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24 April 2009
13th Annual Fantastic Pulps Show & Sale - Saturday, May 9, 2009, 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

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!
THE 2009 WINDY CITY PULP & PAPER CONVENTION (#9)
MAY 1 (Friday) through MAY 3 (Sunday), 2009

The Ninth Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention (May 1-3, 2009) is now a mere week away, and we're hard at work putting the finishing touches on things.

For those arriving on Thursday, we'll be passing out membership badges and packages to preregistered folks on Thursday evening, probably beginning around 9:00 p.m., in the con suite (this year's con suite is the Governor's Suite on the 16th floor).  Or you'll be able to pick up your materials Friday morning starting around 8:00.  If you're not preregistered, you will need to wait until Friday morning to register, as we won't be set up to handle new registrations on Thursday night.

The amount of great material in the Saturday night auction continues to grow (and more photos are being posted on the website for the Friday auction).  In addition to auction items previously mentioned, the Saturday night auction will contain a set of Weird Tales from the 1930s through 1950s, nearly all of which are in fine to very fine condition (the owner has collected WT for the past 50 years -- in that time he's had around 14 near complete sets pass through his hands, and he upgraded whenever he could).  Even Frank Robinson may have to bid on a few of these!

We'll also have in the Saturday auction a number of extremely rare items from the Estate of Robert H. Barlow -- including REH, HPL & ERB items -- as follows:
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autographs from Weird Tales authors:  Greya La Spina, Arthur J. Burks, Seabury Quinn, Clark Ashton Smith, David H. Keller and a note on Weird Tales stationary
autographs by ten early SF writers:  Stanton Coblentz, S.P. Meek, Hugo Gernsback, Austin Hall, Miles J. Breuer, A. Hyatt Verrill, Francis Flagg, Otis Adelbert Kline, A. Merritt and  Ray Cummings
Robert E. Howard signature
Edgar Rice Burroughs signature
H.P. Lovecraft postcard to Alfred Galpin.  Signed by HPL as "Granpa Theobald"
Partially typed and the rest hand-written, letter from Barlow (to HPL?) dated Feb 14, 1933 describing a particularly vivid dream
Note from HPL to Robert Barlow, complete with envelope addressed to Barlow by HPL (his return address written on the back).  Six line written note,commenting on Robert E. Howard's story, "The God in the Bowl."

And among the items debuting at the convention is the first bronze from ReelArt Studios, who've done a number of pulp related statues over the past few years.  Based on J. Allen St. John's classic portrayal of Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan and the Golden Lion, this is #1 in an edition of no more than 30 (at the moment, only the one exists and demand will dictate whether any of the potential 29 others are ever cast).  For the ERB collector who has everything!

There should be more than enough pulp and paperback goodies on the 127 tables that our dealers have taken to satisfy even the most demanding pulp appetite.  Plus a tremendous art display, featuring the art of Hubert Rogers - over 30 oils and nearly 40 black and whites by this great artist - and a number of spicy pulp covers by H.J. Ward, as well as a knock-'em dead slate of pulp films.  And all the great pulp fan camaraderie and conversation that one could wish for!

We'll see ya May 1 - May 3 at the Windy City!

Doug Ellis & John Gunnison
www.windycitypulpandpaper.com

24 Declassififed: HEAD SHOT - Available in book stores April 28th!
by David Jacobs
In less than twenty-four hours, in a palatial hideaway in the mountains of Colorado, a group of America's most powerful industrialists will be gathering for their annual summit. The bizarre disappearance of all the members of a local crackpot cult-and of two ATF agents assigned to keep an eye on them-may have no connection whatsoever to the impending high-powered conference. But with so many corporate titans grouped together in one location, CTU can't afford to take chances.  Sent to investigate, Jack Bauer is immediately plunged into a maelstrom of treachery, terror, and slaughter as he uncovers clues to a devastating conspiracy that could leave America's most essential institutions in ruins. And now the rogue CTU operative has only hours to prevent the unthinkable-before the relentlessly approaching storm of blood and fire rocks his nation to its foundations.

Mass Market Paperback
Harper Collins, 384 pages, $7.99
ISBN-10: 006177152X ISBN-13: 978-0061771521

Age of Aces - Now available!

The Adventures of Smoke Wade Volume 1 by Robert J. Hogan
 ($16.99 trade paperback, 408 pages)

Smoke Wade is a rough and tumble Arizona cowpoke who never came across a fight or a bet he was afraid to take on. He left the range and became the skipper of the American 66th Pursuit Squadron in WWI France. Flying a Pinto colored Spad he calls Jake, after his favorite Pinto ranch horse, Smoke always has his trusty six-shooter strapped to his leg. He makes frequent use of it during his aerial battles with the Germans, led by their evil ace Baron von Stolz.

When he isn't shooting down German planes, Smoke is getting in trouble with his superiors over his love for placing bets on just about anything that seems like a long-shot. Smoke most always wins these bets, and everyone from generals to mechanics is left owing him money and wondering how they had been snookered.

Author Robert J. Hogan's first job after graduating from St. Lawrence University was riding range for several ranches on the west slope of the Rockies. After that he tried amateur boxing and playing piano for silent movies and hoedown dances. Before he became a writer he also had built houses, manufactured leather goods, designed planes, and taught flying. It is easy to understand why Hogan had such affection for this lanky cowboy ace, Smoke Wade.

All Age of Aces books are $16.99 trade paperbacks and are available from
Amazon, Adventure House, and Mike Chomko Books.
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:
"Fate Flies the Breda" by Arch Whitehouse from the June 1941 FLYING ACE featuring Coffin Kirk
 Here is the sixth, and last, of Arch Whitehouse’s tales of Coffin Kirk and his simian assistant Tank.
It was just an ordinary tin can. But before the day was done, that innocent-looking red container was destined to cause a lot of trouble for Coffin Kirk, for the Japanese knew what was in it. And they were determined that it would never reach it’s destination.
Altus Press - Windy City 2009 Live Blog!
Altus Press will be providing a live blog of this years Windy City Con for those unable to attend!
Those interested should click the link below to visit and bookmark the blog page.
You will need to refresh the page to see updates.

Visit the Altus Press Windy City Blog Page at http://www.altuspress.com/category/from-the-pulp-publisher/


Altus Press - Now available!
Rick Lai's Secret Histories: Criminal Masterminds

The follow-up to Lai's "Daring Adventurers" collection, this volume contains the following:
"The Chronological Crimes of Wu Fang and Yen Sin"
"The Secret History of Captain Nemo"
"A Brief Biography of Dr. Caber (1883-1945?)"
"The Bride of Shiwan Khan"
"The Mask of Erik"
"The Life of Dr. Antonio Nikola (1856-1898?)"
"The Brothers Zaroff"
"The Savage Killer"
"Irma of the Ilsa"
"The Trail of the Feathered Serpent"
"Zanigew the Killer"
"The Balkan Tigress"
"Astar of Opar: The Secret Origin of Sumuru"
"The Hansoms of John Clay"
"The Tiger of Haiti"
"Professor Moriarty's Other Daughter"
"The Third Most Dangerous Man in London"
"Some Chronological Observations on the Fu Manchu Series"
"Fu Manchu Vs. Cthulhu"
"Ah Ling, Brother to Fu Manchu"
"The Legacy of Hanoi Shan"
"The Secret of Erlik Khan"
"Partners in Crime: Fu Manchu and Carl Peterson"
"Alias Dr. Natas," "Sirens of the Si-Fan"
"The Hidden Hand of Shiwan Khan"
"John Sunlight and the Si-Fan Succession"
$19.95

Visit the Altus Press website for information on all of their books. 

Altus Press - Coming soon!
A 400+ page study on The World's Greatest Detective!
This book contains a reprint of Tom Johnson's Phantom Detective index,
long out of print. And it's been completely updated and rewritten with more
information and identified authors. All the covers are depicted, as
well as a complete reprint history.

This book also includes nearly 100 pages of Phantom Detective-related articles, many written by Will Murray. Over 100 pages of Phantom Detective comic book adventures are included, as taken from the pages of Thrilling's comic book titles of the era. And, complete for the first time from the original manuscripts, two rejected Phantom Detective synopses from the mid 1930s, as written by Charles S. Strong and Harold Ward! All this under a cover never before seen on a Phantom Detective pulp!

Visit the Altus Press website for information on all of their books. 

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now in stock at retailers and should be arriving in comic shops in early May!
THE AVENGER Volume 1: "Justice, Inc." & "The Yellow Horde"
The Pulp Era's most intriguing superhero returns in his first two epic adventures by Paul Ernst writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, a devastating personal tragedy forges adventurer Richard Henry Benson into a "man of steel," leading him to assemble the crime-fighting team called "Justice, Inc." Then, murder sets The Avenger on the trail of "The Yellow Hoard," the secret  treasure of the Aztecs. This instant collector's item showcases H. W. Scott's classic pulp covers, and reprints all the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban. BONUS: A rare 1941 Avenger radio script! Pulp historian Will Murray provides commentary, revealing how The Shadow's Walter Gibson and Doc Savage's Lester Dent helped develop The Avenger, a character who also appeared in Street & Smith and DC comics. (Sanctum Books) 978-0-9822033-0-9   0-9822033-0-6
Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio; TX 78245-1474, sanctumotr@earthlink.net
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]
Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in June!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 27: "Murder Mirage" & "The Other World"
Philip José Farmer tribute edition
The pulp era's greatest superhero returns in two imaginative novels by Laurence Donovan and Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." What is the strange connection between a snowstorm in July and the death of a woman transformed into a shadow? Doc and Pat Savage journey to the Syrian Desert to unravel the strange secret of the "Murder Mirage" in the novel that inspired a 1940 Superman story by Jerry Siegel. Then, a mysterious animal pelt leads Doc and his aides through a crack in the Earth to the prehistoric dangers of "The Other World." Pulp historian Will Murray provides historical commentary and a tribute to the late Doc Savage writer Philip José Farmer. This deluxe pulp reprint features the classic color covers by Walter Baumhofer and Emery Clarke and all the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban.  (Sanctum Books)
Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95

DOC SAVAGE Volume 27 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is MAY091150.

