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25 November 2005

Adventure House - Schedule update!
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:
NEW MYSTERY  ADVENTURES  April 1936, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95
SAUCY ROMANTIC ADVENTURES August 1936,  7x10,  96 pages, $14.95 -  featuring Domino Lady!
SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES  July 1941, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95

Coming in December:
EERIE MYSTERIES  August 1938,  7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
SPICY MYSTERY STORIES  May 1942,  Cover Artist:  H. L. Parkhurst, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95
UNDERCOVER DETECTIVE  February 1939,  7x10,  112 pages, $14.95

Coming in January:
SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES  April 1941, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95
MARVEL TALES  December 1939,  7x10,  112 pages, $14.95
FAR EAST ADVENTURE STORIES - February 1931, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95

Coming in February:
DAN TURNER-HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE March 1943, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95
NEW MYSTERY ADVENTURES - November 1935, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95
VARIETY DETECTIVE MAGAZINE  August 1938,  7x10,  112 pages, $14.95

Coming in March:
NEW MYSTERY ADVENTURES - December 1935, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95
SAUCY MOVIE TALES December 1936, Cover Artist:  Norman Saunders, 7x10,  96 pages, $14.95
UNDERCOVER DETECTIVE  April 1939,  7x10,  112 pages, $14.95

Coming in April:
SPICY MYSTERY STORIES  October 1942, Cover Artist:  Allen Anderson, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95
SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES  July 1942, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95
NEW MYSTERY ADVENTURESFebruary 1936, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95

Coming in May:
SPICY MYSTERY STORIES  October 1937,  7x10,  128 pages, $14.95
SPICY MYSTERY STORIES  July 1942,  7x10,  128 pages, $14.95
NEW MYSTERY ADVENTURES - March 1936, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95

Still available:
DON WINSLOW OF THE NAVY - May 1937, 7x10,  96 pages, $14.95
EERIE STORIES  August 1937,  7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
HIGH SEAS ADVENTURES February 1935,  Cover Artist: Sidney Riesenberg, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
HOODED DETECTIVE  January 1942 7x10, 98 pages, $14.95
JACK DEMPSEY'S FIGHT MAGAZINE  May 1934, Cover Artist: Earle Bergey, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
MYSTERY TALES December 1939, Cover Artist: J. W. Scott, , 7x10, 112 pages, $14.95
RED MASK DETECTIVE STORIES  March 1941, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
SAUCY MOVIE TALES  - June 1936, Cover Artist:  Norman Saunders, 7x10,  96 pages, $14.95
SAUCY MOVIE TALES July 1936, Cover Artist:  Norman Saunders, 7x10,  96 pages, $14.95
SAUCY MOVIE TALES August 1936, Cover Artist:  Norman Saunders, 7x10,  96 pages, $14.95
SAUCY MOVIE TALES  - September 1936, Cover Artist:  Norman Saunders, 7x10,  96 pages, $14.95
SPICY ADVENTURE STORIES  August 1936, Cover Artist:  H. J. Ward, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95
SPICY ADVENTURE STORIES  September 1941, Cover Artist:  H. J. Ward, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95
SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES June 1938,  Cover Artist: H.J. Ward, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
SPICY MYSTERY STORIES February 1938, Cover Artist: H. L. Parkhurst, 7x10, 128pages, $14.95
SPICY MYSTERY STORIES May 1936, Cover Artist: H.J. Ward, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
SPICY MYSTERY STORIES  July 1941, Cover Artist:  H. J. Ward, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95
SPICY MYSTERY STORIES  April 1942,  7x10,  128 pages, $14.95



AGE OF CONAN: ANOK, HERETIC OF STYGIA VOLUME 3 Available November 29th!
by J. Steven York
Cursed with unspeakable mystic power, trapped in a war between gods, Anok Wati, the heretic of Set, must fight both the enemies that surround him and the corruption growing in his own soul. Now, Anok has unknowingly unleashed a hideous evil, and unless he can find the hero within himself, all of Hyboria will be enslaved! Yet, how can a lone sorcerer, no matter how powerful, destroy a living god?!

Soft Cover, 336 pages, $6.99 

Publisher: Ace

Ben Bella Books - WONDER'S CHILD by Jack Williamson
Science fiction legend Jack Williamson's classic autobiography is much more than the story of a single man's life and work; it is an amazing look at the entire twentieth century from the perspective of a man on a "long search for endurable compromise with society." It is impossible to separate Jack Williamson from science fiction; WONDER'S CHILD serves as a biography of both.

First published in 1984, this new version has been updated with twenty years of new material, plus a portion of Williamson's diary from World War II.
 This title is now available from Ben Bella Books for $11.96.
Thanks to James Lowder for the tip!

Conan: RED NAILS
The website for the Conan: RED NAILS animated feature has been updated.
It is
a brand new website with profiles for the principal characters of RED NAILS.

Visit  http://www.conanrednails.com/

THE CONQUERING SWORD OF CONAN - Available November 29th
by Robert E. Howard; with illustrations by Gregory Manchess

Brilliantly illustrated by artist Gregory Manchess, THE CONQUERING SWORD OF CONAN completes the set of Robert E. Howard's Conan stories, featuring five, classic, pulse-pounding adventures showcasing some of his finest work, including the legendary "Beyond the Black River" and "Red Nails," alongside rare early drafts and synopses. 

Soft Cover, 6X9.25, 384 pages,  $15.95 


Available in book stores November 29th!
Available in comic shops November 30th!

Doc Savage Reprints - Five more books (10 more stories) are now available!
The Blackmask Online Store has more Doc Savage reprints available.
Each volume is
8.25x11 perfectbound, and
features two stories for $10.99.
51 The Green Eagle and Mystery Island    
52 The Mindless Monsters and Birds of Death       
53 The Invisible-Box Murders and Peril in the North      
54 The Rustling Death and Men of Fear      
55 The Too-Wise Owl and The Magic Forest 


Four new reprints featuring The Shadow are also now available. Click here for more info.

E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow Magazine: 
There is no review this week. Next weeks review will be "Serpents of Siva" from the April 15, 1938 issue.
"Mystery from the Ether?" by  K. Robeson 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 650 stories online!

The Man Who Wasn't There by D. L. Champion from G-MEN DETECTIVE, Winter 1950
Atom Boy by Ray Cummings from THRILLING DETECTIVE, April 1947
Gallows Flight by William E. Poindexter from SKY FIGHTERS, December, 1934
The Moore the Merrier by Thomas Thursday from SPORTS FICTION, June 1947


Elder Signs Press - TERRORS, a new Richard Lupoff collection is now available!
Richard A. Lupoff is one of the most versatile writers in the trade, having written fiction in science fiction, mystery, and horror. He is a master of the Lovecraftian and Mythos style tale. This 348-page volume brings together some of his best stories in the Lovecraftian and horror genre, as well as previously unpublished works.  

