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30 December 2011
Adventure House - Now available and arriving in comic shops January 4th!
Lone Ranger Magazine - November 1937 , 128 pages, $14.95
Death's Head Vengeance by The Lone Ranger
Windy Willy by George Beaty
The Kid Goes Through by John G. Pearsol
Famous Frontier Fights by Col. J.J. Boniface
Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen by A Film Review
Interesting Facts About the West by W.M. Allison
The Vanished Buffalo by Claude Rister
The Ranger and the Kid by C. Willis Finlayson
Outdoor Trails by Dick Wood
Trail Driving by Wilton West
David West by George James
The Stamp Page by W.B. Carnahan
Age of Aces
Now available!

In Donald E. Keyhoe’s imaginings, the stormy skies of World War I are filled with giant pterodactyls, mystic fireballs and demon aces. But America has it’s own unnatural secret weapon: Captain Philip Strange. A mental marvel from birth, he was so terrifyingly effective that the Allies referred to him as “The Phantom Ace of G-2.” But to the Germans he was “The Brain-Devil,” whose penetrating green eyes were both a legend and a nightmare.

Keyhoe’s Philip Strange stories ran for nine years—from 1931 through 1939—in the pages of Flying Aces magazine. This first volume in our new series contains six exciting tales of terror skies! It also features an introduction by Sid Bradd and is beautifully wrapped up in an exciting new design by Chris Kalb!

Stories include:
“Cocardes of Courage” – Flying Aces, September 1931
“The Drome of Dread” – Flying Aces, November 1931
“The Red Demon” – Flying Aces, July 1932
“Scourge of the Skies” – Flying Aces, November 1932
“Vengeance of V-99” – Flying Aces, February 1933
“The Unholy Horror” – Flying Aces, July 1933
Plus:
“Donald E. Keyhoe and the Brain-Devil of G-2″ by Sidney H. Bradd
A Bibliography of all Philip Strange’s Adventures
An exciting book design by Chris Kalb.

$16.99 Trade paperback
 6″x9″ trade paperback | 346 pages | ISBN: 978-0-9820950-8-9

Available from
Amazon, Mike Chomko Books, and Adventure House

Airship 27 Productions - Coming in 2012!

Excerpted from Ron Fortier's latest Flight Log:
Airship 27 Productions is parting ways with our old publisher and going solo.  Rob Davis and I hope to put out at least ten new books in 2012, starting with a brand new Sherlock Holmes novel by Gary Lovisi that should be out in January. They also plan on another volume of Airship 27 Presents of All Star Pulp Comics. Issue one is selling like hotcakes and so we are planning issue two right now.

Sometime in either February or March, Borgo Press will release BATTLING BOXING STORIES which will contain my tale, "Blood Feud."  Sports pulps were very common in the 30s and 40s and it has been a thrill for the Air Chief to explore new territories with his fiction. 

Several years ago, Moonstone Books did an anthology of new Spider stories featuring this truly classic pulp hero and the Air Chief was thrilled to have a story in that book.  Well, Moonstone editor Joe Gentile recently came knocking once again.  It seems Moonstone will be producing two more brand new Spider anthologies and the Air Chief will have a story in each of these.  The first, which we are currently plotting will be a typical Spider actioner pitting him against a monstrous and oh so clever villain.  Whereas the second tale to be written later in the year may well have him crossing paths with another pulp character, this one not so well recognized among pulp fans; I.V. Frost.  Frost was a combination of Sherlock Holmes & Sam Spade and appeared in 18 stories in the pages of CLUES DETECTIVE STORIES.  Working out a plot that teams him with the Master of Men is a challenge we simply could not pass up.

Meanwhile there are other pieces of fiction we've completed that should see the light of print in 2012.  These include a Johnny Dollar Insurance Investigator tale from Moonstone, a Rook adventure for Pro Se Productions and an Athena Voltaire World War II yarn for creator Steve Bryant's proposed anthology.

Leave us not forgot the comic book front and all the projects we've got in the works there as well.  We have every intention of doing more pulp connected comics as mentioned above.  At long last the three I.V. Frost scripts I penned nearly a year ago are now being completed for Moonstone Comics and will feature the artwork of Jake Minor and James Lyle with inks by Jeff Austin and letters by Brant Fowler.  The pin-up at the right is by Lyle and Austin.  The first of these three stories should be completed and in-house within the next two weeks.

We've already mentioned All Star Pulp Comics # 2 and knock on wood, if all goes well, you will finally be seeing our graphic novel adaptation of Captain Hazzard - Python Men of the Lost City, a project that has been over six years in the making.  We are truly excited about that one. 

The Good Lord willing, the Air Chief will finally sit down and finish the first Captain Hazzard novel as well. So say a prayer for us and keeping sending those good thoughts out way.  It truly looks to be a most fun and creative year ahead.  We hope you join us on the journey.  Hey, there would be no point in doing any of this if it were not for you Loyal Airmen.


Amazing Stories Project - Coming in 2012!
Steve Davidson has acquired the trademark for the AMAZING STORIES name and plans to bring the magazine back into print in late 2012 (at the earliest). Robert Silverberg, award winning author and SFWA Grand Master, has joined Barry Malzberg, Joe Wrzos, Patrick Price and Ted White on the Amazing Stories Project Editorial Advisory Board. Visit the links below for the latest information.
Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!
THE AVENGER Volume 6: "The River of Ice" and "The Flame Breathers"
The Pulp Era's strangest mystery man returns in two more epic adventures by Paul Ernst writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, can Justice, Inc. prevent secrets of an ancient civilization buried for centuries in The River of Ice from destroying the modern world? Then, scientists in Paris, Berlin and Montreal exhale fire as they die, setting The Avenger on the trail of The Flame Breathers and a deadly secret that threatens to plunge the world into a fiery infernal! BONUS: a thrilling adventure of Police Commissioner James Gordon, a.k.a. The Whisperer! This classic pulp reprint showcases H. W. Scott's classic pulp covers, all the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban, and historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-067-0  Softcover, 7x10. 112 pages, B&W, $14.95 
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)
Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 54: "The Yellow Cloud" and "Men of Fear"
Doc Savage and his beautiful cousin Patricia battle threats to national security in pulp classics by Evelyn Coulson and Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, while testing an experimental plane for the Army, Renny disappears after his airship is engulfed by The Yellow Cloud.  Then, what has transformed Monk, Ham and Johnny into cowardly Men of Fear? The incredible secret could end the war, unless Nazi agents seize it first. This special collectors edition showcases the original color pulp covers by Emery Clarke, Paul Orban's classic interior illustrations and historical commentary by Will Murray, author of eight Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-069-4 Softcover, 7x10, 112 pages, B&W, $14.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)
Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!
THE SHADOW Volume 56: "The Embassy Murders" and "Hills of Death"
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows! The Master of Darkness, agent Clyde Burke and Secret Service agent Vic Marquette investigate deadly plots in two thrilling pulp novels by Walter Gibson as "Maxwell Grant." First, The Shadow's investigation of The Embassy Murders unearths a sinister plot that threatens world peace. Then, the kidnapping of Clyde Burke leads The Shadow and his agents on a winding murder trail through New Jersey's Hills of Death. BONUS: a two-fisted adventure of Police Commissioner James Gordon, a.k.a. The Whisperer! This instant collectors' item features both classic cover paintings by George Rozen, the original interior pulp illustrations by Tom Lovell and Edd Cartier and historical commentary by popular culture historians Anthony Tollin and Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-068-7 Softcover, 7x10. 128 pages, B&W, $14.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)
Beb Books - Now available!
Bloody, bloody murder for a Merry, Merry Christmas....
Announcing the release of Secret Agent "X's" 32rd adventure,
Slaves of the Scorpion! (June, 1937)

Join or die! The Scorpion message to the criminal element of the city is backed by an almost supernatural ability to assassinate anyone who refuses his demand!  Who is the Scorpion? Is it one of the gang lords making a play for supreme power? Is it the astrologer so many gangsters rely on for advice? The Police think it is Secret Agent X and hold Betty Dale prisoner as a co-conspirator. How can "X" clear Betty and stop the holocaust the Scorpion is planning?

Bonus feature:
Doom on Wheels short story by Dale Clark from the June, 1937 issue of Secret Agent "X"

$5.00 plus postage.
(Postage is $3 for the first three books orders. Add 25 cents for each addition book.
Remember all previous adventures of Secret Agent X are still in print.
Beb Books are printed on 8.5 x 11 inch paper, side stapled with a color cover and all illustrations from the original publication (if there are any). Beb Books are set in new type for easy reading.

My website is over a year out of date.
But I can send you a brief catalog of what we've reprinted.
Just write to beb01@sprynet.com and ask for a catalog.

Have a question? Write to me at beb01@sprynet.com.

To order, send check or money order (sorry, no Paypal) made payable to Brian Earl Brown to:

 Brian Earl Brown
11675 Beaconsfield
Detroit, MI 48224

Black Dog Books
WINGS OF WAR by Lt. Scott Morgan
Now available!

Our latest title, Wings of War, collecting the first two novel-length adventures of John Masters, The Lone Eagle, is now available for purchase.  Visit our Wings of War listings page to learn more or order your copy today.

Pilot extraordinaire John Masters was an ace operative of the U.S. Secret Service when war broke out. So it was only natural that when the first squadron of Yank flyers went to France to strafe the Boche, Masters went too, only operating undercover.

Masters became the Lone Eagle of the Skies, displaying an indomitable courage and dynamic driving power to push any secret mission to a successful conclusion; a fighting ace whose dark and inscrutable movements became the scourge of all enemy powers.

Suspected by many, some men feared him, some men hated him. The alluring but deadly female German spy R-47 may have loved him. Masters became that mysterious Nemesis of the Western Front known only as The Lone Eagle!
Author: F.E. Rechnitzer writing as Lt. Scott Morgan
Genre: Adventure/Air War
ISBN: 978 -1-884449-20-8
Price: Trade paperback / 188 pages / Price: $19.95 US
"John Masters blasts his way across the skies in the kind of aerial action that will thrill modern readers as much as it did the pulp readers of the '30s. The Lone Eagle is a hero for the ages!"
Bill Crider, contributing author to the Nick Carter and Stone: M.I.A. Hunter series

"In the 1930s, the Lone Eagle set the bar for realistic action adventure with a tough guy loner able to survive against all comers. John Masters blazed a bullet-strewn path that series heroes of the 1970s and 1980s were hard pressed to follow."
Mel Odom, contributing author to the SuperBolan, Stonyman and Executioner series

"Combat ace John Masters was one of the most realistic air heroes of the pulp era. It's about damn time these bullet-torn tales were reprinted!"
Will Murray, contributing author to the Destroyer series

"Great fun!"
Stephen Mertz, contributing author to the Executioner, Tunnel Rats and Cody's Army series

Blogging Sax Rohmer’s The Hand of Fu Manchu, Part Seven – "The Shrine of the Seven Lamps" - Now online!
“The Shrine of the Seven Lamps” was the eighth installment of Sax Rohmer’s The Si-Fan Mysteries. The story was first published in Collier’s on April 21, 1917 and was later expanded to comprise Chapters 30 - 33 of the third Fu-Manchu novel, The Si-Fan Mysteries first published in 1917 by Cassell in the UK and by McBride & Nast in the US under the variant title, The Hand of Fu Manchu. The US book title marks the first time that the hyphen was dropped from the character’s name, although it was retained within the text.

Read the rest at the links below!
The Book Cave - New podcast now available online!
Episode 159:  Blackthorn Thunder On Mars - New!
Van Plexico chats with the Book Cave crew about his latest series.
Episode 158:  Joel Jenkins Gantlet Brothers
Episode 157:  Doc Atlas
Episode 156:  Book Cave's 3rd Anniversary
Episode 155: iPulpfiction.com
Episode 154: Don Gates
Episode 153: The Universe of Barry Reese
Episode 152: The Green Hornet Casefiles
Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!
Forgotten Books: Bill Lennox novels by W.T. Ballard - Now FREE - New!
Forgotten Books: STERANKO does Sword and Sorcery
Forgotten Books: The Simon Bolivar Grimes Collection by E. Hoffman Price
Forgotten Stories: "So Dark for April" a Paul Pine story by John Evans
Forgotten Books: Zorro Rides Again by Johnston McCulley
Encore Forgotten Book: Lady Afraid by Lester Dent
Forgotten Books: KING - OF THE KHYBER RIFLES by Talbot Mundy
Forgotten Books: The Mark of Zorro by Johnston McCulley
Dime Novel Castle
Old Sleuth in Harness Again By Old Sleuth
Now available!

This story was first serialized in "The Fireside Companion" weekly story paper over 18 weeks, from June 7 to October 4, 1875.  Our text is taken from the October 13, 1885 reprint published in the "Old Sleuth Library" dime novel series.

Three years have passed since Old Sleuth's first case.  He has retired and married a wealthy woman, but a series of unfortunate investments has turned most of that wealth into dust.  One day he gets a break.

A millionaire offers Old Sleuth a half-million dollars (or about 9.8 million in today's money) to find his adopted daughter and return to him a set of bonds that were stolen from his home, and he jumps at the chance.  Thus begins a long-winding, sometimes violent but never dull mystery-adventure in this second novel concerning the famous detective.

To help him discover both the whereabouts of the millionaire's daughter and his missing bonds, Old Sleuth elicits the help of three other famous detectives: The Gypsy Detective, the Irish Detective and the Lightning Detective (who, along with Old Sleuth, just happened to be the creations of prolific dime novelist Harlan Page Halsey).  The public was already familiar with Sleuth's compatriots in several previous adventures over the past few years.  So seeing how four popular detectives worked together was an interesting concept in itself.
For the kind of money the millionaire is paying, they gladly accept Sleuth's offer to split the reward money and set off in earnest.  As the story progresses, each detective is given a chance to take the spotlight in unraveling the various strands in the case and demonstrate why he was popular with the reading public.

Download this Rare Manuscript in Adobe PDF Format for $9.95
Order a Print-On-Demand Softcover Book for $14.95 + $3 S&H
Also available!

Fighting Against Millions; or, The Detective in the Jewel Caves of Kurm - Original Nick Carter Novel #3 by John Russell Coryell
Published in Street and Smith's, New York Weekly over a year after "A  Wall Street Haul" as a serial, in 17 parts,
from September 29, to January 19, 1889.

A Wall Street Haul; Or, A Bold Stroke For A Fortune - Original Nick Carter Novel #2 By John Russell Coryell
Published in Street and Smith's, New York Weekly, for 15 weeks, between March 2 and June 18, 1887.

The Old Detective’s Pupil; Or, The Mysterious Crime of Madison Square
The First Introduction of the famous Nick Carter, Detective Series.  Created by John Russell Coryell
Published in Street and Smith’s, New York Weekly, for 13 weeks, starting, September 18, 1886.

Reproductions of these Rare Manuscripts are Available for Instant Download after Purchase, in Adobe PDF Format, or as a Print-On-Demand Softcover Book. Adobe PDF eBooks are $9.95.  Print-On-Demand Softcover Books Start at $14.95


Donovan Pike and the City of the Gods - Chapter 22 is now available online and recommended!
Ten years ago, the father of Donovan Pike disappeared while searching for the City of the Gods, a mythical metropolis that  legend says contains technology from the stars. Now a clue turns up that could mean Pike’s father is alive, and the City of the Gods is real.
 
The adventurer must team up with an old enemy to battle a dark army that will stop at nothing to prevent Pike from finding his father and  discovering the location of an ancient city that will change the world – or  destroy it.

Read it online or listen to the podcast!  
 
Visit the Pulp Nocturne website for the adventures of Donovan Pike!
E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow in Review:
This weeks new Shadow review is "The Silent Death" from the April 1, 1933 issue of The Shadow Magazine.
 
Pulpgen-Online Pulps:   Now with over 1000 stories online!
"Corpse Current" by Wallace Umphrey from TEN DETECTIVE ACES, June, 1940
G-Man O'Bannion was a gun artist who had to turn swim star. For the Raymer snatch plunged O'Bannion headfirst into a . . . Corpse Current
"Rule One For Sheriffs" by S. Omar Barker from SHORT STORIES, July 10, 1941
Featuring: Sheriff Hunch McElroy
This Time the Old Sheriff Hunch McElroy Had a Hunch, to Play 'Em Hard and Sour.
ELRIC: THE BALANCE LOST #7
 Arriving in comic shops January 4th!
Writer: Chris Roberson; Art: Francesco Biagini

Since the Eternal Champions have joined forces with one another, Elric, Hawkmoon, Corum, and Eric Beck are coming ever closer to the mystery of the dissolving balance between worlds, and the answer as to why Law and Chaos seem to be clashing so severely. All of their fighting may be for nothing, however, when a secret as vast as the Multiverse comes to light — and nothing will be the same!

32 pages, Full Color, $3.99

Fading Shadows
DOUBLE DANGER TALES #64
Coming in January!

Compere had not been able to get Peggy away from the door leading to the stairwell, and he knew that danger lay in that direction. He increased his deadly fire, but had become a non-moving target himself. A bullet from one of the gangster’s guns clipped the little gas container on his belt, and suddenly two skull-faced apparitions appeared, one on each wrist of his hands. With a slight movement of his wrists, the gas-filled balloons were disconnected and flew from his outstretched arms with a loud hiss, each flying in opposite directions.

The appearance of the banshees was so sudden, gangsters turned their fire on the two escaping gas balloons, and Compere accounted for another four hoodlums as their guns had been diverted from him.

Unfortunately, his luck was running out. He heard a light sound from behind, a short sigh from Peggy, and then he felt the cold hard steel of the barrel of a revolver digging into his spine. A vicious voice grunted from behind, "Drop your cannons, friend, or this girl gets a bullet in the head!"

This Limited Edition Series consist of less than twenty copies, and is not currently scheduled for ebooks or elsewhere.
Copies are $7.95, plus postage. 4 x 7 paperback.
Ordering details will be posted when the book is available.

Tom Johnson      Fading Shadows

FLASH GORDON: ZEITGEIST #2 - Arriving in comic shops January 4th!
Written by Eric Trautmann and illustrated by Daniel Lindro.
Covers: Alex Ross (75%), Paul Renaud (25%), Francesco Francavilla (1/10)
Story concepts and designs by Alex Ross (Kingdom Come, Marvels, Project: Superpowers).

After crashlanding an experimental transdimensional spacecraft on the surface of an alien world, Flash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov come face-to-face with Ming the Merciless. Driven by an unquenchable thirst for conquest, Ming has plans for the "pathetic Earthlings": death for Flash in Mongo's arena, brain-stripping for the brilliant Dr. Zarkov, and a vile wedding ceremony for Dale. With the fate of our world extinct, can even Flash Gordon save us?

The story is a six-issue arc featuring an adaptation of the Alex Raymond material from ’33-’34.
32 pages, Full Color, $2.99

James "Rusty" Hevelin (1922 - 2011)
Long-time fan James “Rusty” Hevelin, 89, died December 27, 2011 at the VA Hospital Hospice Center in Dayton, Ohio. He was hospitalized with poor circulation in his legs. When a planned surgical intervention was cancelled because Rusty’s condition worsened to the point where his surgeon and doctors concluded that he’d be unlikely to survive the surgery, he spent his last days in hospice care. Rusty's final months were made immeasurably better by the care furnished him by his long time friends Joe and Gay Haldeman.

Rusty was a veteran of the Second World War and became active in fandom beginning in the 1930s. He was a member of science fiction’s First Fandom and well known as a huckster, collector, and toastmaster. Rusty received the Lamont Award for his longtime service to the pulp community, was awarded the Big Heart Award in 1986, and received the Sam Moskowitz Archive Award for excellence in science fiction collecting in 2003. He was also part of the group that founded PulpCon and was the driving force that organized and ran Pulpcon for many years. Without Rusty, there would likely be no Pulpfest today.

Thanks to Curt Phillips for providing the above photo of Rusty.
The photo is from Curt's excellent column on Rusty that appeared in October 2009 for Dave Locke's fanzine TIME AND AGAIN.
Click on the link to read the column.

Laurie's Wild West - Now online!
Happy Holidays from Daisy Bacon - New!
My Favorite Christmas Covers: FAR WEST ILLUSTRATED, January 1928 - New!
My Favorite Christmas Covers: WESTERN STORY, Dec. 24, 1921
My Favorite Christmas Covers: WILD WEST WEEKLY, 12/22/34
My Favorite Christmas Covers: WESTERN STORY, Dec 26, 1936
My Favorite Christmas Covers: EVERYBODY'S; December 1908
My Favorite Christmas Covers: THE BLACK CAT, Dec. 1912



THE LONE RANGER #1 - Arriving in comic shops January 4th!
(Writer) Ande Parks (Artist) Esteve Polls
(Cover) Alex Ross (50%), Francesco Francavilla (50%)

It's been two months since Lone Ranger and Tonto hit the trails of the old west, looking for injustice. They've found plenty. Now, they come across settlers who have been victimized in a way that stirs memories in John Reid. Loss, vengeance, and redemption as pioneer idealism meets the reality of hard life on the prairie. A stand-alone tale that ties into an epic six part story that will test the mettle of the west's most legendary heroes.

32 pages, Full Color,  $3.99

A PREVIEW is available on the Comic Book Resources website.

Matthew Reilly: SCARECROW RETURNS
Arriving in book stores January 3rd!

From the international bestselling author of Seven Deadly Wonders comes the fourth installment in the thrilling Scarecrow series—it’s Reilly’s most action-packed adventure yet.

Marine captain Shane Schofield, call-sign “Scarecrow,” is back, this time thrown into battle against a large and secretive terrorist group known only as the Army of Thieves. The organization has seized control of an island in the Arctic and when the U.S. government finds out about its sinister plans to destroy the planet, the President has no choice but to enlist Scarecrow and his ragtag crew to fight against them.

Told in Reilly’s characteristically gripping prose, Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves features white-knuckle suspense and page-turning adventure, as a likeable hero battles truly evil villains. The action never stops, taking the reader on a journey of discovery, uncovering fantastic secrets about the CIA and other large governmental organizations.

From the international bestselling author of Seven Deadly Wonders comes the fourth installment in the thrilling Scarecrow series—it’s Reilly’s most action-packed adventure yet.
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (January 3, 2012)
ISBN-10: 1416577599
ISBN-13: 978-1416577591
$25.00

Moonstone Books: Airboy / G8 Limited Edition HC
Coming in March!
Story: Chuck Dixon; Art: Ken Hooper; Cover: Tom Grindberg

Join us for this very special “Return of the Originals” event!
A once in a lifetime aerial extravaganza!
Two high-flying ace legends meet for the very first time in a brand new all out adventure
by action-master Chuck Dixon!

Hardcover, 50 pages, grayscale, 7” x 10”, $14.99

Airboy / G8 Limited Edition is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN121180. 
This is a resolicitation!
Previous orders were cancelled!

Peril Press - More new Kindle titles are now available!
The Whistling Room [Illustrated] (Carnacki The Ghost Finder) by William Hope Hodgson
Big-House Booking Agent by Fergus Truslow
Dust in the Law's Eye by D.A. Hoover
Corpse Current by Wallace Umphrey
Crib Master's Folly by O. Dennis
False Alarm Killer by Norman A Daniels
Merry Christmas, Copper! by Johnston McCulley
Star-Toter Paymaster by H.Q. Masur
The Mystery of the Ten Mummies by Fulton Oursler


Pulp Ark 2012 - Pulp Ark Awards nominations due by January 15th!

Nominations for the PULP ARK Awards are now open and will close January 15th, 2012. The awards are given in conjunction with Pulp Ark, the convention/creators' conference and the official New Pulp Convention to be held in Batesville, AR, April 20-22, 2012! The Awards are given for excellence in the field of Pulp, including books, stories, comic books, magazines, and characters as well as creators.

To determine if a work or creator qualifies for these awards the definition for works that qualify is as follows-New Pulp is fast-paced, plot-oriented storytelling of a linear nature with clearly defined, larger than life protagonists and antagonists, creative descriptions, clever use of turns of phrase and other aspects of writing that add to the intensity and pacing of the story.
Tommy Hancock, Coordinator of Pulp Ark explains additions to the Awards this year. “We have,” Hancock stated, “added two awards, both by popular requests and thanks to our donor who supports and provides the awards. Best Book has now been broken into two separate awards-Best Novel and Best Collection/Anthology. Also, there is now a category for Best New Character. This can include any New Pulp character created in 2011.”

Hancock also states, “We will also give a Lifetime Achievement Award again this year as well. A Ten Person committee selected from well-known Creators in New Pulp currently will decide the recipient of this award. This award is given to someone who has contributed to Pulp, not simply New Pulp, but to the continuation of the interest and promotion of Pulp in all its forms.” Last year’s winners of the first Pulp Ark Lifetime Achievement Award were Tom and Ginger Johnson.

The only works eligible for the Pulp Ark 2012 Awards are those produced between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011. Anyone can make a nomination and anyone that makes a nomination will receive a ballot. The only people voting in these eleven awards will be those who made a minimum of one nomination. Also, each individual is allowed only ONE NOMINATION PER CATEGORY. A person may nominate someone in all nine categories, but may only nominate once in each category. All nominations are confidential and sources of nominations will not be revealed. All nominations should be mailed to Tommy Hancock at proseproductions@earthlink.net.The categories open for nomination are (in no particular order and this can be cut and pasted for your nominations ballot):

1. Best Novel (This includes E-books as well as print books)

2. Best Collection/Anthology (This includes single author story collections and multi author anthologies. This includes E-publications as well as print books)

3. Best short story (this includes stories that appear in short story collections, anthologies, magazines, and e magazines. If from an e-mag, the story must appear on a site identified as an e-magazine, not simply be posted on a site or blog. It includes e-publications as well as traditionally printed works.

4. Best Cover Art (This is restricted to prose book publications, including e-books)

5. Best Interior Art (This is restricted to prose book publications, including e-books)

6. Best Pulp Related Comic (This refers to a series, complete run, one shot, etc. This award is for art, writing, and all other work associated with the nominated comics and the winner. This includes e-publications as well. )

7. Best Pulp Magazine (This award is for art, writing, and all other work associated with the nominated comics and the winner. This includes e-publications as well, but the e-publication must be identified as an e-magazine on the site supporting it. )

8. Best Pulp Revival (The Revival nominated must be published within the calendar year of 2010. This includes epublications as well.)

9. Best New Character (This must be a character that debuts in a New Pulp work published in 2011. This included e-publications as well)

10. Best Author (This reward refers to the author and any published author is eligible, including novels, short stories, etc. This includes e-publications as well).

11. Best New Writer (To be nominated, a writer must have been published for the first time in the pulp field in the calendar year of 2011. This includes e-publications as well).

Pulp Den - Now online!
Tom Johnson has posted a review of Off-Trail Publications' GROTTOS OF CHINATOWN by Arthur J. Burks.

This volume collects the eleven Dorus Noel stories from the pulp, ALL DETECTIVE MAGAZINE (1933-34).
Also included is extensive new information on ALL DETECTIVE MAGAZINE and the fascinating career of pulp-writer Arthur J. Burks by John Locke.

I am about half-way through this book myself and absolutely concur with Tom's recommendation.
Ordering information for GROTTOS OF CHINATOWN and the other fine reprint publications from Off-Trail Publications can be found at the link below.

PULP ECHOES by Tom Johnson
The Kindle Edition is now available!
PULP ECHOES presents seven new stories in the pulp tradition,
both new and original characters:

The Bat returns in “Blind As A Bat"
The Crimson Clown returns in “The Crimson Clown – Killer”
Nibs Holloway battles Dr. Death in “Till Death Do Us Part”
The Black Ghost is back in “Carnival of Death”
Captain Anthony Adventure in “Terror In The North Country”
 The Black Cat in “A Cat Among Dogs”
and Senora Scorpion in “Senora Scorpion”

The cover features Senora Scorpion!

The long awaited pulp anthology is now Available on NTD and Amazon.
Print copies at $15.50. Kindle edition is now available.
This 238-page short story collection is pure pulp action and fun.

Robert Weinberg: THE BLACK LODGE
Kindle Edition now available!

An occult horror novel. The mysterious Black Lodge controls the drug traffic in modern Chicago. An unholy figure of night, the Dark Man, is killing the leaders of the drug trade, using a butcher's cleaver to exact justice. Occult detective, Sidney Taine, is on the trail of the Dark Man. The detective and the monster are destined to meet in an occult battle that will shake Chicago to its foundation. This is gritty occult horror at its best!

THE BLACK LODGE is illustrated by Stephen Fabian.

The Rocketeer: 20th Anniversary Edition - Now available!
The Rocketeer is a 1991 period superhero adventure film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and based on the character created by comic book writer/artist Dave Stevens.

Directed by Joe Johnston, the film stars Billy Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Alan Arkin, Timothy Dalton, Paul Sorvino and Tiny Ron Taylor. Set in 1938 Los Angeles, California, The Rocketeer tells the story of stunt pilot Cliff Secord who discovers a jet pack that enables him to fly. His heroic deeds attract the attention of Howard Hughes and the FBI, as well as sadistic Nazi operatives.

List Price: $26.50



Rough Edges - Now online!
Merry Christmas - New!
Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Western Story, December 26, 1942 - New!
Forgotten Books: Invasion of the Crimson Death Cult - Curtis Steele (Frederick C. Davis)
Forgotten Books: Slaves of the Scorpion - Brant House (G.T. Fleming-Roberts)
Tuesday's Overlooked Movies: Zorro's Black Whip
Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Western Aces, February 1942



Coming soon!

THE ETERNAL SAVAGE
Spectacular promotional art by Steven E Gordon for the upcoming graphic novel of Edgar Rice Burroughs' romantic prehistoric adventure, THE ETERNAL SAVAGE. Written by Martin Powell and authorized by ERB, Inc. To be published by Sequential Pulp/Dark Horse Comics.
Artwork © Steven E. Gordon.

SHELL SCOTT: KILL THE CLOWN
A sample page from the graphic novel, Shell Scott: Kill The Clown, coming in 2012 from Sequential Pulp/Dark Horse. Art by David Enebral, colors by Alejandro Montiel, letters by Melissa. Adapted from Richard Prather's novel by Mark Ellis. Artwork © David Enebral.
 



