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25 March 2005

9th Annual Fantastic Pulps Show & Sale - April 30, 2005
The 9th Annual Fantastic Pulps Show & Sale will be held Saturday, April 30, 2005 from 10am to 5pm. 
The location as always, is the lower level of the Lillian H. Smith branch of the Toronto Public Library, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 

The show is a small but pulp specific event of 25 tables, featuring pulps, pulp reprints and related items, as well as video and a scattering of other collectables. The show is a friendly event, and the city of Toronto has many attractions to offer for a vacation/pulp outing. There is a slide show, auction, and periodic tours of the library's own pulp collection. The library is located in the heart of Toronto at 239 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 

For more information contact Neil Mechem at Girasol Collectables at 905.820.7572 or email at: 
info@girasolcollectables.com


ARGOSY MAGAZINE #3 - Now available!
Two volumes in an illustrated slipcase. Includes new fiction tales by Jim Fusilli, Richard Lupoff, Zoran Zivkovic and others, with art by Bill Sienkiewicz. There's also an article on the death of John Dillinger by pulp and sci-fi author William Nolan. Cover art by Mark Summers.

The novella this month is part one of new novel by John Grant, The Dragons of Manhattan, with cover art Joan Hall.

Trade-paperback sized, each issue is composed of two volumes--the main magazine, and a separately bound novella--and is packaged in an illustrated slipcase. Both are perfect-bound, printed on heavy coated stock.
Coppervale International,  
http://www.argosymag.com/CurrentIssue.html

Soft Cover, 5x7, 224 pages, b&w

The Bronze Gazette - Issue #42 is now available!
This issue has a Doc Savage movie theme and features two new interviews:
An Interview With the Man Who Was Doc Savage: Ron Ely by Tahir I Bhatti, MD
Michael Anderson Talks Doc by Will Murray
Editor's Corner
The front and rear covers are photos of Ron Ely.

Single issues are:  U.S. $6.00 each; Canada $6.50 each; Overseas $8.00 each.
Back Issues - please inquire.
Subscriptions are now available for THE BRONZE GAZETTE issues
41, 42, and 43.
Rates: U.S. $16.50 for three issues; Canada  $18.00 for three issues; Overseas $22.00 for three issues.


Makes checks and money orders payable to:
Green Eagle Publications, 2900 Standiford Ave 16B, PMB #136, Modesto, California 95350.

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Doc Savage Reprints - Three more books (6 more stories) are now available!
The Blackmask Online Store has more Doc Savage reprints available.
Each volume is
6x9, perfectbound, and
features two stories for $11.85.
01 The Man of Bronze and The Land of Terror       
02 Quest of the Spider and The Polar Treasure      
03 Pirate of the Pacific and The Red Skull      
04 The Lost Oasis and The Sargasso Ogre      
05 The Czar of Fear and The Phantom City     
06 Brand of the Werewolf and The Man Who Shook the Earth      
07 Meteor Menace and The Monsters      
08 The Mystery on the Snow and The King Maker 

09 The Thousand-Headed Man and The Squeaking Goblin
10 Fear Cay and Death in Silver
11 The Sea Magician and The Annhilist
12 The Mystic Mullah and Red Snow
13 Land of Always-Night and The Spook Legion
14 The Secret in the Sky and The Roar Devil 
15 Quest of Qui and Spook Hole

16 The Majii and Dust of Death 
17 Murder Melody and The Fantastic Island 
18 Murder Mirage and Mystery Under the Sea 
19 The Metal Master and The Men Who Smiled No More
20 The Seven Agate Devils and Haunted Ocean
21 The Black Spot and The Midas Man  
22 Cold Death and The South Pole Terror 
23 Resurrection Day and The Vanisher 
24 Land of Long Juju and The Derrick Devil - NEW!    
25 The Mental Wizard and The Terror in the Navy  
- NEW!
26 Mad Eyes and The Land of Fear - NEW!

E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow Magazine: 
Chicago Crime is reviewed this week.
The Curse of Captain Baylowe by John Olsen is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery.
This week marks two full years of Two-Minute Shadow Mysteries. 
The first one was posted on March 28, 2003, and not a single week has been missed since then. 
This weeks special Two-Minute Shadow Mystery is based on the radio Shadow tale, The Ghost of Captain Baylowe.


Shadows of the Pulps:   Nothing new this week


Blackmask Online:  
Nothing new this week

Larry Estep-Online Pulps:    Now with over 550 stories online!

Nothing new this week

ERBville Press - Now available!
PE-RA, DAUGHTER OF THE SUN by Ralph Milne Farley
First time in paperback! The original text from the AMAZING STORIES pulp magazine and the original illustrations.
116 pages, 6x9 trade paperback, $9.00


KWA OF THE JUNGLE by Paul Regard
First time in paperback! The "Kwa of the Jungle" series as they appeared in the THRILLING ADVENTURES pulp magazine:
Book 2: Kwa and the Ape People - 144 pages, 6x9 trade paperback, $9.95
Book 3: Kwa, King of Ophir and Kwa and the Beast Men - 148 pages, 6x9 trade paperback, $9.95

History of Pulp Magazines
Frank Robinson will offer a presentation of the history of pulp magazines at Borderlands Books in San Francisco, CA, at 2 p.m.on Sunday March 27th.


JAMES BOND: CASINO ROYALE - Available in comic shops March 30th!
by Ian Fleming, Anthony Hern, Henry Gammidge & John McClusky
Featuring an exclusive introduction by legendary Bond actor Roger Moore, this TP collects Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, and Moonraker, originally published in the Daily Express. These rarely seen classic adventures are adapted from Ian Fleming’s original James Bond novels.   Soft Cover, 9x12, 96 pages, Black & White,  $16.95


Killraven
Dark Horizons reports that Sony Pictures is in negotiations with Marvel Entertainment to turn Killraven into a sci-fi tentpole pic. Set in a future where mankind has been enslaved by an alien race, storyline follows a man who, though born in captivity, rises through gladiatorial battles to become the leader of a group of revolutionaries. Called the Freemen, his warrior-slaves unite in an attempt to drive the invaders off the Earth. Sony already is in discussions with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan ("Spider-Man 2") to adapt the 1970s comicbook series..."   http://www.darkhorizons.com/news05/050321e.php


King Kong
There is a lot of new merchandise planned for year end when Peter Jackson's KING KONG is released in theaters.
Weta Collectibles is producing the products and Dark Horse is the exclusive distributor.  
For an advance look, click on the links below.

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

Nightmares of H.P. Lovecraft Action Figures - Coming in November!
Coming in November from Sota Toys are the Nightmares of H.P. Lovecraft Action Figures.
Three figures are presently scheduled, Cthulhu, Dagon, and Pickmans Model.
Standing approximately 6-inches tall, these action figures features mulitple points of articulation, an intricate sculpt and tremendous attention to detail.  Each action figure is $19.99.


Click on the links below to view larger images and pre-order these action figures.

Nightmares of H.P. Lovecraft Cthulhu Figure
Nightmares of H.P. Lovecraft Dagon Figure
Nightmares of H.P. Lovecraft Pickmans Model Figure

Cthulhu Action Figure
Paperback Bazaar - Now featuring pulp fiction reviews by Ron Fortier!
Ron Fortier has a new online column that features reviews of classic pulp fiction as well as modern day pulp-style fiction.  
The first two reviews cover the ERBville Press reprint of Tarzan of the Apes and Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt novel, Trojan Odyssey.  You can read the reviews at
http://www.paperbackbazaar.com/pulp/index.shtml


Ron Fortier is the writer of The Green Hornet, Terminator-Burning Earth for the defunct NOW Comics. Ron is also the co-writer (with Christopher Mills) of the Brother Grim webcomic on the Supernatural Crime website and the co-writer (with Gordon Linzner) of Hounds of Hell, which teams up
two characters from the pulp era, Doctor Satan and the Moon Man.  A collection of 6 short stories starring Brother Grim is now available from Wild Cat Books.  

Pulpdom - Now available!
PULPDOM #42 (March 2005) is now available. 
The contents of this issue include:
Science-Fiction Plus, The Magazine That Was Born Too Late by Vince Nowell, Sr.
Garrett P. Serviss: Fictioneer Biography
by Joseph Wrzos
Trouble Times Two - Some Reflections on Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser - and Tarzan by Mike Taylor
The Quest for ARGOSY
by Caz

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

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Red Jacket Press
Coming in June from Red Jacket Press is a facsimile reprint of ROADS by Seabury Quinn.  
First published in the January 1938 issue of WEIRD TALES (and released later that same year as a highly limited pamphlet edition from publisher Conrad H. Ruppert), this re-imagining of Santa Claus has been hailed by genre historian Sam Moskowitz as “the greatest adult Christmas story written by an American.” Ten years after its initial publication, 
ROADS reappeared as a handsome hardcover book from Arkham House, the groundbreaking speculative fiction publisher founded in 1938 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei — an edition which featured beautiful new illustrations by the legendary fantasy artist Virgil Finlay.

116 Pages, $29.95, Hardcover, ISBN 0-9748895-8-X
Publication Date: June, 2005

You can read an excerpt and pre-order ROADS now on the Red Jacket Press website.


Rise and Fall of the Shudder Pulps
The March issue of RUE MORGUE contains a six page article on the rise and fall of the shudder pulps by Don Hutchison. This issue is available in better bookstores.  Visit the RUE MORGUE website at  http://www.rue-morgue.com/.


SerialFest 2005 - May 13  to 15, 2005!
SerialFest 2005 is a go! Send in your registration now and see THE MASKED RIDER, THE SECRET CODE, HOPE DIAMOND MYSTERY and more all on the big screen May 13-15 at the Newtown Theater! Also featuring tributes to JOHN MACK BROWN, JEAN ROGERS and RICHARD GREENE as Robin Hood, and a and a special eagerly awaited LOST SOUND SERIAL presentation!


Location:  The Newtown Theater (Daytime film screenings)
120 N. State Street, Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 215-968-3859
Films to be screened Friday 10am-5:30pm / Saturday 10am-5:30pm / Sunday 10am-2pm
Dinners & additional activities Thursday/Friday/Saturday evenings.


Visit the Serial Squadron website for the complete film schedule and registration details.




18 March 2005

Adventure House - In comic shops this May/June!
A new series of complete pulp replica/reprints.  Except these are printed on acid-free paper and guaranteed not to crumble into dust while you read them.  Adventure House will bring you some of the scarcest pulps imaginable in this great new series, reprinting them as the reading public saw them on the newsstands, at a fraction of their current collectors prices.
Pulp replica - full color covers, complete with all ads, illustrations and facsimile pages. 
You can order these from your comic shop, but why wait?
They are available direct from Adventure House now!
SAUCY MOVIE TALES July 1936
Cover Artist:  Norman Saunders
7x10,  96 pages, $14.95
SAUCY MOVIE TALES is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 23).
The Diamond Item Code is APR053312. 

SPICY MYSTERY STORIES February 1938
Cover Artist:
H. Parkhurst

7x10, 128pages, $14.95
SPICY MYSTERY STORIES is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 23).
The Diamond Item Code is APR053313. 

AGE OF CONAN HYBORIAN ADVENTURES VOLUME 2 - CIMMERIAN RAGE  MMPB
by Loren L. Coleman
The warrior Kern, the "Wolf-Eye," has earned both renown and scorn after his victory against the Vanir raiders. Now, villages within reach of the Vanirs' vengeance pay the price for Kern's defiance as the raiders strike without mercy! And as the mighty Vanir marshal their legions with all manner of supernatural creatures joining their ranks, Kern prepares to unleash the seething fury of Cimmerian rage made legendary by Conan himself!


Ace Books,
Soft Cover, 272 pages, SRP: $6.99

Volume II will be available in bookstores June 28 and Volume III will be available on July 26.

LEGENDS OF KERN VOLUME 2
is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 23).
The Diamond Item Code is APR053443. 
 
ATOMICON COMIC EXPO #6 - STERANKO is the special guest!
Jim Steranko will be at the Atomicon Comics Expo on April 10th, 2005 in Toms River, New Jersey.

Legendary comics illustrator JIM STERANKO is the special guest -- the man who set the pace for NICK FURY, Agent of SHIELD, X-MEN, CAPTAIN AMERICA, THE SHADOW, INDIANA JONES, and many others. Steranko will sign copies of his work -- especially his new COMPLIMENTS OF THE DOMINO LADY, published in trade paperback by Bold Venture Press and hardcover by Vanguard Productions. Steranko will display a few of his original paintings. There will be twenty-five tables of new and old comic books, and much more.

Check the Bold Venture Press website often for updates on guests and dealers to be announced.
Admission is $2.00. For more information, call (609) 294-1911
Toms River Elks Lodge #1875, 600 Washington Street, Toms River, New Jersey.
ATOMICON COMICS EXPO TM & © 2005 Sky Pirates Productions. All Rights Reserved.

Batman & Robin: Serial Collection (2-Disc DVD) - Available March 22nd!
Join superheroes Batman (Robert Lowery) and Robin (John Duncan) as they help Commissioner Gordon (Lyle Talbot) battle the Wizard, a villainous madman who steals a top-secret remote device allowing him to control all the moving vehicles in Gotham. Between The Wizard trying to destroy them and Bruce Wayne's love interest Vicky Vale (Jane Adams) working to uncover their identities, The Dynamic Duo careen from one nail-biting cliffhanger to the next as they set out to save Gotham and foil The Wizard's plan for world domination.

Retail Price: $29.95


Bold Venture Press - Spider Update!
THE SPIDER #7: SERPENTS OF DESTRUCTION is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 23).
The Diamond Item Code is APR053443.
 

An underworld fiend pillages the city — from Macy's to Madison Square Garden.
Cover by John Newton Howitt, interior illustrations by John Fleming Gould.  

