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| | Airship 27 Productions MOTOR CITY MANHUNT
Now available!
Airship 27 Productions is please to announce the release of its first title of 2016; a gripping crime thriller by two of the finest new pulp writers in the business, R.A. Jones and Michael Vance.
1935 Detroit, the city is in the midst of a heat wave when a beautiful white woman is brutally raped and murdered setting off a powder keg. The chief suspect is a recently paroled black man. Fearing for his life, he goes into hiding only to discover that the victim’s father, a rich financier, has put a bounty on his head; one million dollars for his the apprehension; dead or alive.
Standing between the fugitive and a lynching mob are detectives Michael Yellowstone, an Osage Indian and his partner, Lt. Jack Hill. Yellowstone is determined to find King and bring him in alive. What he does know is that Hill has a totally different goal in mind.
“Today’s pulp readers love mystery and crime stories,” claims Airship 27 Productions’ Managing Editor Ron Fortier. “For the past several years, many have approached us at conventions looking specifically for these kinds of stories. So, when Jones and Vance offered us this truly original, fast paced crime thriller, it was a no brainer. Honestly, I wish someone would make a film of this book. It’s that suspenseful…and timely.”
Mexican artist Jesus Hernandez Rodriguez provides both the cover and black and white interior illustrations for this gripping novel with Award Winning artist Rob Davis providing the book design.
Michael Vance and R.A. Jones offer up a tense, suspenseful thriller that explodes across the pages and money hungry citizens are transformed into blood thirsty hunters in the biggest manhunt of them all.
Airship 27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!
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| | Airship 27 Productions Proudly Presents
LEGENDS OF NEW PULP FICTION
Now available!
Earlier in the year we learned that New Pulp writer/editor/publisher Tommy Hancock was suffering from congestive heart-failure. A relatively young family man, this was a dangerous condition that threatened not only Tommy but his entire family. Almost immediately after this news was made public, several members of the New Pulp community began putting their heads together to see if anything could be done to help the Hancocks.
“Jaime Ramos proposed the idea of doing a benefit anthology,” says Airship 27 Productions Managing Editor, Ron Fortier. “It was such a great idea, I realized it needed to get done and we began planning such a project.” The first thing Fortier did was bring aboard his partner in Airship 27, Art Director Rob Davis. “There was no way this was going to fly without Rob handling the book’s overall artwork and design.” Fortier then went to Hancock and informed him of their plans. With Hancock’s blessings, he then posted an ad on Facebook explaining the project and seeking submissions from both writers and artists. “It was always our intention to do this as a traditional pulp tome and thus artwork would be a major element in the final product.”
Much to Fortier’s surprise, and delight, the first creator to volunteer his assistance was Douglas Klauba, one of the finest artists in the field. Klauba volunteered to paint the anthology’s cover once the book was assembled. “Honestly,” Fortier confesses, “I was in shock. Doug is an amazing artist and his offering to do the cover was very much an omen that we were about to put together something truly unique.”
Within 48 hours after posting his recruiting ad, Fortier had received 57 commitments by New Pulp writers while 36 artists in the field signed on to do the illustrations. Amongst these creators were some of the most popular New Pulp writers and artists in the field. In fact, getting so many promised stories in just two days, Fortier begrudgingly realized he and his associates were being handed a giant book and he publicly closed the admission call. “It was crazy,” he recalls. “Fifty-seven stories in just two days! Of course there were naysayers who warned me we’d never get all of them. They were right, we got 62 instead.”
And so the project began with Fortier reading each entry and then assigning it to an artist to illustrate. Each tale features one black and white illustration. Ramos acted as his assistant editor proofing teach story after Fortier with them. Then, months into the project, Ramos, who suffers from diabetes, found his own health in jeopardy and after having handled half the stories, was forced to sideline himself. What looked to be a major set-back was averted with writer/editor Todd Jones, a protégé of Fortier’s, volunteered to take on the task of finishing the proofing.
And so, after months of ups and downs. Airship 27 Productions is extremely proudly to present LEGENDS OF NEW PULP FICTION. A giant treasure chest of some of the finest New Pulp fiction ever produced in an 830 page collection. Representing the varied genres of pulp tradition, this volume features tales of horror, mystery, horror, suspense, pirates, fantasy, private eyes, crime-busting avengers and westerns to name a few.
“Rob and I kidded during the long months of production that we had everything pulp save for a romance story,” quips Fortier. “Then in the final days of story submissions, we were sent a romance. No lie!”
LEGENDS OF NEW PULP FICTION is now available at Amazon.com in both hard copy and on Kindle. All profits earned by this amazing book are going to Tommy Hancock and his family. Sure to become a valued collector’s item, LEGENDS OF NEW PULP FICTION is a one of a kind title pulp fans young and old, will cherish in years to come.
RADIO ARCHIVES SIGNS ON
From Airship27 Productions comes this late breaking news. Radio Archives takes on LEGENDS OF NEW PULP FICTION. "We are all going to find out if the audiobook of Legends of New Pulp Fiction is the longest audiobook ever recorded. Radio Archives is proud to announce that Ken St. Denis of New York City has signed the contract to record this 40 plus hour long audiobook. I talked to Ken on Christmas Eve to make sure he knew what he was signing up for. Ken had read the Airship 27 press release and thought it was a tremendous project and was anxious to get started." Tom Brown.
"This is just pure frosting on the cake," adds Ron Fortier. "As with the book and Kindle versions, proceeds from this gargantuan audiobook will go directly to Tommy and his family. We tip our hats to Tom Brown and Radio Archives. Merry Christmas indeed."
Airship 27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!
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| | Altus Press
Now available!
Pulp hero the Black Bat returns!
This collection contains the next three adventures of the Black Bat:
“The Black Bat’s Dragon Trail”
“The Black Bat’s Justice”
“The Black Bat and the Red Menace”
uncut and restored with the original illustrations.
286 pages
$19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover
SALE PRICE: $18.95 softcover
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| | Altus Press Now available! We're releasing several new installments in our Thrilling Library in 2016.
To celebrate, we're updating the design of some of our earlier titles which should match the standardized trade dress.
Here's the first one: The Strange Adventures of the Purple Scar.
Dr. Miles Murdock dons the face of his murdered brother to become the terrifying avenger known as the Purple Scar!
Contains all four adventures of the most offbeat pulp hero. Includes an all-new introduction by Will Murray as well as notes by possible author George A. McDonald.
$24.99 softcover | $34.95 hardcover | $4.99 eBook
SALE PRICE: $22.99 softcover
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Pulp Logo T-shirts
Now available!
Dusty Ayres and his Battle Birds T-Shirt
This is the authentic logo used for this classic pulp hero’s magazine from the 1930s. This aviation hero fought the foes of America from 1934 to 1935.
Note: blue fabric only.
$19.95
Argosy Magazine T-Shirt
This is the authentic logo used for this classic pulp magazine from the 1930s.
Note: red fabric only.
$19.95
Dime Detective Magazine T-Shirt
This is the authentic logo used for this classic pulp magazine from the 1930s.
Note: black fabric only.
$19.95
All shirts are available in Small, Medium, Large, X-Large, and XX-Large.
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The Best of Amazing Stories: The 1940 Anthology
[Special Retro-Hugo Edition]
Now available!
“A fairly good time capsule of sf starting to become a genre of its own, and "Amazing Stories" in particular. ,,, for the pulp fiction fan, this will be an interesting and fun read And all of 1926's covers are reprinted on this anthology's back cover.” –Amazon review.
1940 was an important year for Amazing Stories—and for its new editor, Raymond A. Palmer. For Palmer it was the culmination of his dream to create a stable of new science fiction writers for Amazing, the way John W. Campbell Jr. had done two years earlier with such spectacular success at Astounding Stories. Palmer gathered Don Wilcox, Robert Moore Williams, the highly underrated Rog Phillips, David Wright O’Brien, David Vern Reed (of Batman fame), Chester. S. Geier, the Livingston brothers (Herbert and Berkeley), Leroy Yerxa, Frances Deegan, Richard S. Shaver, and others quite popular then but of lesser fame today. He also opened his pages to anything such important authors as Ray Bradbury, Nelson S. Bond, Eando Binder, and Robert Bloch cared to write.
1940 was the year it all came together for Ray Palmer. From then on Amazing Stories’ readership and circulation would continue to grow, even through and after the war, in a triumphal arc.
The stories reprinted here, we believe are among the most outstanding Palmer published in Amazing during 1940. Guiding our selections are what we feel are three key signifiers of quality:
1) reader reaction as reflected in the magazine’s letter columns,
2) a story having been deemed worthy of reprint by the field’s most able anthologists, and
3) our own personal reading of all twelve issues published that year.