Tellers of Weird Tales - Now online!
Terence Hanley has created a blog in which he researches and writes about the contributors to Weird Tales magazine and its companion titles, Oriental Stories and The Magic Carpet Magazine.

Weird Tales from France - New!
More on Theda Kenyon - New!
Weird Tales at Christmas
Howard Rockey (1886-1934)
Barry Scobee (1885-1977)
H.P. Lovecraft in "The Call of Cthulhu
Jack Norvell Davis (1925-1975)
WARLORD OF MARS: DEJAH THORIS #9
Arriving in comic shops January 4th!
Written by Arvid Nelson; Art by Carlos Rafael
Covers: Paul Renaud (33%), Joe Jusko (33%), Alé Garza (33%)

Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium, and Phondari, Pirate Queen of Mars, are hot on the trail of the Hoard of Segotha, an ancient treasure lost thousands of years ago. Legends say the hoard contains something wondrous, something of inestimable worth unknown even to the greatest warlords of Mars. But these same legends also say the treasure is cursed. True or not, Phondari's old enemy, Xen Brega, is determined to kill her and Dejah and keep the hoard for himself. But never mind Brega -- can Dejah really trust Phondari?
32 pages, Full Color,  $3.99
ZORRO RIDES AGAIN #7 (of 12) - Arriving in comic shops January 4th!
Writer: Matt Wagner;  Penciller/Inker: John K. Snyder III;  Cover: Matt Wagner

The one and only Matt (MAGE, GRENDEL) Wagner is in the home-stretch of his epic story of Zorro!  After catastrophic changes in Zorro's world-events, Zorro begins to question everything he does and everything for which he stands. There're thrilling times ahead as ZORRO RIDES AGAIN with issue #7 from Dynamite Entertainment!

32 pages, Full Color,  $3.99




23 December 2011

Age of Aces
Now available!

In Donald E. Keyhoe’s imaginings, the stormy skies of World War I are filled with giant pterodactyls, mystic fireballs and demon aces. But America has it’s own unnatural secret weapon: Captain Philip Strange. A mental marvel from birth, he was so terrifyingly effective that the Allies referred to him as “The Phantom Ace of G-2.” But to the Germans he was “The Brain-Devil,” whose penetrating green eyes were both a legend and a nightmare.

Keyhoe’s Philip Strange stories ran for nine years—from 1931 through 1939—in the pages of Flying Aces magazine. This first volume in our new series contains six exciting tales of terror skies! It also features an introduction by Sid Bradd and is beautifully wrapped up in an exciting new design by Chris Kalb!

Stories include:
“Cocardes of Courage” – Flying Aces, September 1931
“The Drome of Dread” – Flying Aces, November 1931
“The Red Demon” – Flying Aces, July 1932
“Scourge of the Skies” – Flying Aces, November 1932
“Vengeance of V-99” – Flying Aces, February 1933
“The Unholy Horror” – Flying Aces, July 1933
Plus:
“Donald E. Keyhoe and the Brain-Devil of G-2″ by Sidney H. Bradd
A Bibliography of all Philip Strange’s Adventures
An exciting book design by Chris Kalb.

$16.99 Trade paperback
 6″x9″ trade paperback | 346 pages | ISBN: 978-0-9820950-8-9

Available from
Amazon, Mike Chomko Books, and Adventure House

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books 
Coming in February!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 56: "The Black Spot" and "The Terrible Stork"
The pulp era's greatest superman returns in classic pulp thrillers by Laurence Donovan and Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, Doc and Patricia Savage attempt to discover the secret behind the baffling series of "black spot murders" that confounds the law. Then, an auction gallery bidding war leads to the abduction of Monk Mayfair. Can the Man of Bronze uncover the sinister secret of The Terrible Stork in time to save his right-hand aide? This special collectors edition showcases the original color pulp covers by Walter M. Baumhofer and Modest Stein, Paul Orban's classic interior illustrations and a behind-the-scenes article by Will Murray, writer of nine Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-075-5 Softcover, 7x10, 112 pages, B&W, $14.95

DOC SAVAGE Volume 56 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN121430. 
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)


Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books 
Coming in February!
THE SHADOW Volume 58: "Castle of Crime" and "Dead Man's Chest"
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows! The pulp era's greatest crimebuster journeys to Maine on golden quests in two thrilling pulp novels by Walter Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." First, The Shadow and G-man Vic Marquette hunt enemy agents sabotaging maritime shipping from a mysterious Castle of Crime. Then, a sea captain's dying words lead to serial slayings along the long-buried trail to a Dead Man's Chest and Cuban gold! This instant collector's item reprints the classic color cover paintings by George Rozen and Graves Gladney and the original interior illustrations by Edd Cartier and Paul Orban, with historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-074-8 Softcover, 7x10. 128 pages, B&W, $14.95

THE SHADOW Volume 58 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN121431. 
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)


Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books 
Coming in March!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 57: "The Dagger in the Sky," "The Death Lady"
and "The Monkey Suit" - TRIPLE NOVEL SPECIAL
Tarzan's influence on the Man of Bronze is examined in three action-packed adventures by Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, a giant "Dagger in the Sky" materializes from thin air and disappears after bizarre murders, leading Doc Savage to a South American war started by Earth's wealthiest men. Then, the Man of Bronze is asked to locate an heiress who disappeared into the Brazilian jungles years earlier. Finally, while attempting to license one of Monk's chemical inventions, Henry Jones comes into possession of "The Monkey Suit" that leads into a strange adventure, narrated in the first person. This triple-novel collector's edition showcases the original color pulp covers by Emery Clarke and Walter Swenson, the classic interior illustrations by Paul Orban and Edd Cartier and historical commentary by Will Murray, writer of nine Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-077-9 Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)


Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books 
Coming in March!
THE SHADOW Volume 59: "The Green Box," "The Getaway Ring"
and "The Crawling Death"
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows! The Shadow's underworld agents Hawkeye and Cliff Marsland take center stage in two thrilling pulp novels by Walter Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." First, what is the strange secret of "The Green Box" that is worth human life? The Shadow seeks the deadly secret in a masterpiece of misdirection that introduced aides Hawkeye and Tapper. Then, the Master of Darkness and his underworld operatives investigate "The Getaway Ring," a racket that helps mobsters evade capture via a modern-day "underground railway." BONUS: "The Crawling Death," a lost thriller scripted by radio Shadow Bret Morrison! This instant collector's item reprints the classic color cover paintings by George Rozen and Graves Gladney and the original interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Edd Cartier, with historical articles by Anthony Tollin and Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-076-2 Softcover, 7x10. 128 pages, B&W, $14.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)



Beb Books - Now available!
Bloody, bloody murder for a Merry, Merry Christmas....
Announcing the release of Secret Agent "X's" 32rd adventure,
Slaves of the Scorpion! (June, 1937)

Join or die! The Scorpion message to the criminal element of the city is backed by an almost supernatural ability to assassinate anyone who refuses his demand!  Who is the Scorpion? Is it one of the gang lords making a play for supreme power? Is it the astrologer so many gangsters rely on for advice? The Police think it is Secret Agent X and hold Betty Dale prisoner as a co-conspirator. How can "X" clear Betty and stop the holocaust the Scorpion is planning?

Bonus feature:
Doom on Wheels short story by Dale Clark from the June, 1937 issue of Secret Agent "X"

$5.00 plus postage.
(Postage is $3 for the first three books orders. Add 25 cents for each addition book.
Remember all previous adventures of Secret Agent X are still in print.
Beb Books are printed on 8.5 x 11 inch paper, side stapled with a color cover and all illustrations from the original publication (if there are any). Beb Books are set in new type for easy reading.

My website is over a year out of date.
But I can send you a brief catalog of what we've reprinted.
Just write to beb01@sprynet.com and ask for a catalog.

Have a question? Write to me at beb01@sprynet.com.

To order, send check or money order (sorry, no Paypal) made payable to Brian Earl Brown to:

 Brian Earl Brown
11675 Beaconsfield
Detroit, MI 48224

Blogging Sax Rohmer’s The Hand of Fu Manchu, Part Seven – "The Ki-Ming" - Now online!
“Ki-Ming” was the seventh installment of Sax Rohmer’s The Si-Fan Mysteries. The story was first published in Collier’s on March 3, 1917 and was later expanded to comprise Chapters 27 - 29 of the third Fu-Manchu novel, The Si-Fan Mysteries first published in 1917 by Cassell in the UK and by McBride & Nast in the US under the variant title, The Hand of Fu Manchu. The US book title marks the first time that the hyphen was dropped from the character’s name, although it was retained within the text.

Read the rest at the links below!
The Book Cave - New podcast now available online!
Episode 158:  Joel Jenkins Gantlet Brothers - New!
Joel Jenkins discusses his latest bestseller "Gantlet Brothers Greatest Hits."
Episode 157:  Doc Atlas
Episode 156:  Book Cave's 3rd Anniversary
Episode 155: iPulpfiction.com
Episode 154: Don Gates
Episode 153: The Universe of Barry Reese
Episode 152: The Green Hornet Casefiles
The Chronicles of Conan Volume 22: Dominion of the Dead and Other Stories
Coming July 10!
Michael Fleisher (Author), Jim Owsley (Author), John Buscema (Art), Val Mayerik (Art), Ernie Chan (Art)

Conan will never say no to a gem-encrusted blade, especially if its edge is the only thing between him and a dozen angry men with death in their eyes — but the sword he wields comes with a deadly debt to the demon Kx’Ulthuum! If Conan isn’t careful, he’ll be the first of an army of undead led by the fiend to take over the world!

Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Dark Horse
ISBN-10: 1595828125
ISBN-13: 978-1595828125



CONAN THE BARBARIAN #2
Coming in March!
Brian Wood (Writer), Becky Cloonan (Art),
Dave Stewart (Color), Massimo Carnevale (Cover),
and Leandro Fernandez (Variant cover)

Death has come for Conan and his fellow sailors in the visage of the privateer Bêlit! Rage and desire mingle in an orgy of slaughter as the barbarian and the pirate queen glimpse each other for the first time—as opponents in a battle to the last man!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.50, On sale March 14

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #2 is solicited in the
January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN120100 (Carnevale). 
The Diamond Item Code is JAN120101 (Fernandez). 






Dancing Tuatara Press - Now available!

THE DEVIL'S NIGHTCLUB and Other Stories
The Weird Tales of Nat Schachner, Volume I
DANCING TUATARA PRESS #23
Nat Schachner

John Pelan introduces the 23rd Dancing Tuatara book and proudly extols the power of Nat Schachner to fascinate and horrify in unique ways. In these eight tales taken from Terror Tales and Dime Mystery magazine between 1934 and 1939 you'll see why John couldn't wait to bring these pulp chillers back for you to enjoy -- probably for the first time!

The other stories in this volume are:
The Devil’s Night Club, Dime Mystery Magazine, June 1936
A Feast for Hell’s Angels, Terror Tales, May 1936
Monsters of the Pit, Terror Tales, November 1934
They Dare Not Die, Terror Tales, January 1935
Thirst of the Ancients, Terror Tales, February 1935
Creatures of the Dusk, Terror Tales, July 1935
Parade of the Tiny Killers, Terror Tales, January/February 1939
Factory for Death, Dime Mystery Magazine, September 1938

$20 Trade Paperback 6" x 9"
$35 Hardcover with Dustjacket  6" x 9"
$45  Hardcover with bookplate and dustjacket, signed by John Pelan

DARK HORSE PRESENTS #10 - Coming in March!
Brian Wood (W), Colin Lorimer (W/P), Carla Speed McNeil (W/P), Steve Niles (W), Evan Dorkin (W), Al Gordon (W), Steve Horton (W), Andrew Vachss (W), Neal Adams (W/P), M. J. Butler (W), Kristian Donaldson (P), Christopher Mitten (P), Thomas Yeates (P/Cover), Michael Dialynas (P), Geof Darrow (P), Mark Wheatley (P), and Fiona Staples (Variant cover)

Evan Dorkin is unleashed in House of Fun, and Steve Niles weaves another web of paranormal intrigue in Criminal Macabre: They Fight by Night. Three brothers in a grim, postwar England of the future are given experimental suits that could make them the saviors of mankind—that is, if they can ever get past their obsessions with film, violent video games, and porn in Colin Lorimer’s UXB!

Brian Wood’s The Massive finishes up, Carla Speed McNeil begins an epic new arc of Finder: Third World, Al Gordon and Thomas Yeates’s centennial celebration of Tarzan concludes, and much more!

Full Color, 80 pages, $7.99, On sale March 21

DARK HORSE PRESENTS #10 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN120088. 



Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!
Forgotten Books: STERANKO does Sword and Sorcery - New!
Forgotten Books: The Simon Bolivar Grimes Collection by E. Hoffman Price
Forgotten Stories: "So Dark for April" a Paul Pine story by John Evans
Forgotten Books: Zorro Rides Again by Johnston McCulley
Encore Forgotten Book: Lady Afraid by Lester Dent
Forgotten Books: KING - OF THE KHYBER RIFLES by Talbot Mundy
Forgotten Books: The Mark of Zorro by Johnston McCulley
Dime Novel Castle
Coming December 31, 2011!
Old Sleuth in Harness Again; Or, Four Noted Detectives Unveiling a Mystery By Old Sleuth
This story was first serialized in "The Fireside Companion" weekly story paper over 18 weeks, from June 7 to October 4, 1875.  Our text is taken from the October 13, 1885 reprint published in the "Old Sleuth Library" dime novel series.

Three years have passed since Old Sleuth's first case.  He has retired and married a wealthy woman, but a series of unfortunate investments has turned most of that wealth into dust.  One day he gets a break.

A millionaire offers Old Sleuth a half-million dollars (or about 9.8 million in today's money) to find his adopted daughter and return to him a set of bonds that were stolen from his home, and he jumps at the chance.  Thus begins a long-winding, sometimes violent but never dull mystery-adventure in this second novel concerning the famous detective.

To help him discover both the whereabouts of the millionaire's daughter and his missing bonds, Old Sleuth elicits the help of three other famous detectives: The Gypsy Detective, the Irish Detective and the Lightning Detective (who, along with Old Sleuth, just happened to be the creations of prolific dime novelist Harlan Page Halsey).  The public was already familiar with Sleuth's compatriots in several previous adventures over the past few years.  So seeing how four popular detectives worked together was an interesting concept in itself.

For the kind of money the millionaire is paying, they gladly accept Sleuth's offer to split the reward money and set off in earnest.  As the story progresses, each detective is given a chance to take the spotlight in unraveling the various strands in the case and demonstrate why he was popular with the reading public.

On December 30, 2011
Download this Rare Manuscript in Adobe PDF Format for $9.95
Order a Print-On-Demand Softcover Book for $14.95 + $3 S&H
Also available!

Fighting Against Millions; or, The Detective in the Jewel Caves of Kurm - Original Nick Carter Novel #3 by John Russell Coryell
Published in Street and Smith's, New York Weekly over a year after "A  Wall Street Haul" as a serial, in 17 parts,
from September 29, to January 19, 1889.

A Wall Street Haul; Or, A Bold Stroke For A Fortune - Original Nick Carter Novel #2 By John Russell Coryell
Published in Street and Smith's, New York Weekly, for 15 weeks, between March 2 and June 18, 1887.

The Old Detective’s Pupil; Or, The Mysterious Crime of Madison Square
The First Introduction of the famous Nick Carter, Detective Series.  Created by John Russell Coryell
Published in Street and Smith’s, New York Weekly, for 13 weeks, starting, September 18, 1886.

Old King Brady, The Sleuth-Hound
Published in The New York Detective Library in November 1885.

Reproductions of these Rare Manuscripts are Available for Instant Download after Purchase, in Adobe PDF Format, or as a Print-On-Demand Softcover Book. Adobe PDF eBooks are $9.95.  Print-On-Demand Softcover Books Start at $14.95

THE DREAM QUEST & OTHER STORIES SIGNED & LIMITED HC
Coming in March!
(Writer/Artist) Jason Thompson

Three times Randolph Carter dreamed of the marvellous city…and three times he was snatched away while still he paused on the high terrace above it. In search of a lost city and a forgotten memory, Randolph Carter enters the dreamlands, the vast world of wonder and horror where one night can span a million years. From the jungles of Kled to the surface of the moon, through perilous encounters with bat-winged nightgaunts and man-eating ghouls, Carter's quest takes him ever closer to the secret of the marvellous sunset city…and the terror of Nyarlathotep and Azathoth, the monstrous Other Gods who stand in his way.

This limited edition oversize 184-page hardcover includes a full comic adaptation of the novel by H.P. Lovecraft, as well as the related stories "The White Ship," "Celephais" and "The Strange High House in the Mist." Perfect for fans of classic children's books, underground comics, Labyrinth and the Cthulhu Mythos, The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath and Other Stories shines light on H.P. Lovecraft's lesser-known work as a fantasy author. Drawn and adapted by Jason Thompson (Manga: The Complete Guide). This signed edition is limited to only 500 copies available.

Hardcover, 8x11, 184 pages, B&W, $24.95

DREAM QUEST & OTHER STORIES is solicited in the
January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN121178. 



E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow in Review:
There is no new Shadow review this week.
 
Pulpgen-Online Pulps:   Now with over 1000 stories online!
"Merry Christmas, Copper!" by Johnston McCulley from G-MEN DETECTIVE, Winter 1946 (Dec. 1945)
It was Christmas Eve and all was cheer and gayety, but in a dark alley along Patrolman Asher's beat lurked grim murder!
"Handmade Hero" by Lee Tilburne from SHORT STORIES, February 10, 1944
Crime Doesn't Pay . . . But What Does?
ELRIC: THE BALANCE LOST #9 - Coming in March!
Writer: Chris Roberson; Art: Francesco Biagini; Cover: Francesco Mattina, Dan Panosian

Brand-New Arc! Great Jumping-On Point For New Readers!

The source of the imbalance of Law and Chaos that's been assaulting the Multiverse is revealed, and it will leave Moorcock fans reeling! Finally, all incarnations of the Eternal Champion will have to join together to fight against forces bigger than Law and Chaos, for the very survival of existence itself! Legendary fantasy author Michael Moorcock and New York Times-bestseller Chris Roberson (iZombie, Stan Lee's Starborn) bring Elric, Hawkmoon, and Corum back to comics in this critically acclaimed series!

32 pages, Full Color, $3.99

ELRIC: THE BALANCE LOST #9 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN120937. 



FLASH GORDON: ZEITGEIST #5 - Coming in March!
Writer: Eric Trautmann; Artist: Daniel Indro
Covers: Alex Ross (75%), Paul Renaud (25%), Francesco Francavilla (1-in-10)

The rebellious Prince Barin has Flash Gordon in his clutches, and that may spell death... unless the intrepid Earthman defeats his own ally, Prince Thun of the Lion Men of Mongo. Insurrection against Ming's iron rule of Mongo is brewing, with shifting alliances and deadly intrigues at every turn. But the clock is ticking, as the merciless emperor has plans of his own: his royal wedding to Dale Arden. On Earth, three fugitives from Mongo have their sights set on their objective, with the Third Reich squarely in their crosshairs...

32 pages, Full Color, $3.99

FLASH GORDON: ZEITGEIST #5 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN121037. 




GREEN HORNET #26 - Coming in March!
Writer: Ande Parks; Artist: Igor Vitorino
Covers: Brian Denham (33%), Phil Hester (33%), and Jonathan Lau (33%)

He's been set up for murder. He's been forced to battle a deadly doppelganger and left for dead. Now, Green Hornet must fight an entire city. A power-mad politician hopes to rule Century City on the back of the "villain" known as Green Hornet. Now, the city that Green Hornet and Kato have sworn to protect turns on them completely, and help arrives from the most unlikely source. The epic "Outcast" arc screams toward a conclusion that will forever change the legacy of the Green Hornet.

32 pages, Full Color, $3.99

GREEN HORNET #26 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN121019. 




Haffner Press: HENRY KUTTNER'S THUNDER IN THE VOID
Coming in March!
(Writers) Henry Kuttner, Mike Resnick (Cover) Norman Saunders

Over 600 pages of vintage Space Opera stories selected from pulp magazines such as Weird Tales, Marvel Science Stories, and of course, Planet Stories! Most of these tales are appearing in book form for the first time, along with the a new unpublished story, "The Interplanetary Limited." Feautring and introduction by Mike Resnick, with vintage cover art by Norman Saunders (from Super Science Stories magazine, March 1950).

Hardcover, 6x9, 620 pages, B&W, $40.00

THUNDER IN THE VOID is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN121432. 


Haffner Press: TALES FROM SUPER-SCIENCE FICTION
Coming in March!
(Writer) Robert Bloch & Various (Art) Frank Kelly Freas, Ed Emshwiller

Super-Science Fiction was a 1950s digest-sized pulp known more for its cover art than its contents. Editor Silverberg finds 14 tales of adventure and horror from Robert Bloch, James Gunn, Jack Vance, and more. With vintage interior illustrations and full-color endpapers showcasing all 18 issues. Designed to be uniform with vintage 1950s hardcovers from Fantasy Press, this edition is decorated with the original magazine illustrations, full-color endpapers with the chessy monster covers, and editor Silverberg introduces each story with a detailed biography of the author and prefaces the book with anecdotes of writing SF for the sub-par markets in the 1950s.

Hardcover, 5x7.6, 388 pages, B&W. $32.00

TALES FROM SUPER-SCIENCE FICTION is solicited in the
January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN121390. 



Hippocampus Press - Now available!

It's been quite a while since our last email newsletter, and many new publications are available.
Round out the year with these new releases, all of which are now in-print and ready to ship.

A MONSTER OF VOICES: Speaking for H. P. Lovecraft by Robert H. Waugh.
With this collection, esteemed scholar Dr. Waugh follows up on THE MONSTER IN THE MIRROR with more of his trademark erudition and insight into Lovecraft.

REFLECTIONS IN A GLASS DARKLY: Essays on J. Sheridan Le Fanu.
Edited by Gary William Crawford, Jim Rockhill and Brian J. Showers, this is the first book on Le Fanu to comprise classic and new scholarship and criticism, also featuring a foreword by Le Fanu biographer W. J. Mc Cormack.

TWISTED IN DREAM: The Collected Weird Poetry of Ann K. Schwader.
"Ann K. Schwader's intoxicating poetry is as authentically Lovecraftian as it is brilliantly original. This is poetry that is truly transporting. Superb!"—W. H. Pugmire

H. P. LOVECRAFT: LETTERS TO JAMES F. MORTON.
Lovecraft's correspondence with Morton reveals the full range of his and Morton's intellectual interests. This 500-page edition includes all surviving letters to Morton, annotated by editors Schultz & Joshi; plus appendices of rare material.


THE NEMESIS OF NIGHT: A NOVEL IN THE SHAMAN CYCLE by Adam Niswander.
Once again, the Great Gathering must prevent an intrusion into normal reality—this time by mysterious creatures of the night—but in this potent Mythos novel from a master of the field, the solutions are not so clear.

DEAD RECKONINGS: A REVIEW OF HORROR LITERATURE.
Edited by S. T. Joshi and Tony Fonseca. No. 10 (Fall 2011). 98 pp. Includes Index to Dead Reckonings 1–10.
This brings our total output for the year to ten books and three periodicals. Next year, look for collections of original fiction from John Langan, Richard Gavin and W. H. Pugmire; the complete poetry of George Sterling in three volumes; Lovecraft letters; and much more, including our first graphic novel: The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath.

H.P. LOVECRAFT'S AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS
ILLUSTRATED CLASSICS
Coming in February!
(Writer) H. P. Lovecraft (Artist) I. N. J. Culbard

H.P. Lovecraft's terrifying horror story gets an illustrated interpretation by one of today's finest graphic novel artists. Geologist William Dyer — the narrator of this novella — is desperate to stop a research team planning a journey to Antarctica. He himself led a disastrous mission there, only to discover evidence of a blood-chilling evil from beyond Earth. Will the new expedition continue its plans? And what will happen if they go? Once again, as he did in his adaptations of The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Hound of the Baskervilles, Ian N. J. Culbard has created an unforgettably powerful retelling of a classic tale!

Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, Full Color, $14.95

AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS ILLUSTRATED CLASSICS is solicited in the
January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN121399. 

Sterling Publishing

ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #37 - Coming in March!

This issue of Illustration features the sexy pin-up and science fiction art of H. W. McCauley, showcasing numerous examples of his original art, printed covers, and rare, previously unpublished photographs. Plus, Elaine Duillo, the legendary romance paperback cover illustrator who made Fabio a household name, and Coby Whitmore, famous for his spectacular slick magazine illustrations of the 40s and 50s, round out this issue.

Magazine, 96 pages, Full Color, $15.00

ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #37 is solicited in the
January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN121348. 




iPulpFiction.com - Now available!





SECRET AGENT X: THE WATCHMEN OF DOOM by ANDREW SALMON
A scientific marvel has the potential to enslave America, if its genius inventor has his way. Will Agent X be in time to thwart his mad scheme?
[Publisher: Airship 27 - 15,900 words - $1]
BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE by Chantelle Aimée Osman
A beautiful blonde knocks on the door of an isolated cabin. Is it a rendezvous for love, or murder? [Publisher: Desert Sleuths - 3,500 words - 50¢]
From the NOV 1945 issue of All-Story Love: WHO IS NATALIE by Ruth Brown
Tawny couldn’t make up her mind between two suitors—so she asked a third to pick a husband for her. [Publisher: Black Mask - 3,500 words - 50¢]

THE JAMES BOND OMNIBUS VOLUME 3
Coming in March! 
(Writer) Ian Fleming & Various

The daring James Bond is back in a definitive, value for money bumper edition collecting the first period of Jim Lawrence's celebrated run in comic strip form! Includes seven of Bond's most thrilling and dangerous missions: The Harpies, River of Death, The Golden Ghost, Fear Face, Double Jeopardy, Starfire, and Kingley Amis' controversial post-Fleming story, Colonel Sun.

Softcover, 7.5x9, 272 pages, B&W, $19.95

THE JAMES BOND OMNIBUS VOLUME 3 is solicited in the
January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN121264. 



JOHN CARTER: THE GODS OF MARS #1 (OF 5) - Coming in March!
Sam Humphries (Writer) • Ramón Pérez (Artist)
Cover By Julian Totino Tedesco
The Classic Edgar Rice Burroughs Tale Comes To Graphic Life!
After Ten Long Years, Our Glorious Hero, John Carter, Finally Returns To Barsoom!
Transporting Planet To Planet Has His Downsides, As Carter Finds Himself In The Valley Dor
— The Land Of The Dead!
Our Hero May Have Faced Martian Beasts, But Can He Handle Martian Gods?
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
JOHN CARTER: THE GODS OF MARS #1 is solicited in the
January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN120655. 



  

John Pelan Presents: Classics of Science Fiction
Now available!

The Best of Robert F. Young, Volume I
Classics of SF and Fantasy Volume III
Robert F. Young

Welcome to the third volume of a new series from Ramble House and Dancing Tuatara Press! Every month we'll be coming out with a new volume in the series.

John Pelan, in his introduction, calls Robert F. Young the "Poet Laureate of the Spaceways" because of his stylish fantasies of future life among the stars.

The other stories in this volume are:
The House That Time Forgot, Fantastic, September 1963
Passage to Gomorrah, Fantastic, January 1959
Magic Window, Fantastic, August 1958
The Last Hero, Fantastic, March 1959
Deluge II, Fantastic, October 1961
Let There Be Night, Fantastic, October 1963
Neither Stairs Nor Doors, Fantastic, January 1963
The Forest of Unreason, Fantastic, July 1961
The Star Fisherman, Fantastic, June 1962
228 pages.
$20 Trade Paperback 6" x 9"
$35 Hardcover with Dustjacket  6" x 9"
$45  Hardcover with bookplate and dustjacket, signed by John Pelan
Coming soon!
TWO SUNS OF MORCALI – Evelyn E. Smith
A NICHE IN TIME – William F. Temple




KING CONAN: THE PHOENIX ON THE SWORD #3 (of 4)
Coming in March!
Tim Truman (Writer), Tomás Giorello (Art), José Villarrubia (Color), and Andrew Robinson (Cover)

King Conan has built his empire by brawn and by blade, but there are dangers that lurk in the shadows of his throne that cannot be slain by the Cimmerian’s steel. Assassins are at his chamber door, and Thoth-Amon—back to the height of his power—is summoning fearsome fiends from the fiery pit! If he is to survive the night, Conan will need to enlist the aid of the gods!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.50, On sale March 28

KING CONAN: THE PHOENIX ON THE SWORD #3 is solicited in the
January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN120103. 

KINGS OF THE JUNGLE
AN ILLUSTRATED REFERENCE TO TARZAN ON SCREEN AND TELEVISION
Coming to comic shops in March! 
(Writer) David Fury, Maureen O’Sullivan

Cast, production credits, release date, and running time are provided for each of the Tarzan films. The plot synopses include the storyline, background information on the making of the film, and contemporary critical commentary. Also examined is Tarzan on television, from the TV movie Tarzan and the Trappers (1958) to the 1991 series. Heavily illustrated, With an introduction by the original Jane from 1932's Tarzan the Ape-Man, Maureen O'Sullivan!

Softcover, 7x10, 270 pages, B&W, $25.00
 This item may be available through other retail outlets
before shipping to comic book specialty shops.

KINGS OF THE JUNGLE is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN121422. 



Laurie's Wild West - Now online!

