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The 2014 Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention (#14)
THE WESTIN LOMBARD YORKTOWN CENTER
Lombard, Illinois
April 25 (Friday) - April 27 (Sunday), 2014
 
 

PULPS - PAPERBACKS - ORIGINAL ART - MOVIE MEMORABILIA
OLD TIME RADIO - SCIENCE FICTION - POPULAR CULTURE
GOOD OLD STUFF!

CELEBRATING THE WESTERN PULPS & THE MALTESE FALCON – BLACK MASK – DETECTIVE PULPS

The Film Schedule has been posted!
Click here to check it out!

Panel Discussions for New Pulp Sunday have been posted!
Click here to check it out!

LOCATION
THE WESTIN LOMBARD YORKTOWN CENTER
70 Yorktown Center
Lombard, IL 60148
Hotel Phone # (888) 627-9031
www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/index.html
Please mention the con when booking rooms!

MEMBERSHIPS
Memberships are $35 for all three days, $25 for Friday only, $25 for Saturday only, and $10 for Sunday only.  We are also offering Early Bird Admission for non-dealers for $60, which is a three day membership which allows entry to the dealer room on Friday at 10 a.m. (which is one hour after dealer setup begins and two hours before the con generally opens to the public).  Ages 13 & under are free.  Please note that we can now accept payments online through paypal (account register@windycitypulpandpaper.com).  Also, this year we are the same weekend as Chicago’s large comic show, C2E2 – to help try and attract attendees from C2E2, we’re offering $5 off any one day admission if you show your C2E2 badge!

DEALER INFO
Dealer setup begins Friday at 8:30 a.m. – the dealer room is open to the public from 11:00 a.m. - 5 p.m. Friday (9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Early Bid Admission), 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sunday.  For dealers, tables are 6’ long.  Each table includes: 1 tablecloth and 2 chairs.  Wall tables are $90 and island tables are $80.  The dealer room will have around 150 tables.  Each dealer and dealer’s helper must also buy a regular 3 day membership ($35).

PROGRAM BOOK
All attendees will receive a program book, containing pulp articles and reprints. To advertise in the program book, rates are: full page ads $70 (4 1/8" x 6.75"), half page $40 (4 1/8" x 3 3/8"), business card size $25 (3.25" x 2").  The deadline for submitting and paying for ads is March 15, 2014.  Please contact Tom Roberts at tom.roberts2@comcast.net for ad and other program book matters (other than payment).

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

AUCTIONS
We will have 2 auctions, Friday (from the estate of Jerry Weist as well as material from the files of noted collector Bob Weinberg – including C.L. Moore’s typwritten draft of “Black God’s Kiss” – and the Munsey/Popular Publications files) and Saturday nights.

PULP FILM FEST
Our Pulp Film Fest shows old movies based on pulp stories.  More info, including the schedule, will be posted on the website closer to the con.  The Pulp Film Fest is organized by Ed Hulse and sponsored by Blood ‘N’ Thunder magazine.

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

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

HOTEL
For our fourteenth show, for the seventh year in a row we’re at the Westin Lombard, in the Western suburbs of Chicago.  The Westin is located about 20 minutes SW of O’Hare Airport and about a half hour West of Midway Airport.  Room rates are $111/night (to get the con rate, you must book by 5:00 p.m. Central time on April 7, 2014!).  Parking is free.  The hotel is in the midst of a shopping and restaurant corridor – it’s adjacent (within walking distance) to Yorktown Mall and about a mile from Oak Brook Shopping Center.  For those with families, it’s also only 7 miles from the Brookfield Zoo, one of the nation’s top zoos.  Movie theaters are also a short walk away.  And if you like to gamble, the Aurora River Boat is about 10 miles away.  If you are flying in and not renting a car, please check the website for details on various cab companies and shuttle services that offer fixed price transportation to and from the hotel.  Please mention the con when booking rooms.

FOR INFO ON THE CON, PLEASE CONTACT
Doug Ellis, 13 Spring Lane, Barrington Hills, IL 60010, 847-217-4241
info@windycitypulpandpaper.com

 
18th Annual Fantastic Pulps Show & Sale
Saturday, May 10, 2014, 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.
Lower level (just east of Spadina)


25 dealers’ tables crammed with vintage pulp, pulp reprints, vintage paperbacks and posters as well as other ephemera.
Plus a half-hour pulp magazine cover slide show. A great time for both serious pulp collectors as well as the casually interested.
Lots of great stuff to see!

Only $3! Tickets available at the door, kids under 10 admitted free with adult.

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.



59th Michigan Antiquarian Book & Paper Show -  April 6, 2014!
Lansing Center
333 E. Michigan Ave.
Lansing, Michigan

$4.50 admission
Children 13 and under free

The Antiquarian Book & Paper Show is the largest book and paper show in the Midwest, averaging over 70 exhibitors and one million old, rare, and collectible book and paper items for sale.

The Michigan Antiquarian Book & Paper Show

Airship 27 Productions
  THE GREEN GHOST RETURNS
Available now!


Airship 27 Productions is happy to announce the release of our latest classic pulp anthology featuring one of the most exciting pulp heroes ever; George Chance -THE GREEN GHOST! 

Former stage magician, George Chance, by various twists of fate, becomes an eerie vigilante to help the police solve baffling, unique mysteries.  He is aided by his loyal crew made up of former glamour girl, Merry White, circus little man, Tiny Tim Terry, former bookmaker and gambler Joe Harper and Glenn Saunders, a novice magician who is his identical double.

“Initially, this series was published under the title, The Ghost, recalls Airship 27 Managing Editor, Ron Fortier.  “It was only later, after several painted cover portrayed the Ghost having a green skull face that the title was changed.  But that wasn’t the end of it.  It seems there was still another earlier Green Ghost in the pulps.  Written by Johnston McCuley, this Irish themed avenger wore a green hood over his head and was a typical crime fighting hero.  The magic background in George Chance’s career is what set him apart in a very cool way.”

Created by writer G.T. Fleming-Roberts, the Green Ghost and his team battled all manner of villainy in some of the most macabre pulp adventures ever recorded.  Now Chance & Company are back in four brand new tales as chronicled by a quarter of today’s finest New Pulp writers; Michael Panush, Greg Hatcher, B.C. Bell and Erwin K. Roberts.  In these pages the Green Ghost will face a giant mechanical monster on a long abandoned boardwalk, attempt to solve the murder of his old mentor and uncover a ring of foreign saboteurs using radio frequencies to carry out their missions of terror and destruction.

With art by the amazing Zachary Brunner and designs by Pulp Factory Award Winner, Rob Davis, George Chance – THE GREEN GHOST is another foray into the exciting world of the classic pulps.  Here are pulp thrills and spills showcasing one of the most original pulp heroes ever invented.  Brought to you by Airships 27 Productions, the new home of High Adventure.


Airship 27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!


Airship 27 Productions
  BARRY BASKERVILLE RETURNS
Available now!


Last year, Airship 27 Productions released its first ever childrens’ pulp title, “Barry Baskerville Solves A Case,” by writer Richard Kellogg and artist Gary Kato.  It introduced the world to ten year old Barry Baskerville, a determined lad, who wants to grow up to be just like his hero, the Great Detective Sherlock Holmes.

Now Airship 27 Productions is thrilled to announce the second book in the series, “Barry Baskerville Returns,” again by the same creative team of Kellogg and Kato.  Once again, the town of Watsonville’s most colorful citizen, young Barry Baskerville, continues his day to day activities as he does his best to emulate Sherlock Holmes.  But sometimes Barry’s eagerness becomes too much for his family, friend and teachers and they become very annoyed with his antics.

Can the enthusiastic boy detective overcome their resistance and once again win them over with his devotion to logical thinking and his marvelous talent for puzzle solving?  It appears Barry has a real challenge ahead of him this time.

“The first book was such a huge success for us,” reports Airship 27 Productions’ Managing Editor, Ron Fortier.  “When Richard told us he had another story to tell, we jumped on it on instantly.  The critical reviews from parents and Holmes fan for that initial offering were tremendous and we are only to happy to bring our readers more of this fun, educational series.”

And once again, Hawaiian artist Gary Kato delivers truly beautiful illustrations whose cartoon styling meshes perfectly with Kellogg’s likeable young detective.  Add designs by award winning Art Director, Rob Davis, and “Barry Baskerville Returns,” is sure to delight both old and young readers everywhere.



Airship 27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!


Altus Press
Now available!

by John Lawrence
 Introduction by Ed Hulse

 
New York-based private investigator Cass Blue is a morally flexible tough guy who backs up his hard-boiled rhetoric with frequent applications of the blackjack he carries in a hip pocket. No case is too seedy or sordid for him to take, and he’s capable of taking as much as he dishes out when it’s necessary. The cops don’t trust him much more than they do the criminals, but that doesn’t keep him from giving clients full value for their retainers. With the dubious assistance of speakeasy owner Al Lascoine, Cass sasses and slugs his way through a succession of Depression-era adventures.

The Cass Blue yarns are related in the first person by stylish pulp writer John Lawrence, who guides his protagonist through a maze of conventional plots and countless gunfights. What the series lacks in polish and innovation, it makes up for with vigorous action and the tough-as-nails attitude that gave Dime Detective the distinctive flavor that made it the most important crime pulp excepting the legendary Black Mask.


Contains the following stories:
“The Bloodstone”
 “The Corpse Was Cold”
 “The Corpse Control”
 “Calling All Cars!”

Hardcover - $34.95
Softcover - Sale Price: $22.45 (Regular Price: $24.95)
Ebook - $4.99

FREE SHIPPING ON SOFTCOVER EDITIONS!


Altus Press
Also available!

by D.L. Champion
 Introduction by Ed Hulse

 
Brilliant, decisive, and hard-charging, Deputy Inspector Allhoff was the NYPD’s ace detective until bullets from a mobster’s machine gun robbed him of his legs, his career, and—in the opinion of an associate—his sanity. Yet Allhoff was too good a man to be put out to pasture, so New York’s police commissioner found a way to keep him employed and refer to him such cases as the department couldn’t or wouldn’t handle. Confined to a wheelchair and operating from a seedy tenement flat, Allhoff is assisted by two cops: Battersly, the rookie patrolman whose brief moment of cowardice cost the inspector his legs, and Simmons, the bitter career cop who detests Allhoff but sticks with the embittered cripple to protect his own pension.
 Created by D.L. Champion, Inspector Allhoff denied most conventions of detective-pulp fiction. He could never be confused for one of Raymond Chandler’s knights errant, trudging down those mean streets. Allhoff was no Rover Boy in trench coat and fedora. He was, in fact, a sadist and a psychopath. With 30 entries published between 1938 and 1946, the Allhoff series was among the most popular and long-lived to appear in Dime Detective, the prestigious crime pulp second only to the legendary Black Mask in its impact on the genre.

Contains the following stories:
 “Footprints on a Brain”
 “I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead”
“Lock the Death House Door!”
 “Cover the Corpse’s Eyes”
 “Dead and Dumb”
 “A Corpse for Christmas”
 “Sergeants Should Never Sleep”
“Turn in Your Badge!”
 “There Was a Crooked Man”
 “Suicide in Blue”

Hardcover - $39.95
Softcover - 
Sale Price: $26.96 (Regular Price: $29.95)
Ebook - $4.99

FREE SHIPPING ON SOFTCOVER EDITIONS!





Altus Press

Coming soon!

The Dime Detective Library

FREE SHIPPING ON SOFTCOVER EDITIONS!






Finally available as an ebook - exclusively at Altus Press!

For the first time in print, Rick Lai's Chronology of Shadows (his timeline of the pulp character The Shadow) has been updated & assembled in an easy-to-navigate package.
 It's the first volume in our The History of The Shadow series.
 


The Book Cave - New podcast now available online!
Episode 275:  Jim Beard Returns
Ric and Art welcome Jim Beard back to the Book Cave to chat about his new book, Sgt. Janus Returns.

Episode 274: ERB Comic Strips 
Episode 273: The Omega Station
Episode 272: The Return of Ginger and...
Episode 271: Matt Madigan

Episode 270: Stephen Payne's Secret Agent X
Episode 269: Wayne Greenough
Clark Ashton Smith: THE DARK EIDOLON AND OTHER FANTASIES - Now available!
A much-awaited collection of prose and poetry from one of the great cosmic masters of the supernatural

Not just any fantasy, horror, and science fiction author could impress H. P. Lovecraft into calling him “unexcelled by any other writer, dead or living” or compel Fritz Lieber to employ the worthy term sui generis. Clark Ashton Smith—autodidact, prolific poet, amateur philosopher, bizarre sculptor, and unmatched storyteller—simply wrote like no one else, before or since. This new collection of his very best tales and poems is selected and introduced by supernatural literature scholar S. T. Joshi and allows readers to encounter Smith’s visionary brand of fantastical, phantasmagorical worlds, each one filled with invention, terror, and a superlative sense of metaphysical wonder.


Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches

Paperback: $12.37
Kindle: $7.99



Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!

Forgotten (and FREE) Stories: Race Williams returns in "A Corpse in the Hand" by Carroll John Daly - New!
Pulp Gallery: WALTER BAUMHOFER Out West - New!
Forgotten Books: DANGER CIRCUS by Raoul Whitfled (1933)
Comic Gallery: DAGAR, DESERT HAWK (1948) 
Poster Gallery: SON OF KONG (1933) 
Paperback Gallery: THE AVENGER 13, 14 & 15 (1973) 
Comic Gallery: LONE RANGER Painted Covers (1953) 


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!


"Archy Flowers" by Arthur J. Burks from SKY FIGHTERS, September, 1938
It Wasn't in the Cards for Makinson to Be an Ace, for Every Time He Landed It Was a Case of Crash on Delivery!
"Please, I Killed Him" by Wayland Rice from THRILLING DETECTIVE, July, 1946
Detective-sergeant Patrick Kelly caught the murdering jewel thief red-handed, but he just couldn't prove a thing on him!
"Night Out for Suki" by Sam Merwin, Jr. from EXCITING DETECTIVE, Fall, 1942
Murder, or Hara-Kiri, Are the Only Outs for a Masquerading Jap Officer - Because No Camera Can Photograph an Inventor's Mind!


Edmond Hamilton SF Gateway Omnibus
Captain Future and the Space Emperor, The Star Kings & The Weapon From Beyond

Coming April 24!


Hamilton was one of space opera's early influencers, alongside 'Doc' Smith and Jack Williamson, and also spent some time at DC Comics, where he wrote such seminal titles as Superman and The Legion of Superheroes. This omnibus contains the opening volumes to three of his best loved series: Captain Future and the Space Emperor, The Star Kings and The Weapon Beyond.

Series: SF Gateway Omnibuses
Paperback: 400 pages
Paperback: £16.56


E. E. 'Doc' Smith SF Gateway Omnibus - Coming May 1!

The four novels of the Skylark sequence by the father of modern space opera

This is an ideal sample introduction to the fantastic work of one of the most influential authors of the pulp era. Working with legendary Astounding Science Fiction editor John W. Campbell, E. E. Smith revolutionized space opera, giving it many of the tropes still evident today. This volume reprints the four novels of his classic Skylark series—The Skylark of Space, Skylark Three, Skylark of Valeron, and Skylark DuQuesne.


Series: SF Gateway Omnibuses
Paperback: 688 pages
Publisher: Gollancz
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 1.7 inches

Paperback: $20.88







  Now online!
New on Famous (and forgotten) Fiction!

March 2014 - New!
In Writings
Beginning the reprinting of the first 6 adventures of the brigand chief of the Andalusian highlands, Don Q., by Kate and Hesketh Prichard as they appeared in Pearson's Magazine, including the original illustrations and biographical/background information by Dan Neyer.
The Chronicles of Don Q.
How he Treated the Parole of Gevil-Hay

February 2014
In Writings
The Crystal Trench by A. E. W. Mason
A tale as chilling as the Polar Vortex, The Crystal Trench by A. E. W. Mason, including the original illustrations from The Strand Magazine and an introduction by Dan Neyer.
December 2013

In Writings
The Flying Stars by G. K. Chesterton
A Christmas-themed story starring Father Brown from the May 20th, 1911 issue of The Saturday Evening Post including the original illustrations and an introduction by Dan Neyer.


November 2013
In Writings
Valentin Follows a Curious Trail (The Blue Cross) by G. K. Chesterton.
The first appearance of Father Brown as presented in the July 23, 1910 issue of The Saturday Evening Post with the original illustrations and an introduction by Dan Neyer.


July - October 2013
In Writings
Just in time (sort of) for Halloween, The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson

Also, after a great deal of behind-the-scenes work, the our "instant translation" version of The Murders in the Rue Morgue should now work in mobile devices! - New!

Baroness Orczy's armchair sleuth, the Old Man in the Corner, is featured in the twelve stories from the 1908 collection, The Old Man in the Corner, and the rarely reprinted tale, "The Glasgow Mystery," in weekly installments.
Story introductions, and an overview of the Old Man, are by Dan Neyer, and Illustrations are included where they were available.

The Glasgow Mystery

The Mysterious Death In Percy Street
The Birmingham Mystery
The Regent's Park Murder
The Brighton Mystery
The Dublin Mystery
The Theft at the English Provident Bank
The Edinburgh Mystery
The Liverpool Mystery
The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railroad
The York Mystery
The Robbery In Phillimore Terrace
The Fenchurch Street Mystery

Also, don't forget to take a look at the short biography of the Baroness that appeared in the April, 1902 issue of The Royal Magazine.


June 2013
In Writings
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The seminal detective tale that introduced Monsieur C. Auguste Dupin and ushered in the "modern" detective story.  Also included: all foreign and archaic words and phrases can be viewed in translation by running your cursor over the words; a biographical introduction by Dan Neyer and Bob Gay; and the first illustrations for the tale from an 1852 book collection.


May 2013
In Writings
No Man's Land
The long short story of Picts and the Scottish moors that may have had an influence on Robert E. Howard written by John Buchan. Introduction by Dan Neyer.

The Death's Head Meteor
The first published story by Neil R. Jones (of Professor Jameson fame) from the January, 1930 issue of Air Wonder Stories including the original illustrations and an introduction by Bob Gay.


April 2013
In Writings
The Good Angel
A reprinting of the 1910 story by P. G. Wodehouse featuring Keggs, a butler who predates Wodehouse's Jeeves, with an introduction by Dan Neyer and the original Strand illustrations by Chas. Crombie.
Climax for a Ghost Story
The famous short-short story with an exhaustive exploration into the history of the elusive I. A. Ireland by Bob Gay.


March 2013
In Writings
The Adventure of The Dying Detective by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A complete reprinting of the Holmes tale that includes the Walter Paget illustrations and an introduction by Dan Neyer that discusses the story, its publication history and Walter Paget
A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The complete novel from the 1917 edition that includes the Schoonover illustrations placed with their respective chapters and an introduction by Bob Gay that explores the creation of the novel and its importance in the history of science fiction.
In Pictures
Images of John Carter
A sizable collection of images, with background commentary, that show how various artists have envisioned John Carter over the years: in books, comics and film.


February 2013
In Writings
The Ginger King
A rare tale of Inspector Hanaud from the pages of Strand Magazine.

In Pictures
Two new annotated collections of Bob's Stuff

Famous (and forgotten) Fiction is a new site featuring familiar and obscure fiction along with articles, pictures and essays.  In the Writings section, we have fiction by H. C. Bailey (the first Reggie Fortune story), Carl Stephenson, Sinclair Lewis and a large selection of Kipling, including the complete Mowgli stories and "The Man Who Would Be King."  We've also added an article about Sleeman's An Account of Wolves Nurturing Children in Their Dens, that includes a complete reprinting of the work.

In Comics, there is an overview of Superman #205 ("The Man Who Destroyed Krypton!") and a look at a Steve Ditko illustrated story that bears a strong resemblance to a well-known story by Carl Stephenson.The Pictures section starts with a group of collectible (and some not so) items and is the first of 24 collections.

The site is hoping for subscribers to keep it going and future plans call for more stories, more articles and there are a number of novels  we also intend to add to the mix.
New material will be appearing on the last Friday of each month (which means we'll have more new stuff at the end of February). 
In a few months, we will also be offering ebooks: on the site (in PDF) and at Amazon and B&N in their proprietary formats.


Gabriel Hunt - Arriving in book stores April 1!
Hunt at the Well of Eternity by James Reasoner

A blood-stained Confederate flag and the beautiful woman carrying it put Gabriel Hunt on the trail of a secret hidden deep in the Central American jungle - a secret that might just be the legendary Fountain of Youth.


Girasol Collectables
Now available and highly recommended!

Girasol Collectables is pleased to announce Volume 2
in its new series of Pulp Cover Gallery Editions.
Thrilling Wonder Stories / Startling Stories / Captain Future
Girasol has launched a new series of deluxe hardcover editions which feature full sets of top quality cover scans of various pulp titles. These numbered Limited Edition volumes of 300 copies each are designed to present the cover art in all its glory. The interior pages are 8.5"x11", full color throughout, 130+ pages.

Each book in the series has a mix of full page scans, size as to the original pulps, as well as some 4 per page and 6 per page. The exterior is made from bonded leather, with a small color cover inset on the front of an issue-of-interest from the interior. There is a brief introduction about the cover art and artists, as well as a title checklist with issue number, date, and cover artist if known.

The first volume, which was a Hallowe'en 2013 release, was... WEIRD TALES!
The second volume, which is scheduled for April 2014 is... Thrilling Wonder Stories / Startling Stories / Captain Future!

This edition will be the same format as our Weird Tales Pulp Cover Gallery, 8.5" x 11" interior, 130+ pages full color throughout, bonded leather exterior, limited to 300 numbered copies. There is a brief introduction about the artists and issue dates/numbers checklist... as mentioned before with this series, these volumes are NOT comprehensive books about the pulp titles themselves, they are visual references for the cover art. A mix of full page, size-as covers, and 4 per page images. Top quality, hi-res images, with the pulp edges showing on a black background. Great stuff to look at! Space ships... weird monsters... bullet-boobed alien princesses... it's all there!

Please note that this is not a comprehensive book about the pulp itself, but rather, a visual reference of the covers.

Pulp Cover Gallery Volume 1 – WEIRD TALES  - $130

Pulp Cover Gallery Volume 2 – Thrilling Wonder Stories / Startling Stories / Captain Future  - $130


Please note that the cover inset may not be exactly as shown in the image at the right.





The Golden Age - Now online!

Reuben Moriera ~ 1922-1984 ~ The Black Terror

N. C. Wyeth ~ The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne ~ 1918 Scribner's Edition

STARTLING COMICS ~ 53 Issues ~ 1940-48
THE GOLDEN AGE OF COMIC BOOKS ~ 1937-1945

EXCITING COMICS ~ 69 Issues ~ 1940-49
Thrilling Comics ~ 78 issues ~ 1940-50
 
THE GREEN HORNET #11 - Arriving in comic shops April 2!
Writer: Mark Waid
Art: Ronilson Freire
Cover Artist(s): Paolo Rivera, Jonathan Lau

For years, the Green Hornet has been battling criminals and saboteurs and winning by the skin of his teeth. But now his luck's run out--because this new foe is one who was created by the Hornet himself!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99





Haffner Press
The Michael Gray Mysteries
C.L. Moore & Henry Kuttner

Now available for pre-order!

Edited by Stephen Haffner Introduction by Ed Gorman Cover Art by Lawrence Noble
A massive omnibus of four novels from the late 1950s all featuring the amateur sleuthing of San Francisco psychoanalyst Michael Gray.

The Murder of Eleanor Pope —Psychoanalyst Michael Gray leads police to a three-time killer!
The Murder of Ann Avery —Psychoanalyst solves brutal slaying!
Murder of a Mistress —Psychoanalyst Michael Gray solves the killing of a girl who knew too much about too many men who had too damned much to lose.
Murder of a Wife —Marked for Murder! No one believed her—not even the police!


Hardcover
$40




Hermes Press: THE PHANTOM: THE COMPLETE NEWSPAPER DAILIES VOLUME 1: 1936-1937 DELUXE HC - Arriving in comic shops April 2!
Writer: Lee Falk
Art/Cover: Ray Moore

The first Volume of Hermes Press' critically acclaimed series of Phantom reprints has been sold out for over three years. Hermes Press has decided to re-issue this volume, with additional documentary material and revisions to make this ground breaking feature available again!  Spanning the first two years of the strips, The Phantom: The Complete Newspaper Dailies Volume One: 1936-1937 presents the origin of the Phantom as well as two additional continuities of the strip. Included in this deluxe reprint are comprehensive historic essays by comic historian Ron Goulart and Phantom expert, the late Ed Rhoades.

Hardcover, 9x12, 288 pages, Partial Color, SRP: $49.99


Jerry Schneider Enterprises
  
Pulp and Digest Replicas   Pulp Tales Presents    Comics   ERB  
Now available!

FRENCH NIGHT LIFE STORIES, December 1933
A collection of spicy stories.


Contents:
"HELLO SUCKER!" by Frank Kenneth Young
BAGGED by Rae King
A PLEASURABLE BUSINESS TRIP by Joseph Lichtblau
"CHOOSE BETWEEN US!" by R. Coghlan and F. K. Young
THE BLACK VELVET CURTAIN by Nadia Merrill
IT GETS TO BE A HABIT-- by Kirk Wolff
FOR THE LOVE OF LOISETTE by Babette Cotter

7 x 10 inch, 76 pages. $15.00.


 

Laurie's Wild West - Now online!

Pulp Roundup for March 19, 2014
Happy St. Patrick's Day
Pulpfest Official Flyer
Pulp News for Wednesday, March 5
A Rare Look into the Heart of Street & Smith's Founder 
"New" Paul Powers Article, "Save Your Rejection Slips," Here in its Entirety
PULP COVERS FOR THE WINTER OLYMPICS 

LOBSTER JOHNSON: GET THE LOBSTER #3 (of 5) - Arriving in comic shops April 2!
Mike Mignola (Writer), John Arcudi (Writer), Tonci Zonjic (Art/Cover), and Dave Stewart (Color)

All police resources are shifted to taking down Lobster Johnson after a vicious grenade fight in the NY streets. Meanwhile, bank vaults all around the city are exploding. Lobster knows it’s a trap, but justice is not afraid of traps.

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99



Martin Grams' Blog - Now online!

The Shadow: Secret Society Bulletin - New!
The Lone Ranger: The Lost "1933" Adventures
Jack Armstrong: Bound for Obsolescence
The Theft and Recovery of The Lone Ranger
The Mysterious Traveler Radio Program: Five "Lost" Episodes

Meteor House
EXILES OF KHO [Kindle Edition]

Now available!


Hundreds of years before the hero Hadon sailed forth from his shining city of gold and jewels upon his legendary adventures, the heroine-priestess Lupoeth set out upon the decree of the oracle to discover a new land upon the untamed shores of ancient Africa’s southern sea. But Lupoeth finds herself little prepared for the trials ahead, as well as those that follow upon her heels—for the jealous queen who wants her rival banished has appointed a worshiper of the sun god with a criminal past as the expedition’s priest, hoping to undermine the mission and seal its doom.

Now, lost in the deep jungle, Lupoeth must fight to keep her ill-equipped band of followers alive in the face of deadly beasts, savage Neanderthals, and conspiring enemies. Soon she finds the most accursed deity of her people’s faith, exiled from the empire by the Great Goddess Kho Herself, may be her only ally in this wild land. But Sahhindar, the god of Time and bronze, has a mysterious agenda of his own—one that Lupoeth fears might spell doom not only for her expedition, but for the entire world…


This tale is set in the world of Hugo-Award-winning author Philip José Farmer's Khokarsa cycle, which includes the novels Hadon of Ancient Opar, Flight to Opar, and The Song of Kwasin.




Meteor House
Phileas Fogg and the War of Shadows by Josh Reynolds
Now available for pre-order!


Meteor House is thrilled to announce the third in our series of Signed Limited Edition Novellas based on the works of Philip José Farmer.
 
Phileas Fogg and the War of Shadows is an exciting sequel to Farmer’s The Other Log of Phileas Fogg, which we all know is the “true story” behind the events of Jules Verne’s novel, Around the World in Eighty Days.
 
In this all-new adventure Phileas Fogg has settled into a life of quiet sequestration in the rural idyll of his family estate with his wife and children. The millenia-old conflict which once threatened to consume him is over and done. Or so he thought. But when an old foe disrupts his peaceful retirement, seeking his aid against an enemy which threatens them both, Fogg finds himself once more thrown into the white-hot crucible of war.
 
Now, with his loved ones under threat of death, and accompanied by the unpredictable colonel who has been described as the second most dangerous man in London, Fogg must dare the dangers of the City of Light in order to uncover the deadly secrets hidden beneath the streets of Paris. And as the wonders of the Exposition Universelle unfold around him and the air quivers with the impossible reverberation of nine great clangings, Fogg must plunge into the shadowed depths of the Parisian catacombs on the trail of his phantom enemy…


This is a story you don’t want to miss, but don’t just take our word for it:
 
“With all the verve, sense of adventure, and sly reference to classic literature that I’ve come to love and expect in his work, Josh Reynolds carries forward the secret history of Phileas Fogg in a manner both highly entertaining and true to the spirit of Philip José Farmer.” — Christopher Paul Carey (author of Exiles of Kho)
 
“The best Wold Newton stories tell a rollicking adventure tale, first and foremost, while also subtlety advancing the larger mythos. Josh Reynolds’ sequel to Philip Josè Farmer’s The Other Log of Phileas Fogg delivers in spades, with tale of high adventure that satisfies on both levels. Bravo! I eagerly await the next chapter in Fogg’s ongoing exploits.” — Win Scott Eckert (author of The Scarlet Jaguar)
 
As with our previous Signed Limited Edition Novellas, if you pre-order—now through May 15th—your name will appear in the book on the acknowledgments page! How cool is that? These pre-orders also determine the print run of each edition. Since these novella sell out in just a few months, pre-ordering is the only way to guarantee you will get a copy.
 
We have one more important detail to add, and this is brand-new, Phileas Fogg and the War of Shadows will be available in trade paperback AND hardcover!
 
Many of our readers said they would prefer our Signed Limited Novellas in hardcover, and now you have a choice:
 
$15 for the Trade Paperback (plus shipping)
 $25 for the Hardcover (plus shipping)
 $35 for both! (add only the same shipping cost as the hardcover)
 
Seriously, who ever heard of $15 for a signed limited edition? Or only $25 for a signed limited edition hardcover with a dust jacket? And you if buy the hardcover you can get the trade paperback for only $10 more? No wonder Meteor House is your favorite micro-publisher!




The New Pulp Heroes - Now online!
Tom Johnson has started a new Blog for authors who have created new pulp heroes.

Tom's New Pulp Creations - New!
Tom's Altus Press Hardbacks
The Voice
Tom's Hardbacks From NTD
Echoes 30
More New Pulp From Tom

Princess of Mars (John Carter of Mars) - Coming May 13!
by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Michael William Kaluta


Relive Edgar Rice Burroughs' classics adventure tale in this handsome representation featuring illustrations by Michael Kaluta.
A reveared illustration powerhouse, Kaluta's unmistakable style presents John Carter's "Barsoom" experiences like you've never seen before. A must have for Burroughs and Kaluta fans.