The gem of the year, a novelette which still enjoys classic status today, was undoubtedly “The Voyage that Lasted 600 Years,” the first story ever set on board a ship making a generations-long voyage to a distant star. Once again Amazing was in the lead with a cornerstone sf idea that remains a vital part of the field to this day (beating out Robert A. Heinlein’s “Universe,” which is often misremembered as the first use of a generation starship, by a full year).
Also included are:
NOVELETTES
"Truth Is A Plague" by David Wright O’Brien
"The Living Mist" by Ralph Milne Farley
"Paul Revere and the Time Machine" by A. W. Bernal
"Monster Out of Space" by Malcolm Jameson
SHORT STORIES
"The Day Time Stopped Moving" by Ed Earl Repp
(Writing As Bradner Buckner)
"The Mathematical Kid" by Ross Rocklynne
"The Strange Voyage of Dr. Penwing" by Richard O. Lewis
"The Three Wise Men of Space" by Donald Bern
NOVELLA
"Sons of the Deluge" by Nelson S. Bond
This special 1940 Retro-Hugo edition of The Best of Amazing Stories is not intended to tell World Science Fiction Convention members who or what to vote for (or not to vote for). At the same time it is not possible for most readers to obtain copies of all the science fiction stories and novels published during 1940 or even those classics that might be ranked among the best. Unfortunately, many of the latter are not in print, and those that are are scattered widely among many different anthologies and not easy to assemble. We offer this present book in the hope that it may help contemporary readers become more informed about, at least, some of the better science fiction of the year 1940.
Contains a special Introduction and survey of the best stories published in every magazine during the year.
Ebook: $2.99
Trade Paper: $12.99
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| | Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available and coming soon to comic shops!
THE BLACK BAT Volume 2: "The Black Bat Strikes Again" & "The Black Bat's Challenge"
Sanctum Books presents two more 1939 novels starring the cowled crimefighter whose adventures paralleled Batman's and inspired Two-Face's origin, written by Norman A. Daniels as "G. Wayman Jones" for future BATMAN editors Mort Weisinger and Jack Schiff. First, mass murders set the Nemesis of Crime in pursuit of a ring of satanic killers as "The Black Bat Strikes Again." Then, "The Black Bat's Challenge" is to unmask the hidden leader of a vicious gang of beggars! GOLDEN AGE OF COMICS BONUS: "The Mask Returns!" in a rare 1940 Golden Age classic from Nedor's EXCITING COMICS #2, and an article on pulp cover illustrator turned comic book artist Raymond Thayer. This instant collector's item features both classic color pulp covers and the original interior illustrations by Harry Parkhurst, with historical commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-193-6 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
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)
| | Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!
DOC SAVAGE James Bama 5-book multipack #3 - with exclusive Bama art prints! Sanctum Books collects five more James Bama variant editions including a BRAND NEW DOC SAVAGE #39 variant. Showcases ten thrill-packed pulp novels by Kenneth Robeson: “Devil on the Moon,” “I Died Yesterday,” “Quest of Qui,” “The Devil's Playground,” “The Phantom City,” “No Light to Die By,” “Murder Melody,” “Birds of Death,” “Poison Island” and “They Died Twice." PLUS bonus James Bama full-color art prints! This landmark collector's set showcases five knockout James Bama cover paintings, all ten classic color pulp covers, the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban and a long-lost Doc plot treatment by SUPERMAN-editors Mort Weisinger and Jack Schiff, with historical commentary by Will Murray, Tony Isabella and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-191-2 Softcover in wraparound collectors' sleeve, 7x10, 624 pages, B&W, $54.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
$54.95 plus shipping
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| | Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 39: "Poison Island" & "They Died Twice"
JAMES BAMA VARIANT EDITION
The Man of Bronze returns in two action-packed novels by Lester Dent. First, Patricia Savage's disappearance in the Bermuda Triangle lures the Man of Bronze to "Poison Island" to rescue his beautiful cousin and recover stolen gold. Then, Doc Savage returns to Hidalgo's Valley of the Vanished, the locale of his first adventure, to help Princess Monja defeat a criminal cabal attempting to loot Mayan treasure. This classic pulp reprint showcases a haunting cover by legendary paperback artist James Bama and both original color pulp covers by Emery Clarke, Paul Orban's classic interior illustrations, and historical commentary by Will Murray.. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-032-8 Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, b&w, $14.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
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| | Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available and arriving in comic shops January 27!
THE SHADOW Volume 103: "The Romanoff Jewels" & "Crime Under Cover"
The Shadow journeys to Paris and Moscow to undermine a Bolshevik conspiracy to seize "The Romanoff Jewels" in one of Walter Gibson's most acclaimed novels! Then, the Dark Avenger is summoned to Washington, DC to prevent a hidden spymaster from acquiring the Neutralizer, the ultimate weapon of war. BONUS: counterintelligence agent Tim King examines "Spycraft and The Shadow" plus a Shadow espionage thriller from the Golden Age of Radio! This instant collector's item showcases the classic color pulp covers by George Rozen and Graves Gladney plus the original interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Paul Orban and historical commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-198-1 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
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
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| | Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
At the printer and shipping in February!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 87: "The Devil’s Black Rock," "The Pure Evil" & "Up from Earth's Center"
Sanctum Books completes its reprinting of all 182 original Doc Savage pulp novels with three hellish thrillers by Lester Dent. The Man of Bronze struggles to prevent the Nazis from obtaining "The Devil's Black Rock," a mysterious force that could change the course of the war, and teams with three ghost hunters to destroy "The Pure Evil." Finally, Doc journeys to the gates of Hell and must battle demon-like creatures to return "Up from Earth's Center" in his legendary final pulp odyssey! 978-1-60877-200-1 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
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
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| | Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming to online retailers in late March/early April!
Coming to comic shops April 27!
THE SHADOW Volume 106: "Room of Doom" & "The Chest of Chu-Chan"
The Shadow investigates impossible murders in two magical mysteries by Walter B. Gibson. The Knight of Darkness investigates a bizarre "Room of Doom" to uncover the truth behind a "locked room" death. Was it suicide or murder? Then, The Shadow seeks to discover how the new owner of "The Chest of Chu-Chan" was found entombed inside his new locked acquisition. Softcover, 7x10, 112 pages, B&W, $14.95
THE SHADOW VOLUME 106 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 27).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB162182.
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
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
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| | Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming to online retailers in late March/early April!
Coming to comic shops April 27!
THE SPIDER Volume 9: "The Mad Horde" & Slaves of the Laughing Death"
The pulp era's most bloodthirsty avenger continues his deadly war against crime in two violent pulp novels by Norvell Page. First, "The Mad Horde" of rabid creatures is unleashed upon mill towns to undermine America's vital steel industry. Then, in "Slaves of the Laughing Death," the fiend of 1000 faces known only as Munro returns for a deadly rematch with the Spider, armed with a deadly weapon that causes victims to laugh until they die! Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95
THE SPIDER VOLUME 9 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 27).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB162183.
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
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
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| Art's Reviews Podcasts! - Now online!
Flinch Books with Jim Beard and John Bruening
Authors and publishers Jim Beard and John Bruening discuss the latest publication from their Flinch Books publishing House: "Big Top Tales." We discuss the inspiration for this new anthology and the unusual characters and stories it contained. We also discuss their first publication "Something Strange is Going On," John's upcoming adventure novel, and various and sundried topics.
Legends of New Pulp Fiction: Ron Fortier and Rob Davis
Ron Fortier and Rob Davis from Airship 27 discuss the new Pulp fiction benefit volume produced for Tommy Hancock. Tommy had several health issues recently and the proceeds from this book will all go directly to him to help defer his debts.
The list of authors is a Who's Who of New Pulp fiction writers and the quality and variety of the stories will make this volume a milestone in the Pulp literature revival that is currently in full swing. In no small measure, Tommy Hancock has contributed to this revival and so it is fitting that this volume created in his honor may be seen in the future as one of the main works that helped to define New Pulp.
There were many exceptional writers that did not get into this volume but were willing to submit both stories, artwork, and editing. In fact it is possible that a second volume could be in the offing.
Ron Fortier and Rob Davis discuss the process by which this project was conceived and executed. Legends of New Pulp Fiction is a sign of the respect with which Tommy Hancock is held by his peers and also a demonstration of the generous character of the people working in the New Pulp field.
We also discuss some new things coming from Airship 27 in early 2016.
