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Adventure House
Now available!
G-8 and his Battle Aces #54
Patrol of
the Phantom by Robert J. Hogan
A battle with Hell and Destruction
above the earth, and a thousand chances for a fighting man
to die! Here is adventure that carries you high to the
bloody thrills that have painted the skies!
The Ace and the Elephant
Fighting Man
The Buzzard Battalion
The Way of An Ace
Cover Artist: Frederick Blakeslee
7 x10, 110 pages, $12.95
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Adventure House
Now available!
The Phantom Detective
- August 1944
The Booby Trap Murders!
by Robert Wallace
Death beats the Phantom Detective
to the punch when he smashes out at a gigantic million-dollar
crime conspiracy—but he counters with an ingenious defense that
makes his enemies scurry for cover!
Death Laughs Last by Mel Pitzer
This One Will Kill You! by Edward
Ronns
Lady With A Corpse by C.K.M. Scanlon
Cover Artist:
Rudolph Belarski
7x10, 82 pages, $14.95
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Adventure House
Now available!
Startling Stories – May
1942
Blood on the Sun by Hal K. Wells
The ancient brain-destroyers prepare
to use the bodies of mankind for their own sinister purposes
and few are aware of the threatening menace!
Alla-Beg’s Genii by Richard O. Lewis
Macrocosmic by G.L. Paddocks
The Making of Misty Isle by Stanton
A. Coblentz
Cover
Artist: Earle Bergey
7x10, 130 pages, $14.95
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Adventure House
Coming soon!
High Adventure #162
The Uranium Pomegranates and
other stories by H. Bedford-Jones
Opening an envelope meant for someone else, and
finding in it five one-thousand-dollar bills—well, that’s one way
to begin an adventure.
7x10, 110 pages, $12.95
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Adventure House
Coming soon!
The Phantom Detective – March 1948
The Clue of the Second Murder by Robert Wallace
Richard Curtis Van Loan battles to spike a scheme
of empire that brings an evil wave of death in its wake!
Follow the Phantom to a Nevada silver town that holds
a grim and mysterious secret of diabolical crime!
Cash Under the Table by Norman W. Hay
The Clue Outside by Ray Cummings
Neck and Neck by O.B. Myers
In the Bag by Paul Prestowe
7x10, 114 pages, $14.95
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Adventure House
Coming soon!
Far East Adventure Stories – February
1932
The Lieutenant From Koomsh by
Bob Du Sue
A take of high courage in the foreign legion.
Blue Heaven by Chester L. Saxby
Pagoda Secret by Walter Snow
Too Much Amock by W.C. Harding
Midnight Magic by Captain L.B. Williams
The Midnight Horde [Part 4] by Hugh B. Cave
Eyes of Tepu by Doane R. Hoag
The Golden Tiger by A.L. De Burgh
7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
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Adventure House Pulp and
Collectibles Show
SUNDAY – September
9th, 2018
ARBUTUS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
5200 Southwestern Blvd
– Halethorpe MD 21227
We’ve finally put
together a show in the Mid-Atlantic area
on September 9th, 2018.
Conveniently located
off I-95, just south of the Baltimore
Beltway.
Only 5-10 minutes from
BWI Airport or Amtrak. [See map below.]
Convention
Hours – 10am – 4pm
$5.00 Attendance Fee
Seventy plus tables
with thousands of pulps and lots of popular
culture collectibles.
Two large parking
lots
Snack bar on premises
Hotels nearby include:
[Rates are not guaranteed]
Holiday Inn BWI Airport
– $108
Country Inn &
Suites – $118
Holiday Inn Express
– $99
Aloft BWI –
$89
Red Roof Plus – $80
Hilton Garden Inn BWI
Airport – $93
BWI Airport Marriott
– $139
Fairfield Inn &
Suites BWI Airport – $96
La Quinta Inn &
Suites – $115
Hilton Baltimore BWI
Airport – $139
Hampton Inn BWI –
$97
Shipping services by
Adventure House through USPS available
for a standard counter rates and a small handling
fee.
Short trip to the Baltimore
Inner Harbor [15 Minutes]
Slightly longer trip
to Washington DC [30 minutes]
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Adventures in Bronze /
Altus Press / Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc.
TARZAN, CONQUEROR
OF MARS
Coming soon!
During the seven years that Altus Press
has been publishing the Wild Adventures series, there have been
several milestones, beginning with Skull Island in 2013, wherein
Doc Savage encountered the legendary King Kong. This was followed
by The Sinister Shadow and its sequel, Empire of Doom, in which the
Man of Bronze twice encountered his dark counterpart, The Shadow.
In 2014, Altus launched The Wild Adventures of
Tarzan, with Tarzan: Return to Pal-ul-don. Two years later came
the monumental King Kong versus Tarzan, a dream project long thought
unachievable.
Now, in association with Edgar Rice Burroughs,
Inc. and Altus Books, the Wild Adventures announces its most
breathtaking project to date.
Tarzan, Conqueror of Mars!
Fans of Edgar Rice Burroughs and his amazing creations
have long dreamed of reading a novel in which the Lord of the
Jungle visits the Red Planet and encounters John Carter.
In Tarzan, Conqueror of Mars, this finally happens!
When a witch doctor’s sorcery hurls the ape-man’s
soul out of his magnificent body, Tarzan discovers himself on a
weird, treeless landscape, a dying planet inhabited by creatures
unknown to him.
Marooned on Mars, Tarzan must learn to survive
in an unfamiliar environment. With no hope of rescue, the ape-man
begins the arduous journey that takes him from being a friendless
stranger on an alien world to his rise as a force to be reckoned with.
For on Barsoom––as Martians style their home planet––there
exists apes. Great apes of a type not found upon Earth. Hairless
giants resembling gorillas, but possessing two sets of arms. Not
to mention ferocious lion-like monsters known as banths as well
as the elephantine zitidars.
Tarzan will go up against these fearsome creatures,
and so begins the perilous march that elevates him from naked and
unarmed castaway to the undisputed Ape-lord of Barsoom!
Written by genre giant Will Murray, Tarzan, Conqueror
of Mars ultimately brings the famed Lord of the Jungle into open
conflict with Edgar Rice Burroughs’ other great hero, John Carter,
Warlord of Mars. In the end, which one will be victorious?
Fully authorized by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.,
Tarzan, Conqueror of Mars will really be released in hardcover,
softcover, and e-book editions. As a bonus feature, hardcover editions
of the book with include a short story set in England, wherein John
Clayton, Lord Greystoke seeks the help of his ancestral nation’s greatest
detective, Sherlock Holmes!
For Will Murray, the timing of this project is
auspicious. "Fifty years ago in the closing months of 1968, I
read my first Burroughs' book, The Gods of Mars. Now I am privileged
to contribute a significant entry in his Martian saga. Having come
full circle in a way, my writing life feels almost complete."
ERB, Inc. President Jim Sullos adds: "Whenever
Will Murray turns to a Tarzan novel, magical tales come forth
that hold your interest to the very end. With Tarzan going to Mars,
interplanetary adventure reaches a new plateau. Tarzan adapts and
excels as is his custom, and all we can do is enjoy the read and the
ride because we'd never think of getting off until Will lets us."
"Crossovers have been a big factor of the success
of Altus Press over the years, and you can't get much bigger than
Tarzan and John Carter!" adds publisher Matt Moring.
Cover by Joe DeVito.
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Adventures in Bronze /
Altus Press
THE DOOM
LEGION
Written
by Will Murray, Cover by Joe DeVito.
Now available in hardcover, softcover and eBook!
Then a weird
meteor crashes in the middle of Central
Park on Halloween night, its eerie unholy
light attracts the attention of Richard Wentworth––alias
The Spider!
Investigating, the millionaire criminologist
encounters a maelstrom of madness in the making.
Drawn, too, are two sinister figures from the
past––international master criminals who join
forces to harness the power of the pulsing meteorite.
Alone, The Spider confronts his greatest challenge,
but he is not alone this time.
For the unholy power of the meteorite draws
James Christopher, alias Operator 5, and another
government agent from the past, known only as
G-8….
Together, this heroic trio must battle a pair
of powerful adversaries intent on harnessing and
unleashing the malevolent power of the Green Meteorite.
$24.95
The hardcover
edition will include a bonus Secret 6 story
not available in any other edition...
Will began
writing the sequel to The Doom Legion ...it's
called Fury in Steel and features The Spider
alone!
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Age
of Aces
Now available!
Captain Philip Strange: Strange
Squadrons (Volume 7)
A mental marvel from birth,
who used his talents on stage as a boy, Philip Strange
is now known as “The Phantom Ace of G-2″ by the Allies
during WWI. From his very first adventure, Captain Philip Strange
has rooted out only the most bizarre battalions commissioned
by Germany in the Great War. When flying coffins circle the
air, or severed hands drop from the sky, the call goes out for
the Phantom Ace of G-2 Intelligence. For the Allies know that
only the so-called “Brain-Devil” and his aides can out-fly
the zombie traitors and human bombs, or out-spy fiends like The
Mask and the Man with the Iron Claw! When World War I gets weird, only
America’s own “Phantom Ace of G-2” has a ghost of a chance against
the supernatural slaughter. Captain Philip Strange in his strangest
cases yet from the pages of Flying Aces magazine!
Take another
trip through the imaginings of Donald E. Keyhoe, where
the WWI war skies are filled with giant bats, invisible
fire, and beautiful spies. And where America turns to its
own unnatural secret weapon: Captain Philip Strange. A
mental marvel from birth, he was so terrifyingly effective
as the Allies’ top agent that the Germans were offering a
king’s ransom for his death. This fifth volume of weird WWI
adventures collects six stories featuring Germany’s wildest
attempts to win the war and Captain Philip Strange’s counter
measures!
Stories include:
■“A
Squadron Will Perish,” – Flying Aces, August 1931
■“Port
of Missing Pilots,” – Flying Aces, March 1932
■“The
Fokker Fiend,” – Flying Aces, May 1932
■“The
Midnight Ace,” – Flying Aces, June 1934
■“Squadron
from the Grave,” – Flying Aces, June 1936
■“The
Mad Squadron,” – Flying Aces, October 1937
$16.99 | 6″x9″
trade paperback | 318pp | ISBN:978-1-937590-13-0
The Jailbird Flight: The Devil Flies High (Volume 2)
They had all been sentenced
to a living death and all bore The Convict Brand!
The Jailbirds were recruited from the military prisons
of Britain, France, and America. Real men, molded in the
harsh fires of life, dishonored perhaps in the eyes of the Army—
but men with red blood and courage. Hard fighters, some of them
hiding bitter memories, but all of them ready to follow their
leader, “Killer” Kirby, down a flaming suicide trail on the most
dangerous missions of the Great War! Rather than wither behind
bars—they were given the chance to die fighting!
This is the
second of two exciting volumes of the collected adventures
Donald E. Keyhoe’s Jailbird Flight stories that ran through
all three of Popular Publication’s air anthology titles.
Starting in Battle Aces in September 1931 running through
the end of it’s initial publication run when they switched
to Battle Birds at the end of 1932 and into Dare-Devil Aces
in 1934.
