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A mental marvel from birth, who used
his talents on stage as a boy, Philip Strange is now known
as "The Phantom Ace of G-2" by the
Allies during WWI. A boyhood prank comes back to haunt the
so-called Brain-Devil when he meets his vaudeville nemesis
in the Theater of War. Karl von Zenden, the one-time
"lightning-change" Man of a Thousand Faces, is now
using his stage tricks as agent Z-13 for the
Wilhelmstrasse—and he’s not one to drop the curtain on a
grudge. Now backstage rivals are front-line enemies
in an exclusive engagement of “Spy vs. Spy.” And
when Strange gets into the act and uses his own makeup-mastery,
the Great War becomes the Greatest Show on Earth! Ladies and
gentlemen, presenting for your entertainment ... two
strange operators head-to-head in eight pulp classics from
the pages of Flying Aces magazine!
$16.99 | 6″x9″ trade paperback | 476pp
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Join Smoke Wade, six-gun rider of theDevil’s
Sky Range flying the Pinto-colored Spad he called Jake,
after his favorite ranch pony back home
in Arizona. With his trusty smoke pole strapped
to his leg, there wasn’t a fight or a wager
that the skipper of the 66th Pursuit Squadron was afraid
to take on—and that included the Baron von
Stolz, the toughest ace Germany had on the Western
Front!
This exciting second volume of the collected
adventures of Smoke Wade by Robert
J. Hogan pits Smoke and the 66th Pursuit
Squadron against some of von Stolz’s most sinister
machinations yet in a rematch for the ages. From the pages
of Popular Publication’s Battle Birds and Dare-Devil Aces,
this book contains 11 more tales from 1934 and 1935
of the Cowboy Ace in Hell skies!
Author Robert J. Hogan’s first job after
graduating from St. Lawrence University
was riding range for several ranches on
the west slope of the Rockies. After that
he tried amateur boxing and playing piano for
silent movies and hoedown dances. Before he became
a writer he also had built houses, manufactured leather
goods, designed planes, and taught flying.
Stories include:
“Cyclone Busters” – Battle Birds, February
1934
“The Pirate Patrol” – Battle Birds, March
1934
“Glory Hound” – Battle Birds, April 1934
"The Black Ace” – Battle Birds,
May 1934
“Knock-Out Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces,
July 1934
“The Cyclone Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces,
October 1934
“Maverick Buzzard” – Dare-Devil Aces,
November 1934
“Bull’s-Eye Buzzards” – Dare-Devil
Aces, February 1935
“The Dynamite Trio” – Dare-Devil Aces,
April 1935
“Sixgun Dynamite” – Dare-Devil Aces,
June 1935
“The Rawhide Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces,September
1935
$16.99 | 6″x9″ trade paperback | 424pp
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Airship 27 Productions
SIX-GUN TERRORS
Now available!
Airship 27 Productions is thrilled to be releasing the second volume
in this series of weird westerns by writer Fred Adams, Jr.
Deep in the heart of the Caplock Mountains of Nevada a frightening
new horror is preying on settlers and prospectors alike.
When the entire crew of a mining outfit is found torn to pieces,
the U.S. Cavalry is sent to investigate under the command of General
Sherman; the famous Civil War tactician. He immediately recruits
his former army scouts turned cowpunchers, Durken and McFee, to help
ferret out this new threat to frontier settlements.
Soon the two cantankerous saddle-mates find themselves caught up
between government agents and frightened Indian tribes who warn
of an ancient evil returned to plague the white invaders; warriors
capable of transforming themselves into beast!
“At a recent comic convention, this title was our best seller,”
reports Airship 27 Productions’ Managing Editor Ron Fortier.
“People were immediately taken with artist Zachary Brunner’s gorgeous
cover and we’re thrilled to announce he’s back handling all the art
in this terrific sequel; both cover and interior illustrations.”
Readers of the first book in the series may notice a peculiar familiarity
in the artist’s background on the cover. They are in fact a continuation
of those seen in the first cover. “This was a deliberate decision,”
says Fortier. “And we can’t wait until readers put both books together
side by side.” Award winning Art Director, Rob Davis adjusted the
old logo to make this visual sequencing possible.
Once again Fred Adams Jr. delivers a gripping weird western that
combines the best elements of both genres to deliver a non-stop
action-adventure that will have pulp fans whipping through the pages.
Six-Terrors Vol II is a book you won’t want to put down.
Now Available at Amazon.com in hardcopy and
on Kindle.
Airship
27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!
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Softcover
edition now available!
eBook
edition now
available!
Hardcover edition now available!
Altus Press
is proud to announce the first new Tarzan novel in several years!
Written by the prolific
adventure writer, Will Murray, author of The Wild Adventures of Doc
Savage series, Tarzan: Return to Pal-ul-don is an authorized
sequel to one of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ most celebrated Tarzan
novels, Tarzan the Terrible.
“Having been an Edgar Rice Burroughs
fan since 1968,” says Murray, “the opportunity to bring
this iconic character back to life means a great deal to
me. I’ve pulled out all the stops to faithfully replicate
the storytelling style of the great Edgar Rice Burroughs and recreate
the original era of Tarzan of the Apes.”
During World War II, John Clayton,
Lord Greystoke has just completed flight training with the Royal
Air Force when his superiors assign him to a secret mission:
Locate the enigmatic British Military Intelligence operative
codenamed Ilex, whose plane has gone down in a vast primeval wilderness
that only Tarzan of the Apes dares brave. Flying Officer Clayton
does not suspect that his superiors harbor an ulterior motive for
assigning him this dangerous mission. Before it’s all over, the Lord
of the Jungle will plunge into his wild past and confront dangers
both familiar and unfamiliar in the prehistoric lost land where carnivorous
triceratops and saber-tooth tigers roam.
Jim Sullos, President of Edgar Rice
Burroughs, Inc., notes, “We couldn’t be more pleased to have
such a talented writer as Will Murray write a sequel to one
of Mr. Burroughs’ Tarzan novels. The pace is fast and the suspense
never lets up, just what a reader expects when following the adventures
of our Ape-Man.”
Tarzan: Return to Pal-ul-don features
a startling cover illustration by award-winning artist Joe
DeVito, who executes the covers for Altus Press’ Wild Adventures
of Doc Savage series.
“It is always a treat painting covers
for Will’s Doc Savage adventure yarns,” says DeVito. “And
now, Tarzan, the granddaddy of all the great action-adventure
characters. After sculpting the Centennial Tarzan statue for ERB,
Inc. in 2012, I was hoping to get a crack at a Tarzan painting
as well. This book provided an opportunity to combine them both!”
Altus publisher Matt Moring adds,
“As a long-time fan of Edgar Rice Burroughs––beginning with the
quest to put together a complete collection of ERB's Ace
paperbacks many years ago–-it’s almost unbelievable that I’d
one day be able to say that I’d actually publish an authorized
Tarzan novel. And based on Will's long track record, there can
be no doubt that this will be an epic story.”
Tarzan: Return to Pal-ul-don will be
released in paperback in June, to be followed by a deluxe hardcover
edition with a wraparound cover and a bonus Tarzan short story
by Gary A. Buckingham, “Tarzan and the Secret of Katanga,” a sequel
which ties into the lead novel. There will also be an e-book
edition released in all popular formats.
Will Murray:
I’m immensely pleased and proud to announce that I had
been chosen by ERB Inc. to write the first authorized Tarzan
novel in several years to be set in the series’ original
time period.
Although I’m perhaps best known for my Doc Savage novels, I
actually discovered the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs about
a year before I discovered Doc. It was the purchase of the
Ballantine Books edition of "The Gods of Mars" in 1968 that
started me on my lifelong love affair with all things Burroughsian.
When the opportunity came to write a Tarzan adventure, I gave
a lot of thought over which phase of the ape-man’s career to
set my story. From the beginning, the plan was to sequel "Tarzan
the Terrible," one of ERB’s most masterful Tarzan novels, and
a personal favorite of the Burroughs’, second only to "Tarzan of
the Apes" in that series.
At first, I thought we would leave the timeframe vague, but the
more I delved into the series, the more I was drawn to the
little-recorded phase in which John Clayton, Lord Greystoke,
left his jungle home to serve in the Royal Air Force during
World War Two. Burroughs portrayed his hero as an observer in "Tarzan
and The Foreign Legion,” so he would likely have previously undergone
flight training. Here was a great jumping-off point to depict
the civilized John Clayton in a rarely-seen role––that of combat
fighter pilot––from there to segue into a classic reversion to
this natural state as the untamed Lord of the Jungle.
In "Tarzan: Return to Pal-ul-don," fresh from flight school,
Clayton is given a secret mission. An RAF plane has gone down
in Africa, along with a military intelligence operative codenamed
Ilex. His mission is to locate Ilex and bring the nameless
agent back to civilization, along with the unknown Axis secret
being carried to Allied leaders.
As it happened, the missing plane crashed into a previously
unexplored area Pal-ul-don. So when Flying Officer Clayton’s
shark-mouthed P-40 Tomahawk fighter plane is attacked by
pteranodons, causing him to crash land in strangely familiar
territory, the ape-man discovers he’s back in the Land of Man.
And so begins his quest.
In this sequel, we are not revisiting the cities and peoples
encountered in "Tarzan the Terrible." Instead, Tarzan finds
himself caught in the web of a completely different tree-dwelling
tribe which presents the fearless ape-man with one of the
most epic challenges of his long career. Tarzan the hunter becomes
Tarzan the hunted!
I don’t want to give away any more of the story, but "Tarzan:
Return to Pal-ul-don" is an imaginative quest into a savage
land both familiar and alien. The allies and perils the ape-man
collects along the way are a tribute to the powerful imagination
of Edgar Rice Burroughs, one of the great pulp adventure writers
of the 20th Century.
This is Tarzan of the Apes as Burroughs originally portrayed
him.
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Altus Press
THE SECRET 6 CLASSICS: THE SUICIDE
SQUAD'S LAST MILE
by Emile C. Tepperman
Now available!
The Suicide Squad returns for five final sagas:
“The Suicide Squad’s Last Mile” “Shells For the Suicide Squad,”
“Wanted—In Three Pine Coffins,”
“The Suicide Squad’s Private War,” and “—For Tomorrow We Die!”
$22.95 softcover / $34.95 hardcover
Fee shipping
on softcover editions!
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Altus Press
RAVENWOOD: THE COMPLETE SERIES
by Frederick C. Davis
Introduction by Will Murray
Newly remastered and now
available again!
From the pages of Secret Agent “X.”
For the first time in one collection, all five of the occult detective
Ravenwood’s adventures have been collected in one volume,
as written by one of the greats of the pulp era, Frederick C. Davis.
Also features an all-new introduction by Will Murray.
Remastered to match the design of the
forthcoming releases of two other Frederick Davis series:
Mark Hazzard and Paul Kirk. All three titles will match in design.
$17.96 softcover / $29.95 hardcover
/ $4.99 eBook
Fee shipping
on softcover editions!
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Altus Press
THE ARGOSY LIBRARY
SERIES 1
The
First Series of Releases Features Popular Authors Such as Lester Dent,
Otis Adelbert Kline, W.C. Tuttle, and George F. Worts
Now
available!
Altus
Press is Pleased to Announce The Argosy Library
The legendary Argosy Magazine was one
of the top pulps of all time. Known for its high-quality fiction, it was
home at one time or another to such writers as Max Brand, Edgar Rice Burroughs,
Johnston McCulley, and Erle Stanley Gardner, among hundreds of others.
With The Argosy Library, we're collecting the best of the stories,
many of which for the first time. Series 1 of The Argosy Library
contains ten titles, each by an Argosy mainstay, and covering
a wide variety of genres. These also showcase a mixture of stand-alone
novels and collections of short stories featuring some of Argosy's
best series characters.
Each book in
The Argosy Library is available individually or as heavily-discounted Series
sets... available in softcover, hardcover, and ebook sets.
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all of Series 1 at a big discount!
Hardcover Edition Bundle: regularly $369.40, on sale for just $299.95
Softcover
Edition Bundle: regularly $207.50, on sale for just $149.95
Ebook
Edition Bundle: regularly $59.90, on sale for just $44.95
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Altus Press
GENIUS JONES by Lester Dent
Introduction by Will Murray
Now available!
The gold-dusted saga of a red-bearded young giant, raised in the
Arctic on seal-meat and encyclopedias, who descends on civilization
with a loud and solid crash.
In his search for wisdom and adventure, the man Jones doesn’t
have Aladdin’s lamp—but he doesn’t really need it….
Never before reprinted, it’s the longest novel Lester Dent ever
published, and one of the most famous.
This edition restores text cut from its original publication.
Part of The Argosy Library of classics.
271 pages
$17.96 softcover / $29.95 hardcover / e-book $4.99
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Altus Press
WHEN TIGERS ARE HUNTING: THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES OF CORDIE,
SOLDIER OF FORTUNE, VOLUME 1
by W. Wirt
Now available!
The sagas of Jimmie Cordie and his crew were among Argosy’s most
popular series when it was brought to that magazine during
its early ’30s renaissance.
Quite clearly an inspiration for the creation of Doc Savage, this
edition collects his first nine adventures.
Part of The Argosy Library of classics.
240 pages
$17.96 softcover / $29.95 hardcover / e-book $4.99
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Altus Press
THE SWORDSMAN OF MARS by Otis Adelbert Kline
Now available!
Harry Thorne, explorer and swordsman, had scarcely more than heard
of the Red Planet, Mars—when an amazing thing happened….
Otis Adelbert Kline is well-known as one of the best fantasy/adventure
contemporaries of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
This edition is sourced from the original magazine text and includes
all of the original illustrations.
Part of The Argosy Library of classics.
237 pages
$17.96 softcover / $29.95 hardcover / e-book $4.99
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THE SHERLOCK OF SAGELAND: THE COMPLETE TALES OF SHERIFF
HENRY, VOLUME 1
by W.C. Tuttle, Introduction by Sai Shankar
Now available!
Once voted Adventure Magazine’s most popular author, W.C. Tuttle
introduced the world to one of his longest-running,
and most popular series characters, Henry Harrison Conroy, in
the pages of Argosy.
Collected here are the first four stories.
Part of The Argosy Library of classics.
269 pages
$17.96 softcover / $29.95 hardcover / e-book $4.99
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When Jim Fallon started for the Hudson
Bay country, he wasn’t sure whether he was on a man-hunt or a wild goose
chase—but he found his quest was fraught with real enough peril.
Among the best novels ever written by one of Argosy’s most popular
authors.
Part of The Argosy Library of classics.
220 pages
$17.96 softcover / $29.95 hardcover / e-book $4.99
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Now
available!
One of Argosy’s most popular authors
pens this never-before reprinted novel of a trail of crime that ran
from sleepy Maple Hollow to Steel City.
Part of The Argosy Library of classics.
265 pages
$17.96 softcover / $29.95 hardcover / e-book $4.99
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Trees of living gold in the Amazon jungles,
guarded by alligators, poisoned darts and rival hunters—such was the lodestone
that drew an American expedition, and the unwilling Pete Holcomb….
Part of The Argosy Library of classics.
216 pages
$17.96 softcover / $29.95 hardcover / e-book $4.99
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’Twas the mightiest weapon the eyes
of man had ever beheld; its mystic name meant “Ruler of Briton.”
And from over the Northern Sea came a Viking’s thrall—the only man
in the world who could wield that fearsome steel—to save good
King Alfred and the homeland he scarce remembered.
Collecting—for the first time—all 12 stories of the Bretwalda
saga.
Part of The Argosy Library of classics.
479 pages
$26.95 softcover / $39.95 hardcover / e-book $4.99
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Altus Press
DRAFT OF ETERNITY by Victor Rousseau
Now available!
A groundbreaking science fiction, post-apocalyptic & time travel
classic from the early days of The All-Story by an underrated
writer.
Part of The Argosy Library of classics.
183 pages
$16.15 softcover / $29.95 hardcover / e-book $4.99
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Altus Press
FOUR CORNERS, VOLUME 1 by
Theodore Roscoe
Now available!
Mystery runs rampant in the quiet, upstate New York town of Four
Corners….
Easily one of Roscoe’s best-written series, Volume 1 collects the
first half of this lost masterpiece of the pulps.
Part of The Argosy Library of classics.
201 pages
$17.96 softcover / $29.95 hardcover / e-book $4.99
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Altus Press
THE MASKED RIDER ARCHIVES VOLUME
2
by Jay J. Kalez, George A.
Starbird and Lincoln Hoffman
Coming soon!
Volume 2 contains the first three stories,
uncut, in order, and accompanied by the original illustrations:
“El Viborito” by Jay J. Kalez, “Badmen of the Cayugas” by George
A. Starbird, and “The Valley of Crucifixion” by Lincoln Hoffman.
405 pages
$39.95 hardcover / $29.95 softcover / $4.99 ebook
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Altus Press
HAZZARD: THE COMPLETE SERIES
By Frederick C. Davis
Coming soon!
The Fight Against the Lawless!
From the pages of Ten Detective Aces, featuring all six of Mark
Hazzard’s adventures in one volume!
Contains the following stories:
“Coffins for Two,” “Juggernaut Justice,” “Corpses’ Court,”
“The Murder Crypt,” “Terror Tribunal,” and “The Death-Chair Challenge.”
296 pages
$29.95 hardcover / $19.95 softcover / $4.99 ebook
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Altus Press
THE GRIFFON VOLUME 3
By Arch Whitehouse
Coming soon!
Fighting the aerial forces of evil for
nearly ten years in the pages of Flying Aces, Kerry Keen aka The
Griffon finally returns to print!
This edition continues the complete reprinting of the series. Volume
3 contains the next six stories:
“Riddle of the Rocket,” “Cavalry of the Clouds,” “Twin-Engine Treachery,”
“Test Pilot Terror,” “The Carrier Coup” and “Scourge of the Sky
Brood.”
275 pages
$29.95 hardcover / $19.95 softcover / $4.99 ebook
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Altus Press
JIM ANTHONY VOLUME 3
By Victor Rousseau
Coming soon!
The complete reprinting of the greatest of the Doc Savage pastiches
continues!
Volume Three of contains the next three adventures of Jim Anthony:
“Murder Syndicate,” “The Horrible Marionettes,” and “Border Napoleon.”
This volume also includes editor notes and correspondence.
353 pages
$39.95 hardcover / $29.95 softcover / $4.99 ebook
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TREASURE SEEKERS
By H. Bedford-Jones
Coming soon!
Carson’s contraption failed as a mine-detector,
but it could locate something buried much deeper: treasure.
Thus spurred one of H. Bedford-Jones’ most exciting series, one
that has never before been reprinted.
Part of the Uniform H. Bedford-Jones Library.
357 pages
$34.95 hardcover / $24.95 softcover / $4.99 ebook
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
The Shadow monthly readalong!