Series: John Carter of Mars (Book 1)
Hardcover: 124 pages







Dealing at PulpFest 2014 - New!

Interested in selling at PulpFest 2014?
If your specialty is pulp magazines, vintage paperbacks, first edition hardcovers, original art, series books, dime novels, men’s adventure,
true crime, digest, or slick magazines, Big Little Books, B-movies, serials and related collectibles, old-time-radio shows, or
Golden and Silver Age comic books, then PulpFest is for you.

It's also a great place to sell science-fiction books, mystery and detective fiction, adventure or western fiction, original artwork, and more.
 And it doesn’t have to be old! Publishers and resellers of pulp reprints as well as "new pulp" have found PulpFest to be a great event to market their wares.


Nominate Someone for The Munsey Award

Every year, PulpFest recognizes the efforts of those who work to keep the pulps alive for this and future generations through its Munsey Award.
This annual award recognizes an individual who has given of himself or herself for the betterment of the pulp community.


PulpFest and the “New Fictioneers”  

It’s called new pulp–stories by modern writers who recreate the style of fiction that appeared in the pulp magazines of yore.
Back then, the authors who labored for the rough paper industry liked to call themselves scribes, word-slingers, penny-a-worders, and, perhaps the most favored term of all, fictioneers.
Join PulpFest as we celebrate today’s fictioneers—the authors writing the new pulp fiction.



Shopping for Collectibles at PulpFest  

Year after year, PulpFest is a paradise for the fan of pulp magazines, digests, vintage paperbacks, and other collectibles.
The collector will also find first edition hardcovers, men’s adventure and true crime magazines, series books, dime novels, original artwork, Big Little Books, B-movies, serials and related paper collectibles, old-time-radio shows, and Golden and Silver Age comic books in our 15,800 square-foot dealers’ room.


Laurie Powers

Laurie Powers will be speaking at Ohio State University on the first day of PulpFest, (Thursday afternoon).
The talk and all the details haven't been worked out yet, but the presentation will be related to the recent donation of the Paul Powers papers to the University.


Here in the Northeast, the only fishing that we've been doing for the last few months has been through a hole cut in the ice.
Thankfully, there’s a thaw in our future and soon we’ll be digging out our tackle boxes and our rods and heading for the “old fishing hole,” hoping to land a big one.


Early-bird shopping will be returning to the PulpFest dealers’ room on Thursday, August 7th, from 6 PM until 10 PM.
For an additional $30 over your regular membership fee, you’ll be able to purchase early-bird privileges for an extra four hours of shopping.

But wait! There’s an even better deal!
To reward loyal attendees who help to defray the convention’s substantial costs by staying three nights at our host hotel,
PulpFest is pleased to offer free early-bird privileges. That’s a very significant savings of $30!

Only staff, dealers, and early-bird shoppers will be allowed into the dealers’ room during Thursday evening, August 7th, to reward them for their terrific support.
So what are you waiting for?
Book your room at the Hyatt Regency Columbus, save thirty bucks, and get in on the action!
Go to https://aws.passkey.com/g/20315125 and we’ll be waiting for you.


PulpFest 2014 is organizing a group dinner on August 9th.
Eating together on Saturday evening while batting the bull about this great hobby of ours has been a long-standing tradition at summer pulp cons.
The Saturday night group dinner returns to this year’s PulpFest when we’ll be dining together, family style, at the nearby Buca di Beppo Italian Restaurant, just a few minutes walk from the Hyatt Regency Columbus.


Win a FREE membership!

PulpFest needs your help. We’re looking for your ideas on how to improve your convention. So we’re conducting a poll to learn more about you and your interests and gathering opinions on some changes we’ll be instituting in 2014 and some options that we’re exploring. Whether or not you have attended PulpFest in the past or if you are planning to attend in 2014, we’d love to hear from you.

Regular members, dealer members, and even people who have never attended PulpFest can participate in our poll. As a way to thank everyone who responds, we’ll be offering three free memberships to PulpFest 2014, each valued at $30! All you have to do to enter is fill out our survey and provide your name and best contact information in the space provided on the form. Our three winners will be selected in a random drawing to be held on Friday, July 4th.

For your friends who don’t have Internet access, we’ll also be providing our poll with the newsletter and registration forms that will go out shortly to those on our mailing list. To be sure to receive one, please send your name and mailing address to Jack Cullers at 1272 Cheatham Way, Bellbrook, OH 45305 or via email at jack@pulpfest.com. Be sure to tell your friends.

Ready to start the poll? Then visit http://www.pulpfest.com/survey/ and you’re on your way. Thanks very much for your help.




PulpFest is known for its great programming and the line-up that we’re planning for our 2014 convention is shaping up to be one of our best. As mentioned previously, we’ll be celebrating science fiction’s golden year of 1939 and seventy-five years of fantastic fiction, as well as eighty years of the shudder pulps, zeroing in on the weird-menace magazines of 1934.

As always, we’ll have a wide variety of panels and presentations, including a discussion of FAMOUS FANTASTIC MYSTERIES featuring BLOOD 'N' THUNDER editor Ed Hulse and author Nathan Madison; Meteor House publisher Mike Croteau’s review of Philip José Farmer’s early science fiction stories for the pulps and digests; art historian David Saunders‘ presentation on John Newton Howitt, one of the leading cover artists for the weird-menace pulps; and preeminent pulp authority and author of THE WILD ADVENTURES OF DOC SAVAGE, Will Murray’s celebration of the diamond jubilee of The Avenger, the last of Street & Smith’s major pulp heroes to get his own magazine.

You’ll find information on these and much, much more by visiting http://www.pulpfest.com/programming/ for a look at the preliminary schedule for PulpFest 2014.

Pulp Crazy - Now online!

The Man From The Atom by G. Peyton Wertenbaker - New!
The Eldritch Force
The Challenge From Beyond

Exiles of Kho by Christopher Paul Carey
Honey West & T.H.E. Cat: A Girl and Her Cat

Pulp Den - Now online!

The Avenue of The Giants
Tom's Altus Press Hardbacks
Pardon Me Miss Brooks ...
Game For Five
The Sons of Thor
         Pulp Den  

Pulp Flakes - Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors and their stories, adventure and detective pulps.

On hold for a month or so
Mystery artist revealed: Laurence Sterne Stevens
Guess the artist: illustration for Adventure magazine
In the Grass - short story by Gouverneur Morris in Collier's magazine
St. Ann's Big Boy - Fact article from Adventure, November 1949

The Pulp.Net  - Now online!
The Pulp.Net features two ongoing blogs!

Pulp Super-Fan blog written by Michael R. Brown and the long-running Yellowed Perils written by William Lampkin.

Pulp Super-Fan blog by Michael R. Brown

Review: ‘Sisters of the Shadows’
- New!
A look at pulp hero genres - New!
Review: ‘Tales of the Shadowmen, Vol. 4′
A look at the Fiction House pulp heroes

Meet Repairman Jack
A look at the occult detective

Review: ‘Shadows of the Opera’ Vol. 2

Yellowed Perils by William Lampkin

Bits of pulp: Cthulhu Brown - New!
CBS News gets it wrong about the pulps
- New!
3 pulp questions: Ed Hulse
Bits of pulp: Did someone say dinner?

Congrats to 2014 New Pulp Award winners
Pulp prices, then and now
An ‘amazing’ 88th; de Conan encounter; etc.

3 pulp questions: Don Hutchison
Radio Archives
Will Murray's Pulp Classics #47
The Green Lama #4 Audiobook
The Clown Who Laughed & The Invisible Enemy
by Kendell Foster Crossen writing as Richard Foster

Read by James C. Lewis. Liner Notes by Will Murray

Now available!

Conceived in 1939 at the behest of the editors of Munsey Publications to compete with the juggernaut that The Shadow had become in print, on radio and in film, The Green Lama was the creation of writer Kendell Foster Crossen, who was asked to conjure up a hero who could lure mystery-minded readers away from The Shadow’s loyal legion of followers.
 
Inspired by a Columbia University student named Theos Casimir Barnard, who had journeyed to far-off Tibet to plumb the occult mysteries of Lamaism, Crossen concocted millionaire Jethro Dumont, who did the same.

 

“I was trying to pick a name somewhat like in sound to Lamont Cranston,” Crossen candidly admitted. “You know what I mean, Lamont-Dumont. It was as close as I dared get to Lamont Cranston. A book had just been published about an American who had gone to Tibet and studied and had become a lama, the only white person who ever had at that time. The result was the Green Lama, which the company liked.”
 
Returning to the States, Dumont assumed an alternative identity of the Buddhist cleric, the Reverend Dr. Pali, then began gathering about him a band of civic-minded citizens to join him in his Buddhistic battle against suffering in all forms—particularly those caused by criminals. And aiding him from the shadows, the mysterious Magga, a woman of many faces who has taken an interest in guiding The Green Lama’s campaign against malefactors.
 
The Green Lama really gets around in this volume. First, he infiltrates the Big Top for the unusual adventure called The Clown Who Laughed! Then, relocating to the Windy City in time for a major political convention, he goes head-to-head with a Fifth Column scheme to conquer America from within in the exciting Case of the Invisible Enemy!
 
James C. Lewis returns in the triple role of Jethro Dumont and his emerald-clad aliases, Reverend Dr. Pali and The Green Lama....Om Mani Padme Hum! The Green Lama Knows! 6 hours $23.98 Audio CDs / $11.99 Download




Radio Archives
Robert Weinberg Presents
Necroscope® The Plague-Bearer Audiobook
by Brian Lumley
Read by Nick Santa Maria

Now available!

A Necroscope® as defined by Brian Lumley, the British author of The Necroscope® series, is a person with an ESP power that allows him to communicate with the dead. A Necroscope® contacts the minds of corpses, which do not perish at death. Communication is two-way and peaceful. Harry Keogh is the greatest Necroscope® in the world.
 
Harry Keogh: The Plague Years is part of the Necroscope® The Lost Years series. While aimed at those familiar with the Necroscope® novels, it can be understood and enjoyed by newcomers to the series.


Harry Keogh is moving on. Though the search for his missing wife and child continues, his heart now lies in Edinburgh with Bonnie Jean—a beautiful Scottish werewolf whose friendly pack and flourishing pub have given him a place he can almost call home. Life has finally taken a turn for the better. Or so he thinks.
 
But from the rocky heights of Sicily, the diabolical Francezci brothers plot the wolf-pack's destruction; and down in the terrible Pit beneath Le Manse Madonie, an ancient evil schemes.
 
The vampire duo conspire. They reach a decision. They choose a pawn who suits their schemes perfectly. Mafia thug Mike Milazzo is no good to anyone, anytime, anywhere. That makes him perfect for their plan. Mike is a nobody. He’s disposable.
 
The brothers infect Mike with a deadly poison—an engineered plague that even a werewolf cannot survive. Then, the two vampires make him an offer that he can’t refuse. Infect the wolf-pack that they hate with the plague, and he will earn a dose of the antidote. Fail to infect the werewolves—and die.
 
Mike has everything to lose. The Francezci brothers control his destiny. But he doesn’t realize that Harry Keogh stands in his path. The Necroscope® lost everything he held dear once before. He does not plan to let that happen again! 6 hours $23.98 Audio CDs / $11.99 Download





Radio Archives
Will Murray's Pulp Classics #20
Unabridged Audiobook
Strange Detective Mysteries When the Death-Bat Flies
Read by Michael C. Gwynne, Roy Worley, and Roger Price
Very Special Offer from Will Murray’s Pulp Classics!

RadioArchives.com and Will Murray are giving away the downloadable version of the newly released Strange Detective Mysteries #1 audiobook for FREE.


Strange Detective Mysteries #1 is one of my favorite pulps and I am excited to produce it as an audiobook with my good friends at Radio Archives. It leads off with Norvell W. Page's bizarre novelette, "When the Death-Bat Flies," and includes thrilling stories by Norbert Davis, Paul Ernst, Arthur Leo Zagat, Wayne Rogers and others. Popular Publications went all-out to make this 1937 debut issue a winner. And they succeeded!

If you prefer the Audio CDs to play in your car or home CD player, the coupon code will subtract the $11.99 price of the download version from the Audio CDs. That makes the Audio CDs half price.

It is easy to get you get your copy.  Go to:
http://www.radioarchives.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=strange+detective+mysteries&Search.x=0&Search.y=0

Add Strange Detective Mysteries to the shopping cart and use the Coupon Code PULPCA

You can download the 6 hour audiobook immediately.

Happy listening
Tom Brown and Will Murray


Radio Archives
Will Murray's Pulp eBook Classics
Now available!

The Spider #93: The Benevolent Order of Death
Only Richard Wentworth knew how pitifully duped were the thousands of innocent New Yorkers, including the entire Police Department, who fervently took up Barnum Wright’s battle cry against Crime! How could the Spider prove that Wright’s Benevolent Order of Americans was actually the Underworld’s New Front in pseudo-patriotic garb — when he lay close to death with a bullet in his spine... and the B.O.A. was already hanging Nita as a spy! Total Pulp Experience. These exciting pulp adventures have been beautifully reformatted for easy reading as an eBook and features every story, every editorial, and every column of the original pulp magazine. $2.99.

Dime Mystery Magazine: Arthur Leo Zagat Book 3
In 1934 a new type of magazine was born. Known by various names — the shudder pulps, mystery-terror magazines, horror-terror magazines — weird menace is the sub-genre term that has survived today. Dime Mystery Magazine was one of the most popular. It came from Popular Publications, whose publisher Harry Steeger was inspired by the Grand Guignol theater of Paris. This breed of pulp story survived less than ten years, but in that time, they became infamous, even to this day. This ebook contains a collection of stories from the pages of Dime Mystery Magazine, all written by Arthur Leo Zagat reissued for today’s readers in electronic format. $2.99.

G-8 and His Battle Aces #63: The Bloody Wings of the Vampire

The Red Scourge of the Western Front is fought to the death by G-8 and his Battle Aces and the ghosts of War still shudder as they recall the Bloody Wings of the Vampire! G-8 and his Battle Aces rode the nostalgia boom ten years after World War I ended. These high-flying exploits were tall tales of a World War that might have been, featuring monster bats, German zombies, wolf-men, harpies, Martians, and even tentacled floating monsters. Most of these monstrosities were the work of Germany’s seemingly endless supply of mad scientists, chief of whom was G-8’s recurring Nemesis, Herr Doktor Krueger. G-8 battled Germany’s Halloween shock troops for over a decade, not ceasing until the magazine folded in the middle of World War II. G-8 and his Battle Aces return in vintage pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format. $2.99.
 
Double Detective - The Green Lama #14: The Case of the Beardless Corpse
The Green Lama embarks on his greatest case — to outwit the strange killer who shaves his victim after he’s dead and plants clues for the police before he kills! The jade-robed Buddhist priest who battled crime as The Green Lama is back! Conceived in 1939 at the behest of the editors of Munsey Publications to compete with The Shadow, it was an outlandish concept. While The Shadow possessed the power to cloud men’s minds after his time in the East, The Green Lama relied on other, even weirder, powers — including the ability to become radioactive and electrically shock opponents into submission! He carried a traditional Tibetan scarf, which he employed to bind and befuddle opponents, and possessed a knowledge of vulnerable nerve centers which he put to good use in hand-and-hand combat. Om Mani Padme Hum! The Green Lama knows! The Green Lama returns in vintage pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format. $2.99.

99 cent eBook Singles
Each 99 cent eBook Single contains a single short story, one of the many amazing tales selected from the pages of Terror Tales and Rangeland Romances.
These short stories are not included in any of our other eBooks.

Dime Mystery Magazine: "Hound of Hell" by John Corbett
If Brown could be free of the too-familiar voice that would never let him rest, he would give up everything he owned — even life! In 1934 a new type of magazine was born. Known by various names — the shudder pulps, mystery-terror magazines, horror-terror magazines — weird menace is the sub-genre term that has survived today. Dime Mystery Magazine was one of the most popular. It came from Popular Publications, whose publisher Harry Steeger was inspired by the Grand Guignol theater of Paris. This breed of pulp story survived less than ten years, but in that time, they became infamous, even to this day. This ebook contains a classic story the pages of Dime Mystery Magazine, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format. $0.99.
  
Dime Mystery Magazine: "I Hope They’re Worried" by Don James
Before all those gay young guests, my host asked me to leave the party for a moment — for a short drive into eternity! In 1934 a new type of magazine was born. Known by various names — the shudder pulps, mystery-terror magazines, horror-terror magazines — weird menace is the sub-genre term that has survived today. Dime Mystery Magazine was one of the most popular. It came from Popular Publications, whose publisher Harry Steeger was inspired by the Grand Guignol theater of Paris. This breed of pulp story survived less than ten years, but in that time, they became infamous, even to this day. This ebook contains a classic story the pages of Dime Mystery Magazine, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format. $0.99.
 
Dime Mystery Magazine: "If the Body Fits" by Larry Holden

“He should feel better,” Johnny said, “now that he knows his coffin isn’t going to waste...” In 1934 a new type of magazine was born. Known by various names — the shudder pulps, mystery-terror magazines, horror-terror magazines — weird menace is the sub-genre term that has survived today. Dime Mystery Magazine was one of the most popular. It came from Popular Publications, whose publisher Harry Steeger was inspired by the Grand Guignol theater of Paris. This breed of pulp story survived less than ten years, but in that time, they became infamous, even to this day. This ebook contains a classic story the pages of Dime Mystery Magazine, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format. $0.99.
 
Dime Mystery Magazine: "It's In the Bag!" by Thorne Lee
“Destroyed, before my eyes! Burned! You burned my life, my soul!” In 1934 a new type of magazine was born. Known by various names — the shudder pulps, mystery-terror magazines, horror-terror magazines — weird me most popular. It came from Popular Publications, whose publisher Harry Steeger was inspired by the Grand Guignol theater of Paris. This breed of pulp story survived less than ten years, but in that time, they became infamous, even to this day. This ebook contains a classic story from the pages of Terror Tales magazine, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format. $0.99.
 





Robert E. Howard Days
June 13 - 14, 2014!


This year’s theme will be “Howard and History.”
REH editor and scholar Patrice Louinet is the Guest of Honor for this year’s Howard Days.



HOWARD DAYS PRE-REGISTRATION

You do not have to pre-register to partake of the weekend’s festivities. All are welcome to attend, visit the House and enjoy all of the activities free of charge. Project Pride likes to pre-register folks primarily to get a head count of how many will be attending the Banquet on Friday night and the BBQ on Saturday night. All the panels, tours, Swap Meet, Pavilion activities etc. are presented at no cost. Your registration fee covers coffee & donuts Friday morning, lunch at the Pavilion Friday noon, the Friday Banquet and the Saturday BBQ.
 
The cost for pre-registration this year is only $15 per person. Please send your name(s) & address with a check or money order or  register via PayPal: ProjPride@yahoo.com
 
Project Pride
Attn: REH Days 2013 Pre-registration
PO Box 534
Cross Plains, TX 76443
 
Please pre-register before June 6, 2014.
 
And for only $3.00 more per person ($5.00 per family), you can become a card-carrying Member of Project Pride. Each membership can make a big difference for the House!

2014 HOWARD DAYS SCHEDULE
 
FRIDAY JUNE 13
8:30 – 9 am: Coffee and donuts at the Pavilion, compliments of Project Pride

9 am – 4 pm: Robert E. Howard House Museum open to the public.
9 am – 4 pm: REH Postal Cancellation at Cross Plains Post Office
9 am – 11 am: Bus Tour of Cross Plains & Surrounding Areas
10 am – 5 pm: Cross Plains Public Library open
11:00: PANEL: In the Guise of Fiction
Noon: Lunch hosted by Project Pride. Donations welcome.
10:00 am to 4 pm: Pavilion available for REH items Swap Meet
1:30 pm: PANEL: Patrice Louinet, Guest of Honor
2:30 pm: PANEL: Presentation of the REH Foundation 2013 Awards
5:30 – 6:30: Silent Auction items available for viewing & bidding at Banquet site
6:30: Robert E. Howard Celebration Banquet & Silent Auction at the Cross Plains Community Center.
9:00 pm PANEL: Fists at the Ice House (behind the Texas Taxidermy building on Main St.)
Afterward there will be some extemporaneous REH Poetry Reading at the Pavilion.
 
SATURDAY JUNE 14
9 am – 4 pm: Robert E. Howard House Museum open to the public.
9 am – 4 pm: BARBARIAN FESTIVAL at Treadway Park, 3 blocks west of REH House
10 am – 3 pm: Cross Plains Public Library open
10:30 am PANEL: The Legend Continues
10:00 a.m. to 4 pm: Pavilion available for REH items Swap Meet
Lunch & Festival Activities at your leisure during the day
2:00 pm PANEL: Fists of Iron
3:30 pm PANEL: What’s Up with REH? (at the Pavilion)
5 pm: Sunset BBQ at the Caddo Peak Ranch
 
The Robert E. Howard House Museum will be open again this year on Thursday June 12th from 2-4 pm. No docents on duty but the Gift Shop is open.
All panels at REH Days last about one hour and are held at the Library unless noted.

REHupa

The Robert E. Howard Foundation Press
SPEARS OF CLONTARF
TYPESCRIPT: EARLY DRAFT

Now available for pre-order!

To help celebrate the 1,000-year anniversary of the historic Battle of Clontarf—and Robert E. Howard’s interest in it—the REH Foundation is offering a facsimile version of an early draft of “Spears of Clontarf.” Also included is Howard’s letter to publisher Harry Bates and an introduction by Rusty Burke. Printed and shipped from Lulu printing, the paperback book is 8.5 X 11, perfect bound, with 36 pages. Cover art by John Watkiss.

Ordering information: 
U.S. and Canadian residents pay $20 (REHF members $18), which includes postage.
Non-US residents pay $27 (REHF members $24), which includes postage.
Lulu shipping does not offer insurance, but if you would like tracking information on your order, U.S. and Canadian orders add $5; all others add $10.
 
To order, pay directly via PayPal at their website, www.paypal.com. Send the appropriate amount to paypal@rehfpress.com. Be sure to include a note explaining your order. To order via check (personal or cashier’s) or money order send to: The REH Foundation Press, PO Box 251242, Plano, TX 75025. ALL PAYMENTS MUST BE IN US DOLLARS. Be sure that all the necessary shipping information is included and accurate. NO FOREIGN MONEY ORDERS. Books will not be shipped prior to checks clearing the bank. If you have any questions or comments regarding pricing or shipping, please contact us at info@rehfoundation.org.




RED SONJA #8 - Arriving in comic shops April 2!
Covers: Jenny Frison, Nei Ruffino, Stephanie Buscema
Writer: Gail Simone
Art: Walter Geovani

The unstoppable warrior is honor-bound to continue on in a king's bizarre quest to find and capture the greatest artisans of the world, whether they want to be found or not!  In this unforgettable story, Sonja seeks the finest animal trainer in the world...except he's trained them all for WAR, with only Sonja to stop them!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99





The Serial Squadron Cinema Cliffhanger Archive
THE SPIDER'S WEB
Research copies are now available!


Archive DVD featuring Warren Hull - 15 Chapters (Complete)

One of the major original pulp heroes comes to the screen in the greatest adaptation of pulp to film ever created, featuring Warren Hull and Iris Meredith. Consistently rated one of the top 5 cliffhanger serials of all time by fans, and hugely influential. Source: new digital transfer of 16mm original print, complete, with generally excellent sharp picture quality, restored picture element with stabilization, exposure correction, and noise reduced audio.

Status: Restoration complete, archive DVD requests are shipping now.
To request a research copy, click here.





The Serial Squadron Cinema Cliffhanger Archive
NOW SHOWING: A NEW CHAPTER EVERY SATURDAY!

The Squadron will now be broadcasting a new, long-unseen rare serial chapter every week and spotlighting restorations in progress.
So no more waiting until the whole thing is done to be able to see those new chapters from restorations in progress -- SerialFest will now happen all year round right on this website!
We begin with the Squadron restoration of THE MASKED RIDER (1919), which includes lost scenes re-created according to the original script by volunteer actors.
The presentations are viewable free of charge.
To get the complete restorations without the watermarks, and with commentary, extras, and all that other good stuff, order the DVD editions!

February 8-22, March 1-29, April 5
THE MASKED RIDER Episodes 1-9

Harry Myers, Ruth Stonehouse, Paul Panzer
Restored from the only known 35mm original

April 12-26, May 3-17
ADVENTURES OF TARZAN Episodes 1-6

Elmo Lincoln, Louise Lorraine
New transfer of complete unabridged original chapters from the 1928 10-episode re-release
 
May 24-August 30
THE HOPE DIAMOND MYSTERY Episodes 1-15

Boris Karloff, Grace Darmond, George Chesebro
Unseen for over 90 years, Karloff's first major film role in a story with elements similar to THE MUMMY.

Sept-Oct-Nov-Dec
THE MYSTERIES OF MYRA Restoration



The Shadow Fan's Podcast - Now online!

1994 Toys & More!
The Shadow Fan returns for Episode 64! This week, Barry shares some Shadow news, talks about the Middle Georgia Comic Convention and takes a look at some of the memorabilia associated with the 1994 movie!
 
If you love pulp's greatest crimefighter, then this is the podcast for you!

   
The Shadow - Under the Blue Light - Now online!

The Third Shadow - New!
The Cup of Confucius
The Cobra 

Death's Harlequin
Spoils of The Shadow
Gems of Doom
Formula For Crime
THE SHADOW YEAR ONE #8 (of 10) - Arriving in comic shops April 2!
Writer: Matt Wagner
Art: Wilfredo Torres
Cover Artist(s): Matt Wagner, Alex Ross, Chris Samnee, Howard Chaykin, Wilfredo Torres, Blank Cover

Now Bimonthly! In the aftermath of his sky-scraping battle with Big Gun Massaretti, Lamont Cranston hunts for the psychic super-villain who was puppet master to the belligerent mobster, the grotesque and mysterious Dr. Zorn. His pursuit takes him to all corners of the Big Apple, even as the NYPD are just beginning to hear reports of the dark-clad vigilante known only as The Shadow! Eisner Award winner Matt Wagner and artists Wildfredo Torres and Brennan Wagner bring the classic pulp hero’s fledgling adventures to life in this blazing hot ten-issue series.


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99








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.

Matt Fox (1906-1988)-Part 1 
Undersea Scenes on the Cover of Weird Tales
Is Science Fiction Dying?
Machines on the Cover of Weird Tales
Trees and Other Plants on the Cover of Weird Tales


William Patrick Maynard - Now online!

Sax Rohmer’s Fu Manchu and the Panama Canal was first serialized in Liberty Magazine from November 16, 1940 to February 1, 1941. It was published in book form as The Island of Fu Manchu by Doubleday in the US and Cassell in the UK in 1941. The book serves as a direct follow-up to Rohmer’s 1939 bestseller, The Drums of Fu Manchu and is again narrated by Fleet Street journalist, Bart Kerrigan.

Read the rest at the links below.






21 March 2014



The 2014 Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention (#14)
THE WESTIN LOMBARD YORKTOWN CENTER
Lombard, Illinois
April 25 (Friday) - April 27 (Sunday), 2014

 

PULPS - PAPERBACKS - ORIGINAL ART - MOVIE MEMORABILIA
OLD TIME RADIO - SCIENCE FICTION - POPULAR CULTURE
GOOD OLD STUFF!

CELEBRATING THE WESTERN PULPS & THE MALTESE FALCON – BLACK MASK – DETECTIVE PULPS

The Film Schedule has been posted!
Click here to check it out!

Panel Discussions for New Pulp Sunday have been posted!
Click here to check it out!
 
LOCATION
THE WESTIN LOMBARD YORKTOWN CENTER
70 Yorktown Center
Lombard, IL 60148
Hotel Phone # (888) 627-9031
www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/index.html
Please mention the con when booking rooms!


MEMBERSHIPS
Memberships are $35 for all three days, $25 for Friday only, $25 for Saturday only, and $10 for Sunday only.  We are also offering Early Bird Admission for non-dealers for $60, which is a three day membership which allows entry to the dealer room on Friday at 10 a.m. (which is one hour after dealer setup begins and two hours before the con generally opens to the public).  Ages 13 & under are free.  Please note that we can now accept payments online through paypal (account register@windycitypulpandpaper.com).  Also, this year we are the same weekend as Chicago’s large comic show, C2E2 – to help try and attract attendees from C2E2, we’re offering $5 off any one day admission if you show your C2E2 badge!

DEALER INFO
Dealer setup begins Friday at 8:30 a.m. – the dealer room is open to the public from 11:00 a.m. - 5 p.m. Friday (9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Early Bid Admission), 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sunday.  For dealers, tables are 6’ long.  Each table includes: 1 tablecloth and 2 chairs.  Wall tables are $90 and island tables are $80.  The dealer room will have around 150 tables.  Each dealer and dealer’s helper must also buy a regular 3 day membership ($35).

PROGRAM BOOK
All attendees will receive a program book, containing pulp articles and reprints. To advertise in the program book, rates are: full page ads $70 (4 1/8" x 6.75"), half page $40 (4 1/8" x 3 3/8"), business card size $25 (3.25" x 2").  The deadline for submitting and paying for ads is March 15, 2014.  Please contact Tom Roberts at tom.roberts2@comcast.net for ad and other program book matters (other than payment).

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

AUCTIONS
We will have 2 auctions, Friday (from the estate of Jerry Weist as well as material from the files of noted collector Bob Weinberg – including C.L. Moore’s typwritten draft of “Black God’s Kiss” – and the Munsey/Popular Publications files) and Saturday nights.

PULP FILM FEST
Our Pulp Film Fest shows old movies based on pulp stories.  More info, including the schedule, will be posted on the website closer to the con.  The Pulp Film Fest is organized by Ed Hulse and sponsored by Blood ‘N’ Thunder magazine.

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

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

HOTEL
For our fourteenth show, for the seventh year in a row we’re at the Westin Lombard, in the Western suburbs of Chicago.  The Westin is located about 20 minutes SW of O’Hare Airport and about a half hour West of Midway Airport.  Room rates are $111/night (to get the con rate, you must book by 5:00 p.m. Central time on April 7, 2014!).  Parking is free.  The hotel is in the midst of a shopping and restaurant corridor – it’s adjacent (within walking distance) to Yorktown Mall and about a mile from Oak Brook Shopping Center.  For those with families, it’s also only 7 miles from the Brookfield Zoo, one of the nation’s top zoos.  Movie theaters are also a short walk away.  And if you like to gamble, the Aurora River Boat is about 10 miles away.  If you are flying in and not renting a car, please check the website for details on various cab companies and shuttle services that offer fixed price transportation to and from the hotel.  Please mention the con when booking rooms.

