painted story of the Empire City 1939 World¹s Fair, and Howard Chaykin (American Flagg!) returns to concoct "Liberators," a fact-based tale of art looted by the Nazis, set in 1945 Paris! Norwegian indy cartoonist JASON contributes an Escapist spoof, and Steven Grant and Norm Breyfogle proffer the first Weird Date story of the anthology! One of the myriad classic titles created by Kavalier & Clay, Weird Date featured mixes of classic Alex Toth romance comics and outrageous Jack Cole crime comics of the sort that put Dr. Freddie Wertham's undies in a twist. 80 pages, $8.95 |  |
| BLOOD 'N'
THUNDER #10 (Spring 2005) - Now available! BLOOD `N' THUNDER #10 (Spring 2005) is now available. Copies will be available at the Windy City convention, so subscribers attending the show can pick up their copies there. Subscriber's copies will be mailed after editor/publisher Ed Hulse returns home from the Windy City show in Chicago. The cover story is Part One of editor Ed Hulse's "The Glories of SHORT STORIES," a "less than definitive history" of the magazine. It's a personal appreciation packed with information about this underrated pulp and the series characters that populated it. Focusing on issues from the 20s and 30s, the two-part article covers such prolific SHORT STORIES contributors as Clarence Mulford, L. Patrick Greene, W. C. Tuttle, James B. Hendryx, J. D. Newsom, William MacLeod Raine, and Frank Richardson Pierce. The article is illustrated with numerous covers and spot illustrations from the magazine's peak years. Will Murray contributes "Archie Bittner and THE SPIDER," an intriguing look at the career of pulp scribe Wayne Rogers, whose checkered past could itself have inspired a dandy rough-paper yarn. Gary Lovisi is on board with "Pirates in Paperback," a survey of collectible paperbound editions of books about buccaneers. Christopher Malins weighs in with a short profile of Charles B. Stilson, pioneering writer of "scientific romances" for the early Munsey pulps. Also included is the ending Stilson personally created for Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Tarzan of the Apes." (He wasn't happy with ERB's ending.) Also in this issue, BNT presents the motion picture "treatment" of THE ELECTRIC MAN, a horror movie intended for production in 1936 with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. In "The Classic That Might Have Been," a fact-filled introduction to this rare manuscript, author and film historian John Soister describes the circumstances behind the treatment's shelving and its subsequent reworking for the 1941 B-movie MAN-MADE MONSTER, starring Lon Chaney, Jr. and Lionel Atwill. Single copy price is $6 postpaid. You can order from: Ed Hulse, 2467 Rt 10 East, Bldg 15, Apt 4B, Morris Plains, NJ 07950. Visit the BLOOD `N' THUNDER website at http://www.geocities.com/poppub/ |  |
| Conan
Series 2 Action Figures -
Now available! The second series of Conan action figures is based on the novel length story The Hour of the Dragon by original Conan creator Robert E. Howard. This series is set to include five basic figures and one deluxe boxed figure set. McFarlane Toys’ Conan Series 2 will be released in April, 2005. Visit the McFarlane Toys website for full pictures of the action figures. Figures include: Conan the Warrior Pallantides of the Black Dragons Xaltotun the Undead Zenobia The Haunter of the Pits King Conan of Aquilonia Conan Series 2 Action Figures will be available in comic shops April 27th! |  |
| Doc
Savage Reprints - Four more books (8 more stories) are now available! The Blackmask Online Store has more Doc Savage reprints available. Each volume is 6x9, perfectbound, and features two stories for $11.85. 01 The Man of Bronze and The Land of Terror 02 Quest of the Spider and The Polar Treasure 03 Pirate of the Pacific and The Red Skull 04 The Lost Oasis and The Sargasso Ogre 05 The Czar of Fear and The Phantom City 06 Brand of the Werewolf and The Man Who Shook the Earth 07 Meteor Menace and The Monsters 08 The Mystery on the Snow and The King Maker 09 The Thousand-Headed Man and The Squeaking Goblin 10 Fear Cay and Death in Silver 11 The Sea Magician and The Annhilist 12 The Mystic Mullah and Red Snow 13 Land of Always-Night and The Spook Legion 14 The Secret in the Sky and The Roar Devil 15 Quest of Qui and Spook Hole 16 The Majii and Dust of Death 17 Murder Melody and The Fantastic Island 18 Murder Mirage and Mystery Under the Sea 19 The Metal Master and The Men Who Smiled No More 20 The Seven Agate Devils and Haunted Ocean 21 The Black Spot and The Midas Man 22 Cold Death and The South Pole Terror 23 Resurrection Day and The Vanisher 24 Land of Long Juju and The Derrick Devil 25 The Mental Wizard and The Terror in the Navy 26 Mad Eyes and The Land of Fear 27 He Could Stop the World and Ost - NEW! 28 The Feathered Octopus and Repel - NEW! 29 The Sea Angel and The Golden Peril - NEW! 30 The Living Fire Menace and The Mountain Monster - NEW! |  |
| E-texts
on the net this week The Shadow Magazine: This week's review is Crime Circus from April 15, 1934. The Tarn Curse by John Olsen is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery. Shadows of the Pulps: Nothing new this week. Blackmask Online: Nothing new this week. Larry Estep-Online Pulps: Now with over 550 stories online! 28 Exciting Years by Robert M. Burtt from WRITER'S DIGEST, November 1961 Non-fiction. The author of radio serials, Air Adventures of Jimmie Allen and Captain Midnight, describes his career, including his start as a fictioneer in Flying Aces. An Intimate Study of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle from DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE, January 15, 1918 - A few reminiscences about the real world, from the author of Sherlock Holmes. | |
| Hard Case Crime -
Coming in two weeks! 361 by Donald E. Westlake - The men in the tan-and-cream Chrysler destroyed Ray Kelly’s life. Now it’s his turn. PLUNDER OF THE SUN by David Dodge - On the trail of the lost treasure of the Incas — with every fortune hunter in South America closing in! Back in 1948, David Dodge was not yet known as the author of TO CATCH A THIEF -- the book was four years away and Hitchcock's classic movie would take three more to hit theaters -- but he was already a best-selling author thanks to his first five mystery novels and his non-fiction accounts of his travels around the world. For his sixth novel, he decided to try something a little different. He took the main character from his earlier south-of-the-border mystery, THE LONG ESCAPE, and put him at the center of a high-stakes race for buried treasure. Al Colby, the hero of PLUNDER OF THE SUN, may not have a degree in archaeology or carry a bullwhip, but in spirit he may remind you of another tough and resourceful American treasure hunter you may have come across at the movies. PLUNDER OF THE SUN became a movie itself in 1953, starring Glenn Ford as Al Colby, and appeared in a number of paperback and book club editions in the 1950s -- but after that, the book vanished for almost half a century. Hard Case Crime is very excited to be bringing it back into print at last. July 2005 BRANDED