Also featuring an introduction and by Fred Chapell, the author of Dagon, and an afterword by Richard A. Lupoff.
Visit the Elder Signs Press website to order.
Table of Contents:
The Crimson Wizard
The Crimson Wizard and the Jewels of Lemuria
The Golden Saint Meets Madame Medusa
The Whisperers
At Vega’s Taqueria
The Doom that Came to Dunwich
The Horror South of Red Hook
The Adventure of the Voorish Sign
The Secret of the Sahara
Treasure of the Red Robe Men
The Devil’s Hop Yard
Documents in the Case of Elizabeth Akeley
Lights! Camera!! Shub-Niggurath!!!
The Turret
The Heyworth Fragment
Streamliner


Thanks to Don Herron for the tip on this title.

Elder Signs Press - Coming in May!
Hardboiled Cthulhu - a new anthology from Elder Signs Press

The Big Sleep Ends and the Nightmares Begin!
Hard hitting, hard edged, hardboiled stories that take Lovecraftian Mythos to places where only the toughest P.I.s, gangsters, and creatures dwell. Venture into the urban sprawl and the dark places of the world. Here the big sleep ends and the nightmares begin! Welcome to the world of Hardboiled Cthulhu.

Bound in this anthology are over 20 tales blending the hardboiled genre with the Lovecraftian. Authors include: James Ambuehl, David Witteveen, E.P. Berglund, Tim Curran, John Sunseri, Steven L. Shrewsbury, Eric J. Miller, David Conyers, Jeffery Thomas, William Jones, Jonathan Sharp, Simon Bucher-Jones, Patrick Thomas, William Meikle, James Chambers, Cody Goodfellow, Ron Shiflet, J.F. Gonzalez, Robert M. Price, C.J. Henderson, Richard A. Lupoff.

You can pre-order this title now at the Elder Signs website: 
http://www.eldersignspress.com/


F. Paul Wilson: THE KEEP #2 - Available in comic shops November 30th!
Author F. Paul Wilson, the creator behind the Adversary Cycle and Repairman series of novels, adapts his own New York Times bestselling novel, THE KEEP, into a comic book miniseries. He is joined by artist Matthew Smith (Hellboy) on the adaptation of the story that the Providence Journal called, “A battle between good and evil that staggers the imagination, with an ending as exciting as any horror fan could wish!”

The keep had stood empty in the Transylvanian Alps for 500 years. No one knew who built it, or why.  But on the eve of WW II, German soldiers move in and awaken something—something hungry… something as merciless as the SS einsatzkommandos accompanying them. Noted horror writer F. Paul Wilson adapts his own New York Times bestselling novel and is joined by Matthew Smith (Hellboy) on art in this, the first installment of the story that the Providence Journal called, “A battle between good and evil that staggers the imagination, with an ending as exciting as any horror fan could wish!” Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99

THE KEEP #2 is the second issue of a five-issue miniseries.


Girasol Collectables - THE WEIRD WRITINGS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD!
Pre-release Special  (ends December 1, 2005)
The Greatest REH Collection Ever Assembled!  Two massive hardcover facsimile volumes totaling more than 1200 pages with ALL of Robert E. Howard’s writings from the original run of WEIRD TALES Magazine!
ALL the stories & illustrations.  All the verse.  Plus letters to the editor.  
Scanned right from the original pulp pages! No editing! No reset text!

Volume 1 will be available February 2006.  
Volume 2 will be available Spring 2006.

2 volume set: $175 (+ $10 s&h)  Save $25!
Volume 1 or 2 : $90 (+ $5 s&h)  Save $10!


Limited Edition True 1st Printing:
$225/set of 2 volumes (+ $10 s&h) - Save $25!  

An extremely small quantity will be available of the Limited Edition True 1st Printing with an additional Roy G. Krenkel frontispiece.


The cover for Volume 1 is a sketch by Rudy Nebres!  
The cover for Volume 2 is a sketch by Neal Adams!

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



HERMES PRESS                                
The new edition of CHEAP THRILLS, Ron Goulart's classic history of the pulps, has been rescheduled for release in March of 2006.   http://www.hermespress.com/


H. P. LOVECRAFT HISTORICAL SOCIETY - THE CALL OF CTHULHU
THE CALL OF CTHULHU is an all-new silent film. The famed story is brought richly to life in the style of a classic 1920s silent movie, with a haunting original symphonic score. Using the "Mythoscope" process-a mix of modern and vintage techniques, the HPLHS has worked to create the most authentic and faithful screen adaptation of a Lovecraft story yet attempted. This extraordinary motion picture is now available on a DVD, which also features a making-of documentary, high fidelity and Mythophonic audio, special features, and inter-titles in twenty-four languages.  $25

http://www.cthulhulives.org/toc.html

IRON GHOST #6 - Coming in February!
The Iron Ghost Revealed!  Now that Tannhauser and Volz have unmasked the ghost and discovered his motives they must decide what to do with this shocking information.  Don't miss the exciting conclusion to the years greatest mystery story.  
32 pages, full color, $2.99


IRON GHOST #6
is solicited in the December PREVIEWS (now available).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC051774.

Mike Chomko - December 2005 newsletter is now available!
Mike's December 2005 newsletter is now available. Click here to view/download it.
Orders over $20 are discounted approximately 10%.
Shipping is between $2-6, depending on the weight of your order (media mail or bound printed matter).  
Michael Chomko, 2217 W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA  18104-6542
Contact Mike by email at chomko@enter.net

Pulpville Press - Now available!
UNDER THE MOONS OF MARS  by Edgar Rice Burroughs
A story of another world, curiously captivating in its romantic qualities and in the originality of its conception. The spirit of adventure carried beyond earth, into the realms of space. This is the seminal novel of Edgar Rice Burroughs, famous author of Tarzan of the Apes. John Carter of Earth and his adventures on Barsoom (Martian for Mars) and his romance with Dejah Thoris, a princess of Mars. Fully illustrated with the artwork which appeared with the newspaper serialization. The text is the original All Story pulp magazine version.

