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| 47th Michigan Antiquarian Book &
Paper Show - Sunday, April 6, 2008! 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! 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM Admission $4.50; free for children 13 and under Lansing Center: 333 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI http://www.curiousbooks.com/show/abf.html | |||||
| Abingdon Pulp
& Paperback Conference - Saturday,
June 21 and Sunday, June 22! Curt Philips is hosting a small SF conference here in Abingdon, VA on Saturday, June 21 and Sunday, June 22. (We'll also have some kind of social function on the evening of Friday, June 20 for those who may want to arrive early but I'm still looking at what that will be. Several interesting alternatives - mostly involving food - present themselves.) It's called the Abingdon Pulp & Paperback Conference and yes, this is short notice, but I invite any of you who might like to attend to come to Abingdon and join us. I expect to have a website up soon and will certainly post that link here. I already have intentions to attend in hand from two writers and I'm hoping for more. I'm also looking for additional book dealers who'd like to attend. If anyone here would be interested in being a dealer, or would just like to bring some surplus pulps, fiction magazines or books along to sell or trade, we'll have a place for you too. The weekend will be one of relaxed book-hunting and book conversation with like minded people, and as the name indicates, our main focus will be on pulp magazines and paperback books, vintage or otherwise. I hope that we'll have a couple of panal discussions with accomplished writers, publishing professionals and book collectors, I'm hoping to arrange a special display by a certain local artist whom you've all heard of, and there'll be some local attractions available for your enjoyment including walks in the 230 year-old Town of Abingdon, visits to two major flea markets where *I* find great old books just about every weekend, you can, if you wish, take in a play at the world famous Barter Theater located just down the street, and if it ever stops snowing here in town I'll go out and pick out a good place for us to have a Saturday night banquet. So the focus for the Abingdon Pulp & Paperback Conference will be books, food, visiting the attractions of the beautiful southwest Virginia mountains and hanging out with other book people. I expect this to be a relatively small gathering with a mixture of local fans and folks from across the region (this is where you all come in...). I hope that many of you will be able to join us in Abingdon. Details, prices (cheap!) and so forth should be available right here and on the event website very soon. I'll let you know. As I said, I'm looking for a few more dealers of good books. If you're such a dealer, e-mail me and we'll see if we can talk you into coming to Abingdon. I'm also looking for any suggestions from any of you about other things we might do at the conference and other folks who might like to attend. I can be contacted directly at the email address below. Curt Phillips Absarka_prime@comcast.net | |||||
| Age of Aces
Presents - Downloadable PDF Air War pulp stories! Age of Aces Books is now offering a new feature on their Web site called "Age of Aces Presents". You can now download free PDF versions of some great Air War pulp stories. Visit them at http://ageofaces.home.att.net and look for the "Age of Aces Presents" link. New this week: "Hawks of the Night", a Three Mosquitoes tale by Ralph Oppenheim from the March 15, 1928 WAR STORIES. "Savoias Out of Sapporo", a Bancroft and Leadbeater adventure by Arch Whitehouse from the Jan. 1940 SKY FIGHTERS. And while you are visiting the Age of Aces website, make sure you checkout their fine Air War pulp reprints. Click
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Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Now at the printer and coming in April! THE SHADOW Volume 17: "The
Fate Joss" and "The Golden Pagoda" "As you sow evil,
so shall you reap evil! Crime does not pay. The Shadow Knows!" The Dark Avenger
known to Asians as Ying Ko investigates deadly Chinatown mysteries in two intriguing
pulp novels by Walter B. Gibson. First, the Shadow investigates the strange disappearances
and reappearances of a half-ton golden idol. What are the incredible secrets of
"The Fate Joss" and the mysterious Dr. Roy Tam? Then, a miniature "Golden Pagoda"
leads The Shadow and his agents through a series of bizarre deathtraps into the
realm of the infamous brigand Li Hoang. In supporting features, Pulp-historian
Will Murray examines The Shadow's many investigations into the mysteries of Chinatown,
while series editor Anthony Tollin provides a history of Myra Reldon, The Shadow's
first female agent. This classic reprint also reproduces both color pulp
covers by George Rozen and all the interior illustrations by legendary artists
Tom Lovell and Edd Cartier. (Sanctum
Productions) ISBN: 1-932806-92-X 13-DIGIT:
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Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc The 75th birthday of the pulp era's
greatest superhero continues with two more epics from the Golden Age of Pulp Fiction.
Doc Savage journeys to Oklahoma to investigate the murder of a Nobel Prize-winning
scientist. What is "The Secret in the Sky" that can bring ruin to an entire continent?
Then, in "The Giggling Ghosts," the Man of Bronze and his aides investigate a
toxic outbreak of uncontrollable hilarity that is causing New Jersey residents
to literally laugh themselves to death. This collector's item pulp reprint
also features the original color pulp covers by Emery Clarke and Walter Baumhofer,
interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical articles by Will Murray, author
of seven Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Productions) Now at the printer and coming in April! DOC SAVAGE Volume 16: "The Secret in the Sky" and "The Giggling Ghosts" ISBN: 1-932806-93-8 13-DIGIT: 978-1-932806-93-9 Softcover, 7x10. B&W ........................................$12.95  | |||||
| E-texts
on the net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks review is "The Third Shadow" from March 15, 1936. Happy Anniversary! The Two-Minute Shadow Mysteries is celebrating it's fifth anniversary this week. Five years of solve-it-yourself mysteries, a new one every Friday. No repeats, no reruns. Every week a new mini-mystery to test your deductive abilities. And to celebrate this anniversary, John Olsen has written a special Two-Minute Shadow Mystery, "The Haunted Grove." It's a homage to one of Walter Gibson's most famous Shadow pulp tales, "The Grove of Doom." The Shadow once again visits the weird grove of copper beech trees to confront the evil he thought he had vanquished in the original pulp story. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 900 stories online! "Charmed Crates" by John Scott Douglas from THE LONE EAGLE, February 1934 Jim Wells buys a luck piece from a buddy - and then strange things happen in this exciting story of the Sky Lanes "Kidnaped Evidence" by Joseph J. Millard from THRILLING MYSTERY, March, 1942 Private Detective McGee steals a corpse to save a case. | |||||
| Eureka Productions: GRAPHIC CLASSICS Volume
15 - Now available! Eureka Productions is pleased to announce the publication of FANTASY CLASSICS, the fifteenth volume in the GRAPHIC CLASSICS® series of comics adaptations of great literature. FANTASY CLASSICS: Graphic Classics Volume Fifteen Edited by Tom Pomplun Published March 2008, Eureka Productions Distributed by Diamond Book Distributors (ISBN 978-0-9787919-3-3) 144 pages, 7 x 10", paperback, b&w, 4c cover, $11.95 FANTASY CLASSICS is a multi-author anthology, featuring Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," adapted by Rod Lott and Skot Olsen, with a prologue illustrated by Mark A. Nelson. Also featured is H.P. Lovecraft's epic fantasy "The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath," by Ben Avery and Leong Wan Kok, and "Oz" author L. Frank Baum's "The Glass Dog," by Antonella Caputo and Brad Teare. Plus Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter," adapted by Lance Tooks, and poems by Fantasy Masters Clark Ashton Smith and Lord Dunsany, illustrated by Evert Geradts and Rachel Masilamani. With a dramatic cover painting by Skot Olsen. FANTASY CLASSICS is available in bookstores, comics shops, or direct from the publisher at http://www.graphicclassics.com. |  | ||||
| FRANK
FRAZETTA'S DARK KINGDOM, PART ONE - Arriving in comic
shops April 2nd! story MARK KIDWELL, art TIM VIGIL, covers FRANK FRAZETTA, TIM VIGIL & NAT JONES The Frazetta tradition of epic dark fantasy continues as the masterpiece DARK KINGDOM roars to life from canvas to the comics page. From amid the clash of steel and decks stained red comes legendary sea raider RED MORDEN, battling his way through an ocean of horror to save the family he holds dear. For love and vengeance, he will face his greatest fears, both real and imagined as he stands alone against a kingdom of darkness. Image Comics 32 pages, Full Color, $3.99, On sale April 2 |  | ||||
| Girasol
Collectables: THE COMPLETE MAGIC CARPET MAGAZINE - Coming
in April! Girasol Collectables has been very pleased with the positive response to the ORIENTAL STORIES Limited Edition hardcover set, and hopes everyone is enjoying the books. As you probably know, the title changed name from ORIENTAL STORIES to MAGIC CARPET MAGAZINE, and lasted another 5 issues, put out quarterly, before being cancelled altogether. Included are a couple of Robert E. Howard stories, and the only Robert E. Howard pulp appearance of Red Sonya, described somewhat differently than the chain mail bikini she wears in the various comics... the frontispiece illustration for the Limited Edition is an attempt at a more faithful rendition of the character. Girasol will be ready to ship the MAGIC CARPET companion volume in mid to late April, and would like to take this opportunity to offer those who purchased the ORIENTAL STORIES Limit Edition their matching Limited Edition numbers at a pre-release special. After that, the book will be offered to the general public. The ORIENTAL STORIES sets have been going fairly quickly, and we're down to the last few left. The pricing is as shown below, and the pre-release price will be open until the end of March. Girasol accepts checks, international money orders and Paypal, and if you'd like a Paypal invoice sent, let them know. If you haven't ordered by the end of March, they won't be able to guarantee being able to offer your matching number.
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| ILLUSTRATION
MAGAZINE #22 - Now available
and arriving in comic shops April 2nd! The latest issue of Illustration features the most extensive article ever published concerning the pulp art of Frederick Blakeslee, best-known for his brilliant cover work in the aviation pulps of the 1930's and 40's. Noted pulp historian David Saunders explores Blakeslee's work in depth, with over 100 full-color reproductions from every phase of his long career. Also featured in this issue is the work of magazine illustrator Morton Roberts, a wonderful painter who died tragically long. Rounding out the issue is a feature on The Merrill Company Publishers and the discovery and salvation of their archives containing over 600 original paintings originally made for the covers of childrens books from the 1940's and 50's. Magazine, 112 pages, Full Color, $15.00 Illustration Magazine |  | ||||
| LaPlata
Doc Con - Oct. 11-12! The dates for the LaPlata Doc Con this coming October are Oct. 11th-12th that means it will be on Lester Dent's birthday! The one day Sci-Fi stays on a weekend and always ends on Sunday. More details as they become available! | |||||
| Paizo Publishing - Now available! ALMURIC by Robert E. Howard (Trade Paperback) - $12.99 The creator of Conan looks to the stars in one of fantasy’s most enduring science fantasy classics! ... Robert E. Howard’s Almuric is a savage planet of crumbling stone ruins and debased, near-human inhabitants. Into this world comes Esau Cairn, Earthman, swordsman, murderer. Only he can overthrow the terrible devils that enslave Almuric, but to do so he must first defeat the inner demons that forced him to abandon Earth. Filled with vile beasts and thrilling adventure in the tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Almuric is one of Howard’s few novels, and an excellent yarn from one of America’s most distinct literary voices. 160-page softcover trade paperback Softcover, $12.99 Paizo Publishing |  | ||||
| Paizo
Publishing - Now available! NORTHWEST OF EARTH: THE COMPLETE NORTHWEST SMITH by C. L. Moore (Trade Paperback) - $12.99 75th Anniversary Edition! From the crumbling temples of forgotten gods on Venus to the seedy pleasure halls of old Mars, Northwest Smith blazes a trail through the underbelly of the solar system in 13 action-packed stories you won’t soon forget. Among the best-written and most emotionally complex stories of the Pulp Era, the tales of intergalactic smuggler Northwest Smith still resonate strongly 75 years after their first publication. A staple of WEIRD TALES in its Golden Age, C.L. Moore’s stories appeared alongside work by H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and Clark Ashton Smith, forming the backbone of the “unique magazine’s” approach to science fiction and planetary adventure. For the first time ever, all of Northwest Smith’s adventures have been collected in a single volume, including “Quest of the Starstone,” which pairs Smith with Moore’s other famous creation, the fierce swordswoman Jirel of Joiry! Introduction by C.J. Cherryh 220-page softcover trade paperback Softcover, $12.99 Paizo Publishing |  | ||||
| Pulpcon
- July 31
to August 3, 2008 at the Dayton Convention Center! This year’s PulpCon will focus on Jack Williamson and the 70th anniversary of John W. Campbell's ascension to the editorship of ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION/ANALOG SCIENCE FICTION & FACT. Activities will include a special presentation on Jack Williamson by Stephen Haffner. Complementing this presentation will also be a DVD interview of Jack Williamson conducted by the famed science fiction writer James Gunn during the 1970s. A presentation on ASTOUNDING will include a slide show featuring many of the pivotal issues of the magazine while under the helm of Campbell. Guests of Honor have been invited to this year's convention, but Pulpcon is waiting for formal confirmation before promoting their appearance. For complete registration details, dealer's room information, and auction information, visit the Pulpcon website and download the registration form. Pulpcon
is pleased to announce that the Guests of Honor for this year’s convention
are Jerry
Pournelle was born in 1933 and published his first fiction story in
1965. Pournelle was the first recipient of the John W. Campbell Best New Writer
Award, which is named after the well known pulp science fiction writer and editor.
