G-8 AND HIS BATTLE ACES #13 should be available in comic shops on July 28th.

Coming soon:
G-8 AND HIS BATTLE ACES #14 featuring The Mad Dog Squadron. (October 2004)
G-8 AND HIS BATTLE ACES #15 featuring The Blizzard Staffel.  (January 2005)

HIGH ADVENTURE #77 will be available in comic shops on July 21st.

Coming soon:
HIGH ADVENTURE #78 features high seas adventures!  (September 2004)
HIGH ADVENTURE #79 features the Phantom Detective in The Crime of Fu Kee Wong.  (November 2004)
HIGH ADVENTURE #80 features the Green Lama in Babies for Sale.  (January 2005)
HIGH ADVENTURE #81 features Kigor in Night of the Wasuli Death & The Monster of Voodoo Isle. (March 2005)
 

G-8 AND HIS BATTLE ACES #14 can be pre-ordered from the August PREVIEWS (available July 21st). 
The Diamond Item Code is AUG043255.

The Champion of Liberation triumphantly reappears at center stage! This classic character and his web of intriguing associates have been foiling diabolical evildoers since 1940, and in dozens of different "captivating" incarnations. The Master of Elusion, empowered by popular interest in Michael Chabon's Pulitzer-winning account of his creators, has evaded the shackles of history!

In our fourth fabulous issue, writer Stuart Moore (Lone) teams up with Astounding Space Thrills creator Steve Conley to present a glimpse of the future in "Escapist 3966"! Indie favorite Scott Morse beautifully illustrates Kevin McCarthy's story, "The Boy Who Would Be the Escapist," and Matt Kindt, creator of the critically celebrated Mephisto and Pistolwhip, shares the find of the decade with faithful fans: "Chain Reaction," a long-lost Escapist story that should never have existed! Also included for our lifelong enthusiasts and comics history buffs are the fascinating reflections of Roy Thomas, veteran comics scribe, on the Silver Age glory days of the Escapist.
On sale October 13, Soft Cover, 80 pages, Full Color, 7"x10", $8.95

ADVENTURES OF THE ESCAPIST #4 can be pre-ordered from the August PREVIEWS (available July 21st). 
The Diamond Item Code is AUG040015.

A new state-of-the-art digital transfer and reconstruction of one of the most popular serials of all time, in 10 chapters, tinted and with sound effects as presented in the re-release, and with a new musical score. 

This serial, a national sensation on its original release, has not been seen in serial form for many years. Adapted from the concluding chapters of Edgar Rice Burroughs' The Return of Tarzan, the serial's major players are Tarzan (Elmo Lincoln, in his second and final appearance as Tarzan), Jane (Louise Lorraine), Tarzan's arch enemy Rokoff and Queen La of Opar. Tarzan's companions are Tantor the elephant and two ape friends: a female called Ara and a male (from Opar) named Og. Tarzan, now allied with the French Secret Service, pursues his arch enemy, international criminal and blackmailer Rokoff (Frank Whitson) and his cohort, rogue French officer Gernot (George Momberg), who have come to Africa to plunder its treasures. Rokoff also steals from Tarzan the formula for a deadly gas and lusts after Jane (16 years old at the time of filming), complicating matters a great deal when he inscribes a map to the treasure room of the lost city of Opar on her back. After many adventures in the desert, jungle, and the city of Sagarone, the entire cast has it out in Opar under the eyes of Queen La (Lilian Worth), who wants Tarzan to lead her army of wild-men. Plenty of amazing stunts, earthquakes, fires, and deathtraps in this fast-paced serial involving live lions and other wild animals, and a memorable performance by the amazing vine-swinging, villain-bashing, chest-beating Elmo Lincoln, who had so much fun doing this he was willing to wrestle real lions onstage to promote the serial in 1921. Future Tarzan Frank Merrill appears in a "chorus" role in this serial as an Arab raider. 

This serial has been restored by The Serial Squadron where DVDs are presently being burned in preparation for shipment to customers.  Visit The Serial Squadron website for complete details and to order your copy today.

This book can be pre-ordered from the August PREVIEWS (available July 21st).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG043108 for the hard cover edition.
The Diamond Item Code is AUG043107 for the deluxe hard cover edition.

In the eight decades that have passed since prolific pulp writer Robert E. Howard created his seminal Sword and Sorcery adventurer, Conan, many other scribes have tried to recreate the passion and energy Howard infused into his stories.  Few have come as close as comics writer Roy Thomas did during his long and influential run on Marvel's monthly Conan the Barbarian series back in the 1970s. Collaborating with the most acclaimed and talented artists of the time, Thomas wove a narrative tapestry of action, intrigue, and heroism that's as powerful today as it was when it was published nearly 30 years ago. 

Featuring completely remastered color and text corrections, these stories have been unavailable in color since their original publication.  On sale November 24, Soft Cover, 160 pages, Full Color, 7" x 10", $15.95
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics

CHRONICLES OF CONAN VOL 6 can be pre-ordered from the August PREVIEWS (available July 21st). 
The Diamond Item Code is AUG040018 .

An enzyme that will dramatically prolong life has been discovered two thousand feet down in the North Atlantic, in an area known as "Lost City." But why are the people attempting to harvest it getting killed? Why are the scientists in a remote Greek laboratory disappearing one by one? What does this all have to do with a body found frozen in the ice high up in the Alps? To Kurt Austin, leader of NUMA's Special Assignments Team, and his colleague Joe Zavala, it's clear they have their work cut out for them, but it may be even bigger than they think-in fact, it may be their greatest challenge of all. 