238 pages, 6.0 x 9.0 in. (Trade Paperback), perfect-bound, black and white interior , $14.95

RED JACKET PRESS - 25% off sale plus free shipping until January 1st!
The holidays are the perfect time to share favorite books (or new discoveries) with family and friends. In that spirit, Red Jacket Press is offering sale prices on their entire catalog from November 25 through the end of the year, with free shipping. Here's how it works:

Buy any Red Jacket Press limited edition facsimile reprint, and receive 25% off each additional facsimile reprint and free shipping.  Or, buy any three "Second-Stage Lensman" trade paperbacks, and receive 25% off and free shipping.

JUDGMENT NIGHT by C.L. Moore - Originally published by Gnome Press in 1952
CHILDREN OF THE ATOM by Wilmar Shiras - Originally published by Gnome Press in 1953
ROADS by Seabury Quinn - Originally published by Arkham House in 1948
THE DRAGON LENSMAN by David A. Kyle - Book One of the "Second Stage Lensman" Trilogy
LENSMAN FROM RIGEL by David A. Kyle - Book Two of the "Second Stage Lensman" Trilogy
Z-LENSMAN by David A. Kyle - Book Three of the "Second Stage Lensman" Trilogy


Click on the "25% OFF SALE" link on the top of most pages on our web site for complete details.

Visit the Red Jacket Press website to take advantage of this great offer!
http://www.redjacketpress.com/books/index.html


The Shadow Reprints - Four more books are now available!
The Blackmask Online Store has four new Shadow reprints available.
Each volume is
dual-column, perfectbound, and illustrated for $8.96.

Masters of Death
The Invincible Shiwan Khan
Shiwan Khan Returns
The Golden Master

 


Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy - Available November 29th!
TALES BEFORE TOLKIEN: THE ROOTS OF MODERN FANTASY, edited by Douglas A. Anderson, collects 22 classic stories by such masters as George Macdonald, Andrew Lang, Lord Dunsany and James Branch Cabell. Arthur Machen aficionados will especially appreciate "The Coming of the Terror" (an abridgement of his short novel The Terror), hitherto unreprinted since its initial magazine appearance in 1917. There are a couple of pulp reprints in it-- "The Elf Trap" by Francis Stevens (ARGOSY, 5 July 1919) and "The Woman of the Wood" by A. Merritt (WEIRD TALES, August 1926).

Del Rey Books, Mass market paperback edition, 528 pages, $7.50
A trade paperback edition (SRP $14.95) is also available from Amazon.com.

Thanks to Douglas A. Anderson for the information.

Wildside Press - The Weird Works Of Robert E Howard Volume 1, 2 & 3 in soft cover!
Weird Works Of Robert E Howard Volume 1 is now available in a trade paperback edition. The SRP is $10.
Weird Works Of Robert E Howard Volume 2 will be available March 15, 2006.  The SRP is $10.
Weird Works Of Robert E Howard Volume 3 will be available June 1, 2006.  The SRP is $10.




19 November 2005

Adventure House - Now available!
G-8 and His Battle Aces #18: The Death Monsters

Only a fiendishly brilliant scientist like Herr Doktor Krueger could create these monsters.  Only men who laughed at death could dare defy their poison coils.  The things marched along the Front, nightmare creatures whose tentacles crushed any planes that came within their reach.  What were they?  How could G-8 and his sky buddies fight them—destroy them before they threatened the entire world with destruction?

Soft Cover, 7x10, 112 pages, B&W, SRP: $9.95
G-8 #18
Adventure House - Coming Spring 2006!
THRILLING DETECTIVE HEROES A Pulp Detective Anthology
Pulp detective heroes from the "Thrilling Group" of magazines, including POPULAR DETECTIVE and THRILLING DETECTIVE. Edited with foreword by John Wooley and John Locke.  
200 plus pages.  
6 by 9 in size.  
The price has not yet been set.



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:
NEW MYSTERY  ADVENTURES  April 1936, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95
SAUCY ROMANTIC ADVENTURES August 1936,  7x10,  96 pages, $14.95 -  featuring Domino Lady!
SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES  July 1941, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95

In pre-production:
EERIE MYSTERIES  August 1938,  7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
SPICY MYSTERY STORIES  May 1942,  Cover Artist:  H. L. Parkhurst, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95
UNDERCOVER DETECTIVE  February 1939,  7x10,  112 pages, $14.95

At the printer:
Nothing

Previously announced and coming soon!
DAN TURNER-HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE March 1943, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95
FAR EAST ADVENTURE STORIES - February 1931, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95
MARVEL TALES  December 1939,  7x10,  112 pages, $14.95
NEW MYSTERY ADVENTURES - December 1935, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95
NEW MYSTERY ADVENTURESFebruary 1936, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95
NEW MYSTERY ADVENTURES - March 1936, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95
NEW MYSTERY  ADVENTURES - April 1936, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95
SAUCY MOVIE TALES December 1936, Cover Artist:  Norman Saunders, 7x10,  96 pages, $14.95
SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES  April 1941, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95
SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES  July 1942, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95
SPICY MYSTERY STORIES  October 1937,  7x10,  128 pages, $14.95
SPICY MYSTERY STORIES  July 1942,  7x10,  128 pages, $14.95
SPICY MYSTERY STORIES  October 1942, Cover Artist:  Allen Anderson, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95
UNDERCOVER DETECTIVE  April 1939,  7x10,  112 pages, $14.95
VARIETY DETECTIVE MAGAZINE  August 1938,  7x10,  112 pages, $14.95

Now available:
DON WINSLOW OF THE NAVY - May 1937, 7x10,  96 pages, $14.95
EERIE STORIES  August 1937,  7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
HIGH SEAS ADVENTURES February 1935,  Cover Artist: Sidney Riesenberg, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
HOODED DETECTIVE  January 1942 7x10, 98 pages, $14.95
JACK DEMPSEY'S FIGHT MAGAZINE  May 1934, Cover Artist: Earle Bergey, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
MYSTERY TALES December 1939, Cover Artist: J. W. Scott, , 7x10, 112 pages, $14.95
RED MASK DETECTIVE STORIES  March 1941, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
SAUCY MOVIE TALES  - June 1936, Cover Artist:  Norman Saunders, 7x10,  96 pages, $14.95
SAUCY MOVIE TALES July 1936, Cover Artist:  Norman Saunders, 7x10,  96 pages, $14.95
SAUCY MOVIE TALES August 1936, Cover Artist:  Norman Saunders, 7x10,  96 pages, $14.95
SAUCY MOVIE TALES  - September 1936, Cover Artist:  Norman Saunders, 7x10,  96 pages, $14.95
SPICY ADVENTURE STORIES  August 1936, Cover Artist:  H. J. Ward, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95
SPICY ADVENTURE STORIES  September 1941, Cover Artist:  H. J. Ward, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95
SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES June 1938,  Cover Artist: H.J. Ward, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
SPICY MYSTERY STORIES February 1938, Cover Artist: H. L. Parkhurst, 7x10, 128pages, $14.95
SPICY MYSTERY STORIES May 1936, Cover Artist: H.J. Ward, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
SPICY MYSTERY STORIES  July 1941, Cover Artist:  H. J. Ward, 7x10,  128 pages, $14.95
SPICY MYSTERY STORIES  April 1942,  7x10,  128 pages, $14.95