Pournelle served as President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
Pournelle has written numerous novels and short stories, many of them with military
themes, and has collaborated with Larry Niven on several novels, most notably
The Mote In God's Eye, Lucifer's Hammer, and Footfall.the award winning authors Jerry E. Pournelle and Larry Niven. Larry Niven was born in 1938 and published his first fiction story in 1964. Niven received several Hugo Awards, including one for his very popular Ringworld series, and has written many novels and short stories. Other stories co-authored with Pournelle include Oath of Fealty, Inferno, Burning Tower, and The Burning City. Niven wrote in the field of television, penning scripts for the animated Star Trek series, Land of the Lost, and the 1990s Outer Limits series. Niven has also written graphic novels and other stories for DC Comics. He is known for Niven’s Laws, a look at how the universe works. Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven are well known for their many varied interests and sense of humor. Their appearance at PULPCON 2008 should offer a great time for everyone. Visit the Pulpcon website at http://www.pulpcon.org/ | |||||
| Pulpville
Press - Now available! THE HIDDEN HAND by Arthur B. Reeve FIRST EDITION! This is the synopsis of The Hidden Hand, the silent film serial, as it appeared in newspapers in 1918 during the first run of the serial. Illustrated. Softcover, 54 pages, 6" x 9", saddle-stitch binding, black and white interior ink $9.95 Pulpville Press |  | ||||
| STARLOG
#365 - Interview with Street & Smith editor John
L. Nanovic - Now available! The latest issue of STARLOG (#365) features an interview with Street & Smith editor John L. Nanovic by Will Murray. In the interview, Nanovic talks about helming DOC SAVAGE, THE SHADOW and other pulps. You will learn how Nanovic was originally tapped to edit ASTOUNDING, and why John W. Campbell got it instead. The article runs five pages and is profusely illustrated with Street & Smith pulp covers and photos of Nanovic, Walter Gibson, and Henry Ralston (S&S General manager). More unseen Nanovic stories are included in DOC SAVAGE #15, where he reveals his role in co-creating the Man of Bronze. Upcoming in STARLOG, Thrilling and Batman editor Jack Schiff speaks. Thanks to Will Murray for the information! |  | ||||
| Subterranean
Press: KULL, EXILE OF ATLANTIS - Coming in
June!
Subterranean Press is now taking preorders for the limited edition of Robert E. Howard’s Kull: Exile of Atlantis, featuring copious black and white interior illustrations and color plates by Justin Sweet.
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| ZORRO
#2 - Arriving in comic shops April 2nd! by Matt Wagner & Francesco Francavilla Dynamite continues the return of yet another Legend as Eisner award-winning writer/artist Matt Wagner unveils the all-new Zorro! Writer, art director, and cover artist Matt Wagner is in command of this all-new "year one" Zorro comic book adventure. Similar in tone and scope to Dynamite's acclaimed Lone Ranger series, Zorro also features artist Francesco Francavilla who complements Wagner's pulp action writing! Issue #2 continues the frantic pace set by issue #1 as we learn more about Diego's past, while in the present, his alter-ego Zorro is making things more and more difficult for the brutal Gonzales as the two come face-to-face! Featuring a cover by Wagner, and a special alternate cover by Mike Mayhew with the incredible colors of Dean White! 32 pages, Full Color, SRP: $3.50 Dynamite Entertainment |  | ||||
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| Age of Aces Presents - Downloadable PDF Air War pulp stories! Age of Aces Books is now offering a new feature on their Web site called "Age of Aces Presents". You can now download free PDF versions of some great Air War pulp stories. Visit them at http://ageofaces.home.att.net and look for the "Age of Aces Presents" link. Available right now are eight exciting adventures including a Three Mosquitoes tale from the November 1935 FLYING ACES. We will be adding one or two new stories every week so check back often. And while you are visiting the Age of Aces website, make sure you checkout their fine Air War pulp reprints. Click
on any of the covers to order from Amazon.com!
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Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Coming in June! DOC
SAVAGE Volume 18: "The Monsters" and "The Whisker of Hercules" America's first superhero returns in two over-the-top adventures
by Lester Dent writing as Kenneth Robeson. First, Doc Savage battles genetically-engineered
giants in "The Monsters," the classic pulp thriller that inspired the Hugo Strange
story in Batman #1. Then, the Man of Bronze and his Iron Crew discover that a
metabolism-accelerating elixir is creating an army of superpowered criminals.
This classic pulp reprint also features the original color pulp covers by Walter
Baumhofer and Modest Stein, interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical
articles by Will Murray, author of seven Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Productions)
Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95DOC SAVAGE Volume 18 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26th). The Diamond Item Code is APR084283. |  | |||||
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Coming in June! THE
SHADOW Volume 19 - FORESHADOWING THE JOKER: "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of
men? The Shadow Knows!" The Master of Darkness returns in three thrillers that
foreshadowed two classic Batman villains. First, the Voodoo Master returns from
the dead to lead The Shadow on a "Voodoo Trail" to their final showdown, in the
story that inspired Batman's first supervillain, Doctor Death. Then, The Shadow
battles a murderous clown in "Death's Harlequin." Finally, The Dark Avenger searches
for a murderer who kills with a deadly formula that causes his victims to laugh
themselves to death in "The Laughing Corpse," a classic Shadow script from the
Golden Age of Radio, while
The Shadow-Batman connection is examined in a foreword by Denny O'Neil.
This instant collector's item also features both color pulp covers by George Rozen
and Graves Gladney, all the interior illustrations by legendary illustrator Edd
Cartier and commentary by popular culture historians Will Murray and Anthony Tollin.
(Sanctum Productions)"Voodoo Trail" and "Death's Harlequin" Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95 THE SHADOW Volume 19 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26th). The Diamond Item Code is APR084284. |  | |||||
| Arthur C. Clarke - Passed away in his adopted home of Sri Lanka on March 19. Arthur C. Clarke, a visionary science fiction writer who won worldwide acclaim with more than 100 books on space, science and the future, died Wednesday in his adopted home of Sri Lanka, an aide said. He was 90. Clarke, who had battled debilitating post-polio syndrome since the 1960s and sometimes used a wheelchair, died at 1:30 a.m. after suffering breathing problems, aide Rohan De Silva said. Clarke moved to Sri Lanka in 1956, lured by his interest in marine diving which he said was as close as he could get to the weightless feeling of space. "I'm perfectly operational underwater," he once said. Co-author with Stanley Kubrick of Kubrick's film "2001: A Space Odyssey," Clarke was regarded as far more than a science fiction writer. He was credited with the concept of communications satellites in 1945, decades before they became a reality. Geosynchronous orbits, which keep satellites in a fixed position relative to the ground, are called Clarke orbits. | ||||||
| CONAN
THE CIMMERIAN #0 - Coming in June! Timothy Truman (W), Tomás Giorello (P/Cover), José Villarubia (C) Conan the Cimmerian #0 marks a transitional period in young Conan's life, as he spurns the magicians, turncoats, and legal trappings of the cities he's seen in order to return to the beloved northern frontiers of Cimmeria, where he was born and raised. It also marks a turning point in the artistic muscle that will fuel Conan's adventures throughout 2008 and beyond. Writer Timothy Truman and Argentine artist Tomás Giorello are joined by renowned colorist José Villarrubia in this special issue, as they deliver their adaptation of Robert E. Howard's "Cimmeria" poem. And what's up with Conan? He fights for his life when he crosses paths with a pack of Vanir raiders on the Cimmerian border! Full Color, 24 pages, $.99, On sale June 25 Dark Horse Comics CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #0 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26th). The Diamond Item Code is APR080013. |  | |||||
| CTHULHU
TALES #4 - Coming in June! by Mark Waid, Mark Sable & Various 52 writer Mark Waid makes his Cthulhu Tales debut with a macabre story that gives retailers and fans a glimpse of the future of BOOM!’s entire horror line! Plus, writer Mark Sable (Fearless) creeps in with his take on the Lovecraft mythos, and the terrors he’s seen will take your breath away! BOOM! STUDIOS COVER A-SC, 24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 COVER B-SC, 24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 CTHULHU TALES #4 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26th). The Diamond Item Code is APR083640 (Cover A). The Diamond Item Code is APR083641 (Cover B). | ||||||
| E-texts on the net this week The Shadow in Review: There is no new Shadow review this week. Next weeks review is "The Third Shadow" from March 15, 1936. This week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery is based upon the 1943 story "The Museum Murders." The Shadow must penetrate a seeminly unsolvable puzzle in "The Museum Plot." It's written by John Olsen. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 900 stories online! "Unwritten Law" by Lon Williams from WESTERN ACTION, November, 1956 Featuring: Judge Steele The question was - would the jury be swayed by sentiment or the needs of justice in this case? "Dog Collared" by Joe Archibald from POPULAR DETECTIVE, October, 1941 Featuring: Willie Klump When Willie sees Red and battles saboteurs who threaten the Navy Yard, he wins the Fur-Lined Pooch for Sleuthing! | ||||||
| Elric: To Rescue Tanelorn - Coming in July! By Michael Moorcock, Illustrated by Michael William Kaluta Trade Paperback, 496 pages, $15 Del Rey Elric: The Sleeping Sorcerous arrives in December 2008! | 
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| FALL OF CTHULHU #14 - Coming in June! by Michael Alan Nelson & Mat Santolouco The final showdown between the Gray Man and Lucifer over the fate of mankind and the otherworldly conflict that could consume us all! What horrible price has the Sheriff paid to tip the balance in our favor? Will it be enough to save humanity? The answers are here — but the ongoing adventures of the Fall of Cthulhu cast will continue next month in Fall of Cthulhu: Godwar! Plus, text stories from Fall of Cthulhu fiction contest winners, the Roncoli Brothers! BOOM! STUDIOS COVER A-24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 COVER B-24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 FALL OF CTHULHU #14 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26th). The Diamond Item Code is APR083643 (Cover A). The Diamond Item Code is APR083644 (Cover B). | ||||||
| FEMME NOIR: THE DARK CITY DIARIES #1
- Coming in June! The first issue of FEMME NOIR: THE DARK CITY DIARIES will be shipping from Ape Entertainment (publishers of the pulp-inspired comics ATHENA VOLTAIRE and THE BLACK COAT) in June of 2008. It is a 4-issue monthly miniseries with completely original material (not reprints from the web comics) in full color. Written by Christopher Mills and illustrated by veteran comics artist Joe Staton, with inks by Horacio Ottolini and Mark Stegbauer. Covers are by Joe Staton and Alfredo Lopez Jr., with variants by Brian Bolland, Matt Haley, Phil Hester and the late Mike Wieringo. Issue #1: "Blonde Justice" – just who is the mysterious female avenger of Port Nocturne? Is it Mob Princess Vanessa DeMilo? Nightclub torch singer Dahlia Blue? Or is it girl reporter Laurel Lye? Only one man knows... or does he? THE DARK CITY DIARIES #1 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26th). The Diamond Item Code is APR083545. FEMME NOIR: THE DARK CITY DIARIES #2, 3, & 4 - Coming in July, August, and September! Issue #2: "Dead Man's Hand" – a man's bad fortune at cards results in a violent, twisted web of lies, murder, and an explosive climax at sea. Issue #3: "Killer In Steel" – the Port Nocturne underworld has a new force to be reckoned with when an altruistic scientist's invention is corrupted into the bulletproof killer known as the invincible Robot Mobster! Issue #4: "Concrete Jungle" – when an ancient artifact is stolen from the natives of an uncharted island of monsters by unscrupulous adventurers, its protector – a beautiful young jungle girl – follows it to Port Nocturne with revenge in her heart and a spear in her hand. There is also a new FEMME NOIR mini-website at: http://www.femme-noir.com Ape Entertainment's website is: http://www.ApeComics.com | 
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| Flesk Publications: THE PRINCE VALIANT
PAGE - Coming in June! by Gary Gianni With a Foreword by Mike Mignola and an introduction by Robert Wagner, The Prince Valiant Page offers a well-rounded, informative look at both Gary Gianni’s rendition of the Prince Valiant Sunday strip and his own working procedures. After 25 years as a professional illustrator, Gianni describes his new role as an assistant to John Cullen Murphy (who assisted Hal Foster — Prince Valiant's creator), continuing with in-depth knowledge of the strip’s creative process. The Prince Valiant Page is also available in a deluxe, hardbound, slipcased edition — limited to 1,000 copies — that comes with a bound-in plate reproducing a bonus drawing. Flesk Publications Hardcover, 9x12, 208 pages, SRP: $29.95 Deluxe Signed Slipcased Hardcover, 9x12, 208 pages, SRP: $39.95 THE PRINCE VALIANT PAGE is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26th). The Diamond Item Code is APR084319 (Hardcover). The Diamond Item Code is APR084320 (Signed, Slipcased Hardcover). |  | |||||
