2013 Dum-Dum convention of The Burroughs
Bibliophiles - August 8-11, 2013!
The 2013 Dum-Dum is set for 8-11 August in Louisville, KY, to give
us a chance to see George T. McWhorter and the ERB Memorial Collection
on the campus of the University of Louisville. Events will center at the
Hilton Garden Inn Louisville Airport, 2735 Crittenden Drive, Louisville,
KY 40209 (telephone 502-637-2424). Registration is $85, and will include
the Saturday banquet ticket, souvenirs, and ticket for a tour of the Memorial
Collection. Guest of Honor is Dr. Philip Currie, paleobiologist and publisher
of one of the first ERB fanzines. The official annual meeting of The Burorughs
Bibliophiles Board of Directors will start at 3:00 pm on 9 August in the
Ekstrom Library at UofL. The special room rate is $94 for a single or double.
The first page of the registration form is attached; will have to post the
second page separately.
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Airship 27 Productions
DAN FOWLER VOLUME
2
THE ACE G-MAN RETURNS!
Now available!
Airship 27 Productions is thrilled
to announce their fifth release of the year; DAN FOWLER G-Man Vol II.
Volume One was published two years ago and well received by pulp fans warranting
a second foray into the world of this classic tough guy federal agent.
One of the greatest pulp heroes of old returns in four gun-blazing new
adventures. Dan Fowler, ace investigator for the FBI, is back action,
this time facing off against quartet of deadly villains; from a hideous monkey
faced gang boss to avenging the murder of an uncover agent. Along the
way he’ll team up with a colorful assortment of allies from a sexy jewel
thief to the none other than Jim Anthony, the Super Detective.
Writers Derrick Ferguson, Aaron Smith, Joshua Reynolds and B.C. Bell have
whipped up four of the most fast paced, nail biting crime thrillers ever
to grace any pulp collection. Dan Fowler is an iconic pulp hero who,
during the course of his original series, battled criminals and outlaws
from rural hick bootleggers to the organized syndicates of New York and
Chicago.
“Dan Fowler was by far one of the most successful classic pulp characters
ever created,” declares Airship 27 Productions’ Managing Editor, Ron Fortier.
“If you start talking about any kind of crime fighting series, pulp fans
will immediately bring up his name. It is synonymous with this particular
genre of pulps. He was pretty much the Dick Tracy of the pulps. Airship 27
Productions is thrilled to be bringing him back into the spotlight of new
pulp fiction with these original thrill-a-minutes tales.”
Wrapped up by a gorgeous cover from Brian McCulloch and featuring wonderful
black and white interior illustrations by Neil T. Foster, DAN FOWLER G-MAN
Vol II was designed by Rob Davis and edited by Ron Fortier. So move
over Elliot Ness and Melvin Purvis, here comes the great G-Man of them all,
DAN FOWLER!!!
Now on sale at Amazon.com!
Airship
27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
At the printer
and shiping in June!
THE AVENGER #10:
"Pictures of Death," "The Green Killer" and "Calling Justice Inc."
The pulps' original "Man of Steel" returns in three action-packed
pulp thrillers by Paul Ernst and Emile Tepperman writing as "Kenneth Robeson."
First, smuggled "Pictures of Death" are only the sinister prelude to deadly
sabotage and mass destruction. Then, Justice Inc. hunts for the antidote
to a deadly malady that transforms men into apelike monstrosities in "The
Green Killer." Will the cure bring death to The Avenger? PLUS "Calling
Justice Inc.," a bonus Avenger thriller by Spider-scribe Emile Tepperman!
This classic pulp reprint showcases the classic color pulp covers by Lenosci
and William Timmons, Paul Orban's interior illustrations and commentary
by pulp historian Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-113-4
Softcover, 7x10, 112 pages, B&W, $14.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First
Class postpaid
Twelve
issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
At the printer
and shiping in June!
DOC SAVAGE #67 "The
Invisible-Box Murders" & "Target for Death"
The Man of Bronze and his daredevil cousin Pat Savage return
in two classic pulp novels by Lester Dent and William Bogart writing
as "Kenneth Robeson." First, Doc Savage is accused of serial murders and
jailed. Can Pat and Doc's aides help unearth the strange secret of "The
Invisible-Box Murders" and prove the Man of Bronze's innocence? Then,
Doc journeys to Honolulu after a strange letter makes Pat's friend, Sally
Trent, a "Target for Death." BONUS: "The Hang String," a rare 1933 tale
by Lester Dent from the back pages of The Shadow Magazine. This double-novel
collector's edition leads off with a classic color cover by Emery Clarke,
and showcases all of Paul Orban's original interior illustrations and new
historical commentary by Will Murray, writer of eleven Doc Savage novels.
(Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-114-1 Softcover, 7x10, 112
pages, B&W, $14.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First
Class postpaid
Twelve
issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in July!
THE AVENGER Volume
11: "The Happy Killers" "The Black Death" & "Cargo of Doom"
The pulps' legendary "Man of Steel"
returns in three action-packed pulp thrillers by Paul Ernst and Emile Tepperman
writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, a stolen formula provides crime with
a pill that transforms subjects into superhuman murder machines in "The Happy
Killers." Then, targeted with "The Black Death," The Avenger must unmask
the satanic mastermind behind the Black Wings Cult before his own life is
forfeit! PLUS "Cargo of Doom," a bonus Avenger thriller by Spider-scribe
Emile Tepperman! This classic pulp reprint showcases the classic color pulp
covers, Paul Orban's interior illustrations and commentary by pulp historian
Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-118-9 Softcover, 7x10,
112 pages, B&W, $14.95
THE AVENGER VOLUME 11 is solicited in
the June PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN131511.
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First
Class postpaid
Twelve
issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in July!
DOC SAVAGE Volume
27: "Murder Mirage" & "The Other World" JAMES BAMA VARIANT - Philip
José Farmer tribute edition
The pulp era's greatest superhero returns in two imaginative novels
by Laurence Donovan and Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." What
is the strange connection between a snowstorm in July and the death
of a woman transformed into a shadow? Doc and Pat Savage journey to
the Syrian Desert to unravel the strange secret of the "Murder Mirage"
in the novel that inspired a 1940 Superman story! Then, a mysterious
animal pelt leads Doc and his aides through a crack in the Earth to the
prehistoric dangers of "The Other World." Pulp historian Will Murray
provides historical commentary and a tribute to the late Doc Savage writer
Philip José Farmer. This deluxe pulp reprint showcase a stunning
cover painting by the legendary James Bama, the classic color covers
by Walter Baumhofer and Emery Clarke and all the original interior illustrations
by Paul Orban. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-119-6 Softcover,
7x10, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95
DOC SAVAGE VOLUME 27 is solicited in
the June PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN131513.
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First
Class postpaid
Twelve
issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in July!
THE SHADOW Volume 75: "The Golden Master," "Death's
Bright Finger" and "REIGN OF TERROR" - Triple Novel Special
The Knight of Darkness battles diabolical supervillains in classic
pulp thrillers by all three "Maxwell Grants." First, the Master of Darkness
confronts his greatest superfoe, Shiwan Khan, "The Golden Master," in
Walter Gibson's landmark novel that inspired the blockbuster 1994 movie.
Then, The Shadow battles The Light in "Death's Bright Finger," a violent
thriller by Theodore Tinsley. Finally, The Shadow and his agents are
faced with a "Reign of Terror" in Bruce Elliott's final (and best) pulp
novel. This instant collector's item showcases the classic color pulp
covers by George Rozen and Graves Gladney and the original interior illustrations
by Edd Cartier and Paul Orban, with commentary by popular culture historian
Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-120-3 Softcover,
7x10, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95
THE SHADOW VOLUME 75 is solicited in
the June PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN131512.
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First
Class postpaid
Twelve
issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in August!
DOC SAVAGE Volume
69: "The Munitions Master" & "The King of Terror"
The pulp era's greatest superman returns in thrilling tales of
international intrigue by Harold A. Davis and Lester Dent writing as
"Kenneth Robeson." First, with the world on the brink
of global war, its leaders order the arrest of Doc Savage when "The Munitions
Master" frames the Man of Bronze for the grotesque "burning death" that has
decimated France's military. Then, after narrowly escaping an assassination
attempt, Doc Savage is abducted to the South Pacific where a bizarre plot
is being hatched! This classic pulp reprint showcases both original color
pulp covers by Emery Clarke and the classic interior illustrations by Paul
Orban, with historical commentary by Will Murray, author of 12 Doc Savage
novels. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-121-9 Softcover, 7x10, 112
pages, B&W, $14.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First
Class postpaid
Twelve
issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in August!
THE SHADOW Volume
76: "Death Ship" and "The Black Dragon"
The Knight of Darkness battles foreign threats to America in
two classic pulp thrillers by Walter B. Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant."
First, with his alter ego compromised, The Shadow rises from the deep Pacific
to confront Japanese agents and retrieve the U.S. Navy's prototype Z-boat,
a submersible "Death Ship" that could tip the balance in the future war.
Then, at the height of World War II, The Shadow and distaff aide Myra Reldon
combat the treacherous plots of "The Black Dragon" and his sinister secret
society. BONUS: "The Man with The Shadow's Face!" This instant collector's
item reprints Graves Gladney's and Modest Stein's first Shadow covers
in color plus the original interior illustrations by Edd Cartier and Paul
Orban, with commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-122-6
Softcover, 7x10. 128 pages, B&W, $14.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First
Class postpaid
Twelve
issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Beb Books - Now available!
