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| 24 Declassified: TRINITY - Now available! Operating out of a nearly empty space in Los Angeles, the newly created CTU faces its first major crisis. A large amount of plastique explosive has vanished and could be anywhere—with criminals, crazies, outlaw bikers . . . or in the bloodstained hands of Islamic radicals. As powerful representatives of the world's major religions gather for a conference on faith, peace, and coexistence, agents of the newborn elite counterterrorism unit must chase elusive shadows through the underbelly of L.A. A nightmare of assassination and terror is looming, tied to the darkest secrets of the church—an explosive threat that must be exposed and defused within twenty-four hours, or violent repercussions will be felt around the world. And only one man possesses the necessary passion, ruthless skill, and willingness to operate outside his jurisdiction and beyond the limits of the law: a dangerous rogue CIA operative . . . named Jack Bauer. HarperEntertainment, 368 pages, $6.99 | 
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| Adventure
House - Now available! HIGH ADVENTURE #100 will be a double sized issue for $14.95 featuring a collection of stories from the hero, aviation, sports, romance, western, detective, and adventures pulps. Authors will include Frank Gruber, Robert E. Howard, Arch Whitehouse, David H. Keller, John Francis Webb, Robert Leslie Bellem, Hugh B. Cave, and Paul Ernst. 7x10, 144 pages, $14.95 HIGH ADVENTURE #100 will be available in May 2008. Adventure House |  | |||||
| Adventure House - Now available! 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. |  | |||||
| Adventure House - The May facsimile reprints are now available! CAPTAIN FUTURE - Summer 1942, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 "The Comet Kings" by Edmond Hamilton. Trapped in the depths of Halley's Comet, the Futuremen battle fourth-dimensional monsters in a titanic struggle to save the system's solar energy! This pulp replica features a full color cover, complete with all ads, illustrations, and facsimile pages. PHANTOM DETECTIVE - November 1934, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 "The Tomb of Death" by Robert Wallace. Murder stalks in the wake of a famous aviator's disappearance in this smashing novel in which the Phantom Detective trails a human monster to his grisly lair of terror and torture! SPICY-ADVENTURE STORIES September 1937, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 "Snake Bride" by Lew Merrill - There was something mysterious about his lovely girl he had rescued, and who was leading him into the never-never country to rescue her father. She seemed to spurn him, yet Larry found that she was only protecting him! "Frozen Fire" by Robert Leslie Bellem - Johnnie Piper's assignment required him to photograph the largest diamond in the world. But the camera guy could barely keep his mind on his work while the old millionaire's niece was around!
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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: "The Iron Ace" by William E. Barrett from the December, 1933 SKY BIRDS When it came to war, Hugh McQuillen didn’t believe in chivalry or sentiment. You killed the enemy, and no rules were necessary. That’s why, on both sides of the line, he was known as “The Assassin”. This was the first of nine “Iron Ace” stories William E. Barrett wrote for Sky Birds in the mid ‘30s. Barrett would later become famous as the author of “Lilies of the Field” and “The Left Hand of God”. 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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Black Coast Press -
REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #12 is coming in June!
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| Clive
Cussler - Arriving in books stores June 3rd! Plague Ship (Oregon Files 4) by Clive Cussler and Jack du Brul Putnam, 528 pages, Hardcover, $26.95 |  | |||||
| THE CHRONICLES
OF THE GREY MONK: SOULS ON FIRE - Now available! “Vengeance is Mine, sayeth the Lord... and I am His Agent!”... A grim, hooded figure armed with blazing .45’s stalks the streets meting out Justice to whatever Evil he encounters, from Drug Dealing Hoodlums to Thuggees of the Cult of Kali... THE GREY MONK is John L. French’s most intriguing Hero in the tradition of The Shadow & The Spider! This volume collects all the previously published tales, as well as some that have never been released before today! If you love Pulp Fiction, you can’t go wrong with this exciting, non-stop thrilling book! You won't be able to put this one down! Cover Art by Ver Curtiss, with Interior Art by Ron Wilber. SPECIAL OFFER!!! For One Month Only, you can order this great book via the Direct Market at a low introductory price... Grab it now, folks, because when this offer expires, it will be released to the Mass Market at a higher price, so don't wait... Read SOULS ON FIRE today! 294 pages, 6"x9" Trade Paperback, $14.99 Download: $4.99 Available at: http://www.lulu.com/content/2568452 This title will also be available in ebook format at Fictionwise soon! |  | |||||
| Conan:
Born on the Battlefield (Hardcover) -
Arriving in comic shops June 4th! Writer: Kurt Busiek; Artist: Greg Ruth Writer Kurt Busiek and artist Greg Ruth team up to give you the story of Conan's early life, from his birth on a Cimmerian battlefield to his coming-of-age as a warrior in the pivotal Battle of Venarium. Sewing the seeds of the Barbarian's momentous career, this chronicle of Conan's youthful conquests--both martial and carnal--also showcases master storytellers Busiek and Ruth's work at its finest. Format: Full color, 160 pages, Hard cover, 7" x 10" Price: $24.95 Dark Horse Comics |  | |||||
| Dark Horse Comics: KULL Editor Philip Simon announced on the Dark Horse Message Board that the first KULL miniseries will include an adaptation of "The Shadow Kingdom," and that they plan to rely heavily on Robert E. Howard's stories, with some original material beginning, adding to, and bridging things. The creative team consists of Arvid Nelson (Writer) and Will Conrad (Artist). Kull is scheduled to begin in November. | ||||||
| Dark Horse Comics: Robert E. Howard comics featured in
MySpace Dark Horse Presents! June is Robert E. Howard Month and MySpace Dark Horse Presents #11 will feature a showcase of REH characterters including Conan, Solomon Kane, and Sailor Steve Costigan! In addition, Jim and Ruth Keegan will provide a fresh biographical tale of REH in TWO-GUN BOB! MySpace Dark Horse Presents #11 debuts on June 4th! http://www.myspace.com/darkhorsepresents | ||||||
| E-texts on the
net this week The Shadow in Review: There is no new Shadow review this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 900 stories online! "Thubway Tham's Deed of Mercy" by Johnston McCulley from BLACK BOOK DETECTIVE, September 1948 Featuring: Thubway Tham Thubway Tham, subway pickpocket, is back in action. This time he needs money to help a fellow criminal in poor health. Detective Craddock is on the watch for Thubway Tham, as always "Guinea Pig Money" by Benton Braden from THRILLING DETECTIVE, August, 1944 Blackie thought he had a good racket if his experiment worked - but he based his trust on faulty reasoning! | ||||||
| Gauntlet Press: BY THE SWORD by F. Paul Wilson (Signed/Limited)
- Now available! The
new Repairman Jack title is now available! In
BY THE SWORD Jack hires on to find a stolen samurai sword -- a katana. The victim
can't go to the authorities because in 1955 his father stole the sword from the
Hiroshima Peace Museum. The blade had survived the atomic explosion there, but
not without damage -- it is pocked and pierced with numerous small holes. Yet
even in such ruined condition, it holds its cutting edge. It becomes an object
of fierce desire, for it was fashioned by the renowned ancient swordsmith, Masamune.
An ideogram on the hasp identifies it as his fabled lost sword, the Gaijin Masamune.
Jack soon learns that he's not the only one looking for it. Hank Thompson (from Bloodline) has had recurring dreams about the sword and sends his Kicker followers in search of it. The fanatical Kakureta Kao cult (from Black Wind), displaced from its homeland to an abandoned building on toxic ground near the Staten Island landfill, will kill to possess it. The chairman of a huge Japanese holding company (Kaze Group from Legacies) wants it for his collection. He sends Hideo Takita and three yakuza to retrieve it. And then there's the original thief, identity unknown, who has decided to keep it for himself. The body count rises steadily as the sword changes hands time and again, and Jack must find a way to manipulate and maneuver the rival groups into a showdown that will allow him to spirit the blade away. Of course, nothing goes as planned -- for anyone. By the Sword is the most frenetic and deadly Repairman Jack novel yet. The signed and numbered edition is presently sold out at the publisher. There is a wait list if you forgot to pre-order the book. Some distributors may also have copies available. A mass market hardcover edition will be available in November 2008 from Forge Books. |  Mass market hardcover edition available November 2008. | |||||
| HAUNT
OF HORROR: LOVECRAFT #1 (of 3) - Arriving in comic shops June 4th! Written by RICHARD CORBEN; Pencils & Cover by RICHARD CORBEN Horror comics legend RICHARD CORBEN (HAUNT OF HORROR: EDGAR ALLAN POE)brings you a new 3-issue limited series that offers eerie new spins on the poems and short stories of H.P. Lovecraft. Each issue features three adaptations-beautifully rendered in black and white with gray tones as only Corben can do it-along with a printing of the original source text by H.P. Lovecraft. In issue #1, Corben brings you "Dagon," "Recognition," and "A Memory." It's classic creepy Lovecraft with a new twist! 32 pages, Cardstock Cover, Explicit Content, $3.99 Publisher: Marvel Comics | ||||||
| Howard Days 2008
- June 13-14, 2008! Robert E. Howard Days in Cross Plains 2008 is just around the corner, and it’s not to late to still make plans to attend on Friday June 13 and Saturday June 14th. (Texas is a really big state, so there’s room for all of us!) Please click on the REH DAYS 2008 tab at the top of the REHupa page (www.rehupa.com) to find out all you’ll need to know, and now find out even more with a few changes & additions. 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. A quick note on the changes: the Friday morning 10:30 panel has been changed to a more generic “What’s Happening with REH”. REHupans, REH Foundation Board members and (hopefully) a Paradox Entertainment representative will present a discussion of what’s going on in the world of Robert E. Howard. We’ll disperse information, answer questions and encourage audience participation in talking about the Howard boom of the 21st Century. Arlene Stephenson, President of Project Pride in Cross Plains, tells me they’ve received over 100 items for the Friday night Silent Auction at the REH Banquet, but they’re always looking for more. Actually, paperback books are NOT what they need this year, so if you’ve got some other type of REH or related item, please consider donating it to the Silent Auction, c/o Project Pride POB 534, Cross Plains, TX 76443 (or bring it with when y’all come.) It would be much appreciated (and it’s tax deductible!) The nice folks down at Greenleaf Cemetery in Brownwood, caretakers of the Howard family plot there, have asked all Howard fans everywhere for help. They are underfunded and understaffed, but they are still bringing out that wonderful Texas hospitality during REH Days. There will be a canopy erected over the Howard gravesite to protect folks from the blazing Texas sun, and Greenleaf will also be providing some refreshments in the form of water and soft drinks and cookies, for all who visit to pay their respects to Robert E. Howard and his family. So, if you can see your way clear to make a donation to the Greenleaf Cemetery when you visit during Howard Days, it would be a wonderful and most appreciated gesture. The Gift Shop at the Robert E. Howard Museum will be selling a new t-shirt this year. Yours truly will also be peddling a new Howard shirt, and I would hope others of you would take advantage of the informal Howard dealer’s area on the tables in the Pavilion for those items you’d like to sell or trade. (Think about donating some of them to the Silent Auction, as well!) And don’t forget to make your donation to Project Pride if you do decide to take advantage of the “dealer’s area”. Robert E. Howard Days 2008 is almost here. Hope to see you there, for it’s the gala event of the year for all fans of Robert E. Howard! Y’all come! | ||||||
| LibriVox
- Bear Creek Collection Volume 1 completed! Robert E. Howard's BEAR CREEK COLLECTION Volume 1 is now available online as a free download in mp3 format. The Bear Creek Collection Volume 1 "Mountain Man" "Guns of the Mountain" "The Scalp Hunter" "A Gent from Bear Creek" "The Road to Bear Creek" "The Haunted Mountain" "War on Bear Creek" "The Feud Buster" "Cupid from Bear Creek" "The Riot at Cougar Paw" | ||||||
| MACK BOLAN, THE
EXECUTIONER: THE DEVIL'S TOOLS #3 - Arriving in comic shops June 4th! Doug Wojtowicz (w); S.L. Gallant (a); Justin Randall (c) IDW Publishing teams up with Gold Eagle Books to bring back to comics one of the longest-running adventure novel series: Don Pendleton's Mack Bolan, the Executioner! With Brownsville and the Border Steel Cartel still reeling from the fallout of Bolan's first 24 hours in Texas, the Executioner goes on the hunt with the assistance of Agents Cooke and Nye. But Border Steel isn't going to give up without a fight. Doug Wojtowicz, SL Gallant and Louis Antonio Delgado attempt to contain the mayhem unleashed in this firefight, while Justin Randall struggles to keep the cover from blowing off this book. Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99 IDW Publishing | ||||||
| Moonstone Books - Schedule Update! I have received a schedule update on several upcoming projects from Moonstone Books. Please keep in mind that these date are TENTATIVE. Moonstone is anxious to make these titles available to fans and they will no doubt be worth the wait! TALES OF ZORRO - June 2008 - This title has gone to the printer! AVENGER CHRONICLES - Late June/July 2008 - This title should go to press in one or two weeks! DOMINO LADY - Late June/July 2008 - This title should go to press in one or two weeks! DOC SAVAGE: THE LOST RADIO SCRIPTS OF LESTER DENT - July 2008 - Will hopefully go to press in late June! DOC SAVAGE LITHOGRAPH - Cancelled | ||||||
| NECA Online: Bronze
Conan Action Figure NECA Releases Images of Bronze Conan San Diego ComicCon Exclusive! NECAonline debuts the second exclusive for the first time ever: the Conan the Barbarian Bronze Conan Action Figure. Striking the same iconic pose as the upcoming War Paint Conan Action Figure, Bronze Conan features a "bronzed" finish, as if the mighty Cimmerian himself had been preserved in the midst of battle. Available exclusively at Comic Con, the Bronze Conan will be the first Conan the Barbarian action figure release! The figure is articulated at the neck, wrists, boots, and waist, comes with Conan's trademark broadsword, and a unique display base, bearing the classic Conan the Barbarian logo. Please note: this is not a bronze statue, but a standard plastic action figure with paint applications and decoration to give the appearance of a bronze finish. We will be revealing more information, like availability and pricing, as San Diego Comic Con draws closer, but for now take a look at the first official image of the Bronze Conan Action Figure. |  | |||||
| Pulpville Press -
Now available! DAN TURNER, HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE #5 by Robert Leslie Bellem Written and created by Robert Leslie Bellem, the hardnosed, feisty, Hollywood Detective, Dan Turner, is featured in eight great stories: Murder on the Sound Stage, Pin-Up Corpse, Frame Around a Fall Guy, Crazy for the Kill, The Lady Regrets, The Book of the Phantom Bullet, Dog's Life, and Coffin for a Coward. Fully illustrated with the original pulp magazine's illustrations from Dan Turner Hollywood Detective #1 and the August, October, and December, 1945 issues of Hollywood Detective. Hardcover w/dust jacket - $24.95 Trade Paperback - $14.95 Pulpville Press |  | |||||
| RED
SONJA #34 - Arriving in comic shops June 4th! by Brian Reed & Mel Rubi The big Red Sonja event concludes here! The final pages of this issue promise to be the most shocking in the history of Red Sonja as our heroine’s ultimate fate is revealed! Will the river Styx and its boat-keeper Charon take pity on the She-Devil or will Sonja end her days among the dead! Find out in this issue featuring the return of Red Sonja artist Mel Rubi and series writer Brian Reed! Featuring three exciting covers, including our main cover from definitive Red Sonja artist Mel Rubi, along with two stunning pieces, one by Adriano Batista and the other by Fabiano Neves! 32 pages, Full Color SRP: $2.99 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment | ||||||
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Underwood Books: ...AND THEIR MEMORY WAS A BITTER TREE
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| Adventure House - Coming to comic shops in August! HIGH ADVENTURE #100 DOUBLE ISSUE Chock full of great authors and yarns, High Adventure #100 is one for everyone! Heroes, aviation, sports, romance, westerns, detectives, adventures, and more! Authors Robert E. Howard (Conan), Arch Whitehouse, Hugh B. Cave, Robert Leslie Bellem, David H. Keller, and Jean Francis Webb all contributed to this action-packed issue! HIGH ADVENTURE #100 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN084410. | | |||||
| Adventure House - Pulp facsimile reprints coming to comic shops in August! Phantom Detective - November 1935, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 The pulp hero, the Phantom Detective, returns in this replica edition of one of his classic adventures! In Robert Wallace's "Murder Cracks Down," the grisly trail of pillage, plunder, and death lead straight to Public Enemy Number X! Who is this desperate foe of the law ? and can the Phantom Detective bring him to justice? PHANTOM DETECTIVE is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN084411. Planet Stories - Summer 1949, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 Take off into the depths of space with this replica edition of Planet Stories, reprinting two tales from the Golden Age of Science Fiction! First up is Leigh Brackett (The Empire Strikes Back) and her tale, "Queen of the Martian Catacombs" ? Gaunt giant and passionate beauty, they dragged their thirst-crazed way across the endless crimson sands in a terrible test of endurance. For one of them knew where the cool life-giving water lapped old stones smooth, a place of secret horror that it was death to reveal! Then, Stanley Mullen's "S.O.S. Aphrodite!" ? No wonder that signal stabbed out into the icy void! For it was a ship of hate and evil, and IP Patrolman Steve Coran trusted only one person aboard, but only after strapping her to her bunk! PLANET STORIES is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN084412.