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in June!
THE SHADOW Volume 28:  "Master of Death," "The Rackets King" & "The Purple Girasol"
"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow Knows!" The Knight of Darkness battles supercrime in two crimebusting pulp novels by Walter B. Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." First, The Shadow follows a bizarre murder trail that leads to the walking dead, a living skeleton and the "Master of Death," a collector of diabolical killing techniques. Then, The Shadow and his agents struggle to protect Manhattan from an underworld war conducted by the Czar of Crime known as "The Rackets King." BONUS: "The Purple Girasol," a never-published 1931 horror story by Walter Gibson that inspired The Shadow's famous ring, newly-illustrated by Shadow Strikes artist Eduardo Barreto! This instant collector's item showcases both original color covers by George Rozen, the classic interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Edd Cartier, and historical commentary by Anthony Tollin and Will Murray.
(Sanctum Books) Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95  
THE SHADOW Volume 28 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is MAY091152.
Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in July!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 28: "The Metal Master" & The Vanisher"
The pulp era's legendary superman returns in two super-powered pulp novels by "Kenneth Robeson" that inspired classic supervillains from the Marvel Age of Comics. First, the Man of Bronze battles "The Metal Master," a criminal genius with the power to manipulate the molecular structure of metals. Then, Doc Savage is sent to prison when he's framed by the murderous teleporter called "The Vanisher." BONUS: Dave Cockrum's 1979 artwork from his proposed Doc Savage newspaper strip. This groundbreaking pulp reprint features the original color covers by Robert G. Harris and Walter Baumhofer plus all the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban, with historical commentary by Paty Cockrum and Will Murray.  (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-003-8 
Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio; TX 78245-1474, sanctumotr@earthlink.net
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]
Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in July!
THE SHADOW Volume 29: "The Shadow's Rival" & "The Devil Master"
("Foreshadowing the Batman" - Part 3)
"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows! The Knight of Darkness battles supercrime in two more pulp thrillers by Walter Gibson that foreshadowed classic Batman stories. First, the Dark Avenger finally meets his equal when "The Shadow's Rival" wages a more successful war against the underworld. Then, The Shadow and Margo Lane find themselves shrunk in a giant world when they confront "The Devil Master." BONUS: Police Commissioner James Gordon, aka The Whisperer, battles the Black Beetle! This instant collector's item showcases the original color pulp covers by Graves Gladney and George Rozen, the classic interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Paul Orban, and commentary by pulp historians Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books)
978-1-60877-002-1  Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio; TX 78245-1474, sanctumotr@earthlink.net
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]
Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in July!
THE WHISPERER Volume 2: "Six Pyramids of Death" & "Mansion of the Missing"
"He knows no law but Justice!" The secret life of Police Commissioner James Gordon is revealed in two thrilling novels by Doc Savage ghost Laurence Donovan writing as "Clifford Goodrich." First, one by one, the possessors of "The Six Pyramids of Death" fall victim to a silent killer. Can The Whisperer solve this deadly riddle? Then, when the home of a prominent judge is turned into a house of horror, Wildcat Gordon decides that The Whisperer must return from the dead to haunt "The Mansion of the Missing." BONUS: a Norgil the Magician story by The Shadow's Walter Gibson. This historic collector's item showcases the original covers by legendary illustrator Tom Lovell and Spider cover artist John Newton Howitt, classic interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books)
978-1-60877-004-5   Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio; TX 78245-1474, sanctumotr@earthlink.net
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]
BEB Books - Now available!
BEB Books Welcomes the coming of spring with a quartet of Secret Agent “X” reprints.

First up is "Servants of the Skull" (Secret Agent “X” #9, Nov., 1934). Titans of Industry are being turned into drooling morons by the diabolical electric chair of The Skull! To unmasked this fiend Secret Agent “X: undegoes his greatest impersonation, to infiltrate the Skull’s subterranean, labyrinthian lair. But will the Skull discover “X’s” identity first?

Thieves are robbing the city blind while the police stand aside. What terrible threat stays law enforcement’s hand? In “The Curse of the Waiting Death” (Feb., 1935) Secret Agent “X” must find the location of dozens of massive bombs which could flatten the entire city before they go off.

Darkness, horrible, total darkness descends on the city in mid-day. Under cover of which sadistic, whip-wielding criminals loot the great banks of the great city. Who is behind the darkness?  How do they produce the darkness? How do they see through it to loot and brutalize the people in their way? Only s trail of broken, bankrupt industrialists can lead the Secret Agent to the heart of this Darkness. Devils of Darkness appeared in the Mar. 1935 issue of Secret Agent “X.”

Men dead! Their throats slashed by some crazed animal! Blood sucked from their bodies! The city is in panic as Dr. Blood threatens the wealthy men of the city. He vows one millionaire a  day will day unless theypay an outrageous ransom. Even in the midst of Police headquarters, surrounded by the best cops in the city he strikes. “Talons of Terror” (Apr., 1935) pits the Secret Agent against his most crazy menace yet!
Beginning this month all Secret Agent stories are $5 each plus postage.
Postage is $2.50 for 1-2 books, and 25 cents for each additional book.

List of currently reprinted books:
1. The Torture Trust,  Secret Agent X , Feb., 1934 (v1-1)
2. The Spectral Stranglers,  Secret Agent X , Mar., 1934(v1-2)
3. The Death-Torch Terrors,  Secret Agent X , Apr., 1934 (v1-3)
4. The Ambassador of Doom,  Secret Agent X , May, 1934 (v2-1)
5. City of the Living Dead,  Secret Agent X , June, 1934(v2-2)
6. Hand of Horror,  Secret Agent X , Aug., 1934(v2-3)
7. Octopus of Crime,  Secret Agent X , Sept., 1934 (v3-1)
8. The Hooded Hordes,  Secret Agent X , Oct., 1934(v3-2)
9. Servants of the Skull,  Secret Agent X , Nov., 1934 (v3-3)
10. The Murder Monster,  Secret Agent X , Dec., 1934 (v4-1)
12. Curse of the Waiting Death,  Secret Agent X , Feb., 1935 (v4-3)
13. Devils of Darkness,  Secret Agent X , Mar., 1935 (v5-1)
14. Talons of Terror,  Secret Agent X , Apr., 1935 (v5-2)

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Black Dog Books - Now available!
CITY OF CORPSES: THE COLLECTED WEIRD MYSTERIES OF KEN CARTER
Read the stories that led to Norvell Page receiving the commission to write The Spider. Included are: "Hell's Music," "City of Corpses," "Statues of  Horror," "Gallows Ghost," "The Devil's Hoof," "The Sinister Embrace," and "Satan's Sideshow," reprinted from Ten Detective Aces Also included are Page 's nonfiction article, "How I Write," photos, a biography of the author, and an introduction by Robert Weinberg.
Trade paperback, $19.95
DEMONS OF THE NIGHT and Other Early Tales of Suspense by Seabury Quinn
Best known as a prolific contributor to WEIRD TALES, Seabury Quinn created an impressive body of literature prior to and parallel with his first sales to that magazine. DEMONS OF THE NIGHT spotlights those early works, including his first published article, his first fiction sale, and stories from his extremely rare "Washington Night's Entertainment" and "Problems of Professor Forrester" series.

Three of the works in this volume were previously unknown, and five have never been reprinted in their entirety anywhere since the original magazine appearances, as long as nine decades ago.  Cover art by Greg Hildebrandt
Trade paperback, $16.95
OLD SAILS by Captain A. E. Dingle
Eleven thrilling tales of adventures at sea written by a master mariner. Read: "The Light on Little Hope", "Piracy", "Recognition", "The Rusty Cutlass", "water", "The Burden Paternal", "Doc", "The Killer", "The Siren's swan Song", "Old Sails", and the pirate novella, "Three Palms Cay". Also included are a nonfiction article, and a bibliography of written works by Dingle. Trade paperback, 198 pages, $19.95
HELL'S HOOFPRINTS by Lester Dent
For the first time, HELL'S HOOFPRINTS collects the complete works of Lester Dent from WESTERN TRAILS, including his fiction, articles, vignettes and letters to readers - with a bonus story written for WESTERN TRAILS but never appearing there.
Trade paperback, 230 pages, $22.95
Shipping is $4.50 for the first title and $1 for each additional title.
Orders of 4 or more titles can be sent USPS Flat Rate for $8.95, or Media Mail for approx. $5.00.

We accept payment by CHECK, CASH, or MONEY ORDER. Credit cards are accepted through PAYPAL.
All payments should be sent to: tom.roberts2@comcast.net
Visit our new BLOG, Black Dog Books News From the Dog Pound, for news of upcoming titles and developments regarding projects from Black Dog Books, announcements, as well as occasional random thoughts and other information to share.

Black Dog Books
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Normal, Il 61761-5432
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Black Dog Books - Available at the Windy City pulp and paperback show!
In recognition of the 75th anniversary of the Spicy line of pulps, Black Dog
Books has released the follow title collected from Spicy Mystery.

THE SURGEON OF SOULS and other Tales of Terror
Robert Leslie Bellem, Introduction by Alfred Jan
 
“You must cast out your cancer of hate!” warned the mysterious Dr. Zarkov. “You must forgive this girl or she will cause your death!” But Bannister wouldn’t listen. A woman had betrayed him—now she must suffer!
 
Dr. Zarkov, the Surgeon of Souls, phantasmagorically appears to those who find themselves at a moral crossroads, offering an alternative ethical and healthy course of action. He wants to remove the cancerous tumors—hate, envy, lust, greed—from their souls so they may find peace . . . and  redemption.
 
Regardless of his counsel, in the end they must choose for themselves the course of their actions. Will those to whom Zarkov speaks adhere to his advice? Or will they risk the consequences?
 
ISBN13 978-1-928619-84-0 / ISBN10 1-928619-84-3
Trade paperback / 134 pages /Cover design by Tom Roberts / $12.95
Shipping is $4.50 for the first title and $1 for each additional title.
Orders of 4 or more titles can be sent USPS Flat Rate for $8.95, or Media Mail for approx. $5.00.

We accept payment by CHECK, CASH, or MONEY ORDER. Credit cards are accepted through PAYPAL. All payments should be sent to: tom.roberts2@comcast.net
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Black Dog Books - Coming this Summer!

DEAD MEN'S BONES: The Air-Adventure Stories of Lester Dent
The Lester Dent Library, Volume 1
With an introduction by historian Will Murray
 
From the writer of DOC SAVAGE comes high-octane adventure! Ride the skies in this collection of 8 thrilling tales, many appearing in print for the first time in decades, collecting all of Dent¹s published air-adventure stories.
An instant collector¹s item! If you like Doc Savage, you¹ll love these two-fisted sky adventures!
 
BONUS: The appendices include submission notes, story synopses and other background material derived from Dent¹s personal papers.
 
ISBN13: 978-1-928619-81-9 / ISBN10: 1-928619-81-9
Cover art by George Rozen.
Trade paperback / 224 pages / $24.95 US

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Black Dog Books - Coming this Summer!