WOMAN by Wade Miller - Beautiful jewel smuggler Cay Morgan landed in Mazatlán with a gun in her purse — and a vendetta in her heart. DUTCH UNCLE by Peter Pavia - Harry had done his time and wanted to stay clean—but with his pockets full of drug money and a dead body at his feet, it wasn't going to be easy... ANNOUNCEMENTS: Hard Case Crime has signed an agreement with Max Allan Collins (author of ROAD TO PERDITION, as well as many, many other excellent books) to publish THE LAST QUARRY, a new book featuring his killer-for-hire character Quarry, who made his debut in the 1976 novel THE BROKER and last appeared in 1987's PRIMARY TARGET. THE LAST QUARRY will be based on the screenplay Max wrote for a Quarry movie called "A Matter of Principal"; the script was turned into an award-winning short film by director Jeffrey Goodman and I understand Goodman is in discussions now to turn it into a full-length feature. This book will be our first-ever "movie tie-in" edition, a sub-genre that was a staple of the pulp era, and will contain information about where you can get your hands on a copy of the movie. And as befits a movie tie-in, it'll have cover art by the great Robert McGinnis, whose credits include (in addition to more than one thousand paperback covers, including our edition of PLUNDER OF THE SUN) the movie posters for such classic films as "Breakfast At Tiffany's," "The Odd Couple," "Barbarella," "Live and Let Die," "The Man With the Golden Gun," and "Diamonds Are Forever." Pretty exciting -- and there's more great news coming, including an announcement of a collaboration between two immensely talented writers who are about as hot as anyone in the mystery field these days. They're working as we speak on an original novel for us called BUST... You can get copies through the Hard Case Crime web site, http://www.hardcasecrime.com, or order them through your favorite local bookseller. |   |
| KOLCHAK:
TALES OF NIGHT STALKER #6 -
Available in comic shops April 27th! by Dave Ulanski, Kirk Jarvinen, Keith Williams "Proximity," Part 2 of 2-Is he mummy, is he vampire, or is he... both? The spirit of Imjah Ra continues to plague Carl Kolchak and an L.A. Museum employee. Now, they must travel around the world to Egypt to find a tomb about to be forever buried, and replace some stolen artifacts in hopes of lifting a terrible curse. Failure means that the creature will drain enough of their life force to return to life, and walk the earth again! Hey, Carl... how do you stake a vampire that's had its heart removed centuries ago? Features two covers, one by classic Famous Monsters cover painter Harry Roland; and the other by Dave Ulanski. 32 pages, Full Color, $3.50 |  |
| LEGEND
#3 (of 4) - Available in comic shops April 27th! Written by Howard Chaykin, Art and cover by Russ Heath Torn by tragedy, Hugo questions his powers and wonders what his true purpose really is. As a way of atoning, he enlists in the Army to help his country during the Vietnam War. What will happen when he realizes that he cannot help resolve the conflict even with all his powers? 48 pages, Full Color, $5.99 |  |
| Mask
of the Gargoyle - New pulp-inspired comic coming in July! DIGITAL WEBBING PRESENTS #24 will feature a new pulp-inspired comic, Mask of the Gargoyle, by Ron Fortier, Dario Carrasco, M.A. Castrillo, Dan Berger, & Andie Tong. The Masked Gargoyle prowls the rooftops and alleyways protecting its citizens from the villain known as the Fire Devil. By Ron Fortier and Dario Carrasco. Meanwhile, the Fist of Justice battles a robotic menace controlled by his evil arch-enemy, but will he stand victorious? 32 pages, $3.50 DIGITAL WEBBING PRESENTS #24 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (now available). The Diamond Item Code is MAY052704. |  |
| MERIAN C. COOPER KING KONG STATUE
- Coming in September/October! The first and the greatest of all giant monsters, King Kong, is dramatically captured in this statue, inspired by the pre-production art for the classic 1933 film! This beautifully detailed, hand-painted statue stand over 14" tall with base, and depicts the monarch of Skull Island atop the Empire State Building's dome cap, with the beauty, Ann Darrow, in hand, a smashed biplane gripped in the other. The "Eighth Wonder of the World" was sculpted exclusively for the Merian C. Cooper Estate by artist Joe DeVito, creator of the Dark Horse Comics story book, Kong: King of Skull Island. The first 1,000 statues will be a limited edition with a special golden Kong icon drawn by Joe and stamped on the bottom of each base. Painted and ready for display. Scheduled to ship in late September/October 2005. SRP: $150.00 MERIAN C. COOPER KING KONG STATUE is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (now available). The Diamond Item Code is MAY053697. |  |
| Red Sonja
#0 - Available in comic shops
April 27th! She lived in a savage world in an uncivilized age - a world ruled by men and governed by the sword. They call her Red Sonja - for her flame-red hair, and for the smoldering fire of her pride which gave her swordarm a strength that few men could match and none had ever defeated. Dynamite Entertainment launches with the crimson haired warrior goddess, Red Sonja! In this introductory issue - featuring 15 pages of original story and art, all for a quarter - Sonja enters a town with no name and a red storm enters with her! Perhaps best known from the Marvel comic book series (running off and on from 1979 until 1986), the character first appeared in comics in Conan the Barbarian #23 as the two characters share the same creator – Robert E. Howard. The #0 issue will feature a cover by Greg Land, is written by Michael Avon Oeming and Mike Carey and illustrated by Mel Rubi. Completing the art team will be Caesar Rodriguez and Richard Isanove. The Official Red Sonja website is at http://www.redsonja.net. |  |
| REH:
Two-Gun Raconteur #8 - Coming in June! A sneak Preview of REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #8 is now available at http://www.rehtwogunraconteur.com The issue will debut at Howard Days in Cross Plains, Texas on June 10th. Advance ordering will begin in May. Details to follow when available. Click on the link above for the contents of the issue and a look at some of the artwork to be included. |  |
| Renaissance E-Books - Cleve Cartmill
