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| Age
of Aces Books - New pulp reprint publisher! The mission of Age of Aces Books is to gather
together in single volumes many of the great series of aviation heroes that
ran in DARE-DEVIL ACES in the 30's and 40's. The first release (available
now on Amazon.com) is CAPTAIN BABYFACE: THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES by acclaimed hard-boiled writer Steve Fisher.
These ten tales tell the story of Captain Jed Garrett, of the US Special Agent
Corps, and his struggle to defeat the evil German genius, Mr.Death. Garrett, known
as Captain Babyface because of his youthful appearance, is assisted by his dog,
Click the hellhound. Together, they try to foil Mr. Death's bloodthirsty schemes,
which threaten defeat for the Allies in WWI. For Jed Garrett, his orders are simple: Kill Mr. Death! But who is Mr. Death? One of Germany's brightest chemists and inventors, he had grown weary of life and entered a monastery near Alsace-Lorraine. But war came and the monastery was bombed. Severely injured, German surgeons patched him back together, though he was left horribly disfigured. And now, sworn to vengeance against the Americans, he uses his evil genius for Germany in the “War to End All War.” Author Steve Fisher is best known for his hardboiled work in BLACK MASK MAGAZINE and in novels like “I Wake Up Screaming”. In Popular Publications long-running aviation pulp DARE-DEVIL ACES, he created the ten titanic tales of Captain Babyface. For the first time, they are presented together in one volume. This is the first in a series from Age of Aces Books that will feature some of the greatest aviation pulp heroes of the 1930's. CAPTAIN BABYFACE: THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES was designed by the great Chris Kalb and features Frederick Blakeslee's original illustrations. It is 230 pages and is now available on Amazon.com for $16.99. Coming soon! Coming soon from Age of Aces Books will be Volume 1 of Robert J. Hogan's The Red Falcon. There were 34 appearances in DARE-DEVIL ACES by Barry Rand and his aide, the fierce African warrior Sika, and Age of Aces is pleased to be reprinting all of them. Other volumes being prepared for release in the next year will feature Ralph Oppenheim's "The Three Mosquitoes", C. M. Miller's "Chinese Brady", and Robert J. Hogan's "Smoke Wade". Age of Aces Books does not have a website up yet, but one is on the way. You will read about it here once it goes online! |  Click on the cover for a larger image. |
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Now available! DOC SAVAGE DOUBLE NOVEL VOLUME 2 JAMES BAMA
VARIANT (April 2007) The
second volume of Nostalgia Ventures' acclaimed /Doc Savage/ reprint series is reissued with James Bama's classic
"Resurrection Day" cover painting. If you've only seen Bama's painting
on the severely-cropped 1969 Bantam paperback, you've missed a lot
of its exquisite detailing. This instant collector's item showcases two
action-packed pulp thrillers by Lester Dent writing as Kenneth Robeson.
In "Resurrection Day" (first published in 1936), the Man of Bronze perfects
a method for resurrecting the dead, but only a single person from all
of human history can be revived. Whom will Doc choose? In "Repel
(1937), a strange new element is expelled in a South Pacific volcanic eruption,
but falls into the hands of Cadwiller Olden, Doc Savage's most
formidable foe. The trade paperback also includes a foreword by Peter
David, the original pulp covers by Robert Harris, interior illustrations
by Paul Orban and a historical article by Will Murray who collaborated
posthumously with Lester Dent on seven new Doc Savage novels
published by Bantam. (Sanctum Productions)Softcover, 7x10. B&W...................................$12.95 1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid Check, Money Order, or Paypal Subscriptions are also available for either THE SHADOW or DOC SAVAGE: Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail). Anthony Tollin P.O. Box 761474 San Antonio, TX 78245-1474 sanctumotr@earthlink.net |  Click on the image above for a larger image
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| Black Dog Books - Now at the
printers and available in a few short weeks! Copies will also be available at the Windy City Pulp and Paper Con - May 4 thru 6, 2007! ZENITH RAND, PLANET VIGILANTE by Richard Tooker Previously uncollected come these tales of laser beams and lust ripped from the pages of MYSTERY ADVENTURE MAGAZINE! With the Universe as his battlefield, Zenith Rand pilots the Venus-77 on an endless vigil through the reaches of outer space. Aided by the voluptuous spacewoman Sandra Yates, queen of the Valkyr, the pair wage a never-ending battle against the encroaching hoards of deepest space. Front and back cover art by Norman Saunders Trade paperback / 94 pages / $12.95 US New in the Black Dog Books Signature Series THE SILVER MENACE and A THOUSAND DEGREES BELOW ZERO by Murray Leinster Two early, never-reprinted tales by an all-time Master of Science Fiction! A Thousand Degrees Below Zero - A mad genius threatens to freeze earth's waterways unless he is acclaimed emperor of the planet. Only a clever young scientist, Teddy Gerrod, and a brash aviator, Lt. Richard Davis, dare to defy his deadly "cold bombs" in a brave battle to preserve the world's freedom. The Silver Menace - An ecological disaster turns the oceans into masses of muck and unleashes a creeping doom on all mankind. Once again the team of Gerrod and Davis becomes the world's last hope as these heroes strive desperately to defeat the Silver Menace. Cover art by Tom Roberts Trade paperback / 120 pages / $14.95 US Please include $3.50 for shipping and handling for one title or $4.50 for both. Check or money order may be sent to: Black Dog Books 1115 Pine Meadows Ct. Normal, IL 61761 tom.roberts2@insightbb.com www.blackdogbooks.net (under construction) Credit cards accepted through Paypal. Send payment to tom.roberts2@insightbb.com Black Dog Books titles are also available through Amazon, Adventure House, Vintage New Media and Mike Chomko. |   |
| Del Rey Books - The Best of Robert
E. Howard Volume 2 Grim Lands The Random House/Del Rey Books website is listing THE BEST OF ROBERT E. HOWARD VOLUME 2 - GRIM LANDS as a November 2007 release. This is a 400 page trade paperback for $15.95. It will also be available as an e-book for $9.95. | |
| E-texts on the net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks review is "Six Men of Evil" from February 15, 1933. "The Ghost of Koon Woon" by John Olsen is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery. Shadows of the Pulps: Nothing new this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 800 stories online! "The Sherlock Holmes Theory" by Jack Kofoed from POPULAR DETECTIVE, September 1950 Featuring: Baldy Simmons Baldy Simmons, the sage of Broadway, tries to help the police track down a trio of armed robbers and killers. He ends up facing the fury of an armed killer in the dressing room of Julie Hart, dancer. "Circus Ace" by Johnston Carroll from THE LONE EAGLE, October 1939 It was the year 1925 in prosperity-ridden America, and all things were possible - especially in these barnstorming days of aviation. Speed Harrigan was an out of work barnstormer looking for a job. | |
| THE
FALL OF CTHULHU #1 - Arriving in comic shops on April 4th! by Nelson, Dzialowski, & Mavlian From the writer that Rue Morgue Magazine called "The next Brian K. Vaughn or Robert Kirkman"! Forces are moving in the cosmos. Mankind is on the verge of facing alien beings far beyond its kin. Is another call for Cthulhu just starting to begin? Human innocents are caught in the middle and not prepared for the real truth — which will drive them to the brink of insanity. What happens in a world of Lovecraftian darkness when a god is fated to die? What things are more vast than the Elder Gods? 32 pages, Full Color, SRP: $3.99 BoomStudios |  |
| Gateways to Forever: The Story of
the Science-Fiction Magazines, 1970-1980 - Coming Spring 2007! In the 1970s science fiction exploded into the popular consciousness, appearing everywhere along the cultural spectrum—from David Bowie’s alien stage persona to the massively successful global juggernaut that was Star Wars. With the American involvement in Vietnam reaching its bitter conclusion, the Apollo moon program ending, and awareness of humanity’s destructive impact on the environment increasing, our planet began to seem a smaller, lonelier, more fragile place—and the escapist appeal of science fiction grew. Corresponding with these tumultuous events was a period of significant American economic decline, and, as Mike Ashley shows in GATEWAYS TO FOREVER, the once-enormously-popular science fiction magazines struggled to survive. The third volume of this award-winning series chronicles the publications’ most difficult period so far. The decade began with the death of John Campbell Jr., the man who launched the magazine Astonishing, and with it science fiction’s prominence as a genre. The widespread popularization of sci-fi imagery reflected a newly diversified market—new anthologies, fanzines, role-playing games, comics, and blockbuster films all fought for the attention and money of sci-fi fans. Ashley shows how the traditional magazines coped with these setbacks but also how they, as always, looked to the future, as the decade closed and the earliest precursors to the Internet emerged. Mike Ashley’s groundbreaking history is a monument to science fiction’s evolution. As the genre continues to infiltrate mainstream literature, GATEWAYS TO FOREVER is essential reading for anyone interested in seeing how it all began. Liverpool University Press, 422 pages The University of Chicago Press Hardcover, $75 Trade paperback, $27.50 | |
| Girasol Collectables - PULP DOUBLES #3 will be available in late April! Girasol is pleased to introduce their new series of Spider reprints. The 'Pulp Doubles' line features 2 action-packed Spider stories per issue. These 7" x 10" trade paperbacks have re-set text, but feature the original illustrations from the pulps. Unlike the Pulp Replica line, these are NOT facsimile editions, nor do they include the backup stories or the original ads. But for those of you who want action the way only the Spider can provide it, these are for you! This new product line is IN ADDITION to our Pulp Replicas... the Replicas will continue exactly as before. PULP DOUBLES #3: "Slaves of the Crime Master" (Aril 1935) & "The Spider and the Fire God" (August 1939) The third issue in our new trade paperback style pulp reprint series. 128 pages with 2 action-packed Spider stories. Reset text, but includes the original illustrations. #2 - Spider #14 & #64: "Death's Crimson Juggernaut" (Nov. 1934) & "Claws of the Golden Dragon" (Jan. 1939) The second issue in our new trade paperback style pulp reprint series. 128 pages with 2 action-packed Spider stories. Reset text, but includes the original illustrations. #1 - Spider #11 & #49: "Prince of the Red Looters" (Aug. 1934) & "The City That Dared Not Eat" (Oct. 1937) The Spider battles a daring gentleman killer who has dubbed himself 'The Fly' in issue #11, August 1934. So confident is The Fly of his ability, that he dares challenge the Spider himself to a duel... to the death! In issue #49, October 1937, Richard Wentworth matches wits against a master criminal who is impersonating the Spider and turning the city against their champion. By seizing control of the very food supply through mass poisonings and murder, this criminal fiend plans to loot all of New York! The price per issue is $14.95 + $2.05 s&h for a total of $17 per issue (within North America). 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 Visit the Girasol Collectables website at http://www.girasolcollectables.com/ PULP DOUBLES #4 will be released in July, and #5 in October. |    |
| The
Great Pulp Heroes by Don Hutchison - Coming April
17th! The new, revised and expanded edition has been printed and will be in bookstores April 17. It should be available throughout the U. S. and Canada as well as the U. K. Here is an affectionate lookback at the outsized heroes who once occupied the imagination of millions of loyal readers-The Shadow, Tarzan, Doc Savage, Captain Future, The Spider, Zorro. They were the original super guys, godfathers and inspiration to the likes of Superman, Batman and James Bond. Fascinating and informative, THE GREAT PULP HEROES is a lively and entertaining history of those fabulous characters, of the gaudy, glorious magazines that spawned them, and of the amazing wordsmiths who churned out their monthly adventures Don Hutchison has been a Bram Stoker Award and International Horror Guild Award finalist, has been nominated three times for the World Fantasy Award, and is twice winner of Canada's Aurora Award. In 1990 he received The Lamont Award "for outstanding effort in keeping alive the memory and spirit of the pulp magazine era." Don is one of the Guests of Honour at World Horror Convention 2007 in Toronto, Canada March 29-April 1. Publisher: Book Republic Press, 288 pages, ISBN: 1580421849, $12.95 THE GREAT PULP HEROES is available from Simon & Schuster. It will also be available from Girasol Collectables in a few weeks. Note: This is a revised version of the book with some information on characters not included in previous editions. It also features a chapter on the Western hero pulps that was omitted from the first edition.  | |
| Mike
Chomko - April 2007 newsletter is now available! Mike's April 2007 newsletter is now available. Click here to view/download it. Orders over $20 are discounted approximately 10%. Shipping is between $2-6, depending on the weight of your order (media mail or bound printed matter). MichaelChomko, 2217W. Fairview Street, Allentown,PA 18104-6542 Contact Mike by email at chomko@enter.net | |
| Moonstone Books: THE SPIDER CHRONICLES - Arriving in comic shops on April 4th! The regular edition will be in comic shops April 4th. The signed limited edition will be arriving at a later date. More Just than the Law; more dangerous than the Underworld...hated, feared, and wanted by both. One cloaked, fanged, borderline-crazy denizen of the dark, force-feeding hard justice with a pair of .45's! Moonstone is proud to present 20 new short stories of searing, white-hot prose starring pulpdom's most violent and ruthless crime fighter ever: The Spider! Here you will find relentless, two-fisted action that remains true in tone to his mythic-proportioned adventures. If you crave against-all-odds breathless thrill rides, seeing great evils smashed beyond recognition, and dangers met by true heroes at break-neck speed, then this book a must-buy! Take a look at this great line up of authors: stories by John Jakes (North and South, Kent Family Chronicles), Mort Castle, Bill Crider, Shannon Denton, Chuck Dixon, Steve Englehart, Ron Fortier, Joe Gentile, Rich Harvey, John Helfers, CJ Henderson, Howard Hopkins, James Anthony Kuhoric, Elizabeth Massie, Christopher Mills, Will Murray, Rafael Nieves, Ann Nocenti, Martin Powell, and Robert Weinberg. Interior illustrations by Tom Floyd, cover by Doug Klauba. Featuring an introduction by classic Batman writer, Denny O'Neil! Moonstone Books Available in Softcover anda Previews Exclusive Signed Hardcover edition! Softcover, 6x9, 304 pages, B&W SRP: $16.95 Previews Exclusive Limited Signed trade paperback, 6x9, 304 pages, B&W SRP: $26.95 The softcover is signed by cover artist Doug Klauba and writer Joe Gentile, and contains a Spider tip sheet by Klauba. |  |
| The
Phantom Detective - Now available and arriving in comic
shops April 4th! Robert Reginald's "NEW" Phantom Detective novel is now available. It is published by Wildside Press. 124 pages, 6 x 9 trade paperback, ISBN 0-8095-6217-0, $15 Visit Robert Reginald's website for a preview of this new Phantom Detective novel. |  |
| Pulps 1st - New pulp cover CDs are now available! The Pulp Image Library version 5 is out with almost 21,000 pulp cover images. It's the best pulp cover reference available. There are also new versions of the SF & Fantasy, Detective & Mystery, Anthology, Western, Heroes & Villains CDs and a new Air and War CD. The pulp cover CDs can be ordered from http://www.pulps1st.com The Pulps 1st website is now updated or you can contact Mark Halegua at msh@pulps1st.com Review: If you enjoy viewing pulp cover art, then Pulp Image Library version 5 is just what you are looking for. With almost 21,000 cover images, you will spend countless hours looking at all the images on this CD. The CD contains more images in one place than you are likely to find anywhere else. Included are images from the hero pulps, sports pulps, weird menace pulps, western pulps, romance pulps, detective pulps, adventure pulps, science fiction and fantasy pulps, you name it, they are here. The pulp cover images for each pulp title are containedin a separate folder. Folders are arranged alphabetically, so locating covers for a particular title is a snap. Looking for a particular image by publication date? No problem! All files are named by the month and year of the magazine. There are folders for 903 different pulp titles, although some folders are empty awaiting the availability of images. The images themselves range in size from 144 pixels wide (the smallest I found so far) to 710 pixels (the largest I found so far). Most images seem to be in the range of 350 to 500 pixels wide, a good size for viewing. Resolution variesfrom 72 dpi to 200 dpi in the images I have viewed so far. You are probably thinking, why should I pay for a CD when I can download images off the Internet for free? The answer is simple. I have been downloading cover images off the Internet for years and I have many of the cover images that are on this CD. Some of my downloaded cover images are larger in size and/or of better quality. However, I have downloaded nowhere near 21,000 cover images and my downloaded images are not as conveniently organized. You can spend lots and lots of hours downloading and cataloging images yourself or buy this CD and start enjoying the images right away. Pulp Image Library Version 5 is a good value that is well worth the price of admission. |  |