THE SKULL SQUADRON: The Air-War Stories of Lester Dent
The Lester Dent Library, Volume 2
With an introduction by historian Will Murray
 
Duck as the sound of the Vickers machine guns echo again while Spads and Fokkers tumble through the skies in these 11 thrilling tales of mystery and adventure set against the backdrop of World War I. First time in book form, this volume collects all of Dent¹s published air-war stories. An instant collector¹s item!
 
BONUS:
The appendices include submission notes, story synopses and other background material taken from Dent¹s surviving personal papers.
 
ISBN13: 978-1-928619-80-0 / ISBN10: 1-928619-80-2
Cover art by Rudolph Belarski.
 
Trade paperback / 228 pages / $24.95 US

Black Dog Books
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Normal, Il 61761-5432
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Black Dog Books - Coming this Summer!

BODYGUARD and Other Crime Dramas by Roger Torrey
With an introduction by multi-Edgar Award nominee Ron Goulart
 
A pathfinder and groundbreaker of the hard-boiled school of detective fiction, a prolific contributor to the legendary BLACK MASK magazine during the 1930s, as well as Dime Detective, Detective Story, and many other titles, Roger Torrey has sadly garnered only minimal recognition in the fifty years since his death, missing out on the paperback boom and the revival that many of his contemporaries enjoyed. This first major collection of his hard-boiled crime work brings together 8 stories, 7 reprinted for the first time.
 
BONUS:
Also included is the first ever bibliography of the fiction of Roger Torrey by Tom Roberts and Joel Lyczak.
 
ISBN13: 978-1-928619-82-6 / ISBN10: 1-928619-82-7
Trade paperback / 211 pages / $19.95 US

Black Dog Books
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Black Dog Books - Coming this Summer!

THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER by G.G. Pendarves
With an introduction by Robert Weinberg
 
Best known for her numerous contributions to Weird Tales, G.G.Pendarves wrote for many magazines. This collection brings together seven of her tales of adventure and revenge set against the stark backdrop of the Arabian sands.
 
ISBN13: 978-1-928619-85-7 / ISBN10: 1-928619-85-1
Cover art by Howard Brown.
 
Trade paperback / 146 pages / $14.95 US
 
Black Dog Books
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The Book Cave - New podcasts now available online!
Episode 19:  Jim Anthony and the Airship 27 - New!
Ron Fortier (Writer of Now Comics Green Hornet), Erwin K. Roberts, and Rob Davis discuss with Ric their new book, "Jim Anthony, super Detective " Volume 1. We also talk about the Green Hornet, Lone Ranger and the new look of the Phantom tv series.
Episode 18: John Steed and the Avengers
Episode 17: Jess Nevins, Pulp Historian
Episode 16: Tribute To Philip Jose Farmer
Episode 15: Pulp Talk
Episode 14: Meet The Editors Part 3 of 3
Episode 13: Meet The Editors Part 2 of 3
Episode 12: Meet The Editors Part 1 of 3
Episode 11: Van Reid On The Moosepath League
Episode 10: Chris Marshall on the Collected Comics Library
Episode 9: Wild Cards, Dealing With Aces And Jokers
Episode 8: Captain Action From the Past to the Present
Episode 7:  Archie Comics Shadow
Episode 6: Secret Agent and Prisoner TV Series
Episode 5: Comics and Conventions With Craig Klotz
Episode 4: Sun Koh, Germany's Doc Savage
Episode 3: Tom Roberts and Movie Reviews
Episode 2: Back to the Golden Age
Episode 1: Conversation With DarkMark

Visit The Book Cave website at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/  
BUCK ROGERS #2 - Coming in July!
Writer: Scott Beatty; Penciller/Inker: Carlos Rafael; Covers: John Cassaday, Alex Ross
The future begins now! Join us as we present pop culture's first hero -- Buck Rogers! The first man out of time... the first man to be taken from his present and thrown into the future... the inspiration for countless heroes, and it all begins here!
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment

BUCK ROGERS #2 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is MAY090783.

The Chronicles of Conan Volume 18 - Coming in October!
Taking over writing duties on Conan the Barbarian in the early 1980s, Bruce Jones brought his humor and horror sensibilities - as well as his knack for telling great short stories - to the title, invigorating John Buscema, who returned to work on the series with Conan #136. In Chronicles of Conan: Isle of the Dead and Other Stories, these two comic-book titans lead Conan on a thrilling tour of Hyboria - from the monster-infested Bossonian Marshes to the hideous slave markets of Belthem - as Conan encounters strange, supernatural foes, beguiling women, and overconfident rulers.
Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
ISBN-10: 1595823824
ISBN-13: 978-1595823823
$17.95
The Chronicles of Kull Volume 1 - Coming in December!
The Chronicles of Kull Volume 1: A King Comes Riding and Other Stories kicks off Dark Horse's newest addition to its popular Robert E. Howard reprint line. Presenting every color Kull comic from the 1970s and '80s chronologically for the first time ever, Volume 1 features completely remastered color Kull stories from Creatures on the Loose! #10, Monsters on the Prowl #16, and Kull the Conqueror #1 to #9. The writing talents of legendary creators Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, and Len Wein and the stunning visuals of Marie Severin, John Severin, and Bernie Wrightson are on display in such thrilling tales as "The Skull of Silence," "Night of the Red Slayers," and "The Forbidden Swamp!" See how Robert E. Howard's Kull stories were interpreted over three decades ago in comics.
Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
ISBN-10: 1595824138
ISBN-13: 978-1595824134
$18.95
The Chronicles of Solomon Kane Volume 1 - Coming in December!
"Back, ye minions of hell-in the name of the Lord and Solomon Kane!" Continuing in the vein of the successful Chronicles of Conan collection series, Dark Horse is expanding its Robert E. Howard reprint line by presenting all of the original 1970s and 1980s Marvel color comic books featuring Solomon Kane in one awesome volume! This graphic novel features the landmark stories "The Mark of Kane" and "Fangs of the Gorilla God," by Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin, and the entire Sword of Solomon Kane mini-series, by Ralph Macchio and a host of talented artists - including Mike Mignola, Al Williamson, Bret Blevins, John Ridgeway, and others! From the French countryside to the Black Forest in Germany, from England to Africa, follow Robert E. Howard's solemn, driven Puritan, Solomon Kane, as he cuts a path of vengeance across the globe!
Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
ISBN-10: 1595824103
ISBN-13: 978-1595824103 
$18.95
CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #10 - Arriving in comic shops April 29th!
Written by Timothy Truman, penciled by Tomas Giorello, colored by Jose Villarrubia, cover by Joseph Michael Linsner.

As the "Black Colossus" story arc continues, this issue focuses on Natohk, as he builds his army of desert tribesmen, bloodthirsty nomads, and demons to begin his invasion of Hyboria! Natohk has his sights set on the border city of Khoraja first, and he sends his fearsome horde to take it and begin their full assault on Koth -- a country filled with petty, quarreling rulers. Heading toward Khoraja with the rest of Amalric's mercenaries, Conan is still learning the ways of military discipline and strategy, impressing his leader while also making some enemies among Amalric's foot soldiers. Princess Yasmela is Khoraja's remaining sovereign. Haunted by terrifying apparitions and demonic visits, she prays to Mitra for help as Natohk's forces near her war-torn country and her near-defenseless city.

40 pages, $2.99, in stores on April 15.
Dark Horse Comics  
CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #12 - Coming in July!
Written by Timothy Truman, penciled by Tomas Giorello, colored by Jose Villarrubia cover by Joesph Michael Linsner.

Natohk's horde of desert warriors advances on Conan's band of mercenaries and the remnants of the once-proud Khorajan army -- and the Battle of Shamla Pass begins! Earning the trust and admiration of his fellow soldiers, Conan impresses everyone with his natural leadership skills and tactical instincts -- but that hard-earned respect may be for naught if those defending Princess Yasmela and Khoraja are massacred by Natohk's monstrous forces. From his vantage point on a plateau, Conan looks down on his opponent, as a sea of approaching swords fills the valley. Things go from bad to worse when Natohk unveils some supernatural, deadly, and horrifying surprises. Conan's first command may be his last! The Battle of Shamla Pass begins!

40 pages, $2.99, in stores on July 22.
Dark Horse Comics
CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #12 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is MAY090064.

E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow in Review:
This weeks Shadow review is "River of Death" from March 1, 1939.

Pulpgen-Online Pulps:   Now with over 1000 stories online!
"The Chalice of Circe" by Willard Hawkins from FANTASTIC ADVENTURES, April, 1950
The fix is in at the Interplanetary Beauty Contest!
"Vial of Murder" by J. S. Endicott from THRILLING DETECTIVE, May, 1937
When a judge's daughter is kidnapped, Henry Craig has to save the day. 
"The Corpse Talks" by David X. Manners from SECRET AGENT "X", January, 1936
An ex-con and a sheriff meet while - The Corpse Talks.  An ex-con bears a grudge against another ex-con.
"Doctor of Doom" by H. Q. Masur from TEN DETECTIVE ACES, April, 1940
The mystery of the headless cadavers hurled Assistant Coroner Craig into a sleuth role - with a slab setting.
And he was chosen to fill the corpse cast when crime's curtain fell on Satan's last act.

Electric Tiki - The Shadow statue final sculpt!
Electric Tiki is proud to present Ruben Procopio's final sculpt of the "Classic Heroes" Shadow statue.
Needless to say, it is pretty awesome!
Check it out on the Electric Tiki website!
A Doc Savage statue is also coming soon from Electric Tiki!


FALL OF CTHULHU: NEMESIS #4 (of 4) - Coming in July!
Writer Michael Alan Nelson; Artist: Todd Herman
It's an all-out war between man and Gods for the fate of Atlantis! Nyarlathotep's despicable machinations are wrought upon the legendary island — and he's planning on taking a living, breathing souvenir with him!
Covers by John Nofsinger and Chuck BB.

24 pages, Full Color, $3.99
BOOM! STUDIOS
FALL OF CTHULHU: NEMESIS #4 (of 4) is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is MAY090731.

Flesk Publications: Al Williamson's Flash Gordon: A Lifelong Vision of the Heroic
- Coming in July!
Al Williamson’s Flash Gordon: A Lifelong Vision of the Heroic, collects all the major works of the artist featuring the character. At 256 pages, it encompasses Williamson’s three stints of depicting Flash in comic book format: the legendary King Comics stories from the 1960s, the 1980 adaptation of the Universal Flash Gordon motion picture, and the Marvel Comics miniseries of 1994.