I strongly encourage everyone to purchase a copy of this unique work. It is for a good cause and will be treasured for its significance to the New Pulp movement.
Past episodes:
Ellen and David Walters discuss the adventures of Wire Dog!
Jean-Marc Lofficier and Black Coat Press
The Grim Spectre by Ralph Angelo Jr.
Dafydd Neal Dyar discusses the new "Dare Devlin" Series
Will Murray on " Doc Savage: The Secret of Satan's Spine"
Diana Rubino
The Superhero Universes of Jeff Deischer
Pulpfest: The Development of Lovecraft's Mythos
| Black Dog Books
New titles now available!
The Scourge of the South Sea Skies
When a flying buddy goes missing, Jack Pelham is thrust into danger as the search expands from looking for his friend to seeking a lost treasure. Mystery rides high in this thrilling tale of the South Seas.
Wind Patrol
Black wings poise the finger of doom over the Indo-China coast. Murder and pillage paralyze the great fleet of Brackett's Airway as Bill Shade flies a shadowy sky-path to a temple of terror.
Brood of the Wind
Murder paints a crimson swath across the South Pacific sky from Noumea to Port Moresby. Pearls! . . . Jim Cole drapes the challenge around his seaplane's struts, and swoops into the red.
Sky Blazers
Over the frozen skies of Alaska, Jess Marlow plays a hand in the embittered battle for territorial freight rights between old Michael Harrigan and Kurt Dikeman. When the rumor of gold is spread, the battle escalates, with death in its frosty wake!
Fly-By-Night
Through icy air, Miller takes off with his motley passengers-only to find himself battling sky pirates seeking a $100,000 payday in bank gold!
With an introduction by Tom Roberts.
Trade paperback / 228 pages / Price: $19.95 US
Central City runs red from gangland war. Corruption and political graft undermine authority to the highest levels. In steps Captain John Murdock, Chief of Detectives, whose only interest is to do his job. Unpopular with both the media and with his superiors, nevertheless Murdock's methods gets results,—whether battling blackmailers, bootleggers, drug runners or organized crime!
Collected are the initial twenty stories in this long-running, reader favorite series, including:
Hard
The Murder Game
Pure Bluff
Tickets to Hell
Red Harvest
Frame-Up
The Pay-Off
The Square Seven
Wanted-One Corpse
Murder Ahead
Guests From the East
Furnace of Death
Trigger Traffic
The Key to Hell
The Wax Witness
The Murder Mill
The Dead Alibi
The Black Hood
The Juggernaut of Terror
Red Tape
With an introduction by Garyn G. Roberts, lecturer and award-winning popular culture historian.
Cover art by Walter M. Baumhofer.
Trade paperback / 320 pages / Price: $19.95 US
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| Bold Venture Press
Now available!
Dateline: Washington
by Patti Boekman
The Chronicle’s chief editor knows sparks will fly when he teams up his two best reporters. Combine Bart Tagert’s expertise at probing into political hanky-panky with Janelle Evan’s zeal for investigation, and he’ll blow the lid off the hottest story in Washington.
Sparks fly, all right — Janelle is indignant at the thought of sharing her byline with that conceited cowboy. Never mind that he's the best-looking man she’s ever seen. Never mind that his rugged good looks challenge her every move. This assignment will be all business … or so she thinks....
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| Castalia House Blog by Morgan Holmes - Now online!
A. Merritt: Science Fiction’s Missing Link - New!
RETROSPECTIVE: The Face in the Abyss by A. Merritt - New!
Sensor Sweep: Lovecraft’s Terror, Damon Knight’s Charity, the Great Rewriting, and Dour-faced Old Men - New!
Abengoni: First Calling - New!
Short Reviews – Battlefield in Black by George A. Whittington
Edmond Hamilton, Leigh Brackett, and E. Hoffmann Price
Lovecraft on Culture, the Classics, and A. Merritt
The Best of Edmond Hamilton
The Best of Planet Stories #1
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| | THE COLLECTED FANTASIES OF CLARK ASHTON SMITH VOLUME 2: THE DOOR TO SATURN
Now available!
Clark Ashton Smith, considered one of the greatest contributors to seminal pulp magazines such as Weird Tales, helped define and shape “weird fiction” in the early twentieth century, alongside contemporaries H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard, drawing upon his background in poetry to convey an unparalleled richness of imagination and expression in his stories of the bizarre and fantastical.
The Collected Fantasies series presents all of Smith’s fiction chronologically. Authorized by the author’s estate and endorsed by Arkham House, the stories in this series are accompanied by detailed background notes from editors Scott Connors and Ron Hilger, who in preparation for this collection meticulously compared original manuscripts, various typescripts, published editions, and Smith’s own notes and letters. Their efforts have resulted in the most definitive and complete collection of the author’s work to date.
The Door to Saturn is the second of five volumes collecting all of Clark Ashton Smith’s tales of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. It includes all of his stories from “The Door to Saturn” (1930) to “The Hunters from Beyond” (1931), as well as an introduction by Tim Powers.
Paperback: 316 pages
Publisher: Night Shade Books
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 inches
List Price: $17.99
Pre-order $13.67
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| CONAN THE AVENGER #22 - Arriving in comic shops January 27!
Fred Van Lente (Writer), Brian Ching (Art), Michael Atiyeh (Color), and Paul Renaud (Cover)
He's been defeated, crucified, and left to die in the desert--and now, Conan faces still another fearsome trial when he must prove his worth among the hostile Zuagir tribesmen. In Conan's mission to retake the city from a traitorous false queen, is the cruel Zuagir chieftain friend or foe?
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.50
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| CONAN THE AVENGER #25 - Coming in April!
Fred Van Lente (Writer), Brian Ching (Art), Michael Atiyeh (Color), and Simon Bisley (Cover)
The senses-shattering conclusion to Fred Van Lente’s epic Conan run!
In an act of vindictive desperation, the imposter queen Salome intends to sacrifice her twin sister Taramis—the rightful queen—to the demon Thaug, and then unleash the vile beast on the populace.
Can Conan save Taramis and her kingdom before it’s too late?
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.50, On sale April 27.
CONAN THE AVENGER #25 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 27).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB160038.
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| | CONAN Role Playing Game
Cover by world-renowned fantasy artist BROM!
Modiphius is proud to unveil the brand new cover for Robert E. Howard’s CONAN Roleplaying game - Adventures In An Age Undreamed Of.
Modiphius is proud to announce a licensing deal with Conan Properties to publish Robert E. Howard’s CONAN Adventures In An Age Undreamed Of. This is CONAN roleplaying as Robert E. Howard wrote it – savage pulp adventure battling ancient horrors in the Hyborian Age! We plan to bring the game right back to its roots, focusing on the original stories by Robert E. Howard.
Modiphius is proud to unveil the brand new cover for Robert E Howard’s CONAN Roleplaying game - Adventures In An Age Undreamed Of
The core rulebook for Robert E. Howard’s Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of contains everything you’ll need to adventure in the world of Robert E. Howard’s hero, Conan. It is based entirely on the canonical Conan stories, and uses the 2D20 system developed by Modiphius and used in Mutant Chronicles 3rd Edition, Infinity, John Carter, and other fine games. This tome presents character generation, the game’s rules , and a wealth of source material, including cultures, geography, religions, magic, gods, monsters, gamemastering advice, adventure seeds, and much more. This work has been developed by an all-star writing team, with close involvement by respected Robert E. Howard authorities, and is illustrated by world-renowned Conan artists. Full-color hardcover, 368 pages.
All the supplements for the Robert E. Howard's Conan Roleplaying Game will be in beautiful full colour hardbacks using the Arctic White paper used in the Mutant: Year Zero RPG.
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| CROSSFIRE: THE SCALES OF JUSTICE (Kindle Edition) - Now available!
by John Hegenberger
A vanishing corpse...a clout on the head...industrial espionage with millions of dollars at stake...an international conspiracy that threatens the 1988 Summer Olympics...These are just some of the problems private investigator Eliot Cross has to untangle in CROSSFIRE: THE SCALES OF JUSTICE, the newest novel from popular author John Hegenberger. Fast-paced, filled with mystery, action, and humor, CROSSFIRE is a private eye yarn in the classic mold and a sure bet for entertainment.
Born and raised in the heart of the heartland, Columbus, Ohio, John Hegenberger is the father of three, tennis enthusiast, collector of silent film and OTR, Francophile, ex-comic book dealer, ex-marketing exec at Exxon, AT&T, and IBM, and happily married for 45 years and counting.
