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Airship 27 Productions
ROBIN HOOD: FREEDOM'S
OUTLAW
THE GRAND ROBIN HOOD FINALE!
Now available!
Airship 27 Productions is extremely proud
to announce the release of I.A. Watson’s third Robin Hood adventure novel,
“Robin Hood – Freedom’s Outlaw.”
As depicted in the first two books of this amazing trilogy, King of
Sherwood and Arrow of Justice, the upstart outlaw of Sherwood Forest has
become a thorn in Prince John’s side. All the efforts by his sadistic stooge,
the Sheriff of Nottingham, to capture the elusive figure known as Robin
Hood have failed.
Now, in this climatic final chapter to I.A. Watson’s exciting trilogy,
Freedom’s Outlaw has Robin’s enemy devising a devious scheme to draw him
out into the opening by laying siege to the castle of his ally, Sir Richard
at the Lee. But the trickster of the greenwoods may just be two
steps ahead of them. Meanwhile the Lady Marion uses her royal connections
to bring all parties together before the High Nobles Court in London Town
where the brash rogue’s fate will be decided.
Surrounding all these events is the whispered talk of the appearance
of a White Hart in Sherwood Forest, a powerful symbol to the people for
whoever captures her will be acknowledged the true King of the Forest.
“I’ve always loved Robin Hood stories,” explains Airship 27 Productions
Managing Editor Ron Fortier. “He’s such a classic hero figure and it is
fun to watch each new generation discover him for the very first time; be
it in books, on TV or in the movies. With this particular trilogy,
Ian Watson has recaptured the thrills and excitement of this well known saga
and made it fresh and new again. No easy task.”
Now I.A. Watson brings his stunning, clever and historically based
adventure to a rousing, crowd cheering conclusion that will leave all Robin
Hood fans applauding. The book features a stunning cover by Pulp
Factory Award winner Mike Manley with interior illustrations and book design
by fellow PF Award winner, Rob Davis and includes a very special post-essay
on the character’s role in British history by the author. At last the
finale is here and it is one you will never forget!
The book is now available
at Create Space
and should be at Amazon & Kindle
within the next few days.
Airship
27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!
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Altus Press
Dr. Thaddeus
C. Harker: The Complete Tales
by Edwin Truett Long, introduction by Tom Johnson
This title will be available early
next week!
Written by Edwin Truett Long, Doc Harker was one of the last of the
Munsey heroes who were introduced to battle the oncoming wave of the comic
book industry. Dressed in a Prince Albert coat and looking like a Kentucky
gentleman, Harker and his crew travel the country selling their cure-all
Chickasha Remedies... and encounter crime at every stop. This edition
collects the entire series: "Crime Nest," "Woe to the Vanquished" and
"South of the Border," all from 1940 and complete, remastered, with all
the original illustrations. And it's rounded out by an introduction by pulp
historian Tom Johnson which reveals many facts about this previously-unidentified
pulp author, along with an exhaustive Edwin Truett Long bibliography.
350 pages, approx. 6"x9"
Softcover: $29.95 | Limited edition hardcover: $39.95 (only 100 made)
| ebook: $4.99
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Altus Press
From the pages of BLACK MASK!
The Complete Cases of MacBride & Kennedy
Coming this fall - one title every month!
Raw Law: The Complete Cases of MacBride
& Kennedy Volume 1: 1928-30
by Frederick Nebel, Introduction by David Lewis, Illustrated
by Arthur Rodman Bowker
This is Black Mask at its best—slam-bang action, crackling dialogue
and the keenest wit this side of Dashiell Hammett. Frederick Nebel was
a master of the hardboiled school, and the nine-year saga of Captain Steve
MacBride and Kennedy of the Free Press was his finest body of work. This
first of four volumes presents the first nine novelettes, complete with
the original illustrations by Arthur Rodman Bowker, and a new introduction
by Evan Lewis. Hold onto your seat. It’s going to be a wild ride.
406 pages | $29.95 softcover | $39.95 hardcover
Shake-Down:
The Complete Cases of MacBride & Kennedy Volume 2: 1930-33
by Frederick Nebel, introduction by David Lewis
This is Black Mask at its best—slam-bang action, crackling dialogue
and the keenest wit this side of Dashiell Hammett. Frederick Nebel was
a master of the hardboiled school, and the nine-year saga of Captain Steve
MacBride and Kennedy of the Free Press was his finest body of work. This
second of four volumes presents the next ten novelettes, complete with
the original illustrations by Arthur Rodman Bowker, and a new introduction
by Evan Lewis. Hold onto your seat. It’s going to be a wild ride.
Wise Guy (April, 1930)
Shake-Down (July, 1930)
Ten Men from Chicago (August, 1930)
Junk (March, 1931)
Beat the Rap (May, 1931)
Death for a Dago (July, 1931)
Some Die Young (December, 1931)
The Quick or the Dead (March, 1932)
Backwash (May, 1932)
Doors in the Dark (February, 1933)
387 pages, approx. 6"x9"
Softcover: $29.95 | Hardcover: $39.95
Too
Young to Die: The Complete Cases of MacBride & Kennedy Volume 3: 1933-35
by Frederick Nebel, introduction by David Lewis
This is Black Mask at its best—slam-bang action, crackling dialogue
and the keenest wit this side of Dashiell Hammett. Frederick Nebel was
a master of the hardboiled school, and the nine-year saga of Captain Steve
MacBride and Kennedy of the Free Press was his finest body of work. This
third of four volumes presents the next ten novelettes, complete with the
original illustrations by Arthur Rodman Bowker, and a new introduction
by Evan Lewis. Hold onto your seat. It’s going to be a wild ride.
Rough Reform (March, 1933)
Farewell to Crime (April, 1933)
Guns Down (September, 1933)
Lay Down the Law (November, 1933)
Too Young to Die (February, 1934)
Bad News (March, 1934)
Take It and Like It (June, 1934)
Be Your Age (August, 1934)
He Was a Swell Guy (January, 1935)
It’s a Gag (February, 1935)
364 pages, approx. 6"x9"
Winter
Kill: The Complete Cases of MacBride & Kennedy Volume 4: 1935-36
by Frederick Nebel, introduction by David Lewis
This is Black Mask at its best—slam-bang action, crackling dialogue
and the keenest wit this side of Dashiell Hammett. Frederick Nebel was
a master of the hardboiled school, and the nine-year saga of Captain Steve
MacBride and Kennedy of the Free Press was his finest body of work. This
last of four volumes presents the final eight novelettes, complete with
the original illustrations by Arthur Rodman Bowker, and a new introduction
by Evan Lewis. Hold onto your seat. It’s going to be a wild ride.
That’s Kennedy (May, 1935)
Die-Hard (August, 1935)
Winter Kill (November, 1935)
Fan Dance (January, 1936)
No Hard Feelings (February, 1936)
Crack Down (April, 1936)
Hard to Take (June, 1936)
Deep Red (August, 1936)
384 pages, approx. 6"x9"
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
At the printer and shipping 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
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 shipping soon!
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) 978-1-60877-120-2 Softcover, 7x10. 128 pages,
B&W, $14.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class
postpaid
Twelve
issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail)
[postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in September!
DOC SAVAGE Volume
70: "The All-White Elf" and "The Wee Ones" - Haunting Halloween Special
The pulp era's greatest superman returns in two fantastic
novels by Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." A bizarre white
ogre's blinding light brings severe illness to Monk, Ham and all exposed
to it! Then, bizarre reports of a strange miniaturized woman set Doc
Savage on the trail of the mystery of "The Wee Ones." BONUS: a classic
Doc Savage script from the Golden Age of Radio! This deluxe pulp reprint
features the original color covers by Emery Clarke and Modest Stein
and all the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban, plus new
historical commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books)
978-1-60877-123-3 Softcover, 7x10, 112 pages, B&W,
$14.95
DOC SAVAGE VOLUME
70 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG131657.
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 September!
THE SHADOW Volume
77: "Temple of Crime" and "The Curse of Thoth" - Arcane Halloween Spectacular
The Knight of Darkness confronts ancient
evil in two occult mysteries by Walter B. Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant."
First, the gods of Ancient Egypt walk again when murder strikes
within the "Temple of Crime." Can The Shadow end the deadly curse
before the slaughter becomes too bloody? Then, a violated tomb and
"The Curse of Thoth" pits the Dark Avenger against an ancient Egyptian
deity! BONUS: "Murder in the Crypt," a classic Walter Gibson script
from Radio's Golden Age! This instant collector's item showcases the
classic color pulp covers by George Rozen and Golden Age comics artist
Charles Coll, the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban and
commentary by popular culture historians Anthony Tollin and Will Murray.
(Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-124-0 Softcover, 7x10. 128 pages,
B&W, $14.95
THE SHADOW VOLUME
77 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG131658.
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’s
releases from Beb Books features two new titles from The Thrill
Book Library.
THE JEWELED IBIS
The Jeweled Ibis and other tales of adventure
from The Thrill Book opens with the titular novelet length tale by J. C.
Kofoed. The quest for a jewel encrusted statue leads to hair-raising adventures
in, around and under a pyramid with rival gangs of looters, supernatural seeming
incidents and, of course, a beautiful girl. Following this is an intense
tale of cruelty, revenge and double-crossing on the high seas and in low
dives. Finally, in our third novelet, Terror of the Rats” by Croydon Heath,
an American fights corruption in China in an attempt to clear his slandered
name. If he falls, the rats will feed well that night!. 80
pages for just $6.00 plus postage.
THE MAN FROM THEBES
Our second offering is The Man from Thebes
by William Wallace Cook, a comedic tale of what happens when a traveling medicine
show accidently resurrects an ancient Egyptian mummy. But the mummy, Nit-Ra,
wanders off sending the show’s employees on a desperate quest to find their
meal-ticket. And what of a thousands year old mummy... will he adapt to this
modern age?
But wait
- that’s not all!
In addition to the novel length adventures of Nit-Ra is a
bonus tale, “At the End of the Wires” by Athelstane Hicks. A down-on-his-luck
name is hired to travel (secretly) to a New England town, take up residence
in an abandoned house and await further instructions. But the house
isn’t deserted, the car he was driving disappears from the barn he parked
it in and invisible hands tend his wounds and prepare him meals. What’s
going on . “At the End of the Wires”is an amiable mystery you’re sure
to like. 70 entertaining pages for just $6.00
plus postage
And don’t forget
our previous releases!
THE STONE IMAGE
THE STONE IMAGE opens with the titular yarn by an young Seabury
Quinn. A heathen idol seems to be taking over the mind of a newly-wed’s
wife. A ghost haunts a train station in the middle of a blizzard,
murder and madness form “The Mystery of the Timber Tract” A Vaudeville
mind reader plans to prove that the afterlife exists --by killing his
assistant. The knife used to killed Maret is cursed to lead all it’s
holders into murder in “The Poniard of Charlotte Corday” and three other
tales of the weird and unusual. 69 pages for $6.00 (plus postage)
THE STREET WITH NO
NAME
THE STREET WITH NO NAME is another collection of fourteen
tale of the strange and unexplainable. Harold Hersey opens the collection
with a tale of oriental revenge in America. Andrew Soutar explores
the nature of “Courage” in a Faustian tale. Why was the man obsessed
by a number? In “Figure Nine” we learn the method to the man’s madness.