Hardcover, 416 pages, $26.95, ISBN: 039915177X 

Once a slave, now an angry rebel, it’s Conan versus the full might of the sorcerous kingdom of Hyperborea! With the lives of his allies and his lover in the balance, the swordsman must triumph over the most ancient and corrupt kingdom of his world—or watch them die! Original Conan author Robert E. Howard showed that the barbarian held a deep hatred against this magical nation, and vowed one day to grind them into the dust. Now his reasons, and the grisly truth about Hyperborea’s most sacred rites, are finally revealed.

On sale July 28, Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics

On sale October 20, Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
CONAN #9 can be pre-ordered from the August PREVIEWS (available July 21st). 
The Diamond Item Code is AUG040016.

CTHULHU FOR PRESIDENT T-SHIRT can be pre-ordered from the August PREVIEWS (available July 21st). 
The Diamond Item Code is AUG044128.

CTHULHU PLASTIC Action Figure can be pre-ordered from the August PREVIEWS (available July 21st). 
The Diamond Item Code is AUG043804.

ShadowPDF:   Nothing new this week.

Blackmask Online: 
Doc Savage: The Angry Canary

Larry Estep-Online Pulps:    Now with over 400 stories online!
Nothing new this week.

ELRIC MAKING OF A SORCERER #2 can be pre-ordered from the August PREVIEWS (available July 21st).   The Diamond Item Code is AUG040426.

This promotion is effective immediately and will only last until INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES is released in a few weeks, so don't delay! 

Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) was author of one of the richest bodies of weird fiction in all literary history. H. P. Lovecraft regarded Blackwood as perhaps the greatest weird writer of his day and INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES (1914) as among Blackwood's finest works. This collection of five novellas not only presents weird scenarios of extraordinary richness, but also probes the characters' reactions to the bizarre with unfailing subtlety and acuteness. The result is a 
landmark in the history of weird fiction. This edition forms an integral part of our Lovecraft's Library series, and as usual, series editor S. T. Joshi provides a very fine introduction. 

http://www.hippocampuspress.com/lovecrafts_library/
http://www.hippocampuspress.com/lovecrafts_library/incredible_adventures.html

Online rumors that Pirates of the Caribbean scribe Stuart Beattie is working on a draft have persisted.  The previous draft, penned by Frank Darabont, was subsequently rejected by George Lucas.  He apparently felt that the character-driven story needed a faster pace.

A source told MovieHole  "Geoffrey is like a real-life Bond. He looks the part, too. He's a dashing upper-class restaurateur who lives a real jet-setting lifestyle. If anything, he is more like James Bond than his dad." 

CommanderBond.net reports: “Producer Barbara Broccoli became annoyed with Brosnan after he demanded a "Tom Cruise-level" paycheck for the next film and then publicly complained about being "snubbed". Upon learning that the producers were beginning to search elsewhere for their 007, Brosnan reportedly changed his tune, but it appears he missed his chance. …the script penned by screenwriters Robert Wade and Neal Purvis (erroneously referred to in the article as "Andrew Neal") is ready and signals a change of direction for the series. Purvis and Wade reportedly convinced Barbara Broccoli that the avenue to take for Bond 21 was that of an "old-style" Bond flick, as opposed to a special-effects-driven blockbuster. "Without all the special effects, the film will work best with a young, fresh actor," explains the insider. "Andrew and Robert have at last persuaded everyone at the production company, Eon, that a traditional Bond is the way forward. So now it looks like Brosnan's services won't be required." Whilst it is hard to believe that these two relatively new members of the Bond family have enough clout to persuade Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson to shift their focus for Bond 21, if a falling-out has occurred between Brosnan and the producers, there may not be much persuading needed after all.” 

JAMES BOND: GOLDFINGER can be pre-ordered from the August PREVIEWS (available July 21st).   The Diamond Item Code is AUG042947.

The mad Lord Dynamo has offered a devil's bargain to mankind: He will cure the world's ills, but only if Green Lantern surrenders his Power Ring and Starman relinquishes his Gravity Rod. Will the rest of the nation turn against the Justice Society of America? 

40 pages, $3.50, in stores on October 20. 

JSA STRANGE ADVENTURES #3 can be pre-ordered from the August PREVIEWS (available July 21st). 
The Diamond Item Code is AUG040398.

It's one month after the events in LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN VOL. 1, and the skies over England are filled with flaming rockets as Mars launches the first salvo of an invasion. Only our stalwart adventurers — Allan Quatermain, Mina Harker, Captain Nemo, Hawley Griffin, and Mr. Edward Hyde — can save mother England and the very Earth itself. But there are many startling revelations along the way, including the blossoming of love and the uncovering of a traitor in their midst!

228 pages, Softcover, Full Color, $14.95

A softcover edition of the acclaimed original hardcover graphic novel. When young Howard Phillips Lovecraft becomes the reluctant guardian of the Necronomicon, his life veers into strange territory. Lovecraft maintains a tenuous balance between reality and the bizarre nightmares of his "fictional" horror. 

144 pages, $17.95, in stores on October. 27.

LOVECRAFT can be pre-ordered from the August PREVIEWS (available July 21st). 
The Diamond Item Code is AUG040457.

Hounds Of Hell by Ron Fortier & Gordon Linzner with spot illustrations provided by Rob Davis, Jim Schumaker and Bradley Walton is a classic pulp tale in 29 chapters.  Chapter 26, Angel Makes Amends, is now available on the Modern Pulp website. Visit the Modern Pulp website at http://www.modernpulp.com/ to read this new adventure.

Hounds Of Hell is copyright © 2003 Ron Fortier and Gordon Linzner.