In August
of 1931, Donald E. Keyhoe started three long-lived
series in three different aviation magazines: Philip
Strange in Flying Aces; The Devil Dog Squadron in Sky Birds;
and The Jailbird Flight in Battle Aces. This volume features
the first seven Jailbird adventures published by Popular Publications
in 1931 and ‘32. A former U.S. Marine pilot, Keyhoe was a prolific
contributor to the pulp magazines, but he is perhaps best remembered
for his UFO research in the Fifties and Sixties.
Stories include:
■“The
Jailbird Patrol” – Battle Birds, December 1932
■“The
Cyclone Patrol” – Dare-Devil Aces, February 1933
■“The
Red Lightning Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces, July 1933
■“The
Hooded Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces, February 1934
■“The
Skeleton Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces, November 1934
$16.99 | 6″x9″
trade paperback | 322pp | ISBN: 978-1-937590-11-6
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Airship 27 Productions
C.O. JONES
# 3
The Damned & the Doomed
Now available!
Airship 27 Production is thrilled to
present the third in writer Fred Adams, Jr. series featuring World
War veteran, C.O. Jones.
In this adventure Jones has come to Los Angeles to work
as a Private Investigator. The business is good honest work and he
is gradually adapting to the West Coast lifestyle. When he takes a
job to investigate the death of orphan boy in an isolated desert monastery,
he isn’t ready for the dark memories the case rekindle in him.
From his earliest days as a runaway working in a traveling
carnival to a particular espionage assignment during the war, Jones
is about to confront an old familiar Nazis horror in the arid, California
wasteland. Only now it has been reborn in the most obscene way, with
lost children as its victims.
“With each new installment in the series, the stakes get
higher and higher,” says Airship 27 Productions Managing Editor,
Ron Fortier. “C.O. Jones only wants to put the past behind him. Far,
far behind. But the fates have different plans for his life and trouble
just seems to find him like a homeless dog. The fun of this series is
how it weaves back and forth between Jones’ top-secret war experiences
to his new civilian battles. In this series, all the stops have been
pulled out and it’s full speed ahead.”
Once again, Fred Adams Jr. spins a tale of suspense, menace
and courage in the face of true evil. “C.O. JONES – The Damend and
The Doomed” is a punch-in-the-gut pulp thriller you won’t want to put
down. Airship 27 award winning Art Director Rob Davis provides both
the cover and interior illustrations.
Available
from Amazon in paperback and on Kindle.
Airship
27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!
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Altus Press
Six Sets of The H. Bedford-Jones Library at Steep Discounts
Now available!
Altus Press is
celebrating the release of 36 high-quality collections of written by “The
King of the Pulps,” author H. Bedford-Jones.
With so many titles out, what better time
to announce six sets of The H. Bedford-Jones Library, each at
a deep discount.
Each set contains six books, and is available
in soft- and hardcover editions.
Check ’em out:
The H. Bedford-Jones Library, Series 1
Buccaneer Blood: The Adventures of Denis Burke
Cyrano
D’Artagnan: A Sequel to The Three Musketeers
The King’s Passport
O’Brien, Buccaneer
Will o’ the Wisp
Softcover: regularly $97.70, now $79.95
Hardcover: regularly $179.70, now $159.95
The H. Bedford-Jones Library, Series 2
Abel Smith of Nantucket
Bellegarde
Bowie Knife
The King Makers: The Adventures of Vincent
Connor
The Sphinx Strikes
Texas Shall Be Free!
Softcover: regularly $100.70, now $79.95
Hardcover: regularly $179.70, now $159.95
The H. Bedford-Jones Library, Series 3
Dead Men Singing: The Men Who Fought For Texas
The Devil’s Bosun
Ghost Hills
Our Far Flung Battle Line
The Sphinx Emerald
Treasure Seekers
Softcover: regularly $122.70, now $89.95
Hardcover: regularly $194.70, now $169.95
The H. Bedford-Jones Library, Series 4
Adventures of a Professional Corpse
The Brazen Peacock
The Cross and the Hammer: A Tale of the Days
of the Vikings
Gimlet Eye Gunn
Invitation to a Crime: Further Adventures
of Denis Burke
The Mardi Gras Mystery
Softcover: regularly $81.70, now $69.95
Hardcover: regularly $179.70, now $159.95
The H. Bedford-Jones Library, Series 5
Colonel Flea
Conquest: The Story of Pierre Radisson, Founder
of the Hudson Bay Company
The Life of Pinky Jenkins, Volume 1
Red Runes of China
Thady Shea’s Saga
Tyrone of New Orleans
Softcover: regularly $99.70, now $79.95
Hardcover: regularly $184.70, now $159.95
The H. Bedford-Jones Library, Series 6
The Ghost of Screwface Hanlon
Gunpowder Gold
One More Hero: The Cases of the Fireboat Men
The Princess and the Prophet
They Lived By the Sword
Warriors in Exile
Softcover: regularly $114.70, now $84.95
Hardcover: regularly $184.70, now $159.95
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Altus Press
Now available!
For 41 issues
from 1934 to 1939, SECRET AGENT "X" battled the forces
of evil in the pages of his own pulp magazine. Now,
for the first time... the complete pulp series
is being reprinted in nine deluxe omnibus editions!
The text has been reset and all the original interior
illustrations have been remastered. This volume contains
the final five stories, by G.T. Fleming-Roberts and
Paul Chadwick: "Claws of the Corpse Cult," "The Corpse that
Murdered," "Curse of the Crimson Horde," "Corpse Contraband"
and "Yoke of the Crimson Coterie." This is THE Secret Agent
"X" reprint series to own!
PLUS: the one-shot Captain Hazzard adventure
"Python Men of Lost City" by Paul Chadwick!
524 pages |
$34.95 softcover | $44.95 hardcover
The Complete Air Adventures
of Gales & McGill, Volume 2: 1930-31
by Frederick Nebel
Follow Bill Gales and Mike McGill, hard
fighting and high flying soldiers
of fortune; freelancers for hire from China
to Borneo and beyond. Follow their hard-boiled exploits
in the sinister Far East. This, the second of two volumes,
collects the last seven tales, written by Black Mask
alum Frederick Nebel, and the novel Bloodhounds of the Sky
ripped from the pages of the Fiction House rough paper mags,
Air Stories and Wings.
440 pages
| $29.95 softcover | $39.95 hardcover
Dusty Ayres and his
Battle Birds #8: The Black Avenger
by Robert Sidney Bowen
“To Captain Ayres: The greatest among
us has died by your hand. We, the
living, are pledged to avenge that loss. Within
forty-eight hours you and your comrades will be wiped
from the face of the earth. Nothing can save you!”
This message, signed Ekar, was dropped on Dusty’s drome;
at the same time another Yank air field nearby was wiped
out by a new horror weapon—a flaming rain that destroyed everything
it touched! How can America fight this new menace? How can
she keep the Blacks from crossing her borders?
184 pages
| $13.95 softcover
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Altus Press
Now available!
by Paul Ernst, Hugh B. Cave, William
E. Barrett, Norvell W. Page, D.L. Champion, and
Frederick C. Davis
This specially-priced
set includes all six books in Series 4 of The Dime
Detective Library:
The Complete Cases
of Inspector Allhoff, Volume 2 by D.L. Champion
The Complete Cases
of Ken Carter by Norvell W. Page
The Complete Cases
of Needle Mike, Volume 1 by William E. Barrett
The Complete Cases
of Peter Kane by Hugh B. Cave, introduction by Bob
Byrne
The Complete Cases
of Secrets, Inc., Volume 2 by Frederick C. Davis
The Complete Cases
of Seekay by Paul Ernst, introduction by Will Murray
Considered the greatest
of all detective pulps to only Black Mask, Dime Detective
was the home to dozens of classic, quirky series characters,
all with an offbeat twist.
Get all of Series
4 at a big discount!
$189.70 hardcover
SALE
PRICE: $150.00
$124.70 softcover
SALE
PRICE: $98.49
A millionaire
playboy with a yen for excitement, young
Ken McNally disguises himself as the gray-haired,
gold-toothed, jaundiced-looking proprietor of a seedy
tattoo parlor in the “tenderloin” district of St.
Louis. His unusual occupation frequently brings him
into contact with underworld denizens who, willingly
or accidentally, embroil him in criminal activities.
Written by William E. Barrett, Needle Mike
found himself embroiled in nearly 20 hard-boiled
mysteries originally published between 1935
and 1938 in the pages of Dime Detective, the prestigious
crime pulp second only to the legendary Black Mask
in its impact on the genre.
Contains the following stories: “The Tattooed
Corpse,” “The Tattooed Countess,” “The Tattooed
Curse” and “The Tattooed Cobra.”
258 pages |
$19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover
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.
Contains the following stories: “The 10:30
to Sing Sing,” “Coffee for a Killer,” “The Corpse
That Wasn’t There,” “A Bed for the Body,” “Tell
It to Homicide,” “Murder in the Mirror,” “A Leg on Murder,”
“You’re the Crime in My Coffee.”
328 pages |
$19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover
No longer a
Boston police officer, hard-boiled drunk Peter
Kane made the easy transition to work as a P.I. Though
now in private practice, Kane had a knack for cracking
cases while constantly inebriated. Collecting the
entire series, along with an all-new introduction by Bob
Byrne.
Written by Hugh B. Cave, Kane stumbled through
nine gin-soaked yarns published between 1934
and 1942 in the pages of Dime Detective, the prestigious
crime pulp second only to the legendary Black Mask
in its impact on the genre.
Contains the following stories: “The Late Mr.
Smythe,” “Hell on Hume Street,” “Bottled in
Blonde,” “The Man Who Looked Sick,” “The Screaming
Phantom,” “The Brand of Kane,” “Ding Dong Belle,” “The
Dead Don’t Swim” and “No Place to Hide.”
365 pages |
$24.95 softcover | $34.95 hardcover
Immediately
before picking up the reigns of writing the
adventures of the Spider, pulp writer Norvell Page
introduced the weird detective mysteries of another,
similar adventure character, Ken Carter. Running in the
hard-boiled pages of the 1930s detective pulps, Ken Carter
battled a myriad of offbeat villains in a series which is
clearly a prototype of Page’s style of novels he soon later
wrote of the Spider. Collecting all seven stories, along with
their original illustrations.
Contains the following stories: “Hell’s Music,”
“City of Corpses,” “Statues of Horror,” “Gallows
Ghost,” “Satan’s Hoof,” “The Sinister Embrace”
and “Satan’s Sideshow.”
367 pages |
$24.95 softcover | $34.95 hardcover
The cases he
takes up are often bizarre and grotesque, but no more
so than this anonymous private investigator
himself: Seekay’s entire face is covered by a mask of
pink celluloid, with only his “burning black eyes” visible
to those who come into contact with him—and who almost invariably
are unnerved by the experience, whether friend or foe.
Collecting the entire series, written by the writer of The
Avenger, Paul Ernst.
Contains the following stories: “Madame Murder—and
The Corpse Brigade,” “The Corpse With The Third
Eye,” “Case Of The Smoking Skulls,” “Two Tickets
To Hell” and “Widow Of The Talking Head.”