| GREEN
LAMA: MAN OF STRENGTH #0 - Arriving
in comic shops March 26th! by Bill Black, Mark G. Heike & Bob Davis One of the most enduring superheroes of The Golden Age returns in this prequel to a brand-new series! Can an untested student and descendant of the classic Green Lama prevail when villains Lady Luger and Fritz Voltzmann herald a cyberspace attack on civilization by Adolf Hitler himself? Since AC Comics' revival of the Green Lama in 1989, he has been a frequent and popular supporting character in Femforce and other AC titles. With the current renewed interest in reviving Golden Age characters, this re-edited presentation of the Man of Strength's greatest modern-day triumph should prove an excellent lead-in for the all-new series! Contains material originally presented in All Hitler Comics #1. 36 pages, B&W SRP: $6.95 |  | |||||
| HAUNT OF HORROR:
LOVECRAFT #1 (of 3) - Coming in June! Written by RICHARD CORBEN; Pencils & Cover by RICHARD CORBEN Horror comics legend RICHARD CORBEN (HAUNT OF HORROR: EDGAR ALLAN POE)brings you a new 3-issue limited series that offers eerie new spins on the poems and short stories of H.P. Lovecraft. Each issue features three adaptations-beautifully rendered in black and white with gray tones as only Corben can do it-along with a printing of the original source text by H.P. Lovecraft. In issue #1, Corben brings you "Dagon," "Recognition," and "A Memory." It's classic creepy Lovecraft with a new twist! 32 pages, Cardstock Cover, Explicit Content, $3.99 There will be three adaptations in each issue followed by the original text version. The stories include “Dagon, The Music Of Eric Zann” and “Arthur Jermyn.” These were picked both for length and for variety of subject. The other adaptations are from Lovecraft's poetry, actually all from “Fungi From Yugoth.” HAUNT OF HORROR: LOVECRAFT #1 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26th). The Diamond Item Code is APR082333. | ||||||
| INDIANA JONES AND
THE TOMB OF THE GODS #1 - Coming in June! Rob Williams (W), Steve Scott (P), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Tony Harris (Cover) Dr. Henry Jones Jr. may be the world’s preeminent archeologist, but that doesn’t mean he’s spent his life in the library! Ready and able to do whatever it takes to preserve the final remnants of history’s most significant happenings, he’ll go head-to-head against Hitler’s elite who want nothing more than to exploit objects of ancient power in pursuit of world dominance! Be there for the beginning of this roller coaster thrill ride of non-stop excitement as Indiana Jones dons his hat, packs his whip, and undertakes an endeavor more awesome than anything ever! Full Color, 40 pages, $2.99/Miniseries, On sale June 29 Dark Horse Comics INDIANA JONES AND THE TOMB OF THE GODS #1 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26th). The Diamond Item Code is APR080011. | 
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| John Carter of Mars - Film trilogy may get started this year! Jim Hill Media is reporting that unless Disney's "Prince Caspian" does huge business when it's released to theaters in May, Disney may opt to pull the plug on the "Narnia" series. Replacing that film franchise with a trio of Pixar-produced "John Carter of Mars" movies. According to Disney insiders, Mark Andrews has allegedly already completed a first pass on a screenplay for the first film in the proposed "Mars" series. And given that both Pixar and Disney execs have reportedly responded very enthusiastically to Andrews' script ... Well, both companies are now anxious to put this project in the development pipeline ASAP. Click here for the full story. | ||||||
| MACK BOLAN, THE EXECUTIONER: THE DEVIL'S TOOLS
#3 - Coming in June! Doug Wojtowicz (w); S.L. Gallant (a); Justin Randall (c) IDW Publishing teams up with Gold Eagle Books to bring back to comics one of the longest-running adventure novel series: Don Pendleton's Mack Bolan, the Executioner! With Brownsville and the Border Steel Cartel still reeling from the fallout of Bolan's first 24 hours in Texas, the Executioner goes on the hunt with the assistance of Agents Cooke and Nye. But Border Steel isn't going to give up without a fight. Doug Wojtowicz, SL Gallant and Louis Antonio Delgado attempt to contain the mayhem unleashed in this firefight, while Justin Randall struggles to keep the cover from blowing off this book. Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99 IDW Publishing THE DEVIL'S TOOLS #3 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26th). The Diamond Item Code is APR083947. | ||||||
| Mike Chomko - March 2008 newsletter is now available! Mike's March 2008 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). Michael Chomko, 2217W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA 18104-6542 Please note that Mike Chomko has a new E-mail address. It is listed in his catalog. | ||||||
| Moonstone
Books: THE
PHANTOM #22 - Arriving in comic shops March 26th! Written by Mike Bullock, pencils by Silvestre Szilagyi, inks by Tomas Coggiola, colors by Bob Pedroza, cover by Eric J and Bob Pedroza. "Checkmate," part 2 of 5. The biggest arc in Moonstone¹s Phantom run, culminating in the double sized issue #25, continues! After the tragic end to last issue, The Phantom must pick up the pieces and move forward to discover who is responsible. However, his mourning is violently interrupted when war comes to the Deep Woods. 32 pages, $3.99. Moonstone Books |  | |||||
| Moonstone
Books: KOLCHAK TALES: NIGHT STALKER OF THE LIVING DEAD #1 - Arriving in comic shops March 26th! Written by Christopher Mills, art by Tim Hamilton, covers by Dave Akins. Zombies! Everybody hates them. But that appears to be exactly what Carl Kolchak finds to be stalking among the cornstalks in the small heartland town of Georges Corner, Nebraska. The simple task of covering just another festival pageant takes a dark turn... as it so often does in Kolchak's world... when people start disappearing, and the dead start walking! Watch out... they bite! 32 pages, $3.99. Moonstone Books | ||||||
| Moonstone Books: THE PHANTOM
#25 - Coming June/July! by Mike Bullock & Silvester Salogy CHECKMATE: Part 5—Special Double Size Issue! Bangalla Invaded! The biggest arc in Moonstone's "Phantom" run climaxes here! The Phantom's one-man war against the UAFM comes to an explosive conclusion in this landmark double-sized issue. Featuring a wraparound card-stock painted cover by Doug (Project Superpowers) Klauba! Moonstone Books THE PHANTOM #24 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26th). The Diamond Item Code is APR084012. | ||||||
| Paizo Publications:
MICHAEL MOORCOCK'S MASTERS OF THE PIT - Coming to comic shops in June! by Michael Moorcock Michael Moorcock’s Eternal Champion returns in the form of Michael Kane, a brilliant Earthman stranded on the treacherous deserts of Ancient Mars! In this sweeping, epic, sword-and-planet adventure in the tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Kane and his blue giant companion Hool Haji must travel to the far reaches of the Red Planet to halt the hideous Green Death, an unstoppable disease that rots the mind as well as the body! Softcover, 6x9, 160 pages, $12.99 Paizo Publishing MASTERS OF THE PIT is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26th). The Diamond Item Code is APR084338. |  | |||||
| PIGEONS
FROM HELL #3 (of 4) - Coming in June! Joe R. Lansdale (W), Nathan Fox (A/Cover), and Dave Stewart (C) After last issue's bloody surprises and frightening, new terrors, Claire and Janet follow a mysterious lawman away from the gore-filled plantation house to seek advice from a strange, obsessive-compulsive hermit. While they can't leave their friends (or what's left of them) behind for long, this may be their only chance at escape. Or maybe they'll just find a quick death, if they're lucky. Haunted by dangerous shape-shifting shadows, reanimated bodies of the dead, and the dark heart of the mansion itself, the panic-stricken twins would rather take a chance finding answers in the demented shack of a madman than spend another minute in the hell that still holds their friends captive! Written by celebrated horror author Joe R. Lansdale (writer of Bubbu Ho-Tep, Batman, Jonah Hex, Conan) Based on the classic horror story by Conan creator Robert E. Howard! Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99, On sale June 18 Dark Horse Comics PIGEONS FROM HELL #3 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26th). The Diamond Item Code is APR080093. |  | |||||
| Pulp
Adventurecon #8 - March 29, 2008! Rich
Harvey will be holding another Pulp Adventurecon this Spring! So
far, our special guest will be CJ HENDERSON, contributor to Moonstone Books' Spider
Chronicles and Kolchak: A Black and Evil Truth. More info to be announced
when available...Special offer: $1 off if you print out this Coming Attractions announcement! The location is the same: Ramada Inn, Bordentown, NJ March 29, 2008 from 10am - 4pm Admission $6.00 This show will be in addition to the pulp show on November 1, 2008. | ||||||
| Pulpville Press - Now available! ARTHUR B. REEVE DETECTIVE SERIES VOLUME 7: THE EXPLOITS OF ELAINE The Clutching Hand! Craig Kennedy! Elaine Dodge! What else is needed in this novelization of the silent film serial The Exploits of Elaine? Follow the American detective, Craig Kennedy, as he foils The Clutching Hand and saves Elaine Dodge from death. Illustrated. Hardcover w/dustjacket $24.95 Trade Paperback $14.95 Pulpville Press | ||||||
| REELART STUDIOS: THE SPIDER STATUE
- Now available! Pulpdom’s The Spider is the most violent vigilante crime fighter of all time and he’s back and bigger than ever in 2008! Licensed by Argosy Communications, Inc., sculptor William Paquet has designed and sculpted a stunning rendition capturing the very essence of The Master of Men. The sculpt includes two interchangeable heads; one of crime fighter Richard Wentworth and one of his alter ego, The Spider. Produced by ReelArt Studios.
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| RED SONJA #35 - Coming in
June!
by Brian Reed & Walter Geovani Following the shocking pages of Red Sonja #34, a bold new direction begins here from writer Brian Reed (Ms. Marvel) and Walter Geovani (Savage Tales)! Everything you knew about Red Sonja and her world was forever changed when the She-Devil battled Kulan Gath to the death! Now, following her trip to Hades, the spirit of the She-Devil is reborn, though the world around her has forever changed! A perfect jumping on point for new readers, as well as an incredible continuation to the readers that have been there since issue #0! Featuring covers by definitive Red Sonja artist Mel Rubi and Carlos Rafael & Pablo Marcos! 32 pages, Full Color SRP: $2.99 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment RED SONJA #35 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26th). The Diamond Item Code is APR083698. | ||||||
| Robert E. Howard
- New titles now available and coming soon! The Haunter of the Ring & Other Tales - Wordsworth Editions - May 2008, £2.99 Compiled and Introduced by M.J. Elliot From the unsurpassed imagination of the creator of Conan, Robert E. Howard, here are twenty-one tales of suspense, high adventure and Lovecraftian horror. The contents include:
Beyond the Black River - The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard Volume 3 - Cosmos Books - July 2008 Dodo Press - 48 pages, $10.99 each - Now available! | 
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| ROGUE ANGEL: TELLER OF
TALL TALES #5 - Coming in
June!
Barbara Randall Kesel (w); Renae De Liz (a); Rebecca A. Wrigley (c) Gold Eagle Book’s heroine concludes her first foray into comic books. The package that may hold the secret behind Mark Twain's writing is in Annja's hands, but she's on the wrong side of a cave-in! Written by Harvey Award-nominated writer Barbara Randall Kesel and featuring art by Renae De Liz and Ray Dillon, with cover art by Rebecca A. Wrigley. Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99 IDW Publishing ROGUE ANGEL: TELLER OF TALL TALES #5 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26th). The Diamond Item Code is APR083948. | ||||||
| SAVAGE TALES #8
- Coming in
June!
The Savage Tales from Dynamite Entertainment continue in issue #8! This month, Red Sonja and Quatermain continue! Plus: the return of the Hunter from the pages of Red Sonja and the return of Savage Tales Atlantis! Vito Delsante and Lui Antonio present the conclusion of an all-new Red Sonja short! In "Quartermain (Part 2)" by Luke Lieberman, Matt Wolpert, and Diego Bernard, the early adventures of the world-s greatest explorer continue to unfold! "The Trials of Osin" by Luke Lieberman and Fabiano Neves begins — taken from the pages of Red Sonja comes the untold trials of Osin, bridging the gap from the end of the Gath storyline and the bold new direction begun in Red Sonja #35! Finally, "Battle For Atlantis," by Leah Moore, John Reppion, and Pablo Marcos begins as the fan-favorite Savage Tales series returns with an all-new sequel serial! All the action and excitement (and sex and violence) under one incredible cover by Arthur Suydam! MATURE THEMES 48 pages, Full Color, SRP: $4.99 Dynamite Entertainment SAVAGE TALES #8 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26th). The Diamond Item Code is APR083706. | ||||||
| SHEENA #5
- Arriving in comic shops March
26th! Author: Robert Rodi; Artist: Matt Merhoff Based on a concept by Stephen E. De Souza Who is Sheena? Is she really who everyone thinks she is, or are those claims full of hot water? One thing's for sure: Val Verde will never be the same once the truth comes out - and it happens here! 32 pages, Full Color, $3.50 Devil's Due Publishing |  | |||||
| Subterranean
Press: KULL, EXILE OF ATLANTIS - Coming in
June!
Subterranean Press is now taking preorders for the limited edition of Robert E. Howard’s Kull: Exile of Atlantis, featuring copious black and white interior illustrations and color plates by Justin Sweet.