How many people could really stand to met themselves unblinkered by delusion
or conceit? You’ll find out in “The Man Who Met Himself.” A businessman
learns that it’s not a good idea to mess with Hindu fakir’s in “Room
13" What drives a Chinese cook mad in “A Perfect Melody” and eight other
unusual stories. 69 pages for $6.00 (plus postage.)
And don’t forget
our other recent releases!
DAUGHTER OF THE IDOL by Johnstone McCulley
THE OPIUM SHIP
& MR. SHEN OF SHENSI by H. Bedford Jones
THE RED LURE AND OTHERS by Frank
L. Packard
THE FLAME ORCHID by George Gilbert
THE MAN-HATER
by George Allan England
Juju and others - ($6.00)
GUILT- - Tales of Remorse - ($6.00)
Perley Poore Sheehan’s X. T. X. ($9.00)
Perley Poore Sheehan’s The House With a Bad Name ($9.00)
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 BLACK BAT #6 -
Coming in October!
Writer: Brian Buccellato
Art: Ronan Cliquet
Covers: Jae Lee
Detective Brody is on the move with the suitcase bomb. Will
he plant it in the courthouse before The Black Bat finds him? The clock
is ticking and all hope rests on the Black Bat's shoulders!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale October 2
THE BLACK BAT
#6 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG131191.
The Diamond Item Code is AUG131192
(Tan cover).
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BLACK BEETLE: NECROLOGUE #1 (OF 5) - Coming in October!
Francesco Francavilla (Writer, Artist, Cover)
Someone’s murdering the citizens of Colt City, and there’s only one
man who can stop this killing spree: the Black Beetle!
But as Black Beetle investigates these grisly murders, questions arise
about the masked detective: Is he a daring hero or a reckless vigilante?
With a past veiled in the shadow of mystery, Black Beetle takes on a dark
mission that will keep you screaming in the thrilling new miniseries Necrologue!
From the mind of Eisner Award–winning and New York Times best-selling
creator Francesco Francavilla!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
BLACK BEETLE:
NECROLOGUE #1 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG130053.
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Blogging Sax Rohmer’s President Fu Manchu,
Part Four - Now online!
Sax Rohmer’s The Invisible President was originally
serialized in Collier’s from February 29 to May 16, 1936. It was published
in book form later that year by Cassell in the UK and Doubleday in the US
under the title President Fu Manchu. The novel is the first in the series
to fictionalize real events with characters based on familiar figures in
the US in the 1930s such as Huey Long and Father Charles Coughlin. More
than one critic has noted the story may have influenced the classic Cold
War conspiracy thriller The Manchurian Candidate.
The rest is at the links below.
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SPECIAL
SALE TIED TO BLOOD
'N' THUNDER
SUBSCRIPTIONS
The long-awaited Blood ‘n’ Thunder Guide to Pulp Fiction, many months
in preparation, is now available from Murania Press.
A greatly revised and expanded version of 2007’s Blood ‘n’ Thunder
Guide to Collecting Pulps, this massive new book has been positioned as
more of a reference work than a mere manual for hobbyists. It’s a complete
history of the pulp magazine (told in more detail than ever attempted by
a single author) wrapped up in one-volume. Its 2007 predecessor had 226
pages and close to 400 pulp-cover reproductions. The new Guide to Pulp Fiction
has 414 pages and 700 cover repros, along with a smattering of original cover
paintings.
Chapters from the old Guide have been extensively reworked. New chapters
have been added on Spicy pulps, sports pulps, love pulps, and war-and-aviation
pulps. Also, two new appendices have been created for pulp-fiction readers
who don’t collect the vintage magazines. One appendix gives basic information
on the best small-press reprint publishers, while the other lists the most
important anthologies of pulp stories in various genres.
The Blood ‘n’ Thunder Guide to Pulp Fiction is priced at $29.95, which
includes shipping to domestic U.S. buyers. However, Murania Press is also
making the book available at a 20 percent discount to anybody who purchases
it along with a one-year subscription to Blood ‘n’ Thunder. This special
offer has its own page on the Murania Press site and is available to those
who renew or extend their subscriptions as well.
Don’t miss out on what some fans are already calling 2013’s must-have
book. Visit the Murania Press web site today at the link below.
414 pages,
7x10, trade paperback
Price: $29.95
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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!
Holiday Weekend Sale: 20% Off
Beginning: Our Summer Surprise Sales!
Collectibles Section Overhauled! -
THE SHADOW (1994) on Blu-ray
PulpFest Is Coming Up Fast!
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The Book Cave - New podcast now available online!
Episode 239: Andrez
Bergman
The Book Cave welcomes novelist Sandrez Bergman as they disguss
his novel "Who is Killing the Great Capes of Heropa?".
Episode
238: Keith Dallas
Episode 237: Paperback
Confidential
Special Edition: PulpFest
Episode 236:
Three Go Back
Episode 235:
Elizabeth Watasin
Episode 234: Warbirds
of Mars
Episode 233: Mystico
Episode 232: Off
Topic Tangent Show
Episode 231: Rick
Lai
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CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #4 - Coming
in October!
Joshua Williamson (Writer), Eduardo Francisco (Art), Stefani
Rennee (Color), and Felipe Massafera (Cover)
Playing catch-up on the last eighty years, Captain Midnight heads for
Manhattan to get a firsthand look at how far humanity has advanced in
his absence. But when our hero hears about a mysterious high-rise heist
artist who appears to be using Cap's antigravity technology, his recon
mission turns into an investigation of this strange sky man . . .
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on October 30.
CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT
#4 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG130056.
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CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT ARCHIVES VOLUME 1: BATTLES
THE NAZIS HC - Coming in December!
Various (W/A)
From the glory days of World War II comes the unstoppable patriotic
superhero Captain Midnight! Volume 1 features selected tales compiled
from the original 1940s-era comic book featuring the adventures of the
Captain and his sidekick, Sergeant Twilight, as they battle bad guys from
the Axis of Evil with art by comics greats Jack Binder, Mac Raboy, Dan
Gormley, and others! Collecting selected stories from The Funnies, Popular
Comics, and Captain Midnight issues.
232 pages, $49.99, in stores on December 4.
CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT
ARCHIVES VOLUME 1 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available July
24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG130107.
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CONAN THE BARBARIAN #21 - Coming in October!
Brian Wood (Writer), Paul Azaceta (Art), Dave Stewart (Color),
and Massimo Carnevale (Cover)
A twisted religious order targets the heathens Conan and Bêlit,
who flee with a relic of immeasurable value. Mad warrior monks pursue the
couple across a mazelike landscape, cutting off every avenue of escape.
With no other options, Bêlit looks to the mysterious item,
hoping to find some salvation within.
32 pages, $3.50, in stores on October 16.
CONAN THE BARBARIAN
#21 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG130072.
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Conan the Barbarian: Rage
of the Undying - Coming May 2014!
Conan the Barbarian, the great warrior of Cimmeria, engages
in a deadly siege on the Red Temple, challenging the undead guardians for
the riches that lie within. A juggernaut of savagery and steel, Conan wields
a brutal mace and razor sharp Khopesh blade, mercilessly cutting down skeletal
warriors, fueled by undying rage. Crafted in 1:4 scale, the Conan the Barbarian:
Rage of the Undying Premium Format figure towers at over two feet tall,
perfectly capturing the famed warrior in the midst of an epic and bloody battle.
The Conan the Barbarian: Rage of the Undying Premium Format Figure
features:
• Detailed Fabric Costume
• Mace
• Khopesh Blade
• Sideshow Exclusive: Switch-Out right arm wielding Conan's Atlantean
sword
Sideshow Exclusive Edition
Price: US $459.99
Estimated Ship Date: May 2014
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CONAN VOLUME 14: THE DEATH TPB - Coming in December!
Brian Wood (Writer), Becky Cloonan (Art), Vasilis Lolos
(Art), Declan Shalvey (Art), Dave Stewart (Color), and Massimo
Carnevale (Cover)
Conan and Bélit are the undisputed masters of the Western
Ocean, their names whispered in fearful awe all along the
Black Coast. But while fellow seafarers know better than to
challenge their reign, other threats arrive from unexpected
places. Conan returns to Cimmeria to track down an impostor destroying
villages in his name, only to discover a tragic connection to his
own past! Collects Conan the Barbarian #7-12.
152 pages, $19.99, in stores on December 18.
CONAN VOLUME
14: THE DEATH is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG130073.
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CONAN AND THE PEOPLE OF THE BLACK CIRCLE #1
- Coming in October!
Fred Van Lente (Writer) and Ariel Olivetti (Art/Color/Cover)
Assassins, dark magic, and a beautiful noblewoman mean trouble for
the Cimmerian barbarian unlike he's ever seen in this full-tilt escapade
through the mountains of Afghulistan!
32 pages, $3.50, in stores on October 23.
CONAN AND THE
PEOPLE OF THE BLACK CIRCLE #1 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available
July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG130074.
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Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure,
and the Wild West - Now online!
Forgotten Books: WEEKEND TO KILL by Frederick Nebel
- New!
Paperback Gallery: THE AVENGER 4, 5 & 6 (1972)
- New!
Comic Gallery: WEIRD COMICS (1940) - New!
Overlooked Films: THE LONE RANGER (2003)
- New!
Pulp Gallery: SPICY MYSTERY (1935) - New!
SHADOW COMICS 10, 11 & 12 (1941)
- New!
Forgotten Books: HOPALONG CASSIDY AND THE RUSTLERS OF WEST
FORK by Louis L'Amour
ELLERY QUEEN Goes to the Movies (1941-42)
Comic Gallery: GANG BUSTERS 4, 5 & 6 (1948)
Overlooked Films: THE LEGEND OF THE LONE RANGER (1981)
Pulp Gallery: DOC SAVAGE 10, 11 & 12
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DEJAH THORIS AND THE GREEN MEN OF MARS
#9 (of 12)
Coming in October!
Written by Mark Rahner, Art by Lui
Antonio, Cover by Jay Anacleto.
Now that the evil Voro’s dead, Dejah Thoris has her own green
men: the Hok Squad, a secret Delta Force of Tharks for special missions.
The nastiest warriors to throw at the nastiest jobs. Radical green separatists
led by a red woman. What could go wrong?
32 pages, Full Color, $3.99, On sale October 16
DEJAH THORIS AND THE GREEN MEN OF MARS
#9 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG131238.
The Diamond Item Code is AUG131239
(Rafael cover).
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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!
