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Age of Aces Presents
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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 available and shipping to retailers and subscribers! DOC SAVAGE Volume 16: "The Secret in the Sky" & "The Giggling Ghosts" ISBN: 1-932806-93-8 13-DIGIT: 978-1-932806-93-9 Softcover, 7x10. B&W ........................................$12.95  | |||||||
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Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc
"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: 978-1-932806-92-2
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| CLASSIC COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS #7:
THE GREEN LAMA - Arriving in comic
shops April 30th! Dark Horse continues its series of vintage-style statuettes featuring the best characters from comic books. The sculpting and packaging design is inspired by the original "Golden Age" version of one of the era's most interesting heroes, The Green Lama, and echoes the look and feel of his earliest comic appearances. This series will depict the characters as they were originally presented in the comics. 5 inches tall, limited to 350 hand-numbered pieces, packaged in a custom-tooled, full-color, litho-printed tin box. Included is a small booklet and a vintage-style pinback button. $49.99 Dark Horse Comics |  | ||||||
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COMPLETE GREEN LAMA FEATURING THE ART OF MAC RABOY - Arriving in comic shops April 30th! Chanting “Om Mani Padme Hum,” the wealthy Jethro Dumont transformed into the Green Lama—a flying freedom fighter made famous in comics by the distinguished and imaginative artist Mac Raboy (Captain Marvel Jr., Flash Gordon). A unique 1940s Buddhist superhero, the Green Lama used special powers gained in a pilgrimage to Tibet to fight master criminals, monstrous dictators, and inequality across the globe. He made his debut in April 1940 in the pulp fiction anthology Double Detective, but he is most well known in his comic book incarnation—especially the stories drawn by Raboy in the eight-issue Green Lama series. Dark Horse Archives presents the entire Green Lama run in two high-quality hardcovers, starting with these first four issues. In addition to Raboy’s classic covers and stories, these issues contain entertaining and adventurous bonus stories following the adventures of Lieutenant Hercules, Rick Masters, Angus McErc, and others! Our first volume also features an introduction by free speech activist and patron saint of comics collecting Chuck Rozanski! Hardcover, 7x10, 208 pages, Full Color, $49.95 Dark Horse Comics |  | ||||||
| CONAN:
THE FRAZETTA COVER SERIES #2 -THE GOD IN THE BOWL - Now available! Kurt Busiek (W), Cary Nord (A), Dave Stewart (C), and Frank Frazetta (Cover) This second installment in the Conan Frazetta Cover Series celebrating 75 years of the legendary barbarian, adapts Robert E. Howard's classic tale of murder and intrigue, "The God in the Bowl." This story marks the Cimmerian's first encounter with the deadly sorcerer Thoth-amon and his menagerie of vile giant serpentine creatures-brought to life by the stunning painting "Chained" by the living legend Frank Frazetta, featured for the first time ever in comics! Full Color, 48 pages, $5.99 Dark Horse Comics |  | ||||||
| Dark
Horse Comics: Solomon Kane #1 - Coming this Fall! Solomon Kane" is scheduled to debut as a five-issue miniseries this fall with pencils by Mario Guevera ("Lone Ranger and Tonto"), inks by Dave Stewart ("Hellboy" and "Conan") and covers by John Cassaday ("Astonishing X-Men" and "Lone Ranger"). The first Kane miniseries is based on a Howard fragment called "The Castle of the Devil." Solomon Kane writer Scott Allie said that he expects to ultimately adapt all of the Solomon Kane stories and fragments. For an interview with Solomon Kane writer Scott Allie, visit the Comic Book Resources website. The debut of Solomon Kane interior art is going to be the June issue of DHP on MySpace. In the meantime, you can check out samples of Mario's art at the Comic Book Resources website. A two page Kull spread by Will Conrad is also available online for viewing. |  | ||||||
| E-texts on
the net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks review is "The Circle of Death" from the March 1, 1934. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 900 stories online! "Hayseed Homicide" by Joe Archibald from TEN DETECTIVE ACES, May, 1948 Featuring: Dizzy Duo Snooty Piper and Scoop Binney, those sappy Beantown news-sleuths, get slated for early planting when they dig into a . . . Hayseed Homicide. "The Devil's Ace" by Frank Johnson from SKY FIGHTERS, December, 1934 Silent Orth, Hellwinder of the Crimson Skies, gets into a whale of a jam - and all because he asks for extra flying time without giving reasons! | |||||||
| FARMERPHILE:
The Magazine of Philip José Farmer - Now available! Issue No. 12 - April 2008 Farmerphile is a quarterly magazine completely dedicated to works by and about Philip José Farmer. It features the unpublished novel "Up from the Bottomless Pit," a suspense-thriller about the ultimate disaster in the oil industry, serialized over the first ten issues. These ten issues will also include other unpublished stories, speeches and letters by Farmer himself, as well as articles about the Grand Master and his work from his fans and peers. Farmerphile is fabulously illustrated by such talented artists as Jason Robert Bell, Charles Berlin, Keith Howell, Karl Kauffman, Chuck Loridans, and Shannon Robicheaux. Table of contents: "The Roller Coaster Ride with Phil Farmer" by Bette Farmer "We Were Introduced by Sherlock Holmes" by George Scheetz "Sherlock Holmes and Sufism" by Philip José Farmer - illustrated by Charles Berlin "Philip José Farmer and The Case of the Two Jungle Lords" by Dennis E. Power "Urania's Babysitter" by Rick Lai "A Study of Ralph von Wau Wau" by Danny Adams "Creative Mythography: The Farmerian Holmes" by Win Scott Eckert "Bibliophile" by Paul Spiteri "How Much Free Will Does a Pumpkin Have?" by Christopher Paul Carey "Jongor in the Wold Newton Family" by Philip José Farmer "The Lure of the Emergency Shelf" by Michael Carroll "Full Blown Comic Book Images of the Beast" by Steve Mattsson Unpolished Pearls from the Magic Filing Cabinet "Three Metafictional Proposals" by Philip José Farmer "Uncle Sam's Mad Tea Party" by Philip José Farmer "Down to Earth's Centre" by Philip José Farmer Complete ordering information for Farmerphile may be found at: http://www.pjfarmer.com/farmerphile.htm |  | ||||||
| Girasol
Collectables: THE COMPLETE MAGIC CARPET MAGAZINE - Now available! 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 is shipping the MAGIC CARPET companion volume to ORIENTAL STORIES now. The pricing is as shown below. Girasol accepts checks, international money orders and Paypal, and if you'd like a Paypal invoice sent, let them know.
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| GREEN
LAMA: MAN OF STRENGTH #1 - Arriving in comic shops April
30th! by James Ritchey & Loki Dolza An unsuspecting college student falls heir to the powers of the Green Lama, in a darkly contemporary version of the AC Universe! World War III has come and gone, demons run free in the streets- and only the Green Lama can restore order. Guest-starring the Femforce and Golden Lad. Almost seven years in the making, this Elseworlds-style take on the classic Golden Age hero created by Ken Crossen is the product of hot new writer/artist James Ritchey. This intro to the smart new series presents a darker, edgier take on superheroics, and unlike AC's "classic" approach to heroes and storytelling, these characters are more ambiguous, with unknown agendas hidden around every corner! 40pgs, B&W SRP: $6.95 AC Comics |  | ||||||
| Haffner
Press - Now available! 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) 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. 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. | |||||||
| Howard Days 2008 -
June 13-14, 2008! Project Pride and The Robert E. Howard Foundation are pleased to announce that this year's guest for Robert E. Howard Days in Cross Plains will be Mark Finn. Finn is the author of Blood & Thunder: The Life and Art of Robert E. Howard (Monkeybrain Books, 2006), the 2007 Cimmerian Award winner for Book by a Single Author, which was also nominated for a World Fantasy Award and was a finalist for the Locus Award for Best Non-Fiction. Finn has written about REH for The Dark Man, The Cimmerian, and Dark Horse Comics, among others, and his “Fists of Robert E. Howard” in The Barbaric Triumph won the 2005 Cimmerian Award for Best Essay. He also writes regularly for The Cimmerian Blog. As Creative Director for The Violet Crown Radio Players, Mark has adapted several of Howard’s Steve Costigan stories for performance. He has been one of the most instrumental voices in bringing Howard’s boxing fiction greater exposure and critical attention, and he is a lively and entertaining speaker and raconteur. We are delighted to have Mark join us the weekend of June 13-14, 2008, as we celebrate Robert E. Howard Days in Cross Plains. Robert E. Howard Days presents: The First Annual ROBERT E. HOWARD POETRY THROWDOWN! Join fellow Howard Days attendees in the Pavilion at the Howard House on Friday the 13th (of June), after Leo Grin's Cimmerian Awards presentations, for the First Annual Howard Days Poetry Throwdown. Bring your Howard poetry and engage yourself in some poetry readings, or just listen to the entertainment that will demonstrate why Robert E. Howard's poetry screams to be read aloud! And this all takes place in REH's back yard! What better way to honor Howard's legacy than by speaking his words outside the very window where they were written?! It doesn't get much better than that! OPEN TO ALL - JUST GET UP AND READ! There may or may not be prizes involved in a number of categories we have yet to make up (Hey, Barbara Barrett just put this good idea out there, so I'm making up the rest of it as I go...) But start getting those vocal chords in shape - you want to be heard over the roar of the trucks on Highway 36! Note: Some of REH's poems may not be appropriate for women & children or the faint of heart, so please plan accordingly. REH Days assumes no responsibility for any injuries incurred during the reading of REH poetry. And, as always, please - No Wagering! SEE (AND LISTEN TO) YOU THERE! | |||||||
| Pulpville Press - Now
available! THE MYSTERY OF THE HASTY ARROW by Anna Katharine Green Intricacy not too intricate and detective genius not too unfailing combine skillfully with characterization not too insistent. Climactic horror is achieved by the disclosure of the murderer's unwitting paternal relation to the murdered girl and is framed in the romance of the mother's relentlessly eternal love for him. A philosophic calm abides with the reader, nevertheless, because of a quality common to most detective stories--a distributing of personal interest whence emanates a savingly objective attitude of mind. Illustrated. Hardcover w/dustjacket $24.95 Trade Paperback $14.95 Anna Katharine Green (November 11, 1846 – April 11, 1935) was an American poet and novelist. She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories (no doubt assisted by her lawyer father). Pulpville Press | |||||||
| Underwood Books - Coming
in September! And Their Memory Was a Bitter Tree: Queen of the Black Coast and Others by Robert E Howard (Author), Arnie Fenner (Foreword), H. P. Lovecraft (Afterword) As one of the three most important American pulp fantasy authors of the 1930s (with Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith), Robert E. Howard captivated readers with his indomitable, battle-scarred barbarian hero Conan. Though Howard's life ended prematurely in 1936 at the age of 30, Conan lives on as one of the genre's most enduring icons. This beautifully designed collection contains nine essential Conan stories along with a full-length Conan novel. Also included is The Hyborean Age, Howard's fascinating history of the raw, blood-drenched world Conan inhabited, an alternative Earth that preceded Tolkien's Middle Earth. And Their Memory Was a Bitter Tree features a color map of this realm and an interior painting by cult artist Brom, along with a series of Frank Frazetta's seminal Conan paintings, appearing for the first time with the stories for which they were created. Hardcover: 640 pages - $25 Hardcover, Sgd Ltd edition: 640 pages - $100 Publisher: Underwood Books | |||||||
| Weird Tales #349 (March/April 2008) - 85th anniversary
issue - Now available! SPECIAL FEATURE: - The 85 Weirdest Storytellers of the Past 85 Years FICTION: - "Heart of Ice" by Tanith Lee - "Creature" by Ramsey Shehadeh - "The Yellow Dressing Gown" by Sarah Monette - "The Talion Moth" by John Kirk - "Detours on the Way to Nothing" by Rachel Swirsky - "Black Petals" (new Elric novella) by Michael Moorock POETRY: - "A Compleynte on the Deth of Sir William Thatcher, Sumtyme Ycleped Ulrich of Lichtenstein" by Geoffrey Chaucer NONFICTION: - Interview: Jeff VanderMeer chats with weird fantasy novelist China Míeville - Weirdism: Stephen Geigen-Miller on his pulp-fiction heritage - Lost Pages: Ira Marcks presents a snapshot of modern Innsmouth... - Lost in Lovecraft: ...and Kenneth Hite explores why H.P.L.'s characters sought asylum in Arkham - Excerpt: Csilla Csori discusses the science of Dune's gholas and how to raise the dead - The Bazaar: Cherie Priest meets a steampunk Cthulhoid amulet crafter - The Cryptic: Darrell Schweitzer on the enduring power of the Blob - The Library: Book reviews ARTWORK: - Cover art: "Break" by Newel Anderson - Original illustrations by Molly Crabapple, Fantasio, Daniele Serra, Star St. Germain |  $6.99 | ||||||