INTRODUCING
THE SHADOW MONTHLY READALONG
Sanctum Books is initiating a monthly
group readalong and discussion of a Sanctum Books SHADOW
volume, beginning June 7th (so that anyone who doesn't already
have the novels has time to obtain them and prepare for the shared
reading experience). Here's the schedule for the first three months:
JULY: THE SHADOW
#13: "Six Men of Evil" & "The Devil Monsters."
AUGUST: THE SHADOW #27: "The Python"
& "The Shadow, The Hawk and The Skull."
Anthony Tollin has tried to select novels for diversity. "The
Murder Master" & "The Hydra" are very different tales:
the first being an action-packed thriller that takes place
partly in a radio studio, while the latter shows off Walter
Gibson's wry sense of humor and has a lot of great human interest
bits involving The Shadow's and the real Lamont Cranston's very
different interactions with Margo Lane and Commissioner Weston.
"Six Men of Evil" & "The Devil Monsters" both venture into
fantastic Doc Savage territory, with The Shadow battling dinosaurs and
mythological beasts in the latter, which has to be Walter Gibson's
most offbeat Shadow novel (which fans either love or hate). And
"The Python" starts off running from the very first page, with The
Shadow already captured, bound and drugged in the clutches of a master
villain!
To join the
discussion, all you have to do is LIKE the Sanctum Books
Facebook page.
Please join us
beginning June 7th for a shared reading experience.
If you've already got the novels, great!
If you don't
have them, it is now even easier for you:
FREE POSTAGE
if you order any one of the above books (just $12.95 each) or
an even bigger discount if you order all three: just $30 postpaid
for the six novels!
That's an $8.85
discount with FREE POSTAGE!
Just send payment
to: Sanctum Books; P.O. Box 761474; San Antonio, TX 78245
or Paypal to: orders@shadowsanctum.com
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Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available and arriving in comic shops July 8!
THE SHADOW Volume
97: "Crime at Seven Oaks" & "The Northdale Mystery"
The Master of Darkness uncovers hidden evil in the quiet
New Jersey town of Northdale in two classic pulp thrillers
by Walter B. Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." First, the
wail of the banshee signals "Crime at Seven Oaks" until The
Shadow unleashes a giant Great Dane named Vulcan to bring a hidden
killer to justice! Then, Lamont Cranston returns to Northdale
with Margo Lane to investigate the mystery of a bizarre bank robbery
and the puzzling distruction of the stolen funds. This deluxe
pulp reprint showcases both original color pulp covers by Graves
Gladney and George Rozen and the original interior illustrations
by Earl Mayan and Paul Orban, with new commentary by popular
culture historian Will Murray and a special tribute to man's best
friend. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-180-6 Softcover, 7x10,
112 pages, B&W, $14.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class
postpaid
Six
issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available and arriving in comic shops July 8!
THE SPIDER Volume
6: "City of Flaming Shadows" & "King of the Fleshless Legion"
The Pulps' most bloodthirsty crimebuster battles super-villains
in two action-packed thrillers by Norvell Page writing as
"Grant Stockbridge." First, the "Darkness" falls upon New
York, turning the metropolis into a "City of Flaming Shadows." The
Spider singlehandedly battles to save a populace praying for his
destruction! Then, the Spider is blamed for the crimes of a deadly
double, while he struggles to save the city from an epidemic of poison
death perpetrated by the "King of the Fleshless Legion." This double
novel pulp reprint showcases the original color covers by John Newton
Howitt, John Fleming Gould's classic interior illustrations and historical
commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-173-8
Softcover, 7x10, 144 pages, B&W, $14.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First Class
postpaid
Six
issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Limited Edition
Archival Giclée
Run of 150 with 25 Artist Proofs
Artist signed and numbered with Certificate of Authenticity
Choose Image size:
11 x 14 - $50.00
14 x 18 - $70.00
Both sizes fit standard frames
$5.00 S&H (within the Continental U.S.)
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Art's Reviews
Podcasts!
- Now online!
Ric Croxton and Art Sippo Review Recently
available New Pulp!
My old Pal Ric and I review some recent New Pulp Publications,
recenly released classic pulp and Silver age adventure ebooks and
some new TV Shows of interest to our fans. There are several
recently published works that Pulp Fans may not know about but will
want to check out!
Past
episodes:
Jim Beard and
Duane Spurlock on "The Airship Hunters"
Ed Hulse: Pulp Scholar and
Publisher
Jerry Gill Discusses his Vic
Challenger series
Will Murray
on Doc Savage, The Shadow and Tarzan!
Beyond the Mountains of Madness - the lost anthology finally
in print!
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Beb Books - Now available!
Now with Paypal and ebooks!
After years of resistence, Beb Books
has decided to enter the 21th century and signed up for a Paypal account:
beb01@sprynet.com
Now you can order from our extensive list of early
science fiction, fantasy adventures and hero pulps and
pay on-line.
Just send me your order and I send you an invoice.
Then go to Paypal, select “Send Money to friends or
Family” to expedite the transaction, and your order will
be on its way.
Beb Books is also beginning to offer
its many titles as eBooks.
Currently we only offer ePub format, until we can arrange
to validate conversion to the Kindle format.
eBooks will be priced at $1.99 for any title.
While all titles will eventually be converted we are
just starting out, some titles may not be immediately
available but your interest will push up their place
in the queue.
New to our catalog
this week is The Voluntary Nemesis by Perley Poore Sheehan.
Playboy millionaire Christopher Querle wakes up one morning
to discover he - or someone whose handwriting is exactly
the same as his, has announced that he is giving
all his money away to charity.
Penniless, Querle is forced to work for a living, and rebuilt
his life as a kinder more thoughtful soul. A tale
of redemption and comedy. (epub $1.95. Print $6.00
plus postaage.)
This is the last week
of Beb Books Spring ebook promotion, five adventure novels
at Victor Rousseau,
a $9.95 value but till the end of April available for an
even $8.00.
Five highly entertaining tales for the price of four!
Titles include:
Draft of Eternity - America
revolts against a foreign invader in the distant future.
Eye of Balamok - War in the
center of the Earth’s core.
Eric of the Strong Heart - A scholar
fights Vikings in the far north for the hand of a
princess.
My Lady of the Nile - Intrigue
and espionage in Ethiopia as a secret cult fights
for power.
Fruit of the Lamp - A matrimonial-minded
female genie causes mayhem for a wealthy
bachelor.
These five titles
are also available in print for $6.00 each.
Other titles in our catalog
are being converted to ebooks as we speak. Already
over twenty titles are available.
Write to me at: Brian Earl Brown, 11675 Beaconsfield,
Detroit, MI 48224.
E-Mail me at beb01@sprynet.com.
Ask for a list of everything in stock. It’s free.
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Black Coat Press
Now available!
THE MISFORTUNES
OF JOHN BULL
by Camille Debans
adapted by Brian Stableford
"Milady, I cannot renounce conquering England. That would be to
stop within sight of the goal, but I can, in favor of my wife, treat
gently a vanquished people that has never been mild itself toward
defeated enemies..."
In The Misfortunes of John Bull (1884)a spurned lover seeking to
avenge an insult by an English nobleman, becomes a billionaire and
turns an improvised nation into a global empire, ultimately defeating
and conquering England. This significant future war story anticipates
warfare on a global scale, especially naval warfare, featuring battles
between ironclad warships assisted by various fictional inventions.
Graour the monster was determined to maintain his companions in
confrontation with the original question, that of the vampire,
knowing full well that the mere word "brucolaca" unhinged them, gave
them gooseflesh and could drive them to the most horrible ferocities.
Graour the Monster (1903) is an extraordinary Gothic novella in
which a hulkish dwarf created by the Dr. Moreau-like mad surgeon
Dr Matthews returns to Romania seeking vengeance, but finds only
doomed love and cpombat with one of Matthews' victims who has returned
as a vampire.
US $22.95 / GBP £14.99
5x8 trade paperback,
284 pages
The Inhabitants of Mercury are shorter
than humans... they resemble the charming ideas we have of zephyrs and genii.
Their beauty only fades after several centuries. All of
those small people have wings, of which they make use with a marvelous
grace and agility...
The World of Mercury was first published in 1750 before Voltaire's
Micromégas (1752) or Tiphaigne's Amilec (1753). In
developing his world, Béthune shaped one of the few "Creationist
fantasies" entirely unaffected by religious dogma.
His Mercury shines with originality, adventurousness and, especially,
bizarrerie. The description of the aerial conflict between the defenders
of Mercury's Great Mountain and the monstrous invaders from the "crust"
expelled from the Sun is triumphantly eccentric, a match in its colorful
extravagance for any space battle featured in the great tradition of
20th century space opera.
US $20.95 / GBP £12.99
5x8 trade paperback, 232
pages
On my left, Alsace-Lorraine. On
my right, Baden, Wurttemberg, and Bavaria...
All those disconnected, discontented states, crushed
under the heel of the Prussian Charlemagne, but restless and ready
to throw off the yoke at any moment.
Do you understand all that a man like myself can
do in the midst of that?
Rudolf Kesselbach, a South African billionaire, is murdered
in a Parisian palace. Arsene Lupin is framed for the crime, and
must escape from the clutches of the wily M. Lenormand, the head of
the French Sûreté, while looking for the real murderer,
an enigmatic figure dressed in black who signs his crimes "L. M."
Both Lupin and L. M. also seek to acquire Kesselbach's secret
which may completely overthrow the political map of Europe, the
key of which is encapsulated into a mysterious cryptogram: 813.
813, written in 1910, is Arsene Lupin's greatest adventure, taking
him from the prison of La Santé in Paris to the corridors
of the great powers of Europe. Never has Lupin met such a savage
and cunning adversary as L. M., or solved such an impenetrable mystery
as "813", which defied even Sherlock Holmes' legendary sagacity.
Retranslated and published uncut here for the first time, this
edition of the novel comes with a new epilog written especially
for this book by noted lupinologist Jean-Marc Lofficier which
exposes the truth behind Holmes' role in 813.
US $22.95 / GBP £14.99
6x9 trade paperback, 300
pages
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Black Dog Books
New titles now available!
THE TREASON TRUST
The Lost Craig Kennedy Stories by Arthur B. Reeve
With an introduction by J. Randolph Cox.
Before CSI, there was Craig Kennedy, the most
famous "scientific detective" of all time.
Follow Kennedy, known as "the American Sherlock
Holmes," as he unravels a web of dope, kidnapping
and white slavery in "The Abduction Club," deciphers
the case of "The Stolen War Secret," and battles
espionage, duplicity and treachery while helping
to protect the American home front in "The Treason Trust,"
"The Film Murder," "The Star-Shell" and "The Love Game."
Extremely popular when written, this is the first
book appearance of these novellas and short
stories in their original form since their initial
publications.
Trade paperback / 260 pages / Price:
$14.95 US
WOMEN ARE THAT WAY by David H. Keller,
MD
With an introduction by Gene Christie.
Descend into a world of depravity and
glimpse into the most bizarre tales imaginable,
showcasing Keller as a master of psychological
horror.
• Who would kidnap thirty-three pathetic microcephalons-and
for what perverse goal?
• Is the ancient axe truly cursed?
Will its new owner be forced to re-enact
a tragic past?
• What strange magic allows the beautiful
showgirl to maintain her youth and beauty
for decades for a lustful audience?
• Why did Johnson falsely report to police
that he had brutally murdered his spouse?
• What final inconvenience did the ungrateful
husband cause for his domineering wife?
Trade paperback / 167 pages / Price:
$14.95 US
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Black Mask Pulp Story Reader
#8
Stories from the January, 1942
issue of DARE-DEVIL ACES
Now available!
Seven soaring stories
from the January, 1942 issue of DARE-DEVIL ACES magazine!
Presented
by Black Mask Magazine and iPulpFiction
Presented by Black Magazine and iPulpFiction.
DARE-DEVIL ACES is one of several aviation pulps published by
Popular Publications. Aviation pulps were an outgrowth of
adventure magazines and came into their own as World War I ended
and daring aviators such as Charles Lindberg and Amelia Earhart
were grabbing headlines. Stories centered on WWI battle action,
but shifted to modern conflict as WWII began.
BULLETS FOR THE SKY WOLF By William Porter A stolen ship, an
outlawed ace… and only the wind and the bullets could hear
the last taunting farewell of the outcast of Bristol Squadron:
“I’ll be cold meat tomorrow, pals—but I’ll give ’em hell today!”
TALONS OF THE HAWK By Daniel Winters One last hell-packed hour
the fates had given Fighting Joe Gregory to settle his destiny
in enemy skies—bullets in the dawn and a traitor’s unmarked
grave—or escape with a secret that would rock the world!
YOU CAN’T KILL AN EAGLE by Robert Syndey Bowen “Half of this
outfit swears you’re a spy; the other half curses you for
a coward. We’re takin’ off now for the hottest corner in
this man’s war. An’ you’re going with us—to write your answer
with your guns!”
AIR ANGELS By Dusty Dowst Warbirds are gamblers, and the stake
is life… Here are some battle tales of the pioneer combat
group in air history—the jinx busters of the Lafayette Escadrille!
EACH DAY WE DIE By O.B. Myers When Death’s watchdogs howl on
the ceiling of hell, and the quitters have fled and the luckless
have perished, a certain breed of flying man will yet stick
to his guns and remember: “Each day we die—but we fly again
with the dawn!”
DEATH PATROL by Ray P. Shotwell What did it mean, that challenge
from doom-laden skies—“Keep out of the air today—or you
will die to the last man!”
NOTE: The new volumes are not reproductions, but new edited and
re-typeset preservations of pulp literature from 1927-1951.
Series: Black Mask Pulp Story Reader
Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: iPulpFiction.com
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.4 x 9 inches
Paperback: $7.99
Kindle: $3.99
Nook: $3.99
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Black Mask Pulp Story Reader
#9
Stories from the November, 1945
issue of ALL-STORY LOVE
Now available!
Pulp
magazines weren't just for men.
Six stories of romance from the November 1945 issue of ALL-STORY
LOVE magazine!
Presented by Black Magazine and iPulpFiction.
REUNION by Phyllis Gordon Demarest Only when her husband returned
from overseas would Hilarie know whether her war marriage
was to have a happy ending.
ONE RING FOR LOVE by Nancy Crosby Does an engagement ring bring
bad luck when more than one "girl has worn it?
HEART IN THE CLOUDS by Dorolhy Brodine Had Vincent a right
to speak of the future when each kiss he shared with Chriss
might be their last? Is a heart ever safe in a flyer's care?
WHO IS NATALIE? by Ruth Brown Tawny couldn't make up her mind
between two suitors — so she asked a third to pick a husband
for her.
GIRL MISSING by Millard Crown A missing heiress returned — and
romance and danger waited to welcome her. Love had no place
in Noel's dangerous masquerade.
TWO FOR THE SHOW by Tugar DePass The man Tarn loved came to
watch her daring performance—but he brought his fiancee with
him.
Series: Black Mask Pulp Story Reader
Paperback: 140 pages
Publisher: iPulpFiction.com
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.4 x 9 inches
Paperback: $7.99
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Black Mask Pulp Story Reader
#10
Stories from the February, 1946
issue of NEW DETECTIVE
Now available!
Six
smashing crime stories from the February 1946 issue of NEW DETECTIVE
magazine!
Presented by Black Magazine and iPulpFiction.
LADY IN FLIGHT by Rick Daniels
It was a strange world for Mary Abbot—where her warmest friend
was a frozen corpse in the icebox!
BROKEN IVORY by David Crewe
They were paying off on my murder, so I had to watch myself
die—twice!
THE DEATH DANCE by Cyril Plunkett
Can you solve the riddle of the smiling little lady—who danced
gaily, long after her murder?
MAN AT BAY by Verne Chute
The Frisco guy was dead, but he still had a chore among the
Iiving—an encore of his own murder!
TILL THE END OF CRIME by Robert Turner
He was just as well dead—and his best girl didn't seem to mind!
NAME YOUR STIFF by Carroll John Daly
Detective Hall was Satan to Gotham’s queen of corpses—because
she loved him to death!
Series: Black Mask Pulp Story Reader
Paperback: 140 pages
Publisher: iPulpFiction.com
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.4 x 9 inches
Paperback: $7.99
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Blood 'N' Thunder
/ Murania Press
If you’ve never subscribed to Blood ‘n’ Thunder and have
not purchased The Blood ‘n’ Thunder Guide to Pulp Fiction,
here’s your chance to do both at a discounted rate.
For $59.95 you’ll get the Guide (suggested retail price: $29.95)
and four issues of BnT (suggested retail price: $12.50 each).
That adds up to a savings of $20, or 25 percent, and includes
shipping to domestic customers only. (International buyers
seeking to take advantage of this deal will pay slightly
more to offset the extra postage and must e-mail us for precise
cost based on location.)
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.
414 pages,
7x10, trade paperback
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Blood 'N' Thunder
/ Murania Press
Upcoming Classic Pulp Reprints!
THE PURPLE EYE by William
Corcoran
Coming soon is one of the unsung great pulp yarns of the
early Thirties, originally published in a 1933 issue of the Popular
Publications magazine DIME MYSTERY BOOK. Written by William Corcoran
and titled The Purple Eye, it’s a 60,000-word novel that
could very well have been the template for later hero pulps from
Harry Steeger’s Popular. Corcoran is largely forgotten today, but
he was a successful fictioneer who wrote for most of the major detective
pulps (BLACK MASK, DETECTIVE STORY, and DETECTIVE FICTION WEEKLY
among them), the top anthology pulps (including ARGOSY, SHORT STORIES,
and ADVENTURE, which he briefly edited), and some of the best slicks
(LIBERTY, COSMOPOLITAN, and THE AMERICAN MAGAZINE).
The Purple Eye has as its protagonist one of those globe-trotting
millionaire adventurers so common in the hero pulps. Wayne
Saxon returns to New York City from a round-the-world trip to
find his home town terrorized by a crime cult, The Brotherhood of
Baktuun, headed by the brilliant but seldom-seen Purple Eye. The
police prove unable to halt the Brotherhood’s depredations, and Saxon
combats the Eye’s murderous followers with the aid of a vigilante band
known as The Secret Hundred. The Purple Eye moves like a runaway
train and crackles with action, and after reading it you’ll wonder
why this glittering little gem isn’t better known by pulp aficionados.
This should be available at PulpFest.
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Blood 'N' Thunder
/ Murania Press
Upcoming Classic Pulp Reprints!
ALIAS
THE THUNDERBOLT, THE RETURN OF BLACK STAR, and THE SPIDER SPINS HIS
WEB
by Johnston McCulley
Coming later this year is a Johnston McCulley Collection,
three volumes of crime and mystery yarns written by the creator
of Zorro and originally published in Street & Smith’s Detective
Story Magazine.