| The Pulp Rack Spring has arrived -- by the calendar, anyway, and trees and shrubs are blooming and the grass is greening and growing around here -- but cold weather continues to lash other parts of the country that have already seen lots of bitter winter weather. In honor of the eventual thaw, I thought it would be a good idea to honor the passing winter by focusing on some cold reading. So I've recently read some pulp-related stories that touch on the theme of polar exploration. The first of these is . . .The Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Jules Verne. This isn't one of Verne's better-known novels, but it comes from early in his career and sets up some of the elements that appear in his best-known works. Why include Verne at The Pulp Rack? I explain some of my reasons for that in the essay. To summarize, many of his novels (Hatteras among them) were first published in serial form, like the pulp novels of the 20th century; also, his stories provided adventure in exotic settings in a way that served as a precursor to the pulp adventurers later published by Munsey, Street & Smith, Popular, and others. You'll find "The Adventures of Captain Hatteras: Verne Lays the Foundation for Fictional Pulp Adventures to Foreign Lands" at this URL: http://pulprack.com/arch/2007/03/the_adventures.html As always, thanks for your patronage. Duane Spurlock proprietor The Pulp Rack http://www.pulprack.com Sign up for the Pulp Rack email list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pulprack/ | |
| PulpvillePress - Coming soon! JUNGLE STORIES #1 - Available April 6th! The premiere issue of a new magazine reprinting jungle-related pulp stories of the past. This first issue contains a complete novel, 2 novelettes, and 2 short stories; includes the first installment of the original magazine version of TARZAN THE UNTAMED by Edgar Rice Burroughs; also includes the first Ki-Gor story, the first Sorak story, and a couple of short jungle stories. Published by Pulp Tales Press. Retail price $10.95 Web special $8.95 FANTASTIC ADVENTURE STORIES #1 - Available the end of April! The premiere issue of a new magazine reprinting science fiction and fantasy pulp stories. This first issue contains a short novel, 3 novelettes, and 1 short story; includes the Amazing Stories magazine version of THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT by Edgar Rice Burroughs; The Shadow author, Walter Gibson, with THE DAY NEW YORK ENDED; sci-fi author, Edmond Hamilton and LOST TREASURE OF MARS; fantasy writer, Charles F. Myers, with I'LL DREAM OF YOU; and sci-fi author, R. R. Botham with THE LAST WAR. Published by Pulp Tales Press. Retail price $10.95. Web special $8.95. | 
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| SAVAGE
TALES #1 - Arriving in comic shops on April 4th! by Various Dynamite presents an all new series featuring the most savage stories that comic creators have ever told! Each issue of SAVAGE TALES will feature a rotating cast of characters and creators featuring the savage and brutal worlds of Red Sonja and The Hunter, Cthulhu and the Old Ones, Gleaming Atlantis, and much, much more! Featuring 48 pages of story and art, issue #1 is led by Part One of a special Red Sonja story from Ron Marz and Adriano (New Battlestar Galactica: Zarek) Batista! SAVAGE TALES also features: Gleaming Atlantis from writers Leah Moore and John Reppion, with artists Pablo Marcos and Stjepan Sejic; The Hunter from the pages of Red Sonja from writers Luke Lieberman and Michael Avon Oeming, with artist Matt Smith; and Cthulhu and The Old Ones by Mike (Marvel?s Zombie) Raict and artist Pere. SAVAGE TALES will ship to comic shops six times a year, with each issue featuring a new cast of characters, stories and creators! This debut issue ships with covers by Arthur (Marvel Zombies) Suydam (50%), Mel (Red Sonja) Rubi (25%), and Richard (Stephen King?s The Dark Tower) Isanove (25%)! SRP: $4.99 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment |  |
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| 45th Michigan Antiquarian Book &
Paper Show - April 01, 2007! The Midwest's largest book show will feature about 90 dealers from around the country offering over a million old, rare, and collectible book & paper items for sale! For more information, visit http://www.curiousbooks.com/show/abf.html Sunday, April 1, 2007 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM Admission $4.50; free for children 13 and under Lansing Center: 333 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI | |
| Adventure House - Coming in
May! HIGH ADVENTURE #94 - "Captain Future's Challenge" Striking terror on four worlds, a mysterious raider throttles interplanetary commerce—and earth summons Curtis Newton, the Wizard of Science, and his trio of Futuremen to combat this sinister menace. Retail: $7.95 (U.S.) Media Mail Shipping $2.50 for a single copy. |  |
| Altus Press - Now available! The Secret Agent "X" Companion by Tom Johnson and Will Murray The classic investigation of SECRET AGENT "X," revised and updated by the original writers, Tom Johnson and Will Murray, including new chapters, images and information! It's the last word on this classic character! Secret Agent X—man of a thousand faces—a thousand disguises—a thousand surprises! Detective extraordinary! Master investigator! Pledged hunter of criminals! His past? A question mark wrapped in the black folds of Mystery. His present? A living threat to those who follow the crimson trails of crime. His future? A toss of Fate's dice on the gaming tables of Doom. The blackness of mystery cloaks his past and his coming. So also it cloaks his going. And wraithlike he disappears-leaving behind him one symbol and one only—X—the symbol of the Unknown. 151 pages, 6" x 9", perfect binding, black and white interior ink, $14.95 Available at http://www.altuspress.com. |  |
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Coming in late June/early July! DOC SAVAGE Volume 8: "The Sea Magician" and "The Living-Fire
Menace" The pulps' greatest superman returns in two of his most fantastic adventures. In The Sea Magician, the ghost of the legendary King John is terrorizing the English marsh country in an epic 1934 adventure by Lester Dent writing as Kenneth Robeson. Then, in a 1937 thriller by Harold A. Davis, the blazing death of government agent Z-2 sets Doc Savage and his Iron Crew on the trail of The Living-Fire Menace, a terrifying threat that transforms men into living human torches. These thrilling pulp adventures are reproduced with the classic color pulp covers by Emery Clarke and Walter Baumhofer, interior illustrations by Paul Orban and new historical articles by Will Murray (author of seven Bantam Doc Savage novels). (Sanctum Productions) Softcover, 7x10. B&W...................................$12.95 DOC SAVAGE Volume 8 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 28th). The Diamond Item Code is APR074124. THE SHADOW Volume 9 THE SHADOW Volume 9 will be solicited in the May PREVIEWS (available April 25th). This issue will be available in late June/early July along with DOC SAVAGE Volume 8 solicited above. This is going to be a very special issue that you will not want to miss! Stay tuned for details! |  |
| Artists Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft
- Coming in
October 2007! Centipede Press has announced an incredibly unique book called ARTISTS INSPIRED BY H P LOVECRAFT. Centipede Press is the publisher of the deluxe Limited Edition of 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King, the special edition of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, and the new limited edition of Masters of the Weird: Algernon Blackwood so you know the quality of their productions -- their books are unlike any other limited editions in the field and sure to skyrocket in value! About the Book: This huge tome features over forty artists including JK Potter, HR Giger, Raymond Bayless, Ian Miller, Virgil Finlay, Lee Brown Coye, Rowena Morrill, Bob Eggleton, Allen Koszowski, Mike Mignola, Howard V. Brown, Michael Whelan, Tim White, John Coulthart, John Holmes, Harry O. Morris, Murray Tinkelman, Gabriel, Don Punchatz, Helmut Wenske, John Stewart, and dozens of others. Visit the Centipede Press website for a complete list. The field has never seen an art book like this -- indeed, it is an art anthology unlike anything ever published before. Many of these works have never before seen publication. Many are printed as special multi-page fold-outs, and several have detail views. The book is filled with four color artwork throughout, all of it printed full page on rich black backgrounds. A special thumbnail gallery allows you to overview the entire contents of this 400-page book at a glance, with notations on artist, work title, publication information, size, and location (when known). H.P. Lovecraft fans will simply have to have this book. Because of its sheer size and scope, this book will never be reprinted and will sell out very quickly. Twenty years down the road people will be paying huge prices for this book because of its scope and the quality of reproductions. This is the H.P. Lovecraft fan's dream come true. Don't miss it! Available States: Cloth Edition in slipcase, limited to just 2,000 copies, featuring four color, sewn with cloth covers, enclosed in a cloth covered slipcase. Front cover image, black embossing, two ribbon markers, fold-outs, detail views: $395 Leather Edition in traycase: limited to just 50 copies, featuring four color, sewn with full-leather binding, enclosed in a giant size traycase. Front cover image debossed on front, two ribbon markers, fold-outs, detail views, signed by most living contributors: $2,000 Visit the Centipede Press website to order. Also available from Shocklines! | |
| CONAN
#41 - Coming in June! Written by Timothy Truman, art and cover by Cary Nord, colored by Richard Isanove. The first part of the adaptation of the Robert E. Howard classic "Rogues in the House"! A favorite of fans and critics alike, the seminal Conan story "Rogues in the House" first appeared in WEIRD TALES in 1934. Now, writer Timothy Truman and artist Cary Nord bring you the tale of the Red Priest, as you've never seen it before. With Conan's only friend on the gallows and his light-of-love in another man's arms, the Cimmerian's lot looks grim, indeed. But before Conan's crimes can catch up with him, the plotting of a treacherous nobleman and a dark priest propel him into one of his most chilling adventures yet . . . 32 pages, $2.99, in stores on June 20. Dark Horse Comics CONAN #41 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 28th). The Diamond Item Code is APR070014. |  |
| CONAN AND THE SONGS OF THE DEAD - Arriving in comic
shops March 28th! Written by Joe R. Lansdale, art by Timothy Truman. Renowned horror and western writer Joe R. Lansdale reunites with his Jonah Hex collaborator, visionary artist Timothy Truman, to tell the grittiest, roughest, downright meanest Conan story ever seen in comics. The Cimmerian travels to the aid of an old ally in the wretched wastes of Stygia -- a desert harboring wealth undreamed of, even for the barbarian. Soon his pursuit of the ancient treasure reveals a conniving spirit and undead guards. Dust from the desolate land meets blood, and a dark-hearted sorcerer brings forth strange abominations from this unholy mix. Only the cool head and cold steel of the Cimmerian can save all creation from the horror that awaits, and the blood-spattered conclusion will send shivers down the spines of even the most hardcore Conan fans! Collects the five-issue mini-series. 136 pages, $14.95 Dark Horse Comics | 
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| E-texts
on the net this week The Shadow in Review: There is no new review this week. Next weeks review is "Six Men of Evil" from February 15, 1933. "The $500,000 Ransom" by Jonathan Blade is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery. Next week, The Shadow in Review celebrates their fourth anniversary of the Two-Minute Shadow Mysteries with a special mini-mystery based on one of the most famous Shadow pulp mysteries of all time. Shadows of the Pulps: Nothing new this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 800 stories online! "Rainbow by the Tail" by James P. Olsen from DOUBLE-ACTION WESTERN, March 1955 Gunfighter Lew Quest, also known as Mister Boothill, is looking for a peaceful place where he doesn't have to fight. "Death on Sunday" by H. C. Butler from SMASHING DETECTIVE STORIES, March 1956 Once he allowed that there was nothing personal about someone's leaving a murdered man in his office, Simon Randall began to see the light in this case. Just enough light to reveal a blank wall ahead. . . | |
| ELRIC: MAKING OF A SORCERER Trade
Paperback - Coming in
July! Written by Michael Moorcock; Art and cover by Walter Simonson Acclaimed science-fiction/fantasy icon Michael Moorcock teams with comics legend Walter Simonson for this stunning collection that reveals an untold chapter in the life of the classic sword-and-sorcery character Elric. Witness the ascension of Elric to the throne of Melniboné! On sale July 11, 208 pages, Full Color, $19.99 DC Comics ELRIC: MAKING OF A SORCERER is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 28th). The Diamond Item Code is APR070223. |  |
| EPISODES FROM THE ZERO HOUR! PRESENTS
VOLUME ONE New Pulp Publisher Debuts with Original Creation: Knuckles, Tough Guy for Hire NEW JERSEY - With a punch to the gut and a sock to the jaw, Episodes from the Zero Hour! is proud to announce the publication of its first volume, featuring Knuckles, Tough Guy for Hire, which is available now on their electronic print storefront, http://www.lulu.com/zerohour. The print debut marks a milestone for collaborators Anthony Schiavino and Jason Butkowski, who began Episodes from the Zero Hour! as a Web-based forum for serialized fiction. Volume One contains five short stories, penned by Butkowski, featuring the film-noir world of Federal City, and its most colorful resident, former boxer turned hired muscle, Tommy "Knuckles" McNichols. From the book jacket: Tommy "Knuckles" McNichols is a man who's lost it all — a once-promising prizefighter turned to a life of desperation, working as a TOUGH GUY FOR HIRE to make ends meet on the gritty streets of FEDERAL CITY. He lives on the edge of darkness, going by his own modified code of ethics in a town where reality is a punch to the gut, a bullet in the chamber of a .38, or a fifth of Jack. In a city of smoke and fog, where moral ambiguity is the norm and danger lurks around every corner, will this worn-out former boxer be able to sleep at night, knowing what he's become? And more importantly, will he be able to make the rent payment by the end of the month? The volume showcases Schiavino's book design and production, a beautiful cover by award-winning pulp illustrator Douglas Klauba, and fantastic interior illustrations from veteran comic artist Rob Davis and newcomer Jared Araujo. The Zero Hour! crew's freshman efforts are already garnering them praise from some of the established professionals in the pulp revival and comic book industries: "Man, I love these 'KNUCKLES' McNichols stories!" said Ron Fortier, author of Captain Hazzard and the Python Men of the Lost City and founder of Airship 27 Productions. "Jason Butkowski has created a true down and out original pulp character that is easy to cotton to. The stories bounce between down and out dirty street life, ala classic Noir, to humorous anecdotes that resonate with true street savvy. This is an amazing collection and if you really like pulp, you are going to love 'KNUCKLES'. All I can say, Butkowski, is more, please. Lots more!" "'KNUCKLES' will dazzle you with some humorous fancy footwork; put you on the canvas with a one-two combo of characters that are tough as nails but as human as you or me; and just when you think you've got it all figured out, deliver a couple delicious sucker punches," said Sean Ellis, author of Magic Mirror. "'KNUCKLES' is a knockout!" "In a town where life slips you a mickey and opportunity is best found at the end of a gun, Tommy 'KNUCKLES' McNichols delivers a sense of gritty, two-fisted common sense to the mean streets of Federal City. This is PULP NOIR at its BEST!" said Wayne Skiver, author of The Prof. Stone Adventures. "Butkowski has created a world to rival Miller's Sin City and a character that would be right at home downing a fifth of Jack with Spillane." "Finally! Pulp the way Pulp is supposed to be!" said comic writer Steve Niles, writer and creator of 30 Days of Night. A BLINDING FORCE PRODUCTIONS SERIALIZED FEATURE EPISODES FROM THE ZERO HOUR! VOLUME ONE Written by Jason Butkowski Cover by Douglas C. Klauba Illustration by Jared Araujo and Rob Davis Production and design by Anthony Schiavino 116 Pages with Ads PRICE: $12.00 tradepaper $20.00 limited edition hardcover http://www.episodesfromthezerohour.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/episodeszerohour/ and http://www.lulu.com/zerohour |  |
| FALL OF CTHULHU #5 - Coming in
June! by Nelson, Diazlowski, & Mavillain Cy is pulled further into the world of darkness. As he descends into Lovecraftian madness, the pull and the tug of the alternate dimension known only as The Dreamlands gets stronger. Is Cy strong enough to avoid destruction? Can he resist the pull of insanity? And what does this mean for his life and his world, with his girlfriend Jordan? Will he ever be safe? BoomStudios 32 pages, Full Color, SRP: $3.99 THE FALL OF CTHULHU #5 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 28th). MAVILLAIN COVER - The Diamond Item Code is APR073496. WALPOLE COVER - The Diamond Item Code is APR073497. | |
| FRANK
FRAZETTA'S DEATH DEALER #3 (of 6) - Coming in
June! Story - Joshua Ortega; Art - Nat Jones & Jay Fotos; Covers - Frank Frazetta, Nat Jones & Jay Fotos The war between Oro and Edani reaches Duke Atar's stronghold in Treya, as the Duke's daughter Adelia learns a shocking secret about the Death Dealer. The Shadow Hordes of Mirahan continue to sweep across the land of Iparsia, while a mysterious stranger makes his way toward Adelia and the Death Dealer. Image Comics 32 pages, Full Color, SRP: $3.99 DEATH DEALER #3 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 28th). The Diamond Item Code is APR071867. |  |
| Green Cthulhu 4-inch Plush - Now available! It stands 4-inches tall, is made of beautiful green fabric, and is filled with Plush and beanies. He would love to guard your bed! Price: $12.99 Order from Entertainment Earth. |  |
| The Green Hornet - Columba/Sony to make new feature film! According to VARIETY, Columbia/Sony has obtained the rights to The Green Hornet and tapped producer Neal Moritz (“The Fast and the Furious”) to produce a film version. "I couldn't be more thrilled to be developing this world renowned property with the people who brought Spider-Man to the screen," says Moritz, who had acquired the project rights from Green Hornet Inc. "I can't imagine a studio better equipped or more prepared to handle this kind of material than Sony. With the radio show, television program, comic books, and novels, there is ample source material to bring this classic crime-fighter to life." Moritz said he's been a fan of "The Green Hornet" since seeing the '60s live-action TV series that starred Van Williams and Bruce Lee, and he's been trying to get the rights for years. He’s currently on the hunt for a writer. | |
| H.