titles now available! Deadline & Other Controversial SF Classics by Cleve Cartmill WHY DID THE FBI WANT "DEADLINE" CENSORED? Author Cleve Cartmill, editor John W. Campbell, publisher's Street & Smith, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, and L. Sprague de Camp were only some of those who came under government investigation after government officials learned of the contents of what was to become science fiction's most controversial brainchild? Why? You will discover the startling answers in Jean Marie Stine's amazing introduction to this first-ever collection of Golden Age author, Cartmill's work. Included in this mammoth volume are four complete novellas, the too-close to reality for the government, "Deadline," the noirish outer space mystery, "Some Day We'll Find You," the intellectual thriller of an attempted revolution against a future theocracy, "With Flaming Swords," and the thought-provoking story of a man whose desire to be a normal, patriotic citizen inadvertently lead to his society's "Overthrow." As a bonus readers will find what critics consider his most adroit short story, an androcentric but highly-amusing meditation on a possible prehistoric turning-point, "The Link." But, be warned: Cartmill questioned authority and traditional explanations of things, and tried to tell his stories in such a way that readers would begin to see and question the shortcomings in their own society. So, if you are completely comfortable with the people in charge and way things are now, and never want to doubt what you are told, put down this book immediately and do not read any further. Murchison & Co., Space Salvagers by Cleve Cartmill ROMANCE, HUMOR AND SCIENCE MIX IN THIS SPACE ADVENTURE CLASSIC! Jake Murchison and his crew love to tackle "impossible" problems in space and make incredible rescues. Sometimes the challenges they take on require them to improvise tools and bend the law a little to succeed. But even they can bend the laws of science -- which constantly work against them! Cleve Cartmill (1908-1964) was beloved by sf fans of the 1940s for his Jake Murchison-Captain Helen Wall series, which ran in the pages of the colorful action-adventure pulp, Thrilling Wonder Stories. Popularly known as the "Space Salvagers" stories, these tales are a science fictional riff on the classic, and highly-popular, "battle of the sexes" comedies of the era, like Bringing Up Baby, The Batchelor and the Bobby Soxer, and the Thin Man. Cartmill's tales of the sparks set off between Jake Murchison and Helen Wall, and their scientifically-premised exploits attempting to salvage abandoned ships and cargo in space, are a delightful change of pace for science fiction fans. In this one-volume, complete collection of their adventures Space Salvage, Inc. must retrieve an immensely valuable cargo on a derelict hulk that couldn't be entered; rescue a spaceship trapped by a magnetic asteroid thirty miles in diameter; save ninety-seven people imprisoned under a lake of ooze on which nothing could float; salvage a ship full of fissionable explosives speeding relentlessly toward planetfall; turn a crippled patrol boat as the only available weapon against a pirate fleet; and race unarmed against a deadly enemy to locate one of the greatest scientific secrets of all time! | |
| Robert E. Howard Days -
June 2005 The Guest of Honor this year will be publisher Marcelo Anciano of Wandering Star. Marcelo will hopefully provide a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the Wandering Star volumes and a look at what is to come. Project Pride Schedule of Events Friday, June 10, 2005 9:00-4:00 REH house open for tours 10:00-11:00 Walking tour Cross Plains cemetery, Rusty Burke-pavilion 11:30-12:30 Lunch-pavilion (lunch provided, donations accepted) 12:30-2:00 Bus tours-Alton Mccowen-pavilion 1:00-5:00 Cross Plains Library-Howard stuff 2:30-3:00 Caring for a Howard collection-Paul Herman-pavilion 3:00-4:00 Book signing panel-Bill Cavalier (moderating)-pavilion 4:00-5:00 Writing a Howard biography-Rusty Burke & Mark Finn-pavilion 7:00 Banquet-Community Center (casual dress) Saturday, June 11, 2005 8:00-10:00 Stamp cancellation, post office or Howard house 9:00-11:30 REH house open for tours 9:00-5:00 Barbarian Festival-Main Street 10:00-11:30 "Pigeons From Hell" screening-Rusty Burke & Marcelo Anciano commentary, high school Lunch on your own at festival 12:30-2:00 Bus tours-Alton Mccowen-pavilion 1:00-3:00 Cross Plains Library-Howard stuff 2:00-2:30 What would REH have done had he lived-bill Cavalier, Rusty Burke, James Reasoner-pavilion 2:00-4:00 REH house open for tours 3:00-4:30 Wandering Star panel-Marcelo Anciano, Rusty Burke & Jim Keegan-pavilion 5:00 Leave for Caddo Peak meet at pavilion | |
| SerialFest 2005 - May 13 to 15, 2005! SerialFest 2005 is a go! Send in your registration now and see THE MASKED RIDER, THE SECRET CODE, HOPE DIAMOND MYSTERY and more all on the big screen May 13-15 at the Newtown Theater! Also featuring tributes to JOHN MACK BROWN, JEAN ROGERS and RICHARD GREENE as Robin Hood, and a and a special eagerly awaited LOST SOUND SERIAL presentation! Location: The Newtown Theater (Daytime film screenings) 120 N. State Street, Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 215-968-3859 Films to be screened Friday 10am-5:30pm / Saturday 10am-5:30pm / Sunday 10am-2pm Dinners & additional activities Thursday/Friday/Saturday evenings. Visit the Serial Squadron website for the complete film schedule and registration details. | |
| Wild Cat Books -
Now available! TALES OF THE COWARD by KEVIN NOEL OLSON. From the author of the "Springheeled Jack" stories, this edition collects all of "The Coward" short stories that appeared in the pulpzines "Secret Sanctum" and "Strange Worlds". It was some of Kevin's earliest work, and some of his best, with a raw intensity that developed throughout the series. It features Malachai Niles and Salamander, two vengeance-driven anti-heroes that search for answers to their strange existence, leaving a trail of blood and bodies, tempered by justice, along the way. It also includes a previously unpublished tale, and all 12 of these adventures are now collected together for the first time, along with the original illustrations by Flatline, another contributor to these early magazines. 142 pages, 6"x9" Trade Paperback, $10.99 Available at: http://www.lulu.com/wildcatbooks |  |
| William
Hope Hodgson - Now available! The Wandering Soul: Glimpses of a Life: A Compendium of Rare and Unpublished Works by William Hope Hodgson Compiled and Introduced by Jane Frank & with a Foreword by Mike Ashley The Wandering Soul is the book admirers of William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) have been waiting for. Tragically killed in action at the end of World War One, Hodgson has acquired a formidable reputation for his classic weird writings, which include the monumental novel The Night Land, and atmospheric tales of maritime terror fuelled by his early adventures as an apprentice in the Merchant Navy. In The Wandering Soul, Jane Frank has compiled much previously unpublished and uncollected material, gleaned from editor and science-fiction historian Sam Moskowitz's 'Hodgson Archive'. Presented here are 'Coasts of Adventure', a collection of stories never before published in book form; Hodgson's 'Ship's Log' from one of his early sea voyages; photographs of Hodgson and his family; newly-discovered poetry; Hodgson's wonderful and historically important sea-going photographs; factual articles from contemporary newspapers and journals; and an unpublished slide lecture, all augmented by Jane Frank's carefully researched Introduction and a critical appreciation of the fiction and poetry. The wide-ranging elements of the book are melded together by William Hope Hodgson's uniquely potent imagination and vigorous approach to life, and their publication can only enhance our understanding and appreciation of his life and work. The Wandering Soul is published by PS Publishing and Tartarus Press in the form of a limited trade edition (500 copies), and a special limited edition (150 copies which will be slipcased along with a volume of Hodgson's unpublished poetry.) Please visit the PS Publishing website for further details. Please note: Copies are available from PS Publishing only. | |