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| Vanguard Productions: FRAZETTA, THE DEFINITIVE
REFERENCE * The most comprehensive index
of the artist's work ever published! * Commentary by top Frazetta experts and collectors. * Dozens of rare images, including Conan, Tarzan, John Carter of Mars, more! * Fantastic reference for artists, great entertainment for fans. The work of Frank Frazetta--THE greatest heroic-fantasy artist of all time--has influenced generations of artists, fans, designers, and movie directors. Now more than 800 of his unforgettable images have been collected in Frazetta, a tribute to this great visionary. With essays by experts and collectors, this one-of-a-kind volume traces the entire arc of Frazettas career. From his early 1950s comics; to his breathtaking book covers featuring Tarzan, Pellucidar, King Kong, and John Carter of Mars; to his 1960s monster mags, including Creepy, Eerie, and Vampirella; to his major movie posters, including After the Fox, The Night They Raided Minsky's and Whats New Pussycat?; and, of course, his revolutionary Conan paintings--its all here. Endorsed by the artist, Frazetta - The Definitive Reference overflows with fantastic images, an index of every published Frazetta work and insightful commentary on this fantasy-art icon. Compiled by James A. Bond (no relation to the international spy) is a lifetime collector of Frank Frazetta's work. He lives in Toledo, Ohio. Edited by J. David Spurlock, an artist and historian, has written and edited many books on fantasy art and pop culture. He lives in Clinton, NJ. Andrew Steven is a specialty-clothing designer and renowned art collector who lives in New York City. Dr. David Winiewicz, a noted scholar and collector of the works of Frank Frazetta, and close personal friend of the artist. He lives in Las Vegas. Hardcover Edition, 200 pages More than 400 color illustrations More than 400 black-and-white illustrations $39.95/$59.95 CN (+ $6.95 U.S. S/H) Vanguard Productions FRAZETTA, THE DEFINITIVE REFERENCE is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26th). The Diamond Item Code is APR084163 (Hardcover). The Diamond Item Code is APR084162 (Deluxe Limited Hardcover). |  | |||||
| WEIRD TALES MAGAZINE #350
- Coming in
June! Another milestone: Weird Tales hits its 350th issue! Sci-fi legend Norman Spinrad (Star Trek: “The Doomsday Machine”) gives us the strange story of one unlikely knight’s battle to win the hottest, canniest, and most perverse damsel in distress ever. Plus: Mike Mignola talks about Hellboy! Mobsters mix it up with angels! H.P. Lovecraft's triumphant world tour continues! And mysterious weirdness abounds... WEIRD TALES #350 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26th). The Diamond Item Code is APR084282. | ||||||
| Wild Cat Books
- New website now online! Wild Cat Books has a new website! Visit http://www.wildcatbooks.net/ to check it out along with all the fine pulp publications that Wild Cat Books has to offer. | ||||||
| ZORRO
#5 - Coming in
June! by Matt Wagner & Francesco Francavilla Recovering from his wounds at the hands of Zorro, Gonzales and his men attempt to bring the rogue avenger to justice! Plus, the flashbacks continue by exploring Zorro's early adventures in Spain and the shocking events that force Diego and Bernando to return to America! Joining series cover artist Matt Wagner is artist Ryan Rook for a special series of alternate covers! 32 pages, Full Color, SRP: $3.50 Dynamite Entertainment ZORRO #5 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 26th). The Diamond Item Code is APR083696. | ||||||
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| Abingdon Pulp
& Paperback Conference - Saturday,
June 21 and Sunday, June 22! Curt Philips is hosting a small SF conference here in Abingdon, VA on Saturday, June 21 and Sunday, June 22. (We'll also have some kind of social function on the evening of Friday, June 20 for those who may want to arrive early but I'm still looking at what that will be. Several interesting alternatives - mostly involving food - present themselves.) It's called the Abingdon Pulp & Paperback Conference and yes, this is short notice, but I invite any of you who might like to attend to come to Abingdon and join us. I expect to have a website up soon and will certainly post that link here. I already have intentions to attend in hand from two writers and I'm hoping for more. I'm also looking for additional book dealers who'd like to attend. If anyone here would be interested in being a dealer, or would just like to bring some surplus pulps, fiction magazines or books along to sell or trade, we'll have a place for you too. The weekend will be one of relaxed book-hunting and book conversation with like minded people, and as the name indicates, our main focus will be on pulp magazines and paperback books, vintage or otherwise. I hope that we'll have a couple of panal discussions with accomplished writers, publishing professionals and book collectors, I'm hoping to arrange a special display by a certain local artist whom you've all heard of, and there'll be some local attractions available for your enjoyment including walks in the 230 year-old Town of Abingdon, visits to two major flea markets where *I* find great old books just about every weekend, you can, if you wish, take in a play at the world famous Barter Theater located just down the street, and if it ever stops snowing here in town I'll go out and pick out a good place for us to have a Saturday night banquet. So the focus for the Abingdon Pulp & Paperback Conference will be books, food, visiting the attractions of the beautiful southwest Virginia mountains and hanging out with other book people. I expect this to be a relatively small gathering with a mixture of local fans and folks from across the region (this is where you all come in...). I hope that many of you will be able to join us in Abingdon. Details, prices (cheap!) and so forth should be available right here and on the event website very soon. I'll let you know. As I said, I'm looking for a few more dealers of good books. If you're such a dealer, e-mail me and we'll see if we can talk you into coming to Abingdon. I'm also looking for any suggestions from any of you about other things we might do at the conference and other folks who might like to attend. I can be contacted directly at the address and phone number below. Curt Phillips Absarka_prime@comcast.net | |||||
| Adventure House - Now available! HIGH ADVENTURE #99 features "Days of Creation" from the pages of CAPTAIN FUTURE - Spring 1944 "Days of Creation" by Brett Sterling Four powerful factions work at cosmic cross purposes in a game of system-wide stakes as Curt Newton and his staunch comrades set out to create a brand new planet to add to the family of the sun! 7x10, 112 pages, $7.95 Adventure House |  | ||||
| Adventure
House - The March pulp facsimile reprints are now available! PHANTOM DETECTIVE - August 1933, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 TRUE CRIME MAGAZINE - November 1936 , 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 SAUCY MOVIE TALES - April 1937, 7x10, 160 pages, $14.95
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| Adventure House - Pulp facsimile reprints coming in July! MIRACLE SCIENCE & FANTASY STORIES - June-July 1931, 7x10, 112 pages, $14.95 SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES - September 1938, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 PHANTOM DETECTIVE - June 1934, 7x10, 96 pages, $14.95
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| Adventure House - Coming soon! The first volume of THRILL BOOK: THE COMPLETE EDITION will be going to the printer soon! How would you like to own a complete set of THRILL BOOK? Well you could invest many years and probably more than $16,000 to put together a complete run, or you could buy Adventure House's complete edition of THE THRILL BOOK....all 16 issues have been reprinted here for the very first time. All in two complete hardbound volumes. Quite a prize! Hardbound Edition 8 1/2x11 Full Color Dustjacket Book Price: TBD Release: TBD ISBN: 1-59798-050-1 |  | ||||
| Adventure House - Auction #7 is underway! Our seventh auction is currently underway with the auction closing on March 28th starting at 9 p.m. You can log on by clicking here and if you haven't already registered for a previous auction, be sure to register now. To bid, you must register, so please CLICK HERE to go to the auction site and register. Choose your password and away you go! No hassles. Only a small 10% buyers premium. Fair and accurate grading. Well packaged, expert shipping at a reasonable cost. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us. | |||||
Altus
Press - Coming very soon!
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| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Coming in July! DOC SAVAGE Volume 19: "The King Maker" & "The Freckled Shark" The
first superhero returns with two action-packed epics from the Golden Age of Pulp
Fiction. When an ambassador is murdered after visiting Doc's headquarters, the
Man of Bronze and his Iron Men journey to Europe to prevent terrorists from overthrowing
a Balkan nation in "The King Maker." Then, in "The Freckled Shark," a sharkskin
treasure map leads Doc Savage to the Florida Keys and the terrible secret of Matacumbe.
This collector's item pulp reprint also features the original color pulp covers
by Walter Baumhofer and Emery Clarke, interior illustrations by Paul Orban and
historical articles by Will Murray, author of seven Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum
Productions) 978-1-934943-07-6 1-934943-07-X Softcover, 7x10. B&W ........................................$12.95 |  | ||||
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THE SHADOW Volume
20: "The Blue Sphinx" & "Jibaro Death" "Who knows
what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow Knows!" The Master of Darkness
again demonstrates that "crime does not pay" in two pulse-pounding pulp thrillers
by Walter B. Gibson. First, after a museum curator is murdered, The Shadow must
solve the timeless riddle of "The Blue Sphinx," a 4000-year-old relic unearthed
in the Libyan desert. Then, South American headhunters team with New York gangsters
to spread terror through "Jibaro Death." This classic reprint also features both
color pulp covers by George Rozen, classic interior illustrations by the legendary
Tom Lovell and historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Productions)
978-1-934943-04-5 1-934943-04-5Softcover, 7x10. B&W ........................................$12.95 These reprints can 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: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail). [postpaid] Anthony Tollin P.O. Box 761474 San Antonio, TX 78245-1474 sanctumotr@earthlink.net Visit The Shadows Sanctum at: http://www.shadowsanctum.com |  | ||||
| BOSTON BOMBERS FLY
AGAIN! - Coming in May! by Ron Fortier & Chris Jones Imagine an Earth where battles are fought by dirigibles, where Jesus was a female and the Jews accepted her as the Messiah, where the Roman Empire survived to the present day, where the Second World War never happened and the League of Nations became a world power. This is the world of the Boston Bombers, a group of four intrepid ladies led by the beautiful Indra Devine. They are free-wheeling representatives of the League, but in reality are secret agents of the Pope! Softcover, 180 pages, B&W SRP: $18.99 BOSTON BOMBERS is solicited in the March PREVIEWS (Now available). The Diamond Item Code is MAR084003. |  | ||||
| BUCK
ROGERS - Dynamite Entertainment to launch new comic book series! For almost 80 years, more
than any other, the name Buck Rogers has simply meant "The Future". And now that future is coming to you from Dynamite Entertainment! Before caped heroes were leaping tall buildings, Buck was spanning the stars . . . and the centuries. A man accidentally thrust into an extraordinary future, Buck is science fiction's first superstar and one of our culture's most enduring icons. In its original version, Buck Rogers ran as a comic strip continuously for 38 years in over 400 newspapers. True to his adventurous reputation, Buck is also known for his star turns in radio, movie serials, and television series. And now, comics and more from Dynamite Entertainment! Flint Dille, a prominent animation and videogame creator as well as the grandson of Buck's originator, John Flint Dille, oversees the Buck Rogers franchise. "My family and I have always considered the Buck legacy a sort of ‘sacred trust'," Dille says, "and we are absolutely confident that this collaboration with Dynamite honors that trust." Nick Barrucci, Publisher and President of Dynamite Entertainment, is very enthusiastic to be working on one of his "dream projects since childhood," and to be working with Flint and his family legacy in that process. Barrucci proudly confirms that fan favorites, Alex Ross and John Cassaday, will be integral to Dynamite's Buck launch, with both Alex and John providing character designs, Alex providing a cover to issue #1, and John serving as regular series cover artist starting with issue #1. "Dynamite's job right now," Barrucci says, "is to find the writer and the artist who share my and my team's respect and affection for Buck Rogers, and who can help bring Buck, once again, into an exciting new future." Dynamite's agreement with the Dille Estate allows for the creation of Buck Rogers comics, collections, including classic material, comics-based fine art prints, posters, action figures, trading cards, statues, and other high-end collectibles. Look for promotional art and announcements at www.dynamiteentertainment.com in the coming weeks and at San Diego ComiCon this summer. | |||||
| CONAN VOLUME 5: ROGUES IN THE HOUSE
- Now available! Written by Timothy Truman, art by Cary Nord and Tomas Giorello. The Cimmerian finds himself ensnared in the dark intrigues of a city-state where the powerful will stoop to any depths to keep what they have stolen. When a young, idealistic noble offers Conan a ticket to freedom in exchange for a favor, Conan leaps at the opportunity -- and into a labyrinth where he must fight to keep not only his word, but his very life. A favorite of fans and critics alike, the seminal Conan story "Rogues in the House" first appeared in Weird Tales. Collects Conan #37, 38, 41-44. 160 pages, $17.95 Dark Horse Comics | 
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| Dave Stevens - Passed away Monday, March 10th. Dave Stevens, an artist best known for creating "The Rocketeer" comic book, which reflected a fascination with Bettie Page that brought the 1950s pin-up queen renewed attention, has died. He was 52. Stevens died Monday at Emanuel Medical Center in Turlock, Calif., from complications related to treatment for leukemia. In 1981, Stevens was working as a commercial illustrator when a friend asked him to contribute a story to another comic book. His "throwaway idea," as he called it, was a succinct ode to 1930s-style, pulp-fiction adventures and movie serials. The comic -- in which a stunt pilot battles evil after finding a rocket-powered backpack -- became a cult success. A decade later it was made into the live-action Disney movie "The Rocketeer" with Billy Campbell as the title character. Dave Stevens website is at http://www.davestevens.com/ | |||||
| Dave Stevens Memorial
Show on Geekerati Radio As you may have heard recently, one of our own, Artist/Creator Dave Stevens has passed on after a lengthy bout with leukemia. Dave was noted for being the creator of the comic book turned movie, "The Rocketeer", and the artist responsible for rekindling interest in 1950's fetish model Miss Betty Page. The fact is that Dave - in his variety of interests including comics, film, movie serials, pinups, jazz, comic strips, aviation and cartoons - touched all of our lives in one way or another. He was a master craftsman who diligently labored over every drawing, making it the best work it could be, expressing the love he felt inside for his subject. To celebrate the man and his work and to increase awareness of the disease which took him too soon, We here at the Geekerati podcast are dedicating our next show to Dave Stevens. We would like anyone who has stories about working with Dave, meeting him at conventions, or his work to call into our live show on Monday, March 17th, 2008 (7pm PST) to share. If you know anyone who has worked with Dave Stevens please forward this email so that they may participate. Geekerati is a featured show of the BlogTalkRadio network (and a part of the BlogCritics channel on BTR), a network that is revolutionizing the way podcasting is done on the internet. The shows initially air live and then are stored on iTunes as podcasts. You can listen to archived episodes at www.blogtalkradio.com/geekerati or look up Geekerati on iTunes. | |||||