P. LOVECRAFT: CREEPING DEMENTIA - Available in bookstores
March 27th! Creeping Dementia features a collection of horrifying short stories by the unbridled Master of Horror and the Uncanny, H.P. Lovecraft. Mass market paperback, 5x7, 336 pages, SRP: $7.99 Del Rey | |
| It's A Pulp World It's A Pulp World is Eric Jamborsky's blog that has now posted a look at the January, 1940, issue of Startling Stories. Edmond Hamilton rides again! The website is definitely worth a look. | |
| THE LONE RANGER #7 - Coming in
June! by Brett Matthews, Sergio Cariello, Dean White & John Cassaday The Lone Ranger continues from Dynamite with issue #7 of the ongoing series beginning a brand new storyline and debuting after the extra special story from The Lone Ranger Free Comic Book Day edition read by the hundreds of thousands of fans on Free Comic Book Day! That's right: The Lone Ranger is back with the creative team that has forever left their mark on the most famous of lawmen, John Reid, as he continues his quest for justice in the Old West. Aided by Tonto, The Lone Ranger #7 opens a new chapter for the famous duo and, to help launch this dynamite new story John Cassaday is creating two connecting covers! Find out what everyone?s been talking about this June as The Lone Ranger rides again! Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment 32 pages, Full Colorm, SRP: $2.99 THE LONE RANGER #7 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 28th). The Diamond Item Code is APR073556. |  |
| MADAME
MIRAGE #2 - Coming in
June! Written by Paul Dini, art by Kenneth Rocafort, cover by Rocafort. Superstar writer Paul Dini (DC Countdown, LOST) brings a brand new character to Top Cow in the form of Madame Mirage! Hollywood’s elite have gathered to party the night away at the fabulous Kelly Mansion. But this season’s soiree is going to take a deadly turn when Madame Mirage crashes the party. But will the hunter become the prey when Mirage encounters Mousetrap? Dini and dynamic new talent Kenneth Rocafort (Hunter-Killer) dive into a unique story of murder, revenge, and deceit. Madame Mirage – you’ll never forget her… if you can make her acquaintance and live to tell the tale… Image Comics 32 pages, $2.99. MADAME MIRAGE #2 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 28th). The Diamond Item Code is APR071898. |  |
| Moonstone Books: KOLCHAK TALES: THE FRANKENSTEIN AGENDA #3
(of 3) - Arriving in comic shops March 28th! Story: David Michelinie; Art: Don Hudson; Cover: Bob Layton The pulse-pounding conclusion of the monthly mini-series! Kolchak has learned the terrible secret behind this grotesquely mutated creature ? this betrayed army soldier, this twisted shell of a man. But even as an immoral military plays God, Kolchak himself must win a wrestling match with his own morals when the means to destroy the abomination is put into his hands. And a former soldier's mother waits for him to make his choice! This pulse-pounding three-issue monthly miniseries reunites the classic fan-favorite 1980's Iron Man creative team, written by David Michelinie and covers illustrated by Bob Layton! 32 pages, color, $3.50 Moonstone Books | |
| Moonstone Books - Coming in
June! THE PHANTOM #17 Written by Mike Bullock, art by Silvestre Szilagyi, colored by Bob Pedroza, covers by Marat Mychaels, Adelso Corona and Adam Street, and Darryl Banks, Terry Austin and Bob Pedroza. "Invisible Children," part 1 of 3. Ripped from today's headlines, The Phantom takes on an African Warlord who believes he is a prophet of the Almighty God himself. At stake, are the lives of thousands of children stolen from their homes and indoctrinated into the Warlords Resistance Army through mental, physical and spiritual torture. The Warlord HIM has conscripted these "Invisible Children" to fight his Holy War and assert his self-proclaimed "Divine Will" on the peoples and Governments of Africa in his first step towards world domination. Moonstone Books teams with readers to make a difference in this tragic, continuing real world atrocity. In order to do this, Moonstone has enlisted artists Darryl Banks and Terry Austin to create limited edition B covers for each issue of this story arc. For each limited edition issue of Phantoms #17-19 purchased, Moonstone Books will make a contribution to www.invisiblechildren.com in order to create safe havens with food, healthcare and educations for the children affected by this war. 32 pages, $3.50 (regular edition), $4.50 (Limited charity edition) Moonstone Books THE PHANTOM #17 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 28th). The Diamond Item Code is APR073865 (regular cover). The Diamond Item Code is APR073866 (Limited charity cover). |  regular edition |
| Moonstone Books: THE SPIDER CHRONICLES Moonstone Books has announced that after a couple of unavoidable delays, THE SPIDER CHRONICLES is now in print and should be creeping toward your book and comic stores! THE SPIDER CHRONICLES will probably arrive in comic shops on April 4th! More Just than the Law; more dangerous than the Underworld...hated, feared, and wanted by both. One cloaked, fanged, borderline-crazy denizen of the dark, force-feeding hard justice with a pair of .45's! Moonstone is proud to present 20 new short stories of searing, white-hot prose starring pulpdom's most violent and ruthless crime fighter ever: The Spider! Here you will find relentless, two-fisted action that remains true in tone to his mythic-proportioned adventures. If you crave against-all-odds breathless thrill rides, seeing great evils smashed beyond recognition, and dangers met by true heroes at break-neck speed, then this book a must-buy! Take a look at this great line up of authors: stories by John Jakes (North and South, Kent Family Chronicles), Mort Castle, Bill Crider, Shannon Denton, Chuck Dixon, Steve Englehart, Ron Fortier, Joe Gentile, Rich Harvey, John Helfers, CJ Henderson, Howard Hopkins, James Anthony Kuhoric, Elizabeth Massie, Christopher Mills, Will Murray, Rafael Nieves, Ann Nocenti, Martin Powell, and Robert Weinberg. Interior illustrations by Tom Floyd, cover by Doug Klauba. Featuring an introduction by classic Batman writer, Denny O'Neil! Moonstone Books Available in Softcover anda Previews Exclusive Signed Hardcover edition! Softcover, 6x9, 304 pages, B&W SRP: $16.95 Previews Exclusive Limited Signed trade paperback, 6x9, 304 pages, B&W SRP: $26.95 The softcover is signed by cover artist Doug Klauba and writer Joe Gentile, and contains a Spider tip sheet by Klauba. Thanks to Martin Powell for the tip! | |
| Night Shade Books - THE DOOR TO SATURN: THE COLLECTED FANTASIES OF CLARK ASHTON SMITH
VOLUME 2 - Edited by Scott Connors & Ronald S. Hilger This definitive edition of the literary work of Clark Ashton Smith's - hailed as a contemporary of H.P. Lovecraft - brings together 20 of Smith's fantasy tales, complete with corrected texts based on his original manuscripts and notes. Hardcover, 350 pages, B&W, $39.95 THE DOOR TO SATURN is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 28th). The Diamond Item Code is APR074213. | |
| Off-Trail
Publications: - Now available! Doctor Coffin: The Living Dead Man By Perley Poore Sheehan Introduction by John Wooley Doctor Coffin must rank as one of pulpdom's strangest denizens. He'd been the famous actor, Del Manning, before faking his own death. He returned as the mysterious Doctor Coffin, proprietor of a chain of Hollywood mortuaries by day, crimefighter by night. From 1932-33, Thrilling Detective featured him in a series of novelettes by Perley Poore Sheehan, veteran fictioneer and Hollywood screenwriter. Collected here are eight of Doctor Coffin's exploits, including the first six. 175 pages, 6x9, perfect-bound, $16 plus shipping Also available from Off-Trail Publications: PULPWOOD DAYS, Volume 1: Editors You Want To Know Edited by John Locke Behind the flashy covers of the pulp magazines, below the famous names of the authors, toiled the hardworking, and usually anonymous, architects of the medium—the editors. Included in this collection from the writers’ magazines of the Pulp Era are their stories, articles by and about the editors, the lives they led, the difference they made. Ample biographical material accompanies the articles, illuminating dim, forgotten corners of pulp magazine history. Illustrated; fully indexed. Among the many editors covered: Frank E. Blackwell (Detective Story, Western Story), Ray Palmer (Amazing Stories, Fantastic Adventures), Robert A.W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications), Edwin Baird (Weird Tales, Detective Tales), Freeman H. Hubbard (Railroad Stories), Harry Maule (Short Stories, West), Carson Mowre (Dell Publishing), Arthur E. Scott (Top-Notch), Daisy Bacon (Love Story), Harold Hersey, Anthony Rud. 180 pages, $16 plus shipping THE CITY OF BAAL by Charles Beadle Mysterious Africa... At the turn of the 20th Century, Charles Beadle served the British Empire in the colonies of southern Africa; saw duty in the Boer War. Afterwards, he worked his way north through perilous territory as an oddjobber, trader and explorer. When his travels ended, he tapped his storytelling gifts and turned the Africa of experience into enthralling fiction, becoming a stalwart of the great adventure pulps. Included in this collection of seven short stories and novelettes--originally published in ADVENTURE and THE FRONTIER --are strange tales of daring quests, wildlife in riot, treacherous characters, inscrutable witchdoctors, bizarre tribes, gruesome fates--all the mystery, discovery, danger . . . and dread, of unknown lands. From small-scale stories of isolated outposts under stress, to epic sagas of lost races in the depths of the jungle--from the macabre to the breathtaking--here is adventure at its best. Also included is a detailed discussion of the historical context of Beadle’s stories, and a look at his fascinating life and career. 6x9-inch perfect bound, 240 pages, 7 stories, $20.00 plus shipping THE WEIRD DETECTIVE ADVENTURES OF WADE HAMMOND by Paul Chadwick Reporter by day, detective by night, adventurer by blood. Meet Wade Hammond, tough and smart, the man who tackles cases the police can’t handle, battling some of the most diabolical killers known to pulp fiction. It takes brains as well as brawn to outsmart these insidious madmen, geniuses at twisting science into terrifying tools of murder, and Wade never shrinks from the challenge. For the first time, ten of the most spine-chilling Wade Hammond stories have been collected from the pages of classic 1930’s pulps: DETECTIVE-DRAGNET and TEN DETECTIVE ACES. In these vivid, atmospheric tales from the pen of Paul Chadwick, author of Secret Agent X and Captain Hazzard, the mood is mysterious, the situation perilous, and the suspense unrelenting. Lock the doors, pull down the blinds, and enter the weird and wonderful world of Wade Hammond. 6x9-inch perfect bound; 180 pages, 10 stories, $18.00 plus shipping Shipping For one book: $2.50 media mail; $4.00 priority For two or more books: Add $0.50 for each additional book Check or Money Order to: Off-Trail Publications 2036 Elkhorn Rd. Castroville, CA 95012 You can also order by PayPal: offtrail@redshift.com |  
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| PulpvillePress - Now available! THE BLACK BOX by E. Phillips Oppenheim Mystery writer, E. Phillips Oppenheim, was a contemporary English author with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes). This mystery story, The Black Box, was filmed as a silent serial by Universal Pictures, and our version contains many film stills as illustrations. Published by Pulpville Press. Trade Paperback, $15.95 |  |
| Pulpville
Press - Coming soon! JUNGLE STORIES #1 The premiere issue of a new magazine reprinting jungle-related pulp stories of the past. This first issue contains a complete novel, 2 novelettes, and 2 short stories; includes the first installment of the original magazine version of TARZAN THE UNTAMED by Edgar Rice Burroughs; also includes the first Ki-Gor story, the first Sorak story, and a couple of short jungle stories. Published by Pulp Tales Press. Retail price $10.95 Web special $8.95 FANTASTIC ADVENTURE STORIES #1 The premiere issue of a new magazine reprinting science fiction and fantasy pulp stories. This first issue contains a short novel, 3 novelettes, and 1 short story; includes the Amazing Stories magazine version of THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT by Edgar Rice Burroughs; The Shadow author, Walter Gibson, with THE DAY NEW YORK ENDED; sci-fi author, Edmond Hamilton and LOST TREASURE OF MARS; fantasy writer, Charles F. Myers, with I'LL DREAM OF YOU; and sci-fi author, R. R. Botham with THE LAST WAR. Published by Pulp Tales Press. Retail price $10.95. Web special $8.95. | |
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Pulp Rack An article on Barry Windsor-Smith's The Freebooters. Although it was a comic book, it had more storytelling aspects in common with good prose pulp fiction than comics you typically see today. You'll find it here: http://pulprack.com/arch/2007/03/freebooters_a_p_1.html This week's addition is another look at Ryerson Johnson: "Following the 'Traitor of the Natchez Trace'." This story first appeared in 10-Story Western in 1943. "Traitor of the Natchez Trace" is actually not a north-western. Instead, it's a frontier story — not a western, really, because it's set along the Natchez Trace (thus the title) when the Mississippi River was considered The West. I enjoy tales like this, which take place outside the typical western formula and include a bit of history or cultural information as additional narrative color to create a stronger verisimilitude. Visit this URL to read this article about the story and its ties to history: http://pulprack.com/arch/2007/03/following_the_t.html And remember our Ryerson Johnson page at this URL: http://pulprack.com/arch/2006/07/w_ryerson_johns.html As always, thanks for your patronage. Duane Spurlock proprietor The Pulp Rack http://www.pulprack.com Sign up for the Pulp Rack email list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pulprack/ | |
| RED