Soft Cover, b&w, $10

You can order SPIDER #7 from your comic shop, but why wait?
Wouldn't this be a great time to send a mere ten bucks (postage included) for your copy? 
You will get the issue within a week or so and if 250 people send ten bucks, the next issue will be out in a couple of months. 
Bold Venture Press is rolling up its collective sleeves to encourage more direct-sales.
You need not "subscribe",  just send the money for each issue as they appear.
BOLD VENTURE PRESS, P.O. Box 64, Bordentown, NJ 08505
Bold Venture Press plans to have SPIDER #8 at the Windy City Pulp & Paperback Show in April.

Bud Plant Comic Art - Sale!
The following items are now on sale at Bud Plant Comic Art.

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PULP FICTION WRITERS By Lee Server.
Recommended. The Essential Guide to More Than 200 Pulp Pioneers and Mass-Market Masters.
Biographies on legendary writers H.P. Lovecraft, Ian Fleming, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Max Brand, Sax Rohmer, Norvell Page, Dashiell Hammett and others. Numerous b&w photos. Note: Light scuffing, creasing, bumps, shelf wear.
Published at $19.95;    Your price: $9.99


THE CLASSIC ERA OF AMERICAN PULP MAGAZINES By Peter Haining.
On Sale! Save $25! Recommended. Outstanding new low price! This companion to The Classic Era of American Comics focuses on the period between the World Wars--the classic era of American pulp magazines. Lurid color covers depicting the thrills of sex and violence, with stories to match, fueled America's dreams and nightmares and fostered the talents of some of the greatest popular writers of the century: Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Raymond Chandler, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Ray Bradbury, Robert Heinlein, Robert E. Howard, and Dashiell Hammett among others.
Published at $39.95;    Your price: $14.95


THE CLASSIC ERA OF CRIME FICTION By Peter Haining.
On Sale! Save $20! Recommended. Outstanding new low price! In a comprehensive review of the genre, Haining starts with the father of detective fiction, Edgar Allan Poe. He explores early stories that produced writers like Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Agatha Christie, Mickey Spillane, Sax Rohmer and others. More than 200 rare or important images of books, pulps, magazines, spy novels and vintage paperbacks.
Published at $35.00;  Your price: $14.95



THE CHRONICLES OF CONAN VOLUME 8: THE TOWER OF BLOOD AND OTHER STORIES
- Coming in July!
Roy Thomas (W) and John Buscema (A)
In a fantastic world filled with malevolent magicians and dangerous doppelgangers, one man pits his flesh, blood, and steel against an endless tide of enemies-natural and supernatural-that would seek to destroy him. That man is Conan! Whether he's going toe-to-toe against a lumbering beast or taking on a shipload of cut-throats and pirates, Conan's strength, cunning and iron will know no equal. Collecting issues #52 - #60 of the original series.
On sale July 27, Soft Cover, 168 pages, Full Color, 7" x 10", $16.95
,  Dark Horse Comics
CHRONICLES OF CONAN VOLUME 8 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 23).
The Diamond Item Code is APR050023.   

Conan #14 - Available in comic shops March 23rd!
Dark Horse Comics has posted a preview for CONAN #14.  
Kurt Busiek (W), Cary Nord (P), Thomas Yeates (P), Dave Stewart (C), and Leinil Francis Yu (Cover)

Thoth-amon, the legendary sorceror who will plague Conan throughout his life, launches his first attack, as the second story arc of this award-winning, critically lauded series concludes.  A magical battle explodes, tearing up a forgotten temple as Conan and his assassin cohort take on the most evil man of the ancient world.


On sale March 23, Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99

CONAN #17 - Coming in June!
Kurt Busiek (W), Cary Nord (P), Thomas Yeates (P), and Dave Stewart (C)

Conan's travels take him to the most dangerous place in Zamoria-the infamous City of Thieves! Bruised, angry, and fed up with both men and mysticism, Conan's ready to start handing out a few lessons in ass-kicking-and he finds plenty of contenders willing to take him on. And that's only the beginning of an adventure ranging from bloody back-alleys to the secrets of the universe-with a few sultry, seductive dangers in-between. Cary Nord continues his stirring run of covers, showing one and all why Conan has been a smash success for Dark Horse, and one of Wizard magazine's picks for biggest events of 2004.

On sale June 22, Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99
,  Dark Horse Comics
CONAN #17 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 23).
The Diamond Item Code is APR050021.   

CONAN VOLUME 1: THE FROST GIANTS DAUGHTER AND OTHER STORIES
- Hardcover and softcover are now available in comic shops!
When the internationally famous barbarian hero returned to comics, with an all-new fresh start by award-winning writer Kurt Busiek (JLA/Avengers, Astro City) and dynamic artists Cary Nord, Thomas Yeates, and Dave Stewart, the result was instant sell-outs and multiple printings to keep up with the demand. Now Conan's earliest adventures are collected in a handsome 176-page collection. Catch all the action and savagery as he wars with the murderous Vanir, meets the Frost Giant's Daughter, and is taken as a slave by the ancient sorcerers of Hyperborea! This top-selling new series faithfully expands on original author Robert E. Howard's literary creation. Collecting issues #1-#6 and fourteen pages from issue #7 of the ongoing series.

Copies of the Conan volume 1 Hardcover were printed only to initial orders in the Direct Market.
The Conan volume 1 Hardcover will only available in your local comic shop.

Writer: Kurt Busiek
Artist: Cary Nord, Thomas Yeates
Colorist: Dave Stewart
Hard Cover, 176 pages, Full color, $24.95

Soft Cover, 176 pages, Full Color, $15.95
Dark Horse Comics

Conan Series 2 Action Figures - Coming in April!
The second series of Conan action figures is based on the novel length story The Hour of the Dragon by original Conan creator Robert E. Howard.  This series is set to include five basic figures and one deluxe boxed figure set.
Figures include:
Conan the Warrior
Pallantides of the Black Dragons
Xaltotun the Undead
Zenobia
The Haunter of the Pits
King Conan of Aquilonia

Visit  the spawn.com website for a detailed look at the Conan Series 2 Action Figures
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CONAN AND THE JEWELS OF GWAHLUR #3 (of 3) - Coming in June!
P. Craig Russell (W/A) and Lovern Kindzierski (C)
On sale June 15, FC, 32pg, $2.99

In a story written by Conan creator Robert E. Howard and set later in the character's life, the barbarian must unravel the treacheries of a false goddess and an imposter oracle in a haunted temple where for once it's not Conan doing the decapitations.  P. Craig Russell, one of the most celebrated fantasy artists in the history of comics, makes an indelible mark on the greatest fantasy hero of all time, as this most opulent of Conan's original adventures concludes.
On sale June 15, Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99
 Dark Horse Comics

CONAN AND THE JEWELS OF GWAHLUR #3 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 23).
The Diamond Item Code is APR050022.

E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow Magazine: 
There's no new review of a classic Shadow pulp mystery this week.  But next week, you can look forward to a review of the November 15, 1938 story Chicago Crime.
The Shadow's Key by James A. Stewart is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery.

Shadows of the Pulps:   Nothing new this week.


Blackmask Online:  
Nothing new this week.

Larry Estep-Online Pulps:    Now with over 550 stories online!

The Deadly Circle by Charles J. Sullivan from THE UNDERWORLD MAGAZINE, May 1933
Air Trail by Arthur O. Friel from SHORT STORIES, November 25, 1939
Murder on Beat by Joseph H. Hernandez from THRILLING DETECTIVE, July 1940
Comeback by Philip Latham from FUTURE SCIENCE FICTION, November 1953


History of Pulp Magazines
Frank Robinson will offer a presentation of the history of pulp magazines at Borderlands Books in San Francisco, CA, at 2 p.m.on Sunday March 27th.


ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #14 - Coming in July!
Featured on the cover and inside are the works of legendary illustrator John W. Scott, known primarily for his violent and sadistic pulp magazine covers of the 1930s, and for his later career as a slick magazine artist. The article is profusely illustrated with scores of never-before-seen artwork, rare magazine covers, and photographs. His work for the terror pulps is so deranged and violent that the images are still shocking today! Also featured this issue is the work of A. Leslie Ross, most famous for his pulp illustrations and magazine covers. The article features beautiful reproductions of rare original paintings and scores of pulp and paperback covers drawn from the artist's personal archives. Rounding out the issue are book reviews, a guide to events and exhibitions, and much more!
 Magazine, 8x11, 80 pages, Full Color    SRP: $9.00

ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #14 will be solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 23rd).
The Diamond Item Code is APR053310.

ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE, 3640 Russell Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63110
80 glossy pages in black and white and full color for $9.
Four issue subscriptions are available for $36

Illustration Magazine 14
IRON GHOST #2 - Coming in June!
Written by Chuck Dixon with art by Sergio Cariello.  Cover by Flint Henry & Sergio Cariello
IRON GHOST is a six issue mini-series published by Across The Pond Comics and distributed by Image Comics.

With the Third Reich on the brink of collapse, someone is killing German officers and foot soldiers guilty of crimes that would go unpunished. Inspectors Tannhauser and Volz are assigned to find and capture the mysterious vigilante known as the Iron Ghost. With no clues besides a tattered piece of paper with a single word, Tannhauser and Volz are forced to look at every possible suspect—including one of their own.

In the second issue, the number of suspects continues to narrow as Tannhauser and Volz close in on the identity of The Iron Ghost. But what will happen to their investigation when one of their leads is killed by The Iron Ghost himself, and why did he leave a witness to the killing behind?


A blistering action mystery written by Chuck Dixon (Nightwing, El Cazador, Robin) with art by Sergio Cariello (Sojourn, Azrael).  Click here for more information and a look at the artwork from the first issue due April 20th.
In stores June 22, 2005, 32 pages, Full Color, $2.95

IRON GHOST #2 will be solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 23rd).
The Diamond Item Code is APR051681.

LEGEND #2  - Available in comic shops March 23rd!
Written by Howard Chaykin, art and cover by Russ Heath.
The engaging 4-issue drama by Howard Chaykin and Russ Heath continues!
Inspired by Philip Wylie's novel GLADIATOR, LEGEND is a 4-issue mini-series telling the story of Hugo Danner, a man blessed with super-human strength and invulnerability, but cursed with all-too-human failings.
Hugo Danner's powers are both a blessing and a curse -- a fact that becomes more apparent as he reaches his adolescent years! Invulnerability and incredible strength can¹t help him when it comes to dealing with love, heartache and human failings.
48 pages, $5.99


The Lensman Saga - Now available!
Triplanetary: The Lensman Saga, Book 1 by E. E. "Doc" Smith

From the atomic age in Atlantis to the far-flung future, here is a story of interstellar war with Earth as the prize for the victor. The elder race of our galaxy, the Arisians, using advanced mental science, has foreseen the invasion of our universe by the evil Eddorians. The Arisians begin a breeding program on every world that can produce intelligent life, the goal to produce super warriors who can repel the Eddorians. Triplanetary is the early history of that breeding program on Earth, illustrated with the lives of several warriors and soldiers. It ends with the discovery of the interstellar space drive, formation of the Galactic Patrol, and the first Lens-an Arisian device that provides its wearer with mind-reading and telepathic abilities-given to the first Lensman on Earth.   ibooks, 240 pages, $6.99

The Lensman Saga - Available May 1st!
First Lensman: The Lensman Saga, Book 2 by E. E. "Doc" Smith

In First Lensman, we find the benevolent super-beings of Arisia ready to bestow the first "lens" on a human being (which, among other things, will give humans telepathic powers). The honor goes to Virgil Samms, who will ever after be known as the "First Lensman." But it's a title that he'll have to earn by establishing the Galactic Patrol, a group that is at once powerful and incorruptible, and will protect the universe from the evil and almost-unstoppable Eddorians. If that weren't tough enough, Samms must also dodge assassination attempts at home and help his second-in-command, Rod "The Rock" Kinnison, win the presidency of North America. And that's just the beginning of his troubles.

ibooks, 320 pages, $6.99


Midnight House - The Stories of Clifford D. Simak: Volume One: Eternity Lost & Other Stories
Clifford D. Simak produced over 140 short stories during his long and illustrious career. Until now, there has never been an attempt to collect his entire output in book form. Darkside Press is pleased to announce the first in a project twelve-volume series which will at long last gather all of the short fiction of Clifford D. Simak into book form. Editor Phil Stephenson-Payne has painstakingly assembled twelve volumes with an eye toward each book serving as an overview of the great author's output. Each volume will contain approximately 125,000 words and feature a mix of the well-known and the obscure. Each volume will feature a guest introduction by a well-known author in the genre and each volume is strictly limited to 500 copies (as are all of our Darkside Press titles). Volume one is planned for an early summer release (just prior to the centenary anniversary of the author's birth).  Eternity Lost & Other Stories will be available at $45.00 the copy.

Obviously this project will take several years for completion as these titles will be interspersed with the other Darkside Press releases. For those wishing to support this project and guard against possible price increases, Midnight House is offering a subscription plan. $400.00 will guarantee a full set of matching numbered volumes. You get two books free and a matched set! For payment instructions e-mail jpelan@qwest.net
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Midnight House - Star Changes: The Science Fiction of Clark Ashton Smith
Star Changes: The Science Fiction of Clark Ashton Smith
will be available Spring 2005.

Star Changes is edited by Scott Connors & Ron Hilger
As most aficionados of weird fiction know, Clark Ashton Smith's career really launched with contributions to Hugo Gernsback's WONDER STORIES. While he wrote in the SF genre only sparingly, Smith's poetic vision resulted in stirring picturesque tales of interplanetary travel. Among Smith's best work are such tales as "The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis", "Dweller in the Gulf" and "The Plutonian Drug". Sadly, not only are many of his SF tales unavailable in hardcover, some have never been presented in the author's preferred texts! Smith scholars Ron Hilger and Scott Connors have assembled what is no doubt an essential Smith volume, whenever possible working from Smith's own manuscripts to prepare the texts in the form that the author himself would have preferred.