193 pages |
$14.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover
From 1933 to
1935, Frederick C. Davis chronicled the cases of Hollywood
P.I. firm Secrets, Inc. Led by Clay “Oke” Oakley and assisted
by Cherry Morris and Archibald Brixey, Secrets, Inc., investigated
some of the weirdest and most ingenious crimes in
the long history of Dime Detective Magazine—all centering
around the film industry. Volume 2 collects the final five mysteries.
Contains the following stories: “Death on Delivery,”
“Tracks of the Turtle,” “Blood from the Parrot,”
“The Green Ghoul” and “Doorway to Doom.”
332 pages | $19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover
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Altus Press: Pulp Blog
- Now online!
Press Release: Tarzan, Conqueror of Mars
Now Available: Six Sets of The H. Bedford-Jones Library
at Steep Discounts
Altus Press Releases Secret Agent X Vol. 9, Gales & McGill
Vol. 2, and Dusty Ayres Vol. 8
Veiled Knowledge by Edwin James (American Science Fiction
Magazine Series)
Even More Vintage Pulp Logo T-Shirts Are Now Available
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Amazing Stories
First new print issue!
Debuted at the Worldcon Friday,
August 17, 2018!
The first new print edition
of Amazing Stories since 2005 debuted in August at WorldCon 2018.
Contents
Steve Davidson: Publisher’s Note
Robert Silverberg: The Observatory
Jack Clemons “Citizens of the Solar System” (Science
Column)
Allen M. Steele “Captain Future In Love” part one
Lawrence Watt-Evans “Harry’s Toaster”
Rudy Rucker “Apricot Lane”
Dave Creek “Beyond Human Measure”
Shirley Meier “Flight of an Arrow”
Kameron Hurley “Sister Solveig and Mr. Denial”
Julie Czerneda “Foster Earth”
Paul Levinson “Slipping Time”
Drew Hayden Taylor “When Angles Come Knocking”
Tade Thompson interviewed by Gary Dalkin
Steve Fahnestalk: SF on Film (Review)
Ira Nayman: We Are the Stories We Tell (Editorial)
Amazing Stories Vol. 76 No. 1 Fall/WorldCon 2018
Publisher: Steve Davidson
Editor in Chief: Ira Nayman
Art Director: Kermit Woodall
Artists: Tony Sart (cover), Ron Miller, Tom Barber,
David Hardy, Paola Giari, M.D. Jackson, Dan Simon, Austeja, Al Sirois,
Tais Teng, Richard Mandrachio, Wojciech Dudziński, J.M. Frey/Dan
Simon, Ngoc Lam, and Gil Geolingo.
104 pages, 8.5” x 11” saddle-stitch binding
Four-Issue Subscriptions: Digital $15.95, Print
$34.95
Amazing Stories
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American Mythology
Productions and Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
Arriving in comic shops September
12!
THE MOON MAID #1
(Writer)
Christopher Mills (Art) Gabriel Rearte,
(Cover) Mike Wolfer
Deep
beneath the crust of the Earth's moon lies a fantastic
world of lush, purple vegetation, hideous monsters,
the half-human/half-horse Va-gas, and the most incredible,
alluring creature in the universe... Nah-ee-lah,
the "Moon Maid!"
American
Mythology is proud to present Edgar Rice Burroughs'
immortal, sci-fi action adventure in comic book form,
in all-new adventures that finds Nah-ee-lah a prisoner of
the cannibalistic Va-gas, but salvation arrives in the form
of two time and space-travelling adventurers from the prehistoric
continent of Caspak, "The Land That Time Forgot!"
This thrilling
first issue also serves as the second chapter in
the "Fear on Four Worlds" saga, which ties Burroughs'
greatest fantasy worlds together into one shared universe,
including Va-nah (The Moon Maid), Amtor (Carson of Venus),
Pellucidar, and Caspak (The Land That Time Forgot). The Moon
Maid comes with four covers - Main Cover by Mike Wolfer, Visions
of the Moon & B&W Limited Edition Covers by Gabriel Rearte,
and a Blank Sketch Edition.
Moon Maid
#1 comes with four covers:
Main
Pulptastic Cover by Mike Wolfer
Visions
of the Moon Cover by Gabriel
Rearte
Limited Edition
Visions of the Moon B&W Cover
by Gabriel Rearte
Blank Sketch Cover.
Full
Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
At the
printer and shipping this month!
THE SHADOW
#134: “The Creeping Death” and “The Banshee Murders”
Haunted Halloween
Special!The Master of Darkness proves that “crime does not
pay" in chilling pulp thrillers by Walter B. Gibson writing as
“Maxwell Grant." First, a deadly Oriental poison is employed to
dominate the world gold market! Will Lamont Cranston fall victim
to “The Creeping Death”? Then, a seance, a vanishing blonde and
a nymphlike creature lure The Shadow along a trail to hidden treasure!
Can The Shadow pierce the occult shroud in one of his most baffling
cases? This instant collectors item leads of with one of George Rozen’s
most haunting paintings (reproduced directly from the original art)
and also showcases the original interior illustrations by Tom Lovell
and Paul Orban and historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum
Books) 978-1-60877-252-0 Softcover,
7x10, 112 pages, B&W, $14.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class
postpaid
Six issues for $84
(first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming to online retailers in January!
Coming to comic shops January 30!
THE
SHADOW Volume 138: “Murder Mansion” and “Young
Men of Death”
The Knight of Darkness journeys from Connecticut
to Chicago’s slums and the Alabama bayous in never-reprinted pulp
novels by Walter B. Gibson and Theodore Tinsley writing as “Maxwell
Grant." First, an innocent man is accused of serial slayings perpetrated
in an old colonial “Murder Mansion,” and only The Shadow can unmask
the real murderer—but which Shadow? Then, the Dark Avenger braves a series
of bizarre deathtraps as he investigates the strange disappearances
of “Young Men of Death." This collector’s special showcases the classic
color pulp covers by George Rozen and Modest Stein plus the original
interior illustrations by Paul Orban, with supporting commentary by
pulp historian Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-256-8
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
Six issues for $84
(first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Art's
Reviews Podcasts!
- Now
online!
Nothing new this week.
Past
episodes:
Flinch
Fest
Wayne
Reinagel's new novel "The Castaway"
A Baker's Dozen - 13 essays
and an Interview about the Doc Savage Universe
by Jeff Deischer
Jon Black Discusses
his novel "Bel Nemeton"
Author
and Publisher James Bojaciuk discusses
his work
UFOs &
Nukes by Robert Hastings (and quite
alot more)
Doc
Brazen: Millenium Bug - A Doc
Savage Pastiche
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BEST OF DON WINSLOW
OF THE NAVY -
Now available and arriving in comic shops September 19!
By Frank V. Martinek. Edited
by Craig Yoe. A collection of the best stories from the classic Fawcett
run of Don Winslow of the Navy, beginning with the first issue in 1953.
Long, well illustrated introduction detailing his appearances first
as a newspaper comic strip (1934-52), then in films, books, pulps and
other media. Winslow fights the Axis and super villains like The Snake
and the smoldering hot, but deadly, Singapore Sal, a lady pirate. The
character served to foster recruitment, entertain Navy personnel and
the general public during World War II and beyond and was wildly popular.
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Black Coat Press
New titles now available!
Mademoiselle de Lubert’s first fantastic tale, published
in 1737, was the striking original Tecserion in which the eponymous
king of the Land of Ostriches is madly in love with Belzamire, Princess
of Flowers, who herself dotes on the King’s nephew, Melidor. The
story is replete with elaborate descriptions of strange societies,
including one located on Venus.
The fascination extravagantly displayed in her stories
with the metamorphoses of humans into animals is reflected in the
ambiguous naming of realms and individuals. Such metamorphoses are
a common motif within the genre, but no other writer ever deployed
it with the same intensity and fascination as Mademoiselle de Lubert.
Both Princess Camion and Prince Frozen and Princess Sparkling
(1743) strike a better balance between surreal extravagance and narrative
discipline, but remain flamboyant and intent on defying conventional
expectations. There is justice in the fact that Princess Camion is
now her best known work by virtue of the availability on line of a
video of a 2014 dramatization by a French theater company.
Contents:
from La Princesse Camion (1743)
Introduction
Tecserion; or, The Prince of Ostriches
Princess Lionnette and Prince Coquerico
Prince Frozen and Princess Sparkling
Princess Camion
Introduction and Notes by Brian Stableford.
US $23.95 / GBP £14.99
5x8 trade paperback, 308
pages
SUPERHUMAN TALES
by Victor-Emile Michelet
Adapted by Brian Stableford
Cover by Mike Hoffman
The stories collected in Victor-Emile
Michelet’s Superhuman Tales (1900) reveal his determined and constant
ambition to push various envelopes in horror, fantasy and supernatural,
which gives them a unique, particular edge.
Michelet makes considerable efforts to distance his work
from the conventional formulae. His tales draw energy and charm
from the earnest esotericism of their central motifs, and poignantly
exploit the author’s fascination with death. Filled with the ironic
spirit of the contes cruels, which dominated upmarket short fiction
during the fin-de-siècle, they are visionary fantasies with
a peculiar obliquity that is the hallmark of his work.
Michelet took his fantasy and symbolism seriously, especially
when their extrapolation led him by convoluted paths to the strange
conclusions displayed in this collection.
Contents:
Contes Surhumains (1900)
Introduction
Amour in Error
The Isle of Joy
The Distress of Hercules
Sardanapalus
The Mystery of an Incarnation
Among all Gazes
The Redemptrix
Amorous Magic
The Disquieting Rose
The Day of Glorification
The Death of Lovers
Incantation by the Ten Divine Names
Holwennioul
Introduction and Notes by Brian Stableford.
US $20.95 / GBP £12.99
5x8 trade paperback, 216
pages
Journey to the Isles of Atlantis
is the sixteenth volume in a series of anthologies translating antique
items of French roman scientifique.
Included in this collection are Fututistic Paris in 5839
(1822), a story for which the editor was fined a thousand francs
and sentenced to three months in prison; The Clockmaker of Nuremberg
(1882) and The Inventor (1902), which anticipate the age of aviation;
King Beta (1905), in which an aeronaut ends up in a kingdom where
modern science is unknown and people still believe in the power of
enchanters.
Optimistic accounts of the human future future are presented
in Humans in the Year 3000 (1907), dedicated to H G Wells, and The
Discovery of the Earth in 2009 (1909).
Finally, the eponymous Atlantis-based fantasy written
in 1914 features Plato’s fictitious island, and uses that vanished
civilization as a satirical reflection of contemporary France.
Contents:
Introduction and Notes by Brian Stableford
Paris in 5839: A Dream. Anonymous, perhaps by Félix
Bodin (1822)
The Clockmaker of Nuremberg by Julie Lavergne (1882)
The Inventor by Gaston Derys (1902)
King Beta by Louis Lemercier de Neuville (1905)
Humans in the Year 3000 by Gustave Guitton (1907)
The Discovery of Earth in 2009 by Pierre Grasset (1909)
Journey to the Isles of Atlantis by Pierre Hégine
and Pierre Billaume (1914)
US $30.95 / GBP £20.99
5x8 trade paperback, 416
pages
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Blood 'N' Thunder
/ Murania
Press
Now
shipping!