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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: "Hell's Hack" by Arch Whitehouse from the Feb. 1934 Flying Aces Handley-Page No. 13 was just an old hack, battered by months of night flying for the Independent Air Force. Her sides were patched, her wings weary from too many foldings. The crew of Handley-Page No. 13 was just an ordinary bomber gang, as battered and bruised as their plane. But see what happens when these scrappers are accused of bombing their own troops. And while you are visiting the Age of Aces website,
make sure you checkout their fine Air War pulp reprints. Click
on any of the covers to order from Amazon.com!
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| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Coming in 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
1-934943-05-3 Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95 THE SHADOW Volume 21 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN084413. |  | |||||
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Coming in August! 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 1-934943-08-8 Softcover,
7x10. B&W, $12.95 DOC SAVAGE Volume 20 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN084408. |  | |||||
| Artists
Inspired by H.P. Lovecraft - Now available! Introduction by Harlan Ellison. Afterword by Thomas Ligotti This huge tome features over forty artists including JK Potter, HR Giger, Raymond Bayless, Ian Miller, Virgil Finlay, Lee Brown Coye, Rowena Morrill, Bob Eggleton, Allen Koszowski, Mike Mignola, Howard V. Brown, Michael Whelan, Tim White, John Coulthart, John Holmes, Harry O. Morris, Murray Tinkelman, Gabriel, Don Punchatz, Helmut Wenske, John Stewart, Thomas Ligotti and John Jude Palencar, and dozens of others. The field has never seen an art book like this -- indeed, it is an art anthology unlike anything ever published before. Many of these works have never before seen publication. Many are printed as special multi-page fold-outs, and several have detail views. The book is filled with four color artwork throughout, all of it printed full page on rich black backgrounds. A special thumbnail gallery allows you to overview the entire contents of this 400-page book at a glance, with notations on artist, work title, publication information, size, and location, when known. H.P. Lovecraft fans will simply have to have this book. Because of its sheer size and scope, this book will never be reprinted and will sell out very quickly. Twenty years down the road people will be paying huge prices for this book because of its scope and the quality of reproductions. This is the H.P. Lovecraft fan's dream come true. Don't miss it! $395.00 - 1,000 copies cloth slipcase $495.00 - 150 copies cloth traycase with extra prints $2495.00 - 50 copies leather traycase with extra prints Centipede Press | ||||||
Black Coast Press -
REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #12 is coming in June!
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| Bold
Venture Press - Inventory Clearance Sale! Mike Chomko is conducting an inventory clearance sale of Spider reprints for Bold Venture Press! Now available are several cartons of the following SPIDER reprints: SPIDER #5 ("Empire of Doom") SPIDER #7 ("Serpent of Destruction") SPIDER #8 ("The Mad Horde") Through the end of June 2008, each book is available for $7 plus postage. Or, you can have all three for $20 plus postage. Media mail shipping is available for $3 whether you order 1, 2, or 3 books. Priority mail will cost $6. Please send payment to Michael Chomko, 2217 W. Fairview St., Allentown, PA 18104-6542. If you have any questions, please write to michaelchomko@rcn.com Cash payments can be made through Paypal using the same email address. Sorry, but no credit card sales will be accepted through Paypal or otherwise. Thanks. | ||||||
| BOYS
OF STEEL by Marc Tyler Nobleman It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s Siegel and
Shuster! Celebrate Superman’s 70th anniversary with this fascinating true story of how he came to be! Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, two teenagers in Depression-era Cleveland, were more like Clark Kent than his secret identity. Meek, mild, and myopic, they spent their high school years escaping into fictional worlds of adventure and derring-do with heroes like Flash Gordon and Tarzan. They also made up their own stories—Jerry wrote, Joe illustrated. Then, late on summer night, Jerry had the idea for a hero who was everything they were not . . . and unlike any the world had ever known. Boys of Steel is the first-ever picture book about how these two unsung heroes created the first and greatest superhero of all time. Marc Tyler Nobleman’s text captures the excitement of Joe and Jerry’s creative triumph as boys and their fight for recognition as men, while Ross MacDonald’s buoyant illustrations bring back to life the thrilling days—and thrill-seeking boys—of yesteryear. Up, up, and away! Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages On Sale: August 26, 2008 Price: $19.99 ISBN: 978-0-375-93802-3 (0-375-93802-8) Alfred A. Knopf / Random House BOYS OF STEEL is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN084467. |  | |||||
| Broken Sea
Audio Productions - Now available! The following audio dramas by Robert E. Howard are now available for free download. The Hyborian Age, Episode 1 Red Nails Queen of the Black Coast Broken Sea Audio Productions | ||||||
| CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #2 - Coming in August! Timothy Truman (W), Tomás Giorello (P), Richard Corben (P), José Villarrubia (C), and Frank Cho (Cover) Dark Horse's exciting new Conan era continues with a second round of adventure! As Conan recovers from last issue's clash with raiders on the Cimmerian borderlands, a kind stranger shelters him and weaves a tale of Conan's grandfather, Connacht. As an older Cimmerian, Connacht inspired young Conan with tales of dazzling lands and beautiful women, but the story the snowbound stranger relates now is one of a brush with death and supernatural beasts -- brought on after an act of selfless kindness. Is it true that "no good deed goes unpunished" . . . ? With cover artist Frank Cho on board, writer Timothy Truman, artist Tomás Giorello, and colorist José Villarrubia are again joined by comic book veteran Richard Corben in a moody, horrific, and surprising issue Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99, On sale August 20 Dark Horse Comics CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #2 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN080027. |  | |||||
| CONAN VOL. 6: THE HAND OF NERGAL -
Coming in October! Timothy Truman (W), Tomás Giorello (P), J.D. Mettler (C), Jos? Villarrubia (C 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 moves ever closer while unfathomable terrors awaken and come into view. Conan is, of course, eager to meet both head on! Trade Paperback, Full Color, 152 pages, $17.95, On sale October 22 Dark Horse Comics CONAN VOL.6: THE HAND OF NERGAL is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN080028. |  | |||||
| CTHULHU TALES #6 - Coming in August! by Christine Boylan, William Messner-Loebs, Chee & Jon Reed The BOOM! Horrorverse spreads its tendrils into Cthulhu Tales in a sequel to the classic Lovecraft tale, "The Colour Out Of Time," which BOOM!'s printer is threatening to charge extra for. Nothing but the best for our faithful BOOM! readers. BOOM! Studios, bringing you a black vortex of otherworldly insanity since 2005! Features two alternate covers, by Scott Keating or PopArt Studios. BOOM! STUDIOS COVER A-SC, 24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 COVER B-SC, 24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 CTHULHU TALES #6 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN083755. (Keating). The Diamond Item Code is JUN083756. (PopArt Studios). | ||||||
| E-texts on the
net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks Shadow review is "Treasure Trail" from May 15, 1937. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 900 stories online! "It Could Only Happen to Willie" by Joe Archibald from POPULAR DETECTIVE, April, 1944 Featuring: Willie Klump Satchelfoot's dictionary comes to the rescue when Detective Klump faces the last word in befuddlement! "Orders Are Orders" by John Gerard from THE LONE EAGLE, February, 1934 "Hard-Boiled" Mason was a tough officer - and Red Harvey didn't like being bossed! | ||||||
| FALL OF CTHULHU: GODWAR #2 - Coming in August! by Michael Alan Nelson & Mateus Santolouco Open warfare between the Cult of Cthulhu and the followers of Nodens has spilled out onto the streets of Arkham, but as their struggle continues to rage, the Harlot reveals that she has no intention of staying on the sidelines during the Godwar. With the help of Lucifer, the Harlot sets her own plans in motion and welcomes back an old friend! Features two alternate covers, by Mateus Santolouco or Nick Percival. BOOM! STUDIOS COVER A-24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 COVER B-24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 FALL OF CTHULHU : GODWAR #2 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN083757. (Santolouco). The Diamond Item Code is JUNY083758. (Percival). | ||||||
| FEMME NOIR: THE
DARK CITY DIARIES #3 - Coming in August! 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 #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! THE DARK CITY DIARIES #3 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN083647. (Staton and Lopez) The Diamond Item Code is JUN083648. (Hester) FEMME NOIR: THE DARK CITY DIARIES #4 - Coming in September! Issue #4: "Concrete Jungle" – when an ancient artifact is stolen from the natives of an uncharted island of monsters by unscrupulous adventurers, its protector – a beautiful young jungle girl – follows it to Port Nocturne with revenge in her heart and a spear in her hand. There is also a new FEMME NOIR mini-website at: http://www.femme-noir.com Ape Entertainment's website is: http://www.ApeComics.com | 
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| FLASH GORDON #1 - Coming in August! by Brendan Deneen & Paul Green America's beloved sci-fi hero is back in a brand new ongoing series, based on Alex Raymond's original ideas but with a modernized twist for the 21st century! CIA Agent Dale Arden draws a reluctant Flash Gordon back into the world of espionage to track down the allegedly insane Hans Zarkov ? who's been accused of creating a weapon of mass destruction. Elsewhere in the universe, Ming the "Merciful's" tyrannical shadow looms over Mongo, where an impending civil war is escalating! Ships with two covers in 50/50 ratio. 36 pages, Full Color, $3.99 Ardden Entertainment FLASH GORDON #1 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN083675. |  | |||||
| Georgina Cartier
- R. I. P. Edd Cartier's beloved wife Georgina passed away from pneumonia this past Thursday. Her obituary from the BERGEN RECORD can be read at: http://www.legacy.com/northjersey/DeathNotices.asp?Page=Lifestory&PersonId=109989283 Edd Cartier is still in a nursing home himself, having been hospitalized and confined to a wheelchair since Easter Sunday. Thanks to Anthony Tollin for the news and the link. | ||||||
| Girasol
Collectables - Coming this Fall!