Due to contractual issues, Midnight House is unable to produce more than their standard run of 500 copies. Copies are at $45.00 and will be available this spring. As with the popular Fritz Leiber titles, Midnight House expects this book to be out-of-print on publication. Midnight House strongly advises placing orders now to avoid possible disappointment.


Retail price: $45.00
This is a limited edition of 500 casebound hardcovers.
Contents:
The Letter from Mohaun Los
The Eternal World
The Demon of the Flower

The Plutonian Drug
A Star Change
The Light from Beyond
Vulthuum
The Immortals of Mercury
Phoenix
The Monster of the Prophecy
The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis
The Dweller in the Gulf


Moonstone Books - Available in comic shops March 23rd!
THE PHANTOM #5
Written by Rafael Nieves, art by Jerry Decaire, colors by Thomas Mason.
"Damnation Game," part 1 of 2. The Phantom jets to Chicago to help an old friend who is entombed in a bizarre catatonic stupor. A deposed African dictator who has begun a second life as a high-end drug dealer, seems to be the man behind this. As the Phantom steadies a bead on his assumed target, however, the shadowy hand of a CIA agent knocks him unsteady. What secrets must he keep dark from the Phantom's steely stare? Urban cinema-action from Vampire the Masquerade¹s Rafael Nieves and Wolverine¹s Jerry Decaire!
32 pages, $3.50.


Moonstone Books:  THE PHANTOM #7 - Coming in June!
Written by Ben Raab with art by Pat Quinn, & Ken Wheaton
The deadly Sky Bandits hijack a plane carrying four millionaires in a daring caper that must be seen to be believed! The Phantom sets a trap for them that they all too eagerly step into. But when the lights go on it's The Phantomwho is caught by the beautiful Sky Queen! Cover by Doug Klauba.  Moonstone Books
32 pages, Full Color,  SRP: $3.50

THE PHANTOM #7 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 23).
The Diamond Item Code is APR053019.
Phantom 7
Night Shade Books - The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith
A major event for weird fiction fans! Night Shade is proud to present The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith in five volumes. Scott Connors and Ron Hilger, editors and Smith experts, are going back to the original manuscripts to prepare a definitive set of texts. The Night Shade edition is authorized by the Estate of CAS, and endorsed by Arkham House. Jason Van Hollander will be doing full color jackets for each volume. Each volume will have an guest introduction (to be announced) and there will be story notes for each story, prepared by the editors.

The first volume is due in the fall of 2005.  After the first volume is released, Night Shade Books will no longer accept subscriptions. Vols. 2 & 3 are due in 2006, vol. 4 & 5 are due in 2007.


Each volume will retail for $39 separately. As always with our classics sets, we're offering a special offer to subscribers.

A subscription will run $150, which is a savings of $45. Also included is free shipping (UPS in the US, Airmail everywhere else). Most importantly, subscribers will receive an extra book, Tales of India and Irony, that will ONLY be available to subscribers. These are Smith's non fantasy/science fiction/horror tales, and will not be part of the five volume set.


Tales of India and Irony contents:
Introduction by Scott Connors and Ron Hilger
The Animated Sword (unpublished)
The Malay Crise
The Ghost of Mohammed Din
The Mahout
The Rajah and the Tiger
Something New
The Flirt
The Perfect Woman
A Platonic Entanglement
The Expert Lover
The Parrot
A Copy of Burns
Checkmate
"O Amor Atque Realitas! Clark Ashton Smith's First Adult Fiction" by Donald Sidney-Fryer


The Pulp Rack - New additions!
A short essay on Frederick Faust titled, "Max Brand: Exemplary American Author?" You'll find the article at this URL:
http://pulprack.com/arch/2005/03/max_brand_exemp.html

Thanks to Victor Berch, I've added a couple of entries to udpate the Lemuel De Bra bibliography at this URL --
http://pulprack.com/arch/2003/12/lemuel_l_de_bra.html

-- and the Raoul Whitfield bibliography at this URL --
http://pulprack.com/arch/2002/11/raoul_fauconnie.html
Many thanks to Victor.

As I've mentioned in previous posts, the site looks best (from my experience, anyway) using the FireFox browser -- the pages look brokenup and funkily fonted when I use Microsoft IE. If you use a different browser, let me know how it looks.
Thanks for your patronage!

Duane Spurlock, proprietor, The Pulp Rack


Red Sonja - Coming June thru September!
RED SONJA #1
by Oeming & Carey, Rubi, Rodriguez & Isanove
D.E. presents the ULTIMATE Red Sonja! The opening issue of this new, ongoing series finds Sonja on an epic quest; a quest to rid the world of an ancient evil. And a quest that places her in battle between the Zeddas and the Kingdom of Gathia. The legend of Red Sonja begins here! This story re-introduces Red Sonja to the world of comics, and is a classic in the making! All-Star covers by Micahel Turner, John Cassaday, Paolo Rivera, Joseph Michael Linser, and Alex Ross. Also available in a Mel Rubi Red Foil cover edition, featuring cover art available nowhere else!
REGULAR—7x10, 32 pages, Full Color,  SRP: $2.99
RUBI FOIL—7x10, 32 pages, Full Color, Ask your retailer.

RED SONJA #1 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 23).
The Diamond Item Code is APR052777.

RED SONJA STATUE by Rivera
Advanced solicitation for September shipping! Inspired by the art of cover artist and sculptor, Paolo Rivera, Dynamite Entertainment presents their first Red Sonja Statue! The deadly, red-haired, and beautiful warrior of the Hyborean Age has finally been captured in resin! Limited to just 1,000 pieces world-wide, and standing 10.5” inches tall, this stunning piece will be the centerpiece of your collection!   SRP: $199.95
THE RED SONJA STATUE is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 23).
The Diamond Item Code is APR052781.

RED SONJA ALEX ROSS LITHOGRAPH by Alex Ross
The Alex Ross variant cover image to Red Sonja #1 is now available as a limited edition lithograph! The powerful image of Red Sonja by master painter Alex Ross, has been recreated here in painstaking detail. Each lithograph is printed on high-quality, 100lb. paper and measures 18” x 24”! Also available signed by Ross.
REGULAR—Lithograph, 18 x 24, Full Color,  SRP: $19.99
SIGNED—Lithograph, 18 x 24, Full Color,  SRP: $69.99
RED SONJA ALEX ROSS LITHOGRPH is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 23).
The Diamond Item Code is APR052783.

DF RED SONJA: WARRIOR’S METTLE—GREG LAND LITHOGRAPH
Greg Land is but one of the red hot artists providing covers for Dynamite’s brand-new Red Sonja series, but he’s the first one to have his art immortalized as a DF Lithograph! Measuring 13” x 19” and printed on high-quality paper this litho is the first in a series from DF! Collect them all! Also available signed by Greg Land.
REGULAR—Lithograph, 13 x 19, Full Color, SRP: $19.99
SIGNED—Lithograph, 13 x 19, Full Color, SRP: $49.99
RED SONJA: WARRIOR’S METTLE  is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 23).
The Diamond Item Code is APR052844.
Alex Ross Red Sonja Lithograph
Shadows Over Baker Street - Now available!
The following material is being reprinted from the Del Rey Internet Newsletter.
To subscribe to this free, monthly e-newsletter, visit
http://www.delreybooks.com.


SHADOWS OVER BAKER STREET: New Tales of Terror! Edited by Michael Reaves and John Pelan is now available in trade paperback!   Arthur Conan Doyle’s SHERLOCK HOLMES is among the most famous literary figures of all time. For more than a hundred years, his adventures have stood as imperishable monuments to the ability of human reason to penetrate every mystery, solve every puzzle, and punish every crime.

For nearly as long, the macabre tales of H. P. Lovecraft have haunted readers with their nightmarish glimpses into realms of cosmic chaos and undying evil. But what would happen if Conan Doyle’s peerless detective and his allies were to find themselves faced with mysteries whose solutions lay not only beyond the grasp of logic, but of sanity itself.


TOM STRONG #33  - Coming in June!
Written by Joe Casey, art by Ben Oliver, cover by Chris Sprouse

ABC. When Pneuman begins a pattern of strange behavior, Tom Strong and Solomon undertake one of their most amazing adventures -- a "Fantastic Journey" that takes them from the spires of Millennium City to the cold heart of a robot!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on June 8. 
DC Comics.


TOM STRONG #33 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 23).
The Diamond Item Code is APR050401.

WAR OF THE WORLDS
2005 may be seeing two versions of WAR OF THE WORLDS. The first one will (hopefully) be out on March 30, by Pendragon films, directed by Timothy Hines. This version will be quite faithful to Wells' original novel, even to the point that it will be set in the 19th century. The pictures I've seen of the Martian war machines look very promising. The trailers, with the completed FX may be in the theaters in late February and early March. Latest rumor is that the DVD will be out on June 15, just a couple of weeks before the other version hits the theater. For those who wish to find further information should go to the following URL: http://www.pendragonpictures.com/WOTWKEY.html


The other version of the Wells novel is the one that will probably get more of a distribution (Paramount), because of the people involved. The film is being directed by Steven Spielberg and will star Tom Cruise. This version, set for a June 29 release date, will be set in the present, and Spielberg has said that the aliens are NOT Martians. http://www.waroftheworlds.com/

Wildside Press  - Now available!
SHADOW KINGDOMS - THE WEIRD WORKS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 2
Volume 2 contains:Skull-Face; Dead Man's Hate (Verse); The Fearsome Touch of Death (first appearance in hardback); Song Out Of Midian (Verse); Shadows on the Road (Verse); Moon of Skulls; Hills of the Dead; Black Chant Imperial (Verse); The Voice of El-Lil.
 
This volume covers Howard's weird material first published between October 1929 to October 1930. Intro by Mark Finn.


All Wildside Press pre-orders have shipped!
Volume 3 is available for pre-order.  See contents listing and link below.

Wildside Press - Now available!
Tales of Thubway Tham by Johnston McCulley
160 pages, $15.00, trade paperback

Thubway Tham is a small, short-tempered gnome of a man, a professional pickpocket with an annoying lisp. But he is no mere thief . . . he is the king of his chosen profession, a master "dip" who works only in the subways of New York City. Like all such villains, he faces a cunning adversary in Police Detective Craddock, who is always half a pace behind. Craddock has sworn to put Tham behind bars, where he belongs. But Tham is clever enough to always remain one step ahead of Craddock and everyone else. Despite being a criminal, Tham always comes off well: the people whom he relieves of their wallets are often deserving of it, and he has a tendency to take on other, much worse crooks to give them their just desserts. And, of course, there are scoundrels aplenty in his world: a rival pickpocket who moves in on his turf in "Thubway Tham's Baggage Check;" Shifty Shane, the holdup man, who calls Tham a coward because he doesn't use a gun; and Mr. Clackworthy, a slick grifter from Chicago, who looks down on dips as the lowest of thieves.


Call Tham an early antihero. He endears himself to readers because he has a moral compass. He knows his place is in the gutter of the world, but that doesn't mean he can't strive to better himself - or others.

Included are 10 classic stories, plus an introduction by John Gregory Betancourt:
Thubway Tham's Inthane Moment
Thubway Tham's Thanksgiving Dinner
Thubway Tham's Understudy
Thubway Tham's Baggage Check
Thubway Tham, Philanthropist
Thubway Tham's Chrithtmath
Thubway Tham's Glorious Fourth
Thubway Tham's Holdup
Thubway Tham Meets Mr. Clackworthy
Thubway Tham's Inthult

(All stories are originally appeared in DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE.)


Wildside Press - Coming in April!
AMAZON NIGHTS, by Arthur O. Friel (featuring an incredible new wrap-around cover by Mark Wheatley)
340 pages, $19.95, trade paperback  $40.00, hardcover

This is a large collection of Friel's Amazon stories. Includes a new introduction by Darrell Schweitzer. Stories included are:
The Spider         The Peccaries
The Firefly          The Tailed Men
The Trumpeter    The Barrigudo
The Bouto          The Ant-Eater
The Jararaca


Click here for a better look at the great wrap-around cover for this upcoming book.


Wildside Press - Coming in May 2005!
PEOPLE OF THE DARK - THE WEIRD WORKS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 3 is scheduled for May.
Volume 3 has an Introduction by Joe R. Lansdale.
Stories include:
The Black Stone
Children of the Night
The Dark Man
The Footfalls Within
Gods of Gal-Sagoth
Horror from the Mound
Kings of the Night
The Last Day
People fo the Dark
The Song of the Mad Minstrel
The Thing on the Roof

Publication date: May 2, 2005.
Price: $35.00

Visit Wildside Press on the web to pre-order a copy.