He is the author of mystery novels TRIPL3 CROSS, CROSS EXAMINATIONS, SPYFALL, and several non-fiction books about popular culture, as well as a science fiction novel, MUTINY ON OUTSTATION ZORI, and the collection THE LAST MARTIAN CHRONICLES.
A sequel to TRIPL3 CROSS and CROSS EXAMINATIONS.
Print Length: 126 pages
Pre-order Price: $2.99
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| DARK HORSE PRESENTS #21 - Coming in April!
John Arcudi (Writer), Rich Woodall (Writer), Adam P. Knave (Writer), D.J. Kirkbride (Writer), Carla Speed McNeil (Writer/Art), Paul Levitz (Writer), Dennis Calero (Writer/Art), Aaron Lopresti (Writer/Art/Cover), Maxim Šimić (Art), Craig Rousseau (Art), Robert Wilson IV (Art), and Tim Hamilton (Art)
Writer and artist Dennis Calero returns to DHP with the next thrilling installment of The Suit!
Also new for this issue, Aaron Lopresti gives his take on the Cimmerian sword swinger in Conan: The Swamp King!
This issue also features continuations of Paul Levitz and Tim Hamilton’s Brooklyn Blood and Rich Woodall and Craig Rousseau’s Kyrra: Alien Jungle Girl.
Finally, tune in for the conclusions of two stories: John Arcudi and Maxim Šimić’s Worlds Apart, and Adam P. Knave, D.J. Kirkbride, and Robert Wilson IV’s Laser Joan and the Rayguns!
Full Color, 48 pages, $4.99, On sale April 20.
DARK HORSE PRESENTS #21 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 27).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB160032.
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| Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!
Overlooked Films: THE ADVENTURES OF KIT CARSON (TV episode) - New!
Overlooked Films: CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT TV Episode (1955)
Altus Gallery: More Adventures of H. Bedford-Jones
Overlooked Films: FEARLESS FOSDICK TV Series
Overlooked Films: MODESTY BLAISE TV Pilot (1982)
Zane Grey Theater: DESERT GOLD (1926)
| DEJAH THORIS #3 - Coming in April!
Writer: Frank J. Barbiere
Art: Francesco Manna
Cover: NEN
She’s been exiled from her home and is searching for answers, but now Dejah has a new destiny — leading a platoon in the army of Barsoom! Dejah ventures into the badlands on her first military operation, and there’s danger lurking around every corner. See Dejah as you’ve never seen her before, as she unravels the mystery of her past in DEJAH THORIS #3 from Frank J. Barbiere and Francesco Manna!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale April 6.
DEJAH THORIS #3 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 27).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB161372.
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| THE DIGEST ENTHUSIAST #3 - Now available!
Explore the world of digest magazines with the third fantastic issue of THE DIGEST ENTHUSIAST!
Contents
Interview/Profile:
Heather Jacobs (Big Fiction) by D. Blake Werts
Timothy Green Beckley (Fate, Beyond, etc.) by Tom Brinkmann
Articles
Beyond by Tom Brinkmann
Super-Science Fiction by Peter Enfantino
Diabolik by Joe Wehrle, Jr.
Dashiell Hammett digests by Steve Carper
Gunsmoke by Peter Enfantino
Dope Fiends trading cards by Richard Krauss
Fiction
"The Rail City Rolls" by Ron Fortier
"Old Aunt Sin" by Gary Lovisi, with illustrations by Michael Neno
"Planetstorm" by Joe Wehrle, Jr.
Reviews by Ron Fortier and Richard Krauss
Weasels Ripped My Flesh!
Where Stories Dwell
The Man From Mars
The Executioner: Border Offensive
A Blonde for Murder
Popular Fiction Periodicals
Betty Fedora #2
Paperback Parade #89
Manhunt Dec. 1953
Children’s Digest Spring 1972
Fate #727
Artwork
Joe Wehrle, Jr. (cover & illustrations)
Brad Foster (illustration & cartoon)
Michael Neno (illustrations)
Bob Vojtko (gag cartoons)
Also includes
Editor's Notes
Hammett digest biblio
Indexes
Social media round-up
Opening Lines
Print version, $8.99, with nearly 100 B&W cover images, 152 pages, 5.5" x 8.5" digest.
Kindle version, $2.99, with nearly 50 color cover images.
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| DOC SAVAGE: THE SPIDER’S WEB #5 - Coming in April!
Writer: Chris Roberson Art: Cezar Razek Cover: Wilfredo Torres
Doc Savage and his companions have discovered that a number of closed cases that they’ve dealt with over the decades and considered to be isolated threats were instead interconnected, all part of a larger web of crime. And now Doc finds himself at the center of that web, face to face with the man behind it all!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale April 13.
DOC SAVAGE: THE SPIDER'S WEB #5 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 27).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB161377.
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| Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan: The Complete Joe Kubert Years Omnibus - Coming in August!
Writing, drawing, and editing the monthly Tarzan comic-book series in the 1970s, Joe Kubert was able to illustrate the adventures of his childhood hero and produce some of the most inspiring pages of his career.
This beautiful archival collection-featuring several Tarzan essays and original page layouts by Kubert, along with collaborations with Russ Heath and Frank Thorne-is a must-have for fans of timeless adventure tales and Kubert's undeniable intensity and skill.
Softcover, 616 pages
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| FRITZ LEIBER’S FAFHRD AND THE GRAY MOUSER: THE CLOUD OF HATE AND OTHER STORIES TP - Coming in June!
Dennis O’Neil (Writer), Howard Chaykin (Art), and Walter Simonson (Art/Cover)
In 1973, industry titan Denny O’Neil joined master artists Howard Chaykin and Walt Simonson to adapt stories starring Fritz Leiber’s timeless fantasy characters, the barbarian Fafhrd and the nimble rogue the Gray Mouser. Now, for the first time ever, Dark Horse Books is collecting all of those exciting tales of swords and devilry into one handsome collection!
• Drawn by Howard Chaykin and Walt Simonson!
• Bonus story penciled by Jim Starlin!
Trade Paperback, 7” x 10”, Full Color, 136 pages, $17.99, On sale June 15
FAFHRD AND THE GRAY MOUSER is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 27).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB160034.
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| | Girasol Collectables Pulp Cover Gallery Edition Volume 5
The Spider, G-8 and His Battle Aces, and Operator #5
Now available for pre-order; Release in mid-May!
Pre-release Special: $130 including shipping & handling* (*within North America, for overseas orders add $10.)
Volume 5 of our Pulp Cover Gallery series is in the works, scheduled for a mid-May release.
This edition will be the same overall format as our other volumes, featuring sets of cover scans of The Spider, G-8 and His Battle Aces, and Operator #5.
One difference this time out is that the images are square-cut, they do not show the rough pulp edges.
The same bonded leather hardcover exterior, 8.5" x 11" interior pages, 130+ pages, full color throughout,
with a brief introduction and checklist with cover artist credit where known.
As before, this is not a book about the pulp titles featured, it is a visual reference of the covers. Lots of great viewing!
Order before April 01, 2016 and save $10!
Pre-release Special: $130 including shipping & handling* (*within North America, for overseas orders add $10.)
Previous volumes are still available!
Pulp Cover Gallery Volume 1 – WEIRD TALES - $130
Pulp Cover Gallery Volume 2 – THRILING WONDER STORIES / STARTLING STORIES / CAPTAIN FUTURE - $130
Pulp Cover Gallery 3 – DIME MYSTERY MAGAZINE / 15 MYSTERY STORIES / TERROR TALES - $130
Please note that the cover inset may not be exactly as shown in the image.
| The Golden Age - Now online!
Ed Emshwiller
Arthur Rackham ~ The Night Before Chrstmas
N. C. Wyeth ~ The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
Arthur Rackham ~ The Ring of the Niblung by Richard Wagner
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FREDRIC BROWN MYSTERY LIBRARY VOLUME 1: MURDER DRAWS A CROWD
(Writer) Fredric Brown, Jack Seabrook (Cover) Norman Saunders
Still available for pre-order!
Production Update from Haffner Press!
It is with much frustration we announce that MURDER DRAWS A CROWD: THE FREDRIC BROWN MYSTERY LIBRARY, VOLUME ONE hit another stumbling block. This was a big one. We supplied materials to the printer in August 2015 and, after several challenges (see our previous e-newsletter), we were informed in early December that the books were finally finished.
However, the review copies sent by the printer for our final approval did not meet the standards of Haffner Press. The binding method they used to get the cloth-covered cases to fit the page-blocks matches no book we've ever seen, let alone published. This binding method also forces the spine of the dustjacket to wrap onto the back of the book. When we were informed that the balance of the inventory matched these review copies, we rejected the entire lot.