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| GIRASOL PULP
DOUBLES: THE SPIDER VOLUME 8 - Coming to comic shops
in August! This 128-page trade paperback reprints two action packed adventures of the pulp-era hero The Spider from the 1930s! Both stories are complete including the original pulp black-and-white illustrations and color covers. This issue contains the December 1933 story, "Wings of the Black Death," and the August 1936 story, "Satan's Sightless Legion." Softcover, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95 THE SPIDER VOLUME 8 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN084409. Visit the Girasol Collectables website at http://www.girasolcollectables.com/ |  | |||||
| GOLDEN
AGE SHEENA: THE BEST OF THE QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE TPB VOL. 2 - Coming in August! Author(s): Eisner/Iger Studios, Matt Baker and Various Artist(s): Eisner /Iger Studios, Matt Baker and Various Cover Artist: Eisner /Iger Studios and Various Continuing DDP's reprints of the classic Golden Age SHEENA: QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE! Featuring classic comics from the '30s, '40s, and '50s, this second volume features stories from the Will Eisner/Jerry Iger studios. Also featured in this collection is an essay and annotation by Stephen E. de Souza (Screenwriter of DIE HARD). A guaranteed must-have for any classic comic collectors! Featuring a special never-before-reprinted SKY GIRL story from the pages of JUMBO COMICS by legendary Golden Age artist Matt Baker! Devil's Due Publishing Softcover, 7x10, 144 pages, Full Color, $18.99 GOLDEN AGE SHEENA: THE BEST OF THE QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE TPB VOL. 2 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN083871. | ||||||
| HAUNT OF HORROR:
LOVECRAFT #3 (of 3) - Coming in August! 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 third and final issue, Corben brings you “Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family,” “The Well,” and “The Window.” It’s classic Lovecraft with a new twist! 32 pages, Cardstock Cover, Explicit Content, $3.99 HAUNT OF HORROR: LOVECRAFT #3 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN082403. |  | |||||
| Hermes
Press - Coming in August! BY THIS AXE I RULE! CONAN AND THE BATTLE FOR THE LEGACY OF ROBERT E. HOWARD by Tom Stewart; Cover by Joe Jusko Profusely illustrated, By This Axe I Rule! Conan and the Battle for the Legacy of Robert E. Howard details the history of Robert E. Howard and his barbarian, Conan, through all of the various trials and tribulations of the character ? through court battles, different publishers, in comic books and in the movies, up to the present. Hardcover, 9x12, 208 pages, Full Color, $49.99 Checkout the awesome cover by Joe Jusko here! The small picture at the right does not do it justice! Hermes Press BY THIS AXE I RULE! is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN084493. |  | |||||
| INDIANA
JONES AND THE TOMB OF THE GODS #3 (of 4) - Coming
in August! Rob Williams (W), Steve Scott (P), Nathan Massengill (I), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Tony Harris (Cover) Breakneck adventure doesn’t let you stop for breath in this continuation of Indiana Jones’s search for ancient artifacts and treasures! Once again, archaeologist and self-stated preserver of history Dr. Henry Jones Jr. is on the trail of something colossal. With exotic locations, natural disasters, wild animals, ever-pesky Nazis, and a beautiful fortune hunter, Indy’s quest for the Tomb of the Gods could be his most amazing and historically disturbing escapade ever! This way for a touch of history and a lot of gripping adventure -- Indiana Jones is not your average archaeologist! Full Color, 40 pages, $2.99, On sale August 27 Dark Horse Comics TOMB OF THE GODS #3 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN080075. | ||||||
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| JAMES BOND:
POLESTAR TP - Coming in November! by Ian Fleming, Jim Lawrence, Yaroslav Horak & John McLusky The legend continues! Stand by for more adventures with the world?s greatest and most famous secret agent, James Bond, as some of his most thrilling missions are collected for the first time ever! This bumper action-packed volume collects ultra rare Bond stories that have not been seen since their original syndication: "Flittermouse," "The Scent of Danger," "Snake Goddess," and "Double Eagle." Also collected is "Polestar," a story never previously published in its entirety. Plus a new introduction by one of the Bond girls, and exclusive feature material on the many aspects of the James Bond world, this latest explosive volume is not to be missed! Softcover, 9x12, 120 pages, B&W, $19.95 JAMES BOND: POLESTAR is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN084210. | ||||||
| James Bond: QUANTUM OF SOLACE
- Coming August 26th! The complete James Bond short stories! Penguin, Trade paperback, 288 pages, $15 |  | |||||
| Leonaur
Press - Now available! Leonaur Press is reprinting the works of Jack London, George Allen England, Talbot Mundy, and Edgar Rice Burroughs in hardcover and trade paperback collections. The August Releases feature: Frontiers of Possibility Science Fiction by Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Monster Men, The Lost Continent, Beyond the Farthest Star & The Resurrection of Jimber-Jaw Hardcover: $28.99; Softcover: $20.99 The Complete Raffles: 1 Hardcover: $30.99; Softcover: $19.99 The Complete Raffles: 2 Hardcover: $31.99; Softcover: $20.99 These are E. W. Hornung's famous stories of adventure and crime featuring the thrill seeking A. J. Raffles and his friend, accomplice and chronicler 'Bunny'. By turns urbane gentleman about town and accomplished cricketer, life is just too ordinary for Raffles and that sets him on a series of adventures that have long been treasured as a real antidote to the 'white knights' who are the usual heroes of the crime fiction of this period. This book includes the first two collections of Raffles—the Gentleman Cracksman—stories, The Amateur Cracksman & The Black Mask—comprising some 16 stories in all. Included are ‘The Ides of March,’ ‘Nine Points of the Law,’ ‘The Fate of Faustina’ and many other favourites. Leonaur is bringing the entire Raffles adventures together in two matching volumes which are available in softcover and hardcover with dust jacket—making them perfect for collectors. All Leonaur Press books are available in Softcover or Hardcover with dustjacket. All books look good on the outside & the inside. The prices speak for themselves! Find Leonaur titles at your local bookshop or from http://www.leonaur.com, Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk or many other online suppliers. Leonaur books are printed and delivered in the USA. | ||||||
| THE LONE RANGER
#12 - Coming in August! by Brett Matthews & Sergio Cariello Hi-Yo Silver! The Lone Ranger rides again! After the incredible reaction to issue #11 of our series (featuring the guest artwork of Paul Pope), The Lone Ranger creative team is working hard on the next story arc, which kicks off in this issue! Cover artist John Cassaday, writer Brett Matthews and artist Sergio Cariello present part one of a four-part arc which features the return of Cavendish and the expansion of the re-imagined mythos of The Lone Ranger and Tonto! Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment MATURE THEMES 32 pages, Full Color, $3.50 THE LONE RANGER #12 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN083812. | ||||||
| Lost Continent
Library Magazine - Now available! The first printed volume of the popular pulp-style genre entertainment magazine. Issues 1-3 are included, featuring articles on classic adventure movies like GUNGA DIN and SECRET OF THE INCAS. Also included is the exciting new pulp fiction of Wm Michael Mott, E A Guest, Bill Craig, Eric Enck and more. The pulp entertainment magazine for grown-ups can now be proudly displayed on your shelf or coffee table! This is certain to be a collectors item! 249 pages, 8.5" x 11", perfect binding, black and white interior ink $18 http://www.lulu.com/content/2455967 | 
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| MACK BOLAN, THE EXECUTIONER: THE DEVIL'S
TOOLS #5 - Coming in August! Doug Wojtowicz (w); S.L. Gallant (a); Justin Randall (c) It's all come down to this. In the Border Steel Cartel's grim Mexican fortress, Mack Bolan, the Executioner and Melissa Nye, captured ATF agent, have two goals: destroy the cartel… and get out alive. Writer Doug Wojtowicz, artist SL Gallant, colorist Luis Delgado, and cover artist Justin Randall are on hand, backing our heroes against impossible odds. There will be blood and thunder in this explosive climax to IDW's Executioner miniseries. Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99 IDW Publishing THE DEVIL'S TOOLS #5 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN084063. | ||||||
| Mike Chomko - May 2008 newsletter is now available! Mike's May 2008 newsletter is now available. Click here to view/download it. Orders over $20 are discounted approximately 10%. Shipping is between $2-6, depending on the weight of your order (media mail or bound printed matter). Michael Chomko, 2217W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA 18104-6542 Please note that Mike Chomko has a new E-mail address. It is listed in his catalog. | ||||||
| Moonstone Books: THE PHANTOM #26
- Coming in August! by Mike Bullock, Zeu & Silvestre Szilagyi "Man O' War." From the Chronicles of the 13th Phantom! While returning to the United States with his wife, Jeannette, The Ghost Who Walks finds himself embroiled in a battle with sea faring slave traders. Will The Phantom be able to free the enslaved members of the Llongo tribe, or join them in chains? And how does this tie in to the life of the 21st Phantom? Find out here! Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99 Moonstone Books THE PHANTOM #26 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN084117. | ||||||
| Moonstone Books
- Coming in August! SHERLOCK HOLMES & KOLCHAK THE NIGHT STALKER: CRY OF THUNDER #1 (of 3) by Joe Gentile, Andy Bennett & Carlos Magno A Moonstone Crime Wave Event! Not a dream, not a hoax, not a parallel universe! Two of the most unique investigators of all time try to untangle the same mystery - 100 years apart from each other! The lawless Wild West, the hidden world of Victorian London, the present day hell of Hollywood ? there, and back again! Follow Sherlock Holmes' trail of a man who was wrongfully and willingly imprisoned, to shocking New World Order anarchy, to a beautiful woman who needs Kolchak to delve into the surreal past, to the shunned man who has the the key! Available with two covers, one from Joe Corroney (Doctor Who Classics), the other from Eddy Newell! CORRONEY COVER - 32pages, Full Color, $3.99 NEWELL COVER - 32 pages, Full Color, $3.99 Moonstone Books CRY OF THUNDER #1 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN084119. (Corroney) The Diamond Item Code is JUN084120. (Newell) | ||||||
| Moonstone Books: PARTNERS IN CRIME
NOVEL - Coming in August! by C.J. Henderson & Joe Gentile A Moontsone Crime Wave event! The past meets the future to defeat un unspeakable evil! Europe, 1945. In the final days of World War II, a sinister Nazi plan to defeat the Allies using black sorcery is thwarted, only to be resurrected again in a form more terrible than ever before! Over six turbulent decades, across multiple continents, and through the darkest alternate dimensions, a force of unimaginable power is poised to subjugate all mankind, and some of history's greatest fictional crime fighters find themselves in a battle against the ultimate evil! Their names are legend: their exploits are known around the world — Kolchak, the Night Stalker; Boston Blackie; Johnny Dollar; Lain Wan; Candy Matson; Pat Novak; Blackshirt; Mr. Keen; and Jack Hagee. Now, this amazing group will find themselves pitted against a power that transcends time and space — an evil so corrupt that the fate of humanity may hang in the balance! Softcover, 6x9, 192 pages, B&W, $14.95 Moonstone Books PARTNERS IN CRIME is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN084123. | ||||||
| Moonstone
Books: SEX, LIES AND PRIVATE EYES NOVEL - Coming in August! A Moonstone Crime Wave event! When it comes to sex, lies often follow & in the dark heart of the city, death can be the ultimate payback! A landmark collection of all-new original noir short stories with the theme of "sex for sale." Written by some of today's top crime writers, Sex, Lies and Private Eyes features a stunning cast of legendary characters from the best mysteries of the past and present: Alo Nudger, Fred Carver, Blackshirt, Candy Matson Domino Lady, Kolchak, Lai Wan, Jack Hagee PI, Johnny Dollar, Mr. Keen, Pat Novak, Sherlock Holmes, The Silencers, The Maze Agency, Toby Peters, Truxton Lewis, and more! With stories by Max Allan Collins, Loren D. Estleman, Stuart M. Kaminksy, Mike W. Barr, Mike Bullock, Barbara Collins, Steven Grant, CJ Henderson, David Tischman, and more, this is one noir ride you won't want to miss! Softcover, 6x9, 288 pages, B&W, $16.95 Moonstone Books SEX, LIES AND PRIVATE EYES is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN084124. | ||||||
| NECRONOMICON
#1 (of 4) - Coming in August! by William Messner-Loebs & Andrew Ritchie; Cover by J.K. Woodward. In last month's Cthulhu Tales #5, Mark Waid seeded clues and hints to the scope of BOOM!'s new "horrorverse." Now that the Necronomicon has been opened, writer William Messner-Loebs brings you the next chapter as he reveals the origins of the forbidden book of legend - and how its catastrophic influence will soon spread over the BOOM! line of titles! 24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 BOOM! STUDIOS NECRONOMICON #1 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN083748. | ||||||
| Pulpville Press
- Now available! THE LOST WORLD by Arthur Conan Doyle The author has produced a highly interesting tale of outlandish adventure, of a sort to stir the pulses and arouse the wonder of even the "jaded" novel reader. He has his little company of 20th century scientists and adventurers test their courage and their skill against the huge and loathsome beasts of the Jurassic period. They fight for their lives with pterodactyls, see iguanodons at play, and watch the tragedies of life among gigantic dinosaurs. And they come upon a tribe of man-apes, missing links, and for a time it looks as if the 20th century would go down before the survivals of antiquity. Fully illustrated. From Pulpville Press. Hardcover w/dust jacket - $24.95 Trade Paperback - $14.95 Pulpville Press |
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| RED SONJA #37 - Coming in August!