This week we offer two more
books in our Thrill Book Library!
JUJU AND OTHERS
First up Is Juju and others, a pair of weird African adventures.
Juju is written by Murray Leinster, the famed science fiction writer, but
a man who wrote in practically every conceivable genre. Here a party of
whites are cut off from civilization, surrounding by unseen natives pounding
their juju drums day and night. What do the natives want, how can the whites
escape and what of the savage gorilla that seeming invades their plantation
house with easy.
In The Shadows of Race by J. Hampton Bishop is a novella length serial
beginning in the first issue of The Thrill Book. Three men searching for
the father of one of their number in deepest Africa discover a beautiful
white woman and a mysterious tribe of half-ape-half-humans who raised her.
And what great curse stands between them and a return to civilization.
As a bonus is included “Between Two Worlds” by Ada Louvie Evans. A simple
hunting trip goes badly when one of the dogs seems possessed by a demon
from outside the uniiverse.
74 pages of African adventure for $6.00
GUILT - TALES OF
REMORSE
Next is GUILT- - Tales of Remorse. The ghost of a dead man
comes back to ruin the poker game of his murderer. A monstrous spirit comes
to destroy the children of a betrayer on their seventh birthday A clever
detective extorts a confession by playing on a killer’s guilt and a German
soldier discovers that duty and love do not go together. These are only
some of the stories people driven mad by guilt. Tales of crimes are not a
big part of The Thrill Book but here are eleven stories of people who come
to regret what they’ve done. 66 pages for $6.00
And don’t our previous
two releases, Perley Poore Sheehan’s The House With a Bad Name and X. T.
X.
X,T.X. is a tale of espionage set behind the lines in Germany. Gordon
Kent, British chemist, has developed a new kind of poison gas. Before the
war no one wanted it, now everyone wants him. Because he had been traveling
in Germany when the war broke out Kent has been taken prisoner and tortured
to force him to reveal the formula. American spy and aviator, Robert Wayne,
hopes to fly his experimental plane into Germany and rescue Kent. And if
he’s lucky he’ll also rescue Grace Sherwood, one of the many spies who have
gone into Germany and never returned. While Wayne’s ambitious plan work?
What of Kent, after a year of torture, does he desire life... or death.
95 pages of unexpected action for $9.00
The House With a Bad Name
What gives a house a bad name? in this case it was the suspicion that
at one time the master of this house had kept a woman there. In 1920 ‘keeping’
a woman meant prostitution. Following the death of the master a woman comes
to the door and demands her share of the fortune, being the daughter of
the ‘kept’ woman. But is she really the late Tyrone’s daughter, what will
happen to Tyrone’s actual daughter, and what can Buckhannon, a young man
in love with the Tyrone girl, do to end the Bad Name that affects the old
house in a remote part of New York. A tales about morality, redemption and
a good and faithful servant. 118 pages for just $9.00!
And don’t forget
our other recent releases:
Stephan Chalmers’ Treasure of the World ($6.00)
Stephen Chalmer’s The Cataclysm ($6.00)
Safe and Sane and the collected stories from The Thrill Book
by Tod Robbins ($6.00)
The Whimpus, The Living Portrait and Wild Wullie, The Waster:
Three Novelets by Tod Robbins. ($6.00)
Secret Agent X #35, Plague of the Golden Death ($6.00) and
Secret Agent #36, Curse of the Mandarin’s Fan. ($6.00)
Beb Books
are always set in new, readable type and printed on 8.5 by 11 inch paper
and side stapled.
All the original art, when it exists, is included. Postage is
just $3.00 for the first three books and 25 cents more per additional
book
My website
is over a year out of date.
But I can
send you a brief catalog of what we've reprinted.
Just write to beb01@sprynet.com and ask for a catalog.
Have a question?
Would like to see our complete list
of titles? Write to
me at beb01@sprynet.com.
To order, send check or money
order (sorry, no Paypal) made payable to Brian Earl Brown
to:
Brian Earl
Brown
11675 Beaconsfield
Detroit, MI 48224
Have a question? Would like to see our complete list of titles?
Write to beb01@sprynet.com.
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| The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries - Coming October 22!
Otto Penzler (Author)
Paperback: 1040 pages
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN-10: 0345802985
ISBN-13: 978-0345802989
Price: $25.00
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THE BLACK BAT #4 - Coming in August!
Brian Buccellato (Writer), Ronan Cliquet
(Art), Jae Lee, Joe Benitez, Ardian Syaf, Billy Tan (Covers)
When Black Bat finds himself trapped by police who are determined
to take him in "dead or alive", he receives an assist from an unlikely
source. Also, a look back at the night that Tony Quinn lost everything.
THE BLACK BAT #4 is solicited in the
June PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN131009 (Lee cover).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN131010
(Syaf cover).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN131011
(Tan cover).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN131012
(Benitez cover).
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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Blogging Mac Raboy’s Flash Gordon, Part
One – “Polaria” - Now online!
Mac Raboy succeeded Austin Briggs in illustrating the Flash Gordon
Sunday strip from 1948 until his death in 1967. As an artist, Raboy was
heavily influenced by the strip’s creator, Alex Raymond, and did a fine
job of continuing the series. Dark Horse reprinted the entire Mac Raboy
run in four oversized monochrome trade paperbacks a few years ago. Titan
Books will reprint the series in full color as part of their ongoing hardcover
reprints of the entire run of the series. At present, I have only two Mac
Raboy stories (one early and one late-period) as a sample of his two decade
run on the strip.
The rest is at the links below.
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Blogging Mac Raboy’s Flash Gordon, Part
Two – “Yeti” - Now online!
Mac Raboy succeeded Austin Briggs in illustrating the Flash Gordon
Sunday strip from 1948 until his death in 1967. As an artist, Raboy was
heavily influenced by the strip’s creator, Alex Raymond and did a fine
job of continuing the series. Dark Horse reprinted the entire Mac Raboy
run in four oversized monochrome trade paperbacks a few years ago. Titan
Books will reprint the series in full color as part of their ongoing hardcover
reprints of the entire run of the series. At present, I have only two Mac
Raboy stories (one early and one late-period) as a sample of his two decade
run on the strip.
The rest is at the links below.
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If you haven't purchased
recent releases from Murania Press, be sure to take advantage of their holiday-weekend
sale.
From now until Monday, May 27, back issues of BLOOD 'N' THUNDER, both
volumes of THE BEST OF BLOOD 'N' THUNDER,
all four volumes of the "Classic Pulp Reprints" series, and other Murania
publications are available for 20 percent off cover price.
All product pages have been adjusted to reflect the discount, so customers
can order as usual with the shopping-cart feature and pay via Paypal.
The sale concludes Monday evening but all orders will be processed as
soon as they come in.
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Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania
Press
Blood 'N' Thunder #36/37
Now available!
This double issue boasts the greatest variety of articles, reviews,
pulp reprints, and pictorial features in BLOOD ‘N’ THUNDER’s history.
Articles include: the 20 most underrated Doc Savage novels, chosen
by a blue-ribbon panel of experts; a celebration of the Fu Manchu
centennial by Bill Maynard, the Devil Doctor’s current chronicler;
the making of M-G-M’s 1934 smash THE THIN MAN, by eminent film historian
Richard Bann; the early career of AMAZING STORIES editor Raymond
A. Palmer; H. Bedford-Jones on writing for the pulps; Will Murray establishes
the true identity of a long-forgotten hero-pulp writer; silent-era
movie serials made by Vitagraph Company of America; a Spanish-language
Zorro simulacrum called El Coyote; and much more. Also, a pictorial
feature with the stylings of pulp’s new pinup queen, Mala Mastroberte,
who adorns our cover. Plus: reprints of rare, uncollected pulp stories
(including the overlooked first entry in the popular Jimmie Cordie
series), a gallery of pulp cover paintings (scanned from the originals),
pulp and book reviews, and more. There’s truly something for everyone
in this issue, which can be purchased for $19.95 (shipping included)
at the Murania Press website.
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Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania
Press
Now available!
The
Best of Blood ‘n’ Thunder: Volume Two
The Best of Blood ‘n’ Thunder: Volume Two, a trade paperback priced
at $24.95, reprints material from long out-of-print issues of BnT.
For more than a decade, Blood ‘n’ Thunder has explored American popular
culture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries as manifested in its
mass-market fiction—dime novels, nickel weeklies, pulp magazines—and
such complementary storytelling forms as stage melodramas, motion pictures,
and Old Time Radio thrillers. The first 21 issues of this limited-circulation
journal are long out of print, and collectors have been known to pay
as much as ten times the original cover price for back numbers that
infrequently turn up on eBay.
A follow-up to 2011’s The Best of Blood ‘n’ Thunder, this deluxe volume
reprints the finest reviews and articles that appeared in issues 11
through 21—more than 100,000 words of history, biography, criticism,
and commentary. In these pages you’ll read about such popular characters
as The Shadow, Doc Savage, and Sam Spade. You’ll read about such legendary
pulp magazines as Adventure, Black Mask, and Short Stories. And you’ll
read about such famous authors as Talbot Mundy, Dashiell Hammett, and
L. Ron Hubbard. Like its predecessor, The Best of Blood ‘n’ Thunder:
Volume Two is a one-volume encyclopedia for aficionados of vintage
adventure, mystery, and melodrama.
Wilderness
Trail, by H. Bedford-Jones
Murania’s second March release is the fourth volume in our Classic
Pulp Reprints series: Wilderness Trail, by H. Bedford-Jones. Also published
in trade-paperback format, it contains an introduction by Ed Hulse
and carries a retail price of $19.95.