SONJA #24 - Coming in
June! by Michael Avon Oeming & Homs Dynamite presents the penultimate issue as Red Sonja heads to her 25th issue (celebrating her 35th Anniversary in comics!) and her next battle with Kulan Gath! In issue #24, Sonja and her companions continue to struggle with the strange forces at play on the other side of the world ? and the ocean and its monsters in-between! ? as the She-Devil races to return to Hyboria and face the new world order of Kulan Gath! Featuring another stunning array of covers from Stephen Segovia, Joe Prado, Homs and Ron Adrian (all shipping in an equal ratio)! 32 pages, Full Color, $2.99 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment RED SONJA #24 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 28th). The Diamond Item Code is APR073566. |  |
| ReelArt
Studios - TARZAN AND THE GOLDEN LION is available
for pre-order! TARZAN AND THE GOLDEN LION as envisioned by the masterful J. Allen St. John whose work graced the original editions of many Burroughs' titles is now available for pre-order. Click on the image at the right for a larger image. Inspired by the classic illustration of Burroughs artist J. Allen St. John, the statue depicts Tarzan and Jad-bal-ja, his fierce golden lion from the dust cover of the 1923 first edition A. C. McClurg book of the same title. Visit ReelArt Studios on the web to pre-order yours today! Sculpted by Shawn Nagle Prototype Painted by Joy and Tom Studios Dimensions: 1/8 scale — 10” tall Price: $189.00 plus $12 shipping — limited to 1000 units worldwide Visit the ReelArt Studios website at http://reelartstudios.com/ TARZAN AND THE GOLDEN LION is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 28th). The Diamond Item Code is APR070066. |  |
| Robert E. Howard Days - June 7- 8 - 9, 2007! The schedule for this years Howard Days festivities is now posted on The Cimmerian website. 2007 REH DAYS SCHEDULE GUEST OF HONOR: Greg Manchess Thursday, June 7 (pre-festival tour) Join Leo Grin on a special caravan trip to some of Howard’s favorite haunts — Fort McKavett, Enchanted Rock State Park, Fredericksburg and all the beautiful Texas countryside that inspired the fictional land of Cimmeria. Leaves Jean’s Feed Barn after breakfast and returns to Brownwood for a late dinner. Friday, June 8 9:00 - 4:00: Howard House Museum open for tours. Closed for lunch. 9:00 - 4:00: Postal Cancellation at downtown Post Office 10:00 - 500: Public Library downtown open. Original manuscripts available for viewing, copies for sale 10:30 - 12:00 Walking and bus tours, free time 12:00 Lunch in the pavilion - provided by Project Pride 2:00 Panel: “Black Rivers and Red Nails: The Art of Greg Manchess,” hosted by Craig Miller 3:00 Panel: “Shadow Kingdoms: Exploring Kull’s Thurian Age,” hosted by Larry “Deuce” Richardson 4:00 - 6:30 Dealer’s Room open for browsing adjacent to dinner site Silent Auction available for browsing and bidding at dinner 6:30 Celebration dinner - fresh cooked, piping hot, mouth watering catfish and all the trimmings Silent Auction ends right after dinner 9:00 The Cimmerian Awards, hosted by Leo Grin at Pavilion Saturday, June 9 9:00 - 4:00 Howard House Museum open for tours (closed for lunch) Annual Barbarian Festival downtown - a small town specialty: parade, car show, tractor show, live music, crafts, lots of food vendors 12:30 Kane film presented by Derek Stallings 1:00 Panel: “Desert Adventurers: El Borak, Kirby O’Donnell and other Gunslingers of the Wild East,” hosted by Dave Hardy 2:00 Panel: “Ringside Tales: The Amazing Stories Behind Howard’s Favorite Boxers,” hosted by Chris Gruber 3:00 - 5:00 Free Time 5:00 - 8:00 “Sunset BBQ at Caddo Peak,” hosted by the Middleton Family, owners of the beautiful ranch | |
| SerialFest 2007 - May 17-18-19, 2007! The world's only all-serial film festival, and the most fun 3-day weekend a serial fan can have. Thursday-Friday-Saturday - May 17-18-19, 2007 Location: The Newtown Theater (Daytime film screenings) 120 N. State Street, Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania 215-968-3859 Serial chapters to be screened at the Newtown Theater Friday 10am-5:00pm and Saturday 10am-5:30pm Digital video, dinners & additional activities Thursday-Friday-Saturday evenings at the Hampton Inn and nearby restaurants. Visit The Serial Squadron website for the latest information. | |
| SHEENA #1 (OF 5) Author: Robert Rodi; Artist: Matt Merhoff ; Cover Artists: Joe Jusko, Nicola Scott, Khary Randolph, and Tim Seeley Based on a concept by Stephen E. De Souza The first comic book heroine to have her own title returns to comics with a brand new #1! The country of Val Verde is rife with dissent - political, environmental and financial problems plague this country? How does the life of Sheena fit into all of this? Just how did she become the incarnation of the jungle in the first place? The questions and answers begin here! 32 pages, Full Color, $3.50 Devil's Due Publishing SHEENA #1 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 28th). The Diamond Item Code is APR073605. |  |
| STARLOG #355 - Featuring "The Bronze Ghost" by Will Murray! STARLOG #355 (now available) features a five page article titled "The Bronze Ghost" by Will Murray. Tying in with Nostalgia Ventures' release of "Land of Always-Night," the article features a previously-unpublished interview with Doc Savage co-author Ryerson Johnson. It is profusely illustrated with pulp and paperback Doc Savage covers, interior art, and photos of both Lester Dent and Ryerson Johnson. Doc Savage fans will not want to pass up this issue! $7.99 in bookstores and comic shops. |  |
| Wildside Press - Coming to comic
shops and beyond in June/July! H.P. LOVECRAFT'S MAGAZINE OF HORROR #5 H.P. Lovecraft reinvented the field of horror - now the magazine that bears his name is out to do it again! This issue features all-new stories by legendary horror author Tanith Lee, Campbell Award-winning writer Elizabeth Bear, and World Fantasy Award nominee Holly Phillips; book reviews by Craig Shaw Gardner; Lovecraftian news by Peter Cannon; and lots more! Magazine, 88 pages, B&W SRP: $5.95 H.P. LOVECRAFT'S MAGAZINE OF HORROR #5 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 28th). The Diamond Item Code is APR074126. ROBERT E. HOWARD'S WEIRD WORKS VOLUME 1: SHADOW KINGDOMS MMPB by Robert E. Howard; edited by Paul Herman Shadow Kingdoms is the first in a ten book definitive chronological collection of Robert E. Howard's work from the classic magazine Weird Tales, restored to their original text, and features some of Howard's most famous creations including King Kull and Solomon Kane. Cover by Ken Kelly. Mass Market paperback, 5x7, 320 pages SRP: $6.99 SHADOW KINGDOMS is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 28th). The Diamond Item Code is APR074221. OPERATOR #5: LIBERTY'S SUICIDE LEGIONS TP by Curtis Steele In Liberty's Suicide Legions, after America has been invaded and nearly destroyed, Jimmy Christopher ? Operator #5 ? battles the forces of the insidious Purple Emperor, with the fate of the United States hanging in the balance! Softcover, 6x9, 136 pages, B&W, SRP: $13.95 LIBERTY'S SUICIDE LEGIONS is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (available March 28th). The Diamond Item Code is APR074247. |  |
| Wildside Press/Audio Realms: Robert
E. Howard Audio Series - Coming soon! AudioRealms will be producing four audio volumes dedicated exclusively to Conan. The first three will feature multiple stories in each volume with the 4th and final as REH's masterpiece "The Hour Of The Dragon." The first three volumes are "The Phoenix on the Sword," "People of the Dark," and "Red Nails." ROBERT E. HOWARD'S PEOPLE OF THE DARK, 5 CD Set, $29.95 "The People of the Black Circle" is the first volume of stories about Conan the Cimmerian, perhaps Robert E. Howard's most famous creation, presenting it as it was originally written and appeared in the pulp magazine WEIRD TALES meticulously produced to the original magazine texts. A brief audio sample from "Gods of the North" is available on the Audio Realms website. This volume contains: People of the Black Circle Jewels of Gwalhur Beyond the Black River A Witch Shall Be Born Gods of the North Also in the works: Shadow Kingdoms, The Weird Works Of Robert E. Howard Volume #1, 5 CD Set, $29.95 Shadow Kingdoms is the first volume of the Weird Works of Robert E. Howard, presenting all of Howard's work for the pulp magazine WEIRD TALES meticulously restored to its original magazine texts. This volume contains: The Lost Race The Dream Snake The Hyena Red Shadows Skulls in the Stars Rattle of Bones The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune Red Thunder The Voice of El-Lil |  Cover by Dalmazio Frau |
| ZORRO - New Dynamite Entertainment comic-book series! Zorro Productions and Dynamite Entertainment on Wednesday announce the signing of an agreement that will allow for Dynamite to create a new comic-book series featuring Zorro. The new Dynamite series will feature Zorro and supporting characters, including Lady Rawhide. The agreement allows for Dynamite to also produce a separate Lady Rawhide comic book series. "We're delighted to be partnering with Dynamite for a new Zorro comic series," said John Gertz, president of Zorro Productions. "Throughout the life of the character, there has been a continual interplay between the printed page and the iconic image of the character. The comic book renditions of Zorro have been an arena for exploration, imagination, and the development of unique storylines and characters. We look forward to that tradition continuing in Dynamites creative hands." The agreement also allows Dynamite to create fine art and posters, collections of existing material, statues and other collectibles. Details on the creative team and scheduling for the series will be released in the coming weeks. | |
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| ATHENA
VOLTAIRE: FLIGHT OF THE FALCON #4 - Available
in comic shops August 30th! by Paul Daly & Steve Bryant The slam-bang conclusion! Trapped between Nazi forces and the undead army of a lost city, can Athena Voltaire seal the portal to the hollow earth? 32 pages, Full Color, $2.99 APE ENTERTAINMENT | |
| Baen
Books: The Spider: Robot Titans of Gotham - Final cover version now available! The upcoming new Spider reprint, ROBOT TITANS OF GOTHAM, will be published by Baen Books in June 2007. Chris Kalb has forwarded the final cover version to me for your enjoyment! Click here or on the image at the right for a larger version. This trade paperback collection will reprint: 1) The Spider #75: "Satan's Murder Machines," by Norvell Page, originally published in December 1, 1939 2) The Spider #26: "Death Reign of the Vampire King," by Norvell Page, originally published November 1, 1935 There will also be a bonus story, "The City Condemned to Hell," from the sole issue of THE OCTOPUS originally published February-March 1939. "The City Condemned to Hell" was originally credited to Randolph Craig, but Craig is believed to be a house name used by Norvell Page. For more information on The Octopus, visit Jess Nevin's Pulp Heroes website. The book will also include two illustrations by Steranko -- one drawing of the Spider from a character model-sheet for a never produced Spider comic, and a newly commissioned rendering of The Octopus. ROBOT TITANS OF GOTHAM will be supported this summer at the San Diego Comic Con with a signing by Steranko and a new Spider Ring giveaway. A second Baen book of three Spider stories is planned. Trade Paperback , 316 pages, $15, Ships on or around June 5 Simon & Schuster Amazon.com Thanks to Chris Kalb for sending the final cover version! |  Click on the cover for a larger image. |
| Black
Dog Books - Coming soon! ZENITH RAND, PLANET VIGILANTE by Richard Tooker Previously uncollected stories of this lusty space bucaneer from MYSTERY ADVENTURES. Front and back cover art by Norman Saunders. 6 x 9, trade paperback, $12.95 THE SILVER MENACE and A THOUSAND DEGREES BELOW ZERO by Murray Leinster Two early science fiction works from the legendary THRILL BOOK. Never before reprinted. Cover art by Tom Roberts. 6 x 9, trade paperback, $14.95 Also in production—Spring 2007 Trade paperback releases from Black Dog Books • FLAMEHAIR by H. Bedford-Jones • PUZZLE IN PERIL—The Collected Cases of Nick Ransom by Robert Leslie Bellem Black Dog Books 1115 Pine Meadows Ct. Normal, IL 61761 tom.roberts2@insightbb.com www.blackdogbooks.net (under construction) Check or Money order. Credit cards accepted through Paypal. | |
| BLOOD 'N' THUNDER #17 - Available next week! Subscriber copies will be mailed in batches late next week and next weekend. The theme of this issue is "behind the scenes." The lead feature is the rough draft of an unpublished Lester Dent story from 1930, "The Cowled Nemesis." Rejected twice and then shelved, it was to have been the first in a series featuring a Shadow-like avenger operating in the contemporary West. Dent's typewritten, outline/proposal for the series, will also be appearing in replica format. Will Murray provides an introduction. Continuing the theme, Mark Trost analyzes a 1936 Phantom Detective outline that never became a novel but was, instead, pillaged for themes and incidents used in two subsequent Phantom yarns. There's also a fascinating autobiographical sketch written by fantasy/SF great C. L. Moore for a 1936 fanzine. Additionally, Alfred Jan takes a look at intrepid Hollywood reporter Judith Gerard, one of the few series characters created for the spicy/girly pulps, while Neil Mechem weighs in on the desirability of autographed pulps and pulp-related books. Finally, the "Cliffhanger Classics" department features a small portfolio of behind-the-scenes photos taken on the sets of numerous Universal serials of the '30s and '40s. Additionally, Alfred Jan takes a look at intrepid Hollywood reporter Judith Gerard, one of the few series characters created for the spicy/girly pulps. And Neil Mechem weighs in on the desirability of autographed pulps and pulp-related books in "The Name Is the Game--Or Is It?" Four issue subscriptions are available for $25.