My Favorite Christmas Covers: WESTERN STORY, Dec. 24, 1921 - New!
My Favorite Christmas Covers: WILD WEST WEEKLY, 12/22/34 - New!
My Favorite Christmas Covers: WESTERN STORY, Dec 26, 1936 - New!
My Favorite Christmas Covers: EVERYBODY'S; December 1908 - New!
My Favorite Christmas Covers: THE BLACK CAT, Dec. 1912 - New!
My Favorite Christmas Covers: ADVENTURE, December 1933
My Favorite Christmas Covers: POPULAR MAGAZINE, 12/20/24
My Favorite Christmas Covers: BLUE BOOK, December 1944
My Favorite Christmas Covers: WESTERN STORY, Dec 27. 1941
Pulps A-Z: The Letter P
WILD WEST WEEKLY - United Kingdom Issues
Pulps A-Z: The Letter O
Pulps A-Z: The Letter N


THE LONE RANGER #3 - Coming in March!
Writer: Ande Parks; Artist: Esteve Polls
Cover: Francesco Francavilla

The "Hard Country" arc continues with its first multi-issue story. The Lone Ranger is pitted against a new enemy who hides behind the symbol Lone Ranger holds most dear: a Marshal's badge. Tasked by a federal agent to stop a murderous gang of train robbers, Lone Ranger and Tonto find themselves ambushed and betrayed. The hard country that is the old west just got harder for its two greatest heroes.

32 pages, Full Color, $3.99

LONE RANGER #3 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN121020. 



LORD OF THE JUNGLE #4 - Coming in March!
(Writer) Arvid Nelson (Artist) Roberto Castro
(Covers) Lucio Parillo (50%), Paul Renaud (50%), Francesco Francavilla (1-in-10)

Jane Porter is safe with Tarzan, where the two are drawing closer and closer together. If only her suitor, Cecil Clayton, knew! He and Jane's father set off into the deepest jungle for a rescue mission, but soon the two men might need saving themselves. Fortunately, a French warship discovers the castaways' camp — but will they be in time to save the two men?

LORD OF THE JUNGLE #4 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN121057. 



THE LOVECRAFT ANTHOLOGY TP - Coming in April! 
(Writer) David Hine & Various (Art)  D'israeli & Various (Cover) Glyn Dillon

A graphic anthology of tales featuring collaborations between established writers and artists and debut contributors, The Lovecraft Anthology showcases H.P. Lovecraft's talent for the macabre. From the insidious mutations of "The Shadow over Innsmouth" to the mindbending threat of "The Call of Cthulhu," this collection explores themes of insanity, inherited guilt, and arcane ritual to startling effect.

Softcover, 6x9, 120 pages, Full Color, $19.95

THE LOVECRAFT ANTHOLOGY is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN121255. 



Moonstone Books: PHASES of the MOON: Full Moon Conclusion!
Coming in March!
Story: Paul D. Storrie, CJ Henderson, Earl Mac Rauch
Art: Nathan Stockman, Glen Fernandez; Cover: Andy Black

The conclusion to the decade-spanning craziest serial-killer saga of all time, starring SHEENA: QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE!  What started with The Spider, Domino Lady, Honey West, Kolchak and others…ends here!

*Plus a recently uncovered BUCKAROO BANZAI part of this tale!
*Plus an epilogue starring KOLCHAK, as years later he uncovers the even more startling truth behind the lies!

48 pages, $4.99
PHASES OF THE MOON - CONCLUSION is solicited in the
January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN121184. 


Moonstone Books: THE HONEY WEST FILES Vol.1 - Coming in March!
Author: G. G. Fickling

The first female private eye is back in action: a volatile combination of Marilyn Monroe and Mike Hammer!

First appearing in 1957, Honey went on to star in eleven novels and the successful 1965 TV show starring Anne Francis, as well as the current series of comic books from Moonstone!

For the FIRST TIME anywhere, the original Honey West novels will be reprinted in one series of books!

Most of the books are long out of print, so here’s your chance to catch her!

In this volume: “This Girl for Hire”, “A Gun for Honey”, and “Girl on the Loose”.

Trade paperback, 600 pages, 6” x 9”, $23.99

THE HONEY WEST FILES VOLUME 1 is solicited in the
January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN121181. 



Moonstone Books - Coming in March!
The LONE RANGER Chronicles
THE FIRST EVER COLLECTION of
NEW Lone Ranger prose stories!

The masked ex-Texas Ranger and his Native American companion Tonto fight injustice in the Wild West!

Stories include meetings with The Cisco Kid, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, as well as the origin of Tonto and the origin of Silver!

Authors include Spur Award winner Johnny D Boggs, James Reasoner, Alex Award winner Mel Odom, Anthony Award winner Bill Crider, Matthew Baugh, Tim Lasiuta, Joe Gentile, Paul Kupperberg, Denny O’Neil, Kent Conwell, David McDonald, Thom Brannon, Troy D. Smith, Chick Dixon, and Richard Dean Starr.

Hardcover version of Lone Ranger Chronicles
Limited Edition includes a bonus story:
75 Years of the Lone Ranger.

Edited: Matthew Baugh, Tim Lasiuta
Cover: David Palumbo
6” x 9”, 288 pages, $18.95

THE LONE RANGER CHRONICLES is solicited in the
January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN121182 (Softcover). 
The Diamond Item Code is JAN121183 (Hardcover). 





Moonstone Books: The SPIDER: SHADOW OF EVIL - Coming in March!
Author: CJ Henderson
Cover: J. Anthony Kosar

The first new Spider novel in 65 years picks up where the last left off, packed to the gills with the greatest slam-bang action ever penned by master pulpster CJ Henderson!

Richard Wentworth, the Spider, wonders if his long struggle against the forces of evil has been worth it? Should he continue, or grab for personal happiness before his time runs out? Then, at the moment he makes his decision, fate unleashes the most hellish horrors against New York City of all time!

Paperback, 4” x 6”, 190 pages, $6.99
Hardcover, 4” x 6”, $22.99

Hardcover version of Spider Shadow of Evil Limited Edition includes a bonus story
"The Masked Marksman" featuring Ed Race by Rich Harvey!

THE SPIDER: SHADOW OF EVIL is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN121187 (Softcover). 
The Diamond Item Code is JAN121188 (Limited hardcover). 



Moonstone Books: The SPIDER: SLAUGHTER, INC. - Coming in March!
Author: Donald Cormack
Cover: Stephen Bryant

For the FIRST time anywhere…the last Spider pulp novel ever written…
is published as an actual Spider novel!

A criminal genius has created an organization to sell murder where innocents are fingered for the crimes. When Nita Van Sloan is framed for murder, the Spider must infiltrate the cartel in disguise and clean house!

Trade paperback, 6” x 9”, 190 pages, $14.95

THE SPIDER: SLAUGHTER INC. is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN121189. 




Off-Trail Publications
Now available!
Queen of the Gangsters: Volume 1: Broadwalk Empire
Stories by Margie Harris
Introduction by David Bischoff

Margie Harris was the first woman hardboiled crime fiction writer in history. She wrote some of the toughest, roughest, most remorseless stories to be found in ’30s gangster pulps like Gangland Stories, Racketeer Stories and Mobs. Her avid readers questioned whether she could even be a woman. Who is this “Margie Harris”? they wondered aloud. Who is this frail who cracks wise from the inside?

I’m “just another twist,” she told them—a woman of mystery then—a woman of mystery now. She palled around with the death-row doomed and the Chicago underworld. She may have been a newswoman; may have worked in the law. One point was not in doubt. She slammed her typewriter like a machine gun, mowing down good guys and bad guys alike; shooting them, knifing them, blowing them up—lacing her prose with metaphysical commentary on the destinations of their damned souls.

Tough. Rough. Hardboiled. Through the explosive stories of Margie Harris we savor the meeting of fist and flesh, the clatter of machine guns, the stench of gas fumes from sleek Packards barreling down city streets, the bitterness of bootleg hooch, the glory of sin. A violent symphony of hot jazz.
In an age when gangsters were royalty, Margie Harris was their queen.

This inaugural anthology of her work collects eight explosive stories, an introduction by David Bischoff, and a bio of Margie Harris.

David Bischoff is a New York Times bestselling  author, editor and script writer whose credits include the classic fantasy series, The Gaming Magi, and work on Star Trek: The Next Generation. He teaches in an MFA program at Seton Hill University.

6x9-inch perfect bound; 234 pages, $18.00

Check or Money Order to:
Off-Trail Publications
2036 Elkhorn Rd.
Castroville, CA 95012
Or:
PayPal: offtrail@redshift.com

Checkout  earlier titles by clicking on the link below.
Off-Trail Publications
Now available!

If She Only Had a Machine Gun: Crime Stories by Richard Credicott
Introduction by Dave Credicott
Edited by John Locke & Rob Preston

For the first time, we’re able to offer a complete pulp career in a single volume. Richard Credicott’s first story appeared in October 1929, unlucky timing indeed. Over the next few years, he struggled to make the pulp racket pay. His best work appeared in the gang pulps and ranks with the very best to be found there, wildly entertaining stories of mob mayhem and intrigue. His specialty was the molls, the tough chicks who gave the ultra-violent gangster life the touch of spice that made it all worthwhile.

This volume includes all eighteen of Richard Credicott’s stories, published from 1929-33, in MOBS, THE UNDERWORLD, RACKETEER STORIES, GANGLAND STORIES, DETECTIVE-DRAGNET, DIME DETECTIVE, and others. Included is a complete biography of Credicott’s life and writing career, offering rare insights into the ups and downs of the pulp-magazine world of the early Depression.
Until this time, there were no known living relatives of any of the gang-pulp authors. In fact, it’s exceedingly difficult to discover even the most basic information about this mostly obscure group. Therefore, it was a complete surprise and an unexpected privilege to meet Richard’s son, Dave Credicott, who enthusiastically provided an introduction to this volume, counterpointing the history with reminiscences of his father.

All of which makes this volume a unique contribution to pulp history.
6x9-inch perfect bound; 360 pages, $20.00 postpaid
Check or Money Order to:
Off-Trail Publications
2036 Elkhorn Rd.
Castroville, CA 95012
Or:
PayPal: offtrail@redshift.com

Checkout  earlier titles by clicking on the link below.

Peril Press - More new Kindle titles are now available!
Murderer's Clock by Ray Cummings
Hang His Wreath by H.Q. Masur
Strike the Hour of Madness by G.T. Fleming-Roberts
Santa's Stolen Sack by S Omar Barker
Susceptibility by John D MacDonald
The Western "Boom Town" by E Hough
Grizzly Gallagher, Santa Claus by Reginald C Barker
Murder on Santa Claus Lane by William G Bogart
A Visitor for the Dead by Bruce Cassiday
The Albatross by William Hope Hodgson
Made to Measure by William Campbell Gault


Planetary Stories - Special Merry Christmas issue!
Instead of Christmas Cards, Planetary Stories is pubbing a special Merry Christmas issue, starting with a new cover by Clif Jackson, then a new Christmas Poem by Doug Kaye, followed by a Vacation story by Rick Brooks. And much more!

Click on www.planetarystories.com/Christmas2011.htm and enjoy Christmas with us!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Shelvy, Jerry Page, Robert Kennedy and Rob Shelsky
PULP ECHOES by Tom Johnson - Now available!
PULP ECHOES presents seven new stories in the pulp tradition,
both new and original characters:

The Bat returns in “Blind As A Bat"
The Crimson Clown returns in “The Crimson Clown – Killer”
Nibs Holloway battles Dr. Death in “Till Death Do Us Part”
The Black Ghost is back in “Carnival of Death”
Captain Anthony Adventure in “Terror In The North Country”
 The Black Cat in “A Cat Among Dogs”
and Senora Scorpion in “Senora Scorpion”

The cover features Senora Scorpion!

The long awaited pulp anthology is now Available on NTD and Amazon.
Print copies at $15.50. Ebooks will be available soon.
This 238-page short story collection is pure pulp action and fun.

Pulp Empire: HEROES & HERETICS 
 Now available for e-reader devices!

Pulp Empire is proud to announce that our next print anthology Heroes & Heretics is now available for purchase on all digital devices. The new book features 19 stories by a bevy of new and returning Pulp Empire authors. Almost every pulp genre is covered from Milo James Fowler’s western “Fool’s Gold” to Jack Mulcahy’s sword & sorcery saga “Into the Demesne of Dhuada”.

While a print edition will be available within the next few weeks, this is a great chance to get over 300 pages of new pulp storytelling just before Christmas. For the low, low price of $2.99, readers can experience Dixon Hill’s “Blazing Troubles” or Timothy Miller’s dark “The Devil Within”. With Amazon and Barnes & Noble’s gift services, it makes a great last minute gift for any e-reader owner.
Pick up your copy at the link’s below:
Pulp Empire is a subsidiary of Metahuman Press, a publisher of new super powered and pulp fiction.
For more details on Metahuman Press and its line of print and electronic books,
please visit the link below.

Pulps 1st - Now available!
 Happy Holidays To You Sale! 10% OFF ALL ORDERS! 
Science Fiction, Hero, Detective, and Western Pulp Covers Calendar 2012

12 different pulp covers representing the month they were published.
A unique way to keep trace of the dates and enjoy the art of the pulps!  
High quality, full-color, full-bleed printing. Wire-o binding.
Available in three sizes – Standard, Small, and Huge.

Good Girl Art and Air War calendars will soon be available also.



Pulps 1st - Now available!
 Happy Holidays To You Sale! 10% OFF ALL ORDERS! 
Mugs, mouse pads, ipad skins, posters, pulp cover CDs
and now even US postage stamps.

Many different cover images are available!
Science Fiction, Air War, Hero, Detective, Western!
There is something for everyone!
Pulps 1st - New pulp T-Shirt line now available!

Pulps 1st has opened a storefront for pulp image cover t-shirts.
You can reach the storefront from pulps1st.com and
clicking on the shirts button.

Pulps1st has obtained a license with Argosy Communication, Inc.
to sell shirts with Popular Publications pulp covers.
Science Fiction, Air War, Hero, Detective, Western!
There is something for everyone!

There are now over 75 t-shirts available
(some images are duplicated as 3X and 4X Large
have to be offered as a separate item).


Shirts are available in Small, Medium, Large, X-Large, XX-Large in 11 different colors.
3X-Large and 4X-Large are also available in 8 different colors.
Prices range from $16.00 thru $29.00 plus shipping.
 

Quatermain #4 - Coming in March!
Writer: Clay and Susan Griffith
Pencils: Patricio Carbajal
Cover Artist:  Patricio Carbajal

Deep in the trackless Congo forests, Allan Quatermain enjoys a brief respite from danger until the lull vanishes due to his own fears and temptations. Then comes a merciless attack by his enemy, the warlord Bwana Nzige. The final bloody battle pits men against monsters, and Quatermain may not be able to save his friends, or himself.

32 pages, Full Color, $3.99


QUATERMAIN #4 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN120917. 



QUEEN SONJA #29 - Coming in March!
Writer: Luke Lieberman; Artist: Milton Estevam
Cover: Tommy Patterson (50%), Lucio Parrillo (50%)

Empress Sonja has renounced her throne and returns to Sogoria with her rightful spoils, but curiously the road home passes close to Tirket and the holy Temples of the Way. With Koliostri elsewhere trying to claim the Emoran throne she left behind, Sonja find a detour is in order.

32 pages, Full Color, $3.99

QUEEN SONJA #29 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN121074. 






RED SONJA #61  - Arriving in comic shops December 28th!
Writer: Eric Trautmann; Penciller/Inker: Walter Geovani; Covers: Walter Geovani (50%), Wagner Reis (50%)

Stygia: mysterious land of black magics, serpent gods,  and deadly intrigues…and the last place in the Hyborian Kingdoms a sane person would venture. But with Emperor Strabonus' assassins hot on her heels, and accounts to settle in Stygia, that's just where Red Sonja is headed.

32 pages, Full Color,  $4.99  

RED SONJA #68 - Coming in March!
Writer: Eric Trautmann; Artist: Walter Geovani
Cover: Walter Geovani (50%), Fabiano Neves (50%)

Khitai, the kingdom of jade. A land of rigid honor codes, and fanatical warriors loyal to their god-emperor. Where better for Red Sonja to ply her trade than a nation of master swordsmen?

32 pages, Full Color, $3.99

RED SONJA #68 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN121073. 





Robert E. Howard: The Black Stone - New audiobook is now available!
FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of Robert E. Howard's The Black Stone. This story is one of Howard's stories that can be considered part of the Cthulhu Mythos (H.P. Lovecraft's worlds). A young man reads an ancient tome called "Nameless Cults" and discovers in it references to an artifact called "The Black Stone". Worshipped and abhorred, the stone grabs the man's attention and he delves deeply into its' mysterious history, until he finds that it truely exists and so embarks on a trip to visit the stone, where he discovers the dark and horrifying truth.

Listening Length: 41 minutes
Narrated by Felbrigg Napoleon Herriot
Publisher: FNH Audio
Distributor: Audible.com
Regular Price:$2.67
       Audible.com

Robert E. Howard: Pigeons from Hell - New audiobook is now available!
Robert E. Howard, best known as the creator of Conan the Barbarian, also wrote stories in a diverse range of genres. He was particularly masterful with horror stories. This 1938 spell-binding story is one of his best. In 1983, Stephen King, wrote that he considered Pigeons from Hell to be "one of the finest horror stories of our century". With a decaying Southern family, a gruesome murder, a strange sort of "undead" creature and, of course, evil pigeons, it makes for a story that will send a chill down your backbone.

Listening Length: 1 hour and 12 minutes
Narrated by Jim Roberts
Publisher: Jimcin Recordings
Distributor: Audible.com
Regular Price:$6.96




THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN VOLUME 11 - Coming in May!
Larry Yakata (Writer), Michael Fleisher (Writer), Don Kraar (Writer), Pablo Marcos (Art), Val Mayerik (Art), Ernie Chan (Art), Gary Kwapisz (Art), Dave Simons (Art), Rudy Nebres (Art), and Michael Golden (Cover)

After many journeys trading his feared sword arm for gold, Conan returns to the land of his birth, Cimmeria, only to find his family murdered and his sister enslaved by a ruthless rival clan. While the mighty slayer cannot bring back the dead, he can still mete out a terrible vengeance, but can even a warrior as skilled and merciless as Conan take on an entire clan whose treacherous hands hold a blade to his sister’s throat?

Trade Paperback, 7" x 10", B&W, 536 pages, $19.99, On sale May 2

THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN VOLUME 11 is solicited in the
January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN120102. 




 
 
Coming soon!
Two new project announcements!

AT THE EARTH'S CORE
Martin Powell will be writing a graphic novel of Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic Pellucidar adventure, AT THE EARTH'S CORE, to be fabulously illustrated by artist Jamie Chase. Authorized by ERB, Inc. Published by Sequential Pulp/Dark Horse Comics. Coming in 2012. Artwork © Jamie Chase.
A lovely portrait of "Dian the Beautiful" by artist Jamie Chase for the graphic novel of Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic AT THE EARTH'S CORE. Authorized by ERB, Inc. Published by Sequential Pulp/Dark Horse Comics. Coming in 2012. Artwork © Jamie Chase.
THE CAVE GIRL
Martin Powell will be writing a graphic novel of Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic romantic adventure, THE CAVE GIRL, in celebration of its upcoming 100th Anniversary. Martin will be reunited with artist Hannibal King. Two gorgeous pre-production illustrations are shown below. Authorized by ERB, Inc. Published by Sequential Pulp/Dark Horse Comics. Artwork © Hannibal King.
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME
Final cover design for Tim Conrad's adaptation of Victor Hugo's THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME.
Artwork © Tim Conrad.
KING SOLOMON'S MINES
The opening page of Sequential Pulp/Dark Horse Comics' KING SOLOMON'S MINES as adapted by jazzy Mark Ellis and illustrated by the incomparable Pablo Marcos.
Artwork © Pablo Marcos.





Tellers of Weird Tales - Now online!
Terence Hanley has created a blog in which he researches and writes about the contributors to Weird Tales magazine and its companion titles, Oriental Stories and The Magic Carpet Magazine.

Weird Tales at Christmas - New!
Howard Rockey (1886-1934) - New!
Barry Scobee (1885-1977) - New!
H.P. Lovecraft in "The Call of Cthulhu
Jack Norvell Davis (1925-1975)
Alvin F. Harlow's Books
Alvin F. Harlow (1875-1963)
Hal K. Wells (1899-?)
George W. Crane (1901-1995)
Gahan Wilson (b. 1930)

WARLORD OF MARS #14
Arriving in comic shops December 28th!
Written by Arvid Nelson; Art: Edgar Salazar
Covers by Joe Jusko (50%), Stephen Sadowski (50%), Lucio Parrillo (1/15)
John Carter learns the shocking truth about the therns, the mysterious sect of priests who control the worship of Issus, the goddess of all Mars. He and Tars Tarkas, the greatest warrior of the green Martians, will have to battle their way through the hellish labyrinth of the therns' temples before they can tell anyone about their discovery. Fortunately for them, they'll have the help of Thuvia, Princess of Ptarth. But even if they free themselves from the temples, they'll have another, even more deadly threat to contend with: an ancient terror from Mars's larger moon...

32 pages, Full Color,  $3.99
WARLORD OF MARS #18
Coming in March!
Writer: Arvid Nelson; Artist: Edgar Salazar
Covers: Joe Jusko (50%), Lucio Parrillo (50%)

Poor John Carter! Beautiful Martians babes are falling in love with him left and right, but all he wants is his Dejah Thoris. Dejah is a captive of Issus, the false goddess of Mars, and Carter is racing to free her. With him is Carthoris, his son, and the greatest fleet of airships Mars has ever seen. But Issus has more than one devious trick in store for Carter and his navy.

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99

WARLORD OF MARS #18 is solicited in the
January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN121045. 
WARLORD OF MARS: DEJAH THORIS #13
Coming in March!
Writer: Robert Place Napton; Artist: Carlos Rafael
Covers: Paul Renaud (33%), Fabiano Neves (33%), Patrick Berkenkotter (33%)

Kantos Kan's gambit pays off and he learns the truth about Dejah Thoris' possession. Believing him too dangerous, Dejah/The Witch tries to eliminate him, but he escapes to the Marshes in hopes of discovering a way to save his princess.

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99

WARLORD OF MARS: DEJAH THORIS #13 is solicited in the
January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN121049. 
WARRIORS OF MARS #2
Coming in March!
Written by Robert Place Napton; Art by Jack Jadson; Cover by Joe Jusko
Before John Carter another earthman visited the Red planet: Lt. Gullivar Jones.
Now these legendary warriors are brought together for the first time!

Barely escaping the River of Death, Gullivar tracks the Thither people who have kidnapped Princess Heru. He makes several shocking discoveries along the way as he goes deeper into Barsoom's unknown regions. Gullivar's past will soon collide with John Carter's present.

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99

WARRIORS OF MARS #2 is solicited in the
January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN121053. 
ZORRO RIDES AGAIN #9 (OF 12) - Coming in March!
Writer: Matt Wagner; Artist: John K. Snyder III; Cover: Matt Wagner

The one and only Matt (MAGE, GRENDEL) Wagner is in the home-stretch of his epic story of Zorro! Zorro is not alone as another swashbuckler sword expert joins the fray. Who is this person? And what does it mean for Zorro? These are thrilling times ahead as ZORRO RIDES AGAIN with issue #9 fro Dynamite Entertainment!

32 pages, Full Color, $3.99

ZORRO RIDES AGAIN #9 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available December 28).
The Diamond Item Code is JAN121075. 





16 December 2011
Age of Aces
Now available!

In Donald E. Keyhoe’s imaginings, the stormy skies of World War I are filled with giant pterodactyls, mystic fireballs and demon aces. But America has it’s own unnatural secret weapon: Captain Philip Strange. A mental marvel from birth, he was so terrifyingly effective that the Allies referred to him as “The Phantom Ace of G-2.” But to the Germans he was “The Brain-Devil,” whose penetrating green eyes were both a legend and a nightmare.

Keyhoe’s Philip Strange stories ran for nine years—from 1931 through 1939—in the pages of Flying Aces magazine. This first volume in our new series contains six exciting tales of terror skies! It also features an introduction by Sid Bradd and is beautifully wrapped up in an exciting new design by Chris Kalb!

Stories include:
“Cocardes of Courage” – Flying Aces, September 1931
“The Drome of Dread” – Flying Aces, November 1931
“The Red Demon” – Flying Aces, July 1932
“Scourge of the Skies” – Flying Aces, November 1932
“Vengeance of V-99” – Flying Aces, February 1933
“The Unholy Horror” – Flying Aces, July 1933
Plus:
“Donald E. Keyhoe and the Brain-Devil of G-2″ by Sidney H. Bradd
A Bibliography of all Philip Strange’s Adventures
An exciting book design by Chris Kalb.

$16.99 Trade paperback
 6″x9″ trade paperback | 346 pages | ISBN: 978-0-9820950-8-9

Available from
Amazon, Mike Chomko Books, and Adventure House

Altus Press
Doc Savage in HORROR IN GOLD
by Lester Dent and Will Murray, writing as Kenneth Robeson
Cover illustration by Joe DeVito
Softcover - Now available!   Hardcover - Coming in January!

Back after 20 years! Doc Savage and his mighty crew return in a brand-new series of nightmare exploits that can only be called…. The Wild Adventures of Doc Savage!

It began with an uncanny encounter on busy Seventh Avenue. Two men pass each other in the street, walking along calmly one minute—struck down the next by a horrific fate.

All over Manhattan, soundless detonations cut down prince and pauper alike. No one is safe. Great buildings are reduced to ruin. Banks are demolished. The authorities stand helpless.

Only one man, Doc Savage—scientist, adventurer and superman—can penetrate the eerie enigma that threatens to bring the mightiest city on earth to its knees. But when The Alchemist decrees that the Man of Bronze must surrender unconditionally to save New York, will Doc be snuffed out next?

From the besieged canyons of New York to the rugged coast of Alaska, Doc Savage and his men race to resolve the riddle that brings grisly doom to ordinary citizens—and threatens the economic recovery of a Depression-besieged world.

330 pages, approx. 6"x9"x0.9", approx. 1.2 lb.

Altus Press - Now available!
The Secret 6 Classics: Return Engagement With Death
Authored by Emile C. Tepperman
List Price: $24.95 softcover | $34.95 hardcover
280 pages
Klaw, Murdoch and Kerrigan... the FBI's Suicide Squad return
in this collection of six classic Suicide adventures
from the pages of ACE G-MEN STORIES from 1939-43:

The Suicide Squad Reports for Death: Kerrigan, Murdoch and Klaw in a smashing F.B.I. Novel--In all the Service they were the Law's toughest, shield-bearing crime fighters--and their job was to come through or die!

The Suicide Squad--Dead or Alive!: Storm Troop gangsters took over the Hill City government. Blue-uniformed killers picked up the blood-purge hunt for Kerrigan, Murdoch, and Klaw--the three F.B.I. aces who had to capture a city just to rescue a red-headed girl!

The Suicide Squad and the Murder Bund: Murdoch, Kerrigan and Klaw, the F.B.I.'s dauntless Suicide Squad, must daily fight with dogged, unbelievable courage--merely to earn the right to live! Could this fabulous team of crime-fighters lock guns in deadly combat with the Skull and Swastika Corps--and still remain a trio?
The Masked Marksman's Command Performance: What happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable body? The answer, we'll bet, would be something like the meeting between Ed Race, the Masked Marksman--and the Suicide Squad!

The Suicide Squad's Dawn Patrol: The Japs were planning a barbarous air raid on America--that much was known to Kerrigan, Murdoch and Klaw, the F.B.I.'s indomitable Suicide Squad. When, where and bow this hellish blitzkrieg was to come, they were grimly determined to find out, even if that meant permitting the lovely, evil Madam Sail to lure them to the reincarnated Japanese Diva-King--who could command men to
destroy themselves!

Move Over, Death!: Kerrigan, Murdoch and Klaw--the fabulous fighting Feds--had finally been given the assignment which no G-man could take--and live! Gladly, with grins on their battle-scarred faces, they walked into the Nazi trap, with blazing guns punctuating their war cry: "Move over, Death!"

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books 
Coming in February!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 56: "The Black Spot" and "The Terrible Stork"
The pulp era's greatest superman returns in classic pulp thrillers by Laurence Donovan and Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, Doc and Patricia Savage attempt to discover the secret behind the baffling series of "black spot murders" that confounds the law. Then, an auction gallery bidding war leads to the abduction of Monk Mayfair. Can the Man of Bronze uncover the sinister secret of The Terrible Stork in time to save his right-hand aide? This special collectors edition showcases the original color pulp covers by Walter M. Baumhofer and Modest Stein, Paul Orban's classic interior illustrations and a behind-the-scenes article by Will Murray, writer of nine Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-075-5 Softcover, 7x10, 112 pages, B&W, $14.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)


Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books 
Coming in February!
THE SHADOW Volume 58: "Castle of Crime" and "Dead Man's Chest"
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows! The pulp era's greatest crimebuster journeys to Maine on golden quests in two thrilling pulp novels by Walter Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." First, The Shadow and G-man Vic Marquette hunt enemy agents sabotaging maritime shipping from a mysterious Castle of Crime. Then, a sea captain's dying words lead to serial slayings along the long-buried trail to a Dead Man's Chest and Cuban gold! This instant collector's item reprints the classic color cover paintings by George Rozen and Graves Gladney and the original interior illustrations by Edd Cartier and Paul Orban, with historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-074-8 Softcover, 7x10. 128 pages, B&W, $14.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)



Beb Books - Now available!
Shipmates with Horror by Johnston McCulley
A thrilling novel of suspense from The Argosy, 1908-1909!

Captain Benton had been out of work for eighteen months, blackballed  by his former employers. Now they're offering him a second chance. All he has to do is sailed from San Francisco to San Diego in six days and win a contract for the company. But the ship is haunted, the crew superstitious, a rival company will do anything in their power to steal the contract away from Benton. Oh, and there's a hurricane coming. There's a thrill on every page in this action packed story from the author of the Zorro stories.

Other Johnston McCulley novels reprinted by Beb Books include:
"At His Mercy" a tale of two young telegraphers against a madman who plots to destroy an entire city with his force field weapons.

The Curse of Capistrano, the first story about Zorro and its sequel, The Further Adventures of Zorro.

All three books are $5 each plus postage.
Postage is $3.00 for 1 to 3  issues and twenty-five cents additional for each book over three.

Beb Books are printed on 8.5 x 11 inch paper, side stapled with a color cover and all illustrations from the original publication (if there are any).