"G-Man Friday" by Joe Archibald from
TEN DETECTIVE ACES, March, 1937
Featuring: Dizzy Duo
Snooty and Scoop are out to round up the rough characters who impolitely
murdered Mr. Quagmyre - and they follow a clue of egg-stain instead of blood-stain.
"The Midnight Clear" by A. C. Abbott from
TEXAS WESTERN, January, 1953
The Sheriff Wore His Heart Under His Badge. Rock Bradden, sheriff,
is after a gang who robbed the local bank.
"Flatfoot Snare" by Dennis Layton from 10-STORY
DETECTIVE, January, 1942
He was a dangerous gunman who mixed candy with killing - and he taunted
the cops with clues. But when he shot a blue-coat, the Candy Kid bit on
more than he could chew and found himself holding a different kind of bag.
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Now online!
New on Famous (and
forgotten) Fiction!
July 2013
In Writings
The Robbery In Phillimore Terrace
Baroness Orczy's armchair sleuth, the Old Man in the Corner,
is featured in the twelve stories from the 1908 collection, The Old Man
in the Corner, and the rarely reprinted tale, "The Glasgow Mystery," in weekly
installments.
Story introductions, and an overview of the Old Man, are by Dan Neyer,
and Illustrations are included where they were available.
Also, don't forget to take a look at the short biography of the Baroness that appeared in the
April, 1902 issue of The Royal Magazine.
June 2013
In Writings
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The seminal detective tale that introduced Monsieur C. Auguste Dupin
and ushered in the "modern" detective story. Also included: all
foreign and archaic words and phrases can be viewed in translation by
running your cursor over the words; a biographical introduction by
Dan Neyer and Bob Gay; and the first illustrations for the tale from an
1852 book collection.
May 2013
In Writings
No Man's Land
The long short story of Picts and the Scottish moors that may have
had an influence on Robert E. Howard written by John Buchan. Introduction
by Dan Neyer.
The Death's Head Meteor
The first published story by Neil R. Jones (of Professor Jameson
fame) from the January, 1930 issue of Air Wonder Stories including
the original illustrations and an introduction by Bob Gay.
April 2013
In Writings
The Good Angel
A reprinting of the 1910 story by P. G. Wodehouse featuring Keggs,
a butler who predates Wodehouse's Jeeves, with an introduction
by Dan Neyer and the original Strand illustrations by Chas. Crombie.
Climax for a Ghost Story
The famous short-short story with an exhaustive exploration into
the history of the elusive I. A. Ireland by Bob Gay.
March 2013
In Writings
The Adventure of The Dying Detective by Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle
A complete reprinting of the Holmes tale that includes the
Walter Paget illustrations and an introduction by Dan Neyer that
discusses the story, its publication history and Walter Paget
A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The complete novel from the 1917 edition that includes the Schoonover
illustrations placed with their respective chapters and
an introduction by Bob Gay that explores the creation of the
novel and its importance in the history of science fiction.
In Pictures
Images of John Carter
A sizable collection of images, with background commentary, that
show how various artists have envisioned John Carter over the
years: in books, comics and film.
February 2013
In Writings
The Ginger King
A rare tale of Inspector Hanaud from the pages of Strand Magazine.
In Pictures
Two new annotated collections
of Bob's Stuff
Famous (and forgotten) Fiction is a new
site featuring familiar and obscure fiction along with
articles, pictures and essays. In the Writings
section, we have fiction by H. C. Bailey (the first Reggie Fortune
story), Carl Stephenson, Sinclair Lewis and a large selection
of Kipling, including the complete Mowgli stories and "The
Man Who Would Be King." We've also added an article
about Sleeman's An Account of Wolves Nurturing Children in Their
Dens, that includes a complete reprinting of the work.
In Comics, there is an overview of Superman #205
("The Man Who Destroyed Krypton!") and a look at a Steve
Ditko illustrated story that bears a strong resemblance to a well-known
story by Carl Stephenson.The Pictures section starts with
a group of collectible (and some not so) items and is the
first of 24 collections.
The site is hoping for subscribers to keep
it going and future plans call for more stories, more articles
and there are a number of novels we also intend
to add to the mix.
New material will be appearing on the last
Friday of each month (which means we'll have more new stuff
at the end of February).
In a few months, we will also be offering ebooks:
on the site (in PDF) and at Amazon and B&N in their
proprietary formats.
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The Golden Age - Now online!
THE PELLUCIDAR SERIES by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- New!
Frank Frazetta illustrating Edgar Rice Burroughs Ace Books second
series - New!
Frank Frazetta - Swords of Mars & Synthetic Men of Mars
- New!
Frank Frazetta - The Mastermind of Mars/ A Fighting Man of Mars
- New!
Frank Frazetta - Thuvia Maid of Mars / The Chessman of Mars
- New!
Frank Frazetta - The Gods of Mars / The Warlord of Mars
- New!
Frank Frazetta - A Princess of Mars - New!
Reed Crandall, Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter
The Mastermind of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs, J. Allen
St. John.
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Martian Series, Frank E. Schoonover
& J. Allen St. John
Joe Kubert, Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs
Russ Manning, Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs
John Celardo, Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs
Burne Hogarth, Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs
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GREEN HORNET #4
- Arriving in comic shops July 24!
(Writer) Mark Waid; (Art) Daniel Indro; (Cover) Paolo
Rivera
Now that the Green Hornet is out of control, only one
man stands a chance of bringing him down--his partner, Kato!
What's the voice that Britt Reid is hearing--and is he alone in
hearing it?
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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GREEN HORNET #7 -
Coming in October!
Writer: Mark Waid
Art: Ronilson Frere
Cover: Paolo Rivera
Now that The Voice has been silenced, a new menace threatens
the city--and without the Hornet around to protect the citizens, can Kato
survive as a solo agent?
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99,
On sale October 30
THE GREEN HORNET
#7 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG131187.
The Diamond
Item Code is AUG131188 (Lau cover).
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GREEN HORNET LEGACY #42 - Coming in October!
Writer: Jai Nitz
Artist: Jethro Morales
Cover: Phil Hester
FINAL ISSUE!!! This is it! Every hero (even the dead ones!)
and every villain (especially the dead ones!) come back for the final
showdown in Century City. Who will make the ultimate sacrifice for Century
City? This is the ending everyone will be talking about.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On
sale October 16
GREEN HORNET
LEGACY #42 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG131189.
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GROO VERSUS CONAN by Sergio Aragones and Mark
Evanier - Update!
Sergio is currently penciling #4 of Groo Vs Conan.
If Groo Vs Conan is successful, a Groo
Vs Tarzan series may follow.
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HALF PAST DANGER #6 - Coming in October!
Written and art by Stephen Mooney, covers by Stephen Mooney
Endgame. Irish and his team have their final, devastating
chance to thwart Toht’s scheme and prevent the Axis from attaining the
most potent biological weapon in history. But are they willing to extinguish
the very lives they’re trying to save in order to do it?
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
HALF PAST DANGER
#6 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG130447.
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Hermes Press
BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY #3 (of 4)
Coming in
October!
(Writer/Artist) Howard Chaykin
The adventure in Howard Chaykin's new ground-breaking tale of
the new Buck Rogers continues! Buck Rogers, former World War I ace is
accidentally suspended in time only to awaken to a 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, begin a
new fight, to free the United States! Buck Rogers, the most famous
"man out of his time" comes closer to his destiny; will he succeed in freeing
what is left of the United States from the domination of an occupying force?
Unexpected surprises and plot twist dominate as the story arc races forward.
7x10, 32 pages, Full Color, $3.99
BUCK ROGERS
IN THE 25TH CENTURY #3 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available
July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG131346.
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Hermes Press
JOHNNY HAZARD: THE
COMPLETE SUNDAYS VOLUME 1: 1944-46 HC
by Frank Robbins
Resolicitation - Previous orders are cancelled.
One of the truly great Sunday action/adventure
newspaper strips of the 1940s is finally being reprinted
in a deluxe archival edition! Frank Robbins' masterpiece,
Johnny Hazard, set the standard for action and remains unequaled.
The Sunday version of the strip, which ran different story
lines from the dailies, features non-stop, wartime action,
with stories which are as exciting today as when they were first
created.Contains the first two and a half years of the Sundays; special
endpapers; historical essays; and other extras.
Hardcover, 10x13, 208 pages, Full Color, $60.00
JOHNNY HAZARD:
THE COMPLETE SUNDAYS VOLUME 1 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available
July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG13.
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ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #43 - Coming in October!
This issue of Illustration features the spectacular art of Stevan Dohanos,
perhaps best known for his many legendary covers for the Saturday Evening
Post. Our feature showcases a lifetime of artwork, from sketches and drawings
to cover paintings and sculpture. Next up we feature the work of Victor
Kalin, whose endlessly inventive paperback covers of the 1950s and '60s
are widely collected today. Rare photographs, tear sheets and original artwork
are shown. Book reviews, exhibitions and events, and more round out the
issue!
Magazine, 80 pages, Full Color, $15.00
ILLUSTRATION
MAGAZINE #43 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG131700
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ILLUSTRATORS MAGAZINE #4 - Coming in October!
(A) Michael Johnson & Various
Featured Articles for this issue include: "The Swinging Sixties Art
of Michael Johnson", "The Magical Art of Chris McEwan", "The Cutaway World
of Leslie Ashwell Wood" and "The Creepy Cover Art of Pan Horror Stories."
Illustrators Quarterly builds into an essential library of the finest illustrators
published in the UK and Europe; the first publication to devote itself
to the story of European illustration. It guides you through the stories
behind the artists with features written by some of the leading auuthorities
on this important art form. Truly fabulous artwork abounds in every issue,
much of the art taken from scans of the original work.
Magazine, 8x11, 96 pages, Full Color, SRP: $24.99
ILLUSTRATORS
MAGAZINE #4 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG13701.
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AMAZING STORIES, Februry 1927
This issue contains THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT
(Part 1) by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Contents:
THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT (Part 1) by Edgar Rice Burroughs
ON THE MARTIAN WAY by Capt. H. G. Bishop, U.S.A.
THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON (Part 3) by H. G. Wells
NEW STOMACHS FOR OLD by W. Alexander
THE ELEVENTH HOUR by Edwin Balmer and William B. MacHarg
THE THOUGHT MACHINE by Ammianus Marcellinus
THE SECOND DELUGE (Part 4) by Garrett P. Serviss
8.5 x 11 inch, 106 pages. $15.00.
DREAM WORLD, February 1957
The first issue of this companion digest
magazine of AMAZING STORIES and FANTASTIC.
Contents:
LEGS ON OLYMPUS by Adam Chase
WAYS TO GET A GAL by P. G. Wodehouse
THE DEVIL NEVER WAITS by Randall Garrett
SEX, LOVE AND MR. OWEN by Thorne Smith
TIME OUT by Darius John Granger
THE MAN WITH THE X-RAY EYES by Leonard G. Spencer
A BUCKETFUL OF DIAMONDS by Harlan Ellison
OSWALD'S WILLING WOMEN by Bill Majeski
5.5 x 7.5 inch, 132 pages. $15.00.