Long the best-selling
title in Murania Press history — nearly 2000 copies in print, with
copies sold in 23 countries — THE BLOOD 'N' THUNDER GUIDE TO PULP
FICTION is now available in a new revised and expanded edition.
This exhaustive overview, which goes into greater
detail than most other books covering pulp-magazine history, was
originally conceived as a collector's handbook but has been recognized
as a valuable reference work for newly minted devotees of rough-paper
fiction.
The 2018 edition continues along the same lines
while still retaining its appeal to advanced hobbyists.
Along with addressing previous omissions and making
editorial corrections, we have added nearly 10,000 words of new
copy (recently uncovered facts and additional analysis) to the
existing manuscript.
We've also included more cover reproductions, among
them at least a half dozen important first issues left out of
the original 2013 edition.
What's more, we have updated the four appendices,
which supply carefully compiled lists of mass-market pulp-fiction
anthologies, reference books about the pulps, small-press publishers
specializing in rough-paper fiction reprints, and a collector's
guide to building a comprehensive pulp-magazine collection.
Perhaps most importantly, the book now has a complete index — the
lack of which was the only substantive complaint we've ever received
about the earlier Guide.
The new material has been added (without significantly
increasing the book's page count and list price) by slightly reducing
the text's font size, thus getting more words per page.
We also filled blank pages that previously separated
chapters. The 2013 Guide had 414 pages, the 2018 revision has 428.
The revised BLOOD 'N' THUNDER GUIDE TO PULP FICTION,
in our opinion, represents a significant improvement on what has
already been considered one of the foremost works covering the subject.
Like its predecessor, the book is priced at $29.95
(postage included to domestic U.S. purchasers) and is available
at muraniapress.com.
Shipping begins during the first week of September.
PURCHASE
PRICE
INCLUDES SHIPPING AND HANDLING
TO DOMESTIC BUYERS.
OVERSEAS BUYERS MUST INQUIRE
FOR SHIPPING RATES
BEFORE PLACING ORDERS
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Blood 'N' Thunder
/ Murania Press: EDitorial Comments
- Now online!
2018 Labor Day Weekend Sale
PulpFest 2018 Report: Part Two
PulpFest 2018 Report: Part One
The Latest from Murania Press
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Bold Venture Press
Mystery,
science fiction, horror -- new and classic pulp fiction!
Rich
Harvey, editor
Cover
art by John Frew
This issue boasts two big features — far-flung science
fiction by Vic Phillips, "Maiden Voyage," and a supernatural crimefighter,
The Wraith, in "’Twixt Heaven and Hell" by John Petty. PLUS a new DAEMON
MASK graphic novel, never-before-published, by Stuart Hopen & Russ
Martin, starring The Whisper, the Knave of Nightmare Noir!
Classic Pulp Fiction
"A Long Crime Ago" by Charles Boeckman
Consummate gratification rarely has a price tag
"Big-Nose Charley's Dog Helps Out" by Charles W. Tyler
Nightingale the mutt has a talent for sniffing out trouble
... And why not? His keeper is Big-nose Charley, the notorious con-artist!
"Maiden Voyage" by Vic Phillips
Trouble starts when a commercial man makes a military invention
— and doesn’t know it!
New Pulp Fiction
"’Twixt Heaven and Hell" by John Petty
Dr. Thomas Bannon is murdered, and his career as the Wraith
begins. Neither alive nor dead, Bannon embarks on a vengeance mission.
"I Spy" by Pauline Turner
Brigit Hastings knows danger is part of her job. But what
if the jeopardy flows onto those she loves?
"Daemon Mask: Queen of the Crystal Sword"
by Stuart Hopen & Russ Martin
[24-page comic section] The Whisper’s second adventure
brings him into conflict with an ancient love affair and reincarnation.
[The Whisper's origin story appears in Pulp Adventures
#24]
Pages: 124
Size: 7" x 10"
Price: $12.95
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Broadswords
and Blasters - Now online!
Pulp Consumption: Big Trouble in Little China
Pulp Consumption: Jules de Grandin
Broadswords and Blasters Issue 6 is Now Available!
Pulp Consumption: Playback
Pulp Consumption: Chinatown
Pulp Consumption: The Adventure of the Incognita Countess
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Castalia House
Blog - Now online!
Sensor Sweep: Pre-Tolkien Challenge, Pathfinder, A. Merritt
The Abominations of Yondo
The Mighty Warriors
Sensor Sweep: REH Guide, The High Crusade, Pulp Revolution,
D&D, King Kong
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Conan
le Cimmérien - Au-delà de la rivière noire - Coming September 9!
Screenwriter: Mathieu Gabella
Designer and Colorist: Anthony Jean
The Pictish country is a dark jungle where the
border between civilization and barbarism is thin. One thing only
symbolizes it: the black river, which no white man is supposed to
have crossed and come back alive. None, except Conan. It is at the
heart of this green hell that the Cimmerian meets Balthus, a young
peasant volunteer whom he rescues in extremis from the claws of fierce
Pictish warriors. Together, they will try to lend a hand to the settlers
who settled here on these hostile lands in the last bastion of civilization.
With a dozen men, they will have to find the powerful wizard Zogar
Sag before he succeeds in uniting the clans and engage his bloody
invasion ...
The authors of The Unicorn revive Beyond the Black
River , reputed as one of the best stories of Conan. A survivalist
and warrior narrative carried away by the relentless pace of Mathieu
Gabella's script and the strength of Anthony Jean's stroke.
Language: French
Hardcover, 240 x 320 mm, 64 pages, Full Color,
14.95 €
EAN / ISBN: 9782344012581
Language:
French
Hardcover, 275 x 368 mm, 64 pages, Black &
White, 29.50 €
EAN/ISBN : 9782344030448
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Condé Nast
Online
Doc Savage & The Shadow
Mugs, T-shirts, wall art, phone cases, hand
towels, bath towels, tote bags, and more!
Now available!
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Davy Crockett's Almanak
of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild
West - Now online!
Sweat Mag Art by Stanley Borack
- New!
MICKEY SPILLANE's protoHammer, "Mike Lancer" (1942)
- New!
Pulp Gallery: FOOTBALL Magazines - New!
Forgotten Books: WATERFRONT FISTS by Robert E. Howard (2003)
Read it here: CIRCUS FISTS by Robert E. Howard (1931)
The Art of Frank Hamilton (Part 7)
Basil Wolverton's "SPACEHAWK and the Creeping Death from
Neptune" (1940)
Pulp Gallery: COWBOY STORIES
Forgotten Books: MACHINE GUNS OVER THE WHITE HOUSE by Novell
Page (1937)
Comic Gallery: EL ZORRO 9-16
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DEJAH THORIS #8 - Arriving in comic shops September
12!
Writer: Amy
Chu
Art: Pasquale Qualano
Cover
A: Diego Galindo
Cover B: Stéphane Roux
Cover C:
Lies,
lies, lies - as the relationship between Helium and
Zodanga deteriorate, Dejah Thoris learns a harsh lesson in
diplomacy. Keel Kors professes his love for the Princess, but
can she trust him? Meanwhile, Dekana reveals her true colors.
A prequel to Edgar
Rice Burroughs' beloved book A Princess of Mars.
Full
Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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Digest Enthusiast
Blog
- Now online!
Amazing Stories Vol. 76 No. 1 - New!
TDE9
Status
PULP HORROR NO. 7: THE MUMMY LIVES!
Mystery Weekly Magazine August 2018
Broadswords and Blasters No. 6 Summer 2018
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Doc Savage Fantasy Covers
Now online!
Kez Wilson's DOC SAVAGE FANTASY COVERS website has added a new
cover!
Check out the whole series of covers
at the link below!
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DMR Books
Blog - Now online!
The DMRtian Chronicles, 9/2/2018 - New!
Burroughs Artist: Roy G. Krenkel - New!
The DMRtian Chronicles, Clark Ashton Smith Edition
Forefathers of Sword and Sorcery: A. Merritt
Forefathers of Sword and Sorcery: H.P. Lovecraft
Raise a Glass of Atlantean Vintage
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
Joe Jusko
to Create Cover Art for All Burroughs Novels
Beginning in September, Joe Jusko,
in conjunction with ERB, Inc. will be creating brand new cover
art and frontispieces for every Edgar Rice Burroughs novel (over
80, in total), forming the first completely unified Burroughs library
by one artist.
The pantheon of incredible talent who have loaned
their vision to cover ERB’s works over the years is a veritable
Who’s Who of high fantasy art, including J. Allen St. John, Frank
Frazetta, Roy Krenkel, Michael Whelan, Neal Adams, and Boris Vallejo,
and many others. While several, like Frazetta, have produced an incredible
wealth of imagery over many series, no one artist has illustrated every
single volume.
Jusko laid the foundation for this groundbreaking
project in 1995 with his 120-painting Art of Edgar Rice Burroughs
trading card set produced by FPG Publishing. According to Jusko,
he has dreamt of this project ever since.
“I remember marveling at the Tarzan covers by Adams
and Vallejo, as well as the Mars covers by Whelan way back in
the late ’70s when I first broke into the business, wondering if
my work would ever reach a level of respect where so prestigious
a commission would be afforded me,” Jusko said. “I’m still pinching
myself that the day has arrived, and I cannot thank ERB, Inc. enough for
the wonderful opportunity! I’m picking September 1 as my official start
date as it’s both my and Edgar Rice Burroughs birthday. How much more
karmically charmed can this project be?”
“We’re excited to be working with Joe on this historic
project,” Jim Sullos, President of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.,
said. “Joe’s association with Edgar Rice Burroughs has already produced
an extraordinary body of work, and we look forward to sharing this
project with new generations of Burroughs readers.”
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. was founded in 1923 by
the author to manage the rights to his literary works. He is renowned
for his many novels of fantastic adventure, particularly his creations
of Tarzan of the Apes and sci-fi hero John Carter of Mars (both first
published in 1912). The company has overseen every adaptation of his
literary works in publishing, film, television, theatrical stage
productions, licensing, and merchandising. ERB, Inc. continues to
be owned by the Burroughs family and remains based in Tarzana, California,
the city named in honor of Burroughs and his famous character.
An industry professional for 40 years, Jusko has
worked for almost every company in myriad capacities. His work
has earned him many awards and honors, including two “Favorite Painter”
Wizard Fan Awards, multiple trading card awards, a Golden Lion
Award from the Burroughs Bibliophiles (previous recipients include
Frank Frazetta and Boris Vallejo) and a Chesley Award nomination for
best cover in 2001. He was awarded an Inkpot Award at the 2012 Comic-Con
International for his contributions to the comic industry. His original
paintings are held in collections worldwide.
The first six books in the Tarzan series are slated
for release during the 2018 winter holiday season.
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Eric Benton, an idealistic
young Midwestern Peace Corps volunteer, could hardly have
known that his mission to help an African village would embroil
him and his colleagues in the political struggles of an emerging
African nation. The people of central Africa likewise had no idea
how quickly their expectations for freedom could be taken away when
a ruthless dictator seizes power. And Tarzan of the Apes had no idea
that before long, he would be compelled, once again, to undertake
a long and perilous journey with the Waziri to save their families.