FOR INFO ON THE CON, PLEASE CONTACT
Doug Ellis, 13 Spring Lane, Barrington Hills, IL 60010, 847-217-4241
info@windycitypulpandpaper.com

18th Annual Fantastic Pulps Show & Sale
Saturday, May 10, 2014, 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.
Lower level (just east of Spadina)


25 dealers’ tables crammed with vintage pulp, pulp reprints, vintage paperbacks and posters as well as other ephemera.
Plus a half-hour pulp magazine cover slide show. A great time for both serious pulp collectors as well as the casually interested.
Lots of great stuff to see!

Only $3! Tickets available at the door, kids under 10 admitted free with adult.

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.



59th Michigan Antiquarian Book & Paper Show -  April 6, 2014!
Lansing Center
333 E. Michigan Ave.
Lansing, Michigan

$4.50 admission
Children 13 and under free

The Antiquarian Book & Paper Show is the largest book and paper show in the Midwest, averaging over 70 exhibitors and one million old, rare, and collectible book and paper items for sale.

The Michigan Antiquarian Book & Paper Show

Adventure House
Now available!

High Adventure #135
The Best of PLANET STORIES


"Engines of the Gods" by Gardner F. Fox
"The engines were the wealth of Mars—but they could not be used until their secret was solved.  Kortha and the evil Guantra fought and schemed for the knowledge—and the planet lay on the brink of destruction."
 
"Tiger By the Tale" by Poul Anderson
"The Man Who Staked the Stars" by Charles Dye
"Electron Eat Electron" by Noel Loomis
"Task to Luna" by Alfred Coppel
"Poison Planet" by William Oberfield


7x10, 110 pages, $9.95


Adventure House
Now available!

Phantom Detective - Fall/51  

"Murder Millions" by Robert Wallace
"The Phantom has an ace up his sleeve when he sits in on the game of the big-time gambling racketeers who hold a great city in terror!"
 
"Now Playing—Murder" by Donald Bayne Hobart
"A Brush With Murde"r by Benton Braden
"The Pick-Up" by Thomas Killen
"Slime On My Hands" by Richard Brister
"I Make My Own Laws" by Wyatt Blassingame

7x10, 128 pages, $14.95


Adventure House
Now available!

High Seas Adventures - 04/35
 
"Outlaw of the Sea" by Dr. George S. King
"The slave-yacht "Wanderer," and outcast ship with manacled blacks in her hold and a crew of cutthroats on her deck, flew from every navy in the world."

"The Shanghaied Crimp" by Bill Adams
"Nantucket Sunrise" by Warren E. Carleton
"Transport 157" by Peter Huntley MacArthur
"Demon Reefs" by Ben C. Robinson

7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
Cover Artist: Sidney Riesenberg


Airship 27 Productions
   NOIR : THE ART OF ROB MORAN
Available now!


Airship 27 Productions is proud to announce the release of their first ever art book.  NOIRE – THE ART OF ROB MORAN  is a wonderful collection of stark black and white imagery showcasing the phenomenal work of one of today’s top graphic artist in the field of pulp literature.

Rob Moran is an award-winning illustrator/comic book artist/writer based in the UK.  As a writer he has created various comic titles and wrote a nationally syndicated American newspaper comic strip.  As an artist he has been a magazine illustrator, newspaper cartoonist, computer game designer and has created posters for the Scottish Opera.  As a graphic artist, he has been published in the UK, Europe and the USA with such companies as Marvel, Dark Horse, Image Comics, Silver Phoenix Entertainment, Classical comics, 2000 AD and many others.  His comic mini-series BLOOD NATION is currently being filmed as a major motion picture.

“We discovered Rob via Facebook,” explains Airship 27 Productions Managing Editor Ron Fortier.  “Immediately his love for the classic Noir movies of old jumped out at us with each wonderful piece he would post.”  Ultimately Airship 27 Productions recruited Moran to do the art for their book, PROHIBITION by writer Terrence McCauley; an old fashion gangster epic.  For his efforts Moran won the coveted Pulp Factory Award for Best Interior Illustrations.  In 2013, Moran did the art for BROTHER BONES – SIX DAYS OF THE DRAGON, his second assignment for Airship 27 Productions and is currently nominated for this work in both the Pulp Factory and New Pulp Awards.

“When the opportunity to showcase this amazing artist presented itself,” Fortier continues, “Art Director Rob Davis and I knew this was a book we had to do. We’ve published dozens of great artists over the past few years.  Rob Moran is clearly one of the best of these and this is a book we are damn proud of.”

NOIR : THE ART OF ROB MORAN is an 8-1/2 X 11 black and white book.  It features over two dozens illustrations highlighting Hollywood’s silver screen killers, G-Men, Mobsters and Femme Fatales like you’ve never seen them before. 

It is available from Amazon.com at the link below.

You can see more of Rob Moran’s work at http://robmorancomicart.blogspot.com.

Airship 27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!


Altus Press
Now available!

by D.L. Champion
 Introduction by Ed Hulse

 
Brilliant, decisive, and hard-charging, Deputy Inspector Allhoff was the NYPD’s ace detective until bullets from a mobster’s machine gun robbed him of his legs, his career, and—in the opinion of an associate—his sanity. Yet Allhoff was too good a man to be put out to pasture, so New York’s police commissioner found a way to keep him employed and refer to him such cases as the department couldn’t or wouldn’t handle. Confined to a wheelchair and operating from a seedy tenement flat, Allhoff is assisted by two cops: Battersly, the rookie patrolman whose brief moment of cowardice cost the inspector his legs, and Simmons, the bitter career cop who detests Allhoff but sticks with the embittered cripple to protect his own pension.
 Created by D.L. Champion, Inspector Allhoff denied most conventions of detective-pulp fiction. He could never be confused for one of Raymond Chandler’s knights errant, trudging down those mean streets. Allhoff was no Rover Boy in trench coat and fedora. He was, in fact, a sadist and a psychopath. With 30 entries published between 1938 and 1946, the Allhoff series was among the most popular and long-lived to appear in Dime Detective, the prestigious crime pulp second only to the legendary Black Mask in its impact on the genre.

Contains the following stories:
 “Footprints on a Brain”
 “I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead”
“Lock the Death House Door!”
 “Cover the Corpse’s Eyes”
 “Dead and Dumb”
 “A Corpse for Christmas”
 “Sergeants Should Never Sleep”
“Turn in Your Badge!”
 “There Was a Crooked Man”
 “Suicide in Blue”

Hardcover - $39.95
Softcover - $26.96
Ebook - $4.99


Altus Press
Now available!

The King’s Passport
by H. Bedford-Jones

 
In a cold November night of the year 1640 three young men coincidentally meet in a Parisian tavern—a musketeer of the king, a poem reciting guardsman and an escapee from the Bastille, the infamous prison of the French king. Soon these three men will be part of an intrigue of Cardinal Richelieu in his struggle for power. Around the mysterious past of the fugitive and a damsel in distress enfolds a swashbuckling adventure by the “King of the Pulps” H. Bedford-Jones, using two immortal heroes of 19th-century French literature, Alexandre Dumas' musketeer d'Artagnan and Edmond Rostand's large-nosed poet Cyrano de Bergerac.


Hardcover - $29.95
Softcover - $11.65
Ebook - $4.99


Altus Press
Coming soon!

First peek at the newest Doc cover 'The War Makers', tentatively due out in April.


Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in May!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 75: "The Green Death" and "Rock Sinister" - SPECIAL MOVIE EDITION
The pulp era's legendary superman journeys to the South America in two action-packed novels by Harold A. Davis and Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, explorers return from the Matto Grosso jungle with news of a recently discovered lost city and evidence that Johnny Littlejohn has already succumbed to a deadly malady! Can the Man of Bronze prevent "The Green Death" from spreading throughout the United States? Then, the kidnapping of Monk Mayfair leads Doc Savage to South America and the bizarre mystery of the "Rock Sinister." BONUS: a behind-the-scenes look at the 1975 DOC SAVAGE movie! This instant collector's item leads off with the classic pulp covers by Emery Clarke and Modest Stein, the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical commentary by Will Murray, author of fourteen Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-145-5 Softcover, 7x10, 112 pages, B&W, $14.95

DOC SAVAGE VOLUME 75 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26).
The Diamond Item Code is APR141580.


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 May!
THE SHADOW Volume 85: "Masters of Death," "Voodoo Death" and "The Shadow Challenged"
The Knight of Darkness battles murderous supervillains in two thrilling pulp novels by Walter B. Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." First, The Shadow wages a final battle against his greatest enemy, Shiwan Khan, in "Masters of Death." Then, savage drums promise eerie menace when Professor MacAbre attempts to bring "Voodoo Death" to The Shadow and Margo Lane! BONUS: A murderous Shadow uses the power of invisibility for evil and sets a deadly trap for Lamont Cranston in "The Shadow Challenged." Which Shadow will have the last laugh? This deluxe pulp reprint showcases the original color pulp covers by Graves Gladney and Modest Stein and the classic interior illustrations by Edd Cartier and Paul Orban with historical commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-146-2 Softcover, 7x10. 112 pages, B&W, $14.95

THE SHADOW VOLUME 85 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26).
The Diamond Item Code is APR141581.


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 May!
THE SPIDER Volume 4: "Wings of the Black Death" and "When Satan Came to Town"
The pulps' most bloodthirsty crimebuster wages his deadly war on crime in the FIRST and LAST Spider novels by Norvell Page writing as "Grant Stockbridge." First, the Black Death secret society frames the Spider for a series of police murders and plots to depopulate Manhattan through the " Wings of the Black Death." Then, the Conqueror's takeover of a big city is only the prelude to planned state, nation and world domination! This double novel pulp reprint showcases the original color covers by John Newton Howitt and Rafael DeSoto, John Fleming Gould's classic interior illustrations and historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-148-6 Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95 

THE SPIDER VOLUME 4 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26).
The Diamond Item Code is APR141582.


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 June!
DOC SAVAGE #76: "The Mindless Monsters" & "The Mental Monster" - Comic-con Special
The pulp era's greatest superhero returns in two action-packed novels by Alan Hathway and Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, super-powered zombies go on a crime spree, including a graduate from Doc's Crime College! Can Doc Savage destroy "The Mindless Monsters" and prove that he's not their hidden leader? Then, why is a young engineer terrorized by a tiny white bird? The Man of Bronze faces one of his greatest challenges as he strives to defeat "The Mental Monster." This instant collector's item showcases the classic pulp covers by Emery Clarke, the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical commentary by Will Murray, author of fourteen Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-149-3 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 June!
THE SHADOW ANNUAL #1: "The Crime Crypt" & "The Green Terror"
BATMAN FORESHADOWED with a foreword by Dennis O'Neil
The Knight of Darkness crushes supercrime in thrilling pulp novels by Walter B. Gibson and Theodore Tinsley writing as "Maxwell Grant." First, concealed within an ancient mummy case, The Shadow smuggles himself into a criminal mastermind's "Crime Crypt" using the same gimmick that Doctor Doom reprises in the 1950 Batman story, "1,001 Trophies of the Batcave." Then, The Shadow battles "The Green Terror," a criminal whose use of scientifically induced fear preceded the Scarecrow's infamous modus operandi.  Finally, in a classic radio script that foreshadowed Batman's landmark Ra's Al Ghul saga, Lamont Cranston dies so that The Shadow can go undercover to battle a super-villain who has discovered his secret identity in "Can the Dead Talk?" BONUS: Film historian Ed Hulse examines the glaring plot similarities between the 1994 SHADOW film and 2005's BATMAN BEGINS! This deluxe pulp reprint showcases the original color pulp covers by George Rozen and Graves Gladney and the classic interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Earl Mayan with historical commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-150-9 Softcover, 7x10. 144 pages, B&W, $14.95

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

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


Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Available again in June!
THE SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL Volume 9: "Lingo," "Partners in Peril"& "The Grim Joker"
FORESHADOWING THE BATMAN special with a foreword by Jerry Robinson
Celebrating the 75th anniversary of Batman's debut, Sanctum Books re-solicits the FIRST EDITION of the book
that rewrote the history of BATMAN!

First, a powerful new underworld kingpin crosses swords with The Shadow in "Lingo," one of Walter Gibson's all-time masterpieces which introduces The Shadow's customized yellow boomerang which inspired the Batarang. Then, in "Partners of Peril" by Theodore Tinsley, Lamont Cranston investigates chemical syndicate murders in the landmark thriller that was adapted by Bill Finger and Bob Kane as Batman's debut adventure in Detective Comics #27. "With this astonishing discovery, Anthony Tollin and Will Murray have rewritten the history of Batman," Alter Ego-editor Roy Thomas proclaimed. "We always knew that Batman was inspired by The Shadow—we just didn't know how much he was inspired by The Shadow!" This extra-length volume also reprints Tinsley's "The Grim Joker," a 1936 tale introducing a clown-faced crime boss called The Joker. Popular culture historian Will Murray documents the Shadowy origins of Batman, while series editor Anthony Tollin reveals how "Partners of Peril" was adapted as the first Batman story. This classic pulp collection also features a foreword by Golden Age Bat-artist Jerry Robinson (creator of The Joker), George Rozen's arresting pulp covers and all the original interior art by acclaimed illustrator Tom Lovell including a lost double-page "Partners of Peril" spread. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-932806-72-4 Softcover, 144 pages, 7x10. B&W, STILL ONLY $12.95

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)



BBC AMERICA announces 'My God, It's Full of Stars: A Journey to the Edge of Science Fiction'

BBC AMERICA and BBC Two announced today a new four-part docu-series co-production My God, It’s Full of Stars: A Journey to the Edge of Science Fiction (W/T). The series heads to the very frontiers of space and science to produce the definitive television history of science fiction. The story of one of the liveliest and most stimulating genres in popular culture will be told through its impact on cinema, television and literature.

Each episode will explore one of the enduring themes of science fiction: time travel; the exploration of space; robots and artificial intelligence; and aliens. It will be made with the help of the genre’s greatest pioneers: the filmmakers, writers, actors, and graphic artists whose obsession and imagination has taken them into the unknown. Having explored the future, the past, parallel universes and galaxies far, far away, they are now ready to report back on their experiences.

This is the story of science fiction told by the men and women who fell to earth… From HG Wells's War Of The Worlds to The Terminator, from Doctor Who to Star Wars this series will guide viewers through a rich, thought-provoking and endlessly exciting genre.

The executive producer for the BBC is Michael Poole and overseeing production for BBC AMERICA are Richard De Croce and Rachel Smith.



Black Coat Press
Coming in June!

THE TRIUMPH OF FU MANCHU by William Patrick Maynard

Collectors Edition
US$39.95/ GBP28.99
6x9 Hardcover with dust jacket
212 pages
Cover by Christine Clavel
Interior Illustrations are by French artist Michel Borderie

Foreword:  Rick Lai
Introduction: William Patrick Maynard
Epilogue:
A short story titled "Aria" by
William Patrick Maynard  



Black Mask / MysteriousPress.com / Open Road Media
 Now available!

Long Live the Dead
by Hugh B Cave

Ten stories of murder and suspense from one of the all-time masters of pulp fiction
 
An addled ex-boxer named Tiny Tim ambles out of the shadows and complains to a beat cop that he is being followed. The officer laughs him off; everyone knows that Tiny Tim has heard footsteps behind him for years. But a few minutes later, Tim is spotted in a pool of blood, dead at the bottom of the subway steps. After years of running, the imagined footsteps have caught up to him at last.
 
This brisk tale of deception and murder is but one of the stories in this collection from Hugh B. Cave, a master of pulp fiction whose career spanned seventy-five years. Along with Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Cave was one of the defining authors of Black Mask magazine, and these stories are perfect examples of what set that pulp apart. Hard-boiled, fast-paced, and witty, the tales of Long Live the Dead are just as captivating now as they were on the newsstand many decades ago.




Black Mask / MysteriousPress.com / Open Road Media
 Now available!

No Pockets in a Shroud
by Richard Deming


Two gambling kingpins go to war—and Manville Moon is caught in the middle
 
When an upstart gangster named Byron Wade threatens Louis Bagnell’s gambling empire, Bagnell attempts to hire Manville Moon, a detective whose loss of a leg has not diminished his reputation as a tough guy. Preferring to remain neutral, Moon turns down Bagnell’s offer and refuses Wade’s as well. But Wade does not want another gunman. He wants a sleuth—to investigate his own murder, should the coming war leave him dead. They are negotiating over a platter of chop suey when Louis Bagnell turns up murdered.
 
Was Wade using Moon as an alibi, or did Bagnell’s killer come from within his own gang? Double-crosses come faster than bullets in this twisting novella, but even on one leg, Manville Moon will have no trouble keeping up.




The Book Cave - New podcast now available online!
Episode 274: ERB Comic Strips 
Ed Catto tells Ric and Art about the new ERB comic strips. We also chat about Captain Action and all things ERB.

Episode 273: The Omega Station
Episode 272: The Return of Ginger and...
Episode 271: Matt Madigan

Episode 270: Stephen Payne's Secret Agent X
Episode 269: Wayne Greenough
Episode 268: Zombies vs. Robots
Art's Reviews Episode 10: The Phantom Lagoon

Episode 267: Robots unleashed!  
Episode 266:  Gary Lovisi
THE CAPTAIN FUTURE HANDBOOK
Chuck Juzek (Author), Ron Hanna (Editor)
Now available in a Kindle Edition!


THE CAPTAIN FUTURE HANDBOOK - THE STORIES is the First Volume of the critically-acclaimed Reference work by Chuck Juzek that had previously only appeared in a small-press Soft and Hardcover editions, now available on KINDLE for the first time!  This Volume includes: An Introduction and Composite Illustrations, the Author's Favorite Covers, A Letter of Announcement and an Inside Look at Captain Future by Edmond Hamilton (including the first two introductory chapters that have never been reprinted before), The Captain Future Index and Reprinting History, Foreign Editions and Reprints, Captain Future on the Internet, and the Annotated Guide and Story Summaries of every Captain Future tales of adventure! Future Volumes will complete the series with all the Pulp and Paperback Covers, and much, much more! This is only the First Volume... Be sure to collect them all... This is a TRUE MASTERPIECE and finally available on KINDLE for the first time at an affordable price!
THE CAPTAIN FUTURE HANDBOOK - THE PULP COVERS is the Second Volume of the critically-acclaimed Reference work by Chuck Juzek that had previously only appeared in a small-press Soft and Hardcover editions, now available on KINDLE for the first time! This Volume includes: The Captain Future Pulp Cover Gallery and Related Cover Gallery, Captain Future in the Comics and Comic Book Cover Gallery, Captain Future on Video and Video Box Covers, Captain Future in the world of Music with the Japanese Songbook Cover... Future Volumes will complete the series with all the world-wide Paperback Covers, and much, much more! This is only the Second Volume... So be sure to collect them all... This is a TRUE MASTERPIECE and finally available on KINDLE for the first time at an affordable price!

THE CAPTAIN FUTURE HANDBOOK - THE PAPERBACKS is the Third Volume of the critically-acclaimed Reference work by Chuck Juzek that had previously only appeared in a small-press Soft and Hardcover editions, now available on KINDLE for the first time! This Volume includes: The Popular Library Paperback Covers, The German Paperback Covers, and The Japanese Paperback Covers... The Fourth and Final Volume will complete the series with the Complete Bibliography, and much, much more! This is a TRUE MASTERPIECE and finally available on KINDLE for the first time at an affordable price!

THE CAPTAIN FUTURE HANDBOOK - RELATED MATERIAL is the Fourth and Final Volume of the critically-acclaimed Reference work by Chuck Juzek that had previously only appeared in a small-press Soft and Hardcover editions, now available on KINDLE for the first time! This Volume includes: The Captain Future Bibliography, Under Observation (Selected Editorial Columns from the Original Pulp Magazines), and Farewell, Captain Future!, which brings this brilliant Saga to a close... Be sure to collect them all... This is a TRUE MASTERPIECE and finally available on KINDLE for the first time at an affordable price!

Wild Cat Books
 


CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #9 - Arriving in comic shops March 26!
Joshua Williamson (Writer), Fernando Dagnino (Art), Ego (Color), and Felipe Massafera (Cover)

Eager to learn the mysterious fate of his former sidekick, Captain Midnight storms war industrialist Fury Shark’s London stronghold. He’s a man on a mission to confront his archnemesis, but will Midnight be able to handle the truth about his old buddy Chuck Ramsey?

Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99




CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #12 - Coming in June!
Joshua Williamson (Writer), Manuel Garcia (Pencils), Bit (Inks), Marta Martínez (Color), and Freddie Williams II and Jeremy Roberts (Cover)

Reeling from the death of one friend and the betrayal of another, Captain Midnight throws himself into his work to mourn. Disillusioned with why he wears a costume, the time-traveling hero ponders what the world needs more of: the brawn of Captain Midnight or the brains of his civilian identity, genius inventor Jim Albright?

Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99, On sale June 25

CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #12 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26).
The Diamond Item Code is APR140036.



CLASSICS REIMAGINEDHR HAGGARD'S QUATERMAIN - KING SOLOMON'S MINES
Coming Spring 2014!


CLASSICS REIMAGINED takes the main characters and basic stories of well-known works of fantastic fiction and reintroduces them in more accessible and exciting forms.
 
The first release is HR HAGGARD'S QUATERMAIN: KING SOLOMON'S MINES, a graphic novel by the legendary Pablo Marcos and Mark Ellis, to be followed by at least three others...including SHE...again by Marcos and Ellis.
 
The creators are very enthusiastic about this undertaking for a variety of reasons...least of which is the line is a labor of love.

CLASSICS REIMAGINED will be filling a niche which the various incarnations and versions of the old "Classics Illustrated" comics don't seem to be managing to do.

The 
CLASSICS REIMAGINED books will also bring back some of the fun of action-adventure comics without being mired too much in the past.
 
The CLASSICS REIMAGINED publisher is Stephan Friedt's Ying Ko Graphics.

The publication target date for
HR HAGGARD'S QUATERMAIN: KING SOLOMON'S MINES is spring of 2014.

Also in the works is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's THE LOST WORLD by Mark Ellis and Jeff Slemons.

More details to come when available!





CONAN THE AVENGER #3 - Coming in June!
Fred Van Lente (Writer), Brian Ching (Art), Michael Atiyeh (Color), and Philip Tan and Romulo Fajardo Jr. (Cover)

A demon roams the streets of Shumballa—sent by mysterious forces to kill the popular commander of the city guard. When the king’s royal sister is accused of witchcraft, Conan comes to her rescue . . . but for what purpose?


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.50, On sale June 25

CONAN THE AVENGER #3 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26).
The Diamond Item Code is APR140077.



CONAN VOLUME 16: THE SONG OF BÊLIT - Coming in August!
Brian Wood (Writer), Paul Azaceta (Art), Riccardo Burchielli (Art), Leandro Fernandez (Art), Dave Stewart (Color), and Massimo Carnevale (Cover)

Brian Wood’s epic and acclaimed adaptation of Robert E. Howard’s “Queen of the Black Coast” reaches its heart-rending conclusion! This thrilling volume collects issues #19–#25 of the Dark Horse Comics series Conan the Barbarian.

Hardcover, Full Color, 176 pages, $24.99, On sale August 20

CONAN VOLUME 16: THE SONG OF BÊLIT is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26).
The Diamond Item Code is APR140079.




Cryptozoica - New review now online!

Lost World - Lost Souls Deep in the jungled hell of Big Tamtung, a forgotten island in the South China Seas, a miraculous ancient substance is found that will unlock the secrets of life on Earth-- Prima Materia, a fabled material that has been whispered about since Biblical times. Two centuries before, Charles Darwin discovered the last pool of Prima Materia on Big Tamtung but his discovery was suppressed by The School of Night, a secret society of scholars founded by Sir Walter Raleigh. Now, when a small group of scientists and fortune hunters explore the jungles of Big Tamtung, they must endure frightening tests of their ingenuity and courage, as they struggle against ancient terrors--a lost world of dinosaurs and a miracle older than time.

With a non-human language spoken by Biblical patriarchs and coded secrets scribbled in the suppressed log of Darwin as their only clues, "Tombstone" Jack Kavanaugh and his partner, Augustus Crowe, discover secrets linking Prima Materia to the hidden history of humanity. Kavanaugh and Crowe lead a pair of cynical scientists and the notorious Madame Bai Suzhen through the seething cauldron of a bizarre ecosystem--the remnant of an Earth that was and might be again. Pursued by a crew of bloodthirsty Triad assassins and frighteningly intelligent monsters spawned by a twisted evolution, Kavanaugh and Crowe are no longer interested in seeking a fortune, but merely in staying alive.

Deep in the broiling jungle, amid ruins half as old as time, they plunge into the heart of humanity's greatest mystery--and to a violent confrontation with a misshapen madman who lusts after a miracle but will settle for murder. Lavishly illustrated by Jeff Slemons. Cryptozoica…where the past has not stopped breathing! "CRYPTOZOICA is a novel for those who really want to sink their teeth into something engrossing to the finish. For a modern take on pulp adventure, you would be hard-pressed to find one that delivers like this.


Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!

Forgotten Books: DANGER CIRCUS by Raoul Whitfled (1933) - New!
Comic Gallery: DAGAR, DESERT HAWK (1948) - New!
Poster Gallery: SON OF KONG (1933) - New!
Paperback Gallery: THE AVENGER 13, 14 & 15 (1973) - New!
Comic Gallery: LONE RANGER Painted Covers (1953) - New!
Forgotten Stories: MURDER EXTRA! by Raoul Whitfield - READ IT HERE!
Lobby Cards: THE MARK OF ZORRO (1940)
PULP FICTION: Embracing the Inner Smart-Aleck
Pulp Gallery: SPICY ADVENTURE (1936)


DEJAH OF MARS #2 (OF 4) - Coming in June!
(Writer) Mark Rahner (Art) Jethro Morales (Cover) Jay Anacleto

The more rocks Dejah Thoris overturns to find the missing John Carter, the more clues point to something bigger and more insidious than his disappearance. And the greater the chance she’ll disappear – or be disappeared – herself!


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 4

DEJAH OF MARS #2 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26).
The Diamond Item Code is APR141143.





DEJAH THORIS AND THE GREEN MEN OF MARS #12 (OF 12) - Arriving in comic shops March 26!
Writer: Mark Rahner
Art: Jethro Morales
Cover Artist(s): Jay Anacleto, Carlos Rafael

FINAL ISSUE! The finale of the offbeat hit miniseries! Looks like the only success Dejah Thoris will have on a suicide mission with her Thark commandos is the suicide. They have no way to stop the crazed, nihilistic Warhoons they've infiltrated from activating the gigantic, ancient gun unearthed in the desert. And it's aimed at Helium - for starters.

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99





DOC SAVAGE #4 - Arriving in comic shops March 26!
Written by Chris Roberson, art by Bilquis Evely, cover by Alex Ross

When an experimental drilling technique threatens to set the world's largest oil fields ablaze in 1977, Doc Savage is the only one who can prevent an environmental catastrophe and the worldwide economic crisis which would surely follow. But to succeed, he will first have to help a young woman regain her faith in the future.

Full color, 32 pages, $3.99, in stores on March 12.





DOC SAVAGE #7 - Coming in June!
Written by Chris Roberson, art by Bilquis Evely, cover by Alex Ross

When his adventures began in 1933, Doc Savage was aided by five loyal associates. By 2014, his operation is truly global in reach, thanks to a smart phone of Doc’s own design that allows anyone anywhere to ask for help or help others in return, and millions of people take part every day. But when everyone using the device is suddenly and without warning becomes immediately violent and aggressive, Doc might only have himself to blame…

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 11

DOC SAVAGE #7 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26).
The Diamond Item Code is APR141156.






DOC SAVAGE ARCHIVES VOLUME 1: THE CURTIS MAGAZINE ERA HC - Coming in August!
(Writer) Doug Moench; (Art) John Buscema, Tony DeZuniga, Ernie Chan; (Cover) Ken Barr

The Man of Bronze is back with a vengeance! In this brand new archival edition, the harrowing adventures of Doc Savage return straight from the 1970’s—fully remastered and ready for action. With art done by John Buscema, Tony DeZuniga, and Ernie Chan to accompany writer Doug Moench, this book is a must have for any and all fans of Doc Savage and his Amazing Five. Revisit the classic Curtis magazine issues 1 through 8 and relive the glory days of the Man of Bronze.

Hardcover, 7x10, 500 pages, Full Color, $49.99, On sale August 27

DOC SAVAGE ARCHIVES VOLUME 1 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26).
The Diamond Item Code is APR141159.

These are the comics that originally appeared in Marvel's black & white Doc Savage Magazine
which were recently reprinted by DC Comics as a Showcase Presents Edition.




Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan: The Sunday Comics Volume 2, 1934–1936 HC - Coming in August!
George A. Carlin (Writer) and Hal Foster (Art)

Hal Foster is celebrated in this deluxe collection of every Tarzan Sunday strip from September 1934 through September 1936! This giant-size second volume compiles over one hundred expertly restored strips, on archive-quality paper and in gorgeous color, replicating their original appearance!

Hardcover, 15" x 20", Full Color, 120 pages, $125.00, On sale August 27

TARZAN THE SUNDAY COMICS VOLUME 2 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26).
The Diamond Item Code is APR140085.



E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow in Review:
This weeks new Shadow review is "The Blackest Mail" from the August 1946 issue of The Shadow Magazine.
 
Pulpgen-Online Pulps:   Now with over 1000 stories online!
"Complication Murder!" by Charles Molyneux Brown from SHORT STORIES, September 25, 1948
Killers Are Always Underestimating Cops. Or Maybe it's the Other Way Around.  Featuring private eye Rob Riddle.
"Now I Lay Me Down to Die" by Anthony Tompkins from G-MEN DETECTIVE, February, 1946
A Keen-Eyed Hospital Orderly Named Bill Matches Wits with a Diabolical Murderer!
"Bullet Ransom" by Stanley Baxter from 10-STORY DETECTIVE, January, 1941
Sergeant Martin Pell thought he knew most of the angles of crime psychology. But when he used a human guinea pig in a rat-hunting experiment, he got a new slant on the workings of a trigger-mad mind.


Fedogan & Bremer - At the printer!
ANA KAI TANAGATA by Scott Nicolay

This will be Scott Nicolay's first collection of stories.
Modern horror master, Laird Barron is penning the introduction.
Artist David Verba is doing the stunning art for this tome.


With an Introduction by Laird Barron and Afterword by John Pelan, here is new Weird Horror writer Scott Nicolay's debut collection. The eight tales range from short stories to meaty novella length, each one creepier and weirder than the last. By turns erudite and earthy, poetic and brutal, ironic and horrific, these stories are NOT for the squeamish! Lavishly illustrated by David Verba
 
From the introduction by Laird Barron:
"This is a big, sprawling treatise of the macabre. Except for a couple of short stories to ameliorate the ever-ratcheting dread, these are lengthy novelettes and novellas, and one, a piece original to this volume, qualifies as a short novel. It is testament to Nicolay’s artistic integrity that he works at what the industry often considers an unpublishable length. Flash fiction and short subjects are the rage here in the 21st Century. Much as I applaud the intersection of literature and the internet, I’m nonetheless dismayed by the prevalent marketing notion that the best length for fiction tops out at 7500 words. I disagree strongly. What the field requires is variety. In addition to short-shorts, it must be seeded with novelettes and novellas and short novels to properly flourish. Thank the dark gods Nicolay is a throwback to masters such as Blackwood and Machen in that regard. One of his greatest virtues as an author is a willingness to allow a tale to develop at a natural pace, to digress where it must digress, to mature like a pearl from a cyst in the belly of an oyster. There is no rush in a Nicolay story. It proceeds through twisting and twining galleries of phantasmagoric imagery to whatever fresh hell awaits at the end of the journey.