In 1810, the still-young United States of America continues its westward
expansion as a national economy begins to flourish. But the country’s
commerce is seriously disrupted in Kentucky, at the juncture of the Ohio
and Mississippi rivers, by daring pirates who strike from nowhere and
then disappear into the wilderness. Captain John Norton, a young military
officer working undercover, mounts a secret campaign against the buckskinned
brigands, who are led by a mystery man known as Blacknose. Along the way
Norton receives aid from such legendary figures of early American history
as rugged pioneer Daniel Boone, future President Zachary Taylor, prominent
naturalist John J. Audubon, and Shawnee Indian chief Tecumseh. Yet the
clever Blacknose and his followers continue to evade their would-be captors.
The Wilderness Trail originally appeared in the February 1915 issue
of Blue Book and was the first of more than 370 fictional works—novels,
novelettes, and short stories—H. Bedford-Jones wrote for that distinguished
pulp magazine over a period of 33 years. It was also his first
historical novel with an American setting. Issued in hard covers
many decades ago by the British firm of Hurst & Blackett, The
Wilderness Trail has never been published in the United States as
a book—until now.
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Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press: EDitorial
Comments - Now online!
Murania’s Memorial Day Weekend Sale!
- New!
Ruminating On The Nature Of Pulp - New!
Thanks To Our Loyal Subscribers!
DISTRESSED DAMSELS & MASKED MARAUDERS: The Final Update
Coming Soon: BLOOD ‘N’ THUNDER GUIDE TO PULP FICTION
BLOOD ‘N’ THUNDER #36/37: Subscriber Copies Have
Shipped
Windy City 2013 Convention Report
Murania Press Sale at the Upcoming Windy City Pulp/Paper
Expo
Wuxtry, Wuxtry: Hot Off The Press! THE BEST OF BnT:
VOLUME TWO
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The Book Cave - New podcast now available online!
Episode 231: Rick
Lai
Rick Lai visits the Book Cave to talk about his novel
Judex and other subjects of interest.
Episode
230: The Scarlet Jaguar
Episode 229: Small
Press Alternative Comics Expo
Episode 228: Win Scott Eckert
Episode 227:
Mike Baron
Episode 226:
One Foot In My Grave
Episode 225:
Bigfoot Blues
Episode 224:
Doc Savage: Skull Island
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CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #2 -
Coming in August!
Joshua Williamson (Writer), Fernando Dagnino (Art), Ego (Color),
and Felipe Massafera (Cover)
It's only been seventy-two hours since he appeared in the present,
but three people have already tried to kill Captain Midnight! When faced
with an FBI agent tasked with his capture, a fanboy pilot who knows
his history, and the badass granddaughter of his lost love, the time-traveling
hero must decide if he can trust these unlikely allies as he attempts
to take on one of his oldest enemies!
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on August 28.
CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #2 is solicited in
the June PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN130039.
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THE CHRONICLES OF KING CONAN VOLUME 6:
A DEATH IN STYGIA AND OTHER STORIES TP
Coming in October!
Alan Zelenetz (Writer), Marc Silvestri
(Pencils/Inks), Mike Docherty (Pencils), Geof Isherwood (Inks), Art Nichols
(Inks),
George Roussos (Color), and Michael Kaluta (Cover)
"The queen is troubled." After the loss of the barbarian king's son,
Conan's dark mood draws him further each day from his kingdom and his
beloved queen. Can twenty years of regal life quell Conan's savage nature,
or will he abandon hearth and home for the call of the wild? Collects
Conan the King #26-30.
208 pages, $19.99, in stores on October 9.
THE CHRONICLES OF KING CONAN VOLUME
6 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN130058.
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Clive Cussler: Zero Hour (A Kurt Austin Adventure)
- Arriving in book stores May 28!
By Clive Cussler & Graham Brown
It is called zero point energy, and it really exists—a
state of energy contained in all matter everywhere, and thus all
but unlimited. Nobody has ever found a way to tap into it, however—until
one scientist discovers a way.
Or at least he thinks he has. The problem is, his machines also cause
great earthquakes, even fissures in tectonic plates. One machine
is buried deep underground; the other is submerged in a vast
ocean trench. If Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala and the rest of the
NUMA team aren’t able to find and destroy them, and soon, the world
will be on the threshold of a new era of earth tremors and unchecked
volcanism.
Now, that can’t be good.
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Putnam Adult
ISBN-10: 039916250X
ISBN-13: 978-0399162503
$28.95
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COMPLETE GOLDEN AGE AIRBOY & VALKYRIE HC
- Coming in August!
(Writer/Artist) Fred Kida
From the pages of Air Fighters Comics and Airboy Comics comes
The Complete Golden Age Airboy & Valkyrie! Inspired by Milton Caniff's
Terry & the Pirates, Airboy and Valkyrie had a love/hate relationship
that brought tension and drama to their stories. The Fred Kida stories
collected in this volume inspired comic greats such as Alex Toth. For the
first time, their complete adventures will be digitally restored and reprinted
in one volume. This volume collects Air Fighters Comics v1 #12, v2 #2,
v2 #7, and Airboy Comics v2 #12, v3 #6 & #12, v4 #10, v9 #2. Introduction
by Timothy Truman.
COMPLETE GOLDEN AGE AIRBOY & VALKYRIE
is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN130928.
Canton Street Press
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CONAN THE BARBARIAN #19 -
Coming in August!
Brian Wood (Writer), Paul Azaceta (Art), Dave Stewart (Color),
and Massimo Carnevale (Cover)
Conan and Bêlit find themselves the unlikely couriers
to a mysterious and ancient religious relic. They are soon beset on all
sides by the feuding factions that wish to exploit the artifact's power.
Can they reach their destination while keeping their prize--and themselves--intact?
32 pages, $3.50, in stores on August 21.
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #19 is solicited
in the June PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN130056.
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CONAN RED NAILS: ORIGINAL ART ARCHIVES HC
- Coming in August!
(Writers) Robert E. Howard, Roy Thomas (Art/Cover) Barry Windsor
Smith
Forty years after its initial release, Genesis West brings you
once again the classic 59-page Conan tale "Red Nails," as adapted by Roy
Thomas and Barry (Windsor) Smith.
Scanned in color and presented at the size of the original art, this oversize
hardbound edition faithfully captures the appearance of the actual pages
as drawn in 1973.
The book will be filled out with interviews, commentaries, and biographies.
Hardcover, 14x19, 136 pages, Full Color, $150.00
CONAN: RED NAILS is solicited in the
June PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN131160.
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Davy Crockett's Almanak of
Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!
Forgotten Books: The Shadow in TRAIL OF VENGEANCE
by Walter Gibson - New!
Cover Gallery: James Bond first editions - New!
Comic Gallery: THE LONE RANGER - More Painted Covers (1952)
- New!
Pulp Gallery: PLANET STORIES - New!
Forgotten Books: SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES (1989)
TARZAN of the Pulps
Comic Gallery: GHOST Comics (1952-53)
Forgotten Books: GANGLAND'S DOOM (The Shadow of the Pulps)
by Frank Eisgruber Jr. (1974)
DOC SAVAGE COMICS (1940-41)
Overlooked Films: Flynn, Rathbone & Niven in THE DAWN
PATROL (1938)
Pulp Gallery: DIME DETECTIVE
Forgotten
Books: WHAT PRICE MURDER by Cleve F. Adams (1942)
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DEFINITIVE FLASH GORDON & JUNGLE JIM
HC VOLUME 3
Alex Raymond
Arriving in comic shops May 29!
The
third volume of the Definitive Flash Gordon & Jungle Jim includes every
Alex Raymond Sunday from March 12, 1939 through the end of 1941.
Flash, Dale Arden, and Dr. Zarkov have a lengthy adventure
with Fria, the stunning Snow Queen of Frigia; Dale is captured
by Ming’s secret service, culminating in a fight to the finish between
Flash and the merciless tyrant. Meanwhile, when radio signals from
Earth find their way to Mongo, Flash and company must decide-do they
stay on Mongo or return home to help overthrow “The Dictator”?!
In the introduction by Bruce Canwell, Joe Kubert tells of being
a 12-year-old making his first-ever trip out of Brooklyn to
visit Alex Raymond at his Connecticut home! Plus, Howard Chaykin
discusses the influences on Raymond’s drawing style. Edited by
Dean Mullaney, and designed by Lorraine Turner.
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DEJAH THORIS AND THE GREEN MEN OF MARS
#7
Coming in August!
Written by Mark Rahner, Art by Lui
Antonio, Cover by Jay Anacleto.
Things are closing in on an exhausted and traumatized Dejah Thoris
as she tries to keep the fragile Helium-Thark peace from blowing up.
Every move she makes seems to bring disaster closer. And a former suitor
may expose her abduction by Tharks, whose leader now backs violent rebels
who will never bow to Tars Tarkas.
32 pages, Full Color, $3.99.
DEJAH
THORIS AND THE GREEN MEN OF MARS #7 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (available May
29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN131042.
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DOC SAVAGE 1/6 SCALE FIGURE SILVER AGE VERSION
- Coming in October!
From Go Hero X Executive Replicas! For the first time ever, Executive
Replicas and Go Hero are proud to present the first ever Doc Savage 1/6-scale
action figure. Now you can superamalgamate with a Silver Age-style head;
a Kaustic Plastik Heroik Muscle Body KP02B that features over 40 points
of articulation, extraordinarily lifelike muscle defintion, 4 posing hands,
carefully painted skin texture; die-cast weapons including Jim Steranko's
"Super Savage Machine Pistol," Silver Age-style raygun, and German Lugar;
leather belt; leather holster; leather boots; socks; ripped shirt; jodhpurs;
and stand.