In addition to these classics of sequential storytelling, Al Williamson’s Flash Gordon features Williamson’s Flash drawings done for commercial illustration and prints, his assists on the Flash Gordon comic strip, a variety of Flash images contributed to amateur publications, and a selection of largely unpublished images spanning his interest in the character from childhood to the conclusion of his career. With an introduction by Sergio Aragones, text by Mark Schultz, and images reproduced directly from the artist’s original drawings, this long-overdue collection of evocative artwork documents the lifelong impact that Flash Gordon had on Williamson and the particular impact that Williamson had on Flash Gordon.
Hardcover, 256 pages, $44.95
ISBN-10: 193386513X
ISBN-13: 978-1933865133
Flesk Publications  
Gabriel Hunt: AT THE WELL OF ETERNITY - Arriving in bookstores April 28th!
Now in stock at Amazon.com!
The woman carrying the bloodstained flag seemed desperate for help—but it was the attack that followed that convinced Gabriel there was something here men would kill for. And that was before he knew about the dungeon in the Mayan ruins, or the legendary secret hidden in the rain forest of Guatemala...

First publication anywhere!
  • This tale of Gabriel Hunt was penned with the kind assistance of acclaimed crime, western, and military novelist JAMES REASONER, author of more than 200 books.
  • Reasoner wrote the authoritative 10-volume Civil War Battle series, which supplies some of the historical background for HUNT AT THE WELL OF ETERNITY.
You'll be able to get AT THE WELL OF ETERNITY from your favorite local bookseller, or you can pre-order it online or by calling 1-800-481-9191. Why not buy one copy to read and one to give away to a friend?  Even in this tight economy, you really can't beat $6.99 for a night's entertainment...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY REVIEW
James Reasoner (the Civil War Battle series) is the first to take the shared Hunt pen name and launch an adventure series that raises the action bar to nosebleed heights. After a mysterious beauty delivers a bloodstained Confederate flag and a whiskey bottle full of water to the Hunt brothers at a fund-raising reception, millionaire adventurer Gabriel Hunt and beautiful, gun-toting museum director Dr. Cierra Almanzar follow clues and an ambiguous map from Manhattan to Guatemala, only certain they're on the right path when somebody's shooting at them. Hunt, armed only with his fists, bullwhips, a Colt .45 double-action Peacemaker and a vintage Civil War muzzle loader, is often outnumbered but never outwitted. Pulp adventure fans will be thrilled to see the genre so smashingly resurrected.

Visit the HUNT FOR ADVENTURE website for details on upcoming adventures!
GIRASOL PULP DOUBLES: THE SPIDER VOLUME 12 - Coming in July!
This trade paperback reprints two action-packed adventures of the pulp-era hero The Spider! The stories are complete, including the original black-and-white illustrations. The volume contains "Satan's Death Blast" (June 1934) and "Murder's Legionnaires" (February 1942). 
Softcover, 128 pages, B&W    SRP: $14.95
Girasol Collectables Inc.

GIRASOL PULP DOUBLES: THE SPIDER VOLUME 12 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is MAY091151.

Hermes Press: BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY: THE COMPLETE DAILIES VOLUME 3
Coming in August!
Writer: John Dille & Philip Nowlan; Artist: Dick Calkins
The saga of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, the world's most famous science-fiction newspaper strip, continues in the reprint of the ground-breaking title, complete with space ships, anti-gravity belts, damsels in distress, invaders from other worlds, nefarious villains, and heroes! Included in this volume are two years of the strip, 1932 to 1934, plus a special 16-page introductory essay by noted writer Ron Goulart.
Hardcover, 9x12, 320 pages, $39.00
Hermes Press
BUCK ROGERS: THE COMPLETE DAILIES VOLUME 3 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is MAY090872.
James Rollins: Jake Ransom and the Skull King's Shadow - Arriving in bookstores April 28th!
 When a mysterious envelope arrives for Jake Ransom, he and his older sister, Kady, are plunged into a gripping chain of events. An artifact found by their parents—on the expedition from which they never returned—leads Jake and Kady to a strange world inhabited by a peculiar mix of long-lost civilizations, a world that may hold the key to their parents' disappearance.

But even as they enter the gate to this extraordinary place, savage grackyls soar across the sky, diving to attack. Jake's new friends, the pretty Mayan girl Marika and the Roman Pindor, say the grackyls were created by an evil alchemist—the Skull King. And as Jake struggles to find a way home, it becomes obvious that what the Skull King wants most is Jake and Kady—dead or alive.
ISBN-10: 0061473790
ISBN-13: 978-0061473791
Hardcover, 416 pages, $16.99
Visit James Rollins website at http://www.jamesrollins.com/
J. Allen St. John: THE FACE IN THE POOL - Now available!

The artist J. Allen St. John is best known for his illustrations of the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs, which first appeared in book form from the Chicago based publiser, A.C. McClurg. Nearly a decade before his Burroughs work, his first job for McClurg was this children's fantasy, the only book he ever wrote, The Face in the Pool. His illustrations for this book show that he was indeed the best choice to illustrate the adventures of Tarzan and John Carter. This facsimile edition reproduces the book as published (the color plates are in black and white in this edition, but reproduced in color on the back cover), but in a 6" X 9" format.

164 pages, 6" x 9", perfect binding, black and white interior ink
$15.95
Order from Lulu.com.

A hardcover edition is expected later this month.

Old Tiger Press

Library of America: AMERICAN FANTASTIC TALES
New anthology to feature Howard, Smith, Lovecraft and more!
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps
729 page, $35
ISBN-10: 159853047X
ISBN-13: 978-1598530476
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940's Until Now
744 pages, $35
ISBN-10: 1598530488
ISBN-13: 978-1598530483
American Fantastic Tales Boxed Set  - $70
ISBN-10: 1598530593
ISBN-13: 978-1598530599
Library of America

Contents of Volume 1
Contents of Volume 2
Introduction by Peter Straub.
CHARLES BROCKDEN BROWN - Somnambulism: A Fragment (1805)
WASHINGTON IRVING - Adventure of the German Student Irving (1824)
EDGAR ALLAN POE - Berenice (1835)
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE - Young Goodman Brown (1835)
HERMAN MELVILLE - The Tartarus of Maids (1855)
FITZ-JAMES O’BRIEN -  What Was It? (1859)
BRET HARTE - The Legend of Monte del Diablo (1863)
HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD - The Moonstone Mass (1868)
W. C. MORROW - His Unconquerable Enemy (1889).
CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN - The Yellow Wallpaper (1892)
KATE CHOPIN - Ma’ame Pélagie (1893)
JOHN KENDRICK BANGS - Thurlow’s Christmas Story (1894)
ROBERT W. CHAMBERS - The Repairer of Reputations (1895)
RALPH ADAMS CRAM - The Dead Valley (1895)
MADELEINE YALE WYNNE - The Little Room (1895)
GERTRUDE ATHERTON - The Striding Place (1896)
SARAH ORNE JEWETT - In Dark New England Days (1896)
EMMA FRANCIS DAWSON - An Itinerant House (1897).
STEPHEN CRANE - The Black Dog (1898)
MARY WILKINS FREEMAN - Luella Miller (1902)
FRANK NORRIS -. Grettir at Thornhall-Stead (1903)
LAFCADIO HEARN - Yuki-Onna (1904)
F. MARION CRAWFORD - For the Blood Is the Life (1905)
AMBROSE BIERCE - The Moonlit Road (1907)
EDWARD LUCAS WHITE - Lukundoo (1907)
OLIVIA HOWARD DUNBAR - The Shell of Sense (1908)
HENRY JAMES - The Jolly Corner (1908)
ALICE BROWN - Golden Baby (1910)
EDITH WHARTON - Afterward (1910)
WILLA CATHER - Consequences (1915)
ELLEN GLASGOW - The Shadowy Third (1916)
JULIAN HAWTHORNE - The Island of Ghosts (1919)
FRANCIS STEVENS - Unseen, Unfeared (1919)
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (1922)
SEABURY QUINN - The Curse of Everard Maundy (1927)
STEPHEN VINCENT BENET - The King of the Cats (1929)
DAVID H. KELLER - The Jelly-Fish (1929)
CONRAD AIKEN - Mr. Arcularis (1931)
ROBERT E. HOWARD - The Black Stone (1931)
HENRY S. WHITEHEAD - Passing of a God (1931)
AUGUST DERLETH - The Panelled Room (1933)
H.P. LOVECRAFT - The Thing on the Doorstep (1933)
CLARK ASHTON SMITH - Genius Loci (1933)
ROBERT BLOCH - The Cloak (1939)		Introduction by Peter Straub. 
JOHN COLLIER - Evening Primrose (1940)
FRITZ LEIBER - Smoke Ghost (1941)
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS - Mysteries of the Joy Rio (1941)
JANE RICE - The Refugee (1943)
ANTHONY BOUCHER - Mr. Lupescu (1945)
TRUMAN CAPOTE - Miriam (1945)
JOHN CHEEVER - Torch Song (1947)
JACK SNOW - Midnight (1947)
JACK FINNEY - I’m Scared (1948)
SHIRLEY JACKSON - The Daemon Lover (1949)
PAUL BOWLES - The Circular Valley (1950)
RAY BRADBURY - The April Witch (1952)
JEROME BIXBY - It’s a Good Life (1953)
JEROME BIXBY - Trace (1964)
JEROME BIXBY - Space by the Tail (1964)
CHARLES BEAUMONT - Black Country (1954)
VLADIMIR NABOKOV - The Vane Sisters (1959)
DAVIS GRUBB - Where the Woodbine Twineth (1964)
DONALD WANDREI - Nightmare (1965)
HARLAN ELLISON - I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream (1967)
RICHARD MATHESON - Prey (1969)
T.E.D. KLEIN - Events at Poroth Farm (1972)
ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER - Hanka (1974)
FRED CHAPPELL - Linneaus Forgets (1977)
JOHN CROWLEY - Novelty (1983)
JONATHAN CARROLL - Mr. Fiddlehead (1989)
JOYCE CAROL OATES - Family (1989)
THOMAS LIGOTTI - The Last Feast of Harlequin (1990)
PETER STRAUB - A Short Guide to the City (1990)
KARL EDWARD WAGNER - Cedar Lane (1990)
JEFF VANDERMEER - The General Who Is Dead (1996)
STEPHEN KING - That Feeling (1998)
 STEPHEN KING - You Can Only Say What It Is in French (1998)
KIT REED - The Mothers of Shark Island (1998)
CAITLIN R. KIERNAN - The Long Hall on the Top Floor (1999)
GEORGE SAUNDERS - Sea Oak (2000)
THOMAS TESSIER - Nocturne (2000)
MICHAEL CHABON - The God of Dark Laughter (2001)
JOE HILL - Pop Art (2001)
POPPY Z. BRITE - Pansu (2003)
STEVEN MILLHAUSER - Dangerous Laughter (2003)
M. RICKERT - The Chambered Fruit (2003)
BRIAN EVENSON - The Wavering Knife (2004)
KELLY LINK - Stone Animals (2004)
TIM POWERS - Pat Moore (2004)
GENE WOLFE - The Little Stranger (2004)
BENJAMIN PERCY - Dial Tone (2007)
THE LONE RANGER #17 - Coming in July! 
Writer: Brett Matthews; Artist: Sergio Cariello; Cover: John Cassaday
The Lone Ranger rides again! Continuing their plan of releasing incredible Lone Ranger comics as the story arcs are complete, Dynamite is unveiling the next thrilling chapter in their saga of the Lone Ranger!