I’ve chosen novel-length compilations of novelettes featuring
favorite McCulley series characters.
These books are Alias The Thunderbolt,The Return of Black Star,
and The Spider Spins His Web.
Each volume will include a specially commissioned essay on the prolific
author.
Thunderbolt and Spider reprint the first three installments of their
respective series, while Black Star contains novelettes from that
series’ third year.
More information on this trio of books will be
available as their publication draws closer.
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Blood 'N' Thunder
/ Murania Press: EDitorial Comments - Now online!
BLOOD ‘N’ THUNDER #45 Preview - New!
7 Weeks to the 7th PulpFest
This Month’s Collectibles Update
Centennial Alert: Julius Schwartz
Birthday Boy: Hiram S. Brown, Jr.
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The Bronze Gazette #74
(July 2015)
Now available!
This issue features:
Editorial by Howard Wright
“Shadow Over Andros: The Extraterrestrial Origins of Doc
Savage” by John Vellutini
Doc Savage comicbook story: "The Man Who Wasn't
There" from SHADOW COMICS
VOLUME 4 #12, March 1945
Front Cover: Tim Faurote
Interior illustrations: Edd Cartier, Ron
Wilber, and David Burton.
Now accepting subscriptions for The Bronze Gazette issues #74
and 75 only.
#75 will be the final issue.
Prices are as follows:
Cost is $12.00/2 Issues US
Cost is $13.00/2 Issues Canada
Cost is $14.00/2 Issues Overseas
For those
that have stuck with TBG all of these years,
thanks for your continued support.
Send
orders and back issue inquiries to:
Green Eagle Publications
2900 Standiford Ave
16B
PMB #136
Modesto, Ca 95350
Checks and money
orders should be payable to: Green Eagle
Publications
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Clark Ashton Smith
The End of the Story (The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith,
Volume 1)
Paperback edition coming in September!
THE END OF THE STORY trade paperback edition is scheduled
for release the first Tuesday in September.
Copies will be available at NecronomiCon
in Providence, RI.
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Davy Crockett's Almanak
of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild
West - Now online!
Pulp Gallery: SPICY MYSTERY (1940) - New!
Overlooked Radio: THE WHISTLER - New!
The Art of TOM ROBERTS (Part 7) - New!
Forgotten Boks: Andrew J. Offutt's CONAN TRILOGY
Pulp Gallery: BLACK BOOK DETECTIVE
A Fistful of Will Murray: TARZAN, THE SHADOW and DOC SAVAGE
The Art of TOM ROBERTS (Part 6)
Pulp Gallery: AMAZING STORIES 31, 32 & 33 (1928)
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THE
DIGEST ENTHUSIAST Book Two
Now available!
The
Digest Enthusiast Book Two is available in print and digital editions.
Explore the world of digest magazines, past and present.
Published by Larque Press LLC.
Contents of Book Two
Interviews:
Gary Lovisi: Gryphon Books, Paperback Parade, Sherlock Holmes
Steve Darnall: Nostalgia Digest, Those Were the Days, Radio’s
Golden Age
Robert Lopresti: Alfred Hitchcock, Ellery Queen, Mike Shayne
Articles:
Borderline (James Dean & Vampira, L. Ron Hubbard) by Tom Brinkmann
Astounding Trading Cards
The Mysterious Traveler Magazine (Robert Arthur and David Kogan)
The Italian Mister No Digest Comics by Joe Wehrle, Jr.
H.L Gold’s Beyond Fantasy Fiction by Joe Wehrle, Jr.
Australia’s Action and Leisure Pulp Crime Digests by Gary Lovisi
Archie Comics Digests By the Numbers by Matthew Turcotte
Reviews:
Monster! #15 edited by Timothy Paxton & Steve Fenton
Shanks on Crime by Robert Lopresti
Pulp Crime Digests by Gary Lovisi
Asimov's July 2015 edited by Sheila Williams
Big Fiction #7 edited by Heather Jacobs
Dead Weight by Frank Kane
Paperback Parade #88 edited by Gary Lovisi
Analog #1000 edited by Trevor Quachri
Fiction:
"Passenger for the Night Train" by Joe Wehrle, Jr.
"Sweet and Sour" by D.D. Ploog
"Painesville" by Richard Krauss
"In the Fight for His Life" by John Kuharik
Artwork:
Joe Wehrle, Jr. (cover & illustrations)
Brad Foster (gag cartoon)
Andrew Goldfarb (illustrations)
Michael Neno (illustrations)
D.D. Ploog (photo art)
Bob Vojtko (gag cartoons)
Also includes:
Editor's Notes
Beyond Fantasy Fiction contents
Mysterious Traveler contents and the original sources of its reprints
Robert Lopresti bibliography
Social media round-up
Opening Lines
Print version
includes nearly 100 cover images.
Kindle version includes over 50 cover
images.
152 pages, 5.5" x 8.5" digest
Print $8.99 Digital
$2.99
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Doc Con XVIII
Ron Ely announced as special guest!
October 9th, 10th and 11th,
2015
Ron
Ely has agreed to attend Doc Con 18!
This will be the Doc Savage gathering of a lifetime!
Plan on attending October 9th, 10th and 11th, 2015 or call
(623) 271-9005 for hotel reservations today!
GUEST SPEAKER: Prepare to be entertained! October Surprise,
"world famous" pop sociologist, has been on assignment
researching the sociocultural climate of the 30's and 40s using
Doc Savage magazine as reference and guide. At Doc Con 2015 he
will present portions of his research concerning the original
fans that wrote letters to the Doc Savage Club, printed in the original
publications between 1933 and 1949. Using census data and related
sources, this presentation will outline discoveries about the original
fandom, their backgrounds, and the lives they went on to lead.
Pre-registration will begin in late July. A webpage will
be established for that and it will include a pre-registration
gift that will most likely have to do with Ron Ely and Bob Larkin.
By air, you will fly into Sky Harbor International. It is only 15
minutes from the hotel which is located at: Comfort Suites, 9824
W Camelback Rd, Glendale, AZ, 85305, US Phone: (623) 271-9005.
Tell the desk clerk that you are part of DOC SAVAGE group and they
will give you the group rate room discount.
You don't have to book at the hotel but since it is the
best price in the area and has a complimentary breakfast that
you will eat with your friends both mornings. Additionally, the
DOC SAVAGE SUITE will be located on the same floor as your room
so you can stay late and not miss out on any of the DOC AFTER DARK
plans on Friday and Saturday evenings.
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DR. MABUSE - Now available!
by Norbert Jacques
Back in print at last is Dr. Mabuse. This extremely
rare English translation of the Norbert Jacques novel appeared only
once in 1923 and then was lost for decades. And what a fantastic
find it is!
Molded as much by legendary film director Fritz Lang as by novelist
Norbert Jacques, Dr. Mabuse remains one of the more enigmatic
figures in crime fiction and cinema. Created between the Great War
and World War II, he became an embodiment of the rising Nazi Party
and the disintegration of Germany’s Weimar Republic. The parallels
were so close between Hitler and Mabuse that Lang’s first two Mabuse
films were banned in Germany by Joseph Goebbels’ propaganda machine.
There is a broad streak of the weird running through the Dr. Mabuse legacy.
Is he an evil genius—a mere mortal with a malignant bent, or is he
a demon spirit who carries on the dark crusade long after the human
avatar is destroyed by his own maniacal ambitions?
The plot is wickedly simple. Dr. Mabuse has a mad dream to create
his own personal empire in Brazil, an empire called Citopomar.
In Citopomar he can rule without constraint. He can be a god! . .
. but even a god requires some start-up cash, so he regrettably returns
to his hated Europe to raise funds by any criminal means necessary.
Why make money when you can steal it? Why merely cheat somebody at
cards when you can control their hand through telepathic hypnosis?
Why be just another common criminal when you can be an evil genius mastermind
bent on world domination? Man or devil, he is a prototype super-villain
whose sinister incantations still resonate in fiction and film today.
Fascinating parallels can be found in Ian Fleming’s first James
Bond outing, Casino Royale. In that novel, bad boy Le Chiffre
trolls the high-roller casinos to fund his schemes and even dares
to embezzle from SMERSH in order to fund his human trafficking pipeline.
Le Chiffre is yet another reincarnation of Dr. Mabuse. Bruin Asylum
is proud to announce the resurrection of Dr. Mabuse by Norbert Jacques.
English translation by Lillian A. Clare.
Paperback: 280 pages
Publisher: Bruin Books, LLC
Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.7 x 8 inches
$14.95
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Dum-Dum 2015
August
20 - 23, 2015
Andrews Memorial Town Hall
54 East Main Street
Clinton, CT 06413
“Tarzan”, “John Carter”
(Warlord of Mars) and members of Edgar Rice
Burroughs (ERB) family, along with ERB
comic strip writers & artists, authors of ERB related
books;
and Burroughs Bibliophiles are all coming to Andrews
Memorial Town Hall, 54 East Main Street,
Clinton, CT – August 20-23, 2015 – to celebrate
Burroughs’ genius.
A movie marathon
Panel discussions
A Tarzan yell competition (judged by members
of ERB’s family)
A video tribute to the late Denny Miller
An auction of ERB memorabilia
Vendors galore will all be there.
And the public is invited – for free!
The public may also dine at the banquet, at the
Clinton Country Club -- for the same fee
as the Bibliophiles.
There, the guest of honor and banquet speaker will
be Tony Award winner & theatrical animal
trainer Bill Berloni
talking about training animals for performance
and the 2015 Outstanding Achievement Award will
be given, posthumously, to Denny Miller.
Dum
Dum Banquet Speaker/Guest of Honor will be Bill Berloni
Our 2015 Dum Dum Banquet Speaker/Guest of Honor,
will be Bill Berloni, who recently trainied
Bowdie, a Poodle Mix, to play the part of Nana
in the beloved musical “Peter Pan”, which aired,
live, on NBC on December 4th. Another of his trainees
is in the new “Annie” movie, which opened just before Christmas.
Additionally, he has two dogs (one is the understudy) in
the current National Tour of “Annie” – as well as
critters in other theatrical productions, both domestically
and abroad (Toto in “The Wizard of Oz” in Paris, France).
For those of you who are unfamiliar with Bill Berloni,
let me introduce him to you:
In the summer of 1976, Bill was a 19-year-old
apprentice at the Goodspeed Opera House when
a producer offered him his big break: a chance to
act professionally and gain his Equity Card. In return,
all Bill had to do was find and train a dog to play Sandy
in the original production of "Annie".
What Bill didn’t know was that this was a bigger
challenge than it seemed. Animal performances
in movies or television can be stitched together using
different takes, different camera angles, even different
animals. To perform in a featured role, an animal
actor would have to be trained to ignore the
distraction of the audience and respond to the same cues
the same way night-after-night, just like his human counterparts.
It had never been done before.
Bill found his dog at a local animal shelter –
beginning his career-long commitment to using
rescued animals. Through a combination of persistence,
patience and trial-and-error, he developed his
revolutionary humane training techniques – learning how to teach
actor and animal alike to create a successful performance. Annie
became a huge hit and Sandy became “the longest running
dog on Broadway,” never missing a performance in more
than seven years.
Since then, Bill and his handlers have provided
animals of all species and sizes, found in
shelters, humane societies or rescue leagues, for Broadway,
off-Broadway, national tours, regional theatres, special
events, the New York City Ballet, motion pictures, television
and commercials. When their careers are over, the animals
return to Bill’s Connecticut farm.
Bill is widely recognized as an expert in animal
behavior and for his dedication to rescue work.
In addition to his work as a trainer, Bill is
currently behavior consultant to the Humane Society
of New York. He has a BFA in theatre, and is a published
author and actor.
http://www.theatricalanimals.com/
Nancy
Miller, widow of Tarzan #12, Denny Miller
Nancy Miller, widow of Tarzan #12, Denny Miller,
who died September 9th of ALS, will be with
us from August 20th forward. At the banquet
on August 22nd, she will receive the 2015 Outstanding
Achievement Award, posthumously, on behalf of Denny
– and at the Dum Dum, will be vending his books and DVDs.
Additionally, a 48 minute video tribute to Denny will be screened
the night of August 21st.
Schedule
of Events
Thursday, August 20
Noon - 6:00 pm, Dealer & Banquet Registration
Check-in/Huckster room set-up, (Green Room)
Tarzan Yell Competition Sign-up (Green Room)
2:00 pm, Book Barn @ Niantic
Dinner on your own (see Economic Development Commission [EDC]
Restaurant Guide)
6:30 pm, “Beatles Forever” Outdoor Concert at Vece Gazebo, 75
East Main Street (free)
(In case of rain the concert will be in Andrews Memorial Town
Hall’s Auditorium)
(Sponsored by the Clinton Chamber of
Commerce)
7:30 pm, “The Many Faces of Tarzan” (1989) [by permission of
Tom Lavagnino] (Auditorium)
8:45 pm, Burroughs Bibliophile Board Meeting (Rose Room)
Friday, August 21
Breakfast, on your own (see EDC Restaurant
Guide)
9:00 am - 6:00 pm, Huckster Room open in the Green Room
9:00 am, Banquet Registration Check-in
Tarzan Yell Competition Sign-up (Green Room)
9:00 am, "Tarzan Finds a Son" (1939) Johnny Weissmuller * (Auditorium)
10:30 am, "Tarzan's Magic Fountain" (1949), Lex Barker [by permission
of ERB, Inc.] (Auditorium)
12:00 pm, Lunch on your own (see EDC Restaurant Guide)
1:00 pm, "Tarzan" TV Series (1967), Ron Ely (Auditorium) *
“The Perils of Charity Jones” [Parts 1 & 2] (guest starring
Julie Harris)
3:00 pm, "Tarzan" (1999), Disney Animated Feature (Auditorium)
*
4:30 pm, "Tarzan's Many Genres" ( Books, Comics, Radio, Stage,
Screen (live action &
animation and
TV). Panel moderator: Scott Tracy Griffin
Panelists:
Will Murray, Joe DeVito, Alexander Simmons & Michael R. Hudson
(Auditorium)
6:00 pm, Dinner on your own (see EDC Restaurant Guide)
7:30 pm, Video Tribute to Denny Miller (Auditorium)
Saturday, August 22
Breakfast on your own (see EDC Restaurant Guide)
9:00 am - 3:00 pm, Huckster Room open in the Green Room
9:00 am, “John Carter” (2012) (Auditorium)
11:15 am, ERB’s influence on modern Sci-Fi (Auditorium)
Panel discussion
will be moderated by Scott Tracy Griffin:
Panelists:
Jake (Buddy Saunders), Diana Leto, Mark Ellis & Thomas Yeates
12:00 pm, Lunch on your own (see EDC Restaurant Guide)
1:00 pm, Tarzan Yell Competition - Emcee will be Clinton’s
own Dennis Donovan (Auditorium)
2:00 pm, “The Search for Sandy” [by permission of Bill Berloni]
(Auditorium)
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm, Public Auction of ERB memorabilia (Green
Room) (Bill Ross auctioneer “extraordinairre”)
6:00 pm, Cash Bar & Banquet (Clinton Country Club/128 Old
Post Road aka Rte 145)
2015 Outstanding
Achievement Award, posthumously, to Denny Miller
Golden
Lion Awards to: Jake (Buddy) Saunders & Jim Gerlach
Morgan High
School ERB Art & Essay contest winners to be introduced.
Guest
of Honor: Bill Berloni, Tony Award Winning Animal Trainer
[Stage
(i.e. “Annie”), screen & television] Training Animals to Perform
- Then & Now
9:00 pm, Fireworks Extravaganza (Clinton Town
Beach)
[Clinton Chamber
of Commerce]
Sunday, August 23
8:30 am, Farewell Breakfast at the Clinton Town
Beach's picnic pavilion, with the food (Dutch
Treat) from the beach's Hazy Daze concession.
* In Partnership with the Henry Carter Hull Library
of Clinton, CT
Additionally, there will be presentations
in the Andrews Memorial Town Hall’s Rose
Room. Presenters and the presentation schedule will
be announced on a separate sheet as an insert.
The remaining panelists to date are undecided
which panel they wish to serve on:
Diana Leto
Alexander Simmons
Rose Room Presentations
(concurrent with the events
in the auditorium)
The following people will be making
presentations in Andrews Memorial Town Hall’s Rose Room on either Friday,
August 21st or Saturday, August 22nd.
The schedule will be announce once we
know the names of all the “notables” who want
to make presentations.
Joe DeVito
Michael R. Hudson w/Diana Leto
Diana Leto w/Michael R. Hudson
William Patrick (Will) Murray
Alexander Simmons
Dum Dum Notables
(* = panelist)
1) Bill Berloni (Guest of Honor/banquet speaker):
Has trained over 300 rescue animals for performance for
stage, screen and television. (http://www.theatricalanimals.com/)
2) Linda Burroughs: widow of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Grandson
Danton
3) Llana Jane Burroughs: Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Great-Granddaughter.
4) Dejah Burroughs: Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Great Granddaughter.
*5) Joe DeVito: Artist/Sculptor (Centennial Tarzan Statue);
Illustrator, upcoming Will Murray Tarzan Novel. (http://www.jdevito.com/)
*6) Mark Ellis: American novelist and comic-book writer, who
under the pen name James Axler has written scores of books
for the Outlanders paperback novel series; other book
titles; and numerous independent comics’ series.
*7) Scott Tracy Griffin: Author, “Tarzan: The Centennial Celebration”;
ERB Historian; actor. (http://scotttracygriffin.com/)
*8) Michael R. Hudson: publisher and book producer; owner
of Sequential Pulp Comics and Raven's Head Press (http://sequentialpulpcomics.com/).
*9) Diana Leto: Illustrator, on-line ERB comic strip “Cavegirl”;
“My Little Pony”; and Sesame Street Workshop
(http://www.dianaleto.com/)
10) Nancy Miller is Denny Miller’s widow. (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denny_Miller)
11) Pocho Morrow, widow of Gray Morrow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_Morrow),
who among other things, did the art for the Sunday “Tarzan” (from 1983
until his death in 2001)
*12) William Patrick Murray (Will Murray): Author, upcoming
Tarzan novel; “Doc Savage”, at al http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Murray
*13) Jake (Buddy) Saunders: “The Martian Legion”; Lone Star
Comics on-line (http://www.mycomicshop.com/; http://www.themartianlegion.com/)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Saunders_(writer);
and
*14) Alexander Simmons: Writer, “Tarzan” Sunday comic strip;
“Archie”, et al http://www.SimmonsHereAndNow.com/;
http://www.KidsComicCon.com/
and http://www.colorofcomics.wordpress.com/
15) Jim Sullos: President of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. (http://www.edgarriceburroughs.com/)
16) Cathy Mann Wilbanks: Executive Assistant & Archivist.
@ Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. (http://www.edgarriceburroughs.com/)
17) Thomas Yeates. As a comic artist for over
25 years, as you surly know, he is considered by many
to be an astute master of his trade. Currently Thomas
does the awesome art for the Sunday newspaper & on-line
“Prince Valiant”. Additionally, he is an incredibly talented
classical artist & gifted illustrator. (http://www.thomasyeates.com/)
How to
get to Dum Dum 2015
Clinton, Connecticut is a mere 20 miles
or so east of New Haven and is easily accessible
by plane, train and car.
Connecticut’s Bradley International Airport (BDL)
services all major airlines, as well as bargain
priced Southwest (http://www.southwest.com/ (sign up
for their e-mails); and Jet Blue (http://www.jetblue.com;
sign up for their e-mails as well). Bradley
is only 55 minutes from Clinton by car. Folks can
also fly into New York’s JFK or L...aGuardia; Rhode
Island’s Warwick/Providence; or Boston’s Logan - and then
rent a car or take an airport limo or train. Additionally, US
Air flies into New Haven’s Tweed-NH Airport.
Clinton is also accessible by Metro North, from
New York City’s Grand Central Station to New
Haven -- and then Shoreline East from New Haven to
Clinton (or any of the other nearby shoreline stations);
and Amtrak, which has stops in New Haven and nearby Old
Saybrook.
And of course, you can always get there by car
-- to Exit 63 or 64 on I-95.
Check it out! http://clintonctedc.com/index.html
Edgar
Rice Burroughs' family has an indirect link to Clinton, CT,
where Dum Dum 2015 will take place.
ERB’s brothers, George and Henry (Harry) both
went to Yale, graduating there in 1889 from
the Sheffield Scientific School.
http://www.erbzine.com/mag10/1094.html
and http://www.erbzine.com/mag10/1095.html.
Coincidentally, 189 years earlier, Yale was “born”
in Clinton.
http://clintonct.org/town-history.php#yale
Where
to stay
Clinton Motel
163 East Main Street, Clinton, CT
860-669-8850
(½ mile from Andrews Memorial Town Hall)
(http://www.clintonmotel.net/)
A modest 15 unit family run motel.
They have set aside 12 of the 15 rooms
until May 31, 2015 for Dum Dum registrants.
After that the rooms will be released to the general
population. First come. First served. The
prices are as follows: $120 for Friday & Saturday nights
combined, for a room with 2 queens size beds. If
Thursday night as well would be an additional $62; $98
for Friday and Saturday nights combined, for
a room with two double beds. Thursday night would be an additional
$62; and for a room with just one queen size bed – $89 for Friday
& Saturday nights combined, with an additional $52 for Thursday
night.
EconoLodge:
1750 Boston Post Road
Old Saybrook, CT
860-399-7973
(6.09 miles from Andrews Memorial Town Hall)
EconoLodge has set aside 30 of their 43 rooms
at a 15% discount. These rooms & rate
will be held for us until August 5th. Each
of 29 will be $81 + tax per night. The 30th
is an efficiency, with LR, BR (with two queen size
beds) and kitchen for $120 + tax per night.
http://www.econolodge.com/hotel-old_saybrook-connecticut-CT053
3 Liberty B&B
3 Liberty Street
Clinton, CT
860-669-0111
http://www.3liberty.com
(.39 miles from Andrews Memorial Town Hall)
Four beautiful bedrooms. No Dum Dum price
yet.
Water’s Edge Resort & Spa
1525 Boston Post Road
Westbrook, CT
860-399-5901
http://www.watersedgeresortandspa.com
4.94 Miles from Andrews Memorial Town Hall)
Hammonasset Beach State Park Campgrounds:
(544 of them + 2 miles of beach and boardwalk)
http://www.stateparks.com/hammonasset.html
(2.16 miles from Andrews Memorial Town Hall)
[camping for tents & Rvs, + a few cabins
are now available]
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What to do
in the Clinton area
For folks who want to take side trips
on their own: Since Clinton is only 20 or so
miles from New Haven, they can go there to check
out Yale; the Yale Center for British Art (http://britishart.yale.edu/)
; the Yale Art Gallery (http://artgallery.yale.edu/)
and the Peabody Museum of Natural History (http://peabody.yale.edu/)
(with its Pulitzer Prize winning dinosaur mural by my dear,
late, friend Rudy Zallinger.) Or they may want
to hop a commuter train to NYC for the day. Clinton
is also near Mystic Seaport (http://www.mysticseaport.org/
); Mystic Aquarium (http://www.mysticaquarium.org/);
Essex Steam Train (http://www.essexsteamtrain.com/); Gillette Castle State
Park, formerly the home of actor William Gillette, who
portrayed Sherlock Holmes on the stage; Connecticut’s
Dinosaur State Park and the Goodspeed Opera House (http://www.goodspeed.org)
where “Annie” & “Man from La Mancha” started before
going to Broadway. Additionally, for those that
like to gamble – there are two, nearby, tribal run casinos
(Foxwoods & the Mohegan Sun). Three miles West
is the nationally acclaimed R.J.Julia Booksellers
(http://www.rjjulia.com/).
And the fabulous Book Barn @ Niantic is just a few miles to
the East, off I-95 (http://www.bookbarnniantic.com/).
The Burroughs Bibliophiles is a
nonprofit 501c(3) literary society which is devoted to the study of - and
promotion of interest in - the works, fictional characters
and life of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Burroughs
is best known for his creation of “Tarzan”
and of the heroic Mars adventurer & warlord, “John
Carter” -- although he produced works in other genres
as well. He has been openly acknowledged by Ray
Bradbury, George Lucas and James Cameron, among
others, as have greatly influenced their work.
Founded in 1960, just ten years after Burroughs’
death, the Burroughs Bibliophiles sponsor
an annual convention known as a “Dum Dum”.
As mentioned above, in 2015 this event will be held
at Clinton, Connecticut’s Andrews Memorial Town Hall,
August 20-23. The Dum Dum is being organized
and hosted by Peggy Adler and Harry Swaun, both of Clinton.
For more information about this Dum Dum in general,
or to attend the banquet, a registration form
and other info is available at www.ERBzine.com/dumdum
and www.tarzan.com/meets, as well as at Dum Dum 2015’s
FaceBook page, group & event. For more information
about Edgar Rice Burroughs and a Bibliophile membership
form go to http://www.burroughsbibliophiles.com/.
** Children under the age of 14 must be accompanied
by a responsible adult.
Dum-Dum 2015
DUM-DUM 2015 REGISTRATION FORM
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Edgar Rice Burroughs Comics
All New Comic Strips created exclusively
for ERB, Inc.
You
can subscribe for only $1.99 / month
Fifteen strips currently available
on the Burroughs comics
website:
"Tarzan of the Apes" by Roy Thomas and
Pablo Marcos, adapting the original
Tarzan novels.
"Tarzan" by Roy Thomas and Tom Grindberg,
featuring new Tarzan adventures.
John Carter: Warlord of Mars by Roy Thomas
and Rodolfo Pérez Garcia.
"Korak the
Killer" by Ron Marz and Rick Leonardi.
"Carson of Venus" by Martin Powell and
Tom Floyd.
"The Eternal Savage" by Martin Powell and
Steven E. Gordon.
"The War Chief" by Martin Powell and
Nik Poliwko.
"The Cave Girl" by Martin Powell and
Diana Leto.
"Pellucidar" by Chuck Dixon and Gary
Kwapsiz.
"The Land That Time Forgot" by Martin Powell
and Pablo Marcos.
"The Mucker" by Ron Marz and Lee Moder
"The Monster
Men" by Tom Simmons, Erik
Roman, L Jamal Walton, and Cristian
Docolomansky
"The
Lost Continent" by Martin Powell and Oscar
González
"The
Jungle Girl" by Martin Powell and Will Meugniot
"The Outlaw of Torn" by Thomas Simmons and Jake
Bilbao
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Edgar Rice Burroughs Comics
Featuring art from your favorite ERB comic strips!
Now available!
The Land that
Time Forgot Comic Tee
The Mucker Comic Tee
The War Chief Comic Tee
Carson of Venus Comic Tee
Pellucidar Comic Tee
John Carter Comic Tee
Eternal Savage Comic Tee
Korak the Killer Comic Logo Tee
Tarzan Comic Tee
Cave Girl Comic Tee
Tarzan of the Apes Comic Tee
Mens and Womens sizes
Small, Medium, Large, X-Large, XXL (+$2),
XXXL (+$2)
$ 24.99 each
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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!
"Crime Ain't My Business" by
Ralph Berard from 10-STORY DETECTIVE, November, 1942
All this hobo wanted was enough dough to ride the luxury coach
from Seattle to Los Angeles. But to get that dough he had to
uncork a murder and blackmail the police department.
"Copper's Hate Beat" by S. J. Bailey
from TEN DETECTIVE ACES, February, 1937
Jimmy the Runt was declared ineligible for the police force because
of an injury to one of his feet. And limping Runty was wont
to loose his bitter ire at the good-natured neighborhood bull, Patrolman
Brady - until he saw, too late, how bravely the honest bluecoat
could knowingly walk into the maw of death.
"Beyond Murder" by Phil Richards from
SECRET AGENT "X", November, 1936
Stanley Henshaw didn't even bother about an alibi. For the corpse
would provide one.
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Facebook - Now online!
There are numerous groups on Facebook
that are of potential interest
to pulp fans.
The Shadow Knows
Agents of The Shadow
Flearun - A Doc Savage Group
Fans
of Bronze
G-8
and Operator #5
The Spider - Master of Men
Flash Gordon
The
Others [The Gray Seal, Nick Carter, Fantomas, Arsene Lupin, The Saint]
Professor
Jameson alias 21MM392
The Pulp Heroes
Pulp, Pulp Everywhere and Lots and Lots to Read
Pulp Talk
Pulp Magazine Authors and Literature Fans
The Serial Squadron Cinema Cliffhanger Serial Archive
ERBzine
Edgar Rice Burroughs - Facebook Forum
Edgar Rice Burroughs: Worlds of Adventure
PulpFest
Windy City Pulp & Paper Convention
Pulp Coming Attractions
Robert E. Howard Comics Group
The Robert E. Howard Foundation
Robert E. Howard Readers
Two Gun Bob--The Worlds of Robert E. Howard
The International Robert E. Howard Fan Association
Conan the Cimmerian
REH: Two-Gun Raconteur
Altus Press
Weird Tales Magazine
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Now online!
New on Famous (and forgotten)
Fiction!
June 2015
In Writings
The first, and chronologically the last, Mowgli story,
"In the Rukh" by Rudyard Kipling as it appeared in the
June, 1896 issue of McClure's Magazine with illustrations by W. A. C.
Page and dual introductions by Bob Gay and Dan Neyer.
May 2015
In Writings
Two new items for your reading pleasure:
The Output of Authors - Nineteen famous authors discuss
(often with tongue in cheek) their working habits and writing speed
in an article from the April, 1897 issue of Pearson's Magazine
(UK).
The Downfall of Reginald Pym by George Allan England
- Another story written while he was a student at Harvard that originally
appeared in the October, 1901 issue of The Harvard
Illustrated Magazine.
April 2015
Continuing our reprinting of the works of George Allan
England, we present "The Battle of Woolly Field," England's second professional
sale that is based on a Civil War incident.
March 2015
In Writings
We've added a new section to our Writings section:
The Arthur Conan Doyle Collection. Here, you
will find all our reprintings of Doyle's works (with
more to come), along with an added tidbit or two.
But, as they say in infomercials, there's more!
We've also added a suspense story by Doyle "The Brazilian Cat", a pastiche of Sherlock Holmes,
"The Adventure of the Two Collaborators" that includes
an introduction describing the background of the how the story
came about, and an article/interview from the August,
1892 issue of THE STRAND MAGAZINE, "A Day with Dr. Conan Doyle": a bit of insight into Doyle's
life including all the original photographs that appeared with the article.
February 2015
In Writings
Continuing our look at England's life and
work, we present George Allan England: the Harvard Years by Bob Gay, an
in-depth look at England's years as a student at Harvard, including a bibliography
of his work for The Harvard Illustrated Magazine, links to stories England
wrote while a student and an overview of his first published book, Underneath
the Bough.
January 2015
In Writings
The 6th, and final tale of The Chronicles
of Don Q., "How Don Q. Played a Three-Cornered Game" presented as
it appeared in the December, 1903 issue of Pearson's Magazine, including the
Stanley Wood illustrations.
An introduction by Dan Neyer and the translation
of all foreign words and phrases are included
as an added bonus.
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 month s,
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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Fu-Manchu - New comic book
adventures coming soon!
Wai Chew ('Chewie') Chan and Christopher ('Chris')
Sequeira are pleased to announce they have signed a multi-year license
contract with the owners of the Doctor Fu Manchu and associated
characters literary rights!
This deal will allow Chewie and Chris to produce comic-books and
graphic novels featuring characters and concepts from the original
Sax Rohmer DOCTOR FU MANCHU series of novels and short stories.
They shall be able to adapt existing stories as well as expand and
create new takes on the series and its continuity. Their license
allows them to self-publish or work in partnership with a publisher or
publishers!
Their very first planned story, an epic, twenty-first century mega-adventure
graphic novel anticipated to run near 120 pages will be serialized
in six or more chapters.
Details to come, but we can start you guessing and debating right
now with a title that couldn't be more tantalizing: 'THE EXONERATION
OF DOCTOR FU MANCHU'.
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Fu-Manchu: THE WRATH OF FU-MANCHU
- Coming March 1, 2016!
by Sax Rohmer
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Titan Books
List Price: $9.95
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Girasol Collectables - July Pulp Replicas!
Girasol Collectables is pleased to announce
the final issues in its ongoing series of Pulp
Replicas.
SPECIAL NOTICE
That dreaded moment has come and
the Girasol Pulp Replicas project is coming to a close.
We've stepped up production on the next three months of Replicas
and we now have the final issues available to complete
the sets of the Spider, Operator 5 and Terror Tales.
After this, no NEW Replicas will be added to the catalogue.
We will, for an as yet undetermined period, be keeping the
existing catalogue available.
However, we may begin retiring the less-active Replicas at any
time, so don't delay if there are any you're interested
in!
Contact us before ordering large quantities to confirm availability.
All of the remaining issues shown below are available now.
For those of you accustomed to the monthly specials, you can
still order that way if you prefer.
If you're looking for individual titles, you can order them
singly, or all together, whichever suits you best.
We'd like to thank everybody that has supported the project
over the years, and we hope that the Replicas continue
to provide reading and research enjoyment for years to
come.
We do not anticipate taking on any other pulp reprint projects
at this time and our Pulp Cover Gallery project is our
only active item at present.
July
Monthly Special: All three for $95 ($10 off)
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THE
SPIDER #118 from December 1943
- $35
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TERROR
TALES #51 from March 1941 - $35
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OPERATOR
5 #48 from November/December 1939 -
$35
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Girasol accepts checks, International
money orders, and Paypal as methods
of payment.
Other than Replicas, please
confirm availability first before
ordering items such as pulp magazines
or other books.
Paypal payments can be made
to our regular info@girasolcollectables.com
email address.
As always, these reprints
are exact copies including the illustrations,
ads, and back-up stories
and have been printed on off-white paper, staple-bound
and finished off with a high quality reproduction
of the original cover.
The only thing missing is
the smell (alas) and the flaking
newsprint.
Email Girasol Collectables at:
info@girasolcollectables.com.
A complete listing, along with
other items such as books, fanzines
and of course pulps, can be found
on
the Girasol Collectables website
at http://www.girasolcollectables.com/
All payments
must be made in $US payable to Girasol Collectables and
mailed to:
Neil Mechem c/o Girasol
Collectables
3501 GlenErin Drive,
Apt. 1409,
Mississauga, ON, Canada
L5L 2E9
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Back
issues - Still available!
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ALL DETECTIVE MAGAZINE
($25 each postpaid)
#27 January 1935
BLACK MASK MAGAZINE ($35
each postpaid)
April 1920 - First issue!
June 1,1923 - The rare KKK issue
CIVIL
WAR STORIES ($25 each
postpaid)
Spring 1940
DAN
TURNER ($25 each postpaid)
Dan
Turner Hollywood DetectiveNo. 1 (January 1942)
Dan Turner Hollywood Detective
No. 2 (April 1942)
DIME MYSTERY
BOOK ($35 each postpaid)
#1
December 1932
DOCTOR DEATH ($25
each postpaid)
#1 February 1935
#2 March 1935
#3 April 1935
DR. YEN SIN ($35
each postpaid)
#1 May/June 1936
#2 July/August 1936
#3 September/October 1936
EERIE
TALES ($20 eachpostpaid)
#1 July 1941
GOLDEN FLEECE ($25 each postpaid)
#1 October 1938
#2 November 1938
#3 December 1938
#4 January 1939
#5 February 1939
#6 March 1939
#7 April 1939
#8 May 1939
#9 June 1939
HORROR STORIES ($35 each postpaid)
#1 January 1935
#2 February 1935
#5 July 1935
MAGIC CARPET ($25 each postpaid)
#1 January 1933
#2 April 1933
#3 July 1933
#4 October 1933
#5 January 1934
THE MYSTERIOUS WU FANG ($35 each postpaid)
#1 September 1935
#2 October 1935
#3 November 1935
#4 December 1935
#5 January 1936
#6 February 1936
#7 March 1936
MYSTERY
ADVENTURE MAGAZINE ($25 each
postpaid)
November 1936 with a rare Domino Lady
cover appearance
THE OCTOPUS ($35 each postpaid)
February/March 1939
OPERATOR
5 ($35 each postpaid)
#1 The Masked Invasion (April 1934)
#2 The Invisible Empire (May 1934)
#3
The
Yellow Scourge (June 1934)
#4
The
Melting Death (July 1934)
#5
Cavern
of the Damned (August 1934)
#6 Master
of Broken Men (September 1934)
#7 Invasion
of the Dark Legions (October 1934)
#8 The
Green Death Mists (November 1934)
#9 Legions of Starvation (December 1934)
#10 The Red Invader (January 1935)
#11 The League of War Monsters
(February
1935)
#12 The Army of the Dead (March
1935)
#13 March of the Flame
Marauders (April 1935)
#14 Blood Reign of the Dictator
(May 1935)
#15 Invasion of the Yellow Warlords
(June 1935)
#16 Legions of the Death Master (July 1935)
#17 Hosts of the Flaming Death
(August 1935)
#18 Invasion of the Crimson Death
Cult (September 1935)
#19 Attack of the Blizzard Men (October
1935)
#20 Scourge of the Invisible Death
(November 1935)
#21 Raiders of the Red Death (December
1935)
#22 War-Dogs of the Green Destroyer
(January 1936)
#23 Rockets From Hell (February 1936)
#24 War Masters from the Orient (March
1936)
#25 Crimes Reign of Terror (April 1936)
#26 Death's Ragged Army
(June-July 1936)
#27 Patriot's Death Battalion (August-Sept.