SRP: $210.00
DOC SAVAGE 1/6 SCALE FIGURE SILVER AGE
VERSION is solicited
in the June PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN131924.
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Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child: WHITE
FIRE (Pendergast) - Coming November 12!
Corrie Swanson sets out to solve a long-forgotten mystery. In
1876, in a remote mining camp called Roaring Fork in the Colorado Rockies,
several miners were killed in devastating grizzly bear attacks. Now the
town has become an exclusive ski resort and its historic cemetery has been
dug up to make way for development. Corrie has arranged to examine the remains
of the dead miners. But in doing so she makes a shocking discovery that
threatens the resort's very existence. The town's leaders, trying to stop
her from exposing their community's dark and bloody past, arrest and jail
her.
Special Agent Pendergast of the FBI arrives to help--just as a series
of brutal arson attacks on multimillion dollar homes terrify the town and
drive away tourists. Drawn irresistibly into the investigation, Pendergast
discovers an unlikely secret in Roaring Fork's past, connecting the resort
to a chance meeting between Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde. With
the town under siege, and Corrie's life in desperate danger, Pendergast
must solve the riddle of the past... before the town of the present goes
up in flames.
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (November 12, 2013)
ISBN-10: 1455525839
ISBN-13: 978-1455525836
$27.00
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E-texts on the net this
week
The Shadow in Review:
There is no new Shadow review this week.
Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with
over 1000 stories online!
"Wrong Number" by John L. Benton from
THRILLING DETECTIVE, February, 1948
Ambition and envy stir up a seething cauldron of crime!
"The Racket Buster" by Norman A. Daniels from
POPULAR DETECTIVE, August, 1941
When Police Captain Stormy Craig Joins Up With a Female Hurricane, the
Tempest Team Proves to be Entirely Too Much For a Gang of Jewel Thieves.
"Homicide at the 5 & 10" by Stewart Toland
from TEN DETECTIVE ACES, November, 1945
The cost of Terry Grey's Japanese dagger had come high in battlefield
blood. But though Terry brought it back to a hometown dime store, the second
fee that sinister souvenir demanded was equally deadly dear.
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THE GREEN HORNET #5 -
Coming in August!
(Writer) Mark Waid (Art) Ronilson Frere
(Cover) Paolo Rivera
Once one of the wealthiest and most influential men in the city, ex-publisher
Britt Reid can't seem to put his life back together--but if he doesn't
do it soon, the Green Hornet will pay the ultimate price!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
GREEN HORNET #5 is solicited in the
June PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN131002.
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GREEN HORNET LEGACY #37 - Arriving in comic shops May 29!
Jai Nitz (Writer); Jethro
Morales (Art); Stephen
Sadowski (Cover)
The worst blizzard in fifty years has Century City snowed in. Little
food, no power, and deadly weather would be bad enough for the scared
citizens, but an army of undead creatures stalking the streets makes
things worse. Can the emerald insect save the city when he’s a dead
man himself? Can the Green Hornet rise again, or will he be dragged back
into the grave? Undead action by Jai Nitz and Jethro Morales!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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GREEN HORNET LEGACY #40 - Coming in August!
Jai Nitz (Writer); Jethro
Morales (Art); Phil
Hester (Cover)
Century City is overrun by… costumed crimefighters? A wave
of new heroes pours into the city to “help” and they’re all here to see
the same man, Green Hornet! Can Green Hornet focus these unwanted vigilantes
into a force for good, or will they end up on the other side of the law?
Four-color fisticuffs brought to you by Jai Nitz and Jethro Morales!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
GREEN HORNET LEGACY #40 is solicited in
the June PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN131007.
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HALF PAST DANGER #4
- Coming
in August!
Written and art by Stephen Mooney, covers by Stephen Mooney
The race is on! Toht and his S.S. have collected enough dinosaur
specimens, and are speeding toward the coast in their armored train in
order to depart the island. Irish and his team must give chase, and find
a way to stop their foes before they can board their ship and deliver their
prizes to the Fuhrer.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
HALF PAST DANGER #4 is solicited in the
June PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN130331.
The Diamond Item Code is JUN130332
(Subscription
variant).
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Hermes Press
BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY #1 (of 4)
Howard Chaykin’s revival of the
first, best, and original sci-fi hero returns in August
with an all-new four book story-line!
(Writer/Artist) Howard Chaykin
Buck Rogers, the first, best, and original Sci-Fi
hero returns with Howard Chaykin drawing and writing this action packed
incarnation of this iconic title. Over eighty years after the creation
of the newspaper strip that become a household word, Howard Chaykin
has returned the character and his universe back to basics: Buck Rogers,
former World War I ace is accidentally suspended in time only to awaken
to new and different earth, 500 years in the future, fragmented by war
and ruled by an omnipotent force — the Chinese. Now, Buck along with Colonel
Wilma Deering, begins a new fight, to free the United States!
7x10, 32 pages, Full Color, $3.99
BUCK ROGERS
#1 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN131170.
The Diamond Item Code is JUN131171
(Variant).
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Hermes Press - Coming in August!
THE PHANTOM: THE COMPLETE SERIES:
THE CHARLTON YEARS VOLUME 3
(Writer ) Joe Gill (Art) Pat Boyette
The early 1970s comic book adventures of The Phantom return
in full, glorious color! Hermes Press is collecting all
74 issues of The Phantom comic books published from 1962-1977,
and this is the third volume of the Charlton years. The
Charlton comic book version of the grand-daddy of costumed heroes,
The Ghost Who Walks, is available again, digitally remastered
to look better than the original books. Reprints issues
#48-56; cover artwork by Pat Boyette; stories by Joe Gill.
Hardcover, 7x10, 240 pages, Full Color, $49.99
THE PHANTOM: THE CHARLTON YEARS VOLUME
3 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN131173.
This is a resolicitation.
Previous orders are cancelled.
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Hermes Press - Coming in August!
BUCK ROGERS
IN THE 25TH-CENTURY:
THE GRAY MORROW YEARS VOLUME 1: 1979-81
HC
(Writer) Jim Lawrence (Art/Cover)
Gray Morrow
With the success of the Buck Rogers TV show the New
York Times Syndicate decided to revive the classic Buck Rogers
newspaper feature and to give it a contemporary sci-fi treatment.
The feature, which was unrelated to the television show, offered
the artwork of Gray Morrow with scripts by Jim Lawrence.
Volume One offers a full two years of the strip with the black
and white dailies and full color Sundays. This material
has never before been offered in its original version and is
taken from the original press proofs. This volume reprints
the Buck Rogers Daily and Sunday strips which premiered on September
9, 1979 with artwork by Gray Morrow and scripts by Jim Lawrence.
Hardcover, 9x12, 240 pages, B&W/Full Color, $49.99
BUCK ROGERS: THE GRAY MORROW YEARS VOLUME
1 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN131172.
This is a
resolicitation.
Previous orders are cancelled.
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ILLUSTRATED BRITISH CLASSICS: KING SOLOMON'S MINES
TP - Coming to comic shops
in August!
(Writer) H Rider Haggard (Art) Jesus Blasco & Various (Cover)
John Millar Watt
Gathered together here are three classic adventure tale adaptations behind
a Millar Watt cover: King Solomon's Mines, Allan Quatermain and Montezuma's
Daughter, each written by the father of the lost world genre, H. Rider
Haggard, and illustrated by Bill Baker, C. L. Doughty, Mike Hubbard, and
Jesus Blasco! Introduction by Steve Holland.
Softcover, 8x12, 126 pages, B&W, SRP: $28.99
ILLUSTRATED BRITISH CLASSICS:
KING SOLOMON'S MINES is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN130882.
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Jerry Schneider Enterprises
Now available!
This is the complete Final Shooting Script for Tarzans Revenge,
starring Glenn Morris and Eleanor Holm. This copy of the script is a slightly
reduced size facsimile of Sol Lesser's personal copy.
Price: $19.95
Order Softcover Here
CALL OF THE SAVAGE
Universal Pictures: 12-Chapter Serial, 1935
3-Disc Set
Starring: Noah Beery Jr, Dorothy Short,
Harry Woods, Bryant Washburn, Walter Miller, John Davidson
Directed by: Louis Friedlander
Screenplay by: Nate Gatzert, George Plympton, and Basil Dickey
Based on the 1931 Otis Adelbert Kline Argosy novel, Jan of the
Jungle. It tells the story of Jan, who is living in Africa with his scientist
father who has found the cure for infantile paralysis. Unscrupulous scientists
seek the formula for their own monetary gain, but succeed in only acquiring
half of the formula before Jan's father loses his memory. The other half
is in a bracelet on the arm of Jan. Jan is raised in the jungle by apes
until early adulthood when the evil scientists return to find Jan and get
the formula from him, dead or alive.
Price: $19.95
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KING CONAN: HOUR OF THE DRAGON
#1 -
Arriving in comic shops May 29!
Timothy Truman (Writer), Tomás Giorello (Pencils),
José Villarrubia (Color), Gerald Parel (Cover), and Sanjulian
(Variant cover)
King Conan has faced many threats to his throne in Aquilonia--but none
more deadly than a traitorous alliance backed by the resurrected sorcerer
Xaltotun, at whose command mountains crumble!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.50, in stores on May 29.