| Wildside Press - Now available! THE SWORD OF ISLAM AND OTHER TALES OF ADVENTURE by Rafael Sabatini ISBN: 978-1-4344-6790-4 (trade paperback), $19.95 ISBN: 978-1-4344-6791-1 (jacketed hardcover), $32.95 This volume collects 14 rare Sabatini short stories (most appearing for the first time in book form). Included are: "The Sword of Islam," "The Tapestried Room," "The Baker of Rousillon," "The Blackmailer," "The Curate and the Actress," "The Foster-Lover," "The Ordeal," "Wirgman's Theory," "The Wedding Gift," "Annabel's Wager," "The Dupes," "The Fool's Love Story," "Gismondi's Wage," and "Intelligence." THE COCK CROWS MURDER And Other Tales from the Pulps by Robert Leslie Bellem ISBN: 978-1-4344-6792-8 $14.95 (trade paperback only - no hardcover) This volume collects seven Bellem tales from pulp magazines such as "Spicy Mystery Stories," "Fifth Column Stories," and "The Ghost -- Super-Detective." Included are: "The Man Who Was Not," "Enough Glory," "The Cock Crows 'Murder'," "Knife in the Dark," "Kill That Headline," "War Plans Divided," and "Murder's Messenger." Introduction by Darrell Schweitzer. THE MAN WHO CHANGED ROOMS by Johnston McCulley ISBN: 1-4344-0232-0, trade pb, $11.99 The second issue of CLUES magazine (February, 1929) featured "The Man Who Changed Rooms," by Johnston McCulley, as its lead novel...in this case, actually a novella. The creator of Zorro once again shows his interest in the mystery genre in this exciting pulp fiction tale. WILD NOREEN by Johnston McCulley ISBN: 978-1-4344-6832-1, trade pb, $12.99 From the creator of Zorro, Johnston McCulley, comes the short novel "Wild Noreen" -- a pulp classic originally published in the July 11, 1914 issue of "All-Story Cavalier." McCulley spins an adventure tale of the sea . . . of a ship's captain up to illegal work, the man he hires (and plans to kill) as his first mate, and the captain's uncontrollable daughter ... Wild Noreen! SAND DOOM AND OTHER TALES OF ADVENTURE by Murray Leinster ISBN: 978-1-4344-6508-5, trade pb, 19.95 Included in this volume of Murray Leinster's work are four short stories, "Sand Doom," "Atmosphere," "Attention Saint Patrick," "The Leader," plus one complete novel, "The Wailing Asteroid." Introduction by John Gregory Betancourt. TWO WORLDS OF EDMOND HAMILTON This volume collects two short novels by Edmond Hamilton. "The Stars, My Brothers" was originally published in Amazing Stories and "The Monsters of Juntonheim" was originally published in Startling Stories $15 (softcover) or $32.95 (hardbound) |    | ||||||
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| 12th Annual Fantastic Pulps Show &
Sale - Saturday, May 10, 2008, 10am to 5pm! Canada's premier pulp event! The show is a small but pulp specific event, with lots of great stuff for the collector and the curious alike. From 10am to 5pm, located at the Lillian H. Smith branch of the Toronto Public Library, 239 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. For more information, contact us at: info@girasolcollectables.com Admission is only $2! Girasol Collectables Inc. 3501 Glen Erin Drive, Suite 1409 Mississauga, ON, Canada L5L 2E9 905.820.7572 There are numerous hotels in the Toronto downtown, in various price ranges, and if you are an autoclub member, pick up one of their tourbooks for Toronto, Ontario, and you will find many additional options and attractions. We look forward to seeing you there! | |||||||||||
| Adventure House - Coming in July! HIGH ADVENTURE #101 featuring DAN FOWLER, G-MAN DETECTIVE in "Station D-E-A-T-H" by Brett Sterling When public mad dog number one sinks his fangs in the throat of American Commerce, the might of the F.B.I. is pitted against a gigantic nationwide hijacking combine! Follow Dan Fowler as he pursues a daring crime chief who hurls defiance at the forces of law! 7x10, 112 pages, $7.95 HIGH ADVENTURE #101 is NOT solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 23rd). |  | ||||||||||
| Adventure House - The April pulp facsimile reprints are now available! SPICY MYSTERY STORIES - November 1942, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 DOUBLE ACTION GANG MAGAZINE - December 1937, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 PLANET STORIES - Winter 1947, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 Coming in May! CAPTAIN FUTURE - Summer 1942, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 PHANTOM DETECTIVE - November 1934, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 SPICY-ADVENTURE STORIES - September 1937, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
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| Adventure House - Pulp facsimile reprints coming to comic shops in July! Phantom Detective - June 1934, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 It's thrills, chills and mystery in this exciting novel of the Phantom's mad race with death on the gory trail of a sinister killer whose victims writhe in a strangle-hold of dread, as written by Robert Wallace in "Diamonds of Death!" Phantom Detective June 1934 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 23rd). The Diamond Item Code is MAY084275.
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| ALEX RAYMOND: HIS LIFE AND ART
- Book signing! Author Tom Roberts will be appearing to sign copies of Alex Raymond: His Life and Art on Saturday, April 26 at the Windy City Pulp and Paperback Convention taking place at the Westin Lombard Yorktown Center in Lombard, IL.
Today, more than fifty years after his death, Raymond¹s profound influence continues to resonate throughout art forms of sequential storytelling, television and cinema. But when Raymond¹s life was taken in an automobile accident in 1956, no renaissance had occurred in the world of comic art to give appreciation and recognition to the creators. Little personal information about Raymond had been recorded in print. Although his name and art are world-famous, Raymond¹s private life has remained obscure, leaving the man behind the art an enigma. Now, for the first time, the entire span of Alex Raymond¹s 24-year career is presented in this historic volume. This book explores his life and untimely death, from the early influential loss of his father and his meteoric rise to success as young artist, through his patriotic service as a Marine combat artist, and his mature artistic achievements in the Rip Kirby comic strip. During more than a decade of scholarly research on this massive work, the author was given unprecedented access to surviving materials and art in many private collections. Documented with more than 175 photographs and nearly 400 illustrations, including previously unpublished and preliminary works, the veil of mystery is torn away from this once mysterious figure of the comic art world and his story is told in this 100,000-word biography through in-depth interviews with family, friends, associates and surviving World War II veterans. For lovers of comics strip, heroic fantasy and illustration art, this book is a long-overdue achievement. "This beautiful edition of Alex Raymond: His Life and Art of is an amazing collection by Tom Roberts. After over a decade of research Tom has brought to life the extensiveness of Raymond¹s career, including rarely seen and unpublished works. A must have for any collector." GREG HILDEBRANDT, Gold Medal Award-winning illustrator, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Marvel "Tom Roberts' celebration of Alex Raymond is a book you can¹t wait to get your hands on." GARY GIANNI, Eisner Award-winning artist, Price Valiant, Savage Tales of Solomon Kane "Sophistication, elegance, imagination. A rare cocktail, but one Alex Raymond mixed throughout his life. With the publication of this book the world will be able to stand at the bar Raymond set so high and throwback his genius as long and as hard as they like. Now the full breath of his talent will be available in a book covering his entire amazing career." GEOFREY DARROW, Eisner Award-winning artist/creator, Hard Boiled, Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot. Conceptual Designer, The Matrix trilogy "At last we have in hand the book that Alex Raymond has long deserved, and that we have longed for‹a stunning look at the breadth of the man's fluid graphic skills and consummate artistry. Raymond drew far more than just comic strips and he proved himself a master at every aspect of the illustrative arts. It is high time that the scope of his career was reviewed. Thank you, Tom Roberts!" MARK SCHULTZ, Eisner Award-winning artist/writer/creator, Xenozoic Tales, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs "Roberts' authoritative look at the career and impact of Alex Raymond fills in a huge gap on my bookshelf. It¹s the best thing written on an individual comic artist in years." FREDERIC B. TARABA, Author, "Masters of American Illustration" Former director of Illustration House, New York "Tom Roberts has done us all a favor writing and assembling this wonderful book. Alex Raymond is one of the greatest artists and storytellers of the twentieth century. Take a look at any adventure comic being published today, and you'll see an echo of Raymond's pioneering work. Rip Kirby and Flash Gordon are all around us, not just in the shadows cast by contemporary artists who (consciously or unconsciously) are influenced by Raymond's iconic imagery, but by those like Tom Roberts, who cherish the days of yore, when adventure comic strips ruled the papers, and Alex Raymond was their unquestioned king . . ." GERRY CONWAY, Writer/Co-Executive Producer, Law & Order: Criminal Intent Former editor-in-chief Marvel Comics "Anyone who has been a fan of Alex Raymond's legendary work on Flash Gordon, Jungle Jim, or Secret Agent X-9 will revel in the details, the facts, the analysis, the photos, and the art beautifully and clearly laid out in the pages of this tome. It's a must for any comic book or comic strip fan, for any artist looking for inspiration, and for any reader in search of a great read." MICHAEL USLAN, Comic Book Historian, Executive Producer Batman", "Batman Begins", "The Dark Knight" Producer "Will Eisner's The Spirit", "Constantine" | |||||||||||
| Altus Press
- Now available! Out of this World Adventures #1 (July 1950) by Ray Cummings, Lester Del Ray, A. Bertram Chandler, A.E. Van Gogt, William Tenn, Lloyd Williams, Mack Reynolds, Kris Neville, John Michel, Joe Kubert, Edward Bellin, W. Malcolm White, Gardner F. Fox, and John Giunta. The complete pulp... reprinted for the first time! This historic first issue included material by Ray Cummings and A.E. Van Vogt but also a comic book section featuring stories by Gardner F. Fox, Joe Kubert and John Giunta. 128 pages, 6.63" x 10.25", perfect binding, black and white interior ink $13.95
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| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc 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 Coming in July! DOC SAVAGE Volume 19: "The King Maker" & "The Freckled Shark" Softcover, 7x10. B&W ........................................$12.95 Visit The Shadows Sanctum at: http://www.shadowsanctum.com DOC SAVAGE Volume 19 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 23rd). The Diamond Item Code is MAY084274. |  | ||||||||||
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc "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
1-934943-04-5Coming in July! THE SHADOW Volume 20: "The Blue Sphinx" & "Jibaro Death" Softcover, 7x10. B&W ........................................$12.95 Visit The Shadows Sanctum at: http://www.shadowsanctum.com THE SHADOW Volume 20 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 23rd). The Diamond Item Code is MAY084276. |  | ||||||||||
| ATHENA VOLTAIRE VOLUME
2: FLIGHT OF THE FALCON TP - Coming in July! by Paul Daly & Steve Bryant As tensions among world powers escalate to the inevitability of World War II, another war already rages between the forces of white and black magic. When Athena Voltaire is hired to transport an ancient artifact from Burma to the United States, she finds herself the target of Nazi forces led by her opposite number — S.S. Aviatrix Hannah von Helm! Can Athena stop the Third Reich from opening a portal that could spell the end for mankind? This volume collects the critically-acclaimed Flight of the Falcon mini-series, and includes a cover and pin-up gallery. NOTE: Not available in Germany. Softcover, 7x10, 120 pages, Full Color, $16.95 APE ENTERTAINMENT ATHENA VOLTAIRE Volume 2 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 23rd). The Diamond Item Code is MAY083588. | |||||||||||
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Coast Press - REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #12 coming in late
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Black Dog Books Press Release! MULTI-VOLUME TALBOT MUNDY
LIBRARY ANNOUNCED BY BLACK DOG BOOKS CONTACT:
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| Black
Dog Books - Coming soon! THE RED ROAD TO SHAMBALLAH by Perley Poore Sheehan
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| BLOOD
'N' THUNDER #20 - Will debut at the Windy City Pulp & Paper Show BLOOD 'N' THUNDER #20 - the Spring 2008 issue will debut at this year's Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention. Among other things, it will include the first part of a study of the Sam Spade radio show, with a special emphasis on the Continental Op pulp stories adapted for broadcast as Spade adventures, a "Cliffhanger Classics" installment covering two Pathe serials of the late silent era, an article concerning the air pulps written by Arch Whitehouse and published in Writer's Digest, and a fascinating piece on the lengthy process involved in compiling Adventure's 1935 "Golden Anniversary" issue. $6 | |||||||||||
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- Imaro update!