 

CHRONICLES OF CONAN VOLUME 10: WHEN GIANTS WALK THE EARTH AND OTHER STORIES TPB - Coming in March!
Roy Thomas (W), John Buscema (A), Howard Chaykin (A), and others
Treading the long and winding path toward his eventual monarchy, Conan becomes witness to the corruption and devastation of many a fantastic kingdom along the way.  Not the least of which being the marvelous, and equally dangerous, lands of Harakht—home to the fearsome Hawk-Riders and their enormous avian beasts.  Despite the overwhelming odds and the presence of a mysterious, earthbound space rock, it will take more than a flock of giant and savage birds to strike fear in the Barbarian’s heart.  With his lover Bêlit—the Queen of the Black Coast—at his side, no threats, terrestrial or otherwise, will prevent Conan from fulfilling his destiny.

• Featuring nine more issues from the famed Roy Thomas/John Buscema run on Conan the Barbarian, stories showcasing Conan’s adventures with Belit the She-Pirate, one of Robert E. Howard’s most powerful and beloved female characters. Collecting Marvel’s Conan the Barbarian #72-77, and #79-81. On sale March 8, Soft Cover, 168 pages, Full Color, 7" x 10", $16.95

CHRONICLES OF CONAN #10 is solicited in the December PREVIEWS (available November 23rd).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC050016.

THE COMING OF CONAN OF CIMMERIA - Available  November 22nd!
THE COMING OF CONAN OF CIMMERIA will be released in hardcover by Del Rey on November 22nd. 
Originally available only in a $200 limited edition format, this new edition will feature Howard’s earliest short stories, and artwork by Mark Schultz.  When we released it in trade paperback, we printed the color plates in black and white, and for the hardcover we’re restoring them to glorious full color.  Some of the most famous of the stories that will appear are “The Phoenix on the Sword,” “The Tower of the Elephant,” “Queen of the Black Coast,” ”Black Colossus,” and “The Devil in Iron.”  The edition also features various synopses by Howard, including the first submitted draft for the first Conan story, “The Phoenix on the Sword,” and Howard’s own hand-drawn map of the Hyborian world.

Available in book stores November 22nd!

Available in comic shops November 23rd!


Conan #22  - Available in comic shops November 23rd!
Writer: Kurt Busiek; Cover Artist: Ladrönn;  Penciller: Cary Nord;  Colorist: Dave Stewart
Dark Horse Comics has posted a preview at
http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/preview.php?theid=10-321


Robert E. Howard's seminal Conan tale "The Tower of the Elephant"comes to its blood-spattering conclusion in this final chapter of Busiek and Nord's adaptation. Deep in the Elephant Tower, Conan comes face to face with a god-creature from a far-off world, and has his final confrontation with a sorcerer powerful enough and mad enough to imprison a god. Death has come to the Elephant Tower, and none will walk away unchanged.

Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Publication Date: November 23, 2005
Format: Full color, 32 pages,  $2.99


CONAN #25 - Coming in February!
Kurt Busiek (W), Cary Nord (A), Dave Stewart (C), and Tony Harris (Cover)

Conan crossed the wrong people, and now he’s got the entire Zamorian Army on his tail, led by a rogue who may be even more cunning than Conan.  But Conan’s not running, and he’s not hiding—if they want a fight, he’ll give it to them. Yet, even if he can take on an entire army and win, there are worse things in Zamora than swords, and worse sorcerers to unleash them. Will they succeed in destroying the daring Cimmerian . . . or will they just make him mad?

On sale February 8, Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics

CONAN #25 is solicited in the December PREVIEWS (available November 23rd).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC050015.


E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow Magazine: 
This week's review is "Bells of Doom" from the March 15, 1935 issue.
Sounds Like Murder by Donn Peppler 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 650 stories online!

Boot Hill Recruits by Cliff Howe from WESTERN ACES, February, 1942
Guns of Gangland by Frederick Borden from GANGSTER STORIES, December, 1929
Strategy by V. W. J. Coffin from TRIPLE-X MAGAZINE, February, 1926
Black Coffee by Wallace R. Bamber from THRILLING DETECTIVE, May 1933


EUREKA PRODUCTIONS - GRAPHIC CLASSICS VOLUME 13: RAFAEL SABATINI
- Coming in January!
The book will feature a dynamic cover painting by Joel Naprstek, and the origin of Captain Blood by Rod Lott and Filipino artist Carlo Vergara.  With adaptations of Rafael Sabatini's work, this book's contributors include Rod Lott, Antonella Caputo, Tom Pomplun, and Mort Castle. Artists include Roger Langridge, Carlo Vergara, Milton Knight, Gerry Alanguilan, Stanley W. Shaw, Jackie Smith, Rich Tommaso, Kevin Atkinson and Hunt Emerson. Enjoy the origin of Sabatini's famed gentleman pirate "Captain Blood", as well as a great selection of mysteries and adventure tales, plus a comics bio of Sabatini by Mort Castle!
Soft Cover, 144 pages, B&W, SRP: $11.95


Graphics Classics #14 is solicited in the December PREVIEWS (available November 23rd).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC052991. 

IMARO by Charles Saunders - Coming in February!
Imaro is the epic, action-packed, novel of how a young warrior achieved manhood, won his rights among the people, and began his long march against the fantastic and unearthly terrors of that alternate-Africa known as Nyumbani. Saunders' novel fuses the narrative style of fantasy fiction with a pre-colonial, alternate Africa. 

Hardcover, 6x9, 256 pages, SRP: $24.95 

IMARO is solicited in the December PREVIEWS (available November 23rd).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC053496.

THE KEEP #4 (OF 5) - Coming in February!
F. Paul Wilson (writer); Matthew Smith (artist & colorist)
F. Paul Wilson continues the adaptation of his own novel, with art by Mathew Smith, in the fourth part of the miniseries, "The Devil Wears a Swastika!" With Molasar's cure of Professor Cuza's debilitating illness and his promise to kill Hitler just as he's killed the German soldiers, the seduction is complete.  In return, all Cuza must do is remove a hidden object from the keep. But first the stranger in the village must be killed.  And all the while, someone or something is digging in the sub-cellar.
$3.99, Duotone, 32 pages.