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| 2005
WINDY CITY PULP & PAPERBACK CONVENTION (#5) April 22 (Friday) through April 24 (Sunday), 2005 Visit the WINDY CITY PULP & PAPERBACK CONVENTION website for complete details on the convention that is now just one week away! Click here for the listing of the Friday and Saturday auction items and here for a PDF file list detailing the Munsey/Popular Publications items that will be auctioned Saturday night. | |
| The
8th Voyage of Sinbad Entertainment Weekly recently spoke with action director Rob Cohen who revealed new details about his planned live-action adventure "The 8th Voyage of Sinbad" project for Sony Pictures. Keanu Reeves will star as Sinbad the sailor, the legendary character from The Arabian Nights. In the film, set in eighth-century China, Sinbad and his shipmates embark on a quest to find the Lamp of Aladdin. Along the way, they meet a beautiful empress and battle fantastical creatures as well as a rebellious Chinese general who threatens the kingdom with his supernatural powers. Cohen looked up effects genius Ray Harryhausen and said, 'I really would be honored if you would be with me on this, since none of us would be here without you.' What Ray understood in movies like 1958's The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad was how to do action-fantasy-adventure at a time there was no CG. So he's coming out of retirement to be the creative consultantfor the film! Cohen thinks Ziyi Zhang (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) is the one for the job of the empress, and he's already talked with the likes of Jet Li, Djimon Hounsou and Hayden Christensen for roles as members of the crew. The film is aiming for a January start of shooting date and is aiming for a PG rating with the MPAA. | |
| Adventure House -
Coming in July! HIGH ADVENTURE # 83 This issue of HIGH ADVENTURE features Dan Fowler in his first great adventure in the pages of G-MEN. Fowler takes the trail of the grey gang, the band of masked killers who laugh at law while committing every heinous crime known to humanity in "Snatch." Magazine, Soft Cover, 7x10, 112 pages, B&W, SRP: $7.95 HIGH ADVENTURE # 83 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 20). The Diamond Item Code is MAY053189. Also solicited are: SAUCY MOVIE TALES SEPT 1936 The Diamond Item Code is MAY053195. DON WINSLOW OF THE NAVY MAY 1937 The Diamond Item Code is MAY053187. DON WINSLOW OF THE NAVY is available NOW direct from Adventure House. |  |
| THE
ADVENTURES OF RED SONJA VOLUME 1: SHE-DEVIL WITH A SWORD TP - Coming in July! Featuring the art of Neal Adams, with new colors by Jose Villarubia! Containing the Red Sonja tales from Marvel Feature #1-7, presented in glorious, fully re-mastered color. These tales are where it all begins, and help set the stage for the current Red Sonja series from Dynamite! This is a must-have collection of never-before reprinted material. Plus, this volume will feature two covers by legendary artist, Frank Thorne! Plus, legendary Red Sonja writer and former Marvel Editor-in-Chief, Roy Thomas, provides an introduction! MASS MARKET EDITION - Soft Cover, 7x10, 176 pages, Full Color, SRP: $19.99 PREVIEWS EXCLUSIVE EDITION - Soft Cover, 7x10, 176 pages, Full Color, SRP: $19.99 RED SONJA VOLUME 1 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 20). The Diamond Item Code is MAY052658 for the mass-market edition. The Diamond Item Code is MAY052659 for the PREVIEWS Exxclusive Edition. | |
| THE AGE OF CONAN VOLUME
3: SONGS OF VICTORY MMPB by Loren Coleman It's a dark time for the land of Cimmeria. The army of Kern has been scattered, and the barbarian tribes have been routed by the giant, Torgvall. Now, Kern must seek out the House of Crom, where rest a weapon of legend that can kill any man, beast, or god. For in his heart he know that not all glory lies on the battlefield, and that there is not sacrifice too great to the survival of his people. THE AGE OF CONAN VOLUME 3 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 20). The Diamond Item Code is MAY053289. Volume I will be available in bookstores on May 31. Volume II will be available in bookstores on June 28. Volume III will be available in bookstores on July 26. |  |
| THE
AMAZING ADVENTURES OF THE ESCAPIST #7 - Coming in July! Michael Chabon (W), Eduardo Barreto (A), Paul Hornschemeirer (C), and Brian Bolland (Cover) On sale July 13, Full Color, 80 pages, $8.95 This very special seventh issue of The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist features…no Escapist whatsoever! Instead, Pulitzer-winning author Michael Chabon takes over the entire issue with a sensational story introducing the mysterious Mr. Machine Gun, a character torn straight from the pages of Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. Legendary duo Kavalier and Clay created scads of fascinating characters, and Mr. Machine Gun was one of the best. A former guinea pig of Nazi bioexperimentation, the WWII hero turned to a postwar career in politics. Now, dealing with an intensely personal tragedy, Senator “Ben Vanderslice” struggles to once more gain control over his murderous right hand! ESCAPIST #7 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 20). The Diamond Item Code is MAY050017. |  |
| BACK
ISSUE! #11 - Coming in July! BACK ISSUE! #11 is a "Gods and Warriors" issue featuring, among others, Conan! Roy Thomas, Kurt Busiek, and Joe Jusko spill their guts in a meaty retrospective of Marvel’s Conan the Barbarian series, with tons of rare and classic art by John Buscema, Barry Windsor-Smith, Neal Adams, Jusko, and others. Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier chew the fat about Groo the Wanderer in a “Pro2Pro” interview, and Heavy Metal artist extraordinaire Arthur Suydam shares his insights and illustrations in an exclusive interview. Plus: “The Greatest Stories Never Told” investigates DC’s never-published King Arthur series by Gerry Conway and Nestor Redondo, unveiling for the first time several of Redondo’s glorious pages from the series; a Gods and Warriors “Rough Stuff” art gallery by Jack Kirby, Moebius, George Pérez, José Luis Garcia-Lopez, Don Heck, and others; the scoop on the secret artist who contributed to the 1976 clash of titans Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man; and a spotlight on Brian Bolland’s covers for 1980s British Annuals! With a striking painted Conan cover by Joe Jusko, recreating John Buscema’s frontispiece to Savage Sword of Conan #17! 100 pages - Ships July 2005 TwoMorrows Publishing BACK ISSUE! #11 will be solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 20). The Diamond Item Code is MAY053174. |  |
| CHRONICLES OF CONAN VOLUME
7 - Available in comic