Wildside Press -  THE WEIRD WORKS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD
Paul Herman has been kind enough to post the contents for Volumes 4 through 10.
Thanks to Paul Herman, Terry Allen and the The Robert E Howard Comics Group for the information.
BOOK FOUR
Wings In The Night WEIRD TALES, July 1932
Arkham (verse) WEIRD TALES, August 1932
An Open Window (verse) WEIRD TALES, September 1932
Worms Of The Earth WEIRD TALES, November 1932
Phoenix On The Sword WEIRD TALES, December 1932
The Scarlet Citadel WEIRD TALES, January 1933
The Cairn On The Headland STRANGE TALES, January 1933
The Tower Of The Elephant WEIRD TALES, March 1933
Autumn (verse) WEIRD TALES, April 1933
Moonlight On A Skull (verse) WEIRD TALES, May 1933

BOOK FIVE
Black Colossus WEIRD TALES, June 1933
The Man On The Ground WEIRD TALES, July 1933
The Slithering Shadow WEIRD TALES, September 1933
The Pool Of The Black One WEIRD TALES, October 1933

Old Garfield's Heart WEIRD TALES, December 1933
One Who Comes At Eventide (verse) MODERN AMERICAN POETRY, Galleon Press, 1933
To A Woman (Though fathoms deep . . .") (verse) MODERN AMERICAN POETRY, Galleon Press, 1933
Rogues In The House WEIRD TALES, January 1934
The Valley Of The Worm
WEIRD TALES, February 1934
Gods Of The North FANTASY FAN, March 1934
Shadows In The Moonlight WEIRD TALES, April 1934

BOOK SIX

Queen Of The Black Coast WEIRD TALES, May 1934
The Haunter Of The Ring WEIRD TALES, June 1934
The Garden Of Fear MARVEL TALES, July-August 1934
The Devil In Iron WEIRD TALES, August 1934
The Voices Waken Memory (verse) FANTASY FAN, September 1934
The People Of The Black Circle WEIRD TALES: Part 1, September 1934; Part 2, October 1934; Part 3, November 1934
A Witch Shall Be Born WEIRD TALES, December 1934

BOOK SEVEN
The Grisly Horror WEIRD TALES, February 1935
Jewels Of Gwahlur WEIRD TALES, March 1935
Beyond The Black River WEIRD TALES: Part 1, May 1935; Part 2, June 1935
The Challenge From Beyond FANTASY MAGAZINE, September 1935
Shadows In Zamboula WEIRD TALES, November 1935

BOOK EIGHT
The Hour Of The Dragon WEIRD TALES: Part 1, December 1935; Part 2, January 1936; Part 3,
                                      February 1936; Part 4, March 1936; Part 5, April 1936
The Hyborian Age Phantagraph, 1936, and LANY Coop, 1938

BOOK NINE
Black Canaan WEIRD TALES, June 1936
Always Comes Evening (verse) THE PHANTAGRAPH, August 1936
Red Nails WEIRD TALES: Part 1, July 1936; Part 2, August-September 1936; Part 3, October 1936
Solomon Kan's Homecoming (original) (verse) FANCIFUL TALES, Fall 1936
Black Hound Of Death WEIRD TALES, November 1936
The Fire Of Asshurbanipal WEIRD TALES, December 1936
Dig Me No Grave WEIRD TALES, February 1937
The Soul-Eater (verse) WEIRD TALES, August 1937
The Dream And The Shadow (verse) WEIRD TALES, September 1937
Which Will Scarcely Be Understood (verse) WEIRD TALES, October 1937
Futility ("Golden goats . . .") (verse) WEIRD TALES, November 1937
Fragment ("And so his boyhood . . ") (verse) WEIRD TALES, December 1937
Haunting Columns (verse) WEIRD TALES, February 1938
The Poets (verse) WEIRD TALES, March 1938
The Singer In The Mist (verse) WEIRD TALES, April 1938

BOOK TEN
Pigeons From Hell WEIRD TALES, May 1938
The Last Hour (verse) WEIRD TALES, June 1938
Ships (verse) WEIRD TALES, July 1938
Lines Written In The Realization That I Must Die (verse) WEIRD TALES, August 1938
A Thunder Of Trumpets WEIRD TALES, September 1938
Recompense (verse) WEIRD TALES, November 1938
The Ghost Kings (verse) WEIRD TALES, December 1938
The King And The Oak (verse) WEIRD TALES, February 1939
Desert Dawn (verse) WEIRD TALES, March 1939
Almuric WEIRD TALES, Part 1, May 1939, Part 2, June-July 1939, Part 3, August 1939
The Hills Of Kandahar (verse) WEIRD TALES, June-July 1939
Song At Midnight (verse) THE PHANTAGRAPH, August 1940
Witch From Hell's Kitchen AVON FANTASY READER #18, 1952
But The Hills Were Ancient Then (verse) AMRA, Vol. 2, #8, November-December 1959
The One Black Stain (verse) THE HOWARD COLLECTOR #2, Spring 1962


Zorro by Isabel Allende -  Coming May 1st!
A swashbuckling adventure story that reveals for the first time how Diego de la Vega became the masked man we all know so well.

Born in southern California late in the eighteenth century, he is a child of two worlds. Diego de la Vega's father is an aristocratic Spanish military man turned landowner; his mother, a Shoshone warrior. Diego learns from his maternal grandmother, White Owl, the ways of her tribe while receiving from his father lessons in the art of fencing and in cattle branding. It is here, during Diego's childhood, filled with mischief and adventure, that he witnesses the brutal injustices dealt Native Americans by European settlers and first feels the inner conflict of his heritage.

At the age of sixteen, Diego is sent to Barcelona for a European education. In a country chafing under the corruption of Napoleonic rule, Diego follows the example of his celebrated fencing master and joins La Justicia, a secret underground resistance movement devoted to helping the powerless and the poor. With this tumultuous period as a backdrop, Diego falls in love, saves the persecuted, and confronts for the first time a great rival who emerges from the world of privilege.

Between California and Barcelona, the New World and the Old, the persona of Zorro is formed, a great hero is born, and the legend begins. After many adventures -- duels at dawn, fierce battles with pirates at sea, and impossible rescues -- Diego de la Vega, a.k.a. Zorro, returns to America to reclaim the hacienda on which he was raised and to seek justice for all who cannot fight for it themselves.

Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins
SRP: $25.95


ZORRO #2 - Coming in June!
Written by Don Mcgregor with art by Sidney Lima
SCARS: Part Two (of 3)—Zorro's mission to safeguard the beautiful Eulalia Bandini, takes an unexpected turn up north in Yellowstone, California, when Zorro and Eulalia encounter Thierry and Amelie Besson. In pursuing his dream of mapping this unexplored dangerous region, Thierry has run afoul of Ripklaw and Lucifer Trapp. Can Zorro still stay ahead of Capitan Monasterio and his men, while defending the Bessons from their tormentors?
32 pages, Full Color, SRP: $2.95


Papercutz is planning quarterly Zorro graphic novels collecting the story serialized in the new comics.
Click here and here for a look at the art by Sidney Lima.  Lima's style combines the best elements of many top fan favorite superhero artists with a manga influence. 


ZORRO #2 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 23).
The Diamond Item Code is APR053027.
Zorro 2



11 March 2005

2005 WINDY CITY PULP & PAPERBACK CONVENTION (#5) - Update!
April 22 (Friday) through April 24 (Sunday), 2005

http://www.windycitypulpandpaper.com


Updated information regarding hotel accomodations for Windy City Con!
HOTEL INFO: We're moving to a new hotel, with larger exhibit space. Advantages of the new hotel include being only minutes from O'Hare airport (the hotel operates a free shuttle service which runs approximately every 20 minutes - and from the east, you can now circle around the city, rather than go through; from other directions you don't have to go through the city). The room rates at the new Hotel are $92/night plus tax (which is the same as the rate at our old hotel). The hotel rooms were newly remodeled at the end of last year. One car per room parks free of charge; otherwise there's a parking charge of $5.50 for less than 7 hours, $9 for 7-24 hours.  And for those who want to get a little outdoor exercise, the hotel has a 9 hole par 3 golf course. Please make sure to mention the convention when booking hotel rooms.

The 8th Voyage of Sinbad
Keanu Reeves is in talks to play Sinbad, in a new film from "xXx" director Rob Cohen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Neal Moritz will produce the film, called "The 8th Voyage of Sinbad", which is set up to sail at Columbia. The movie, planned for years apparently, follows the continuing adventures of Sinbad and his crew, who are marooned off the coast of China in the 8th century. Once ashore, they embark on a quest for the Lamp of Aladdin, teaming up with an empress to battle fantastical creatures and a rebellious Chinese general.


Adventure House - Coming in September!
HIGH ADVENTURE #84 - September 2005
The Green Lama in The Wave of Death by Richard Foster.
The Green Lama routs a foreign spy ring that seeks the secret of a new and terrible death-dealing weapon.

Soft Cover, 7x10, 112 pages, B&W    SRP: $7.95

Previously announced:
HIGH ADVENTURE #82  May 2005THE CONQUEST OF AMERICA
HIGH ADVENTURE #83  July 2005: SNATCH - featuring Dan Fowler is his first great adventure in the pages of G-MEN. 

G-8 AND HIS BATTLE ACES #16 featuring The X-Ray Eye - May 2005

Adventure House - New Pulp Replica titles announced!
A new series of complete pulp replica/reprints.  Except these are printed on acid-free paper and guaranteed not to crumble into dust while you read them.  Adventure House will bring you some of the scarcest pulps imaginable in this great new series, reprinting them as the reading public saw them on the newsstands, at a fraction of their current collectors prices.
Pulp replica - full color covers, complete with all ads, illustrations and facsimile pages. 

Three additional titles in this series of reprints have been announced.
SAUCY MOVIE TALES August 1936
Cover Artist:  Norman Saunders
7x10,  96 pages, $14.95

SAUCY MOVIE TALES December 1936
Cover Artist:  Norman Saunders
7x10,  96 pages, $14.95

SPICY ADVENTURE STORIES  September 1941
Cover Artist:  H. J. Ward
7x10,  128 pages, $14.95

Now available:
SAUCY MOVIE TALES July 1936
Cover Artist:  Norman Saunders
7x10,  96 pages, $14.95

SPICY MYSTERY STORIES February 1938
Cover Artist:
H. Parkhurst

7x10, 128pages, $14.95

SPICY MYSTERY STORIES May 1936

Cover Artist: H.J. Ward
7x10, 128 pages, $14.95

Previously announced, but not yet scheduled:
SAUCY MOVIE TALES  - September 1936
Cover Artist:  Norman Saunders
7x10,  96 pages, $14.95

DON WINSLOW OF THE NAVY - May 1937
7x10,  96 pages, $14.95

SAUCY MOVIE TALES  - June 1936
Cover Artist:  Norman Saunders
7x10,  96 pages, $14.95

FIRE FIGHTERS - March 1929



AMAZON NIGHTS by Arthur O' Friel
AMAZON NIGHTS is to be published this summer by Wildside Press.

Mark Wheatley of Insight Studios is illustrating the
wrap-around cover.


Click here for a better look at the great cover for this upcoming book.

Burroughs Bulletin  #61 - Now Available!
The Winter 2005 issue (#61) of the The Burroughs Bulletin is now available. 
This issue features articles on Burroughs’ 61st story, Carson of Venus
It is profusely illustrated in black & white with full color front and back covers.
Articles include:
Maltu Mephis! A Study of "Carson of Venus" by George T. McWhorter
  Illustrations by William Stout
Picture Gallery: G. Busch from The Gods of Mars

The Newspapering of Edgar Rice Burroughs by Robert R. Barrett

How I tried to Resurrect Jimber-Jaw for the Silver Screen by Robert Panzarella
Tarzan Beaten, Changed, or Silenced by Vladimir Tucapskey
Letters to the Editor and Bibliographer's Corner

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


The Burroughs Cyclopædia - Now Available from McFarland!
The Burroughs Cyclopædia: Characters, Places, Fauna, Flora, Technologies, Languages, Ideas and Terminologies Found in the Works of Edgar Rice Burroughs by Clark A. Brady
Edgar Rice Burroughs was not satisfied with creating characters and events within the world that we know; instead he created whole new worlds for histories, and he filled them with peoples, languages, cities, wars, plants, machines, and monsters that were believable to the reader, yet still alien and fantastic enough to thrill and delight.

From A-Kor, the keeper of the Towers of Jetan in Manator, through Zytheb, one of the priests of Brulor in Ashair, this is a comprehensive reference to the fantastic worlds of Burroughs. Each entry provides a complete definition, along with a reference to the book in which the entry appeared. For terms, the language, either actual (e.g., Latin and French) or Burroughs-created (e.g., The Tongue of the Great Ape or Pal-ul-don), from which it was derived is given.

appendices, bibliography, index, 408 pages, softcover, $39.95.

THE CHRONICLES OF CONAN VOLUME 8: THE TOWER OF BLOOD AND OTHER STORIES
- Coming in July!
Roy Thomas (W) and John Buscema (A)
In a fantastic world filled with malevolent magicians and dangerous doppelgangers, one man pits his flesh, blood, and steel against an endless tide of enemies-natural and supernatural-that would seek to destroy him. That man is Conan! Whether he's going toe-to-toe against a lumbering beast or taking on a shipload of cut-throats and pirates, Conan's strength, cunning and iron will know no equal. Collecting issues #52 - #60 of the original series.
On sale July 27, Soft Cover, 168 pages, Full Color, 7" x 10", $16.95

Dark Horse Comics

CONAN #17 - Coming in June!
Kurt Busiek (W), Cary Nord (P), Thomas Yeates (P), and Dave Stewart (C)

Conan's travels take him to the most dangerous place in Zamoria-the infamous City of Thieves! Bruised, angry, and fed up with both men and mysticism, Conan's ready to start handing out a few lessons in ass-kicking-and he finds plenty of contenders willing to take him on. And that's only the beginning of an adventure ranging from bloody back-alleys to the secrets of the universe-with a few sultry, seductive dangers in-between. Cary Nord continues his stirring run of covers, showing one and all why Conan has been a smash success for Dark Horse, and one of Wizard magazine's picks for biggest events of 2004.

On sale June 22, Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99

Dark Horse Comics

CONAN AND THE JEWELS OF GWAHLUR #3 (of 3) - Coming in June!
P. Craig Russell (W/A) and Lovern Kindzierski (C)
On sale June 15, FC, 32pg, $2.99

In a story written by Conan creator Robert E. Howard and set later in the character's life, the barbarian must unravel the treacheries of a false goddess and an imposter oracle in a haunted temple where for once it's not Conan doing the decapitations.  P. Craig Russell, one of the most celebrated fantasy artists in the history of comics, makes an indelible mark on the greatest fantasy hero of all time, as this most opulent of Conan's original adventures concludes.
On sale June 15, Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99

Dark Horse Comics

CONAN VOLUME 1: THE FROST GIANTS DAUGHTER AND OTHER STORIES
- Available in comic shops on March 16th!
When the internationally famous barbarian hero returned to comics, with an all-new fresh start by award-winning writer Kurt Busiek (JLA/Avengers, Astro City) and dynamic artists Cary Nord, Thomas Yeates, and Dave Stewart, the result was instant sell-outs and multiple printings to keep up with the demand. Now Conan's earliest adventures are collected in a handsome 176-page collection. Catch all the action and savagery as he wars with the murderous Vanir, meets the Frost Giant's Daughter, and is taken as a slave by the ancient sorcerers of Hyperborea! This top-selling new series faithfully expands on original author Robert E. Howard's literary creation. Collecting issues #1-#6 and fourteen pages from issue #7 of the ongoing series.