THE KEEP #4 is solicited in the December PREVIEWS (available November 23rd).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC053075. 

King Kong - Available  November 22nd!
The King Kong: Two-Disc Special Edition (SRP $26.99) will include the 104-minute restored and remastered B&W film on video in its original full frame, with Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio and English, French and Spanish subtitles. Extras will include audio commentary (by Ray Harryhausen and Ken Ralston, with Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Ruth Rose, Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong), the 2005 I'm Kong: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper documentary, a gallery of trailers for other films by director Merian C. Cooper, the new RKO Production 601: The Making of Kong, Eighth Wonder of the World documentary by Peter Jackson (featuring the following featurettes: The Origins of King Kong, Willis O'Brien and Creation, Cameras Roll on Kong, The Eighth Wonder, A Milestone in Visual Effects, Passion, Sound and Fury, The Mystery of the Lost Spider Pit Sequence and King Kong's Legacy) and Creation test footage (with commentary by Ray Harryhausen).

The King Kong: Two-Disc Collector's Edition (SRP $39.98) will include all of the above in limited tin packaging that also features a 20-page reproduction of the original 1933 souvenir program, King Kong original one-sheet reproduction postcards and a mail-in offer for a reproduction of a vintage theatrical poster.

The King Kong Four-Disc Collector's Set (SRP $39.92) will include the King Kong: Two-Disc Special Edition along with The Son of Kong and Mighty Joe Young. It will NOT include the extras in the Collector's Edition tin.

Fortunately, The Son of Kong and Mighty Joe Young will also be available separately for an SRP of $19.97 each.

The Son of Kong will include the 70-minute restored B&W film on video in the original full frame, with Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio and English, French and Spanish subtitles. Extras will include the theatrical trailer.

Mighty Joe Young will include the 94-minute restored B&W film on video in its original full frame, with Dolby Digital 2.0 mono audio and English, French and Spanish subtitles. Extras will include audio commentary (by Ray Harryhausen, Ken Ralston and Terry Moore), 2 new featurettes (Ray Harryhausen and The Chioda Brothers and Ray Harryhausen and Mighty Joe Young) and the film's theatrical trailer.



Lairs of the Hidden Gods, Volume 2: Inverted Kingdom  - Now available!
edited by Ken Asamatsu and translated by Robert M. Price
This massive collection of original stories and articles inspired by the 'Cthulhu Mythos' created by H.P. Lovecraft was published in Japan in 2002 as a two-volume set under the name Hishinkai. The list of contributing authors is a who's-who of Japanese horror fiction, featuring some of the finest writers in Japan today.

In cooperation with Tokyo Sogensha, the Japanese publishers, and the anthology editor, Mr. ASAMATSU Ken, we are proud to present these dark visions of the Mythos as interpreted by Japanese authors. You will find some stories that return like old friends, carrying on the Lovecraft tradition, while others will shock you with totally new and unexpected vistas of horror. Each story is accompanied by a thought-provoking introduction by Robert M. PRICE, the recognized master of the Mythos.
This is the second volume of the 4-volume English translation.


Publisher: Kurodahan Press
Format: Trade Paperback
Length: 372 pages

Retail price: $20.00
This title is now available from Shocklines.   Volume 1 is still available for $20.

THE PHANTOM SHADOW
THE PHANTOM SHADOW is a pulp inspired Internet comic strip by Martin Powell and Brent Schoonover.
The first five strips are now available online on the Cold Case Comics website.
This is a very enjoyable comic strip so far and I recommend you give it a look.


PLANETARY #25  - Coming in February!
Written by Warren Ellis, art and cover by John Cassaday.

The final act begins! Elijah Snow draws together elements from nearly everything he's investigated since rejoining the team, to lay a trap for the two remaining members of the Four. But the Four had fully 50 years to prepare their defenses. Fifty years since their rocket entered the space between universes, and they were changed...but how?

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on February 22.


PLANETARY #25 is solicited in the December PREVIEWS (available November 23rd).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC050323.

Pulps1st - Now available!
Pulps 1st has a large line of Pulp Cover Image CDs that are now available.  The main CD, the Pulp Image Library is currently at version 4 and has over 17,000 pulp cover images, including a complete set of the SHADOW (including all 3 annuals), a ton of DOC SAVAGE cover images plus over 1,000 ARGOSY, 285 WEIRD TALES, thousands of western pulp covers, and more. This is the best and largest collection reference of pulp cover images!

The CD has all pulp genres, westerns, detective, hero, anthology (ARGOSY, BLUE BOOK, ADVENTURE, SHORT STORIES, etc.) war, love, air, SF, and more.  All the pulp publishers are here, Street & Smith, Popular Publications, Thrilling Publications, and many more.  Pulps 1st also sells individual genre CDs, for those who only want a specific pulp category.


Visit the Pulps 1st website at http://www.pulps1st.com/

PulpCollectors
PulpCollectors is a new group oriented towards pulp collectors on Google.
Go to google.com then select groups.  Search for PulpCollectors and you should find it no problem. This is for pulp collectors to talk about collecting pulps, swapping pulps, selling pulps, pulp magazine and related announcements. All pulp, all the time. http://groups.google.com/group/PulpCollectors/about


Pulpdom - Now available!
PULPDOM #44 (October 2005) is now available. 
The contents of this issue include:
Epic Pulps- TOP NOTCH by Mike Taylor
Two Really Weird Tales by Al Lybeck
Western Pulps Before 1930 by Caz
Early Western Pulp Cover Art by Caz

This issue has full color front and back covers and is profusely illustrated with full color and black & white illustrations throughout.  Copies are $6 each (postpaid) anywhere in USA.  Six issue subscriptions are $30.
Contact C. Cazedessus II, P.O. Box 2340, Pagosa Springs, Colorado 81147, email: cazbooks@frontier.net

The December issue will feature Mike Taylor's analysis of the literary imitators of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan.

Pulpville Press - Now available!
TARZAN AND THE ANT MEN  by Edgar Rice Burroughs
First Time in Paperback! From the original pulp magazine appearance, unedited and uncensored! Tarzan of the Apes has added a biplane to the equipment of his African estate. On a practice flight he unwittingly conquers distance until the impenetrable Great Thorn Forest appears, inclosing a hitherto undiscovered country. Tarzan's biplane crashes, and the unconscious aviator is found by a huge she-creature of the Alali. Recovering consciousness, he flees with a youth of the Alali and instructs him in the art of the bow and arrow. And then the ape-man encounters another marvel of the jungle - a horde of white pygmies of warlike spirit mounted on dwarf antelopes. Fully illustrated.
264 pages, 6.0 x 9.0 in. (Trade Paperback), perfect-bound, black and white interior , $14.95.