32 pages, Full Color, $2.95

The acclaimed series continues! Greenwich Village, New York City; the hub of the world. Elijah Snow has come here to take a trip through inner universes, looking for the invisible forces that hold us all together, for a way to defeat the three remaining members of the Four.  32 pages, $2.95, in stores on October 27. 

PLANETARY #21 can be pre-ordered from the August PREVIEWS (available July 21st). 
The Diamond Item Code is AUG040442.

Also: What was Frederick Faust up to on June 14, 1941? Find out at The Pulp Rack:
http://pulprack.com/arch/000193.html#000193

Enjoy! And thanks again for your patronage.
Duane Spurlock, proprietor, The Pulp Rack

This book can be pre-ordered from the August PREVIEWS (available July 21st). 
The Diamond Item Code is AUG043109.

In the action-thriller, famous scientists around the world have mysteriously disappeared and Chronicle reporter Polly Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow) along with ace aviator Sky Captain (Jude Law) are on the investigation. Risking their lives as they travel to exotic places around world, can the fearless duo stop Dr. Totenkopf, the evil mastermind behind a plot to destroy the earth? Aided by Franky Cook (Angelina Jolie), commander of an all-female amphibious squadron, and technical genius Dex (Giovanni Ribisi), Polly and Sky Captain may be our planet's only hope.
Click here to see the trailer and clip.

The bizarre time distortions worsen as the mysterious craft nears Terra Obscura. Tom Strange, while preparing to leave Earth, comes into contact with some old allies...and one nasty villain. 

32 pages, $2.95, in stores on October 20.

TERRA OBSCURA VOL 2 #3 can be pre-ordered from the August PREVIEWS (available July 21st). 
The Diamond Item Code is AUG040445.

Part 1 of a fantastic 2-part story by two of comics' most exciting creators! Tom Strong's feats of bravery are world-renowned, but what if he weren¹t the idol of millions? If he didn't ascend to the role of hero, where would he be?

32 pages, $2.95, in stores on October 13.

TOM STRONG #29 can be pre-ordered from the August PREVIEWS (available July 21st). 
The Diamond Item Code is AUG040446.

Animation superstar Bruce Timm tackles a tantalizing Tesla tale, while Jonni Future is pencilled with manic glee by Chris Weston and embellished with élan by arty Arthur Adams. All this plus a tale of Young Tom Strong, illustrated by Alan Weiss abetted by Andrew Pepoy!

32 pages, Full Color, $2.95

Alan Moore¹s hero of Millennium City shines in this hardcover collecting Tom Strong's Terrific Tales #1-6. This volume features Strong in space-faring action, the debut of sexy heroine Jonni Future, and a tale of Young Tom Strong. 
176 pages, $24.95, in stores on October 27. 
 

TOM STRONGS TERRIFIC TALES VOL 1 can be pre-ordered from the August PREVIEWS (available July 21st). The Diamond Item Code is AUG040447.

Episodes on this release are: 
Disc 1 - SIDE A: Liberation Day, Dreadnought, The Deception, The Sanction. 
Disc 1 - SIDE B: Visitor's Choice, The Overlord, The Dissident. 
Disc 2 - SIDE A: Reflections in Terror, The Conversion, The Hero. 
Disc 2 - SIDE B: The Beytrayal, The Rescue. The Champion 
Disc 3 - SIDE A: The Wildcats, The Littlest Dragon, War of Illusions. 
Disc 3 - SIDE B: The Secret Underground, The Return, Breakout. 

Note that the episode "Breakout" was actually supposed to be the 3rd one shown in the series, but was originally pulled because it was considered too violent for the audience, which consisted of many younger viewers. It was first broadcast when the series was in network reruns, and so it is "correctly" placed on the DVD set in it's actual "airdate" order. Chronologically, though, it will make more sense to watch that episode between "Dreadnaught" and "The Deception". The only confusing thing after that is the redundancy of a new character being introduced "twice".

The series is being correctly presented as originally broadcast: in 1.33:1 "fullscreen" video. Audio is the original 1.0 Mono as well. English, French, and Spanish subtitles are available, and it is closed captioned for the hearing impaired. The running time is 897 minutes. The packaging is going to be a "digi-pack" case, similar to V: The Final Battle.  There are no extras announced for this release.

ALTER EGO #38 retails for $5.95 and is now available in comic shops.
ALTER EGO can also be ordered from the publisher, TwoMorrows.

This is a 68-page magazine, color covers, printed on newsprint (and in a special edition on book paper, with extra content -- a serialized novel by J. Allan Dunn -- at slightly higher price.)

The contents of the first issue include:
Columns:
THE BLOTTER, by the Editor 
This is the editor’s fifth magazine—and the most fun of all!

EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS, by Mike Resnick
Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Man Who Held the Hero’s Horse . . .

THE PULP REPRINTS OF HUGH B. CAVE, by Mike Chomko
Pulp expert Chomko looks at Hugh B. Cave’s recent publications.

ADVENTURE TALES TALKS WITH HUGH B. CAVE
Author of more than one thousand stories, Cave is a legend in the field.

THE MORGUE
Letters from our readers

Fiction: 
SKULLS, by H. Bedford Jones
Three explorers lost to savages . . . two bowls made from human skulls . . . and one gruesome revenge!

UNDER THE FLAME TREES, by H. de Vere Stacpoole
Armand Duplissis sailed to New Caledonia to break his brother from prison . . . at any cost!

RATS ASHORE, by Charles C. Young
After it finished off the rats, a writhing death came for the men . . .

THE EVIL EYE, by Vincent Starrett
A detective named Lavender vs. the mystic powers of the East—and bank robbery!

“WATSON!” by Captain A. E. Dingle
Sherlock Holmes finds a most unusual case aboard the steam yacht Vagrant . . .