Copies of the Conan volume 1 Hardcover were printed only to initial orders in the Direct Market.
The Conan volume 1 Hardcover will only available in your local comic shop.

Writer: Kurt Busiek
Artist: Cary Nord, Thomas Yeates
Colorist: Dave Stewart
Format: Hard cover, 176 pages, Full color
Price: $24.95

Dark Horse Comics
 
E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow Magazine: 
The Crime Crypt is reviewed this week.
Crime's Journey by Walter Gibson is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery.
Yes, these are Gibson's very words from The Crime Crypt, edited to create a mini-mystery.

Shadows of the Pulps:   Nothing new this week.


Blackmask Online:
The Spider: The Spider Strikes
The Spider: The Wheel Of Death
The Spider: Wings Of The Black Death
The Spider: City of Flaming Shadows
The Spider: Empire Of Doom
The Handy Pulp List  - Full bibliographies of the Shadow, Doc Savage, The Avenger, The Spider, and Operator 5.

Seven Slayers by Paul Cain
Six Deadly Dames by Frederick Nebel
The Lady Kills by Bruno Fischer


Larry Estep-Online Pulps:    Now with over 550 stories online!

Hophead Homicide by Robert Carlton from MOBSTERS, February 1953
Thrust of a Finger
by H. Bedford-Jones from COMPLETE STORIES, March 1, 1932
The Song of the Cakes
by Nat Schachner and Arthur Leo Zagat from ORIENTAL STORIES, Autumn 1931
Base on Balds
by Thomas Thursday from SPORTS WINNERS, Spring 1944

ERBville Press - Now available!
PE-RA, DAUGHTER OF THE SUN by Ralph Milne Farley
First time in paperback! The original text from the AMAZING STORIES pulp magazine and the original illustrations.
116 pages, 6x9 trade paperback, $9.00


KWA OF THE JUNGLE by Paul Regard
First time in paperback! Two stories in the "Kwa of the Jungle" series as they appeared in the THRILLING ADVENTURES pulp magazine: Kwa, King of Ophir and Kwa and the Beast Men.  148 pages, 6x9 trade paperback, $9.95


G.I. SPY - Coming in July!
G.I. SPY is a war-behind-the-war story which follows America's first counterintelligence agent as he uncovers Hitler's secret 'wonder weapons' program, which if left unchecked could give the Nazis the edge and allow them to actually win the Second World War - and rule the world.

"It's basically 'James Bond meets Indiana Jones', with Albert Einstein as "Q", and World War II as the backdrop," says co-creator Cosby. "It's a genre hybrid that blends the pulp adventure of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK and THE MUMMY with the edge of modern-day spy thrillers like THE BOURNE SUPREMACY. The idea behind the series was to give the reader a glimpse of what the history books don't tell us - as seen through the eyes of this American secret agent who saved our collective bacon over and over again."

The hero of their story is American G.I. and ace fighter pilot "Jack Shepherd", a bit of a rookie to the spy game, who's not the suave, perfect "James Bond" type. Untested and a bit naive, his patriotism is the main motivator that drives him. And, while the story and characters are completely fictional, there is one member of the cast who's very much a real person: Albert Einstein, who serves as Jack's mentor and creates all manner of bizarre gadgets for the newly-minted superspy.   "He's right at the heart of this comic series, ultimately becoming a kind of father figure to Jack," continues Cosby. "I mean, here's this pacifist who inadvertently helped to create the most destructive device known to man. That makes for great internal conflict and drama.

Jack's rival in the series is Kaitlin Hunter, a beautiful, by-the-book British agent who is Jack's opposite in every way, having the experience and training that Jack doesn't. Her background is with the Special Operations Executive, forerunner of MI-6.


G.I. SPY is the brainchild of screenwriter and producer Andrew Cosby, creator of the new SciFi Channel series EUREKA, and artist Matt Haley, animation designer of the "Adventures of Seinfeld & Superman" American Express commercials. Their "Eyes Only Preview" of "G.I. SPY" is in comics shops now, and the first issue of their miniseries will hit stores in July. Coinciding with the release of the "Eyes Only Preview" this week, they have also launched the official website at http://www.gispyonline.com.

History of Pulp Magazines
Frank Robinson will offer a presentation of the history of pulp magazines at Borderlands Books in San Francisco, CA, at 2 p.m.on Sunday March 27th.


H. P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror
Visit the Night Shade Books message boards for a peak at upcoming covers for H. P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror.


Illustration ’05 - Now available!
The first issue of  ILLUSTRATION ’05 is now available.  
ILLUSTRATION ’05 unites all corners of contemporary illustration into one dynamic magazine.  From pen-and-ink scratch board to photo montage and cutting edge  3D animation, ILLUSTRATION covers the spectrum.  Timely informative articles on new stylles, techniques, and points-of-view appear with regular columns on legal issues, the freelance scene, software and book reviews, competition announcements and more.  ILLUSTRATION is a feast for the eyes, and a source of inspiration for years to come.  

Each issue is $9 in the U.S.  Quarterly subscriptions are $36.
Visit the ILLUSTRATION '05 website to order.

 
MARTIAN TALES by Edgar Rice Burroughs - Now available!
Here are the first five spellbinding adventures from Burroughs's classic science-fiction series. Each volume features a meticulously restored full-color frontispiece taken from the dust jacket of the original first editions.
5-volume set in one shipment. 5 monthly payments of just $59.00.
5 3/4" x 8 1/2"

Publisher: Easton Press

Moonstone Books: THE PHANTOM #8 - Coming in July!
High tech SKY PIRATES have THE PHANTOM and several of the world's wealthiest men prisoner in their lair. Time is running out for THE SKY QUEEN'S hostages!  Will their employers pay the impossibly-high ransom before it’s too late? And how can the shackled PHANTOM shake loose both his chains and the horrible secret of  the Sky Queen before he is buried beneath the bodies of the dead?
 

Story: Ben Raab; Art: Pat Quinn; Inks: Ken Wheaton; Colors: Joe Bucco; Cover: Doug Klauba
Part 2 of 2, 32 pages,color, $3.50


Mystery*File - #47 is now available!
Steve Lewis has revived his fanzine, MYSTERY*FILE. 
MYSTERY*FILE consists of reviews of mysteries and detective novels, of commentary on mystery and crime fiction, of checklists and matters of bibliographic interest, and of letters.  MYSTERY*FILE is a "print" magazine only.  None of the material in it will appear on-line.  The Internet has revolutionized the world, but there's still nothing like the feel of paper in your hands and the thrill of seeing printed words on the page.
The primary focus of MYSTERY*FILE is not to be an up-to-date newsletter for the field, but a place where old and new works co-exist, where older mysteries can be brought up and discussed as well as those by the most recent hot authors, and where the careers of writers can be looked at in perspective.  MYSTERY*FILE is for those fans who love to read and talk about mysteries and series characters, and those who love to make checklists and those who love to have them, and if you can assist in  accomplishing any of these goals, then so much the better.

The efforts of a number of people helped produce each issue, and they'd appreciate your comments, both on their work and on the books and the movies they talk about.  Letters are not only accepted for publication, they are requested, if not demanded.

MYSTERY*FILE #47 is now available.
You can sample the first two pages of this issue at
http://www.lewis-books.com/Mfile.htm

The contents include:
2    THE SCARLET LETTERS - You the Readers
4    ADDENDA TO CRIME FICTION IV, Part 8 - by Alien J. Hubin
6    PAUL HALTER, A MASTER OF LOCKED ROOMS, by John Pugmire
8    AN INTERVIEW WITH ELAINE VIETS - conducted by Pamela James
10  JOSEPH HANSEN (1923-2004) - Reviews by Marcia Muller
11  REMEMBERING JOSEPH HANSEN - by Divers Hands
      (Jon Breen, Ed German, Bill Crider, Mike Nevins Marv Lachman, Richard  Moore)
13  JOSEPH HANSEN - A Bibliography, compiled by Steve Lewis
14  MURDER MYSTERY MONTHLIES: The Early Crime Digests, by Peter Enfantino
17  MICHAEL COLLINS: A SCORE'S WORTH OF PI DAN FORTUNE - by Ed Lynskey
20  INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL COLLINS (a/k/a DENNIS LYNDS) - conducted by Ed Lynskey

23  MICHAEL COLLINS & DAN FORTUNE: A BIBLIOGRAPHY - by Ed Lynskey & Steve Lewis
25  THE POWER OF PLACE: THE RECLUSIVE WORLDS OF P. M. HUBBARD - by Tom Jenkins
28  THE NOVELS OF P. M. HUBBARD: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY by Wyatt James
30  P.M. HUBBARD'S OTHER WRITINGS, compiled by Tom Jenkins and Steve Lewis
30  THE MARTIN CHRONICLES- Part One, by Jim Felton
31  MEMOIRS CAN BE DEADLY - Reviews by Ray O'Leary
31  THE RAMBLING HOUND RAMBLES 'ROUND - Book & Movie Commentary by Dan Stumpf
33  THE GOLD MEDAL CORNER, by Bill Crider
34  CHARLES WILLIAMS - A BIBLIOGRAPHY by Steve Lewis
35  EDITING A "BEST" ANTHOLOGY, by Jon L. Breen
36  FIRST YOU READ, THEN YOU WRITE - Mystery Commentary by Mike Nevins

MYSTERY*FILE is published approximately eight times a year (every six weeks) by
Steve Lewis, 62 Chestnut Road, Newington CT 06111. 
Subscriptions are available at $3.50 an issue, or four for $13 U.S.
Canada: $4.00 an issue, or four for $15
Overseas: $5.50 an issue, four for $21


A PRINCESS OF MARS - New comic book adaptation!
Harry Roland of Insight Studios is illustrating a new adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' A PRINCESS OF MARS.  

The artist has only completed the first 12 pages so far, but from the looks of the artwork at the right, this should be a stunning adaptation.  

The Burroughs Bibliophiles hopes to negotiate to serialize the adaptation in The Burroughs Bulletin.

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

Source: Burroughs Bibliophiles

SPECTRUM SUPER SPECIAL #3 - Delayed until July!
Diamond Comics Distribution has cancelled retailers orders for this publication.
I expect it will be re-solicited in the April or May PREVIEWS.


This squarebound, giant-size issue (over 100 pages!), a follow-up to the Conan-themed #2, features all-new interviews with writers and artists talking about their work over the years on Robert E. Howard projects: Frank Brunner (Bran Mak Morn), Dave Sim (REH, Cerebus), Roy Thomas (Marvel's REH), and Alan Weiss (Solomon Kane); plus interviews with Gary Gianni (Bran Mak Morn, Solomon Kane) and Kevin Sorbo (Kull, Hercules) from previous sold-out issues of Spectrum.
Win-Mill Productions, Magazine, 100 pages, B&W,  $14.95


SwordandSorcery.org
New articles are now online:  

Part I: The Averoigne Chronicles - http://www.swordandsorcery.org/cas1.asp

Tarzan Radio Shows - Coming this Spring!
Radio Spirits has announced the Compact Disk publication of the 1932 Tarzan radio shows featuring Jim Pierce and Joan Burroughs Pierce.  They have been digitally remastered and issued on three disks in an attractive Ed Monroe cassette box.   Source: Burroughs Bibliophiles


Wildside Press, Diamond Sign Booktrade Agreement
Wildside Press has selected Diamond Book Distributors as the exclusive U.S. and non-exclusive worldwide distributor of the majority of its books to the bookstore, library, warehouse, mass merchandise, specialty mass merchandise, and comic book specialty markets.
Source: The Pulse




04 March 2005
2005 Film Release Dates
March 11, 2005
April 01,2005

April 08, 2005
April 29, 2005
May 19, 2005
June 17, 2005
June 29, 2005
July 8, 2005
July 15, 2005
July 29, 2005
August TBA, 2005
September 30, 2005
October 28, 2005
November 4, 2005
December 14, 2005
ROBOTS
SIN CITY

SAHARA
THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY
STAR WARS: EPISODE 3
BATMAN BEGINS
WAR OF THE WORLDS
FANTASTIC FOUR
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
STEALTH
A SOUND OF THUNDER
SERENITY
THE LEGEND OF ZORRO
V FOR VENDETTA
KING KONG


2005 WINDY CITY PULP & PAPERBACK CONVENTION (#5)
April 22 (Friday) through April 24 (Sunday), 2005

http://www.windycitypulpandpaper.com

Now at a New Hotel:
THE RAMADA PLAZA HOTEL O'HARE
6600 North Mannheim Rd.
Rosemont, IL 60018
Hotel Phone # (847) 827-5131
http://www.ramadaplazaohare.com   (Please mention the con when booking rooms!)


For our fifth anniversary, we're trying to put on our best show yet. The most obvious change is that we've moved to a new hotel, with larger exhibit space.  And moved one month later, for better spring weather!

MEMBERSHIPS:  Memberships are $25 for all three days (increasing to $30 after April 1, 2005), $20 for Friday only, $20 for Saturday only, and $10 for Sunday only.  Please note that we can now accept payments online through paypal (account pulpvault@msn.com).  If you register before April 1, 2005, your membership badge will be mailed to you, allowing you to by-pass the registration line and pick up your program book and other materials at your convenience.  ALL ATTENDEES WHO PURCHASE THREE DAY MEMBERSHIPS WILL ALSO RECEIVE A FREE CONVENTION CANVAS BAG, CONTAINING FREE BOOKS AND OTHER GOODIES FROM OUR DEALERS.