My website is over a year out of date.
But I can send you a brief catalog of what we've reprinted.
Just write to beb01@sprynet.com and ask for a catalog.

Have a question? Write to me at beb01@sprynet.com.

Send check or money order (sorry, no Paypal)
made payable to Brian Earl Brown to:

 Brian Earl Brown
11675 Beaconsfield
Detroit, MI 48224




Blogging Sax Rohmer’s The Hand of Fu Manchu, Part Six – "The House of Hashish" - Now online!
“The House of Hashish” was the sixth installment of Sax Rohmer’s The Si-Fan Mysteries. The story was first published in Collier’s on February 17, 1917 and was later expanded to comprise Chapters 22 - 26 of the third Fu-Manchu novel, The Si-Fan Mysteries first published in 1917 by Cassell in the UK and by McBride & Nast in the US under the variant title, The Hand of Fu Manchu. The US book title marks the first time that the hyphen was dropped from the character’s name, although it was retained within the text.

Read the rest at the links below!
The Book Cave - New podcast now available online!
Episode 157:  Doc Atlas - New!
Michael Black, writer of the Doc Atlas book is this week's special guest.
Episode 156:  Book Cave's 3rd Anniversary
Episode 155: iPulpfiction.com
Episode 154: Don Gates
Episode 153: The Universe of Barry Reese
Episode 152: The Green Hornet Casefiles
Centipede Press - Coming Winter 2011!
HANNES BOK:A LIFE IN ILLUSTRATION
Introduction by Ray Bradbury

With over 450 pages, and a large, 8 × 12 size, this collection covers the entire artistic career of Hannes Bok. Painstakingly edited by Joseph Wrzos, with essays and memoirs on Bok by Ray Bradbury, Stephen Fabian, and many others, this book features over 600 illustrations. Many come from the pulps and pulp covers. Our color section features all of Bok’s known dustjackets and the largest collection of Bok paintings ever published, including many works that have never before been printed. Key works also feature detail views.

Printed on heavy paper, with printed cloth panels, ribbon markers, and a printed cloth slipcase, the edition is limited to 200 copies for sale and is signed by most contributors. The book is printed using stochastic screening with five inks, resulting in unparalleled clarity and color reproduction.
edition information

Limited to 200 copies.
Signed by most contributors.
Edited by Joseph Wrzos.
Introduction by Ray Bradbury.
Loaded with gorgeous full-page, full-color prints.
Slipcase, ribbon marker, head and tail bands, printed cloth front panel, three-piece cloth construction.



CONAN: ROAD OF KINGS #11 - Arriving in comic shops December 21st!
Roy Thomas (Writer), Mike Hawthorne (Penciller), John Lucas (Inker), Dan Jackson (Colors)
Aleksi Briclot (Cover)

In need of money after escaping war-torn Tarantia, Conan finds his way to a seaport called Messantia. There he wastes no time in finding old allies and making new enemies. With a friend on the wrong side of the law and Conan himself on the wrong side of the local criminals, all the pieces are in place for Road of Kings's blowout conclusion!

32 pages, $3.50



THE DARK MAN: THE JOURNAL OF ROBERT E. HOWARD STUDIES
Vol. 6, Nos. 1 & 2 (2011) - Now available!
Contents:
Faction and Fiction in Barack the Barbarian By Jeffrey Kahan
Gloria By Rusty Burke and Rob Roehm
Theosophy and the Thurian Age: Robert E. Howard and the Works of William Scott-Elliot By Jeffrey Shanks Howard’s Horror By Jason Ray Carney
Black Wings: Lovecraft’s Widening Gyre By John Goodrich
Malygris, Malnéant, and Malinbois, But No Malfeasance By Steve Tompkins
Briefly Noted By Mark E. Hall

Paperback, 114 pages, $8.50

Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!
Forgotten Books: The Simon Bolivar Grimes Collection by E. Hoffman Price - New!
Forgotten Stories: "So Dark for April" a Paul Pine story by John Evans
Forgotten Books: Zorro Rides Again by Johnston McCulley
Encore Forgotten Book: Lady Afraid by Lester Dent
Forgotten Books: KING - OF THE KHYBER RIFLES by Talbot Mundy
Forgotten Books: The Mark of Zorro by Johnston McCulley
Dime Novel Castle
Now available!
Fighting Against Millions; or,
The Detective in the Jewel Caves of Kurm
Original Nick Carter Novel #3 by John Russell Coryell
Published in Street and Smith's, New York Weekly
over a year after "A  Wall Street Haul" as a serial,
in 17 parts, from September 29, to January 19, 1889.
Download this Rare Manuscript in Adobe PDF Format for $9.95
Order a Print-On-Demand Softcover Book for $14.95 + $3 S&H
Also available!
A Wall Street Haul; Or, A Bold Stroke For A Fortune - Original Nick Carter Novel #2 By John Russell Coryell
Published in Street and Smith's, New York Weekly, for 15 weeks, between March 2 and June 18, 1887.

The Old Detective’s Pupil; Or, The Mysterious Crime of Madison Square
The First Introduction of the famous Nick Carter, Detective Series.  Created by John Russell Coryell
Published in Street and Smith’s, New York Weekly, for 13 weeks, starting, September 18, 1886.

Old King Brady, The Sleuth-Hound
Published in The New York Detective Library in November 1885.

Reproductions of these Rare Manuscripts are Available for Instant Download after Purchase, in Adobe PDF Format, or as a Print-On-Demand Softcover Book. Adobe PDF eBooks are $9.95.  Print-On-Demand Softcover Books Start at $14.95


Doc Con 2012 - October 20, 2012!
Doc Con 15 will be held Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012 in Glendale, Ariz., at the Comfort Suites located at 9824 W Camelback Rd, Glendale, AZ, US, 85305. Call to reserve your room (623) 271-9005 and mention "Doc Savage Convention" for our reduced group rate.

Things kick off the night before with dinner and an evening activity, so plan on being there Friday, Oct. 19, and all day Saturday, Oct. 20. There's usually a breakfast/early lunch on Sunday.

If you haven't checked out the teaser video yet, head over to YouTube or look for the Arizona Doc Con page on Facebook.
E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow in Review:
This weeks new Shadow review is "Death Stalks the U.N." from the January 1947 issue of The Shadow Magazine.

 
Pulpgen-Online Pulps:   Now with over 1000 stories online!
"Stalling All Cars!" by Joe Archibald from POPULAR DETECTIVE, January, 1948
Featuring: Willie Klump
When Willie Klump takes Gertie Mudgett for a spin in his Gnash-8 car, two mobsters go along - just for the ride!
"Buckskin Santa Claus" by Johnston McCulley from TEXAS RANGERS, January, 1948
Christmas Eve at Fort Bent seemed a long-chance bet to Scout Reilly as he read sign ahead of the wagon train!
Eduardo Barreto  R. I. P.
Artist Eduardo Barreto has passed away at the age of 57 from meningitis.
Barreto was the artist on THE SHADOW STRIKES for DC Comics as well as many other titles.
He recently began illustrating The Phantom Sunday newspaper strip. Although never a fan favorite, Barreto was a consumate craftsman whose art was always a pleasure to view. He will be missed.




Haffner Press - December Update!


We are very happy to report that we have finished shipping all the pre-ordered and wholesale copies of SHANNACH - THE LAST: FAREWELL TO MARS by Leigh Brackett. The last batch of 60 orders went out on December 10th, so those of you who haven't seen their copies should see them in a few days
We also want to thank you faithful and patient customers who pre-ordered SHANNACH as far back as March 2010 as part of the "Early Bird" offer with:
                                                                                                                                                 
TERROR IN THE HOUSE HOUSE
CAPTAIN FUTURE, VOLUME 2
UNIVERSE WRECKERS, COLLECTED HAMILTON, VOLUME 3  
                                                                                                                                                 
With your copies of SHANNACH you should also receive the Exclusive Bonus Chapbook,
AN INSIDE LOOK: PLANS FOR THE CREATION OF FUTURES PAST. 


We are also putting the finishing touches on the 100-copy slipcased edition of SHANNACH -THE LAST: FAREWELL TO MARS. This edition is signed by Grandmaster Anne McCaffrey, author of the introduction, and ships with an exclusive chapbook collecting two Brackettales, "The Ark of Mars" and "Teleportress of Alpha C".
Click here to order.

Don't miss out on receiving the exclusive Bonus Chapbook SUPER-SCIENCE FICTION
by pre-ordering the three titles below:
As with AN INSIDE LOOK, your early patronage will be rewarded with a nifty gem which includes the following:
  • "Creatures of the Green Slime" by James Rosenquest from the June 1959 issue of Super-Science Fiction
  • Book Reviews by Jack Williamson of works by Clarke, Wells, Boucher, Huxley, Heinlein, Aldiss, Asimov, and more! 
  • "Ironing Board Derby" by Henry Kuttner & Arthur K. Barnes - a rare, non-genre collaboration from the pages of Popular Sports, June 1939
Use the PREORDER button on the Haffner Press homepage



This book was already special when announced in late 2010, and the months since have been kind as THUNDER IN THE VOID now has an original and unpublished story by Henry Kuttner, "The Interplanetary Limited."  How cool is that?    
                             
Mike Resnick's introduction is in hand and the dustjacket with vintage artwork by Norman Saunders has been locked. We plan to send this to the printer by the end of the year with an eye to filling orders in February.      
                                                                  
As with SHANNACH - THE LAST, we are also at work on the 100-copy slipcased edition of this THUNDER IN THE VOID and will be announcing details soon. 
 Robert Silverberg has assembled a collection of 14 stories from Super-Science Fiction. S-SF was launched during the sf boom of the mid-1950s. Paying a princely rate of 2 cents a word the magazine attracted fiction by Isaac Asimov, Robert Bloch, Harlan Ellison. James Gunn, Jack Vance, and Donald Westlake, and featured cover art by Frank Kelly Freas and Ed Emshwiller.

Running for 18 bi-monthly issues (Dec ‘55 to Oct ‘59), the magazine eventually devolved into a publication capitalizing on the then-current craze of “monster” stories.


We've added this title to the Early Bird Special with THUNDER IN THE VOID by Kuttner and TALES FROM SUPER-SCIENCE FICTION edited by Robert Silverberg.     
               
A detailed contents listing is here.
                    
The dustjacket art is a placeholder, but if you like it (and we can secure proper permission and hi-res image) we may use it unless a more suitable piece of artwork comes to light.

This was a lot of fun to assemble and design and we're looking forward to seeing all these hilarious and clever stories collected in a single volume.

Not much to add on this title except that we have commissioned cover illustrator Raymond Swanland (check out his webpage HERE) has so impressed the editor that there will be TWO original color images for THE COMPLETE JOHN THUNSTONE. One for the trade hardcover edition and another for the 100-copy limited edition.  At the moment, we can share a preliminary draft of one of the images.

Description:
Conceived by Manly Wade Wellman and Weird Tales editor Dorothy McIlwraith in 1943, John Thunstone is a scholar and playboy who investigates mysterious supernatural events. Large and strong, intelligent, handsome, and wealthy, he has the typical attributes of a heroic character. He is also well-read in occult matters and has access to weapons (such as a sword-cane forged by a saint) that are especially potent against vampires, werewolves, and other supernatural creatures.  In addition to the ghosts and other traditional supernatural beings, several of Thunstone's enemies are Wellman's unique creations. Particularly compelling are the the enigmatic shonokins, a race of human-like creatures who claim to have ruled North America before the coming of humans. Thunstone's most persistent foe is the diabolical sorcerer Rowley Thorne, a character loosely based on the real occultist Aleister Crowley. Thunstone originally appeared in short stories published in Weird Tales from 1943 to 1951 with a final short story in 1982. Wellman would later write two novels featuring Thunstone: What Dreams May Come (1983) and The School of Darkness (1985). 



GREEN HORNET #20 -  Arriving in comic shops December 21st!
Writer: Phil Hester (plot) Ande Parks (script);  Penciller/Inker: Igor Vitorino
Covers: Brian Denham (1/3), Phil Hester (1/3), and Jonathan Lau (1/3)

A new exhibit has opened in Century City; a look back at the mysterious figures from the city's crime-ridden past, the original Green Hornet and Kato. The heirs of the Green Hornet legacy have decided to take in the displays, remembering what it was like to grow up with legendary fathers. But, as Britt Reid, Jr. and Mulan Kato stroll through the relics of their fathers' past, their peaceful day ends with a bang. A villain from the past wants something back from the display cases. Now, the new Green Hornet and Kato must fight their fathers' battles all over again. Lucky for Britt and Mulan, some of their fathers' weapons are right at hand.

32 pages, Full Color, $3.99
JOHN CARTER, A PRINCESS OF MARS #4 (OF 5) -  Arriving in comic shops December 21st!
Based on the Novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Adaptation by Roger Langridge
Art by Filipe Andrade, Cover by Skottie Young

John Carter pushes himself to the very limits of human endurance as he battles his friend Kantos Kan in the arena, crosses the Martian desert barefoot, and uses the miraculous Ninth Ray to fly... all for the love of a Princess! Filipe Andrade and Harvey Award-winning writer Roger Langridge continue their bold new adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic tale!
32 pages, $2.99


Laurie's Wild West - Now online!
My Favorite Christmas Covers: ADVENTURE, December 1933 - New!
My Favorite Christmas Covers: POPULAR MAGAZINE, 12/20/24 - New!
My Favorite Christmas Covers: BLUE BOOK, December 1944 - New!
My Favorite Christmas Covers: WESTERN STORY, Dec 27. 1941 - New!
Pulps A-Z: The Letter P
WILD WEST WEEKLY - United Kingdom Issues
Pulps A-Z: The Letter O
Pulps A-Z: The Letter N


Moonstone Books - Now online!
Moonstone Books has posted a brief interview with Howard Hopkins regarding his upcoming Lone Ranger novel, VENDETTA.

The Masked Man in a brand-new adventure! From out of the past comes a mysterious killer systematically murdering anyone with a connection to the Masked Rider of the Plains former identity. When all signs point to Butch Cavendish, a man long dead, The Lone Ranger finds himself trapped in a deadly game of cat and mouse with the life of his faithful Indian companion hanging in the balance!

Paperback: 130 pages
Publisher: Moonstone
ISBN-10: 1936814153
ISBN-13: 978-1936814152
$4.99

Mystery*File - Now online!
ADVENTURES IN COLLECTING:Is Completism Fatal? by Walker Martin - New!
Pulp Writer VICTOR MAXWELL, Part 2, by Terry Sanford
Night Shade Books
THE MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS OF CLARK ASHTON SMITH
Now available!
The Miscellaneous Fictions of Clark Ashton Smith gathers together the adventure, juvenilia and other non-fantastic fiction of Smith. While he is known best for his fantastic work, these adventure and mainstream stories shed light on the development of Smith's writing and his constantly evolving style. The Miscellaneous Fictions is a perfect companion to the five volume Collected Fantasies set. As with that set, editors Scott Connors and Ron Hilger have prepared this volume by comparing original manuscripts, various typescripts, published editions, and Smith's notes and letters, in order to prepare a definitive set of texts.

Contents of The Miscellaneous Fictions include "The Animated Sword," "The Malay Crise," "The Ghost of Mohammed Din," "The Mahout," "The Rajah and the Tiger," "Something New," "The Flirt," "The Perfect Woman," "A Platonic Entanglement," "The Expert Lover," "The Parrot," "A Copy of Burns," "Checkmate," "The Infernal Star," "The Dead will Cuckold You," "House of the Monoceros," "Dawn of Discord," and many others.

Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Night Shade Books
ISBN-10: 1597802972
ISBN-13: 978-1597802970

Night Shade Books subcribers copies will not ship until January 2012

Pulps 1st - Now available!

Hero, Detective, and Western Pulp Covers Calendar 2012

12 different pulp covers representing the month they were published.
A unique way to keep trace of the dates and enjoy the art of the pulps!  

High quality, full-color, full-bleed printing.
Wire-o binding
Available in three sizes – Standard, Small, and Huge.

Science Fiction, Good Girl Art, and Air War calendars should be available this weekend or over the coming week.



Peril Press - More new Kindle titles are now available!
Buckskin Santa Claus by Johnston McCulley


PulpWork Christmas Special 2011 - Free download now available!
Until the end of the year Pulpwork is offering free downloads of the PulpWork Christmas Special 2011. This features a spectacular cover by MD Jackson and two tales of Christmas deviltry and destruction by Josh Reynolds and Joel Jenkins.

First, occult investigator Charles St. Cyprian uncovers the ancient Christmas evil behind the legend of merry John Mock and then icy-hearted assassin Monica Killingsworth undertakes a Christmas Eve killing with treachery lurking around every corner.

Robert E. Howard Foundation - Now accepting pre-orders!
Blood & Thunder Revised and Updated Edition

Robert E. Howard (1906-1936) is credited with the creation of heroic fantasy or “sword and sorcery” fiction. His characters strode, larger than life, through the wood pulp pages of Weird Tales and other legendary magazines, where he was widely considered to be one of the modern masters of the genre. The author of over 600 stories, ranging from the humorous to the horrific, and over 700 poems, his brief but spectacular career was cut short when he took his own life at the age of 30.

And yet, in the decades that followed Howard’s death, his character Conan the Cimmerian gained popularity beyond the wildest scope of its creator, overshadowing all of his other works. Alongside the success of “Conan the Barbarian” was a neatly packaged, sound byte biography of a tortured young man, full of volcanic rages, playing at war inside his head, while the citizens in the small town of Cross Plains laughed at him behind his back—a man so undone by his circumstances and so strangely devoted to his mother that, on her deathbed, he pre-empted seeing her die by committing suicide.

In Blood and Thunder: The Life and Art of Robert E. Howard, author Mark Finn dispels many of those old, outdated myths that have grown up around Howard and his fictional creations. Armed with twenty-five years of research and a wealth of historical documents, Finn paints a very different picture from the one that millions of fans of Conan have been sold throughout the years.

Using quotes from Howard’s own letters, first-hand accounts, interviews, and meticulous research, Finn shows that Howard was, in fact, a product of his time and place in rural Texas, and that his legendary fiction was shaped by Texas history, folklore, and Howard’s incomparable imagination.
Now in this updated and expanded second edition, Blood and Thunder: The Life and Art of Robert E. Howard is more complete and up-to-date with new information discovered since the book was initially published in 2006, as well as more detailed examinations of some of Howard’s most famous and important characters and stories.

The volume checks in at 454 pages, is indexed, and has an introduction by Joe Lansdale. It will be printed in hardback with dust jacket, in a limited quantity of 150 copies, each individually numbered and signed by the author. The book is expected to ship by the end of January 2012.

The new Blood & Thunder is $45 for REHF Members, $50 for non-members (all prices in US dollars) plus shipping.
How to become a member? See here.

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Rough Edges - Now online!
Forgotten Books: Invasion of the Crimson Death Cult - Curtis Steele (Frederick C. Davis) - New!
Forgotten Books: Slaves of the Scorpion - Brant House (G.T. Fleming-Roberts)
Tuesday's Overlooked Movies: Zorro's Black Whip
Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Western Aces, February 1942



Coming soon!
Another atmospheric page by artist Jamie Chase for the graphic novel of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. Scripted by Martin Powell and published by Sequential Pulp/Dark Horse Comics in 2012. The art is now complete and this book is off to the letterer! Artwork © Jamie Chase. 



SOLOMON KANE VOLUME 3:  RED SHADOWS TP
Arriving in comic shops December 21st!
Bruce Jones (Writer), Rahsan Ekedal (Pencils), Dan Jackson (Colors), and Gregory Manchess (Cover)

Solomon Kane faces two of his greatest foes in Africa! Seeking to avenge the horrible murder of a young girl, Solomon Kane chases the feared swordsman Le Loup across the globe, where he finds the villain in league with Songa, the powerful leader of a deceived jungle tribe. Kane finds an ally in the frail, ancient form of magic man N’Longa—but will the old, deposed witch doctor really be able to challenge Songa and save Solomon’s life? Collects the four-issue miniseries.

Trade Paperback, Full Color, 7" x 10", 104 pages, $17.99

Tangent  - Now online!
The Mystery of the Z-Rays -- Nick Carter, Master Detective - New!
Tellers of Weird Tales - Now online!
Terence Hanley has created a blog in which he researches and writes about the contributors to Weird Tales magazine and its companion titles, Oriental Stories and The Magic Carpet Magazine.

H.P. Lovecraft in "The Call of Cthulhu - New!
Jack Norvell Davis (1925-1975) - New!
Alvin F. Harlow's Books - New!
Alvin F. Harlow (1875-1963) - New!
Hal K. Wells (1899-?)
George W. Crane (1901-1995)
Gahan Wilson (b. 1930)
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Weird Tales on Film: Thriller
Minnie Faegre Knox (1886-1980)
Harry Irving Shumway (1883-1974)
Who Wrote the Most Letters in Weird Tales?
Who Wrote the Most Poems for Weird Tales?
Who Wrote the Most Stories for Weird Tales?








09 December 2011
16th Annual Fantastic Pulps Show & Sale
Saturday, May 5, 2012, 10am to 5pm!

Canada's premier pulp event! The show is a small but pulp specific event, with lots of great stuff for the collector and the curious alike. From 10am to 5pm, located at the Lillian H. Smith branch of the Toronto Public Library, 239 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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

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

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

Adventure House - Now available!
Phantom Detective - June 1938, 112 pages, $14.95
"The Front Page Murders" by Robert Wallace
"Big Shot" by Joe Archibald
"Clue in Reverse" by Ray Cummings
Thrilling Mystery - July 1936, 128 pages, $14.95
"Cargo of Horror" by Ray Cummings
"Seance Sinister" by Jack D'Arcy
"Black Interlude" by Preston Grady
"Hell Flares on Howling River" by O.M. Cabral
"The Doom That Dwelled Within" by G.T. Fleming-Roberts
"Horses of Death" by John H. Knox
"Revolt of the Soil" by John Clemons
"The Walls Were Hungry" by Cyril Plunkett
"Dance and Die" by Wayne Rogers
The Lone Ranger - July 1937, 128 pages, $14.95
"Heigh Yo! Silver!" by Fran Striker
"WIndy Willy of the Woolly West" by Beaty
"Famous Frontier Fights" by Col. J.J. Boniface
"The Yucca Kid" by Wayne D. Overholser
"Outdoor Trails" by Dick Wood
"John Horton Slaughter" by Chuck Martin
"Trader in Lead" by Anson Hard
"Training Wild Horses" by Wilton West



Age of Aces
Now available!

In Donald E. Keyhoe’s imaginings, the stormy skies of World War I are filled with giant pterodactyls, mystic fireballs and demon aces. But America has it’s own unnatural secret weapon: Captain Philip Strange. A mental marvel from birth, he was so terrifyingly effective that the Allies referred to him as “The Phantom Ace of G-2.” But to the Germans he was “The Brain-Devil,” whose penetrating green eyes were both a legend and a nightmare.

Keyhoe’s Philip Strange stories ran for nine years—from 1931 through 1939—in the pages of Flying Aces magazine. This first volume in our new series contains six exciting tales of terror skies! It also features an introduction by Sid Bradd and is beautifully wrapped up in an exciting new design by Chris Kalb!

Stories include:
“Cocardes of Courage” – Flying Aces, September 1931
“The Drome of Dread” – Flying Aces, November 1931
“The Red Demon” – Flying Aces, July 1932
“Scourge of the Skies” – Flying Aces, November 1932
“Vengeance of V-99” – Flying Aces, February 1933
“The Unholy Horror” – Flying Aces, July 1933
Plus:
“Donald E. Keyhoe and the Brain-Devil of G-2″ by Sidney H. Bradd
A Bibliography of all Philip Strange’s Adventures
An exciting book design by Chris Kalb.

$16.99 Trade paperback
 6″x9″ trade paperback | 346 pages | ISBN: 978-0-9820950-8-9

Available from
Amazon, Mike Chomko Books, and Adventure House

BEAT to a PULP: A Rip through Time - Now available!
Dr. Robert Berlin has created The Baryon Core, a powerful device with the ability to predict the future and retrodict the past by tracking the position and vector of every particle in the universe. Berlin swipes his own creation from The Company and disappears into history. The Company's time-cop Simon Rip and the sexy, brilliant Dr. Serena Ludwig join together to track Berlin and return the device. Their pursuit will take them back to the ice age and forward to the end of time.

A Rip through Time follows the time-cop's travels in a series of five short stories written by several of today's top pulp writers. Chris F. Holm opens the collection with the fast-paced "The Dame, the Doctor and the Device." Charles A. Gramlich's "Battles, Broadswords, and Bad Girls" and Garnett Elliott's "Chaos in the Stream" breath new life into the time travel story. Bringing the saga to a gripping conclusion in "Darkling in the Eternal Space" is Chad Eagleton, who then takes it a step further with a mesmerizing coda, "The Final Painting of Hawley Exton." And for all the time-traveling enthusiasts, Ron Scheer provides an insightful essay, "Are We Then Yet," which explores the mechanics of time travel in popular fiction.

Ebook

Beb Books - Now available!
Shipmates with Horror by Johnston McCulley
A thrilling novel of suspense from The Argosy, 1908-1909!

Captain Benton had been out of work for eighteen months, blackballed  by his former employers. Now they're offering him a second chance. All he has to do is sailed from San Francisco to San Diego in six days and win a contract for the company. But the ship is haunted, the crew superstitious, a rival company will do anything in their power to steal the contract away from Benton. Oh, and there's a hurricane coming. There's a thrill on every page in this action packed story from the author of the Zorro stories.

Other Johnston McCulley novels reprinted by Beb Books include:
"At His Mercy" a tale of two young telegraphers against a madman who plots to destroy an entire city with his force field weapons.

The Curse of Capistrano, the first story about Zorro and its sequel, The Further Adventures of Zorro.

All three books are $5 each plus postage.
Postage is $3.00 for 1 to 3  issues and twenty-five cents additional for each book over three.

Beb Books are printed on 8.5 x 11 inch paper, side stapled with a color cover and all illustrations from the original publication (if there are any).

My website is over a year out of date.
But I can send you a brief catalog of what we've reprinted.
Just write to beb01@sprynet.com and ask for a catalog.

Have a question? Write to me at beb01@sprynet.com.

Send check or money order (sorry, no Paypal)
made payable to Brian Earl Brown to:

 Brian Earl Brown
11675 Beaconsfield
Detroit, MI 48224




BLACKTHORN: THUNDER ON MARS
Now in paperback!

White Rocket Books proudly announces the release in trade paperback format of BLACKTHORN: THUNDER ON MARS, a science fiction action-adventure anthology set on far-future post-apocalyptic Mars.
Created by Van Allen Plexico (Sentinels, Lucian), the book features stories by New Pulp luminaries Mark Bousquet, Joe Crowe, Bobby Nash, James Palmer, Sean Taylor, I. A. Watson, and Plexico, along with six full-page illustrations by Chris Kohler (Sentinels).  Cover art and design are by James Burns (Lance Star: One Shot).

In the spirit of “Thundarr the Barbarian” and “John Carter of Mars” comes the gripping saga of US General John Blackthorn.  Betrayed and left for dead on the battlefield, Blackthorn awakens many thousands of years later to find himself trapped amidst the ruins of a post-apocalyptic Mars, his only companions a savage Mock-Man and a mysterious sorceress.  They battle together to free this strange new world from oppression, but it won’t be easy, for arrayed against them are the deadliest foes imaginable: mutants, monsters, and robots, as well as treacherous teammates.  And lurking behind it all are the fanatical forces of the First Men:  the Black Sorcerer, the Sorcerer of Fatal Laughter, Lord Ruin, and the Sorcerer of Night—masters of magic and technology alike—the dreaded Sorcerers of Mars!
“The awesome array of talent assembled on this book really speaks for itself, and guarantees a fun time will be had by all,” promises Editor Van Allen Plexico.  “Each of the writers jumped on the project with huge enthusiasm and each brought something unique and very exciting to the table.  And there’s no question Chris Kohler, who is also interior artist on my Sentinels superhero novels, has done some of the best work of his career here with BLACKTHORN.”

Says noted New Pulp author Wayne Reinagel, “BLACKTHORN is one of the best sword-and-sorcery spaceman anthologies to arrive on Earth, or Mars, in the last century or more.  Clearly inspired by an equal combination of Hanna-Barbera’s ‘Thundarr the Barbarian,’ DC Comics’ ‘Kamandi,’ and Edgar Rice Burroughs’ ‘John Carter of Mars,’ BLACKTHORN is an original, entertaining, action-packed saga.”
The new trade paperback edition follows on the heels of the successful Kindle launch, which immediately zoomed into the top rankings of all SF anthology e-books on Amazon.  It presents all seven stories in their entirety, including the double-length origin, along with Chris Kohler’s interior artwork.

White Rocket Books is a leader in the New Pulp movement, publishing exciting action and adventure novels and anthologies since 2005, in both traditional and electronic formats.   White Rocket books have hit the Amazon.com Top 15-by-Genre and have garnered praise from everyone from Marvel Comics Editor Tom Brevoort to Kirkus Reviews.

On sale as of December 2, 2011, BLACKTHORN: THUNDER ON MARS is a $15.95, 6x9 format trade paperback from White Rocket Books.
232 pages; 6 full-page illustrations
ISBN-10: 0984139265
ISBN-13: 978-0984139262

Blogging Sax Rohmer’s The Hand of Fu Manchu, Part Five – "The Zagazig Cryptogram" - Now online!
“The Zagazig Cryptogram” was the fifth installment of Sax Rohmer’s The Si-Fan Mysteries. The story was first published in Collier’s on January 26, 1917 (two months after the fourth installment) and was later expanded to comprise Chapters 19 - 21 of the third Fu-Manchu novel, The Si-Fan Mysteries first published in 1917 by Cassell in the UK and by McBride & Nast in the US under the variant title, The Hand of Fu Manchu. The US book title marks the first time that the hyphen was dropped from the character’s name, although it was retained within the text.