ISLAND FEUD, by Hugh B. Cave
In port after port, in lie after lie, the island trader had done his best to destroy Harty. Now he had a chance to finish the job — if he could!

THE MAN WHO COULDN’T DIE, by Hugh B. Cave
He was a beachcomber, a despised tropical tramp. She was a freak product of some teeming oriental slum, lovely, half-starved and wholly savage. Together they faced the mystery, the terror, and the stalking horror of Fortune Island!

Verse: 
BRITANNIA VICTURA, by H. P. Lovecraft
THE SKULL IN THE CLOUDS, by Robert E. Howard
THE SINGER IN THE MIST, by Robert E. Howard
EXOTIQUE, by Clark Ashton Smith
AN OPEN WINDOW, by Robert E. Howard
BY ANOTHER SEA, by George Sterling
SOUTHWARD BOUND, by Edmund Leamy
OLD SONGS MODERNIZED, by Corine Rockwell Swain
TO ONE WHO GOES ABROAD, by Barry Kemp
THE STREAM, by Clinton Scollard

ADVENTURE TALES is available by subscription only from Wildside Press
Newsprint edition: 4-issues for $19.95
Bookpaper edition: 4-issues for $36.00

ADVENTURE TALES #1 (Book paper edition) can be ordered from Mike Chomko.
Contact Mike by email at chomko@enter.net to check availability.
Orders over $30 are discounted 10% and shipped postpaid.
Orders under $30 are no discount and add $2 for shipping and handling.
Michael Chomko, 2217 W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA  18104-6542 

In this third issue, Brian Vaughan pens the captivating story, To Reign in Hell, told in classic 1940s style, and former Swamp Thing artist Roger Petersen richly illustrates this spotlight on Big Al. Marv Wolfman writes Heil and Fear Well, a story in the infamous EC horror style With art by veteran cartoonist Joe Staton and indie stalwart Bob Sikoryak, this tale of nefarious post-war Nazis shocks and chills. Finally, the mysterious powers of Luna Moth may be up for grabs ... is our favorite mild-mannered librarian worthy of them? Kevin McCarthy and Dean Haspiel serve up a tribute to Jack Kirby's 1960s Marvel work in The Trial of Judy Dark. Don't miss out on this thrilling third issue of the (now back on schedule!) quarterly anthology MICHAEL CHABON PRESENTS THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF THE ESCAPIST, edited by the dynamic duo of Schutz and Chabon! 

Publisher: Dark Horse Comics, 80 pages, $8.95

There will be two other books in the Bison series, a complete collection of Howard's Oriental historicals (LORD OF SAMARCAND AND 
OTHER ORIENTAL TALES), edited by Rusty Burke with an introduction by Patrice Louinet, and a collection of fantasy and weird fiction set in the Americas (the title is not yet set), edited with an introduction by Steve Tompkins.

Thanks to Rusty Burke for the information.

This is a July 2004 release from TOR books as a 272 page paperback (ISBN: 0765343886).

THE DANGER ZONE is the 13th in the Crippen & Landru “Lost Classics” series and the first of our series of Erle Stanley Gardner collections. The volume is edited by the modern master of the private-eye story, Bill Pronzini. 

Clothbound (ISBN: 1-932009-22-1) $29.00. 
Trade softcover (ISBN: 1-932009-23-1X) $19.00. 
The Crippen & Landru website is now secure for online ordering. 

ShadowPDF:   Nothing new this week.

Blackmask Online: 
Doc Savage: No Light to Die By
Doc Savage: Colors for Murder
Doc Savage: The Monkey Suit 

Larry Estep-Online Pulps:    Now with over 400 stories online!
Nothing new this week.

This is a 432 page trade paperback for $14. ISBN: 0743493001

EDGAR ALLAN POE - Some Words with a Mummy
Poe's satiric tale adapted by Rod Lott and illustrated by Kevin Atkinson

H.P. LOVECRAFT - The Thing on the Doorstep
Obsession, possession and terror by Michael Manning

SAKI - The Open Window
An impressionable man meets The Bad Seed, illustrated by Gabrielle Bell

W.W. JACOBS - The Monkey's Paw
Nothing comes for free, as illustrated by John Pierard

BRET HARTE - Selina Sedilia
A gothic farce from the great Western author, adapted by Antonella Caputo and illustrated by Nick Miller

JACK LONDON - Keesh, Son of Keesh
Terror on the Tundra, illustrated by "Johnny Jihad" creator Ryan Inzana

OLIVE SCHREINER - In a Far-Off World
A nightmare fantasy by the South African author, illustrated by Jackie Smith

HOWARD GARIS - Professor Jonkin's Cannibal Plant
The precursor to "Little Shop of Horrors" from the creator of "Uncle Wiggly", rendered in comics by Onsmith Jeremi

BALZAC - The Thing at Ghent
A horrific tale retold in one page by Mark Dancey

FITZ-JAMES O'BRIEN - A Day Dream
A simple "what-if" goes to extremes, as pictured by Milton Knight

CLARK ASHTON SMITH - The Beast of Averoigne
Medieval terror adapted by Rod Lott and illustrated by Richard Jenkins

Three S. F. novels by J. U. Giesy:
Palos of the Dog Star Pack from ALL-STORY July 13 to August 10, 1918
The Mouthpiece of Zitu from ALL-STORY July 5 to August 2, 1919
Jason, Son of Jason from ALL-STORY April 16 to May 21, 1921
One of the earliest Edgar Rice Burroughs pastiches about a man who uses astral projection to journey to the planet Palos and begin a new life there, and win a princess.  All the chapters as they originally appeared in the pulp magazine ARGOSY ALL-STORY WEEKLY. Each reprint is 100 to 120 pages in length with a full color cover from the pulp featuring chapter one of the serial.  Back covers are from the FAMOUS FANTASTIC MYSTERIES reprints.  Each facsimile is 8.5 by 11 in size and has the original pages enlarged 20%.  Each facsimile reprint is $25.  Shipping is $7 priority mail or $3 media mail.  Add $1.00 shipping for each additional reprint.