1936)
#28 The Bloody Forty-Five Days (Oct.-Nov. 1936)
#29 America's Plague Battalions
(December 1936)
#30 Liberties Suicide Legion (January
1937)
#31 Seige of the Thousand Patriots (February 1937)
#32 Patriot's Death March (March-April 1937)
#33 Revolt of the Lost Legions (May-June 1937)
#34 Drums of Destruction (July-August 1937)
#35 The Army Without a Country (Sept-Oct
1937)
#36 The Bloody Frontier (Nov-Dec 1937)
#37 The Coming of the Mongol Hordes
(Jan-Feb 1938)
#38 The Seige that Brought
the Black Death (Mar-Apr 1938)
#39 Revolt of the Devil
Men (May-June 1938)
#40 The Suicide Battalion
(July-Aug 1938)
#41 The Day of the Damned
(Sept-Oct 1938)
#42 The Dawn that Shook
the World (Nov-Dec 1938)
#43 When Hell Came to America
(Jan-Feb 1939)
#44 Invasion from the Sky (March-April
1939)
#45 Winged Hordes of the Yellow Vulture
(May-June 1939)
#46 War Tanks of the Yellow Vulture (July-Aug
1939)
#47 Corpse Cavalry of the Yellow Vulture (Sept-Oct
1939)
#48 The Army from Underground (Nov-Dec 1939)
ORIENTAL STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
#1 October
/ November 1930
#2 December
1930 / January 1931
#3 February
/ March 1931
#4 Spring
1931
#5 Summer 1931
#6 Autumn
1931
#7 Winter 1932
#8 Spring
1932
#9 Summer 1932
PIRATE STORIES ($25
each postpaid)
#1 November 1934
THE PHANTOM DETECTIVE ($25 each postpaid)
#1 February
1933
SAUCY MOVIE TALES ($25 each
postpaid)
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SPIDER ($35 each postpaid)
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#6 Citadel of Hell (March 1934)
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Corpse Cargo (July
1934)
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1935)
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Reign of the Vampire King (November 1935)
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1935)
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The
Mayor of Hell (January 1936)
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of the Murder Syndicate (February 1936)
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1936)
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1936)
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1936)
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(September 1936)
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1936)
#40 Dictator of the Damned (January 1937)
#41 The Mill-Town Massacres
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#42 Satan's Workshop (March 1937)
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#44 The Devil's Pawnbroker (May
1937)
#45 Voyage of the Coffin Ship
(June 1937)
#46 The Man Who Ruled in Hell (July
1937)
#47 Slaves of the Black Monarch
(August 1937)
#48 Machine Guns Over the White House
(Sept 1937)
#49 The City That Dared Not Eat
(October 1937)
#50 Master of the Flaming Horde (November
1937)
#51 Satan's Switchboard (December 1937)
#52 Legion of the Accursed Light (January
1938)
#53 The City of Lost Men (February
1938)
#54 The Grey Horde Creeps (March 1938)
#55 City of Whispering Death
(April 1938)
#56 When Thousands Slept in Hell (May 1938)
#57 Satan's Shackles (June 1938)
#58 The Emperor from Hell (July
1938)
#59 The Devil's Candlesticks
(August 1938)
#60 The City That Paid to
Die (September 1938)
#61 The Spider
at Bay (October 1938)
#62 Scourge of the Black
Legions (November 1938)
#63 The Withering Death (December
1938)
#64 Claws of the Golden
Dragon (January 1939)
#65 The Song of Death (February 1939)
#66 The Silver Death Rain
(March 1939)
#67 Blight of the Blazing
Eye (April 1939)
#68 King of the Fleshless Legion (May
1939)
#69 Rule of the
Monster Men (June 1939)
#70 The Spider and
the Slaves of Hell (July 1939)
#71 The Spider and the Fire
God (August 1939)
#72 The Corpse Broker (September
1939)
#73 The Spider and the
Eyeless Legion (Oct. 1939)
#74 The Spider and the
Faceless One (Nov. 1939)
#75 Satan's Murder Machines
(December 1939)
#76 The Spider and the Pain
Master (January 1940)
#77 Hell's Sales Manager (February
1940)
#78 Slaves of the Laughing Death (March 1940)
#79 The Man From
Hell (April 1940)
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#83 Pirates From
Hell (August 1940)
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of Evil (October 1940)
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and his Hobo Army (November 1940)
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and the Jewels of Hell (Dec.
1940)
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Nameless Dead (January 1941)
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1941)
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Gentleman from Hell
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#103 Slaves
of the Ring
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1942)
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#106 Return of the Racket Kings (July 1942)
#107 Fangs of the Dragon (August 1942)
#108 Hell Rolls on the Highways (September 1942)
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#110 Zara, Master of Murder (November 1942)
#111 The Spider
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1942)
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1943)
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1943)
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Man from Hell (June1943)
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Horde (August1943)
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Spider and Hell's
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1935
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FUTURES PAST:
A Visual History of Science Fiction
1926: The Birth
of Modern Science Fiction
Now available
in e-book PDF format!
Welcome to one of
the largest and most ambitious projects ever attempted in the field of science
fiction. In the pages of FUTURES PAST we will be covering, in detail,
the birth and development of modern science fiction over its first 50 years
– from 1926 to 1975. Designed in a yearbook format, each issue of
FUTURES PAST will cover all the works, people, organizations and events in
detailed chronological order.
Relive novels such as LAST AND FIRST MEN, GALACTIC
PATROL, and WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE all the
way to more recent classics such as 1984, DUNE,
and THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS.
Follow the early careers of legends such as Bradbury,
Clarke, Heinlein, Sturgeon, Asimov, Leinster and
many others, year by year, story by story and novel
by novel.
Learn about and even listen to hundreds of “old
time radio” plays produced for shows such as
DIMENSION X and BEYOND TOMORROW.
Attend the major conventions such as the first Worldcon
held in New York City in 1939. Read all
the details, the award winners and the activities.
See photos and even video taken at some of the later
conventions. Hear about it from the people who were
there.
There will even be coverage of amateur clubs
and fanzines over the years, beginning with THE
COMET published in 1930 by the Science Correspondence
Club in Chicago.
Yes, every book, every magazine, every film,
convention, and so much more! FUTURES
PAST is dedicated to all those amazing
people who helped to shape our modern world
by giving us a sense of wonder, by showing us possible
futures and addressing social issues long before
they touched the mainstream, and by simply daring to
ask, “what if…” Our goal at FUTURES PAST is to
keep alive the people, works and memories of a great genre
and introduce them to a whole new generation of readers,
thinkers and dreamers.
When
completed, this series will be the most comprehensive history of the
field ever undertaken.
FUTURES PAST is available at the link below
as a PDF download for $6.00, as well as a
limited content review copy for FREE.
FUTURES PAST:
A Visual History of Science Fiction
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Girasol
Collectables
Now
available and highly recommended!
Girasol Collectables
is pleased to announce Volume 4
in its new series of Pulp Cover Gallery
Editions.
FANTASTIC ADVENTURES / PLANET STORIES
Girasol has launched a new series
of deluxe hardcover editions which feature full sets of
top quality cover scans of various pulp titles.
These numbered Limited Edition volumes of 300 copies each
are designed to present the cover art in all its glory.
The interior pages are 8.5"x11", full color throughout,
130+ pages.
Each book in the series has a mix
of full page scans, size as to the
original pulps, as well as some 4 per
page and 6 per page. The exterior is made
from bonded leather, with a small color
cover inset on the front of an issue-of-interest
from the interior. There is a brief introduction
about the cover art and artists, as well as a
title checklist with issue number, date, and cover
artist if known.
A combo volume of full sets of scans
of the 2 titles, all 210 issues in total.
This edition will be the same format
as our first 3 volumes, 8.5" x 11" interior,
130+ pages full color throughout, bonded
leather exterior, limited to 300 numbered copies. There
is a brief introduction about the artists and issue dates/numbers
checklist... as mentioned before with this
series, these volumes are NOT comprehensive books
about the pulp titles themselves, they
are visual references for the cover art.
A mix of full page, size-as covers, and
4 per page images. Top quality,
hi-res images, with the pulp edges
showing on a black background. Great stuff
to look at! Dime Mystery touted itself as the
Weirdest Stories Ever Told, and certainly the
cover art was true to the claim!
Only $130 (prices include s&h within
North America - overseas add $25)
Visit our ebay store to order, or
email us for more information to acquire your copy.
Paypal payments to: info@girasolcollectables.com
Please note
that this is not a comprehensive book about the
pulp itself, but rather, a visual reference of the
covers.
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The Golden
Age - Now online!
Misc Science Fiction Covers & Art
Avon Fantasy Reader ~ 18 Issues ~ 1947-1952
Misc Spicy Pulps ~ Cover art by H.J. Ward & H.L. Parkhurst
Spicy Mystery Stories ~ 1935-1942 ~ Cover art by H.J. Ward
& H.L. Parkhurst
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The Golden Age!
Masterworks from the Golden
Age of Illustration - Volume Three
Now available for pre-order!
Shipping in August 2015!
The response to the first volume in The Golden Age series was
overwhelming, and many of you quickly asked for more. Volume
Two was fully funded on Kickstarter in just ONE DAY, thanks
to your generous support, and while that book has been
printed and is in bindery now in China, I have gone ahead and assembled
an all-new THIRD volume that I hope you're going to enjoy. My goal
is for BOTH books to ship at the SAME TIME in August, so you won't
have to wait for months to have all of these great books in your library.
This new book presents the work of 204 artists with 217 full
page reproductions of original paintings, some of the finest
images produced during the Golden Age of Illustration,
all photographed directly from the original art. I've worked
to include more diverse artists this time, with more pin-up, pulp,
and paperback artists represented. Don't think I've had to scrape
the bottom of the barrel or have run low on great art! My archives
run deep, and this book is just as outstanding as the first two
volumes, with many masterpieces included.
As with the previous books, this print run will be limited
to just 1000 copies. It is 224 pages, 9”x12”, full-color on
premium glossy stock, hardbound with dust jacket.
You will notice that I am not using Kickstarter to fund this book.
While the previous campaigns were great, and Kickstarter works
well, the overall Kickstarter community added little to the
sales of the book. Ultimately, my sales are coming from YOU, the
dedicated fans of Illustration Magazine and the other books I have
produced. It seems foolish to give Kickstarter 10% in fees when
I can simply collect pre-orders myself the "old fashioned way."
Featured Artists
Avati, Ballantine, Beckhoff, Benda, Bergey, Biggs, Bowler,
Brehm, Briggs, Brown, Brown, Brunner, Buell, Bull, Bundy,
Burns, Cady, Campbell, Carter, Chiriacka, Christy, Clymer,
Cooper, Cornwell, Coughlin, Craft, Crandell, Crawford, Crockwell,
D'andrea, Damron, Darley, Davis, De Mers, Dohanos, Dorne, Downes,
Driben, Dryden, Duer, Dulac, Dumas, Dunn, Dunton, Durenceau, Ekman,
Elliot, Enright, Epperly, Erbit, Erickson, Erickson, Falter, Fawcett,
Fischer, Fisher, Flagg, Folkard, Forsberg, Foxley, Frahm, Gannam,
Gaul, Gaze, Georgi, Giguère, Gilbert, Gillen, Gillespie,
Godwin, , Graef, Granville-Smith, Gross, Hampson, Hastings, Heitland,
Hilbert, Hintermeister, Hoff, Holmgren, Hood, Hughes, Humphrey, Hunt,
Hurst, Irwin, Jackson, Johnson, Kalin, Keay, Keller, Kernan, Klett,
Lagatta, Lathrop, Leach, Leake, Lebrun, Leyendecker, Lindsay, Link,
Louderback, Lovell, Lowell, Mccarthy, Mccay, Mcginness, Mcmein, Meese,
Moran, Nappi, Neill, Newell, Olson, Parker, Parrish, Peterson, Phillips,
Pogany, Potthast, Price, Pyle, Rabreau, Rabut, Reinhart, Relyea,
Reusswig, Riggs, Robinson, Rockwell, Rozen, Rozen, Saalburg, Safran,
Sambrook, Sandham, Saunders, Savage, Sawyers, Sawyer, Schaare, Schaeffer,
Schmidt, Schomburg, Schoonover, Schulz, Scott, Sewell, Shaw, Shepherd,
Shermund, Shinn, Sickles, Sidrone, Smith, Smith, Smith, Soulen, St.
John, Stahr, Stanley, Stephens, Sterner, Stevens, Stoops, Stuart,
Studdy, Tepper, Terpning, Thomson, Thrasher, Thulstrup, Tilburne, Timlin,
Tinsley, Tossey, Traver, Travis, Utz, Valigursky, Van Buren, Vargas,
Varian, Vassos, Verbeck, Ward, Ward, Webb, Wenzel, Woener, Whitcomb,
Whitmore, Wilbur, Wilkinson, Williams, Williamson, Wilson, Wistehuff,
Wittmack, Wolsky, Wood, Woolf, Wyeth, Zuckerberg.
As before,
if you pre-order the book now you will receive a copy for only $40 postpaid,
delivered anywhere in the U.S. (100 "Early Bird Specials" are being offered
for only $35 if you act fast!)
A "Special Edition" featuring a signed and numbered
bookplate, presented in a slipcase, and limited to just
100 copies, is also available for $60.
After
JULY 1, the retail cost of the regular unsigned edition will rise to
$44.95 plus postage, so please order today!
Thank you for supporting The Illustrated Press!
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Gotham Pulp Collectors Club
3rd Saturday of every
month
Gotham Pulp Collectors Club is a club for pulp
collectors to meet in the NYC/Metro area.
It meets the 3rd Saturday of every
month.
Check the website at the link below for exact
time and place information.
Name: Gotham Pulp Collectors
Club
Time: 1-5 PM
Place: Muhlenberg Library
on West 23rd Street.
Contact:
Mark Halegua at msh@pulps1st.com
Gotham Pulp Collectors
Club
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Go-Hero / Executive Replicas
/ Phicen Ltd.
Sheena, Queen of the Jungle 1/6th scale
collectible figure
Available for pre-order
later this month!
Go Hero has announced all of the pertinent details regarding the
upcoming Sheena, Queen of the Jungle 1/6th scale collectible figure.
Along with Go Hero, Executive Replicas, and Phicen Ltd have collaborated
to produce this first-ever figure of the original Queen of the
Jungle. It's slated to retail for $149.99, when it goes up for pre-order
later this month.
As beautiful as she is dangerous, Sheena, Queen of the Jungle,
fiercely defends the rain forest and its denizens from all those
who would do them harm. Originally conceived to be a counterpart
to Burroughs' Tarzan, Sheena leapt off the pages of Fiction House
comics in 1937 to become the very first female character to have
her own title, four years before Wonder Woman. Since then, Sheena has
been featured in comics, graphic novels, TV shows, and her own feature
film. Although there have been many imitators, there will only ever
be one jungle queen.
The 1/6th scale Sheena, Queen of
the Jungle features the following:
Portrait of Sheena, Queen of the Jungle
Rooted Hair
Phicen NEW 1:6 Scale Seamless Poseable Body
Tailored Leopard print Mono-Kini w/ Skirt
Hoop Earrings, Bracelets, and Anklets
Arm Bands
Belt with Buckle
Knife with Sheath
Spear
3 Sets of Hands
Figure Stand
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Before his marriage to (and subsequent collaborations with)
Catherine L. Moore, Henry Kuttner was a frequent contributor
to the pulp magazines that specialized in the
weird, supernatural, horror, and science fiction genre.
Beginning in 1936, with the minor classic “The Graveyard Rats,”
Kuttner launched a steady stream of short stories aimed at
Weird Tales, Strange Stories, Thrilling Mystery, and others.
Writing for Weird Tales brought Kuttner into direct correspondence
with that magazine’s premier contributor. H.
P. Lovecraft. Kuttner set several stories in Lovecraft’s
“Cthulhu Mythos” and two are presented in THE WATCHER
AT THE DOOR: “Hydra” and “The Hunt.”
At this point in his still-young career, Kuttner had cracked
the science fiction market and was steadily publishing
in Thrilling Wonder Stories, Fantastic Adventures,
Science Fiction, and made his first sale to the new
prestigious fantasy magazine, UNKNOWN.
In the course of writing the stories collected in this volume,
Kuttner married Catherine Lucille Moore on June
7, 1940 (in New York with artist Virgil Finlay as
Best Man).
THE WATCHER AT THE DOOR is the second volume in a three-volume
“Early Kuttner” set collecting many of Kuttner’s earliest
stories, most of which have never been reprinted.
For those of
you that missed on getting a copy of Volume One:
For a limited time, Haffner Press is offering the out-of-print
TERROR IN THE HOUSE as a combo with preorders of THE
WATCHER AT THE DOOR.
Take advantage of this great offer at the link below.
You can also pre-order THE WATCHER
AT THE DOOR along with THE COMPLETE IVY FROST and THE
MICHAEL GRAY MYSTERIES for #125 and receive a Bonus
Chapbook and free shipping. Take advantage of this
offer at the Haffner Press Homepage at the link below.
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Haffner Press
The Complete Ivy Frost
by Donald Wandrei
Cover Art by Raymond
Swanland
Now available for pre-order!
It may come as a surprise to some that
Donald Wandrei wrote more mysteries than
all his horror, fantasy, and science fiction
tales combined. This volume collects all eighteen
adventures of Wandrei’s ratiocinative detective I.V.
Frost, who is ably assisted by his beautiful
and tough female assistant, Jean Moray. A scientist
and inventor, Frost has his own approach to solving
mysteries. Rather than following the usual hard-drinking,
trench-coated style of many of his contemporaries, Frost’s
strategy was to mix the logic of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s
Sherlock Holmes with the technology of Lester Dent’s
Doc Savage. In 2000, D.H. Olson edited a volume published
by Fedogan and Bremer collecting the first eight
of Frost’s adventures. A second volume of the remaining 10
tales was promised but never materialized.
Hardcover
$40
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Edited by Stephen Haffner Introduction
by Ed Gorman Cover Art by
Lawrence Noble
A massive omnibus of four novels from
the late 1950s all featuring the amateur
sleuthing of San Francisco psychoanalyst Michael
Gray.
The Murder of Eleanor Pope —Psychoanalyst Michael
Gray leads police to a three-time
killer!
The Murder of Ann Avery —Psychoanalyst solves
brutal slaying!
Murder of a Mistress —Psychoanalyst Michael Gray
solves the killing of a girl who knew
too much about too many men who had
too damned much to lose.
Murder of a Wife —Marked for Murder! No
one believed her—not even the police!
Hardcover
$40
Haffner Press Status
Update:
Nearly everything is in hand to bring
this 4-novel omnibus to you.