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 self has yet to learn the truth of her existence, or the reason for her miraculous rebirth! The all-new adventures of Red Sonja continue from the creative team of writer Brian Reed, artist Walter Geovani, and cover artists Mel Rubi, Carlos Rafael and Pablo Marcos! 32 pages, Full Color SRP: $2.99 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment RED SONJA #37 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN083814. | ||||||
| Robert E. Howard,
The Supreme Moment: A Biography - Now available! By Francis DiPietro He gave life to a genre, and saved death for himself. Robert Ervin Howard, author of hundreds of stories and poems, spent his days in what he perceived to be literary obscurity. He took his life on June 11, 1936 with little inkling that his works would become the standard by which all of modern fantasy and adventure writing is judged. Now you are invited to share in this bold and perceptive retelling of a life made more remarkable by its brilliant spell of self-imposed brevity. 217 pages, 6" x 9", perfect binding, black and white interior ink Paperback book $19.95 Download $3.99 http://www.lulu.com/content/2478374 |  | |||||
| THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN Volume
3 - Arriving in comic shops May 29th! Writer: Roy Thomas; Artist: Various Conan's phenomenal popularity in the early comics series Conan the Barbarian would soon reach new heights thanks to a supplementary publication whose very name would come to represent quality in epic-fantasy storytelling--The Savage Sword of Conan! These pulp tomes would become an inspiration to generations of Conan fans, containing some of the best adaptations and pastiches of Robert E. Howard's work ever to be seen in sequential form. Now for the first time ever, these stories are being collected in a series of omnibus-style books, with over five hundred pages of classic sword and sorcery-for the complete Conan collector! Included in this volume are tales featuring the stunning art of such comics luminaries as Barry Windsor-Smith, John Buscema, Alfredo Alcala, Jim Starlin, Al Milgrom, Pablo Marcos, Walter Simonson, and many more, including a heart-stopping adaptation of the classic Howard tale "The Jewels of Gwahlur." This collection includes Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian issues 25-31. Publication Date: May 21, 2008 Format: Full color, 544 pages, TPB, 7" x 10" Price: $17.95 Dark Horse Comics | 
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| SAVAGE TALES #9
- Coming in August!
by Various The Savage Tales from Dynamite Entertainment continue in issue #9! Osin returns in a new story from Lieberman and Rafael. Volaka is back for more adventure in a new tale from Doug Murray and Lui Antonio. Then, it's adventure in ancient Greece with Hercules in a story from writer Doug Murray! Finally, return to the days of legendary Atlantis in a new epic from Leah Moore, John Reppion, and cover artist Pablo Marcos! MATURE THEMES 48 pages, Full Color, $4.99 SAVAGE TALES #9 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN083821. | ||||||
| Subterranean Press:
HAGGOPIAN AND OTHER STORIES by Brian Lumley - Now available! Prior to the first American publication of Brian Lumley's ground-breaking, dead-waking, best-selling Necroscope® in 1988 -- the first novel in a long-lived, much-loved series -- this British author had for twenty years been earning himself something of a reputation writing short stories, novellas, and a series of novels set against H. P. Lovecraft's cosmic Cthulhu Mythos backdrop. A soldier in 1967, serving in Berlin with the Royal Military Police, Lumley jump-started his literary career by writing to August Derleth, the then dean of macabre publishers at his home in Sauk City, Wisconsin, telling of his fascination with the Mythos, and purchasing books by the "Old Gentleman of Providence, RI." In addition, he sent a page or two of written work allegedly culled from the various forbidden or "black books" of the Mythos. Suitably impressed, the master of Arkham House invited Lumley to write something solid in the Mythos as a possible contribution to a new volume he was currently contemplating, to be titled -- what else but? -- Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos. And as might well be imagined, that set everything in motion. Forty years have passed since then and a good many words of Mythos fiction written, including critically acclaimed and award-nominated work, stories that have appeared in prestigious magazines such as Fantasy & Science Fiction, and hardcover volumes from publishers all over the world from the USA to China and the United Kingdom to Russia. But while Lumley's novels are all currently available, many of them in hardcover format, his Mythos short stories and novellas have until now remained uncollected. Subterranean Press is proud to correct that omission in volumes that are guaranteed to be the pride of any collector's library of Mythos fiction other than tales written by H. P. Lovecraft himself. Here in this book are found the shorter stories. Thus the best of Brian Lumley's works in this sub-genre are collected and presented for the first time in this much more worthy and durable format. HAGGOPIAN AND OTHER STORIES by Brian Lumley Limited: 1500 signed hardcover copies - $40 Lettered: 26 signed leatherbound copies, housed in a custom traycase - $200 Dust jacket and interior illustrations by Bob Eggleton Length: 424 pages | 
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| Subterranean Press: KULL: EXILE
OF ATLANTIS HC - Coming to
comic shops in August! by Robert E. Howard This groundbreaking collection, lavishly illustrated by award-winning artist Justin Sweet, gathers together all of Robert E. Howard's stories featuring Kull; from his first published appearance in "The Shadow Kingdom" to "Kings of the Night," Howard's final tale to feature the cerebral swordsman. The stories are presented just as Howard wrote them, with all subsequent editorial emendations removed. Also included are previously unpublished stories, drafts, and fragments, plus extensive notes on the texts, an introduction by Howard authority Steve Tompkins, and an essay by noted editor Patrice Louinet. This slipcased edition of Kull: Exile of Atlantis is limited to 1,500 numbered copies signed by artist Justin Sweet. Subterranean Press KULL: EXILE OF ATLANTIS is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN084494. |  | |||||
| TwoMorrows: ALTER EGO
#80 - Coming in August! Take a look at the Sword-and-Sorcery genre in comics behind an awe-inpspirng new cover by Rafael Kayanan! Conan the Barbarian was only the tip of the iceberg! Learn about Crom the Barbarian, Viking Prince, La Reina de la Costa Negra, Nightmaster, Kull, Red Sonja, Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, Beowulf, Warlord, Dagar the Invincible, Wulf the Barbarian, Ironjaw, and more - with rare art by Rafael Kayanan, Barry Windsor Smith, John Buscema, Gil Kane, Bernie Wrightson, Mike Ploog, Frank Thorne, Frank Brunner, Howard Chaykin, Frank Frazetta, Jerry Bingham, Mike Grell, Pablo Marcos, Neal Adams, Joe Kubert, Jesse Santos, Larry Hama, Mike Sekowsky, and more - plus other comics features, including P.C. Hamerlinck's FCA (Fawcett Collectors of America) section with Marc Swayze, C.C. Beck, and others, Michael T. Gilbert and Mr. Monster?s Comic Crypt, and more! Magazine, 100 pages, B&W, $6.95 TwoMorrows ALTER EGO #80 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN084380. |  | |||||
| Underwood
Books: ...AND THEIR MEMORY WAS A BITTER TREE HC
- Coming in August! by Robert E. Howard; with art by Frank Frazetta & Brom This beautifully designed collection contains nine essential Conan stories along with a full-length Conan novel by the "Father of Sword & Sorcery," Robert E. Howard. Also included is The Hyborian Age, Howard's fascinating history of the raw, blood-drenched fantasy world Conan inhabited. Featuring an Afterword by American horror writer and cult figure H.P. Lovecraft, written in Howard's memory after his untimely death at age thirty, ...And Their Memory Was a Bitter Tree includes a new color map of Howard's fictional Hyborian realm and a cover and interior painting by Brom (Darkwerks), along with a series of Frank Frazetta's seminal Conan paintings. This volume is also available in a deluxe, slipcased edition strictly limited to 500 copies, complete with an additional new Conan painting by Brom. HARDCOVER, 7x10, 640 pages, $25.00 LTD. SLIPCASED HARDCOVER, 7x10, 640 pages, $100.00 Underwood Books ...AND THEIR MEMORY WAS A BITTER TREE is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN084491. (Hardcover) The Diamond Item Code is JUN084492. (Ltd. Slipcased Hardcover) | ||||||
| Vanguard
Productions: FRAZETTA: THE DEFINITIVE REFERENCE
- Coming in August! by James A. Bond & Dr. David Winiewicz Enter the world of Frank Frazetta with more than 800 illustrations! This is the most complete index of Frazetta artwork ever compiled, with commentary by top Frazetta experts, and dozens of rare images, including Conan, Tarzan, John Carter of Mars, and more! A fantastic reference for collectors and artists, it's also great entertainment for fans! The Definitive Reference also features essays and illustrated data that reflects on his early 1950s comics, his 1960s monster mags, Creepy, Eerie, Vampirella, his major movie posters, and his revolutionary Conan paintings. Endorsed by Frazetta himself! (C: 0-1-2) Softcover, 200 pages, $29.95 Vanguard Productions FRAZETTA: THE DEFINITIVE REFERENCE is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN084288. |  | |||||
| Vanguard Productions:
STERANKO - Coming in August! by Steranko & Various This massive, full-color volume of the controversial creator's career explodes with hundreds of images ? many never before collected in book form! The package reveals a multitude of behind-the-scenes stories and analytical insights about comics' most innovative artist and writer, from unknown Marvel art and work with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, to the secret origin of Mister Miracle, and a collaboration with science-fiction legend Harlan Ellison! Get all this, plus an annotated Shadow Gallery and more, in this high-quality softcover format! Softcover, 128 pages, Full Color, $24.95 Vanguard Productions STERANKO is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN084289. |  | |||||
| Wild
Cat Books - Now available! A TREASURY OF AMAZING ADVENTURES This Special FULL-COLOR Edition collects the FIRST THREE ISSUES of AMAZING ADVENTURES, a great comic book series, with all ads and text pages. "Amazing Adventures" was a 1950's Science Fiction Anthology, with the first issue cover by Robert G. Jones, who painted many pieces for "Amazing Stories" and "Fantastic Adventures". These comics were really "visual pulp fiction". It ran for six issues, beginning c. 1950, with the first two issues being undated. Its artists included Murphy Anderson, Bernard Krigstein, Ogden Whitney, Wally Wood, and one issue (#2) featured a cover painting by Alex Schomburg. WCB is pleased to offer these classic comics for your reading enjoyment! We hope you enjoy this collection! Due to the age of the material, especially the cheap newsprint they were printed on, some pages do show signs of wear, fading, and some discoloration. However, with the scientific technology currently available (appropriate for a Science Fiction collection), we have tried to restore the artwork as best as possible! 114 pages, 6" x 9" FULL-COLOR Trade Paperback, $29.95 Available at: http://stores.lulu.com/wildcatbooks |  | |||||
| Wildside Press - Off to the printer
this week! The Neverending Hunt: A Bibliography Of Robert E. Howard, Hardcover The Neverending Hunt: A Bibliography Of Robert E. Howard, Trade paperback The cover shown may no longer be the actual cover. | 
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| ZORRO #7 - Coming in
August!
by Matt Wagner & Francesco Francavilla With a flick of the wrist, Zorro leaves his mark! And Dynamite has left their mark with the all-new Dynamite comic book series from writer/cover artist/art director Matt Wagner and artist Francesco Francavilla! Featuring covers by Wagner and Ryan Sook (Countdown)! 32 pages, Full Color, SRP: $3.50 Dynamite Entertainment ZORRO #7 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 29th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN083818. | ||||||
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| Adventure
House - The September pulp facsimile reprints! THE PHANTOM DETECTIVE - August 1935, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 THE PHARAOH'S MARK by Robert Wallace Grisly murder and baffling mystery stalk a museum! Is it the curse of ancient Egypt? Follow the Phantom on one of the most exciting cases in his career.... ADVENTURE TRAILS - July 1938, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 SINGAPORE THUNDER by Rodney Blake The Sulu Queen's second Mate broke every law of the sea trying to quell that savage mutiny—for the lustful fate of a yellow hell awaited two innocent American girls! EAST OF BORNEO by Rex Evans Mild-looking maybe, but Cork of Borneo was trouble-shooter for that whole wild hill country. And when he found a Scotch lassie and a fortune in gold entangled with ruthless native swine, Cork was hell itself unleashed! DETECTIVE MYSTERIES - November 1938, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 CRACKDOWN ON CORPSES by Nels LeRoy Jorgenson They found Charlie Wiskauer, the whitest guy Tony Donovan had ever known, with his chest torn wide open—and they saw the light that came into Donovan's eyes. . . But read the thrilling story yourself, of a Special Operative's two-fisted fight against metropolitan corruption! THE THIRTEENTH GRAVE by William E. Barrett Somewhere in that eternal bivouac slept the staunch defender of a lost cause where disinheritance of the strong cursed his tragic line for three generations. But a sinister shadow broke that spell with a ghoul's blasphemy, and wove a glamour girl's fate into a Monte Cristo's murder mesh! |    | |||||
| 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: "The Other Cockpit" by Robert J. Hogan from the March 1934 Lone Eagle. While Robert J. Hogan is best known as the author of long running air war series like G-8, The Red Falcon, and Smoke Wade, he wrote plenty of non-series fiction. Here is a little gem that tells the tale of Bat Benson, a bomber pilot who has a habit of mistreating his rear cockpit observers. But his newest observer is not someone who will be pushed around. And while you are visiting the Age of Aces website, make sure you checkout their fine Air War pulp reprints. Click on any of the covers to order from Amazon.com!
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| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc
Coming in September! THE SHADOW Volume
22: "Tower of Death" & "The Hooded Circle" (Halloween Special) "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow Knows!"