As of this writing, we are scheduling a proper run of the book, updated for 2016, bringing you the edition of MURDER DRAWS A CROWD to which you're entitled. This means an additional delay of several months. We wish there was better news. As the first book of the multi-volume series collecting the mystery fiction of Fredric Brown, we want this book to be a point of pride in your collection. Fredric Brown — and you — deserve it.
A massive fix of liquor-fueled murder, smoke-clouded mystery, and hard-hitting revenge from the author of The Screaming Mimi and The Fabulous Clipjoint. This archival-quality hardcover assembles 38 incredibly rare stories from 1938-1942, with the original Pulp artwork from such magazines as Thrilling Detective, Masked Detective, Detective Fiction Weekly, and more. This is the book Fredric Brown fans have been waiting for!
Introduction by Jack Seabrook
ISBN: 9781893887787
744 pages
Over 100 illustrations
39 pulp magazine stories: • Detective • Mystery • Horror • Western
100-pg appendix with the "V.O.N. Munchdriller" & "William Z. Williams" comedies
Decorated endpapers
Smythe-sewn binding
Full cloth-covered binding boards
Preorder price: $40
On publication: $45
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Production Update from Haffner Press!
While the news on the first volume of THE FREDRIC BROWN MYSTERY LIBRARY is not the greatest, we are pleased to report that work on the second volume, DEATH IN THE DARK, is in the home stretch.
Fredric Brown scholar Jack Seabrook is on hand again with an erudite introduction and we have been successful in securing many more of the original illustrations; not only those from the detective pulps, but also those for the rarities from the trade magazines INDEPENDENT SALESMAN, THE INVENTOR, FEEDSTUFFS, etc.
“. . . enough good people put Brown on their must-read lists and then become evangelists to keep his name alive on the same high shelf as Hammett, Thompson, Ross Macdonald and other crime icons. Somewhere up in literary heaven, I hope he’s looking down, sipping a beer, playing his flute and smiling.”—Dick Adler, Chicago Tribune
While the editor of this series only recently came upon the above quote from 2008, these eyes read no truer words. Work has been underway for nearly a year on assembling the first two volumes of a series provisionally titled LOADED: THE COLLECTED FREDRIC BROWN. Now is your chance to get in on the ground floor of what is hoped to be the definitive collection of Fredric Brown sans his science fiction works. Assembled in chronological order of publication, this set will contain all the short fiction (of all genres: mystery, horror, noir, western, detection, etc.) and all of Brown’s novels (again, excepting his sf works). You’ll be able to enjoy Fredric Brown at his longer lengths from The Fabulous Clipjoint and Night of the Jabberwock to The Lenient Beast and Mrs. Murphy’s Underpants.
Assisting with this effort have been Brown bibliographer Phil Stephensen-Payne and Brown biographer Jack Seabrook. This massive undertaking could not have been accomplished without their help.
Introduction by Jack Seabrook
744 pages
Over 90 illustrations
32 pulp magazine stories: • Detective • Mystery • Horror
80-pg appendix with the "Colonel Cluck/Kluck," "Barnyard Bill Says—" & "Willie Skid" bits
Decorated endpapers
Smythe-sewn binding
Full cloth-covered binding boards
Preorder price: $40
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| Hermes Press: THE PHANTOM #6 (of 6) - Coming in April!
(Writer) Peter David (Art & Cover) Sal Velluto
The true, only, original Phantom returns! The all-new adventures of the original Ghost Who Walks continues in this, the final installment in the six-part mini-series written by Peter David with art by Sal Velluto and colors by Eugenio Mattozzi. The Queen of the Hidden City has made her choice: She wants the Phantom for a husband. The problem is that he's already married to Diana Palmer, which means that Diana will have to fight for her life against the Phantom's pirate foes while the Phantom and his allies watch helplessly!
32 pages, Full Color, $3.99, On sale April 27.
THE PHANTOM #6 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 27).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB161586.
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| Howard Andrew Jones - Now online!
Conan Re-Read: “The Man-Eaters of Zamboula” - New!
Conan Re-Read: “The Black Stranger”
Conan Re-Read: “Beyond the Black River”
| ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #52 - Coming in May!
(W/A) Various
We feature the spectacular art of Al Buell, best known for his sexy pin-up illustrations of the 1940s and '50s. Our feature includes dozens of reproductions taken directly from the original art, previously unpublished pencil sketches, and color preliminary studies. Our second feature concerns the work of the legendary illustrator John LaGatta, whose painterly and sophisticated renderings of sexy women in the '30s presents an entirely different perspective on the art of the pin up. Book reviews, exhibitions and events, and more round out the issue!
Magazine, 80 pages, Full Color, $15.00, On sale May 25.
ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #52 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 27).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB162200.
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| ILLUSTRATORS MAGAZINE #14 - Coming in April!
Tara McPherson: Astronomy and astrophysics are two passions that guide her, along with a love of anime her images of haunting mystery reach for the stars. Joe Jusko: Pump iron with the legendary artist as he shares his amazing highs and lows. Maurice Leloir: Hurtle back to the court of Louis XIV and see the stunning detailed historical art. Adam Stower: Gasp with delight at the whimsical worlds of his art.
Magazine, 96 pages, Full Color, $24.99, On sale April 27.
ILLUSTRATORS MAGAZINE #52 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 27).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB162201.
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| JAMES BOND: THE SPECTRE COMIC STRIPS HC - Now available!
(Writer) Ian Fleming, Jim Lawrence (Art/Cover) Yaroslav Horak
(Art) Yaroslav Horak, John McLusky
Shaken not stirred, this is the ultimate SPECTRE collection!
The inimitable James Bond returns in this lavish comic strip collection collecting four rip-roaring James Bond escapades — all featuring SPECTRE — in a deluxe omnibus format!
Includes Thunderball, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, You Only Live Twice, and The Spy Who Loved Me. An absolutely essential addition to every Bond fan’s library!
Hardcover, 11x10, 200 pages, B&W, $39.95
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| JAMES BOND 007: VARGR #6 - Coming in April!
(Writer) Warren Ellis (Art) Jason Masters (Cover) Dom Reardon
The secret of VARGR is revealed, and it means that Bond has to descend alone into a nightmare scenario – alone. Just his gun and his skills versus a murderous conspiracy to turn Britain into a testing zone for death drugs. Dynamite Entertainment proudly concludes the debut storyline to the first ongoing James Bond comic book in over 20 years!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale April 6.
JAMES BOND 007: VARGR #6 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 27).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB161382.
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| | Jerry Schneider Enterprises
Now available!
THE ORIGINAL ARTHUR B. REEVE: CRAIG KENNEDY SCIENTIFIC DETECTIVE BOOK 1
Craig Kennedy, Scientific Detective, the American Sherlock Holmes, first appeared in Cosmopolitan magazine.
We present his first twelve stories in original order in facsimile reproduction.
The Case of Helen Bond
The Silent Bullet
The Bacteriological Detective
The Deadly Tube
The Seismograph Adventure
The Diamond Maker
The Azure Ring
"Spontaneous Combustion"
The Terror in the Air
The Black Hand
The Artificial Paradise
The Steel Door
Pulp Sized Magazine, 146 pages, 7 x 10 inch
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| KING CONAN: WOLVES BEYOND THE BORDER #2 - Arriving in comic shops January 27!
Timothy Truman (Writer), Tomás Giorello (Art/Cover), and Jose Villarrubia (Color)
In this expansion on Robert E. Howard's unfinished "Wolves beyond the Border" tale, Conan leaves the protection of his kingdom in Aquilonia to return a cursed crown to Pictish tribes in the south. Hoping for a bit of adventure to clear his head, the undercover barbarian king is overwhelmed and captured!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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| THE LEGEND OF CONAN - Feature film is alive and well!
Arnold Schwarzenegger has provided hope that THE LEGEND OF CONAN feature film is still alive and well via TheArnoldFans website.
Arnold confirms that THE LEGEND OF CONAN has been written and the search for a director is in progress.
The site also posted comments from THE LEGEND OF CONAN producer Frederick Malmberg:
Yes, Chris Morgan and I are meeting with directors at this moment. Interest is high, many are fans of Conan but we are not rushing. We have a great script and now we need the right director for the job.
| LORDS OF THE JUNGLE #2 (of 6) - Coming in April!