And so, we pause now at the threshold of a voyage. At the helm reposes your guide, a man who sees the world a bit differently than the rest of us, a man who is going places, dark, dark places, and he’s taking us along. It will prove a dark odyssey down the great river that winds through our collective subconscious. A river of blood and memory that cores and bores into the bones of cosmic lagerstätten. Possibly, when it is over, you too shall see reality a bit differently. Perhaps you’ll gaze through the azure shell of the sky and see the infinite blackness that awaits"

 The Limited Edition will have a chapbook with an exclusive additional story.

Trade copies will ship in a matter of weeks.
 Slipcase construction will delay the Limited Edition until July or August.




Fedogan & Bremer - At the printer!
SEARCHERS AFTER HORROR
Selected and edited by S.T. Joshi


Arguably the worlds greatest scholar of the Weird Fiction genre, editor S.T. Joshi has selected 21 eerie tales around the theme of "the Weird Place."
We believe that the Authors list speaks for itself. All but one presented here for the first time.
 
Richard Corben dustjacket art. Richly illustrated by Rodger Gerberding .

 
Contents
Introduction by S. T. Joshi
Iced In by Melanie Tem
At Home with Azathoth by John Shirley
The Girl Between the Slats by Michael Aronovitz
The Patter of Tiny Feet by Richard Gavin
At Lorn Hall by Ramsey Campbell
Blind Fish by Caitlín R. Kiernan
An Element of Nightmare by W. H. Pugmire
The Reeds by Gary Fry
Crawldaddies by Steve Rasnic Tem
Three Dreams of Ys by Jonathan Thomas
Willie the Protector by Lois H. Gresh
Miranda’s Tree by Hannes Bok
The Beautiful Fog Ascending by Simon Strantzas
Exit Through the Gift Shop by Nick Mamatas
Going to Ground by Darrell Schweitzer
Dark Equinox by Ann K. Schwader
Et in Arcadia Ego by Brian Stableford
The Shadow of Heaven by Jason V Brock
Flesh and Bones by Nancy Kilpatrick
The Sculptures in the House by John D. Haefele
Ice Fishing by Donald Tyson

Trade copies will ship in a matter of weeks.
 Slipcase construction will delay the Limited Edition until July or August.


Trade Edition    Deluxe Limited Edition


FLASH GORDON #3 - Coming in June!
Writer: Jeff Parker, Art: Evan Shaner,
Cover: Marc Laming

THE MAN FROM EARTH vs. THE BEAST-MEN OF ARBORIA! Flash must be crushed in public, to prove all those who oppose Ming shall perish! Will Flash’s wits and wiles win the day, or might Ming massacre his menace? Full-throttle space epic action from dream team JEFF PARKER (Batman ’66, Aquaman), EVAN SHANER (Adventures of Superman) and JORDIE BELLAIRE (Moon Knight)!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 11

FLASH GORDON #3 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26).
The Diamond Item Code is APR141140.






The Golden Age - Now online!

Reuben Moriera ~ 1922-1984 ~ The Black Terror
- New!
N. C. Wyeth ~ The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne ~ 1918 Scribner's Edition

STARTLING COMICS ~ 53 Issues ~ 1940-48
THE GOLDEN AGE OF COMIC BOOKS ~ 1937-1945

EXCITING COMICS ~ 69 Issues ~ 1940-49
Thrilling Comics ~ 78 issues ~ 1940-50
 
Jerry Schneider Enterprises
  
Pulp and Digest Replicas   Pulp Tales Presents    Comics   ERB  
Now available!

EARL DERR BIGGERS TELLS SIX STORIES by Earl Derr Biggers
Our fourth collection of stories. Illustrated.

Earl Derr Biggers, the creator of Charlie Chan, tells six of his stories in this new collection featuring
"Selling Miss Minerva", "The Girl Who Paid Dividends", "Idle Hands", "A Letter to Australia", "Trouping With Ellen", and "Broadway Broke".
The softcover edition contains a frontispiece, the hardcover edition contains a frontispiece and 16 interior illustrations.

Order Hardcover with Dust Jacket from Lulu.com  336 pages
Order Trade Paperback from Lulu.com  304 pages
Order Trade Paperback from Createspace.com  304 pages
Order Trade Paperback from Amazon.com  304 pages
 

KING CONAN: THE CONQUEROR #2 (of 6) - Arriving in comic shops March 26!
Timothy Truman (Writer), Tomás Giorello (Art/Cover), and José Villarrubia (Color)

Conan finds himself chained on a galley ship manned by some of the Black Corsairs he once sailed with in his youth! If he’s to reach Stygia and recover the magical jewel he needs to regain his throne, he’ll have to lead a slave uprising and reclaim his old title: Amra the Lion!


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.50, in stores on March 26.





KING CONAN: THE CONQUEROR #5 (of 6) - Coming in June!
Timothy Truman (Writer), Tomás Giorello (Art/Cover), and José Villarrubia (Color)

From the demon-haunted darkness of a Stygian crypt, across the sea, and back to Aquilonia speeds the dethroned King Conan—revenge finally within his grasp! The stage is set for a battle against an evil wizard’s forces, and this epic Robert E. Howard adaptation races to a scorching climax!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.50, On sale June 25

KING CONAN: THE CONQUEROR #5 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26).
The Diamond Item Code is APR140078.





Laurie's Wild West - Now online!

Pulp Roundup for March 19, 2014 - New!
Happy St. Patrick's Day - New!
Pulpfest Official Flyer
Pulp News for Wednesday, March 5
A Rare Look into the Heart of Street & Smith's Founder 
"New" Paul Powers Article, "Save Your Rejection Slips," Here in its Entirety
PULP COVERS FOR THE WINTER OLYMPICS 

LEGENDS OF RED SONJA #5 - Arriving in comic shops March 26!
Written by Gail Simone, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Blair Butler, art by Jack Jadson, Valentine Delandro, Jim Calafiore, covers by Jay Anacleto, Frank Thorne.

Final issue! The epic mini-series featuring all-star creators concludes! This prestigious series, celebrating the She-Devil's 40th anniversary goes out with a bang. Sonja makes her final showdown against the brutal and deadly Grey Riders!

Full color, 32 pages, $3.99





LOBSTER JOHNSON: GET THE LOBSTER #5 (of 5) - Coming in June!
Mike Mignola (Writer), John Arcudi (Writer), Tonci Zonjic (Art/Cover), and Dave Stewart (Color)

The Lobster engages in a firefight with a madman in a biplane on top of a zeppelin!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 4

LOBSTER JOHNSON: GET THE LOBSTER #5 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26).
The Diamond Item Code is APR140015.




LOVECRAFT'S MONSTERS - Now available!
by Neil Gaiman (Author), Joe R. Lansdale (Author), Caitlín R Kiernan (Author), Elizabeth Bear (Author), Ellen Datlow (Editor)

In the century since H. P. Lovecraft published his first story, the monstrosities that crawled out of his brain have become legend: the massive, tentacled Cthulhu, who lurks beneath the sea waiting for his moment to rise; the demon Sultan Azathoth, who lies babbling at the center of the universe, mad beyond imagining; the Deep Ones, who come to shore to breed with mortal men; and the unspeakably-evil Hastur, whose very name brings death. These creatures have been the nightmarish fuel for generations of horror writers and the inspiration for some of their greatest works.

Softcover, 6x9, 432 pages, B&W, $16.95



MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION, VOL. TEN: ROBERT MOORE WILLIAMS - Now available!

Armchair Fiction features the best in classic science fiction short story collections. "Masters of Science Fiction, Vol. Ten” features the works of one of the most prolific of all science fiction writers, Robert Moore Williams. During his career, prolific author Robert Moore Williams published more than 150 novels and short stories. Williams was born in 1907. He had a full-time writing career from 1937 through 1972 and cut his teeth on such publications as “Amazing Stories,” “Astounding Science Fiction,” “Thrilling Wonder Stories,” and “Startling Stories,” just to name a few. He also became a stalwart contributor to Ace Books in the ‘50s and ‘60s, with many fine novels. After a long, distinguished career, Williams passed away in May of 1977 in Dateland, Arizona.

This collection contains some of his finest tales from the 1950s, including TIME TOLLS FOR TORO, FIND ME IN ETERNITY, WORLD OF RELUCTANT VIRGINS, THE SOUL MAKERS, THE DIAMOND IMAGES, WHEN THE SPOILERS CAME, TO THE END OF TIME, THE METAL MARTYR, DANGER IS MY DESTINY, THIS WAY OUT, and THE MAN FROM SPACE.

OUR PRICE:  $16.95 





Moonstone Books
Coming in June!


The Saint: The Man Who Wouldn’t Die
Author: Leslie Charteris
Adaptation: Mel Odom
Art: Scott Larson, Barbara Johnson Kaalberg
Cover: Scott Callie


Previews Exclusive!
"Adventure came to him not so much because he sought it as because he brazenly expected it.
He believed that life was full of adventure, and he went forward in the full blaze and surge of that belief."


The Saint encounters adrenaline junkie Miles Hallin.  Hallin claims to be able to cheat death, but when one of Templar's friends is killed, the Saint decides to put that to the test.

54 pages, 7” x 10”, squarebound, b/w, $7.99
ISBN: 978-1-936814-80-0

THE SAINT: THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T DIE is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26).
The Diamond Item Code is APR141274.


Moonstone Books

 
The New Pulp Heroes - Now online!
Tom Johnson has started a new Blog for authors who have created new pulp heroes.

Tom's Altus Press Hardbacks - New!
The Voice
Tom's Hardbacks From NTD
Echoes 30
More New Pulp From Tom

PS Publishing: ROY THOMAS PRESENTS: SHEENA: QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE VOLUME 1 BOOKSHOP EDITION - Coming in July!
(Writer) Roy Thomas; (Art) Robert Webb, Alex A. Blum

Roy Thomas Presents: Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. She may still be everyone's favorite yellow-tressed leopard-skin-clad Jungle Jane but, having made her first appearance almost 80 years ago (courtesy of Will Eisner and Jerry Iger in the British mag Wags #1), Sheena, Queen of the Jungle could be forgiven for being somewhat less spritely swinging through the trees righting wrongs and wielding her knife. There have been other incarnations, of course, but it's this classic material that strikes at the very heart of Good Girl Art. Whhhoooooaaaarrrrrgggghhhh!

Hardcover, 288 pages, Full Color, $47.99, On sale July 26

ROY THOMAS PRESENTS: SHEENA: QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE VOLUME 1 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26).
The Diamond Item Code is APR141336.






Every year, PulpFest recognizes the efforts of those who work to keep the pulps alive for this and future generations through its Munsey Award.
This annual award recognizes an individual who has given of himself or herself for the betterment of the pulp community.


PulpFest and the “New Fictioneers”  

It’s called new pulp–stories by modern writers who recreate the style of fiction that appeared in the pulp magazines of yore.
Back then, the authors who labored for the rough paper industry liked to call themselves scribes, word-slingers, penny-a-worders, and, perhaps the most favored term of all, fictioneers.
Join PulpFest as we celebrate today’s fictioneers—the authors writing the new pulp fiction.



Shopping for Collectibles at PulpFest  

Year after year, PulpFest is a paradise for the fan of pulp magazines, digests, vintage paperbacks, and other collectibles.
The collector will also find first edition hardcovers, men’s adventure and true crime magazines, series books, dime novels, original artwork, Big Little Books, B-movies, serials and related paper collectibles, old-time-radio shows, and Golden and Silver Age comic books in our 15,800 square-foot dealers’ room.


Laurie Powers

Laurie Powers will be speaking at Ohio State University on the first day of PulpFest, (Thursday afternoon).
The talk and all the details haven't been worked out yet, but the presentation will be related to the recent donation of the Paul Powers papers to the University.


Here in the Northeast, the only fishing that we've been doing for the last few months has been through a hole cut in the ice.
Thankfully, there’s a thaw in our future and soon we’ll be digging out our tackle boxes and our rods and heading for the “old fishing hole,” hoping to land a big one.


Early-bird shopping will be returning to the PulpFest dealers’ room on Thursday, August 7th, from 6 PM until 10 PM.
For an additional $30 over your regular membership fee, you’ll be able to purchase early-bird privileges for an extra four hours of shopping.

But wait! There’s an even better deal!
To reward loyal attendees who help to defray the convention’s substantial costs by staying three nights at our host hotel,
PulpFest is pleased to offer free early-bird privileges. That’s a very significant savings of $30!

Only staff, dealers, and early-bird shoppers will be allowed into the dealers’ room during Thursday evening, August 7th, to reward them for their terrific support.
So what are you waiting for?
Book your room at the Hyatt Regency Columbus, save thirty bucks, and get in on the action!
Go to https://aws.passkey.com/g/20315125 and we’ll be waiting for you.


PulpFest 2014 is organizing a group dinner on August 9th.
Eating together on Saturday evening while batting the bull about this great hobby of ours has been a long-standing tradition at summer pulp cons.
The Saturday night group dinner returns to this year’s PulpFest when we’ll be dining together, family style, at the nearby Buca di Beppo Italian Restaurant, just a few minutes walk from the Hyatt Regency Columbus.


Win a FREE membership!

PulpFest needs your help. We’re looking for your ideas on how to improve your convention. So we’re conducting a poll to learn more about you and your interests and gathering opinions on some changes we’ll be instituting in 2014 and some options that we’re exploring. Whether or not you have attended PulpFest in the past or if you are planning to attend in 2014, we’d love to hear from you.

Regular members, dealer members, and even people who have never attended PulpFest can participate in our poll. As a way to thank everyone who responds, we’ll be offering three free memberships to PulpFest 2014, each valued at $30! All you have to do to enter is fill out our survey and provide your name and best contact information in the space provided on the form. Our three winners will be selected in a random drawing to be held on Friday, July 4th.

For your friends who don’t have Internet access, we’ll also be providing our poll with the newsletter and registration forms that will go out shortly to those on our mailing list. To be sure to receive one, please send your name and mailing address to Jack Cullers at 1272 Cheatham Way, Bellbrook, OH 45305 or via email at jack@pulpfest.com. Be sure to tell your friends.

Ready to start the poll? Then visit http://www.pulpfest.com/survey/ and you’re on your way. Thanks very much for your help.




PulpFest is known for its great programming and the line-up that we’re planning for our 2014 convention is shaping up to be one of our best. As mentioned previously, we’ll be celebrating science fiction’s golden year of 1939 and seventy-five years of fantastic fiction, as well as eighty years of the shudder pulps, zeroing in on the weird-menace magazines of 1934.

As always, we’ll have a wide variety of panels and presentations, including a discussion of FAMOUS FANTASTIC MYSTERIES featuring BLOOD 'N' THUNDER editor Ed Hulse and author Nathan Madison; Meteor House publisher Mike Croteau’s review of Philip José Farmer’s early science fiction stories for the pulps and digests; art historian David Saunders‘ presentation on John Newton Howitt, one of the leading cover artists for the weird-menace pulps; and preeminent pulp authority and author of THE WILD ADVENTURES OF DOC SAVAGE, Will Murray’s celebration of the diamond jubilee of The Avenger, the last of Street & Smith’s major pulp heroes to get his own magazine.

You’ll find information on these and much, much more by visiting http://www.pulpfest.com/programming/ for a look at the preliminary schedule for PulpFest 2014.

Pulp Crazy - Now online!

The Eldritch Force - New!
The Challenge From Beyond
- New!
Exiles of Kho by Christopher Paul Carey
Honey West & T.H.E. Cat: A Girl and Her Cat
Tom and Ginger Johnson

Sun Koh: Heir of Atlantis Volume 1 by Dr. Art Sippo

Pulp Den - Now online!

The Avenue of The Giants - New!
Tom's Altus Press Hardbacks - New!
Pardon Me Miss Brooks ... - New!
Game For Five
The Sons of Thor
The Gunslinger's Companion
Fight Card: Rise of The Luchador

Laidlaw
It Came From The Atomic Age Trading Cards

         Pulp Den  

Pulp Flakes - Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors and their stories, adventure and detective pulps.

On hold for a month or so - New!
Mystery artist revealed: Laurence Sterne Stevens
Guess the artist: illustration for Adventure magazine
In the Grass - short story by Gouverneur Morris in Collier's magazine
St. Ann's Big Boy - Fact article from Adventure, November 1949

The Pulp.Net  - Now online!
The Pulp.Net features two ongoing blogs!

Pulp Super-Fan blog written by Michael R. Brown and the long-running Yellowed Perils written by William Lampkin.

Pulp Super-Fan blog by Michael R. Brown

Review: ‘Tales of the Shadowmen, Vol. 4′
- New!
A look at the Fiction House pulp heroes
- New!
Meet Repairman Jack
A look at the occult detective

Review: ‘Shadows of the Opera’ Vol. 2

Yellowed Perils by William Lampkin

3 pulp questions: Ed Hulse - New!
Bits of pulp: Did someone say dinner?
- New!
Congrats to 2014 New Pulp Award winners
Pulp prices, then and now
An ‘amazing’ 88th; de Conan encounter; etc.

3 pulp questions: Don Hutchison
‘New Western Magazine’ (August 1947)

Actor John Payne, pulp fictioneer?
A letter on the pulps (from 1932)

Harold Hersey speaks
Southern Pulpsters is go!

RED SONJA #12 - Coming in June!
(Writer) Gail Simone (Art) Walter Geovani
(Cover) Main: Jenny Frison; Variant: 
Joyce Chin

The wild and untamed climax to Sonja’s epic journey to collect the six most gifted individuals of her age… but will she give them over to the sadistic emperor, as she promised?

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 25

RED SONJA #12 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26).
The Diamond Item Code is APR141122 (Frison cover).

The Diamond Item Code is APR141123 (Chin cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR141124 (Buscema cover).



RED SONJA: SANCTUARY #1 (ONE SHOT) - Coming in June!
(Writer) Marc Mason (Art) Noah Solanga
(Cover) Sergio Fernandez Davila

Raven returns! In a distant, hidden forest, Sonja finds Scathach's other chosen warrior has turned over a new leaf and renounced violence. Can Sonja do the same? Offered a chance to have friends, family, and a life without the sword, Sonja begins to see the course of her life change. But when a group of mercenaries determined to bring Raven to justice enter the mix, Sonja discovers that perhaps the only course her life can ever take is one of violence and tragedy!

Full Color, 40 pages, $4.99, On sale June 18

RED SONJA #12 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26).
The Diamond Item Code is APR141127.





Robert E. Howard
You can help save Robert E. Howard's house!

The window in Robert E. Howard's room recently fell out of it's frame. Also, the sills are rotting on windows in his mother's room.
Project Pride is footing the bill for the repairs, but they need some donations.
Please put a couple of dollars in an envelope and mail it to:
 Project Pride
 PO Box 534
 Cross Plains, TX 76443

You can also use Paypal to make donations.
No amount is too small.
Send money to projpride@yahoo.com




Robert E. Howard Days
June 13 - 14, 2014!


This year’s theme will be “Howard and History.”
REH editor and scholar Patrice Louinet is the Guest of Honor for this year’s Howard Days.



HOWARD DAYS PRE-REGISTRATION

You do not have to pre-register to partake of the weekend’s festivities. All are welcome to attend, visit the House and enjoy all of the activities free of charge. Project Pride likes to pre-register folks primarily to get a head count of how many will be attending the Banquet on Friday night and the BBQ on Saturday night. All the panels, tours, Swap Meet, Pavilion activities etc. are presented at no cost. Your registration fee covers coffee & donuts Friday morning, lunch at the Pavilion Friday noon, the Friday Banquet and the Saturday BBQ.
 
The cost for pre-registration this year is only $15 per person. Please send your name(s) & address with a check or money order or  register via PayPal: ProjPride@yahoo.com
 
Project Pride
Attn: REH Days 2013 Pre-registration
PO Box 534
Cross Plains, TX 76443
 
Please pre-register before June 6, 2014.
 
And for only $3.00 more per person ($5.00 per family), you can become a card-carrying Member of Project Pride. Each membership can make a big difference for the House!

2014 HOWARD DAYS SCHEDULE
 
FRIDAY JUNE 13
8:30 – 9 am: Coffee and donuts at the Pavilion, compliments of Project Pride

9 am – 4 pm: Robert E. Howard House Museum open to the public.
9 am – 4 pm: REH Postal Cancellation at Cross Plains Post Office
9 am – 11 am: Bus Tour of Cross Plains & Surrounding Areas
10 am – 5 pm: Cross Plains Public Library open
11:00: PANEL: In the Guise of Fiction
Noon: Lunch hosted by Project Pride. Donations welcome.
10:00 am to 4 pm: Pavilion available for REH items Swap Meet
1:30 pm: PANEL: Patrice Louinet, Guest of Honor
2:30 pm: PANEL: Presentation of the REH Foundation 2013 Awards
5:30 – 6:30: Silent Auction items available for viewing & bidding at Banquet site
6:30: Robert E. Howard Celebration Banquet & Silent Auction at the Cross Plains Community Center.
9:00 pm PANEL: Fists at the Ice House (behind the Texas Taxidermy building on Main St.)
Afterward there will be some extemporaneous REH Poetry Reading at the Pavilion.
 
SATURDAY JUNE 14
9 am – 4 pm: Robert E. Howard House Museum open to the public.
9 am – 4 pm: BARBARIAN FESTIVAL at Treadway Park, 3 blocks west of REH House
10 am – 3 pm: Cross Plains Public Library open
10:30 am PANEL: The Legend Continues
10:00 a.m. to 4 pm: Pavilion available for REH items Swap Meet
Lunch & Festival Activities at your leisure during the day
2:00 pm PANEL: Fists of Iron
3:30 pm PANEL: What’s Up with REH? (at the Pavilion)
5 pm: Sunset BBQ at the Caddo Peak Ranch
 
The Robert E. Howard House Museum will be open again this year on Thursday June 12th from 2-4 pm. No docents on duty but the Gift Shop is open.
All panels at REH Days last about one hour and are held at the Library unless noted.

REHupa

Robert Ludlum's The Janson Option - Now available!
by Paul Garrison

Paul Janson-a former Consular Ops legend known as "The Machine" for his deadly speed and accuracy-has a new mission. Sickened by the "sanctioned serial killings" ordered by the state department, Janson has left covert operations and is now a private security consultant. In partnership with deadly sharpshooter Jessica Kincaid, he only takes assignments that he believes will lead to the greater good.

When American Synergy Corporation oil executive Kingsman Helms begs Janson to rescue his wife, Allegra, from Somali pirates, Janson and Kincaid view it as the perfect opportunity to infiltrate ASC and disrupt the company's scheme to subvert independent oil-rich African countries into wholly-owned ASC subsidiaries.

Once on the ground, Janson and Kincaid discover that the pirates may be the least lethal threat in the violent chaos of anarchic Somalia. Is Allegra's kidnapping for real, or is she merely a pawn in her husband's machinations for control of the country? Janson and Kincaid quickly find themselves embroiled in a bewildering storm of plots and counterplots, and their fight to survive threatens to disrupt the entire region, and beyond...

Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing



The Serial Squadron Cinema Cliffhanger Archive
THE SPIDER'S WEB
Research copies are now available!


Archive DVD featuring Warren Hull - 15 Chapters (Complete)

One of the major original pulp heroes comes to the screen in the greatest adaptation of pulp to film ever created, featuring Warren Hull and Iris Meredith. Consistently rated one of the top 5 cliffhanger serials of all time by fans, and hugely influential. Source: new digital transfer of 16mm original print, complete, with generally excellent sharp picture quality, restored picture element with stabilization, exposure correction, and noise reduced audio.

Status: Restoration complete, archive DVD requests are shipping now.
To request a research copy, click here.





The Serial Squadron Cinema Cliffhanger Archive
NOW SHOWING: A NEW CHAPTER EVERY SATURDAY!

The Squadron will now be broadcasting a new, long-unseen rare serial chapter every week and spotlighting restorations in progress.
So no more waiting until the whole thing is done to be able to see those new chapters from restorations in progress -- SerialFest will now happen all year round right on this website!
We begin with the Squadron restoration of THE MASKED RIDER (1919), which includes lost scenes re-created according to the original script by volunteer actors.
The presentations are viewable free of charge.
To get the complete restorations without the watermarks, and with commentary, extras, and all that other good stuff, order the DVD editions!

February 8-22, March 1-29, April 5
THE MASKED RIDER Episodes 1-9

Harry Myers, Ruth Stonehouse, Paul Panzer
Restored from the only known 35mm original

April 12-26, May 3-17
ADVENTURES OF TARZAN Episodes 1-6

Elmo Lincoln, Louise Lorraine
New transfer of complete unabridged original chapters from the 1928 10-episode re-release
 
May 24-August 30
THE HOPE DIAMOND MYSTERY Episodes 1-15

Boris Karloff, Grace Darmond, George Chesebro
Unseen for over 90 years, Karloff's first major film role in a story with elements similar to THE MUMMY.

Sept-Oct-Nov-Dec
THE MYSTERIES OF MYRA Restoration



THE SHADOW VOLUME 3: THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD - Arriving in comic shops March 26!
Writer: Chris Roberson
Art: Giovanni Timpano
Cover Artist(s): Alex Ross

The Shadow, the mysterious crime-fighter who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men, is on the hunt for a serial murderer in the darkened streets of New York. At each crime scene, eyewitnesses have spotted the spectral figure of a woman in white. But what is the connection between these killings and the shining, blade-wielding woman known only as "The Light"? The Shadow must unravel the mystery before the killer strikes again! Collects the complete six-issue comic book storyline from The Shadow #13-18.


Trade Paperback, 168 pages, Full Color, $19.99, On sale February 19.






THE SHADOW: MIDNIGHT IN MOSCOW #2 (OF 10) - Coming in June!
(Writer/Art/Cover) Howard Chaykin

The streets of New York run red with criminal blood, as the families of organized crime wage war on each other. The streets of London conceal an international conspiracy that may very well put an end to humanity. And Lamont Cranston, aka The Shadow, has retired. WTF!?!!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 18

THE SHADOW: MIDNIGHT IN MOSCOW #2 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26).
The Diamond Item Code is APR141137.


 
THE SHADOW MASTER SERIES VOLUME 2 TPB - Coming in June!
(Writer) Andy Helfer; (Art) Kyle Baker, Marshall Rogers; (Cover) Kyle Baker

This second volume of The Shadow Master Series collects the critically acclaimed "Seven Deadly Finns" storyline by Andrew Helfer and Kyle Baker, as well as Helfer and Marshall Rogers' prologue "Harold Goes to Washington," in which The Shadow races to save President Reagan from a most unlikely assassin! Collecting issues #7-13.

Trade Paperback, 7x10, 208 pages, Full Color, $24.99, On sale June 18


THE SHADOW MASTERS SERIES VOLUME 2 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26).
The Diamond Item Code is APR141138.




The Shadow Fan's Podcast - Now online!

1994 Toys & More!
The Shadow Fan returns for Episode 64! This week, Barry shares some Shadow news, talks about the Middle Georgia Comic Convention and takes a look at some of the memorabilia associated with the 1994 movie!
 
If you love pulp's greatest crimefighter, then this is the podcast for you!

   
The Shadow - Under the Blue Light - Now online!

The Cup of Confucius - New!
The Cobra
- New!
Death's Harlequin
Spoils of The Shadow
Gems of Doom
Formula For Crime
SHERLOCK HOLMES: MORIARTY LIVES #4 (OF 5) - Coming in June!
(Writer) David Liss (Art) Carlos Furuzono (Cover) Francesco Francavilla

The deadly game of cat-and-mouse between world’s most notorious villain and the most dangerous man in Switzerland continues to unfold with skull-cracking, wife-stealing, cattle-mutilating action!  Moriarty begins to move his plan into his endgame, but he may have already been outwitted by the master alchemist who delights in murder and atrocity.  Can Moriarty be evil enough to emerge as a hero, or will the people who have trusted him find themselves betrayed?  The game is afoot in the penultimate issue!


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 11

SHERLOCK HOLMES: MORIARTY LIVES #4 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26).
The Diamond Item Code is APR141169.




TARZAN: THE COMPLETE RUSS MANNING NEWSPAPER STRIPS, VOL. 3: 1971-1974 - Coming in June!
Russ Manning (writer, artist, cover)

The third volume of a four-book series collecting the entire run of the Tarzan newspaper strip by Russ Manning presents the final two complete daily storylines, plus four extended Sunday adventures. In the dailies from August 2, 1971 through July 29, 1972, Tarzan returns to the Earth’s core, while Korak plays guide on the dangerous white water river. In the Sundays from January 24, 1971 through March 17, 1974, Tarzan travels to Pal-ul-don and Korak enters the City of Xuja.

Hardcover, B&W, 11” x 8.5”, 296 pages,  $49.99, On sale June 25

TARZAN: THE COMPLETE RUSS MANNING NEWSPAPER STRIPC VOLUME 3 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26).
The Diamond Item Code is APR140441.





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.

Matt Fox (1906-1988)-Part 1 
Undersea Scenes on the Cover of Weird Tales
Is Science Fiction Dying?
Machines on the Cover of Weird Tales
Trees and Other Plants on the Cover of Weird Tales

WARLORD OF MARS: DEJAH THORIS #37  - Arriving in comic shops March 26!  
Written by Robert Place Napton, art by Debora Carita, cover by Jay Anacleto, Fabiano Neves.

Dejah meets a new race on Mars, getting more than she bargained for as she is confronted with an old foe. Meanwhile, her niece continues her dangerous game of deception, as she plots to destroy the royal family of Helium.

Full color, 32 pages, $3.99
, in stores on March 19.





Dynamite Entertainment


WARLORD OF MARS VOLUME 4 TPB - Coming in June!
(Writer) Arvid Nelson
(Art) Vincente Cifuentes, Leandro Oliviera, Everton Sousa, Rafael Lanhellas
(Cover) Joe Jusko

John Carter smashed the power of the Therns, the evil priests who enslaved Mars for thousands of years with their false religion. But Matai Shang, the Holy Father of their order, has found the perfect way to strike back: through Carter's beloved, Dejah Thoris. Shang has kidnapped the princess and is heading for a remote kingdom that still blindly clings to his discredited faith. Meanwhile, distressing evidence emerges of a conspiracy that threatens to break the fragile peace, plummeting the Red Martians against the savage Green hordes! Can Carter's most steadfast ally, the mighty Tars Tarkas, overcome his own bestial urges and save the planet?


Trade paperback, 7x10, 240 pages, Full Color, $24.99
, On sale June 25

WARLORD OF MARS VOLUME 4 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26).
The Diamond Item Code is APR141148.