32 pages, Full Color, $3.50
THE LONE RANGER #17 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is MAY090790.

THE LONE RANGER 75TH ANNIVERSARY STATUE - Coming in July! 
"A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty "Hi Yo Silver!"
With those words, the Lone Ranger had endured for over 75 years as a cultural icon and for the last three years, Dynamite Entertainment has brought the legend back to life with a critically acclaimed new comic book series! Now, they've taken it one step further, re-creating on of John Cassaday's incredible series as a high end collectible statue!
Sculpted and painted by Tom and Joy Snyder, and art-directed by John Cassaday, this limited edition statue of the Lone ranger atop Silver stands 14" high and 12" wide and 8" deep!
Statue    $299.99
Dynamic Forces

THE LONE RANGER STATUE is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is MAY090792.

Moonstone Books - Arriving in comic shops April 29th!
AIRBOY - 1942: BEST OF ENEMIES  
Written by Chuck Dixon, art by Todd Fox and Lito Fernandez, colors by Val Staples
Covers by Joel Naprstek and Steve Bryant.
The Ace fighter pilot, and his one of a kind plane, return with an all-new story! Be here for the first meeting between Airboy and that gorgeous femme fatale Valkyrie! Intrigue, thrills, volatile physical chemistry and cinematic aerial combat!
56 pages, $6.50.

Moonstone Books  
Moonstone Books: THE SPIDER #1 - Coming in July! 
Writer: C.J. Henderson; Artist: J. Anthony Kosar
The Spider: the most violent and ruthless of all crime fighters. More just than the law, more dangerous than the underworld, hated, feared, and wanted by both. A cloaked, fanged, borderline crazy denizen of the dark force-feeding hard justice with a pair of '45's! Senseless slaughter accompanies a new string of bold and audacious heists, and only the Spider can stop it, but at a price so steep, can even the Spider hope to pay it?
40 pages, Black & White, $3.50
Moonstone Books
THE SPIDER #1 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is MAY090983.

Moonstone Books: THE PHANTOM GENERATIONS #5 - Coming in July! 
Writer: Martin Gately; Artist: Enrique Alcatena
Join the 5th Phantom, his lady The Pirate Queen, and their "skeleton crew" as they helm a ghost ship and battle broadsides with the evil (and aptly named) Captain Devil. Things go terribly wrong, which sends the Phantom on a chase across the Seven Seas, as well as to the heights of London's high society and the depths of the East End's slums.
32 pages, $3.99
Moonstone Books
THE PHANTOM GENERATIONS #5 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is MAY090985.

Moonstone Books: THE PHANTOM GHOST WHO WALKS #4 - Coming in July! 
Writer: Mike Bullock; Artist: Fernando Peniche
When you steal something from the jungle, you better be prepared to run, especially when The Man Who Cannot Die is on your trail! Follow Desmond as he tries to escape from someone he's not even certain is real through the jungles of Northern Africa and into the dark recesses of his own imagination. Plus, the serialized Phantom prose back-ups continue this issue.
32 pages, $3.99
Moonstone Books
THE PHANTOM GHOST WHO WALKS #4 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is MAY090986.

Moonstone Books: DOMINO LADY #2  - Coming soon! 
Story: Nancy Holder; Art: Jan Carlos Maniquis; Colors: Jason Jensen
Covers: Matt Larson, Cortney Skinner

Buffy novelist and four time Bram Stoker Award winner Nancy Holder uncovers the sexy romp secrets of our stunning Blond Bombshell in “The Zeppelin Affair”! There’s noir revenge and desperation a-plenty in this high flying mystery adventure! The Domino Lady takes no prisoners…unless there’s one she likes, of course.  32 pages, Full Color, $3.99
Moonstone Books


Night Shade Books - Coming in May!  
The Dream of X and Other Fantastic Visions: The Collected Fiction of William Hope Hodgson Volume 5 will be shipping by May 12th.
Click on the link above for a complete contents listing.
Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-892389-43-5, 500 pages
$35.00
Night Shade Books
Paizo Publishing: PLANET STORIES: WHO FEARS THE DEVIL? - Coming in November!  
WHO FEARS THE DEVIL?
Writer: Manly Wade Wellman; Introduction: Mike Resnick
There's a traveling man the Carolina mountain folk call Silver John for the silver strings strung though his guitar. In his wanderings John encounters a parade of benighted forest creatures, mountain spirits, and shapeless horrors from the void of history with only his enduring spirit, playful wit, and the magic of his guitar to preserve him. Manly Wade Wellman's Silver John is one of the most beloved figures in fantasy, a true American folk hero of the literary age. For the first time, the Planet Stories edition of Who Fears the Devil? collects all of John's adventures published throughout Wellman's life, including two stories about John before he got his silver-stringed guitar that have never previously appeared in a Silver John collection.
Softcover, 5x8, 340 pages    SRP: $15.99
Paizo Publishing

PLANET STORIES: WHO FEARS THE DEVIL? is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is MAY091767.
Explore fantastic worlds of high adventure with a Planet Stories subscription that delivers the excitement of classic fantasy and science fiction right to your mailbox! Best of all, you'll receive your monthly Planet Stories volumes at a substantial 20% discount off the cover price, and you can choose the shipping method that works best for you (including bundling the books with your other Paizo subscriptions)!

Personally selected by Erik Mona and Paizo's award-winning editorial staff, each Planet Stories volume has been chosen with the interests of fantasy and science fiction enthusiasts and gamers in mind. Timeless classics from authors like Robert E. Howard (Conan the Barbarian), Michael Moorcock (Elric), and Leigh Brackett (The Empire Strikes Back) will add an edge to your personal library, providing a better understanding of the genre with classic stories that easily stand the test of time.

Each Planet Stories edition is a Paizo exclusive—you cannot get these titles from any other publisher. Many of the tales in our line first appeared in the "pulp era" of the early 20th Century that produced authors like H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Fritz Lieber, and Robert E. Howard, and have been out of print for decades. Others are available only in rare limited editions or moldering pulp magazines worth hundreds of dollars.

And now they can be yours for a fraction of what you'd pay at the local bookstore.

Sign up for an ongoing Planet Stories subscription to make sure that you don't miss a single volume! Subscriptions are fixed at a 20% discount off each volume's cover price, plus shipping. Your ongoing Planet Stories subscription will get you every new book as it's released, automatically continuing each month until you choose to cancel it. Instead of paying your subscription all at once, we'll automatically charge your credit card each month before we ship a new volume. You only need to sign up once, and never need to worry about renewal notices or missed volumes!
POPULAR FICTION PERIODICALS: A Collectors' Guide - Now available!
By Jeff Canja.
Revised Edition. Vintage Pulps, Digests, and Magazines.
The only reference of its kind, covering pulps and digest of all types, men's adventure magazines, true detective magazines, and other sensational popular fiction newsstand periodicals. Packed with two inch cover photos (1800) and all the information you need. This will tell you which periodicals are sought by collectors, how much these magazines can be worth, author pseudonyms, tips for collectors, grading standards and more. This revised editions has thousands of new and updated prices, 16 pages in color, an expanded cover art gallery, and many new features. A must-have for collectors.
Available from Bud Plant Comic Art
Publisher: Glenmoor, 2009
Binding: Softcover
Dimensions: 6x9
Pages: 362pg
ISBN: #9780967363981
Your price: $29.95
RED SONJA #48 - Coming in July!  
Writer: Brian Reed; Penciller/Inker: Walter Geovani
Cover: Mel Rubi (50%), Adriano Batista (25%), Fabiano Neves (25%)
The current saga of Red Sonja is hurtling towards a dynamic conclusion! Brian Reed and Walter Geovani bring Sonja to the cusp as Dynamite plans a new thrilling event in Red Sonja #50!
Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment

RED SONJA #48 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is MAY090797.

ReelArt Studios
TARZAN AND THE GOLDEN LION BRONZE!
Now accepting orders!
We have just completed our first bronze statue, Tarzan and the Golden Lion. This piece was originally sculpted for us and sold as a pre-painted statue. We are still selling the pre-painted edition but we've always felt this piece warranted a true bronze edition. We feel that it will become a highly sought after collectible in the years to come.

As originally sculpted by Shawn Nagle the bronze was manufactured at our Texas foundry, Deep In the Heart. The units will not be in stores but will only be sold from the ReelArt Studios web site and the timeline for production runs from 12 to 16 weeks from point of order. Generally around 12. They are hand numbered __ of 30 units.

Pricing is $3850.00 US plus $70.00 shipping. A non refundable deposit of $1925.00 is due at the time of order with the balance due at the time of shipping.

Each piece is produced in the traditional lost wax method and hand-finished with painstaking attention to detail, and include sophisticated patinas. The statue sits atop a rich polished marble base.

Limited to only 30 pieces worldwide. Produced in the USA by Deep In The Heart Foundry.

Each piece is hand-finished.
International customers: Bronze orders ship via UPS Ground.

When ordering our bronzes a non-refundable deposit of $1925.00 can be tendered to us by using Paypal or our Mail Order-FAX method. You'll find buttons to click on our Shop page which will generate the transaction. When the piece you order is ready, from 12 to 16 weeks after your order, you will receive an invoice for the balance due and the Shipping and Handling charge of $70.00, for a total of $1995.00, from ReelArt Studios president Michael Hudson via email. After the successful closing of this transaction your piece will be sent to you directly from our Texas foundry, Deep In the Heart.

This piece will premier at the
Windy City Pulp and PaperCon next week.
This is #1 of 30 "potential" units to be made.
It will most likely be a highly sought after collectible that will escalate in value as time passes.

Our next bronze will be the Bob Larkin Doc Savage!