| Dial P For
Pulp Podcast - The March 2008 show is now available for download! Dial P For Pulp is a podcast for anyone interested in any aspect of the pulps. The March 2008 podcast is now available online and highly recommended! There is no cost involved. Just download the mp3 file and enjoy! Dial P for Pulp is the brain child of David Drage and David has done an excellent job putting the program together. The March 2008 podcast features: Reviews: Lost Continent Library Magazine Elak of Atlantis Tales of the Gold Monkey – Pilot Episode Gangster Flash – Chicago, No Date Pulp Wargaming Rattrap Productions – .45 Adventure, Fantastic Worlds, Broadsword Adventures The Virtual Armchair General – Astounding Tales 2nd Edition, Chainmail Bikini Frictional Heroes Yahoo Group – Pulp Friction Lost World and Kong Gamers Yahoo Group – Skull Island Irregular Miniatures – Tusk Lost World Safari Yahoo Group To Be Continued by G.A.S.L.I.G.H.T Contemptible Little Armies Fiction: "The Cairn on The Headland" by Robert E. Howard A voice mail line has been set up, so please let David know what you think of the show, the number is 206-600-3121, and that is a United States phone number. All five shows to date are available for download at: http://www.dialpforpulp.com or you can subscribe to the RSS feed at: http://dpfp.libsyn.com/rss/podcasts You can also join the Dial P for Pulp Yahoo newsgroup at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dial-p-for-pulp/ | |||||
| E-texts on the
net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks review is "The Seven Drops of Blood" from December 1, 1936. A special five-part series of Two-Minute Shadow Mysteries begins continues this week, "The Golden Plot." In the fifth part, "Golden Hand Crossed," The Shadow exposes the mastermind behind the recent crimes. It's written by Charles W. Johnson II. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 900 stories online! "Just Luck" by Marie B. Schrader from ARGOSY, June, 1909 How another's misfortune played into the hands of a young doctor, not in the way of business, but in an altogether different direction. "Murderer's Bait" by Jerome Severs Perry from SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES, September, 1936 They wanted Frisco Pete for murder. He didn't dare show himself to the girl in the next room. Yet - there are times when even a crook hiding out can't help butting in. Perry is a pseudonym of Robert Leslie Bellem. | |||||
| LANKHMAR BOOK 5: THE SWORDS OF LANKHMAR
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Arriving in comic shops March 19th! Written by Fritz Leiber. A plague of rats overrun Lankhmar, the capitol city and glittering gem of the land of Nehwon. Commissioned to guard a ship of grain from the cursed rodents, brothers-in-arms Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser soon discover the plague has progressed to a fatal point. Mustering the strength of sorcery, they descend into the depths of Lankhmar and rise to battle in order to save the soul of the ill-fated city. 256 pages, $12.95 Dark Horse Books |  | ||||
| Nelson Bond - Nelson Bond Room to open at Marshall
University in Huntington, W. Va. From
the Nashville SF Club Newsletter, forwarded by Curt Phillips Mike
Allen seeks stories about Nelson Bond to share at the April opening of Marshall
University's Nelson Bond Room. "I waited to confirm some details before posting about this. Nelson Bond, whom I was lucky enough to count as a friend and mentor, died in November 2006 at age 97. His alma mater, Marshall University in Huntington, W. Va., has been at work assembling a replica of his Roanoke, Va. office in their special collections library. The library is holding a reception April 18 and 19 to commemorate the opening of the Nelson Bond Room, and much to my astonishment and awe, they have asked me to be the guest speaker. To those who aren't familiar with Nelson's work, his Wikipedia entry sums up his career fairly adroitly, though it lacks many of the dramatic details, such as the lawsuit filed against him by Orson Welles over the script for the movie "The Night America Trembled" or how his dramatic adaptation of George Orwell's Animal Farm led to him also being entitled to royalties from Sir Peter Hall's musical adaptation —- Orwell's widow insisted on it, even though Nelson had nothing to do with Hall's production. SFWA chose him as Author Emeritus in 1998; there is an irony in that, in that while Nelson did write science fiction (and fantasy tales, westerns, detective stories and radio plays) he was never comfortable with being labeled a "science fiction writer." Nelson was a practical man; he wrote for the markets that paid, period, and when the markets quit paying good money he moved on. To those who are familiar with his work, I would love, if at all possible, to hear any Nelson Bond stories you might have, about him or his stories, that I could share when I speak at this event. Please feel free to contact me at the Mythic Delirium address. mythicdelirium@gmail.com http://time-shark.livejournal.com/138375.html | |||||
| RED SONJA #31 -
Arriving in comic shops March 19th! by Christos Gage & Pablo Marcos The next Red Sonja event begins here! Beginning last month with issue #30, Red Sonja features a new, different and special creative team each and every month as Dynamite heads towards issue #35! This month, Christos (X-Men) Gage and artist Pablo Marcos continue to explore the world of the She-Devil as she makes her way down the river Styx en route to Hades itself! While in the company of Charon, ferryman of the damned, Sonja recalls an offer made once by a handsome king and how her oath to the Goddess was tempted, with disastrous results! Also, look for the special Paul Renaud cover (50%), as well as alternates by Fabiano Neves (25%) and Pablo Marcos (25%)! 32 pages, Full Color SRP: $2.99 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment |  | ||||
| THE SAVAGE SWORD COLLECTION BUST
#1: CONAN - Now available! One of the longest running and most important comics magazines of heroic fantasy was undoubtedly Savage Sword. Dark Horse, in conjunction with Conan Properties, proudly announces the first in what will be a series of top-shelf sculptures of the greatest Robert E. Howard characters, who were discovered by many in the pages of Savage Sword. The series will be coordinated in terms of packaging design and size, and notably by the commitment that one of the industry’s top sculpting talents, Tony Cipriano, will bring to each bust in the series. This is something that no collector will want to miss, so get in on the ground floor! Bust measures 6.5" from base to helmet top. Approximately 8" wide. $54.99 Dark Horse Comics |  | ||||
| Underwood
Books - Coming in July! The
new issue of LOCUS featuring Forthcoming Books lists a new Robert E. Howard title
coming in July 2008 from Underwood Books. The title is listed as ".
. . and their memory was a bitter tree . . ."All I can say now is that Underwood Books is putting the the finishing touches on a collection of public domain Conan stories from WEIRD TALES. When more news becomes available, you will read it here. Brom just recently finished a commision for Arnie and Cathy Fenner with the title ". . . and their memory was a bitter tree . . .". You can view the artwork by clicking here. This is easily one of the finest Conan images I have seen in a long time! | |||||
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Cat Books - Now Available! PROF. STONE ADVENTURES # 2 The return of the Hero Pulp magazine continues with the second smash issue of PROF. STONE ADVENTURES! The granite-fisted hero matches wits and willpower against a stage magician who does more than mere parlor tricks in "Eye of the Beholder" by Scott Cranford. SUN KOH returns in "Thou Preparest a Table Before Me", Dr. Art Sippo's thrilling saga of the Man from Atlantis, and don't miss the first original story in years featuring the Classic pulp hero KERRY KEEN: THE GRIFFON in "The Black Corsairs" by Wayne Skiver! All this, plus a trip to Frankenstein Castle and more! This issue includes fantastic interior artwork by Clayton Hinkle and others. Cover art by "Johnny Raygun" creator, Rich Woodall. This issue begins a new format, perfect-bound, with even more pages than before... A real treasure chest full of Action and Adventure! 72 pages, 8.5" x 11" perfect-bound, $10.00 PDF Download $4.00 Available at: http://www.lulu.com/wildcatbooks | 
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| Wildside Press - Now available! The Valley of Creation by Edmond Hamilton In that hidden valley, land of strangely forbidding beauty, Eric Nelson, soldier of fortune, faced a battle against beings that seemed to be both more and less than human. 160 pages, Hardcover - $29.95 Softcover - $13.65 Double Trouble: A Bibliographic Chronicle of Ace Mystery Doubles, by Sheldon Jaffery (trade pb) It was the 1950s in postwar America, and paperback books were the hot new product in the publishing industry. Of course, to stand out from the crowd and sell, one needed a gimmick. Into this newly exuberant market came a publishing house named Ace Books, with the seductive promise of two books for the price of one. It also had the eye-catching premise of two separate covers, joined at the spine like Siamese twins. Finished with one book? Flip the paperback over and begin again with a new novel, complete with its own package. It was something completely different -- and it sold! "Double Trouble" tours the short yet popular era of the Ace Mystery Doubles, and includes both author-title and title indexes for easy reference. $19.95 The Magic Carpet, Vol 3, No. 2 (April 1933) Facsimile reprint of the April, 1933 issue of the legendary pulp magazine, "The Magic Carpet." Included in this volume are works by Hugh B. Cave, Seabury Quinn, Edmund Hamilton, more. 132 pages, $19.95 The Magic Carpet, Vol 3, No. 3 (July 1933) Facsimile reprint of the July, 1933 issue of the legendary pulp magazine, "The Magic Carpet." Included in this volume are works by H. Bedford-Jones, Robert E. Howard, Seabury Quinn, more. 132 pages, $19.95 The Magic Carpet, Vol 4, No. 1 (January 1934) Facsimile reprint of the July, 1933 issue of the legendary pulp magazine, "The Magic Carpet." Included in this volume are works by Frank Owen, Robert E. Howard (2 stories), Seabury Quinn, more. 132 pages, $19.95 | 
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| Oriental Stories, Vol 2, No. 1 (Winter 1932) Facsimile reprint of the Winter, 1932 issue of the legendary pulp magazine, "Oriental Stories." Included in this volume is work by Otis Adelbert Kline & E. Hoffmann Price, Robert E. Howard, G.G. Pendarves, more. 148 pages, $19.95 Oriental Stories, Vol 2, No. 2 (Winter 1932) Facsimile reprint of the Spring, 1932 issue of the legendary pulp magazine, "Oriental Stories." Included in this volume are works by Dorothy Quick, Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, more. 148 pages, $19.95 Oriental Stories, Vol 2, No. 3 (Summer 1932) Facsimile reprint of the Summer, 1932 issue of the legendary pulp magazine, "Oriental Stories." Included in this volume are works by Otis Adelbert Kline, August Derleth, Clark Ashton Smith, more. 148 pages, $19.95 Pulp Classics: Strange Tales #6 (October 1932) When Strange Tales first appeared in 1931 as a pulp magazine, it was clearly something new. Edited by Harry Bates as a companion to Astounding Stories, it combined the supernatural horror and fantasy of Weird Tales with vigorous action plots. Strange Tales rapidly attracted the most imaginative and capable writers of the day, including such Weird Tales regulars as Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, Henry S. Whitehead, Hugh B. Cave, Ray Cummings, and numerous others. The October 1932 issue features work by Clark Ashton Smith ("The Hunters from Beyond"), Victor Rousseau, Henry S. Whitehead, Hugh B. Cave, Frank Belknap Long, Jr, and many more. 148 pages, $19.95 | |||||
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2008 Windy City Pulp and Paperback Convention -
April 25-27, 2008 75th
Anniversary and the Hero Pulp Explosion Announced
guests for our 2008 Convention - Ron Goulart and Will Murray! 2008 marks the 75th anniversary
of Doc Savage and, in connection with that, we’re planning a number of special
displays and events centered on Doc and his amazing gang of five. Guests of honor
will be the two living Kenneth Robesons, both of who are also noted pulp historians
– Doc Savage author Will Murray and Avenger author Ron Goulart!We've expanded the size of the dealer room and have sold 130 tables to date! HOTEL: For our eighth show, we’ll be in the West suburbs of Chicago. The Westin is a new hotel, which opened in August 2007. It’s located about 20 minutes SW of O’Hare Airport and about a half hour West of Midway Airport. Room rates are $99/night (to get the con rate, you must book by 5:00 p.m. on April 3, 2008!). Parking is free. The hotel is in the midst of a shopping and restaurant corridor – it’s adjacent to (within walking distance of) Yorktown Mall and about a mile from Oak Brook Shopping Center. For those with families, it’s also only 7 miles from the Brookfield Zoo, one of the nation’s top zoos. And if you like to gamble, it’s 10 miles from the Aurora River Boat. THE
WESTIN LOMBARD YORKTOWN CENTER 70 Yorktown Center Lombard, IL 60148 Hotel Phone # (888) 627-9031 Please mention the con when booking rooms! Please note that the hotel’s toll free # has changed from earlier fliers. The hotel has now set up a website specifically for the convention. It’s: http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/res?id=0801146730&key=DFA00 Attendees can go to the
website and it will automatically put you in the con block, at the con rate. GETTING THERE FROM THE AIRPORT: If you’re flying in, you have two choices – cab or Airport Express (a small shuttle bus service). The hotel does not have any arrangements with cab companies, but a few companies apparently offer a flat rate from O’Hare; you need to call in advance and request a suburban taxi, NOT a city taxi. We’ve been told these are: 303 Taxi: O’Hare to Lombard $28 -- phone 847-368-8916 Citi Suburban: O’Hare to Lombard $30 -- phone 630-495-5555 AAA Universal Taxi: phone 630-617-5400 AM Regional Taxi: phone 630-971-8888 American Taxi: phone 630-305-0700 Airport Express’ phone is 888-2thevan (or 888-284-3826). You need to make reservations in advance. For Airport Express to/from O’hare (guest may be paired up with other riders), ticket counters and loading zones are located at 1E, 2D, and 3F on the baggage claim level. The last shuttle leaves O’hare at 11:30 p.m seven days a week. Shuttles depart O’hare every 15 minutes. Rate is: 1 person - $33.00; 2 people - $38.00; 3 people - $43.00; 4 people - $48.00; 5 people - $53.00; 6 people - $58.00 For Airport Express to/from Midway (guest may be paired up with other riders), shuttle pick up and ticket counter is located at door 3 across from baggage claim. Reservations to suburbs are needed. Shuttle is available 7 days a week with the last one leaving at 10:30 p.m. Rate is: 1 person - $37.00; 2 people - $42.00; 3 people - $47.00; 4 people - $52.00; 5 people - $57.00; 6 people - $62.00 MEMBERSHIPS: Memberships are $35 for all three days, $25 for Friday only, $25 for Saturday only, and $15 for Sunday only. We are also offering 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 have around 116 tables. Each dealer and dealer’s helper must also buy a regular 3 day membership ($35).