The Master of Darkness returns in two haunting pulp mysteries by Walter B. Gibson
(writing as "Maxwell Grant"). First, The Shadow investigates unusual disappearances
surrounding a bizarre family kept in seclusion in a decaying mansion by the terms
of an unusual will. What is the deadly secret of the "Tower of Death"? Then, "The
Hooded Circle" commit baffling robberies as they steal the "Seven Hells," and
the Dark Avenger must uncover the secrets of the Stonehenge-like monuments in
Druid Glen. BONUS: Lamont Cranston wages a war of invisibility against King Malo's
voodoo magic when he visits "Terror Island" in a lost thriller from the Golden
Age of Radio. This classic reprint also features both color pulp covers by George
Rozen and Graves Gladney, the classic interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and
Edd Cartier and historical commentary by Anthony Tollin and Will Murray. (Sanctum
Productions) Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.951 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid Check, Money Order, or Paypal Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] |  | |||||
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Coming in September! DOC SAVAGE Volume 21: "Hex"
& "The Running Skeletons" (Halloween Special) The
greatest superhero of the pulp era returns in two chilling pulp thrillers by Lester
Dent and William G. Bogart writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, after Renny Renwick
is sticken by a bizarre malady in Salem, Massachusetts, Doc Savage and his beautiful
cousin Pat journey to Witches' Hollow to investigate the "Hex" of a strange woman
rumored to be a 100-year-old witch. Then, in "The Running Skeletons," the Man
of Bronze and his Iron Men must unravel the mystery of a horde of skeletal gunslingers.
BONUS: a horrifying lost Doc Savage script from the Golden Age of Radio. This
instant collector's item showcases both color pulp covers, and reprints all the
classic interior illustrations by Paul Orban. Pulp historian Will Murray provides
commentary while a descendent of one of Salem's most famous families examines
the 17th century witch trials. (Sanctum Productions) Softcover, 7x10.
B&W, $12.95 1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class postpaid Check, Money Order, or Paypal Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] |  | |||||
| Burroughs Bulletin #74 - Now available!
The Spring 2008 issue (#74) of the THE BURROUGHS BULLETIN is now available. This issue features articles on Burroughs’ 74th story, "Tarzan and the Foreign Legion". It is profusely illustrated in black & white with full color front and back covers. Articles include: "A Few Thoughts on Tarzan and the Foreign Legion" by David A. Adams Picture Gallery: Thomas Yeates "Some Artistic Tidbits" by Robert R. Barrett "An Interview With Gordon Scott" by Mark Cerulli "Rumble in the Jungle: A Tarzan Tale" by Frank Puncer "From Baltimore Belle to Jungle-Savvy Lady" by Joan M. Bledig "Draft Minutes of the 2007 Burroughs Bibliophiles Business Meeting" by J. G. Huckenpöhler Bibliographers Corner Letters to the Editor and Bibliographer's Corner Subscriptions
are $35 for four quarterly issues and 12 monthly issues of THE GRIDLEY WAVE newsletter.
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| CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #2 -
Coming in August! Timothy Truman (W), Tomás Giorello (P), Richard Corben (P), José Villarrubia (C), and Frank Cho (Cover) Dark Horse's exciting new Conan era continues with a second round of adventure! As Conan recovers from last issue's clash with raiders on the Cimmerian borderlands, a kind stranger shelters him and weaves a tale of Conan's grandfather, Connacht. As an older Cimmerian, Connacht inspired young Conan with tales of dazzling lands and beautiful women, but the story the snowbound stranger relates now is one of a brush with death and supernatural beasts -- brought on after an act of selfless kindness. Is it true that "no good deed goes unpunished" . . . ? With cover artist Frank Cho on board, writer Timothy Truman, artist Tomás Giorello, and colorist José Villarrubia are again joined by comic book veteran Richard Corben in a moody, horrific, and surprising issue Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99, On sale August 20 Dark Horse Comics | | |||||
| CONAN VOL. 6: THE HAND OF NERGAL -
Coming in October! Timothy Truman (W), Tomás Giorello (P), J.D. Mettler (C), Jos? Villarrubia (C 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 moves ever closer while unfathomable terrors awaken and come into view. Conan is, of course, eager to meet both head on! Trade Paperback, Full Color, 152 pages, $17.95, On sale October 22 Dark Horse Comics | | |||||
| Cosmos Books - The Hour of the Dragon: The
Weird Works of Robert E. Howard Volume 4 Coming
in September! The fourth volume of the Weird Works
of Robert E. Howard continues reprinting Howard's fantasy from Weird Tales and
Strange Tales in order of original publication. All texts have been meticulously
restored to their original pulp appearances. Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Cosmos Books (September 30, 2008) ISBN-10: 0843959258 ISBN-13: 978-0843959253 | 
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| E-texts on the net this week The Shadow in Review: There is no Shadow review this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 900 stories online! "Six Tricks Make a Corpse" by V. E. Thiessen from TEN DETECTIVE ACES, May, 1948 In that seemingly harmless bridge game, a player was at the mercy of an unusual death threat. "Phantom Cargo" by Lon Williams from REAL WESTERN STORIES, December, 1953 Featuring: Lee Winters It is too bad that Deputy Marshal Lee Winters didn't live in modern times. For, if he had been so fortunate, he would have had more than Cannon Ball at his disposal for a quick ride over eerie, spooky Alkali Flats. | ||||||
| FALL OF CTHULHU #12 - Arriving in comic shops May 21st! by Michael Alan Nelson Continuing a brand new story arc! Sheriff Raymond Dirk hunts for the killer that only teenage Lucy has seen! Can Sheriff Dirk find the mysterious "Gray Man" before he kills again? Or are Lucy's prophecies of doom destined to come true? BOOM! STUDIOS COVER A-24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 COVER B-24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 | ||||||
| INDIANA JONES AND KINGDOM OF CRYSTAL SKULL
- Available May 20th! by Best Selling Author James Rollins Everyone's favorite archeologist adventurer returns for another globe-trotting trek as George Lucas and Steven Spielberg team with screenwriter David Koepp to bring Indiana Jones back to the big screen nearly 20 years after Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade! Author James Rollins scribes this official novelization of the highly anticipated movie, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull! Del Rey, Hardcover, 6x9, 400 pages, $26.00 |  | |||||
| INDIANA
JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL Written by George Lucas,
David Koepp and John Jackson Miller, penciled by Luke Ross, inked by Fabio Laguna,
colored by Dan Jackson. The most anticipated movie event of the summer comes
to comics in this adaptation of the fourth Indiana Jones film! Arriving in comic shops May 21st! The intrepid Doctor Henry Jones Jr. is back in his biggest adventure yet! This time, the world-renowned archaeologist finds himself caught in a series of events that all point to a discovery unlike any other. But will his rivals in pursuit of this priceless treasure seize his quarry from right under his nose? Not if he, and a few unexpected companions, have anything to say about it! The thrill and the humor, the action and the romance, the hat and the whip -- everything you love about Indy is here! 96 pages, $12.95 Dark Horse Comics |  | |||||
| INDIANA JONES AND THE
TOMB OF THE GODS #3 (of 4) - Coming in August! Rob Williams (W), Steve Scott (P), Nathan Massengill (I), Michael Atiyeh (C), and Tony Harris (Cover) Breakneck adventure doesn’t let you stop for breath in this continuation of Indiana Jones’s search for ancient artifacts and treasures! Once again, archaeologist and self-stated preserver of history Dr. Henry Jones Jr. is on the trail of something colossal. With exotic locations, natural disasters, wild animals, ever-pesky Nazis, and a beautiful fortune hunter, Indy’s quest for the Tomb of the Gods could be his most amazing and historically disturbing escapade ever! This way for a touch of history and a lot of gripping adventure -- Indiana Jones is not your average archaeologist! Full Color, 40 pages, $2.99, On sale August 27 Dark Horse Comics | ||||||
| LibriVox - New Robert E. Howard audio collection in the works! Completed works: "Rattle of Bones" "Red Shadows" "The Skulls in the Stars" Works in progress: "Bear Creek Collection Volume 01" LibriVox.org | ||||||
| McFarland - Now
available! Anthony Boucher - A Biobibliography Jeffrey Marks Foreword by Gordon Van Gelder American author, editor, and critic William Parker White, better known to most as Anthony Boucher, made countless contributions to the fields of mystery and science fiction. After beginning his career as a mystery writer at 16, Boucher went on to become a New York Times mystery critic, a host for several radio programs, and the founding editor of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. This comprehensive biobibliography places particular emphasis on the writings and edited publications that established his reputation among readers of science fiction. Several appendices include complete bibliographic citations for Boucher’s novels, articles, short stories, unpublished works, reviews, radio plays, anthologies, translations, and other written works. ISBN 978-0-7864-3320-9 photos, notes, appendices, bibliography, index 248 pages, softcover, $35 | ||||||
| McFarland - Now available! Early American Detective Stories - An Anthology Edited by LeRoy Lad Panek and Mary M. Bendel-Simso This anthology offers readers an exemplary sample of the hundreds of detective stories published in nineteenth century newspapers and magazines. All but two are stories published before 1891, before Sherlock Holmes appeared in America. The stories are categorized according to common motifs, including the largely unexplored field of women in late nineteenth-century detection. Revealing cultural intricacies that other kinds of fiction cannot, the literature presented here provides new insights into the history of the detective story. ISBN 978-0-7864-3711-5 notes, bibliography, index 336 pages, library binding, $55 | ||||||
| Pangaea: Eden's
Planet - Now available! Pulp
adventure returns to science fiction in “Pangaea: Eden’s Planet”.
Seven astronauts en route to Mars encounter
a time warp in space that disables their ship. Crash landing on Earth, they discover
an alien planet sixty million years before the dinosaurs. Pangaea, the super continent,
is filled with danger and terror, as they must survive against fierce reptiles
that ruled the Earth 250 million years in the past! Tom Johnson, author of the popular Jur series trades T-Rex for saber-toothed Gorgons and fin-backed Dimetrodons. At least there was a fence in Jurassic Park! Now Available From NTD http://www.bloodredshadows.com |  | |||||
| PIGEONS FROM HELL #2 -
Arriving in comic shops May 21st! Written by Joe R. Lansdale, art and cover by Nathan Fox, colored by Dave Stewart. What started out as a simple road trip has turned into a nightmarish disaster as Clare and Janet, heirs to the mysterious Blassenville estate, and their three friends find themselves stranded for the night in the derelict Blassenville mansion, located deep in the desolate heart of the Louisiana swamplands. With nothing left to do but to wait for daylight before they can go for help, the group settles in for the night, but it doesn't take long for the evil that infects the house to try to claim its first victims. 32 pages, $3.50, in stores on May 21. Dark Horse Comics |  | |||||
| Pulpville Press - Now
available! THRILLING MYSTERY STORIES by Ray Cummings First time in hardcover! From the pages of Thrilling Mystery pulp magazine come these nine tales from the pen of Ray Cummings: "The Death Song", "The Case of the Mummified Corpse", "Ashes of Murder", "The Dead Who Walk", "The Man Who Cast Two Shadows", "Castle of Horror", "The Thing in the Bottle", "Fear Rides the Stars", and "Souvenir of Doom". Fully illustrated with the original artwork which accompanied these stories in the magazine. Published under the Pulpville Press imprint. Hardcover w/dust jacket - $24.95 Pulpville Press |  | |||||
| Pulpville Press -
Now available! THRILLING G-MEN STORIES From the pages of G-Men comes this compilation of fourteen stories. Thrill to stories about the Feds in action, written by Col. William T. Cowin, A. Leslie, Howard R. Marsh, Lee Fredericks, Robert Sidney Bowen, Frank Gruber, Jean Francis Webb, Charlton L. Edholm, Robert Wallace, and Kenneth L. Sinclair. The thrillings tales: "G-Man Jones", "My Brother's Keeper", "Fanged Death", "Murder in the Ybarra", "Third Heaven", "Missing Witness", "Proof Indigo", "Murder Invitation", "Law of the Levee", "Gunmen's Hate", "Red Evidence", "The G-Heat", "Broken Glass", and "Bandit Brand". From Pulpville Press in the Various Collections section. Hardcover w/dust jacket - $24.95 Pulpville Press |  | |||||
| Pulpville Press -
Now available! THE CORRIGANVILLE MOVIE RANCH FILMOGRAPHY by Jerry L. Schneider Beginning in 1938 and continuing to this day, the property which was once the Corriganville Movie Ranch, owned and operated by B-Western Actor, Ray "Crash" Corrigan", has been used by film companies for hundreds of films and television shows. This book provides a listing of those films, serials, and tv shows. The book is illustrated in full color and black 'n' white with posters, lobby cards, film stills, and frame grabs. Published under the Corriganville Press imprint. Hardcover - $39.95 Trade Paperback - $24.95 Corriganville Press | ||||||
| PulpWiki PulpWiki needs your help to grow. It has gotten a good start, but to expand and become the pulp resource it should be it needs your contributions. Head over to http://thepulp.net/PulpWiki/wikka.php?wakka=WikiHome. It's quick and easy to register (just remember the pass code: the nickname of the "Man of Bronze" - hint, hint), then jump right in. Update existing pages, look at the "wanted pages" list, or create a new entry. You are bound to know something about a pulp magazine, a pulp character, illustrator, writer or publisher that you can share with the pulp community. The PulpWiki will be only as good as you make it. And based on past experience, it should be terrific! | ||||||
| Robert E. Howard - New title available May 21st! The Haunter of the Ring & Other Tales - Wordsworth Editions - May 2008, £2.99 Compiled and Introduced by M.J. Elliot From the unsurpassed imagination of the creator of Conan, Robert E. Howard, here are twenty-one tales of suspense, high adventure and Lovecraftian horror. The contents include:
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| SHEENA: THE BEST OF THE QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE
- Arriving in comic shops May 21st! Author(s), Artist(s): Eisner/Iger Studios and Various Swing into the Golden Age of comics with this spectacular collection of classic SHEENA: QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE! Featuring digitally-remastered classic artwork by Will Eisner/Jerry Iger studios and over 10 of the best SHEENA stories from the 1930s, 40s, and 50s, this collection is a must-have for fans of classic comics! Over 144 pages of digitally-re-mastered classic stories of SHEENA from the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s - Reprinting stories from JUMBO COMICS and SHEENA COMICS. Featuring an essay by current SHEENA writer Steven E. de Souza (Die Hard, Commando, Tomb Raider)! Format: Trade paperback, approx 144 pages, Full Color, perfect bound Retail Price: $18.99 | 
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The Spectre Library
- Summer 2008 Book Release - Advance orders are now being
accepted!