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| Conan the Cimmerian #1 - Coming in July! As hard as it's been for Conan to return to Cimmeria, things aren't getting any easier as he nears his goal, and he quickly runs afoul of raiders on the Cimmerian borderlands. One stranger welcomes Conan home with a crack to the head, and another begins to weave a tale about Conan's grandfather--another Cimmerian who was filled with wanderlust. Conan the Cimmerian continues Dark Horse Comics' modern revitalization of Robert E. Howard's most beloved character. This is a great jumping-on point for new readers-and our first look at the creative muscle that will fuel Conan's adventures throughout 2008! * Legendary storyteller Joe Kubert contributes a rare variant cover for our first issue! * The star-studded team of Timothy Truman, Tomás Giorello, José Villarubia, Richard Corben, and Frank Cho launch Conan into a whole new era! Publication Date: July 16, 2008 Format: Full color, 40 pages Price: $2.99 Dark Horse Comics CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #1 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 23rd). The Diamond Item Code is MAY080047. |  | ||||||||||
| Conan Volume 6: The Hand of Nergal HC
- Coming in September! A mysterious curse lingers, following Conan as he attempts to return to his homeland, and a great darkness looms ahead in the doomed city of Yaralet. This latest collection in Dark Horse's smart, innovative Conan series finds the cunning Cimmerian chased by both unfinished business from his past and a strange novice magician who seeks to deliver a dire warning to the wandering barbarian. A great evil from Conan's past moves ever closer while unfathomable terrors awaken and come into view. Conan is, of course, eager to meet both head on! * "[Truman] knows Conan. He knows how the barbarian speaks. He knows how he acts. He knows how he swings his blade and thinks at the same time. Conan has been written as little more than mindless eye candy . . . [but] never by Truman. He has love and respect for the character and this comes through in every issue he scribes." -Broken Frontier Publication Date: September 24, 2008 Format: Full color, 152 pages, Hard cover, 7" x 10" Price: $24.95 Age range: 16+ ISBN-10: 1-59582-179-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-179-9 Dark Horse Comics CONAN: THE HAND OF NERGAL is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 23rd). The Diamond Item Code is MAY080045. |  | ||||||||||
| CTHULHU TALES #5 - Coming in July! by Michael Alan Nelson, Todd Lepre, Chee & Jon Reed Set sail for death! Well okay, first, unspeakably mind-bending terror on the cruise ship out of time — and then death! Sorry to give away the surprise ending. Also, a sneak peek at the new companion book, Fall of Cthulhu: Godwar by horror scribe Michael Alan Nelson! BOOM! STUDIOS COVER A-SC, 24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 COVER B-SC, 24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 CTHULHU TALES #5 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 23rd). The Diamond Item Code is MAY083691. (Cover A). The Diamond Item Code is MAY083692 (Cover B). | |||||||||||
| Doc Savage: Inside and Out - Update! Last week I mistakenly posted a notice stating that a new volume of DOC SAVAGE: INSIDE & OUT would be published this Summer. There is no new issue of Bobb Cotter's DOC SAVAGE: INSIDE & OUT coming in the future. Bobb Cotter does have a new book in the works that will be published by McFarland. The book will be a historical and critical overview of the horror and science fiction elements in the Doc Savage series. The book is expected in 2009. I will post more news on this when it becomes available. My apologies for the confusion. I got the new book confused with Bobb's previous fanzine efforts. Presently available from McFarland is The Great Monster Magazines by Robert Michael “Bobb” Cotter. This is a critical study of the black and white publications of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. The book does contain a pulp chapter and a Conan chapter. | |||||||||||
| E-texts
on the net this week The Shadow in Review: There is no new Shadow review this week. Next weeks review is Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 900 stories online! "Edward the Confessor" by Lon Williams from WESTERN ACTION, March, 1957 Featuring: Judge Steele The case against Edward Slocum looked as airtight as Judge Steele could hope for - but somehow, he was worried. Slocum's lawyer was a real tricky-looking gent, and didn't seem at all disturbed by the fact that the prosecution had a signed confession from the accused. "Murder on the Mississippi" by H. Wolff Salz from POPULAR DETECTIVE, April, 1944 Death, voodoo, and mystery stalk the decks of a River boat searching for priceless mussel pearls! | |||||||||||
| ELRIC NOVEL VOLUME
2: TO RESCUE TANELORN TP - Coming in July! by Michael Moorcock; illustrated by Michael Wm. Kaluta This gorgeous omnibus edition collecting classic fantasy tales of Elric, Last Emperor of Melniboné, includes "To Rescue Tanelorn," "Earl Aubec," "The Eternal Champion" (novella version), "The Singing Citadel," "The White Wolf's Song," among other stories. Softcover, 6x9, 496 pages, B&W (Book 2 of 6) SRP: $15.00 Del Rey Books ELRIC NOVEL VOLUME 2: TO RESCUE TANELORN is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 23rd). The Diamond Item Code is MAY084340. | 
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| ERBville Press - Special Announcement! Coming soon: A special announcement concerning the Uniform Edition series of Edgar Rice Burroughs' books. This announcement will be made in conjunction with an announcement from Golden Lion Press. This should be of upmost interest to all Edgar Rice Burroughs' fans. These announcements were originally scheduled for this past January, but production problems have created a postponement which should be forthcoming in the near future. The Uniform Edition Hardcover Series reprints all public domain Edgar Rice Burroughs stories in hardcover. | |||||||||||
| FALL OF CTHULHU #11 - Arriving in comic
shops April 23rd! by Michael Alan Nelson The beginning of a brand new story arc and a great place for new readers to jump in. A teenage girl mysteriously appears in the Arkham jail with prophecies of doom. Arkham's Sheriff must decide if she's crazy or a harbinger of the evil that pervades the town. COVER A-24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 COVER B-24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 | |||||||||||
| FALL OF CTHULHU: GODWAR #1 - Coming in July! by Michael Alan Nelson & Mateus Santolouco Mr. Arkham’s plans are in motion and the followers of Cthulhu are poised to strike against the heretics of Nodens. But when their epic battle spills into the Dreamlands, Mr. Arkhams plans threaten to unravel. Will anyone survive the Godwar? Features two covers by Mateus Santolouco and Kody Chamberlain. BOOM! STUDIOS COVER A-24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 COVER B-24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 FALL OF CTHULHU #15 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 23rd). The Diamond Item Code is MAY083687. (Cover A). The Diamond Item Code is MAY083688 (Cover B). | |||||||||||
| FARMERPHILE: The Magazine of Philip José
Farmer - At the printer and available very soon! Issue No. 12 - April 2008 Farmerphile is a quarterly magazine completely dedicated to works by and about Philip José Farmer. It features the unpublished novel "Up from the Bottomless Pit," a suspense-thriller about the ultimate disaster in the oil industry, serialized over the first ten issues. These ten issues will also include other unpublished stories, speeches and letters by Farmer himself, as well as articles about the Grand Master and his work from his fans and peers. Farmerphile is fabulously illustrated by such talented artists as Jason Robert Bell, Charles Berlin, Keith Howell, Karl Kauffman, Chuck Loridans, and Shannon Robicheaux. Table of contents: "The Roller Coaster Ride with Phil Farmer" by Bette Farmer "We Were Introduced by Sherlock Holmes" by George Scheetz "Sherlock Holmes and Sufism" by Philip José Farmer - illustrated by Charles Berlin "Philip José Farmer and The Case of the Two Jungle Lords" by Dennis E. Power "Urania's Babysitter" by Rick Lai "A Study of Ralph von Wau Wau" by Danny Adams "Creative Mythography: The Farmerian Holmes" by Win Scott Eckert "Bibliophile" by Paul Spiteri "How Much Free Will Does a Pumpkin Have?" by Christopher Paul Carey "Jongor in the Wold Newton Family" by Philip José Farmer "The Lure of the Emergency Shelf" by Michael Carroll "Full Blown Comic Book Images of the Beast" by Steve Mattsson Unpolished Pearls from the Magic Filing Cabinet "Three Metafictional Proposals" by Philip José Farmer "Uncle Sam's Mad Tea Party" by Philip José Farmer "Down to Earth's Centre" by Philip José Farmer Complete ordering information for Farmerphile may be found at: http://www.pjfarmer.com/farmerphile.htm | Cover art by Keith Howell | ||||||||||
| FEMME NOIR: THE DARK CITY DIARIES #2
- Coming in July! FEMME NOIR: THE DARK CITY DIARIES 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 #2: "Dead Man's Hand" A husband's bad luck at cards results in a violent, twisted web of lies, blackmail, murder, and an explosive climax at sea with Port Nocturne's beautiful and deadly protector. THE DARK CITY DIARIES #2 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 23rd). The Diamond Item Code is MAY083591. (Staton & Lopez) The Diamond Item Code is MAY083592. (Haley) FEMME NOIR: THE DARK CITY DIARIES #3, & 4 - Coming in August and September! 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 |   | ||||||||||
| FRANK FRAZETTA’S
CREATURES #1 - Coming in July! Story RICK REMENDER, Art PETER BERGTING, Covers FRANK FRAZETTA, PETER BERGTING & NAT JONES Pulp fantasist RICK REMENDER spins the untold adventures of Teddy Roosevelt, Rough Rider, President of the United States and paranormal investigator as he uncovers a plot concocted by a band of nefarious aliens in cahoots with a malevolent ancient Mayan demon to eradicate humanity and claim Earth for their own purposes. A merging of The X-Files, Ghostbusters, and Indiana Jones, Creatures promises high-adventure starting one of America’s greatest heroes of the early twentieth century brought to glorious four-color life by Swedish superstar PETER BERGTING. 32 pages, full color, $3.99 Image Comics FRANK FRAZETTA’S CREATURES #1 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 23rd). The Diamond Item Code is MAY082167. | |||||||||||
| HAUNT OF HORROR:
LOVECRAFT #2 (of 3) - Coming in July! 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 this second issue, Corben brings you “The Music of Eric Zann,” “The Canal,” and “The Lamp.” It’s classic Lovecraft with a new twist! 32 pages, Cardstock Cover, Explicit Content, $3.99 HAUNT OF HORROR: LOVECRAFT #2 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 23rd). The Diamond Item Code is MAY082343. | |||||||||||
| ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE
#23 - Coming in July! Illustration features an extensive look at the magazine story illustration of Robert McGinnis, a side of the artist's work often overlooked in other books and articles. Scores of reproductions from his original paintings and vintage tear sheets are included. Also featured in this issue is the work of Cooper Studio artist Murray Tinkelman, whose meticulous line drawings have been world famous for decades. Rounding out the issue is an article on Jim Flora, renowned for his jazz record album cover illustrations in the 50s and 60s, featuring dozens of previously unpublished illustrations. Also included are the usual book reviews, plus a run down of the latest exhibitions and events related to illustration history. Illustration Magazine Magazine, 8x11, 112 pages, Full Color, $15.00 ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #23 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 23rd). The Diamond Item Code is MAY084270. | |||||||||||
| INDIANA JONES AND