IMAGINATION,
October 1950
The first issue of this digest science fiction and fantasy magazine.
Contents:
THE SOUL STEALERS by Chester S. Geier
WIND IN HER HAIR by Kris Neville
ONE FOR THE ROBOT--TWO FOR THE SAME by Rog Phillips
LOOK TO THE STARS by Willard Hawkins
INHERITANCE by Edward W. Ludwig
5.5 x 7.5 inch, 164 pages. $15.00.
COMET, May 1941
The fourth issue of this short-lived pulp magazine.
Contents:
ICE PLANET by Carl Selwyn
WE ARE ONE by Eando Binder
THE RANSOM FOR TOLEDO by Neil R. Jones
THE FACTS OF LIFE by P. Schuyler Miller
DERELICTS OF URANUS by J. Harvey Haggard
WHEN TIME ROLLED BACK by Ed Earl Repp
SPACE BLACKOUT by Sam Carson
INTO THE SUN by John L. Chapman
EARTH'S MAGINOT LINE by Roy Paetzke
7 x 10 inch, 132 pages. $15.00.
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KING CONAN: THE HOUR OF THE DRAGON #6
- Coming in October!
Timothy Truman (Writer), Tomas Giorello (Pencils), Jose Villarrubia
(Color), and Gerald Parel (Cover)
Conan's only hope to defeat the vile wizard Xaltotun and reclaim his
throne is to find and recover the Heart of Ahriman, but he isn't the
only one seeking this magical jewel! Conniving thieves stay a step ahead--and
in dark forests, beings fouler still stand in the barbarian's way!
32 pages, $3.50, in stores on October 30.
KING CONAN:
THE HOUR OF THE DRAGON #6 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available
July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG130075.
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KINGS WATCH #2 (of 5) - Coming in October!
Writer: Jeff Parker
Art: Marc Laming
Cover: Marc Laming
The adventures of FLASH GORDON, THE PHANTOM, and MANDRAKE
THE MAGICIAN continue, by JEFF PARKER (Agents Of Atlas, Dark Avengers)
and MARC LAMING (Planet Of The Apes)!
The nightmares from space keep coming, Flash Gordon sees an alien hell,
and now people are being murdered over the mystery behind The Kings Watch.
Reporter Dale Arden tracks down the secret of Professor Zarkov's scientific
triumph, exposing him to the Cult of The Cobra. Only The Magician knows
what horror is really coming for the world, and that humanity hangs on what
The Phantom will do…
32 pages, Full Color, $3.99, On sale October 9
KINGS WATCH
#2 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG131165.
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LORDS OF MARS #3 - Coming
in October!
Writer: Arvid Nelson
Art: Roberto Castro
Cover: Alex Ross
At long last, the Lord of the Jungle and the Warlord
of Mars meet... head on! A furious battle turns into a desperate two-man
stand against the evil forces that have manipulated the ape-man into hating
John Carter. No one, not even pulp fiction's greatest heroes can stand
against a hundred of the terrible white apes of Mars. Fortunately, our adventures
have a secret weapon: their wives!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99,
On sale October 2
LORDS OF MARS
#3 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG131176 (Ross cover).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG131177
(Casas cover).
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Lori Lovecraft: Into the Past #1 - Now available!
Asylum Press announced today that Lori Lovcraft, the creator-owned
property of Mike Vosburg, has returned in a new digital mini-series Lori
Lovecraft: Into the Past.
Danke Schoen hires private eye R.C. Bowen to find the child
she gave up
for adoption years ago. Lori and R.C. follow a trail that
has them crossing
paths with basketball star Lenny “the Legend” Raven,
the Mayor of LA and
the devious Amanda, a Hollywood player who heads the
insidious Cabal, and Elston Gunn the aging king of Rock ‘n; Roll…
they are all after the Necronomicon, the fabulous book of spells
that Lori has in her possession and they will stop at nothing to get it.
This one culminates in a cosmic rock concert with in Voodoo Mansion with
all the villains, Horatio and Zelda, and lots of Lori’s old boyfriends in
attendance. And then there is Lori’s wedding at the end… ALSO-
A bonus VOODOO MANSION short story.
The series by Mike Vosburg (co-writer & Illustrator) and Pete Ventrella
(co-writer) is available now digitally on Comixology, ComicsPlus, Graphicly,
My Digital Comics, DriveThruComics, AVE-Comics and can be found on on iPad,
iPhone, Android devices, Mac, and PC.
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Moonstone Books: THE SPIDER, MASTER
OF MEN Trade paperback - Coming in October!
Previews Exclusive!
Includes the never-before-published issue #3, and a brand new illustrated
short story!
The original Spider, the most ruthless
and relentless crime fighter of all time, (hated by both the
Law and the Underworld) mows down crime in these Moonstone pulp
action tales!
This volume also includes reprints "The Spider #1 & #2, "Return
of the Monsters: The Spider vs Werewolf", The Spider XMAS ,
plus the prose short story "City of the Melting Dead".
Includes a foreword by Elizabeth Bissette, the great niece of
the man who wrote the majority of original Spider tales: Norvell
Page!
Story: Martin Powell
Art: Hannibal King, Pablo Marcos
Cover: Dan Brereton
7" x 10", grayscale, 106 pages, $12.95
THE SPIDER,
MASTER OF MEN is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG131375.
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Moonstone Books: DOMINO LADY:
SEX AS A WEAPON Trade paperback - Coming
in October!
Previews Exclusive!
New printing of this long sold-out collection!
Stunned and enraged by the murder of her crusading politician father,
beautiful socialite Ellen Patrick becomes determined to bring her father’s
killers to justice…at any cost. A talented Berkley graduate,
she knows that to truly fight the men who killed her father she must
break all the rules. Donning a distinctive white dress and a black
domino mask, she becomes The Domino Lady, one of the sexiest –and most elusive—crime
fighters of all time.
Guest-starring: SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE
BLACK BAT , & AIRBOY!
Nine all-new tales of one of the world’s first female masked crime
fighters, by Nancy Holder, Chuck Dixon, CJ Henderson, Martin Powell,
Ron Fortier, James Chambers, Bobby Nash, Gail McCabe. Introduction:
Mystery Writers of America Raven Award winner Joan Hansen!
Story: Nancy Holder, Chuck Dixon, etc.
Edited by: Lori Gentile
Interior Art: Ver Curtis
Cover: Uwe Jarling
222 pages, Squarebound, 6” x 9”, $16.95
DOMINO LADY:
SEX AS A WEAPON is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available July
24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG131376.
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The New Pulp Heroes - New pulp blog now online!
Tom Johnson has started a
new Blog for authors who have created new pulp heroes.
This Site is for essays on The New Pulp
Heroes. It’s about time we catalog new characters appearing in books
and anthologies. Since Tom does not have time to read everything being published,
he is offering space for legitimate creators of new pulp characters to
send him their data, and he will post their essays. The only changes Tom
will make to essays will be editing and format. If you wish, include a
jpeg of a book cover or b&w illustration if you have permission from
the artist. By sending Tom your essays, you are giving me permission to
promote and showcase this data. Eventually, it would be nice to see all
the data published in book format. Essays should be up to 500 words, and
include information on MC and back up characters, creator, title of books,
and where the stories can be found.
The Black Centipede
- New!
Captain Steve Danger
- New!
The Black Ghost
- New!
Señora Scorpion
The Silver Manticore
The Red Badge
The Black Cat
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PAPERBACK CONFIDENTIAL: CRIME WRITERS
OF THE PAPERBACK ERA - Arriving in book stores
July 30!
This book contains over 130 profiles "of the men and
women who wrote the books that became the backbone of the Pulp and
Paperback Era from the 1930s through the 1960s. Here you will find
information on the acknowledged masters like Dashiell Hammett, Raymond
Chandler, James M. Cain and Cornell Woolrich... the rack mainstays
like Gil Brewer, Brett Halliday, Day Keene, and Charles Williams...
and the unjustly forgotten like Malcolm Braly, Elisabeth Sanxay Holding,
Ennis Willie and Douglas Sanderson."
These are the authors who turned out the dark noirs and hardboiled
thrillers, private detective puzzles and psychological suspense, police
procedurals and backwood melodramas, stories of passion... and cold-blooded
murder. 132 profiles of the men and women who wrote the books that became
the backbone of the Pulp and Paperback Era from the 1930s through the 1960s.
Here you will find information on the acknowledged masters like Dashiell Hammett,
Raymond Chandler, James M. Cain and Cornell Woolrich... the rack mainstays
like Gil Brewer, Brett Halliday, Day Keene, and Charles Williams... and the
unjustly forgotten like Malcolm Braly, Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, Ennis Willie
and Douglas Sanderson. Each profile contains details about the author's life
and explores key works, with special attention paid to series characters.
Also covered are screenplay and teleplay work, as well as movies based on
the authors' stories. Paperback Confidential also includes a handy PseudoDex
with all the various names these authors wrote under, and a section for each
author with further recommendations for the reader s consideration.
Paperback: 340 pages
Publisher: Stark House Press (July 30, 2013)
ISBN-10: 1933586613
ISBN-13: 978-1933586618
$19.95
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Thursday
July 25th – Sunday, July 28th
One Week Left to Go!
PulpFest 2013 will start on Thursday, July
25th.
The dealers’ room will be open only to registered sellers to set up
their displays from 4 PM to 11 PM.
Ohio State’s Thompson Library will also offer a free lecture on the
pulps at 5 PM.
Early registration for all convention attendees will take place outside
the dealers’ room from 6 PM to 8 PM.
Beginning at 8 PM, a full slate of programming will get underway. Why
not arrive early?
Click here for the complete programming
schedule.
PulpFest Premiers
There are plenty of reasons why PulpFest
is called "Summer's Great Pulp Con." One is because it's the place where
publishers choose to roll out new titles.
This year will be a big one for premiers with Stark House Press offering
PAPERBACK CONFIDENTIAL and its 132 profiles of the men and women who wrote
the books that became the backbone of the pulp and paperback era; Meteor
House/FarmerCon will be offering a new and expanded edition of the Philip
José Farmer classic, DOC SAVAGE: HIS APOCALYPTIC LIFE as well as a
new Pat Wildman novella, THE SCARLET JAGUAR; Ed Hulse's Murania Press hopes
to have a new issue of BLOOD 'N' THUNDER at the con as well as THE BLOOD
'N' THUNDER GUIDE TO PULP FICTION, a follow-up to Ed's classic reference work
on the pulps; pulp scholar Will Murray will be offering his new history of
the Western pulps, WORDSLINGERS, while Laurie Powers will be offering a new
collection of her grandfather's pulp fiction, HIDDEN GHOSTS; and the list
goes on . . .
New Fictioneer . . . Van Allen Plexico
Due to a recent, unexpected cancellation by one of our previously announced
"New Fictioneers" readers, Van Allen Plexico has graciously consented to
fill that hole in our programming schedule.