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KING CONAN: HOUR OF THE DRAGON #4 - Coming in August!
Timothy Truman (Writer), Tomás Giorello (Pencils), José
Villarrubia (Color), and Gerald Parel (Cover)
Betrayed, deposed, and in hiding, Conan rides for his old capital
of Tarantia with bloody vengeance in his heart--but the devious wizard
Xaltotun has spies in the sky and soldiers on the ground. The solitary
barbarian is forced to seek counsel from an unlikely ally . . . who
has a few beastly servants of her own!
32 pages, $3.50, in stores on August 28.
KING CONAN: HOUR OF THE DRAGON #4
is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN130057.
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THE LONE RANGER #19 -
Coming in August!
(Writer) Ande Parks (Art) Esteve Polls
(Cover) Francesco Francavilla
Beginning a series of stand-alone tales from the Old West, this issue
revisits an unknown part of Tonto's past. Tonto will finally come face
to face with the rogue Indian braves who indirectly caused the deaths of
his wife and son. The outcome of their meeting alters Tonto's life forever.
This issue also reveals how Tonto acquired his horse, Scout. Vengeance,
blood and horses as a secret chapter of Tonto's past unfolds.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
THE LONE RANGER #19 is solicited in
the June PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN131060.
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LORDS OF MARS #1 - Coming
in August!
(Writer) Arvid Nelson (Art) Roberto Castro
An epic crossover event starring the two greatest heroes of pulp fiction
begins this June! The legendary Ape-Man has claimed his title as Lord
of Greystoke, but his very life is threatened when a hunting excursion
with his fellow “gentlemen” goes disastrously wrong. Meanwhile, on Mars,
John Carter is forced to respond to a veiled threat from his defeated
enemies. Mars and Earth might be separated by millions of miles, but
a sinister force is at work on both planets, setting the two champions
on a deadly collision course. It all starts with Lords of Mars #1: The
Hunting Party. Set phasers for “mayhem”!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
LORDS OF MARS #1 is solicited in the
June PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN130943 (Ross cover).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN130944
(Francavilla cover).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN130945
(Panosian cover).
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Man From U.N.C.L.E. Feature Film
- Tom Cruise Exits; Warner Bros Recasting For
Fall Start!
Tom Cruise has exited as the lead in The Man From U.N.C.L.E.,
the remake of the classic TV series that Guy Ritchie will direct for Warner
Bros. Cruise was scheduled to star in the film with Armie Hammer, but
he has stepped out of the picture to focus on producing and starring in
Mission: Impossible 5. Paramount and Skydance are now planning to begin
shooting the latest installment of that franchise before year’s end. Warner
Bros has a script they like, and a top director who’s expecting to direct
U.N.C.L.E. in the fall. The timing proved too difficult and so Cruise
stepped out to focus on M:I5. Warner Bros will now go hard looking for
the lead of this movie.
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MASKS VOLUME 1 TP -
Coming in August!
(Writer) Chris Roberson (Art) Alex Ross, Dennis Calero
(Cover) Alex Ross
Before Superheroes, there were Masks! The Shadow. The Green Hornet and
Kato. The Spider. In 1938, these masked vigilantes operated outside the
law, working independently to strike fear into the hearts of evildoers.
But when the corrupt politicians of the Justice Party transform New York
into a fascist state run by mobsters, when an oppressive regime grants jack-booted
stormtroopers free rein to imprison, extort, and execute the innocent, when
the law itself becomes unjust — justice must be served by outlaws! Outnumbered
and outgunned, the legendary vigilantes emerge from the shadows to fight,
joined by Zorro, the Green Lama, Miss Fury, Black Terror, and the Black
Bat! Nine renowned pulp heroes, brought together for the first time in
an epic conflict of Law vs. Justice!
Trade paperback, 7x10, 200+pages, Full Color, $24.99
MASKS VOLUME 1 is solicited in the June
PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN130982.
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Moonstone Books: AIRBOY/G-8 Graphic Novel - Coming in August!
(Writer) Chuck Dixon (Art) Ken Hoover, Ver Curtis (Cover) Tom
Grindberg
A Return of the Originals event! Two high-flying legends meet for the
very first time in an all out adventure by action-master Chuck Dixon!
Airboy: Young impulsive WW2 flying ace Davey Nelson, and his perhaps-sentient
plane Birdy, seek justice in the skies in their own unique gung-ho style!
G-8: Secret Agent WW1 fighter pilot who is often called upon in the most
dire of circumstances, and he is more than happy to do the grim work that
needs to be done. When the Nazis start scaring up actual monsters to throw
against the Allies, it's up to these two pilots to work together and keep
the world safe from horrors unimaginable! Plus, an illustrated prose story
by Chuck Dixon that teams up Airboy with Domino Lady!
Softcover, 7x10, 74 pages, $8.99
AIRBOY / G-8 is solicited in the June
PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN131203.
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Mystico: The Golden Age Volume II
- Now available!
Jeff Deischer (Author)
THE QUEST FOR ULTIMATE POWER 1940: The Nazis are obsessed with
mystical artifacts. Believing one was hidden in America centuries ago
by the mysterious Knights Templar, the black wizard Nacht sends a party
led by the sorcerer the Baron to find it. Nacht is as much a mystery to
the Nazi hierarchy as he is to the rest of the world. Claiming to be one
of the Earth’s “secret masters”, he helped Hitler climb to power after the
failed 1923 beer hall putsch, tutoring him in occult ways. He is aided in
his quest by Reinhard Heydrich, the infamous “Hangman”, who now controls
the dreaded Vril power, becoming Nietzsche’s Ubermensch. In this exciting
prequel to the groundbreaking The Golden Age, the Auric Universe’s mystical
heroes must join forces to stop Nazi Germany from gaining one of the greatest
prizes of all!
Paperback: 220 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN-10: 1484982207
ISBN-13: 978-1484982204
Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
$15.00
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Obverse Books -
Obverse Books Acquires Sexton Blake license!
Obverse Books is delighted to announce the acquisition from IPC
Media of the license to the famous Baker Street detective, Sexton Blake.Blake
initially appeared in several of the Penny Dreadful style British comics and
magazines of the latter 19th and early 20th centuries. Lauded by literary
figures as diverse as Dorothy L Sayers and Michael Moorcock, Blake’s adventures
represent the longest running fictional series in the English language, and
appeared in print, in comic format, on radio, television and cinema between
1893 and 1978.
Obverse Books intend to resurrect the famous Sexton Blake Library, commencing
with a new novella by best-selling genre author George Mann entitled ‘Sexton
Blake and the Vengeful Dead’, available in hardback and electronic form,
and combined with a reprint of a rare, classic Blake story from the inter-war
years.
“The acquisition of the Sexton Blake license is an important building
block in the growth of our catalogue,” said Obverse CEO, Stuart Douglas.
“The re-launched Sexton Blake Library will build upon our existing mystery
and crime releases, while at the same time fulfilling a long-standing personal
ambition to bring the longest-running detective series in literary history
back to life.”
Talking about his own novel, George Mann added: “I’ve been an avid devotee
of Sexton Blake for many years, and it’s such an honour to be writing the
first instalment of the newly resurrected Sexton Blake Library. Expect thrills,
spills, action and adventure as a Golden Age Blake is buried alive, takes
on a mysterious cult and faces off against a returning villain from the
original saga.”
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Planetary Stories - Big
news from Planetary Stories!!!
First, the June issue is going to be ENTIRELY PDF, and the Table of Contents
pages will have clickable links to each story, each item.
Next, as of January First, 2014, we are returning to quarterly publication.
MOST IMPORTANT, we are initiating a contest. We are going to pay FIVE
CENTS PER WORD for the winning entries. There will be no fee to enter.
For full details, go to www.planetarystories.com/ContestPage.htm
Further, we are going to accept advertising beyond that on the Contest
Page. Quarter page ads will cost $30, half page, $50, full page for $75.
If there is sufficient response, we will start paying for stories other than
contest winners.
There are three categories to the contest: One award to a story
250 words or less, one award to a story 500 words or less, and one award to
a story 1,000 words or less.
Therefore, we will have only one of each. This could result in only one
winner, if all submissions are in the 1,000 word category.
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Pulp Flakes - Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors
and their stories, adventure and detective
pulps.
Gotham's Sanitation Corps Real Athletes of Nation
(not pulp-related) - New!
Author profile: J Paul Suter (Newspaper article from
the Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1951) - New!
Review: The Adventures of Jehannum Smith by Gordon
MacCreagh
Map of Adventure
New photo and some information about Hapsburg Liebe
Nothing but the truth - short story by Albert R.
Wetjen
Albert R. Wetjen - Sailor, Writer
Editor's Choice - Harry E. Maule of Short Stories
on his criteria for selecting stories
Hugh Pendexter on making his first fiction sale
Free pulp stories at Munsey's - selected authors
Biography of Warren Hastings Miller - author, outdoorsman,
sailor, editor
Interview with Johnston McCulley (creator of Zorro)
Pulp in the mainstream - two sports pulp articles
Pulp in the mainstream - article on Margaret Brundage
in The Atlantic magazine
Johnston McCulley - special exhibit being planned
at his birthplace, Chillicothe, Ohio
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Pulp 2.0 Press: AGENT 13: THE COMPLETE
TRILOGY - Coming soon!