(Writer) Corinna Bechko (Art) Roberto Castro
(Covers) Felipe Massafera, Roberto Castro
Displaced in time, lost in an unfamiliar wilderness, and beset by enemies on all sides, Sheena must search for a way home before her own jungle is destroyed. There's only one man who might have the key to her salvation, but Tarzan has problems of his own as he battles for his name and his family in London's underbelly, a place more vicious than Sheena can imagine!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale April 20.
LORDS OF THE JUNGLE #2 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 27).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB161383 (Massafera cover).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB161384 (Castro cover).
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| LOST IN SPACE #2 - Coming in April!
(Writer) Carey Wilber, Holly Interlandi
(Art) Kostas Pantoulas (Cover) Patrick McEvoy, Photo
Season Four continues with the lost scripts of Carey Wilber! In Part 2 of “The Curious Galactics”, John Robinson, Will Robinson, and Major Don West are being maneuvered like bugs in a glass jar, finding obstacle after obstacle in their attempt to get back to Jupiter Two — and the culprits, a couple of nosy aliens, are about to throw something really dangerous at them!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale April 6.
LOST IN SPACE #2 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 27).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB161077 (McEvoy cover).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB161078 (Photo cover).
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| Martin Grams' Blog - Now online!
Three things you did not know about the Lone Ranger - New!
The "Lost" Episodes of The Shadow Radio Program
The Shadow: The "Lost" 1953 Episodes
Beware of Wally the Spook
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When we last saw Patricia Wildman, daughter of Doc Wildman, the bronze champion of justice, six months had passed since the main events of The Evil in Pemberley House. She and her associate Parker, an ex-Scotland Yard Inspector, had set up Empire State Investigations at her Pemberley House estate—and she just received a mysterious phone call from her supposedly late father . . .
Several months later, Pat receives a visitor, a young girl named Emma Ponsonby, whose father, a British diplomat to a small Central American country, has been kidnapped by the Scarlet Jaguar. Pat, following in her father’s footsteps of righting wrongs and assisting those in need, agrees to help, but before they can set off on their quest the Scarlet Jaguar sends a gruesome warning.
Undeterred, the investigation takes Pat, Parker, and their young charge from Pemberley House in the Derbyshire countryside . . . To New York, where they battle agents of the Scarlet Jaguar and meet Pat’s old friend, the icy, pale-skinned beauty Helen Benson, who agrees to join them on their quest . . . To the small nation of Xibum, where the Scarlet Jaguar’s reign of uncanny assassinations threatens to expand to the rest of Central America—and beyond!
Now, it’s a race against time deep in the wilds of the Central American jungle, as Pat Wildman and her crew search for Emma’s father, and confront the Scarlet Jaguar’s weird power to eliminate his enemies from afar, marked only by a wisp of crimson smoke—smoke resembling nothing so much as the head of a blood-red screaming jaguar. But who—or what—is the Scarlet Jaguar? A power-mad dictator determined to reclaim power? A revolutionary movement bent on taking over the country, and the rest of Central America?
Or a front for something even more sinister . . .?
The Signed Limited Edition trade paperback of The Scarlet Jaguar went out of print in just a few months. The print run for the Signed Limited Edition hardcover will be determined by the number of preorders and only a small number of copies beyond the preorders will be printed. The cut off date for preordering a copy is November 1st, and the book will be mailed in late November.
5.5×8.5 hardcover, 140 pages
$25.00
Ebook edition also available
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| Moonstone Books: GUNS OF THE BLACK BAT #1 - Coming in April!
Story: Ron Fortier, Aaron Shaps
Art: Silvestre Szilagyi
Cover: Michael Stribling
Dateline 1938. Hitler and the Nazis have begun their plans to conquer the world. In the states, the crimefighter known as the Black Bat encounters German spies exhibiting strange, unworldly powers. Have aliens infiltrated the Third Reich and is the threat to mankind greater than imagined? Hurriedly the Bat assembles a team of specialists to help him confront this unknown foe: Airboy, Domino Lady, Moon Man, Golden Amazon, and more! They will become known as The Guns of the Black Bat.
Gray, 7x10, 32 pages, $3.50, On sale April 27.
GUNS OF THE BLACK BAT #1 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 27).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB161648.
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| Moonstone Books: SHERLOCK HOLMES / DOMINO LADY - Coming in April!
Writers: Nancy Holder, Bobby Nash
Art: Reno Maniquis, Mike Fyles
Cover: Mike Fyles
NY Times best-selling author Nancy Holder!
Contains a brand new Domino Lady comic story, a brand new Holmes/Domino illustrated prose story, a Holmes/Domino Lady prose story with NEW illustrations, and reprints Sherlock Holmes/Domino Lady issues#1 & 2, & The Holmes Holiday Special story!
Softcover, 7x10, 124 pages, $14.95, On sale April 27.
SHERLOCK HOLMES / DOMINO LADY is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 27).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB161650.
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| Moonstone Books Written by various, art by Bryan Winton.
TV's first paranormal investigator returns! This collection of new Kolchak short prose fiction stories is a real scream! Writers include Matthew Baugh, James Chambers, Cathy Clamp, Ed Gorman, Mark Graham, CJ Henderson, Tracey Hill, Nancy Holder, Nancy Kilpatrick, Rick Lai, Marilyn Romatka, Lilith Saintcrow, Hank Schwaeble and Dave Ulanksi.
Softcover, 6x9, 280 pages, $16.95
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| PAPERBACK PARADE #91 - Now available!
The Magazine for Paperback Readers & Collectors! Paperback Parade, if you are a book collector, reader, or just love great old books then this is the magazine for you!
Each 100 page, perfect-bound digest-size trade paperback, is in FULL COLOR loaded with articles on rare books, authors, artists, publisher runs, with dozens and dozens of gorgeous FULL COLOR covers of rare books of all kinds. Also “Paperback Talk” news, letters, show info, new books, people in the hobby.
Contents
“Paperback Talk” by Gary Lovisi
“Celebrating Frank Frazetta” by Gary Lovisi
“Two to Keep” by Richard A. Lupoff
“The Riddle of the Barmaray Company” by Steve Carper
“Paperback Kerouac” by Tom Cantrell
“Matchless Paperbacks” by Rich Greene
“Keyhole Covers” by Ken Wishnia
“Outrageous Covers” by Wally Pattengill
ORDERING INFORMATION: We accept VISA, Mastercard, US checks drawn on a US bank, (in USD only) or Paypal to our email address at “gryphonbooks@att.net”
Please contact me with any questions or write to our address: GRYPHON BOOKS, PO Box 280209, Brooklyn, NY 11228-0209, USA
Paperback Parade single issue is $15.00 + postage. Query on back issues AND ON AD RATES.
Subscriptions: Domestic: 3 issues for $40.00; ALL INTERNATIONAL: 3 issues $65.00
POSTAGE RATES: Domestic: the first item (book) is $3.00 media mail + 50 cents each additional item. International: the first book is $14.00 via First Class International, $2.00 each additional book.
All books and magazines are mailed through the U.S. Postal Service. Query on Priority Mail or other mailing methods.
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| Paperback Perils - Now online!
The Gods of Mars (Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1913) - New!
A Princess of Mars (Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1912)
The Scarlet Jaguar (Win Scott Eckert, Meteor House, 2015)
Swords Against Cthulhu (Ed. Gavin Chappell, Rogue Planet Press/Horrified Press, 2015)
The Dark World (Henry Kuttner, Ace Books 1946/Paizo 2008)
Tales of the Wold Newton Universe (Philip Jose Farmer & Friends; Titan Books, 2013)
| | Thursday, July 21 through Sunday, July 24, 2016
PulpFest 2016 Will Be AMAZING!!!
Amazing 69-05Over the last four days, we’ve been offering you a glimpse at the various themes that we’ll be exploring at this year’s PulpFest. “Summer’s AMAZING Pulp Con” will take place from July 21st through July 24th in the Columbus, Ohio Arena district at the Hyatt Regency hotel and the city’s spacious convention center.
We’ve been also providing clues to the identity of this year’s PulpFest Guest of Honor: he or she has worked for the specialty or genre-fiction magazines and for both the rough-paper and slick magazines. He or she has also been associated with super-heroes and the science-fiction genre. Still wondering? Here’s one more clue: he or she was the editor of the magazine pictured here, the May 1969 issue of AMAZING STORIES.
Give up? That’s okay because we had everyone stumped. The Guest of Honor for PulpFest 2016 will be author, editor, musician, and science-fiction and pulp fan Ted White.
Born February 4, 1938, Theodore Edwin White is a Hugo Award-winning American writer, best known as a science-fiction author and editor and as a fan and music critic. In addition to books and stories written under his own name, he has also co-authored novels with Dave van Arnam as Ron Archer, and with Terry Carr as Norman Edwards.