Once we have Fredric Brown's MURDER DRAWS A CROWD
under our belt and out in the wild,
this is the next title to go to press.
NOTE: this title is part of a 3-book combo
of Horror & Detective titles that features
an exclusive chapbook. See the Haffner Press homepage
for details.
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A massive fix of liquor-fueled murder,
smoke-clouded mystery, and hard-hitting revenge from
the author of The Screaming Mimi and The
Fabulous Clipjoint. This archival-quality hardcover
assembles 38 incredibly rare stories from 1938-1942,
with the original Pulp artwork from such magazines
as Thrilling Detective, Masked Detective,
Detective Fiction Weekly, and more. This
is the book Fredric Brown fans have been waiting
for!
Hardcover, 6x9, 744
pages, B&W, $40.00
Haffner Press
Status Update
Look for this 744-page
bundle of awesome to debut at the Windy City Pulp
and Paper Show on April 17th.
Check out the ordering page for MURDER DRAWS A CROWD for a sneak-peek
at some of the interior illustrations and the decorated endpapers.
Please be aware
that the price on publication will be $45,
so you can save $5 by preordering at $40.
Haffner Press
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Hard Case Crime
Coming soon!
July 2015
HE HAD A MONKEY ON HIS BACK—AND A DEAD WOMAN IN HIS
BED!
He’d been a promising piano prodigy, once. Now he was just
an addict, barely scraping by, letting his hunger for
drugs consume him. But a man’s life can always
get worse—as Ray Stone discovers when he wakes up beside a beautiful
nightclub singer only to find her dead...and 16 ounces of
pure heroin missing. On the run from the law, desperate to prove
his innocence, Ray also faces another foe, merciless and unforgiving:
his fierce and growing craving for a fix...
Ed McBain was one of the most popular mystery writers of all
time, creator of the 87th Precinct series and recipient
of the Mystery Writers of America’s Grand Master Award.
SO NUDE, SO DEAD was his very first crime novel—and
this is its first appearance in print in more than half
a century.
First publication in nearly 60 years!
"I defy any reader to put this novel down once he starts it."—Richard
S. Prather, best-selling author of THE PEDDLER
Also featuring Die Hard, a bonus McBain short story from the
pulps about the price of addiction, starring private
eye Matt Cordell from THE GUTTER AND THE GRAVE
September 2015
THE GIRL WITH THE DEEP BLUE EYES
by Lawrence Block
Cover art by Glen Orbik
IN THE DEPTHS OF HER BLUE EYES, HE GLIMPSED—MURDER
Cashed out from the NYPD after 24 years, Doak Miller operates
as a private eye in steamy small-town Florida, doing
jobs for the local police. Like posing as a hit man
and wearing a wire to incriminate a local wife who’s
looking to get rid of her husband. But when he sees the
wife, when he looks into her deep blue eyes...
He falls—and falls hard. Soon he’s working with her, against
his employer, plotting a devious plan that could get her
free from her husband and put millions in her bank account.
But can they do it without landing in jail? And once heÕs
kindled his taste for killing...will he be able to stop at
one?
First publication ever!
The author of more than 100 novels including the bestselling
A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES (which became the Liam
Neeson movie), Lawrence Block is one of the most
acclaimed living crime writers.
Lawrence Block’s eight previous Hard Case Crime novels include
THE GIRL WITH THE LONG GREEN HEART.
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Jerry Schneider Enterprises
Now available!
THE ARGOSY #2
NAKED MEN OF NAGA by Gordon MacCreagh
THE CAPTAIN OF THE BURGHER GUARDS by John P. Ritter
THE ARGOSY CLASSIC FICTION REPRINT SERIES features one
novel and one novelette this time:
"Naked Men of Naga" by Gordon MacCreagh and "The Captain
of the Burgher Guards" by John P. Ritter.
Reprinted in facsimile format.
Pulp-Sized Magazine
120 pages
$14.95
LOOKS THAT KILL!
By Walter B. Gibson
VALDOR, the master mind reader, saw clearly the horrifying
vision of Arlene . . .
uncon-scious, bound and gagged . . .
he saw a mysterious Egyptian room filled with a deadly poison gas
. . .
and he knew that two women had clashed over one man! Death and
destruction crowded those other visions out of his mind . . .
and he saw that the man they had fought over, the man they
had killed for, was himself, Valdor the Mind Reader.
But Valdor did not know that his broadcast set the tempo for this
mad dance that meant . . . murder.
Even Valdor did not realize that a simple twist of the dial, the
turn to his mind-reading program, started the chain reaction that
spread havoc from coast to coast!
Paperback
242 pages
$14.95
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THE KING IN YELLOW GN
- Arriving in comic shops July 8!
(Writer) Robert W. Chambers, I.N.J. Culbard (Art/Cover)
I. N. J. Culbard
The supernatural stories that make up Robert W. Chambers's
classic piece of weird fiction are tied together by
a play that brings madness to all who read it: The King in
Yellow. It's a book that draws readers in with an irresistible
yet innocent opening act, then drives them insane with the poisonous
words of Act 2. An influence on writers from H. P. Lovecraft to Neil
Gaiman, The King in Yellow is one of the most important works of
American supernatural fiction. In this dangerously unputdownable
graphic-novel adaptation, I. N. J. Culbard brings to life a
thrilling tale of horror that will make readers laugh and cry
and tremble with fright.
Trade paperback, 7x10, 144 pages, Full Color, $19.95
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King Solomon's Mines
by Mark Ellis (Author), Pablo Marcos (Illustrator),
Melissa Martin Ellis (Designer)
Now available!
Adapted from
the novel by H. Rider Haggard
The classic tale of savagery and adventure reimagined!
Before Tarzan, and long before Indiana Jones there was Allan
Quatermain—the quick-witted adventurer equally at home
in the drawing rooms of London and the Dark Continent of 19th
century Africa. When he meets Princess Ignosa, the living
embodiment of fierce female grace, Quatermain is drawn down
a path of greed, treachery and black magic that leads to the
legendary King Solomon's Mines.
Paperback: 56 pages
Publisher: Millennial Concepts
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.1 x 10 inches
$14.99
The KING SOLOMON'S MINES graphic novel by Pablo
Marcos and Mark Ellis is just the first of several planned
projects (with Ying Ko Graphics) featuring "reimagined"
classic adventure heroes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's CHALLENGER
by Jeff Slemons, Jules Verne's NEMO by Steven E Gordon
and of course, HR Haggard's QUATERMAIN, by the legendary Pablo
Marcos.
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The Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia
ConventionStar-As Seen on TV is a three-day festival
held inside the Hunt Valley Wyndham. Here, you can watch
dozens of screenings of vintage movies, world premiere documentaries,
Hollywood celebrities posing for photos and signing autographs
for fans, slide show seminars from authors and historians,
over 200 vendor tables with retro merchandise, antiques and
collectibles and... well, it is a lot of fun.
Whether you have been to other conventions in the past or never
attended a convention before, we recommend you give
it a try. You'll discover what people Batmobile on Displaykeep
returning year after year. Attendees come from California,
Canada, Seattle, England, Belgium, Florida, Maine... and
statistically the size of the attendance has grown every year.
MANC didn’t attract such a faithful following by accident. Nearing
our 10th anniversary, MANC has offered fans a chance to
meet Hollywood actors, visit a drive-in movie theater, watch
old fifties films like Creature from the Black Lagoon in 3-D,
have their picture next to The Blob silicone, watch Abbott
and Costello impersonators perform on stage, and have a
great time.
HOURS (Thursday to Saturday)
Vendors: 9 am to 6 pm
Celebrity Autographing: 10 am to 5 pm
Seminars and Movies: see schedules
The event ends Saturday at 5 pm so if you plan to
attend on Saturday, do not arrive late! Everyone who attends
gets a free 52 page program guide!
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Moonstone Books
Moonstone is proud to present a new aerial adventurer
by pulpsmith Ron Fortier!
When German Air Command unleashes squadrrons of “Fire
Bombers” against helpless French villages, it is up
to Nighthawk, the Flying Spy, and his team of aces, to infiltrate
the impenetrable Castle Von Scharf and discover the secrets
of the Hell Caverns.
To do so, Nighthawk will have to outwit and defeat the
beautiful but deadly aviatrix, Marlena von Scharf, the
daughter of his greatest foe; the Black Knight.
Softcover, 6x9, 124 pages, B&W, $9.99
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Moonstone Books
The Black Bat
Returns
Authors: Ron Fortier, Bobby Nash
Cover art: Mike Fyles
Coming in November!
The original Black
Bat returns in this thrilling collection of all NEW action-crime stories!
Read the character that was created at the SAME TIME as
Batman!
Ex-District Attorney Tony Quinn is blinded in a courtroom
assault!
He now seeks justice outside of the law as the relentless
hero who can see in the dark: The Black Bat!
Guest-starring: The Green Lama, Domino Lady, and Golden
Amazon!
Stories by Ron Fortier, Bobby Nash, Adam L. Garcia,
Colin B. Harvey, Sean Taylor, James Palmer, David Boop, David White,
and Josh Vogt!
Softcover, 6” x 9”, 270 pages, $13.95
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Mystery*File - Now
online!
Mike Nevins
on DASHIELL HAMMETT and JOHN DICKSON CARR - New!
A
Movie Review by Dan Stumpf: THE SPIDER (1945).
Walker
Martin's Report on Windy City 2015
Convention
Report: PULPADVENTURE CON 2014.
COLLECTING PULPS: A Memoir, Part 12, by WALKER MARTIN:
Rereading UNKNOWN and UNKNOWN WORLDS.
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The New Pulp Heroes - Now online!
Tom Johnson has started
a new Blog for authors who have created new pulp
heroes.
Doc Warlock
The Black Falcon
The Crimson Bat
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Off-Trail Publications
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Now available!
Before he was a comic-book pioneer, Major
Malcolm-Wheeler Nicholson wrote adventure
tales for the great pulp magazines—and
no run-of-the-mill pulp fiction was
it. The Major served as a cavalry officer on
the southwest border during the Mexican Revolution.
While the First World War raged in Europe, he
fought the Moro insurgency in the southern Philippines.
Then followed his strangest assignment, conducting espionage in
legendarily hostile Siberia. After the war he
was stationed in Western Europe. These
places became the settings for the majority of
his hardboiled adventure stories. His use of authentic
detail, combined with his superior storytelling
ability, make his stories difficult to put
down. You read one of the Major’s entrancing tales—and your
imagination is transported back to those real places
of danger and daring!
This inaugural collection of the Major’s
fiction includes stories set
in all four of his real-life arenas,
originally published in top adventure pulps:
Adventure, Argosy, The Popular Magazine.
It is time for the Major to receive his
due—as one of the genuine larger-than-life men
of the pulps. Included is an in-depth introduction
by Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson, the Major’s granddaughter.
“Yes, Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
is one of the very, very few people responsible for the birth of
the comic book industry as the visionary founder
of what we today call DC Comics. And, yes, Major
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson is one of the very, very few people
responsible for giving the world Superman.”
Michael Uslan,
Executive Producer of all the Batman
movies,
Comic book historian, and author of his
memoir, The Boy Who Loved Batman.
“Not many adventure writers
can claim to have based their stories on their own exploits.
Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson could—and because of it, his
evocations of heroism and combat have a believability
and a personal depth unlike anything else in pulp
fiction.”
Gerard Jones,
Author of Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters
and the Birth of the Comic Book.
6x9-inch perfect
bound; 264 pages, $20.00
Checkout earlier titles by clicking on the link below.
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Perils On
Planet Perils On Planet X -
Now online!
Perils On Planet X is a
swashbuckling adventure on a lost planet…
join Colonel Donovan
Hawke of Terra as he travels through
time and space to the ancient emerald
world of Xylos – home of vicious reptilian
predators, ruthless strato-pirates, beautiful princesses, and
innumerable fantastic dangers!
Perils On Planet X is high adventure
on alien worlds – classic space
opera in the Burroughs and Alex Raymond
traditions, revived for a new millennium!
The adventure begins today at the
link below!
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Thursday, August
13 through Sunday, August 16, 2015
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PulpFest,
also known as “Summer’s Great Pulp Con,” returns to the beautiful
Hyatt Regency in downtown Columbus, Ohio for its 44th edition.
It will begin on Thursday, August 13th at 6 PM with four
hours of early-bird shopping in the dealers’ room, located
on the hotel’s third floor. You can learn how to become an early-bird
or a dealer by visiting our registration page. To reserve a
room at the Hyatt Regency, click “book a room.” PulpFest 2015 will
run until 2 PM on Sunday, August 16th, when our dealers’ room
will shut its doors.
As 2015 marks the 125th anniversary
of the birth of author H. P. Lovecraft–the “Edgar Allan Poe of
the 20th Century” and “The Copernicus of the horror story”–
PulpFest will be celebrating his life and his work. In addition
to programming on the author’s celebrated Cthulhu Mythos, we’ll also
examining his relationship with WEIRD TALES, the pulp magazine
where the bulk of his fiction was published.
PulpFest 2015 will also be paying
tribute to Ned Pines’ Standard Magazines, better known as “The
Thrilling Group.” Along with Street & Smith, Popular Publications,
and the Frank A. Munsey Company, Pines’ line was one of the
leading publishers of pulp magazines during the early twentieth
century. We’ll be spotlighting a wide array of the company’s magazines,
examining the Standard hero, detective, western, adventure, and
sports pulps as well as their line of comic books. Click on our
schedule and programming buttons for additional details.
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Although
the focus of PulpFest 2015 will be pulp magazines and
related materials, visitors will also find vintage paperbacks,
digests, men’s adventure and true crime magazines, first edition
hardcovers, series books, dime novels, original art, Big Little
Books, B-movies and serials and related collectibles, old-time-radio
shows, and Golden and Silver Age comic books for sale in its 15,800
square-foot dealers’ room, located in the Regency Ballroom. In addition
to attracting some of the leading collectibles dealers from across
the United States and Canada, PulpFest also plays host to a wide
array of contemporary publishers including those who reprint material
from the old pulps as well as publishing houses dealing in contemporary
genre fiction.
At PulpFest, you’ll find science-fiction books and magazines,
detective and adventure pulps, westerns, original cover art
and interior illustrations, stacks of digest magazines, vintage
paperbacks and comic books, unique films, and much, much more!
You’ll be entertained and informed by countless presentations
and panels featuring leading pop-culture experts. You’ll see old
pals and meet new friends. You can even join FarmerCon, the convention
dedicated to Grand Master of Science Fiction Philip José
Farmer. You’ll find all this and more at PulpFest, “Summer’s Great
Pulp Con!”
If you are having trouble
booking a room for PulpFest 2015, there are still blocks of rooms
available through Matsuricon (which is taking place over the same
weekend as PulpFest 2015). Visit http://matsuricon.org/hotel-reservations/
to find a room that is close to the convention. When booking through
the Matsuricon site, please be sure to request the Matsuricon group
rate.
WE ARE URGING PEOPLE TO BOOK THEIR ROOMS ASAP!!!!! If you are
not from the Columbus area and want to attend PulpFest 2015,
you need to book your room NOW and not later. Rooms are disappearing
fast during the 8/13 - 8/16 time frame. PLEASE BOOK NOW!!!!
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The Weird Tales of Philip José Farmer
To most pulp enthusiasts, the late Philip José
Farmer is best known as “A prolific and popular science fiction writer
who shocked readers in the 1950s by depicting sex with aliens and challenged
conventional pieties of the genre with caustic fables set on bizarre
worlds of his own devising.” In science-fiction circles, Farmer
is most remembered for his novels. Called “sprawling, episodic works
that gave him room to explore the nuances of a provocative premise
while indulging his taste for lurid, violent action,” his best were
set in the Riverworld and World of the Tiers series. He was named a
Grand Master of Science Fiction in 2001. To those who know and love him
the best — the members of FarmerCon who first joined our convention
in 2011 — Philip José Farmer is revered for his work concerning
the Wold Newton Family. But what about Philip José Farmer, the
horror writer? In this year when PulpFest celebrates the 125th anniversary
of the birth of H. P. Lovecraft, it seems fitting that our FarmerCon
friends turn their attention to Philip José Farmer, the writer
of weird tales.
Jon Arfstrom — Last of the WEIRD TALES Artists
PulpFest is extremely proud to welcome artist and illustrator
Jon Arfstrom as its special guest to this year’s convention. Beginning
at 8:45 PM, on Friday, August 14th, and following our guest-of-honor
presentation by author Chet Williamson, please join pulp art historian
David Saunders for a short interview with fantasy artist Jon Arfstrom,
perhaps the last surviving artist to paint covers for the original run
of “The Unique Magazine,” WEIRD TALES. Mr. Arfstrom will also have a
table at the convention where he will be displaying some of his original
art. He will have a sampling of paintings and drawings, mostly from the
1970’s on, that he will be selling at the convention. His table will be
next to the DreamHaven Books display in the PulpFest 2015 dealers’ room.
The Heirs of WEIRD TALES
As part of its celebration of the 125th anniversary of
the birth of H. P. Lovecraft, PulpFest 2015 will be paying tribute to
WEIRD TALES, the rough-paper magazine where many of the author’s most
influential works were published. The first periodical to be largely
devoted to the fantasy genre, WEIRD TALES also introduced readers
to the sword-and-sorcery genre through Robert E. Howard’s stories
of Kull, Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, and Conan, and shared Clark Ashton
Smith’s wonderfully evocative stories of Hyperboria, Averoigne, and
Zothique. It gave us C. L. Moore’s “Schambleau” and Jirel stories,
Henry S. Whitehead’s voodoo masterpiece, “Jumbee,” and many other classics
of fantasy and horror.
Thrilling Pulp Heroes of the Thirties
In the spring of 1931, THE SHADOW MAGAZINE was introduced
to readers by Street & Smith Publications. Employing the talents
of author Walter B. Gibson, the magazine proved an instant hit.
Planned as a quarterly, this first “hero” pulp became a monthly following
its first two issues. A year later, it became a semi-monthly, appearing
twice monthly until early 1943. In 1937, Gibson teamed with scriptwriter
Edward Hale Bierstadt to develop a radio program for the Mutual Broadcasting
System. It was here that actor Frank Readick, Jr. uttered the famous
words quoted above that have since become part of the American idiom.
Continued here.
Countdown to PulpFest 2015
It’s just sixty days to PulpFest 2015! On Thursday, August
13th, be one of hundreds of pop-culture fans who will be arriving
at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Columbus, Ohio for the annual summertime
get-together for fans of pulp art and fiction. Please visit our
registration page to learn how to join the convention that has become
summer’s pulp-culture center of the universe.
In the weeks ahead, we’ll be talking about our dealers, our early-bird
special, this year’s Munsey Award nominees, our Pulpster program
book, and much more. You can keep abreast of all these updates
by bookmarking www.pulpfest.com and visiting often or by liking
our Facebook page. So be sure to like PulpFest on Facebook and
ask for our posts to be delivered to your personal Facebook page.