ReelArt Studios
SHERLOCK HOLMES #1 - Arriving in comic shops April 29th!
Writer: Leah Moore, John Reppion; Penciller/Inker: Aaron Campbell; Cover: John Cassaday
Continuing their new exploration of literary icons, Dynamite Entertainment presents the ultimate mystery as they unveil Sherlock Holmes!  Written by Leah Moore and John Reppion with reverence and a modern edge, artist Aaron Campbell completes the Victorian mood under the striking and iconic John Cassaday covers.

Issue #1 begins the "Trial of Sherlock Holmes" which presents the great detective with an all-too personal quandary and explores the nature of the man and his world with a mix of refined ambiance, carefully crafted mystery and chilling suspense!
Full Color, 22 pages, $3.50

Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment

SHERLOCK HOLMES #3 - Coming in July!
Written by Leah Moore and John Reppion; Penciller/Inker: Aaron Campbell; Cover: John Cassaday
The acclaimed mystery from Dynamite continues! The mystery deepens as Holmes remains on the run and Watson must put the pieces together to either save his friend, or condemn him!
Full Color, 22 pages, $3.50
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment

SHERLOCK HOLMES #3 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is MAY090795.

SOTA Toys: NYARLERTHOTEP STATUE - Coming in July!
SOTA Toys wants to introduce the credulous to H. P. Lovecraft's Nyarlethotep! This 14" tall statue features incredible detail in its horrific presentation of the messenger of the Great Old Ones, Nyarlethotep. Made of high quality resin and special "flex-resin" in key parts, this limited edition collectible will be a prized addition to any collection highlighting H. P. Lovecraft, monsters, and, as Lovecraft stated, "gigantic, tenebrous, ultimate gods." The statue is also available in a special Black verison that features a black carapace. Painted and ready to display.

Scheduled to ship in July 2009. 
SOTA Toys

NYARLERTHOTEP Statue is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is MAY091506 (Regular).
The Diamond Item Code is MAY091507 (Black Version).


STARTLING STORIES: SPRING 2009...Vol. 2, No.2 - Now available!
Classic Pulp Reprints:
OPERATION: OUTER SPACE by Murray Leinster
How could a television producer possibly be the man to open interstellar travel to a weary humanity? Jed Cochrane was about to find out.
POLICE OPERATION by H. Beam Piper
Hunting down the beast, under the best of circumstances, was dangerous. But in this little police operation, the conditions required the use of inadequate means!
STOLEN CENTURIES by Otis Adelbert Kline
Human "Fly" Jorgeson could scale anything—even the walls of Time!


Short Stories:
MARE NECROSIA by Robert Morganbesser
A legendary horror rises from the mists of time and only the courage of Thorvald and his Norsemen can stave off Armageddon!
THE SKY'S THE LIMIT by K.G. McAbee
Young Joss Jamison was at the end of the line. His third strike. How could he know that it was actually the start of a grand adventure!
RAY WAS RIGHT by K.G. McAbee
Mankind's first expedition to Mars discovers that sometimes Life does imitate Art!
A BLOODTHIRSTY DRAMA by Chris Carney
An ancient, unsuspected evil lurks in the most unlikely place—waiting for unwary victims!
RESTORATION by Barry Reese
Could Devlin Jones really be the reincarnation of Arthur, King of Camelot? From the author of The Rook.

Features:
SAUCY BLAINE: DEMON SHIP by Ron Wilber
Chapter Two in the adventures of Ron Wilber's Comic Book Sci-Fi heroine!
EDD CARTIER: A STARTLING PORTFOLIO
THE WHOLE "STARTLING" HISTORY by William L. Carney, Jr.
A visual history of the legendary original Startling Stories.

Paperback: 196 pages
Publisher: Wild Cat Books (April 20, 2009)
ISBN-10: 098231163X
ISBN-13: 978-0982311639
Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.5 inches

THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF H.P. LOVECRAFT #4 (OF 4) - Coming in July!
Story: Mac Carter; Art: Tony Salmons; Cover Adam Byrne
The nightmares of H.P. Lovecraft have leaked from his brain into the world.  All that he loves, all of Providence, is at risk.  His mother has emerged from her catatonic state to take charge: with the police hot on his trail, her son must flee.  But the detectives are the least of his worries.  While in the asylum, Lovecraft unwittingly created a hellish creature that now, beyond his control, has set its sights on Sylvia!  Lovecraft won't leave town and save himself without making a stand for the only woman he's ever loved.  But can he get there in time?  And what will happen to him?  It's the final horrific chapter!
48 pages, Full Color, $4.99
Image Comics

THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF H.P. LOVECRAFT #4 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is MAY090357.

TARZAN ARCHIVES: THE JESSE MARSH YEARS VOLUME 3 - Coming in September!
Written by Gaylord DuBois, art by Jesse Marsh.

The world's first Tarzan comic books are back in print at last! Jesse Marsh remains one of the great, unsung artists of comics history, even though his straightforward realism was admired by such comics legends as Russ Manning and Alex Toth. Marsh's nineteen-year collaboration with writer Gaylord DuBois defined Edgar Rice Burroughs's iconic jungle lord for an entire generation of young readers, and the massive body of work they produced continues to influence comic artists to this day.

Reproducing the now-hard-to-find and pricey issues for fans, this archive series will collect issues #11-#16.

240 pages, $49.95, in stores on Sept. 30.
Dark Horse Comics
THE JESSE MARSH YARS Volume 3 is solicited in the May PREVIEWS (Available April 29th).
The Diamond Item Code is MAY090069.





17 April 2009
2009 Dum-Dum - August 13-16!
The 2009 will be held in Dayton, Ohio on August 13-16
Guest of Honor - Pete Ogden
Early Registration Cost
Member: $80 Spouse: $75
Guest for Banquet Only: $35
Please RSVP by July 6, 2009
Late Registration
Member: $85 Spouse: $80
Guest for Banquet Only: $40
Dealer tables free to members, $10 for everyone else.
Planned Events
1.    Mucker Jeopardy
2.    Art Presentation by Dennis Willcutt
3.    Panels and Presentations
4.    Friday backyard dinner at Spargur Home
5.    Saturday Banquet
6.    Auction
7.    Huckster’s Room
8.    Saturday Spouses’ Non-ERB events
9.    Advance Showing of Tarzan Documentary Footage
10.  And More
Mail to:
Richard C. Spargur
5535 Woodbridge Lane
Dayton, Ohio 45429
Phone: (937) 4348676
Email: rspargur@woh.rr.com



HOLIDAY INN
DAYTON-MALL-I-75 & RT 725
31 PRESTIGE PLAZA DR
MIAMISBURG, OH 45342
UNITED STATES

Desk:  1-937-434-8030
Fax:    1-937-434-6452
Web:    http://www.hidayton.com
Mention “Dum-Dum 2009” when registering
Rates
$79 King or Queen
$89 Double Beds
Directions
From North:
I-75 South to exit #44, left off exit to 2nd light, right at Prestige Plaza Drive, the hotel will be to the right.

From South:
I-75 South to exit #44, right off exit to light at Prestige Plaza Drive, right at Prestige Plaza Drive, the hotel will be to the right.



Adventure House
The April pulp facsimile reprints are now available!

Jungle Stories - Spring 1940, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
Phantom Detective - July 1938, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
All-Detective Stories - January 1934, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95

Adventure House



Age of Aces - Now available!

The Adventures of Smoke Wade Volume 1 by Robert J. Hogan
 ($16.99 trade paperback, 408 pages)

Smoke Wade is a rough and tumble Arizona cowpoke who never came across a fight or a bet he was afraid to take on. He left the range and became the skipper of the American 66th Pursuit Squadron in WWI France. Flying a Pinto colored Spad he calls Jake, after his favorite Pinto ranch horse, Smoke always has his trusty six-shooter strapped to his leg. He makes frequent use of it during his aerial battles with the Germans, led by their evil ace Baron von Stolz.

When he isn't shooting down German planes, Smoke is getting in trouble with his superiors over his love for placing bets on just about anything that seems like a long-shot. Smoke most always wins these bets, and everyone from generals to mechanics is left owing him money and wondering how they had been snookered.

Author Robert J. Hogan's first job after graduating from St. Lawrence University was riding range for several ranches on the west slope of the Rockies. After that he tried amateur boxing and playing piano for silent movies and hoedown dances. Before he became a writer he also had built houses, manufactured leather goods, designed planes, and taught flying. It is easy to understand why Hogan had such affection for this lanky cowboy ace, Smoke Wade.

All Age of Aces books are $16.99 trade paperbacks and are available from
Amazon, Adventure House, and Mike Chomko Books.

Check out our web site at http://ageofaces.home.att.net for information on all our books.
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:
 "Devildog Doom" by Donald Keyhoe from the June 1932 FLYING ACES featuring "Cyclone Bill" Garrity and the Devildog Squadron
Four squadrons had been wiped out by the unknown menace that struck from above, and in the smoldering ruins of those Allied dromes not a man was left alive. Now in the air before Cyclone Bill Garrity’s eyes four Spads had vanished, and only smoke and fiery fragments showed where the fearful man-made lightning had taken its toll. The drome of the 81st lay directly in the path of this weird, flashing doom from the skies—and the Devildogs would be next!
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!





Airship 27 Productions: JIM ANTHONY SUPER-DETECTIVE - Now available!
Airship 27 Productions and Cornerstone Book Publishers are thrilled to present the all new adventures of one of pulpdom’s most cherished two-fisted action heroes, Jim Anthony – Super Detective.  Half Irish, half Comanche and all American, Jim Anthony is the near perfect human being in both physical strength and mental intellect.  He’s a scientific genius with degrees in all the major fields.  Operating from his penthouse suite, which also houses his private research laboratory, he ventures forth into the world at large as a champion of justice, a modern knight righting wrongs and defending the helpless.

Now, Jim Anthony and his trusted associates are back in three original action packed tales.  Here are flying ace Tom Gentry, Anthony’s right hand man; Mephito, his Comanche medicine man grandfather, Dawkins, the prim and proper butler and the lovely Dolores Colquitt, as tough as she is beautiful.  Writers Erwin K.Roberts, Andrew Salmon and B.C. Bell have produced a trio of suspenseful stories guaranteed to recapture the thrills and spills of those great, original pulp adventures.  This, the first volume in the series, also features an introductory article on Jim Anthony’s history, contributed by pulp historian, Norman Hamilton.

Edited by Ron Fortier and designed by Rob Davis, the book contains eleven illustrations by Pedro Cruz and a stunning cover by Chad Hardin, done in the style of the original Jim Anthony magazine.  This is one pulp book fans do not want to miss.  All brought to you by Airship 27 Productions; Pulp Fiction for a New Generation!