THE TOMB OF THE GODS #2 - Coming in July! Rob Williams (W), Steve Scott (P), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Tony Harris (Cover) Indiana Jones continues to uncover clues that point to a discovery unlike any other while his enemies attempt to silence him forever in part two of Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Gods! For Dr. Henry Jones Jr., impossible odds and death-defying escapes are all in a day’s work, but when rumors of an ancient artifact of unthinkable power prove to be more than simply legend, Hitler’s legions of evil redouble their efforts to destroy the do-good Professor Jones before he foils their ambitions for global domination once again! Full Color, 40 pages, $2.99 Dark Horse Comics INDIANA JONES AND THE TOMB OF THE GODS #2 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 23rd). The Diamond Item Code is MAY080053. |  | ||||||||||
| JUNGLE GIRL VOLUME 1 HC -
Coming in July! by Frank Cho, Doug Murray & Adriano Batista Dynamite proudly presents Frank Cho's Jungle Girl! Overseen by co-writer and artist Frank Cho, and infused with everything Cho fans want to see — beautiful women, thrilling adventures, and, of course, dinosaurs — Jungle Girl also features co-writer Doug (Red Sonja: Queen of the Frozen Wastes, The 'Nam) Murray along with series artist Adriano (Zarek, Red Sonja) Batista as they bring the Jungle Girl to life! Jana the Jungle Girl races to save a group of intruders into this strange land — a land filled with dinosaurs, prehistoric men and much, much more! Each issue reveals more clues about the nature of Jana, and of the island itself, with each thrilling twist and turn overseen by Frank Cho, along with Doug Murray and artist Adriano Batista! Featuring a cover by Cho, this hardcover collection features issues #0-5 of the series along with a complete cover gallery featuring the art of Cho and Batista, plus sketchbook material from Batista! The complete first “season” of Jungle Girl is available here! Hardcover, 7x10, Full Color, $24.99 JUNGLE GIRL VOLUME 1 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 23rd). The Diamond Item Code is MAY083752. | |||||||||||
| Lone Ranger / Zorro
DVD Set 2 - Coming in July! BCI Eclipse is preparing a July 15th release of THE NEW ADVENTURES OF LONE RANGER AND ZORRO Volume 2. The most famous question of the Old West is "Who was that masked man?" The hero of the dusty plains is the Lone Ranger, clad in a black mask and carrying a gun loaded with silver bullets. Riding with his faithful Indian sidekick, Tonto, the Lone Ranger fights injustice on his galloping horse, Silver, leaving behind a cloud of dust as he lets loose the hearty cry of "Hi-Yo, Silver!" Clad all in black and raising his sword in the name of justice, he is Zorro, the Latin hero of the South! Secretly the nobleman, Don Diego, Zorro defends the poor and downtrodden from tyranny and cruelty with the help of his trusty companion, Miguel! His calling card is the letter "Z", a mark he leaves behind with three slashes of his sword to remind evildoers that he is protecting the land. Spotlighting the work of the legendary Filmation Studios, this volume features eleven thrilling adventures of THE LONE RANGER, and seven heart-racing tales of ZORRO! With a stellar voice cast that includes William Conrad and Henry Darrow, this pair of action heroes fights for justice on DVD for the first time ever, alongside swashbuckling special features! This is a two disk set for $14.98. |  | ||||||||||
| LOST CONTINENT LIBRARY - Calendar now available! The 15 month calendar featuring art from the popular 'new pulp' adventure magazine and publishing company. Classic and new images of retro-theme adventure, sci-fi and horror plus a few of the sexy LCL Girls as featured in Lost Continent Library Magazine. Oct 2008 through Dec 2009. 32 pages, 11" x 8.5", coil binding, full-color interior ink | |||||||||||
| MACK BOLAN, THE EXECUTIONER: THE DEVIL'S
TOOLS #1 - Arriving in comic shops April 23rd! Doug Wojtowicz (w); S.L. Gallant (a); Rebecca A. Wrigley (c) IDW Publishing teams up with Gold Eagle to reprise one of adventure fiction's longest-running novel series: Don Pendleton's Mack Bolan, The Executioner! The inspiration for countless payback warrior characters since 1969, Bolan returns in an explosive five-issue miniseries that pits him against enemies drawn from the Executioner's many novelized conflicts-from his war against the Mafia to his battles with the KGB and even today's terrorists! By celebrated author Douglas Wojtowicz, writer of many of The Executioner novels, with art by S.L. Gallant (Johnny Quest) and a cover by Rogue Angel cover artist Rebecca A. Wrigley. Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99 IDW Publishing |  | ||||||||||
| MACK BOLAN,
THE EXECUTIONER: THE DEVIL'S TOOLS #4 - Coming in July! Doug Wojtowicz (w); S.L. Gallant (a); Justin Randall (c) IDW Publishing continues the all-new comic adventure of Gold Eagle Books’ long-running action/adventure star, Mack Bolan, the Executioner. In this penultimate tale, Agent Cooke is injured, Agent Nye is held prisoner by amoral, predatory thugs, and 22 tons of deadly weaponry are ready to be delivered to criminal maniacs around the United States. Can even the Executioner, with assistance from the creative team of Doug Wojtowicz, SL Gallant and Luis Antonio Delgado, save the girl and prevent street gangs from being armed for the apocalypse? Or will Justin Randall's next cover be the tombstone for our heroes? Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99 IDW Publishing THE DEVIL'S TOOLS #4 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 23rd). The Diamond Item Code is MAY083967. | |||||||||||
| Mike Chomko - April 2008 newsletter is now available! Mike's April 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:
KOLCHAK TALES: NIGHT STALKER OF THE LIVING DEAD #3 -
Coming in July! by Christopher Mills & Tim Hamilton This is it, Kolchak fans! One more small town that thought "it couldn't happen here" is overrun with the animated corpses of men — and pigs? Hey, zombies are zombies, and they're everywhere! Carl Kolchak just wants to finish his story before lunch, especially since he's on the menu! Just what is the terrible secret behind this little farm town? 32 pages, Full Color, $3.99 NIGHT STALKER OF THE LIVING DEAD #3 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 23rd). The Diamond Item Code is MAY084041. | |||||||||||
| Off-Trail Publications
- Debuting at the Windy City Con (April 25-27)! Two new books from Off-Trail Publications
debuting at the Windy City Pulp & Paper Show SUPER-DETECTIVE FLIP BOOK: TWO COMPLETE NOVELS From the SUPER-DETECTIVE pulp: "Legion of Robots" (November 1940), Intro by John McMahan "Murder’s Migrants" (March 1943), Intro by John Wooley 6x9-inch perfect bound; 174 pages, $18.00 In the late-1930s, Culture Publications added a new imprint, Trojan Publications, and gave comic-book fansa reason to stay with the pulps. The reason was Super-Detective, introduced in 1940, a pulp featuring the novel-length adventures of Jim Anthony, detective extraordinaire. But Anthony was no mere sleuth. He possessed phenomenal physical and mental abilities. Patterned after Doc Savage, he battled super-villains bent on the destruction of the United States. After ten amazing adventures, Super-Detective transformed the Jim Anthony novels to a hard-boiled detective-story mode. The criminals were less ambitious, and more susceptible to guns and fists. Here, in this SUPER-DETECTIVE FLIP BOOK, a joint presentation of Off-Trail Publications and Reverse Karma Press, are two Jim Anthony novels, one from each phase of Anthony’s career. Flip the book and read the second novel. Also included are two introductions that explore the dual worlds of Jim Anthony, and the authors who brought him to life. GANG PULP Introduction by John Locke 6x9-inch perfect bound; 294 pages, $24.00 In 1929, a new kind of magazine appeared on newsstands, the gang pulps! And nothing that came before gave the pulps a worse reputation. Month after month, the stories luridly recounted the exploits of the most sadistic killers, the most craven squealers, the most coldblooded gun molls, the most corrupt cops, the most ruthless gang bosses, the most brutal mob wars, that ever escaped the realm of the imagination--a genre of extremes. There had been outlaw heroes in crime fiction before, but none like this new breed, who toasted with bootleg liquor while their bloody victims lay dying on the floor. Almost immediately, the gang pulps came under attack from the censors. America’s morals lay dying on the pulpwood pages, they claimed. Centered in the crosshairs was famed pulp editorHarold Hersey, creator of Gangster Stories, Racketeer Stories, Speakeasy Stories, and a raft of other gang magazines. He was threatened with prosecution. Clean up--or else! But the story of this clash has never before been told; nor have many of the stories been available since their original publication during the dying years of Prohibition. Included in GANG PULP are nineteen rare tales, selected from both the pre- and post-censorship periods. Did Hersey buckle under? Judge for yourself in violent and profane pulp classics like "One Hour Before Dawn," "Rough on Rats," and "City of Bullets." In "Glorifying the American Goon," an in-depth introduction based on all-new research, the world of the gang pulps is explored: what the stories were about, what happened during the attack on Hersey, how he responded, how the stories changed. Stories complete with original illustrations. Click
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| Paizo Publishing - Now available! LORD OF THE SPIDERS (aka BLADES OF MARS) by Michael Moorcock (Trade Paperback) - $12.99 Once more into the matter transmitter for an unforgettable journey to ancient Mars! Pulled back to earth on the eve of his marriage to the beautiful Princess Shizala, brilliant physicist Michael Kane must once again journey to the Red Planet to reclaim a life of swordplay and high adventure in the tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs! Kane finds himself on a different Mars, a place of blue giants and red revolution that ultimately leads to a ruined obsidian city inhabited by savage spider-men. A fast-paced adventure of swords, sorcery, and super-science awaits in this classic tale by an undisputed master of fantasy! With an introduction by Roy Thomas 160-page softcover trade paperback |  | ||||||||||
| Paizo Publishing - Coming in May! THE GINGER STAR by Leigh Bracket (Trade Paperback) - $12.99 Eric John Stark, Outlaw of Mars, travels beyond the solar system for exciting science fantasy adventures on the planet of Skaith, a lawless sphere at the edge of the known universe. Raised as a savage on the hostile planet of Mercury and honed into a fearless warrior in the low canals of the Red Planet, Stark is one of science fiction’s greatest adventurers and is Leigh Brackett’s most famous character. The first in a trilogy of stories set on Skaith, The Ginger Star is a pivotal work of science fantasy from the famous screenwriter of The Empire Strikes Back and The Big Sleep. Introduction by Ben Bova 192-page softcover trade paperback | 
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| Pigeons from Hell #4 - Coming in July! Writer: Joe R. Lansdale; Artist: Nathan Fox; Cover Artist: Nathan Fox; Colorist: Dave Stewart Shaken by strange old Alcebee's mysterious portents and horrifying stories, Claire and Janet return to the crumbling Blassenville Mansion anyway, to confront the hideous thing that drove them out and possibly killed their friends--and to find a way to put an end to the curse that hangs over the estate. When Griswell left the Blassenville Mansion those many years ago, he couldn't have imagined the horrors that would eclipse the ones he saw then--but there's far more to fear in the darkness of this twisted old house than ominous, shape-shifting shadows and zombies! Based on the classic horror story by Conan creator Robert E. Howard! Publication Date: July 30, 2008 Format: Full color, 32 pages Price: $2.99 Dark Horse Comics PIGEONS FROM HELL #4 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 23rd). The Diamond Item Code is MAY080044. |  | ||||||||||
| Pulpville Press - Now
available! TARRANO THE CONQUEROR by Ray Cummings Tarrano of Venus is mad for power. Tarrano is leading an invasion of Earth and Mars. The leaders of three planets are being assasinated. The Brende device, which bestows immortality, is captured by Tarrano. Can the people of Earth, Mars, and Venus defeat this power-mad individual? Hardcover w/dustjacket $24.95 Trade Paperback $14.95 Pulpville Press | 
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| RED SONJA #36 - Coming in
July!