The Spectre
Library 533 One Center Blvd # 315, Altamonte Springs, FL 32701 spectrelibrary@gmail.com There
are limited copies of the second book still available: Victor Rousseau "The Tracer
of Egos." The first Victor Rousseau collection, "The Surgeon of Souls," is SOLD OUT. | ||||||
| Wild Cat Books - Now available! STARTLING STORIES #6 The New Future of Science Fiction & Fantasy is now even bigger and better than ever! With more pages and more Thrilling Tales of Wonder, this is the perfect time to jump on board to WCB's revival of the classic pulp fiction magazine, updated for today's readers! Includes: THE TRAVELER by Wayne Skiver and DOCTOR METROPOLIS by Barry Reese, both on-going series that will be a big part of our plans! Plus, a wonderful tale of GIDEON CAINE by K.G. McAbee, illustrated by Nick Neocleous, that will be in a collected edition of this fine writer's Short Story collection, which will be coming soon! AND... We also feature two classic pulp fiction tales, along with the original artwork: THE MISSISSIPPI SAUCER by Frank Belknap Long and THE ALIENS by Murray Leinster! Cover Art by William Carney and Frontispiece by Ron Wilber, this is an issue that you will enjoy for years to come! Grab your ray-gun, pick up your sword, jump in your spaceship, and encounter worlds you never imagined existed! This is our BEST ISSUE to date! 80 pages, 8.5" x 11" Perfect Bound Trade Paperback, $10.00 Download: $4.00 Available now at: http://stores.lulu.com/wildcatbooks |  | |||||
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| Abingdon Pulp
& Paperback Conference - Saturday, June 21 and Sunday, June 22! Curt Philips is hosting a small SF conference here in Abingdon, VA on Saturday, June 21 and Sunday, June 22. (We'll also have some kind of social function on the evening of Friday, June 20 for those who may want to arrive early but I'm still looking at what that will be. Several interesting alternatives - mostly involving food - present themselves.) It's called the Abingdon Pulp & Paperback Conference and yes, this is short notice, but I invite any of you who might like to attend to come to Abingdon and join us. I expect to have a website up soon and will certainly post that link here. I already have intentions to attend in hand from two writers and I'm hoping for more. I'm also looking for additional book dealers who'd like to attend. If anyone here would be interested in being a dealer, or would just like to bring some surplus pulps, fiction magazines or books along to sell or trade, we'll have a place for you too. The weekend will be one of relaxed book-hunting and book conversation with like minded people, and as the name indicates, our main focus will be on pulp magazines and paperback books, vintage or otherwise. I hope that we'll have a couple of panal discussions with accomplished writers, publishing professionals and book collectors, I'm hoping to arrange a special display by a certain local artist whom you've all heard of, and there'll be some local attractions available for your enjoyment including walks in the 230 year-old Town of Abingdon, visits to two major flea markets where *I* find great old books just about every weekend, you can, if you wish, take in a play at the world famous Barter Theater located just down the street, and if it ever stops snowing here in town I'll go out and pick out a good place for us to have a Saturday night banquet. So the focus for the Abingdon Pulp & Paperback Conference will be books, food, visiting the attractions of the beautiful southwest Virginia mountains and hanging out with other book people. I expect this to be a relatively small gathering with a mixture of local fans and folks from across the region (this is where you all come in...). I hope that many of you will be able to join us in Abingdon. Details, prices (cheap!) and so forth should be available right here and on the event website very soon. I'll let you know. As I said, I'm looking for a few more dealers of good books. If you're such a dealer, e-mail me and we'll see if we can talk you into coming to Abingdon. I'm also looking for any suggestions from any of you about other things we might do at the conference and other folks who might like to attend. I can be contacted directly at the address and phone number below. Curt Phillips Absarka_prime@comcast.net | |||||||
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| Age
of Adventure Press - Coming soon! ANNOUNCING
AGE of Adventure Press! AofA's mission is to preserve and promote the Great American Comic Books of the Golden Age and to introduce this material to a new generation. Age of Adventure specializes in collected editions of Classic Super Heroes, Science Fiction, War and Jungle Comics. Look for our first offering; Legendary Heroes: PYROMAN coming soon! A company website is in the works. Stay tuned to Coming Attractions for news on this and other exciting upcoming releases! | 
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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: "Ming Menace" by Robert Burtt from the November 1933 Flying Aces featuring "Battling" Grogan. General Mord Grogan, known as Battling Grogan, is an American pilot serving with the Chinese in their battle against the invading Japanese. He commands the all Chinese “Dragon Squadron” along with his friend and first officer Captain Cheung Sun Im. In this story they try to prevent the Japanese from stealing the famous and priceless White Jade Buddha. Grogan almost falls victim to the gruesome Chinese “Rice Torture”. Author Robert Burtt is best known as the co-writer of the 30’s and 40’s radio shows “Captain Midnight” and “The Air Adventures of Jimmie Allen”. And while you are visiting the Age of Aces website, make sure you checkout their fine Air War pulp reprints. Click on any of the covers to order
from Amazon.com!
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| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Bob
Larkin authographed copies of DOC SAVAGE #15 are now available! Anthony's Tollin's Sanctum Productions is now offering a limited
number of copies of the DOC SAVAGE #15 75th anniversary edition autographed in
bronzish ink by cover artist Bob Larkin for $20 ($17 plus $3 postage per order).
These signed books are also available to subscribers for just $17 when shipped
with their next subscription copies.  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 class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] | |||||||
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Printed this week! THE SHADOW Volume 18: "The
Unseen Killer" and "The Golden Masks" "Who knows what
evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow Knows!" The Knight of Darkness returns
in two of Walter Gibson's greatest pulp thrillers. First, Lamont Cranston investigates
a strange series of murders by "The Unseen Killer." In a battle between The Shadow
and an invisible man, who will have the last laugh? Then, the Dark Avenger attempts
to strip "The Golden Masks" from a secret society of hooded blackmailers extorting
millions with a bizarre invention. This classic pulp reprint also features both
classic color covers by George Rozen, all the interior illustrations by legendary
illustrator Tom Lovell and commentary by pulp historian Will Murray. (Sanctum
Productions) ISBN: 1-932806-97-0
13-digit: 978-1-932806-97-7Softcover, 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 class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] | |||||||
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc To be printed next week! DOC SAVAGE
Volume 17: "The Czar of Fear" and "World's Fair Goblin" The
saga of the pulp era's greatest superman continues with two epics of the Great
Depression by Kenneth Robeson. First, the Man of Bronze and his Iron Men battle
the Green Bell and his hooded terrorists. Who is "The Czar of Fear" and what lurks
behind his evil plans? Then, an eight-foot monster is haunting the 1939 New York
World's Fair. What is the bizarre secret of Maximus, the "World's Fair Goblin"?
This collector's item pulp reprint also features both 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) ISBN: 1-932806-94-6
13-DIGIT: 978-1-932806-94-6 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 class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] | |||||||
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc To be printed next week! DOC SAVAGE
Volume 17 - James Bama Variant Edition:
"The Czar of Fear" and "World's Fair Goblin" The
saga of the pulp era's greatest superman continues with two epics of the Great
Depression by Kenneth Robeson. First, the Man of Bronze and his Iron Men battle
the Green Bell and his hooded terrorists. Who is "The Czar of Fear" and what lurks
behind his evil plans? Then, an eight-foot monster is haunting the 1939 New York
World's Fair. What is the bizarre secret of Maximus, the "World's Fair Goblin"?
This collector's item variant edition also showcases one of James Bama's most
breathtaking paintings, both 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) ISBN: 1-932806-96-2 13-DIGIT: 978-1-932806-96-0 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 class) or $66 (media mail) [postpaid] | |||||||
| ASTONISHING ADVENTURES MAGAZINE The third issue of ASTONISHING ADVENTURES MAGAZINE, the greatest place for new tales in the old pulp fashion, has finally arrived! So brace yourself for tales that are ASTONISHING! Prepare yourself for ADVEN-TURES! All conveniently located in one pulp MAGAZINE! That’s ASTONISHING ADVENTURES MAGAZINE! And best of all, the third digital issue is free! Available at www.astonishingadventuresmagazine.com | |||||||
| THE CIMMERIAN, VOLUME 5, NUMBER 2
(April) - Now available! THE CIMMERIAN, VOLUME 5, NUMBER 2 Edited by Leo Grin | Illustrated by Socar Myles 40 pages Features a series of translated pieces from a hot new French volume of Howardian criticism, an interesting new take on the subtext of Howard’s “Red Nails,” a piece on the influence of Howard’s historicals on the creation of Conan and his Hyborian Age, a poem by Clark Ashton Smith disciple Donald Sidney-Fryer, The Lion’s Den, and more. Each issue was printed in two editions. The deluxe edition, numbered 1-75, uses a black linencover with foil-stamped amethyst text. The limited edition, numbered 76-225, uses an amethyst cover with solid black text. Visit The Cimmerian website for complete details. Deluxe edition: $15 Limited edition: $10 each. UNITED STATES 1 Book: First Class (arrives in few days) $4 2-4 books: Priority Mail (arrives in few days)$5 CANADA 1-4 books: Airmail (arrives in a few days) $5 INTERNATIONAL (most other countries — Europe, Australia, Asia, etc.) 1-4 books: Airmail (arrives in 4-7 days) is $10; Surface Mail (by boat, usually takes 4+ weeks) varies from country to country, please inquire with the editor. You can only pay with a credit card or bank account by using PayPal. Send PayPal payments to editor@thecimmerian.com. You can also send checkor money order, made payable to THECIMMERIAN, to: THE CIMMERIAN P. O. Box 5572 PLAYA DELREY,CA 90296 Visit The Cimmerian website for full ordering information and back issue availability. | |||||||
| CTHULHU TALES #2 - Arriving in comic
shops May 14th! by Steve Niles, Michael Alan Nelson & Various Cthulhu calls and Steve Niles answers! Niles and Michael Alan Nelson (Fall Of Cthulhu) are aboard the new monthly series that readers demanded, based on the fan-favorite, critically-acclaimed anthology! Yes, Cthulhu Tales is back - and this time it's monthly! More great Cthulhu stories from more great writers and artists! It's time to heed the call! BOOM! STUDIOS COVER A-SC, 24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 COVER B-SC, 24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 | |||||||
| Dial
P For Pulp Podcast - The seventh show is now available
for download! Dial P For Pulp is a podcast for anyone interested in any aspect of the pulps. The third (November) podcast is now available online and highly recommended! There is no cost involved. Just download the mp3 file and enjoy! Dial P for Pulp is the brain child of David Drage and David has done an excellent job putting the program together. The seventh (May) podcast features: Trailer for The Scarifyers 3: For King and Country coming in May 08 Reviews: "The Secret of Sinharat" by Leigh Brackett "The Phantom: Man-Eaters" "The Time Travelers Show" Gangster Flash - Manhattan 1914 read by Sally Wiget Pulp Role Playing Games Part 1 Hollow Earth Expeditions - Review written by Tim Knights of the Her0press Blog Mean Streets - Film Noir Role-Playing Game Fiction: "Too Young To Fight" by H. Wolff Salz, read by Rebecca Thrasher (Originally published in Thrilling Detective, June 1945) Trailer for The Failed Cities Monologues from Podiobooks.com Exclusive New fiction from the Amazon.com No1 Best Selling Author Seth Harwood Young Junius written and read by Seth Harwood (this story contains strong language and violence, and is only suitable for adult listeners!!!) A voice mail line has been set up, so please let David know what you think of the show, the number is 206-600-3121, and that is a United States phone number. All seven shows to date are available for download at: http://www.dialpforpulp.com or you can subscribe to the RSS feed at: http://dpfp.libsyn.com/rss/podcasts You can also join the Dial P for Pulp Yahoo newsgroup at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dial-p-for-pulp/ | |||||||
| E-texts on the
net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks Shadow review is "The Wasp Returns" from February 1, 1941. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 900 stories online! "Dead Man's Guilt" by Robert Leslie Bellem from DAN TURNER-HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE, May, 1943 Featuring: Dan Turner Everybody knew Kilgore had been killed trying to escape from San Quentin. Yet now this girl, who knew all the facts in the case, pleads with Dan to save her from the dead man! "The Blue Duck" by Donald A. Kahn from ALL-STORY MAGAZINE, September, 1913 Young Jimmy Jones is an assistant to the president of the Consolidated Corn Flake Company, and his go-getter attitude is getting on the president's nerves. He has no problem with the president's daughter, however. | |||||||