Since the time he was a teenager, White has been a prolific contributor to science-fiction fanzines, and in 1968 he won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer. Despite his considerable professional credits, White maintains that his achievements in fandom mean more to him than anything else he has done. In 1953, he edited and published ZIP, the first of his many fanzines. In 1956–57, he co-edited STELLAR with Larry Stark; followed by VOID in 1960, joining founding editors Gregory and James Benford; plus MINAC, EGOBOO, and others. He was also a regular columnist for YANDRO and Richard E. Geis’ PSYCHOTIC/SF REVIEW and has been active in numerous fan events, including the organizing of the 1967 World Science Fiction Convention in New York City as co-chairman. He still remains active on several fandom- and fanzine-oriented electronic mailing lists.
In 1959, at the age of 21, White moved from Baltimore to New York City with his first wife, Sylvia Dees White. That year, he began writing music criticism for METRONOME and a column for Tom Wilson’s JAZZ GUIDE (later 33 GUIDE). As a music critic, he expanded into jazz writing and journalism for ROGUE, along with record liner notes, concert reviews and interviews. He was the only person to record an interview with Eric Dolphy, the American jazz alto saxophonist, flautist, and bass clarinetist. From 1977 through 1979 as Dr. Progresso, he did the Friday afternoon DR. PROGRESSO radio show on WGTB-FM. Following the advent of the Internet, White became the music editor of the Collecting Channel website in 1999, and he continues to maintain his own website of music commentary under his Dr. Progresso pseudonym.
White’s first professional sale as a writer was a short vignette sold to PLAYBOY in 1959. Two stories released on the same day — “Phoenix,” written by Ted White and revised by Marion Zimmer Bradley for the February 1963 AMAZING STORIES and “I, Executioner,” co-authored by Terry Carr for the March 1963 IF (WORLDS OF SCIENCE FICTION) — have been cited by our guest as his first-published stories. The author later expanded “Phoenix” into the novel PHOENIX PRIME, originally published in 1966 by Lancer Books. It was the first of the QANAR series — continuing with THE SORCERESS OF QAR (1966) and STAR WOLF (1971) — all published by Lancer. “I Executioner” became the opening chapter of his Ace book, ANDROID AVENGER.
Captain AmericaTed’s first novel — INVASION FROM 2500 — was written in collaboration with Terry Carr under the pseudonym Norman Edwards. It was published in 1964. Through 1978 he wrote two science-fiction series and eleven stand-alone novels, including one Captain America novel — THE GREAT GOLD STEAL. It was published by Bantam Books and featured a nod to its pulp forebears: one of the bad guys is named Andrew “Monk” Mayfair. Two of White’s novels were written in collaboration with Dave van Arnam, one with David Bischoff and one — using White’s Doc Phoenix character — with Marv Wolfman. Ted White was a 1966 Nebula-Award nominee for his short story, “The Peacock King,” written with Larry McCombs. He was also instrumental in kick-starting the professional careers of other writers, notably Lee Hoffman. Still writing at nearly seventy-eight years of age, White has had a number of short stories published in recent years. “The Uncertain Past” appeared in the March & April 2014 number of THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION while”The Philistine” can be found in the October 2015 issue of ANALOG SCIENCE FICTION AND FACT.
Our Guest of Honor’s editorial career began as an assistant and associate editor at THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION from 1963 to 1968. He also served as an associate editor at Lancer Books, working under Larry Shaw. From October 1968 until October 1978, Ted White edited AMAZING STORIES and FANTASTIC, upgrading the quality of both magazine’s fiction while showcasing a variety of talented illustrators. According to author, anthologist, and science-fiction and popular-culture historian, Mike Ashley, White ushered “AMAZING into a silver, if not a golden, age.” He also edited two 1973 anthologies, THE BEST FROM AMAZING STORIES and THE BEST FROM FANTASTIC. Both were published by Manor Books.
Ted White’s reputation as an editor impressed the publishers of HEAVY METAL who hired him in 1979 to introduce non-fiction into the magazine. White immediately hired four columnists — Jay Kinney, Lou Stathis, Steve Brown and Bhob Stewart — to cover, respectively, underground comics, music, science fiction, and movies. HEAVY METAL continued to feature mainly graphic stories during White’s tenure as the new editor wove the text into the graphic art, rather than segregating it into a separate section. In 1984-85, Ted White served as Editorial Director for STARDATE, a multi-media science-fiction magazine edited by David Bischoff.
Ted became a pulp collector as a teenager. He owns most of the science-fiction pulps from the 1940s and many from the twenties and thirties. Among his holdings are complete runs of SCIENCE WONDER STORIES and AIR WONDER STORIES, both issues of MIRACLE SCIENCE AND FANTASY STORIES, all the Futurian-edited magazines, the complete run of CAPTAIN FUTURE, and many other titles. His library of pulp and science-fiction digests is complete from 1951 through the nineties. He also owns many single-character pulps, including all but one issue of DOC SAVAGE MAGAZINE and a couple dozen issues of THE SHADOW. He also has many issues of THE AVENGER, CAPTAIN ZERO, THE PHANTOM DETECTIVE, THE WHISPERER, and other hero pulps in his collection.
White also plays keyboards and saxophone. He currently performs with the Washington, DC area improvisational group Conduit. Although we’d love to have him play, Ted will be speaking to PulpFest attendees during our evening programming about his career, fandom, pulps, science fiction, and AMAZING STORIES. His Guest of Honor speech will take place on Friday, July 22nd in the PulpFest programming room at the Hyatt Regency Columbus. We hope to see you at the convention.
(The cover art for Ted White’s first issue of AMAZING STORIES — dated May 1969 — was reprinted from PERRY RHODAN #276, originally published in Germany. The artist is not known.
Created in 1961 by Karl-Herbert Scheer and Walter Ernsting, PERRY RHODAN is the most successful science-fiction book series ever written. Over 2830 installments had appeared in Germany through the end of 2015. Translations of the stories have appeared in many European countries, including France (1966), Belgium (1966), Netherlands (1967),the United Kingdom (since 1974), Finland (1975) and Italy (1976); also in Japan (since 1971), Brazil (since 1975) and in the United States, where it was published by Ace Books from 1969 through 1977.
Ted White’s Captain America novel — THE GREAT GOLD STEAL — was published by Bantam Books in 1968. It featured cover art by Peter Caras.
| Pulpgen-Online Pulps - Now online!
New this week
"Thubway Tham's Perfect Day" by Johnston McCulley from BLACK BOOK DETECTIVE, November, 1948
Featuring: Thubway Tham
Another adventure of Thubway Tham, the pickpocket of the subway.
"Blame it on the War" by Ted Stratton from EXCITING SPORTS, Fall (October), 1943
College Football during the WWII years.
"The Moon Turned Red" by Willis Graham from POPULAR DETECTIVE, March, 1949
It wasn't Steve Therar's job to find out who killed King Randolph, but he had personal reasons for wanting to know!
| | Pulp Adventurecon
Saturday, February 20, 2016
10 am - 5 pm
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL
Universal Palms Hotel
The Pulp Adventurecon has been taking place annually in Bordentown, New Jersey for a long, long time -- but now we're branching out and attempting to conquer the south!
The second annual Pulp Adventurecon South is Saturday, February 20th, 2016 at the Universal Palms Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
The Universal Palms Hotel is offering a special rate for attendees of the show.
Book your room for Friday, February 19th or February, October 20th (or both) and give the promotional code "Venture" and lock in your room for $89.00 per night.
That's a spectacular rate for Florida, especially in February!
Admission will be $5 at the door, and tables are $55 each.
And don't forget the show this Fall!
BORDENTOWN, NJ
Ramada Inn of Bordentown
Date to be announced.
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| Pulp Crazy - Now online!
The Man-Eaters of Zamboula (Starring Conan the Cimmerian) by Robert E. Howard - New!
The Dark Eidolon by Clark Ashton Smith
Swords and Deviltry (Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Book 1) by Fritz Leiber
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
Wold Newton Day 12/13/2015 – The Adventure of the Peerless Peer by Philip José Farmer
| Pulp Den - Now online!
Jasper And The Shelter of Angels - New!
The Devil With Wings - New!
Veil of Reality - New!
Fifty-fifth Anniversary
The Sky-Crasher
The Purple Eye
| Pulp Flakes - Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors and their stories, adventure and detective pulps.
New Blog about pulp magazines - New!