Set against a backdrop
of political unrest in modern Africa, Thomas Zachek's
latest page-turner takes the reader from the dank treasure
troves of the lost city of Opar to turmoil in the city streets
as Tarzan battles one of his most ruthless foes!
Hardcover: 208 pages
Publisher: Edgar Rice Burroughs,
Inc.
Product Dimensions: 6 x
0.6 x 9 inches
$34.95
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
JOHN
CARTER OF MARS
Coming
January 2019!
The fourth title in the
ERB Limited Edition Collection will be JOHN CARTER OF MARS.
The set includes
the first ever ERB and G&D editions.
The set is scheduled
to begin shipping at the end of January 2019.
The set includes:
• Two new dust jackets
• New Foreword by Kevin Anderson
• Packed full of illustrations
including colorizations
• Slipcases,
bookmarks, hand signed/numbered
Preorders will begin
on October 1.
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SAVAGE
PELLUICAR
ERB’s seventh and
final novel in the series is for the first
time published by ERB Inc. and G&D
in a Signed/Numbered Set (#1-248) -
with different
dust jackets, bindings (red & blue),
and front/end matter and a new Foreword by Richard
Lupoff and Preface by Phil Burger.
Each Set Includes:
Two matching number
books signed by the contributors.
Dust Jacket paintings
by Bob Eggleton (wraparound) and Thomas
Grindberg.
30+ Story Illustrations
including:
Color artwork
by Frazetta, Jusko and St. John (newly
colorized)
B&W
illustrations by Takebe(16), Ivie, St.
John and Grindberg.
Custom Slipcases,
High Quality Paper and Bindings - 80#
Finch in a vellum finish, vintage style book
cloth, map endpapers, bookmarks and sewn
bindings.
First Time in Hardback:
ERB’s unpublished dj blurb, 2-page
illustrated title pages for each of the
four novellas.
Anticipated Ship
Date September 7, 2018
PRE-ORDER for THE
LIMITED EDITION SET - SAVAGE PELLUCIDAR
(1 of 248 signed/numbered)
$199.99
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Now online!
New on Famous (and forgotten)
Fiction!
July 2018
Edmond Hamilton returns to our pages, with
a tale of a deserted island and evolution gone amok...it all comes
together in "Evolution Island," a story from the March, 1927 issue
of Weird Tales with all the text, the title illustration and a
newly written introduction by Bob Gay.
June 2018
It has been some time since Baroness Orczy
has graced our site and this month you will find "Juliette A Tale of the Terror," the sixth published
story by the Baroness that is set during the French Revolution.
We have included all the original illustrations
by the Baroness's husband, Montagu Barstow, translations for all
archaic words and phrases and an informative introduction by Dan
Neyer.
May 2018
Many parodies of Sherlock Holmes have been
done over the years, but none had quite the insider's point of view
than those done by James M. Barrie. In "The Late Sherlock Holmes," Barrie not only gives a twist
to the events of "The Adventure of the Final Problem," and the Holmes canon
in general, but also gives an original solution to who really killed Holmes
(remember, it is a parody).
Due to all the in-jokes and references, we've produced
an annotated version of the pastiche and whether you are a seasoned
Sherlockian or a neophyte, we think you will find it enjoyable.
April 2018
Continuing our reprinting of Edmond Hamilton,
we present "The Atomic Conquerors," from the August, 1926 issue
of Weird Tales with the original title art and an introduction
by Bob Gay.
Also, a bit of humor by the artist Stanley L. Wood,
in an article entitled “Authors—from an Artist's Standpoint,” wherein Wood demonstrates
that he had not only a very sharp wit, but also a gift for caricature, just
as it appeared in the March, 1904 issue of Pearson's Magazine (UK).
March 2018
Since the flu season was a bit rougher than
normal this year, we thought it was a good time to resurrect a
short novel by Jack London, The Scarlet Plague, which tells of the end of civilization
due to a rather nasty disease.
We have reproduced all the Gordon Grant illustrations,
all the text and have thrown in an introduction by Bob Gay that
sets the novel in context.
January 2018
A tale of romance and piracy with a twist...The She Fiend (by an unknown author) gives us a female
pirate with all the cunning and wiles of the Dragon Lady.
Introduction is by Dan Neyer.
December 2017
This month we present for your approval
the very first published story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Mystery of the Raymond Mortgage."
We have tried to put together a "definitive" edition
of this early work and hope you enjoy it. Introduction by
Bob Gay.
November 2017
Since the we are in the midst of the holiday
season, we thought a Christmas offering might be appreciated, and
so we are happy to present a story by
Bret Harte, "How Santa Claus Came to Simpson's Bar," just as it
appeared (with a few editorial interpolations) in the March, 1872
issue of The Atlantic Monthly. Introductory notes are by Bob Gay.
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Gotham Pulp Collectors
Club
Typically
the 3rd Saturday of every month
Check the website at the link below for the latest schedule.
Gotham Pulp Collectors Club is a club for pulp collectors
to meet in the NYC/Metro area.
It meets the 3rd Saturday of every
month.
Check the website at the link below
for exact time and place information.
Name:
Gotham Pulp Collectors Club
Time: 1-5 PM
Place: Muhlenberg
Library on West 23rd Street.
Contact:
Mark Halegua at msh@pulps1st.com
Gotham Pulp Collectors
Club
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Haffner Press
THE
COLLECTED CAPTAIN FUTURE VOLUME 1 Second Edition
By Edmond Hamilton
Now available for
pre-order!
Okay, you kiwis and pee-lots, listen up!
This is Sergeant Saturn letting you rascally rocketeers
know that when you fans of a certain classic cosmic crusader send
enough feedback, the Big Poobah at Haffner Press has little choice
but to give you what you want.
To that end, be it known that sometime, sooner
than later, you will be able to add THE COLLECTED CAPTAIN FUTURE,
VOLUME ONE to your already stellar library in a revised 2nd Edition.
What’s the difference between this forthcoming
edition and the 2009 First Printing, you ask? Good question!
All we can say at this time is that the 2nd Edition will contain
the four Captain Future novels:
“Captain Future and the Space Emperor” (Captain
Future, Win ’40)
“Calling Captain Future” (Captain Future, Spr ’40)
“Captain Future’s Challenge” (Captain Future, Sum
’40)
“The Triumph of Captain Future” (Captain Future,
Fll ’40)
and we’ll share more information as it becomes
available.
So, prime yer rockets while Mr. Wart Ears here
goes to the galley for another jug of Xeno.
Edited by Stephen Haffner
Cover Art by George Rozen
700+ page Hardcover
Pre-order price:
$45.00
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Haffner Press
Jumpin’ Jungle Cats 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 not only through time
but to another universe in the final story of Volume Three (See
“Planets in Peril”), what other dangers will our heroes encounter?
Well, THE FACE OF THE DEEP sees the Futuremen stranded
outside the Solar System on a volcanic planetoid in the company
of a shipload of condemned criminals. Up next is WORLDS TO COME
(written by Joseph Samachson) where Curt and his crew speed to the
rescue of the Sagittarian system—ready to battle in mortal combat with
nightmare enemies from another dimension. Edmond Hamilton (writing
as Brett Sterling) returns with THE STAR OF DREAD wherein our heroes
ply their stock-in-trade by exposing a dangerous secret menacing humanity
and taking desperate risks pursuing two scheming miscreants across the
void! Closing out this penultimate volume of the novel-length adventures
of The Futuremen is MAGIC MOON. Adorned by one of Earle K. Bergey’s finest
cover paintings, we see conspirators plotting to seize the satellite
Styx, third moon of Pluto, enslaving the peaceful natives, and putting
Captain Future and his trusty aides on their most dangerous mission ever!
As with the previous three 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.
Edited by Stephen Haffner
Cover Art by Earle K. Bergey
Illustrated by H.W. "Wesso" Wessolowski
600+ page Hardcover
Pre-order
price: $45.00
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
"Under Observation" - The Captain Future Letters
Column
The Face of the Deep (Captain Future, Win
’43)
Worlds to Come (Captain Future, Spr ’43)
The Star of Dread (Captain Future, Sum ’43)
Magic Moon (Captain Future, Win ’44)
"The Future of Captain Future"
Appendix of original interior artwork
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Haffner Press
The Complete Ivy Frost
by Donald Wandrei
Cover Art by Raymond
Swanland
Now available for
pre-order and coming soon!
It may come as a surprise to some that Donald
Wandrei wrote more mysteries than all his horror, fantasy, and
science fiction tales combined. This volume collects all eighteen
adventures of Wandrei’s ratiocinative detective I.V. Frost, who
is ably assisted by his beautiful and tough female assistant, Jean
Moray. A scientist and inventor, Frost has his own approach to solving
mysteries. Rather than following the usual hard-drinking, trench-coated
style of many of his contemporaries, Frost’s strategy was to mix the
logic of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes with the technology
of Lester Dent’s Doc Savage. In 2000, D.H. Olson edited a volume published
by Fedogan and Bremer collecting the first eight of Frost’s adventures.
A second volume of the remaining 10 tales was promised but never materialized.
Contents of THE COMPLETE IVY FROST:
Introduction by D. H. Olson
"Frost," Clues Detective Stories Sep '34
"Green Man—Creeping," Clues Detective Stories
Nov '34
"They Could Not Kill Him," Clues Detective
Stories Feb '35
"Bride of the Rats," Clues Detective Stories
Apr '35
"The Artist of Death," Clues Detective Stories
Jun '35
"Death Descending," Clues Detective Stories
Aug '35
"Impossible," Clues Detective Stories Oct
'35
"Merry-Go-Round," Clues Detective Stories
Dec '35
"Giants in the Valley," Clues Detective Stories
Feb '36
"Bone Crusher," Clues Detective Stories Apr
'36
"Panda," Clues Detective Stories Jul '36
"The Lunatic Plague," Clues Detective Stories
Aug '36
"Killer’s Bait," Clues Detective Stories
Nov '36
"Stolen from the Morgue," Clues Detective
Stories Jan '37
"Blood in the Golden Crystal," Clues Detective
Stories Mar '37
"A Beetle or a Fox," Clues Detective Stories
Jun '37
"Skeletons, Inc," Clues Detective Stories
Aug '37
"Electric Devils," Clues Detective Stories
Sep '37
Decorated Endsheets
18 Double-page Chris Kalb-designed Chapter Spreads
Hardcover, 700+ pageSmythe-sewn
pages
$45
Place your order for THE COMPLETE IVY FROST
before publication and receive an *exclusive*
postcard reproducing this portrait of author Donald Wandrei
by Minnesota artist Clem Haupers.
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September 2018
CHARLESGATE CONFIDENTIAL
Scott Von Doviak
Cover art by Paul Mann
AN INGENIOUS DEBUT NOVEL
INSPIRED BY A REAL UNSOLVED CRIME!
1946: A group of criminals pulls off the heist
of the century, stealing a dozen priceless works of art from a
Boston museum. Some of the thieves are captured, some are killed—but
the loot is never found.
Forty years later, a college student finds himself
on the trail of the missing art—and the multi-million-dollar reward.
But three decades after that, the art is still
missing, and as his classmates return to Boston’s notorious Charlesgate
Hotel for their big 25th reunion, dead bodies keep turning up. Will
the stolen masterpieces be discovered at last?