shops April 20th! CHRONICLES OF CONAN VOLUME 7: THE DWELLER IN THE POOL AND OTHER STORIES TPB ROY THOMAS (W) and JOHN BUSCEMA (A) Throughout his adventures across the mythic Hyperborean world, the barbarian called Conan crosses swords with many colorful and dangerous characters, somehow always finding himself on the wrong end of a wizard's wrath, or staring down the hungry jaws of a nightmarish beast. Proving himself more than a match for whatever comes his way, Conan has become one of the most enduring and strangely endearing characters in all of popular culture. The stories in this edition feature more tales of thrilling adventure and chilling betrayal as only writer Roy Thomas and artist John Buscema could deliver. Soft Cover, 160 pages, Full Color, 7"x 10", $15.95 |  |
| THE
CIMMERIAN VOLUME 2, NUMBER 2 - Updated! Last week I inadvertantly ran the wrong information for THE CIMMERIAN Volume 2, Number 2. The correct information is below and I apologize for the error. THE CIMMERIAN Volume 2, Number 2 (April 2005) is now available. Features Part One of our comprehensive coverage of the new five-volume set of Howard titles from the Bison Books imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, an article about improving pastiches by Rick McCollum, a special collectible offer for Cimmerian readers direct from Cross Plains, a meaty and contentious Lion's Den, and more. For more details visit THE CIMMERIAN website. THE CIMMERIAN Volume 2, Number 2 was printed in two editions. The deluxe edition, numbered 1–75, uses a black linen cover with foil-stamped blood-red text. The limited edition, numbered 76–225, uses a blood-red cover with solid black text. Deluxe edition: $15 each. Limited edition: $10 each. Shipping is $3 per every 4 books shipped in the US. Canadian shipping is $5, UK and Australian and French shipping is $10. Also now available is an Index to THE CIMMERIAN Volume 1. The Index features a comprehensive series of indexes and supplementary material covering the first year of THE CIMMERIAN (Volume 1, Numbers 1–5, 2004). Includes Title Indexes, Author and Subject Indexes, Contributor's Guide, a Catalogue of Art and more. This special index issue is only available in a deluxe edition, and is the perfect capstone to your deluxe Volume 1 collection. $15 each. Send check or money order, made payable to THE CIMMERIAN, to: THE CIMMERIAN P. O. Box 1245 DOWNEY, CA 90240 | |
| Conan #15 - Available in comic shops April 20th! Writer: Kurt Busiek Artist: Greg Ruth Cover Artist: Leinil Francis Yu Colorist: Dave Stewart Kurt Busiek reunites with artist Greg Ruth, whose art "is gorgeous to look at, conveying a different but equally lush vision of Cimmeria" according to The Fourth Rail. This story looks deeper into Conan's earliest adventures. Having crippled a bullying playmate, young Conan's become a solitary figure. Born on the battlefield and destined for greatness, the boy's shown a fierce independence and bravery. The adults don't know what to do with such a formidable child and the other boys are afraid of him. When he discovers an Aquilonian wizard and daughter living in the woods outside his village, Conan is torn between his respect for their rogue existence and his chance to become a real Cimmerian warrior by exposing the foreign spies. Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Publication Date: April 20, 2005 Format: Full color, 32 pages Price: $2.99 |  |
| Conan
#18 - Coming in July! Writer: Kurt Busiek, Fabian Nicieza Cover Artist: Cary Nord Penciller: Bruce Timm, John Severin Colorist: Dave Stewart Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Bruce Timm, the innovator whose work has changed the face of American animation as well as American comics, and John Severin, the legendary artist of EC's Two-Fisted Tales, Image's Desperados, and Vertigo's Caper, team up to give fan-favorite Cary Nord a month off. Busiek and Timm join forces on a brief, sadistic little adventure involving a girl, a wizard, a monster, and Conan's very morbid sense of humor. Busiek teams with sometimes writing partner Fabian Nicieza (Avengers/Thunderbolts) and the great John Severin to pick up a loose end from Conan #3, as Conan's destiny is misinterpreted by a series of luckless warriors and shameless opportunists, leading to nothing but misery. On sale July 20, Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99 CONAN #18 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 20). The Diamond Item Code is MAY050016. |  |
| Conan
the Barbarian Special Edition - Available April 18th in the UK! Fox will release a two-disc Conan The Barbarian Special Edition box set in the UK on April the 18th. The film will be presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen format, with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio, and optional English HoH subtitles. The disc will feature several bonus features carried over from previous versions (including a commentary by Director / Writer John Miluis and star Arnold Schwarzenegger); the Conan Unchained: The Making of Conan documentary (53m); deleted scenes sequence (5m); special effects split-screen video (2m); The Conan Archives stills gallery (11m); cast and filmmaker biographies; production notes "and much more". In addition the new set will feature a "brand new documentary about sword and sorcery / fantasy films". Unlike Conan The Destroyer, the UK DVD releases of Barbarian have been uncut, even thought the film was cut for its theatrical and VHS releases. The film is owned by Universal in the US, and their Region 1 discs have mono audio. SRP for Fox's new Region 2 set will be £19.99. from zetaminor.com. | |
| E-texts
on the net this week The Shadow Magazine: Sorry, there's no new review this week. Next week's review will be "Crime Circus" from April 15, 1934. The Chinese Bell by John Olsen is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery. Shadows of the Pulps: Nothing new this week. Blackmask Online: The Monster-God of Mamurth by Edmond Hamilton The Zayat Kiss by Sax Rohmer featuring the first appearance of Fu Manchu. Larry Estep-Online Pulps: Now with over 550 stories online! Dr. Martone's Microscope by Charles B. Stilson from ALL-STORY, March 27, 1920 Wizard of Forlorn Gap by Lon Williams from REAL WESTERN STORIES, April 1954 | |
| Flesk
Publications - Mark Schultz: Various Drawings! Finally, and with great anticipation, a selection of Mark Schultz’s artwork has been collected into Mark Schultz: Various Drawings! The majority of these pieces have never been published. Over 45 preliminaries, sketches, and finished brush and ink pieces are showcased. Most are full page, to reveal the various magical stages of Marks’ imaginative approach. Fans of Hannah Dundee and Schultz’s gorgeous women will be delighted, as new pieces were created especially for this book! Stunning new images from Xenozoic Tales fill much of the volume as well, along with private commissions, a previously unpublished cover for SubHuman, an oversized gatefold of a breathtaking dinosaur scene, and amazing pieces from recent projects! Flesk Publications Mark Schultz is one of the fine illustrators who worked on Wandering Star's (and now, Del Rey's) Robert E. Howard volumes. |  |
| G.I.