The last eight issues of THE THRILL BOOK:
Available now are facsimile photocopy reprints of the last eight issues of THE THRILL BOOK, beginning with the July 1, 1919 issue.  This issue is regarded as the first "new look" issue which set the tone of fantasy and science fiction content for the remainder of the magazines short run.  Each issue is 8.5 by 11 in size, 160 pages, side-stapled with full color front and back covers. Shipping is $8 priority mail or $3 media mail. Add $1.00 shipping for each additional reprint.

Jim Van Hise, 57754 Onaga Trail, Yucca Valley, CA 92284. 
Check, money order, or PayPal: Jimvanhise@aol.com

JUDGMENT NIGHT is 352 pages for $39.95.
Each limited edition "facsimile" reprint volume is a complete reproduction of the original first edition, and includes a full-color dust jacket, protective slipcase, and biographical information about the author.

CHILDREN OF THE ATOM by Wilmar Shiras, also featuring material from ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION magazine is also now available. Originally published by Gnome Press in 1953, 224 Pages, $39.95. 

All Red Jacket Press titles are available from Pathway Book Service at 1-800-345-6665.
JUDGMENT NIGHT and CHILDREN OF THE ATOM can also be ordered from Mike Chomko.
Contact Mike by email at chomko@enter.net to check availability.
Orders over $30 are discounted 10% and shipped postpaid. 
For shipments to Canada, please add $4 to your order.
Orders under $30 are no discount and add $3 ($5 for Canada) for shipping and handling.
Mike accepts cash payments (but not credit card payments) through Paypal at chomko@enter.net.
Checks and money orders can be sent to Michael Chomko, 2217 W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA  18104-6542 

1.  Hannes Bok - portrait of green alien girl with reddish hair, used as the back cover to WHISPERS March 1982.  I bought this from 
Illustration House this past February and it can be seen as lot 25 in their February 2004 auction catalog.

2.  Frank Kelly Freas - unpublished piece, with note that it's from 1948 or 1949; depicts a woman being chased by an alien; they're both mounted on alien horse-like creatures.

3.  Tim Truman - interior art from the story "The Hedge Knight" by George R.R. Martin; this depicts a young man sitting, head down, holding a sword.

4.  Artist unknown - illustration to part 3 of "Minions of Mars" by William Grey Beyer from ARGOSY 1/27/40; 2 men swordfighting, in background are 2 guards at a table and a prisoner behind bars.

5.  Artist unknown - illustration to part 5 of "Minions of Mars" by William Grey Beyer from ARGOSY 2/10/40; group battle scene, central figure has an axe, the others have swords.

Scans of the lost artwork are posted at http://www.windycitypulpandpaper.com/lostart.htm along with an email address to contact Doug.  Doug is offering a reward for the artworks return. 

THE COMPLEAT MOON MAN by Frederick C. Davis 
The Moon Man was Stephen Thatcher, the son of the city police chief, Peter Thatcher. Stephen was a 25-year-old police Sergeant with what seemed to be a normal life, including a fiancee (the gutsy Sue McEwen, an amateur sleuth who often got involved in the Moon Man’s cases) and friends. But at night he put on a domed helmet (with one-way Argus glass) and a long black cloak and did the Robin Hood thing, robbing from the criminals to pay the poor.  This two volume set will include all of the Moon Man stories ever published.  The price is $175. 

Click here or on the image at the right for a larger image.

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

Lost Treasures from the Pulps are also available from Mike Chomko.
Mike Chomko ordering information:
Orders over $30 are discounted 10% and shipped postpaid. 
For shipments to Canada, please add $4 to your order.
Orders under $30 are no discount and add $3 ($5 for Canada) for shipping and handling.
Mike accepts cash payments (but not credit card payments) through Paypal at chomko@enter.net.
Checks and money orders can be sent to Michael Chomko, 2217 W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA  18104-6542 
Contact Mike by email at chomko@enter.net.

Enjoy! And thanks again for your patronage.
Duane Spurlock, proprietor, The Pulp Rack

Each book is a complete and unabridged reprint of the original novel, and features new cover art and interior illustrations by Hugo Award-winning artist Ron Miller, and a new introduction by the Author.

These books will be available individually in paperback, but available in hardcover only as a limited edition of 250 sets, packaged in a deluxe slipcase, with each enclosed book individually numbered and signed by the author on a special bound-in plate. Both versions will be introduced and available first at Worldcon in September (where an exhibit on E.E. "Doc" Smith's work is planned), and author David A. Kyle will be available at our dealers' table to sign copies of the book.  The prices are have not been determined yet.  More details to come!

These titles can be pre-ordered from Mike Chomko.
Orders over $30 are discounted 10% and shipped postpaid. 
For shipments to Canada, please add $4 to your order.
Orders under $30 are no discount and add $3 ($5 for Canada) for shipping and handling.
Mike accepts cash payments (but not credit card payments) through Paypal at chomko@enter.net.
Checks and money orders can be sent to Michael Chomko, 2217 W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA  18104-6542 
Contact Mike by email at chomko@enter.net to reserve a copy.