You can also follow us on Twitter where we’ll be tweeting about our
home page updates. We’ll also be posting to a variety of Yahoo newsgroups
such as Pulpmags and Flearun.
PulpFest is known for its superb programming and the line-up that
we’re planning for our 2015 convention is shaping up to be one
of our best. We’ll be celebrating the 125th anniversary of horror
master H. P. Lovecraft as well as the Standard Magazines pulp
chain. We’ve already covered a lot of our programming plans concerning
the Thrilling Group. Stay tuned for more information about our salute
to H. P. Lovecraft and WEIRD TALES. And don’t forget about this year’s
guest of honor, author Chet Williamson. He became interested in Lovecraft
as a kid and has remained a devotee ever since. Chet has been writing
in the fields of horror, science fiction, and suspense since 1981.
So what are you waiting for? It’s time for you to register for
PulpFest 2015! There’s no other way to be sure to be part of “Summer’s
Great Pulp Con.” Although all the rooms at our host hotel, the Hyatt
Regency Columbus are booked, there are still rooms available in the
downtown area. Please visit http://matsuricon.org/hotel-reservations/
to find a room that is close to the convention.
The Thrilling Adventures of Rudolph Belarski
Rudolph Belarski grew up in the hardscrabble world of
coal mines in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. He finished the sixth
grade and then entered the work force with his classmates at
the Pittston Mines, where he labored for ten years, while he subscribed
to a correspondence art school to follow his dream to become a
celebrated illustrator. Continued here.
Thrilling Detectives
Three Gun Terry Mack was the world’s first hard-boiled
private eye. The creation of Carroll John Daly, Terry appeared
in a pair of stories featured in THE BLACK MASK in 1923 and
1924. He was soon supplanted by Daly’s best known detective, Race
Williams, who debuted in the June 1, 1923 issue of the magazine
that would become synonymous with the hard-boiled detective
story.
THE BLACK MASK was not the only rough-paper magazine where tough-guy
detectives made their home. When Popular Publications
launched their line of ten-cent pulps, they got the ball rolling
with DIME DETECTIVE, another classic in the line of hard-boiled
periodicals. Ned Pines’ Standard Magazines was right there with
Steeger and Goldsmith, starting his chain of pulp magazines with
THRILLING DETECTIVE in the very same month. The first issues of Popular’s
and Pines’ new periodicals were dated November 1931.
“Action-packed, well-written and well-planned stories. Novels
must be of the trip hammer type, with a murder in the first chapter
and others later.” Those were the editorial requirements
set forth by THRILLING DETECTIVE in a 1933 issue of THE WRITER.
Although they were not always well-written or planned, no one
could fault the magazine for a lack of action . . . nor corpses.
Under the guidance of managing editor Leo Margulies and his hand-picked
staff, THRILLING DETECTIVE ran “rough-and-tumble, corpse-ridden
yarns” featuring “suitably hard-nosed and hard-boiled detectives.”
As Margulies often opined, his line was “the fastest bunch of all
pulps.”
On Thursday evening, August 13th, beginning at 8:40 PM, John Wooley
and John Gunnison pay a visit to some of the continuing characters
from the Thrilling line of detective pulps — Doctor Coffin,
the allegedly dead Hollywood actor turned vigilante, created
by pulp and film writer Perley Poore Sheehan; the workaday detectives
such as department store detective Don Marko, the creation of
Stewart Sterling (whose real name was Prentice Winchell); the extremely
prolific Robert Leslie Bellem’s Hollywood gumshoe Nick Ransom who,
like his better known counter-part Dan Turner, “torches a gasper”
or “sets fire to a coffin nail” when he lights a cigarette; and
the bindlestiff crimefighter, Baghdad, Hobo Detective, written
by Milton Lowe and featured in a pair of stories that ran in POPULAR
DETECTIVE.
Then we’ve got the wartime creation of “Walt Bruce” — an allegedly
Chinese crimefighter known as Dr. Zeng who is actually
the son of white missionary parents. Written by Bellem and
W. T. Ballard, the Zeng stories came about through the encouragement
of the Office of War Information, which thought that playing
up our Chinese allies in stories was a wonderful idea. Dr. Zeng’s
sidekick Lai Hu Chow, who is really Chinese, has an artificial
leg in which he can carry weapons and other useful stuff.
Of course, there’s also Race Williams, one-time BLACK MASK big
dog who famously boosted sales of the magazine every time
he was featured on the cover. The end was coming into sight
for Race and his creator. Carroll John Daly moved into comic
books after the death of the pulps. Race appeared in a handful of
stories published in THRILLING DETECTIVE before he found his way
into SMASHING DETECTIVE STORIES during the early fifties.
John Wooley is the author, co-author, or editor of more than
thirty books, including the recent HARD-BOILED CHRISTMAS STORIES.
John also penned the script for the made-for-TV movie DAN
TURNER, HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE, the award-winning independent
film CAFE PURGATORY, and the documentary BILL BOYCE – MONEY ACTOR.
He has also written comic books, trading cards, and thousands
of magazine and newspaper stories, most of them in conjunction
with his work as the music and horror-movie writer for the TULSA
WORLD, a position he held from 1983 through 2006. He is currently
a contributing editor and columnist for OKLAHOMA MAGAZINE and
full-time freelance writer specializing in pop-culture subjects.
This year, he was inducted into the Oklahoma Historians’ Hall of Fame.
John Gunnison is one of the foremost pulp dealers in the world.
He’s the owner of Adventure House, a firm that not only
deals in pulp magazines and other paper collectibles, but also
publishes pulp replica editions and other material, including
the much-admired HIGH ADVENTURE. John is the author of BAUMHOFER:
PULP ART MASTER and BELARSKI: PULP ART MASTER, and co-author of
THE ADVENTURE HOUSE GUIDE TO THE PULPS, one of the foremost reference
works concerning pulp magazines. For Collectors Press he helped
design Frank M. Robinson’s PULP CULTURE, Max Allan Collins’ HISTORY
OF MYSTERY, Ron Goulart’s COMIC BOOK CULTURE, and other works. John
was formerly the editor and publisher of THE PULP COLLECTOR, a leading
pulp fanzine in its day.
Join the two Johns for a look at some of the most intriguing continuing
detective characters that the Thrilling group published,
along with a few of their creators on Thursday, August 13th,
at 8:40 PM.
Saddle Up! Thrilling’s Western Heroes
On Thursday, August 13th, Ed Hulse will explore the
Standard line of western superhero pulps, from TEXAS RANGERS,
launched in 1936 and featuring the “Lone Wolf” Ranger,
Jim Hatfield; to MASKED RIDER WESTERN MAGAZINE, purchased
from Ranger Publications in 1938 and starring Wayne Morgan, “the
Robin Hood of the West;” to RANGE RIDERS and its “stories of
western avengers in action;” to THE RIO KID WESTERN, a pulp that featured
“the fictional exploits of the Kid . . . interwoven with actual
historical characters;” to WEST and its lengthy series featuring
Johnston McCulley’s Zorro; and HOPALONG CASSIDY’S WESTERN MAGAZINE,
featuring Louis L’Amour’s blend of Clarence E. Mulford’s original
character with the movie version popularized by actor William Boyd.
Ed will also be touching on such characters as Alamo Paige, Navajo
Raine, and W. C. Tuttle’s Tombstone and Speedy, all featured in EXCITING
WESTERN, and A. Leslie Scott’s Texas Ranger Walt Slade, whose adventures
ran in Standard’s flagship western title, THRILLING WESTERN.
“Saddle Up! Thrilling’s Western Heroes” will begin
at 9:20 PM on Thursday, August 13th, on the second floor of the
Hyatt-Regency hotel in beautiful downtown Columbus, Ohio.
It’s all part of this year’s “Salute to Standard Magazines,”
taking place at PulpFest 2015.
Go Nuts at PulpFest’s New Gaming Track
New at this year’s PulpFest will be a gaming track.
Many of the themes found in the world of modern games resonate
from the pulps and the stories published in those magazines.
There are games based on Conan, the Cthulhu Mythos, space operas,
westerns, mysteries, pulp heroes, and more.
PulpFest 2015 will have demonstrations of role-playing games
and various board, card, and dice games. We’ll have a room
featuring eight tables for new or experienced players. A number
of local gaming groups will be running RPGs dealing with weird
tales, ancient ruins, and murder mysteries. As part of our celebration
of the 125th anniversary of the birth of H. P. Lovecraft, there
will be role-playing adventures based on the Cthulhu Mythos. Additionally,
we’ll have a number of board and card games that can be played in
less than a hour. So if you need a break from the dealers’ room, you
won’t be kept away too long.
The PulpFest 2015 gaming track will begin at 10 AM on both Friday
and Saturday and last until 10 PM or thereabouts. On Sunday,
games will begin at 10 AM and continue until the end of the
convention. All games will be set up in the Clark Room, located
on the second floor of the Hyatt Regency. The only requirements
to play games at PulpFest 2015 are a PulpFest membership, your
imagination, and a desire to have a good time. So if you enjoy pulps
and you enjoy games, PulpFest will be the place to be.
Norman Daniels–Thrilling’s “Go-to-Guy” is 110!
One of the more significant contributors to Ned Pines’
Thrilling line of pulps and comic books, Norman Daniels will certainly
be feted at this year’s PulpFest. So here’s your chance
to wish this prolific giant a “happy 110th birthday” as PulpFest
2015 pays tribute to Standard Magazines. The action begins on Thursday
evening, August 13th and runs through Sunday, August 16th at
the Hyatt Regency in downtown Columbus, Ohio.
Lester del Rey–Still Astounding after 100 Years!
Lester del Rey’s first published work appeared in the
April 1938 issue of ASTOUNDING SCIENCE-FICTION, behind a cover
painted by Howard V. Brown. A long-time science-fiction artist
who painted almost all of the magazine’s covers from late
1933 through early 1938, Brown also created covers for Hugo Gernsback’s
SCIENCE AND INVENTION and Standard’s STARTLING STORIES and THRILLING
WONDER STORIES. PulpFest 2015 will be saluting Standard Publications
during its festivities from August 13th through the 16th.
To learn more
about all of the PulpFest 2015 programming, please click here
or on the “schedule” button on our home page at www.pulpfest.com.
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Pulp Crazy
- Now online!
The Peeper
by Frank Belknap Long - New!
Airship
Hunters Interview with Jim Beard and Duane Spurlock
Tarzan
and the Gods of Opar Part Three by Mike Grell
Review:
Hadon, King of Opar by Christopher Paul Carey
Talking
Hadon, King of Opar by Christopher Paul Carey
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Pulp Den - Now online!
Edgar Rice Burroughs Hardbacks - New!
DOC SAVAGE: The Sinister Shadow
The Pulp Detectives
Exciting Pulp Tales
Cold War Heroes
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Pulp Flakes
- Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines,
authors and their stories, adventure
and detective pulps.
From the pulps to the slicks - A letter to the Saturday
Evening Post from the Argosy magazine's editor - New!
Gone North by Charles Alden Seltzer
Pulps in the news - roundup
Interview with Matthew White Jr. - Editor of the Argosy
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Pulp Magazines
Project - Now online!
Publishing legends The Black
Mask (1920), Weird Tales (1923),
and Amazing Stories (1926) are considered
so “extremely rare and valuable” that the
U.S. Library of Congress houses its collection
of 277 issues in Washington, D.C.’s Rare
Book and Special Collections Division—along with the
personal libraries of Presidents, medieval and Renaissance
manuscripts, and one of only three known perfect
copies of the Gutenberg Bible in existence. With its
latest addition of 4 issues of The Black Mask (Aug.
& Sept. 1920; Dec. 1921; and Apr. 1922), the
Pulp Magazines Project has made all 3 classic titles
available together—for the first time—in high-quality, cover-to-cover
digital editions.
Also available at the Pulp Magazines
Project, new issues of the iconic “weird
menace” pulp, Dime Mystery Magazine (Apr.
1938 and Sept. 1946); Adventure (Jul. 1,
1928; feat. Walt Coburn’s “The Man Who Hated
Himself”); Western Story (Jul. 27, 1940); Detective
Story (May 1938; feat. Zorro-creator Johnston
McCulley’s “Thubway Tham’s Thothial Thecurity”);
and histories of both The Black Mask (E.R. Hagemann;
UCLA) and Dime Mystery Magazine (Emily Sisler; University
of West Florida).
The Pulp Magazines Project
is an open-access digital archive dedicated to the study and preservation
of one of the twentieth century's most influential literary &
artistic forms: the all-fiction pulpwood magazine. The Project also provides
information on the history of this important but long neglected
medium, along with biographies of pulp authors, artists, and their publishers.
At the heart of the Project's
mission is the archive itself.
In summer 2011, it began with a modest
library of five representative first-generation pulp
titles from the early twentieth century. Over
time, the archive will expand, new magazines will
be digitized, and contextual materials added.
Eventually, the archive will feature a broad range
of pre-1923 titles, post-1923 titles where copyright has lapsed,
and full volume runs of select titles from 1896 to 1946.
The Project is dedicated to fostering
ties between communities of collectors,
fans, and academics devoted to
pulp magazines, and will offer opportunities for
research and collaboration to both scholars and
enthusiasts alike. We will provide information
on upcoming conferences and conventions, and
promote new working relationships between academics and
the hundreds of pulp fans and collectors beyond the
college and university.
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Pulp Newsgroups
- Now online!
There are numerous pulp newsgroups
that are of potential interest
to pulp fans.
Information on several of these groups
and a link to sign up is posted
below.
Abraham Merritt:
This group is dedicated to all of
the fiction of ABRAHAM MERRITT. Merritt's novels, short
stories, paperbacks, hardcovers, pulps, reprints, and
any movies based on these works can all be discussed
here. Also, any artwork from any of the above
pertaining to Merritt's writing can be discussed and displayed.
If interested, questions and statements about other authors
that copied or imitated Merritt's style can
be posted.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ABEMERRITTFANS/
CoverUps: Sharing
and trading of Pulp Fiction covers. Discussion
not only allowed, but encouraged! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cover_Ups/
Doc Con: The annual
Doc Savage Convention gathered together for the first time
on October 24, 1998. The convention also known as
Doc Con is the brainchild of Rob Smalley who
together with Jay Ryan, Paul Cook and Courtney Rogers have
hosted the event each year in Arizona. Traditionally
held the second Saturday of each November, Doc Con
attracts residents from around the country,
for a weekend of planned Doc Savage events as well
as discussions and camaraderie. Follow along with
the planning each year by participating in this group.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Doc_Con/
Burroughs Group: This group
is dedicated to the study and appreciation
of one of the greatmasters
of literary adventure, Burroughs (1875-1950).
Creator of numerous famous characters, such as Tarzan, Carson
Napier, and John Carter of Mars, and exciting
worlds, such as Venus, Barsoom, and Pellucidar, Burroughs
is widely recognized as one of the fathers of
the Pulp Era and modern heroic fiction.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/edgarriceburroughs/
FictionMags: The purpose of
this mailing list is to discuss the history
of fiction magazines, and to exchange information
about magazines which have carried
fiction, past or present. Particular
emphases are on the "Gaslight" magazines of
circa 1880-1914, the pulp magazines of the
first half of the 20th century, the "Big Slick"
magazines of the mid-20th century, the digest-sized
magazines of the 1950s and 1960s -- and
any other areas of magazine publishing which
have been important for fiction. Discussion may cover
aspects of the publishing history of the
magazines concerned, their editors and editorial policies,
the authors they published, and so on.
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/fictionmags/
Flearun: This group
is for fans of all the incarnations of Doc
Savage. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flearun/
H.R. Haggard: This
group is dedicated to one of the
greatest of adventure/fantasy writers ,
H.R. Haggard.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/masterofadventureriderhaggard/
Justice Inc.: This
group is dedicated to the [1940's
pulp version] of Richard Benson and his group of
crime fighting adventurers , Justice Inc. Everything about
this group can be discussed [ comics, pulps,
radio shows, paperbacks, current news]also if anyone
is interested in Paul Ernst---In the roaring heart
of the crucible...... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JUSTICEINC/
Otis Adelbert Kline:
This group is devoted
to Otis Adelbert Kline. His works in
the science fiction, weird and historical
fiction genre and his general biography
can also be discussed here.
Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OTISKLINE/
to join!
Pulp Fiction Uncensored:
is for all fans of Pulp Fiction!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pulp_Fiction_Uncensored/
PulpMags: If you're
interested in the old pulp magazines, this forum
is the place to be. We deal with OLD pulps
only! If you're looking for something dealing
with modern "pulp fiction" style writing, you'd be
bored here.This moderated list is setup along the lines
of PEAPS, the Pulp Era Amateur Press Society, and
all pulp fans across the world are welcome.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpMags/
Pulp Swap Group:
Place your swappable pulps and digest, plus
wants, in the file section or individual
messages. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpSwap/
REH Comics Group:
This group is dedicated to the characters
created by Robert E Howard that have appeared
in comic book form from Marvel Comics, Dark Horse
Comics, Cross Plains Comics, Dynamite Entertainment
etc. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheREHcomicsgroup/
Vintage Paperbacks:
A forum for readers and collectors of
classic paperback books, primarily from the "vintage
era" of 1939 to 1960 (roughly speaking). Ace Doubles,
Dell Mapbacks, L.A. Bantams, Gold Medal, Avon,
Handibooks, and many more - we cover them
all. Discussion of all genres is welcome and
we particularly want to hear about any rare and
unusual paperbacks or stories *about* paperbacks
that you might be able to share. We discuss
the cover artists, the writers, the publishers,
and anyone and everyone connected with the
great world of vintage paperback books. Read
a great old book lately? Come on in and tell
us about it! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VintagePaperbacks/
Western Pulps: This
list is dedicated to the discussion of Western
pulp magazines -- the characters, the authors, the
stories, the paperback reprints, and anything
else connected with Western pulps. Though the primary
emphasis is on pulps, we also discuss non-pulp Western
novels, movies, comics, etc. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WesternPulps/
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Radio Archives
Will Murray's Pulp Classics #83
Secret Agent "X" #5 Audiobook
City of the Living Dead
by Paul Chadwick writing as Brant House
Read by Milton Bagby
Now available!
They called Secret Agent “X”, the Man of the Thousand
Faces. Armed with his irresistible gas gun, wearing impenetrable
disguises, “X” infiltrates the darkest corners of the Underworld to
crush all crime czars!
Behind the white fangs of escaped jungle beasts lurked an unseen
but hideous menace. A menace that made cravens of men and women—sending
them cringing to their shattered homes under the brutal lash
of Fear in the City of the Sleeping Death. And back of the terror
of a dread epidemic, Secret Agent “X” glimpsed the shadow of a criminal
plot more horrible than any he had ever known.