SPY #1 - Coming in July! by Andrew Cosby and Matt Haley The Nazis have discovered something buried deep in the Antarctic; something that could forever turn the tide of World War II. A beautiful, by-the-book British Intelligence operative, and Jack Shepherd, secret-agent-in-training, embark on their first mission to fight a secret battle against the greatest enemy the world has never known. NOTE: Not available in Germany. 32 pages, Full Color, (1 of 3), SRP: $3.99 G.I. SPY #1 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 20). The Diamond Item Code is MAY052604. The cover shown at the right is not the actual cover. |  |
| IRON
GHOST #1 -
Available in comic shops April 20th! Written by Chuck Dixon with art by Sergio Cariello. Cover by Flint Henry & Sergio Cariello IRON GHOST is a six issue mini-series published by Across The Pond Comics and distributed by Image Comics. With the Third Reich on the brink of collapse, someone is killing German officers and foot soldiers guilty of crimes that would go unpunished. Inspectors Tannhauser and Volz are assigned to find and capture the mysterious vigilante known as the Iron Ghost. With no clues besides a tattered piece of paper with a single word, Tannhauser and Volz are forced to look at every possible suspect—including one of their own. A blistering action mystery written by Chuck Dixon (Nightwing, El Cazador, Robin) with art by Sergio Cariello (Sojourn, Azrael). Click here for more information and a look at the artwork. April 20, 2005, 32 pages, Full Color, $2.95 |  |
| Jack
Williamson Announced at the 29th Annual Jack Williamson Lectureship on March 2nd, Jack Williamson has sold the short story, "Ghost Town" to Darryl Schweitzer at WEIRD TALES. | |
| KONG: KING OF SKULL ISLAND
TPB -
Coming in August! JOE DEVITO (Created and illustrated) and BRAD STRICKLAND (W) In 1933, American showman Carl Denham returned from a mysterious, hidden island with a priceless treasure. A treasure not gold or jewels, but the island’s barbaric god, a monstrous anthropoid called “Kong.” The savage giant escaped and wreaked havoc among the man-made canyons of Manhattan, but within hours of the giant ape’s death his body—and Carl Denham—disappeared. Twenty-five years later, the son of Carl Denham makes a shocking discovery that leads him back to the site of his father’s greatest adventure and to the answers that will unlock the century's greatest mystery and history’s greatest miracle. Dark Horse Books Authorized by the Cooper Estate and based on the original novel that inspired the all-time classic film. This new novel acts as both prequel and sequel to the classic fantasy tale, King Kong. Acclaimed fantasy artist Joe DeVito and top fantasy and science-fiction writer Brad Strickland join forces to make for an interactive visual-narrative storytelling experience unlike any other. On sale August 31, Soft Cover, 176 pages, Full Color, 8 1/2" x 11", $19.95 KONG: KING OF SKULL ISLAND TPB is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 20). The Diamond Item Code is MAY050019. The hardcover edition is also still available for $24.95 The Diamond Item Code is MAY050020 or JUL040031 for reorders. |  |
| Moonstone
Books - Coming in July/August! THE PHANTOM #8 by Raab, Quinn, Wheaton, & Bucco Part 2 of 2. High tech Sky Pirates have The Phantom and several of the world's wealthiest men prisoner in their lair. Will their employers pay the impossibly-high ransom before it's too late? And how can the shackled Phantom shake loose both his chains and the horrible secret of the Sky Queen before he is buried beneath the bodies of the dead? 32 pages, Full Color, SRP: $3.50 THE PHANTOM #8 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 20). The Diamond Item Code is MAY052866. | |
| Rafael Sabatini -
Available April 19th! Two of Sabatini's swashbuckling films, The Sea Hawk and Captain Blood, will be available on DVD in April. Captain Blood, stars Basil Rathbone, Errol Flynn, Lionel Atwill, and Olivia de Havilland. This rousing adventure chronicles the travails of Peter Blood (Flynn), a righteous doctor unjustly sold into slavery for treating the wounds of rebels, a kind of British Dr. Mudd. Sent to a Jamaican plantation where he toils under the brutal whip of Lionel Atwill and seethes with passion for his fair niece (the astonishingly beautiful Olivia de Havilland), he escapes from bondage with his fellow prisoners and becomes the gentleman rogue pirate of the Caribbean. The Sea Hawk, stars Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, and Claude Rains. Flynn plays the dashing gentleman pirate as dedicated patriot, looting Spanish ships for English coffers with the private blessing of Queen Elizabeth (Flora Robson, reprising the role from Fire over England). The film opens with a rousing sea battle: broadside cannon fire sends masts falling and splinters a-flying before Flynn's men take their Spanish quarry in a furious shipboard cutlass battle. The fearless fighter becomes a stumbling schoolboy when he falls for the Spanish ambassador's niece, but he's back in his element when he sails to the New World for treasure and lands in the middle of a deadly conspiracy. Both films will be available April 19th with a Suggested Retail price of $19.95. |   |
| RED