ISBN:  1-934935-42-5
Produced by Airship 27 Productions
Published by Cornerstone Book Publishers
Retail Price: $21.95
Airship 27/Cornerstone Books Publications - Still available!
Don't miss these recently released titles from Airship 27 and Cornerstone Books!
Click on any of the covers for full details including links to order from Lulu.com!




Altus Press - Now available!

THE BAT STRIKES AGAIN AND AGAIN!
by Johnston McCulley
The inspiration for Batman! For the first time in one collection, all four appearances of the pulp hero The Bat, as written by pulp legend Johnston McCulley (Zorro). These stories from 1934-35 detail the adventures of Dawson Clade, a man who was inspired to fight crime by a bat’s sudden appearance. Includes an all-new introduction by pulp historian Will Murray.
Trade Paperback - $19.95
Limited Edition Hardcover - $34.95
220 pages, 6" x 9"

Collects: The Bat Strikes (11/34), Bite of the Bat (12/34),
Shadow of the Bat (1/35), and Code of the Bat (2/35)
from POPULAR DETECTIVE.

Visit the Altus Press website
for information on all of their books.
Altus Press - Coming soon!
Rick Lai's Secret Histories: Criminal Masterminds

The follow-up to Lai's "Daring Adventurers" collection, this volume contains the following:

"The Chronological Crimes of Wu Fang and Yen Sin"
"The Secret History of Captain Nemo"
"A Brief Biography of Dr. Caber (1883-1945?)"
"The Bride of Shiwan Khan"
"The Mask of Erik"
"The Life of Dr. Antonio Nikola (1856-1898?)"
"The Brothers Zaroff"
"The Savage Killer"
"Irma of the Ilsa"
"The Trail of the Feathered Serpent"
"Zanigew the Killer"
"The Balkan Tigress"
"Astar of Opar: The Secret Origin of Sumuru"
"The Hansoms of John Clay"
"The Tiger of Haiti"
"Professor Moriarty's Other Daughter"
"The Third Most Dangerous Man in London"
"Some Chronological Observations on the Fu Manchu Series"
"Fu Manchu Vs. Cthulhu"
"Ah Ling, Brother to Fu Manchu"
"The Legacy of Hanoi Shan"
"The Secret of Erlik Khan"
"Partners in Crime: Fu Manchu and Carl Peterson"
"Alias Dr. Natas," "Sirens of the Si-Fan"
"The Hidden Hand of Shiwan Khan"
"John Sunlight and the Si-Fan Succession"
$19.95


Altus Press - Coming soon!
A slithering collection of Richard B. Sale's reptile-related pulp
 stories, several of which are reprinted here for the first time.

This selection includes all three appearances of The Cobra, Sale's early
 pulp hero. Includes articles by Sale for writers' magazines of the day
 as well, and an introduction by Will Murray.


Visit the Altus Press website
for information on all of their books. 
BLOOD N' THUNDER
Ed Hulse, editor of BLOOD N' THUNDER magazine was a guest at the second Annual Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention and about 20 minutes of his presentation about pulp magazines is now available on You Tube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MA0n8A1Fqo

The same clip is available on the Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention web-site.
http://www.midatlanticnostalgiaconvention.com

Thanks to Martin Grams, Jr. for the tip!

The Book Cave - New podcasts now available online!
Episode 18: John Steed and the Avengers - New!
David Luhn gets Ric hooked on yet another series, The Avengers. Thanks to David, I learned quite a bit about the series and its early beginnings.
Episode 17: Jess Nevins, Pulp Historian
Episode 16: Tribute To Philip Jose Farmer
Episode 15: Pulp Talk
Episode 14: Meet The Editors Part 3 of 3
Episode 13: Meet The Editors Part 2 of 3
Episode 12: Meet The Editors Part 1 of 3
Episode 11: Van Reid On The Moosepath League
Episode 10: Chris Marshall on the Collected Comics Library
Episode 9: Wild Cards, Dealing With Aces And Jokers
Episode 8: Captain Action From the Past to the Present
Episode 7:  Archie Comics Shadow
Episode 6: Secret Agent and Prisoner TV Series
Episode 5: Comics and Conventions With Craig Klotz
Episode 4: Sun Koh, Germany's Doc Savage
Episode 3: Tom Roberts and Movie Reviews
Episode 2: Back to the Golden Age
Episode 1: Conversation With DarkMark

Visit The Book Cave website at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/  
BUCK ROGERS #0 - Arriving in comic shops April 22nd!
Writer: Scott Beatty; Penciller/Inker: Carlos Rafael; Covers: John Cassaday, Alex Ross
Join us as we present comicdom's first hero - Buck Rogers... the first man out of time... the first man to be taken out of his present environment and put into the future!

The launch of Buck Rogers is in the tradition of Dynamite's best-selling books at introductory pricing to allow readers and retailers to confidently order and check out our new series! Under a John Cassaday cover (Cassaday serves as series cover artist), writer Scott (Batman) Beatty and artist Carlos Rafael present an original 12 page comic book adventure - "The Death of Buck Rogers"! This is where it all begins and Dynamite's plans for Buck Rogers follow the model they've followed over the years beginning with Red Sonja, embracing the history of such classic characters, but giving them a modern edge for today's audiences! All this, and for a quarter to introduce you to the new canon of Buck Rogers!
Full Color, 16 pages, $0.25
Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment

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 1000 stories online!
"Lincoln Letter" by C. K. M. Scanlon from POPULAR DETECTIVE, May, 1936
A letter from Abe Lincoln is like cash in the bank!
"Two-Timing Willie" by Joe Archibald from POPULAR DETECTIVE, December, 1944
Featuring: Willie Klump
Willie Klump, the Hawkeye Hawkshaw, follows the crime clue provided by a lowly mosquito - and then gets swamped in trouble!
"Long Sam Collects" by Lee Bond from TEXAS RANGERS, April, 1940
Featuring: Long Sam Littlejohn
What's a wound or a pursuing deputy to Littlejohn - when his help is needed?

ERBville Press: THE LONE RANGER - Now available!
Three Lone Ranger titles by Fran Striker are now available on Amazon.com.
THE PHANTOM RIDER!  by Fran Striker - $12.95
THE MASKED RIDER'S JUSTICE & KILLER ROUND-UP - $14.95
VALLEY OF SHADOWS & THE CAVE OF TERROR - $14.95


FALL OF CTHULHU: NEMESIS #1 (of 4) - Arriving in comic shops April 22nd!
Writer: Michael Alan Nelson; Artist: Mateus Santolouco
Fall of Cthulhu returns with Nemesis, an epic origin story revealing the secret history behind Nyarlathotep's favorite companion. Who is Nemesis you ask? Get this book and find out! Be prepared for the shock of your life as BOOM!'s bestselling horror title continues. Available with covers from Jeffery Spokes and Chuck BB.
24 pages, Full Color, $3.99
BOOM! STUDIOS

Girasol Collectables - Now available!
Girasol Collectables is doing a follow up hardcover project with the rest of Joseph Clement Coll's 'Everybody's' artwork. The 'King, of the Khyber Rifles' edition has been well received so far, and this new book will showcase Coll's other work for the title. The main feature is the 80 page 'Messiah of the Cylinder' story, beautifully illustrated, as well as several other short stories. Rather brilliantly, we think, it'll be called 'The Messiah of the Cylinder and other stories'. Somewhere around 110 pages, we're still going through some of the early years to see if there's more that we might have missed, Limited Edition hardcover, signed by the publishers and numbered. $65 + $5 shipping and handling.
We'll be matching LE numbers to KOTKR buyers as a first priority.

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

Girasol also accepts Paypal as an alternate method of payment.
Payments can be made to our regular info@girasolcollectables.com email address.
Girasol Collectables  

Girasol Collectables: PULP DOUBLES #11 - Now available!
Two action-packed adventures of The Spider from the 1930s and 1940s are reprinted in this 128-page trade paperback. "Scourge of the Yellow Fangs" and "Death and The Spider" are reprinted complete with their original pulp black-and-white illustrations.  Girasol Collectables Inc.

Softcover, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95
A History of the Doc Savage Adventures in Pulps, Paperbacks, Comics, Fanzines, Radio and Film - McFarland Books - Spring/Summer 2009!
By Robert Michael “Bobb” Cotter

Doc Savage is not only the prototype of the modern fictional superhero; he was also a seminal force in creating multimedia crossovers. The character exploded onto the scene in 1933, with the Great Depression and the gathering clouds of war as a cultural backdrop. The series is examined in relation to historic events and changing audience tastes, with special attention on the horror and science-fiction elements. The artwork features illustrations, covers, and original art. Appendices cover Doc Savage paperbacks, pulp magazines, comic books, and fanzines, and a biographical appendix covers all major contributors to the series. ISBN 978-0-7864-4135-8

photos, appendices, bibliography, indexes, hardcover, 7x10, $55
McFarland Books  
From the author:
 Hi, my name is Robert Michael "Bobb" Cotter, and I'm the author of the upcoming book about Doc Savage published by McFarland & Co, Inc. Apparently this book (and especially the price) were somewhat of a surprise to many, and so I thought a word or three of apology/explanation was appropriate.
 
Apologies first, and foremost. I had absolutely no idea that this book would cost what it will, and the news was a complete surprise to me. I've voiced my concerns to the publisher, but, honestly, I have no control over that aspect at all. I am genuinely sorry; I would be anyway, but especially at this time of extreme economic turmoil. Hopefully this explanation will alleviate some of the questions about content, and just what you'll be getting for your hard-earned money.
 
First, to answer the most logical question "Who is... Bobb Cotter?" (And exactly why or what qualifies him to write a book about Doc Savage?) Fair enough... My name is familiar to older pulp fans, but probably not the newer generation. I've been a Doc Savage fan for over 40 years now, and began to actively contribute to pulp fandom in the mid-80's. I did cover and interior artwork for pretty much any and all of the great pulp fanzines of that era; Echoes, The Pulp Collector, Pulp Vault, Nemesis Inc, Golden Perils, The Bronze Gazette and others (I recently returned to the pages of The Bronze Gazette). I did the cover and illustrations for Doc Savage author Will Murray's pulp pastiche "Spicy Zeppelin Stories", and I also put out my own 'zine, "Doc Savage: Inside & Out". I've been privelaged to know Ryerson Johnson and Norma Dent, among others. I was out of touch with fandom for a period while I was engaged in other creative interests, but now that I write books for a living, it only seemed natural to devote one to the character that fired all my interests in the first place. And now, thanks to Conde Nast and McFarland, that dream is about to become reality.
 