Van is an award-winning author of ten novels and nearly two dozen short
stories and novellas, as well as five non-fiction books.
His works have included everything from Sherlock Holmes to space opera
to 1930s air ace combat to Marvel’s Avengers.
He is best known for his ongoing superhero pulp novel series, SENTINELS.
Van will be reading from a variety of his works on Friday, July 26th
at 2 PM in the Hyatt Regency's Fairfield Room.
Tonik Auction Continues!
One of the many highlights of PulpFest is
its Saturday night auction. Organized by J. Barry Traylor and a gaggle
of enthusiastic volunteers,
the auction is always the final programming event of summer’s great
pulp con. This year's auction will begin at approximately 9:30 PM on July
27th.
Our 2012 auction included a large amount of material from collector
and scholar Al Tonik’s huge library of
hardcovers, paperbacks, pulps, dime novels, comic books, fanzines,
and reference books. More than $15,000 was bid for the Tonik lots.
Our 2013 auction will include 115 more lots made up of approximately
250 books Al's collection.
You can look at a spreadsheet listing these lots by visiting our home
page at www.pulpfest.com.
In addition to the Tonik material, PulpFest will be accepting about
100 lots from registered members of the convention.
All told, we'll have over 200 lots to sell on Saturday. So bring your
cash and get ready to bid, bid, bid!
Hero Pulp Premiums and Promotions
How did pulp magazine publishers keep readers
coming back month after month? Of course the best way was to publish excellent
stories.
Another method that publishers employed to lure dimes on a regular
basis from buyers with thin wallets was to create a club and offer premiums.
On Saturday, July 27th, at 9 PM, please join PulpFest website designer
Chris Kalb in the Fairfield Room located
on the second floor of the Hyatt Regency Columbus as he takes us back
to a time when a few cents not only bought a pulp magazine filled with
thrills,
but also an Operator #5 ring, a G-8 Battle Aces Club pin, or a membership
in the Green Lama Club.
Chris will be presenting Hero Pulp Premiums and Promotions, an event
that you cannot afford to miss.
Dr. Fu Manchu & the Yellow Peril
One hundred years ago, Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu made his American debut
in COLLIER'S, a five-cent weekly.
In September of that year, McBride would release THE INSIDIOUS DR.
FU-MANCHU,the first of Rohmer's novels to feature his devil doctor.
Although Sax Rohmer did not create the "yellow peril" genre of pulp
fiction, his Fu Manchu stories would greatly influence the bloody pulps.
His work helped to influence writers as diverse as Carroll John Daly,
Walter B. Gibson, H. P. Lovecraft, and Robert E. Howard.
At 8 PM on Saturday, July 27th, PulpFest will salute the American centennial
of Dr. Fu Manchu with a panel exploring Sax Rohmer's character and his
influence on the pulp fiction of the early twentieth century.
PulpFest would like
to remind everyone about our generous offers for members staying at the
Hyatt Regency Columbus in late July.
The hotel itself will provide free wireless Internet service to all
guestrooms and complimentary parking at the Chestnut Street Garage,
located one block south of the hotel and connected via a covered skywalk.
And to reward loyal attendees for supporting the convention by staying
three nights at the host hotel, PulpFest is happy to offer a ten-dollar
rebate redeemable through our registration desk.
Eighty years ago,
following the astounding success of The Shadow Magazine, the pulp industry
created a tremendous splash in publishing by releasing a wave of single-character
magazines.
The Phantom Detective, Nick Carter, Doc Savage, The Lone Eagle, G-8
and His Battle Aces, The Spider, and Pete Rice Magazine all debuted in
1933, despite the economic hardships wrought by The Great Depression.
On Friday, July 26th at 8:30
PM in the Fairfield Room of the Hyatt Regency Columbus, Ed Hulse, editor
and publisher of Blood ‘n’ Thunder,
and a panel of pulp historians will take a look at Doc Savage and
the Pulp Heroes of 1933.
Walter Baumhofer: King of the Pulps
To the young readers who devoured the pulp magazines and “delighted
in his four-color depictions of action and adventure,” the one and only
“King of the Pulps” was Walter M. Baumhofer.
At PulpFest 2013 on Friday, July 26th at 9:30 PM, pulp art historian
David Saunders will present
a biographical profile of Walter Baumhofer’s life story as well as
the artist’s fascinating family history.
He will exhibit never-before-seen visual documents from the personal
world of this pulp art master.
Walter was a close friend of the presenter’s father, Norman Saunders,
and as such David was personally acquainted with the artist for over
thirty years.
Baumhofer was a sensationally colorful character and David Saunders
looks forward to sharingmany amusing anecdotes and incidents that will
help to promote a greater awareness of this legendary artist.
Once again, PulpFest
is pleased to welcome FarmerCon VIII to the Hyatt Regency Columbus. The
fans of Philip José Farmer will be joining us for the third year
straight.
As it has every year since 2011, FarmerCon
will provide some of PulpFest’s evening programming.
On Friday, July 26th, at 7:30 PM, our
FarmerCon friends turn their attention toward the Grand Master‘s work
related
Doc Savage with a panel entitled "His
Apocalyptic Life, Escape from Loki, and The Mad Goblin."
Panelists Christopher Paul Carey, Win
Scott Eckert, Rick Lai, and John Allen Small will join moderator Art
Sippo
for a discussion of Philip José
Farmer’s contributions to the Doc Savage mythos.
With only four weeks
remaining before the 2013 PulpFest begins, convention chairman Jack Cullers
reports that most available exhibit space has already been booked,
and that dealers who’ve not yet
registered for the convention should reserve their tables immediately
lest they risk being shut out.
When the powers
at Street & Smith saw what a gold mine they had in THE SHADOW MAGAZINE,
they began laying plans for a raft of companion titles,
selecting as their themes four top pulp
genres–adventure, detective, aviation and Western.
NICK CARTER and DOC SAVAGE MAGAZINE
were first to the stands, introduced early in 1933.
As soon as their circulation figures demonstrated
the new single-character titles to be winners,
Street & Smith launched its Western
hero pulp, PETE RICE MAGAZINE. Its first issue was dated November 1933.
Although the magazine had a short lifespan--it
folded in 1936 after just 32 issues--
Pete helped to pave the way for other
western characters such as Ranger Publications, The Masked Rider, introduced
in his own magazine during the spring of 1934,
and Jim Hatfield, the "Lone Wolf" hero
of Standard's TEXAS RANGERS, beginning in the fall of 1936.
"Pistol Pete" Rice was the last of the
pulp heroes of 1933—seven in all. From July 25th-28th, join PulpFest
in Columbus, Ohio as we celebrate these characters.
Beginning at 10 PM
on Thursday, July 25th, PulpFest 2013 will present the fifteen-chapter Columbia
Pictures movie serial, THE SPIDER'S WEB.
Released in 1938 and starring Warren Hull
as Richard Wentworth, the “Master of Men,” and Iris Meredith as his
beloved Nita Van Sloan,
THE SPIDER'S WEB is today considered to be one of the greatest chapter
plays ever filmed.
Never commercially released in a home-video
format, PulpFest has obtained the best version currently in circulation
and will offer all 15 high-octane chapters to convention attendees
in five-episode increments spread out over three nights.
BLOOD 'N' THUNDER
editor Ed Hulse explores the pulp-to-movie connection in his PulpFest presentation
"Hollywood and the Hero Pulps," one of several pre-convention programs
scheduled for Thursday, July 25th, at 9 PM.
Ed is the leading authority on pulp-related movies, having researched
and written about them for decades.
His PulpFest presentation will touch on many, but concentrate on those
adapted from hero pulps,
with special emphasis on such serials as THE SPIDER'S WEB (1938),
THE SHADOW (1940), and THE SPIDER RETURNS (1941).
He’ll present little-known, behind-the-scenes info gleaned in part
from his own interviews with people who worked on these episodic epics.
The Pulps After Fu Manchu
Maybe Kaiser Wilhelm did coin the term "yellow peril," but it was
Sax Rohmer who took it to the bank.
Little wonder that countless pulp writers, from Walter B. Gibson
and Norvell W. Page to Robert E. Howard and George Worts, turned
to Rohmer's Fu Manchu for inspiration for their lurid pulp tales.
To begin PulpFest‘s celebration of the 100th anniversary of Sax
Rohmer’s infamous creation,
Rick Lai looks at “The Pulp Descendents of Fu Manchu,” beginning at
8 PM on Thursday, July 25th in the Fairfield Room located on the
second floor of the Hyatt Regency Columbus.
Please visit www.pulpfest.com for additional information.
Let the Voting Begin
The PulpFest Organizing Committee is pleased to announce that thirteen
individuals were nominated by their peers for the 2013 Munsey Award.
In the interest of manageability, the final nominee list was pared
down to the eight individuals who received the most nominations.
This year, no one was nominated for the elite Rusty Hevelin Service
Award.
The following nominees will be forwarded to a committee made up of
all the living
Lamont, Munsey, and Rusty Award winners who will select the person
to receive the 2013 Munsey:
Charles Ardai, Randy Cox, Steve Miller, Laurie Powers, Garyn Roberts,
J. Barry Traylor, George Vanderburgh, and Dan Zimmer.
You’ll find further details about each nominee on the 2013 Award
Nominees page of our website.
All PulpFest members
are invited to Room 150A-B at Ohio State University’s Thompson Library on
Thursday, July 25th at 5 PM
where Ed Hulse, editor of BLOOD 'N' THUNDER, will deliver a lecture
entitled, "The Ancestors of Batman: Colorful Crime Fighters of Pulp
Fiction."
Ed’s presentation ties in with PulpFest‘s 80th-anniversary celebration
of the 1933 hero-pulp explosion that gave us Doc Savage, The Spider,
The Phantom Detective and others.
Directions to the library and additional information on the lecture
are available at www.pulpfest.com.
By 1933, Popular
Publications had become a successful pulp magazine publisher.
During the spring and summer of that year, Henry Steeger, the firm's
young publisher, was planning additional releases for the pulp
market.
Inspired by the tremendous success of Street & Smith's THE SHADOW
MAGAZINE, Steeger dreamed up a Popular alternative.
He called it THE SPIDER and asked successful mystery writer
R. T. M. Scott to introduce many of the trappings that would endear
the pulp’s characters to its readers.
With its third issue, THE SPIDER was turned over to Norvell W. Page,
the author who would go on to write over 3/4 of the pulp's 118-issue
run.
THE SPIDER would go on to be one of the longest-lived of the hero
pulps, thanks largely to the white-hot prose of Norvell Page.
1933 was not just
the year of the hero pulp. On March 2 of that same year, RKO Radio Pictures
premiered "the eighth wonder of the world," KING KONG, at New York's
Radio City Music Hall and the Roxy.
To celebrate the 80th anniversaries of "The
Man of Bronze" and KING KONG, Will Murray, author of "The Wild Adventures
of Doc Savage," paired the two characters in his novel, SKULL ISLAND.