A breathtakingly clever, twist-filled narrative
that moves from 1946 to 1986 to 2014 and back again—and is steeped
in Boston lore, including three unforgettable seasons of Red Sox baseball—CHARLESGATE
CONFIDENTIAL establishes Scott Von Doviak as a storyteller of the
first order, and will leave you guessing until the final page.
First publication ever!
Virtuoso first novel by film critic Scott Von Doviak
unfolds in three separate time periods: the 1940s, the 1980s,
and the present day
Inspired by the unsolved real-life heist of priceless
works of art from the Gardner Museum in Boston
October
2018
THE COUNT OF 9
Erle Stanley Gardner
Cover art by Robert McGinnis
A DOUBLE-LOCKED ROOM...
TWO STOLEN JADE IDOLS...
POISONED BLOWGUN DARTS FROM BORNEO...
—CAN EVEN COOL & LAM UNTANGLE THIS MYSTERY?
Erle Stanley Gardner was not just the creator of
PERRY MASON—at the time of his death, he was the best-selling
American author of all time, with hundreds of millions of books in
print, including the 29 cases of the brash, irresistible detective
team of Bertha Cool and Donald Lam. Gardner was also one of the most
ingenious plot-spinners in the field, coming up with stunning twists
and reveals—and THE COUNT OF 9 is Gardner at his twistiest.
Hired to protect the treasures of a globe-trotting
adventurer, Bertha and Donald confront an impossible crime: how
could anything be smuggled out of a dinner party when the guests
were X-rayed coming and going—least of all a 6-foot-long blowgun?
But that’s nothing compared to the crime they face next: an impossible
murder...
First appearance in bookstores in half a century!
Erle Stanley Gardner remains one of the most popular
American authors of all time
Features a new cover painting by legendary paperback
and movie poster illustrator Robert McGinnis
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HARRYHAUSEN -
THE MOVIE POSTERS - Now available and arriving
in comic shops September 12!
by
Richard Holliss
Harryhausen - The Movie
Posters showcases the posters from all of Ray's
movies, from 1949's Mighty Joe Young, to Clash of the
Titans in 1981.
There
has never been a book published devoted solely to
the promotional art associated with the films themselves.
Featuring
posters from all over the world, as well as commentary
from The Ray & Diana Harryhausen Foundation,
this is an essential addition to any fan's library.
Hardcover, 192 pages,
$39.95
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Howard Andrew
Jones - Now online!
The Magician’s Skull will Return
Pictures in the Fire
Mighty Warriors Arrive
Mighty Warriors
Lankhmar
Chainsaw and Corris
Flamehair
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Jerry Schneider Enterprises
Now
available!
DETECTIVE SHORT STORIES, November 1941
Contents:
HOMICIDE HIGHWAY by William Edward Hayes
COUNTERFEIT KILLER by Lawrence Treat
CASE OF THE PROMISCUOUS CORPSES by Edward Ronns
MORTGAGE ON MURDER by Dale Clark
HOT ICE FOR HITLER by Brent North
BAD BLOOD by H. Q. Masur
YOU BUILT A FRAME FOR ME by Leonard B. Rosborough
DEAD END by William Beggarate
GRAPEVINE VENGEANCE by Eric Howard
MURDER BY INSTALLMENT by Eric Preston
Pulp Sized Magazine,
7 x 10 inch, 114 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $12.95
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JOE GOLEM #1
(OF 5) THE DROWNING CITY - Arriving in comic shops September 12!
(Writer)
Mike Mignola, Chris Golden (Art) Peter Bergting (Cover)
David Palumbo
A
psychic medium is captured by a crazed scientist desperate
to find an occult object that will connect him to worlds beyond
the veil, and paranormal investigator Simon Church and his
hardy detective race to find the artifact with the help of the
medium's assistant before its supernatural side effects can destroy
the city. But another mystery looms more than ever, as the occult
detective searches for answers about his real identity and his past
that's been kept secret for so long.
Full
Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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JULES DE GRANDIN
A RIVAL
FROM THE GRAVE: THE COMPLETE TALES
OF JULES DE GRANDIN, VOLUME FOUR
by Seabury Quinn
In stock
at Amazon September 24!
The fourth
of five volumes collecting the stories
of Jules de Grandin, the supernatural detective
made famous in the classic pulp magazine
Weird Tales.
Today the names
of H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard,
August Derleth, and Clark Ashton Smith,
all regular contributors to the pulp magazine
Weird Tales during the first half of the twentieth
century, are recognizable even to casual
readers of the bizarre and fantastic. And yet
despite being more popular than them all during
the golden era of genre pulp fiction, there is another
author whose name and work have fallen into obscurity:
Seabury Quinn.
Quinn’s short
stories were featured in well more than
half of Weird Tales’s original publication
run. His most famous character, the supernatural
French detective Dr. Jules de Grandin, investigated
cases involving monsters, devil worshippers,
serial killers, and spirits from beyond the
grave, often set in the small town of Harrisonville,
New Jersey. In de Grandin there are familiar
shades of both Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes
and Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, and alongside his
assistant, Dr. Samuel Trowbridge, de Grandin’s knack
for solving mysteries—and his outbursts of peculiar
French-isms (grand Dieu!)—captivated readers for nearly
three decades.
Collected for
the first time in trade editions, The
Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin, edited
by George Vanderburgh, presents all ninety-three
published works featuring the supernatural
detective.
Presented in chronological
order over five volumes, this is the definitive
collection of an iconic pulp hero.
The fourth volume,
A Rival from the Grave, will include
all the stories from “The Chosen of Vishnu”
(1933) to “Incense of Abomination” (1938),
as well as an introduction by George Vanderburgh
and Robert Weinberg and a foreword by Mike Ashley.
Hardcover,
512 pages, $34.99
eBook: $19.99
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Justin Marriott
The cover as illustrated
by Rik Rawling.
IThe fanzine of horror in vintage
paperbacks, comics and magazines. The Living Mummy special!
68 pages, full-colour. Articles on the appearance of The Mummy
in American comics, German pulps, Novels and short-stories.
Includes checklists and heavily illustrated throughout.
Paperback: 50 pages
Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches
$14.99
Coming soon:
Articles for issue 40 of The Paperback
Fanatic are just back from being proof-read, so expect that
in October.
Issue 8 of Pulp Horror is just about
in place and Sleazy Reader 8 is also coming together.
Issue
11 of Men of Violence will be a historical fiction special
which will out before Xmas.
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LE GUIDE
HOWARD By Patrice Louinet - New softcover edition coming in September!
His lyrics have shaped
the codes of fantasy. His characters (Conan, Kull, Solomon Kane
...) marked generations of readers. For fifteen years, Robert E.
Howard experiencing a true literary resurrection.
Free of interference of those who have appropriate
after his death, his founding work is now available in full strength
through friendly editions of his work.
Written by Patrice Louinet, one of the leading
experts in the world of Howard, this guide full of new information
explores the many facets of a rich work, debunks the last prejudices,
and gives us a thousand and one reasons to (re) read again and again.
Summary
Thanks
I. Introduction
I. Ten myths about Howard
II. Twenty stories you need to have read (and why)
III. Biography
IV. Twenty other texts that deserve your attention
V. A few laconic words on ten other texts
VI. Conan, the real deal and the imitations
VII. About Howard
VIII. The Adaptations
IX. Around Howard
X. Dear Mr. Lovecraft
XI. Reading about Howard
Conclusion
Language: French
Trade Paperback Edition Price: € 8.00
Hélios
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Martin
Grams' Blog - Now online!
Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's Fantastic Four
Dick Tracy meets the Green Hornet
Obscure trivia about Robert Wagner
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The Robert E.
Howard Newsline
Now
online!
Bringing you
the latest news in Robert E. Howard books, pulp reprints, comics,
audio, conventions, games, and whatever else seems applicable.
Now featuring:
Robert E. Howard’s Reefer Madness By Bobby Derie
The Art of Robert E.
Howard: Michael William Kaluta: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
Accepting new articles
for posting.
Contact me at bthom1@cox.net
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Meteor House
TARZAN
AND THE DARK HEART OF CRIME
By Philip Jose
Farmer
Now available!
One of the most
famous heroes in literature is back!
Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, returns with
a vengeance in this action-packed adventure
by Philip José Farmer, Hugo Award winner,
Nebula Grand Master, and author of the incredible
Riverworld saga.
Tarzan’s beloved mate, Jane, has been
kidnapped, and the furious ape-man will let
nothing stand in the way of rescuing her—not even a sinister
safari whose target is Tarzan himself. With fierce Masai
trackers leading the chase, a trio of white hunters
are hellbent on capturing the Jungle Lord. But as the
pursuers, and their uncanny half-human tracker, close
in from behind, Tarzan races toward even greater danger ahead.
For the trail leads to a bizarre, long-forgotten
land boasting a multitude of strange and
terrifying mysteries: the City Built by God,
the Hideous Hunter, the One to Avoid, and most shocking
of all, the Crystal Tree of Time—whose seductive powers
could ultimately spell Tarzan’s doom . . .
Philip José Farmer, a descendant
of the actual Greystoke family, and a
recipient of the prestigious Golden Lion Award, bestowed
by the Burroughs Bibliophiles at the 1970 Dum-Dum,
is famous for his adventure novels starring Tarzanic
characters. Now, in Tarzan and the Dark Heart of Time,
authorized by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., Farmer lends his
vast imagination to the legend of the Lord of the Apes himself!
In addition, this handsome new edition,
which sports a gorgeous painted cover by well
known Burroughs artist Mark Wheatley, a new Foreword
by longtime Burroughs scholar Robert R. Barrett,
and a new Introduction by Farmer expert Win Scott
Eckert, will also be released in a trade paperback edition.
Now accepting preorders, the book will
be released at FarmerCon 100, held in conjunction
with PulpFest 2018 in Pittsburgh, PA, July 26-29.
As always, readers who preorder and attend FarmerCon/PulpFest
can pick up their copies there—and as an added
bonus, get them signed by Wheatley and Eckert! All other
copies will ship immediately after FarmerCon 100.
ORDERING:
The trade paperback edition is $20
(plus shipping).
The hardcover edition is $35 (plus
shipping).
Or you can preorder them together for
only $50—that’s $5 off (plus you’ll save
even more with combined shipping)!
Trade paperback: $20
Hardcover: $35
6×9, 260 pages
Due
out in July 2018, you can preorder the
trade paperback, hardcover, or both, by clicking
here.
The
Official Philip José
Farmer Meteor House
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Meteor House
The
Philip José Farmer
Centennial Collection
Now available!
To
mark Philip José Farmer's 100th
Birthday, Meteor House is proud to present a mammoth
collection worthy of the Grand Master.
With over fifty pieces spanning seven decades The
Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection
goes beyond the typical "best of" anthology. From
classic science fiction to poems, articles, tributes,
speeches and more all by Farmer himself. Additionally
there is an introduction by Joe R. Lansdale, a
foreword by Tracy Knight, a bibliography at Zacharias
L.A. Nuninga, and each decade features a synopsis of
Farmer's life and career. At well over 900 pages this collection
is a must for all science fiction fans and historians
and is available in trade paperback and hardcover featuring
two covers by Mark Wheatley.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Foreword
The 1940s
Bradley Brave Sees New York
O’Brien and Obrenov
Imagination
The 1950s
The Lovers
Sail On! Sail On!