William Patrick Maynard - Now online!
Sax Rohmer’s Fu Manchu and the Panama Canal was first serialized in Liberty Magazine from November 16, 1940 to February 1, 1941. It was published in book form as The Island of Fu Manchu by Doubleday in the US and Cassell in the UK in 1941. The book serves as a direct follow-up to Rohmer’s 1939 bestseller, The Drums of Fu Manchu and is again narrated by Fleet Street journalist, Bart Kerrigan.

Read the rest at the links below.

Zombies from the Pulps! - E-book edition now available!
Edited by Jeffrey Shanks

ZOMBIES! From The Walking Dead to World War Z to Plants vs. Zombies, they have become a multimedia pop culture sensation. But this isn’t the first zombie boom—in the 1920s and 30s, stories of voodoo zombie masters, mad scientists animating corpses, and evil sorcerers raising undead armies first began to appear in books, in movies, and in the pages of the pulp magazines. This volume collects twenty creepy tales from pulps like Weird Tales, Dime Mystery, and Terror Tales by writers like H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, August Derleth, Manly Wade Wellman, Henry Kuttner, and E. Hoffmann Price. From genuine horror classics like “Herman West—Reanimator” and “Pigeons from Hell” to rare and hard-to-find tales from the notorious shudder pulps, this anthology edited with an introduction by Jeffrey Shanks is one that no zombie fan should miss!

Trade Paperback - $19.95 plus S/H
Limited Edition HC - $39.95 plus S/H

Kindle Price:  $5.99 




14 March 2014



The 2014 Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention (#14)
THE WESTIN LOMBARD YORKTOWN CENTER
Lombard, Illinois
April 25 (Friday) - April 27 (Sunday), 2014

 

PULPS - PAPERBACKS - ORIGINAL ART - MOVIE MEMORABILIA
OLD TIME RADIO - SCIENCE FICTION - POPULAR CULTURE
GOOD OLD STUFF!

CELEBRATING THE WESTERN PULPS & THE MALTESE FALCON – BLACK MASK – DETECTIVE PULPS

The Film Schedule has been posted!
 
LOCATION
THE WESTIN LOMBARD YORKTOWN CENTER
70 Yorktown Center
Lombard, IL 60148
Hotel Phone # (888) 627-9031
www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/index.html
Please mention the con when booking rooms!


MEMBERSHIPS
Memberships are $35 for all three days, $25 for Friday only, $25 for Saturday only, and $10 for Sunday only.  We are also offering Early Bird Admission for non-dealers for $60, which is a three day membership which allows entry to the dealer room on Friday at 10 a.m. (which is one hour after dealer setup begins and two hours before the con generally opens to the public).  Ages 13 & under are free.  Please note that we can now accept payments online through paypal (account register@windycitypulpandpaper.com).  Also, this year we are the same weekend as Chicago’s large comic show, C2E2 – to help try and attract attendees from C2E2, we’re offering $5 off any one day admission if you show your C2E2 badge!

DEALER INFO
Dealer setup begins Friday at 8:30 a.m. – the dealer room is open to the public from 11:00 a.m. - 5 p.m. Friday (9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Early Bid Admission), 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sunday.  For dealers, tables are 6’ long.  Each table includes: 1 tablecloth and 2 chairs.  Wall tables are $90 and island tables are $80.  The dealer room will have around 150 tables.  Each dealer and dealer’s helper must also buy a regular 3 day membership ($35).

PROGRAM BOOK
All attendees will receive a program book, containing pulp articles and reprints. To advertise in the program book, rates are: full page ads $70 (4 1/8" x 6.75"), half page $40 (4 1/8" x 3 3/8"), business card size $25 (3.25" x 2").  The deadline for submitting and paying for ads is March 15, 2014.  Please contact Tom Roberts at tom.roberts2@comcast.net for ad and other program book matters (other than payment).

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

AUCTIONS
We will have 2 auctions, Friday (from the estate of Jerry Weist as well as material from the files of noted collector Bob Weinberg – including C.L. Moore’s typwritten draft of “Black God’s Kiss” – and the Munsey/Popular Publications files) and Saturday nights.

PULP FILM FEST
Our Pulp Film Fest shows old movies based on pulp stories.  More info, including the schedule, will be posted on the website closer to the con.  The Pulp Film Fest is organized by Ed Hulse and sponsored by Blood ‘N’ Thunder magazine.

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

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

HOTEL
For our fourteenth show, for the seventh year in a row we’re at the Westin Lombard, in the Western suburbs of Chicago.  The Westin is located about 20 minutes SW of O’Hare Airport and about a half hour West of Midway Airport.  Room rates are $111/night (to get the con rate, you must book by 5:00 p.m. Central time on April 7, 2014!).  Parking is free.  The hotel is in the midst of a shopping and restaurant corridor – it’s adjacent (within walking distance) to Yorktown Mall and about a mile from Oak Brook Shopping Center.  For those with families, it’s also only 7 miles from the Brookfield Zoo, one of the nation’s top zoos.  Movie theaters are also a short walk away.  And if you like to gamble, the Aurora River Boat is about 10 miles away.  If you are flying in and not renting a car, please check the website for details on various cab companies and shuttle services that offer fixed price transportation to and from the hotel.  Please mention the con when booking rooms.

FOR INFO ON THE CON, PLEASE CONTACT
Doug Ellis, 13 Spring Lane, Barrington Hills, IL 60010, 847-217-4241
info@windycitypulpandpaper.com

18th Annual Fantastic Pulps Show & Sale
Saturday, May 10, 2014, 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.
Lower level (just east of Spadina)


25 dealers’ tables crammed with vintage pulp, pulp reprints, vintage paperbacks and posters as well as other ephemera.
Plus a half-hour pulp magazine cover slide show. A great time for both serious pulp collectors as well as the casually interested.
Lots of great stuff to see!

Only $3! Tickets available at the door, kids under 10 admitted free with adult.

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.



35th Annual Paperback Books Show and Sale - March 16, 2014!

40+ authors and illustrators will sign your books for FREE!

GLENDALE CIVIC AUDITORIUM
1401 North Verdugo Rd
 Gendale, CA 91208
Admission - $5
Free Parking


Website: BlackAce.net


35th Annual Los Angeles Vintage Paperback Collectors Show   Facebook page

59th Michigan Antiquarian Book & Paper Show -  April 6, 2014!
Lansing Center
333 E. Michigan Ave.
Lansing, Michigan

$4.50 admission
Children 13 and under free

The Antiquarian Book & Paper Show is the largest book and paper show in the Midwest, averaging over 70 exhibitors and one million old, rare, and collectible book and paper items for sale.

The Michigan Antiquarian Book & Paper Show

AIRBOY ARCHIVES VOLUME 2 - Coming July 15!
by Chuck Dixon (Author), Bo Hampton (Illustrator),Tom Lyle (Illustrator)

The action continues in Airboy Archives Volume 2, collecting the Eclipse Comics Airboy series issues #17-25, the first three-issue Valkyrie mini-series, and all of the Skywolf back-up stories.

Trade paperback, Full Color, 296 pages, $29.99


Airship 27 Productions
  TROUBLE IN SANDY CREEK
Available now from Amazon Kindle!

Airship 27 Productions, one of the leading New Pulp Publishers, releases its first ever E-Book exclusive; The Wind up Kid.
The Wind up Kid is a steampun,weird-western tale, novella available only on Kindle.

When Butch Faro’s gang of merciless killers threatens the sleepy Texas town of Sandy Creek, it will take the performers of Professor Phineas Proctor’s traveling circus, their golden hued robot-gunfighter and a brave Mexican blacksmith to thwart their plans and save the town.

Award winning New Pulp Writer, Ron Fortier, delivers a unique, fast paced weird- western like nothing you’ve ever read before.

Airship 27 Productions publishes anthologies and novels in the pulp magazine tradition. In the past, Airship 27 has released Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective, a series of Captain Hazzard pulp thrillers, and more pulp fiction including Secret Agent X.  For more information on Airship 27, go to www.airship27.com.

The Wind up Kid is an E-Book exclusive selling for .99 cents on Kindle.


Now Available from Amazon.com Kindle.
Available as a $3 PDF from our Official Website at the link below.


Airship 27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!


Altus Press
Now available!

by D.L. Champion
 Introduction by Ed Hulse

 
Brilliant, decisive, and hard-charging, Deputy Inspector Allhoff was the NYPD’s ace detective until bullets from a mobster’s machine gun robbed him of his legs, his career, and—in the opinion of an associate—his sanity. Yet Allhoff was too good a man to be put out to pasture, so New York’s police commissioner found a way to keep him employed and refer to him such cases as the department couldn’t or wouldn’t handle. Confined to a wheelchair and operating from a seedy tenement flat, Allhoff is assisted by two cops: Battersly, the rookie patrolman whose brief moment of cowardice cost the inspector his legs, and Simmons, the bitter career cop who detests Allhoff but sticks with the embittered cripple to protect his own pension.
 Created by D.L. Champion, Inspector Allhoff denied most conventions of detective-pulp fiction. He could never be confused for one of Raymond Chandler’s knights errant, trudging down those mean streets. Allhoff was no Rover Boy in trench coat and fedora. He was, in fact, a sadist and a psychopath. With 30 entries published between 1938 and 1946, the Allhoff series was among the most popular and long-lived to appear in Dime Detective, the prestigious crime pulp second only to the legendary Black Mask in its impact on the genre.

Contains the following stories:
 “Footprints on a Brain”
 “I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead”
“Lock the Death House Door!”
 “Cover the Corpse’s Eyes”
 “Dead and Dumb”
 “A Corpse for Christmas”
 “Sergeants Should Never Sleep”
“Turn in Your Badge!”
 “There Was a Crooked Man”
 “Suicide in Blue”

Hardcover - $39.95
Softcover - $26.96
Ebook - $4.99


Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
At the printer and shipping later this month!

THE SPIDER #3: Return of the Rackets KIng" & "The Spider and the Flame-King" plus "Blood Bond"
The Pulps' most violent crimebuster wages his uncompromising war on crime in THREE never-reprinted thrillers by Norvell Page writing as "Grant Stockbridge." First, crime's newest overlord, the Snake, revives Prohibition Era gangsterism in "Return of the Rackets King." Then, the Spider leaves his New York haunts to protect the nation's wartime resources when the vicious Flame King terrorizes a western oil town! BONUS: "Blood Bond," a rare Spider novelette by Norvell Page! This double novel pulp reprint features the original color covers by Rafael DeSoto, John Fleming Gould's classic interior illustrations and historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-135-6 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)

BBC AMERICA announces 'My God, It's Full of Stars: A Journey to the Edge of Science Fiction'

BBC AMERICA and BBC Two announced today a new four-part docu-series co-production My God, It’s Full of Stars: A Journey to the Edge of Science Fiction (W/T). The series heads to the very frontiers of space and science to produce the definitive television history of science fiction. The story of one of the liveliest and most stimulating genres in popular culture will be told through its impact on cinema, television and literature.

Each episode will explore one of the enduring themes of science fiction: time travel; the exploration of space; robots and artificial intelligence; and aliens. It will be made with the help of the genre’s greatest pioneers: the filmmakers, writers, actors, and graphic artists whose obsession and imagination has taken them into the unknown. Having explored the future, the past, parallel universes and galaxies far, far away, they are now ready to report back on their experiences.

This is the story of science fiction told by the men and women who fell to earth… From HG Wells's War Of The Worlds to The Terminator, from Doctor Who to Star Wars this series will guide viewers through a rich, thought-provoking and endlessly exciting genre.

The executive producer for the BBC is Michael Poole and overseeing production for BBC AMERICA are Richard De Croce and Rachel Smith.



Black Mask / MysteriousPress.com / Open Road Media
 Arriving March 18!

Long Live the Dead
by Hugh B Cave

Ten stories of murder and suspense from one of the all-time masters of pulp fiction
 
An addled ex-boxer named Tiny Tim ambles out of the shadows and complains to a beat cop that he is being followed. The officer laughs him off; everyone knows that Tiny Tim has heard footsteps behind him for years. But a few minutes later, Tim is spotted in a pool of blood, dead at the bottom of the subway steps. After years of running, the imagined footsteps have caught up to him at last.
 
This brisk tale of deception and murder is but one of the stories in this collection from Hugh B. Cave, a master of pulp fiction whose career spanned seventy-five years. Along with Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Cave was one of the defining authors of Black Mask magazine, and these stories are perfect examples of what set that pulp apart. Hard-boiled, fast-paced, and witty, the tales of Long Live the Dead are just as captivating now as they were on the newsstand many decades ago.




Black Mask / MysteriousPress.com / Open Road Media
 Arriving March 18!

No Pockets in a Shroud
by Richard Deming


Two gambling kingpins go to war—and Manville Moon is caught in the middle
 
When an upstart gangster named Byron Wade threatens Louis Bagnell’s gambling empire, Bagnell attempts to hire Manville Moon, a detective whose loss of a leg has not diminished his reputation as a tough guy. Preferring to remain neutral, Moon turns down Bagnell’s offer and refuses Wade’s as well. But Wade does not want another gunman. He wants a sleuth—to investigate his own murder, should the coming war leave him dead. They are negotiating over a platter of chop suey when Louis Bagnell turns up murdered.
 
Was Wade using Moon as an alibi, or did Bagnell’s killer come from within his own gang? Double-crosses come faster than bullets in this twisting novella, but even on one leg, Manville Moon will have no trouble keeping up.




The Book Cave - New podcast now available online!
Episode 273: The Omega Station
Gail McAbee, John Kirsch, and Jim Johnson visit Ric for a great chat on their book, The Omega Station. At the end we all go completely off topic and have fun. 

Episode 272: The Return of Ginger and...
Episode 271: Matt Madigan

Episode 270: Stephen Payne's Secret Agent X
Episode 269: Wayne Greenough
Episode 268: Zombies vs. Robots
Art's Reviews Episode 10: The Phantom Lagoon

Episode 267: Robots unleashed!  
Episode 266:  Gary Lovisi
CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #12 - Coming in June!
Joshua Williamson (Writer), Manuel Garcia (Pencils), Bit (Inks), Marta Martínez (Color), and Freddie Williams II and Jeremy Roberts (Cover)

Reeling from the death of one friend and the betrayal of another, Captain Midnight throws himself into his work to mourn. Disillusioned with why he wears a costume, the time-traveling hero ponders what the world needs more of: the brawn of Captain Midnight or the brains of his civilian identity, genius inventor Jim Albright?

Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99, On sale June 25




CLASSICS REIMAGINEDHR HAGGARD'S QUATERMAIN - KING SOLOMON'S MINES - Coming soon!

CLASSICS REIMAGINED takes the main characters and basic stories of well-known works of fantastic fiction and reintroduces them in more accessible and exciting forms.
 
The first release is HR HAGGARD'S QUATERMAIN: KING SOLOMON'S MINES, a graphic novel by the legendary Pablo Marcos and Mark Ellis, to be followed by at least three others...including SHE...again by Marcos and Ellis.
 
The creators are very enthusiastic about this undertaking for a variety of reasons...least of which is the line is a labor of love.

CLASSICS REIMAGINED will be filling a niche which the various incarnations and versions of the old "Classics Illustrated" comics don't seem to be managing to do.

The 
CLASSICS REIMAGINED books will also bring back some of the fun of action-adventure comics without being mired too much in the past.
 
The CLASSICS REIMAGINED publisher is Stephan Friedt's Ying Ko Graphics.

The publication target date for
HR HAGGARD'S QUATERMAIN: KING SOLOMON'S MINES is spring of 2014.

Also in the works is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's THE LOST WORLD by Mark Ellis and Jeff Slemons.

More details to come when available!



CONAN THE AVENGER #3 - Coming in June!
Fred Van Lente (Writer), Brian Ching (Art), Michael Atiyeh (Color), and Philip Tan and Romulo Fajardo Jr. (Cover)

A demon roams the streets of Shumballa—sent by mysterious forces to kill the popular commander of the city guard. When the king’s royal sister is accused of witchcraft, Conan comes to her rescue . . . but for what purpose?


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.50, On sale June 25



CONAN VOLUME 16: THE SONG OF BÊLIT - Coming in August!
Brian Wood (Writer), Paul Azaceta (Art), Riccardo Burchielli (Art), Leandro Fernandez (Art), Dave Stewart (Color), and Massimo Carnevale (Cover)

Brian Wood’s epic and acclaimed adaptation of Robert E. Howard’s “Queen of the Black Coast” reaches its heart-rending conclusion! This thrilling volume collects issues #19–#25 of the Dark Horse Comics series Conan the Barbarian.

Hardcover, Full Color, 176 pages, $24.99, On sale August 20



Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!

Forgotten Stories: MURDER EXTRA! by Raoul Whitfield - READ IT HERE! - New!
Lobby Cards: THE MARK OF ZORRO (1940) - New!
PULP FICTION: Embracing the Inner Smart-Aleck - New!
Pulp Gallery: SPICY ADVENTURE (1936) - New!
Comics of the Future: SPACE BUSTERS covers by Norman Saunders (1952) - New!
SHADOW COMICS 25, 26 & 27 (1943)
DAFFY DILL in "The Murderous Mr. Coon" by Richard Sale (Read it HERE!)

Forgotten Stories (lots of 'em): "The Life and Times of DAFFY DILL" by Monte Herridge


Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan: The Sunday Comics Volume 2, 1934–1936 HC - Coming in August!
George A. Carlin (Writer) and Hal Foster (Art)

Hal Foster is celebrated in this deluxe collection of every Tarzan Sunday strip from September 1934 through September 1936! This giant-size second volume compiles over one hundred expertly restored strips, on archive-quality paper and in gorgeous color, replicating their original appearance!

Hardcover, 15" x 20", Full Color, 120 pages, $125.00, On sale August 27


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!
"Doc Swap Tricks a Trickster" by Ben Frank from TEXAS RANGERS, May, 1947
Featuring: Doc Swap
The tradin' hombre must match wits with a killer before he can find the right bait for a "fishy" swappin' surprise!
"Phony Finish" by Joe Archibald from TEN DETECTIVE ACES, August, 1941
Featuring: Dizzy Duo
It was the first time in their madcap careers that Snooty and Scoop met the face on the darkroom floor. For the Grim Reaper had clicked the shutter on a photo fiend - and developed the negative with a homicide double-exposure.
"Somebody Stole My Corpse" by Ted Coughlan from POPULAR DETECTIVE, April, 1943
Deputy Sheriff Anderson almost goes haywire on the trail of a disappearing dead lady.


Fedogan & Bremer - At the printer!
ANA KAI TANAGATA by Scott Nicolay

This will be Scott Nicolay's first collection of stories.
Modern horror master, Laird Barron is penning the introduction.
Artist David Verba is doing the stunning art for this tome.


With an Introduction by Laird Barron and Afterword by John Pelan, here is new Weird Horror writer Scott Nicolay's debut collection. The eight tales range from short stories to meaty novella length, each one creepier and weirder than the last. By turns erudite and earthy, poetic and brutal, ironic and horrific, these stories are NOT for the squeamish! Lavishly illustrated by David Verba
 
From the introduction by Laird Barron:
"This is a big, sprawling treatise of the macabre. Except for a couple of short stories to ameliorate the ever-ratcheting dread, these are lengthy novelettes and novellas, and one, a piece original to this volume, qualifies as a short novel. It is testament to Nicolay’s artistic integrity that he works at what the industry often considers an unpublishable length. Flash fiction and short subjects are the rage here in the 21st Century. Much as I applaud the intersection of literature and the internet, I’m nonetheless dismayed by the prevalent marketing notion that the best length for fiction tops out at 7500 words. I disagree strongly. What the field requires is variety. In addition to short-shorts, it must be seeded with novelettes and novellas and short novels to properly flourish. Thank the dark gods Nicolay is a throwback to masters such as Blackwood and Machen in that regard. One of his greatest virtues as an author is a willingness to allow a tale to develop at a natural pace, to digress where it must digress, to mature like a pearl from a cyst in the belly of an oyster. There is no rush in a Nicolay story. It proceeds through twisting and twining galleries of phantasmagoric imagery to whatever fresh hell awaits at the end of the journey.

And so, we pause now at the threshold of a voyage. At the helm reposes your guide, a man who sees the world a bit differently than the rest of us, a man who is going places, dark, dark places, and he’s taking us along. It will prove a dark odyssey down the great river that winds through our collective subconscious. A river of blood and memory that cores and bores into the bones of cosmic lagerstätten. Possibly, when it is over, you too shall see reality a bit differently. Perhaps you’ll gaze through the azure shell of the sky and see the infinite blackness that awaits"

 The Limited Edition will have a chapbook with an exclusive additional story.

Trade copies will ship in a matter of weeks.
 Slipcase construction will delay the Limited Edition until July or August.




Fedogan & Bremer - At the printer!
SEARCHERS AFTER HORROR
Selected and edited by S.T. Joshi


Arguably the worlds greatest scholar of the Weird Fiction genre, editor S.T. Joshi has selected 21 eerie tales around the theme of "the Weird Place."
We believe that the Authors list speaks for itself. All but one presented here for the first time.
 
Richard Corben dustjacket art. Richly illustrated by Rodger Gerberding .

 
Contents
Introduction by S. T. Joshi
Iced In by Melanie Tem
At Home with Azathoth by John Shirley
The Girl Between the Slats by Michael Aronovitz
The Patter of Tiny Feet by Richard Gavin
At Lorn Hall by Ramsey Campbell
Blind Fish by Caitlín R. Kiernan
An Element of Nightmare by W. H. Pugmire
The Reeds by Gary Fry
Crawldaddies by Steve Rasnic Tem
Three Dreams of Ys by Jonathan Thomas
Willie the Protector by Lois H. Gresh
Miranda’s Tree by Hannes Bok
The Beautiful Fog Ascending by Simon Strantzas
Exit Through the Gift Shop by Nick Mamatas
Going to Ground by Darrell Schweitzer
Dark Equinox by Ann K. Schwader
Et in Arcadia Ego by Brian Stableford
The Shadow of Heaven by Jason V Brock
Flesh and Bones by Nancy Kilpatrick
The Sculptures in the House by John D. Haefele
Ice Fishing by Donald Tyson

Trade copies will ship in a matter of weeks.
 Slipcase construction will delay the Limited Edition until July or August.


Trade Edition    Deluxe Limited Edition


The Golden Age - Now online!

N. C. Wyeth ~ The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne ~ 1918 Scribner's Edition
- New!
STARTLING COMICS ~ 53 Issues ~ 1940-48
THE GOLDEN AGE OF COMIC BOOKS ~ 1937-1945

EXCITING COMICS ~ 69 Issues ~ 1940-49
Thrilling Comics ~ 78 issues ~ 1940-50
 
Jerry Schneider Enterprises
  
Pulp and Digest Replicas   Pulp Tales Presents    Comics   ERB  
Now available!

TOM SWIFT AND HIS MOTOR-BOAT by Victor Appleton

THE TOM SWIFT SERIES Book 2: It is the purpose of these spirited tales to convey in a realistic way the wonderful advances in land and sea locomotion and to interest the boy of the present in the hope that he may be a factor in aiding the marvelous development that is coming in the future. These are the original uncensored stories.

 

KING CONAN: THE CONQUEROR #5 (of 6) - Coming in June!
Timothy Truman (Writer), Tomás Giorello (Art/Cover), and José Villarrubia (Color)

From the demon-haunted darkness of a Stygian crypt, across the sea, and back to Aquilonia speeds the dethroned King Conan—revenge finally within his grasp! The stage is set for a battle against an evil wizard’s forces, and this epic Robert E. Howard adaptation races to a scorching climax!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.50, On sale June 25




Laurie's Wild West - Now online!

Pulpfest Official Flyer  - New!
Pulp News for Wednesday, March 5
A Rare Look into the Heart of Street & Smith's Founder 
"New" Paul Powers Article, "Save Your Rejection Slips," Here in its Entirety
PULP COVERS FOR THE WINTER OLYMPICS 
In Celebration of the Dog, Pedigreed or Otherwise: Pulp Covers
Paul Powers Papers and Pulp Fiction Magazine Collection Donated to Ohio State University
LOVE STORY, February 20, 1937
Newsstand photos from rare American News Company publication

Lobster Johnson: Get the Lobster #5 (of 5) - Coming in June!
Mike Mignola (Writer), John Arcudi (Writer), Tonci Zonjic (Art/Cover), and Dave Stewart (Color)

The Lobster engages in a firefight with a madman in a biplane on top of a zeppelin!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 4



MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION, VOL. TEN: ROBERT MOORE WILLIAMS - Now available!

Armchair Fiction features the best in classic science fiction short story collections. "Masters of Science Fiction, Vol. Ten” features the works of one of the most prolific of all science fiction writers, Robert Moore Williams. During his career, prolific author Robert Moore Williams published more than 150 novels and short stories. Williams was born in 1907. He had a full-time writing career from 1937 through 1972 and cut his teeth on such publications as “Amazing Stories,” “Astounding Science Fiction,” “Thrilling Wonder Stories,” and “Startling Stories,” just to name a few. He also became a stalwart contributor to Ace Books in the ‘50s and ‘60s, with many fine novels. After a long, distinguished career, Williams passed away in May of 1977 in Dateland, Arizona.

This collection contains some of his finest tales from the 1950s, including TIME TOLLS FOR TORO, FIND ME IN ETERNITY, WORLD OF RELUCTANT VIRGINS, THE SOUL MAKERS, THE DIAMOND IMAGES, WHEN THE SPOILERS CAME, TO THE END OF TIME, THE METAL MARTYR, DANGER IS MY DESTINY, THIS WAY OUT, and THE MAN FROM SPACE.

OUR PRICE:  $16.95 





Moonstone Books - Coming in July!
Of Monsters & Men
Return of the Originals AND Return of the Monsters!
Nine brand NEW tales of PULP HEROES vs MONSTERS!
The Green Lama, Richard Knight, Captain Future, Green Ghost, Moon Man, and more…

Battle demons and monstrocities from out of this world! 
Stories: Matthew Baugh, Tommy Hancock
Art: Tom Floyd, David Niehaus
Cover: Fernando Ferriero
200 pages, grayscale, 7” x 10”, squarebound, $14.99
ISBN: 978-1-366814-81-7(51499)


Of Monsters & Men
Stories: Matthew Baugh, Tommy Hancock
Art: Tom Floyd, David Niehaus
Cover: Fernando Ferriero
300 pages, grayscale, 7” x 10”, squarebound, $24.99
ISBN: 978-1-936814-82-4(52499)


Same as the softcover edition but with 100 extra pages that reprint the previously published “Domino Lady vs Mummy”, Black Bat vs Dracula”, and “Phantom Detective vs Frankenstein”!


The New Pulp Awards - Winners are being announced as the votes are counted!

Winners of the 2014 New Pulp Awards are being posted on the New Pulp Awards Facebook page as the votes are counted.
Congratulations to all of the winners.



The New Pulp Heroes - Now online!
Tom Johnson has started a new Blog for authors who have created new pulp heroes.

The Voice - New!
Tom's Hardbacks From NTD
Echoes 30
More New Pulp From Tom
Tom's Short Story Collections
The Whispering Skull


PulpFest and the “New Fictioneers”   - New!

It’s called new pulp–stories by modern writers who recreate the style of fiction that appeared in the pulp magazines of yore.
Back then, the authors who labored for the rough paper industry liked to call themselves scribes, word-slingers, penny-a-worders, and, perhaps the most favored term of all, fictioneers.
Join PulpFest as we celebrate today’s fictioneers—the authors writing the new pulp fiction.



Shopping for Collectibles at PulpFest  - New!

Year after year, PulpFest is a paradise for the fan of pulp magazines, digests, vintage paperbacks, and other collectibles.
The collector will also find first edition hardcovers, men’s adventure and true crime magazines, series books, dime novels, original artwork, Big Little Books, B-movies, serials and related paper collectibles, old-time-radio shows, and Golden and Silver Age comic books in our 15,800 square-foot dealers’ room.


Laurie Powers

Laurie Powers will be speaking at Ohio State University on the first day of PulpFest, (Thursday afternoon).
The talk and all the details haven't been worked out yet, but the presentation will be related to the recent donation of the Paul Powers papers to the University.


Here in the Northeast, the only fishing that we've been doing for the last few months has been through a hole cut in the ice.
Thankfully, there’s a thaw in our future and soon we’ll be digging out our tackle boxes and our rods and heading for the “old fishing hole,” hoping to land a big one.


Early-bird shopping will be returning to the PulpFest dealers’ room on Thursday, August 7th, from 6 PM until 10 PM.
For an additional $30 over your regular membership fee, you’ll be able to purchase early-bird privileges for an extra four hours of shopping.

But wait! There’s an even better deal!
To reward loyal attendees who help to defray the convention’s substantial costs by staying three nights at our host hotel,
PulpFest is pleased to offer free early-bird privileges. That’s a very significant savings of $30!

Only staff, dealers, and early-bird shoppers will be allowed into the dealers’ room during Thursday evening, August 7th, to reward them for their terrific support.
So what are you waiting for?
Book your room at the Hyatt Regency Columbus, save thirty bucks, and get in on the action!
Go to https://aws.passkey.com/g/20315125 and we’ll be waiting for you.


PulpFest 2014 is organizing a group dinner on August 9th.
Eating together on Saturday evening while batting the bull about this great hobby of ours has been a long-standing tradition at summer pulp cons.
The Saturday night group dinner returns to this year’s PulpFest when we’ll be dining together, family style, at the nearby Buca di Beppo Italian Restaurant, just a few minutes walk from the Hyatt Regency Columbus.


Win a FREE membership!

PulpFest needs your help. We’re looking for your ideas on how to improve your convention. So we’re conducting a poll to learn more about you and your interests and gathering opinions on some changes we’ll be instituting in 2014 and some options that we’re exploring. Whether or not you have attended PulpFest in the past or if you are planning to attend in 2014, we’d love to hear from you.

Regular members, dealer members, and even people who have never attended PulpFest can participate in our poll. As a way to thank everyone who responds, we’ll be offering three free memberships to PulpFest 2014, each valued at $30! All you have to do to enter is fill out our survey and provide your name and best contact information in the space provided on the form. Our three winners will be selected in a random drawing to be held on Friday, July 4th.

For your friends who don’t have Internet access, we’ll also be providing our poll with the newsletter and registration forms that will go out shortly to those on our mailing list. To be sure to receive one, please send your name and mailing address to Jack Cullers at 1272 Cheatham Way, Bellbrook, OH 45305 or via email at jack@pulpfest.com. Be sure to tell your friends.

Ready to start the poll? Then visit http://www.pulpfest.com/survey/ and you’re on your way. Thanks very much for your help.




PulpFest is known for its great programming and the line-up that we’re planning for our 2014 convention is shaping up to be one of our best. As mentioned previously, we’ll be celebrating science fiction’s golden year of 1939 and seventy-five years of fantastic fiction, as well as eighty years of the shudder pulps, zeroing in on the weird-menace magazines of 1934.