by Brian Reed & Walter Geovani Know this, reader of these texts — Red Sonja has perished! Fallen in battle with the vile sorcerer Kulan Gath, Sonja gave her life to save all of Hyboria. For a time, the red-maned warrior did journey through Hades at the side of the boatsman Charon. Here, she did learn the truth of her own creation at the hands of the false Goddess Scathach. Twenty winters have passed since last Sonja walked the land. However, now that she has returned, her new incarnation has yet to learn the truth of her existence, or the reason for her miraculous rebirth... 32 pages, Full Color SRP: $2.99 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment RED SONJA #36 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 23rd). The Diamond Item Code is MAY083748. | |||||||||||
| The Savage Sword
of Conan Volume 4 - Coming in September! Editing and charting Conan's course in the influential Savage Sword of Conan magazine, Roy Thomas led a phenomenal assemblage of talented illustrators boldly through the end of the seventies and into the eighties, unfettered by page counts and the limiting thumb of the Comics Code. Thomas scripted the continuing adventures of Conan, drawing from Robert E. Howard's original tales-along with other Conan adventures-and working with such esteemed artists as John Buscema, Sal Buscema, Ernie Colon, Klaus Janson, and the amazing Gil Kane! The Savage Sword of Conan brought the world thrilling adaptations of "Sons of the White Wolf," "The Legions of the Dead," and "The Treasure of Tranicos." The real treasure in this massive tome, however, is the sprawling, ambitious adaptation of the Conan the Buccaneer novel by the powerhouse team of Roy Thomas, John Buscema, and Tony DeZuniga! This volume is sure to deliver brutal barbarian violence as well as horrific, chilling surprises. * This volume collects Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian issues 37 to 48. Publication Date: September 24, 2008 Format: b&w, 500 pages, TPB, 7" x 10" Price: $19.95 Age range: 16+ ISBN-10: 1-59582-149-X ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-149-2 Dark Horse Comics THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN VOLUME 4 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 23rd). The Diamond Item Code is MAY080046. |  | ||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||
| SHEENA: TRAIL OF THE MAPINGUARI ONE-SHOT
- Arriving in comic shops April 23rd! by De Souza An academic studying the jungle is murdered, and all signs point toward the impossible - the legend of the Mapinguari is real! Does the "bogeyman" of the jungle exist? An expedition deep into the uncharted jungle for answers to the murder causes Sheena to get involved. Can the quest be completed before all who are on it die horrible deaths? 48 pages, Full Color, $5.50 Devil's Due Publishing |  | ||||||||||
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| Vanguard Productions:
STERANKO - Coming in July! A handsome, new, full-color volume celebrating the life and work of Jim Steranko, who has been called a “paragon of modern heroic mythology,” is scheduled for release this summer by Vanguard Productions. Explosive with art, graphics, and photos, the package incorporates illustrated chapters of compelling autobiographical stories, historic documentation, and revealing analytical insights about comics’ most controversial artist-writer-performer, the man who has inspired generations of creators, from Jack Kirby to Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist Michael Chabon. Steranko is annotated by the artist and J. David Spurlock, and includes a classic collaboration with legendary author Harlan Ellison. STERANKO is the largest and most comprehensive collection of the famed graphic innovator's work since the 2002 instant-sell-out Steranko: Art Noir, and is packed with new and rare art, spanning the full range of his career—from comics to book covers, film production illustrations to movie posters—many never before published or compiled in book form. The hefty 8.5” x 11" volume features 128 pages of Steranko visual magic in a high-quality, hardcover, printed on heavy enamal stock. The tome is also available in a Deluxe Limited Edition housed in a leatherette, crimson-foil embossed slipcased with 16-page Bonus Folio and signed by Steranko. CBG’s Millennium Poll ranked the Eisner Award Hall of Fame winner The 5th Most Important Cover Artist of All Time, while Wizard honored him as The 5th Most Influential Comics Creator. As a musician, art director, magician, photographer, fire-eater, designer, escape artist, filmmaker, pop-culture lecturer, and publisher, Steranko has cut a ferocious path through the entertainment arts. The innovations he created as artist-writer on Marvel's S.H.I.E.L.D., Captain America, and X-Men titles revolutionized the comics form and, as an illustrator, he produced a multitude of paintings, including 30 Shadow book covers. He has shown his work at more than 200 exhibitions worldwide, including the Louvre, and his original art has sold at major auction houses in the $10-30,000 range. His two volumes of THE HISTORY OF COMICS have sold more than 100,000 copies and as the editor-publisher of the international newsstand entertainment magazine PREVUE, he conducted hundreds of superstar interviews and penned more than three million words. As a filmmaker, he has collaborated with Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Francis Ford Coppola on some of their most popular movies. STERANKO features a myriad of insights into his kaleidoscopic careers,and is heavily illustrated with hundreds of images, including visualizations of Indiana Jones, Nick Fury, The Shadow, Mike Hammer, Silver Surfer, Sinbad, Fantastic Four, Mister Miracle, and many others.. STERANKO is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 23rd).
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| WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE SNAKES? - Now available! by Lois H. Gresh & Robert Weinberg From the Thuggees and their deadly habits, ancient death traps, and the Nazis and the occult, to the Well of Souls, the Ark of the Covenant, the Cross of Coronado, Kali worship in India, and chilled monkey brains, this book unearths answers to the numerous questions that have plagued Indiana Jones fans for years! Wiley, Softcover, 256 pages,$15.95, On sale April 18, 2008 | |||||||||||
| Wildside Press - New Operator #5 title sent to the printer! Wildside Press is (slowly...) reprinting all of the Operator #5 books. "Hosts of the Flaming Death" went to the printer this week. Already out: Operator #5: The Dawn That Shook the World Operator #5: Invasion of the Crimson Death Cult Operator #5: Liberty's Suicide Legions Operator #5: Winged Hordes of the Yellow Vulture Operator #5: The Army of the Dead Operator #5: Blood Reign of the Dictator http://www.wildsidebooks.com | |||||||||||
| ZORRO #6 - Coming in
July! by Matt Wagner & Francesco Francavilla Diego and Bernard face pirates on their way back to North America, while present-day Zorro continues to wage a one-man war against the soldiers of Gonzales! Plus: Tornado! Featuring covers by Wagner and Ryan (Countdown) Sook! 32 pages, Full Color, SRP: $3.50 Dynamite Entertainment ZORRO #6 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 23rd). The Diamond Item Code is MAY083747. | |||||||||||
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2008 Windy City Pulp and Paperback Convention -
April 25-27, 2008 Ron
Goulart will be unable to attend this years show. Will Murray will still be appearing as a Guest of Honor! The hotel has extended the group rate until Monday, April 14, so if you haven't booked a room and would like to, there's still time to get in at the group rate if you hurry. Click here for complete details on the show. | ||||||||
| Adventure House - Delayed until May! G-8 and His Battle Aces #28: "The Blood-Bat Staffel" - Originally published - December 1935 "The little fiend doktor smiled as he spoke, "It is only a matter of time until the cursed Americaners and the Allies shall grovel at my feet." And as though to echo Herr Doktor Krueger's words, lightning death slashed through the midnight skies. Yankee birdmen folded their wings in the panic of fear. But to another, it was only a challenge, as G-8 saw the hand of his arch enemy and hit the sky on wings of blood and death. Retail: $9.95 (U.S.) Media Mail Shipping $2.50 for a single copy. | 
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Adventure House - New pulp facsimile
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Age of Aces Presents - Downloadable PDF Air War pulp stories!
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| Altus Press - Now available! Polaris of the Snows: The Complete Trilogy by Charles B. Stilson “North! North! To the north, Polaris. Tell the world—you must go, Polaris!” Such was the popularity of Tarzan and creator, Edgar Rice Burroughs that many imitators popped up over the years—Charles B. Stilson was one of the best. For the fist time in one collection, the entire trilogy is included, complete & unabridged: "Polaris—of the Snows," "Minos of Sardanes" and "Polaris and the Goddess Glorian." Trade paperback, 483 pages, 6" x 9", perfect binding, black and white interior ink, $24.95 Ravenwood: The Complete Series by Frederick C. Davis From the pages of Secret Agent “X.” For the first time in one collection, all five of Ravenwood’s adventures have been collected in one volume, as written by one of the greats of the pulp era, Frederick C. Davis. Also features an all-new introduction by Will Murray. Trade paperback, 247 pages, 6" x 9", perfect binding, black and white interior ink, $19.95 Hardcover, 247 pages, 6" x 9", perfect binding, black and white interior ink, $29.95
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Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Coming in August! THE SHADOW Volume 21: "The
Plot Master" & "Death Jewels" "The weed of crime
bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay. The Shadow Knows!" The Dark Avenger crushes
crime in two thrilling pulp mysteries by Walter B. Gibson (writing as "Maxwell
Grant"). First, The Shadow follows a trail of espionage that begins on Death Island
and leads to the inner chambers of Washington, D.C. to confront "The Plot Master."
Then, Kent Allard investigates a series of unusual gem robberies and as The Shadow
enters a sinister deathtrap to solve the mystery of the ill-fated "Death Jewels."
This classic reprint also features both color pulp covers by George Rozen, classic
interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Edd Cartier and historical commentary
by Will Murray. (Sanctum Productions) 978-1-934943-05-2
1-934943-05-3Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95 DOC SAVAGE Volume 20: "The Thousand-Headed
Man" & "The Gold Ogre" The Man of Bronze returns
in two epic pulp thrillers by Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First,
Doc Savage travels to Indo-China to battle the evil Sen-Gat and a fanatical cult
that worships "The Thousand-Headed Man." Then, Doc, Monk and Ham team up with
four exceptional teenagers to combat tiny rampaging cavemen in "The Gold Ogre."
This instant collector's item showcases one of Walter Baumhofer's greatest
pulp covers, and reprints all the classic interior illustrations by Paul Orban.