KWA OF THE JUNGLE Book 1 by Paul Regard
First time in paperback! The first story in the "Kwa of the Jungle" series as it appeared in the THRILLING ADVENTURES pulp magazine: Kwa of the Jungle.
168 pages, 6x9 trade paperback, $9.95


RED SONJA #3 - Available in comic shops November 23rd!
The return of Red Sonja continues! When we left the deadliest warrior of the Hyborean Age in issue #2 thinks seemed bleak and in the opening of issue #3 they go from BAD to WORSE. As Sonja heads back to Gathia to confront the King she takes on a group of wary allies and in the end a traitor will be revealed and an army raised against her!

Writers Michael Avon Oeming Mike Carey Artists Mel Rubi Ceasar Rodriguez and Richard Isanove are joined by a 5-Star line-up of cover artists including (Shipping in Equal Ratio): the legendary John Romita Sr. the incredible Adam Hughes the fantastic Michael William Kaluta the incomparable Mel Rubi (wrap-around) and SUPER-HOT PAINTER Gabrielle (SECRET WAR) Dell'Otto; Plus an Ultra Limited Cover (1-in-50) by another living legend -- Neal Adams!


32 pages, Full Color,    SRP: $2.99  

RED SONJA #9 - Coming in February!
by Michael Avon Oeming, Mel Rubi, & Pablo Marcos
"ARROWSMITH" - Sonja's quest to track down and destroy the "dark god" plaguing her land and her people continues as she meets with new dangers, new foes, and new allies! This story arc is pivotal to Red Sonja's ongoing saga, as we are allowed glimpses into her past in special flashback chapters drawn by artist Pablo Marcos! This issue ships with variant cover by Billy (X-23) Tan, Mike Perkins, writer/director Tomm Coker, and Mel Rubi!
32 pages, Full Color,    SRP: $2.99  

RED SONJA #9 is solicited in the December PREVIEWS (available November 23rd).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC052935.

RED SONJA #9- FIERY RED FOIL HIGH END EDITION
This issue is also available in a Fiery Red Foil Edition, featuring an all-new piece of art by series artist, Mel Rubi.

32 pages, Full Color

RED SONJA #9 FIERY RED FOIL EDITION is solicited in the December PREVIEWS (available November 23rd).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC052941.


Red Sonja/Claw
Dynamite Entertainment and DC Comics have provided Newsarama with a look at Alex Ross’ cover to the first issue of Red Sonja/Claw #1, the first of a four issue miniseries which will be published under the Wildstorm imprint next year.


As announced in Chicago this summer, the miniseries will launch Wildstorm’s “Storm & Sorcery” line of titles, aimed at revitalizing/revamping genre characters from DC’s library, including Claw, which will be launched into a new series after the miniseries.

The cover shown is the Alex Ross alternate cover for issue #1. The regular cover artist for the miniseries will be Jim Lee.


http://www.newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=1a4125d51c9df5acf1ee23a0bf7421be&threadid=49708

RED SONJA VS. THULSA DOOM #3  - Coming in February!
by Peter David & Luke Lieberman, & Will Conrad
The most important meeting in the ancient lands continues in Red Sonja vs. Thulsa Doom #3, as our four-issue event speeds towards its dramatic conclusion! In this issue, the danger heads below Hyrkania as Thulsa Doom's troops unleash terror in the mines! This special event series features the writing of Luke Lieberman and Peter David, along with the powerful art of Will (Serenity) Conrad and an all-star line-up of cover artists, including Gabrielle Dell'Otto and Will Conrad!  
32 pages, Full Color,   SRP: $3.50 
 
RED SONJA VS THULSA DOOM #3 is solicited in the December PREVIEWS (available November 23rd).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC052938.


RED SONJA: "PIRATE" ADAM HUGHES LITHOGRAPH - Coming in February!
From the cover of Red Sonja #7 comes this fabulous Adam Hughes image! No stranger to beautiful women, Hughes' amazing artwork is now available as a Dynamite Lithograph, sans all cover copy and logos! Measuring 18” x 24” and printed on high-end, high-quality lithograph paper, this exclusive offering is a must-have for your collection and is suitable for framing.
Litho, 18x24, Full Color, SRP: $19.99

RED SONJA: "PIRATE" is solicited in the December PREVIEWS (available November 23rd).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC052942.


THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES
Andy Vajna and Mario Kassar's C2 Pictures, Warner Bros. Television and feature writer Josh Friedman ("War of the Worlds") are set to team for a potential small screen take on "The Terminator" franchise. The project, which takes place between the second and third "Terminator" features, will track the lives of Sarah Connor and her 14-year-old son son John Connor (played by Linda Hamilton and Edward Furlong in the former installment). Both roles however will be recast for the TV version, which FOX has given a pilot commitment with a significant penalty attached if it doesn't go to series. It's understood the series will feature a link between a potential new feature trilogy however no specifics were given. Friedman will write the pilot script and executive produce along with Vajna, Kassar and C2's senior VP of development James Middleton.


Superman Returns
The teaser trailer for the upcoming feature film SUPERMAN RETURNS directed by Brian Singer debuted on SMALLVILLE Thursday evening. It is now available online at
http://supermanreturns.warnerbros.com/trailer.html


TOM STRONG #35 - Available in comic shops November 23rd!
Written by Peter Hogan, art and cover by Chris Sprouse and Karl Story.

ABC. A sequel to the Snow Queen story from Tom Strong #24. Ice people are on the loose in Millennium, and they're robbing banks! Could Greta Gabriel's heart have grown so cold?

32 pages, $2.99, in stores on October 12.


Wildside Press - The Weird Works Of Robert E Howard Volume 1 & 2 in soft cover!
The Weird Works Of Robert E Howard Volumes 1 and 2  will soon be available in soft cover editions.
Weird Works Of Robert E Howard Volume 1 will be available November 25th.  The SRP is $10.
Weird Works Of Robert E Howard Volume 2 will be available March 15, 2006.  The SRP is $10.
Both are now available for pre-order at Amazon.com.
Weird Works Of Robert E Howard Volume 1
Weird Works Of Robert E Howard Volume 2  

ZORRO #10 - Coming in February!
by Don McGregor & Sidney Lima
Zorro and Eulalia Bandini ride up on an amazing sight: Sandy McBain's gigantic hot air balloon in the remote Yellowstone wilderness. And suddenly the fantastic flying contraption with a fierce Dragon painted on it spurts flame! In a one-of-a-kind display of horsemanship and skill with the whip, Zorro attempts to halt the flame-breathing dragon, only to be ripped off his trusted stallion, Tornado, and dragged across the rugged terrain!
32 pages, Full Color,  SRP: $2.95 
 

32 pages, Full Color, $2.95 
ZORRO #10 is solicited in the December PREVIEWS (available November 23rd).  
The Diamond Item Code is DEC053152.