Sestina of the Space Rocket
Mother
Lovers and Otherwise
Attitudes
Totem and Taboo
The Tin Woodman Slams the Door
The 1960s
On a Mountain Upside Down
Uproar in Acheron
The King of the Beasts
Riverworld
The Blind Rowers
Riders of the Purple Wage
The Jungle Rot Kid on the Nod
My Father the Ripper (an excerpt
from A Feast Unknown)
Kickaha’s Escape (an excerpt
from A Private Cosmos)
The Josés From Rio
The 1970s
Only Who Can Make a Tree
The Sliced-Crosswise-Only-On-Tuesday
World
An Exclusive Interview with
Lord Greystoke
Sketches Among The Ruins of
My Mind
After King Kong Fell
Writing Doc’s Biography
Sherlock Holmes & Sufism
The Problem of the Sore Bridge—Among
Others
To the Wizard of Sci-Fi
A Fimbulwinter Introduction
Osiris on Crutches
The Last Rise of Nick Adams
The Freshman
Creating Artificial Worlds
The 1980s
The Making of Revelation, Part
1
Buddha Contemplates His Novel
The Long Wet Dream of Rip van
Winkle
The Man Who Came for Christmas
Plane Talking (an excerpt from
A Barnstormer in Oz)
The Peoria-Colored Writer
Memoir
Why and How I Became Kilgore
Trout
St. Francis Kisses His Ass
Goodbye
The 1990s
Evil, Be My Good
Wolf, Iron, and Moth
Why Do I Write?
A Hole in Hell
More than Most
Casting Turtles (an excerpt
from Nothing Burns in Hell)
The 2000s
The Face That Launched a Thousand
Eggs
Keep Your Mouth Shut
The Good of the Land
The First Robot
The Princess of Terra
That Great Spanish Author,
Ernesto
The Terminalization of J. G.
Ballard
The Light-Hog Incident
Bibliography
Trade
paperback: $35
Hardcover: $50
5.5×8.5, 940+ pages
Due
out in July 2018, you can preorder the trade
paperback, hardcover, or both, by clicking
here.
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Trade Paperback
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Mystery*File
- Now online!
Pulp Villain
Stories I’m Reading: A. E. APPLE “The Diamond Pirate.” - New!
Pulp Stories
I’m Reading, by David Vineyard: BARRY PEROWNE “Raffles and the Death
Rocket.” - New!
MIKE NEVINS on
BULLDOG DRUMMOND in Print and Film. - New!
Pulp PI Stories I’m Reading: HARRY LYNCH “The
Ape.”
Reviewed by David Vineyard: FRED MacISAAC – The King Who
Came Back
PulpFest Report
by Walker Martin
Pulp PI Stories
I’m Reading: ERLE STANLEY GARDNER “Lord of the High
Places.”
COLLECTING PULPS:
A Memoir Part 21: Pulp Art, Part
Three by Walker Martin
Pulp Fiction
Stories I’m Reading: THORP McCLUSKY
“The Crawling Horror.”
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September 13-15, 2018!
Hunt
Valley Wyndham
(recently changed now to a Marriott)
SAME HOTEL,
NEW NAME.
Announcing
the first
half
of our celebrity lineup for our
2018 event!
Remember
you can purchase your admission
tickets in advance
through the website and save
money.
And book your
hotel room early before
they are sold out!
Hotel: (410)
785-7000
VENDOR
HOURS: Thursday
and Friday 9 am to 7 pm, Saturday
9 am to 5 pm
CELEBRITY
HOURS: Thursday and Friday,
10 am to 6 pm, Saturday
10 am to 5 pm
MOVIE
ROOM: 24 hours a day
PANELS
& PRESENTATIONS: 9 am
to 9 pm (See schedule of events)
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The New Pulp
Heroes - Now online!
Dr. Vigilante
Captain Hawklin
Super Savant
The Crimson Devil
Dr. Shadows
The Man of The Mist
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Off-Trail Publications
THE THING’S INCREDIBLE!
THE SECRET ORIGINS OF WEIRD TALES
by John Locke
Now available in soft and hard cover editions!
The Thing’s Incredible! is a sweeping revisionist
history of the founding of Weird Tales, one of the most influential
and entertaining pulp magazines of them all.
Its first two years (1923-24) was a period of tumult
and controversy unequalled in the pulps, before or since, an
experience so painful to its creators that they immediately banished
their memories to secrecy, their code of silence suppressing the
story for almost a century. Here at last is the true saga, the unraveling
of the many twisted threads which have bound the creation of Weird
Tales in mystery.
Who were Henneberger and Lansinger, the co-founders,
and what circuitous chain of events brought about their doomed
destiny?
How did the first editor, the outspoken and uncontrollable
Edwin Baird, become the wild man of the pulps?
What dark secrets lay buried in second editor Farnsworth
Wright’s haunted past that he never dared speak of?
What was the significance of the constantly mutating
“reorganization” that united two legends, world-famous magician
Houdini and horror author H.P. Lovecraft, into a grand nexus of
weird?
How did Henneberger lose control of his slow-motion
disaster of a magazine?
And how did an all-out war behind the scenes lead
to the long peace of the Wright years?
This is the grand story of the challenges in establishing
a radical, new magazine in the early 1920s—and not just any magazine,
but the immortal Weird Tales.
John Locke is a leading historian of the pulps
who has written on magazines famous and obscure. He is co-author
(with Doug Ellis and John Gunnison) of the pioneering Adventure
House Guide to the Pulps. His writers’ mag series (Pulp Fictioneers,
Pulpwood Days) explores the history of the pulps through the experiences
of the participants in the industry. He applied the same approach to
Weird Tales and discovered a story stranger—and thornier—than he ever
imagined.
6 x 9 inches, 310
pages
Hardcover: $35
Softcover: $24
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Announcing PulpFest 2019
The fall pulp con season is getting into full swing. Adventure
House’s PULP AND COLLECTIBLES CONVENTION gets the ball rolling on
Sunday, September 9. It will be followed by other fine conventions.
But what about the main event?
PulpFest 2019 will take place from Thursday, August 15,
through Sunday, August 18. We’ll be returning to the DoubleTree
by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry, just north of Pennyslvania’s
“Steel City.” PulpFest will be joined by FarmerCon. Hopefully, they’re
not too hung over from this year’s Philip José Farmer centennial.
Start making your plans for the 48th convening of PulpFest
and its celebration of mystery, adventure, science fiction, and more.
Join us for “Children of the Pulps and Other Stories” at “Summer’s
Great Pulp Con.” Please bring your friends!
Bookmark http://www.pulpfest.com/ to keep informed about
PulpFest 2019. You’ll find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PulpFest.
And for those who prefer their news short and sweet, follow our Twitter
feed at https://twitter.com/pulpfest. Wherever you look for PulpFest
on the web, we’ll be sure to keep you informed of our plans.
(Doc Savage has been called the first superhero. Created
by Lester Dent, the character debuted in the March 1933 issue of DOC
SAVAGE MAGAZINE, published by Street & Smith. Artist Walter M.
Baumhofer contributed the first painted image of “The Man of Bronze.”
About five years later, Superman made his first appearance
in the June 1938 issue of ACTION COMICS. Before long, the Man of Steel
was joined by many other superheroes.
We hope to see you at PulpFest in 2019 as we explore the
many ways pulp fiction and pulp art have influenced writers, artists,
film directors, software developers, game designers, and other creators
over the decades.)
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Pulpgen-Online
Pulps
- Now online!
New this week
"The
Destroyer" by William Merriam Rouse from ASTOUNDING STORIES OF
SUPER-SCIENCE, November, 1930
Slowly, insidiously, there stole over Allen Parker
something uncanny. He could no longer control his hands - even his
brain!
"Frozen
Hell" by William Slavens McNutt from ALL-STORY WEEKLY, March 17,
1917
A blackmailer reveals a woman's deeply kept secret.
Her friend, a hard-boiled trapper of the north inflicts an incredible
cruel death sentence on him.
"Death
Is Eager" by Norman A. Daniels from BLACK BOOK DETECTIVE, January,
1939
Detective Shea Roams Chinatown's Alleys and Rouses
Up Rats.
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Pulp Den by Tom Johnson
- Now online!
Captain Hawklin And The Jade Dragon - New!
Her Reluctant Hero
The Spider: The Doom Legion
Illicit Passion
Metal Chest
Space Rogues
Honesty In World War 2
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Pulp Flakes
- Now online!
A
new pulp blog on pulp magazines,
authors and their stories,
adventure and detective
pulps.
John Philip Falter - biographical article about the artist
- New!
Canine Covers in honor of National Dog Day
Index to the fanzine Xenophile - part 2
Five Stahr covers
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The Pulp Hermit by Tom Johnson
- Now online!
A Buddhist By Any Other Name - New!
Dividends of Doom
New Pulp Author Thomas Condarcure
Bullets And Bad Times
Six Gun Angel
Introducing New Pulp Authors: Ray Capella
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The Pulp.Net
- Now online!
The Pulp.Net features three ongoing
blogs!
Pulp Super-Fan
blog written by Michael
R. Brown, That's Pulp by
John Olsen, and the long-running
Yellowed Perils written
by William Lampkin.
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Radio
Archives
Doc Savage Audiobook
The War Makers by Will Murray
based on a concept by Ryerson Johnson
Read by Michael McConnohie
Now available!
All over the Midwest, cars and trucks were crashing—stopped
in their tracks by an inexplicable force! Had some unseen power
targeted America’s automotive industry—or was something more sinister
at stake?
Summoned to solve the mystery, Doc Savage and his intrepid
men follow a trail of terror that winds through the continental United
States like a constricting serpent of senseless destruction.
From the nation’s car capital to the North Pole, the
Man of Bronze races to stave off a strangely familiar menace only
to confront a completely unexpected foe—the enigmatic Baron in Black!
Michael McConnohie gives a commanding performance reading
this enthralling thriller.
Discounted
50% the first week.
MP3 digital
download - $9.99
Audio CDs
- $19.99
Regular
price:
10 hours
- $19.99 Download / $39.98
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The
Purple Invasion story #7 of 13
The Purple invader lorded it over the East, straddled
the Rockies, rolled his guns ruthlessly westward to crush the last
American defenders. But men who are willing to die for their country
can never be completely licked! And Operator #5, leading a gallant
handful, began a miracle march to seize a deadly treasure, rally an
army, and fling the enemy a new, grim challenge on an unsuspected front!
Jimmy Christopher belonged to the clean-cut, square-jaw,
clear-eyed breed of hero made popular by the F. B. I. back in those
grim days. Even with that wholesome, image, Jimmy came well armed and
prepared. He carried a Colt automatic and wore a flexible rapier concealed
in the hollow of his leather belt. A gold skull ornament dangled from
a vest-pocket watch chain. It contained a fast-acting poison in case of
capture by enemy agents.