SONJA #2 - Coming in July! by Oeming, Carey, Rubi, Rodriguez & Isanove Bigger than Issue #1! Following last issue's cliffhanger ending, the new tales of Sonja continue from Dynamite, Carey, Oeming, Rubi, Isanove, Rodriguez and the best of the best cover artists! In this issue, the drama continues to unfold as new foes are met, new allies found, and new challenges rise to meet the She-Devil With a Sword! When the curtain is ultimately pulled back, what evil will truly be revealed? Featuring covers by (and shipping in equal increments): J.G. Jones (Wanted), Art Adams, Mel Rubi (A Wraparound cover at no extra cost), and legendary Red Sonja artist, Frank Brunner (colored by Jose Villarubia)! And, as if that weren't enough, a 1-in-25 cover by Billy Tan (X-23), and a 1-in-65 alternate cover with painted art by Estaban Maroto and Jose Villarubia, will be inserted amongst copies shipped! Red Sonja #2 will also have feature a special bonus prelude back-up to the upcoming Red Sonja vs. Thulsa Doom! Yes, that Thulsa Doom! The villain portrayed by James Earl Jones in the classic Conan movie! Written by filmmaker Luke Lieberman and NY Times best-selling author (and fan-favorite comic writer) Peter David, this story will serve as a lead-in to Sonja's first appearance in "Classic" Conan #23 - and it all begins in Red Sonja #2 as part of this special preview! Best of all, this issue contains 40 pages of story and art - bigger than issue #1 - all for the same price of just $2.99! For the "discriminating collector," this issue is also available in a special Mel Rubi-drawn, Richard Isanove-colored "Fiery Red Foil" cover edition. REGULAR 40 pages, Full Color, SRP: $2.99 FIERY RED FOIL - 40 pages, Full Color, Inquire about price RED SONJA #2 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 20). The Diamond Item Code is MAY052654 for the Regular Edition. The Diamond Item Code is MAY052657 for the Fiery Red Foil Edition. | |
| RED SONJA #1- MICHAEL TURNER
LITHOGRAPH - Coming in July! by Michael Turner Fathom creator and artist Michael Turner's cover to Red Sonja #1 is now available as a Dynamite Lithograph! Measuring 13" x 19" and printed on high quality paper, this litho is a must-have for your collection! Also available signed by Turner. REGULAR-Lithograph, 18 x 24, FC SRP: $19.99 SIGNED-Lithograph, 18 x 24, FC SRP: $69.99 RED SONJA #1 Lithograph is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 20). The Diamond Item Code is MAY052660 for the Regular Edition. The Diamond Item Code is MAY052661 for the Signed Edition. | |
| SPECTRUM SUPER SPECIAL #3
- Coming in July! This squarebound, giant-size issue (over 100 pages!), a follow-up to the Conan-themed #2, features all-new interviews with writers and artists talking about their work over the years on Robert E. Howard projects: Frank Brunner (Bran Mak Morn), Dave Sim (REH, Cerebus), Roy Thomas (Marvel's REH), and Alan Weiss (Solomon Kane); plus interviews with Gary Gianni (Bran Mak Morn, Solomon Kane) and Kevin Sorbo (Kull, Hercules) from previous sold-out issues of Spectrum. (Win-Mill Productions) Magazine, 100 pages, B&W, $14.95 SPECTRUM SUPER SPECIAL #3 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 20). The Diamond Item Code is MAY053196. Note: This is a re-solicitation. |  |
| Wildside
Press - Coming in June! Wildside Press has announced the forthcoming release of a long-sought-after Edgar Rice Burroughs collectible . . . The Tarzan Twins! Originally written for the children's market and published by the P.F. Volland Company in 1927, this new edition of The Tarzan Twins features introductions by both Edgar Rice Burroughs and Mike Resnick! Find out more, as two young boys are invited to Tarzan's African estate -- when and where they bite off more than they can chew, lost in a jungle full of hungry beasts -- and hungry cannibals! Available for advance ordering in a limited-edition hardcover and scheduled for an early June release for $24.95. Please order your copies now, as we don't really expect to stay in stock on this, in hardcover, for long! |  |
| ZORRO
STATUE - Coming in August/September! Electric Tiki Presents a very special tribute to one of the world's favorite heroes, Zorro. He stands 12" tall, heroically poised atop a detailed adobe building with red Spanish tiles, brandishing his saber of justice and ready to defend the rights of the weak and powerless, taking on the villains who would do them wrong. Authentically detailed and a must for all Zorro fans young and old. Each statue come hand painted, ready to display. This extra special edition is strictly limited to 500 pieces. Includes Certificate of Authenticity and comes in a special decorated collector box! Based on a design sketch by Alex Toth. Sculpted by Ruben Procopio. Tentatively scheduled to ship in August/September 2005. Electric Tiki is accepting pre-orders for this statue now. The SRP is $150 and the edition size is only 500. Click here for a larger image. The Zorro statue is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 20). The Diamond Item Code is MAY053707. |  |
| ZORRO
#3 - Coming in July! Written by Don Mcgregor with art by Sidney Lima SCARS: Part Three (of 3)—The action-packed conclusion to "Scars" features the swashbuckling swordsman on skis! But this ain't no vacation! If that isn't enough, Zorro also has to contend with an angry wolfpack, a duel-to-the death on a cracking ice bridge with Ripklaw, and a deadly avalanche! 32 pages, Full Color, SRP: $2.95 Papercutz is planning quarterly Zorro graphic novels collecting the story serialized in the new comics. Click here and here for a look at the art by Sidney Lima. Lima's style combines the best elements of many top fan favorite superhero artists with a manga influence. ZORRO #3 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 20). The Diamond Item Code is MAY052885. | |
| 08 April 2005 | |
| 2005
Cimmerian Awards As part of the ongoing efforts of The Cimmerian to jump-start Howardian scholarship, editor Leo Grin has created a set of awards designed to highlight the most notable events in the field. The nominees span the whole of Howard fandom. The voters are the readers and contributors of The Cimmerian, a group that includes most of the best and brightest minds in Howardia. The awards themselves are custom-made and cool as hell, well worth winning. Cimmerian readers are urged to participate in what is sure to become a fun yearly event. Voting is open to all readers of The Cimmerian. Visit The Cimmerian website for details on the nominees and how to cast your vote. | |