Read the rest at the links below!
The Book Cave - New podcast now available online!
Episode 156:  Book Cave's 3rd Anniversary - New!
Art and Ric celebrate the Book Cave's third anniversary. A lot of great information is shared and possible hints of upcoming shows.
Episode 155: iPulpfiction.com
Episode 154: Don Gates
Episode 153: The Universe of Barry Reese
Episode 152: The Green Hornet Casefiles
Episode 151: The Return of Jeff Deischer
Episode 150: Perry Rhodan
Episode 149: Death's Heretic
Episode 148: Lance Star Volume 3

Clive Cussler (with Justin Scott):  THE THIEF (An Isaac Bell Adventure)
Coming March 6th!
On the ocean liner Mauretania, two European scientists with a dramatic new invention are barely rescued from abduction by the Van Dorn Detective Agency's intrepid chief investigator, Isaac Bell. Unfortunately, they are not so lucky the second time. The thugs attack again-and this time one of the scientists dies. What are they holding that is so precious? Only something that will revolutionize business and popular culture-and perhaps something more.

For war clouds are looming, and a ruthless espionage agent has spotted a priceless opportunity to give the Germans an edge. It is up to Isaac Bell to figure out who he is, what he is up to, and stop him. But he may already be too late . . . and the future of the world may just hang in the balance.

Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Adult (March 6, 2012)
ISBN-10: 0399158618
ISBN-13: 978-0399158612
$27.95
Clive Cussler (with Graham Brown): THE STORM (The Numa Files)
Coming June 5th!

Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Putnam Adult (June 5, 2012)
ISBN-10: 0399160132
ISBN-13: 978-0399160134
$27.95
Clive Cussler (with Jack Du Brul): Mirage (The Oregon Files)
Coming September 4th!

Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Putnam Adult (September 4, 2012)
ISBN-10: 0399158081
ISBN-13: 978-0399158087
$27.95

CONAN THE BARBARIAN #2
Coming in March!
Brian Wood (Writer), Becky Cloonan (Art),
Dave Stewart (Color), Massimo Carnevale (Cover),
and Leandro Fernandez (Variant cover)

Death has come for Conan and his fellow sailors in the visage of the privateer Bêlit! Rage and desire mingle in an orgy of slaughter as the barbarian and the pirate queen glimpse each other for the first time—as opponents in a battle to the last man!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.50, On sale March 14


Now available!

In this volume Conan learns the secrets of THE SCARLET CITADEL and THE HOUR OF THE DRAGON, and meets THE BLACK STRANGER and THE PHOENIX ON THE SWORD. A selection of other tales and fragments round out this new collection of a classic character.


Paperback: 400 pages
ISBN-10: 0575115041
ISBN-13: 978-0575115040





CTHULHU RISING WATERGLOBE
Now available and arriving in comic shops December 14th!

The ancient god-monster foretold in the classic horror tales of H.P. Lovecraft breaks forth from his bonds in the sunken city of R'lyeh in this beautifully crafted, large heavy crystal waterglobe! Illuminated from behind with shifting colors, Cthulhu rises above an ominous inscription from the dread tome, the Necronomicon!

Globe measures 6" in diameter, mounted on a heavy sculpted base.
A must for Lovecraft followers!   
SRP: $34.99


DARK HORSE PRESENTS #10 - Coming in March!
Brian Wood (W), Colin Lorimer (W/P), Carla Speed McNeil (W/P), Steve Niles (W), Evan Dorkin (W), Al Gordon (W), Steve Horton (W), Andrew Vachss (W), Neal Adams (W/P), M. J. Butler (W), Kristian Donaldson (P), Christopher Mitten (P), Thomas Yeates (P/Cover), Michael Dialynas (P), Geof Darrow (P), Mark Wheatley (P), and Fiona Staples (Variant cover)

Evan Dorkin is unleashed in House of Fun, and Steve Niles weaves another web of paranormal intrigue in Criminal Macabre: They Fight by Night. Three brothers in a grim, postwar England of the future are given experimental suits that could make them the saviors of mankind—that is, if they can ever get past their obsessions with film, violent video games, and porn in Colin Lorimer’s UXB!

Brian Wood’s The Massive finishes up, Carla Speed McNeil begins an epic new arc of Finder: Third World, Al Gordon and Thomas Yeates’s centennial celebration of Tarzan concludes, and much more!

Full Color, 80 pages, $7.99, On sale March 21

David Burton R.I.P.
David Burton passed away on Thursday, December 8.
David had heart disease for many years and was awaiting a heart transplant. He had recently returned home from a month long hospital stay when something went tragically wrong and he was rushed back to the hospital where he passed away later the same day. 

David did artwork for many publishers including The Black Coast Press, Fading Shadows, Paradox Entertainment, Leanta Books, Oni Press, Wild Cat Books, Heavy Metal Magazine, Hippocampus Press, NBM, University of Nebraska/Bison Press, and Wildside Press to name just a few. David was an Edgar Rice Burroughs and Robert E. Howard aficionado. He recently illustrated a t-shirt for the Robert E. Howard Museum in Cross Plains, Texas.

In honor of David's memory, the proceeds from the next issue of Wild Cat Books' STARTLING STORIES will feature a cover by David (shown at the right) and a Tribute section to his life and work.
All proceeds from this issue will be donated in David's name to his local Animal Shelter or Humane Society.
Some of David's wonderful artwork can be viewed at the links below.
David was a great talent and he will be missed.

Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!
Forgotten Stories: "So Dark for April" a Paul Pine story by John Evans - New!
Forgotten Books: Zorro Rides Again by Johnston McCulley
Encore Forgotten Book: Lady Afraid by Lester Dent
Forgotten Books: KING - OF THE KHYBER RIFLES by Talbot Mundy
Forgotten Books: The Mark of Zorro by Johnston McCulley
Doc Con 2012 - October 20, 2012!
The date has been set for Doc Con 2012!
Checkout this YouTube presentation and join the fun!
Dime Novel Castle
Now available!
Old King Brady, The Sleuth-Hound
Published in The New York Detective Library in November 1885.

Old King Brady was the first detective in dime novel fiction to appear on a regular basis; he appeared in print on average about once a month from his debut in November 1885 through mid-1894.  There are about 104 of these stories.

After a five-year absence, Old King Brady reappeared in 1899.  This time he was partnered with a youthful Harry Brady (no relation) who was known as Young King Brady.  Together the two Bradys formed a detective agency.  The Old and Young King Brady dime novel series lasted a full fourteen years, from January 1899 to December 1912, producing 726 original weekly adventures.

Old King Brady's full name is James Brady, a tall immigrant from Ireland many years ago who has been a member of the New York police force for more years than he cares to count.  Almost a mythic figure operating out of police headquarters, he has worked himself into an unusual place on the force whereby he works on only cases that interest him. He is frequently asked to investigate unusual cases. Other times adventure finds him.
His tired, weary face is handsome and clean shaven, unlike many of his detective contemporaries, who prefer beards.  He wears a long, blue coat that is tightly buttoned at the top that has innumerable pockets for carrying an array of items (as well as concealing them), and he is always seen wearing a wide brimmed hat.
Brady has several vulnerabilities, including not being able to swim and not being a very good shot with a pistol.  Notwithstanding these strikes against him, which humanize him, his chief characteristic is his bulldog tenacity.  Once he has assigned himself to a case, he will literally track a criminal down to the ends of the earth to see justice done.

Finally, Brady performs his duties like a real detective; there is an air of realism about the man.  He questions suspects, gathers clues, weighs evidence, draws conclusions until he has cornered his prey. Along the way of each tale, though, is plenty of action, enough to satisfy any dime novel detective fan.
Download this rare manuscript in Adobe PDF Format and Print-On-Demand 
Book on December 2, 2011 at:
www.DimeNovelCastle.com
Available Now!
A Wall Street Haul; Or, A Bold Stroke For A Fortune
Original Nick Carter Novel #2 By John Russell Coryell
Originally Published in Street and Smith's, New York Weekly in 1899

This rare manuscript is available in Adobe PDF Format and Print-On-
Demand Book only at:
www.DimeNovelCastle.com


Dime Novel Castle
Coming December 16, 2011!

Fighting Against Millions; or,
The Detective in the Jewel Caves of Kurm
Original Nick Carter Novel #3 by John Russell Coryell
Published in Street and Smith's, New York Weekly
over a year after
"A  Wall Street Haul" as a serial, in 17 parts,
from September 29, to 
January 19, 1889.

On December 16, 2011
Download this Rare Manuscript in Adobe PDF Format for $9.95
Order a Print-On-Demand Softcover Book for $14.95 + $3 S&H
www.DimeNovelCastle.com
Available Now!
A Wall Street Haul; Or, A Bold Stroke For A Fortune
Original Nick Carter Novel #2 By John Russell Coryell
Published in Street and Smith's, New York Weekly, for 15 weeks, 
between March 2 and June 18, 1887.

The Old Detective’s Pupil; Or, The Mysterious Crime of Madison Square
The First Introduction of the famous Nick Carter, Detective Series. 
Created by John Russell Coryell
Published in Street and Smith’s, New York Weekly, for 13 weeks, 
starting, September 18, 1886.

Reproductions of these Rare Manuscripts are Available for Instant 
Download after Purchase,
in Adobe PDF Format, or as a Print-On-Demand Softcover Book.
Adobe PDF eBooks are $9.95
Print-On-Demand Softcover Books Start at $14.95
www.DimeNovelCastle.com

Dime Novel Castle

Douglas Preston / Lincoln Child: GIDEON'S CORPSE - Coming January 10! 

A top nuclear scientist goes mad and takes an innocent family hostage at gunpoint, killing one and causing a massive standoff.  A plume of radiation above New York City leads to a warehouse where, it seems, a powerful nuclear bomb was assembled just hours before.

Sifting through the evidence, authorities determine that the unthinkable is about to happen: in ten days, a major American city will be vaporized by a terrorist attack.

Ten days. And Gideon Crew, tracking the mysterious terrorist cell from the suburbs of New York to the mountains of New Mexico, learns the end may be something worse--far worse--than mere Armageddon.

Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (January 10, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446564370
ISBN-13: 978-0446564373
$26.99

E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow in Review:
There is no new Shadow review this week.
 
Pulpgen-Online Pulps:   Now with over 1000 stories online!
"O'Toole's Waterloo" by Carewe-Carvel from ALL-STORY WEEKLY, June 26, 1915
O'Toole, the local cop on the beat, tries to help a friend from being arrested for drunk and disorderly but only gets deep into trouble himself.
"Murder Strikes Back" by Robert Leslie Bellem from HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE, January, 1947
Featuring: Dan Turner
At first it looked like a very ordinary case of movie-studio labor trouble, and Dan Turner didn't crave to be a strikebreaker - but when homicide started to bust out like June all around him, he decided to try dire murder-case breaking!
Edgar Rice Burroughs: THE BEASTS OF TARZAN
Coming February 12!

First, in Tarzan of the Apes, the orphaned young Lord Greystoke was adopted by a great ape and taught the ways of the jungle and how to survive in the wild. In The Return of Tarzan he had to learn the equally deadly laws of “civilized” European society. Now, in this third thrilling installment in Edgar Rice Burroughs’s perennially popular series, Tarzan is exiled on a wild island filled with dangers. There, he must enlist the help of a noble panther and a tribe of apes in order to return to the mainland and rescue his wife and infant son from the clutches of his nemesis, the villainous Nikolas Rokoff.

Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Fall River (February 7, 2012)
ISBN-10: 1435134427
ISBN-13: 978-1435134423
$7.95

Edgar Rice Burroughs: THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT
THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT, THE PEOPLE THAT TIME FORGOT,
and OUT OF TIME'S  ABYSS - Coming May 1!
Set during the turmoil of World War I, Edgar Rice Burroughs' fantasy The Land that Time Forgot transports readers to an amazing lost world. This attractive new edition contains all three novels in the classic Caspak trilogy--The Land that Time Forgot, The People that Time Forgot, and Out of Time's Abyss--as well as Burroughs's original map of Caspak and a glossary.
 
When a German U-boat sinks their ship, British and American survivors commandeer the enemy submarine. Going far off-course into the South Seas, they end up on the mysterious island of Caspak, where savage human tribes exist alongside several species of dinosaurs and other forms of prehistoric life. Will they ever be able to escape? 
Paperback: 344 pages
Publisher: Fall River (May 1, 2012)
ISBN-10: 1435134400
ISBN-13: 978-1435134409
$9.95

Edgar Rice Burroughs
THE HOLLOW EARTH: AT THE EARTH'S CORE and PELLUCIDAR
Coming July 3!
Readers can now enjoy two action-packed, adventure-filled fantasies from Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs--At the Earth's Core and Pellucidar--in this one volume!
 
While working in the Sahara, David Innes--heir to a mining fortune--makes a shocking discovery: an unknown world exists below ground, at the Earth's core. Once trapped in this primeval land known as Pellucidar, Innes must battle an array of terrifying prehistoric creatures and primitive tribes if he is ever to return to the Earth's surface.

This new edition features a map of Burroughs' imaginary land plus a glossary of terminology.
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Fall River (July 3, 2012)
ISBN-10: 1435134397
ISBN-13: 978-1435134393
$9.95

Fantom Press - Now available!
The Fantom Press Holiday sales is wrapping up on Sunday night so I can spend some time visiting family before the holidays.

Just about everything on site is on sale and I’ll throw in free media mail shipping on two or more books!   A couple last minute things to note, its last call on the signed edition of Paul Malmont’s The Astounding, the Amazing, and the Unknown.  I had quite a few copies on hand at the beginning of the sale and then Paul was nice enough to post the sale on his Facebook page and I blew through all the copies, and then some,  in one day.  The problem is now the books are almost impossible to find, so I have 5 final copies in hand. If you were ever considering picking up a copy, now’s the time to do so.  

I have 5 sets of the creator signed Doc Savage comic sets and First Wave comic sets left . Together, the originally sold for over $200.00. The sets are on sale for $29.99 and $39.99 respectively, but take one of each and get them for only $60.00 post paid to a US address! Both comic sets come with a matching creator signed lithograph. Add the signed Batman/Doc Savage print with the two sets for only $5.00 more!  

Email me with any requests and I’ll send out a customized PayPal invoice reflecting the extra discounts and free shipping.
All orders must be in by Sunday, December 11th, 2011.

Fantom Press - Now available!

Fantom Press is pleased to finally be able to announce that our exclusive signed edition of the First Wave hard cover is shipping this week.  The signature pages traveled countless thousands of miles criss-crossing the US as well as a trip to the UK, and the finished product is ready for immediate shipment.

The book features a tipped in signature page signed by Writer Brian Azzarello and artists, Phil Noto, Rags Morales, Rick Bryant, Bob Almond, J.G. Jones, and Phil Winslade.
The edition is limited to 75 copies.

Fantom Press - Now available!
Just in time for the holidays!

We have one of the Sideshow Doc Savage statues that comes with a Fantom Press exclusive lithograph of the concept art for the statue signed by artist/designer Ruben Procopio!

The lithographs were limited to only 30 copies!  The perfect gift!
We’ve also extended our site wide sale for another week!
Save up to 75% off the regular price of our selection on exclusive Doc Savage signed items.
Pick up something for yourself or that special Doc fan in your life!

All proceeds go to help Doc Savage artist Bob Larkin and his wife Fran
as she battles brain cancer.

FLASH GORDON COMIC BOOK ARCHIVES VOLUME 5
Arriving in comic shops December 14th! 
Writers: John Warner, Bruce Jones, George Kashdan
Art: Gene Fawcette (P/I), Al Williamson (Pencils/Inks), Carlos Garzón (Pencils), Al McWilliams (Pencils/Inks),
Frank Bolle (Pencils), and Rick Veitch (Colors)

Flash Gordon—hero of Mongo, gentleman scientist, two-fisted fighter, and now savior of the universe! Join Flash, the lovely Dale Arden, and Dr. Zarkov as they make a last desperate stand against alien monsters, corrupt kings, ravenous sharks, and the ultimate supervillain, Ming the Merciless! This volume collects Flash Gordon #28–#37, including the three-issue adaptation of the cult favorite Flash Gordon movie!
Hardcover, Full Color, 6 5/8" x 10 3/16", 280 pages, $49.99

Fu-Manchu: THE MYSTERY OF DR. FU-MANCHU - Coming February 14!
Fu Manchu - an agent for the Si-Fan league of assassins - seeks to climb the ladder of the secret society's hierarchy, then pave the way for conquest of his native land of China. He is pursued by Commissioner Sir Denis Nayland Smith and his compatriot Dr. Petrie, the narrator of the stories.

The first in Titan's brand new collection of the classic crime series! The complete adventures of the original evil genius; collected in full for the very first time!

Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Titan Books (February 14, 2012)
ISBN-10: 0857686038
ISBN-13: 978-0857686039
$9.95
Fu-Manchu: THE RETURN OF DR. FU-MANCHU - Coming February 14!
Fu Manchu is once again found in London, seeking to further his goals of subverting the British government and preparing for the rise of China as the greatest global power; all under his control. As his secrets begin to be unveiled, a trail of bodies reveals his path.

The second in Titan's brand new collection of the classic crime series! The complete adventures of the original evil genius; collected in full for the very first time!

Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Titan Books (February 14, 2012)
ISBN-10: 0857686046
ISBN-13: 978-0857686046
$9.95
Fu-Manchu: THE HAND OF DR. FU-MANCHU - Coming May 15!
Dr Fu-Manchu is back once again! His very existence seemingly proves him immune from natural laws, a deathless incarnation of evil! Brand new editions of the world-famous novels featuring one of the most iconic characters of the 20th Century, standing alongside Sherlock Holmes and James Bond.

And this time the Devil Doctor is not alone. Sir Denis Nayland Smith and his associates learn of a deadly organization that stalks the shadows. Their goal is to undermine the balance of global power, and they allow no one to stand in their way. They are the terrorist assassins known as the Si-Fan.

"The hand that held my arm was bony and clawish; I could detect the presence of incredibly long finger nails--nails long as those of some buried vampire of the black ages! Choking down a cry of horror, I opened my eyes... and looked into the face of my guide. It was Dr. Fu-Manchu!"

Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Titan Books (May 15, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0857686054
ISBN-13: 978-0857686053
$9.95

iPulpFiction.com - New the week of December 11 - 17!





From the MARCH 1951 issue of Rangeland Romances
NO LOVE FOR A STEAMBOAT SIREN by Michael Vance
Nautical Mary Alice was steering a no-man course in life—till a handsome riverman cut across her vows.[ Publisher: Black Mask - 7,700 words - 75¢ ]
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS by Jean Steffens
A Special Ops veteran has 36 hours to get his niece away from a Mexican kingpin and home for Christmas.
[ Publisher: Desert Sleuths - 2,800 words - 25¢ ]
From the NOV 1914 issue of Adventure
JUST NUTS by Ross Ellis
There are no lunatic in this business adventure—just nuts. [ Publisher: Black Mask - 2,600 words - 25¢ ]

JOHN CARTER OF MARS: WORLD OF MARS #3 (OF 5)
Arriving in comic shops December 14th!
Based on the Novel by EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS
Written by Peter David; Art by Luke Ross; Cover by Mico Suayan

The thrilling prequel to the Disney adaptation of John Carter World of Mars continues! Taken prisoner in an underground city controlled by the Warhoon, Dejah Thoris, the Princess of Mars, is forced into an arena to fight for her life! And the only person who can possibly save her is a man who is her sworn enemy.

32 pages, $3.99

 




KING CONAN: THE PHOENIX ON THE SWORD #3 (of 4)
Coming in March!
Tim Truman (Writer), Tomás Giorello (Art), José Villarrubia (Color), and Andrew Robinson (Cover)

King Conan has built his empire by brawn and by blade, but there are dangers that lurk in the shadows of his throne that cannot be slain by the Cimmerian’s steel. Assassins are at his chamber door, and Thoth-Amon—back to the height of his power—is summoning fearsome fiends from the fiery pit! If he is to survive the night, Conan will need to enlist the aid of the gods!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.50, On sale March 28

KULL: THE CAT AND THE SKULL #3
Arriving in comic shops December 14th!
David Lapham (Writer), Gabriel Guzman (Penciller), Dan Jackson (Colors), and Jo Chen (Cover)

There is only one place in Valusia that even the bravest men dare not disturb--the Forbidden Lake. Thousands of years before Kull, men sought to conquer the people of the lake, and were turned back by magic and the creatures spawned in those dark waters. When Saremes the cat informs Kull that his closest ally Brule has gone to the lake, the mighty king sets out, sword in hand, to rescue his friend from whatever monsters lie dormant in those mysterious waters!

Full Color, 32 pages, 32 pages, $3.50

Laurie's Wild West - Now online!
Pulps A-Z: The Letter P - New!
WILD WEST WEEKLY - United Kingdom Issues
Pulps A-Z: The Letter O
Pulps A-Z: The Letter N
Pulps A-Z: The Letter M
The History of DIME NOVEL ROUND-UP
PULPS A-Z: Letters K and L  
For Halloween - a Video of Weird Tales Covers
Pulps A - Z: The J's

Lincoln Child: THE THIRD GATE - Coming June 12!
Under the direction of famed explorer Porter Stone, an archaeological team is secretly attempting to locate the tomb of an ancient pharaoh who was unlike any other in history. Stone believes he has found the burial chamber of King Narmer, the near mythical god- king who united upper and lower Egypt in 3200 B.C., and the archaeologist has reason to believe that the greatest prize of all—Narmer’s crown—might be buried with him. No crown of an Egyptian king has ever been discovered, and Narmer’s is the elusive “double” crown of the two Egypts, supposedly pos­sessed of awesome powers.

The dig itself is located in one of the most forbidding places on earth—the Sudd, a nearly  impassable swamp in north­ern Sudan. Amid the nightmarish, disorienting tangle of mud and dead vegetation, a series of harrowing and inexpli­cable occurrences are causing people on the expedition to fear a centuries- old curse. With a monumental discovery in reach, Professor Jeremy Logan is brought onto the project to investigate. What he finds will raise new questions . . . and alarm.

Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Doubleday (June 12, 2012)
ISBN-10: 0385531389
ISBN-13: 978-0385531382
$25.95

Matthew Reilly: SCARECROW RETURNS
Coming January 3rd!

From the international bestselling author of Seven Deadly Wonders comes the fourth installment in the thrilling Scarecrow series—it’s Reilly’s most action-packed adventure yet.

Marine captain Shane Schofield, call-sign “Scarecrow,” is back, this time thrown into battle against a large and secretive terrorist group known only as the Army of Thieves. The organization has seized control of an island in the Arctic and when the U.S. government finds out about its sinister plans to destroy the planet, the President has no choice but to enlist Scarecrow and his ragtag crew to fight against them.

Told in Reilly’s characteristically gripping prose, Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves features white-knuckle suspense and page-turning adventure, as a likeable hero battles truly evil villains. The action never stops, taking the reader on a journey of discovery, uncovering fantastic secrets about the CIA and other large governmental organizations.

From the international bestselling author of Seven Deadly Wonders comes the fourth installment in the thrilling Scarecrow series—it’s Reilly’s most action-packed adventure yet.
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (January 3, 2012)
ISBN-10: 1416577599
ISBN-13: 978-1416577591
$25.00

Medusa Press - Now available!
DEVIL'S DRUMS by Vivian Meik
Since its publication in 1933 as part of the Creeps series, Vivian Meik's short story collection Devils' Drums has long been an especially desirable book for collectors of weird literature. When one considers the scarcity of the title and the fact that it hasn't been reprinted for nearly eighty years, it's easy to see why sellers ask for very high prices for worn copies.

This wouldn't mean much if the stories were not as enjoyable and as thrilling as they prove to be. Vivian Meik's best horror fiction is unconventional, and it is probably for this quality that his work will be remembered.

Devils' Drums contains his very best work.

With this book Meik found his métier. Set in and around Portuguese East Africa (now Mozambique and Malawi), the ten chilling stories in Devils' Drums provide an abundance of zombies, curses, vengeful ghosts, and arcane witch doctors to appease the most pulp-hungry reader, and are a refreshing contrast to much of the British horror fiction of the early part of the twentieth century.

For this long-overdue reprint, the original contents have been augmented by two uncollected tales, and an episode from one of his autobiographical books that reads remarkably like his stories.

Douglas A. Anderson has also written a thorough, well-researched introduction to Vivian Meik's colorful career and adventurous life, with many anecdotes revealed here for the first time.
Medusa Press is proud to reissue Vivian Meik's Devils' Drums after decades of silence for a new generation to enjoy.

Hardcover...214 pages + xxx
Limited to 300 copies
$40

Michael Crichton: MICRO - Now available!
Three men are found dead in the locked second-floor office of a Honolulu building, with no sign of struggle except for the ultrafine, razor-sharp cuts covering their bodies. The only clue left behind is a tiny bladed robot, nearly invisible to the human eye.

In the lush forests of Oahu, groundbreaking technology has ushered in a revolutionary era of biological prospecting. Trillions of microorganisms, tens of thousands of bacteria species, are being discovered; they are feeding a search for priceless drugs and applications on a scale beyond anything previously imagined.

In Cambridge, Massachusetts, seven graduate students at the forefront of their fields are recruited by a pioneering microbiology start-up. Nanigen MicroTechnologies dispatches the group to a mysterious lab in Hawaii, where they are promised access to tools that will open a whole new scientific frontier.

But once in the Oahu rain forest, the scientists are thrust into a hostile wilderness that reveals profound and surprising dangers at every turn. Armed only with their knowledge of the natural world, they find themselves prey to a technology of radical and unbridled power. To survive, they must harness the inherent forces of nature itself.

An instant classic, Micro pits nature against technology in vintage Crichton fashion. Completed by visionary science writer Richard Preston, this boundary-pushing thriller melds scientific fact with pulse-pounding fiction to create yet another masterpiece of sophisticated, cutting-edge entertainment.
Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: Harper
ISBN-10: 0060873027
ISBN-13: 978-0060873028


Mike Chomko - Year end Clearance Sale!
It’s time for another clearance sale. This time, most of the books I’ve listed are for sale for at least half off their retail price. So you’ll find some great bargains on this list. As usual, quantities are extremely limited with just a copy or two of each title available. So if you see something that you want, you had better contact me promptly or it may very well have been sold.

My shipping charges are $3 – 10 for media mail, depending on your order’s weight. If you prefer UPS or priority mail, or are from outside the United States, shipping will cost more. Checks and money orders can be sent to Michael Chomko at the address noted below. I also accept Paypal payments at mike@pulpfest.com. However, if you use a credit or debit card to pay me via Paypal or you are from outside the United States, please note that you are responsible for any fees that Paypal may charge me to collect your payment. This allows me to maintain lower prices for everyone.

You can get in touch with me via email at chomko@enter.net or mikechomko@gmail.com, via regular mail at 2217 W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA, 18104-6542, or by telephone at 610-820-7560. My cell phone number is 610-737-2003.

And don’t forget to visit the Mike Chomko Books website at http://sites.google.com/site/mikechomkobooks/
Monte Herridge: THE SERIES CHARACTERS FROM DETECTIVE FICTION WEEKLY - Now online!
Monte Herridge has a new series at the Mystery*Files Blog on series characters from DETECTIVE FICTION WEEKLY.

#9 - The Patent Leather Kid - New
#8 - Candid Jones
#7 - Tug Norton
#6 - Battle McKim
#5 - Secret Agent George Devrite
#4 - Colin Haig
#3 - Arty Beele
#2 - Happy McGonigle by Paul Allenby
#1 - Shamus Maguire by Stanley Day
Moonstone Books: AIRBOY PRESENTS AIR VIXENS #1
Arriving in comic shops December 14th!
Writer: Mike Bullock; Art: Ben Hansen

From the pages of Air Fighters comes the first issue of Air Vixens starring Black Angel, Bald Eagle, and Valkyrie. When Der Furher sent Valkyrie to smuggle secret weapons and intelligence across Europe in a zeppelin, he didn’t expect Black Angel and Bald Eagle to crash the party — and neither did they! Tune in for the first issue featuring the high flying femme fatales of the Air Fighters in this oversized, bombastic first issue!

32 pages, B&W, SRP: $3.50



Off-Trail Publications
Now available!
Queen of the Gangsters: Volume 1: Broadwalk Empire
Stories by Margie Harris
Introduction by David Bischoff

Margie Harris was the first woman hardboiled crime fiction writer in history. She wrote some of the toughest, roughest, most remorseless stories to be found in ’30s gangster pulps like Gangland Stories, Racketeer Stories and Mobs. Her avid readers questioned whether she could even be a woman. Who is this “Margie Harris”? they wondered aloud. Who is this frail who cracks wise from the inside?

I’m “just another twist,” she told them—a woman of mystery then—a woman of mystery now. She palled around with the death-row doomed and the Chicago underworld. She may have been a newswoman; may have worked in the law. One point was not in doubt. She slammed her typewriter like a machine gun, mowing down good guys and bad guys alike; shooting them, knifing them, blowing them up—lacing her prose with metaphysical commentary on the destinations of their damned souls.

Tough. Rough. Hardboiled. Through the explosive stories of Margie Harris we savor the meeting of fist and flesh, the clatter of machine guns, the stench of gas fumes from sleek Packards barreling down city streets, the bitterness of bootleg hooch, the glory of sin. A violent symphony of hot jazz.
In an age when gangsters were royalty, Margie Harris was their queen.

This inaugural anthology of her work collects eight explosive stories, an introduction by David Bischoff, and a bio of Margie Harris.

David Bischoff is a New York Times bestselling  author, editor and script writer whose credits include the classic fantasy series, The Gaming Magi, and work on Star Trek: The Next Generation. He teaches in an MFA program at Seton Hill University.

6x9-inch perfect bound; 234 pages, $18.00

Check or Money Order to:
Off-Trail Publications
2036 Elkhorn Rd.
Castroville, CA 95012
Or:
PayPal: offtrail@redshift.com

Checkout  earlier titles by clicking on the link below.
Off-Trail Publications
Now available!