Pulp historian Will Murray provides commentary and recalls his scripting duties
on NPR's Doc Savage radio series. (Sanctum Productions) 978-1-934943-08-3
1-934943-08-8Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95 DOC SAVAGE Volume 16: "The Secret in the Sky" & "The Giggling
Ghosts" 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) Being bound tonight (4/11)! Subscription copies should start mailing next week! ISBN: 1-932806-93-8 13-DIGIT: 978-1-932806-93-9 Softcover, 7x10. B&W ........................................$12.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio; TX 78245-1474, sanctumotr@earthlink.net 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid Check, Money Order, or Paypal Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first
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| Black
Dog Books - New titles announced! Recognizing
the 75th anniversary of Doc Savage Black Dog Books presents THE ADVENTURERS Edited by and with a cover illustration by Tom Roberts and with an introduction by Will Murray IMITATION
IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF FLATTERY "Doc Savage
was the first one-character magazine of its type. Within six months, there were
nineteen imitators of which I knew. The stands were flooded with one-character
magazines." Lester Dent, author of Doc Savage In the years between the Great Depression and World War II, the all-fiction pulp magazines were flourishing on newsstands across the United States. Within their pages had been born many of the icons of popular culture that shaped the entertainment pleasures for generations to come, with names like as Tarzan, Zorro, and The Shadow. One of the most prominent and popular was Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze, a physical superman with the mind of a genius. When sequestered in his hidden laboratory Doc Savage invented devices, potions and serums to cure needs around the globe. But with his crew of assistants, utilizing an array of gadgets of his own invention, he was a world adventurer battling an assortment of super villains. Doc Savage, following The Shadow, were the earliest one-character magazines, shaping and defining a genre that came to be known as "the hero pulps." Each had a host of imitators with names like The Black Bat, The Green Ghost, The Crimson Clown, or Don Diavolo. This collection assembled four such pulp heroes that made an attempt to rival Doc Savage: Secret Agent X, Captain Hazzard, Super Jim Anthony, and Rush Randall and "Adventurers, Inc." Three of these stories are the first appearance of the characters! Read the thrilling exploits of:
ISBN13 978-1-928619-55-0 ISBN10 1-928619-55-X Advance
orders are now being taken for the following: THE GOOD DIE YOUNG—And Other Early Stories of Romance By Cornell Woolrich Edited and with an introduction by Gene Christie 35 uncollected works by this master of suspense! Remembered today as a master of mystery and edge-of-the-seat thrills, Cornell Woolrich began his career by imitating F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Jazz Age” tales, selling light-heart stories to publications such as College Humor, Illustrated Love and The Smart Set. In these early romances, Woolrich developed his literary style and the motifs that he would later use so effectively to create truly unforgettable fiction. These stories have been “lost” and unavailable to the reading public for more than three generations. Now Black Dog Books presents The Good Die Young, a collection 35 early efforts by Woolrich that have never been reprinted or collected, DIRECT SALE ONLY. This title will be unavailable through the general retail market. To ship May 2008. THE GOOD DIE YOUNG Edited and with an introduction by Gene Christie ISBN 978-1-928619-52-9 / 1-928619-52-5 398 page hardcover in a LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies $49.95 US plus $5.50 shipping and handling. SAVE 20% ON ADVANCE ORDERS! That’s right! Place your advance order now and save! ORDERS RECEIVED BEFORE May 1, 2008 WILL SAVE $10 OFF THE COVER PRICE! Other
recently announced titles! THE
SORCERER’S STONE by Beatrice GrimshawBDB Signature Series - Volume 6 Trade paperback / 106 pp. / $12.95 US A Tale of New Guinea Magic: A fabulous diamond lures two men into a series of breathtaking exploits as they desperately attempt to acquire and then retain it while fighting their way to back to civilization. THE SPOTTED PANTHER by James Francis Dwyer Cover art by Stephen Waite Trade paperback / 155 pp. / $15.95 US From the pages of The Cavalier (1913): Three men venture into the heart of Borneo, fighting both natives and the jungle itself, to find the Great Parong of Buddha and other treasures missing for more than two centuries. DEAD MEN TELL TALES by Arthur B. Reeve BDB Signature Series - Volume 7 Trade paperback / 142 pp. / $14.95 US Before CSI there was Craig Kennedy, Scientific Detective. Watch and learn as the “American Sherlock Holmes” solves these baffling cases. Can you figure out the solutions before they are revealed? This collection brings together 7 unreprinted cases of Craig Kennedy, including his only appearance in Weird Tales. Check or money order may be sent to: Black Dog Books, 1115 Pine Meadows Ct., Normal, IL 61761 Credit card orders accepted through Paypal. Send payment to: tom.roberts2@insightbb.com. SHIPPING—$4.50 for first book, $1.50 for each additional title. (US addresses only) See special shipping information for The Good DieYoung. For international orders, please write for shipping quotes. Black Dog Books titles are also available through Amazon.com, Adventure House, Vintage New Media and Mike Chomko. Visit the Black Dog Books website at http://www.blackdogbooks.net/ | 
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| The Bronze Gazette -
The 52nd issue is now available! This issue features: Editorial "The (Slightly Different) Adventure of the Silver Ziggurat!" by Walter von Bosau Doc Savage comicbook reprint: "The Spider Strikes" News Update Cover: Mark Mrvicin; Interior illustrations: Edd Cartier and Bobb Cotter Subscriptions are now available forTHE BRONZE GAZETTE issues 50, 51, and 52. Rates:U.S. $16.50 for three issues; Canada $18.00 for three issues; Overseas $22.00 for three issues. Makes checks and money orders payable to: Green Eagle Publications, 2900 Standiford Ave 16B, PMB #136, Modesto, California 95350. |  | |||||||
| The Conan Chronicles Volume 1 -
Available April 17th! By Robert E. Howard A definitive collection of Conan stories, featuring the most distinctive and well known fantasy hero of all time. Conan the Cimmerian: he rose from boy-thief and mercenary to become kingof Aquilonia. Neither supernatural fiends nor demonic sorcery could oppose the barbarian warrior as he wielded his mighty sword and dispatched his enemies to a bloody doom on the battlefields of the legendary Hyborian Age. A classic fantasy featuring one of the most iconic figures of the genre, The Conan Chronicles is a wonderful action-packed, romance-filled fantasy masterpiece. Gollancz, Paperback, 560 pages, £7.99 The contents include:
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| Conan the Cimmerian
#1 - Coming in July! As hard as it's been for Conan to return to Cimmeria, things aren't getting any easier as he nears his goal, and he quickly runs afoul of raiders on the Cimmerian borderlands. One stranger welcomes Conan home with a crack to the head, and another begins to weave a tale about Conan's grandfather--another Cimmerian who was filled with wanderlust. Conan the Cimmerian continues Dark Horse Comics' modern revitalization of Robert E. Howard's most beloved character. This is a great jumping-on point for new readers-and our first look at the creative muscle that will fuel Conan's adventures throughout 2008! * Legendary storyteller Joe Kubert contributes a rare variant cover for our first issue! * The star-studded team of Timothy Truman, Tomás Giorello, José Villarubia, Richard Corben, and Frank Cho launch Conan into a whole new era! Publication Date: Jul 16, 2008 Format: Full color, 40 pages Price: $2.99 Dark Horse Comics | | |||||||
| Conan Volume 6: The Hand of Nergal HC
- Coming in September! A mysterious curse lingers, following Conan as he attempts to return to his homeland, and a great darkness looms ahead in the doomed city of Yaralet. This latest collection in Dark Horse's smart, innovative Conan series finds the cunning Cimmerian chased by both unfinished business from his past and a strange novice magician who seeks to deliver a dire warning to the wandering barbarian. A great evil from Conan's past moves ever closer while unfathomable terrors awaken and come into view. Conan is, of course, eager to meet both head on! * "[Truman] knows Conan. He knows how the barbarian speaks. He knows how he acts. He knows how he swings his blade and thinks at the same time. Conan has been written as little more than mindless eye candy . . . [but] never by Truman. He has love and respect for the character and this comes through in every issue he scribes." -Broken Frontier Publication Date: Sep 24, 2008 Format: Full color, 152 pages, Hard cover, 7" x 10" Price: $24.95 Age range: 16+ ISBN-10: 1-59582-179-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-179-9 Dark Horse Comics | | |||||||
| CTHULHU TALES #1 - Arriving in comic shops April 16th! by Steve Niles, Michael Alan Nelson & Various Cthulhu has called and Steve Niles has answered! Niles and Michael Alan Nelson (Fall Of Cthulhu) kick off the new monthly series readers demanded, based on the fan-favorite, critically-acclaimed anthology. Yes, Cthulhu Tales is back, but this time it's monthly! More great Cthulhu stories from more great writers and artist that you know and love. Heed the call every month! COVER A-SC, 24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 COVER B-SC, 24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 | ||||||||
Dark Horse Comics - Conan, Kull, Solomon
Kane Update!