Make checks or money orders payable to: Ed Hulse 2467 Route 10 East, Mountain Club, Bldg. 15, Apt. 4B Morris Plains, NJ 07950 |  Click on the cover for a larger image. |
| CONAN
#38 - Available in comic shops March 21st! Timothy Truman (W), Cary Nord (P/Cover, and Richard Isanove (C) Cursed and betrayed. Jiara's treachery comes to a head as she proves once and for all that her affection was for the contents of Conan's purse, not his pants. And Nestor learns that his own loyalty to the Cimmerian may cost him more than he had bargained for-in this life and the next! The second part of the prelude to the Conan classic "Rogues in the House," told in the Robert E. Howard tradition by celebrated storytellers Timothy Truman, Cary Nord, and new Conan colorist Richard Isanove ( Wolverine: Origin ). Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99 Dark Horse Comics |  |
| CONAN #41 - Coming in June! Written by Timothy Truman, art and cover by Cary Nord, colored by Richard Isanove. The first part of the adaptation of the Robert E. Howard classic "Rogues in the House" ! A favorite of fans and critics alike, the seminal Conan story "Rogues in the House" first appeared in WEIRD TALES in 1934. Now, writer Timothy Truman and artist Cary Nord bring you the tale of the Red Priest, as you've never seen it before. With Conan's only friend on the gallows and his light-of-love in another man's arms, the Cimmerian's lot looks grim, indeed. But before Conan's crimes can catch up with him, the plotting of a treacherous nobleman and a dark priest propel him into one of his most chilling adventures yet . . . 32 pages, $2.99, in stores on June 20. Dark Horse Comics | |
| E-texts
on the net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks review is "Vanished Treasure" from October 15, 1938. "The Golden Quest" by John Olsen is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery. Shadows of the Pulps: Nothing new this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 800 stories online! "The Curfew Kid" by Gordon Seagrove from ALL-STORY WEEKLY, June 26, 1915 A vaudeville showgirl seems to have an admirer, but he is not what she expects. A very slight story. "These Shoes Are Killing Me" by Leroy Yerxa from MAMMOTH DETECTIVE, May 1943 Police detective Robert Case investigates a murder case where there are footprints all around the corpse; but they were all prints of the left foot! | |
| FAFHRD
AND THE GRAY MOUSER - Available
in comic shops March 21st! Written by Howard Chaykin, art by Mike Mignola. Since their first appearance in 1939, Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser have ranked among the most beloved characters in fantasy. Their rollicking adventures in the fantastic land of Nehwon have influenced the work of some of the best in modern fantasy, including Michael Moorcock, Terry Pratchett, and countless others. Chaykin and Mignola's four-issue adaptation of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, long out-of-print, is collected here in a graphic novel for the first time, with new cover art from Mignola. DH Press is publishing all eight books in the influential Lankhmar series and Dark Horse Entertainment is developing the property as a major motion picture. 200 pages, $14.95, in stores on March 14. Dark Horse Comics |  |
| It's
A Pulp World It's A Pulp World is Eric Jamborsky's blog that has now posted a classic Earl K. Bergey STARTLING STORIES cover. The website is definitely worth a look. | |
| Off-Trail Publications: PULPWOOD DAYS, Volume 1 - Now available! PULPWOOD DAYS, Volume 1: Editors You Want To Know Edited by John Locke Behind the flashy covers of the pulp magazines, below the famous names of the authors, toiled the hardworking, and usually anonymous, architects of the medium—the editors. Included in this collection from the writers’ magazines of the Pulp Era are their stories, articles by and about the editors, the lives they led, the difference they made. Ample biographical material accompanies the articles, illuminating dim, forgotten corners of pulp magazine history. Illustrated; fully indexed. Among the many editors covered: Frank E. Blackwell (Detective Story, Western Story), Ray Palmer (Amazing Stories, Fantastic Adventures), Robert A.W. Lowndes (Columbia Publications), Edwin Baird (Weird Tales, Detective Tales), Freeman H. Hubbard (Railroad Stories), Harry Maule (Short Stories, West), Carson Mowre (Dell Publishing), Arthur E. Scott (Top-Notch), Daisy Bacon (Love Story), Harold Hersey, Anthony Rud. 180 pages, $16.00, Shipping: $2.50 media mail; $4.00 priority Also available from Off-Trail Publications: THE CITY OF BAAL by Charles Beadle Mysterious Africa... At the turn of the 20th Century, Charles Beadle served the British Empire in the colonies of southern Africa; saw duty in the Boer War. Afterwards, he worked his way north through perilous territory as an oddjobber, trader and explorer. When his travels ended, he tapped his storytelling gifts and turned the Africa of experience into enthralling fiction, becoming a stalwart of the great adventure pulps. Included in this collection of seven short stories and novelettes--originally published in ADVENTURE and THE FRONTIER --are strange tales of daring quests, wildlife in riot, treacherous characters, inscrutable witchdoctors, bizarre tribes, gruesome fates--all the mystery, discovery, danger . . . and dread, of unknown lands. From small-scale stories of isolated outposts under stress, to epic sagas of lost races in the depths of the jungle--from the macabre to the breathtaking--here is adventure at its best. Also included is a detailed discussion of the historical context of Beadle’s stories, and a look at his fascinating life and career. 6x9-inch perfect bound, 240 pages, 7 stories $20.00, Shipping: $2.50 media mail; $4.00 priority THE WEIRD DETECTIVE ADVENTURES OF WADE HAMMOND by Paul Chadwick Reporter by day, detective by night, adventurer by blood. Meet Wade Hammond, tough and smart, the man who tackles cases the police can’t handle, battling some of the most diabolical killers known to pulp fiction. It takes brains as well as brawn to outsmart these insidious madmen, geniuses at twisting science into terrifying tools of murder, and Wade never shrinks from the challenge. For the first time, ten of the most spine-chilling Wade Hammond stories have been collected from the pages of classic 1930’s pulps: DETECTIVE-DRAGNET and TEN DETECTIVE ACES. In these vivid, atmospheric tales from the pen of Paul Chadwick, author of Secret Agent X and Captain Hazzard, the mood is mysterious, the situation perilous, and the suspense unrelenting. Lock the doors, pull down the blinds, and enter the weird and wonderful world of Wade Hammond. 6x9-inch perfect bound; 180 pages, 10 stories $18.00, Shipping: $2.50 media mail; $4.00 priority Check or Money Order to: Off-Trail Publications 2036 Elkhorn Rd. Castroville, CA 95012 You can also order by PayPal: offtrail@redshift.com | |
| The
Phantom Detective - New novel from Wildside Press rescheduled
for April 2007! Robert Reginald (Prof. Michael Burgess) is writing a "NEW" Phantom Detective novel that will be published by Wildside Press in April 2007. 124 pages, 6 x 9 trade paperback, ISBN 0-8095-6217-0, $15. 00 Visit Robert Reginald's website for a preview of this upcoming novel. | |
| The
Phantom Statue - Now available! Electric Tiki is proud to continue the Classic Heroes Collection with the man who cannot die: The Phantom! Creator Lee Falk debuted The Phantom in 1936, and the character is generally recognized as the first-ever costumed superhero. The Phantom has appeared in countless comic strips and comic books, novels, a movie serial, two television series, and a feature film. To celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Phantom, Ruben Procopio has designed and sculpted the ultimate tribute to the classic comic character. The Phantom Statue stands 13" tall, and is 1:6 scale. Each piece is hand-cast in high quality polystone and hand-painted to exacting standards. It comes with a durable foam interior and a beautiful full-color package, and is individually numbered and complete with a hand-numbered Certificate of Authenticity. Statue SRP: $150.00 Visit the Electric Tiki website for larger views of this great statue! |  |
| Pulpdom
- Now available! PULPDOM #48 (March 2007) is now available. The contents include: "Epic Pulps: The Blue Book Magazine" by Mike Taylor "The Ivory Child" by H. Rider Haggard, 1916 - A Review by Roger Allen "The Little Boy and the Elephant" by Gustavus Frankenstein "Detective Fiction Weekly" by Monte Herridge This
issue has full color front and back coversand is profusely illustratedwithfull
color and black & white illustrationsthroughout. Copies are $6 each
(postpaid) anywhere in USA. Six issue subscriptions are $30. |  |
| The
Pulp Factory - Captain Hazzard comic book preview page online! The Pulp Factory has posted a preview page from the upcoming comic book version of Captain Hazzard - Python Men of the Lost City. This graphic novel adaptation has pencils by Craig Shepard, inks by Chuck Bordell, and letters by Digital Caps. Visit The Pulp Factory at http://thepulpfactory.blogspot.com/ | |
| Pulpville
Press - Now available! DIANA DAW #1 The first issue of the Diana Daw comic, reprinting 14 2-page stories from the pages of SPICY ADVENTURE STORIES, including the first 8 stories. Premiere Issue Coming soon! JUNGLE STORIES #1 The premiere issue of a new magazine reprinting jungle-related pulp stories of the past. This first issue contains a complete novel, 2 novelettes, and 2 short stories; includes the first installment of the original magazine version of TARZAN THE UNTAMED by Edgar Rice Burroughs; also includes the first Ki-Gor story, the first Sorak story, and a couple of short jungle stories. Published by Pulp Tales Press. Retail price $10.95 Web special $8.95 |  |
| University
of New Mexico Press - Jack London's Tales of Cannibals and Headhunters: Nine South
Seas Stories by America's Master of Adventure - Now available! Gary Riedl, Editor Thomas R. Tietze, Editor A ship's captain, his vessel ready to explode from a fire within its cargo hold, desperately searches for a way to save his crew. A missionary in Fiji is clubbed to death by a cannibal chief to satisfy a debt of honor. A scientist agrees to have his head chopped off in return for a last glimpse of a huge alien object half-buried in the jungles of Guadalcanal. A Melanesian youth, sold into slavery, gains revenge against his sadistic white overseer. With unbridled barbarity, the crew of a European ship massacres scores of islanders. These are some of the incidents in the action-filled short stories found in Jack London's Tales of Cannibals and Headhunters. Though London's bestsellers about the frozen Northland are known to most, few readers are familiar with his tales set in the romantic and dangerous South Seas - an area of the world with which Jack London became intimate while traveling aboard his yacht, The Snark, in the first decade of the twentieth century. For the first time these stories are collected in a single volume with notes, an introduction, and an afterword that help to illuminate the racial tension of the colonial period in the Pacific. The stories are illustrated with the original artwork, several maps (including one of London's own), and photographs of the region. 6 x 9, 288 pages, 35 halftones, 4 maps, $24.95 University of New Mexico Press |  |
| Wild
Cat Books - Coming
soon! THE GHOST Lives! Wild Cat Books proudly announces THE GHOST, an upcoming pulp anthology featuring brand new stories by some of today’s most acclaimed writers of mystery, horror, and science fiction. The Ghost, a fascinating, nearly forgotten pulp hero, is magician detective George Chance, (later known as the Green Ghost), whose thrilling adventures were originally written by G.T. Fleming-Roberts, pseudonym of George Thomas Roberts, a prolific contributor to pulp magazines. As the Ghost, Chance adopts a terrifying disguise, using his superior skill as an illusionist and master escape artist, to battle the criminal Underworld.THE GHOST resurrection is the collaborative brain-child of Wild Cat founder and publisher Ron Hanna, who has been printing new editions of pulp material for over a decade, and writer/editor Martin Powell, a contributor not only to Moonstone’s eagerly awaited pulp anthologies reviving THE SPIDER, THE PHANTOM, THE AVENGER, and CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT, but was also a featured writer in KOLCHAK: The Night Stalker Chronicles, which earned a Bram Stoker nomination. “About a year ago, publisher Ron Hanna approached me with the idea of doing something new with the Ghost, an old favorite character for both of us,” Powell said. “He generously gave me the freedom to select my own writers and illustrator, and I immediately knew exactly who I wanted for the book. As busy as all of these guys are, I was genuinely surprised when every single writer that I’d hand-picked enthusiastically joined the project. Already this has been an awesome experience.” The featured “Ghost Writers” are an impressive group, including: James Chambers (The Midnight Hour), Win Scott Eckert (Tales of the Shadowmen Vol. 3), Mike Frigon (Doctor Satan), Joe Gentile (Kolchak the Night Stalker & Sherlock Holmes), Howard Hopkins (Night Demons), Christopher Mills (Femme Noir), and Powell himself. Larry Marshall (Flying Models) is on board as co-editor. Thomas L. Floyd, creator of the web-comic strip, CAPTAIN SPECTRE, has also joined THE GHOST, contributing a new painted cover and providing a series of b&w interior illustrations, as well. Hanna and Powell also hint at a major surprise within the covers of THE GHOST, yet to be announced, that they guarantee will give pulp fans a reason to celebrate. The resurrection of THE GHOST promises to be as cool a pulp publishing "event" as anything that's come before! | |
| Wild
Cat Books - Now available! TALES FROM THE LYONHEART... Fantastic Adventures by Richard K. Lyon... This is a stunning collection of Short Stories and Novellas that range from Science Fiction to Fantasy, Humor to Mystery, and Satire to Current Events, all told in the author's unique style! A member of the SFWA, as well as a Scientist and Inventor, Richard K. Lyon has numerous writing credentials and has appeared in many mainstream magazines, such as Analog, as well as small-press publications, and was a frequent collaborator with Andrew J. Offutt. His works cover a span of 30 years, and Wild Cat Books is proud to present many of his best tales in one volume! Includes 13 stories, such as "Rotational Assignment", "Renting to Elephants", "The Nun's Demon Lover", "New Jerusalem", "New York vs. The Great Apes", and a previously unpublished tale; "Creation Science 101"... This is a book that you will find yourself reading again and again... 172 pages, 6"x9" Trade Paperback, $19.96 ISBN: 978-1-4303-1678-7 Available NOW at http://www.lulu.com/wildcatbooks And soon to be available at all major on-line Retail outlets! |  |
| Wildside
Press - Coming up in 2007! All of the publication dates listed below are from Amazon.com or LOCUS and are subject to change. THE WEIRD WORKS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD VOLUME 7: BEYOND THE BLACK RIVER, Hardcover, February 2007 THE DARK WORLDS OF H. P. LOVECRAFT, VOLUME 4, [Audiobook], March 1, 2007 THE DARK WORLDS OF H. P. LOVECRAFT, VOLUME 5, [Audiobook], March 1, 2007 ROBERT E. HOWARD'S THE PHOENIX ON THE SWORD, [Audiobook], March 28, 2007 G-8 AND HIS BATTLE ACES - SCOURGE OF THE STEEL MASK, Trade paperback, April 1, 2007 THE PHANTOM'S PHANTOM by Robert Reginald, Trade paperback, April 1, 2007 THE WEIRD WORKS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD VOLUME 5: VALLEY OF THE WORM, Trade Paperback, April 1, 2007 ROBERT E. HOWARD'S PEOPLE OF THE DARK, [Audiobook], April 2007 THE DARK WORLDS OF H. P. LOVECRAFT, VOLUME 6, [Audiobook], April 1, 2007 THE DARK WORLDS OF H. P. LOVECRAFT, VOLUME 7, [Audiobook], April 1, 2007 THE RETURN OF THE SORCERER: THE BEST OF CLARK ASHTON SMITH, Hardcover, April 15, 2007 THE WEIRD WORKS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD VOLUME 8: HOURS OF THE DRAGON, Hardcover, May 1, 2007 ELRIC VOLUME 3: WEIRD OF THE WHITE WOLF [Audiobook], May 1, 2007 THE NEVERENDING HUNT: A BIBLOGRAPHY OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, Hardcover, May 1, 2007 ROBERT E. HOWARD'S RED NAILS, [Audiobook], May 1, 2007 THE NEVERENDING HUNT: A BIBLOGRAPHY OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, Trade paperback, June 1, 2007 THE MAKER OF GARGOYLES by Clark Ashton Smith, [Audiobook], June 1, 2007 THE ROBERT E. HOWARD READER by Darrell Schweitzer, June 1, 2007 THE WEIRD WORKS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD VOLUME 10: A THUNDER OF TRUMPETS, July 1, 2007 ROBERT E. HOWARD'S THE HOUR OF THE DRAGON, [Audiobook], July 1, 2007 THE WEIRD WORKS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD VOLUME 9: BLACK HOUNDS OF DEATH, Hardcover, August 1, 2007 THE WEIRD WORKS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD VOLUME 6: GARDENS OF FEAR, Trade paperback, August 1, 2007 ELRIC VOLUME 4: THE VANISHING TOWER [Audiobook], August 1, 2007 |     |
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| 2007
Windy City Pulp and Paper Con - May 4 thru 6, 2007! The 2007 Windy City Pulp and Paper Con is now two months away, May 4-May 6. It'll be held at the Sheraton Chicago Northwest. The con website -- www.windycitypulpandpaper.com -- has been updated and new info will continue to be posted to the Bulletin Board section of the website. If you haven't joined the forums, take a moment and do so! This year's theme is WEIRD TALES and the 75th anniversary of Conan; our guests are artists Ken Kelly and Gary Gianni. If you're planning on staying at the hotel for the con, the cut-off date for our reserved room block is 5:00 on April 5. Before that date, the hotel is holding rooms for convention attendees at the convention rate. After that date, you can still get a hotel room at but it's at the prevailing hotel rate (which is generally about twice as much as the con rate) and is subject to their having rooms available. So if possible, book your rooms prior to 5:00 on April 5, which will save you money. Reservations can be made by calling the hotel or calling their central reservations office at 888-627-8093. And please remember to mention the con when booking rooms! | ||||
| Adamant
Entertainment teams with Ron Fortier's Airship 27 Productions Adamant Entertainment is pleased to announce that we're taking over production and distribution of the pulp-revival books of Ron Fortier's Airship 27 Productions---novels and anthologies featuring classic characters like Captain Hazzard, Ki-Gor The Jungle Lord, Secret Agent X and more. These pulse-pounding paragons of pulp will be available direct to the consumer via Adamant Entertainment's THRILLING TALES website, as well as in distribution to bookstores and comic shops soon afterward. Electronic book versions, in PDF format, will also be made available through Adamant Entertainment's exclusive eBook vendor, OneBookShelf, Inc.