If She Only Had a Machine Gun: Crime Stories by Richard Credicott
Introduction by Dave Credicott
Edited by John Locke & Rob Preston

For the first time, we’re able to offer a complete pulp career in a single volume. Richard Credicott’s first story appeared in October 1929, unlucky timing indeed. Over the next few years, he struggled to make the pulp racket pay. His best work appeared in the gang pulps and ranks with the very best to be found there, wildly entertaining stories of mob mayhem and intrigue. His specialty was the molls, the tough chicks who gave the ultra-violent gangster life the touch of spice that made it all worthwhile.

This volume includes all eighteen of Richard Credicott’s stories, published from 1929-33, in MOBS, THE UNDERWORLD, RACKETEER STORIES, GANGLAND STORIES, DETECTIVE-DRAGNET, DIME DETECTIVE, and others. Included is a complete biography of Credicott’s life and writing career, offering rare insights into the ups and downs of the pulp-magazine world of the early Depression.
Until this time, there were no known living relatives of any of the gang-pulp authors. In fact, it’s exceedingly difficult to discover even the most basic information about this mostly obscure group. Therefore, it was a complete surprise and an unexpected privilege to meet Richard’s son, Dave Credicott, who enthusiastically provided an introduction to this volume, counterpointing the history with reminiscences of his father.

All of which makes this volume a unique contribution to pulp history.
6x9-inch perfect bound; 360 pages, $20.00 postpaid
Check or Money Order to:
Off-Trail Publications
2036 Elkhorn Rd.
Castroville, CA 95012
Or:
PayPal: offtrail@redshift.com

Checkout  earlier titles by clicking on the link below.

Peril Press - More new Kindle titles are now available!
The Find (Carnacki The Ghost Finder) by William Hope Hodgson
The Haunted Jarvee (Carnacki The Ghost Finder) by William Hope Hdgson
The Hog (Carnacki The Ghost Finder) by William Hope Hodgson
The Thing Invisible (Carnacki The Ghost Finder) by William Hope Hodgson


PULP ECHOES by Tom Johnson - Now available!
PULP ECHOES presents seven new stories in the pulp tradition,
both new and original characters:

The Bat returns in “Blind As A Bat"
The Crimson Clown returns in “The Crimson Clown – Killer”
Nibs Holloway battles Dr. Death in “Till Death Do Us Part”
The Black Ghost is back in “Carnival of Death”
Captain Anthony Adventure in “Terror In The North Country”
 The Black Cat in “A Cat Among Dogs”
and Senora Scorpion in “Senora Scorpion”

The cover features Senora Scorpion!

The long awaited pulp anthology is now Available on NTD and Amazon.
Print copies at $15.50. Ebooks will be available soon.
This 238-page short story collection is pure pulp action and fun.

Pulps 1st - New pulp T-Shirt line now available!

Pulps 1st has opened a storefront for pulp image cover t-shirts.
You can reach the storefront from pulps1st.com and
clicking on the shirts button.

Pulps1st has obtained a license with Argosy Communication, Inc.
to sell shirts with Popular Publications pulp covers.
Below is a partial list of the fine covers images available.




The Spider March 1934 - Citadel of Hell
The Spider Nov 1942 - Zara, The Murder Master
The Spider June 1935 - Hordes of the Red Butcher
The Spider January 1935 - The City Destroyer
The Spider July 1934 - The Corpse Cargo
The Spider May 1935 - The Mad Horde
The Spider March 1938 - The Grey Horde Creeps
Captain Future Summer 1941 - The Magician of Mars
Captain Future Winter 1940 (1st Issue) - Captain Future and the Space Emperor
Startling Stories featuring Captain Future - Outlaw World
Secret Six October 1934 (1st issue) - The Red Shadow
Secret Six December 1934 - The Monster Murders
Operator #5 May 1934 (2nd issue) - Invisible Empire
Operator #5 July 1935 - Legions of the Death Master
Wings Summer 1948
Gang World
Ten Detective Aces
Public Enemy December 1935 (1st Issue)
Black Book Detective (1st Black Bat)
Black Book Detective March 1933
Planet Stories Winter 1939 (1st Issue)
Masked Rider (1st Issue)
 Angel Detective
Black Bat Detective Mysteries
North*West Stories Fall 1939
Exciting Western March 1947
Exciting Western April 1945
Battle Stories February 1928
10-Story Detective 1st  Issue
Thrilling Mystery with Green Ghost
Startling Stories 1st issue
Phantom Detective August 1939
Dime Mystery October 1933
Thrilling Adventures 1934
Star Western December 1934
The Lone Eagle August 1934
Double Action Gang May 1936
Big Book Western January 1940
And more  . . . . .

There are now over 75 t-shirts available (some images are duplicated as XXX-Large has to be offered as a separate item).

Shirts are available in Small, Medium, Large, X-Large, XX-Large and XXX-Large as well as various colors.
Prices are $20.00 and $27.00 ( XXX-large) plus shipping.
 
Pulps 1st - Now available!

Western Pulp Covers Calendar 2012
For the pulp collector and the western fan 12 different pulp covers representing the month they were published. A unique way to keep trace of the dates and enjoy the western art of the pulps!  
$24.25 per calendar

Detective, Hero, Science Fiction, Good Girl Art, and Air War calendars should be available this weekend or over the coming week.
Pulps 1st - Now available!

Mugs, mouse pads, ipad skins, posters, pulp cover CDs
and now even US postage stamps.




PULPED! - The Official New Pulp Podcast! - New podcast now available online!
Episode 19: ONE TWO PUNCH Episode 2 - New!  
On this week's ONE TWO PUNCH, Tommy reviews a variety of books, including works by Duane Swierczynski, Sean Ellis, Selina Rosen, James Mannion, and a new online comic strip, ACE KILROY!!
Episode 18: Bobby Nash
Episode 17: CHALLENGER STORM
Episode 16: Derrick Ferguson Part 2
Episode 15: Derrick Ferguson: FOUR BULLETS FOR DILLON
Pulpville Press - Now available!
Folks, you've all heard about Captain Future, the scientific wizard who lives up there on the Moon with his three queer Futuremen. You know he's crushed dozens of super-criminals and scientific dangers that threatened us people of the nine worlds. You've never seen Future or his pals. Few people ever have. But you know that when danger threatens, they're on the job. Well, you're now going to learn all about Captain Future and the Futuremen.

CONTENTS:
THE FACE OF THE DEEP - Carried far outside the Solar System, and wrecked on a volcanic planetoid in company with a shipload of condemned criminals, Captain Future faces the supreme test of his courage!

CAPTAIN FUTURE'S CHALLENGE - Striking terror on four worlds, a mysterious raider throttles interplanetary commerce-and Earth summons Curtis Newton, the Wizard of Science, and his trio of Futuremen to combat this sinister menace.

Softcover, 7 x 10 inches, 172 pages, $15

Radio Archives
Now available!
Will Murray's Pulp Classics #4:
Secret Agent X: THE TORTURE TRUST

Introducing Secret Agent X, Man of Mystery and Destiny!

At the end of the Depression year of 1933, tiny Magazine Publishers could see which way the pulp winds were blowing. Street & Smith had broken new ground when they launched The Shadow Magazine in 1931. Doc Savage came two years later. As did The Phantom Detective.

In the Fall of ’33 Popular Publications released both The Spider and G-8 and His Battle Aces. The public was obviously hungry for heroes. And editor Rose Wyn decided that her outfit had to offer one too!
With top writer Paul Chadwick, she brainstormed Secret Agent X, uncanny composite of Doc and The Shadow, with a dash of the Phantom thrown in. The first issue appeared at the end of 1933 with a February 1934 cover date. Coincidentally, the popular King Features newspaper strip, Secret Agent X-9, debuted that same month! But for that hyphenated X, lawsuits might have shut down one or the other hero.

A nameless mystery man with a wartime past in the Intelligence service, declared dead by the Department of Justice, and backed by a shadowy group of powerful philanthropists, Secret Agent X took on the toughest assignments of the dirty thirties. Operating out of the half-haunted Montgomery Mansion, X was also known as the Man of a Thousand Faces. A past master of disguise, he infiltrated the Underworld to crush crime in all of its hideous manifestations.

Every hero needed something to distinguish himself from his rivals. The Shadow could blend into the shadows. Doc Savage was a superman. The Spider shot first and asked no questions later. Every one of them was a consummate quick-change artist. In that respect, X would be no different.

For Secret Agent X, Rose Wyn decided to pit him against villains who were maestros of unbridled horror. Melodrama was the rule of the day. But Secret Agent X plunged into maelstroms of raw bloodlust undreamed of by The Shadow and Doc Savage. His foes were truly depraved. Terrorists. Torturers. Extortionists. Kidnappers. Stranglers. Fiends. Arsonists. These were the types of torn-from-the-tabloids master criminals X hunted. It was grim fare.

Before long, The Spider started going up against foes as a maniacal as the ones X vanquished every month. But the Man of a Thousand Faces first blazed that terrible trail.

Writer Paul Chadwick communicated the essence of the new series with the lurid title of the first installment—The Torture Trust! This gripping thriller sets the stage for the mayhem that followed. Thirty years after President Theodore Roosevelt became famous as a trust buster, X pit all his secretive skill and devious daring against a criminal trust that wielded face-destroying acid as an instrument of blackmail.

In those days, Chadwick specialized in telling melodramatic mystery yarns saturated in an atmosphere of impending doom. The pulp editors called these menace stories. Eventually, these thrillers evolved into sub-genre known as weird menace. In Secret Agent X, a cloud of diabolical danger hangs over the heads of every innocent character until X, using his fists, his gas gun, or his loyal operatives, shatters the threat for all time.

No one knew who Secret Agent X really was. Not his readers. Not his editors. Not even his writer, conceivably. To this day in the 21st Century, his true identity is still a deep mystery. That’s keeping a secret!
Also available are:
Will Murray's Pulp Classics #1: The Spider: Prince of the Red Looters
Will Murray's Pulp Classics #2: The Black Bat: Brand of the Black Bat
Will Murray's Pulp Classics #3: Doctor Death: 12 Must Die
Doc Savage: The Jade Ogre
and more . . .




Coming soon



RED SONJA #60 - Arriving in comic shops December 14th!
Writer:  Eric Trautmann; Artist: Patrick Berkenkotter
Covers:  Fabiano Neves (50%), Walter Geovani  (50%)
Khorshemish — the seat of power of the mighty nation of Koth — mourns the passing of its aged King, and Red Sonja wants nothing more than to put the kingdom behind her. Embroiled in palace intrigues, assassination and ancient magicks, it's almost too much for a pay-soldier to take.  But now, a new ruler ascends to the throne, and his rise to power could spell war for all the Hyborian kingdoms. And in the chaos, old enemies are bent on settling bloody scores with the She-Devil with a Sword…

EXTRA SIZED ANNIVERSARY ISSUE featuring 28 pages or original story as well as  reprints of Sonja’s early adventures!
48 pages, Full Color,  $4.99

Robert E. Howard - New German audio renditions!
Gruselkabinett: Tauben aus der Hölle - Now available!
Pigeons from Hell
Griswell and John, two friends traveling together, the southern United States. You decide to explore an abandoned mansion at the edge of a wetland and, spend the night there. As it turns out, this is a decision with fatal consequences ...
1 CD, 72 minutes
ISBN: 978-3-7857-4476-5
Language: German

Gruselkabinett: Der Grabhügel - Coming in March!
The Horror from the Mound
Steve Brill decides to land based on his grave mound against the explicit advice of its neighbors Juan Lopez to open yet. It is supposed to have an uncanny relation with the odd pile of dirt. The farmer, however, does not believe in ghosts, curses and demons and so courageously rammed the shovel into the ground ...
1 CD, 65 minutes
ISBN: 978-3-7857-4637-0
Language: German

Gruselkabinett: Besessen - Coming in April!
Wolfshead
Dom Vincente da Lusto has an illustrious society in his castle on the coast Africa's loaded. Of the foreigners, the natives are regarded with great suspicion. With the full moon pulls the horror in the castle and the whole area a ...
1 CD, 65 minutes
ISBN: 978-3-7857-4640-0
Language: German



ROCKETEER ADVENTURES, VOLUME 1 Hardcover
Arriving in comic shops December 14th!
Writers: Mike Allred, John Arcudi, Kurt Busiek, John Cassady, Darwyn Cooke, Lowell Francis, Dave Gibbons, Joe R. Lansdale, Joe Pruett, Jonathan Ross, Ryan Sook and Mark Waid
Artists: Mike Allred, John Cassady, Darwyn Cooke, Tommy Lee Edwards, Gene Ha, Scott Hampton, Tony Harris, Michael Kaluta, Brendan McCarthy, Ryan Sook, Bruce Timm and Chris Weston
Cover: Alex Ross

Dave Stevens’ The Rocketeer was an instant hit the moment it hit the spinner racks in the early 1980s. After the untimely passing of Stevens several years ago, many thought there would never be another Rocketeer story. But, with the full cooperation of the Stevens family, IDW has produced an anthology book that utilizes the talents of many of comics’ top creators, a veritable Who’s Who of writers and artists, and each one a labor of love to Dave and his greatest creation!
Note – All direct market copies of this book will have a dust jacket, exclusive to the direct market, and only available on the first printing!

Hardcover, Full Color, 136 pages, 7” x 10”, $24.99



THE ROCKETEER JETPACK TREASURY EDITION
Now available!
Dave Stevens
Remember when you were a kid and the big comics companies put out those super-cool, gigantic treasury editions? Well those days are back, and what could possibly be more fun than a huge Rocketeer treasury? Crammed from cover to cover with gorgeous Dave Stevens art! Added bonus—they’ll fit in your treasury bags!
Collecting the complete first graphic novel!

Full Color, Cardstock, 64 pages, 10” x 13”, $9.99

Rough Edges - Now online!
Forgotten Books: Slaves of the Scorpion - Brant House (G.T. Fleming-Roberts) - New!
Tuesday's Overlooked Movies: Zorro's Black Whip - New!
Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Western Aces, February 1942 - New!
THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN VOLUME 11 - Coming in May!
Larry Yakata (Writer), Michael Fleisher (Writer), Don Kraar (Writer), Pablo Marcos (Art), Val Mayerik (Art), Ernie Chan (Art), Gary Kwapisz (Art), Dave Simons (Art), Rudy Nebres (Art), and Michael Golden (Cover)

After many journeys trading his feared sword arm for gold, Conan returns to the land of his birth, Cimmeria, only to find his family murdered and his sister enslaved by a ruthless rival clan. While the mighty slayer cannot bring back the dead, he can still mete out a terrible vengeance, but can even a warrior as skilled and merciless as Conan take on an entire clan whose treacherous hands hold a blade to his sister’s throat?

Trade Paperback, 7" x 10", B&W, 536 pages, $19.99, On sale May 2


Coming soon!
Preview of an atmospheric page by artist Jamie Chase for the graphic novel of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. Scripted by Martin Powell and published by Sequential Pulp/Dark Horse Comics in 2012. The art is now complete and this book is off to the letterer! Artwork © Jamie Chase. 


Tales From The Fathomless Abyss [Kindle Edition] - Now available!
Combine six of the finest fantasy authors working in the genre today: Mike Resnick & Brad R. Torgersen, Jay Lake, Mel Odom, J.M. McDermott, and Cat Rambo, and mix in veteran editor and New York Times best-selling author Philip Athans, and what comes out is the Fathomless Abyss: a wild new fantasy world where the laws of physics only work against you, there’s no way out, and time means nothing.

This is the world of the Fathomless Abyss, a bottomless pit that opens who-knows-when onto who-knows-where, just long enough for new people from a thousand different worlds and a million different times to fall in and join the fight for survival in place where the slightest misstep means an everlasting fall into eternity.

Tales from the Fathomless Abyss features six new short stories, and it’s only the beginning. From here, each author will branch out to spin a series of new books sharing this impossible, explosive, infinite setting.

Your fall into the Fathomless Abyss begins here.
Kindle Price:  $4.99


Tales of Masks & Mayhem Volume 4 - Coming soon!

Edited by Ginger Johnson, the long awaited fourth volume in the popular pulp anthologies, Tales of Masks & Mayhem will finally be released.

This large volume contains "The Hooded Hunter" by Max Scarlatti, "Prophet of Peril" (a Masked Avenger story) by Lamont Wentworth, a new Crimson Mask story, "The Crimson Mask's Justice" by Frank Johnson, Doc Atlas returns in "His Master's Voice" by Michael A. Black and Ray Lovato, and Tom Johnson's Black Cat story, "Partners In Crime" rounds out the issue. With a great cover by Matt Lovato, this is a must for all pulp fans.

Tellers of Weird Tales - Now online!
Terence Hanley has created a blog in which he researches and writes about the contributors to Weird Tales magazine and its companion titles, Oriental Stories and The Magic Carpet Magazine.

Hal K. Wells (1899-?) - New!
George W. Crane (1901-1995) - New!
Gahan Wilson (b. 1930) - New!
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Weird Tales on Film: Thriller
Minnie Faegre Knox (1886-1980)
Harry Irving Shumway (1883-1974)
Who Wrote the Most Letters in Weird Tales?
Who Wrote the Most Poems for Weird Tales?
Who Wrote the Most Stories for Weird Tales?
Weird Tales on Film
Weird Tales and World War I
Gretta (1904-1988)
Jay Wilmer Benjamin (1902-1977)



Vanguard Productions
The Alluring Art of MARGARET BRUNDAGE: The Queen of Pulp Pin-Up Art
Coming August & September 2012!
Stephen D. Korshak & J. David Spurlock

Starting in 1932, Margaret Brundage forever changed the look of Fantasy, Science-Fiction and Horror with her alluring sensationalistic covers for the legendary pulp magazine, Weird Tales. Brundage, whose contemporaries include Virgil Finlay and Hannes Bok, is unique as she was the first female cover artist of the pulp era. Decades before the gothic fetish craze, Brundage's lush, provocative paintings, which frequently featured smoldering, semi-nude young women bearing whips, became a focus of acute attention and controversy. At the very peak of the notorious pulp’s classic run, the magazine’s appeal was due as much to Brundage’s covers as to the stories inside by famous authors H. P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert Bloch and Conan creator, Robert E. Howard. The Alluring Art of Margaret Brundage is the first book devoted to this noted artist.

Authors and compilers Stephen D. Korshak and J. David Spurlock follow their seminal collaboration, The Paintings of J. Allen St. John, with The Alluring Art of Margaret Brundage which, also features essays by noted artist Rowena Morrill, Weird Tales historian Robert Weinberg, First Fandom member / founding Shasta publisher Melvin Korshak, and more.

All editions feature big, 9” x 12” lavish illustrated, full-color pages with text.

Trade Hardcover: 128 pages plus endpapers.
HC ISBN-10: 1-934331-49-X • ISBN-13: 9781934331491
Retail: $39.95
Ships August 2012!

Softcover: 128 pages plus endpapers.
SC ISBN-10: 1-934331-50-3  ISBN-13: 9781934331507
 Retail: $24.95
Ships September 2012!

Deluxe Slipcased HC: 144-page limited, slipcased edition with 16-page bonus folio.
DLX HC ISBN-10: 1-934331-51-1 • ISBN-13: 9781934331514
Retail: $69.95
Ships TBD!


WARLORD OF MARS 2012 CALENDAR
Arriving in comic shops December 14th!

Start 2012 with a  trip to Mars!  This full color calendar features incredible art  by J. Scott Campbell, ,Alex Ross, Joe Jusko, Paul Renaud, Arthur Adams, and Lucio Parrillo from the hit Warlord of Mars comic books.   2012 is the year of  John Carter and his adventures on Mars!
Wall Calendar, 12x12, Full Color    $14.99

WARLORD OF MARS #13
Arriving in comic shops December 14th!
Written by Arvid Nelson; Art: Stephen Sadowski
Covers by Joe Jusko (50%), Stephen Sadowski (50%), Lucio Parrillo (1/15)

John Carter returns to Mars to be with his beloved princess and the son he has never know – at least, that was his plan. He arrives on the Red Planet in a forest of horrors, a place he's never seen before. Fortunately, an old friend joins him soon enough. Before Carter can look for answers about where he is, he's going to have to do what he does best – kick a little ass. Well, more than a little!

Warlord of Mars #13: A Forest Battle is the thrilling first installment of the Gods of Mars story arc, believed by some, including the writer of this very blurb, to be the finest of the Edgar Rice Burroughs Mars novels. You don't want to miss it!

32 pages, Full Color,  $3.99

ZORRO RIDES AGAIN #6 (of 12)
Arriving in comic shops December 14th!
Writer: Matt Wagner;  Penciller/Inker: Esteve Polls;  Cover: Matt Wagner

Zorro’s true enemy reveals himself!  Who is scary enough to try to take down Zorro, The Fox? The one and only Matt Wagner (MAGE, GRENDEL) is nearing the conclusion to his epic story of Zorro! Find out as Zorro Rides Again in issue #6!
32 pages, Full Color,  $3.99





02 December 2011
2011-2012 Film Release Dates
December 16, 2011
December 21, 2011
December 21, 2011
 SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: GHOST PROTOCOL
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
February 10, 2012
February 17, 2012
March 9, 2012
May 4, 2012
May 11, 2012
June 8, 2012
June 22, 2012
July 3, 2012
July 20, 2012
August 3, 2012
August 3, 2012
 STAR WARS" THE PHANTOM MENACE 3D
GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE
JOHN CARTER (OF MARS)
THE AVENGERS
DARK SHADOWS
PROMETHEUS
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
THE BOURNE LEGACY
TOTAL RECALL


Adventure House
Frank M. Robinson auction to begin February 2012!
Frank M. Robinson Collection now available for pre-order!
Over the past year, we've been hard at work in getting the Frank M. Robinson Collection ready for auction.  To kick off the celebration of this once in a lifetime collection coming to auction, we've produced a full color book featuring every book in his great collection.  Now is the time to get your copy, certain to be a mainstay in your reference library, with over 500 pages in full color. 

This reference book can be yours for only $65 plus $5 shipping. 
The book is 8.5 by 11 in size.
Add the auction catalog for only $10 more and you'll have the perfect one-two punch to get yourself ready for the auction in February 2012.

For a look at this incredible book, click on the links below to view sample pages.
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Age of Aces
Now available!

In Donald E. Keyhoe’s imaginings, the stormy skies of World War I are filled with giant pterodactyls, mystic fireballs and demon aces. But America has it’s own unnatural secret weapon: Captain Philip Strange. A mental marvel from birth, he was so terrifyingly effective that the Allies referred to him as “The Phantom Ace of G-2.” But to the Germans he was “The Brain-Devil,” whose penetrating green eyes were both a legend and a nightmare.

Keyhoe’s Philip Strange stories ran for nine years—from 1931 through 1939—in the pages of Flying Aces magazine. This first volume in our new series contains six exciting tales of terror skies! It also features an introduction by Sid Bradd and is beautifully wrapped up in an exciting new design by Chris Kalb!

Stories include:
“Cocardes of Courage” – Flying Aces, September 1931
“The Drome of Dread” – Flying Aces, November 1931
“The Red Demon” – Flying Aces, July 1932
“Scourge of the Skies” – Flying Aces, November 1932
“Vengeance of V-99” – Flying Aces, February 1933
“The Unholy Horror” – Flying Aces, July 1933
Plus:
“Donald E. Keyhoe and the Brain-Devil of G-2″ by Sidney H. Bradd
A Bibliography of all Philip Strange’s Adventures
An exciting book design by Chris Kalb.

$16.99 Trade paperback
 6″x9″ trade paperback | 346 pages | ISBN: 978-0-9820950-8-9

Available from
Amazon, Mike Chomko Books, and Adventure House

Altus Press - Now available!
Dan Fowler: G-Man Companion
by Tom Johnson, Will Murray, Robert Sidney Bowen,
Charles Greenberg, & Norvell W. Page

For nearly 20 years, Dan Fowler and his G-men battled crimedom in the pages of G-MEN DETECTIVE. Now, author Tom Johnson has indexed each issue, listing everything you need to know about the series. Also included are complete reprints of the two best Dan Fowler stories as chosen by Johnson and pulp historian Will Murray: "Give 'Em Hell" by Norvell W. Page and "Bullet Justice" by Charles Greenberg. And reprinted in its entirety for the first time: "I Cover the Murder Front," the lost, rejected Dan Fowler story.
Featuring additional articles by Tom Johnson and Will Murray, this is the ultimate history of the series.

414 pages | $34.95 softcover | $44.95 hardcover
Altus Press - Coming soon!

Adventurers Inc.: Spook Trail
Authored by Jeff Deischer and William G. Bogart

Back after 65 years! The trio of heroes that make up the team of Adventurers, Inc. return for an all-new novel-length adventure: "Spook Trail" by Jeff Deischer. This pulp-sized collection is designed to look like a long-lost issue of an ADVENTURERS, INC. pulp magazine. Issue 1 also includes the original Adventurers, Inc. story, "The Crazy Indian," complete and uncut, written by Doc Savage writer William G. Bogart.


166 pages | 6.69" x 9.61" | $14.95 softcover


Altus Press
Altus Press - Coming soon!
The Complete Casebook of Cardigan, Volume 1: 1931-32
by Frederick Nebel, Introduction by Will Murray,
Illustrations by John Fleming Gould, Cover by Walter Baumhofer

The greatest series from the pages of Dime Detective Magazine is finally collected in four large editions. Running from 1931-37, Frederick Nebel's P.I. Jack Cardigan was one of the main reasons for that magazine's success as well as highly influential to the most popular hard-boiled writers of the day. Sadly, only a handful of the 44-installment series have ever been reprinted since their original appearances 80 years ago. This reprint series will reprint the entire run.

Volume 1 contains an all-new introduction by Will Murray and features the first 11 stories, complete, uncut, and with the original John Fleming Gould illustrations:

"Death Alley" (November, 1931)
"Hell’s Pay Check" (December, 1931)
"Six Diamonds and a Dick" (January, 1932)
"And There Was Murder" (February, 1932)
"Phantom Fingers" (March, 1932)
"Murder on the Loose" (April, 1932)
 "Rogues' Ransom" (August, 1932)
"Lead Pearls" (September, 1932)
"The Dead Don't Die" (October, 1932)
"The Candy Killer" (November, 1932)
"A Truck-Load of Diamonds" (December, 1932)

394 pages, price TBD


Altus Press - Coming soon!

The Complete Casebook of Cardigan, Volume 2: 1933
Authored by Frederick Nebel

The greatest series from the pages of Dime Detective Magazine is finally collected in four large editions. Running from 1931-37, Frederick Nebel's P.I. Jack Cardigan was one of the main reasons for that magazine’s success as well as highly influential to the most popular hard-boiled writers of the day. Sadly, only a handful of the 44-installment series have ever been reprinted since their original appearances 80 years ago. This series collects the entire run.

Volume 2 continues the series and features the next 11 stories, complete, uncut, and with the original John Fleming Gould illustrations:

"The Murder Cure" (January, 1933)
"Me--Cardigan" (February, 1933)
"Doorway to Danger" (March 1, 1933)
"Heir to Murder" (April 1, 1933)
"Dead Man's Folly" (May 1, 1933)
"Murder Won't Wait" (May 15, 1933)		 "Chains of Darkness" (June 15-July 1, 1933)
"Scrambled Murder" (July 15, 1933)
"Death After Murder" (August 15, 1933),
"Murder & Co." (September 15, 1933)
"Murder a la Carte" (November 15, 1933)

372 pages | 6" x 9" | $29.95 softcover | $39.95 hardcover

Altus Press

Altus Press - Coming soon!
Ki-Gor: The Complete Series Volume 2
Authored by John Peter Drummond
List Price: $29.95 softcover | $39.95 hardcover
386 pages

For the first time, the Ki-Gor series from the pages of JUNGLE STORIES is collected, complete, uncut and in order! Volume 2 includes the next five stories:

"Ki-Gor and the Paradise That Time Forgot" (Fall 1940)
"The Empire of Doom" (Winter 1940-41)
 "Lair of the Beast" (Spring 1941)
"Ki-Gor and the Temple of the Moon-God" (Summer 1941)
"White Savage" (Fall 1941)
Altus Press - Coming soon!
The Complete Adventures of Richard Knight Volume 1
Authored by Donald E. Keyhoe with an Introduction by Will Murray
List Price: $19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover
approximately 230 pages

Best known for writing the adventures of Philip Strange, UFO legend Donald E. Keyhoe also wrote another long-running aerial hero for the pages of FLYING ACES: Richard Knight. These wild adventures also mix in elements of lost races, dinosaurs and more! Volume 1 collects the first six stores from 1936-37:

"Vultures of the Lost Valley"
"Hell Flies High"
"Death Flies the Equator"
"Falcons from Nowhere"
"Masks Over Madrid"
"Wings of the Emerald"
Altus Press - Coming soon!
The Complete Adventures of Oke Oakley and Secrets, Inc.
by Frederick C. Davis, introduction by Will Murray

From 1933 to 1935, Frederick C. Davis chronicled the cases of Hollywood P.I. firm Secrets, Inc.
Led by Clay “Oke” Oakley and assisted by Cherry Morris and Archibald Brixey,
Secrets, Inc. investigated some of the weirdest and most ingenious crimes
in the long history of Dime Detective Magazine—all centering around the film industry.
Never before reprinted, this lost classic is available for the first time in nearly 80 years.


474 pages | $34.95 softcover | $44.95 hardcover
Altus Press - Coming soon!
Secret Agent "X" - The Complete Series Volume 6
Authored by G.T. Fleming-Roberts & Paul Chadwick
 Introduction by Tom Johnson

For 41 issues from 1934 to 1939, SECRET AGENT "X" battled the forces of evil in the pages of his own pulp magazine. Now, for the first time... the complete pulp series is being reprinted in nine deluxe omnibus editions! The text has been reset and all the original interior illustrations have been remastered.