On Saturday, July 27th, at 2 PM, PulpFest 2013 will host a special
"New Fictioneers" reading of Mr. Murray's bestselling novel by Radio
Archives' reader Roger Price.
A longtime entertainer on television, radio
and the live stage, Mr. Price has appeared on a number of Radio Archives'
pulp audiobooks.
He has also worked with a wide variety of clients as an announcer and
voice actor, specializing in character/cartoon voices and dialects.
Jim Beard broke into
the world of “New Pulp” in 2012 when Airship 27 published SGT. JANUS,
SPIRIT-BREAKER, a collection of ghost stories
featuring an occult detective,
and CAPTAIN ACTION: RIDDLE OF THE GLOWING MEN, the first prose novel
based on the 1960s action figure.
A columnist for the TOLEDO FREE
PRESS, “The Beard” will be finihsing up PulpFest's "New Fictioneer"
programming.
At 3 PM on Saturday, July 27th,
Jim will be reading from his two Airship 27 books as well as a
story from MONSTER EARTH, a shared-world anthology of giant monster
tales.
Longtime Farmerphile Win Scott Eckert is a familiar face
at summer’s great pulp con.
Since FarmerCon joined with PulpFest in 2011, Win has appeared
on several panels, signed books,
and regaled audiences as part of the convention’s popular New
Fictioneers presentations.
For his reading this year, Win has decided to share center
stage with his good friend and fellow Philip José Farmer
devotee, John Allen Small.
At 1 PM on Saturday,
July 27th, writer, editor-in-chief of Airship 27, and two-time Pulp
Factory Award winner, Ron Fortier,
and five contemporary authors will gaze into their crystal balls
to chart the road ahead for the new and exciting continuation
of the pulp genre known as “New Pulp.”
Joining Ron will be Jim Beard, Win Scott Eckert, Rick Lai, Frank
Schildiner, and Dr. Art Sippo.
The Red Badge of Mark Halegua
Join New Fictioneer
Mark Halegua on Friday, July 26th at 2 PM in the Hyatt Regency’s Fairfield
Room
where he will be reading “Red Badge Attacks,” co-written by Andrew
Salmon, and “The Night Before Christmas,”
a story featuring St. Nick as a 1930s-style crimefighter and
featured in Pro Se Presents #5.
Bill Maynard Presents Fu Manchu
Beginning Friday, July 26th, at
1 PM, PulpFest begins its annual salute to the "New Fictioneers,"
the authors writing today's new pulp fiction.
Join us in the Fairfield Room,
located on the second floor of the Hyatt Regency Columbus, as
William Patrick Maynard gets the ball rolling with a reading from
his forthcoming novel, THE TRIUMPH OF FU MANCHU, fully authorized
by the literary estate of Sax Rohmer, creator of the devil doctor.
This will be Bill's third novel to feature Rohmer's infamous character.
Visit www.pulpfest.com for additional
details. You'll find them under the title "Bill Maynard Presents
Fu Manchu" on the PulpFest home page.
And while you're there, book
a room at the Hyatt Regency Columbus, home to "summer's great pulp
con!"
The Pulp Heroes Take to the Air
Americans in 1933 had “nothing
to fear, but fear itself,” and the pulp heroes introduced early
that year had been proving the country’s new president to be absolutely
correct. During that harrowing year, The Phantom Detective,
Nick Carter, and Doc Savage had met and defeated “The Emperor of
Death,” “Maniacs of Science,” “The Red Skull,” and other adversaries.
As the year wore on and The Great Depression savaged other genres, the
pulp heroes of 1933 surged forward, their magazines disappearing from
America’s newsstands. And the publishers noticed.
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THE PULPSTER #22 - Available at Pulpfest!
The Pulpster
returns to PulpFest 2013 with number 22, its biggest issue yet.
Just like PulpFest, The Pulpster is celebrating the 80th anniversary
of the pulp hero boom of 1933,
the 90th anniversary of Weird Tales and the 100th anniversary of Fu
Manchu.
Featured
in the 2013 issue:
- Michael Chomko on the heroes of 1933.
- Will Murray on 1933 was a hero pulp boom year, and on writing
"Skull Island."
- William Preston on writing his "Old Man" stories.
- Tom Johnson on a precursor to the pulp hero boom.
- William Patrick Maynard on writing new Fu Manchu adventures.
- Nathan Vernon Madison on "yellow peril" fiction.
- George Vanderburgh on more artifacts from the Arkham House archives.
- Laurie Powers on Street & Smith editor Daisy Bacon.
- Vella Munn on the short life of her fictioneer grandfather, Homer
Eon Flint.
- Monte Herridge on Richard B. Sale's crime reporter Daffy Dill.
- John Locke on a "Weird Tales" issue that sent a murderer to the
chair.
- Tony Davis on this year's Final Chapters.
Get your copy at PulpFest 2013. (Remainders may be available for sale
after the con. Watch for details.)
Follow The Pulpster on Twitter at twitter.com/thepulpster
Or visit us online at pulpfest.com/the-pulpster/
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Pulp Crazy - Now online!
Who Goes
There? By John W. Campbell
- New!
The
Call of Cthulhu by H.P. Lovecraft
July
1942 – United We Stand
The Apparition
in the Prize Ring by Robert E. Howard
Isle
of the Undead by Lloyd Arthu Eshbach
Conan the Cimmerian by Robert E. Howard
Doc
Savage the Man of Bronze
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Pulp Den - Now
online!
Jur: A Story of Pre Dawn Earth - New!
The Honey West Files Volume One - New!
Loose Ends - New!
9 Squares - New!
Dian of The Lost Land
The Tenth Witness
The New Pulp Heroes
A Dark Redemption
Three, Imperfect Number
Gryphon Double Novel #23
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Pulp Flakes -
Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors
and their stories, adventure and detective pulps.
Short story by Robert V. Carr - Business Letters of
a Cowboy - New!
Gordon MacCreagh - Trapped by a man-eater
Charles Beadle on writing fiction and selling his
first novel
Gotham's Sanitation Corps Real Athletes of Nation
(not pulp-related)
Author profile: J Paul Suter (Newspaper article from
the Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1951)
Review: The Adventures of Jehannum Smith by Gordon
MacCreagh
Map of Adventure
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The PulpRack - Now
online!
Hades & Hocus Pocus by Lester Dent
- New!
Outdoor Stories by J. Allan Dunn
The Adventures of Captain Hatteras: Verne Lays the Foundation
for Fictional Pulp Adventures to Foreign Lands
Atomic Robo is a Shadow fan!
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Radio Archives
Jack Armstrong and the Secret of U-77 Audiobook
by Jeff Deischer
Read by Nick Santa Maria
Now available!
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Created by Robert Hardy
Andrews, Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy was one of the first and most
memorable of the adventure radio serials. Running from 1933 to 1951, it
featured the resourceful high school student on a dizzying collection of
adventures that spanned the globe. He often accompanied Colonel Jim Fairfield,
an aviation industrialist, and Fairfield's brave niece and nephew Betty and
Billy on their travels. Backing them up was two-fisted Vic Hardy, a brilliant
scientist and sleuth.
Now, for the first time, one of the Jack Armstrong serials has been
novelized and is now available from Radio Archives as a 12 hour audiobook.
Noted author Jeff Deischer adapts Jack Armstrong and the Secret of U-77
from the 1946 James Jewell production — a serial for which none of the original
recordings exist. Jeff is known for his strong narrative, which gives this
story an authentic flavor.
In the post-war world, danger is not always so easy to see. But Jack
Armstrong identifies it in the form of Dr. Romago, a unscrupulous scientist
who abandoned his native United States before the war. After being mysteriously
missing for several years, Romago has returned — and he is after the secret
of U-77.
What is U-77, and why does Dr. Romago seek it? Jack can only guess.
But he does know that if Romago wants it, he can’t be permitted to have
it. Accompanied by his loyal friends, Uncle Jim, Betty and Billy Fairfield,
Jack and Vic Hardy head down to the Sea Islands off the Southern Atlantic
coast, where Romago has been driving away the local fishermen through his
underling, Pachino the Eel, a gangster who has crossed paths with scientist
Vic Hardy before.
Aboard his schooner, The Gray Ghost, Romago squats, a fat spider pulling
on the strands of his web like the strings of a puppet, manipulating the
fishermen of Thunderbolt, Georgia, his own henchmen — and even Jack Armstrong!
Jack Armstrong and the Secret of U-77 takes Jack and his friends from
New York City to the coast of Georgia down to the bottom of the ocean in
this exciting 12 hour long saga.
Douglas Klauba has painted a gorgeous wraparound cover for this special
audiobook. Nick Santa Maria took a break from being the Spider to do the
voice acting for Jack Armstrong and the Secret of U-77. Get your copy today!
12 hours $47.98 Audio CDs / $23.99 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!
If you prefer the Audio CDs to play in your car or home CD player,
the coupon code will subtract the $11.99 price of the download version
from the Audio CDs. That makes the Audio CDs half price.
It is easy to get you get your copy. Go to:
http://www.radioarchives.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=strange+detective+mysteries&Search.x=0&Search.y=0
Add Strange Detective Mysteries to the shopping cart and use the
Coupon Code PULPCA
You can download the 6 hour audiobook immediately.
Happy listening
Tom Brown and Will Murray
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Radio Archives
Will Murray's Pulp eBook Classics
Now available!
The Spider #73: The Spider and the
Eyeless Legion
One minute the police had been valiantly charging the looters...
the next, they were stumbling backward, groping wildly in complete blindness!
That was the coming of the Eyeless Terror to New York! For a monster ruled
the quaking city, building a fortune out of people deliberately blinded!
Can the Spider, shackled and blinded, himself, free a city gone mad with
darkness? 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.
The Secret 6 #4: The Golden Alligator
Rasp-rasp-rasp! It was a queer sound, ghostly, hearing it in
the open country after midnight. Chills gripped King as he set out to investigate,
but he forgot about them when he found — a man buried alive! And when he
heard the man’s strange story, he knew that the Secret Six was going to tackle
its most exciting and dangerous case, gambling for fabulous stakes in a
game of golden death. Criminals quaked at the name The Secret Six. And for
four glorious issues, this team of six crimefighters took on some of the
weirdest and most fantastic antagonists that ever reared their heads in
the pulp magazines. It was where weird menace met six normal men with
no strange gadgets or outlandish skills. The utterly amazing stories were
written by Robert J. Hogan, better known for writing the G-8 and his Battle
Aces stories. But after four issues, the over-the-top action came to an
end and Popular Publications pulled the plug on the series. These vintage
pulp tales are now reissued for today’s readers in electronic format. $2.99.
Terror Tales: James A Goldthwaite
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, all written
by James A Goldthwaite, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format.
$2.99.