ZORRO VOLUME 3 - Coming in February!
by Don McGregor & Sidney Lima
Zorro and Eulalia Bandini come across a badly battered widow as they pass through the sulfurous landscape of boiling mud fumaroles and seething cauldrons. A Plainsman known as Lockspur preys on widows in this thunderous wasteland, and he plans to leave Zorro here as choice remains for circling vultures.
Hardcover, 96 pages, Full Color,  SRP: $12.95 
Soft Cover, 96 pages, Full Color,  SRP: $7.95 

ZORRO #10 is solicited in the December PREVIEWS (available November 23rd).  
The Diamond Item Code is DEC053153 for the hardcover edition.

The Diamond Item Code is DEC053154 for the soft cover edition.




12 November 2005

Burroughs Bulletin  #64 - Now Available!
The Fall 2005 issue (#64) of the The Burroughs Bulletin is now available. 
This issue features articles on Burroughs’ 64th story, "Land of Terror." 
It is profusely illustrated in black & white with full color front and back covers.
Articles include:
"A Study of Land of Terror: Questing in Mad Old Pellucidar" by David Adams with illustrations by John Coleman Burroughs
"Comedy of Errors: A refutation of the 'Errors' Charged Against the Burroughs Stories" by John Harwood and H. W. Starr
Picture Gallery: Frank Cho
"In Memorium: Rita Coriell"

"Edgar Rice Burroughs and the Mysteroius Woman" by Robert R. Barrett
"My Dad the cartoon Character" by Coleman Richardson
Letters to the Editor and Bibliographer's Corner

Subscriptions are $35 for four quarterly issues from: 
The Burroughs Bibliophiles, University of Louisville Library, Louisville, KY 40292.



Centipede Press - MASTERS OF THE WEIRD TALE is coming Fall 2006!
Coming in 2006 is the first volume in a new series, MASTERS OF THE WEIRD TALE.
This series will publish large collections of fiction and related essays by the genre's seminal writers.  Each book will include over 900 pages of fiction by the author, some pages of essays by the author, an excellent introduction by a noted authority in the field, and other material.  

The first volume scheduled is Algernon Blackwood, with an introduction by Mike Ashley.
The publication date is Fall/Winter 2006.
Other authors scheduled for the series include:
William Hope Hodgeson
H. P. Lovecraft (maybe/maybe not)
Clark Ashton Smith
Arthur Machen

http://www.centipedepress.com/weirdtale.html

THE CHRONICLES OF CONAN - Coming in January 2006!
A sumptuous hardback to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Robert E. Howard, one of the true Masters of Fantasy.  Conan the Cimmerian: the boy-thief who became a mercenary, who fought and loved his way across fabled lands to become King of Aquilonia. Neither supernatural fiends nore demonic sorcery could oppose the barbarian warrior as he wielded his mighty sword and dispatched his enemies to a bloody doom on the battlefields of the legendary Hyborian age.

Collected together in one volume for the very first time, in chronological order, are Robert E. Howard's tales of the legendary hero, as fresh and atmospheric today as when they were first published in the pulp magazines of more than seventy years ago.  Compiled by and with a foreward and afterword by award-winning writer and editor Stephen Jones.
£18.99, Hardback, 928 pages, 198 x 129 mm


http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/HB-36734/The-Complete-Chronicles-Of-Conan.htm

CHRONICLES OF CONAN VOLUME 10: WHEN GIANTS WALK THE EARTH AND OTHER STORIES TPB - Coming in March!
Roy Thomas (W), John Buscema (A), Howard Chaykin (A), and others
Treading the long and winding path toward his eventual monarchy, Conan becomes witness to the corruption and devastation of many a fantastic kingdom along the way.  Not the least of which being the marvelous, and equally dangerous, lands of Harakht—home to the fearsome Hawk-Riders and their enormous avian beasts.  Despite the overwhelming odds and the presence of a mysterious, earthbound space rock, it will take more than a flock of giant and savage birds to strike fear in the Barbarian’s heart.  With his lover Bêlit—the Queen of the Black Coast—at his side, no threats, terrestrial or otherwise, will prevent Conan from fulfilling his destiny.

• Featuring nine more issues from the famed Roy Thomas/John Buscema run on Conan the Barbarian, stories showcasing Conan’s adventures with Belit the She-Pirate, one of Robert E. Howard’s most powerful and beloved female characters. Collecting Marvel’s Conan the Barbarian #72-77, and #79-81. On sale March 8, Soft Cover, 168 pages, Full Color, 7" x 10", $16.95


Conan #22  - Preview now available online!
Writer: Kurt Busiek; Cover Artist: Ladrönn;  Penciller: Cary Nord;  Colorist: Dave Stewart
Dark Horse Comics has posted a preview at
http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/preview.php?theid=10-321


Robert E. Howard's seminal Conan tale "The Tower of the Elephant"comes to its blood-spattering conclusion in this final chapter of Busiek and Nord's adaptation. Deep in the Elephant Tower, Conan comes face to face with a god-creature from a far-off world, and has his final confrontation with a sorcerer powerful enough and mad enough to imprison a god. Death has come to the Elephant Tower, and none will walk away unchanged.

Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Publication Date: November 23, 2005
Format: Full color, 32 pages,  $2.99


CONAN #25 - Coming in February!
Kurt Busiek (W), Cary Nord (A), Dave Stewart (C), and Tony Harris (Cover)

Conan crossed the wrong people, and now he’s got the entire Zamorian Army on his tail, led by a rogue who may be even more cunning than Conan.  But Conan’s not running, and he’s not hiding—if they want a fight, he’ll give it to them. Yet, even if he can take on an entire army and win, there are worse things in Zamora than swords, and worse sorcerers to unleash them. Will they succeed in destroying the daring Cimmerian . . . or will they just make him mad?

On sale February 8, Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics

Crime, Mystery & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index - Coming soon!
The Crime, Mystery & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index (or Crime Fiction Index in short) is an attempt to provide an index to crime fiction magazines in the same style as the classic Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Weird Fiction Magazine Index compiled by Stephen T. Miller and William G. Contento. It will be available both in CD-ROM format from Locus Press and as a series of luxury hardback volumes from the Battered Silicon Dispatch Box.