This volume contains the next five stories, by G.T. Fleming-Roberts and Paul Chadwick: "Brand of the Metal Maiden," "Dividends of Doom," "The Fear Merchants," "Faceless Fury" and "Subterranean Scourge." This is THE Secret Agent "X" reprint series to own!
492 pages | $34.95 softcover | $44.95 hardcover
Altus Press - Coming soon!
The Secret 6 Classics: Return Engagement With Death
Authored by Emile C. Tepperman
List Price: $24.95 softcover | $34.95 hardcover
280 pages
Klaw, Murdoch and Kerrigan... the FBI's Suicide Squad return
in this collection of six classic Suicide adventures
from the pages of ACE G-MEN STORIES from 1939-43:

The Suicide Squad Reports for Death: Kerrigan, Murdoch and Klaw in a smashing F.B.I. Novel--In all the Service they were the Law's toughest, shield-bearing crime fighters--and their job was to come through or die!

The Suicide Squad--Dead or Alive!: Storm Troop gangsters took over the Hill City government. Blue-uniformed killers picked up the blood-purge hunt for Kerrigan, Murdoch, and Klaw--the three F.B.I. aces who had to capture a city just to rescue a red-headed girl!

The Suicide Squad and the Murder Bund: Murdoch, Kerrigan and Klaw, the F.B.I.'s dauntless Suicide Squad, must daily fight with dogged, unbelievable courage--merely to earn the right to live! Could this fabulous team of crime-fighters lock guns in deadly combat with the Skull and Swastika Corps--and still remain a trio?
The Masked Marksman's Command Performance: What happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable body? The answer, we'll bet, would be something like the meeting between Ed Race, the Masked Marksman--and the Suicide Squad!

The Suicide Squad's Dawn Patrol: The Japs were planning a barbarous air raid on America--that much was known to Kerrigan, Murdoch and Klaw, the F.B.I.'s indomitable Suicide Squad. When, where and bow this hellish blitzkrieg was to come, they were grimly determined to find out, even if that meant permitting the lovely, evil Madam Sail to lure them to the reincarnated Japanese Diva-King--who could command men to
destroy themselves!

Move Over, Death!: Kerrigan, Murdoch and Klaw--the fabulous fighting Feds--had finally been given the assignment which no G-man could take--and live! Gladly, with grins on their battle-scarred faces, they walked into the Nazi trap, with blazing guns punctuating their war cry: "Move over, Death!"

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
At the printers and arriving later this month!
THE AVENGER Volume 6: "The River of Ice" and "The Flame Breathers"
The Pulp Era's strangest mystery man returns in two more epic adventures by Paul Ernst writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, can Justice, Inc. prevent secrets of an ancient civilization buried for centuries in The River of Ice from destroying the modern world? Then, scientists in Paris, Berlin and Montreal exhale fire as they die, setting The Avenger on the trail of The Flame Breathers and a deadly secret that threatens to plunge the world into a fiery infernal! BONUS: a thrilling adventure of Police Commissioner James Gordon, a.k.a. The Whisperer! This classic pulp reprint showcases H. W. Scott's classic pulp covers, all the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban, and historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-067-0  Softcover, 7x10. 112 pages, B&W, $14.95 
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)
Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
At the printers and arriving later this month!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 54: "The Yellow Cloud" and "Men of Fear"
Doc Savage and his beautiful cousin Patricia battle threats to national security in pulp classics by Evelyn Coulson and Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, while testing an experimental plane for the Army, Renny disappears after his airship is engulfed by The Yellow Cloud.  Then, what has transformed Monk, Ham and Johnny into cowardly Men of Fear? The incredible secret could end the war, unless Nazi agents seize it first. This special collectors edition showcases the original color pulp covers by Emery Clarke, Paul Orban's classic interior illustrations and historical commentary by Will Murray, author of eight Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-069-4 Softcover, 7x10, 112 pages, B&W, $14.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)
Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
At the printers and arriving later this month!
THE SHADOW Volume 56: "The Embassy Murders" and "Hills of Death"
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows! The Master of Darkness, agent Clyde Burke and Secret Service agent Vic Marquette investigate deadly plots in two thrilling pulp novels by Walter Gibson as "Maxwell Grant." First, The Shadow's investigation of The Embassy Murders unearths a sinister plot that threatens world peace. Then, the kidnapping of Clyde Burke leads The Shadow and his agents on a winding murder trail through New Jersey's Hills of Death. BONUS: a two-fisted adventure of Police Commissioner James Gordon, a.k.a. The Whisperer! This instant collectors' item features both classic cover paintings by George Rozen, the original interior pulp illustrations by Tom Lovell and Edd Cartier and historical commentary by popular culture historians Anthony Tollin and Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-068-7 Softcover, 7x10. 128 pages, B&W, $14.95

Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Twelve issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)
Beb Books - Now available!

"Phyllis of Fountain Square" by Perley Poore Sheehan
Perley Poore Sheehan wrote all types of fiction, from action-adventure, to fantasy and science fiction and from crime stoppers to romance.  Beb Books is happy to announce the publication of two of Perley Poore Sheehan’s light comedies, Phyllis of fountain Square (from 1916) and “Upstairs” (from 1919) in one affordable volume.

In Phyllis of Fountain Square a young man desires to become a motion picture writer. Slapstick and screwball comedies were in their day and this story is about as screwy as they come.
Jay Hopkins, a clerk at a Cincinnati packing company, has written what he’s sure will be a blockbuster movie script but just before he can mail off the script pickpockets snatch away the envelope. He then accuses a pretty girl he had been watching as being part of this gang. But when she confesses is she telling the truth or having a joke on the young man. Is she leading him deeper and deeper into crime or having a wild whirl with someone she know rather more than she’ws letting on?

“Upstairs” is very much a modern Cinderella story set in an exclusive hotel in New York. The daughter on one of its steam engineers takes over the job her brother was doing before he left for the Great War. But she dreams of going upstairs, if only for an hour, to see what it like walking among High Society. A friendly bellhop offers to lend her a gown left behind by one of the tenants but her masquerade seems on the verge of falling through from the start and as she darts from room to room in the vast hotel she leaves behind a trail of chaos and broke-hearts.

74 pages,  8.5 x 11, side stapled, with all the original illustrations (there’s only one *sigh*) for just $5 plus postage and handling.
Secret Agent X #30  - "Death’s Frozen Formulas"
And don’t forget out our other recent releases, Secret Agent X #30  - “Death’s Frozen Formulas.” A vicious drug ring is leaving behind a trail of frozen corpses as it administers death to any who would betray the dope dealers. Can The Agent and his friend Betty Dale, break the secret of the drug dealers before they become corpsicles as well?
Zorro: "The Curse of Capistrano" and "The Further Adventures of Zorro"
And the first two stories of Don Vega, Senor Zorro - The Curse of Capistrano from 1919 and The Further Adventures of Zorro from 1922. Both books are $5 each plus postage and handling.
"Sign of the Skull" by J. Allan Dunn
Last, but hardly least, J. Allan Dunn’s  great pirate novel, Sign of the Skull. Hunting for buried treasure in the Indian Ocean. Swashbuckling funny for just $5 plus postage and handling.

Postage is $3 for the first three books and $0.25 additional for each additional book.

Visit our web site for additional titles from Beb Books at:
http://home.sprynet.com/~beb01/bebbooks/

Have a question? Write to me at beb01@sprynet.com.

Check or money orders only!
Made payable to Brian Earl Brown

Send to:
Brian Earl Brown
11675 Beaconsfield
Detroit, MI 48224




Big Book of Bronze #4 - Now available!
The Big Book of Bronze #4 goes back to its roots and honors the style of writing that made fanzines a critical part of the history of Doc Savage. 232 pages of informative article about Doc Savage.

This fourth annual installment contains 26 article by writers such as: Rick Lai, Dafydd Neal Dyar, Arthur C. Sippo, Will Murray, Glenn Horner, Duane Spurlock, Jeff Deischer, Matt Hiebert, Courtney Rogers, Julián Puga V., Robert Jenson, Jim Cox, Fred Forino, William Lampkin and Jay Ryan.

This years book also includes an abundance of interior illustrations by artists: Mike Page, Alvaro Fernandois, Tim Faurote, Robert Sankner, Cristian Diaz, Kez Wilson and Robert Jenson. Full color cover by Tim Faurote and B&W interior.

Paperback, 232 pages, $19.95

Contents:
KENNETH ROBERTS: THE HOUSE NAME THAT HAD TO CHANGE by Tracy Hughes
JOHNNY AND LONG TOM IN MEXICO by Julián Puga V.
THE DAIRY FARMER by Jay Ryan
ROGER KASTEL AND DOC SAVAGE by Courtney Rogers
THE RESTLESS COWBOY by Jay Ryan
THE MIGHTY MEN OF VALOR by Arthur C. Sippo
DO A BARNEY OLDFIELD by Tracy Hughes
DOC SAVAGE: 1978 by William Lampkin
DOC SAVAGE AND THE HOLY GRAIL by Fred Forino
RIVER CROSSING by Lester Dent
PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS by Jay
"UNITED WE STAND" DOC JOINS IN by Tracy Hughes 
THE GOLDEN CITY OF THE VERY HIGHEST by Rick Lai
IF I GOT TO CAST THE "DOC SAVAGE" MOVIE IN 1965 by Jeff Deischer
THE SUMMER OF DOC SAVAGE by Will Murray
DOC SAVAGE PANTS by Jay Ryan
FIRST SIGHTING by Fred Forino
HOW I DISCOVERED DOC SAVAGE by Mike Page
A LOW, BULLFIDDLE MOAN by Jim Cox
CUBÉ CARGO by Julián Puga V.
A REPORT ON THE GATHERING OF BRONZE; 1994, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF 2011 by Robert Jenson
BAMA BOUND by Dafydd Neal Dyar
DOC SAVAGE: YEAR ONE by Glenn Horner
THE DAYS BEHIND "A QUIET NIGHT IN THE DARK IN LAPLATA, MISSOURI,1942" by Duane Spurlock
FROM PAGE TO SCREEN, THE ADAPTATION OF RIVER CROSSING FOR TELEVISION by Matt Hiebert 



Black Coat Press
The December releases are now available!

THE TALE OF GOLD AND SILENCE
by Gustave Kahn: adapted by Brian Stableford

The Grail lit up again, and old Joseph was holding it in his hands. Dares glided forward, holding his iron lamp.
"Yes," Balthazar said to himself, "it's them, the shadows of yore. I can't see Asverus, nor Samuel, nor Rizpah, those whose were true phantoms in life. Here are the characters of my soul coming to life again; we're going to live."

Summoning them to follow him with a gesture, he went inside the Palace. Night extended over the world, and the pale disk of the Moon unswathed itself of its clouds. The Silence was eternal.

US$20.95 / GBP £12.99
5x8 trade paperback, 268 pages
by Georges Pellerin; adapted by Brian Stableford

The World in 2000 Years (1878) is a work of science fiction based on economics. In the future it describes, the primary objective of economic policy is the prevention of the accumulation of money into the hands of relatively few individuals. While making money remains an objective, it is subsidiary to the determination to steer it in the right direction and redistribute it in such a way as to give every member of society the opportunity to earn a living free of hardship and strife.

Whereas readers in 1878 could only make a simple comparison between their own world and the world of 3878 as it was glimpsed by the hero, contemporary readers can make a third comparison with the world of 2011, which adds an additional perspective of considerable significance to anyone interested in the future of our society.

US$20.95 / GBP £12.99
5x8 trade paperback, 252 pages
TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN: AGENTS PROVOCATEURS
edited by J-M. & R. Lofficier
Contents:
Matthew Baugh: Don Camillo and the Secret Weapon starring Don Camillo, James Bond, Eva Kant.
Nicholas Boving: The Elfberg Red starring Rudolf Rassendyll, Raffles, Countess Cagliostro.
Matthew Dennion: The Most Dreadful Monster starring Madame Atomos, Bruce Banner.
Win Scott Eckert: Marguerite's Tears starring Sir Percy Blakeney, The Black Coats.
John Gallagher: The Books of Shadows (illustrated portfolio)
Martin Gately: Leviathan Creek starring Rouletabille, Kapitan Mors.
Micah Harris: Slouching Towards Camulodunum starring Becky Sharp, Sâr Dubnotal.
Travis Hiltz: In the Caves of the Serpent starring El Borak, Orlando, The Wandering Jew.
Paul Hugli: Sleep No More starring Harry Dickson, The Spider, Dr. Skull.
Rick Lai: Vampire Renaissance starring The Vampire Countess, Dracula
Joseph Lamere: Satan's Signature starring Auguste Dupin, Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Jekyll.
Olivier Legrand: Lost in Averoigne starring Jules de Grandin, Jirel of Joiry.
J.-M. & Randy Lofficier: The Affair of the Necklace Revisited starring The Avenger, Judex.
David McDonald: Catspaw starring Flashman's son, The Nyctalope's father, Dr. Moreau.
Chris Nigro: Patricide starring The Phantom of the Opera, The Frankenstein Monster.
John Peel: More Imaginative Sins starring Carnacki, Palmyre.
Dennis E. Power: Passing through the Hands of Steel starring Passepartout, Johnny Brainerd, Winnetou.
Pete Rawlik: Before the War, Five Dragons Roar starring Charlie Chan, Mr. Moto, Madame Atomos.
Joshua Reynolds: The Carolingian Stone starring Jim Anthony, Belphegor, Jan Mayen.
Frank Schildiner: The Death Bird starring Jean Kariven, Albert Campion.
Michel Stéphan: With the Compliments of Nestor Burma! starring Nestor Burma, Madame Atomos.
Michel Vannereux: The Warlord of Vaha starring John Carter, Cal.

US$22.95 / GBP £14.99
6x9 trade paperback, 308 pages

Black Coat Press



BLACKTHORN: THUNDER ON MARS - Debuts first on Kindle!

General Blackthorn and his Companions Battle Evil -- on Amazon’s Popular e-Reader
White Rocket Books proudly announces the release in Kindle format of BLACKTHORN: THUNDER ON MARS, a science fiction action-adventure anthology set on far-future post-apocalyptic Mars.

Created by Van Allen Plexico (Sentinels, Lucian), the book features stories by New Pulp luminaries Mark Bousquet, Joe Crowe, Bobby Nash, James Palmer, Sean Taylor, I. A. Watson, and Plexico, along with six full-page illustrations by Chris Kohler (Sentinels).  In addition, the Kindle edition includes two bonus stories not included in the upcoming trade paperback edition, by Mark Beaulieu and Danny Wall.  Cover art and design are by James Burns (Lance Star: One Shot).

The book will debut in trade paperback format later in December of this year.
In the spirit of “Thundarr the Barbarian” and “John Carter of Mars” comes the gripping saga of US General John Blackthorn.  Betrayed and left for dead on the battlefield, Blackthorn awakens many thousands of years later to find himself trapped amidst the ruins of a post-apocalyptic Mars, his only companions a savage Mock-Man and a mysterious sorceress.  They battle to free this strange new world from oppression, but it won’t be easy, for arrayed against them are the tyrannical First Men:  the Black Sorcerer, the Sorcerer of Fatal Laughter, Lord Ruin, and the Sorcerer of Night—masters of magic and technology alike—the dreaded Sorcerers of Mars!
“The awesome array of talent assembled on this book really speaks for itself, and guarantees a fun time will be had by all,” promises Editor Van Allen Plexico.  “Each of the writers jumped on the project with huge enthusiasm and each brought something unique and very exciting to the table.  And there’s no question Chris Kohler, who is also interior artist on my Sentinels superhero novels, has done some of the best work of his career here with BLACKTHORN.”

Says noted New Pulp author Wayne Reinagel, “BLACKTHORN is one of the best sword-and-sorcery spaceman anthologies to arrive on Earth, or Mars, in the last century or more.  Clearly inspired by an equal combination of Hanna-Barbera’s ‘Thundarr the Barbarian,’ DC Comics’ ‘Kamandi,’ and Edgar Rice Burroughs’ ‘John Carter of Mars,’ BLACKTHORN is an original, entertaining, action-packed saga.”

The Kindle edition presents all seven core stories in their entirety, including the double-length origin, along with two bonus stories not included in the upcoming trade paperback, plus Chris Kohler’s artwork—and all at the incredibly low price of only $2.99.

White Rocket Books is a leader in the New Pulp movement, publishing exciting action and adventure novels and anthologies since 2005, in both traditional and electronic formats.   White Rocket books have hit the Amazon.com Top 15-by-Genre and have garnered praise from everyone from Marvel Comics Editor Tom Brevoort to Kirkus Reviews.

On sale as of November 28, 2011, BLACKTHORN: THUNDER ON MARS is a $2.99 e-book from White Rocket Books.

Blogging Sax Rohmer’s The Hand of Fu Manchu, Part Four – "The Queen of Hearts" - Now online!
“The Queen of Hearts” was the fourth installment of Sax Rohmer’s The Si-Fan Mysteries. The story was first published in Collier’s on November 25, 1916 (after a surprising gap of five months after the last installment) and was later expanded to comprise Chapters 15 - 18 of the third Fu-Manchu novel, The Si-Fan Mysteries first published in 1917 by Cassell in the UK and by McBride & Nast in the US under the variant title, The Hand of Fu Manchu. The US book title marks the first time that the hyphen was dropped from the character’s name, although it was retained within the text.

Read the rest at the links below!
BLOOD ‘N’ THUNDER / MURANIA PRESS
Coming soon!
BAREHANDED CASTAWAYS by J. Allan Dunn

Number Two in Murania’s Classic Pulp Reprints series, featuring J. Allan Dunn’s BAREHANDED CASTAWAYS, written in 1921 and published in the legendary pulp magazine ADVENTURE. It’s the suspenseful story of nine men stranded on an island without tools, weapons, or supplies—not even so much as a watch or penknife among them. Dunn’s compelling account of their desperate struggle to survive in inhospitable surroundings enthralled ADVENTURE readers and is still regarded as the finest story of its kind. The Murania Press edition includes a new Preface by BLOOD ‘N’ THUNDER editor Ed Hulse, along with an Introduction by ADVENTURE’s editor, Arthur Sullivant Hoffman, reprinted from the magazine’s “Camp-Fire” department.

BAREHANDED CASTAWAYS is priced at $19.95 and will be available through the new Murania Press web site, which will go on line soon (www.muraniapress.com).

Also coming soon will be the long-awaited DISTRESSED DAMSELS AND MASKED MARAUDERS.


The Book Cave - New podcast now available online!
Episode 155: iPulpfiction.com - New!
The Book Cave crew is joined by Keith Shaw of iPulpfiction.com.
Episode 154: Don Gates
Episode 153: The Universe of Barry Reese
Episode 152: The Green Hornet Casefiles
Episode 151: The Return of Jeff Deischer
Episode 150: Perry Rhodan
Episode 149: Death's Heretic
Episode 148: Lance Star Volume 3
Collecting Fantasy Art  by Robert Weinberg - Chapter 10 is now online!
Collecting Fantasy Art is a series of articles by Bob Weinberg who owns one of the finest collections of original science fiction and fantasy art in the world.  
Collecting Fantasy Art #10: A Party and Some Sales - New!
Collecting Fantasy Art #9: Darrell and Sam, Two Famous Collectors
Collecting Fantasy Art #8: Sam and the Scientologists
Collecting Fantasy Art #7: Susan and Betsy  
Collecting Fantasy Art #6: An Art Potpourri  
Collecting Fantasy Art #5: Lail, It Rhymes with Gail
Collecting Fantasy Art #4: Art Mania!  
Collecting Fantasy Art #3: Meet Marty G.
Collecting Fantasy Art #2: Aces and Earls
Collecting Fantasy Art #1: Starting at Zero
Cthulhu Christmas Calendar - Now available!
Nothing says Christmas like Cthulhu!

The folks over at Red Wasp have designed a great app for the holiday season — the Cthulhu Christmas Calendar. Starting December 1, you can have adorably illustrated renderings of H.P. Lovecraft’s terrifying creations help you countdown the 25 days til Christmas on your smartphone or iPad.

This unique digital advent calendar contains an original illustration for each day that combines classic Christmas imagery like mistletoe with figures from H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, like Shoggoth mailing a letter to Santa, who, as we know, will find out if he’s been naughty or nice.

There’s also a multiple-choice question to answer each day, and you can post your results to Facebook. At the end of the 25 days, you’ll get your final score.  

For only $.99, you can download the app for your iPhone or iPod Touch or for your Android phone; for $1.99 you can get it for the iPad.

The Great Old Ones will be rocking around the Christmas tree, as the Cthulhu Christmas Calendar is all the rage at R’lyeh, so make sure you get in on the action by grabbing this app for yourself!
Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!
Forgotten Books: Zorro Rides Again by Johnston McCulley - New!
Encore Forgotten Book: Lady Afraid by Lester Dent
Forgotten Books: KING - OF THE KHYBER RIFLES by Talbot Mundy
Forgotten Books: The Mark of Zorro by Johnston McCulley
Forgotten Books: Silver Wings by Raoul Whitfield
Review: Doc Savage in "The Desert Demons"
Forgotten Books: Doc Savage - His Apocalyptic Life
Forgotten Books: Doc Savage in PYTHON ISLE by Will Murray
Donovan Pike and the City of the Gods - Chapter 21 is now available online and recommended!
Ten years ago, the father of Donovan Pike disappeared while searching for the City of the Gods, a mythical metropolis that  legend says contains technology from the stars. Now a clue turns up that could mean Pike’s father is alive, and the City of the Gods is real.
 
The adventurer must team up with an old enemy to battle a dark army that will stop at nothing to prevent Pike from finding his father and  discovering the location of an ancient city that will change the world – or  destroy it.

Read it online or listen to the podcast!  
 
Visit the Pulp Nocturne website for the adventures of Donovan Pike!
E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow in Review:
This weeks new Shadow review is "The Ghost Makers" from the October 15, 1932 issue of The Shadow Magazine.
 
Pulpgen-Online Pulps:   Now with over 1000 stories online!
"The Baron Renders Road Service" by Curtiss T. Gardner from G-MEN DETECTIVE, December 1945 (Winter, 1946)
Featuring: Bill "Baron Munchausen" Tolliver
Bill "Baron Munchausen" Tolliver gives a peevish policy holder his money's worth by cleverly solving two murders!
"It Can't Be Done" by Harold Titus from BLUE BOOK, November, 1919
"This dog and I - why, we started out to walk away from other folks' troubles just as fast as we could," he said to her; then to Blix: "But it can't be done, buddy - it can't be done!"
ELRIC: THE BALANCE LOST #6
 Arriving in comic shops December 7th!
Writer: Chris Roberson; Art: Francesco Biagini

See why critics and fans love Elric's return to comics! The mystery is deepening for the Eternal Champion, as Elric, Hawkmoon, Corum, and Eric Beck come face to face with nearly unstoppable forces of Law and Chaos. But can they find the key to restoring the balance in time to stop catastrophe across the Multiverse? New York Times bestseller Chris Roberson and legendary fantasy author Michael Moorcock are bringing Elric back to comics in a big way in this critically acclaimed series!

32 pages, Full Color, $3.99
ELRIC: THE BALANCE LOST VOLUME 1 TP  
Arriving in comic shops December 7th!
Writer: Chris Roberson; Art: Francesco Biagini; Cover: Erik Jones

Fifty years ago, Michael Moorcock introduced readers to Elric of Melniboné, the last prince of a doomed city, kept alive through the unholy sorceries of his runesword Stormbringer. Together, Elric and Stormbringer had many adventures, and Elric returns to comics in Elric: The Balance Lost! Written by Chris Roberson, with an afterword by Neil Gaiman, Elric: The Balance Lost sees the classic fantasy anti-hero Elric team with two more incarnations of the Eternal Champion — Corum and Dorian Hawkmoon — to restore the universal balance! Collects issues #1-4.

Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, Full Color, SRP: $14.99

Fantom Press - Now available!

Fantom Press is pleased to finally be able to announce that our exclusive signed edition of the First Wave hard cover is shipping this week.  The signature pages traveled countless thousands of miles criss-crossing the US as well as a trip to the UK, and the finished product is ready for immediate shipment.

The book features a tipped in signature page signed by Writer Brian Azzarello and artists, Phil Noto, Rags Morales, Rick Bryant, Bob Almond, J.G. Jones, and Phil Winslade.
The edition is limited to 75 copies.

Fantom Press - Now available!
Just in time for the holidays!

We have one of the Sideshow Doc Savage statues that comes with a Fantom Press exclusive lithograph of the concept art for the statue signed by artist/designer Ruben Procopio!

The lithographs were limited to only 30 copies!  The perfect gift!
We’ve also extended our site wide sale for another week!
Save up to 75% off the regular price of our selection on exclusive Doc Savage signed items.
Pick up something for yourself or that special Doc fan in your life!

All proceeds go to help Doc Savage artist Bob Larkin and his wife Fran
as she battles brain cancer.

Girasol Collectables
2012 Spider Pulp Doubles
Subscribe now for 2012!

#22 - January 2012 (variant cover option)
#25 - October 1935 - Overlord of the Damned - V1 cover
#82 - July 1940 - Dictator's Death Merchants - V2 cover

#23 - April 2012
#95 - August 1941 - The Spider and the Scarlet Surgeon
#104 - May 1942 - The Spider and the Death Piper

#24 - July 2012
#34 - July 1936 - Laboratory of the Damned
#77 - February 1940 - Hell’s Sales Manager

#25 - October 2012
#87 - December 1940 - The Spider and the Jewels of Hell
#114 - March 1943 - Recruit for the Spider Legion

Subscriptions are $50 including s&h within North America as usual;
for $60, we include both cover versions of #22.
Individual copies are $14.95 plus $3.05 s&h, total $18.


Girasol Collectables


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

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

Our first Replica this month is THE SPIDER #75 featuring "Satan's Murder Machines" from December 1939. $35

Our second Replica this month is WEIRD TALES #96 from December 1931. $35

Our third Replica is SPICY DETECTIVE #22 from February 1936 - $25

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

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

Email Girasol Collectables at: info@girasolcollectables.com.
A complete listing, along with other items such as books, fanzines and of course pulps, can be found on
the Girasol Collectables website at http://www.girasolcollectables.com/
All payments must be made in $US payable to Girasol Collectables and mailed to:
Neil Mechem c/o Girasol Collectables
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ALL DETECTIVE MAGAZINE  ($25 each postpaid)
#27 January 1935

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

CIVIL WAR STORIES ($25 each postpaid) 
Spring 1940

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

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

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

EERIE TALES ($20 eachpostpaid)
#1 July 1941

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

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

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

THE MYSTERIOUS WU FANG ($35 each postpaid)
#1  September 1935
#2  October 1935
#3  November 1935
#4  December 1935
#5  January 1936
#6  February 1936
#7 March 1936

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

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

OPERATOR 5  ($35 each postpaid)
#1  The Masked Invasion (April 1934)
#2  The Invisible Empire (May 1934)
#3  The Yellow Scourge (June 1934)
#4  The Melting Death (July 1934)
#5  Cavern of the Damned (August 1934)
#6  Master of Broken Men (September 1934)
#7  Invasion of the Dark Legions (October 1934)
#8  The Green Death Mists (November 1934)
#9  Legions of Starvation (December 1934)
#10 The Red Invader (January 1935)
#11 The League of War Monsters (February 1935)
#12  The Army of the Dead (March 1935)
#13  March of the Flame Marauders (April 1935)
#14 Blood Reign of the Dictator (May 1935)
#15 Invasion of the Yellow Warlords (June 1935)
#16 Legions of the Death Master (July 1935)
#17  Hosts of the Flaming Death (August 1935)
#18 Invasion of the Crimson Death Cult (September 1935)
#19 Attack of the Blizzard Men (October 1935)
#20 Scourge of the Invisible Death (November 1935)
#21 Raiders of the Red Death (December 1935)
#22  War-Dogs of the Green Destroyer (January 1936)
#23 Rockets From Hell (February 1936)
#24  War Masters from the Orient (March 1936)
#25 Crimes Reign of Terror (April 1936)
#26 Death's Ragged Army (June-July 1936)
#27 Patriot's Death Battalion (August-Sept. 1936)
#28 The Bloody Forty-Five Days (Oct.-Nov. 1936)

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

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

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

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

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

SOLDIER OF FORTUNE ($25 each postpaid)
October 1931

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

SPICY-DETECTIVE STORIES  ($25 each postpaid)
#1  May 1934
#3  July 1934
#5  September 1934
#6  October 1934
#7  November 1934
#8  December 1934
#9  January 1935
#10 February 1935
#11 March 1935
#12  April 1935
#13 May 1935
#14 June 1935
#15 July 1935
#16 August 1935
#17 September 1935
#18 October 1935
#19 November 1935
#20 December 1935
#21 January 1936
#22 February 1936
#24 April 1936
#25 May 1936
 #26 June 1936
#27 July 1936
#29 September 1936              
#30 October 1936
#31 November 1936
#76 August 1940
 SPICY-MYSTERY STORIES  ($25 each postpaid)
#2  June 1935
#3  July 1935
#4  August 1935
#5  September 1935
#6  October 1935
#7  November 1935
#8  December 1935
#9  January 1936
#10 February 1936
#11 March 1936
#12 April 1936
#13 May 1936
#14 June 1936
#15 July 1936
#16 August 1936
#17 ­ September 1936
#19 November 1936
#20 December 1936
#21 January 1937
#22 February 1937
#23 March 1937
#26 June 1937

SPICY WESTERN STORIES  ($25 each postpaid)
#2   December 1936 
#3   January 1937
#4   February 1937
#14 December 1937 

THE SPIDER  ($35 each postpaid)
#1  The Spider Strikes! (October 1933)
#2  The Wheel of Death (November 1933)
#3  Wings of the Black Death (December 1933)
#4  City of Flaming Shadows (January 1934)
#5  Empire of Doom (February 1934)
#6  Citadel of Hell (March 1934)
#7  Serpent of Destruction (April 1934)
 #8  The Mad Horde (May 1934)
#9  Satan's Death Blast  (June 1934)
#10 The Corpse Cargo  (July 1934)
#11 Prince of the Red Looters (August 1934)
#12 Reign of the Silver Terror (September 1934)
#13  Builders of the Black Empire (October 1934)
#14  Death's Crimson Juggernaut (November 1934)
#15  The Red Death Rain (December 1934)
#16 The City Destroyer (January 1935)
#17 The Pain Emperor  (February 1935)
#18  The Flame Master (March 1935)
#19 Slaves of the Crime Master (April 1935)
#20 Reign of the Death Fiddler (May 1935)
#21 Hordes of the Red Butcher (June 1935)
#22 Dragon Lord of the Underworld (July 1935)
#23 Master of the Death Madness (August 1935)
#24 King of the Red Killers (September 1935)
#25 Overlord of the Damned (October 1935)
#26 Death Reign of the Vampire King (November 1935)
#27 Emperor of the Yellow Death (December 1935)
#28 The Mayor of Hell (January 1936)
#29 Slaves of the Murder Syndicate (February 1936)
#30 Green Globes of Death (March 1936)
#31 The Cholera King (April 1936)
#32 Slaves of the Dragon (May 1936)
#33 Legions of Madness (June 1936)
#34 Laboratory of the Damned (July 1936)
#35 Satan's Sightless Legion (August 1936)
#36 The Coming of the Terror (September 1936)
#37 The Devil's Death Dwarfs (October 1936)
#38 City of Dreadful Night (November 1936)
#39 Reign of the Snake Men (December 1936)
#40 Dictator of the Damned (January 1937)
#41 The Mill-Town Massacres (February 1937)
#42 Satan's Workshop (March 1937)
#43 Scourge of the Yellow Fangs (April 1937)
#44 The Devil's Pawnbroker (May 1937)
#45 Voyage of the Coffin Ship (June 1937)
#46 The Man Who Ruled in Hell (July 1937)
#47 Slaves of the Black Monarch (August 1937)
#48 Machine Guns Over the White House (Sept 1937)
#49 The City That Dared Not Eat (October 1937)
#50 Master of the Flaming Horde (November 1937)
#51 Satan's Switchboard (December 1937)
#52 Legion of the Accursed Light (January 1938)
#53 The City of Lost Men (February 1938)
#54 The Grey Horde Creeps (March 1938)
#55 City of Whispering Death (April 1938)
#56 When Thousands Slept in Hell (May 1938)
#57 Satan's Shackles (June 1938)
#58 The Emperor from Hell (July 1938)
#59  The Devil's Candlesticks (August 1938)
#60  The City That Paid to Die (September 1938)
 #61  The Spider at Bay (October 1938)
#62  Scourge of the Black Legions (November 1938)
#63  The Withering Death (December 1938)
#64  Claws of the Golden Dragon (January 1939)
#65  The Song of Death (February 1939)
#66  The Silver Death Rain (March 1939)
#67  Blight of the Blazing Eye (April 1939)
#68  King of the Fleshless Legion (May 1939)  
 #69  Rule of the Monster Men (June 1939)
#70  The Spider and the Slaves of Hell (July 1939)
#71  The Spider and the Fire God (August 1939)
#72  The Corpse Broker (September 1939)
#73  The Spider and the Eyeless Legion (Oct. 1939)
#74  The Spider and the Faceless One (Nov. 1939)
#75   Satan's Murder Machines (December 1939)

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

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

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

TERROR TALES  ($35 each postpaid)
#1  September 1934
#2  October 1934
#3  November 1934
#4  December 1934
#5  January 1935
#6  February 1935
#7 March1935
#8 April 1935
#9 May 1935
#10 June 1935
#11 July 1935
#12  August 1935
#13  September 1935
#14  October 1935
#15  November 1935
#16  December 1935
#17 January 1936
#18 February 1936
#19 March 1936
#20 April 1936
#21 May 1936
#22 June 1936
#23 July/Aug 1936
#24 Sept-Oct 1936
#25 Nov-Dec 1936
#26 Jan-Feb 1937
#27 March/April 1937
#28 May-June 1937
#29 July-August 1937
#30 September/October 1937

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

WEIRD TALES  ($35 each postpaid)
#1  March 1923
#2  April 1923
#3  May1923
#4  June 1923
#5  July/August 1923
#6  September 1923
#7  October 1923
#8   November 1923
#9   December 1923/January 1924 
#10  February 1924
#11  March 1924
#12  April 1924
#13  Anniversary Issue May/June/July/24 ($50)
#14  November 1924 - One of the rarest WT's
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#16  January 1925
#17 February 1925
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#173 June 1938
Last Months Replicas


Gotham Pulp Collectors Club - December 10, 2011!
Gotham Pulp Collectors Club is a club for pulp collectors to meet in the NYC/Metro area.
It meets the 2nd Saturday of every month.