Dime Mystery Magazine: Arthur J
Burks and Nat Schachner
In 1934 a new type of magazine was born. Known by various
names — the shudder pulps, mystery-terror magazines, horror-terror magazines
— weird menace is the sub-genre term that has survived today. Dime Mystery
Magazine was one of the most popular. It came from Popular Publications,
whose publisher Harry Steeger was inspired by the Grand Guignol theater
of Paris. This breed of pulp story survived less than ten years, but in
that time, they became infamous, even to this day. This ebook contains a
collection of stories from the pages of Dime Mystery Magazine, all written
by Arthur J Burks and Nat Schachner, reissued for today’s readers in electronic
format. $2.99.
99 cent eBook Singles
Each 99 cent eBook Single contains a single
short story, one of the many amazing tales selected from
the pages of Terror Tales and Rangeland Romances.
These short stories are not included
in any of our other eBooks.
Dime Mystery Magazine: "Beyond Deaths
Thin Veil" by Bruce Bryan
In that dank tomb Forsythe found living beauty — and the ugly,
gibbering spawn of Hell! In 1934 a new type of magazine was born. Known
by various names — the shudder pulps, mystery-terror magazines, horror-terror
magazines — weird menace is the sub-genre term that has survived today.
Dime Mystery Magazine was one of the most popular. It came from Popular
Publications, whose publisher Harry Steeger was inspired by the Grand Guignol
theater of Paris. This breed of pulp story survived less than ten years,
but in that time, they became infamous, even to this day. This ebook contains
a classic story the pages of Dime Mystery Magazine, reissued for today’s
readers in electronic format. $0.99.
Dime Mystery Magazine: "Curse of
the Golden Cobra" by Mindret Lord
Not Alan Bruce, alone, but also the girl he really loved, were
to pay in anguish and terror for his unholy union with hell’s mistress!
In 1934 a new type of magazine was born. Known by various names — the shudder
pulps, mystery-terror magazines, horror-terror magazines — weird menace
is the sub-genre term that has survived today. Dime Mystery Magazine was
one of the most popular. It came from Popular Publications, whose publisher
Harry Steeger was inspired by the Grand Guignol theater of Paris. This
breed of pulp story survived less than ten years, but in that time, they
became infamous, even to this day. This ebook contains a classic story the
pages of Dime Mystery Magazine, reissued for today’s readers in electronic
format. $0.99.
Terror Tales: "The Corpse Carver"
by Laurence Donovan
Bloody footsteps led Mark Conrad on to undreamed horrors.
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.
Rangeland Romances #19: "I'm Claiming
That Guy" by Thelma Knoles
Entrancing Rubie tried all her lovable tricks to hold ranchman
Guy spellbound — but all she did was smother his ardor. She had her hombre
cut out of the herd — till Guy stampeded. 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
Now available!
He's perhaps the single most iconic figure of the radio era,
symbolizing an entire lost form of entertainment even to those who've
never actually heard one of his adventures. This WXYZ hero was a stern authority
figure, respected by his friends and allies and feared by his enemies
-- an embodiment of high morals, unshakable values, and unrelenting justice.
This exciting collection contains many of the Masked Man and Tonto's
most exciting tales from those thrilling days of yesteryear. Twenty
action packed adventures of treasure, talismans, Indian attacks, foreign
spies, meteors from outer space and more! Starring Brace Beemer as The
Lone Ranger and John Todd as Tonto.
Includes two four-part adventures, a re-telling of the classic origin
story, and a Program Guide by Elizabeth McLeod.
Episodes Include: Valley of the Cliff Dwellers 08-01-41; Stagecoach
To Blue River 07-31-42;Sign of the Swastika 12-07-42; Ruggles of Yellowstone
06-28-44; The Pelt of Mucho Grande 09-08-44; The Sign of the Buffalo Head
09-11-44; The Angelus 09-13-44; Ghost Dance 09-15-44; The Talisman of Taos
12-18-44; From Outer Space 01-15-47; The Butterfield Stage 01-17-47; The
Silver Bullet 01-20-47; The Rays of The Sun 01-22-47; Joshua Biddle Returns
01-17-49; Ring Number One 01-19-49; The Black Box 01-21-49; Mesa Mountain
05-30-51; Orders for the East 01-04-52; Flashback 01-11-52; When Death
Waits 09-05-52
Radio
Spirits
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RED SONJA
Volume 2 #4 - Coming
in October!
Writer: Gail Simone
Art: Walter Geovani
Covers: Jenny Frison [Main], Ming Doyle [Variant]
Red Sonja is just inches from death, when voices from the past call
her away from digging her own grave, to fight possibly the last battle
of her life, against the woman who taught her everything she knows about
combat! With special variant cover by guest-star Ming Doyle!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99,
On sale October 9
RED SONJA VOLUME
2 #4 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG131171 (Frison cover).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG131172
(Doyle cover).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG131173
(Buscema cover).
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THE ROCKETEER/THE SPIRIT: PULP FRICTION! #1
(of 4) - Arriving
in comic shops July 24!
Mark Waid (writer) • Paul Smith (art & cover)
The Spirit, created by Will Eisner, and The Rocketeer, created
by Dave Stevens, are two of the most beloved characters in the history
of comics. Now, these two great pulp-inspired heroes meet for
the very first time! A Central City Councilman disappears and
is found dead in Los Angeles. Commissioner Dolan, along with Denny
Colt (AKA The Spirit) and his daughter Ellen in tow, treks out
to the City of Angels to investigate. Meanwhile, Cliff Secord (The
Rocketeer) consoles his sweetheart Betty... who is traumatized after
accidentally discovering the politicians body!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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THE ROCKETEER / THE SPIRIT: PULP FRICTION!
#3 (of 4) - Coming in October!
Mark Waid (Writer) • Paul Smith (Art & Cover)
On the trail of two murderous madmen and the mysterious Television
Terror, the Spirit takes Rocketeer to Central City, and Cliff finds it
nearly impossible to navigate in such a crowded urban setting—but
he'd better learn quickly because Betty's life depends on it!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
THE ROCKETEER
/ THE SPIRIT: PULP FRICTION #3 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS
(Available July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG130423.
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THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN VOLUME 15 TP
- Coming in December!
Chuck Dixon (Writer), Don Kraar (Writer), Gary Kwapisz (Art),
Ernie Chan (Art), Andy Kubert (Art), Joe Jusko (Cover), and others
"Crom count the dead!" Conan's wanderings bring him to the desert kingdom
of Stygia, whose mad queen seeks to perform a dark ritual that will bridge
universes and draw an ancient, malefic god back into this world, and
with it an eternity of death, horror, and chaos! Showcasing stories from
Marvel's Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian #151-#160.
544 pages, black and white, $19.99, in stores on December 4.
THE SAVAGE SWORD
OF CONAN VOLUME 15 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available July
24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG130076.
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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 sinister
scene by artist Jamie Chase from "The End of Bukawai",
featured in the upcoming JUNGLE TALES OF TARZAN™ graphic novel.
Based on the classic book by Edgar Rice Burroughs™ and written by Martin
Powell.
Officially authorized by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. From Sequential
Pulp/Dark Horse Comics.
Dark Horse Comics
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Artwork © Jamie Chase
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THE SHADOW #19 -
Coming in October!
Writer: Chris Roberson
Artist: Giovanni Timpano
Covers: Alex Ross, Jason Shawn Alexander
A voice from the past raises questions that the Shadow cannot
answer, and leads him away from the concrete canyons of New York City
on a journey that will carry him halfway round the world, from the snowy
wastes of Siberia to the steaming jungles of Guatemala. What is the secret
of the girasol?
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99,
On sale October 16
THE SHADOW #19
is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG131179 (Ross cover).
The Diamond
Item Code is AUG131180 (Alexander cover).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG131181
(Calero cover).
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The Shadow Fan's Podcast
- Now online!
The Black Falcon!
The Shadow Fan returns for Episode 40! This week, Barry responds
to listener feedback, talks about The Shadow Now series that's coming from
Dynamite and offers up a trio of reviews: The Black Falcon (1934), The
Salamanders (1936) and The Shadow # 15 (Dynamite, 2013).
If you love pulp's greatest crimefighter, then this is the podcast
for you!
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THE SHADOW / GREEN HORNET: DARK NIGHTS #4
- Coming in October!
Writer: Michael Uslan
Art: Keith Burns
Covers: Alex Ross, John Cassaday
Scientist Nikola Tesla’s new Death-Ray is in Shiwan Khan’s
hands! But for it to become fully operational, Khan must access the massive
power contained in The Shadow’s own Girasol, uncovering its secret origin(s)
in the process! It’s life-or-death for Tesla, President Roosevelt, and for
New York as The Shadow, The Green Hornet and Kato descend on the City, prepared
to incur the fury of Khan!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale October
9
THE SHADOW /
GREEN HORNET #4 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG131184 (Ross cover).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG131185
(Casaday cover).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG131186
(Subscription variant cover).
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THE SHADOW: MIDNIGHT IN MOSCOW
by Howard Chaykin - Coming soon!
Dynamite is proud to announce that legendary writer/artist Howard Chaykin
will write his first new tale of The Shadow in nearly thirty years.
The Shadow: Midnight in Moscow will take place three decades prior to the
events of his critically acclaimed Blood & Judgment series. Chaykin
will reprise his creative role both as writer and artist for this new venture.
"I'm delighted and grateful to Dynamite for the opportunity to work
once again on so legendary a character as The Shadow," says Chaykin.
"My new miniseries, The Shadow: Midnight in Moscow, tells the secret story
behind the Shadow's disappearance in 1949." While this new series
marks his return to Shadow storytelling, he hasn't strayed far from the
character in recent years, contributing gorgeous cover artwork for Dynamite's
variety of Shadow series.
"The Shadow: Blood & Judgment is one of my favorite comic series
of all time," says Nick Barrucci, CEO and Publisher of Dynamite.
"It absolutely blows my mind, still to this day. I can't even begin
to express how much this means to me as the publisher of the series and
how much as a fan of Howard's series. Howard Chaykin's return to the
character is going to be phenomenal. And in a move that will certainly
keep his fans on their toes, he's setting Midnight in Moscow up not as a
direct sequel to his earlier work, but years and years beforehand, at an
exciting and critical moment in the Shadow's history. I have such
tremendous respect for Howard as a storyteller, a true modern master of the
comic book medium."
Howard Chaykin is a modern legend in the comics industry, with an exceptionally
respected body of work spanning four decades. He is perhaps best known
for American Flagg!, a series published by First Comics in 1982. Chaykin
wrote and illustrated the first twelve issues exclusively, and was praised
by critics and readers alike. In 1985, Chaykin wrote and drew The
Shadow for DC Comics, the acclaimed run that would later be collected by
Dynamite as The Shadow: Blood & Judgment. He is the recipient
of Inkpot and Eisner Awards. His extensive library of comics work
includes such titles as Star Wars, Black Kiss, American Century, Challengers
of the Unknown, Blackhawk, Hawkgirl, Blade, Punisher War Journal, and Satellite
Sam. He was also executive script consultant for The Flash television
series on CBS, and later worked on action-adventure programs such as Viper,
Earth: Final Conflict, and Mutant X.