As always, we’ll have a wide variety of panels and presentations, including a discussion of FAMOUS FANTASTIC MYSTERIES featuring BLOOD 'N' THUNDER editor Ed Hulse and author Nathan Madison; Meteor House publisher Mike Croteau’s review of Philip José Farmer’s early science fiction stories for the pulps and digests; art historian David Saunders‘ presentation on John Newton Howitt, one of the leading cover artists for the weird-menace pulps; and preeminent pulp authority and author of THE WILD ADVENTURES OF DOC SAVAGE, Will Murray’s celebration of the diamond jubilee of The Avenger, the last of Street & Smith’s major pulp heroes to get his own magazine.

You’ll find information on these and much, much more by visiting http://www.pulpfest.com/programming/ for a look at the preliminary schedule for PulpFest 2014.

Pulp Crazy - Now online!

Exiles of Kho by Christopher Paul Carey- New!
Honey West & T.H.E. Cat: A Girl and Her Cat
Tom and Ginger Johnson

Sun Koh: Heir of Atlantis Volume 1 by Dr. Art Sippo
50th Episode Special with Ric Croxton & Art Sippo
Thrill Chaser by Mary Ann de Forest
The Ice Goes Out by Frank Richardson Pierce


Pulp Den - Now online!

Game For Five - New!
The Sons of Thor - New!
The Gunslinger's Companion
Fight Card: Rise of The Luchador

Laidlaw
It Came From The Atomic Age Trading Cards

         Pulp Den  

Pulp Flakes - Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors and their stories, adventure and detective pulps.

Mystery artist revealed: Laurence Sterne Stevens - New!
Guess the artist: illustration for Adventure magazine
In the Grass - short story by Gouverneur Morris in Collier's magazine
St. Ann's Big Boy - Fact article from Adventure, November 1949
Adventure magazine's office - The Butterick Building
Profile of Bob Davis, All-Story and Munsey's magazine editor, from 1920

Actor John Payne, pulp fictioneer?
A letter on the pulps (from 1932)

Harold Hersey speaks
Southern Pulpsters is go!

Radio Archives
Now available!
Will Murray's Pulp Classics #46
The Spider #72 Audiobook
The Corpse Broker

by Wayne Rogers writing as Grant Stockbridge
Read by Nick Santa Maria. Liner Notes by Will Murray

 
 
For two years, Norvell Page and his understudy, Wayne Rogers, alternated on writing the Spider novels. This was after Page came back from a hiatus in the middle of 1937.
 
During this time, Page turned out some astonishing stories, including the infamous Black Police trilogy, while Wayne Rogers did his best to emulate the kind of fiction that appeared in Terror Tales with overheated novels like The City that Dared Not Eat and When Thousands Slept in Hell.

 
Then, evidently rested up enough to take full control the series for a while, Norvell Page and his new editor, Loring Dowst, inaugurated a multipart epic that began with Rule of the Monster Men, in which Nita van Sloan ended up a helpless cripple.
 
Nothing is forever in the Spider series––not even death and disfigurement––so before long Nita was back on her feet, while Richard Wentworth, who became a hunted man as a result of the events of The Spider and the Slaves of Hell, fought valiantly to clear his name, issue after thriiling issue. We’ve been releasing this exciting sequence every month since January.
 
During this five-month ordeal, Wayne Rogers largely sat on the sidelines. But he did return for one last story, The Corpse Broker! Rogers was simultaneously writing the adventures of James Christopher in Operator #5 magazine, as well as sundry Weird Menace stories and the Brother Henry series then running in the back of The Spider. His real name was Archibald Bittner, but he took the pseudonym Wayne Rogers in the early 1930s, after transitioning from being a pulp editor to a full-time fictioneer.
 
In this novel, victims are struck down by the mysterious malady the newspapers dub the Green Death. This is only the beginning of a daring criminal campaign to take over New York City and turn it into the national capital of crime. Taking on a new identity, Dick Wentworth rises from his secret slum hideout to take on this titanic threat to law and order.
 
Even at the conclusion of this story, all is not resolved. Resolution will take place in our next exciting Spider audiobook, The Spider and in the Eyeless Legion.
 
The Corpse Broker proved to be Wayne Rogers’ final Spider novel. It was also one of his best. Listen to it now. Nick Santa Maria brings all the Spidery thrills to life, while Roy Worley reads the short story, Arthur Leo Zagat’s Doc Turner tale, “In This Corner––Kid Death.” 6 hours $23.98 Audio CDs / $11.99 Download.
Radio Archives
Now available!
Jungle Jim! The very name conjures up images of exotic locales, wild beasts and hostile natives. Jungle Jim braved these with the aid of his faithful Hindu companion Kolu as he traveled the wilds of southeastern Asia in search of adventure.
 
Jungle Jim is best remembered as the star of sixteen Columbia B-movies starring Johnny Weissmuller, fresh off his twelve-year stint as Tarzan, beginning in 1948. But Jungle Jim's history goes back more than a decade.


Produced by Jay Clark and often written by Gene Stafford, The Adventures of Jungle Jim was on the air weekly from 1935 to 1954. A combination of jungle danger and colonial politics, the show brought listeners tales of slave traders, pirates, foreign spies, wild beasts, poachers, hostile tribes, and, during World War II, the Japanese, as Jim often served as an Allied operative. Armed with his trusty .45 automatic, the adventurer searched for lost treasure and investigated such mysteries as ghosts and unknown islands. Throughout it all, Jungle Jim maintained a cool head.

 
Beginning with Tarzan, the pulp era was full of jungle characters. Jungle Jim is one of the unique ones, in that he wasn't a barely-literate loincloth-clad tree-dwelling wild man, but rather Jim Bradley, a hunter – a "great white hunter" in the mold of heroes of earlier popular fiction such as H. Rider Haggard's Allan Quatermain and Lord John Roxton from Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World.
 
In 1938, Gerald Mohr, who had a long career in radio, film and television, took over the role of Jungle Jim. In the 1930s, '40s and '50s, Mohr played over 500 parts on the radio, notably Raymond Chandler's hard-boiled detective Philip Marlowe. Series regulars included Jungle Jim's faithful aide, Kolu, a powerful Hindu giant (played by Juano Hernandez), and Lille DeVrille, who served as Jim's femme fatale (played first by Vicki Vola and later, Franc Hale).
 
This volume contains forty fifteen-minute episodes from 1938, including the conclusion of "The Afghan Hills" (#121-124), the complete "The Ghost of the Java Sea" (#125-145), "Tiger Hunt" (#146-149) and the beginning of "Karnak the Killer" (#150-160), for ten hours of exciting and intelligent adventure. 10 hours. $29.98 Audio CDs / $14.99 Download.





Radio Archives
Will Murray's Pulp Classics #20
Unabridged Audiobook
Strange Detective Mysteries When the Death-Bat Flies
Read by Michael C. Gwynne, Roy Worley, and Roger Price
Very Special Offer from Will Murray’s Pulp Classics!

RadioArchives.com and Will Murray are giving away the downloadable version of the newly released Strange Detective Mysteries #1 audiobook for FREE.


Strange Detective Mysteries #1 is one of my favorite pulps and I am excited to produce it as an audiobook with my good friends at Radio Archives. It leads off with Norvell W. Page's bizarre novelette, "When the Death-Bat Flies," and includes thrilling stories by Norbert Davis, Paul Ernst, Arthur Leo Zagat, Wayne Rogers and others. Popular Publications went all-out to make this 1937 debut issue a winner. And they succeeded!

If you prefer the Audio CDs to play in your car or home CD player, the coupon code will subtract the $11.99 price of the download version from the Audio CDs. That makes the Audio CDs half price.

It is easy to get you get your copy.  Go to:
http://www.radioarchives.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=strange+detective+mysteries&Search.x=0&Search.y=0

Add Strange Detective Mysteries to the shopping cart and use the Coupon Code PULPCA

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Happy listening
Tom Brown and Will Murray


Radio Archives
Will Murray's Pulp eBook Classics
Now available!

The Spider #92: The Devil's Paymaster
At the merest whim of Crime’s new overlord citizens writhed in baffling, agonized death! Wholesale murder threatened; officialdom threw up its hands in mystified failure! Could the Spider, himself grievously wounded and trapped, remove the scarlet stigma attached to America’s proud symbol of Freedom — The Statue of Liberty? Total Pulp Experience. These exciting pulp adventures have been beautifully reformatted for easy reading as an eBook and features every story, every editorial, and every column of the original pulp magazine. $2.99.

Dime Mystery Magazine: John H. Knox Book 2
In 1934 a new type of magazine was born. Known by various names — the shudder pulps, mystery-terror magazines, horror-terror magazines — weird menace is the sub-genre term that has survived today. Dime Mystery Magazine was one of the most popular. It came from Popular Publications, whose publisher Harry Steeger was inspired by the Grand Guignol theater of Paris. This breed of pulp story survived less than ten years, but in that time, they became infamous, even to this day. This ebook contains a collection of stories from the pages of Dime Mystery Magazine, all written by John H. Knox reissued for today’s readers in electronic format. $2.99.

G-8 and His Battle Aces #57: Patrol of the Iron Hand
Death walks the world in an iron garb and sleeps in the dismal caves of Hell! Stahlmaske once more roams the Front — and the bodies of the damned lie strewn in his wake! The Master Spy calls on his courage and wits to battle the forces of Hate! G-8 and his Battle Aces rode the nostalgia boom ten years after World War I ended. These high-flying exploits were tall tales of a World War that might have been, featuring monster bats, German zombies, wolf-men, harpies, Martians, and even tentacled floating monsters. Most of these monstrosities were the work of Germany’s seemingly endless supply of mad scientists, chief of whom was G-8’s recurring Nemesis, Herr Doktor Krueger. G-8 battled Germany’s Halloween shock troops for over a decade, not ceasing until the magazine folded in the middle of World War II. G-8 and his Battle Aces return in vintage pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format. $2.99.
 
Double Detective October 1941 The Green Lama #13: The Case of the Hollywood Ghost
Death-dealing bullets that come from nowhere — the baffling appearance of Cain-marked footprints — a mysterious fire. Around a Hollywood murder these startling phenomena weave a supernatural curtain that defies all the powers of the Green Lama. The jade-robed Buddhist priest who battled crime as The Green Lama is back! Conceived in 1939 at the behest of the editors of Munsey Publications to compete with The Shadow, it was an outlandish concept. While The Shadow possessed the power to cloud men’s minds after his time in the East, The Green Lama relied on other, even weirder, powers — including the ability to become radioactive and electrically shock opponents into submission! He carried a traditional Tibetan scarf, which he employed to bind and befuddle opponents, and possessed a knowledge of vulnerable nerve centers which he put to good use in hand-and-hand combat. Om Mani Padme Hum! The Green Lama knows! The Green Lama returns in vintage pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format. $2.99.

99 cent eBook Singles
Each 99 cent eBook Single contains a single short story, one of the many amazing tales selected from the pages of Terror Tales and Rangeland Romances.
These short stories are not included in any of our other eBooks.

Dime Mystery Magazine: "Drink to the Dead" by Tom Marvin
Mrs. Pallow’s wine was the kind that did not cheer; and her assurances only brought strange, new terror... In 1934 a new type of magazine was born. Known by various names — the shudder pulps, mystery-terror magazines, horror-terror magazines — weird menace is the sub-genre term that has survived today. Dime Mystery Magazine was one of the most popular. It came from Popular Publications, whose publisher Harry Steeger was inspired by the Grand Guignol theater of Paris. This breed of pulp story survived less than ten years, but in that time, they became infamous, even to this day. This ebook contains a classic story the pages of Dime Mystery Magazine, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format. $0.99.
 
Dime Mystery Magazine: "Easy Kill" by William Hellman
Too-slick Rick pressed the doorbell that lighted the path of his own doom. In 1934 a new type of magazine was born. Known by various names — the shudder pulps, mystery-terror magazines, horror-terror magazines — weird menace is the sub-genre term that has survived today. Dime Mystery Magazine was one of the most popular. It came from Popular Publications, whose publisher Harry Steeger was inspired by the Grand Guignol theater of Paris. This breed of pulp story survived less than ten years, but in that time, they became infamous, even to this day. This ebook contains a classic story the pages of Dime Mystery Magazine, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format. $0.99.
 
Dime Mystery Magazine: "Home To The Kill" by Milton T. Land
The only way Bob Aker could tame his shrewish wife was to inform her that he wouldn’t clean up after the killings she’d left behind her! In 1934 a new type of magazine was born. Known by various names — the shudder pulps, mystery-terror magazines, horror-terror magazines — weird menace is the sub-genre term that has survived today. Dime Mystery Magazine was one of the most popular. It came from Popular Publications, whose publisher Harry Steeger was inspired by the Grand Guignol theater of Paris. This breed of pulp story survived less than ten years, but in that time, they became infamous, even to this day. This ebook contains a classic story the pages of Dime Mystery Magazine, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format. $0.99.
 
Terror Tales: "The Girl Who Loved Pain" by Franklin H. Martin
What mad spirit born of the devil drove slant-eyed Nancy Gannon to dance naked in the moonlight with unholy companions — to laugh with ghoulish glee when men died with horrible suffering? The Irish miners and their wives shuddered and whispered of banshees, little dreaming of greater horrors to come — when hell flamed underground! In 1934 a new type of magazine was born. Known by various names — the shudder pulps, mystery-terror magazines, horror-terror magazines — weird me most popular. It came from Popular Publications, whose publisher Harry Steeger was inspired by the Grand Guignol theater of Paris. This breed of pulp story survived less than ten years, but in that time, they became infamous, even to this day. This ebook contains a classic story from the pages of Terror Tales magazine, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format. $0.99.

 





Ramble House
Now available!

SOMEWHERE IN SPACE and Other Stories
The Best of C.C. MacApp Volume 1

With an Introduction by John Pelan
The Classics of Science Fiction and Fantasy Volume 11


C.C. MacApp, who is best known for his "Gree" series in the 60s, wrote many great short stories that were so pregnant with meaning and plot that many of them were expanded into novels. This is the first of three anticipated collections of his shorter, original stories and they are introduced by the man who knows all about pulps and the old days of cult publishing, John Pelan. Here are the tales found in this volume:

The Mercurymen, Galaxy Magazine, December 1965
Tulan, Galaxy Magazine,
For Every Action, Amazing Stories3, May 1964
Trees Like Torches, Worlds of Tomorrow, May 1966
A Pride of Islands, If, May, 1960
The Fortunes of Peace, If, September 1967
A Flask of Fine Arcturan, Galaxy Magazine, February 1965
The Drug, Galaxy Magazine, February 1961
All That Earthly Remains, If, July 1962
Somewhere in Space, Worlds of Tomorrow, November 1964

Available Editions
$20 Trade Paperback 6" x 9" 
$25  Ramble House A6 paperback with dust jacket, 4.13' x 5.75"
$35  Hardcover with dust jacket, 6" x 9"
$6   Ebook by e-mail (epub or mobi)

This book is available at Amazon and the Create Space store but I can offer you a discount and free shipping if you call or e-mail me with your order. fender@ramblehouse.com 228-826-1783


Robert E. Howard
You can help save Robert E. Howard's house!

The window in Robert E. Howard's room recently fell out of it's frame. Also, the sills are rotting on windows in his mother's room.
Project Pride is footing the bill for the repairs, but they need some donations.
Please put a couple of dollars in an envelope and mail it to:
 Project Pride
 PO Box 534
 Cross Plains, TX 76443

You can also use Paypal to make donations.
No amount is too small.
Send money to projpride@yahoo.com




The Serial Squadron Cinema Cliffhanger Archive
NOW SHOWING: A NEW CHAPTER EVERY SATURDAY!

The Squadron will now be broadcasting a new, long-unseen rare serial chapter every week and spotlighting restorations in progress.
So no more waiting until the whole thing is done to be able to see those new chapters from restorations in progress -- SerialFest will now happen all year round right on this website!
We begin with the Squadron restoration of THE MASKED RIDER (1919), which includes lost scenes re-created according to the original script by volunteer actors.
The presentations are viewable free of charge.
To get the complete restorations without the watermarks, and with commentary, extras, and all that other good stuff, order the DVD editions!

February 8-22, March 1-29, April 5
THE MASKED RIDER Episodes 1-9

Harry Myers, Ruth Stonehouse, Paul Panzer
Restored from the only known 35mm original

April 12-26, May 3-17
ADVENTURES OF TARZAN Episodes 1-6

Elmo Lincoln, Louise Lorraine
New transfer of complete unabridged original chapters from the 1928 10-episode re-release
 
May 24-August 30
THE HOPE DIAMOND MYSTERY Episodes 1-15

Boris Karloff, Grace Darmond, George Chesebro
Unseen for over 90 years, Karloff's first major film role in a story with elements similar to THE MUMMY.

Sept-Oct-Nov-Dec
THE MYSTERIES OF MYRA Restoration



THE SHADOW #23 - Arriving in comic shops March 19!
Writer: Chris Roberson
Art: Giovanni Timpano
Cover Artist(s): Alex Ross, Dean Motter, Francesco Francavilla, Dennis Calero

The search for the secret of the girasol is finally nearing its end, and the trail has led the Shadow from the jungles of Guatemala back home to the concrete canyons of New York City. But is he prepared for the answers that he will find?


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale February 19.





The Shadow Fan's Podcast - Now online!
Murder Every Hour

The Shadow Fan returns for Episode 63! This week he talks about the upcoming Howard Chaykin series from Dynamite, the release of The Shadow/The Green Hornet: Dark Knights in trade and reviews both "Murder Every Hour" (June 1, 1935) and the radio script for "The Time Master" (air date January 1, 1939).
 
If you love pulp's greatest crimefighter, then this is the podcast for you!

   
The Shadow - Under the Blue Light - Now online!

Death's Harlequin - New!
Spoils of The Shadow - New!
Gems of Doom
Formula For Crime
Crime Over Boston
Terror Island
Racket Town 

THE SPIDER #18 - Arriving in comic shops March 19!
Cover: Colton Worley
Writer: David Liss
Artist: Ivan Rodriguez

FINAL ISSUE!
It’s the series finale, and Wentworth must take on the greatest threat to the New York: Wentworth Industries! With his back to the wall, his family business in criminal hands, and his allies gone, the Spider has never been more desperate – or more dangerous. This is the thrilling, exploding, guns-a-blazing series conclusion that will change the character forever!


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On Sale November 20



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.

Matt Fox (1906-1988)-Part 1 - New!
Undersea Scenes on the Cover of Weird Tales - New!
Is Science Fiction Dying? - New!
Machines on the Cover of Weird Tales
Trees and Other Plants on the Cover of Weird Tales
Weird Tales Cover Artists

Conan and The Lancer Artists
John Giunta (ca. 1920-1970)-Part 4
John Giunta (ca. 1920-1970)-Part 3
John Giunta (ca. 1920-1970)-Part 2
John Giunta (ca. 1920-1970)-Part 1

William Patrick Maynard - Now online!
Sax Rohmer’s Fu Manchu and the Panama Canal was first serialized in Liberty Magazine from November 16, 1940 to February 1, 1941. It was published in book form as The Island of Fu Manchu by Doubleday in the US and Cassell in the UK in 1941. The book serves as a direct follow-up to Rohmer’s 1939 bestseller, The Drums of Fu Manchu and is again narrated by Fleet Street journalist, Bart Kerrigan.

Read the rest at the links below.






07 March 2014

2014 Film Release Dates
March 7, 2014
March 14, 2014
300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE
VERONICA MARS
April 4, 2014
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER
May 2, 2014
May 2, 2014
May 23, 2014
THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2
LEGENDS OF OZ: DOROTHY'S RETURN
X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST
June 6, 2014
EDGE OF TOMORROW
July 11, 2014
July 18, 2014
July 25, 2014

DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
JUPITER ASCENDING
HERCULES

August 01, 2014
August 22, 2014
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR


The 2014 Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention (#14)
THE WESTIN LOMBARD YORKTOWN CENTER
Lombard, Illinois
April 25 (Friday) - April 27 (Sunday), 2014

 

PULPS - PAPERBACKS - ORIGINAL ART - MOVIE MEMORABILIA
OLD TIME RADIO - SCIENCE FICTION - POPULAR CULTURE
GOOD OLD STUFF!

CELEBRATING THE WESTERN PULPS & THE MALTESE FALCON – BLACK MASK – DETECTIVE PULPS

The Film Schedule has been posted!
 
LOCATION
THE WESTIN LOMBARD YORKTOWN CENTER
70 Yorktown Center
Lombard, IL 60148
Hotel Phone # (888) 627-9031
www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/index.html
Please mention the con when booking rooms!


MEMBERSHIPS
Memberships are $35 for all three days, $25 for Friday only, $25 for Saturday only, and $10 for Sunday only.  We are also offering Early Bird Admission for non-dealers for $60, which is a three day membership which allows entry to the dealer room on Friday at 10 a.m. (which is one hour after dealer setup begins and two hours before the con generally opens to the public).  Ages 13 & under are free.  Please note that we can now accept payments online through paypal (account register@windycitypulpandpaper.com).  Also, this year we are the same weekend as Chicago’s large comic show, C2E2 – to help try and attract attendees from C2E2, we’re offering $5 off any one day admission if you show your C2E2 badge!

DEALER INFO
Dealer setup begins Friday at 8:30 a.m. – the dealer room is open to the public from 11:00 a.m. - 5 p.m. Friday (9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Early Bid Admission), 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sunday.  For dealers, tables are 6’ long.  Each table includes: 1 tablecloth and 2 chairs.  Wall tables are $90 and island tables are $80.  The dealer room will have around 150 tables.  Each dealer and dealer’s helper must also buy a regular 3 day membership ($35).

PROGRAM BOOK
All attendees will receive a program book, containing pulp articles and reprints. To advertise in the program book, rates are: full page ads $70 (4 1/8" x 6.75"), half page $40 (4 1/8" x 3 3/8"), business card size $25 (3.25" x 2").  The deadline for submitting and paying for ads is March 15, 2014.  Please contact Tom Roberts at tom.roberts2@comcast.net for ad and other program book matters (other than payment).

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

AUCTIONS
We will have 2 auctions, Friday (from the estate of Jerry Weist as well as material from the files of noted collector Bob Weinberg – including C.L. Moore’s typwritten draft of “Black God’s Kiss” – and the Munsey/Popular Publications files) and Saturday nights.

PULP FILM FEST
Our Pulp Film Fest shows old movies based on pulp stories.  More info, including the schedule, will be posted on the website closer to the con.  The Pulp Film Fest is organized by Ed Hulse and sponsored by Blood ‘N’ Thunder magazine.

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

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

HOTEL
For our fourteenth show, for the seventh year in a row we’re at the Westin Lombard, in the Western suburbs of Chicago.  The Westin is located about 20 minutes SW of O’Hare Airport and about a half hour West of Midway Airport.  Room rates are $111/night (to get the con rate, you must book by 5:00 p.m. Central time on April 7, 2014!).  Parking is free.  The hotel is in the midst of a shopping and restaurant corridor – it’s adjacent (within walking distance) to Yorktown Mall and about a mile from Oak Brook Shopping Center.  For those with families, it’s also only 7 miles from the Brookfield Zoo, one of the nation’s top zoos.  Movie theaters are also a short walk away.  And if you like to gamble, the Aurora River Boat is about 10 miles away.  If you are flying in and not renting a car, please check the website for details on various cab companies and shuttle services that offer fixed price transportation to and from the hotel.  Please mention the con when booking rooms.

FOR INFO ON THE CON, PLEASE CONTACT
Doug Ellis, 13 Spring Lane, Barrington Hills, IL 60010, 847-217-4241
info@windycitypulpandpaper.com


2014 ECOF Edgar Rice Burroughs Convention
 Fargo, North Dakota ~ JUNE 19-22
 
Guests of Honor include writer Martin Powell and artist Diana Leto of the ERB, Inc. series of all-new weekly comic strips, as well as co-creators of The Halloween Legion.
 
Author David Fury will attend (Biographies on Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Weissmuller, etc.) and International Author Leia Barrett Durham

 
This rare 1927 silent film starring ERB's son-in-law, Jim Pierce, will be shown on the big screen at the historic Fargo Theater Friday night June 20th.
Accompanying the film will be an original score by Lance Johnson played live at the theatre's mighty Wurlitzer organ.
 
FARGO film actress Kirstin Rudrud will also make an appearance to give the ECOF a proper Fargo flavor, and the chamber of commerce will have the original wood chipper from the movie on display

The ECOF will have a shared Dealers Room with the giant Fargo Comic Con with its own guest comics artists
 
The Registration Fee will include two meals, choice of two T-shirts, goodies bag, and access to all events.
 
More attractions and guests will be announced as they are confirmed.


18th Annual Fantastic Pulps Show & Sale
Saturday, May 10, 2014, 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.
Lower level (just east of Spadina)


25 dealers’ tables crammed with vintage pulp, pulp reprints, vintage paperbacks and posters as well as other ephemera.
Plus a half-hour pulp magazine cover slide show. A great time for both serious pulp collectors as well as the casually interested.
Lots of great stuff to see!

Only $3! Tickets available at the door, kids under 10 admitted free with adult.

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.



35th Annual Paperback Books Show and Sale - March 16, 2014!

40+ authors and illustrators will sign your books for FREE!

GLENDALE CIVIC AUDITORIUM
1401 North Verdugo Rd
 Gendale, CA 91208
Admission - $5
Free Parking


Website: BlackAce.net


35th Annual Los Angeles Vintage Paperback Collectors Show   Facebook page

The 38th Annual Jack Williamson Lectureship on April 3-4, 2014
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Guest of Honor: Darynda Jones (The Charley Davidson Series. The Darklight Trilogy)
Special Guest: Arthur M. (Art) Dula, space lawyer, patent attorney, and the literary executor for science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein. 
He is also chairman and founder of the private spaceflight computer, Excalibur Almaz.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Theme: The Wide World of Speculative Fiction!                                                                                                                                                                                    
Events:                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
Thursday:                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
 6:00 pm Reading by Darynda Jones                                                                                                                                                                                               
Friday:                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 9:30-11:30 am  Readings by visiting authors                                                                                                                                                                                    
 12-Noon  Luncheon ($10, payable at door, reservations are required)                                                                                                                                                            
 3-6 pm   SF/Fantasy Panels  (topics are tentative)                                                                                                                                                                             
   -The Art of SF/Fantasy Illustration                                                                                                                                                                                            
   -Science in Heinlein and Early SF (with a focus of Frederik Pohl)                                                                                                                                                             
   -Short-Attention Span Panel                                                                                                                                                                                                   
   -Advice for Beginning Writers                                                                                                                                                                                                 
   -Young Adult Speculative Fiction                                                                                                                                                                                              
   -New Directions in SF/Fantasy Film and Fiction                                                                                                                                                                                

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Reservations for the lectureship luncheon can be made by calling 575.562.2315 or emailing Patrice.Caldwell@enmu.edu



59th Michigan Antiquarian Book & Paper Show -  April 6, 2014!
Lansing Center
333 E. Michigan Ave.
Lansing, Michigan

$4.50 admission
Children 13 and under free

The Antiquarian Book & Paper Show is the largest book and paper show in the Midwest, averaging over 70 exhibitors and one million old, rare, and collectible book and paper items for sale.



Once again join us on a journey back to an “Age of Aces” as “Battling” Mord Grogan burns through the tortured skies of pre-WWII China. Grogan, an American pilot, commands the all-Chinese “Dragon Squadron” in their battle against the invading Japanese along with his three valiant flight commanders: Monty St. John, the lanky Limey; slender Hank Goyen, the dapper Frog; and last but not least, the imperturbable Ah Im, Grogan’s boyhood chum of old Nanking days, now premier olive-toned ace of the Dragon clan. Never before has the struggle been so fierce or the danger of Oriental treachery so great!

WWI pilot Robert M. Burtt wrote the fourteen Battling Grogan stories in the early 1930’s for Flying Aces Magazine before becoming well known as the co-creator and writer of aviation-themed radio serials like The Air Adventures of Jimmy Allen, Captain Midnight, Hop Harrigan and Sky King.

Stories include:
 “Against The Rising Sun” – Flying Aces, May 1932
 “The Squadron of Skeletons” – Flying Aces, June 1932
 “The Tartar Thunderbolt” – Flying Aces, October 1932
 “The Dragon’s Brood” – Flying Aces, February 1933
“Shanghai Hawks” – Flying Aces, March 1933
“Minions of the Mikado” – Flying Aces, June 1933
“Eagles of the East” – Flying Aces, July 1933
 “The Dragon’s Decoy” – Flying Aces, September 1933
“Ming Menace” – Flying Aces, November 1933
 “Death from The Rising Sun” – Flying Aces, December 1933
“The Bat Brood” – Flying Aces, January 1934
 “Traitor Truce” – Flying Aces, February 1934
 “Hawks of Nippon” – Flying Aces, May 1934
 “Mace of The Mikado” – Flying Aces, September 1934
 
$16.99 | 6″x9″ trade paperback | 470pp | ISBN:978-1-937590-00-0


Available from:  AmazonMike Chomko Books, and Adventure House

Still available:  Captain Philip Strange: Strange War

Coming soon - Captain Philip Strange: Strange Operators

Age of Aces


AIRBOY ARCHIVES VOLUME 1 - Arriving in comic shops March 12!
Chuck Dixon (writer) • Timothy Truman, Stan Woch, Ben Dunn, Larry Elmore, Bill Jaaska, Tom Lyle (art) • Timothy Truman (cover)
 
Airboy, Valkyrie, and Skywolf are back! As the original Airboy is murdered, his son Davy Nelson, takes over the cockpit to avenge his father. The high flying action-adventure of the Eclipse Comics series comes roaring back to life. Collects the first 16 issues of Airboy including the back-up Skywolf stories starting in issue #9.
 
Trade paperback, Full Color, 308 pages, $29.99





Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
At the printer and shipping later this month!

CAP FURY Volume 1: "The Red Heart Pearls" and "Black Daylight" — plus Sheridan Doome, Naval Investigator
In the two-fisted tradition of Doc Savage, Captain John Fury and the crew of his super-ship The Whirlwind battle modern-day piracy in two thrilling novels by Laurence Donovan writing as "Wallace Brooker." First, after the law fails, Cap Fury follows a trail of vengeance to his brother's murderers in "The Red Heart Pearls." Then, "Black Daylight" strikes at high noon, enveloping thousands in terror and suffering, and propelling Cap Fury on an urgent mission to Mexico's Sierra Madras.  BONUS: An action-packed adventure of Sheridan Doome from the back pages of The Shadow Magazine! This double-novel special collector's edition sho wcases the original cover art by Lawrence Toney and interior illustrations by Harry Kirchner, plus historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-133-2 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)

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
At the printer and shipping later this month!

THE SHADOW Volume 83: "Crime over Boston" and "Crime Over Miami"
The Master of Darkness journeys from his Manhattan environs to prove that "crime does not pay" in two action-packed pulp novels by Walter B. Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." The Shadow reverts to his true identity of Kent Allard to bring a fugitive financier to justice in "Crime Over Boston." Then, The Shadow teams with the real Lamont Cranston to unmask a criminal mastermind who has organized the Florida underworld into a criminal hurricane! This deluxe pulp reprint showcases the original color pulp covers by George Rozen and Graves Gladney, the classic interior illustrations by Edd Cartier and Earl Mayan and historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-139-4 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)

Black Coat Press
Now available!