TREASURE OF TARTARY can also be ordered from Mike Chomko.
Contact Mike by email at chomko@enter.net to check availability.
Orders over $30 are discounted 10% and shipped postpaid.
Orders under $30 are no discount and add $2 for shipping and handling.
Michael Chomko, 2217 W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA  18104-6542

It's no secret that a hefty helping of Robert Bloch's fiction remains unreprinted or uncollected since its original publication in pulp magazines, digests and anthologies of original stories. What many readers don't know is how good much of this fiction is. These stories run the full gamut of genres for which Bloch wrote--fantasy, horror, science fiction, mystery--and all showcase Bloch's inimitable style. We can't presume to know why Bloch never collected them in his lifetime, even though he sanctioned the reprinting of some in anthologies. Possibly, he felt they didn't fit the scheme of specific books. Regardless, the stories provide interesting snapshots of Bloch's career at the time they were written, and the evolution of story markets where they appeared.

This is planned to be the first book in a series of two or three volumes collecting unreprinted Bloch short fiction from such pulps as AMAZING, STARTLING STORIES, FANTASTIC ADVENTURES, DIME MYSTERY, DETECTIVE TALES and MAMMOTH  MYSTERY. Only 750 copies of this first volume are being done, so get your reservations in now. The limited edition retails for $40 and the lettered edition retails for $150.

You can reserve a copy on the Subterranean Press website where the complete contents are listed.
This title can also be pre-ordered from Mike Chomko.
Orders over $30 are discounted 10% and shipped postpaid. 
For shipments to Canada, please add $4 to your order.
Orders under $30 are no discount and add $3 ($5 for Canada) for shipping and handling.
Mike accepts cash payments (but not credit card payments) through Paypal at chomko@enter.net.
Checks and money orders can be sent to Michael Chomko, 2217 W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA  18104-6542 
Contact Mike by email at chomko@enter.net to reserve a copy.

The Monster of Voodoo Isle - Power-mad M'membo had united the fifty tribes of the fierce Bantu bowmen.  Bewitching, raven-haired Tabitha, pagan goddess, was spurring them to battle pitch.  But how could Ki-Gor, great white lord of all the jungles, move against them when his very first step meant death to his golden mate, Helene, a fated prisoner of his jackal-like twosome?

G-8 #15 will feature The Blizzard Staffel.  Cut off from Allied lines, the 162nd American division was in a death spot.  There was only one way of reaching them—and that was by air.  But it was practically impossible to fly through the blizzard even then raging along the front.  Yet G-8 and his buddies defied doom to try to work out a suicide plan to rescue thousands of Yanks!  G-8 #15 ships in January 2005.

Previously announced and coming soon:
HIGH ADVENTURE #77 features the Green Ghost in The Case of the Clumsy Cat.  (July 2004)
HIGH ADVENTURE #78 features high seas adventures!  (September 2004)
HIGH ADVENTURE #79 features the Phantom Detective in The Crime of Fu Kee Wong.  (November 2004)
HIGH ADVENTURE #80 features the Green Lama in Babies for Sale.  (January 2005)

G-8 AND HIS BATTLE ACES #13 featuring The Spider Staffel.  (July 2004)
G-8 AND HIS BATTLE ACES #14 featuring The Mad Dog Squadron.   (October 2004)

Boxing Stories
by Robert E. Howard Edited and with an introduction by Chris Gruber
Hardcover $29.95  ISBN : 0-8032-2423-0
Paperback $14.95  ISBN : 0-8032-7352-5
http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/bookinfo/4751.html

The End of the Trail Western Stories 
by Robert E. Howard Edited and with an introduction by Rusty Burke
Hardcover $35.00  ISBN : 0-8032-2423-0
Paperback $17.95  ISBN : 0-8032-7352-5
http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/bookinfo/4787.html

The Riot at Bucksnort and Other Western Tales 
by Robert E. Howard Edited and with an introduction by David Gentzel
Hardcover $29.95  ISBN : 0-8032-2425-7
Paperback $14.95  ISBN : 0-8032-7354-1
http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/bookinfo/4779.html

Suspense-filled thrills! Laugh-out-loud humor! And some of the sharpest-tongued proverbs ever uttered in the Western world! This Chanthology boasts the best adventures of the greatest detective ever to unravel a wartime mystery or foil a high-profile heist: the inimitable Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler)!

The 6-disc set includes The Chinese Cat, Charlie Chan in the Secret Service, The Jade Mask, Meeting at Midnight, The Shanghai Cobra and The Scarlet Clue.  Each of these films will also be available separately for $14.95 each. All are in their original full frame aspect ratio with mono audio.

Visit THE CIMMERIAN website at http://www.thecimmerian.com/

The Official Robert E. Howard online store is giving away a limited number of the 32 page illustrated book THE ILLUSTRATED WORLD OF ROBERT E. HOWARD with any order for the Limited Edition of CONAN OF CIMMERIA Volume 2. Plus, if you order now you will receive FREE SHIPPING in the US. 

Visit the links below for more info and to order. 
The bookstore also has 12 images from THE ILLUSTRATED WORLD OF ROBERT E. HOWARD posted online.
http://www.rehoward.com/conan2/index.html 
http://www.rehoward.com/bookstore.aspx 

ShadowPDF:   Nothing new this week.