ART
SHOW: We will once again be hosting an art show displaying original
pulp and paperback art. For the fourth year in a row, the art show is sponsored
by Dan Zimmer and the fine folks at Illustration magazine (www.illustration-magazine.com). If you have any art
you’d like to make available for display in the art show, please contact
us – we’re particularly looking for Doc Savage and other pulp
hero art. The art show will be open Saturday and Sunday mornings and afternoons. Our art show will feature
a major display of original art by award-winning artist Ed Emshwiller! For the Eighth annual Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention (April
25-27, 2008), we're pleased to announce that our art show will feature a major
display of original art by award-winning artist Ed Emshwiller, better known as
Emsh. Emsh, who along with his wife Carol is the subject of the recently
published "Emshwiller: Infinity x Two: The Life & Art of Ed & Carol Emshwiller"
by Lois Ortiz, began his art career in the twilight of the pulp era, working there
briefly before moving over to create 100s of covers for science fiction digests
and paperbacks. Among these were many of the classic Ace doubles covers.
He was one of the true greats in science fiction illustration in the 1950's and
early 1960's, winning multiple Hugo Awards as Best Artist, before essentially
retiring from the field (save for occasional covers) and concentrating on experimental
film making. For this year's Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention, we're
pleased to announce that our art show will be displaying approximately 50 original
Emsh cover paintings -- one of the largest displays of Emsh's original paintings
ever assembled -- drawn from several private collections. For more info on the convention, visit our website, www.windycitypulpandpaper.com. 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. PULP FILM FEST: Our Pulp Film Fest shows old movies based on pulp stories, on 16 mm film. More info, including the schedule, 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/). 2008 Windy City
film program FRIDAY* - 16mm, all other films on DVD 11:30 am: The Bat Whispers (1930). Based on the novel by Mary Roberts Rinehart (from the play by Rinehart and Avery Hopwood), originally serialized in Flynn’s Magazine during July and August of 1926. This marvelously creepy old-dark-house chiller features a grotesque costumed villain that, reportedly, was one of Bob Kane’s inspirations for Batman. Chester Morris, later to gain fame as Boston Blackie, plays a no-nonsense detective sent to an abandoned country estate in search of the Bat, who covets a fortune in embezzled money secreted in the mansion by a crooked banker who turns up dead. This groundbreaking early talkie was shot in both conventional 35mm and 65mm widescreen versions. We’re showing the rarely seen widescreen version. 01:00 pm: The Spider’s Web (1938). Chapters One through Three. The Master of Men leaped from the pages of his Popular Publications pulp magazine to the silver screen in this fast-paced 1938 serial, a non-stop orgy of gun-blazing action. We’re running all 15 pulse-pounding episodes this weekend. Wealthy criminologist Richard Wentworth (played by Warren Hull) disguises himself as both the Spider and underworld habitué Blinky McQuade while attempting to foil the Octopus, a ruthless criminal mastermind whose campaign of terrorization and destruction is aimed at bending the entire country to his will! With the lovely Iris Meredith as Wentworth’s sweetheart, Nita Van Sloan. 02:15 pm: Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975). Like the Spider, Doc Savage made his first appearance on the nation’s newsstands in 1933. As part of our 75th-birthday tribute to this pulp-fiction superstar, we’re showing not one but two versions of the 1975 George Pal production starring former Tarzan Ron Ely as Lester Dent’s Man of Bronze. This afternoon we’re running the original theatrical version; tomorrow you can see an unauthorized revision reportedly edited by a Doc fan to remove scenes deemed objectionable or irritating. 04:00 pm: The Spider’s Web. Chapters Four through Six. 05:00 pm: Savage Fury (1956). Feature-length version of a 1935 serial, Call of the Savage, adapted from Otis Adelbert Kline’s “Jan of the Jungle,” originally serialized in Argosy during April and May of 1931. Noah Beery Jr. stars as Jan, the jungle boy who grows up wearing a wristband on which, unbeknownst to him, is inscribed a formula that will cure infantile paralysis. The formula is coveted by two unscrupulous scientists (Walter Miller and Frederic MacKaye), who plan to collect a half-million dollar grant offered for its development. They follow Jan and his companions, Mona (Dorothy Short) and Borno (Harry Woods) to the lost city of Mu, where perilous adventures await them! Great fun, but not to be taken seriously. 09:00 pm: Phantom Lady* (1944). Based on the masterpiece of suspense written by “William Irish” (Cornell Woolrich) and serialized as “Phantom Alibi” in Flynn’s Detective Fiction during 1942, prior to publication in hardcover as Phantom Lady. Unhappily married Scott Henderson (Alan Curtis) goes out for a night on the town with an unnamed woman he meets in a bar. He returns home to find his wife slain, and the police arrest him for murder. Scott’s inability to produce or even name his anonymous pick-up renders his alibi useless, so he’s convicted and sentenced to death. It remains for his loyal secretary (Ella Raines) and best friend (Franchot Tone) to find the phantom lady before the sentence is carried out. This movie, brilliantly photographed by Woody Bredell, established many of the visual conventions of film noir, a sub-genre made to order for the doom-laden fever dreams committed to pulp paper by the haunted Woolrich. A not-to-be-missed classic, not available on DVD and unseen on TV for many years. 10:30 pm: Outlaws of the Prairie* (1938). Based on Harry F. Olmsted’s “Trigger Fingers,” a novelette published in the June 1934 issue of Dime Western. As a boy, Dart Collins witnesses his father’s murder at the hands of cruel rancher Bill Lupton. When the lad swears to get revenge, Lupton cuts off Dart’s trigger fingers. The boy grows up to become a Texas Ranger (played by Charles Starrett) and learns how to “fan” a six-gun, constantly practicing in anticipation of the day his trail crosses that of his father’s killer. This grim little “B” Western also features the Sons of the Pioneers and introduces several songs that became cowboy-music classics: “Song of the Bandit,” “Open Range Ahead,” “My Saddle Pal and I,” and the haunting “Blue Prairie.” Briefly made available to TV in the mid ‘50s, this entertaining little horse opera disappeared from view nearly a half-century ago. SATURDAY 10:00 am: The Maltese Falcon (1931). The first film version of Dashiell Hammett’s genre-transcending whodunit, serialized in Black Mask during 1929 and 1930 prior to its publication in hardcover by Knopf. Ricardo Cortez, a Latin-lover type, is slightly miscast but appropriately hard-boiled as private eye Sam Spade. Silent-screen star Bebe Daniels plays Brigid O’Shaughnessy, with character actor Dudley Digges as Casper Gutman and Dwight Frye as Wilmer. If you’ve only seen the Humphrey Bogart version of Falcon, you owe it to yourself to give this earlier adaptation. Although not as perfectly cast or executed as the highly regarded 1941 remake, it’s a darn good little movie in its own right. 11:30 am: The Spider’s Web. Chapters Seven through Nine. 12:30 pm: Doc Savage. This is the aforementioned “fan edit” of the film. It’s not all that much shorter than the theatrical version, but the cuts and alterations make a significant difference, as you’ll see. 02:15 pm: The Spider’s Web. Chapters Ten through Twelve. 03:15 pm: We’re in the Legion Now (1936). Based on J. D. Newsom’s “The Rest Cure,” published in the April 1934 issue of Adventure. Reginald Denny and Vince Barnett play small-time gangsters on the run. Winding up in Morocco, they join the French Foreign Legion in a misguided attempt to avoid danger. Silent-screen star Esther Ralston lends her patrician beauty to this odd little movie, a modestly budgeted comedy-adventure. To enhance the film’s marketability, producer George Hirliman had Legion shot and printed in “Hirlicolor,” his personal version of a limited-palette color process employed by some studios before Technicolor became the industry standard. Later 16mm prints, struck for rental libraries and TV stations, were printed in black & white. We’re running a DVD mastered from the sole surviving 35mm color print, which shows some wear and signs of deterioration. 04:15 pm: The Spider’s Web. Chapters Thirteen through Fifteen. 11:00 pm: (time approximate, pending completion of the Auction): The Ringer* (1952). Based on Edgar Wallace’s novel (serialized in Detective Story Magazine during April and May of 1925, prior to hardcover publication) and the play he adapted from it. One of Wallace’s most enduring characters, the Ringer was a master of disguise who dispensed vigilante justice while always keeping one step ahead of Scotland Yard. This film, the third British-made adaptation, stars Herbert Lom as the crooked lawyer responsible for the suicide of the Ringer’s sister—and the vigilante’s next target! A Windy City exclusive: This film was shot with two different endings—one intended for the U. S. market and one for the U. K. For the first time in this country, The Ringer will be seen with both endings! WEBSITE: The con’s website is www.windycitypulpandpaper.com. We’ll be posting updates to it periodically up until the time of the con, so please check it for the most recent information. And while you’re there, make sure to sign up and join the forums, which allows you to post pulp news of interest to the site, whether related to the con or otherwise. 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. REGISTRATION: Click here or visit the Windy City Convention website to download the registration form. FOR
MORE INFO ON THE CON, EMAIL INFO@WINDYCITYPULPANDPAPER.COM | ||||
| 47th Michigan Antiquarian Book &
Paper Show - Sunday, April 6, 2008! 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! 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM Admission $4.50; free for children 13 and under Lansing Center: 333 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI http://www.curiousbooks.com/show/abf.html | ||||
| Adamant
Entertainment: THRILLING TALES #1 - Now available! Adamant
Entertainment is proud to present the first issue of THRILLING TALES Quarterly. The contents include:
Visit the Thrilling Tales website to order. | 
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| Age of Aces Books -
"Chinese Brady: The Complete Adventures" is now available! Age
of Aces Books has just released our biggest and best book yet. "Chinese Brady:
The Complete Adventures", by C.M. Miller, is 360 pages of exciting air war
action. Like all of our books, it is $16.99 (6x9 Trade PB) and is available from
Amazon, Adventure House, Mike Chomko Books, or directly from Age
of Aces (ageofaces@att.net). Visit our
web site (http://ageofaces.home.att.net) for information on all of
our other great books: Captain Babyface by Steve Fisher The Red Falcon Volume 1 & The Red Falcon Volume 2 by Robert J. Hogan The Three Mosquitoes by Ralph Oppenheim Coming Soon: The Red Falcon Volume 3
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Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc
This issue has shipped from the printer and
subscription copies will start mailing next week! The 75th birthday
of the pulp era's greatest superhero is commemorated with a unique triple-novel
edition. The Man of Bronze penetrates the Iron Curtain in "The Red Spider," a
Cold War thriller that was "lost" until 1979, and showcases for the first time
the unpublished art Edd Cartier created for the story in 1948. Then, in "Terror
Wears No Shoes," Doc Savage journeys to Hong Kong to prevent a deadly germ warfare
attack against the United States. Finally, a scientist is able to predict
the future after his "Return from Cormoral." PLUS: the rare 1932 FIRST adventure of the Man of Bronze:
"Doc Savage, Supreme Adventurer" by John Nanovic! This collector's
item pulp reprint features Bob Larkin's spectacular cover painting, original color
pulp covers by George Rozen and Walter Swensen, interior illustrations by Edd
Cartier and Paul Orban and historical articles by Will Murray, author of seven
Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Productions) Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95DOC SAVAGE Volume 15 - ANNIVERSARY TRIPLE NOVEL SPECIAL: "The Red Spider," "Terror Wears No Shoes" and "Return from Cormoral"
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| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc This issue has arrived from the printer and subscription copies will start mailing next week! THE SHADOW Volume 16: "City of Crime"
and "Shadow Over Alcatraz" "Who knows what evil lurks in the
hearts of men? The Shadow Knows!" The Master of Darkness returns in two high-voltage
pulp thrillers by Walter B. Gibson. First, Lamont Cranston enters a "City of Crime"
to bring the shadow of justice to hidden plotters. Then, a near-fatal attack on
Kent Allard sets The Shadow on the trail of a criminal Napoleon who plots an assault
on Alcatraz to launch a criminal empire. This collectors item volume reprints
both classic pulp covers by George Rozen plus all the original interior art and
a new foreword by legendary illustrator Edd Cartier. Walter Gibson reveals secrets
about The Shadow's true identity to pulp-historian Will Murray, while series editor
Anthony Tollin examines the mystery behind the 1939 disappearance of cover artist
George Rozen. (Sanctum Productions) Softcover,
7x10, B&W, $12.95 The back-cover background Shadow image was restored from a rejected George Rozen "Shadow Over Alcatraz" painting that was published in altered form that same month on Munsey's DETECTIVE FICTION WEEKLY. Graphics wizard Michael Piper has done a superb job of restoring the cover to it's original Shadowy greatness.