From the fiendishly adventurous minds of Flint Dille (TRANSFORMERS G1)
and David Marconi (ENEMY OF THE STATE), and the paintbrush of artist extraordinaire
Jim Craig comes a first draft cover image for AGENT 13: THE COMPLETE TRILOGY
© 2013 by Dille & Marconi. This is shaping up to be almost 400
pages of pure pulp pleasure.
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A monstrous horror-adventure series featuring the greatest horror
icon of all time – The Frankenstein Monster! Pulp 2.0 is republishing
this classic paperback series by Donald F. Glut with all new artwork, bonus
features and more, including the never-before published 12th and final novel
in the series, FRANKENSTEIN: THE FINAL HORROR!
VOLUME ONE IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW! Only $35.99 Postpaid for USA
orders only!
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Radio Archives
Will Murray's Pulp Classics #26
Unabridged Audiobook
G-8 and His Battle Aces Audiobook
#1 The Bat Staffel
Read by Doug Stone. Liner Notes by Will Murray
Now available!
They called G-8 the Flying Spy.
History never recorded his exploits—and for good reason! No one would ever
believe World War I was that wild!
G-8, the high-flying ace pilot of World War I, was born in the front seat
of a car barreling through the Holland Tunnel. His father was Robert Jasper
Hogan, who had made quite a name for himself as a prolific pulp writer
specializing in aviation fiction during the glamorous era now styled Between
the Wars. Among practitioners of that now-lost art, this school of writing
was styled Yammering Guns, after the sound of contending synchronized machine
guns in furious action.
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It was the summer of 1933, and despite the Great Depression, Popular Publications
was booming. Part of their Autumn expansion plans entailed launching The
Spider, and a companion title to be aimed at the legions of readers who
drank up fictionalized accounts of World War I Allied aces versus Imperial
Germany’s various bi-winged counts and barons, red and otherwise.
One of Popular’s star writers, Hogan was doubtless the first writer publisher
Harry Steeger considered when casting about for a suitable scribe. The
unnamed magazine was on the schedule as a monthly. The designated author
would have to know his rudders and ailerons—and be reliable. Hard drinkers
need not apply. And Hogan had been an air cadet during World War I, although
the armistice came before he could ship out and see action.
Steeger and Hogan hashed out an idea. It was part Eddie Rickenbacker and
part What Price Glory?—which was a popular Maxwell Anderson stage play
turned into a motion picture. Price stressed the horrors of war as counterpoint
to the sentimental comradeship of the Allies in the trenches. Only in
this case, by horror, Popular Publications meant something far more horrific
than mustard-gas trench warfare atrocities.
For, envisioning the expected strain on the writer’s imagination a monthly
novel would enact, Steeger and Hogan agreed that the new series would
soon grow stale if they didn’t spice it up with elements of the fantastic.
This recipe ranged from merely super-scientific death rays to the unabashedly
supernatural manifestations. Nothing was taboo in G-8. Hogan was a pioneer
of over-the-top plotting generations before the term was coined.
Normally, pulp publishers put house names on such fare, to protect themselves
from ill, drunken or unreliable authors. But Hogan’s byline was pure
pulp gold, so Steeger took a chance. The series would carry the author’s
true name. Hogan never let him down.
Driving home to New Jersey from Manhattan, Hogan passed through the Holland
Tunnel. While in traffic, he worked out the details of G-8’s first wild
adventure. He named his hero after a Colorado ranch where Hogan worked
one summer. G-8 never had another name. His wingmen, Bull Martin and Nippy
Weston, were modeled on a pair of real-life flyboys named Bull Nevin and
Nippy Westover. Pulp fans have accused Hogan of copying the friendly rivalry
of Doc Savage’s wartime buddies, Monk Mayfair and Ham Brooks, in his depictions
of Bull and Nippy. In fact, all those characters were derived from What
Price Glory?’s memorable Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt.
The premier tale, which appeared in the October, 1933 issue of G-8 and
His Battle Aces, exemplified the outrageous approach Steeger and Hogan
envisioned for the series. Hogan called it The Bat Staffel. Therein he
introduced a German mad scientist who would bedevil his new hero the length
and breadth of the series—some eleven tortured years. This first time out,
Herr Doktor Krueger unleashed monster bats as big as bi-planes on Allied
Sopwith Camels and Spads. It made for fearsome reading.
With his canvas limited to the skies over No Man’s Land during the four
years encompassed by what was originally called the Great War, Hogan went
for broke, escalating from terrifying tales such as The Skeleton Patrol
and Squadron of the Scorpion to unchecked phantasms of terror like Satan
Paints the Sky, Here Flies the Hawks of Hell and The Bloody Wings of the
Vampire. Hogan had a predilection for half-human antagonists, which manifested
in an annual parade of beast-men, wolf-men, leopard-men, panther-men, even
rhino-men. For G-8 and his battle buddies, the War to End All Wars proved
to be a very long and hairy conflict.
Once, Hogan outlined a particularly gruesome G-8 plot for a queasy
but mesmerized Popular Publications staffer. “My editor was nauseated,”
he recalled. Readers ranging from ten years old to outwardly mature stockbrokers
ate it up, however. They were so captivated by the Flying Spy that even
the glamorous new all-metal aircraft dominating the skies of World War
II didn’t squash their interest in the glorified kites of the prior conflict.
It took a crushing shortage of pulp paper to force Steeger to finally and
reluctantly cancel the magazine. After penning over a hundred G-8 novels,
Hogan took it in stride and blithely switched over to writing quality stories
for The Saturday Evening Post. His last editor was aghast. He didn’t think
Hogan had it in him.
Before it was all over, G-8 battled weird menaces ranging from Martians
to Zombies, with assorted undead minions of the Kaiser in between. If Hogan
couldn’t concoct a fresh beast-man, why, a clutch of cave men or freshly-defrosted
Viking berserkers would keep readers riveted. Recurring foes came and went.
G-8 finally vanquished Herr Doktor Krueger late in the series. Or did
he? Maybe they renewed their feud for World War II. If so, Hogan failed
to record those encounters. No doubt they would have captivated ever-loyal
fans of the one and only Flying Spy.
Through it all, Robert J. Hogan never seemed ashamed to have his Christian
name attached to effusions bearing overblown titles like The Flying Coffins
of the Damned. And he a minister’s son.
This inaugural G-8 audiobook is narrated by the talented Doug Stone. Stand
clear! Contact! Zoooom! Tac-tac-tac-tac! Yammering Guns live again!
Nick DeGregorio composed the music for the G-8 and His Battle Aces series
of audiobooks. 7 hours $27.98 Audio CDs / $13.99 Download.
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RadioArchives.com
and Will Murray are giving away the downloadable version of the newly
released Strange Detective Mysteries #1 audiobook for FREE.
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Strange
Detective Mysteries #1 is one of my favorite pulps and I am excited
to produce it as an audiobook with my good friends at Radio Archives.
It leads off with Norvell W. Page's bizarre novelette, "When the Death-Bat
Flies," and includes thrilling stories by Norbert Davis, Paul Ernst,
Arthur Leo Zagat, Wayne Rogers and others. Popular Publications went
all-out to make this 1937 debut issue a winner. And they succeeded!
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Radio Archives
Will Murray's Pulp eBook Classics
Now available!
The Spider #68: King of the Fleshless
Legion
Poisoned medicine had flooded New York — and overnight all hospitals
had been turned into a hell of betrayed human sufferers! For a strange
and incredible horror had gripped the metropolis. Men gazed, terrified,
upon a greenish Skull, glowing evilly in the darkness, then died! And no
physician nor science could save them from unbelievable agony and death!
Where once happy healthy citizens had dwelt was now a city of defleshed corpses.
No help could come from the baffled police; and mercy in Manhattan was a
forgotten word. Yet one man did not fear to challenge the Terror. Richard
Wentworth, as the Spider, set out to find a way to battle the Skull — and
save an entire city from an Epidemic of Poison Death! Total Pulp Experience.
These exciting pulp adventures have been beautifully reformatted for easy
reading as an eBook and features every story, every editorial, and every
column of the original pulp magazine. $2.99.
G-8 and His Battle Aces #1: The
Bat Staffel
What were these batlike monsters? What was the strange death they
carried? G-8 and his ace buddies follow this horror staffel straight into
action skies! G-8 and his Battle Aces rode the nostalgia boom ten years
after World War I ended. These high-flying exploits were tall tales of
a World War that might have been, featuring monster bats, German zombies,
wolf-men, harpies, Martians, and even tentacled floating monsters. Most
of these monstrosities were the work of Germany’s seemingly endless supply
of mad scientists, chief of whom was G-8’s recurring Nemesis, Herr Doktor
Krueger. G-8 battled Germany’s Halloween shock troops for over a decade,
not ceasing until the magazine folded in the middle of World War II. G-8
and his Battle Aces return in vintage pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers
in electronic format. $2.99.
Dime Mystery Magazine: Wyatt Blassingame
Book 1
In 1934 a new type of magazine was born. Known by various names
— the shudder pulps, mystery-terror magazines, horror-terror magazines
— weird menace is the sub-genre term that has survived today. Dime Mystery
Magazine was one of the most popular. It came from Popular Publications,
whose publisher Harry Steeger was inspired by the Grand Guignol theater
of Paris. This breed of pulp story survived less than ten years, but in
that time, they became infamous, even to this day. This ebook contains a
collection of stories from the pages of Dime Mystery Magazine, all written
by Wyatt Blassingame, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format.
$2.99.