| Adventure House -
Now available! A new series of complete pulp replica/reprints. Except these are printed on acid-free paper and guaranteed not to crumble into dust while you read them. Adventure House will bring you some of the scarcest pulps imaginable in this great new series, reprinting them as the reading public saw them on the newsstands, at a fraction of their current collectors prices. Pulp replica - full color covers, complete with all ads, illustrations and facsimile pages. Now available! DON WINSLOW OF THE NAVY - May 1937 7x10, 96 pages, $14.95 SAUCY MOVIE TALES - June 1936 Cover Artist: Norman Saunders 7x10, 96 pages, $14.95 Coming soon! SAUCY MOVIE TALES August 1936 Cover Artist: Norman Saunders 7x10, 96 pages, $14.95 SAUCY MOVIE TALES December 1936 Cover Artist: Norman Saunders 7x10, 96 pages, $14.95 SPICY ADVENTURE STORIES September 1941 Cover Artist: H. J. Ward 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 SAUCY MOVIE TALES - September 1936 Cover Artist: Norman Saunders 7x10, 96 pages, $14.95 Still available: SAUCY MOVIE TALES July 1936 Cover Artist: Norman Saunders 7x10, 96 pages, $14.95 SPICY MYSTERY STORIES February 1938 Cover Artist: H. Parkhurst 7x10, 128pages, $14.95 SPICY MYSTERY STORIES May 1936 Cover Artist: H.J. Ward 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 |   |
| Bison
Books - Now available! Master of Adventure: The Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs by Richard A. Lupoff is now available. Foreword by Michael Moorcock Preface by Henry Hardy Heins Introduction to the Bison Book Edition by the author An essay by Phillip R. Burger 317 pages, illustrated, $16.95 Forthcoming from Bison is Karel Capek's THE ABSOLUTE AT LARGE and Ray Cumming's THE GIRL IN THE GOLDEN ATOM, originally published in the Munsey magazines. |  |
| Black
Dog Books - Two new titles should be available at Windy City
Con! Black Dog Books has two new booklets coming that will hopefully be back from the printers in time for Windy City Con. THE CRIMSON BLIGHT by Arthur J. Burks Staple-spined, Full color cover. 64 pages, $10 What can account for the strange happenings on the Arahona cane plantation? Cro-magnon men? Dinosaurs, here in the Caribbean? See man battle ancient brute strength for the outcome of the world in this complete novel originally serialized in THRILLING ADVENTURES. TALES OF THE JUNGLE by L. Patrick Greene Staple-spined, Full color cover. 64 pages, $10 Three jungle-set works of retribution, "Cobwebs," "Yellow" and "Jungle Fate" collected from the rare pulp, MAN STORIES. These titles should be available at the WINDY CITY PULP & PAPERBACK CONVENTION and will also be available from Mike Chomko, Vintage Library, and Adventure House after publication. Black Dog Books is in the process of moving, so these titles cannot be ordered direct at this time. Effective May 1, 2005 all BDB orders should be sent to the new address: Black Dog Books Tom Roberts 1115 Pine Meadows Court Normal, IL 61761 blackdogbooks_tomroberts@yahoo.com | |
| BLOOD
'N' THUNDER #10 - Coming in late April! Leading the issue will be editor Ed Hulse's "The Glories of SHORT STORIES," a "less than definitive history" of the magazine. It's a personal appreciation packed with information about this underrated pulp and the series characters that populated it. Focusing on issues from the 20s and 30s, the article covers such prolific SHORT STORIES contributors as Clarence Mulford, L. Patrick Greene, W. C. Tuttle, James B. Hendryx, J. D. Newsom, William MacLeod Raine, and Frank Richardson Pierce. The article is illustrated with numerous covers and spot illustrations from the magazine's peak years. Will Murray contributes "Archie Bittner and THE SPIDER," an intriguing look at the career of pulp scribe Wayne Rogers, whose checkered past could itself have inspired a dandy rough-paper yarn. Gary Lovisi is on board with "Pirates in Paperback," a survey of collectible paperbound editions of novels about buccaneers. Christopher Malins weighs in with a profile of Charles B. Stilson, pioneering writer of "scientific romances" for the early Munsey pulps. Also included is Stilson's own ending that he personally created for ERB's "Tarzan of the Apes." Also in this issue, BNT presents the motion picture "treatment" of THE ELECTRIC MAN, a horror movie intended for production in 1936 with Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. In "The Classic That Might Have Been," a fact-filled introduction to this rare document, author and film historian John Soister describes the circumstances behind the treatment's shelving and its subsequent reworking for the 1941 B-movie MAN-MADE MONSTER, starring Lon Chaney, Jr. and Lionel Atwill. BLOOD 'N' THUNDER #10 will be available in late April at the Windy City Pulp and Paperback Show and from dealers after Ed returns from the convention. Visit the BLOOD 'N' THUNDER website at http://www.geocities.com/poppub/ | |
| Cacahuete Press -
Now available! THE MAN FROM SOMEWHERE by Jack Williamson is now available. This is a 27 page softcover chapbook signed by author Jack Williamson. THE MAN FROM SOMEWHERE is the first publication from Rick Hauptmann's new publishing venture Cacahuete Press. "Cacahuete" (pronounced: "kha-kha-wha-tee") is Spanish for "peanut." THE MAN FROM SOMEWHERE is produced in a numbered edition of 200 copies, each signed by the author, this 8.5" x 5.5" chapbook is the first reprint and first seperate publication of a novelette from Asimov's Science Fiction, Oct/Nov, 2003. Haffner Press has a small quantity of these for sale for $10.00 (USD) each (add $2.50 s/h). Haffner Press, 5005 Crooks Road, Suite 35, Royal Oak, MI 48073-1239 (248) 288-4765, info@haffnerpress.com | |
| THE CIMMERIAN VOLUME 2, NUMBER 2 - No |