| THE
FLASH GORDON SERIALS 1936-1940 - Now available! By Roy Kinnard, Tony Crnkovich and R.J. Vitone. Flash Gordon, Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars and Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe, the most expensive and popular movie serials ever made, have been favorites of movie and comic fans for decades. The first serial was even designated a cultural treasure after being selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in 1996. This is the first book-length guide to the serials. Arranged in a chapter-by-chapter format conforming to the structure of the three original films, the work provides full cast and crew information, plot synopses, and production notes for each film. The work also includes a wealth of background information on the films and more than 150 photographs, along with interview quotations from cast members Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, and Caroll Borland. Three appendices provide an overview of the serial film Buck Rogers (1939), select filmographies for 50 of the most prominent Flash Gordon cast and crew members, a complete list of the serials’ film and television remakes. Publisher: McFarland, 2008 Binding: Hardcover with dustjacket Dimensions: 7x10 Pages: 214 pages including 159 photos, appendicies, and an index |  | ||||||
| THE GOLDEN AGE OF BIG LITTLE BOOKS -
Now available! By Lawrence Lowery. Everything you could possibly want to know about vintage Big Little Books is collected between the covers of this handsome tome by BLB authority Lowery. Spanning the halcyon days from 1932-38, every cover is reprinted full size and in full color, complete with back cover and spine images and collectors info including bloopers and peripherals. Special sections on BLB related items like puzzles, cards, boxed sets and foreign translations make this the definitive word on Big Little Books and the Whitman Publishing Company. While this is not a price guide, scarce and rare items are clearly identified. Publisher: Educational Research & Applications, 2008 Binding: Hardcover with dustjacket Dimensions: 9x11 Pages: 478 pages Color: text/FC ISBN: #0-9762724-9-0 Available from Bud's Art Books (Sorry, no merchandise certificates will be honored for this item.) | 
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| Lost
Continent Library - Issue #5 is now available! The new issue of LOST CONTINENT LIBRARY (#5) is now available at: http://www.mottimorphic.com Just scroll down, as usual, and click on the cover art. In this issue: Terry and the Pirates On the Inca Trail with An Adventure Author Fiction by E A Guest, Bill Craig, and Wm Michael Mott Adventure DVD reviews, beer review, pictorial, etc. We're very excited to announce our recently acquired association with a major independent comics company which will bring more graphically presented stories to the magazine starting this summer. Remember, any of you writers out there who want to submit to submit a story for the magazine, just email me at: lostcontinentlib3@yahoo.com | |||||||
| Moonstone Books
- Schedule Update! I have received a schedule update on several upcoming projects from Moonstone Books. Please keep in mind that these date are TENTATIVE. Moonstone is anxious to make these titles available to fans and they will no doubt be worth the wait! TALES OF ZORRO - June 2008 AVENGER CHRONICLES - Late June/July 2008 DOMINO LADY - Late June/July 2008 DOC SAVAGE: THE LOST RADIO SCRIPTS OF LESTER DENT - July 2008 DOC SAVAGE LITHOGRAPH - Cancelled | |||||||
| Moonstone Books: THE PHANTOM #23
- Arriving in comic shops May 14th! Written by Mike Bullock, art by Silvestre Szilagyi, colors by Bob Pedroza, Cover by Rick Leonardi, Terry Austin and Bob Pedroza. "Checkmate," part 3 of 5. Bangalla invaded! The biggest arc in Moonstone's Phantom run, culminating in the double-sized issue #25, continues! Warring armies spill over into the Deep Woods while the Phantom tries to uncover an insidious plot to overthrow the Bangallan Government. This issue is sure to end with a bang! Full color, 32 pages, $2.99 Moonstone Books |  | ||||||
| RED SONJA #33 -
Arriving in comic shops May 14th! by Luke Lieberman & Homs The next big Red Sonja event continues here, featuring 5 dynamite all star writers - and it's leading in to the big storyline! This month, Red Sonja vs. Thulsa Doom writer Luke Lieberman is joined by Red Sonja artist Homs as they continue Sonja's journey down the river Styx! Here, at the command of Charon, she faces her greatest set of foes - those she has killed in battle over the many years! Featuring three exciting covers, including our main cover from the fantasy master Ken Kelly, along with two stunning pieces, one by Adriano Batista and the other by Fabiano Neves! 32 pages, Full Color SRP: $2.99 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment |  | ||||||
| Subterranean Press: KULL, EXILE OF ATLANTIS
- Off to the
printer!
Subterranean Press is now taking preorders for Robert E. Howard’s Kull: Exile of Atlantis, featuring copious black and white interior illustrations and color plates by Justin Sweet.
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| Wildside
Press - Now available!
“THE
NIGHT WIND’S PROMISE” by Varick Vanardy Written by the “father of [serial detective] Nick Carter,”
Frederic Van Rensselaer Dey, and published by the man who introduced the “pulp”
magazine to the world, Frank A. Munsey, the Night Wind was a super-endowed character
whose fictional life-span ran from 1913 to the early 1920s.
Bingham Harvard, alias the Night Wind, used his prodigious strength (roughly 5 times that of the average man) to rescue himself, friends and family from various plots of “frame-ups,” extortion and outright physical violence. His exploits were serialized in Munsey’s THE CAVALIER and ALL-STORY WEEKLY just a few months after the appearance of Tarzan in October 1912 and wrapping up just before the first appearance of Zorro on August 1919 by the same publisher. Upon the close of a pulp magazine serial, the installments were bound and reissued in hardcover format. There were a total of four hardcover novels starring the Night Wind: ALIAS “THE NIGHT WIND,” THE RETURN OF THE NIGHT WIND, THE NIGHT WIND’S PROMISE, and LADY OF THE NIGHT WIND. In 1923 the first novel was adapted for the silent screen and released with much popular appeal as ALIAS “THE NIGHT WIND.” After almost 100 years out of print, ALIAS THE NIGHT WIND was re-released by Wildside Press in March 2007. The Wildside Press edition of the sequel: THE RETURN OF THE NIGHT WIND was released in September 2007. Now the third installment: THE NIGHT WIND’S PROMISE is now available once again. Re-typeset - but not revised or abridged in any way, this edition comes with an informative introduction by Christopher Yates, editor of the Wildside Press editions of the Night Wind series, explaining that the Night Wind is the archetype for today’s most popular heros. In addition, this book sports the color cover from one of the magazine installments from the original run of THE NIGHT WIND’S PROMISE in ALL-STORY WEEKLY magazine from October 26, 1918. ALIAS THE NIGHT WIND and THE RETURN OF THE NIGHT WIND are available now from Barnes & Noble.com, Amazon.com and Diesel eBooks in hardcover, paperback and ebook formats Hardcover, $29.95 [ISBN: 1434400018, 1434401456] Trade paperback, $14.95 [ISBN: 1434400107, 1434401502] THE NIGHT WIND’S PROMISE is now available from the same retailers in trade paperback format for $14.95. A hardcover edition will be coming along for those that prefer the hardcover format! Stay tuned for the pending release of the next Night Wind title from the original series and a new, exciting fifth installment with a foreword by Win Scott Eckert and cover and interior illustrations by Mark Maddox... |  | ||||||
| ZORRO #3 - Arriving in comic shops May 14th! by Matt Wagner & Francesco Francavilla Writer, Art Director and cover artist Matt Wagner is in command of this all-new "year one" Zorro comic book adventure. Similar in tone and scope to Dynamite's acclaimed Lone Ranger series, Zorro also features artist Francesco Francavilla whose art complements Wagner's pulp action writing! As our third issue opens, Zorro comes face-to-face with the tyrannical Gonzales as the "fox" strikes deep into the heart of the corrupt local officials! Plus, more from Diego's childhood as we learn about the places and events which would define the young man and create the great Zorro! Joining Wagner, who also provides covers for the series, is cover artist Mike Mayhew (with the incredible colors of Dean White)! 32 pages, Full Color, SRP: $3.50 Dynamite Entertainment | 
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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! | |||||||||||||
| 2008 Windy City Pulp and Paperback Convention The 2008 Windy City Pulp and Paperback Convention was a rousing success with around 410 attendees this year! If anyone wants a copy of the program book, which is devoted to Doc Savage (the theme this year), they're $10 each. Tom Roberts of Black Dog Books did a bang-up job producing them. You can pay via Paypal to pulpvault@msn.com. Mark your calendars now because next year's show will be held May 1-May 3, 2009! Watch the Windy City website (and Coming Attractions) for future announcements! | |||||||||||||
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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: "Rumpler Stakes" by Joe Archibald featuring Ambrose Hooley and Muley Spinks And while you are visiting the Age of Aces website, make sure you checkout their fine Air War pulp reprints. Click
on any of the covers to order from Amazon.com!
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| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Coming in May! THE SHADOW Volume 18: "The
Unseen Killer" and "The Golden Masks" "Who knows what
evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow Knows!" The Knight of Darkness returns
in two of Walter Gibson's greatest pulp thrillers. First, Lamont Cranston investigates
a strange series of murders by "The Unseen Killer." In a battle between The Shadow
and an invisible man, who will have the last laugh? Then, the Dark Avenger attempts
to strip "The Golden Masks" from a secret society of hooded blackmailers extorting
millions with a bizarre invention. This classic pulp reprint also features both
classic color covers by George Rozen, all the interior illustrations by legendary
illustrator Tom Lovell and commentary by pulp historian Will Murray. (Sanctum
Productions)ISBN: 1-932806-97-0 13-digit: 978-1-932806-97-7 Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95 DOC SAVAGE
Volume 17: "The Czar of Fear" and "World's Fair Goblin" The
saga of the pulp era's greatest superman continues with two epics of the Great
Depression by Kenneth Robeson. First, the Man of Bronze and his Iron Men battle
the Green Bell and his hooded terrorists. Who is "The Czar of Fear" and what lurks
behind his evil plans? Then, an eight-foot monster is haunting the 1939 New York
World's Fair. What is the bizarre secret of Maximus, the "World's Fair Goblin"?
This collector's item pulp reprint also features both 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)ISBN: 1-932806-94-6 13-DIGIT: 978-1-932806-94-6 Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95 Anthony
Tollin contemplates The Shadow's political leanings on Tony's Online Tips: http://www.worldfamouscomics.com/tony/back20080428.shtml
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| B e b
B o o k s - Now available! Classic
adventures from vintage pulps in a low-cost affordable format! Reefer
Madness! That's how Victor Rousseau catapults his hero centuries into the future
for an exciting adventure against the Mongol conquerors of New York. Basil Clifford,
a physician at Dr, Moreland's sanatarium for rare disorders of the mind is experimenting
with the use of cannabis sativa in their treatment. Taking an injection
himself, Clifford finds himself travels far into the future, where he has been
reincarnated as Ruuf, son of Oz, emperor of Nyork, the ruins of New York City.
There he must battle the treachery of Prince Timour, a rival to the throne of
Og, and for the hand of Princess Alma, and for the liberation of the enslaved
native Nyorkers. Can Clifford / Ruuf thread his way through a maze of deceit,
jealousy, twisted prophecies and a mechanical, killing "Buddha" to find love and
happiness, or will he love by winning and win by losing? Only Time will tell.
"Draft of Eternity" by Victor Rousseau Victor Rouseau wrote a number of science fiction serials for All-Story Weekly and for nascent SF magazines some years later. He could be counted on for a fast paced story, thrilling action, striking imagery and unforgettable characters. Secret
Agent "X": "The Hooded Hordes" by Brant House In
the depths of the Great Depression men, thousands of men, broken of hope, desperate
to matter have joined a secret society, the Defenders of the American Constitution!
But are this great hearted patriots - - of the dupes of a sinister mastermind
exploiting their pain to further his own plans for a criminal empire. Secret
Agent "X" has vowed to get to the bottom of this, marshaling his own army of private
detectives to penetrate the mysterious cult. But the DOACS have captured Betty
Dale and threaten to fill her mouth with molten lead. Can "X" save her in time,
can he unmask the DOAC"S secret master in time? Only the Man of a Thousand Faces
could have a chance to pull this off.Secret Agent "X": "The Faceless Fury"
by Brant House Our Secret Agent "X" reprint
program continues with a story from later in the series, "Faceless Fury" by G.