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| E-texts on
the net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks review is "The House That Vanished" from October 15, 1935. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 900 stories online! "Off the Record" by Carl McK. Saunders from Thrilling Detective, September 1936 A Case Outside the Bounds of Regular Duty Becomes a Bullet Interlude When Murder Overtakes Jim West's Pal. "Handsome Sim" by Clay Perry from All-Story Weekly, July 26, 1919 Sim Hart ran into problems with the daughter of Raoul Lefevre, timber-boss. He was noted as the homeliest man in Swango, among the loggers and river-rats. | ||||||||
| Hippocampus Press
- Coming soon! Hippocampus Press will soon be announcing several new, upcoming titles including a very exciting development concerning the H. P. Lovecraft & Robert E. Howard correspondence! http://www.hippocampuspress.com | ||||||||
| THE LONE RANGER #11 - Arriving in comic
shops April 16th! by Brett Matthews & Sergio Cariello In this issue, writer Brett Matthews spins a tale that explores the events of the previous issues and their consequences for Rafael. Tonto pays the accused murderer a visit and tells a most unique tale. Featuring a cover by John Cassaday! This issue also features a special sequence by Eisner Award-winning creator, Paul Pope! 32 pages, Full Color SRP: $2.99 Dynamite Entertainment | ||||||||
| Lost Continent Library - Issue #4 is
now available! The new issue of LOST CONTINENT LIBRARY (#4) is now available at: http://www.mottimorphic.com Just scroll down, as usual, and click on the cover art. | 
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| The New York Comic Con -
WEIRD TALES panel! The New York Comic Con will present a panel discussion, "WEIRD TALES - 85 Years, 85 Storytellers," celebrating the new and improved Weird Tales magazine upon its 85th anniversary on Friday at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM. Celebrating 85 years in print, WEIRD TALES has enjoyed a devoted cult following as the very first magazine of gothic and bizarre dark fantasy. WEIRD TALES is well known for launching the careers of great authors like Ray Bradbury and H.P. Lovecraft; even Stephen King has called the magazine a major inspiration. Come join the dynamic new creative team as they discuss the 85 weirdest talents of the past 85 years. Panelists so far: Stephen H. Segal (WEIRD TALES editorial & creative director), Mike Mignola (Hellboy), Molly Crabapple (Weird Tales contributing artist; Marvel Indie Anthology; Tori Amos Comic Book Tattoo), Stefan Dziemianowicz (Horror: The Best of the Year). Thanks to Sean Wallace for the tip! | ||||||||
| PIGEONS FROM HELL #1 (of 4)
- Arriving in comic shops April 16th! Joe R. Lansdale (Writer), Nathan Fox (Artist), and Dave Stewart (Colors) Joe R. Lansdale puts a new spin on an old classic with this four-part adaptation of master-storyteller Robert E. Howard's classic tale of terror Pigeons from Hell. Set in the deep south, Pigeons tells the story of a damned house with a wicked past whose vile form casts a shadow of death on all who dare to enter. At dusk, as the sun slumps below the horizon, scores of pigeons can be seen flocking from the house in waning sunlight. The pigeons, they say, are the souls of the damned escaping from the very bowels of Hell itself. Joe R. Lansdale (author of such works as Bubba Ho-Tep, The Nightrunners, and The Drive-In) is no stranger to comics, having worked on Batman, The Lone Ranger, Jonah Hex, and Robert E. Howard's Conan. He is joined by comics newcomer Nathan Fox. Together Lansdale and Fox are a powerhouse of visual storytelling, perfectly suited for the dark and dismal world of Robert E. Howard's horror classic Pigeons from Hell. Legendary horror aficionado Joe R. Lansdale puts a new spin on an old classic! Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99 Dark Horse Comics |  | |||||||
| Pigeons from Hell #4 -
Coming in July! Writer: Joe R. Lansdale; Artist: Nathan Fox; Cover Artist: Nathan Fox; Colorist: Dave Stewart Shaken by strange old Alcebee's mysterious portents and horrifying stories, Claire and Janet return to the crumbling Blassenville Mansion anyway, to confront the hideous thing that drove them out and possibly killed their friends--and to find a way to put an end to the curse that hangs over the estate. When Griswell left the Blassenville Mansion those many years ago, he couldn't have imagined the horrors that would eclipse the ones he saw then--but there's far more to fear in the darkness of this twisted old house than ominous, shape-shifting shadows and zombies! Based on the classic horror story by Conan creator Robert E. Howard! Publication Date: Jul 30, 2008 Format: Full color, 32 pages Price: $2.99 Dark Horse Comics | | |||||||
| Pulpville Press - Now
available! THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN TROUBLE by Perley Poore Sheehan Known as Captain Trouble, the Fighting Fool, and Shadak Khan, he was born Pelham Shattuck, an American. Follow his complete adventures in the Orient as he fights to become the successor to the great Kubla Khan. Fully illustrated with the original Thrilling Adventures interior illustrations. Published by Pulpville Press. Hardcover w/dustjacket $24.95 Pulpville Press Coming soon! THE MYSTERY OF THE HASTY ARROW by Anna Katharine Green Intricacy not too intricate and detective genius not too unfailing combine skillfully with characterization not too insistent. Climactic horror is achieved by the disclosure of the murderer's unwitting paternal relation to the murdered girl and is framed in the romance of the mother's relentlessly eternal love for him. A philosophic calm abides with the reader, nevertheless, because of a quality common to most detective stories--a distributing of personal interest whence emanates a savingly objective attitude of mind. Illustrated. Published by Pulpville Press. TARRANO THE CONQUEROR by Ray Cummings Tarrano of Venus is mad for power. Tarrano is leading an invasion of Earth and Mars. The leaders of three planets are being assasinated. The Brende device, which bestows immortality, is captured by Tarrano. Can the people of Earth, Mars, and Venus defeat this power-mad individual? Published by Pulpville Press. | 
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| RED SONJA #32 - Arriving in comic
shops April 16th! by Joshua Ortega & Fabiano Neves The next big Red Sonja event continues here! Featuring 5 dynamite all star writers! Beginning with issue #30, Red Sonja is featuring a new, different and special creative team each and every month as we issue #35 approaches! This month, Joshua Ortega (Death Dealer) and artist Fabiano Neves continue to explore the world of the She-Devil as she make her way down the river Styx en route to Hades itself! Ortega spins a dark tale of the path Sonja could have taken, under the guidance of the Dark God! It's the ultimate "what if" tale of Dark Sonja! Also, look for the special Nat Jones (Death Dealer) cover (50%), as well as alternates by Fabiano Neves (25%), and Adriano Batista (25%)! 32 pages, Full Color SRP: $2.99 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment |  | |||||||
| The Savage Sword of Conan Volume 4 -
Coming in September! Editing and charting Conan's course in the influential Savage Sword of Conan magazine, Roy Thomas led a phenomenal assemblage of talented illustrators boldly through the end of the seventies and into the eighties, unfettered by page counts and the limiting thumb of the Comics Code. Thomas scripted the continuing adventures of Conan, drawing from Robert E. Howard's original tales-along with other Conan adventures-and working with such esteemed artists as John Buscema, Sal Buscema, Ernie Colon, Klaus Janson, and the amazing Gil Kane! The Savage Sword of Conan brought the world thrilling adaptations of "Sons of the White Wolf," "The Legions of the Dead," and "The Treasure of Tranicos." The real treasure in this massive tome, however, is the sprawling, ambitious adaptation of the Conan the Buccaneer novel by the powerhouse team of Roy Thomas, John Buscema, and Tony DeZuniga! This volume is sure to deliver brutal barbarian violence as well as horrific, chilling surprises. * This volume collects Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian issues 37 to 48. Publication Date: Sep 24, 2008 Format: b&w, 500 pages, TPB, 7" x 10" Price: $19.95 Age range: 16+ ISBN-10: 1-59582-149-X ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-149-2 Dark Horse Comics | | |||||||
| Vanguard Productions: STERANKO
- Coming in July! A handsome, new, full-color volume celebrating the life and work of Jim Steranko, who has been called a “paragon of modern heroic mythology,” is scheduled for release this summer by Vanguard Productions. Explosive with art, graphics, and photos, the package incorporates illustrated chapters of compelling autobiographical stories, historic documentation, and revealing analytical insights about comics’ most controversial artist-writer-performer, the man who has inspired generations of creators, from Jack Kirby to Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist Michael Chabon. Steranko is annotated by the artist and J. David Spurlock, and includes a classic collaboration with legendary author Harlan Ellison. STERANKO is the largest and most comprehensive collection of the famed graphic innovator's work since the 2002 instant-sell-out Steranko: Art Noir, and is packed with new and rare art, spanning the full range of his career—from comics to book covers, film production illustrations to movie posters—many never before published or compiled in book form. The hefty 8.5” x 11" volume features 128 pages of Steranko visual magic in a high-quality, hardcover, printed on heavy enamal stock. The tome is also available in a Deluxe Limited Edition housed in a leatherette, crimson-foil embossed slipcased with 16-page Bonus Folio and signed by Steranko. CBG’s Millennium Poll ranked the Eisner Award Hall of Fame winner The 5th Most Important Cover Artist of All Time, while Wizard honored him as The 5th Most Influential Comics Creator. As a musician, art director, magician, photographer, fire-eater, designer, escape artist, filmmaker, pop-culture lecturer, and publisher, Steranko has cut a ferocious path through the entertainment arts. The innovations he created as artist-writer on Marvel's S.H.I.E.L.D., Captain America, and X-Men titles revolutionized the comics form and, as an illustrator, he produced a multitude of paintings, including 30 Shadow book covers. He has shown his work at more than 200 exhibitions worldwide, including the Louvre, and his original art has sold at major auction houses in the $10-30,000 range. His two volumes of THE HISTORY OF COMICS have sold more than 100,000 copies and as the editor-publisher of the international newsstand entertainment magazine PREVUE, he conducted hundreds of superstar interviews and penned more than three million words. As a filmmaker, he has collaborated with Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Francis Ford Coppola on some of their most popular movies. STERANKO features a myriad of insights into his kaleidoscopic careers,and is heavily illustrated with hundreds of images, including visualizations of Indiana Jones, Nick Fury, The Shadow, Mike Hammer, Silver Surfer, Sinbad, Fantastic Four, Mister Miracle, and many others..
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| 75th
Anniversary and the Hero Pulp Explosion Announced
guest for our 2008 Convention - 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 Doc Savage author
Will Murray!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. | |||||
| Adamant Entertainment:
THRILLING TALES #1 - Now available! Adamant
Entertainment is proud to present the first issue of THRILLING TALES Quarterly. The contents include:
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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. New this week: "Duel of Dishonor" by Frederick C. Painton from the Sept. 1935 Sky Birds features "The Squadron of the Dead". Reminiscent of the Dirty Dozen, condemned airmen from different nations are banded together in one squadron to battle the Germans in WWI. Their only hope is to die in combat rather than be returned to their countries to face the gallows. Author Frederick C. Painton was became a WWII correspondent and died of a heart attack on a Guam airfield while covering the Pacific war. "Stars for China" by Ralph Oppenheim from the Jan. 1939 Sky Fighters features The Three Mosquitoes. The Mosquitoes spent most of their time in Europe fighting the Kaiser’s worst in WWI. But this and one other of their exploits took place in pre-WWII China where they helped fight the invading Japanese. Author Ralph Oppenheim managed to update the trio for these stories and still keep the spirit of the Mosquitoes intact. An odd fact, Oppenheim wrote all these air tales having never flown. 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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| Baen Books: The Spider: Robot Titans
of Gotham - Now available! Mass market paperback edition! Two complete novels in one volume
of the adventures of the mysterious masked crime fighter known as The Spider,
hunted by the underworld and the police alike. In one, the Spider battles an army
of giant robots that has New York City under siege—a storyline so fraught
with action and peril, that the very creators of Superman had borrowed it for
one of the Man of Steel's comic strip adventures. It also was the inspiration
for the major motion picture, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. In the second
novel, the spider battles a criminal mastermind who threatens the entire northeast
with thousands of poison-fanged vampire bats unless his terms are met. Can even
the Spider—hunted by the law as never before after faked evidence has branded
him as the master of the killer bats—unmask the identity of the Vampire
King before thousands die horribly? Plus a special bonus third novel—The Octopus, another pulp character created by Norvell W. Page, but this time a diabolical villain, bent on seizing control of the nation unless the only man who knows of the danger can stop him. But can a mere man stop a mastermind whose very appearance, from which comes his name, is anything but human? This collection reprints: 1) The Spider #75: "Satan's Murder Machines," by Norvell Page, originally published in December 1, 1939 2) The Spider #26: "Death Reign of the Vampire King," by Norvell Page, originally published November 1, 1935 3) The Octopus: "The City Condemned to Hell," by Norvell Page, originally published February-March 1939. ISBN-13: 978-1416555742 Amazon.com |  | ||||
| BLOOD ‘N’ THUNDER -
New issue now available! Blood
‘n’ Thunder returns after a long hiatus with the Winter 2008 issue
(better late than never).