Terror Tales: Wyatt Blassingame
Book 3
In 1934 a new type of magazine was born. Known by various names
— the shudder pulps, mystery-terror magazines, horror-terror magazines
— weird menace is the sub-genre term that has survived today. Terror Tales
magazine was one of the most popular. It came from Popular Publications,
whose publisher Harry Steeger was inspired by the Grand Guignol theater
of Paris. This breed of pulp story survived less than ten years, but in
that time, they became infamous, even to this day. This ebook contains a
collection of stories from the pages of Terror Tales magazine by Wyatt Blassingame,
reissued for today’s readers in electronic format. $2.99.
99 cent eBook
Singles
Each 99 cent eBook Single contains a single short story, one
of the many amazing tales selected from the pages of Terror Tales
and Rangeland Romances.
These short stories are not included in any of our other eBooks.
Terror Tales: Prince of Pain by
Mindret Lord
Perhaps the horrors Robert Brundage saw in that laboratory of
Prince Ahmed had made him mad. Perhaps... In 1934 a new type of magazine
was born. Known by various names — the shudder pulps, mystery-terror magazines,
horror-terror magazines — weird me most popular. It came from Popular
Publications, whose publisher Harry Steeger was inspired by the Grand
Guignol theater of Paris. This breed of pulp story survived less than ten
years, but in that time, they became infamous, even to this day. This ebook
contains a classic story from the pages of Terror Tales magazine, reissued
for today’s readers in electronic format. $0.99.
Terror Tales: Satan's Roadhouse
by Carl Jacobi
A grinning death's-head led Stephen Benedict to a house of hell,
where hanging corpses looked down with sightless eyes on ugly, midnight
rites. Known by various names — the shudder pulps, mystery-terror magazines,
horror-terror magazines — weird me most popular. It came from Popular Publications,
whose publisher Harry Steeger was inspired by the Grand Guignol theater
of Paris. This breed of pulp story survived less than ten years, but in
that time, they became infamous, even to this day. This ebook contains a
classic story from the pages of Terror Tales magazine, reissued for today’s
readers in electronic format. $0.99.
Rangeland Romances #4: The Beautiful
Boss of the Double-B by Thelma Knoles
By hiring handsome Jim Raleigh on her ranch, Beth hoped to make
Carter Ganes jealous enough to propose to her. But in carefully stacking
Cupid’s deck — Beth forgot one two-faced queen!.” One of the most popular
settings for romance stories was the old west, where men were men and women
were women. As many a swooning damsel could attest, "There's something
about a cowboy." The western romance became one of the most popular types
of magazines sold during the early and mid-twentieth century. $0.99.
Rangeland Romances #24: Fiddle-Footed
Romeo by Art Lawson
Beautiful tomboy Nell could stand most anything – now that she
was going to marry Lew – except Bill giving her a pretty silk nightgown...
as a wedding present. One of the most popular settings for romance stories
was the old west, where men were men and women were women. As many a
swooning damsel could attest, "There's something about a cowboy." The
western romance became one of the most popular types of magazines sold
during the early and mid-twentieth century. $0.99.
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Radio Spirits
The Green Hornet: Underworld
Now available!
The Second World War may be ending,
but the war on crime knows no surrender! Britt Reid, "daring young publisher,"
matches wits with the underworld, with spies, saboteurs, and anyone who
stands in the way of a better postwar America!
Here are twenty punchy, fast-moving and dynamic episodes from 1945. Al
Hodge and Robert Hall star as The Green Hornet -- scourge of urban vice,
foe of exploitation, and enemy of corruption! Digitally restored and remastered,
many of these adventures have never before been available to the public.
Hear them now for the first time since their original broadcast!
Includes a Program Guide by radio historian Elizabeth McLeod!
Episodes Include: The Double Cross 04-05-45; Picture In The Dark 04-19-45;
San Francisco Adventure 04-26-45; An Armistice From Death 05-10-45; Biography,
Incorporated 05-17-45; Black Market For Profit 05-31-45; Not So Smart 06-14-45;
Appointments With Death 06-21-45; The Hornet Keeps A Date 06-28-45; Ladder
of Fate 07-05-45; Credit For Murder 07-12-45; The Fall Guy 07-19-45; The
Numbers Racket 07-26-45; The Return of Oliver Perry 08-02-45; The Imposter
08-16-45; The Unexpected Meeting 08-23-45; Johnny Comes Home 08-30-45; Too
Many Suspects 09-06-45; The Black Feather 09-13-45; Evidence On Hand 09-20-45
Duration: 10 hours
Media: (10) CDs
Price: $39.98
Radio Spirits
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RED SONJA #76 - Arriving
in comic shops May 29!
Written by Brandon Jerwa;
Art by Jack Jadson
Cover by Lucio Parrillo
THE CRIMSON WELL: Part 1 (of 6)—The She-Devil has been suspiciously
absent for nearly a full season. There are many rumors
and tall tales surrounding her disappearance, but the truth of
the matter is far more outlandish, and terrifying, than any
tavern story. Following the PROPHECY event, Red Sonja has
placed herself in exile, desperately hoping to protect the world
from the demonic influence that threatens to consume her very
soul.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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RED SONJA Volume
2 #2 - Coming in August!
(Writer) Gail Simone (Art) Walter Geovani
(Cover) Nicola Scott (main), Jenny Frison
Placed in an unwinnable war against an implacable foe,
Sonja is forced to do an inconceivable move that will cost her like no
previous battle ever has! The thrilling re-imagining of the greatest female
sword and sorcery hero ever created continues...do not miss this jaw-dropping
issue!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
RED SONJA #2 is solicited in the June
PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN130958.
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RED SONJA UNCHAINED
#4 - Coming in August!
(Writer) Peter V. Brett (Art) Jack Jadson (Cover) Mel Rubi
Her soul trapped in an alternate dimension while the demon Bhamothes uses
her body to wreak havoc in Hyrkania, Sonja must confront the spirit of
the boy she murdered to stop the killing spree.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
RED SONJA UNCHAINED #4 is solicited in
the June PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN130963.
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THE ROCKETEER/THE SPIRIT: PULP FRICTION! #2 (of 4) - Coming in August!
Mark Waid (writer) • Paul Smith (art & cover)
The most pulp-tastic crossover of all time continues! What is the TV
Terror that threatens all of Los Angeles—and how can the Rocketeer and
the Spirit hope to combat such a futuristic menace? Plus—it's the Peevey/Dolan
team, together again at last!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
THE ROCKETEER/THE SPIRIT: PULP FRICTION
#2 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN130349.
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Sequential Pulp To Publish
Edgar Rice Burroughs' JUNGLE TALES OF TARZAN Graphic Novel
Sequential Pulp Comics is proud to
announce a new graphic novel based on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic novel,
Jungle Tales of Tarzan.
The one hundred and forty four page graphic novel will be
authorized by ERB, Inc. through Sequential Pulp’s distribution arrangement
with Dark Horse Comics. The book will be designed as an anthology
collecting the twelve loosely connected short stories written by Edgar
Rice Burroughs chronicling the life of his most famous character, Tarzan
of the Apes. All the events of the original work take place within
chapter eleven of Tarzan of the Apes between Tarzan’s avenging of
his ape foster mother’s death and his becoming the leader of his ape
tribe. The original stories ran in Blue Book magazine from September
1916 through August 1917 prior to the book’s publication in 1919.
Writer Martin Powell will helm the graphic novel. Powell
is well known for his work as the author of hundreds of science fiction,
mystery, and horror stories. He has worked in the comic book industry
since 1986, writing for Marvel, DC, Malibu, Caliber, Moonstone, and
Disney, among others, and has been nominated for the coveted Eisner
Award. He is also a respected and award winning author of children’s
books, and frequently contributes prose for many short story anthologies.
He resides in Saint Paul, MN.
Along with Powell, Sequential Pulp is bringing a veritable
who’s who of exciting illustration talent. With an amazing cover and
specialty art by Daren Bader to exciting story art by Pablo Marcos,
Terry Beatty, Will Meugniot, Nik Poliwko, Antonio Romero Olmedo, Mark
Wheatley, Diana Leto, Steven E. Gordon, Lowell Isaac, Tom Floyd and Jamie
Chase. Each story has been matched up with an artist whose passion and
love for Burroughs’ Tarzan and specifically for the story selected will
go a long way towards making this one highly anticipated book in the
Tarzan canon.
Each story will run twelve pages in length and the book
will be in full color. Sequential Pulp is planning a standard trade paperback
and a very limited signature deluxe signed edition.
A brief preview of "The
End of Bukawai", as illustrated by Jamie Chase,
from the upcoming all-new graphic novel anthology JUNGLE TALES OF TARZAN.
Written by Martin Powell. Authorized by ERB, Inc.
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Art © Jamie Chase
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The Serial Squadron - Coming June 1 - Now accepting pre-orders!
THE LONE RANGER
Restored, Complete and Unsubtitled -- and Upgraded!
Our restoration of THE LONE RANGER (1938), long-considered
a lost serial in complete form, is the only complete unsubtitled version
of the serial in existence. And soon we will be offering an upgraded version
of a restoration many already consider to be great with a new transfer
of a considerable amount of higher-resolution unsubtitled footage which
we are currently marrying to the audio tracks and otherwise blending into
the existing restoration. This new transfer is much sharper than the original
content of much of the serial and does show some wear but the upgrade
in picture quality is well worth the effort of incorporating it and will
make the Squadron LONE RANGER serial the definitive edition of this classic
serial.
Let's face it -- we here all know that Tonto doesn't wear a dead bird
on his head, and that this is the real, first, original and "real"
story of the Lone Ranger. And one of Republic's most-beloved serials for
a good reason. It's worth having the very best possible DVD version
of it in your collection.