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Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Shipping
the 2nd week of July: THE SHADOW #20: "The Blue Sphinx" & "Jibaro Death" DOC SAVAGE #19: "The King Maker" & "The Freckled Shark" Shipping the 2nd week of August: THE SHADOW #21: "The Plot Master" & "The Green Hoods" DOC SAVAGE #20: "The Thousand-Headed Man" & "The Gold Ogre" (Covers are
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| THE BLOOD 'N' THUNDER GUIDE TO COLLECTING
PULPS - Now available! Hot off the presses -- literally! We have just received our shipment of the long-awaited BLOOD 'N' THUNDER GUIDE TO COLLECTING PULPS, a book we hope will become an indispensable reference work for anybody with even the slightest interest in pulp magazines. This isn't a price guide; it's a novel-length (74,000 words) study of the field geared toward the specific requirements of collectors. In chapters covering the major pulp genres -- general adventure, mystery/detective, western, hero, science fiction/fantasy, weird menace, etc. -- we enumerate the major titles, make our case for their significance, and highlight specific issues, authors, and stories worth collecting.
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| CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #0 -
Coming in June! Timothy Truman (W), Tomás Giorello (P/Cover), José Villarubia (C) Conan the Cimmerian #0 marks a transitional period in young Conan's life, as he spurns the magicians, turncoats, and legal trappings of the cities he's seen in order to return to the beloved northern frontiers of Cimmeria, where he was born and raised. It also marks a turning point in the artistic muscle that will fuel Conan's adventures throughout 2008 and beyond. Writer Timothy Truman and Argentine artist Tomás Giorello are joined by renowned colorist José Villarrubia in this special issue, as they deliver their adaptation of Robert E. Howard's "Cimmeria" poem. And what's up with Conan? He fights for his life when he crosses paths with a pack of Vanir raiders on the Cimmerian border! Taking our brutal barbarian into his next exciting era! Full Color, 24 pages, $.99, On sale June 25 Dark Horse Comics | | |||
| E-texts on the net this week The Shadow in Review: There is no new Shadow review this week. Next weeks review is "The Seven Drops of Blood" from December 1, 1936. A special five-part series of Two-Minute Shadow Mysteries begins continues this week, "The Golden Plot." In the fourth part, The Shadow thwarts a poisonous plot in "Murder for Dinner." It's written by Charles W. Johnson II. Shadows of the Pulps: Nothing new this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 900 stories online! "Death Ray" by Paul Ernst from POPULAR DETECTIVE, September, 1936 Follow Bill Oliver as he tracks down a cowardly killer and solves a "clueless" murder. "The Eyes Have It" by Joseph F. Hook from TEN DETECTIVE ACES, May, 1948 He didn't seem much like a dick, this mild, soft-spoken little man. But he knew that to ferret out larceny, not a loudmouth but . . . The Eyes Have It "Blood On The Ice" by Anthony Clemens from SECRET AGENT "X", November, 1934 Mike Monk had decided to kill the thin man with the sharp nose the moment he got his first glimpse of the diamond. A short story with a punch. | ||||
| 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. Monthly Special: All three for $85 ($10 off) Our first Replica this month is The Spider in "Laboratory of the Damned" from July 1936. $35 Our second Replica this month is WEIRD TALES #23 from August 1925. $35 This issue features "In the Forest of Villefere" by Robert E. Howard Our third Replica is STRANGE DETECTIVE STORIES #2 from December 1933. $25 This issue features "Black Talons" by Robert E. Howard and "Half Way to Hell" by Hugh B. Cave Subscriptions for Operator #5 and Spider replicas for 2008 are also now available: The Spider (8 issues) - $250 (Save $30) Operator #5 (4 issues) - $125 (Save $15) Both: $360 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 regular info@girasolcollectables.com email address. As always, these reprints are exact copies including the illustrations, ads, and back-up stories and have been printed on off-white paper, staple-bound and finished off with a high quality reproduction of the original cover. The only thing missing is the smell (alas) and the flaking newsprint. Email Girasol Collectables at: info@girasolcollectables.com. A complete listing, along with other items such as books, fanzines and of course pulps, can be found on the Girasol Collectables website at http://www.girasolcollectables.com/ All payments must be made in $US payable to Girasol Collectables and mailed to: Neil Mechem c/o Girasol Collectables 3501 GlenErin Drive, Apt. 1409, Mississauga, ON, Canada L5L 2E9 Here is a complete listing of the Pulp Replicas currently available for $25, $35, or $50 each postpaid within North America. Overseas will be a few dollars more. |    | |||
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| Gotham Pulp Collectors Club -
Next meeting is March 8, 2008! 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. The Gotham Pulp Collectors Club is meeting again March 8, 2008 and that is the 75th anniversary of Doc Savage cover date March 1933, "Man of Bronze" the first issue of Doc Savage and the 85th anniversary of Weird Tales, cover date March 1923. What a month. We will be celebrating these first issues of these long running and seminal pulps. All are invited to attend, so, if you have an interest in pulp magazines, please come and share tales of your interest in and collections with other pulp collectors. Some of us will bring representative issues of Doc Savage and Weird Tales to show from our collections and tall tales of how we got these books. All meetings are free and open to the public.
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| Haffner Press - Coming
in April! GATEWAY
TO PARADISE, the sixth volume of the Collected Stories of Jack Williamson, has
been pushed back on the 2008 schedule to make room for . . . THE
WORLDS OF JACK WILLIAMSON: A CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE (1908-2008) Planned
for an April 11th debut at the 2008 Williamson Lectureship, The Worlds of Jack
Williamson celebrates the 100th birthday of one of the Grand Masters of science
fiction. While Jack Williamson passed away in 2006 at the age of 98, his incredible
body of work continues to be enjoyed by legions of fans and admirers. Assembled
in this centennial tribute are several unpublished stories: "The Moon Bird," "The
Forbidden Window," "The Golden Glass," and a film treatment from 1957, "The Planets
are Calling." Also included are several classics in the Williamson canon such
as the original novella-length version of Darker Thank You Think; "Minus Sign,"
an unreprinted "seetee" story of anti-matter and terraforming; and a tale with
the first use of "psionics," "The Man from Outside." Contemporary stories include
"The Hole in the World," "Afterlife," and "The Luck of the Legion," the last Legion
of Space adventure. Included are essays from academics and scholars who have studied
Williamson's works, as well as Dr. Williamson's 1957 Master's thesis, "A Study
of the Sense of Prophecy in Modern Science Fiction." Fellow Grand Masters of science
fiction Frederik Pohl and James Gunn provide introductory remarks on reading,
knowing, collaborating with, and admiring Jack Williamson.Contents:
Ordering information: THE WORLDS OF JACK WILLIAMSON: A CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE (1908-2008) Edited by Stephen Haffner Foreword by Frederik Pohl, Introduction by James Gunn Dustjacket by Vincent di Fate 720-page 6.25" x 9.25" Smythe-sewn Archival-quality Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-1-893887-29-9 1000-copy trade edition: $40.00 (U.S.) Release date: April 11, 2007 Be sure to check www.haffnerpress.com often for updates, changes, and special announcements. For a limited time we are offering free shipping via Media Mail We can accept checks and money orders made payable and sent to: HAFFNER PRESS 5005 Crooks Road Suite 35 Royal Oak, Michigan 48073-1239 We are able to take credit card orders via Paypal at www.paypal.com. The remit-to e-mail is info@haffnerpress.com Please contact us anytime if you have any questions or need additional information. | ||||
| Hard Case Crime - Coming in March and
beyond! March 2008 ZERO COOL by John Lange, Cover art by Gregory Manchess American radiologist Peter Ross just wanted a vacation. But when he meets the beautiful Angela Locke on a Spanish beach, he soon finds himself caught in a murderous crossfire between rival gangs seeking a precious artifact. From Barcelona to the rain-swept streets of Paris, from the towers of the Alhambra to its darkest catacombs, Peter Ross is an ordinary man in desperate circumstances: racing to uncover a secret lost for centuries, before he becomes its next victim. April 2008 SHOOTING STAR/SPIDERWEB by Robert Bloch, Cover art by Arthur Suydam, Larry Schwinger TWO COMPLETE NOVELS, PUBLISHED IN THE CLASSIC BACK-TO-BACK "DOUBLE" FORMAT! SHOOTING STAR: A famous movie star found dead on the set of his latest picture...drugs hastily disposed of at the scene of the crime...it’s the stuff of Tinseltown scandal and could ruin the investment Harry Bannock made in the dead man’s library of films. For help, Bannock turns to Mark Clayburn, a one-eyed private eye with his own history of scandals. But can Clayburn uncover the truth about Dick Ryan’s murder before time runs out for Ryan’s co-stars... and for Clayburn himself? SPIDERWEB: Eddie Haines came to Hollywood to work in television, not to become a phony self-help guru, collecting secrets from his wealthy clients in order to blackmail them. But that’s what Eddie has become, under the tutelage of Professor Otto Hermann, Ph.D., a vicious little man with dollar signs where his soul should be. It’s a lucrative set-up for both of them—until the day the professor pushes Eddie too far... May 2008 THE MURDERER VINE by Shepard Rifkin; Cover art by Ken Laager On their summer off from college, three boys went to Mississippi to work for civil rights. They were never seen again. That’s why the father of one of the boys hired New York private eye Joe Dunne. His assignment: Find the men responsible, and don’t come home until they’re dead... First publication in 35 years! | 
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| Library of
America - Robert E. Howard volume in the works! According to a letter from Brian Leno in the February 2008 issue of THE CIMMERIAN, the Library of America has a volume by REH in development for inclusion in the series, but no publication date has been set. Thanks to Brian Leno and THE CIMMERIAN for the tip! | ||||
| THE LONE RANGER AND TONTO #1 - Arriving
in comic shops
March 12th! by Matthews, Abrams, & Montenegro In this special Lone Ranger and Tonto adventure, something dark and murderous is moving through the frontier, and it's up to the Lone Ranger and Tonto to put a stop to it. But once they find it, will they be able to face it? This Lone Ranger one-shot special is a great jumping-on point for new fans and readers as well as an excellent companion issue to the Eisner-Award nominated series! 32 pages, Full Color, SRP: $4.99 Publisher: DynamiteEntertainment | ||||
| Lost Continent Library Magazine -
3rd issue now available! The third issue of Lost Continent Library Magazine is now online for free download: http://www.mottimorphic.com/LostContLib/LCL_Magazine3_HiRes.pdf Those of you who are writers of both fiction and pulp-related non-fiction, feel free to contact the publisher Walter Bosley with your comments and your submissions. His email is in the PDF. | ||||
| Paizo Publishing - Now available! NORTHWEST OF EARTH: THE COMPLETE NORTHWEST SMITH by C. L. Moore (Trade Paperback) - $12.99 75th Anniversary Edition! From the crumbling temples of forgotten gods on Venus to the seedy pleasure halls of old Mars, Northwest Smith blazes a trail through the underbelly of the solar system in 13 action-packed stories you won’t soon forget. Among the best-written and most emotionally complex stories of the Pulp Era, the tales of intergalactic smuggler Northwest Smith still resonate strongly 75 years after their first publication. A staple of WEIRD TALES in its Golden Age, C.L. Moore’s stories appeared alongside work by H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and Clark Ashton Smith, forming the backbone of the “unique magazine’s” approach to science fiction and planetary adventure. For the first time ever, all of Northwest Smith’s adventures have been collected in a single volume, including “Quest of the Starstone,” which pairs Smith with Moore’s other famous creation, the fierce swordswoman Jirel of Joiry! Introduction by C.J. Cherryh 220-page softcover trade paperback Softcover, $12.99 |
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| Paizo Publishing - Coming in October! The Hounds of Skaith (Trade Paperback) - $12.99 by Leigh Brackett, with an introduction by F. Paul Wilson Eric John Stark rides again! Leigh Brackett's unforgettable science-fantasy hero of The Ginger Star cuts a red swath across the brutal planet Skaith! Having killed the king-dog Flay in his quest to save an old friend and mentor, Stark now wanders the Worldheart in the company of nine ferocious canines that respond to his every command. Ruling the hounds of Skaith means tapping into the savagery of Stark's own mysterious past, and even a moment's hesitation could turn the pack against him! Talented enough to co-write The Big Sleep screenplay with William Faulkner and imaginative enough to pen the original screenplay for The Empire Strikes Back, Leigh Brackett is a giant in the science-fiction field, and Eric John Stark is her finest character. An introduction by F. Paul Wilson (Repairman Jack, The Tomb) introduces Stark to new readers and sets the scene for one of the warrior's finest planetary adventures! 208-page softcover trade paperback ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-135-0 |  | |||