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| Clive Cussler
- Coming in 2008! First time releases! Plague Ship (Oregon Files 4) by Clive Cussler and Jack du Brul Putnam, 528 pages, Hardcover, $26.95, On sale June 3! Arctic Drift (Dirk Pitt Adventure) by Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler Putnam, Hardcover, $27.95, On sale November 25! Reissues! Dark Watch (Oregon Files 3) by Clive Cussler and Jack du Brul Penguin, 496 pages, paperback, $14.03, On sale now! Shock Wave (Dirk Pitt Adventure) by Clive Cussler Pocket Star, 608 pages, paperback, $9.99, On sale May 20. The Navigator (Kurt Austin Adventure) by Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos Berkley, 400 pages, paperback, $7.99, On sale June24! The Chase (Isaac Bell) by Clive Cussler Berkley, 464 pages, paperback, $9.99, On sale October 28! |  | ||||
| Conan Volume 5: Rogues in the House (Hardcover) - Arriving in comic shops April 9th! Writer: Timothy Truman; Artist: Cary Nord, Tomàs Giorello; Cover Artist: Cary Nord; Colorist: Dave Stewart 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. This volume collects Conan #37, 38, 41-44. Format: Full color, 160 pages, Hard cover, 7" x 10" Price: $24.95 Dark Horse Comics | 
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| E-texts on the net this week The Shadow in Review: There is no new Shadow review this week. Next weeks review is "The House That Vanished" from October 15, 1935. It's time to say goodbye to the Two-Minute Shadow Mysteries. After five years of weekly solve-it-yourself mysteries, the end has come. Last week's fifth-anniversary story "The Haunted Grove" was the last one. I've tried to answer some of the inevitable questions about why this part of the web site has been closed. For details, please check: http://www.spaceports.com/~deshadow/tmsm/ Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 900 stories online! "Murder by Magic" by Julian Daggett from TEN DETECTIVE ACES, May 1948 Everybody, including the victim, had been warned about Lunk O'Slaughtery's slaying. But nobody would believe in . . . Murder by Magic "Dead Man's Shakedown" by Robert Leslie Bellem from DAN TURNER-HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE, March, 1943 Featuring: Dan Turner Whatever it was, it had happened thirteen years ago! Whatever it was, only a dead man was supposed to know anything about it! Yet now Sid Waldring was being blackmailed for it. Completely in the dark, Dan offers to help if he can. | |||||
| GIRASOL PULP DOUBLES: THE SPIDER, MASTER
OF MEN VOLUME 7 - Now available! Two action-packed stories of the pulp-era hero, The Spider, are reprinted here, complete with the original pulp black-and-white illustrations! First, February 1938's story, "City of Lost Men," then March 1942, "The Gentlemen from Hell." In addition to the 2 feature stories, we have an extra in this issue, which is the short story "Wings of Kali" from the back pages of the May 1942 issue. It's the Spider's '1st' so to speak, a sort of flashback-type tale from Wentworth's past before officially becoming the Spider. Subscription copies are in the mail! Softcover, 128 pages, $14.95 Girasol Collectables Coming in Volume 8: SATAN'S
SIGHTLESS LEGION and WINGS OF THE BLACK DEATH! On
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| Girasol Collectables -
April 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 Operator 5 in "Blood Reign of the Dictator" from May 1935. $35 Our second Replica this month is TERROR TALES #16 from December 1935. $35 Our third Replica is SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES #25 from May 1936. $25 Girasol also accepts Paypal as an alternate method of payment. Other than Replicas, please confirm availability first before ordering items such as pulp magazines or other books. Payments can be made to our 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 April 12, 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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| Hard Case Crime - Coming
in April and beyond! 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! June 2008 SOMEBODY OWES ME MONEY by Donald E. Westlake; Cover art by Michael Koelsch Cab driver Chet Conway was hoping for a good tip from his latest fare, the sort he could spend. But what he got was a tip on a horse race. Which might have turned out okay, except that when he went to collect his winnings Chet found his bookie lying dead on the living room floor. Chet knows he had nothing to do with it—but just try explaining that to the cops, to the two rival criminal gangs who each think Chet’s working for the other, and to the dead man’s beautiful sister, who has flown in from Las Vegas to avenge her brother’s murder... July 2008 NO HOUSE LIMIT by Steve Fisher; Cover art by Richard B. Farrell Joe Martin ran the biggest independent casino on the Las Vegas strip—and the Syndicate wanted him out. So they brought in Bello, the most famous gambler in the world, to challenge Joe to a marathon craps game. The stakes: everything Joe owns... NO HOUSE LIMIT offers a sizzling insider’s view of Las Vegas written by the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of numerous classic noir films, including Raymond Chandler’s Lady in the Lake, Humphrey Bogart’s Dead Reckoning and Tokyo Joe, and the atypically dark final film in the Thin Man series. |   | ||||
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New website launched this week! Penguin's official James Bond books website launched this week at http://www.penguin007.com! The website is as slick as the man himself with features including an up-to-the-minute news feed, dynamic galleries of all the new Bond cover art plus thrilling preview information about the brand-new book by Sebastian Faulks. Does Bond really turn his back on his and Rosa Klebb's lovechild? Join in the countdown to the publication of DEVIL MAY CARE on 28th May when Bond's next adventure is revealed... The complete set of all fourteen of Ian Fleming's James Bond books are now available in three distinctive liveries: the retro Penguin Paperback, the Modern Classic, and the brand new Centenary Edition Hardback. You can checkout the covers for all three liveries at http://www.penguin007.com. | 
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| The Lone Ranger -
New feature film in the works! According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio are taking a shot at a live-action big-screen version of "The Lone Ranger." The scribes, who are best known for their work on the blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy, will be reuniting with producers Jerry Bruckheimer and studio Disney on the "Lone Ranger" project. The franchise focuses, as the title suggests, on the one Texas Ranger to survive an ambush by a group of outlaws. That Lone Ranger and his Native American buddy and rescuer Tonto (and his trusty stallion Silver) fight for freedom wherever there's trouble. Disney execs obviously trust Rosso and Elliott's ability to resurrect the dead, looking at the example of both "Pirates" and "The Mask of Zorro." | |||||
| Planetary Stories
#10 - Now available! Planetary Stories 10 is now available! Contents: "A Case of Abuse" by Ron Butler: It's a radio script Ron wrote for the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company (ARTC), and a fine piece of sociological science fiction if we ever saw one. "The Fourth Generation" by Joseph Green: This is a top drawer story of futuristic exploration done by one of the most respected names in science fiction. Joe doesn't appear nearly often enough these days, and we're proud to have him with us. "The Creatures of Azueron Ky," by Carleton Grindle: A sequel to his "The Captain of the Tempest" from issue 5. It's an interplanetary fantasy combining the spirits of Weird Tales and Planet Stories, with a couple of touches all it's own. It's profusely illustrated by Mark Fults. "Nadir of the Chimps" by Michael Shack: Shack adapted it for them and they performed it, among other places, at an Edgar Rice Burroughs Bibliophiles' Dum Dum a few years ago. We have the orginal magazine story and it's illustrated by the masterful Paul McCall. Also this issue, Pulp Spirit becomes our new companion magazine. It includes "The Diamondville Dolls," a terrific detective story by Fran Douglas, "Mainstreet Shootout," a western by Shelby Vick, "The Voice," a great pulp hero story by Erwin K. Roberts, and two great features: a portfolio of Doc Savage artwork by Jeff Fraker, Kevin Duncan and Jim Garrison, and an installment of Jerry Page's "Pulp Rack," which surveys western stories in the pulps. The covers for both magazines are by Jeff Fraker. Visit Planetary stories at http://www.planetarystories.com or visit http://www.planetarystories.com/PS10.htm to go right to issue 10. | |||||
| Pocketfiction - Now online! Visit the Pocketfiction store, your one stop shop for classic pulp fiction in eBook and AudioBook formats, and pulp fiction originals and reprints. Can't find what you are looking for there? Try their Pulp Fiction Portal for all kinds of free pulp content. They currently have over 600 pulp fiction stories available for purchase/download. http://pulpfictionstore.com | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| Return of the Sword: An
Anthology of Heroic Adventure - Now available! Return of the Sword is a brand new anthology of blood pounding, spine tingling stories y some of fantasy's most critically acclaimed Sword and Sorcery authors. Stacey Berg, Bill Ward, Phil Emery, Jeff Draper, Nicholas Ian Hawkins, David Pitchford, Ty Johnston, Jeff Stewart, Angeline Hawkes, Robert Rhodes, E.E. Knight, James Enge, Michael Ehart, Thomas M. MacKay, Christopher Heath, Nathan Meyer, S.C. Bryce, Allen B. Lloyd, William Clunie, Steve Goble, Bruce Durham and Harold Lamb present you with enough fast paced adventure to keep you reading for hours. A hand painted, wrap around cover by fantasy artist Johnney Perkins ensures that Return of the Sword will not only be enjoyable to read but also look good on your coffee table or bookshelf. Too long have the halls of fantasy been dominated by packs of weak-kneed elves hunting goblins and doughty dwarves mining for gold. Return now to the days of true adventure. Unsheath your sword and enter if you dare! |  | ||||
| Star Wars: The Clone War
- Coming in October! The Cartoon Network announced Thursday at its upfront that "The Clone Wars," a CGI-animated series that expands the "Star Wars" saga, will anchor a Friday-night programming block of fantasy/adventure series. The show is slated to debut in October, along with two other new shows -- "Batman: The Brave and the Bold" and "The Secret Saturdays" -- and a new season of "Ben 10." | |||||
| Upcoming Modern Hero-Pulp Novels
by Christopher
R. Yates Iron Man (novelization), Peter David, Del Rey, $7.99, March 25, 2008 - Now available! Dangerous Dames, John Zakour & Lawrence Ganem, DAW, $8.99, April 01, 2008 - Now available! Wolverine: The Nature of the Beast, Dave Stern, Pocket Star, $7.99, April 29, 2008 The Wolfman, Nicholas Pekearo, Tor, $23.95, May 13, 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 Karma Girl, Jennifer Estep, Berkley, $7.99, July 01, 2008 The Dark Knight (novelization), Dennis O’Neil, Berkley, $7.99, July 29, 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: Doomgate, Jeffrey Lang, Pocket Star, $7.99, November 25, 2008 The Flaxen Femme Fatale, John Zakour, DAW, $7.99, December 02, 2008 |  | ||||
| WEIRD TALES - Four issue
trial packs and subscriptions are now available! 2008 marks the 85th anniversary of Weird Tales, and the magazine has debuted an exciting new look and a host of new editorial features, including a recent spotlight on The 85 Weirdest Storytellers of the Past 85 Years! It's the perfect time to subscribe for six issues for $20! But if you want to check out the magazine first, here's your chance: a trial pack of four recent back issues for just $13! Originally founded in the 1920s with the mission of finding and publishing "the next Edgar Allan Poe," Weird Tales has featured such authors of unearthly fiction as H. P. Lovecraft, Ray Bradbury, Robert E. Howard, and Stephen King. Today, Weird Tales'gothic eeriness continues to evolve with a regular mix of young,up-and-coming talent — discover Sarah Monette, Barth Anderson, CarrieVaughn! — as well as fan-favorite authors such as Michael Moorcock,Tanith Lee, and Caitlín R. Kiernan. "There’s a little horror, a little comedy, some romance, a dash of drama, and a smidge of science fiction. . . . It will appeal most to someone who flops into a recliner, opens the magazine at random, and expects simply that it provide entertainment without preconditions.” —Tangent Online Fine Print: This offer is only for addresses within the United States. Other countries, please use our discounted international subscription options. Canadians, please note: you must use the international subscription option. We cannot send bulk mail to Canada, much as we would like to: http://www.wildsidepress.com/INTERNATIONAL-MAGAZINE-SUBSCRIPTIONS_c_35-1.html Weird Tales ® is a registered trademark of Weird Tales Ltd; used here with permission. |  Current
Issue #348 Now available! | ||||
| 'Zine
Of Bronze #4 - Now available! 'Zine of Bronze #4 features: "Long Tom Robber" a fiction piece by Art Sippo, with illustrations by Tim Faurote "The Truth Behind The Real Phantom City", by Julian Puga, with art by Christian Diaz A report on last years Doc Con, by Jay Ryan, with photos The continuing Bantam paperback. review column, "Super Amalgamations" by Dennis Kininger, "Cover To Cover", Plus a letters section, editorial, and some fine illustrations by John Lambert, Kevin Duncan This issues outstanding color front cover is by Christian Diaz. 32 pages, $3.50 per issue. For those who would like to order a copy, send $5.00 (S&H included) to: Main Enterprises,c/o Jim Main, 13 Valley View Rd., Brookfield, CT 06804. Payment by personal check or bank money order made out to Jim Main. Main Enterprises |  | ||||
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