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| Adventure House - The March facsimile reprints are now available! KA-ZAR and DETECTIVE SHORT STORIES arrive in comic shops on 14 March! SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES was not solicited to comic shops! KA-ZAR, THE GREAT - June 1937, 7x10, 112 pages, $14.95 DETECTIVE SHORT STORIES - November 1937, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES - January 1942, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
SECRET AGENT "X" - November 1934, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 GANGLAND DETECTIVE STORIES - September 1940, 7x10, 112 pages, $14.95 SPICY-ADVENTURE STORIES - August 1939, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 Click here for the May, June and July facsimile reprints announced so far! |   | |||
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Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc THE SHADOW Volume 6: "The Shadow's Justice" & "The Broken
Napoleons" Coming this month! "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow Knows!" The legendary supersleuth returns in two of Walter Gibson's most intriguing mystery thrillers. The Dark Avenger journeys to Havana to tip the scales of justice in the law's favor in "The Shadow's Justice" (1933). This classic tale of intrigue, lost treasure and murder showcases The Shadow's brand of deadly justice! Then, the Master of Darkness confronts the mysterious master criminal called Levantour ("the Vulture) who leaves a Napoleonic coin at the scene of his crimes. Who will have the last laugh? This instant collector's item leads off with one of George Rozen's most iconic pulp covers, and also includes all the original interior art by acclaimed illustrator Tom Lovell plus new historical commentary by popular culture historians Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Productions) Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95 DOC SAVAGE Volume 5: "The Spook Legion" and "The Submarine Mystery" The pulps' legendary superman battles evil in two exciting adventures by Lester Dent writing as Kenneth Robeson. In "The Spook Legion" (1935), the Man of Bronze and his aide Monk Mayfair battle invisible supercrooks led by a criminal mastermind whose scientific brilliance may surpass Doc's own. Then, in 1938's "The Submarine Mystery," Doc Savage investigates modern-day piracy when a Navy sub is destroyed off of Boston Harbor, and it's only survivor is found to be speaking an obscure 16th-century dialect. These classic pulp thrillers are reproduced with the original color pulp covers by Walter Baumhofer and Emery Clarke, interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical articles by pulp historian Will Murray. (Sanctum Productions) Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95 Subscriptions are also available for either THE SHADOW or DOC SAVAGE: Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail). Anthony Tollin P.O. Box 761474 San Antonio, TX 78245-1474 sanctumotr@earthlink.net |   | |||
| ASTOUNDING
HERO TALES - Off to the printer! Edited by James Lowder The neo-pulp anthology ASTOUNDING HERO TALES is finally off to the printer and should be available within the next month. All the stories are original to the anthology, including the Cave and Dent tales. The contents include:
320 page trade paperback; $16.99 ISBN: 978-1-58366-060-7 ASTOUNDING HERO TALES can be pre-ordered at Amazon.com. |  Click on the image above for a larger image. | |||
| Bruce
Bennett - R.I.P. Bruce Bennett passed away at the age of 100 on February 24th. He died of complications from a broken hip after a fall. Bruce Bennett was Edgar Rice Burroughs' choice to play Tarzan in THE NEW ADVENTURES OF TARZAN. His performance as Tarzan remains the only film presentation that was generally true to Burroughs' novels, with the Ape Man portrayed as the sophisticated English nobleman speaking in full sentences. Bennett also played Tarzan in TARZAN AND THE GREEN GODDESS. He has appeared in more than a hundred films, dating back to the early years of talkies. For much of his career, he was credited under his birth name, Herman Brix, and he won a silver medal in the Los Angeles Olympics of 1932. | ||||
| E-texts on the
net this week The Shadow in Review: There is no new Shadow review this week. Next weeks review will be "Vanished Treasure" from October 15, 1938. "The Fashionable Corpse" by Jonathan Blade is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery. Shadows of the Pulps: Nothing new this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 800 stories online! "Hocus Pocus Homicide" by Gene D. Robinson from 10-Story Detective, April 1945 Detective Ned Cain applied all the tricks of his trade to produce that missing banker. For the magician murder suspect had pulled a vanishing act. And Cain had to add a little sleight-of-hand sleuthing himself to keep from becoming a presto-chango corpse. "Rubber Buggy Bump-Off" by David James from Famous Detective Stories, May 1953 An old woman wheeling a baby-carriage was the prelude to sudden shootings . . . | ||||
| HOWARD'S
HAUNTS by Rob Roehm - Third "corrected" edition now available! A third edition that corrects several errors in the original is now available. Travel through the remnants of Robert E. Howard's Texas and the events of the Howard Centennial with this collection of full color photographs and descriptions of the Birthday Bash in Fort Worth, Howard Days in Cross Plains, and the World Fantasy Convention in Austin. Also included are sections dealing with Peaster, Dark Valley, Rising Star, Burkett, Cross Cut, Fredericksburg, Fort McKavett, Greenleaf Cemetery, Howard Payne University, and more. Each section includes excerpts from Howard's correspondence and commentary by Rob Roehm, with an assist by Mark Finn. Includes "Cimmeria" and many high resolution pictures of Howard himself. $29.99 HOWARD'S HAUNTS is available on Lulu.com. |  | |||
| THE
LONE RANGER #5 - Available in comic shops on 14 March! by Brett Matthews, John Cassaday, Sergio Cariello, & Dean White The Lone Ranger continues from creators Brett Matthews, John Cassaday, Sergio Cariello and colorist Dean White! The Lone Ranger makes himself known, hoping to draw the man behind the murders of his father, brother, and fellow Rangers out into the open. But will his frontier justice reach Black Bart in time, already a visitor in the home of the only family John Reid has left in the world? The first two issues sold out faster than Silver can run, and critical praise is unanimous - don't miss out as this series continues to progress, and impress! 32 pages, Full Color, $2.99 Dynamite Entertainment |  | |||
| Mike
Chomko - March 2007 newsletter is now available! Mike's March 2007 newsletter is now available. Click here to view/download it. Orders over $20 are discounted approximately 10%. Shipping is between $2-6, depending on the weight of your order (media mail or bound printed matter). MichaelChomko, 2217W. Fairview Street, Allentown,PA 18104-6542 Contact Mike by email at chomko@enter.net | ||||
| The
Nostalgia League - Now available
online! New on The Nostalgia League "A Conquest of Two Worlds" by Edmond Hamilton presented in 2 parts. Visit The Nostalgia League website at http://thenostalgialeague.com/ | ||||
| The
Pulp Rack Here's a review of Michael Dirda's BOUND TO PLEASE: An Extraordinary One-Volume Literary Education. A collection of "essays on great writers and their books" may not at first seem appropriate for readers of high-energy, action-blasting pulp fiction, but be warned that Michael Dirda, a longtime writer and editor for the Washington Post Book World and 1993 recipient of the Pulitzer Price for distinguished criticism, is a great promoter of genre fiction. And he's no stranger to pulp fiction, my friends. You can read the review at this URL: http://pulprack.com/arch/2007/03/bound_to_please.html Duane Spurlock proprietor The Pulp Rack http://www.pulprack.com Sign up for the Pulp Rack email list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pulprack/ | ||||
| Pulp
Uncovered: How Pulp Fiction Magazines Changed America - March 15-18, 2007 A Pulp Fiction Festival Sponsored by Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Keynote Speaker: Will Murray Cheap pulp fiction magazines of the early 1900s defied social taboos against violence, sex and bad taste. Condemned by moralists and scorned by the elite, pulp stories flaunted violence, reveled in promiscuous sex, and stereotyped just about everyone. Visit the Pulp Uncovered website at http://www.pulpuncovered.com/ For more information contact: info@pulpuncovered.com The Festival is a community event sponsored by the American studies department at Brown University and it celebrates pulp fiction magazines from the 1920s-40s. We are looking at how the art, stories, and creators of pulp magazines influenced/mirrored society and how they broke many social taboos. The Festival will take place March 15-17 in honor of the 70th anniversary of the death of HP Lovecraft, Providence's own pulpster. There will be two museum exhibits on Brown's campus: one on the action-detective pulps including Doc Savage, and another exhibit on Lovecraft and the horror pulps. Brown is working with many organizations such as the Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence Preservation Society, RISD Museum, the Providence Athenaeum and Lovecraft's old haunt the Ladd Observatory, all of which are co-sponsoring public events. For example, there will be two walking tours on different aspects of Lovecraft's life and work, we'll have a RISD Museum event talking about the art of the pulps, a Lovecraft astronomy night at the Ladd Observatory, and various lectures and panel discussions. We also have a Pulp Film Festival at the Cable Car Cinema in Providence, featuring some pulp-inspired movies and some film noir classics. |  | |||
| Pulpville
Press - Now available! TALES FROM THE PULPS #1 TALES FROM THE PULPS #1 reprints stories which first appeared in the old-time pulp magazines, the pulp pages of newspapers, the slick pages of magazines, and an occasional story which has never appeared in magazine form before. In this first issue, we present the first magazine appearance of Edgar Rice Burroughs' THE TARZAN TWINS; an air-mystery story by Frederick C. Davis, THE SKY PIRATE; a Crime Spectacularist story by Lester Dent (better known as Kenneth Robeson, who wrote most of the Doc Savage stories), HELL IN BOXES; Perry Mason creator Erle Stanley Gardner with THE POLICE OF THE HOUSE, an early Spicy/Breezy type story; and Otis Adelbert Kline, an Edgar Rice Burroughs contemporary, who wrote a series of sci-fi stories set on Venus and Mars, CITY SLICKERS. The stories are illustrated with the original artwork which accompanied their initial publication. 80 pages, 8.5" x 11", saddle-stitch binding, black and white interior ink, $8.95 |  | |||
| Wild
Cat Books - Now available! SECRET AGENT "X" - Volume Two Presenting a Brand-New collection of Short Stories featuring America's Master Spy, the Man Of A Thousand Faces! Pulp Hero Action and Adventure at its finest, this book includes: "Masterpiece of Vengeance" by Sean Ellis; "Betty Dale: Gun Moll" by Kevin Noel Olson; "The Plague Doctor" by G. L. Gick; and "The Horror Monsters from Hell" by Tom Johnson. All stories are wonderfully illustrated by Rob Davis, and each tale also features Commentary by the authors, with an Afterword by Ron Fortier. Experience the Thrills and Chills of Secret Agent "X"'s latest exploits! Cover by Davis, with Colors by Chris Carney. Not to be missed! A Ron Fortier Production. Published by Wild Cat Books 188 pages, 6"x9" Trade Paperback, $20.00 ISBN: 978-1-4303-1633-6 Available NOW at http://www.lulu.com/wildcatbooks And soon to be available at all major on-line Retail Stores! |  | |||
| Wildside
Press - WEIRD TALES #343 is now available! John Betancourt announced that WEIRD TALES #343 (the special Joe R. Lansdale issue) arrived at the Wildside Press office earlier this week. Subscription copies were scheduled to ship Thursday from the printer. NOTE: This is the last issue with the old logo. The new logo debuts with #344. SPECIAL AUTHOR FEATURE: JOE R. LANSDALE "Deadman's Road" -- original fiction "On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks" -- novella, with illustration by Tim Truman "Master of the Texas Gothic" -- author interview
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| 11th Annual Fantastic Pulps
Show & Sale - May 12, 2007 The 11th Annual Fantastic Pulps Show & Sale will be held Saturday, May 12, 2007 from 10am to 5pm. Thelocation as always, is the lower level of the Lillian H. Smith branch of the Toronto Public Library, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The show is a small but pulp specific event of 25 tables, featuring pulps, pulp reprints and related items, as well as video and a scattering of other collectables. The show is a friendly event, and the city of Toronto has many attractions to offer for a vacation/pulp outing. There is a slide show, auction, and periodic tours of the library's own pulp collection.The library is located in the heart of Toronto at 239 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. For
more information contact Neil Mechem at Girasol Collectables
at 905.820.7572 or email at: info@girasolcollectables.com Click on the image at the right for the complete show poster! |  | ||||
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| 2007 Windy City Pulp and Paper
Con - May 4 thru 6, 2007! GUESTS OF HONOR: KEN KELLY & GARY GIANNI In keeping with our Conan theme, artists Ken Kelly and Gary Gianni will be our Guests of Honor this year. Among the many paperback and magazine covers Ken Kelly has painted are numerous portrayals of Conan, beginning with the Berkley paperbacks of the 1970's, while Gary Gianni has brought Conan to life in the recent Wandering Star volumes. Both have depicted numerous other REH heroes as well. ART SHOW: We will once again be hosting an art show displaying original pulp and paperback art. For the third year in a row, the art show is sponsored by Dan Zimmer and the fine folks at Illustration magazine (www.illustrationmagazine. com). If you have any art you’d like to make available for display in the art show, please contact us. The art show will be open Saturday and Sunday mornings and afternoons. PULP FILM FEST: Our Pulp Film Fest shows old movies based on pulp stories, on 16 mm film. We will also be showing episodes of the classic TV series, Thriller, based on stories that had originally appeared in WEIRD TALES. More info will be posted on the website closer to the con. The Pulp Film Fest is organized by Ed Hulse and sponsored by Blood ‘N’ Thunder magazine (www.geocities.com/poppub/). PROGRAM BOOK: All attendees will receive a program book, containing pulp articles and reprints. To advertise in the program book, rates are: full page ads $70 (4 1/8'' x 6.75''), half page $40 (4 1/8'' x 3 3/8''), business card size $25 (3.25” x 2''). The deadline for submitting and paying for ads is March 1, 2007. Please contact Tom Roberts at tom.roberts2@insightbb.com for ad matters (other than payment). CON SUITE: Our con suite will operate from Friday afternoon until late Saturday night/early Sunday morning – stop by and grab a drink and some munchies, while chatting about our favorite hobby. HOTEL: For our seventh show, we’ll be in the NW suburbs of Chicago. The Sheraton is 15-20 minutes NW of O’Hare Airport. Room rates are $97/night; parking is free. For those bringing families, the Sheraton’s indoor waterpark is opening this fall, and the Sheraton is also located two miles from Woodfield Mall, which is the Chicago area’s largest mall. The hotel is 1/2 mile from the Chicago Metra train line, which runs to downtown Chicago. The hotel is also located next to Arlington Park Racecourse, the premier horse racing venue in Illinois. The con coincides with opening weekend, and on the Saturday, in addition to the regular slate of races they’ll be simulcasting the Kentucky Derby. So if you still have any money left after buying stuff at the con, you can put a few dollars down on the Derby. The hotel has complimentary transportation to and from Woodfield Mall, the train station and the track. MEMBERSHIPS: Memberships are $35 for all three days, $25 for Friday only, $25 for Saturday only, and $15 for Sunday only. At the request of several attendees at past cons, we are, for the first time, experimenting with and offering the option of buying an Early Bird Admission for non-dealers for $60, which is a three day membership which allows entry to the dealer room on Friday at 10 a.m. (which is one hour after dealer setup begins and two hours before the con generally opens to the public). Please note that we can now accept payments online through Paypal (account pulpvault@msn.com). DEALER INFO: Dealer setup begins Friday at 9 a.m. – the dealer room is open to the public from noon - 6 p.m. Friday (10 a.m. to 6 p.m. for Early Bid Admission), 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sunday. For dealers, tables are 6’ long. Each table includes: 1 tablecloth and 2 chairs. Wall tables are $90 and island tables are $80. The dealer room will helper must also buy a regular 3 day membership ($35). AUCTION: The auction will kick off Saturday at 8 pm. If you have material you’d like to submit, please contact us at info@windycitypulpandpaper.com. The registration form is now posted on the website with complete details. http://www.windycitypulpandpaper.com/ The bulletin board section of the website is also active, so members can join and post things of general interest regarding the convention, including sharing rides, rooms, etc. IMPORTANT SCHEDULING CHANGE! FRIDAY NIGHT PULP PARTY! Despite having booked our hotel dates and times nearly a year in advance, we've just been informed by the hotel that they've double-booked the dealer room for Friday, May 4, and we will not have access to this room until Friday evening. But would something like this deter Conan the Cimmerian? No, by Crom! And it won't deter us either! Accordingly, our Friday schedule has changed for the dealer room. We will now begin dealer set-up as soon as we can on Friday, which we currently anticipate will be between 6:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. It's possible that dealer set-up may be able to begin a little earlier than that; as the situation becomes clearer, we will post updates to the website. The dealer room will open to the public at 7:00 p.m. and will remain open until midnight for our Friday Night Pulp Party. We will begin our Pulp Filmfest on Friday afternoon for those arriving prior to the opening of the dealer room, and will no longer be selling Early Bird Admissions. The flier is still accurate for Saturday's and Sunday's schedules. We apologize for the late change but hope you'll still join us for a fun Friday night filled with buying and selling pulps (and telling tall tales of the ones that got away)! | |||||