DEALER INFO:  Dealer setup begins Friday at 10am - the dealer room is open to the public from 2-6 pm Friday, 9 am-5 pm Saturday and 9 am-4pm Sunday.  For dealers, tables are now 8' long, instead of the 6' tables we had at our old hotel.  Each table includes: 1 tablecloth and 2 chairs.  WALL TABLES ARE SOLD OUT!  (If you want to be added to the waitlist for wall tables, let us know, but we don't expect any to open up at this time.)  Until April 1, 2005, full island tables are $55 and half island tables are $35; after April 1, 2005, rates increase to $65 for full and $40 for half.  There is no access to the room on Thursday. IMPORTANT NOTE: Each dealer and dealer's helper must also buy a membership.

GUEST OF HONOR: ERNEST "DARCY" CHIRIACKA CONFIRMED AS GUEST OF HONOR!
Chiriacka began his pulp career in 1940 and by the time it was over in the 1950s, he had painted over 500 covers for Ace, Dell, Popular, Street & Smith, and Thrilling Publications.  His paperback cover career, which began in 1948 and ran until 1966, found him painting covers for Avon Books, Cardinal Editions, Pocket Books, Century Publications, Dell Paperbacks, Gold Medal, Hillman Publications, Perma Books, and Popular Library.  In 1950 he broke into the slicks and became a prolific contributor there as well, in addition to calendar pin-up work for Esquire in the early 1950s.  Ultimately he moved into the fine art field.  The GoH presentation will be at 7 pm Saturday evening, and several of his original paintings will be on display in our art show on Saturday and Sunday.  There will also be an autograph session at 3 pm on Saturday afternoon, which will include other attending authors and artists signing.  See our website for details as they develop of other professionals who'll be signing.


AUCTION:  The auction will kick off Saturday at 8 pm.  In addition to pulps, paperbacks and other material submitted by attendees, this year's auction will feature part two of The Incredible, Once-in-a-Lifetime Munsey/Popular Publications Auction - an incredible assortment of one-of-a-kind items from the Munsey and Popular files.  HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE a 4 page hand written letter by Cornell Woolrich, a near 1" thick file concerned with George Allan England (including a number of long letters from England and signed by him), a nearly 4" thick file of letters regarding THE COURT OF LAST RESORT (teaming author, Erle Stanley Gardner; publisher, Harry Steeger; and detective, Raymond Schindler to investigate men wrongfully imprisoned and their efforts to correct such mistakes, made into a book and later a TV show - the file includes many long letters, some signed "Erle"), other material by or about Robert Bloch, Albert Payson Terhune, Clarence Mulford, T.S. Stribling, "Cap" Shaw, and many others, and loads of signed checks (including Rex Stout, Ray Cummings, Harold Lamb, Talbot Mundy, Rudolph Belarksi, Ralph Milne Farley, Frederick Davis and many more).  A much more complete list of items can be found on our website.  A unique opportunity not to be missed!

PULP FILM FEST:  Our Pulp Film Fest shows old movies based on pulp stories, on 16 mm film.  There will be 2 sessions Friday (beginning at 2 pm & 8 pm) and 2 sessions Saturday (beginning at 2 pm and following the auction).  More info will be posted on the website closer to the con; the tentative schedule includes THE BLACK DOLL (1938; from the novel of the same name, published in a 1936 issue of ACE-HIGH DETECTIVE) and THE PRESCOTT KID (1934; from Claude Rister's novelette "Wolves of Catclaw," published in a 1933 issue of RANGELAND LOVE STORIES).  The Pulp Film Fest is organized by Ed Hulse and sponsored by Blood 'N' Thunder magazine (http://www.geocities.com/poppub/).

ART SHOW:  We will once again be hosting an art show displaying original pulp and paperback art.  This year's art show will include a MAJOR DISPLAY OF HAROLD MCCAULEY ART!  Chicago-based artist Harold McCauley was one of the top sf artists of the 1940s and 1950s, working first for the Ziff-Davis chain of magazines before following Ray Palmer and contributing to his stable.  Few could draw women like McCauley, and he's still perhaps best remembered today for his Mac Girl.  We're pleased to announce that his wife and daughters will be attending the convention in connection with a major display of over 20 McCauley originals being planned for the art show.  We anticipate that originals by many other artists will also be on display at the show, including by George Rozen, Walter Baumhofer, J. Allen St. John, Tom Lovell, Modest Stein, Peter Driben, Frank Kelly Freas, Ed Emshwiller, Virgil Finlay, Edd Cartier and Laurence Herndon.  This year, the art show is sponsored by Dan Zimmer and the fine folks at Illustration magazine (www.illustration-magazine.com).  If you have any art you'd like to make available for display in the art show, please contact us.  The art show will be open Saturday and Sunday mornings and afternoons.

PROGRAM BOOK:  All attendees will receive a program book, containing pulp articles and reprints.  To advertise in the program book, rates are: full page ads $60 (4 1/8" x 6.75"), half page $35 (4 1/8" x 3 3/8"), business card size $20 (3.25" x 2").  The deadline for submitting and paying for ads is February 1, 2005.  Please contact Tom Roberts at tom.roberts2@verizon.net for ad matters (other than payment).

CON SUITE:  Our con suite will operate from Friday afternoon until late Saturday night/early Sunday morning - stop by and grab a drink and some munchies, while chatting about our favorite hobby.

WEBSITE:  The con's website is www.windycitypulpandpaper.com.  We'll be posting updates to it periodically up until the time of the show, so please check it for the most recent information.

HOTEL INFO:  We're moving to a new hotel, with larger exhibit space. Advantages of the new hotel include being only minutes from O'Hare airport (the hotel operates a free shuttle service which runs approximately every 20 minutes - and from the east, you can now circle around the city, rather than go through; from other directions you don't have to go through the city). The room rates at the new Hotel are $92/night plus tax (which is the same as the rate at our old hotel). The hotel rooms were newly remodeled at the end of last year. One car per room parks free of charge; otherwise there's a parking charge of $5.50 for less than 7 hours, $9 for 7-24 hours.  And for those who want to get a little outdoor exercise, the hotel has a 9 hole par 3 golf course. Please make sure to mention the convention when booking hotel rooms.


For more info on the con, please contact:
Doug Ellis
13 Spring Lane
Barrington Hills, IL 60010
847-217-4241
info@windycitypulpandpaper.com
http://www.windycitypulpandpaper.com
We hope to see you in the Windy City in late April!


Adventure House  - Now available!
HIGH ADVENTURE #81 featuring two novelettes from JUNGLE STORIES starring KI-GOR The Jungle Lord.
Night of the Wasuli Death and The Monster of Voodoo Isle.

A gigantic, sinister plot, engineered by a master criminal—a monstrous traffic in human misery, hidden behind the portals of a home for children—brings The Green Lama to Hollywood to combat an evil far greater than any he had faced before.  Soft Cover, 7x10, 112 pages, black & white, $7.95

HIGH ADVENTURE #81 will be available in comic shops on March 9th!

BATTERED SILICON DISPATCH BOX  - LOST TREASURES FROM THE PULPS!
The Gadget Man collection that Will Murray is compiling will be delayed. In early January, Will sent Mike Chomko an email stating that the project will not be ready for the spring of 2005.

Available for pre-order!  
#8 COMPLEAT GADGET MAN STORIES (Dent/Murray/Weinberg) Folio Hard Cover 400 pages
ISBN 1-55246-536-5  $45.00
- A significant un-advertised bonus will accompany each prepublication order!


#9 THE MAGICAL MYSTERIES OF THE GREEN GHOST (Fleming-Roberts/Roberts) 2 Volume Folio 
Hard Cover
ISBN 1-55246-534-9  $160.00  Spring 2005  


Coming soon!
#10 THE GOLDEN AMAZON (Fearn/Harbottle) Volumes 2 and 3 Fall 2005
#11 THE COMPLEAT ADVENTURES OF THE PARK AVENUE HUNT CLUB (Philips) 2 Volume Folio 
Hard Cover
ISBN 1-55246-593-4  $150.00   Summer 2005
#12 THE GREAT MERLINI OMNIBUS (Rawson/Roberts/Weinberg) 
Hard Cover  $80.00 Fall 2005
THE PHILIP M. FISHER PORTFOLIO (Fisher/Garner) Folio 
Hard Cover ISBN 1-55246-530-6
THE ADVENTURES OF SHARK GOTCH (Richard Wetjen/Ellis)


Still available!

#1 COMPLEAT ADVENTURES PETER THE BRAZEN (Worts/Weinberg/Lai) 2 Volume Folio 
Hard Cover  800 pages
ISBN 1-55246-412-1  $160.00
plus postage.
#2 MINIONS OF THE SHADOW AND OTHER NOVELS (William Gray Beyer/Weinberg) Hard Cover 435 pages
ISBN 1-55246-502-0    $55.00
plus postage.
#3 MEMOIRS OF HORATIO HUMBERTON (J. Paul Suter/Weinberg) Folio Hard Cover 386 pages
ISBN 1-55246-514-4  $55.00
plus postage.
#4 COMPLEAT ADVENTURES OF THE DEAN (Constiner/Weinberg) Folio Hard Cover 430 pages
ISBN 1-55246-515-2  $75.00
plus postage.
#5 COMPLEAT ADVENTURE OF BILL BRENT (F.C. Davis /Weinberg) Folio Hard Cover 370 pages
ISBN 1-55246-517-9  $75.00  
plus postage.
#6 COMPLEAT MOON MAN (F.C. Davis/Roberts&Hoppenstand) 2 Volume Folio Hard Cover 700 pages
ISBN 1-55246-516-0  $160.00
plus postage.
#7 MAGICAL MYSTERIES OF DON DIAVOLO (Rawson/Roberts/Weinberg) Hard Cover
ISBN 1-55246-532-2  $50.00
#10 THE ADVENTURES OF THE GOLDEN AMAZON Volume 1 of 3 (Fearn/Harbottle/Colombo)
Hard Cover
ISBN 1-55246-554-3  $75.00

Lost Treasures from the Pulps can be ordered from: 
The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, PO Box 204, Shelburne, Ontario Canada L0N 1S0.
For inquiries and orders, contact George A. Vanderburgh, Publisher
email: gav@bmts.com     FAX: 519-925-3482
Visit the Battered Silicon Dispatch Box website at http://www.batteredbox.com/ to order.



BLACK COAT PRESS - Now available!
Black Coat Press has released the first volume of TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN, a projected yearly anthology of all-new stories featuring Heroes and Villains from Pulp Literature, edited by J.-M. & Randy Lofficier.

TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN 1: THE MODERN BABYLON combines the talents of renowned authors such as Terrance Dicks (Doctor Who), John Peel (Doctor Who, Star Trek), Robert Sheckley (The Tenth Victim), Brian Stableford (Inherit the Earth, Architects of Emortality), French authors Alain le Bussy and Viviane Etrivert, with a new generation of gifted storytellers such as Matthew Baugh, Win Eckert, G.L. Gick, Samuel T. Payne and Chris Roberson.


List Price: $22.95 - 5x8 trade paperback, 360 pages

Visit the Black Coat Press website for complete details including a list of contributors.

Captain Spectre
Captain Spectre is a new pulp/serial webcomic created by Thomas Floyd that is now available on the net.
The webcomic is in the vein of a Captain Midnight type of character.  The website offers a sew-on patch and coin, a free downloadable pdf membership card to the Lightning Legion, Spectre's version of the Secret Squadron, and a coin-seal, similar to the Green Hornet seal.
 Click on over to http://www.captainspectre.com/index.html to read the great new adventures of Captain Spectre!  New strips are typically added every Monday evening.  An archive of past strips is also available.

Conan #14 - Preview now available online!
Dark Horse Comics has posted a preview for CONAN #14.  
Kurt Busiek (W), Cary Nord (P), Thomas Yeates (P), Dave Stewart (C), and Leinil Francis Yu (Cover)

Thoth-amon, the legendary sorceror who will plague Conan throughout his life, launches his first attack, as the second story arc of this award-winning, critically lauded series concludes.  A magical battle explodes, tearing up a forgotten temple as Conan and his assassin cohort take on the most evil man of the ancient world.


On sale March 23, Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99


Conan the Barbarian Special Edition - Available April 18th in the UK!
Fox will release a two-disc Conan The Barbarian Special Edition box set in the UK on April the 18th. The film will be presented in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen format, with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio, and optional English HoH subtitles.

The disc will feature several bonus features carried over from previous versions (including a commentary by Director / Writer John Miluis and star Arnold Schwarzenegger); the Conan Unchained: The Making of Conan documentary (53m); deleted scenes sequence (5m); special effects split-screen video (2m); The Conan Archives stills gallery (11m); cast and filmmaker biographies; production notes "and much more". In addition the new set will feature a "brand new documentary about sword and sorcery / fantasy films".

Unlike Conan The Destroyer, the UK DVD releases of Barbarian have been uncut, even thought the film was cut for its theatrical and VHS releases. The film is owned by Universal in
the US, and their Region 1 discs have mono audio. SRP for Fox's new Region 2 set will be £19.99. from zetaminor.com
.

E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow Magazine: 
Sorry, there's no new review this week.
Death in the Dark
by John Olsen is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery.

Shadows of the Pulps:   Nothing new this week.


Blackmask Online: Nothing new this week.

Larry Estep-Online Pulps:    Now with over 550 stories online!

Swords for Florence by Victor Rousseau from SPEED ADVENTURE, January 1945
Abra Cadaver! by Robert Turner from TEN DETECTIVE ACES, May 1943
The Last Shot by Lloyd Leonard Howard from OVER THE TOP, August 1929
Fateful Flapjacks by Willard E. Hawkins from OUTLAWS OF THE WEST, September-October 1931

Featuring: Scoot and Windy

ERB NEWSBEAT OMNIBUS COLLECTION - Now available!
In then 1970s a fanzine named THE BURROUGHS NEWSBEAT was launched. It ceased after 47 issues in 1977 but Jim Van Hise revived it in 2002 and is now issuing a 150 page collection of the best of the BURROUGHS NEWSBEAT as well as additional material (such as a complete guide to the contents of every issue of ERBANIA, and an article on the J.U. Giesy PALOS science fiction trilogy).  Articles cover J. Alien St. John, a 1918 article on Edgar Rice Burroughs (probably the first magazine article on him ever published), artwork by Murphy Anderson, an article on British Tarzan imitations, old pulp illustrations from ERB stories by Frank R. Paul and others. Plus articles on old Tarzan movies, an original short story about Kar Komak. Vintage 1914 reviews of TARZAN OF THE APES, and more.  Full color front and back covers (the back cover of the 1930s Metheun cover of THE MASTER MIND OF MARS, and the front from a 1958 UK paperback which redoes the image to tone down the nudity).