Blackmask Online: 
Doc Savage:  The Screaming Man
Doc Savage:  Measures for a Coffin
Doc Savage:  Five Fathoms Dead
Doc Savage:  Se-Pah-Poo
Doc Savage:  The Pure Evil
Doc Savage:  The Disappearing Lady
Doc Savage:  The Devil is Jones
Doc Savage:  Target for Death
Doc Savage:  Death in Little Houses
Doc Savage:  The Exploding Lake
Doc Savage:  Death is a Round Black Spot
Doc Savage:  The Thing That Pursued

Larry Estep-Online Pulps:    Now with over 400 stories online!
No Cause For Alarm by John L. Benton from DETECTIVE NOVELS [April 1938]
Patrolman Tim Brady Is Torn Between Fire and Loot--and Finds the Answer to a Riddle!
Live Bait by Harley L. Court from SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES [November 1935]
Minor (spicy) classic; mistaken identities in flimsy pajamas.

The new artwork is by Jeff Doten and you can view all the new artwork pieces on Jeff's website at http://www.jeffdoten.com.  Jeff works in both acrylics and digital media with a focus in science fiction and fantasy art.  He is presently working on a short, heavily illustrated novel set in 1928, The Fire Gods of Venus. Artwork from The Fire Gods of Venus is also on display on the website.  Stop by for look.

The price: $40 postpaid in the United States, $44 postpaid in Canada and $55 postpaid for the rest of the world. 
The pre-publication order deadline is August 30, 2004. 
The publication date is September 31, 2004. 
You can order online at the ERBville Press website at http://www.angelfire.com/film/locationbooks/sept.htm

BEHIND THE MASK #69 featuring:
Ki-Gor and the Cannibal Kingdom by John Peter Drummond 
  Originally published in JUNGLE STORIES, Summer 1940 V1 N6
Elephant Law by Paul Annixter -  Originally published in JUNGLE STORIES
Tomorrow by Leo Zagat - Originally published in ARGOSY, May 27, 1939
Front Cover by Ron Wilber

DETECTIVE MYSTERY STORIES #50 featuring The Mystery on Logan Lane by Eugene C. Flinn, Electric Dreamland by Tom Condacure, Identity by Kenneth M Austin, and The Pharoh's Chickens (Part 2 of 5) by Don Wynne.

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

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

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

Girasol Collectables Inc. is pleased to announce our three new Pulp Replicas for the month of July. Anyone that purchases all three of this month's Replicas will pay a reduced price of $85 versus the actual total of $95.  Girasol Collectables will be at PulpCon later in the month and will honour the monthly special at the show for those that plan to attend. See you in Dayton!

Just a note of trivia for our REH fans that have purchased the Howard SPICY ADVENTURE Replicas, the pen name Sam Walser comes from Howard's great-great grandfather, Samuel Walser.

We lead off the month with the next issue of THE SPIDER featuring City of Flaming Shadows. The date is January 1934, issue #4. 

Our second Replica this month is the July 1936 issue of SPICY MYSTERY, Her Demon Lover.

Girasol is also pleased to offer another bedsheet WEIRD TALES. March 1924 is the date, featuring another Houdini cover and also containing HP Lovecraft's The Rats in the Walls. This is issue #11 and will allow those with our
previous issues to complete three serials and add another part of Draconda to their repertoire. 

Coming Soon:  SPICY DETECTIVE #2 (First Dan Turner), SPIDER #5 and up, TERROR TALES #5 and up.

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

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

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

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

ORIENTAL STORIES ($25 each postpaid within North America)
#1  (Oct./Nov. 1930) featuring the Robert E. Howard story, TheVoice of El-Lil.

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

SPICY ADVENTURE  ($25 each postpaid within North America)
#8   (May 1935) featuring a Great Middle Eastern motif cover
#19 (April 1936) featuring She Devil by Robert E. Howard (writing as Sam Walser) 
#22 (July 1936) featuring a Parkhurst cover
#26 (November 1936)

SPICY DETECTIVE  ($25 each postpaid within North America)
#7   (November 1934)
#10 (February 1935)
#17 (September 1935) featuring Dan Turner and a terrific HJ Ward cover
#20 (December 1935) featuring a HJ Ward cover and a Dan Turner story
#30 (October 1936) featuring an incredible, truly classic HJ Ward cover
#76 (August 1940) featuring a great HJ Ward cover, Dan Turner, Eel stories

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

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

THE SPIDER  ($35 each postpaid within North America)
#1  The Spider Strikes! (October 1933)
#2  The Wheel of Death (November 1933)
#3  Wings of the Black Death (December 1933)
#4  City of Flaming Shadows (January 1934)

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

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

WEIRD TALES  ($35 each postpaid within North America)
#1   March 1923
Available in 2 cover choices: the 'regular' cover, or the recently discovered 'rarer' version.
Exactly the same, except the black and orange of the cover illustration are switched.
#2   April 1923
#5   July/August 1923
#9   December 1923/January 1924 
#10 February 1924
#11 March 1924
#12 April 1924

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

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

INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES
By Algernon Blackwood
Introduction by S. T. Joshi
June: ISBN 0-9748789-0-1: 224 pages: Pb: $15.00

Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) was author of one of the richest bodies of weird fiction in all literary history. H. P. Lovecraft regarded Blackwood as perhaps the greatest weird writer of his day and Incredible Adventures (1914) as among Blackwood's finest works. This collection of five novellas not only presents weird scenarios of extraordinary richness, but also probes the characters' reactions to the bizarre with unfailing subtlety and acuteness. The result is a landmark in the history of weird fiction. This edition forms an integral part of our Lovecraft's Library series, and as usual, series editor S. T. Joshi provides a very fine introduction.

THE EVOLUTION OF THE WEIRD TALE by S.T. Joshi is nearly ready to go to the printer. This collection of trenchant essays will doubtless appeal to all weird fiction enthusiasts! S. T. Joshi, a leading authority on supernatural literature, traces the development of the weird form. Examining the entire weird output of authors from the "Golden Age" of 1880-1940 as well as contemporaries such as Rod Serling and Poppy Z. Brite, Joshi attempts to grasp their overall literary aims and purposes. Also provided is a special section on Lovecraft and his influence, featuring diverse articles not collected elsewhere.