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Michigan Antiquarian Book & Paper Show - April 01, 2007! The Midwest's largest book show will feature about 90 dealers from around the country offering over a million old, rare, and collectible book & paper items for sale! For more information, visit http://www.curiousbooks.com/show/abf.html Sunday, April 1, 2007 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM Admission $4.50; free for children 13 and under Lansing Center: 333 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI | |||||
| Adamant Entertainment teams with
Ron Fortier's Airship 27 Productions Adamant Entertainment is pleased to announce that we're taking over production and distribution of the pulp-revival books of Ron Fortier's Airship 27 Productions---novels and anthologies featuring classic characters like Captain Hazzard, Ki-Gor The Jungle Lord, Secret Agent X and more. These pulse-pounding paragons of pulp will be available direct to the consumer via Adamant Entertainment's THRILLING TALES website, as well as in distribution to bookstores and comic shops soon afterward. Electronic book versions, in PDF format, will also be made available through Adamant Entertainment's exclusive eBook vendor, OneBookShelf, Inc. The first new book under released under the auspices of Adamant Entertainment will be Secret Agent X novel THE SEA WRAITHS by Sean Ellis, followed by the anthologies KI-GOR THE JUNGLE LORD and FLYING ACES! Previous editions from this stellar production team will still be available via Wild Cat Books. Watch for further release announcements coming soon! For more information, visit the Airship 27 Productions page at the THRILLING TALES website: http://www.thrillingtales.net/airship.html | |||||
| Adamant Entertainment - THRILLING TALES is
coming in June! Adamant Entertainment is launching a quarterly pulp fiction magazine, to be distributed via bookstores and comic shops, starting in June of 2007. THRILLING TALES began as a pulp-genre role-playing game, released by Adamant Entertainment in 2004. In mid-2007, however, it will be joined by a quarterly magazine of the same name. The top authors in the pulp revival and RPG fields will give you tales of new heroes and brand-new stories featuring classic heroes as well!For more information, visit the THRILLING TALES website at http://www.thrillingtales.net. | |||||
| Adventure House - Now available
and arriving in comic shops March 7th! HIGH ADVENTURE #93 - "Death's Head Face" The Green Lama from DOUBLE DETECTIVE. The Green Lama meets The Man With the Death's Head Face again and encounters a diabolical murder syndicate lead by a ruthless, bloodthirsty and power-mad leader. Retail: $7.95 (U.S.) Media Mail Shipping $2.50 for a single copy. |  | ||||
| Adventure House - The May, June, and July facsimile reprints
have been announced! Coming May 2007 PHANTOM DETECTIVE - September 1935, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 LONE WOLF DETECTIVE STORIES - October 1940, 7x10, 112 pages, $14.95 SPEED DETECTIVE - February 1943, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 Coming June 2007 HEADQUARTERS DETECTIVE - March 1937, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 SPICY-ADVENTURE STORIES - July 1937, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 SECRET AGENT X - June 1935, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 Coming July 2007 DETECTIVE DRAGNET - January 1932, 7x10, 96 pages, $14.95
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| Altus Press - Now available! The Land That Time Forgot by Edgar Rice Burroughs The adventures of a group of Americans who, wandering in uncharted seas, make their way into the weird island of Caprona. There they find a strange country teeming with grotesque animal life that, in the known world, has been extinct for countless ages. In the steaming rivers and amid the lush growth of the jungle, gigantic reptiles peer at them with gleaming eyes. Huge, hideous, deadly monsters—a veritable Mesozoic nightmare. In the months that follow they learn some of the secrets of this lost land, and make some interesting friends among its peculiar inhabitants. It is a tale that only the author of the famous Tarzan stories could write. 263 pages, 6" x 9", jacket-hardcover binding, black and white interior ink $29.27 Altus Press - Coming soon! Tarrano The Conqueror by Ray Cummings Tarrano, intoxicated by the conquest of two worlds—Venus and Mars—urged on by the power lust, came to Earth to bring it under his control, also. But Earth didn't wish outside supervision, thereby precipitating, in the year 2430, the most terrific conflict known to man. First spoils of war went to Tarrano who engineered the murder of all Earth's rulers and, to make his victory more complete, stole Dr. Brende's famous eternal life machine, that he might live forever, and Dr. Brende's daughter, whom he might love forever. Under The Andes by Rex Stout Before Nero Wolfe, Rex Stout wrote this lost race story for ARGOSY in 1914. For the first time since its original appearance, the cover has been restored to its original appearance. The Secret Agent "X" Companion by Tom Johnson and Will Murray The classic investigation of SECRET AGENT "X," revised and updated by the original writers, Tom Johnson and Will Murray, including new chapters, images and information! It's the last word on this classic character! $14.95 Available at http://www.altuspress.com on April 2nd. | 
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| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Now available and shipping to subscribers
and retailers! THE SHADOW Volume
5: "The Black Falcon" & "The Salamanders" The legendary super-sleuth returns in two more pulp classics by Walter Gibson (writing as Maxwell Grant). In "The Black Falcon" (1934), Lamont Cranston is abducted by a kidnapper who unearths secrets from The Shadow¹s mysterious past. Then, the Knight of Darkness must defeat a Dragon of Fire before the city becomes a blazing inferno in "The Salamanders," an action-packed 1936 thrill ride. This instant collector's item also features the original pulp covers by George Rozen, interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and "The Island of Ancient Death," a bonus Shadow story adapted from the MBS broadcast to pulp format by radio scriptwriter Gibson Scott Fox. (Sanctum Productions) Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95 DOC SAVAGE Volume 4: "Land of Always Night" and "Mad Mesa" The pulps' legendary superman returns in two of his greatest adventures. In "Land of Always-Night," a strange being who kills with the touch of a finger leads Doc Savage on a quest to a lost underworld civilization, in an epic 1935 collaboration by W. Ryerson Johnson and Lester Dent writing as Kenneth Robeson. Then, in 1938's "Mad Mesa," the Man of Bronze awakens to discover that he¹s in another man¹s body‹and imprisoned in a penitentiary; hundreds will die unless Doc Savage can escape and solve the mystery of the mesa madness. These thrilling pulp adventures are reproduced with the original color pulp covers by Walter Baumhofer and Emery Clarke, interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical articles by Will Murray (who wrote 7 Bantam Doc Savage novels). (Sanctum Productions) Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95 Subscriptions are highly recommended.
My subscription copies arrived 26 February! Adventure House, Bud Plant, Mike Chomko, Girasol Collectables, Nostalgia Ventures, Shocklines,
and Vintage Library. Available from: Adventure House
offers subscriptions as well as individual issues. These reprints can also be ordered directly from: Anthony Tollin (via check, money order, or Paypal). 1 book: $12.95 plus $3 (first class) or $2 (media mail) 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) first class postpaid Subscriptions are also available for either THE SHADOW or DOC SAVAGE: Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail). Anthony Tollin P.O. Box 761474 San Antonio, TX 78245-1474 sanctumotr@earthlink.net |   | ||||
| Burroughs
Bulletin #69 - Now available! The Winter 2007 issue (#69) of the THE BURROUGHS BULLETIN is now available. This issue features articles on Burroughs’ 69th story, "The Wizard of Venus." It is profusely illustrated in black & white with full color front and back covers. Articles include: "The Wizard of Venus Spoof" by George T. McWhorter "ERB's Pulp Paychecks" by Robert R. Barrett Picture Gallery: "Mars Scene" by Rick Tucker "Remarks on Edgar Rice Burroughs' Martians" by David A. Adams "Noble Sacrifices" by Bliss Gordon "Ethical Justification in Tarzan" by Anna Pavlovskaya "A Letter from ERBs' Favorite Neice" "Evelyn Greeley memorabilia" Letters to the Editor and Bibliographer's Corner Subscriptions
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| Captain
Spectre and the Lightning Legion -
Chapter 22 is now online! Captain Spectre Chapter 1: "The Mark of Death" and Chapter 2: "The Electric Soldier" are posted in their entirety on line. Chapter 3: "Secret Worlds" of Captain Spectre is in progress and this is great time to jump on board! Pages 1 through 22 of "Secret Worlds" are now posted online for your reading pleasure. It is a great time to jump on board, with the opening of this new thrilling chapter in the life of Captain Spectre. This chapter is of the jungle/lost world serial genre, complete with jungle princess, dinosaurs, ancient science, and cannibals. Join the Lightning Legion and get in on the adventures. It's Free!! http://www.captainspectre.com The Pulse has an illustrated interview with Tom Floyd which features some of his artwork for Moonstone Books prose anthology THE SPIDER CHRONICLES (due later this month). Click here to read it. You can preview the Spider illustrations on the Captain Spectre website! |   | ||||
| Conan: The Phenomenon -
Coming in September! Conan:The Phenomenon, a hardcover written by Paul Sammon, will be released in September. The cover will be a classic piece of Frazetta Conan artwork. The book will cover the history of the character from its 1932 origin to the present, including the great Frazetta covers for the novels, the history of the comics, the Schwarzenegger film, and the recent revival of the comics. Source: ICV2 News | |||||
| Dark Horse Comics - Kull! On Day 2 of the New York Comic Con last weekend Dark Horse held a "Conan the Barbarian" panel. Complete details of the panel discussion can be found at the Comic Book Resources website. It was announced that the Kull series is tentatively scheduled to start in September. Kull is planned to be a series of limited series with the first being a five issue limited series. Arvid Nelson will be the writer of the series. Arvid presently writes Rex Mundi for Dark Horse. Will Conrad will be drawing Kull. Solomon Kane will follow the Kull limited series, but nothing will be definite until Kull is up and running, and an anthology book will eventually follow to showcase the other REH characters. | |||||
| Doc Con X - November 3, 2007! In 1998 a group of Doc Savage fans in Phoenix, Arizona started a small annual event to celebrate their interest in Doc Savage. Over the years they attracted enough interest to keep the Doc Con going year after year. This year’s con will be at Rob Smalley’s house in Chandler, Arizona on November 3rd. The event agenda has varied over the years, but activities have included: Role Playing Games Doc Savage Jeopardy and other games Recording of Radio Plays complete with sound effects recorded on CD Fan Surveys And lots and lots of talking Doc Doc Con also has: Buying, selling and trading table Doc Savage give-aways, many of which were made by the attendees For sale - Doc Con T-shirts, pins, resin figures, mugs, etc Raffle of Doc Savage and pulp-related items donated by the attendees, including some very unique custom made items by attendees. For complete details, visit the Supreme Adventurer website at http://www.supremeadventurer.com/DocCon.html. | |||||
| E-texts
on the net this week The Shadow in Review: "Dictator of Crime" from October 15, 1941. is reviewed this week. "Murder in the Mansion" by Fred Trickett is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery. Shadows of the Pulps: Nothing new this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 800 stories online! "Butterfly of Death" by Harold Gluck from SMASHING DETECTIVE STORIES, September 1951 It sounded like a bad joke, at first, but then the murder attempts started. And pulp editor Joe Delaney found that he was likely to end up as the victim in a detective mystery - a lot like the stories he edited. And the cops thought it was just a publicity gag! "Excess Braggage" by Robert J. Hogan from WAR BIRDS, March 1933 They told Abe to brag of the might of his wings and it would win him the C.O.'s job. Abe bragged, but what it won him was something else again. | |||||
| FALL OF CTHULHU #0 by Michael Alan
Nelson - Arriving
in comic shops March 7th! When gods go to war! A new epic ongoing exploring Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. The 1928 publication of The Call of Cthulhu established one of the most feared characters in the history of horror fiction: a terrible alien god capable of worldwide destruction. But Cthulhu was actually only one of the minor gods in Lovecraft's pantheon - there are things far bigger, badder, and meaner roaming the cosmos, ready to come to call. A new journey into horror from the critically-acclaimed writer of Second Wave, Michael Alan Nelson, named "the next Brian K. Vaughn" by Rue Morgue Magazine! BOOM! STUDIOS COVER A-32 pages, Full Color, SRP: $3.99 COVER B-32 pages, Full Color, SRP: $3.99 |  | ||||
| FRAZETTA'S SNOW GIANTS STATUE
- Arriving in comic shops March 7th! ReelArt Studios proudly presents Frazetta's Snow Giants Statue, the first of a four-piece series depicting the greatest artwork of Frank Frazetta in sculptural form. Masterfully sculpted by Tony Cipriano as overseen and approved by Mr. Frazetta himself, Snow Giants is an incredibly detailed and painted 1/8th scale resin statue that stands 17" tall overall with figures at 9" and 7" respectfully. Strictly limited to 2,000 pieces worldwide, with a Certificate of Authenticity included. Statue is painted, securely packaged in an art box, and comes ready to display. SRP: $350.00 |  | ||||
| Girasol
Collectables - New Spider reprint series, PULP DOUBLES #2
is now available! PULP DOUBLES #1 and #2 are now available! Girasol is pleased to introduce their new series of Spider reprints. The 'Pulp Doubles' line features 2 action-packed Spider stories per issue. These 7" x 10" trade paperbacks have re-set text, but feature the original illustrations from the pulps. Unlike the Pulp Replica line, these are NOT facsimile editions, nor do they include the backup stories or the original ads. But for those of you who want action the way only the Spider can provide it, these are for you! This new product line is IN ADDITION to our Pulp Replicas... the Replicas will continue exactly as before. #2 - Spider #14 & #64: "Death's Crimson Juggernaut" (Nov. 1934) and "Claws of the Golden Dragon" (Jan. 1939) The second issue in our new trade paperback style pulp reprint series. 128 pages with 2 action-packed Spider stories: 'Death's Crimson Juggernaut' issue #14, Nov/34 and 'Claws of the Golden Dragon' issue #64 Jan/39. Reset text, but includes the original illustrations. #1 - Spider #11 & #49: "Prince of the Red Looters" (Aug. 1934) and "The City That Dared Not Eat" (Oct. 1937) The Spider battles a daring gentleman killer who has dubbed himself 'The Fly' in issue #11, August 1934. So confident is The Fly of his ability, that he dares challenge the Spider himself to a duel... to the death! In issue #49, October 1937, Richard Wentworth matches wits against a master criminal who is impersonating the Spider and turning the city against their champion. By seizing control of the very food supply through mass poisonings and murder, this criminal fiend plans to loot all of New York! PULP DOUBLES #3 features "Slaves of the Crime Master" and "The Spider and the Fire God" and will be available in April. The price per issue is $14.95 + $2.05 s&h for a total of $17 per issue (within North America). There will be 4 new issues in 2007, and Girasol is accepting subscriptions now for the full year's worth. Subscriptions are available by calendar year only (no part-year subs) and the price for a full year will be $50/year (Save $18!) including s&h within North America. Payments by check, international money order. 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 Visit the Girasol Collectables website at http://www.girasolcollectables.com/ |
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| Girasol
Collectables - March Pulp Replicas! Girasol Collectables is pleased to announce three more issues in its ongoing series of Pulp Replicas. Click here or on the images to the right for a look at larger Pulp Replica cover images. The SPIDER/OPERATOR #5 rotation continues in 2007 with eight new issues of SPIDER and four new issues of OPERATOR #5. Also coming in 2007 are the 5 issues of MAGIC CARPET! Monthly Special: All three for $75 ($10 off) Our first Replica this month is "Death Reign of the Vampire King" featuring THE SPIDER (#26) from November 1935. $35 Our second Replica this month is MAGIC CARPET #1 from January 1933. $25 Our third Replica is SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES #14 from June 1935. $25 Girasol also accepts Paypal as an alternate
method of payment. Other than Replicas, please confirm availability first before
ordering items such as pulp magazines or other books. Payments can be made to
our regularinfo@girasolcollectables.com
email address. Any of you with the oldgirasol@interlog.com address please note
the new address for Paypal payments. 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. Email
Girasol Collectables at: info@girasolcollectables.com. All payments must be made
in $US payable to Girasol Collectables and mailed to: Here is a complete listing of the Pulp Replicas currently $available for 25, $35, or $50 each postpaid withinNorth America. Overseas will be a few dollars more. |    | ||||
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| GothamPulpCollectors
Club - Next meeting is March 10, 2007! Gotham Pulp Collectors Club is a club for pulp collectors to meet in the NYC/Metro area. It meets the 2nd Saturday of every month.