The Shadow began its existence in 1930 as a narrative voice on the
Street and Smith radio program Detective Story Hour. The audience
thrilled to the serialized adventures of this mysterious figure, whose
mythos expanded to include Occidental mysticism, hypnotic powers over weak
criminal minds, and twin .45 caliber handguns. With a keen intellect
and relentless drive, The Shadow hunted criminals without mercy in an era
when gumshoe detectives and bootlegging mobsters was a thrilling yet fearsome
reality. The character's popularity has endured for over 80 years,
bolstered by appearances in radio serials, novels, comic books, films,
and more. In recent years, Dynamite published a groundbreaking and
well-received Shadow series launched by comic writer Garth Ennis (Preacher),
with further tales crafted by Victor Gischler and Chris Roberson.
Lamont Cranston's grim alter-ego has also appeared in such related series
as The Shadow: Year One, Masks, and The Shadow / Green Hornet: Dark Nights.
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The Shadow Now
By David Liss and Colton
Worley with covers by Tim Bradstreet
New Shadow miniseries
starting in October!
Dynamite is proud to announce that beloved pulp-era crime-fighter
will appear for the first time in the modern age in the upcoming The
Shadow Now comic book series. Mystery/thriller novelist David Liss,
whose previous comic book credentials include Black Panther and Mystery
Men from Marvel and Dynamite’s The Spider, will usher the classic character
into present day New York City with the assistance of talented artist and
painter Colton Worley. The first chapter in this six-issue miniseries
is slated for release in October, featuring cover artwork by Tim Bradstreet
(Punisher) and interior artist Colton Worley.
In The Shadow Now, the greatest pulp hero of all returns to New York
City in modern times, having spent decades in the mystical East to rejuvenate
himself. Lamont Cranston seeks to resume his old life, and his
heroic alter-ego is ready to stand once more as an enemy to evil.
But while he was gone, his foes have remained vigilant, and the most dangerous
man The Shadow has ever faced prepares to rise once more.
“The Shadow is, without doubt, one of the coolest pulp characters of
all time, so I was thrilled to get a chance to add something to the
legend,” says the critically acclaimed David Liss, whose first book,
A Conspiracy of Paper, won the coveted 2001 Edgar Award from the Mystery
Writers of America for Best First Novel. “While we are working within
the long and storied tradition of Shadow adventures, I think we’re also
doing something original with this character, and that’s always a great
combination. I was especially happy when I heard Colton would be
doing the art for this miniseries. His art is stunning, and a perfect
fit for our neo-pulp tone. This story is dark and moody, which I
think a Shadow story should be, but I think we’re also portraying a very
human and fallible version of the man behind the mask. Fans who have
followed The Shadow in comics over the years are going to be very interested
to see how we run with what’s come before this.”
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99,
On sale October 2
THE SHADOW NOW
#1 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG131155.
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The Shadow Now #1 page 3
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The Shadow Now #1 page 4
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The Shadow - Under the Blue Light
- Now online!
The Golden Pagoda -
New!
The Blue Sphinx - New!
Death on Ice
Mox
Death in the Stars
The Five Chameleons
Murder for Sale
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Slammin' PULP HERO Stories - Now available!
By Fred Blosser
A collection of fast-action stories in the modern pulp tradition,
featuring Ringo & Horn, the Tomahawk Men, Commander Manta, the Gila,
and Heroes United.
Plus . . . spotlight on three classic pulp masters from the pages of
Black Mask and Dime Detective magazines.
File Size: 275 KB
Print Length: 104 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publisher: Slammin' Pulp; 1 edition (July 6, 2013)
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Language: English
$2.99
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THE SPIDER #17 - Coming in October!
Writer: David Liss
Artist: Ivan Rodriguez
Covers: Colton Worley
Brought low by his enemies, the Spider haslost the means to
carry on his crusade against crime, but not the will. Now it is time
to strike back. The Spider wipes the slate clean and takes his pulpy
revenge on those who have targeted him, but he’s about to find out that
their hooks go far deeper into his life than he ever imagined.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99,
On sale October 16
THE SPIDER #17
is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG131202.
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THE SPIDER VOLUME 2: THE BUSINESSMAN FROM HELL
- Coming in October!
Writer: David Liss
Artist: Ivan Rodriguez
Covers: Francesco Francavilla
Who has the drive, the intelligence, and the means to destroy
the Spider? The Fly, a playboy with all the resources of Richard Wentworth's
masked alter-ego! Dedicated to criminal perfection, the Fly targets the outlaw
hero and the city itself in the midst of a serial killer's rampage and terrorist
attacks! Will the Spider overcome the Fly's machinations and prevent the
wholesale slaughter of every police officer in the Big Apple.
Collects issues #7-12.
Full Color, 144+ pages, $19.99, On sale October 16
THE SPIDER VOLUME
2 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG131204.
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THE SPIDER ANNUAL 2013 - Coming in October!
Writer: Shannon Eric Denton
Artist: Igor Vitorino
Covers: Igor Vitorino
The Spider unleashes a one-man war on the criminals of New York City
but this relentless pursuit triggers unintended consequences. Already
approaching his breaking point, The Spider comes under fire from an elite
squad of assassins sent from a mysterious enemy. Injured and on the
run, the Spider will once again learn why he’s so good at what he does
regardless if the cost is a price even he can’t afford.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On
sale October 9
THE SPIDER ANNUAL
2013 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG131203.
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Taschen: TRUE CRIME DETECTIVE MAGAZINES - Trade paperback edition coming in August!
At the height of the Jazz Age, when Prohibition was turning
ordinary citizens into criminals and ordinary criminals into celebrities,
America’s true crime detective magazines were born. True Detective came
first in 1924, and by 1934, when the Great Depression had produced colorful
outlaws like Machine Gun Kelly, Bonnie and Clyde, Baby Face Nelson, and
John Dillinger, the magazines were so popular cops and robbers alike vied
to see themselves on the pages. Even FBI boss J. Edgar Hoover wrote regularly
for what came to be called the “Dickbooks,” referring to a popular slang
term for a detective.
As the decades rolled on, the magazines went through a curious
metamorphosis, however. When liquor was once more legal, the Depression
over and all the flashy criminals dead or imprisoned, the “detectives”
turned to sin to make sales. Sexy bad girls in tight sweaters, slit skirts,
and stiletto heels adorned every cover. Cover lines shouted “I Was a Girl
Burglar—For Kicks,” “Sex Habits of Women Killers,” “Bride of Sin!,” “She
Played Me for a Sucker,” and most succinctly, “Bad Woman.”
True Crime Detective Magazines follows the evolution and devolution
of this distinctly American genre from 1924 to 1969. Hundreds of covers
and interior images from dozens of magazine titles tell the story, not
just of the “detectives,” but also of America’s attitudes towards sex,
sin, crime and punishment over five decades. With texts by magazine collector
Eric Godtland, George Hagenaur and True Detective editor Marc Gerald, True
Crime Detective Magazines is an informative and entertaining look at one
of the strangest publishing niches of all time.
Softcover, 9.1 x 10.6 in., 336 pages, $ 19.99
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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.
Robert A.W. Lowndes (1916-1998)-Part 2
Robert A.W. Lowndes (1916-1998)-Part 1
Katherine Maclean (b. 1925) and Mary Kornbluth (1920-2007)
Michael Avallone (1924-1999)
Richard Matheson (1926-2013)
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TOM STRONG AND THE PLANET OF PERIL #4 (OF
6) - Coming in October!
(Writer) Peter Hogan (Art/Cover) Chris Sprouse, Karl Story
The remaining members of S.M.A.S.H. go up against dozens of bikers
in a battle over much-needed humanitarian supplies. But not even help
from Tom Strong and all their gods can keep the entire convoy safe.
Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99
TOM STRONG AND
THE PLANET OF PERIL #4 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available
July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG130343.
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WARLORD OF MARS #27 - Arriving
in comic shops July 24!
Written by Arvid Nelson
Art by Leandro Oliveira
Covers by Joe Jusko (50%), Lucio Parrillo (50%)
John Carter's going north — to the Martian north pole,
that is, in hopes of finding clues that will lead him to
the murderer stalking his palace. From the moment he arrives,
Carter finds himself embroiled in the conspiracies and intrigues
of the Martian north, where the only thing more bitter than
the cold is the politics. How many asses is our hero gonna have
to kick to get to the truth? A whole lot, trust us — this is Mars!
Warlord of Mars #27: White Lies and Alibis!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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WARLORD OF MARS: DEJAH THORIS #32
Coming in October!
Written by Robert Place Napton, art
by Carlos Rafael, covers by Jay Anacleto, Fabiano
Neves
Trapped in the future of Barsoom, Dejah Thoris and her descendant
battle invading humans in a dark tomorrow. As she struggles to find her
way back to her own time, Dejah is confronted with decisions that could
change her destiny and alter the history of the red planet!?
Full Color, 32 pages,
$3.99, On sale October 9
WARLORD OF MARS: DEJAH THORIS #32
is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Available July 24).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG131241.
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Weird Tales
#361
The Summer
2013 issue in e-book format is now available!
The Summer 2013 issue
in print format is now available!
Table
of Contents for Weird Tales #361: The Fairy Tales Issue
FICTION: FAIRY
TALES
“The Queen Who Could Not Walk” by Peter S. Beagle
“Magpied” by Tanith Lee
“Fae for a Day” by Teel James Glenn
“I Am Moonflower” by Nicole Cushing
“Blind Alley” by Morgan Llywelyn
“Suri & Sirin” by Court Merrigan
“The Flowers of Tir-na-nog” by J. R. Restrick
“The Miracles of LaGuardia Airport (Delta Terminal)” by Caitlin Campbell
“A Gnomish Gift” by Alex Shvartsman
“Enough” by Jane Yolen
“Gold” by Lauren Liebowitz
“The Brown Man of Glen Gardens” by Frank Aversa
“The King’s Enemies” by Marc Bilgrey
“The Crimson Cloak” by Zach Shephard
“The Lute Player and the Mask” by Dick Baldwin
“Payment” by Alfred Vickers III
“Out of Time” by Manny Frishberg
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TALKING FAIRY TALES INTERVIEWS
by Lynne Jamneck With Ramsey Campbell, Jessica Amanda Salmonson,
Elizabeth Bear, and Orrin Grey
UNTHEMED FICTION
“As Fleas” by Jon Koons “Black Poppy” by David W. Amendola
POETRY
Scotland in October (Glencoe) by Carole Buggé Dangerous
Dreams by Jill Bauman Merciless by Andrew J. Wilson Waste by Arinn Dembo
ESSAY
Ninety Years of Weird Tales by Darrell Schweitzer
INTERVIEWS
With Tessa Farmer (on her fascinating and strange fairy world)
by C. J. Thom
With J. David Spurlock (on Margaret Brundage, and his book about her)
by Lynne Jamneck
Covers and interior art by Jeff Wong
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