This is a three volume set tentatively scheduled for publication in May 2006 from the Battered Silicon Dispatch Box.
The price has not yet been established.
For more information, visit Phil Stephensen-Payne's website at http://www.philsp.com/cfi1.html

THE DARK MAN - Coming soon!
Going off to Seele Brennt on 11/4/05, will be the double-issue of THE DARK MAN, Vol. 2, Nos. 1-2 for 2005.
The contents are:
Editorial Comments
Robert E. Howard and Poetic Narrative: The Bardic Tradition and "Popular Modernities" by Frank Coffman
Robert E. Howard: New Deal Heroic Fantasist by Rusty Burke
Crash Go the Civilizations: Some Notes on Robert E. Howard's Use of History and Anthropology by Mark Hall
"Red Shadows" Through the Lens of Northrop Frye's Archetypal Criticism by Patrick Burger
Letters to the Editor

Reviews
Conan: The Legend Returns by Terry Allen
Review of Adventure Tales by Morgan Holmes
Review of The Cimmerian by Charles Gramlich
Review of Boxing Stories by Jeffrey Kahan
Review of Glenn Lord's Ultima Thule by Ben Sumskyj
Review of Bran Mak Morn: The Last King by Charles Hoffman
Review of The Bloody Crown of Conan by Jeffrey Kahan

The contents will be enclosed by a great color cover designed by Larry Richter.
The entire issue will run over 75 pages (probably close to 90).


E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow Magazine: 
There's no new review this week.  Next week's review will be "Bells of Doom" from the March 15, 1935 issue.
Clue of the Valkyries  by Matthew L. Schoonover 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 650 stories online!

Murder With Folded Arms by Thomas Thursday from SMASHING DETECTIVE, November 1955
Gods of Fury by John Carlisle from ADVENTURE TRAILS, July, 1938
When Manhattan Sank by George S. Brooks from COMPLETE STORIES, July 1927
Satan Turns the Timetables by David M. Norman from 10-STORY DETECTIVE, September, 1943


James Bama: American Realist  - Coming Spring 2006!
Flesk Publications proudly presents James Bama: American Realist by Brian M. Kane.

The illustration career of James Bama has now been collected into a beautiful 160 page full color hardbound edition.
Written and designed by Brian M. Kane in cooperation with Mr. Bama.
Introduction by Harlan Ellison.
Hardbound and deluxe limited signed edition will be available.
Coming Spring 2006.

http://www.fleskpublications.com/


James Van Hise - Now available!
SWORD & FANTASY #4
Articles include the transcript from the 1998 San Diego Comicon (the panelists include Forry Ackerman and Gary Gianni). There are also various articles on heroic fantasy and sword and sorcery such as one on Henry Kuttner's Elak of Atlantis (from WEIRD TALES) .  A 1889 interview with Karl Edward Wagner from the British publication DAGON, An interview with Chuck Pogue about the screenplay and novelization he wrote for DRAGONHEART. "Sword & Sorcery in Comics" part 2.  A facsimile reprint of "The Challenge from Beyond" from its original 1935 FANTASY MAGAZINE appearance.  A 1950s profile of Virgil Finlay written by Virgil Finlay.  An examination of the possible origins of the art published on the cover of SWORD & FANTASY #1, and more!
The full color cover is by Wally Wood.  $12.00

Shipping is $6.00 priority mail (for one item or all of them!) or $2.00 media mail for one item (add 50 cents per additional book for 2 or more).   8 1/2 x 11 inches in size, side-stapled and 80 pages in length.
James Van Hise, 57754 Onaga Trail, Yucca Valley, CA  92284.
Email and Paypal Jimvanhise@aol.com 

 
MYTHS FOR THE MODERN AGE: PHILIP JOSE FARMER'S WOLD NEWTON UNIVERSE
MYTHS FOR THE MODERN AGE: PHILIP JOSE FARMER'S WOLD NEWTON UNIVERSE is now available from MonkeyBrain Books.
 

In his classic “biographies” of fictional characters (Tarzan Alive and Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life), Hugo- and Nebula-award winning author Philip José Farmer introduced the Wold Newton family, a collection of heroes and villains whose family-tree includes Sherlock Holmes, Fu Manchu, Philip Marlowe, and James Bond. In books, stories, and essays he expanded the concept even further, adding more branches to the Wold Newton family-tree. MYTHS FOR THE MODERN AGE: PHILIP JOSÉ FARMER’S WOLD NEWTON UNIVERSE collects for the first time those rarely-seen essays. Expanding the family even farther are contributions from Farmer’s successors—scholars, writers, and pop-culture historians—who bring even more fictional characters into the fold.

Paperback, 400 pages, 6 x 9, $14.95.

Pulpville Press - Now available!
THE EFFICIENCY EXPERT by Edgar Rice Burroughs
THE GIRL FROM FARRIS'S by Edgar Rice Burroughs
THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT by Edgar Rice Burroughs
LOST ON VENUS by Edgar Rice Burroughs
THE MAN-EATER by Edgar Rice Burroughs
A MAN WITHOUT A SOUL by Edgar Rice Burroughs
THE RED HAWK by Edgar Rice Burroughs
THE LAD AND THE LION by Edgar Rice Burroughs
THE MUCKER by Edgar Rice Burroughs
H.R.H. THE RIDER by Edgar Rice Burroughs
CONQUEST OF THE MOON by Edgar Rice Burroughs
LOST INSIDE THE EARTH by Edgar Rice Burroughs
CARTER OF THE RED PLANET  by Edgar Rice Burroughs


Street & Smith
Rumors are flying about a new movie based on a famous Street & Smith character.
Details are not yet available, but I hear they will be soon. More to follow!





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TARZAN: THE JOE KUBERT YEARS VOLUME 1 - Available in comic shops November 16th!
Joe Kubert (Writer/Artist)

Few artists can capture visceral action sequences and the dynamic human form like Joe Kubert, and his expressive talents are fully realized in his 1970s Tarzan comics. This beautiful archive collection—with an introduction by Kubert and color restoration based off of Tatjana Wood’s original colors—is a must-have for fans of timeless adventure tales and Joe Kubert’s undeniable intensity and skill. Beginning with this first volume, Dark Horse’s hardcover series reprints Kubert’s entire Tarzan work. Join us on these primal adventures, as Tarzan discovers the pleasures and perils of the African wilds … and the many dangers posed by both man and beast! Joe Kubert’s Tarzan, Volume One, reprints issues 207 through 214 of the 1970s run, featuring "Origin of the Ape Man" (a bold adaptation of