Perks of being a pulp collector #42
BBC Video on the Zaporozhian Cossacks
R.W. Daly - Seeker of the Deep
| Exploring ‘This Island Earth’
Jon Arfstrom: 1928-2015
| | Recoverings
Four new ERB, Inc. authorized dust jacket covers are now available!
THE FIRST FOUR of the new Authorized Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. dust-jacket reproductions are now available.
These are newly restored from scans of the original Studley O. Burroughs and J. Allen St. John paintings. As always the jackets maintain the original layouts and typography assembled from digital fonts that match the metal typefaces and have rebuilt promotional art using hi-res scans of the advertised books on the back covers or flaps.
The four jackets are:
TARZAN THE INVINCIBLE
TARZAN TRIUMPHANT
JUNGLE GIRL
SWORDS OF MARS.
Visit the recoverings.com, ERB, Inc. Jackets page to see enlarged detail comparisons between the original dust-jackets and the restored Recoverings jackets.
And don’t forget, the 100th Anniversary of THE RETURN OF TARZAN special ends in March, 2016.
Get the newly restored jacket — authenticated by ERB, Inc. —, a restored reproduction of the first N.C. Wyeth illustration for a Tarzan story and a centennial keepsake, with each order of the RETURN dust-jacket until March 15, 2016.
In 2016, Recoverings have set a goal of producing seven of the ERB, Inc. jackets: TARZAN AND THE CITY OF GOLD, TARZAN AND THE LION MAN, TARZAN AND THE LEOPARD MEN, SYNTHETIC MEN OF MARS, APACHE DEVIL, OAKDALE AFFAIR & THE RIDER, and THE LAD AND THE LION — plus, a special edition Canaveral Press jacket.
| RED SONJA #3 - Coming in April!
Writer: Marguerite Bennett
Art: Aneke
Cover: Marguerite Sauvage
Hunted by the elite assassins of her own King, Sonja is forced to hide – even among her ex-lovers! With the aid of those from her past, she must rally a rebellion against the new despot, ending his dreams of conquest. Sonja plots a desperate gambit of her own as Hyrkania teeters on the brink of civil war!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale April 20.
RED SONJA VOLUME 3 #4 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 27).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB161392.
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| | Robert E. Howard Days
June 10 and 11, 2016!
The Robert E. Howard Foundation and Project Pride of Cross Plains, Texas are proud to announce the dates and Guest of Honor for the 2016 version of Howard Days, to be held June 10th and 11th at the Robert E. Howard Museum in Cross Plains.
This year’s Guest of Honor is Michael Scott Myers, screenwriter for the movie The Whole Wide World, the biographical film based on the book One Who Walked Alone, which recounted the relationship between Robert E. Howard and Novalyne Price. We are happy to welcome Michael as our GOH, as he is the perfect person to blend with our Howard Days theme this year, Anniversaries.
2016 finds us with a number of important Robert E. Howard Anniversaries: 110 years since his birth, 80 years since his death, 70 years since the publication of Skull Face and Others, 50 years since Conan the Adventurer from Lancer, 40 years since Glenn Lord’s The Last Celt, 30 years since Novalyne Price Ellis’ One Who Walked Alone and 20 years since the movie The Whole Wide World (which was based on Novalyne’s book).
Michael’s involvement with The Whole Wide World began with his being a student of Novalyne Price Ellis in Lafayette, LA. Having read her book about Howard, he knew what a wonderful movie it would make. So, our Guest of Honor is doubly qualified this year and we’re thrilled to have him.
There is lots more information to follow and you can read about it here and at the Howard Days blog. While the cold winds of January are blowing now, make plans to come to Texas in June where the warmth will be in both the air and in the fellowship of Robert E. Howard fans!
| THE ROCKETEER AT WAR! #4 (OF 4) - Coming in April!
Marc Guggenheim (Writer), Dave Bullock (art & cover)
The Rocketeer dons his helmet and soars into action to foil the Nazis’ plans to destroy New York City. But can even the jet-packed marvel defeat the combined might of the Axis powers and their diabolical PROJECT BEDLAM? Find out in the thrilling finale of…THE ROCKETEER AT WAR!
Full Color, 40 pages, $4.99, On sale April 27.
THE ROCKETEER AT WAR #4 is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 27).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB160413.
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| | | THE SAINT: SEASONS 3 & 4 - Now available!
THE SAINT goes marching in with all 32 episodes from Seasons 3 & 4!
Modern-day Robin Hood. Wealthy man of mystery. Debonair rogue. Call Simon Templar what you will, but never cross THE SAINT. A timeless figure of adventure since his creation by Leslie Charteris in 1928, The Saint has thrilled adventure aficionados with his exploits in a variety of media, including novels, movies, and radio—but nowhere was the dashing Mr. Templar more indelibly realized than in his 1960s television series, starring the perfectly cast Roger Moore in the title role.
Simon Templar's adventures continue in Season Three and Four, building on the charm and thrills established by the series' early days. Presenting early appearances for such actors as Burt Kwouk (The Pink Panther films), Carol Cleveland (Monty Python's Flying Circus), and the great Donald Sutherland, and with the inimitable Mr. Moore as our guide to adventure, these two seasons of The Saint represent some of the best this classic series had to offer its most ardent fans.
Bonus Features
Behind The Scenes With Sir Roger Moore As Director
Audio Commentary On "The Happy Suicide" By Jane Merrow (Guest Star)
Audio Commentary On "The Saint Bids Diamonds" By Roger Moore, Robert S. Baker (Executive Producer), And Eunice Gayson (Guest Star)
Release date: January 19, 2016
PRE-ORDER PRICE: $37.99
LIST PRICE: $44.99
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| THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN VOLUME 21 - Arriving in comic shops January 27!
Roy Thomas (Writer), Rafael Kayanan (Pencils), Mike Docherty (Pencils), John Buscema (Pencils), E. R. Cruz (Inks), Julie Bell (Cover), and others
Traveling through Shadizar the Wicked, Conan saves the life of a beautiful noblewoman who promises to help the barbarian free his soul from a bewitched mirror. Plus: Conan meets Solomon Kane -- and the reimagining by Eisner Hall of Famers Roy Thomas and John Buscema of Marvel's very first Conan story! Collecting Conan stories from Marvel's Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian #213-222.
Trade paperback, Black & white, 552 pages, $19.99
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| | The Serial Squadron Cinema Cliffhanger Archive
TARZAN THE FEARLESS SERIAL
Coming in February!
TARZAN THE FEARLESS (Serial version) featuring Buster Crabbe and Jacqueline Wells will be the next subscriber DVD & commercial release.
The content will include chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, and 12 with reconstructed or summarized missing sections.
| The Shadow - Under the Blue Light - Now online!
Ten Glass Eyes - New!
Room 1313 - New!
Trail of Vengeance
The Masked Headsman
The Golden Dog Murders
The Blackmail King
| SHADOW DETACHMENT (Kindle Edition) - Now available!
by C.E. Martin
In 1950, war rages on the Korean peninsula as Communist forces battle the defenders of freedom on land and in the air. Lieutenant Mark Kenslir is plucked from a position translating Russian radio broadcasts and attached to a mysterious unit of rag tag misfits: Detachment 1039. Parachuting behind enemy lines to investigate the fate of a field hospital that had been treating a captured MiG pilot, Kenslir soon learns that his brothers in arms are not entirely what they seem to be. When it becomes clear that more than Soviets and Chinese troops are helping the North Koreans, the small detachment is forced to change their mission and go on the hunt for something not entirely human.
Print Length: 58 pages
Kindle Price: $0.99
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| TARZAN: THE BECKONING TP - Coming in June!
Thomas Yeates (Writer/Art/Cover)
The ageless Tarzan and his beautiful wife Jane have been living in America, fighting the illegal ivory trade to stop the slaughter of elephants . . . but they’re soon drawn back to Africa, entangled in a dangerous web that threatens their long lives! Thomas Yeates’s saga collected in its entirety for the first time.
• An epic, modern-day story featuring the original superstar hero of the last century!
Trade Paperback, 7” x 10”, Full Color, 208 pages, $19.99, On sale June 1
TARZAN: THE BECKONING is solicited in the February PREVIEWS (Available January 27).
The Diamond Item Code is FEB160035.
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| 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.
Mrs. Edgar Saltus (1883-1960) - New!
Edgar Lloyd Hampton (1872-1951) - New!
Edith Ogutsch (1929-1990) - New!
Herbert J. Mangham (1896-1967)
I Was a Juror on the Fatty Arbuckle Trial!
Michael V. Simko (1893-1989)
Snowden T. Herrick (1919-1998)
Weird Tales-The Magazine That Died
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