T. Fleming-Roberts, writing as "Brant House." Someone is going around killing
people, seemingly at random, leaving as the only clue to the crime a wooden children's
block with a single letter. What do these letters mean? Do they refer to
a long ago crime gang, The ghosts? And who is this faceless fury, a man
with his face wrapped in bandages who can sear the flesh off his victims face
with a simple glance? Can Secret Agent "X's" keen sense and mastery of disguise
unravel this mystery before he becomes a victim of the Faceless Fury's deadly
gaze?Later this year Beb Books plans to reprint George Allen England's science fictional thriller, The Fatal Gift, as well as Francis Stevens' only unreprinted novel, Avalon. Plus, more adventures of Secret Agent "X" -- "Curse of the Waiting Death" and "Servants of the Skull" for sure, maybe more. Check "Coming Attractions" for announcements or visit our website at http://home.sprynet.com/~beb01/bebbooks/index.htm All orders are postpaid. Checks or Money Orders, only, made payable to Brian Brown. You can also E-mail us at: beb01@sprynet.com
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| CONAN #50 - Arriving in comic shops May 7th! Writer: Timothy Truman; Cover Artist: Tony Harris; Penciller: Tomàs Giorello; Colorist: JD Mettler, Tony Shasteen Death has surrounded Conan the Cimmerian since he was a young boy, but he's never had to face it like this. Victim of a vengeful curse, Conan's steadfast companion must be laid to rest again, despite having already suffered a grisly death, but time is short. The Cimmerian must dispatch his old friend before the curse can claim all he has left . . . his very soul. Unfortunately, that isn't even Conan's most immediate concern. Surrounded by a demonic legion controlled by a power-hungry sorcerer, the barbarian and his comrades must stop the madman before he can conjure the very god of death itself and cross the fearsome deity into their realm to wreak havoc on all of Hyboria. It will take everything the warriors have to stop the forces of darkness before it's too late! Be there for the final issue of the adaptation of Robert E. Howard's lost fragment "The Hand of Nergal" and the final issue of the Conan monthly series--a special double-sized issue with over forty pages of story with a very special cover by returning Eisner Award-winning Conan cover artist Tony Harris! But fear not Conan fans, the mighty Cimmerian returns in June with the inaugural issue of Conan the Cimmerian, the NEW ongoing Conan series from Dark Horse, beginning a new chapter in Conan's life! Format: Full color, 56 pages Price: $4.99 Dark Horse Comics |  | ||||||||||||
| Danton Burroughs -
Died suddenly on May 1st. Danton Burroughs, the grandson of Edgar Rice Burroughs, died suddenly on May 1st. He had struggled with Parkinson's Disease for sometime, but his death may have been related to a significant fire among his historical treasures on April 30th. Danton died at his home in Tarzana, a San Fernando Valley suburb named by his grandfather. Danton was the son of the great American photographer John Coleman Burroughs. He was a founder of the Tarzana Museum and supporter of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley. Danton had been instrumental in the running of Edgar Rice Buroughs, Inc. and with a changeover in management there this week he was looking forward to taking the company in new directions. Thanks to ERBzine for passing this information along. | |||||||||||||
| THE
DARK MAN Volume 4 - Coming soon! THE DARK MAN Vol. 4 is off to the printers. The table of contents for this issue are: Editorials Reviews: James Braddock: From Dockhand to Cinderella Man by Chris Gruber Howard's Eastern Adventures: A Review of The Lord of Samarcand and Other Adventure Stories of the Old Orient by Brian Taves Blood, Sweat, Tears-and Oil by Steve Tompkins From the Klondike to Cross Plains by Steve Trout Article: A Comparison of the Ideology of Robert E. Howard's Conan Tales and Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings by Ian Nichols This issue runs about 95-97 pages. Final ordering information will be available soon. | |||||||||||||
| E-texts
on the net this week The Shadow in Review: There is no new Shadow review this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 900 stories online! "The Whispering Corpse" by Richard B. Sale from SECRET AGENT "X", August, 1934 Bart Trevor knew that a corpse couldn't talk. Yet when that unearthly voice sliced out of the gloomy morgue walls, it struck an icy dread into his pounding heart. It was uncanny - a ghastly rasping slither like the hissing of an angry snake. "Disturb the Dead" by Sam Merwin, Jr. from THRILLING MYSTERY, March, 1942 A murder and a jewel theft take Bill Post on a strange graveyard trail. | |||||||||||||
| Girasol
Collectables - May 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 $75 ($10 off) Our first Replica this month is The Spider in "Satan's Sightless Legion" from August 1936. $35 Our second Replica this month is GOLDEN FLEECE #5 from February 1939. $25 Our third Replica is SPICY MYSTERIES STORIES #20 from December 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 May 10, 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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Case Crime - Coming in May and beyond! 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. |   | ||||||||||||
| Hippocampus Press -
Now available! Our first three books of the year are now available, with many more to come! http://www.hippocampuspress.com COLD HARBOUR and SINISTER HOUSE Praised by H. P. Lovecraft, these two classic weird novels again see the light of day as part of our ongoing Lovecraft's Library series. In the 1924 novel Cold Harbour by Francis Brett Young, an ancient house of strange malignancy is powerfully delineated. Leland Hall's Sinister House (1919) is a supernatural tale of a strangely appealing quality; against the background of a typical American suburb is projected a genuine atmosphere of horror. Introductions to each novel by S. T. Joshi trace the Lovecraft connection. Both feature their first edition cover art; Sinister House has four original illustrations, as well. Two novels in one volume, uniform in style to our previous release EXCHANGE OF SOULS and LAZARUS. Also, at our website we are offering a special discount on these dual editions: Four novels for $25. DEAD HOUSES AND OTHER WORKS by Edith Miniter In the works of Edith Miniter (1867-1934), daughter of a poet and a mathematician, the undercurrent of isolation and ancient whispers always persists. Her friend H.P. Lovecraft compared Mrs. Miniter's fiction with that of Jane Austen. Despite her genius, Edith Miniter's literary heritage has – until now – lain neglected. Collected here is her finest work in short fiction, including "Dead Houses," from which this collection draws its name. One of Mrs. Miniter's ancestresses in the early nineteenth century was a suspected witch; and her "Wonted Fires" is as dark a piece of gothic fiction as the aficionado might desire. Also included are her amateur writings, which mine a rich vein of information about Lovecraft. Rounding out the monumental volume are essays about her life and work by Lovecraft and other contemporaries, as well as modern scholarship – revealing her as a fascinating emblem of a vanished period in literature. SANCTITY AND SIN by Donald Wandrei Mingling fantasy, horror, and eroticism, and evoking complex emotions in the sensitive reader, this new edition contains every known work of poetry or prose poetry written by Donald Wandrei. In Wandrei's centennial year, we are glad to bring this collection to discerning aficionados of the weird. Editor S. T. Joshi adds a substantial introduction and commentary on the poems. The volume also features nearly a dozen illustrations of the poems executed by Wandrei's brother, Howard. Thank you for your interest in Hippocampus Press! http://www.hippocampuspress.com | |||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||
| MACK BOLAN, THE EXECUTIONER: THE DEVIL'S
TOOLS #2 - Arriving in comic shops May 7th! Doug Wojtowicz (w); S.L. Gallant (a); Rebecca A. Wrigley (c) IDW Publishing and Gold Eagle Books continue the all-new comic adventures of Don Pendleton's Mack Bolan, the Executioner! The original one-man army continues his battle against the Border Steel Cartel. Bolan and a pair of ATF agents meet to discuss the Cartel when violence explodes on the streets of Brownsville. Can Bolan keep the bloodshed from claiming innocent lives? Writer Doug Wojtowicz and artist S.L. Gallant deploy once more, with Rebecca A. Wrigley providing literally blazing cover fire. Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99 IDW Publishing | |||||||||||||
| MOUNTED CTHULHU HEAD PLUSH - Now available! The Evil One - he slinks about in the shadows, looking to devour souls and drive the weak minded to insani - BAM! Guess he should have been quicker! New from Toy Vault this month is Cthulhu the Hunted. Taxidermists looked at Toy Vault as though they were crazy, but they stuffed that Cthulhu head and put him on a nice plaque for display above the company fireplace! SRP: $24.99 Available from Entertainment Earth and Paizo. | |||||||||||||
| The Nostalgia League - Now available
online! "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" by Arthur Conan Doyle "Thubway Tham Tunes" In by Johnston McCulley "The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railway" by Baroness Orczy "Author's Adventure" by Upton Sinclair All stories contain the complete text, along with introductions that are either biographical, or put the story into some type of context. Visit The Nostalgia League website at http://thenostalgialeague.com/ | |||||||||||||
| Off-Trail Publications
- Now available! Two
new books from Off-Trail Publications debuted 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
on the images at the right for larger images and a complete listing of Off-Trail
Publications fine line of pulp reprints! Shipping: $2.50 media mail;
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| Pulpville Press
- Now available! THE MAGAZINE OF EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS #2 The second issue of our Edgar Rice Burroughs magazine is now ready. The contents include two short novels: The Cave Girl and The Eternal Lover. A comparison of between the magazine text and the first edition book text for Chapter One of Tarzan of the Apes is included. Many alterations to the text was performed by Burroughs between the publication of the novel in All-Story and the McClurg book edition. Rounding out this issue is another in the short mysteries Burroughs' composed, and an article on the Boy Scouts of America. 80 pages, 8.5" x 11", saddle-stitch binding, black and white interior ink, $10.95 Published by Pulp Tales. |  | ||||||||||||
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Now available! NICK CARTER, DETECTIVE From the long running Nick Carter Dime Novel series of detective stories, we present two stories by two unidentified writers. First is "The Solution of a Remarkable Case" from Nick Carter Detective Library No. 1 for August 1891. Second is "The Great Spy System or Nick Carter's Promise to the President" from the New Nick Carter Weekly No. 563 for October 12, 1907. 170 pages, 6" x 9", jacket-hardcover binding, black and white interior ink, $24.95 Pulpville Press | 
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| Pulp Newsgroups - Now online! There are numerous pulp newsgroups that are of potential interest to pulp fans. Information on several of these groups and a link to sign up is posted below. 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 | |||||||||||||
| SAVAGE TALES #7 - Arriving in comic shops May 7th! by Various Dynamite continues to present Dynamite creators' most savage stories ever told! Each issue of the bi-monthly Savage Tales features a rotating cast of characters and creators featuring the savage and brutal worlds of Red Sonja, Thulsa Doom, Hercules, and more! This issue features a Red Sonja debut story by Vito Delsante and Lui Antonio. Also, "Hercules: The Unnamed Task (Part 2)" by Doug Murray and Fabiano Neves. History tells us of the 12 Tasks of Hercules, but writer Doug Murray and artist Fabiano Neves continue to tell us of the very first untold task of the legendary demi-god! Also, "Thulsa Doom: Age of Doom (Part 3)" by Luke Lieberman and Noah Salonga, concluding the explosive origin of Red Sonja villain Thulsa Doom! Plus, the premier of "Quartermain" (Part 1) by Matt Wolpert, and a new adventure featuring the dynamite tales of the legendary adventurer written by Entourage writer, Matt Wolpert! All the action and excitement (and sex and violence) under two "savage" covers, one by Stjepan (The Darkness) Sejic, and the other from artist Fabiano Neves. 48 pages, Full Color, $4.99 Dynamite Entertainment |  | ||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||
| ThrillerFest 2008 -
July 9 -12, 2008! ThrillerFest is just for you! And ThrillerFest 2008 promises to be better than ever with our star-studded cast: ThrillerMaster Sandra Brown and Spotlight Authors Eric Van Lustbader, Dr. Kathy Reichs, and Brad Thor. Sandra Brown will be receiving her ThrillerMaster Award from 2007 ThrillerMaster James Patterson. Come mix and mingle with your favorite authors. Learn what makes them tick, the secrets of their craft, and what inspires them to write what they do. And join us for a fabulous night on Saturday, July 12, for the party of the year, the International Thriller Writers Banquet featuring our ThrillerMaster Sandra Brown. So, register early and take advantage of the great package savings of between $25-$75 depending on your purchase. Of course, with advance pricing you save even more. And don't forget to book your room at the Grand Hyatt Hotel--rooms are limited. This is your event and we look forward to meeting you all in New York City! | |||||||||||||
| Upcoming Modern Hero-Pulp Novels
by Christopher
R. Yates Wolverine: The Nature of the Beast, Dave Stern, Pocket Star, $7.99, April 29, 2008 - Now available! The Wolfman, Nicholas Pekearo, Tor, $23.95, May 13, 2008 The Incredible Hulk (novelization), Peter David, Del Rey, $7.99, May 20, 2008 Batman: Gotham Knight, Louise Simonson, Ace, $7.99, 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 Hellboy II: The Golden Army (novelization), Robert Greenberger, Dark Horse, $6.99, June 17, 2008 Karma Girl, Jennifer Estep, Berkley, $7.99, July 01, 2008 The Dark Knight (novelization), Dennis O’Neil, Berkley, $7.99, July 18, 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 Hellboy: The All-Seeing Eye, Mark Morris, Dark Horse, $12.95, October 01, 2008 Spider-Man: Requiem, Jeff Mariotte, Pocket Star, $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 Wild Cards XIX: Busted Flush, George R.R. Martin, ed., Tor, $24.95, December 09, 2008 Iron Man (original novel), Del Rey, $7.99, January 27, 2009 | 
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| Wild Cat Books -
Now available! WEIRD WESTERN TALES Western heroes were popular in the great Pulp Magazines, Old Time Radio Shows, the earliest Television programs, and Movies. When the Western hit the medium of Comic Books it was inevitable that a bit of the fantastic would enter the mythos as well. We have assembled a group of characters who live in a world where the Old West is touched with elements of Horror and Science Fiction. A world where gunslingers travel through time, vampires threaten rancher's daughters, and outlaws fight desperados with kung fu instead of a gun. We've even resurrected a classic Western pulp hero, the Masked Rider, and made his world much darker than it was before. The West just got a whole lot WEIRDER! Includes: TIN STAR & FIST by Wayne Skiver, NIGHT OF THE CRIMSON MOON by Howard Hopkins, DOC GRISWOLD'S SINISTER SIDESHOW by Wayne Skiver, GLIDERS OF THE PURPLE STAGE by K.G. McAbee, THE HANGMAN by Wayne Skiver, and NO MAN TO TRIFLE WITH by K.G. McAbee. Cover Art by Keith Howell, Graphic Design by William Carney. This is our first "Pocket Book" size publication, and is available in 2 formats: 4.25" x 6.88" Pocket Book, 116 pages, $10.99 PDF Download, $4.14 http://stores.lulu.com/wildcatbooks | 
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