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Originally aided by a small group of trusted assistants,
Jimmy Christopher was a one-man defense force. Proud and patriotic,
expert marksman and swordsman, he is the best America has to offer
in a time of severe trial. This would change, however, with the coming
of the Purple Invasion. Gone was the camaraderie of a team exchanged
for the trust and betrayal that only war can bring. Jimmy went from
being clean cut to a hardened soldier, still proving to be exactly what
America needed him to be.
Can a beaten, subjugated nation fight back — and win? America
was doing it! Starting out with a handful of ragged, desperate men,
Operator #5 went doggedly about the hopeless task of transporting his
precious store of guns and ammunition — across two thousand miles of
enemy territory — to our last crumbling defenses in the Far West. March
with this swelling, triumphant legion of hungry patriots — in the greatest,
most stirring epic of military history!
Patriot's Death March is read with stirring intensity
by Milton Bagby. Originally published in the March-April 1937 issue
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Performed by Audie Awards winner, voice actor Milton Bagby.
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The Fifth Adventure of The Green Lama
The Man Who Wasn’t There
by Kendell Foster Crossen writing as Richard Foster
“Man Overboard!” The dreaded cry of the sea rang out through
the night and thus began a series of circumstances, and the beginning
of a gigantic plot that tested to the utmost the powers of The Green
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Death’s Head Face
by Kendell Foster Crossen writing as Richard Foster
An incredible murder syndicate reaches out its bloody tentacles
to engulf the Green Lama. In an amazing blitzkrieg of death-dealing
vengeance led by the man with the deaths head face.
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The Serial Squadron
Now
available!
THE GREAT ARABIAN ADVENTURE SERIAL
THE DESERT HAWK
Featuring
GILBERT ROLAND, KENNETH MacDONALD, MONA MARIS,
FRANK LACKTEEN
and CHARLES MIDDLETON
In the land of Ajad, Hassan,
the jealous and treacherous twin of rightful, good caliph
Kasim targets his brother for murder and assumes his identity.
Unknown to Hassan, Kasim survives his scheming brother's midnight
coup and assumes the identity of a legendary outlaw called "the Hawk."
Kasim and his loyal allies must battle Hassan's treasonous assassins
and the dangerous Brothers of the Sword in order to help the rightful
ruler win the love of beautiful princess Azala and work his way back
to the throne.
An action-packed
and entertaining exotic adventure story with lavish sets and
an engaging plot, featuring a good cast including a solid leading
man in a dual role and many familiar supporting classic serial
actors. One of a few costume epic serials of the 1940s that tried
something different.
Standard definition
dual-layer (double-length) DVD
15 episodes; 4 hours 52 minutes
Restored picture and audio, with light warm/cool
tone enhancement.
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SPECTRE LIBRARY:
THE PULP AND PAPERBACK FICTION
READER - Now online!
Death Stills the Brush by F. W. Gumley
Tracks of the Turtle by Frederick C. Davis
“Some Rise by Sin” by Alan Whicker
Love Packs a Six-Gun by John Frederick
“Make Mine Murder” by Robert Sidney Bowen
“Realm of the Alien” by Chester Delray (Dublin, Ireland:
Grafton Publications)
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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.
Topics for a Summer Night-Part One - New!
Heroes and Villains - New!
Back Again -
New!
Summer Movie Miscelleny
Barker and Bender on the Case-Part Seven
A Pause in the Barker-Bender Saga
Barker and Bender on the Case-Part Six
Barker and Bender on the Case-Part Five
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Upcoming Modern Hero - Pulp Novels
by Christopher
R. Yates
(New publications to the list
are in bold)
Now available!
Avalanche: Secret World Chronicle (Bk. 5), Mercedes Lackey,
et al., Baen, $25.00, August 7, 2018
Catwoman: Soulstealer, Sarah J. Maas, Random House, $18.99,
August 7, 2018
The Point, John Dixon, Del Rey, $27.00,
August 7, 2018
Wild Cards VIII: One-Eyed Jacks, ed. George R.R. Martin,
Tor, $18.99, August 7, 2018
Spider-Man: Hostile Takeover, David Liss, Titan Books,
$7.99, August 21, 2018
The Flash: Climate Changeling,
Richard Knaak, Titan Books, $7.99, August
28, 2017
MJ-12: Endgame, Michael J. Martinez, Night Shade Books,
$7.99, September 4, 2018
Target Rich Environment, Larry Correia, Baen, $25.00,
September 4, 2018
Coming soon!
Shadow of the Tomb Raider:
Path of the Apocalypse, S.D. Perry, Titan Books, $14.99, September
18, 2018
Vengeful [Villains #2], V.E. Schwab, Tor, $25.99, September
25, 2018
The Monster Hunter Files, eds. Bryan Thomas Schmidt &
Larry Correia, Baen, $7.99, September 25, 2018
Batman: The Killing Joke, Christa Faust
& Gary Phillips, Titan Books, $22.95, September 25, 2018
Venom: Lethal Protector, James R. Tuck,
Titan Books, $22.95, September 25, 2018
Zero Sum Game, S.L. Huang, Tor, $25.99, October 2, 2018
Wild Cards XXVI:
Texas Hold’em, ed. George R.R. Martin, Tor, $27.99, October 23,
2018
Spider-Man: Forever Young, Stefan Petrucha,
Titan Books, $9.99, October 30, 2018
#HeroFail [Superheroes Anonymous #4], Lexie Dunne, HarperCollins,
$7.99, November 6, 2018
They Promised Me the Gun Wasn’t Loaded, James Alan Gardner,
Tor, $17.99, November 7, 2018
Harley Quinn: Mad Love, Paul Dini &
Pat Cadigan, Titan Books, $22.95, February
12, 2019
Thanos: Titan Consumed, Barry Lyga, Little,
Brown Books, $17.99, November 13, 2018
Monster Hunter Guardian, Larry Correia &
Sarah Hoyt, Baen, $27.00, December
6, 2018
Judges, Volume One, Michael Carroll, Abaddon
Books, $11.99, January 18, 2019
Wild Cards XXIV: Mississippi
Roll, ed. George R.R. Martin, Tor, $18.99, January 22, 2019
X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga, Stuart Moore, Titan
Books, $22.95, January 22, 2019
Batman: The Killing Joke,
Christa Faust & Gary Phillips, Titan Books, $12.95,
February 5, 2019
Superman: Dawnbreaker, Matt
de la Peña, Random House, $18.99, March 5, 2019
Batman: The Court of Owls, Greg
Cox, Titan Books, $22.95, February
12, 2019
The Reign of the Kingfisher,
T.J. Martinson, Flatiron Books, $27.99,
March 5, 2019
Rico Dredd: The Titan Years, Michael Carroll, Abaddon
Books, $11.99, April 2, 2019
Wild Cards IX: Jokertown Shuffle, ed. George
R.R. Martin, Tor, $18.99,
April 30, 2019
Zero Sum Game, Cas Russell #1, S.L. Huang,
Tor, $18.99, June 4, 2019
Null Set, Cas Russell #2, S.L. Huang, Tor, $25.99, July
9, 2019
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VERSES FOR THE
DEAD (Agent Pendergast) - Coming
January 15, 2019!
by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
After an overhaul of leadership
at the FBI's New York field office, A. X. L. Pendergast is abruptly
forced to accept an unthinkable condition of continued employment:
the famously rogue agent must now work with a partner.
Pendergast and his new teammate, junior agent Coldmoon,
are assigned to Miami Beach, where a rash of killings by a bloodthirsty
psychopath are distinguished by a confounding M.O.: cutting out
the hearts of his victims and leaving them-along with cryptic handwritten
letters-at local gravestones, unconnected save in one bizarre way:
all belonged to women who committed suicide.
But the seeming lack of connection between the
old suicides and the new murders is soon the least of Pendergast's
worries. Because as he digs deeper, he realizes the brutal new
crimes may be just the tip of the iceberg: a conspiracy of death
that reaches back decades.
Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
$28.00
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THE VOID PROTOCOL
(The ICE Sequence) - Coming January
8, 2019!
by F. Paul Wilson
In The Void Protocol, New York Times bestselling
author F. Paul Wilson concludes his medical thriller trilogy featuring
Rick Hayden and Laura Fanning as they confront the entities responsible
for the supernatural events of Panacea and The God Gene.
Something sits in a bunker lab buried fifty feet
below the grounds of Lakehurst Naval Air Station.
The product of the Lange-Tür technology confiscated
from the Germans after World War II occupies a chamber of steel-reinforced
ballistic glass. Despite experimentation for nearly three-quarters
of a century, no one knows what it is, but illegal human research
reveals what it can do. Humans with special abilities have been
secretly collected―abilities that can only have come from whatever
occupies the underground bunker in Lakehurst.
And so it sits, sequestered on the edge of the
New Jersey Pine Barrens, slowly changing the world.
Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Forge Books
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 9.2 inches
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WEIRDBOOK
#39
Print
and eBook editions are now available!
Softcover,
252 pages, 6 x 9 inches
$12.00
Full contents
Horror
Around The Bend by Franklyn Searight
A Tiny Cut by Samson Stormcrow Hayes
Posthumous by Marlane Quade Cook
Pages From An Invisible Book by Darrell Schweitzer
That Name Was Evoc by Lorenzo Crescentini
Misdiagnosed by Jackie Bee
Dog Drool by Frederick J. Mayer
The Venusian Mantis by Teege Braune
The Color of the Gods by Ken Heueler
Spawning Ground by Hannah Lackoff
Curse of the Dark Queen by Lily Luchesi
Monika Unraveling by Rebecca House
Crawling With Them by Jason Zwiker
Seven Sisters by James Machin
The House In The Mountains by Michael Washburn
Eyes Without A Face by Thomas Vaughn
Clartley Chowder by Riche Brown
Dominion Over Abbadon by Richard J. O'Brien
Divine Wind Of The Dark by Frank Schildiner
Skrik by Bekki Pate
The Ferryman's Journal by Ed Burkley
Demiurge by Marc A. Fitch
And In Her Eyes The City Drowned by Kyla Lee Ward
Clouds Like Memories, Words Like Stones by John R.
Fultz
Up The Lazy River by Adrian Cole
Poems and Flash
Fiction
Bad Night by Lucy Snyder
Songs Of The Quail by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Sylvan Simalcrum by Chad Hensley
Mister Dorton's Cats by Russ Parkhurst
Miskatonic Etudes by James P. Roberts
The Cursed by Julio Toro San Martin & Hank Simmons
The Autumn People by Kurt Newton
The Great Time Machine by Denny E. Marshall
Ea Carpe Noctis by Frank Coffman
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The Whole Wide World
- Coming on Blu-Ray September 18!
Set in the 1930s, a Texas schoolteacher
falls in love with pulp writer Robert H. Howard. The two couldn't
be more opposite, sharing almost nothing but their uniquely passionate
romance.
Actors: Renée Zellweger, Ann
Wedgeworth, Harve Presnell, Benjamin Mouton, Dan Ireland, Hans Zimmer
Vincent D'Onofrio
Directors: Dan Ireland
Writers: Michael Scott Myers
Producers: Dan Ireland, Kevin Reidy Vincent D'Onofrio
Format: Blu-ray
Region: All Regions
Number of discs: 1
Studio: Multicom Entertainment Group
Run Time: 107 minutes
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