THE MARVELOUS ADVENTURES OF SERGE MYRANDHAL ON MARS
by H. Gayar
adapted by Brian Stableford


Serge Myrandhal perceived a boundless desert, a kind of red-tinted Sahara furrowed by long rectilinear valleys, trenches of a sort extending geometrically from north to south.
Then the landscape was suddenly illuminated, the trenches sparkled, and Serge, his face transfigured, uttered a cry of triumph.
"The canals!" he shouted. "The famous canals of Mars! I've arrived!"

             
Published in 1908, the same year as Gustave Le Rouge's The Vampires of Mars, this pioneering planetary romance is the third French Martian epic after Doctor Omega (1906) and Jean de La Hire's The Nyctalope on Mars (1911), written three years before Burroughs began work on A Princess of Mars.

The bold French Engineer Serge Myrandhal travels to Mars in a ship propelled by the power of thought, followed by his fiancée, the brave American novelist Miss Annabella Carpenter, and her guardian, the eccentric British millionaire Sir Washington Pickman. There, they make numerous wondrous discoveries including that of a race of small, red-furred anthropoids living underground, and beautiful winged humanoids.

As a specimen of early planetary romance, The Marvelous Adventures of Serge Myrandhal on Mars is of considerable historical interest and remains very readable today, amusing and even thought-provoking.


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US $22.95 / GBP £14.99
5x8 trade paperback, 392 pages

THE VAMPIRES OF LONDON
by Angelo de Sorr
adapted by Brian Stableford


"Who are you?" the panic-stricken man articulated, with feverish emphasis.
"A vampire--who wants to live as you do, love as you do. I'm your dead brother. I emerge from my tomb every night."
"You want my life!"
"What would I do with it? No, it's not to draw life from the living that I emerge! The dead don't want to live."
"Mercy! Have pity on your brother!"
"A vampire never has pity."

           
The Vampires of London (1852) is a nested series of contes cruels aggregated into a quintessentially Romantic roman frénétique, and one of the most excessive and convoluted works of that kind.
Some of the scenes featuring the necrophilic vampire Lord Lodore or the one in which a young man tries to pimp his sick sister to a resurrectionist are masterpieces of the grotesque.


US $22.95 / GBP £14.99
5x8 trade paperback, 300 pages

THE SPHERES OF MADAME ATOMOS
by André Caroff
adapted by Michael Shreve


He heard the crowd screaming, saw the other tigers rushing among the spectators, heard their death cries and their bones breaking.
Then he was standing, sticken with a white panic, running, catching glimpses of mangled bodies in a bloody human mass, and the quiet, hard-working tigers killed methodically.

           
Contents:
- The Slaves of Madame Atomos [Mme Atomos Cherche la Petite Bête] (1970)
- Mme Atomos' Holidays (short story by J.-M. Lofficier)
- The Spheres of Madame Atomos [Les Sphères de Mme Atomos] (1979)
- With the Compliments of Nestor Burma (short story by Michel Stéphan)
- A Day in the Life of Mme Atomos (short story by Xavier Mauméjean)
- Mme Atomos Timeline by J.-M. Lofficier

In this ninth volume, Madame Atomos, fully rejuvenated, is back, deadlier than ever, controlling the minds of men and beasts and spreading terror with her new miniaturized spheres...


US $22.95 / GBP £14.99
5x8 trade paperback, 320 pages




Black Dog Books - Now available!
 
Black Dog Books presents the first published collection of the weird fantasy stories of Philip M. Fisher, Jr.  Discover the bizarre happenings in these eleven unforgettable tales.
 
Encounter a strange race of Sargasso Sea-like weed men; ship out on a vessel that sails into a weird magnetic fog and electrical dampening zone; battle against a madman that controls all light and darkness; journey by dirigible to the North Pole to investigate strange happenings and more!
 
Included are:
 • The Demise of Professor Manried
 • Queer
 • The Strange Case of Lemuel Jenkins
 • The Ship of Silent Men (novelette)
 • The Master in Black (novelette)
 • Into His Work
 • Worlds Within Worlds (short novel)
 • Lights
  •The Devil of the Western Sea (novelette)
 • Fungus Isle (novelette)
 • Beyond the Pole (novelette)
 
With an introduction by Stefan Dziemianowicz.
Selected and edited by Gene Christie.
Cover design by Tom Roberts.
$24.95 US / Trade paperback / 322 pages



Black Dog Books - Now available!
TERROR, INC. by Lester Dent

A new title is now available, Terror, Inc. by Lester Dent.

 • When a series of gruesome corpses is discovered entombed in its freshly-paved streets, a city is cloaked in a bloody shroud of terror . . .
 • All Hollywood lives in dread as The Spark, a mysterious super-villain, launches a killing spree using inexplicable methods . . .
 • A metropolis is invaded by an unstoppable invisible horde of ruthless killers bent on domination . . .
 
These are but some of the weird mysteries encountered in TERROR, INC.
 Fear-wrapped tales of detection from the author of Doc Savage!
 
Included are:
 • Terror, Inc.
 • The Devil's Cargo
 • The Invisible Horde
 • The Whistling Death
 • The Cavern of Heads
 • Murder Street
 
Volume 5 of the Lester Dent Library.
With an introduction by historian Will Murray.

Don't forget to check out the other Lester Dent collections from Black Dog Books, Dead Men's Bones, The Skull Squadron, Hell's Hoofprint's, and Fists of Fury.



Black Dog BooksNow available!

The West has been transformed into a bloody battleground between the Rocky Mountain Fur Company and the American Fur Company, rival factions vying with black powder and cold steel for trapping rights and trade rights with the Native Americans.
 
The mighty rivers have become a highway for that unique breed, the Mountain Men, from the Rocky Mountains across the Great Plains, downriver to St. Louis, where they sell their precious pelts.
 
Fleeing the authorities after killing a man, restless greenhorn Ralph Lander departs St. Louis under cover of night, hoping to join the Bridger trapping expedition going upriver. Looking to redeem himself while pursuing excitement and his fortune, Lander soon discovers there is no flight from the long arm of justice, no sanctuary when surrounded by hostiles after his own hide!
 
With an introduction by Robert J. Randisi (Gunsmith, Mountain Jack Pike series).
Cover art by Paul Strayer.
Cover design by Tom Roberts.
 
NOTE: This edition is authorized by the Hugh Pendexter Literary Trust.


Hugh Pendexter (1875-1940) began his career as a newspaper man but soon started selling short humorous tales in 1904. Within a few years he moved into historical dramas and Westerns. For the next three decades his work became a mainstay of the legendary magazine, Adventure, chronicling Colonial life or the American frontier.
 
Noted for his dedication to research and historical accuracy, Hugh Pendexter authored more than seventy-five novels of period fiction.
 
ISBN: 978-1-884449-44-4
Price: Trade paperback / 160 pages / Price: $14.95 US



Black Dog BooksNow available!
 
The thunder of roaring engines and unleashed Lewis guns fill the sky above the South China Sea as Captains Ben Cowan and Luke Lance dive into a series of investigations as flying detectives in these three pulse-pounding air adventure novels.
 
Isle of Lost Wings
"Five must die!" came the eerie voice over the shortwave.
When the Spinthrift is discovered adrift and abandoned, K.O. Pike dispatches his top operative, Ben Cowan, to investigate the disappearance of the yacht's millionaire owner and a killer sky-trail beckons from Borneo to Singapore!
 
Flying Freebooters
A shadowy plane shoots down Luke Lance over the ancient growth jungles of Malaysia. The Straits Agency, attempting to recover their lost pilot, encounters a group of deadly sky pirates and smugglers that threatens the sovereignty of peaceful nations along an imperiled coast!
 
Fighting Wings
After the son of the Rajah of Baharu is kidnapped, the Straits Agency detectives are called on to locate the youth. In the process Luke Lance unearths the mysterious White Mask and an ancient enemy returned from the past seeking vengeance!
 
FIRST BOOK PUBLICATION
With an introduction by award-winning author Evan Lewis.
Cover art by George Rozen.

ISBN: 978-1-884449-45-1
Price: Trade paperback / 214 pages / Price: $19.95 US




Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press
The Blood 'N' Thunder Guide to Pulp Fiction
Now available!

The long-awaited Blood ‘n’ Thunder Guide to Pulp Fiction, many months in preparation, is now available from Murania Press.

A greatly revised and expanded version of 2007’s Blood ‘n’ Thunder Guide to Collecting Pulps, this massive new book has been positioned as more of a reference work than a mere manual for hobbyists. It’s a complete history of the pulp magazine (told in more detail than ever attempted by a single author) wrapped up in one-volume. Its 2007 predecessor had 226 pages and close to 400 pulp-cover reproductions. The new Guide to Pulp Fiction has 414 pages and 700 cover repros, along with a smattering of original cover paintings.

Chapters from the old Guide have been extensively reworked. New chapters have been added on Spicy pulps, sports pulps, love pulps, and war-and-aviation pulps. Also, two new appendices have been created for pulp-fiction readers who don’t collect the vintage magazines. One appendix gives basic information on the best small-press reprint publishers, while the other lists the most important anthologies of pulp stories in various genres.

The Blood ‘n’ Thunder Guide to Pulp Fiction is priced at $29.95, which includes shipping to domestic U.S. buyers. However, Murania Press is also making the book available at a 20 percent discount to anybody who purchases it along with a one-year subscription to Blood ‘n’ Thunder. This special offer has its own page on the Murania Press site and is available to those who renew or extend their subscriptions as well.

Don’t miss out on what some fans are already calling 2013’s must-have book. Visit the Murania Press web site today at the link below.


414 pages, 7x10, trade paperback
Price: $29.95





BLACK WINGS III
NEW TALES OF LOVECRAFTIAN HORROR
Now available!

This third installment of S. T. Joshi’s critically acclaimed Black Wings series contains seventeen stories by some of the foremost writers in contemporary weird fiction, using the ideas, imagery, and atmosphere of H. P. Lovecraft’s tales as springboards. Jonathan Thomas opens the book with a chilling tale of biological horror set in Lovecraft’s native Providence, Rhode Island. Caitlín R. Kiernan melds brooding melancholy with Lovecraftian cosmicism in her tale, while Simon Strantzas weaves an ingenious variant on Lovecraft’s concept of the ghoul. Darrell Schweitzer and Donald Tyson probe the notion of alternate worlds in their tales.
 
This volume takes the reader on imaginative journeys around the world. Don Webb finds Lovecraftian horror in the wilds of Texas; Peter Cannon’s characters encounter the denizens of Innsmouth on a trip to China; Mollie L. Burleson enlivens the American Southwest with terrors out of history. Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., revivifies Lovecraft’s ancient New England seaport of Kingsport, Massachusetts, while in their collaborative tale W. H. Pugmire and Jessica Amanda Salmonson do the same with Lovecraft’s iconic Arkham. The volume concludes with a searching rumination on Lovecraft’s early tale “From Beyond” by Brian Stableford.
 
Black Wings III demonstrates how H. P. Lovecraft’s work continues to inspire some of the best in contemporary weird writing.


AN ANTHOLOGY edited by S.T. Joshi
EDITION: Jacketed Hardcover
COVER ART: Jason Van Hollander
PRINT RUN: Unsigned
INTRODUCTION: S.T. Joshi


The Book Cave - New podcast now available online!
Episode 272: The Return of Ginger and...
We think that Tom Johnson was on with Ginger, but after reading Ginger's short story "The Suicide that wasn't" we're not so sure.  ;-) Just kidding, as always we had a great time chatting with the Power Couple of Pulps.
Episode 271: Matt Madigan
Matt Madigan drops by the Book Cave to share his book, "Her Name is Violence." Excuse the quality of the recording, I was just told that the recordings were less than good. I did not know this as when I edit and post the show from my end the recordings sound good. I didn't know about the sound quality before I recorded. Starting next week I am using a different way of recording. I aplogize to all the guests that this has effected. If next week's show isn't better, then I will end the podcast.

Episode 270: Stephen Payne's Secret Agent X
Episode 269: Wayne Greenough
Episode 268: Zombies vs. Robots
Art's Reviews Episode 10: The Phantom Lagoon

Episode 267: Robots unleashed!  
Episode 266:  Gary Lovisi

CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT ARCHIVES VOLUME 2: CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT SAVES THE WORLD HC - Arriving in comic shops March 12!
Bill Woolfolk (Writer), Leonard Frank (Art), and others

Captain Jim Albright, inventor and ex-Army pilot, maintains a secret identity as Captain Midnight, flying superhero and defender of justice! In this second archival volume, featuring stories selected from the original 1940s Fawcett comics, Captain Midnight and his sidekick Ichabod Mudd explore new planets and defend the earth from aliens, including moon creatures, purple pirates, and the bizarre and villainous Xog! Collects selected stories from issues #48, #50, #52-#56, #58-#60, #62, #64, and #66.


Hardcover, 7” x 10”, Full Color, 152 pages, $49.99, On sale March 12




Clive Cussler: THE BOOTLEGGER (An Isaac Bell Adventure) - Now available!
by Clive Cussler & Justin Scott

It is 1920, and both Prohibition and bootlegging are in full swing. When Isaac Bell’s boss and lifelong friend Joseph Van Dorn is shot and nearly killed leading the high-speed chase of a rum-running vessel, Bell swears to him that he will hunt down the lawbreakers, but he doesn’t know what he is getting into. When a witness to Van Dorn’s shooting is executed in a ruthlessly efficient manner invented by the Russian secret police, it becomes clear that these are no ordinary criminals. Bell is up against a team of Bolshevik assassins and saboteurs—and they are intent on overthrowing the government of the United States.

Series: An Isaac Bell Adventure (Book 7)
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Putnam Adult


 

Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!

SHADOW COMICS 25, 26 & 27 (1943) - New!
DAFFY DILL in "The Murderous Mr. Coon" by Richard Sale (Read it HERE!)
- New!
Forgotten Stories (lots of 'em): "The Life and Times of DAFFY DILL" by Monte Herridge
A complete DAFFY DILL story: "Death on High Iron" by Richard Sale
Overlooked Films: DAFFY DILL (almost) Goes to Hollywood in "Find the Witness"
Art Galley: DAFFY DILL Interior Illos
DAFFY DILL returns in "A Slug for Cleopatra" by Richard Sale (Read it HERE)
A DAFFY DILL Encore: "A Dirge for Pagliaccio" by Richard Sale (Read it HERE!)
A DAFFY DILL Cover Gallery



Edgar Rice Burroughs Comics
 All New Comic Strips created exclusively for ERB, Inc.
You can subscribe for only $1.99 / month

Coming soon!
"Korak the Killer" by Ron Marz and Bart Sears with color by Neeraj Menon


This strip will join nine others currently available on the Edgar Rice Burroughs comics website:
"Tarzan of the Apes" by Roy Thomas and Pablo Marcos, adapting the original Tarzan novels.
"Tarzan" by Roy Thomas and Tom Grindberg, featuring new Tarzan adventures.
"Carson of Venus" by Martin Powell and Tom Floyd.
"The Eternal Savage" by Martin Powell and Steven E. Gordon.
"The War Chief" by Martin Powell and Nik Poliwko.
"The Cave Girl" by Martin Powell and Diana Leto.
"Pellucidar" by Chuck Dixon and Tom Lyle.
"The Land That Time Forgot" by Martin Powell and Pablo Marcos.
"The Mucker" by Ron Marz and Lee Moder








E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow in Review:
This weeks new Shadow review is "Death in the Stars" from the May 1, 1940 issue of The Shadow Magazine.
 
Pulpgen-Online Pulps:   Now with over 1000 stories online!

"Bull" by W. O. McGeehan from ALL-STORY WEEKLY, November 16, 1919
The manager of a sports arena is grumbling about the bad winter he had. Revenues are down. As he is grousing a man comes in and announces that he is Athos, the bull-thrower. The manager quips that he throw a lot of bull himself but eventually figures out that Athos isn't passing gas, and he's not fighting bulls like in Spain but wrestles them! Since he looks like he could do it, the managers agrees to set up a meet and promote it, there being nothing else going on.
"This Murder's On Me" by C. S. Montanye from THRILLING DETECTIVE, June, 1948
Featuring: Johnny Castle
When Johnny Castle and his heart-throb Libby see the shooting of Mrs. Haviland, it puts them in line for death, with only one out - to solve the mystery and nab the killer!
"The Hardest Kind of Hard" by Lewen Hewitt from DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE, August 3, 1920
Lane, employee at the Helvetia Bank, was a timid, mild-mannered person with no hardness about him.  When he came up against a bank robbery he was suddenly transformed into the hardest kind of hard.



  Now online!
New on Famous (and forgotten) Fiction!

February 2014
In Writings
The Crystal Trench by A. E. W. Mason
A tale as chilling as the Polar Vortex, The Crystal Trench by A. E. W. Mason, including the original illustrations from The Strand Magazine and an introduction by Dan Neyer.
December 2013

In Writings
The Flying Stars by G. K. Chesterton
A Christmas-themed story starring Father Brown from the May 20th, 1911 issue of The Saturday Evening Post including the original illustrations and an introduction by Dan Neyer.


November 2013
In Writings
Valentin Follows a Curious Trail (The Blue Cross) by G. K. Chesterton.
The first appearance of Father Brown as presented in the July 23, 1910 issue of The Saturday Evening Post with the original illustrations and an introduction by Dan Neyer.


July - October 2013
In Writings
Just in time (sort of) for Halloween, The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson - New!

Also, after a great deal of behind-the-scenes work, the our "instant translation" version of The Murders in the Rue Morgue should now work in mobile devices! - New!

Baroness Orczy's armchair sleuth, the Old Man in the Corner, is featured in the twelve stories from the 1908 collection, The Old Man in the Corner, and the rarely reprinted tale, "The Glasgow Mystery," in weekly installments.
Story introductions, and an overview of the Old Man, are by Dan Neyer, and Illustrations are included where they were available.

The Glasgow Mystery

The Mysterious Death In Percy Street
The Birmingham Mystery
The Regent's Park Murder
The Brighton Mystery
The Dublin Mystery
The Theft at the English Provident Bank
The Edinburgh Mystery
The Liverpool Mystery
The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railroad
The York Mystery
The Robbery In Phillimore Terrace
The Fenchurch Street Mystery

Also, don't forget to take a look at the short biography of the Baroness that appeared in the April, 1902 issue of The Royal Magazine.


June 2013
In Writings
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The seminal detective tale that introduced Monsieur C. Auguste Dupin and ushered in the "modern" detective story.  Also included: all foreign and archaic words and phrases can be viewed in translation by running your cursor over the words; a biographical introduction by Dan Neyer and Bob Gay; and the first illustrations for the tale from an 1852 book collection.


May 2013
In Writings
No Man's Land
The long short story of Picts and the Scottish moors that may have had an influence on Robert E. Howard written by John Buchan. Introduction by Dan Neyer.

The Death's Head Meteor
The first published story by Neil R. Jones (of Professor Jameson fame) from the January, 1930 issue of Air Wonder Stories including the original illustrations and an introduction by Bob Gay.


April 2013
In Writings
The Good Angel
A reprinting of the 1910 story by P. G. Wodehouse featuring Keggs, a butler who predates Wodehouse's Jeeves, with an introduction by Dan Neyer and the original Strand illustrations by Chas. Crombie.
Climax for a Ghost Story
The famous short-short story with an exhaustive exploration into the history of the elusive I. A. Ireland by Bob Gay.


March 2013
In Writings
The Adventure of The Dying Detective by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A complete reprinting of the Holmes tale that includes the Walter Paget illustrations and an introduction by Dan Neyer that discusses the story, its publication history and Walter Paget
A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The complete novel from the 1917 edition that includes the Schoonover illustrations placed with their respective chapters and an introduction by Bob Gay that explores the creation of the novel and its importance in the history of science fiction.
In Pictures
Images of John Carter
A sizable collection of images, with background commentary, that show how various artists have envisioned John Carter over the years: in books, comics and film.


February 2013
In Writings
The Ginger King
A rare tale of Inspector Hanaud from the pages of Strand Magazine.

In Pictures
Two new annotated collections of Bob's Stuff

Famous (and forgotten) Fiction is a new site featuring familiar and obscure fiction along with articles, pictures and essays.  In the Writings section, we have fiction by H. C. Bailey (the first Reggie Fortune story), Carl Stephenson, Sinclair Lewis and a large selection of Kipling, including the complete Mowgli stories and "The Man Who Would Be King."  We've also added an article about Sleeman's An Account of Wolves Nurturing Children in Their Dens, that includes a complete reprinting of the work.

In Comics, there is an overview of Superman #205 ("The Man Who Destroyed Krypton!") and a look at a Steve Ditko illustrated story that bears a strong resemblance to a well-known story by Carl Stephenson.The Pictures section starts with a group of collectible (and some not so) items and is the first of 24 collections.

The site is hoping for subscribers to keep it going and future plans call for more stories, more articles and there are a number of novels  we also intend to add to the mix.
New material will be appearing on the last Friday of each month (which means we'll have more new stuff at the end of February). 
In a few months, we will also be offering ebooks: on the site (in PDF) and at Amazon and B&N in their proprietary formats.


FIGHT CARD - Now available!

San Diego 2014 … Carlos may be the deadliest vale tudo street fighter in Brazil, but he’s no match for the drug lord on his tail. Haunted by the death of his best friend and on the run from a Mexican hit squad, Carlos is forced into hiding with a traveling carnival crawling its way from San Diego to LA.  Within this world of freaks and con-men, Carlos has no choice but to become the one thing he hates – a masked luchador wrestler.

However, once he has donned the mask, Carlos finds there is much more to being a luchador than fake wrestling moves and cheesy showmanship. There is a mystique and a responsibility carried by those who become true luchadors.  But will being a fake hero, no matter how inspired or mystical, save him from the drug lord’s henchmen…Can it erase his tortured past…Or will he be forced to once again become the killing machine he has always been?
 
Rise of the Luchador is the next installment of the acclaimed Fight Card series ...




Futures-Past Editions
The final three omnibuses (containing novels #7-12) in pulp veteran Stuart J. Byrne's "Star Man" saga have just been released in ebook format.

Genesis of the Star Man

The saga of the Star Man began in 1978 when Byrne, a multilingual engineer and longtime pulpster who had written for Amazing, Imagination, and Other Worlds, was hired to help translate and polish some of the later Ace reprints of the fabled Perry Rodan books. Two years later, when the German rights holder decided to cancel the American license due to declining sales, Byrne was asked by Master Publications to come up with his own endlessly unfolding cosmic adventure of the Perry Rodan type. The result was a 12-volume science fictional space opera unlike any other.

Unfortunately, only the first 11 were published by Master Publications. The 12th volume remained unpublished until Feb. 2014, when the concluding Star Man novel, "The Second Empire", was issued by Futures Past Editions in The Sixth Star Man Omnibus.


As Published by Futures Past Editions, Byrne's Entire Star Man Saga Includes:
The First Star Man Omnibus: #1 Supermen of Alpha & #2 Time Window  
The Second Star Man Omnibus: #3 Interstellar Mutineers & #4 The Cosmium Raiders
The Third Star Man Omnibus #5 The World Changer & #6 The Slaves of Venus
The Fourth Star Man Omnibus: #7 Lost in the Milky Way & #8 Time Trap
The Fifth Star Man Omnibus: #9 The Centaurians & #10 The Emperor
The Sixth Star Man Omnibus: #11 The Return of Star Man & #12 The Second Empire

What is the Star Man Saga About?

In the far future, Earth, Mars, and Venus are ruled by the iron hand of dictatorship, as is humanity's first extrasolar colony on Alpha Centauri. An accident sends modern-day astronaut Steven Germaine to the future and to the colony, where the inhabitants revive him. Unknown to him, Germaine has survived his trip through time due to unique abilities only he possesses, and soon he becomes the centerpiece in a struggle between the colonists, the dictatorship, and hierarchies of aliens whose existence no one even suspects. When he is forced to land on an unexplored world of Alpha Centauri, Germaine's unique abilities help him overcome the effects of its heavy gravity?and, with the help of an advanced civilization hiding there, they also help him to become a "cross-over": one of the Supermen of Alpha. But suspicion and counter-plots make him a catalyst in an interstellar revolution, leading to wide-ranging cosmic adventures that build his legend as the Star Man.

The cosmic exploits of Steve Germaine in this series include: capturing a Cosmium-powered interstellar warship; leading the Alpha revolution; riding a comet to Luna; raiding the Cosmium vaults on Mars; finding the lost laboratories of the 23rd century "Magicians" (read: mutants); creating a Cosmium-powered inversion drive; being lost in a negative universe; discovering the awesome Nebula Worlds; falling victim to a time trap, and more.

The interstellar saga of Star Man is filled with memorable characters, such as Star Man's deadly nemesis Vincent Cardwell, empire builder, and his mysterious mutant daughter, Anne Cardwell; Steve Germaine's staunch future companion, Danny Duncan, a simple farm boy who becomes the leader of a revolution; "Si" the human cyborg; Alphie, the batrachian savant with a child mind and super I.Q.; great Karmax, the Minotaur-like wizard-creator of the Temonoids; the sacred Zraal, the oldest star race; the Kosmikons, Dark Force hordes from Beyond?and many more.

The Star Man series is epic in scope and a prime example of mind-bending, thought-variant science fiction. Alien worlds and civilizations, negative and alternate-time universes, cosmic purposes, cosmic threats . . . The Star Man novels are classic space opera by one of the original masters of the genre.

The Star Man Omnibuses are now available as ebooks at $2.99 each, for Kindle and .epub reading devices, at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo and iTunes.

They will be published as paperbacks in the autumn of 2014.





Fu-Manchu: PRESIDENT FU-MANCHU - Now available!
by Sax Rohmer

Fu-Manchu journeys to the United States for the first time, and is the power behind a "League of Good Americans" candidate for the presidency. From Niagara Falls to the catacombs of NY's Chinatown, Nayland Smith and federal agent Mark Hepburn seek to stop the Devil Doctor and his plan to assassinate a presidential candidate – 30 years before The Manchurian Candidate!

BONUS FEATURE: This volume includes the first of three "lost adventures of Nayland Smith".  "The Mark of the Monkey," follows Smith and Petrie as they become embroiled in a murder investigation in Dartmoor. It appeared in Rohmer's 1920 book of short fiction, The Haunting of Low Fennel, and has only previously been included with the Fu-Manchu stories in France and Belgium.


Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Titan Books




Girasol Collectables - March Pulp Replicas!

Girasol Collectables is pleased to announce three more issues in its ongoing series of Pulp Replicas.

Terror Tales and Operator 5 are now at six (6) issues per year,
so that those two titles and the Spider will be completed around the same time in late 2015.
Girasol will also be tackling the complete 1926 year of Weird Tales over the next 2 or 3 years, as well as other 1930s issues of interest.


Monthly Special: All three for $95 ($10 off)

THE SPIDER #102 from March 1942 - $35
Featuring  "The Gentleman from Hell
"

OPERATOR #5 #40 from July/Aug 1938 - $35
Featuring  "The Suicide Battalion"
WEIRD TALES #34 from July 1926 - $35

        
       
    
Click here for covers of previous months Pulp Replicas

Girasol accepts checks, International money orders, and Paypal as methods of payment.
Other than Replicas, please confirm availability first before ordering items such as pulp magazines or other books.
Paypal payments can be made to our regular info@girasolcollectables.com email address.

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

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

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

Back issues - Still available!

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)

DIME MYSTERY BOOK ($35 each postpaid)
#1 December 1932

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
#2 February 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  T
he 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)

#29 America's Plague Battalions (December 1936)
#30 Liberties Suicide Legion (January 1937)
#31 Seige of the Thousand Patriots (February 1937)

#32 Patriot's Death March (March-April 1937)
#33 Revolt of the Lost Legions (May-June 1937)
#34 Drums of Destruction (July-August 1937)
#35 The Army Without a Country (Sept-Oct 1937)
#36 The Bloody Frontier (Nov-Dec 1937)
#37 The Coming of the Mongol Hordes (Jan-Feb 1938)
#38 The Seige that Brought the Black Death (Mar-Apr 1938)
#39 Revolt of the Devil Men (May-June 1938)
#40 The Suicide Battalion (July-Aug 1938)

ORIENTAL STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
#1  October / November 1930                        
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#6  Autumn 1931
#7  Winter 1932

#8  Spring 1932
#9  Summer 1932

PIRATE STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
#1  
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THE PHANTOM DETECTIVE ($25 each postpaid)
#1  
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SAUCY MOVIE TALES  ($25 each postpaid)
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April/May 1939

SOLDIER OF FORTUNE ($25 each postpaid)
October 1931

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#2  November 1934 [#1 after the ashcan]
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December 1937

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#2  June 1935
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January 1937
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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)
#76  The Spider and the Pain Master (January 1940)
#77 Hell's Sales Manager (February 1940)
#78 Slaves of the Laughing Death (March 1940)

#79 The Man From Hell (April 1940)
#80 The Spider and the War Emperor (May 1940)
#81 Judgement of the Damned (June 1940)
#82
Dictator's Death Merchants
(July 1940)
#83 Pirates From Hell (August 1940)
#84 Master of the Night-Demons (Sept. 1940)
#85 The Council of Evil (October 1940)
#86 The Spider and his Hobo Army (November 1940)
#87 The Spider and the Jewels of Hell (Dec. 1940)
#88 Harbor of Nameless Dead (January 1941)
#89 The Spider and the Slave Doctor (February 1941)
#90 The Spider and the Sons of Satan (March 1941)
#91  Slaves of the Burning Blade (April 1941)
#92  The Devil's Paymaster (May 1941)
#93 The Benevolent Order of Death (June 1941)
#94 Murder's Black Prince (July 1941)
#95 The Spider and the Scarlet Surgeon (August 1941)
#96 The Spider and the Deathless One (September1941)
#97 The Satan's Seven Swordsmen (October1941)
#98 Volunteer Corpse Brigade (November1941)
#99 The Crime Laboratory (December 1941)

#100 Death and The Spider  (January 1942)
#101 Murder's Legionaires (February 1942)
#102 The Gentleman from Hell (March 1942)



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

WEIRD TALES  ($35 each postpaid)
#1  March 1923
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#4  June 1923

#5  July/August 1923
#6  September 1923
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#8   November 1923

#9   December 1923/January 1924 
#10  February 1924
#11  March 1924
#12  April 1924
#13  Anniversary Issue May/June/July/24 ($50)
#14  November 1924 - One of the rarest WT's
#15  December 1924

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#173 June 1938


Girasol Collectables
Coming in April and highly recommended!

Girasol Collectables is pleased to announce Volume 2
in its new series of Pulp Cover Gallery Editions.

Thrilling Wonder Stories / Startling Stories / Captain Future

Girasol has launched a new series of deluxe hardcover editions which feature full sets of top quality cover scans of various pulp titles. These numbered Limited Edition volumes of 300 copies each are designed to present the cover art in all its glory. The interior pages are 8.5"x11", full color throughout, 130+ pages.