Order for $20.00 plus $8.00 priority mail or $2.00 media mail (or outside the US for $9.00 Global Priority mail) to
James Van Hise, 57754 Onaga Trail, Yucca Valley, CA 92284.  Via Paypal pay to Jimvanhise@aol.com


Fading Shadows - Now Available!
The titles listed below are the final publications from Fading Shadows, Inc.
Back issues of Fading Shadows publications will remain available until the supply is exhausted. 
Use the link below to visit the Fading Shadows website.


ACTION ADVENTURE STORIES #144 and #145
featuring: 

144: The Phantom Detective in Merchant For Murder by Robert Wallace
145: The Phantom Detective in Death Rides the Winner by Robert Wallace

BEHIND THE MASK #71 featuring:
The Necklace of the Empress by H. Bedford Jones
Profit for the Mongoose by Johnston McCulley
The Mongoose Strikes Again by Johnston McCulley
Smoke of Revenge (Mongoose) by Johnston McCulley

DETECTIVE MYSTERY STORIES #55 featuring Marriage Gone Bad by W. S. Bachman; Eykiltimac Stump Acres by Jeffrey B. Burton; Seatbelts by Kenneth M. Austin; Prairie Justice by Eric Wilder; The Tiger’s Tale by Sheila Sowder; The Eye Witness by Gerald Browning; Rub-a-Dub-Dub by Branley Allan Branson; The Ringmaster by Larry K. Wellman; It Can Never Be Easy by Bryan Schingle; Seven for Thirty by Keith Bodayla; and Too Many Suspects (part 3 of 3) by A. J. Mason

Click here or on the images to the right for a look at larger cover images.

Each issue is 5.5 by 8.5 inches in size and runs approximately 80 pages.
One issue is $6.30 postpaid. Two or more issues are $6 each postpaid.
Not responsible for packages lost in the mail.
Insurance is $1.10 per $50.00 value and highly recommended.

Order from: 
Fading Shadows, Inc.
504 E. Morris Street
Seymour, TX 76380-2212
http://www.geocities.com/fadingshadows1/


 


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

For March, Girasol Collectables offers their usual discount, buy all three of this month's Replicas and pay only $75 versus the actual total of $85.

We lead off this month with THE SPIDER #10 featuring The Corpse Cargo  (
July 1934).

This is the second of eight SPIDER'S that will appear this year in rotation with four issues of OPERATOR #5.
THE SPIDER #10 is $35.

Our second Replica is SPICY MYSTERY #5 (September 1935) - $25.

Our third Replica for February is ORIENTAL STORIES #3 (February/March 1931) featuring the Robert E. Howard story, Red Blades of Black Cathay.  ORIENTAL STORIES #3 is $25.

We're frequently asked for 'teasers' of what's to come: how about more of the titles we're already doing, including SPICY WESTERN #1, ORIENTAL STORIES, SAUCY MOVIE TALES, OPERATOR #5, and THE SPIDER. Plus we'll be adding GOLDEN FLEECE to the lineup and possibly DOCTOR DEATH! That should keep everybody from being bored!

Plus, we've acquired a HUGE book collection which we'll be bringing out over the next while.
Catalogue 11 ready now... send for your free catalogue today!

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

Here is a complete listing of the Pulp Replicas currently available for $25, $35, or $50 each postpaid within North America. Overseas will be a few dollars more.

CIVIL WAR STORIES ($25 each postpaid within North America) 
Spring 1940

DAN TURNER  ($25 each postpaid within North America)
Dan Turner Hollywood Detective No. 1 (January 1942)

HORROR STORIES  ($35 each postpaid within North America)
#1 (January 1935)

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




Last Months Replicas

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

OPERATOR 5  ($35 each postpaid within North America)
#1  The Masked Invasion  (April 1934)

ORIENTAL STORIES ($25 each postpaid within North America)
#1  (Oct./Nov. 1930) featuring the Robert E. Howard story, TheVoice of El-Lil.                           
#2  (Dec. 1930/Jan. 1931)
#3  (February/March 1931) featuring the Robert E. Howard story, Red Blades of Black Cathay.

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

SAUCY MOVIE TALES  ($25 each postpaid within North America)
December 1935 #3 (#1 after a title change) - Terrific Saunders cover, spicier than the Spicy's!

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

SPICY ADVENTURE  ($25 each postpaid within North America)
#2  (November 1934) [#1 after the ashcan] with a great Ward cover.
#6   (March 1935) featuring a spicy Thai cover by HJ Ward
#8   (May 1935) featuring a Great Middle Eastern motif cover
#19 (April 1936) featuring She Devil by Robert E. Howard (writing as Sam Walser) 
#22 (July 1936) featuring a Parkhurst cover
#26 (November 1936)

SPICY DETECTIVE  ($25 each postpaid within North America)
#1  (May 1934)
#7  (November 1934)

#10 (February 1935)

#17 (September 1935) featuring Dan Turner and a terrific HJ Ward cover

#20 (December 1935) featuring a HJ Ward cover and a Dan Turner story

#29 (September 1936) featuring a gun toting gal from Mr. Parkhurst on the cover. 
                                   
#30 (October 1936) featuring an incredible, truly classic HJ Ward cover
#76 (August 1940) featuring a great HJ Ward cover, Dan Turner, Eel stories

SPICY MYSTERY  ($25 each postpaid within North America)
#2   (June 1935) featuring Fangs of the Bat
#3   (July 1935) featuring a nice Parkhurst cover
#4   (August 1935)
#5   (September 1935)
#8   (December 1935) featuring a nice Parkhurst cover
#10 (February 1936) featuring Batman
#15 (July 1936)
#16  (
August 1936) featuring H. J. Ward on the cover.

SPICY WESTERN  ($25 each postpaid within North America)
#14 (December 1937)  Great HJ Ward cover

THE SPIDER  ($35 each postpaid within North America)
#1  The Spider Strikes! (October 1933)
#2  The Wheel of Death (November 1933)
#3  Wings of the Black Death (December 1933)
#4  City of Flaming Shadows (January 1934)
#5  Empire of Doom (February 1934)
#6  Citadel of Hell (March 1934)
#7  Serpent of Destruction (April 1934)
#8  The Mad Horde (May 1934)
#9  Satan's Death Blast  (June 1934)
#10 The Corpse Cargo  (July 1934)

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

STRANGE TALES  ($25 each postpaid within North America)
#1  (September 1931)
#2  (November 1931)
#3  (January 1932) featuring Wolves of Darkness by Jack Williamson
#4  (March 1932)
#5  (June 1932)
#6  (October 1932) Famous 'Worm Monster' cover
#7  (January 1933)

TERROR TALES  ($35 each postpaid within North America)
#1 (September 1934)
#2 (October 1934)
#3 (November 1934)
#4 (December 1934)
#5 (January 1935)
#6 (February 1935)

WEIRD TALES  ($35 each postpaid within North America)
#1   March 1923
Available in 2 cover choices: the 'regular' cover, or the recently discovered 'rarer' version. 
Exactly the same, except the black and orange of the cover illustration are switched.
#2   April 1923 
#4   June 1923
#5   July/August 1923
#9    December 1923/January 1924 
#10  February 1924
#11  March 1924
#12  April 1924
#13  Anniversary Issue May/June/July/24 (Note: $50 for this triple issue)
#22  Robert E. Howard's first published story, Spear and Fang.

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

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




Golden Perils #36 - Now online and ready for free downloading!
Golden Perils #36 is now ready for free download with all the latest news from the pulp world, including comics, TV, DVD, Old Time Radio and movies, and articles on Bill Lawson, the Plain Cop by Monte Herridge and Is The Avenger a Killer? by Jeffrey T. Zverloff. The file is 1.6 megs in size, PDF, and you will need Acrobat Reader 4.0 or above to read it. Scroll down to GP 36, right click on "download" and choose Save Target As to save to your harddrive.
You can download the latest issue at:
http://www.howardhopkins.com/page4.htm

GRAND MASTER OF ADVENTURE ART: THE DRAWINGS OF J. ALLEN ST. JOHN
- Now available!
This book collects, for the first time, the exquisite pen, ink, and pencil illustrations of the grand Tarzan artist J. Allen St. John. Some of these flights-of-fantasy illustrations were found in the top pulp magazines of the 1920s and 1930s, such as Amazing Stories, Blue Book, and Weird Tales. Other illustrations include those found in Edgar Rice Burroughs' (Tarzan) classic works Tarzan and the Golden Lion, Tarzan the Terrible, as well as in Burroughs' sci-fi creations, At the Earth's Core, and Pirates of Venus. The Limited Edition features an exclusive 16-page color section!
Hard Cover, 168 pages, B&W,  $34.95.
Deluxe Slipcase Hardcover Edition,
184 pages, B&W, $49.95
Vanguard Productions

Hard Case Crime - New titles now available!
Hard Case Crime's next two titles (HOME IS THE SAILOR by Day Keene and KISS HER GOODBYE by Allan Guthrie) are now available. 

HOME IS THE SAILOR - After years at sea, Swede Nelson just wanted to find a nice girl and settle down. What he found was Corliss Mason: sensual, irresistible—and deadly. Soon Swede’s helping Corliss cover up a killing, but how long can they get away with murder? And why can’t he shake the terrible suspicion that he’s being set up?

KISS HER GOODBYE - When people in Edinburgh want to borrow money, they go to Cooper. When they don’t pay it back, they get a visit from Joe Hope. But now Joe’s got problems of his own. His teenage daughter is found dead, an apparent suicide. Then the police arrest him for murder. But for once in his life, Joe’s innocent—and with help from Scotland’s hardest men (and one of Scotland’s hardest women), he sets out to find the person who framed him and deliver his own brutal brand of justice.

May 2005
361 by Donald E. Westlake - The men in the tan-and-cream Chrysler destroyed Ray Kelly’s life. Now it’s his turn.
PLUNDER OF THE SUN by David Dodge - On the trail of the lost treasure of the Incas — with every fortune hunter in South America closing in!

July 2005
BRANDED WOMAN by Wade Miller - Beautiful jewel smuggler Cay Morgan landed in Mazatlán with a gun in her purse — and a vendetta in her heart.
DUTCH UNCLE by Peter Pavia - Harry had done his time and wanted to stay clean—but with his pockets full of drug money and a dead body at his feet, it wasn't going to be easy...



ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The lead title of our second year is a new book called THE COLORADO KID by...  Stephen King.
Yes, that Stephen King.

Needless to say, we're very excited to be publishing this book.  It's an unusual book for Steve and an unusual one for us -- you'd be hard-pressed to call it hardboiled; it's certainly not a horror story (except perhaps in a metaphysical sense); and one of the big mysteries it poses is whether it's actually a crime story at all.  And yet...and yet...when you read it, you'll understand why it's such a perfect fit for our line.  Not since Mr. Flitcraft had his fateful encounter with a falling beam in THE MALTESE FALCON has there been as memorable an exploration of the way in which the world of "clean orderly sane responsible affairs" (in Hammett's words) are just a small step away from an undreamt-of world of darkness.  Though Steve has said "THE COLORADO KID is probably more 'bleu' than outright 'noir,'" it's exactly that shade of midnight blue -- "bleu de minuit"? -- that colors the very best pulp crime novels.


Needless to say, I don't think you'll want to miss this one.  On top of everything else, the cover is another stunner by Glen Orbik, who previously painted the cover for Wade Miller's BRANDED WOMAN.  The book will be published in October, and you'll be hearing more about it as we get closer to the publication date.

And, as they like to say on late-night infomercials, that's not all.
Because right on the heels of THE COLORADO KID, we've got some other real gems lined up.

In November, we'll bring you Lawrence Block's THE GIRL WITH THE LONG GREEN HEART, considered by many to be the best con man novel ever written.  When we kicked off our line with GRIFTER'S GAME last year, a number of you got in touch with me to say, "You know what I'd really love to see?  A new edition of my favorite Block book, THE GIRL WITH THE LONG GREEN HEART."  Well, your wish is our command.  Cover by the great Robert McGinnis because, come on, who else would you get to paint a girl with a long green heart?


In December, MWA Grandmaster Ed McBain joins the party with THE GUTTER AND THE GRAVE, a new edition of a book that was originally published back in 1958 as "I'M CANNON--FOR HIRE."  Why the title change?  As the author pointed out to us, two reasons: The main character's name isn't "Cannon," and he's not for hire.  The character the book is about originally appeared in a series of stories in MANHUNT magazine, and at that time his name was "Matt Cordell."  When the stories were collected into a book by Gold Medal, the character's name ended up changed to "Curt Cannon" (the author's name did, too, actually) -- and both of these changes persisted when McBain wrote his first and only novel featuring the character.  Now that we're bringing the book back for its first publication in more than 40 years, it's a chance for it finally to appear the way the author wanted: under a title he chose, and with "Matt Cordell" properly restored as the character's name.  Cover by Rick Farrell, who most recently wowed you with the cover to Domenic Stansberry's THE CONFESSION and who will next wow you with the literal cliffhanger he teamed up with Greg Manchess to paint for the cover of Day Keene's HOME IS THE SAILOR.