| Paizo Publishing - Coming in November! The Dark World (Trade Paperback) - $12.99 by Henry Kuttner Henry Kuttner's Sword and Sorcery classic returns to print at last! World War II veteran Edward Bond's recuperation from a disastrous fighter plane crash takes a distinct turn for the weird when he encounters a giant wolf, a red witch, and the undeniable power of the need-fire, a portal to a world of magic and swordplay at once terribly new and hauntingly familiar. In The Dark World, Bond opposes the machinations of the dread lord Ganelon and his terrible retinue of werewolves, wizards, and witches, but all is not as it seems in this shadowy mirror of the real world, and Bond discovers that a part of him feels more at home here than he ever has on Earth. An undisputed fantasy classic from the author of Elak of Atlantis, Henry Kuttner's The Dark World once more takes its place in the Sword and Sorcery pantheon! 160-page softcover trade paperback ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-136-7 |  | |||
| Paizo Publishing - Coming in December! Death in Delhi (Trade Paperback) - $12.99 by Gary Gygax A giant ruby and a plea to rescue the purloined crown jewels of Delhi arrives at the villa of Magister Setne Inhetep, philosopher-wizard of the Pharaoh of Aegypt! Sensing a seemingly unsolvable mystery, Inhetep and his amazon assistant Rachelle venture to the distant capital city, where they become embroiled in an evil ruler’s diabolical schemes, the machinations of an evil witch, and the relentless knives of assassins bound to the Goddess of Death! Join Inhetep and Rachelle in their final mysterious adventure, spun by master storyteller Gary Gygax, co-creator of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game! 224-page softcover trade paperback ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-137-4 |  | |||
| PIGEONS FROM HELL #3 (of 4) -
Coming in June! Joe R. Lansdale (W), Nathan Fox (A/Cover), and Dave Stewart (C) After last issue's bloody surprises and frightening, new terrors, Claire and Janet follow a mysterious lawman away from the gore-filled plantation house to seek advice from a strange, obsessive-compulsive hermit. While they can't leave their friends (or what's left of them) behind for long, this may be their only chance at escape. Or maybe they'll just find a quick death, if they're lucky. Haunted by dangerous shape-shifting shadows, reanimated bodies of the dead, and the dark heart of the mansion itself, the panic-stricken twins would rather take a chance finding answers in the demented shack of a madman than spend another minute in the hell that still holds their friends captive! Written by celebrated horror author Joe R. Lansdale (writer of Bubbu Ho-Tep, Batman, Jonah Hex, Conan) Based on the classic horror story by Conan creator Robert E. Howard! Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99, On sale June 18 Dark Horse Comics | | |||
| Pulp Adventurecon #8
- March 29, 2008! Rich
Harvey will be holding another Pulp Adventurecon this Spring! So
far, our special guest will be CJ HENDERSON, contributor to Moonstone Books' Spider
Chronicles and Kolchak: A Black and Evil Truth. More info to be announced
when available...Special offer: $1 off if you print out this Coming Attractions announcement! The location is the same: Ramada Inn, Bordentown, NJ March 29, 2008 from 10am - 4pm Admission $6.00 This show will be in addition to the pulp show on November 1, 2008. | ||||
| 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 Rice Burroughs 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 | ||||
| Red Panda Adventures
- Returns To Decoder Ring Theatre Saturday March 8th! For two and a half years, Toronto's Decoder Ring Theatre has been releasing full cast audio in the Pulp tradition, with a new audio adventure or mystery every second Saturday. The all-new programs in the tradition of classic radio programs now reach audiences around the world by free podcast downloads available through http://www.decoderringtheatre.com Saturday March 8th, Decoder Ring Theatre's signature hero returns to the airwaves for another set of two-fisted pulp adventures with the masked protectors of 1930's Toronto in The Red Panda Adventures. This episode launches a set of six episodes that will carry the Decoder Ring program into the summer months. The release schedule for spring is as follows: March 8: RPA #31 - The Red Squirrel With a high-powered pretender on the loose, the self-professed greatest criminal mastermind in history just became the least of our heroes problems! March 22: RPA #32 - The Terrible Two Two arch-fiends from the past reappear with a new and diabolical partnership in the works! April 5: RPA #33 - Barton's Charm The string of industrial accidents plaguing the city can't be mere accidents, but are there otherworldly forces behind this string of misfortune? April 19: RPA #34 - The Empty Box The judge, the jury... all those behind the conviction of Sam Merk dropping like flies, and with only one connection - a little empty box! May 3: RPA #35 - The Rat Lord Someone is preying upon the children of the city... using their fears to force them into crime. Can the Red Panda turn the tables on The Rat Lord? May 17: RPA #36 - The Field Trip Will following a lead to New York city provoke a confrontation with The Justice Union, or with the fiendish scientific adviser to the German Reich, or both? These episodes, and all past installments are available for free download at http://www.decoderringtheatre.com, via the podcast feed http://decoderring.libsyn.com or through the iTunes Music Store. Red Panda artwork by Chuck Lukacs - http://www.chucklukacs.com |  | |||
| 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 REH Foundation is now a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Memberships and donations are now tax-deductible, including donations to the REH Collection. Purchase of REHF Press publications is not tax-deductible. The Robert E. Howard Foundation | ||||
| SerialFest 2008 - May 15, 16, 17, 2008! The world's only all-serial film festival and the most fun 3-day weekend a serial fan can have. This year SerialFest features Alan Lane and Kaye Aldridge in DAREDEVILS OF THE WEST, the complete serial unseen for over 50 years! Guest of Honor James D'Arc, Curator of the Brigham Young University Republic Serial Archive. Location: The Newtown Theater (daytime film screenings) 120 N. State Street, Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; 215-968-3859 (Newtown is Exit 49 off I-95 between Philadelphia and Princeton NJ) Reservation & Ticket Information: $135 includes admission to all screenings, Friday evening pizza, and Saturday night Squadron dinner $100 for admission to screenings only $35 Saturday dinner only (for spouse or companion etc. who will be traveling with you but does not wish to attend screenings) IF YOU REGISTER BEFORE MARCH 1 registration is: $125 for all screenings, Friday pizza, and Saturday night dinner $90 screenings only $35 Saturday dinner only Accommodations: Many attendees have chosen to stay at - The Hampton Inn (1000 Stoney Hill Road, Yardley, PA 19067 215-860-1700 / 1-800-HAMPTON) which is closest to the festival location. Cable TV, outdoor pool, complimentary continental breakfast included. Many members are interested in doubling, tripling and quadrupling up to save money on rooms here to save travel time and confusion.If you are looking to share a room, feel free to post a request on the Events Board room/ride-share thread. Rooms for Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights are available now at the group discounted rate of $149, for a standard room with either a king size bed or two double beds. To get the discount, call the Hampton and mention SerialFest. All reservations must be made by April 15 to receive the discount rate. For complete details and the schedule of events for all three days, visit the Serial Squadron website. | ||||
| SPACE VULTURE by Gary K. Wolf and Archbishop
John J. Myers Now available! Gary
K. Wolf, Creator, Roger Rabbit Roger Rabbit Creator and Archbishop of Newark Team Up To Write Science Fiction Novel In what might be the oddest literary pairing of all time, Gary K. Wolf, noted science fiction author and screenwriter, best known for creating the Roger Rabbit characters and Toontown, and John J. Myers, Catholic Archbishop of Newark, have teamed up to co-write an action/adventure science fiction novel entitled "Space Vulture." The book is an homage to "Space Hawk," the first science fiction novel the two read as schoolboys. "Space Vulture" recently sold to Tom Doherty Associates for publication by their Tor imprint in March 2008. In the fast paced story, heroic Intergalactic Marshal Victor Corsaire and cowardly con man Jack Edward join forces with a beautiful and courageous widow and her two young sons to battle Space Vulture, the most villainous marauder in the cosmos. Wolf and Myers have been close friends since childhood. They grew up together in the small farm town of Earlville, Illinois. Wolf's father ran the pool hall there. Myers' father was the town milk man. "We were in the seventh grade," recalls Wolf. "We were both big readers, and we both liked science. John came to me with a book he'd discovered. He told me I had to read it because it was science AND it was fiction. It was science fiction. That book was Anthony Gilmore's pulp classic 'Space Hawk.' I read it and loved it just as much as John had. We were hooked. After that, we sought out and read all the science fiction books we could find. I can honestly say that 'Space Hawk' changed my life. Without 'Space Hawk' there would be no Roger Rabbit." "For as far back as I can remember," adds Archbishop Myers, "reading has been one of my favorite pastimes. I still read voraciously. 'Space Hawk' made as much of an impression on me in my early years as it did on Gary. We can both still quote passages from that book verbatim. Nowadays my reading is mainly theology although I do make time for fiction and even science fiction which I still greatly enjoy." "One day, almost as a joke" says Wolf, "I told John we ought to collaborate on a science fiction novel of our own, an homage to 'Space Hawk,' doing a story as appealing to science fiction readers of today as 'Space Hawk' was to us. To my great joy, John said, 'Let's do it.'" The two wrote the novel over a five year period collaborating by phone, e-mail, and face-to-face during Wolf's frequent visits to Newark from his Boston home. "We had great fun writing 'Space Vulture' and it shows," says Wolf. "It's just as adventuresome and exciting as 'Space Hawk.'" "Collaborating with Gary on 'Space Vulture' has been satisfying for me on several levels," says Archbishop Myers. "It has given me the opportunity to create an exciting, interesting, and morally principled tale in one of my favorite genres. It has also provided the opportunity to renew and deepen one of my oldest and dearest friendships." Archbishop Myers has published extensively in the scholarly and religious press. This is his first work of fiction. Wolf has published five previous novels including 'Who Censored Roger Rabbit' which formed the basis for the Spielberg/Disney blockbuster movie 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit.' Agent Mickey Freiberg of The Acme Literary Agency brokered the six figure deal with Tom Doherty Associates editor Moshe Feder. More information on the book and the authors can be found at www.spacevulture.com. Tor Books, Hardcover, 336 pages, $24.95, On sale 3/4/2008 |  Get Autographed Copies! Exclusive Web Site Offer! Get a copy of Space Vulture autographed by both Gary K. Wolf and Archbishop John J. Myers. Click here to advance-order an autographed
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Booksmith. Put "Space Vulture" in the subject line; include your name and address in the message. Brookline Booksmith will notify you by email when the book is available for purchase. Plus you'll get 10% off the cover price. | |||
| Upcoming Modern Hero-Pulp Novels
by Christopher
R. Yates Hellboy: Emerald Hell, Tom Piccirilli, Dark Horse, $7.99, February 06, 2008 - Now available! Iron Man (novelization), Peter David, Del Rey, $7.99, March 25, 2008 Dangerous Dames, John Zakour & Lawrence Ganem, DAW, $8.99, April 01, 2008 Wolverine: The Nature of the Beast, Dave Stern, Pocket Star, $7.99, April 29, 2008 The Incredible Hulk (novelization), Peter David, Del Rey, $7.99, May 20, 2008 Hellboy II: The Golden Army (novelization), Robert Greenberger, Dark Horse, $6.99, May 25, 2008 Batman: Gotham Knight, Louise Simonson, Ace, $6.99, May 27, 2008 Superpowers: A Novel, David J. Schwartz, Three Rivers Press,$14.95, June 10, 2008 Soon I Will Be Invincible, Austin Grossman, Vintage, $14.95, June 10, 2008 The Dark Knight (novelization), Dennis O’Neil, Berkley, $7.99, July 01, 2008 Who Can Save Us Now?, Owen King & John McNally, editors, Free Press, $15, July 15, 2008 Hellboy: Oddest Jobs, Christopher Golden, editor, Dark Horse Books, $14.95, July 25, 2008 The Darker Mask, Gary Phillips & Christopher Chambers, editors, Tor, $24.95, August 19, 2008 The Darker Mask, Gary Phillips & Christopher Chambers, editors, Tor, $14.95, August 19, 2008 Wolverine: Election Day, Peter David, Pocket Star, $7.99, August 26, 2008 Last Days of Krypton, Kevin Anderson, HarperCollins, $7.99, August 26, 2008 Heroes: Saving Charlie, Aury Wallington, Del Rey, $7.99, August 26, 2008 Jinx, Jennifer Estep, Berkley, $7.99, September 02, 2008 Spider-Man: Requiem, Jeff Mariotte, Pocket Star, $7.99, October 28, 2008 Iron Man (original novel), Del Rey, $7.99, October 28, 2008 Fantastic Four: Lost Worlds, Jeffrey Lang, Pocket Star, $7.99, November 25, 2008 |  | |||
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