Each book in the series has a mix of full page scans, size as to the original pulps, as well as some 4 per page and 6 per page. The exterior is made from bonded leather, with a small color cover inset on the front of an issue-of-interest from the interior. There is a brief introduction about the cover art and artists, as well as a title checklist with issue number, date, and cover artist if known.

The first volume, which was a Hallowe'en 2013 release, was... WEIRD TALES!
The second volume, which is scheduled for April 2014 is... Thrilling Wonder Stories / Startling Stories / Captain Future!

This edition will be the same format as our Weird Tales Pulp Cover Gallery, 8.5" x 11" interior, 130+ pages full color throughout, bonded leather exterior, limited to 300 numbered copies. There is a brief introduction about the artists and issue dates/numbers checklist... as mentioned before with this series, these volumes are NOT comprehensive books about the pulp titles themselves, they are visual references for the cover art. A mix of full page, size-as covers, and 4 per page images. Top quality, hi-res images, with the pulp edges showing on a black background. Great stuff to look at! Space ships... weird monsters... bullet-boobed alien princesses... it's all there!

Regular price: $134

Please note that this is not a comprehensive book about the pulp itself, but rather, a visual reference of the covers.

Pulp Cover Gallery Volume 1 – WEIRD TALES
$125 plus s&h ($10 within North America, $25 for international)
Release date: Now available!

Pulp Cover Gallery Volume 2 – Thrilling Wonder Stories / Startling Stories / Captain Future
Pre-release Special: Only $115! Order before March 1st and save $19 off regular $134 price.
Release date: April 1, 2014!

Please note that the cover inset may not be exactly as shown in the image at the right.



 


The Golden Age - Now online!

STARTLING COMICS ~ 53 Issues ~ 1940-48
- New!
THE GOLDEN AGE OF COMIC BOOKS ~ 1937-1945
- New!
EXCITING COMICS ~ 69 Issues ~ 1940-49 - New!
Thrilling Comics ~ 78 issues ~ 1940-50 - New!
VIRGIL FINLAY ~ The Complete Book of Space Travel ~ 1956 edition
VIRGIL FINLAY ~ 1914-1971 ~ A Midsummer Night's Dream
VIRGIL FINLAY ~ Weird Tales ~ 1936
VIRGIL FINLAY ~ Weird Tales 1937
VIRGIL FINLAY ~ Weird Tales 1938
VIRGIL FINLAY & A. MERRITT ~ The Ship of Ishtar ~ 1949 edition
 
Gotham Pulp Collectors Club -  March 15, 2013!

Gotham Pulp Collectors Club is a club for pulp collectors to meet in the NYC/Metro area.

Name:  Gotham Pulp Collectors Club
Time: 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Place: Epiphany Library at 228 East 23rd Street.
It's easy to get to from public transportation as the #6 train stops at 23rd St on Park Avenue and you walk about 2 blocks east.

Contact:  Mark Halegua at msh@pulps1st.com

The April and May meeetings will also be at the Epiphany Library.
They will occur on the second Saturdays of each of those months.



Haffner Press
Now available!

The Collected Captain Future, Volume Three by Edmond Hamilton
Edited by Stephen Haffner,  Introduction by Chuck Juzek
 Cover Art by Earle K. Bergey
 Illustrated by H.W. "Wesso" Wessolowski


Jumpin’ Jungle Cat of Jupiter! It’s another mega-collection of four complete novels of the “Man of Tomorrow,” the “Wizard of Science,” the protector of the Solar System and a menace to evil-doers throughout the universe: CAPTAIN FUTURE!
 
Now that Captain Future (aka Dr. Curtis Newton) and the Futuremen (Grag the robot; Otho the Android; and Simon Wright, the Living Brain) have traveled through time in the final story of Volume Two (See “The Lost World of Time”), can an adventure beyond the Solar System be far behind?  Most assuredly not! The Futuremen board their trusty space-vessel, The Comet, and blast-off for adventure in QUEST BEYOND THE STARS! But that’s not all the dangers our intrepid defenders will face in VOLUME THREE. Up next is OUTLAWS ON THE MOON! When the peoples of the Solar System believe the Futuremen to be dead, what better time for the emissaries of villainy to attempt to break in to Captain Future’s Secret Moon Base.  Following that nail-biting saga, is arguably the finest of the CAPTAIN FUTURE novels: THE COMET KINGS. Here, author Hamilton pulls out all the stops as the Futuremen combat forces from within Halley’s Comet!  In the final story of this volume, PLANETS IN PERIL, the Futuremen face forces from another dimension that threaten to enslave our entire universe!
 
As with the previous two volumes of THE COLLECTED CAPTAIN FUTURE, “Under Observation,” the CAPTAIN FUTURE letters column is reprinted, and the original pulp covers and interior illustrations are reproduced in a generous appendix.


ISBN-13 978-1-893887-74-9
600+ page Hardcover
$40.00


Haffner Press
Now available!

The Reign of the Robots, The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume Four by Edmond Hamilton
 Introduction by Mike Ashley;  Cover Art by Frank R. Paul
 Illustrated by Frank R. Paul, H.W. "Wesso" Wessolowski, Hugh Rankin, Joseph Doolin, Leo Morey


Following 2011′s THE UNIVERSE WRECKERS, THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON, VOLUME THREE, Haffner Press keeps pouring gasoline on the fire as we announce the next volume(s) of collected stories from one of the godfathers of Space Opera.
 
THE REIGN OF THE ROBOTS, THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON, VOLUME FOUR is certainly worth your coppers as herewith are contained no fewer than 10 unreprinted stories from WEIRD TALES and/or WONDER STORIES. Alongside these soon-to-be-presented wonders, you’ll find some of Hamilton’s classic works such as “The Man Who Evolved” and “A Conquest of Two Worlds”
 
Noted scholar and editor, Mike Ashley handles the introduction for this mighty tome.
 
As with previous volumes in this series, an appendix showcasing the original pulp magazine illustrations also bulks large with obscura including reader’s letters from the vintage magazines commenting on these stories, along with editorial correspondence between Hamilton and his editors.

 ISBN-13 978-1-893887-65-7
 600+ page Hardcover
$40.00
 


Hard Case Crime - Coming soon!

May 2014


BORDERLINE by Lawrence Block
Cover art by Michael Koelsch

THE SCORCHING PULP NOVEL BY LAWRENCE BLOCK, AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 50 YEARS!

On the border between El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico, five lives are about to collide—with fatal results. You'll meet

MARTY—the professional gambler who rolls the dice on a night with...
MEG—the bored divorcee who seeks excitement and finds...
LILY—the beautiful hitchhiker lured into a live sex show by...
CASSIE—the redhead with her own private agenda...
and WEAVER—the madman, the killer with a straight razor in his pocket, on the run from the police and determined to go down swinging!

This is MWA Grand Master Lawrence Block at his rawest and most visceral, a bloody, bawdy, brutal story of passion and punishment—and of lines that were never meant to be crossed.

First publication ever under the author’s real name!
Volume includes three of Block’s rarest short stories, from the pages of the pulp magazines of half a century ago
Lawrence Block is one of the most acclaimed living crime writers, having won every major award in the genre (including 5 Edgar Awards) and been named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America
Block’s novel A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES is coming out as a movie with Liam Neeson starring.



Jerry Schneider Enterprises
  
Pulp and Digest Replicas   Pulp Tales Presents    Comics   ERB  
Now available!

EARL DERR BIGGERS TELLS TWENTY-THREE STORIES by Earl Derr Biggers
FIRST EDITION: A new collection of twenty-three stories from the creator of Charlie Chan. Illustrated.

FIRST EDITION: Earl Derr Biggers, the creator of Charlie Chan, tells twenty-three of his stories in this new collection featuring "The Prodigal Father", "Conceit", "The Cruise of the 'Scholarship'", "A Game For Two", "A Freshman's Letter Home", "Mr. Dooley Discusses Athletics", "Mr. Dooley on Kipling", "The Harvard Man in Fiction", "The Crimesown", "The Drama and the Trust", "The Christmas Story", "A Book Review", "The Ancient Bargain", "Our Salvation", "Everyman His Own Playwright", "'X' Goes Off to School", "Over Here", "Tales of a City That Was", "Going 'Down Street'", "The Money Mirage", "O'Grady of the Buttons", "The Last Leaf", and "John Henry and the Restless Sex".
The softcover edition contains a frontispiece, the hardcover edition contains a frontispiece and 10 interior illustrations.

Order Hardcover with Dust Jacket from Lulu.com  316 pages
Order Trade Paperback from Lulu.com  304 pages
Order Trade Paperback from Createspace.com  304 pages
Order Trade Paperback from Amazon.com  304 pages


 

Laurie's Wild West - Now online!

Pulp News for Wednesday, March 5 - New!
A Rare Look into the Heart of Street & Smith's Founder - New!
"New" Paul Powers Article, "Save Your Rejection Slips," Here in its Entirety
PULP COVERS FOR THE WINTER OLYMPICS 
In Celebration of the Dog, Pedigreed or Otherwise: Pulp Covers
Paul Powers Papers and Pulp Fiction Magazine Collection Donated to Ohio State University
LOVE STORY, February 20, 1937
Newsstand photos from rare American News Company publication

Mike Chomko -  March / April 2014 newsletter is now available!
Mike's March/April 2014 newsletter is now available.
Orders over $20 are discounted approximately 10%.
Shipping is between $2-6, depending on the weight of your order (media mail or bound printed matter). 
Michael Chomko, 2217W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA  18104-6542

Send Mike an email at mikechomko@gmail.com to subscribe to his catalogue.

Mike has established a website where you can download his current and past newsletters.
The website is located at http://sites.google.com/site/mikechomkobooks/







The Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention is a three-day festival held inside the Hunt Valley Wyndham. Here, you can watch dozens of screenings of vintage movies, world premiere documentaries, Hollywood celebrities posing for photos and signing autographs for fans, slide show seminars from authors and historians, over 200 vendor tables with retro merchandise, antiques and collectibles and... well, it is a lot of fun.Whether you have been to other conventions in the past or never attended a convention before, we recommend you give it a try. You'll discover what people keep returning year after year. Attendees come from California, Canada, Seattle, England, Belgium, Florida, Maine... and statistically the size of the attendance has grown every year. MANC didn’t attract such a faithful following by accident. Nearing our 10th anniversary, MANC has offered fans a chance to meet Hollywood actors, visit a drive-in movie theater, watch old fifties films like Creature from the Black Lagoon in 3-D, have their picture next to The Blob silicone, watch Abbott and Costello impersonators perform on stage, and have a great time. Many of the seminars will be broadcast live from Radio Once More and you can tune into the station for free at  http://radiooncemore.com/


Previews Exclusive! Long out of print!
Signed by the author!
Now available on the Moonstone Books website!
Coming soon to comic shops!


In this shattering novel of private investigation and public scandal, private eye Jack Hagee takes on the search for a small town runaway. Mara Phillips' rich boyfriend wants her found, but may not be telling the whole story. His is only one of the bodies that will be found in this stunning tale of greed and murder set against the background of NYC's most depraved sex club. This is CJ Henderson's greatest character at his absolute best!

This edition comes with the bonus Jack Hagee short "Bop Bop", in which Hagee tracks a murderous bail-jumper in Detroit.

Cover: Robert Maguire
Hardcover,
6" x 9", 222 pages, $28.99
ISBN: 978-1-936814-69-5



Moonstone Books
THE SAINT: THE MAN WHO WAS CLEVER by Leslie Charteris

 Previews Exclusive!
First ever graphic novel for THE SAINT!
Now available on the Moonstone Books website!
Coming soon to comic shops!


"Adventure came to him not so much because he sought it as because he brazenly expected it. He believed that life was full of adventure, and he went forward in the full blaze and surge of that belief." --
Simon Templar seeks to bring a drug smuggler to justice. In this story, Templar is shown in the process of establishing his reputation as a crime buster working with a team of mysterious individuals (akin to Robin Hood's Merry Men). Patricia Holm, Templar's love interest and fellow adventurer appears as well.

Told in WIDEVISION


Story: Leslie Charteris, Mel Odom
Art: David Bryant
Hardcover,
7” x 10”, b/w, 80 pages, $19.99
ISBN: 978-1-936814-70-1



Moonstone Books
Green Lama: Scions
Author: Adam Garcia; Cover: Doug Klauba

Now available on the Moonstone Books website!
Coming soon to comic shops!

 
A cruise ship crashes suddenly on Liberty Island.  All onboard are dead by their own murderous hands.  All but one.   What secrets does the lone survivor harbor within her very soul? And what horrors does she bring?   These are questions only the Green Lama can answer!
 
Reintroducing the most unique Pulp Hero ever!  In reality, The Green Lama is Jethro Dumont, a millionaire playboy who spent ten years in Tibet and now uses his Buddhist training to pursue Justice for those denied it!
 
Can even the Green Lama, with his mastery of the supernatural and his radioactive salts, be enough to prevent the coming of….SCIONS?


Trade paperback, 4.25” x 6.75”, squarebound, 182 pages, $6.99



The New Pulp Heroes - Now online!
Tom Johnson has started a new Blog for authors who have created new pulp heroes.

Tom's Hardbacks From NTD - New!
Echoes 30
More New Pulp From Tom
Tom's Short Story Collections
The Whispering Skull

Off-Trail Publications - Now available!

THE TEXAS-SIBERIA TRAIL
by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Introductions by Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson and John Locke

Before he was a comic-book pioneer, Major Malcolm-Wheeler Nicholson wrote adventure tales for the great pulp magazines—and no run-of-the-mill pulp fiction was it. The Major served as a cavalry officer on the southwest border during the Mexican Revolution. While the First World War raged in Europe, he fought the Moro insurgency in the southern Philippines. Then followed his strangest assignment, conducting espionage in legendarily hostile Siberia. After the war he was stationed in Western Europe. These places became the settings for the majority of his hardboiled adventure stories. His use of authentic detail, combined with his superior storytelling ability, make his stories difficult to put down. You read one of the Major’s entrancing tales—and your imagination is transported back to those real places of danger and daring!

This inaugural collection of the Major’s fiction includes stories set in all four of his real-life arenas, originally published in top adventure pulps: Adventure, Argosy, The Popular Magazine. It is time for the Major to receive his due—as one of the genuine larger-than-life men of the pulps. Included is an in-depth introduction by Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson, the Major’s granddaughter.

“Yes, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson is one of the very, very few people responsible for the birth of the comic book industry as the visionary founder of what we today call DC Comics. And, yes, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson is one of the very, very few people responsible for giving the world Superman.”

Michael Uslan,
Executive Producer of all the Batman movies,
Comic book historian, and author of his memoir, The Boy Who Loved Batman.

“Not many adventure writers can claim to have based their stories on their own exploits. Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson could—and because of it, his evocations of heroism and combat have a believability and a personal depth unlike anything else in pulp fiction.”

Gerard Jones,
Author of Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters and the Birth of the Comic Book.

6x9-inch perfect bound; 264 pages, $20.00

Checkout  earlier titles by clicking on the link below.
 






Perils On Planet Perils On Planet X - Now online!

Perils On Planet X is a swashbuckling adventure on a lost planet… join Colonel Donovan Hawke of Terra as he travels through time and space to the ancient emerald world of Xylos – home of vicious reptilian predators, ruthless strato-pirates, beautiful princesses, and innumerable fantastic dangers!
 
Perils On Planet X is high adventure on alien worlds – classic space opera in the Edgar Rice Burroughs and Alex Raymond traditions, revived for a new millennium!
 
The adventure begins today at the link below!





Laurie Powers

Laurie Powers will be speaking at Ohio State University on the first day of PulpFest, (Thursday afternoon).
The talk and all the details haven't been worked out yet, but the presentation will be related to the recent donation of the Paul Powers papers to the University.


Here in the Northeast, the only fishing that we've been doing for the last few months has been through a hole cut in the ice.
Thankfully, there’s a thaw in our future and soon we’ll be digging out our tackle boxes and our rods and heading for the “old fishing hole,” hoping to land a big one.


Early-bird shopping will be returning to the PulpFest dealers’ room on Thursday, August 7th, from 6 PM until 10 PM.
For an additional $30 over your regular membership fee, you’ll be able to purchase early-bird privileges for an extra four hours of shopping.

But wait! There’s an even better deal!
To reward loyal attendees who help to defray the convention’s substantial costs by staying three nights at our host hotel,
PulpFest is pleased to offer free early-bird privileges. That’s a very significant savings of $30!

Only staff, dealers, and early-bird shoppers will be allowed into the dealers’ room during Thursday evening, August 7th, to reward them for their terrific support.
So what are you waiting for?
Book your room at the Hyatt Regency Columbus, save thirty bucks, and get in on the action!
Go to https://aws.passkey.com/g/20315125 and we’ll be waiting for you.


PulpFest 2014 is organizing a group dinner on August 9th.
Eating together on Saturday evening while batting the bull about this great hobby of ours has been a long-standing tradition at summer pulp cons.
The Saturday night group dinner returns to this year’s PulpFest when we’ll be dining together, family style, at the nearby Buca di Beppo Italian Restaurant, just a few minutes walk from the Hyatt Regency Columbus.


Win a FREE membership!

PulpFest needs your help. We’re looking for your ideas on how to improve your convention. So we’re conducting a poll to learn more about you and your interests and gathering opinions on some changes we’ll be instituting in 2014 and some options that we’re exploring. Whether or not you have attended PulpFest in the past or if you are planning to attend in 2014, we’d love to hear from you.

Regular members, dealer members, and even people who have never attended PulpFest can participate in our poll. As a way to thank everyone who responds, we’ll be offering three free memberships to PulpFest 2014, each valued at $30! All you have to do to enter is fill out our survey and provide your name and best contact information in the space provided on the form. Our three winners will be selected in a random drawing to be held on Friday, July 4th.

For your friends who don’t have Internet access, we’ll also be providing our poll with the newsletter and registration forms that will go out shortly to those on our mailing list. To be sure to receive one, please send your name and mailing address to Jack Cullers at 1272 Cheatham Way, Bellbrook, OH 45305 or via email at jack@pulpfest.com. Be sure to tell your friends.

Ready to start the poll? Then visit http://www.pulpfest.com/survey/ and you’re on your way. Thanks very much for your help.




PulpFest is known for its great programming and the line-up that we’re planning for our 2014 convention is shaping up to be one of our best. As mentioned previously, we’ll be celebrating science fiction’s golden year of 1939 and seventy-five years of fantastic fiction, as well as eighty years of the shudder pulps, zeroing in on the weird-menace magazines of 1934.

As always, we’ll have a wide variety of panels and presentations, including a discussion of FAMOUS FANTASTIC MYSTERIES featuring BLOOD 'N' THUNDER editor Ed Hulse and author Nathan Madison; Meteor House publisher Mike Croteau’s review of Philip José Farmer’s early science fiction stories for the pulps and digests; art historian David Saunders‘ presentation on John Newton Howitt, one of the leading cover artists for the weird-menace pulps; and preeminent pulp authority and author of THE WILD ADVENTURES OF DOC SAVAGE, Will Murray’s celebration of the diamond jubilee of The Avenger, the last of Street & Smith’s major pulp heroes to get his own magazine.

You’ll find information on these and much, much more by visiting http://www.pulpfest.com/programming/ for a look at the preliminary schedule for PulpFest 2014.

Pulp Crazy - Now online!

Honey West & T.H.E. Cat: A Girl and Her Cat - New!
Tom and Ginger Johnson
- New!
Sun Koh: Heir of Atlantis Volume 1 by Dr. Art Sippo
50th Episode Special with Ric Croxton & Art Sippo
Thrill Chaser by Mary Ann de Forest
The Ice Goes Out by Frank Richardson Pierce



Pulp Den - Now online!

The Gunslinger's Companion - New!
Fight Card: Rise of The Luchador
- New!
Laidlaw - New!
It Came From The Atomic Age Trading Cards
Interview With K.G. McAbee 
Interview With Matt Madigan
Blog Tour With Kim Cooper 
Self Publishing By Eve Garner

         Pulp Den  

Pulp Flakes - Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors and their stories, adventure and detective pulps.

Guess the artist: illustration for Adventure magazine - New!
In the Grass - short story by Gouverneur Morris in Collier's magazine
St. Ann's Big Boy - Fact article from Adventure, November 1949
Adventure magazine's office - The Butterick Building
Profile of Bob Davis, All-Story and Munsey's magazine editor, from 1920

Pulp Magazines Project - Now online!

Publishing legends The Black Mask (1920), Weird Tales (1923), and Amazing Stories (1926) are considered so “extremely rare and valuable” that the U.S. Library of Congress houses its collection of 277 issues in Washington, D.C.’s Rare Book and Special Collections Division—along with the personal libraries of Presidents, medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, and one of only three known perfect copies of the Gutenberg Bible in existence. With its latest addition of 4 issues of The Black Mask (Aug. & Sept. 1920; Dec. 1921; and Apr. 1922), the Pulp Magazines Project has made all 3 classic titles available together—for the first time—in high-quality, cover-to-cover digital editions.

Also available at the Pulp Magazines Project, new issues of the iconic “weird menace” pulp, Dime Mystery Magazine (Apr. 1938 and Sept. 1946); Adventure (Jul. 1, 1928; feat. Walt Coburn’s “The Man Who Hated Himself”); Western Story (Jul. 27, 1940); Detective Story (May 1938; feat. Zorro-creator Johnston McCulley’s “Thubway Tham’s Thothial Thecurity”); and histories of both The Black Mask (E.R. Hagemann; UCLA) and Dime Mystery Magazine (Emily Sisler; University of West Florida).



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.


The Pulp.Net  - Now online!
The Pulp.Net features two ongoing blogs!

Pulp Super-Fan blog written by Michael R. Brown and the long-running Yellowed Perils written by William Lampkin.

Pulp Super-Fan blog by Michael R. Brown

Review: ‘Shadows of the Opera’ Vol. 2
- New!
The adventures of Professor Challenger
- New!
Review: ‘The Rook, Vol. 6′
Further adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Review: ‘Tales of the Shadowmen, Vol. 3′
A look at Cap Fury, the Skipper

Meet ‘The Old Man’

Yellowed Perils by William Lampkin

3 pulp questions: Don Hutchison - New!
‘New Western Magazine’ (August 1947)
- New!
Actor John Payne, pulp fictioneer?
A letter on the pulps (from 1932)

Harold Hersey speaks
Southern Pulpsters is go!

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/

Ramble House
Now available!


DEATH ROCKS THE CRADLE
THE WEIRD TALES OF WAYNE ROGERS, Volume 2

With an Introduction by John Pelan
Dancing Tuatara Press #22

 
Remembered mainly for his work on The Spider and Operator #5, Wayne Rogers was also one of the premier authors in the weird menace genre with over fifty stories appearing in Dime Mystery Magazine, Terror Tales, and Horror Stories and another handful published by the competition at Thrilling Mystery. Rogers' work is the consummate blending of the Gothic atmosphere and brutal violence that was the hallmark of the genre. While many of his contemporaries abandoned the genre, Wayne Rogers had found a comfortable niche for himself and was still producing new and inventive yarns as late as 1941. This second collection of his tales gathers eleven stories, including several early rarities published under the pseudonym of "H.M Appel," and one utilizing his later byline as "Conrad Kimball." Included herein is a snapshot of the period from 1934-1937, giving the reader an overview of the genre's most fertile period. This is the second of a projected series of six volumes which will collect the majority of Wayne Rogers short stories and novelettes.

Contents
Daughters of Pain, Dime Mystery Magazine, November 1934*
Killer Blood for Sale, Dime Mystery Magazine, November 1936
Doom Flowers, Terror Tales, May 1935*
Satan Stole my Face, Horror Stories, February/March 1936
Hell Welcomes Lonely Wives, Terror Tales March/April 1937
Her Lover from the Grave, Terror Tales, November 1935
Dead Man’s Kiss, Dime Mystery Magazine, July 1936
Fresh Blood for Golden Cauldrons, Dime Mystery, September 1934**
Her Suitor from Hell, Terror Tales, April 1936*
Death Rocks the Cradle, Horror Stories, February/March 1937
Satan’s Love Bazaar, Terror Tales, July/August 1937

*Appeared under the name “H.M. Appel”
** Appeared under the name “Conrad Kimball”
 
Available Editions
$20 Trade Paperback 6" x 9" 
$25  Ramble House A6 paperback with dust jacket, 4.13' x 5.75"
$35  Hardcover with dust jacket, 6" x 9"
$6   Ebook by e-mail (epub or mobi)

This book is available at Amazon and the Create Space store but I can offer you a discount and free shipping if you call or e-mail me with your order. fender@ramblehouse.com 228-826-1783


Robert E. Howard
You can help save Robert E. Howard's house!

The window in Robert E. Howard's room recently fell out of it's frame. Also, the sills are rotting on windows in his mother's room.
Project Pride is footing the bill for the repairs, but they need some donations.
Please put a couple of dollars in an envelope and mail it to:
 Project Pride
 PO Box 534
 Cross Plains, TX 76443

You can also use Paypal to make donations.
No amount is too small.
Send money to projpride@yahoo.com




THE SAINT (UK releases)
Now available!


Mulholland Books has published thirty-six of Leslie Charteris’s solo novels over the course of the last year.
 
A lot of people will know the Saint from the Roger Moore series, and the books are just as action-packed and delightful.
Templar is a man of a thousand disguises, always ready with a plan, a quip, and if all else fails, a swift upper-cut.
He lives for adventure, dispensing his own unique brand of justice along the way.
 

Thanks to Ian Dickerson for the tip!



Sequential Pulp To Publish
Edgar Rice Burroughs' JUNGLE TALES OF TARZAN Graphic Novel


Sequential Pulp Comics is proud to announce a new graphic novel
based on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic novel, 
JUNGLE TALES OF TARZAN™.

JUNGLE TALES OF TARZAN™ graphic novel has been delivered to Dark Horse Comics for edits!


Written by Martin Powell
 Authorized by ERB Inc.
Illustrated by:

Artgüello Carlos, Tomás M. Aranda, Daren Bader, Terry Beatty,
Sergio Cariello, Jamie Chase, Thomas Floyd, Steven E Gordon,
Lowell Isaac, Diana Leto, Pablo Marcos, Will Meugniot,
Nik Poliwko, Steve Price, Mark Wheatley, and Tom Yeates


From Sequential Pulp Comics/Dark Horse.
 

 
The Serial Squadron Cinema Cliffhanger Archive
NOW SHOWING: A NEW CHAPTER EVERY SATURDAY!

The Squadron will now be broadcasting a new, long-unseen rare serial chapter every week and spotlighting restorations in progress.
So no more waiting until the whole thing is done to be able to see those new chapters from restorations in progress -- SerialFest will now happen all year round right on this website!
We begin with the Squadron restoration of THE MASKED RIDER (1919), which includes lost scenes re-created according to the original script by volunteer actors.
The presentations are viewable free of charge.
To get the complete restorations without the watermarks, and with commentary, extras, and all that other good stuff, order the DVD editions!

February 8-22, March 1-29, April 5
THE MASKED RIDER Episodes 1-9

Harry Myers, Ruth Stonehouse, Paul Panzer
Restored from the only known 35mm original

April 12-26, May 3-17
ADVENTURES OF TARZAN Episodes 1-6

Elmo Lincoln, Louise Lorraine
New transfer of complete unabridged original chapters from the 1928 10-episode re-release
 
May 24-August 30
THE HOPE DIAMOND MYSTERY Episodes 1-15

Boris Karloff, Grace Darmond, George Chesebro
Unseen for over 90 years, Karloff's first major film role in a story with elements similar to THE MUMMY.

Sept-Oct-Nov-Dec
THE MYSTERIES OF MYRA Restoration


 
The Shadow Fan's Podcast - Now online!
Murder Every Hour

The Shadow Fan returns for Episode 63! This week he talks about the upcoming Howard Chaykin series from Dynamite, the release of The Shadow/The Green Hornet: Dark Knights in trade and reviews both "Murder Every Hour" (June 1, 1935) and the radio script for "The Time Master" (air date January 1, 1939).
 
If you love pulp's greatest crimefighter, then this is the podcast for you!

   
The Shadow - Under the Blue Light - Now online!

Gems of Doom - New!
Formula For Crime
Crime Over Boston
Terror Island
Racket Town 

“Tarzan of the Apes” radio re-creation at Western Carolina University wins national award

Western Carolina University’s original production of a radio re-creation of “Tarzan of the Apes” has been recognized with one of the top awards in the Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts. The show, which was presented Feb. 26, 2013, in WCU’s John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center, is the winner of the best of competition award in the long-form faculty audio production category.


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.

Machines on the Cover of Weird Tales
Trees and Other Plants on the Cover of Weird Tales
Weird Tales Cover Artists

Conan and The Lancer Artists
John Giunta (ca. 1920-1970)-Part 4
John Giunta (ca. 1920-1970)-Part 3
John Giunta (ca. 1920-1970)-Part 2
John Giunta (ca. 1920-1970)-Part 1

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

Now available!
Wild Cards III, ed. George R.R. Martin, Tor, $15.99, February 11, 2014
Necessary Evil, Ian Tregillis, Tor, $14.99, March 4, 2014

Coming soon!
Captain America: The Death of Captain America, Larry Hama, Marvel, $24.99, March 18, 2014
Marvel’s Captain America: The First Avenger: The Screenplay Chris Markus & Stephen McFeely, Marvel, $16.99, March 25, 2014

The Black Stiletto: Stars & Stripes, Raymond Benson, Oceanview Publishing, $15.00, April 8, 2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past, Alexander Irvine, Marvel, $24.99, May 20, 2014
Warbound [Grimnoir Chronicles, Bk. 3], Larry Correia, Baen, $7.99, May 27, 2014
S.C.P.D.: Avenging Amethyst, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Crossroad Press, $12.99,  April 18, 2014
Resistance, Samit Basu, Titan, $14.99, July 08, 2014
Turbulence, Samit Basu, Titan, $7.99, July 29, 2014
Rocket Raccoon & Groot: Steal the Galaxy, Dan Abnett, Marvel, $24.99, July 15, 2014
Spider-Man: Kraven’s Last Hunt, Neil Kleid, Marvel, $24.99, October 14, 2014
Wild Cards XXII: Lowball, ed. George R.R. Martin, Tor, $25.99, November 01, 2014
The Black Stiletto: Endings & Beginnings, Raymond  Benson, Oceanview Publishing, $26.95, November 15, 2014
Ex-Isle, Peter Clines, Broadway Books, $14.00,
July 2015

 
William Patrick Maynard - Now online!
Sax Rohmer’s Fu Manchu and the Panama Canal was first serialized in Liberty Magazine from November 16, 1940 to February 1, 1941. It was published in book form as The Island of Fu Manchu by Doubleday in the US and Cassell in the UK in 1941. The book serves as a direct follow-up to Rohmer’s 1939 bestseller, The Drums of Fu Manchu and is again narrated by Fleet Street journalist, Bart Kerrigan.

Read the rest at the links below.


 

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