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| Hard
Case Crime - Coming in March and beyond! March 2007 ROBBIE'S WIFE by Russell Hill, Cover art by Richard B. Farrell Jack Stone fled Los Angeles, a failed marriage, and a failing careeras a screenwriter to spend six months in the remote English countryside, hammering out the new script that would put him back on top. But what he found wasn’t solitude and peace—it was temptation. Because Maggie Barlow, the wife of the man putting him up, had something irresistible about her. Something that could drive a man to kill... April 2007 THE VENGEFUL VIRGIN by Gil Brewer, Cover art by Gregory Manchess HER WEALTHY STEPFATHER WAS DYING—BUT NOT QUICKLY ENOUGH... What beautiful 18-year-old would want to spend her life taking care of an invalid? Not Shirley Angela. But that’s the life she was trapped in—until she met Jack. Now Shirley and Jack have a plan to put the old man out of his misery and walk away with a suitcase full of cash. But there’s nothing like money to come between lovers—money, and other women... May 2007 THE WOUNDED AND THE SLAIN by David Goodis, Cover art by Glen Orbik Their marriage on the rocks, James and Cora Bevan flew to Jamaica for a last chance at patching things up. But in the slums of Kingston James found himself fighting for his life—while Cora found her own path to destruction, in the arms of another man. | 
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| Moonstone Books: THE PHANTOM #15
- Arriving in comic shops March 7th! Written by Mike Bullock, art by Carlos Magno, colors by Bob Pedroza, cover by Joe Prado and Rod Reis. "Walker's Line," part 2 of 2. In order to save the town of Clarksville from the Grinning Skulls gang, The Phantom must leave his Aunt unguarded in the local hospital. But once the gang's leader puts the pieces together, will The Phantom be too late to stop him from pulling the plug on Aunt Sophie? 32 pages, $3.50 Moonstone Books |  | ||||
| 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. 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/ CoverUps: Sharing and trading of Pulp Fiction covers. Discussion not only allowed, but encouraged! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cover_Ups/ REH ComicsGroup: This group is dedicated to the characters created byRobert 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/ Flearun: This group is for fans of all the incarnations of Doc Savage. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flearun/ Edgar RiceBurroughs Group: This group is dedicated to the study and appreciation of one of the greatmasters of literary adventure, Edgar Rice 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/ Pulp Swap Group: Place your swappable pulps and digest, plus wants, in the file section or individual messages. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpSwap/ Wild Cat Books: Here we share a mutual love of the great, thrilling literature from the early to late 20th Century, and focus on Discussion, Promotion, and any topic related to the "Bloody Pulps" and Classic Heroes such as TARZAN... JOHN CARTER OF MARS... SECRET AGENT X... KI-GOR... DOMINO LADY... THE MOON MAN... THE LENSMEN... and many more... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildcatbooks_pulps | |||||
| Pulpville
Press - Now available! GUY GARRICK by Arthur B. Reeve. Another entry in the "Arthur B. Reeve Detective Series". This time, instead of master American detective, Craig Kennedy, Reeve features a new character, Guy Garrick. This is the first of two Garrick books which we will be publishing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket $25.95 Trade Paperback $14.95 |  | ||||
| Pulpville Press - Coming soon! TALES FROM THE PULPS #1 The premiere issue of a new magazine reprinting pulp stories of the past. This first issue contains 2 short novels, 1 novelette, and 2 short stories; includes the first magazine appearance of THE TARZAN TWINS by Edgar Rice Burroughs; also includes works by Frederick C. Davis, Lester Dent, Otis Adelbert Kline, and Erle Stanley Gardner. | | ||||
| RED SONJA #20 - Arriving
in comic shops March 7th! by Michael Avon Oeming & Homs "Animals" the ultimate tale of the "She-Devil with a Sword" continues here as D.E. carries on with their 35th Anniversary celebration! Featuring regular Sonja writer Michael Avon Oeming and new story by Savage Red Sonja artist Homs! As our heroes remain separated in this strange new land, each side races to save themselves from the inhabitants of the far side of the world. Meanwhile, Gath continues to cut a bloody swatch across the land as he consolidates his power and prepares to unleash a new age upon Hyboria! Joining our creative team this month, we have artist Joe Prado and Jonathan Luna providing covers, along with Homs and Adriano Batista! 32 pages, Full Color, $2.99 Publisher: Dynamic Entertainment |  | ||||
| REHupa Blog - New redesigned website! REHupa is an amateur press association dedicated to the study of author Robert E. Howard. The purpose of this site is to provide a forum for members to present their work to the public, as well as to serve as a source of reliable information about the life and writings of REH. The REHupa website has been redesigned by Leo (The Cimmerian) Grin and now has a blog that will feature posts by Morgan Holmes, Rusty Burke, Bill Cavalier initaially with more to follow. Visit the REHupa website to stay on top of all the latest regarding Robert E. Howard and his creations. | |||||
| Robert
E. Howard Foundation Membership - Support the
Foundation by becoming a member! The Foundation will use annual membership fees to reach its missions and goals. The different levels of membership are:
NOTE: The Robert E. Howard Foundation is completing its paperwork and governmental review process to receive its 501(c)(3) status, and this should be completed sometime in 2007, hopefully by summer. At the current time, we do NOT have this status, and so membership fees will NOT be tax-deductible donations if made prior to our achieving the 501(c)(3) status. The Robert E. Howard Foundation | |||||
| Sheena, Queen of the Jungle - Arriving
in comic shops March 7th! Devil's Due has announced that they have secured the comic book rights to Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. Created in 1937 by Will Eisner and Jerry Iger, Sheena was the first female comic book heroine to have her own title in the spring of 1942, predating Wonder Woman. At Devil's Due, the property will be under the creative direction of filmmakers Paul (The Spirit, Sheena) Aratow and Steven E. (Die Hard) de Souza. Devil's Due will launch Sheena with a 99-Cent Sheena Preview Special in March by Robert Rodi with de Souza and Aratow, with pencils by Steven Cummings, and two covers by Tim Seely. The publisher plans to launch their first Sheena limited series in June. |  | ||||
| Upcoming Modern Hero-Pulp Novels
by Christopher
R. Yates Anderson PSI Division: Sins of the Father, Mitchell Scanlon, Black Flame, $7.99, February 27, 2007 Wolverine: Lifeblood, Hugh Matthews, Pocket Star, $7.99, February 27,2007 - Now Available! Batman: Fear Itself, Michael Reaves, Del Rey, $7.99, February 27, 2007 - Now Available! DC Universe: Trail of Time, Jeff Mariotte, Warner Books, $6.99, March 1, 2007 - Now Available! From Russia with Lust: The Nikolai Dante Omnibus, David Bishop, BlackFlame, $11.99, March 27, 2007 Spider-Man 3 (movie novelization), Peter David, Pocket Star,$7.99,March27, 2007 Hellboy: The Dragon Pool, Christopher Golden, PocketStar, $7.99, March 27,2007 Caballistics, Inc.: Better the Devil, Mike Wild, Black Flame, $7.99, March 27, 2007 X-Men: The Return, Chris Roberson, Pocket Star, $7.99, April 24, 2007 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (movie novelization), Pocket Star, $7.99, April 24, 2007 The City of the Living Dead (Scorpion #2), Warren Stockholm, Black Death Books,$9.99, June 2006 Fantastic Four: What Lies Between, Peter David, Pocket Star, $7.99, June 26, 2007 52 - The Novel, Greg Cox, Ace, $15.00, July 3, 2007 WildCardsXVIII: Inside Straight, George R.R. Martin, ed., Tor, $24.95, August 1 2007 The Ultimates: Against All Enemies, Alex Irvine, Pocket Star, $7.99, August 28, 2007 The Last Days of Krypton, Kevin J. Anderson, Harper Collins, $24.95, October 15, 2007 Wolverine: Violent Tendencies, Marc Cerasini, Pocket Star, $7.99, October 30, 2007 |  
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| Wild Cat Books: PROFESSOR STONE: EYE OF RE
by Wayne Skiver - Now available! Inspired by the Pulp Heroes of the past comes the latest Hero of High Adventure; Prof. Stone! Join the granite fisted hero as he battles Nazi Robots, Diabolical Madmen, Ancient Gods, and Prehistoric Terrors! Packed with amazing artwork by Michael Mitchell, this is one book you won't want to miss! Sure to please fans of Doc Savage and Indiana Jones, Wild Cat Books is proud to present this first in a series featuring: Professor William Stone: Inventor, explorer, adventurer, a master of esoteric Asian fighting arts and mental disciplines. Hok Fu: Stone's elderly Chinese aide and former adventuring companion of his father. A trained assassin of the Jade Spider Cult with a mysterious past. Dr. Hans Baumhofer: Absent minded, yet brilliant Egyptologist. Also a former friend of Stone's father and ace pilot. Victoria Winston: The beautiful Brit that assists the Professor with a crack shot and a dry wit. Join the adventure and discover the ancient secret of the: EYE of RE! A Ron Fortier Production. 184 pages, 6" x 9", perfect binding, black and white interior ink, $19.99 Wild Cat Books |  | ||||
| Wildside
Press: ALIAS "THE NIGHT WIND"
- Now available! "ALIAS THE NIGHT WIND" by Varick Vanardy Written by the “father of [serial detective] Nick Carter,” Frederic Van Rensselaer Dey, and published by the man who introduced the “pulp” magazine to the world, Frank A. Munsey, the Night Wind was a super-endowed character whose fictional life-span ran from 1913 to the early 1920s. Bingham Harvard, alias the Night Wind, used his prodigious strength (roughly 5 times that of the average man) to rescue himself, friends and family from various plots of “frame-ups,” extortion and outright physical violence. His exploits were serialized in Munsey’s THE CAVALIER and ALL-STORY WEEKLY just a few months after the appearance of Tarzan in October 1912 and wrapping up just before the first appearance of Zorro on August 1919 by the same publisher. Upon the close of a pulp magazine serial, the installments were bound and reissued in hardcover format. There were a total of four hardcover novels starring the Night Wind: ALIAS "THE NIGHT WIND", THE RETURN OF THE NIGHT WIND, THE NIGHT WIND'S PROMISE, and LADY OF THE NIGHT WIND. In 1923 the first novel was adapted for the silent screen and released with much popular appeal as ALIAS "THE NIGHT WIND." After almost 100 years out of print, ALIAS "THE NIGHT WIND" is available again. Re-typeset - but not revised or abridged in any way, this edition comes with an informative introduction by Christopher R. Yates putting the author and character in historical context. In addition, the hardbound and paperback formats of this book sport the color cover from the original, first appearance of the Night Wind in THE CAVALIER magazine from May 10, 1913. Available now from Barnes & Noble.com, Amazon.com and Diesel eBooks in hardcover, paperback and ebook formats. Stay tuned for the pending release of the next three Night Wind titles from the original series and a new, exciting fifth installment... Hardcover, 256 pages, $29.95 Trade paperback, 252 pages, $14.95 |  | ||||
| Wildside Press: Secret Agent X -
The Fear Merchants - Now available! Ripped from the pages of the March, 1936 edition of Secret Agent "X" comes this complete lead novel - completely retypeset, with original interior art included. Arsonists are terrorizing the city, burning down building in a series of novel methods. The insurance industry is in a panic. But that is nothing compared to "X's" dilemma when evidence points to his sweetheart being the fire-bug. Softcover, 5x8, 120 pages, B&W SRP: $15.00 Order from Amazon.com |  | ||||
| Wildside Press: ADVENTURE TALES #4 -
Due from the printer next week! The fourth issue of ADVENTURE TALES is a special "Weird Tales" tribute issue, featuring stories from contributors to the classic magazine. The contents include: Seabury Quinn ("The Monkey God") Edwin Baird ("Double Shuffle") E. Hoffmann Price ("Every Man a King") John D. Swain ("The Mad Detective") Robert E. Howard ("Son of the White Wolf") plus poetry by: Clark Ashton Smith, H.P. Lovecraft, and Robert E. Howard The price is $7.50. Orders can be placed on the Wildside Press website. | 
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| Wildside Press: G-8 and His Battle Aces - "Scourge of the
Steel Mask" - Coming in April!
Wildside Press will publish G-8 and His Battle Aces:"Scourge of the Steel Mask" in April according to Amazon.com. This will be a 128 page trade paperback for $14.95. | |||||
| Wildside Press: THE ROBERT E. HOWARD READER
- Coming in June! The Robert E. Howard Reader presents a broad survey of the legendary author's life, writings and cultural importance. Here are grandmasters of fantasy, plus the leading Howardian scholars of the present day, coming together in a celebration and examination of the art of the creator of sword-and-sorcery fiction. Contributors include Michael Moorcock, Fritz Leiber, L. Sprague de Camp, Poul Anderson, S.T. Joshi, Don D'Ammassa, Leo Grin, Robert Weinberg, Robert M. Price, Charles Hoffman, George Scithers, Mark Hall, Gary Romeo, Steve Tompkins, Darrell Schweitzer, Scott Connors, and Howard Waldrop. Edited by Darrell Schweitzer. Wildside Press, 248 pages Release date: June 1, 2007 (According to Amazon.com) Hardcover - $35.00 Trade paperback - $14.95 |  | ||||
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