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The enigma of enigmas, Secret Agent “X” has been deputized by a
high government official to battle the darkest, most diabolical
enemies of America before they sink their poisonous fangs into
the nation’s healthy core. Faceless and unsung, “X” infiltrates these
threats in a bewildering array of disguises.
A nameless mystery man with a wartime past in the Intelligence
service, declared dead by the Department of Justice, and backed by
a shadowy group of powerful philanthropists, Secret Agent “X” took
on the toughest assignments of the dirty thirties. A past master of
disguise, he infiltrated the Underworld to crush crime in all of its
hideous manifestations.
For Secret Agent “X”, Rose Wyn decided to pit him against villains
who were maestros of unbridled horror. Melodrama was the rule
of the day. But Secret Agent “X” plunged into maelstroms of raw
bloodlust undreamed of by The Shadow and Doc Savage. His foes were
truly depraved. Terrorists. Torturers. Extortionists. Kidnappers.
Stranglers. Fiends. Arsonists. These were the types of torn-from-the-tabloids
master criminals “X” hunted. It was grim fare.
Follow the Man of a Thousand Faces as he confronts the menace of
City of the Living Dead, ripped from the pages of Secret Agent “X”
magazine, June 1934 and read with chilling intensity by Milton
Bagby.
5 hours - $9.99 Download / $19.98 Audio CDs
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Radio Archives
Weinberg - Ellis Art Prints
The first three prints are ready to ship.
Now available!
Hi, my name is Bob Weinberg. I’m good friends with Doug
Ellis and the two of us are both known as obsessive pulp
magazine collectors. When I use the word “obsessive,”
I mean exactly that. Doug and I have been collecting
pulps most of our lives and we have tremendous collections
of them. Recently, our buddy Tom Brown has allowed us to share
our love of pulp fiction with his huge audience of Audiobook
Lovers. I’ve been editing a line of pulp novels, The Best
of Argosy, while Doug has been responsible for The Best of Adventure.
But the pulp magazines are not our greatest collecting mania.
Doug and I both collect original paintings used to illustrate
science fiction, fantasy, and pulp magazines and books. Unfortunately,
these originals are one-of-a-kind and are unavailable to the
average collector except for those willing to pay astronomical prices.
I began buying and selling original artwork used for the covers
of science fiction and fantasy paperbacks back in the 1970’s.
At the time, collecting original SF Art was considered
an interesting offshoot of actual collecting. Artwork
sold for a few hundred dollars a painting, if that. But,
as times changed, so did the cost of art. Prices skyrocketed. A piece
I originally sold for $100, recently brought $15,000 at auction.
Making it impossible to collect many of the finest paintings that
were sold in the past fifty years. Until now!
Working together, Tom Brown, Doug Ellis and I are now selling
stunning prints of some of the finest paintings in
our collections. These are printed full color and will
be reproduced directly from the actual art used to first
publish these unique covers. They will offer the ultimate
decoration for any collector interested in SF or pulp art.
Bob & Doug & Tom
The Laughter of Toffee
Artwork by H. W. McCauley
16"W x 20"H
This painting was featured on the cover of Imagation
magazine in October, 1954.
The Laughter of Toffee by H.W. McCauley - Toffee was a
popular humorous character, somewhat in the sexy Thorne Smith
vein of fantasy, whose adventures were chronicled by Charles
Myers. Toffee originally appeared in a series of novelets published
in Fantastic Adventures, but when editor Ray Palmer moved to
Imagination magazine in the early 1950’s, she moved along with
him.
Android Abduction
Artwork by Harold Ward
20"W x 30"H
Android Abduction by Harold J. Ward - reproduction of
the cover painting for the March 1941 issue of Spicy Mystery.
Ward was one of the brightest stars of the pulp cover
painting universe. For the Spicy chain, Ward painted many
covers with a SF theme in the early 1940's, as the publisher
began running spicy SF stories inside. The stories may
not have been great, but his paintings were sure popular!
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
Artwork by Edmond Good
16"W x 20"H
The Shadow Over Innsmouth by Edmond Good - the rare cover
illustration done to attract readers to the first
Canadian issue of Weird Tales magazine from January 1942.
In 1942, Canadian Publishers were allowed to reprint stories
from U.S. magazines but not their covers. The thought was
to provide employment for artists unable to find work otherwise.
Due to the scarcity of the Canadian Weird Tales, this cover is one
of the rarest Lovecraft illustrations ever published.
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In 1948, America was buzzing with crime,
corruption, and vice -- but The Green Hornet was buzzing too!
The post war era paved the way for a new kind of criminal, and
our hero found himself embroiled in espionage (in addition
to his regular racket busting). And in this major chapter
in the legend of the masked vigilante, Miss Case stumbles on a
secret and takes on a more significant role at the Daily Sentinel.
Join Britt Reid and his faithful valet Kato for twenty thrill-packed
adventures of this rousing radio classic - many of which have
not been heard since their initial broadcast more than fifty years
ago.
Includes a Program Guide by Martin Grams, Jr.
Episodes Include: Perfect Alibi 01-13-48; A Matter of Evidence
01-20-48; Hit and Run 01-27-48; Miss Case Meets the Hornet
02-03-48; The Mysterious Mr. Jones 02-10-48; Miss Case Keeps
a Secret 02-17-48; Rule of Three 02-24-48; Find the Woman 03-02-48;
One For the Senator 03-09-48; Two Minus Two 03-16-48; Stone Wall
Alibi 03-23-48; The Funeral Spray 03-30-48; Pink Wonderland 04-06-48;
Process X 04-20-48; Double Play 04-27-48; Career at Stake 05-04-48;
The Woman in Black 05-11-48; The Travis Case 05-18-48; A Cable From
England 05-25-48; The Hornet Bats For a Pitcher 06-01-48
Duration: 10 hours
Media: (10) CDs
Price: $39.98
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Simon Templar, better known as "the Saint,"
is perhaps the first truly multimedia hero. By the 1960s his adventures had
appeared in books, films, comic-strips and on television. But radio has been
the most durable medium for the Saint; from the first series during World
War II to the most recent in 2002, fifteen actors have played the modern-day
Robin Hood.
Of course when you mention The Saint on the radio most people think
of Vincent Price, and quite understandably for he was the longest-running
and most high-profile incumbent of the halo. But who were the
other fourteen - and how did they get their haloes?
The Saint on the Radio goes behind-the-scenes of the Saint, providing
intriguing detail about the series' creation, its writers, episode
synopses, all the cast over the years, and two complete radio scripts.
It provides an invaluable guide to the radio adventures of one of
the 20th Century's most enduring and endearing heroes.
Author Ian Dickerson was nine years old when Return of the Saint
first aired on television. He's not been the same since. All
told his Saintly addiction led to the loss of a large amount of
pocket money and many weeks of his life as he spent his formative
years tracking down every Saint adventure he could find in a pre-internet
world.
When The Saint returned to TV in the 1980s he got involved in running
The Saint Club, which led to a long running friendship with Leslie
Charteris and his family. A thorough examination of The Leslie Charteris
Collection at Boston University has led to Ian to write a number of
articles on various aspects of the Saint's career. He's also written,
produced and directed a number of documentaries on the making of The
Saint and Return of the Saint.
Trade Paperback Book - 346 Pages
Price: $22.95
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Renaissance eBooks, Inc.
Futures Past Editions
The final Star Man novel,
“Summit Conference”, by pulp veteran Stuart J. Byrne
Now available!
The recently
discovered `13th and final Star Man novel, “Summit Conference”,
penned by pulp veteran Stuart J. Byrne before his death, has just
been released in ebook format.
Published in seven omnibus editions (each containing two complete
Star Man books, the final containing #13 and a bonus collection
of the author’s notes and thoughts about the series titled “The
Star Man Papers”), this new, final volume brings the saga to a fitting
conclusion.
All seven ombnbuses are exclusively on sale for Kindle ebook readers
at Amazon – Free for Kindle Subscribers, or readers can own each
volume for only $2.99.
As Published by Futures Past Editions, Byrne's Entire Star
Man Saga Includes:
The First Star Man Omnibus: #1 Supermen of Alpha & #2 Time
Window
The Second Star Man Omnibus: #3 Interstellar Mutineers & #4
The Cosmium Raiders
The Third Star Man Omnibus #5 The World Changer & #6 The Slaves
of Venus
The Fourth Star Man Omnibus: #7 Lost in the Milky Way & #8
Time Trap
The Fifth Star Man Omnibus: #9 The Centaurians & #10 The Emperor
The Sixth Star Man Omnibus: #11 The Return of Star Man & #12
The Second Empire
The Final Star Man Omnibus: #13 Summit Conference & The Star
Man Papers.
Stuart J. Byrne, a pulp writer for Amazing Stories, Other Worlds,
Science Stories, and the Perry Rhodan series, put a lifetime
of knowledge and skill into the Star Man books, which tell of the
adventures of Steve Germaine, who receives transhuman powers from
aliens so he can fight a dictatorship that holds the solar system in
an iron grip. Metaphysics and quantum physics are combined into a
thrilling, mind-expanding tour de force.
Futures
Past Editions
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Robert E. Howard: Two-Gun
Raconteur #18
Now available!
Pre-orders
are now being accepted for issue number 18 of The Definitive Robert
E. Howard Journal.
This is an extremely limited edition of 150 copies,
so don’t procrastinate if you want a copy.
The new issue will make its debut at Howard Days on June 12th.
If you can’t make it to Cross Plains, you can pre-order it
beginning today.
Orders will ship in late June. Price per copy is $21.00, plus
$4.00 for U.S. shipping and handling. Overseas orders require
additional postage, so email inquiries here for the overseas
shipping rates.
Contents include:
A full color cover by Bob Covington featuring Cormac
Fitzgeoffrey, inside front and back covers featuring scenes
from “The Black Stone” by Bryan “Zarono” Reagan and a back
cover by Stephen Fabian.
“The Cobra in the Dream” by Robert E. Howard, illustrated by Charles
Fetherolf
“Iron Man Roll Call” by Chris Gruber, illustrated by Clayton
Hinkle
“A Farewell to the Old West – The End of the “Old Frontier”—Robert
E. Howard’s ‘Old Garfield’s Heart’” by Dierk Guenther,
illustrated by Richard Pace
“The Hyborian Sage: Real-World Parallels Between Howard’s Essay
and Modern Discoveries” by Wm. Michael Mott, illustrated
by Robert Sankner
“Worms of the Earth: A Bran Mak Morn Portfolio” by Michael L.
Peters
“Not Your Ordinary Gun-Dummy: The Western Heroes of Robert E.
Howard” by James Reasoner, illustrated by Terry Plavet
“The Poetry Contest” by Rob Roehm
“Conan der Ubermensch” by David Scherpenhuizen, illustrated by
Bill Cavalier
As stated above the price is
$25.00, which includes U.S. postage and handling.
To Order by Mail and Pay with Check or Money Order,
Send Your Order To:
Damon C. Sasser
6402 Gardenspring Brook Lane
Spring, TX 77379
(Please make checks or money orders payable to Damon
C. Sasser.)
or Order and Pay Via PayPal.
Paypal ordering link is at the link
below.
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The Serial Squadron Cinema Cliffhanger
Archive
THE SPIDER'S WEB
Research copies are now available!
Archive DVD featuring Warren Hull -
15 Chapters (Complete)
One of the major original pulp heroes
comes to the screen in the greatest adaptation of pulp to
film ever created, featuring Warren Hull and Iris Meredith.
Consistently rated one of the top 5 cliffhanger serials
of all time by fans, and hugely influential. Source:
new digital transfer of 16mm original print,
complete, with generally excellent sharp picture
quality, restored picture element with stabilization,
exposure correction, and noise reduced audio.
Status: Restoration
complete, archive DVD requests are shipping now.
To request a research copy, click here.
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The Shadow - Under the
Blue Light - Now
online!
The Crime Clinic - New!
The Golden Grotto - New!
The Curse of Thoth
The Killer
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SIGNAL: A Sam Dryden
Novel - Coming July 7!
by Patrick Lee
From the bestselling author of RUNNER comes the
next thriller featuring Sam Dryden, in the series that has captured
the imagination of readers worldwide. In the middle of the
night, ex-Special Forces operative Sam Dryden gets a urgent
call from an old colleague, desperate for his help in a last-minute
secret mission. Without a moment's hesitation, Dryden agrees. The
two race to a remote shack in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas,
where they break in, rescue four kidnapped girls, then flee into
the hills just seconds ahead of the arriving police and FBI team.
It's then that Sam Dryden learns the real secret behind this mission.
His former teammate has been working security for an old friend whose
company discovered something, and developed a device around that
discovery, which had the power to change the course of history. But,
as Newton's laws predict, for every action, there is an equal and opposite
reaction. There are some very bad people determined to get their hands
on this device, and will stop at nothing to do so. This hidden group apparently
has the money, the connections, the men, and the material to accomplish
anything they want. Now the only thing standing in their way is Sam Dryden.
Series: A Sam Dryden Novel (Book 2)
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.6 x 0.8 inches
List Price: $25.99
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SWORDS OF SORROW #3 (OF 6)
- Arriving in comic shops July 8!
(Writer) Gail Simone (Art) Sergio Davila
(Covers) A: Tula Lotay; B: Emanuela Lupacchino
DYNAMITE'S FIERCEST FEMALES IN
THEIR BIGGEST EVENT EVER!
The genre-busting, time-hopping epic heroine crossover continues!
In the midst of WWII, reluctant allies Miss Fury and
the Black Sparrow are joined by an epic host of heroines from
different worlds and eras to fight an invasion taking place
right on Broadway! Featuring Red Sonja, Eva (the daughter
of Dracula), Lady Zorro, Red Sonja, and more! Don’t miss the
funnest, bawdiest, sword-slingingest crossover event ever!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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TARZAN - VERSUS THE NAZIS (Volume 3)
- November 3, 2015!
by Burne Hogarth
Following on from Tarzan in the City of Gold and Tarzan
Versus The Barbarians, Tarzan Versus The Nazis is the third of four
exclusive volumes authorized by the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate,
collecting the entire run of the legendary Tarzan comic strip by
one of the most influential artists of the 20th Century, Burne Hogarth
(with Don Garden).
Hardcover,176 pages
List Price: $39.95
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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.
A Corporate Dystopia for Today - New!
The Iron Heel and 1984-Part Seven - New!
The Iron Heel and 1984-Part Six
The Iron Heel and 1984-Part Five
Happy Flying Saucer Day!
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Terence McVicker,
Rare Books - Now online!
Terence McVicker has launched a new website. Every
month a new "theme" for the "Shoppe" will be announced.
For the inauguration of the grand opening, in addition to samplings
from "Shoppe stock," he is featuring a nice selection of Amateur
Journals of H. P. Lovecraft from the Hyman Bradofsky (The Californian)
Collection and fine, nearly complete collections of the works of
James P. Blaylock and Tim Powers, two of Fantasy & Science Fiction's
finest living writers! So don't dote on the dead, take a voyage
on an Elfin Ship, or step through the Anubis Gates and journey to
the furthest reaches of your imagination!
And be sure to read "FOTS" - Friends of the Shoppe - for important
book information!
New additions added every Sunday and every month a new theme!
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ThrillerFest IX
Grand Hyatt, New York City, July 7-11, 2015
ITW's annual celebration of the
thriller world is the largest event of its kind, a meeting place for
authors, readers, budding writers, and publishing industry professionals.
Welcome to ThrillerFest X! It’s hard
to believe that it has been ten years since we gathered
in Scottsdale, Arizona for our first conference back
in 2006.
To commemorate our special anniversary, we’ll be hosting
online events throughout the year culminating in a wonderful
celebration at the Grand Hyatt from July 7-11, 2015.
We’ll be honoring 2015 ThrillerMaster Nelson DeMille along
with 2015 Spotlight Guests Mark Billingham, Charlaine
Harris, and Greg Iles.
We’re also excited that 2014 ThrillerMaster Scott Turow and
2014 Silver Bullet Award recipient Brenda Novak will
be back to join us this year, along with 2015 Silver Bullet
Recipient Kathy Reichs.
You won’t want to miss this incredible line-up, so please
sign up today!
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Upcoming Modern Hero - Pulp Novels
by Christopher
R. Yates
(New publications to the list
are in bold)
Now available!
Batman: Arkham Knight: The Riddler’s
Gambit, Alex Irvine, Titan Books, Ltd., $7.99,
June 23, 2015
The Dragons of Heaven, Alyc Helms, Angry
Robot, $7.99, June 30, 2015
Coming soon!
Ant-Man: Natural Enemy, Jason
Starr, Marvel, $24.99, July 7, 2015
Batman Arkham Knight: The Official Novelization,
Marv Wolfman, Titan Books, Ltd., $7.99, July 21, 2015
Deadpool: Paws, Stefan Petrucha, Marvel,
$24.99, August 18, 2015
Arrow – Vengeance, Oscar Balderrama &
Lauren Certo, Titan Books, $7.99, September
29, 2015
Collision: Book 4, Secret World Chronicles, Mercedes
Lackey, et al., Baen, $7.99, September 29, 2015
Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits, David Wong, Thomas
Dunne Books, $26.99, October 6, 2015
Ghosts of Karnak, George Mann, Titan
Books, Ltd., $7.99, October 13, 2015
Wild Cards V: Down and Dirty, ed. George
R.R. Martin, Tor, $17.99, October 27, 2015
Wild Cards XXII: Lowball, ed. George R.R. Martin,
Tor, $8.99, November 3, 2015
Gladiator, Philip Wylie, Dover Publications, $9.95, November
18, 2015
Pax Britannia: The Ulysses Quicksilver
Omnibus Vol. 2, Jonathan Green, Abaddon, $14.99, December
2015
Wild Cards XXIII: High Stakes, ed. George
R.R. Martin, Tor, $25.99, December 2015
Powers: The Secret History of Deena Pilgrim,
Brian Michael Bendis & Neil Kleid, Thomas Dunne
Books, $25.99, January 5, 2016
Ex-Isle, Peter Clines, Broadway Books,
$14.00, January 12, 2016
Stiletto [sequel to The Rook], Daniel
O’Malley, Little, Brown & Co., $25.99, January
26, 2016
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The Weird Tales of Conan the Barbarian
- Coming March 16, 2016!
by Robert E. Howard
Before he conquered books, comics, and movies, Robert
E. Howard's immortal character Conan the Cimmerian was born in
the pages of the pulp magazine Weird Tales.
Reprinted as they originally appeared in that legendary publication
from 1934 to 1936, this ferocious anthology gathers many of the
barbarian's most famous adventures:
"Red Nails," "The Hour of the Dragon," "Queen of the Black Coast,"
and four others.
Paperback: 272 pages
$12.95
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