Remember, by placing an advance order for the Loveman collection OUT OF THE IMMORTAL NIGHT, you will be automatically entered in the contest to win a first edition of Samuel Loveman's THE HERMAPHRODITE, printed by W. Paul Cook's Recluse Press (Athol MA, 1926) in a limited edition of 350 copies. So far, very few people have entered the contest, meaning that those who do have a decent chance of winning! 

Unfortunately, Hippocampus Press will no longer be publishing Richard Tierney's novel DRUMS OF CHAOS. We wish the author every success in getting this novel published, and we do hope to work with him on another project in the future.

Visit the Hippocampus Press website at http://www.hippocampuspress.com/

LOCUS online published the following:
Horror writer Hugh B. Cave, born 1910, died June 27. Cave published stories in pulp magazines beginning in 1929, and wrote at least 45 books from 1942 through 2003, including 1977 World Fantasy Award winning collection MURGUNSTRUMM AND OTHERS.  He received a Bram Stoker Life Achievement Award in 1990, a World Fantasy Special Convention Award in 1996, a Living Legend Award from the International Horror Guild in 1997, and a World Fantasy Life Achievement Award in 1998.  The Official Hugh B. Cave website is at http://www.hughcave.com/

The Arnold Fans put in a call to the John Milius camp to see what was up and learned that Arnold called John Milius about three or four months ago and ASKED JOHN TO WAIT for him according to a source close to Milius.  John Milius is still unsure if he wants to wait a couple more years for Arnold to return or if he should have wrestling star Triple H fill his boots and begin filming sooner. Although Arnold asked Milius to wait for him, Arnold is still not 100 percent sure if this will be his last term. If the constitution changes, I am told Arnold said he will seriously consider running for president. One way or another, Arnold will be “king”.

Another interesting bit of news is that WB’s Conan rights are expiring soon and if they do not renew the rights, Milius may go venture into new waters. Currently Milius is working with Electronic Arts, a billion dollar video game company, on a Conan video game. If WB passes, we may see Electronic Arts buying the rights to the “King Conan: Crown of Iron” MOVIE!

"Early Edition" star Kyle Chandler has also joined the cast. He'll play a 1930s B-movie actor opposite Watts' character, Ann Darrow. 

Andy Serkis is providing the reference for the character of Kong, who will be a completely CGI character, as well as playing the role of Lumpy the cook. Jackson said he is excited to work with Hanks and Chandler. 
Source: Moviehole

The second confirmed Guest is Don Hutchison who began having articles about pulps and pulp heroes published more than 40 years ago. Since then he has become a leading anthologist, writer, editor and publisher about pulps.

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

Directions: From the Dayton Convention Center  come over 4 blocks and turn right (east) onto First Street, continuing as it  becomes Springfield Street, on past the Air Force Museum and up the short hill  under the railway bridge.  Still continue on toward Fairborn (the Air Force  Base is on your left at this point), and just inside the city limits go just  past the abandoned movie theater on your right (tallest structure on that  street) to the streetlight and turn right (Main Street)... this is the first  turn you need to make since you got on First Street in downtown Dayton.   Main Street is only a few blocks long-- we're on the right (comics &  collectibles shop) and left (gaming division) just before the huge flag in the  center of town... all in all about 10-15 minutes from Pulpcon depending upon  traffic.  (You can also use Third Street instead of First, as long as you  eventually take the "V" to the left which is Springfield Street).

We are offering a 15% discount off all collectibles (back-issue comics,  pulps, paperbacks, collectible hardbacks, movie posters, magazines) during  PulpCon (sorry-- this is the best we can do this year, regardless of quantity  purchased).  In addition to about 25 long-boxes of miscellaneous pulps, I  will be breaking open the vault and putting my personal collection up for sale--  about 200 pulps including some of the rarest issues on the planet, a few select  high-grades, "hot" cover art issues, and misc. oddities.  Many of these  were purchased at premium prices and so it comes with fair warning these may not  be as "reasonably" priced as is typical of our general stock (though the 15%  discount still applies).  These items will NOT be made available for  mail-order or reserve until AFTER Pulpcon-- I simply won't have time to deal  with it, as I will be pricing these right up until that morning... begining that  Wednesday they are offered on a first-come first-serve basis.  In addition  I will be making available as many early and pulp-related paperbacks as I can  get to, a newly acquired collection of 50+ Arkham House editions, plus  pulp-author hardbacks, limited/signed editions, and of course a room-full of  gold & silver-age comics ranging from $1.25 cheap-reads to Marvel Comics #1  and lots 'o stuff inbetween.

I'm looking forward to seeing any and all that can make it up this way (no  purchase required-- really) and will make it to the show myself when I can get  free.  I also believe that Bonnett's will have some new stock available as  well, so there should be lots of pulps in the Dayton area this year!  -- Tim Cottrill

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

Enjoy! And thanks again for your patronage.
Duane Spurlock, proprietor, The Pulp Rack

Retail Price: $14.97
 

Collected in this volume, lavishly illustrated by award-winning artist Gary Gianni, are all of the stories and poems that make up the thrilling saga of the dour and deadly Puritan, Solomon Kane. Together they constitute a sprawling epic of weird fantasy adventure that stretches from sixteenth-century England to remote African jungles where no white man has set foot. Here are shudder-inducing tales of vengeful ghosts and bloodthirsty demons, of dark sorceries wielded by evil men and women, all opposed by a grim avenger armed with a fanatic's faith and a warrior's savage heart.