In January, we're proud to bring you a rare stand-alone suspense novel by the creator of secret agent Matt Helm: NIGHT WALKER by Donald Hamilton.  This is a classic noir story that begins with a man waking up in the hospital, his head completely covered with bandages, only to find the nurses addressing him by a stranger's name.  Then the stranger's wife shows up to take him home, and things only go downhill from there...  The cover is by a newcomer to our line, Tim Gabor, and it captures the spirt of the pulps extremely well.

After that, the plan is to put out a new book every month for the rest of the year -- so watch this space for more announcements.  (Or check out our Web site, www.HardCaseCrime.com.  You'll always find the latest news there.) In the meantime, we hope you enjoy our two newest titles, arriving in stores this week: HOME IS THE SAILOR by Day Keene and KISS HER GOODBYE by Allan Guthrie.  Both books are amazing -- if you haven't ordered copies already, why not treat yourself now with a visit to your local bookstore or your favorite online bookseller? 


You can get copies through the Hard Case Crime web site, http://www.hardcasecrime.com, or order them through your favorite local bookseller.




Kolchak - New drama pilot!
Stuart Townsend (QUEEN OF THE DAMNED) will star as ABC's new Kolchak in the drama pilot NIGHT STALKER, an update of the 1970s supernatural TV series, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. Gabrielle Union will also star in NIGHT STALKER, from Touchstone TV and writer-producer Frank Spotnitz (THE X-FILES), the trade paper reported.  Union will play Kolchak's colleague at the paper who partners with him in his pursuit of supernatural phenomena.


Life and Work of J Allen St. John Volume 1 - Now available!
OLD TIGER PRESS is publishing a series of books on J. Allen St. John. 
The first volume, a biography of St. John, by Darrell C. Richardson, is now available
from Lulu.com.
The price of the 100 page full color book is $30.
A cheaper black and white version may be available in the near future for those who just want to read the biography.  
Click here for a special preview of this exciting new series.

Volume 2 of the St. John series features a great look at 
St. John's art through the eyes of a number of his students. Professional artists who studied under St. John in his later years in Chicago relate personal stories  that make this a really fascinating insight into the artist.  This volume will feature a TON of unpublished St. John art. 

The third volume will be an all Edgar Rice Burroughs volume.  
The sixth volume features an update of the
J. Allen St. John bibliography. 
The 
J. Allen St. John books are all in full color and will be available from Lulu.com.
Join the Old Tiger Press newsgroup at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldtigerpress/

The preview and cover are copyright Darrell C. Richardson and Dennis McHaney.
Thanks to Dennis McHaney for allowing me to bring you the advance look at
the first book in this series.


PULPCON 34
PULPCON 34 will be held July 7-10, 2005 at the Dayton Convention Center in Dayton, Ohio.
Guests of Honor
Martin H. Greenberg (confirmed)
PULPCON is pleased that editor/anthologist Martin H. Greenberg has accepted our invitation to be Guest of Honor at Pulpcon 34 in July. In recent years he has become the most prolific anthologist in several fields. Greenberg has worked with different co-editors to produce many anthologies designed for classroom teaching in various fields (chemistry, history, anthropology, engineering, etc) using science fiction as background. His work as editor of collections such as The Asimov Chronicles and as co-editor with recent Pulpcon Guest Bill Pronzini, Robert Silverberg, Asimov, Pulpcon regular Robert Weinberg and numerous others of dozens of anthologies has brought back into print hundreds of stories lost in the files of old pulp magazines or last seen in hard-to-find collections.  
Martin H. Greenberg - Bibliography Summary
.

Ed Hoch (confirmed)

Edward D. Hoch was born February 22, 1930, in Rochester, New York.  His first story, Village of the Dead, was published in the December 1955 issue of FAMOUS DETECTIVE.  Hoch has published nearly 900 short stories and is the leading contemporary writer of true puzzle plot mysteries. Much of Hoch's work centers on series detectives, many of which have been featured in long-running sequences of short stories. Many of Hoch's series detectives tend to personify different mystery subgenres. Captain Leopold tales are police procedurals; Dr. Sam Hawthorne, impossible crimes; Nick Velvet, Rogue thieves who turn detective; Jeffery Rand, the mystery tale based in espionage; Ben Snow, the historical mystery. Hoch can shift to any of these genres simply by altering his series protagonist.  Hoch is a winner of the Edgar Award, former President of the Mystery Writers of America, and the 2001 Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America.  Click here for more on Hoch's detective series.  Several of Hoch's detective series anthologies are available from Crippen & Landru.  Edward D. Hoch - Bibliography Summary

Pulp Room:
PULPCON will have approximately 100 tables of pulps and related materials in the Pulp Room which will be open 1 PM - 8 PM on Thursday and 10 AM - 5 PM on Friday and Saturday.
 
All tables are first-come, first-served. Tables are not to be moved without permission. Tables are for the use only of those who rent them and renters must be present to sell their own goods (or forfeit them to Pulpcon for auctioning) unless arrangements are made with Pulpcon in advance.


Memberships:
Memberships are $20 until April 15.  Registrations arriving in PO Box 90424 April 16 through June 20 are $30. Those arriving later will be held for at-the-door registration: $40. A one-day registration for Saturday only is $20. At-the-door registration for Saturday only is $25.  
Click here for the registration form in PDF format.

Send the registration form (required) to:
PULPCON
PO BOX 90424
DAYTON, OH 45490-0424


Questions may be mailed to the address above or emailed to reg@pulpcon.org. To eliminate complications, Pulpcon requires separate checks and separate registration forms for each Pulpcon member except married couples living at the same address. In this case, both names are to appear on the registration form. Please do not use cards, letters, notes, etc. as they are easily separated from the files and buried or lost. If we have to return checks, forms for multiple registrations or non-forms to be properly re-registered, a $2 per person postage and handling charge will be added. Also, please note the space on the form to be marked if this is your first Pulpcon.

Watch the PULPCON website for the latest information as it becomes available.

The Pulp Rack - New additions!
In the Contemporary Pulp section, "Sgt. Rock: Now and Then," a look at this DC Comics WWII character in the recent graphic novel from the Vertigo imprint and in the original stories reprinted in the first two Sgt. Rock Archives volumes. You'll find it at http://pulprack.com/arch/2005/03/sgt_rock_now_an.html

In the Adventure category, "If the Pulps Still Thrived: Charles McCarry as a Contemporary Blue Book writer," a look at a contemporary novelist whose work and writing style places him in the family tree of the finest of the general adventure pulps, ADVENTURE and BLUE BOOK. You'll find the article at  http://pulprack.com/arch/2005/03/if_the_pulps_st.html

In the Western Pulps category, you will find a look at the first six volumes in David Thompson's WILDERNESS series about mountain man Nate King. http://pulprack.com/arch/2005/03/the_wilderness.html


Tales of Masks & Mayhem - Now Available!
Tales of Masks & Mayhem contains stories in the pulp tradition, featuring characters such as The Black Bat, The Black Ghost, The Tarantula, Doc Atlas, Secret Agent X, The Moon Man, The Grey Monk, Scarecrow & The Night Hawk, by some of today's top writers, Will Murray, Mike Black, John French, Lance Curry, Steve Mitchell, Tom Johnson, Debra DeLorme, and Terese Drippe.

Trade paperback, 450 pages, $16.99.


Order from Mystic Toad Press.


TERRA OBSCURA VOL. 2 #6  - In comic shops March 9th!
Written by Alan Moore and Peter Hogan, art and cover by Yanick Paquette and Karl Story.

It all comes down to this: a showdown in space! The only thing standing between the Terror's seizure of Colonel Future's time-warping ship is Tom Strange. But is he powerful enough to stop this monstrosity? Could this be the end of Terra Obscura as we know it?

32 pages, $2.95


Upcoming Modern Hero-Pulp Novels by Christopher R. Yates
Judge Dredd: The Final Cut, Matt Smith, Black Flame, $6.99, March 1- Now Available!
Superfolks, Robert Mayer, Griffin, $12.95, March 9
Rogue Trooper: Blood Relative, James Swallow, Black Flame, $6.99, April 1
Justice League of America: Green Lantern: Hero’s Quest, Dennis O’Neil,
Pocket Star, $6.99, April
Green Lantern: Sleepers Book 1 (softcover), Christopher Priest, ibooks, $6.99, April 1
Crisis on Infinite Earths, Marv Wolfman, ibooks, $22.95, April 1
Those Who Walk in Darkness, John Ridley, Warner Books, $6.99, April 8
Rising Stars Combo: Book 1 & 2 Collected, Arthur Byron Cover, ibooks, $7.99, April/May
Strontium Dog: Ruthless, Jonathan Clements, Black Flame, $6.99, May 1
Green Lantern: Sleepers Book 3, Christopher Priest,
ibooks, $22.95, May 1
Forensic Files of Batman, Doug Moench,
ibooks, $7.99, May 1
Justice League of America: Superman: Never-ending Battle, Roger Stern, Pocket Star, $6.99, June 1
Judge Dredd: Swine Fever, Andrew Cartmel, Black Flame, $6.99, June 1
Durham Red: The Omega Solution, Peter Evans,
Black Flame, $6.99,  June 1
Fantastic Four (movie novelization), Peter David,
Pocket Star, $6.99, June 1
Batman Begins (movie novelization), Dennis O’Neil, Del Rey, $6.99, June 21
Fantastic Four: War Zone, Greg Cox,
Pocket Star, $6.99, July 1
ABC Warriors: Rage Against the Machines, Pat Mills & Steve Earles, Black Flame, $6.99, July 1
Astounding Hero-Tales, James Lowder, ed., August
Strontium Dog: Day of the Dogs, Jaspre Bark & Steve Lyons, Black Flame, $6.99, August 1
Nikolai Dante: Imperial Black, Andrew Cartmel,
Black Flame, $6.99,  September 1
Justice Society of America: Book 1, Geoff Johns & Paul Kupperberg,  ibooks, $6.99, September 1
Spiderman: Down These Mean Streets, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Pocket Star, $6.99, September 1
Rising Stars: Book 3; Change the World, Arthur Byron Cover, ibooks, $6.99, September 1
It’s Superman, Tom De Haven, Chronicle Books, September 1

Batman: Shattered Lives, Michael Reaves, Del Rey, $6.99, September 27
On Earth As It Is In Hell (Hellboy), Brian Hodge, Pocket Star, $6.99, October 1
Judge Dredd: Whiteout, James Swallow, Black Flame, $6.99,  October 1
Rogue Trooper: The Quartz Massacre, Rebecca Levene, Black Flame, $6.99, October 1
DC Universe #1: Last Sons, Alan Grant, Warner Books, $6.99, October 1
Batman: Shattered Lives, Michael Reaves, Del Rey, $6.99, October 25
City of Heroes, CDS Books, Fall ‘05
Fathom: Book 2: Tides of Destiny, Kevin Andrew Murphy, ibooks, $6.99, January 1, 2006


Wild Cat Books - Now available!
THE GHOST - A Historical Retrospective

Written by RON CAPSHAW, this is a fascinating look at the life of a Pulp Hero. The socio-political commentary, combined with real-life events and characters, are mixed well with this fictional creation that describes a "true" history that may have existed. Dr. Jonathan Silver is The Ghost, and this thrilling novel traces his entire life, from beginning to end, and covers the many exciting facets of the 20th Century. Presented as a "biography", the tales are pure pulp fiction that will appeal to every fan of adventure! I was very impressed with the scope of this book, and Wild Cat Books is proud to present this latest collection from a fine writer!

6"x9" Trade Paperback, 122 pages, $11.00.
Available at http://www.lulu.com/wildcatbooks


Wildside Press - Now available!
Operator #5: Revolt of the Devil Men by Curtis Steele
ISBN: 1-59224-679-6, $13.95 (trade paperback)

Operator #5, America's Secret Service Ace, appeared in 48 novels in the classic pulp magazine bearing his name. From April 1934 to November 1939, Jimmy Christopher fought villains from inside the United States and invaders from without. With World War II looming on the horizon, the Operator #5 books became a reflection of the times, showcasing American fears of technology and oppression.

In Revolt of the Devil Men, after America has been invaded and nearly destroyed, Jimmy Christopher and his organization begin rebuilding efforts . . . only to face a new threat!

One of the bloodiest pulps ever produced, the Operator #5 books have a well-deserved reputation for thrill-a-minute action and peril. If you like pulp fiction, you'll love Operator #5.


Wonder Woman Season Three on DVD - Available June 7th!
The 3rd and final season of Wonder Woman picked up where the second year left off: in modern times, with modern adventures and modern people for the amazing Amazon to protect. No wonder that guest stars included hearthrob pop star Leif Garrett and NFL "Fearsome Foursome" Hall-of-Famer Deacon Jones!

Other guest stars this season included Lance LeGault, Craig T. Nelson, Ed Begley Jr., Joe E. Tata, Roddy McDowall, Gavin MacLeod, Russell Johnson, Wolfman Jack, Robert Alda, Shields & Yarnell, Ted Shackelford and Joan Van Ark (before their Knot's Landing team-up!), Rene Auberjonois, Tim O'Connor, Sarah Purcell, Judge Reinhold, Rick Springfield, Dick Butkus, James Sloyan, Jared Martin, and Marc Alaimo.

You can expect 
Wonder Woman - The Complete 3rd Season DVDs to arrive on June 7th, if the current schedule holds.

Xena: Warrior Princess - 6th & Final Season on DVD - Available March 8th!
Xena: Warrior Princess comes to a conclusion in 2005, with the March 8th release of the 6th season on DVD.
This classic series-ending collection highlights the show’s mastery at mixing mythic gods and ghastly beasts. These wildly imaginative storylines are brought to vivid life through the dynamic performances of Lucy Lawless as the indomitable Xena and Renee O’Connor as her loveably irrepressible companion. For fans of the Warrior Princess, Xena’s sixth and final season is an unforgettable curtain call.


Special Features:
Director's cut version a A Friend In Need 1&2, Interviews with cast, Alternate Director's cuts and deleted scenes, Xena Live - fan convention, Xena season one promo, and many more.

 
The SPR is $79.98.



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