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

Hard Case Crime - Coming in 2012!

February 2012
THE COMEDY IS FINISHED by Donald E. Westlake
Cover art by Gregory Manchess

The year is 1977, and America is finally getting over the nightmares of Watergate and Vietnam and the national hangover that was the 1960s. But not everyone is ready to let it go. Not aging comedian Koo Davis, friend to generals and presidents and veteran of countless USO tours to buck up American troops in the field. And not the five remaining members of the self-proclaimed People’s Revolutionary Army, who’ve decided that kidnapping Koo Davis would be the perfect way to bring their cause back to life...
April 2012
BLOOD ON THE MINK by Robert Silverberg
Cover art by Michael Koelsch

Somewhere in Philadelphia, a master engraver is turning out brilliant forgeries of U.S. currency plates for organized crime. To bring the operation down from the inside, the government sends an agent undercover posing as a West Coast crime lord’s right-hand man. It’s a dangerous game of impersonation—one that could prove fatal when the agent’s secret begins to unravel...

Unavailable for half a century and never before published in book form, BLOOD ON THE MINK features a new afterword by the author discussing the novel’s origins in the pages of one of the last surviving pulp magazines—plus two of Silverberg’s short stories from the pulps, also appearing for the first time in more than 50 years.
May 2012
69 BARROW STREET / STRANGE EMBRACE by Lawrence Block
Cover art by Robert McGinnis
69 BARROW STREET:
Greenwich Village: home to every form of depravity and perversion known to man...or woman.

It’s on the streets of the Village that Ralph met Stella—but what started as a love affair between a painter and his seductive muse has become torment as he’s found himself drawn into her world of cruel pleasures. It's a tinderbox of hatred and desire—and when beautiful Susan Rivers moves into their apartment building, tempting Ralph and Stella both, it’s set to ignite.

From dim waterfront bars to the movie houses of Times Square, from nights in rat-trap hotel rooms to drug-fueled orgies in ground-floor apartments, no one can bring 1960s New York to life like Edgar Award winner Lawrence Block. And in this early tale of psychological suspense—unavailable for fifty years and never before published under his real name—readers will discover a harrowing portrait of men and women pushed to their limits and beyond. It’s a double shot of darkness as only Lawrence Block can deliver it.

STRANGE EMBRACE:
They say the show must go on—but in the case of Broadway’s next sensation, A Touch of Squalor, someone’s out to make sure the show never opens. And when threats don’t do the trick, a straight razor to the throat just might.

It’s a case for the NYPD...but with a mysterious killer targeting his cast, producer Johnny Lane can’t just wait in the wings. There’s a Playbill full of suspects, giving Johnny the casting challenge of his career: who to put in the role of murderer, when the wrong call could bring down the curtain on his show—or his life!

Published here for the first time in half a century—and the first time ever under the author’s real name—STRANGE EMBRACE is one of MWA Grand Master Lawrence Block’s earliest detective novels. And for fans of Block’s whodunits who want to see where it all began, it’s cause for a standing ovation.
June 2012!
FALSE NEGATIVE by Joseph Koenig
Cover art by Glen Orbik

JOSEPH KOENIG RETURNS—WITH HIS FIRST NEW NOVEL IN 20 YEARS!

Newspaperman Adam Jordan’s byline ran above two big articles in the early editions. One of them got him fired. The other landed him a job writing true crime pieces for Real Detective magazine. The story he’s working on now—a beauty contestant found strangled on an Atlantic City beach—is one that boardwalk power brokers would rather see covered up then covered. And if Adam keeps digging, he may find that he’s digging his own grave...

First publication ever! 



Hermes Press -  Arriving in comic shops December 7th!
Hermes Press has announced the first volume in an 8-volume set of deluxe hard cover collections of the Silver Age The Phantom comic books published by Gold Key starting in 1962.  The Phantom comic book reprint series will span 15 years and encompass 17 Gold Key comics, 11 King Phantom comics, and all 45 Charlton Phantom issues.
 
The Phantom The Complete Series: The Gold Key Years: Volume One reprints The Phantom #1 through #8; cover artwork by George Wilson; interior artwork by Bill Lignante; stories by Bill Harris.

ISBN #978-1-61345-005-5; 7.5 by 10 by 1.25 inches
full color; deluxe hardcover with dustjacket and printed cover with endpapers; 256 pages; historical essay; $49.99.
 




H.P. LOVECRAFT: THE DUNWICH HORROR #3 (OF 4)
Arriving in comic shops December 7th!
Joe R. Lansdale (Writer), Peter Bergting (Art), menton3 (Colors)

The limits of sanity are stretched as the horror continues! After gaining access to the fabled Necronomicon, four young friends attempt to harness its power to stop the cosmic horror they have unleashed upon an unsuspecting world. A new vision of the most famous H.P. Lovecraft story continues, courtesy of Joe R. Lansdale and company!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99

iPulpFiction.com - New the week of December 4 - 10!



WEIRD HORROR TALES: OFF THE HOOK by Michael Vance
1949 — State Senator (and Azrealite) David Block goes fishing on the useless lake created by a boondoggled dam that buried Lost City, the ghetto of Light’s End, and a dirty secret under murky waters.[ Publisher: Airship 27 - 4,100 words - 50¢]
From the APRIL 1941 issue of Astonishing Stories:  IMP OF THE THEREMIN by Ray Cummings
Born and bred in an Amati violin played by the Immortals of music, the transition to a theremin playing in a red-hot orchestra was too much even for an imp![ Publisher: Black Mask Magazine - 4,900 words - 50¢]
From the OCT 1934 issue of Terror Tales: FROM OUT THE SHADOWS by Frances Bragg Middleton
It was hard for Shelley Reeves, city-bred, not to fear the musty, superstitious legends of that bleak bayou land where her husband’s people dwelt. [5,200 words - 75¢ ]

John Carter of Mars
Movie trailer now online!

Earlier this week, Disney released the movie trailer for
JOHN CARTER coming March 9, 2012!
Click on the image or link below to view the trailer.

If you want some screen captures,
the ERBzine website has them. 

I have to admit that it looks pretty awesome, so I am keeping my fingers crossed that the film lives up to its promise.

    Disney

Laurie's Wild West - Now online!
WILD WEST WEEKLY - United Kingdom Issues - New!
Pulps A-Z: The Letter O - New!
Pulps A-Z: The Letter N
Pulps A-Z: The Letter M
The History of DIME NOVEL ROUND-UP
PULPS A-Z: Letters K and L  
For Halloween - a Video of Weird Tales Covers
Pulps A - Z: The J's
Moonstone Books: THE SPIDER: The Iron Man War GN
Arriving in comic shops December 7th!
Story: Norvell W. Page, Howard Hopkins,
Art/cover: J. Anthony Kosar

A story so action packed, that it wouldn’t be fair to have anyone wait to read it as separate issues!

THE SPIDER—cloaked, fanged nightmare in black—delivers swift justice with a pair of .45 automatics. Midnight shadows cast doom over exclusive Sutton Place—under attack by new evil in terror warfare—a sinister criminal mastermind in power armor named The Iron Man!

A Wide-Vision graphic novel by award-winning painter J. Anthony Kosar, based on the novel published in the December 1939 issue of THE SPIDER magazine!

Read the story that Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster used for a 1940 SUPERMAN comic strip and that Stan Lee/Larry Lieber used for the 1963 story in TALES OF SUSPENSE #39!!

66 pages, greyscaled painted b/w, squarebound, $7.99

Off-Trail Publications
Now available!

If She Only Had a Machine Gun: Crime Stories by Richard Credicott
Introduction by Dave Credicott
Edited by John Locke & Rob Preston

For the first time, we’re able to offer a complete pulp career in a single volume. Richard Credicott’s first story appeared in October 1929, unlucky timing indeed. Over the next few years, he struggled to make the pulp racket pay. His best work appeared in the gang pulps and ranks with the very best to be found there, wildly entertaining stories of mob mayhem and intrigue. His specialty was the molls, the tough chicks who gave the ultra-violent gangster life the touch of spice that made it all worthwhile.

This volume includes all eighteen of Richard Credicott’s stories, published from 1929-33, in MOBS, THE UNDERWORLD, RACKETEER STORIES, GANGLAND STORIES, DETECTIVE-DRAGNET, DIME DETECTIVE, and others. Included is a complete biography of Credicott’s life and writing career, offering rare insights into the ups and downs of the pulp-magazine world of the early Depression. 		   
Until this time, there were no known living relatives of any of the gang-pulp authors. In fact, it’s exceedingly difficult to discover even the most basic information about this mostly obscure group. Therefore, it was a complete surprise and an unexpected privilege to meet Richard’s son, Dave Credicott, who enthusiastically provided an introduction to this volume, counterpointing the history with reminiscences of his father.

All of which makes this volume a unique contribution to pulp history.
6x9-inch perfect bound; 360 pages, $20.00 postpaid
Check or Money Order to:
Off-Trail Publications
2036 Elkhorn Rd.
Castroville, CA 95012
Or:
PayPal: offtrail@redshift.com

Checkout  earlier titles by clicking on the link below.

Pulp Empire - Open call for submissions!

Since 2010, Pulp Empire publishing has created quarterly anthologies featuring dozens of stories by new pulp authors. The success of the recent Pirates & Swashbucklers anthology leads in to Pulp Empire’s publishing initiative for 2012: new anthologies backed by a cohesive theme!

First, Pulp Empire introduces the world to Heroes of Mars. The new anthology offers writers a chance to tell tales in the world of Barsoom, the now public domain world originally created by writer Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1912. Stories will tell tales from all over Burroughs’ sword and science saga. Submissions are due on December 31, 2011.

Modern Pulp Heroes has a concept as straight forward as its title. The anthology will feature stories of true blue pulp heroes but placed in a modern 21st century setting. Characters don’t have to be masked, but Pulp Empire wants to see a real high adventure setting with heroes in a contemporary setting. Submissions are due on March 15, 2012.

Today we also announce our third anthology, Aliens Among Us. This anthology will focus on This book will feature tales of humans in any non-future setting as they learn that aliens exist and very well walk among us. This can take the form of alien invasion scenarios, abductions, friendships or whatever an author sees their human/alien relationship to be. Submissions are due on April 30, 2012.

For details on all these anthologies, please visit Pulp Empire’s submissions page.


Pulps 1st - Pulp U. S. Postage Stamps are now available!

Make each letter a special delivery!
Put a personal touch on your mail, or share this useful gift with friends and family.
Zazzle’s custom stamps are especially perfect for standard letters and larger envelopes.

These are legal U.S. Postal Service Postage Stamps and may be used as regular postage stamps.
They come in sheets of 20 and you can get quantity discounts with multiple sheets combining the different stamps.

Three sizes are available:
Small, 1.8" x 1.3" -  $22.55 (Only $19.55 in bulk! )
Medium, 2.1" x 1.3" - $24.05 (Only $20.05 in bulk! )
Large, 2.5" x 1.5" - $25.55 (Only $20.55 in bulk! )

The following four designs are now available with more on the way!

Peril Press - More new Kindle titles are now available!
Demons of the Sea by William Hope Hodgson
The Habitants of Middle Islet by William Hope Hodgson
Bride of the Ape by Harold Ward
The Terror of the Water-Tank by William Hope Hodgson
The Thing in the Weeds by William Hope Hodgson
The Baumoff Explosive by William Hope Hodgson
Death Mates for the Lust-Lost by Hugh J Gallagher
Stolen Story by Johnston McCulley
Terror Panics the Crime Quiz by David X Manners
A Tropical Horror by William Hope Hodgson
The Derelict by William Hope Hodgson
Jack Grey, Second Mate by William Hope Hodgson
The Real Thing by William Hope Hodgson
The Stone Ship by William Hope Hodgson
A Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson
Cloud Wizard by David Goodis
The Passing of Muff by Paul W. Gallico
The Blackout Murders by David X Manners
The Cop in the Corner by David Goodis
The Corpse in the Cage by David X Manners
The Corpse Talks by David X Manners
Fifty-Grand Funeral by David X Manners
Killer Ace by David Goodis
Skulls and Debts: 3 Thrilling Pulp Fiction Shorts by Will Garth
His Kind of Hellion by Johnston McCulley
Plumb Amusing by Jackson Cole
Ranger Riding In (Navajo Raine) by Jackson Cole
Ranger's Last Laugh (Navajo Raine) by Jackson Cole
Texan Rides the Trouble Trail by Johnston McCulley


Pulp Magazines Project - Now online!
The Pulp Magazines Project is an open-access digital archive dedicated to the study and preservation of one of the twentieth century's most influential literary & artistic forms: the all-fiction pulpwood magazine. The Project also provides information on the history of this important but long neglected medium, along with biographies of pulp authors, artists, and their publishers.

At the heart of the Project's mission is the archive itself. In summer 2011, it began with a modest library of five representative first-generation pulp titles from the early twentieth century. Over time, the archive will expand, new magazines will be digitized, and contextual materials added. Eventually, the archive will feature a broad range of pre-1923 titles, post-1923 titles where copyright has lapsed, and full volume runs of select titles from 1896 to 1946.

The Project is dedicated to fostering ties between communities of collectors, fans, and academics devoted to pulp magazines, and will offer opportunities for research and collaboration to both scholars and enthusiasts alike. We will provide information on upcoming conferences and conventions, and promote new working relationships between academics and the hundreds of pulp fans and collectors beyond the college and university.
Pulp Newsgroups - Now online!
There are numerous pulp newsgroups that are of potential interest to pulp fans. 
Information on several of these groups and a link to sign up is posted below.

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

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

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

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

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

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

H.R. Haggard: This group is dedicated to one of the greatest of adventure/fantasy writers , H.R. Haggard.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/masterofadventureriderhaggard/

Justice Inc.: This group is dedicated to the [1940's pulp version] of Richard Benson and his group of crime fighting adventurers , Justice Inc. Everything about this group can be discussed [ comics, pulps, radio shows, paperbacks, current news]also if anyone is interested in Paul Ernst---In the roaring heart of the crucible...... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JUSTICEINC/

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

Pulp Fiction Uncensored: is for all fans of Pulp Fiction!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pulp_Fiction_Uncensored/

PulpMags: If you're interested in the old pulp magazines, this forum is the place to be. We deal with OLD pulps only! If you're looking for something dealing with modern "pulp fiction" style writing, you'd be bored here.This moderated list is setup along the lines of PEAPS, the Pulp Era Amateur Press Society, and all pulp fans across the world are welcome. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpMags/

Pulp Swap Group:  Place your swappable pulps and digest, plus wants, in the file section or individual messages. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpSwap/

REH Comics Group: This group is dedicated to the characters created by Robert E Howard that have appeared in comic book form from Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Cross Plains Comics, Dynamite Entertainment etc. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheREHcomicsgroup/

Vintage Paperbacks:  A forum for readers and collectors of classic paperback books, primarily from the "vintage era" of 1939 to 1960 (roughly speaking). Ace Doubles, Dell Mapbacks, L.A. Bantams, Gold Medal, Avon, Handibooks, and many more - we cover them all. Discussion of all genres is welcome and we particularly want to hear about any rare and unusual paperbacks or stories *about* paperbacks that you might be able to share. We discuss the cover artists, the writers, the publishers, and anyone and everyone connected with the great world of vintage paperback books. Read a great old book lately? Come on in and tell us about it! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VintagePaperbacks/

Western Pulps: This list is dedicated to the discussion of Western pulp magazines -- the characters, the authors, the stories, the paperback reprints, and anything else connected with Western pulps. Though the primary emphasis is on pulps, we also discuss non-pulp Western novels, movies, comics, etc. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WesternPulps/
Pulp Obscura - Writers and First Quarter Publishing Schedule Announced!
Pro Se Productions, a leading Publisher in the New Pulp Movement, and Altus Press, the foremost Publisher of quality Pulp reprints and new works such as THE WILD ADVENTURES OF DOC SAVAGE, announced a partnership in November, and revealed today specifics to what has become known as the PULP OBSCURA Imprint. 

The concept behind Pulp Obscura is that Altus Press and Pro Se Press will work in conjunction to produce related products.   When Altus Press publishes specially selected titles featuring rare and largely forgotten Pulp characters’ original stories, Pro Se will bring together the best writers of New Pulp today and simultaneously release a collection of newly written tales starring the same character. This stunning partnership will showcase both the classic adventures of some of pulp's lost treasures while simultaneously allowing New Pulp's finest to bring those characters back to life.

“This,” Tommy Hancock, Partner in and Editor-in-Chief of Pro Se Productions, “is no easy task.  First to provide New Pulp stories, brand new exciting adventures of rare classic Pulp Characters and to coordinate that with Altus Press.  But then finding the write creators, the authors who can breathe new life into these concepts and on top of that, deciding and planning which books will come out in the coming year.  It’s a heck of a task and one that has been rewarding on so many levels.”

Thirteen books in the Pulp Obscura line from Pro Se have been planned.   At least eight of these will be timed to release simultaneously with the reprinted adventures of the same characters as produced by Altus Press.  Five more will be published by Pro Se that will feature characters Altus Press has already published the available adventures of in the past. 

“We are extremely proud,” Hancock stated, “to be able to announce a fantastic line up of writers for Pulp Obscura.  Some of the creators involved are well known figures in the Pulp Community, others are prestigious in other genres and literary fields, and there’s even a blossoming new author or two thrown in the mix.  It shows a project has great promise when you as a Publisher simply put a call out for authors who might be interested in participating and you get not only a flood of interest, but also writers who stay on through the selection process of what will be written and who will write it.   Pulp Obscura could not have a better line up of creators for both their skill and their commitment.”

 "It's going to be great to see this new material. Interest in the series has been huge and the enthusiasm by the writers will certainly result in plenty of enjoyable reads," added Matt Moring, publisher of Altus Press. "I cannot recall such a publishing plan ever in the history of the pulp community."
The writers involved in the Pulp Obscura Line in 2012 are:
Howard Hopkins  
Derrick Ferguson
Nick Alhelm   
Ian Watson    
Lee Houston, Jr.  
Don Thomas   
Frank Schildiner 
Andrea Judy 
Ashley Mangin   
Terry Alexander  
Andrew Hind   
 Allan Gilbreath
Joshua Reynolds  
Jon Edward Klement 
Teel James Glenn  
Chuck Miller  
Adam L. Garcia   
Mike Bullock
C. William Russette 
Russ Anderson  
BC Bell   
Stefan Dogaru 
 Barry Reese
Andrew Salmon
Bobby Nash
Nancy Hansen
R. P. Steeves
Van Allen Plexico
Sean Taylor
Phil Bledsoe
Brad Mengel
James Palmer
Kevin Noel Olson
      
Just as exciting and important as the lineup of writers involved in PULP OBSCURA is the list of characters and volumes that the Imprint will have in 2011.  There are 13 planned volumes from Pro Se for the first year of PULP OBSCURA and the books, along with the writers contributing to them for the first quarter of the year include-

THE NEW ADVENTURES OF RICHARD KNIGHT VOLUME ONE
Adventures of a daring pilot/detective who encounters lost worlds and oddities galore!
Writers: Josh Reynolds, Barry Reese, Adam Garcia, Ian Watson, Frank Schildiner, and Terry Alexander

THE NEW ADVENTURES OF THE EAGLE VOLUME ONE
Classic Two Fisted Spy Stories! Pulpy Espionage and Intrigue!
Writers: Rich Steeves, Bobby Nash, Teel James Glenn, Lee Houston, Jr., Ashley Mangin, and Nick Alhelm

PRICE OF THE MISSIONARY’S GOLD: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF ARMLESS ONEIL VOLUME ONE
Classic Pulp Adventure in Exotic Lands seeking Treasure and Action! And with a Tough as Nails Hook Handed Hero!
Writers: Sean Taylor, Rich Steeves, Ian Watson, Chuck Miller, Andrew Hind, and Nick Alhelm

THE NEW ADVENTURES OF THE GRIFFON VOLUME ONE
Thrill to the adventures of Kerry Keen, the masked hero known as The Griffon! High Flying Escapades in the Pursuit of Justice!
Writers: Don Thomas, Rich Steeves, Chuck Miller, Van Plexico, Phil Bledsoe, and Stefan Dogaru

THE NEW ADVENTURES OF THUNDER JIM WADE VOLUME ONE
Globe Spanning Adventures into the Darkest, Strangest Corners of the World with A Hero Like No Other!
Writers: Barry Reese, Andrew Salmon, Ashley Mangin, Nick Alhelm, Andrew Hind, and Frank Schildiner

THE CASES OF MAJOR LACY VOLUME ONE
Follow The Major and his intrepid team of men as they take on crimes and criminals No One Else Can Stop!
Writers: C. William Russette, Andrew Salmon, Bobby Nash, Andrew Hind, Don Thomas, and Rich Steeves

“At least seven more titles will follow later in 2012 in the Pulp Obscura line,” Hancock stated.  “We are immensely excited not only to be a part of something so great, but also because of the fantastic response this concept has received. We hope everyone joins Altus and Pro Se for the wild roller coaster ride into Pulp Obscura!”
PULPED! - The Official New Pulp Podcast! - New podcast now available online!
Episode 18: Bobby Nash - New!  
PULPED! for the first time live on www.tmvcafe.com!  Tommy, Ron, and Derrick welcome prolific comic and book author Bobby Nash to talk about his latest novel, the work he's done and doing, and the general impact he's had on New Pulp!
Episode 17: CHALLENGER STORM
Episode 16: Derrick Ferguson Part 2
Episode 15: Derrick Ferguson: FOUR BULLETS FOR DILLON
Episode 14: Memphis Science and Fantasy Convention
Episode 13: Author Kevin Hearne and THE IRON DRUID CHRONICLES
Episode 12: Richard Lee Byers 'THE IMPOSTOR' Gets PULPED!
Episode 11: David Liss, Writer of MYSTERY MEN Talks new Pulp Comics!
PulpWork Press: The Gantlet Brothers Greatest Hits - Now available!

From the broken and dusty terrain of Egypt's Qattara Depression to the grimy underbelly of New York City, erstwhile rock musicians and guns for hire, the Gantlet Brothers, use charm, blades, bullets, and fists to plow a path through amorous starlets with ill intentions, bounty hunters, a deranged serial killer and terrorists hell-bent on bringing down nuclear annihilation. These are the Gantlet Brothers' greatest hits collected for the first time and including two never before published stories.

* Paperback: 264 pages
* ISBN-10: 0615494730
* ISBN-13: 978-0615494739
* Hard Copy $11.95, Kindle $2.99, Nook $2.99


Robert Weinberg - New Martin Greenberg Catalog available!
The new Martin Greenberg Catalog has over 400 books of interest to the collector. 
This is just a few of the 10,000 approximate books in stock from the Greenberg library. 
There is NO paper catalog, the catalog is only available by email.
If you are interested in the catalog, please send an email to Robert Weinberg.
Place the words GREENBERG CATALOG in the subject line.
Rough Edges - Now online!
Forgotten Books: The Further Adventures of Zorro - Johnston McCulley - New!

Note: This title is available from Beb Books!


Coming soon!

The Eternal Savage based on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ THE ETERNAL SAVAGE as adapted by Martin Powell and illustrated by Steven E Gordon. Authorized by ERB, Inc. and published by Sequential Pulp/Dark Horse Comics. Artwork © Steven E Gordon

Tellers of Weird Tales - Now online!
Terence Hanley has created a blog in which he researches and writes about the contributors to Weird Tales magazine and its companion titles, Oriental Stories and The Magic Carpet Magazine.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) - New!
Weird Tales on Film: Thriller
Minnie Faegre Knox (1886-1980)
Harry Irving Shumway (1883-1974)
Who Wrote the Most Letters in Weird Tales?
Who Wrote the Most Poems for Weird Tales?
Who Wrote the Most Stories for Weird Tales?
Weird Tales on Film
Weird Tales and World War I
Gretta (1904-1988)
Jay Wilmer Benjamin (1902-1977)


Upcoming Modern Hero - Pulp Novels by Christopher R. Yates
(New publications to the list are in bold)

Now available!
The Society of Steam, Book 2: Hearts of Smoke & Steam, Andrew Mayer, Pyr, $16.00, November 22, 2011
Final Crisis: The Novel, Greg Cox, Ace, $7.99, November 29, 2011

Coming soon!
Wild Cards II: Aces High, ed. George R.R. Martin, Tor, $15.99, December 20, 2011
Invasion: Book 1 of the Secret World Chronicle, Mercedes Lackey, et al., Baen, $7.99, December 27, 2011
Empire State, Adam Christopher, Angry Robot, $12.99, December 27, 2011
Wayne of Gotham, Tracy Hickman, It Books, $26.99, January 17, 2012
After the Golden Age, Carrie Vaughn, Tor, $7.99, January 31, 2012
The Plain Man [Max August], Steve Englehart, Tor, $7.99, January 31, 2012 
World Divided: Bk. 2 of the Secret World Chronicle, Mercedes Lackey, et al., Baen, $25.00, February 7, 2012
Costume Not Included: To Hell and Back, Book 2  Matthew Hughes, Angry Robot, $7.99, March 27, 2012
Pax Britannia: Pax Omega, Al Ewing, Abaddon Books, $9.99, April 17, 2012
Bitter Seeds, Ian Tregillis, Tor, $7.99, April 24, 2012
Wild Cards XXI: Fort Freak, ed. George R.R. Martin, Tor, $7.99, April 24, 2012
Pax Britannia: Time’s Arrow, Jonathan Green, Abaddon Books, $9.99,  May 2012
The Arena Man [Max August], Steve Englehart, Tor, $24.99, June 2012
Changeling, Kelly Meding, Pocket Books, $7.99, June 26, 2012
The Coldest War, Ian Tregillis, Tor, $25.99, July 17, 2012
Seven Wonders, Adam Christopher, Angry Robot, $12.99, December 12, 2012


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