Target release date for the upgraded restoration is June 1.
NOW ACCEPTING PREORDERS
For projected release date of June 1, 2013
IF YOU ORDER A COPY OF THE SERIAL BEFORE JUNE 1 We will offer you a
$5 discount from the list price of $29.95.
IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A COPY OF THE RESTORATION AND WOULD LIKE THE UPGRADE
We'll send you the upgraded DVDs (DVDs only, no case) for 12.95, less
than half the list price.
No cheating on this, now, the Lone Ranger may be watching.
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THE SHADOW #17 - Coming
in August!
Written by Chris Roberson, art
by Giovanni Timpano, covers by Alex
Ross and Jason Shawn Alexander
The Shadow has pieced together the origins of the mysterious
killer known only as the Light, and has at last uncovered her true identity.
But will that knowledge do him any good, as the Shadow and the Light face
off against each other for one last showdown? And will either of them survive
the encounter?
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
THE SHADOW #17 is solicited in the June
PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN130996.
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THE SHADOW/GREEN HORNET: DARK NIGHTS #2
- Coming in August!
By Michael Uslan and drawn by Keith Burns
Covers by Alex Ross and John Cassaday
The Green Hornet and Kato ally with Shiwan Khan against the dark force
known as The Shadow, warned that a storm is coming to America... an electrically-charged
storm of Biblical proportions... a storm that will bring explosive destruction
to the heart of the country's communications, finance and manufacturing
industries... a storm that will rain fear across the United States...
for Khan now knows how to turn the ultimate power on earth against The
Shadow and his secret partner, the scientist who invented the auto-gyro
and first harnessed this terrible power, Nikola Tesla!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
THE SHADOW/GREEN HORNET #2 is solicited
in the June PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN130983 (Ross cover).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN130984
(Cassaday cover).
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THE SHADOW: YEAR ONE #3 - Arriving in comic shops May 29!
Written by Matt Wagner, art by Wilfredo Torres, covers by Matt
Wagner, Alex Ross, Chris Samnee, Howard Chaykin.
After confronting the mysterious man who is apparently posing
as Lamont Cranston, Margo Lane finds herself drawn into a world of
violent intrigue as an agent of The Shadow! Carnage escalates in the
mob war begun by Big Gun Massaretti but secretly orchestrated by the grotesque
figure known only as Dr. Zorn! Meanwhile, The Shadow begins to recruit
what will become his famous network of operatives. Eisner Award winning
writer, Matt Wagner continues this pulp masterpiece that for the first
time reveals the fledgling adventures of one of pop culture’s greatest
iconic heroes!
Full Color, 32 pages,
$3.99
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THE SHADOW: YEAR ONE #6 (OF 10) - Coming in August!
(Writer) Matt Wagner (Art) Wilfredo Torres
(Covers): Matt Wagner, Alex Ross, Chris Samnee, Howard Chaykin
In the aftermath of a daring armored-car hijacking, Police Inspector
Cardona first hears rumors of a mysterious, black clad vigilante whose
merciless vendetta is accompanied by a spine-chilling laugh. Despite
his most ferocious attempts, The Shadow is frustrated by his continual
inability to locate mob boss, Big Gun Massaretti. Equally aggravated
by his arrogant inability to value her input, The Shadow’s fledgling agent,
Margo Lane, endeavors to locate her former paramour on her own. This
hit series continues, for the first time ever, to unveil The Shadow’s
deepest secrets as imagined by Eisner Award-winning author, Matt Wagner.
THE SHADOW: YEAR ONE #6 is solicited
in the June PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN130986 (Wagner cover).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN130987
(Ross cover).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN130988
(Samnee cover).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN130989
(Chaykin cover).
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The Shadow Fan's Podcast
- Now online!
Intimidation, Inc.
The Shadow Fan returns for Episode 32! This time around, Barry
looks at a classic radio broadcast ("Hounds in the Hills", 2/20/38) and
a superb novel entitled "Intimidation, Inc." (12/15/36). He also talks
about the upcoming Shadow newspaper strip reprints and the Go Hero Shadow
action figure. If you love pulp's greatest crimefighter, this is the podcast
for you!
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The Shadow - Under the Blue Light
- Now online!
Crime Rides the Sea -
New!
The Case of Congressman Coyd - New!
The Salamanders
The Ghost Makers
Crime Under Cover
Atoms of Death
Crooks Go Straight
Battle of Greed
Charg, Monster!
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THE SPIDER #15 - Coming
in August!
Written by David Liss, Art by Ivan Rodriguez, Cover by Colton
Worley
Richard Wentworth has been brought low, but the Spider must
still protect New York! As a terrible new wave of violence sweeps
across the city, the Spider faces a terrible new enemy who will stop
at nothing as he seeks his twisted revenge. But how far can the
Spider go to save an innocent who may the key to this murderous spree.
It’s pulp mayhem, Spider style!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
THE SPIDER #15 is solicited in the June
PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN131008.
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Tellers of Weird Tales
- Now online!
Terence Hanley has created a blog in which
he researches and writes about the
contributors to Weird Tales magazine and its companion
titles, Oriental Stories and The Magic Carpet
Magazine.
Before the Golden Age-Emil Petaja - New!
Before the Golden Age-Eando Binder - New!
Before the Golden Age-P. Schuyler Miller - New!
Before the Golden Age-Lloyd Arthur Eshbach
- New!
Before the Golden Age-Jack Williamson - New!
Before the Golden Age-Olaf Stapledon - New!
Before the Golden Age-John Russell Fearn
Before the Golden Age-Arthur Leo Zagat and Nathan
Schachner
Before the Golden Age-Stanton A. Coblentz
Before the Golden Age-Murray Leinster
Before the Golden Age-Ralph Milne Farley
Before the Golden Age-Ray Cummings
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When An Old Case Resurfaces, The World's Greatest Detective Is Pulled
Back Into A New Battle With A Deadly Enemy, While Ex-Fighting District
Attorney Tony Quinn's Lovely Secretary, Carol Baldwin Is Kidnapped
By A Vicious Mob, Hoping To Force The Prosecution To Drop Its Case Against
Their Boss. Two Champions Of Justice Meet In A Race Against Time!
now available on Kindle for $0.99
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Tom Johnson - Now available!
THE SOUL STEALERS by Tom Johnson
The Soul Stealers now available from FADING SHADOWS in paperback,
$12.00 plus postage from fadingshadows40@gmail.com
Angels have walked among mankind since the dawn of civilization.
Although we may not recognize them, or even see their presence, they
are always with us. Perhaps they whisper advice in our dreams, or
guide our governments without their knowledge, angels are moving
us towards a higher good. Some even protect us in our final day, when
violent death reaches out for our very soul – these are the Soul
Stealers.
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Tom Johnson - Now
available!
NEW CLASSIC PULP FICTION STORIES
by Tom Johnson
NEW CLASSIC PULP FICTION STORIES is now available from FADING
SHADOWS in paperback at an introductory price of $12.00 plus postage.
The price will eventually have to be raised because of cost, but
order now at the lower price from fadingshadows40@gmail.com
Here are five stories in the pulp tradition. 200 pages, featuring
the Moon Man, Secret Agent X, Colonel Jeremiah Custer (originally written
as a Thaddeus C. ‘Doc’ Harker story), plus two more.
The books are perfect bound, and beautifully produced in 5 x 8 paperback
format.
Now available for $12.00
The price is likely to rise to at least $12.95 or more later.
So order now while they are at cost.
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Tom Johnson - Now
available!
THE SPIDER'S WEB by Tom Johnson
In 1980, a treacherous Chinaman created a web of events that culminated
thirty years later in a reign of terror and death. As the streets
of his city run red with blood, The Black Ghost searchers for the mysterious
killer, who is motivated by revenge, and this time the city's paladin
may be faced by his greatest foe, the Spider! An evil mastermind,
trained in the deadly mysteries of the Ninja, with a desire to kill!
Wraparound cover by Teresa Tunaley
Hardback from Lulu at $22.78.
Still available in paperback for $13.95
Still available as an eBook for $4.99.
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WARLORD OF MARS #25
Arriving in comic shops May 29!
Written by Arvid Nelson
Art by Leandro Oliveira
Covers by Joe Jusko (50%), Lucio Parrillo
(50%)
It's Judgment Day on Mars. Everything John Carter
has achieved has lead him to this final confrontation
with the cruel tyrant of the Martian north. But he's
going to be so busy commanding his army that he's not going
to be able to rescue Dejah Thoris this time – she's going to have
to rescue herself! And even if Carter is victorious, he has
upset the ancient religion of Mars and smashed the red planet's
eons-old customs. What will be his reward? The epic battle
to unite all of Mars awaits you in Warlord of Mars #25: The Final
Reward!
32 pages, Full Color, $3.99
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WARLORD OF MARS: DEJAH THORIS #30
Coming in August!
Written by Robert Place Napton, art
by Carlos Rafael, covers by Jay Anacleto, Fabiano
Neves
Lines are drawn, sides are chosen as the final battle begins!
The forces of Helium collide with Yorn and his Machine Men in a battle
that will determine the fate of Barsoom. Meanwhile, Dejah Thoris
struggles with a fateful decision that could turn the tide of battle but
only at a great cost. The conclusion of the Machine Men arc!
Full Color, 32 pages,
$3.99
WARLORD OF MARS: DEJAH THORIS #30 is
solicited in the June PREVIEWS (available May 29).
The Diamond Item Code is JUN131047.
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