OK, to the book. It's a hardcover, and as you can see from the listings, will feature Walter Baumhofer's classic first Doc painting (what more could I ask for?). Those familiar with McFarland's product know that their books are always beautifully packaged and graphically attractive - but looks aren't everything, so here's what's inside of the estimated 300 pages (give or take a few; it's definitely over 135,000 words): As the blurb says, "The series is examined in relation to historical events and changing audience tastes, with special attention to the horror and science-fiction elements" (not to mention the gadgets), and not to mention the many instances of Doc's both direct and indirect immense influence on other characters. Every pulp novel is discussed in these terms, as well as the new additions to the series by Will and Philip Jose Farmer. Other chapters, as the title indicates, are devoted to the various other forms of media in which Doc has appeared, and the appendices include all the technical credits, including a biographical one that covers significant contributors to the legend. Some of this introductory, technical and biographical material will no doubt be familiar to some, but both I and the publisher felt it neccessary, in order to present as complete a picture of Doc as possible.
 
There are not that many graphics, but the selection is choice; again, some familiar images, in terms of pulp and paperback covers, but some seldom-seen items as well (like George Chastain's legendary "Doc Sausage" painting), and even two that have never been published before; masterful renderings of Pat and Doc by two comic masters, Val Mayerik and Brandon Peterson. There's at least one (I hope) surprise revelation, but I can't tell you what it is, or it wouldn't be a surprise. Hopefully there's enough serious information and fun facts to interest both ardent Doc fans and newcomers as well.
 
I guess that's about it; I hope this has been helpful information. Again, I'm sorry that the price is high, and if that's not a deterrent, I sincerely hope the reader at least feels as though they've gotten their money's worth. Thanks for taking the time to read this,

Bobb Cotter
JOHN CARTER OF MARS - Feature film update!
Novelist Michael Chabon has been brought in to work on the script of Pixar's JOHN CARTER OF MARS. Andrew “FINDING NEMO” Stanton has been working on a script for a while. Chabon  told a website:

“I’ve been hired to do some revisions to an already strong script by Andrew Stanton and Mark Andrews,” Chabon said. “I wrote my original screenplay The Martian Agent back in 1995 because I wished I could do [Edgar Rice] Burroughs’s Barsoom. So this is pretty much a dream come true for me.”

Source: Heidi MacDonald's THE BEAT
Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention - August 27 to 29, 2009!
The Clarion Hotel, Aberdeen, Maryland

Movie stars sign autographs for fans!
Old-Time Movies and TV Shows screened 24/7!
Vendor Room!
Seminars, Panels and Presentations!
Drive-In Movie Theater on Friday night!  Don't miss the fun!

Lee Meriwether  (Catwoman on Batman, Time Tunnel, Barnaby Jonesalso Miss America 1955)
James Best  (Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on Dukes of Hazzard)
Celeste Holm  (Academy Award Winner for A Gentleman's Agreement and nominee for All About Eve! Also Tom Sawyer!)
Bob Hastings  (Lt. Carpenter on McHale's Navy, Batman, and more!)
Johnny Whitaker  (Family Affair, Tom Sawyer, Gunsmoke and Adam-12)
Rosemary Rice  (Studio One and Katryn on I Remember Mama)
Diane Sowle  (Mrs. Bucket on Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)
Patty McCormack  (Academy Award nominee for The Bad Seed)

Click on the web-site link for complete schedule of events!
http://www.midatlanticnostalgiaconvention.com
Thanks to Martin Grams, Jr. for the tip!
THE MISSING NARRATIVE OF NEPTUNE
THE MISSING NARRATIVE OF NEPTUNE now available on CD!
Voice actor Michael Glagola creates a brooding sense of menace with his fine rendition of detective, Rich Ambrose, and with the other unusual characters in my eerie crime-suspense novella (which fits into the "weird  detective" genre).

LIMITED PRESSING of 200 copies of which only 175 will be  available for purchase.
To order please send a Paypal payment of $14 (post paid to  anywhere in the continental USA) to _vonblut@aol.com_ (mailto:vonblut@aol.com) or contact me here via MESSAGE to send check or USPS money order.  

Please indicate if you'd like the item signed and to whom you wish it  inscribed.
Orders from this site will receive a couple of extra  Warlockian goodies free of charge - a signed/limited poetry chapbook called  BLOODY APPETITES and an advert card for NEPTUNE.

ALSO - only a few copies left of the book version of  NEPTUNE.  These are available for $11 (postpaid). 
Order both the book  and CD and pay only $23.
NOTE: the book has an extra short story featuring the same  characters - this would not fit on the CD.


Sequential Pulp Comics: Swords of Venus - Coming this Fall!
THE PULSE has posted an online interview with Sequential Pulp Comics Eduardo Barreto who is illustrating the SWORDS OF VENUS series. The series will run for 24 bi-monthly issues with the first issue due out this Fall. Barreto is comitted to the first story arc consisting of eight issues, but is willing to stay on for more. Click here to read the full interview!

Art shown by Eduardo Barreto!
For well over a year now, Dark Horse Deluxe has been distributing the beautiful work of ReelArt Studios. From the stunning Snow Giants statue, inspired by the work of Frank Frazetta, to Frank Cho’s beautiful Babe & Ape, ReelArt Studios has brought some of the most beautiful works to life with painstaking attention to detail. With the help of Dark Horse, ReelArt Studios has carved out a place in the marketplace amongst of the top producers of collectable statues. Now, the company ventures to move into the publishing world, utilizing an already established relationship with one of comics’ top brands.

ReelArt president, Michael Hudson came to Dark Horse with a proposal for a new imprint under the Dark Horse umbrella to transition well known pulp properties into traditional American comics. Fredric Brown’s "Martians Go Home" and Otis Adelbert Kline’s "Swords of Venus" will be the first two properties to receive this treatment. Both properties are licensed directly from the author’s estates and will feature contribution from such industry stalwarts as  Bruce Jones, Martin Powell,  Mike Ploog, Eduardo Barreto and Thomas Yeates. Longtime comics writer and editor, Christopher Mills will serve as Sequential Pulp’s Editor-in-Chief.

The books will be released as full color 22 page stories on a bi-monthly basis. “Our plans at this time are to introduce our line in San Diego next year” states Hudson. The books will be marketed by Dark Horse Comics as a specialty imprint in late 2009. In addition, Dark Horse Entertainment will represent these projects to Hollywood studios for big screen adaptation.

Dark Horse president Mike Richardson states, “Michael Hudson and ReelArt Studios have produced some of the finest products in the business.  We’ve been very pleased with our existing relationship and are excited by the prospect of expanding our partnership to the printed page.  Comic fans are going to see a slate of amazing original projects.”

Subterranean Press: THE EVIL IN PEMBERLEY HOUSE
By Philip Jose Farmer and Win Scott Eckert
 Coming in September and now available for pre-order!
For over thirty years, readers have marveled at Philip José Farmer’s inventive integration of popular fiction and literature’s most beloved characters, in a mythical web known as the Wold Newton Family. First described in the fictional biographies Tarzan Alive: The Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke and Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life, Farmer expanded his Wold Newton mythos in novels such as The Other Log of Phileas Fogg, The Adventure of the Peerless Peer, Time’s Last Gift, Hadon of Ancient Opar, Flight to Opar, The Dark Heart of Time: A Tarzan Novel, and Escape from Loki: Doc Savage’s First Adventure.

The Evil in Pemberley House, an addition to the Wold Newton cycle, plays with the Gothic horror tradition. Patricia Wildman, the daughter of the world-renowned adventurer and crimefighter of the 1930s and ’40s, Dr. James Clarke “Doc” Wildman, is all alone in the world when she inherits the family estate in Derbyshire, England—old, dark, and supposedly haunted.

But Farmer, characteristically, turns convention on its ear. Is the ghost real, or a clever sham? In Patricia Wildman, Farmer creates an introspective character who struggles to reconcile the supernatural with her rational scientific upbringing, while also attempting to work through unresolved feelings about her late parents. He sets the action at Pemberley from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and ingrains the various mysteries in the Canon of the Sherlock Holmes stories.

The Evil in Pemberley House is a darkly erotic novel with broad appeal to readers of pulp and popular literature, particularly followers of Doc Savage, Sherlockians, and fans of Farmer’s own celebrated Wold Newton Family.

The Limited Edition of The Evil in Pemberley House will come with an exclusive chapbook of bonus materials that includes Philip Jose Farmer’s original outline for the novel, as well as an extensive family tree for the Wold Newton Universe.

Limited: 200 numbered copies, signed by Win Scott Eckert, with bonus chapbook - $60
Trade: Fully cloth bound hardcover edition - $40
All the files have been proofed, corrected and are with the publisher, Subterranean Press.
These include:

Trade edition:
the novel itself
endsheets with a Pemberley House/Wold Newton Family tree
still waiting on the cover art from Glen Orbik, although Subpress has approved the preliminary concept sketch

Limited Edition Chapbook:
cover art (the Wildman [Doc Savage] Coat of Arms by Keith Howell)
endsheets with a Pemberley House/Wold Newton Family tree--including SPOILERS from the novel
notes on the Wildman Coat of Arms by Philip José Farmer
outline for the novel by Philip José Farmer
timeline of key events in the novel by yours truly
Wold Newtonian essay by Win Scott Eckert

Subterranean Press

Wildside Press - Big sale through the end of April!
We're smiling here at Wildside Press -- because spring has finally come, and because after all these years, Weird Tales has been named a Hugo Award finalist for the very first time! We want to share our good spirits with you, our loyal customers -- so from now through the end of April, WildsidePress.com is offering a 25% discount on every last purchase of two or more items!

That means everything: Wildside Press classics, Prime Books anthologies, Juno Books novels, old and new issues of Weird Tales... and everything in between! If you can find it at WildsidePress.com (or our backlist site, WildsideBooks.com), it's on sale from now through April 30. Just enter the coupon code "april" at checkout.

Happy reading!
Wildside Press - Now available!
“THE LADY OF THE NIGHT WIND” by Varick Vanardy
Written by the “father of [serial detective] Nick Carter,” Frederic Merrill 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 THE 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, and the third installment:  THE NIGHT WIND’S PROMISE hit bookstores in July and September 2008.  The fourth novel: THE LADY OF THE NIGHT WIND is now available in softcover.

Re-typeset - but not revised or abridged in any way, this edition comes with an informative introduction by the Nick Carter expert and pulp scholar J. Randolph Cox, detailing the genesis of the original Night Wind series and offering a truly revealing biography of its author, Frederic Dey. In addition, this book sports the color cover from the first magazine installment of THE LADY OF THE NIGHT WIND in ALL-STORY WEEKLY magazine from October 5, 1918 by Tarzan cover illustrator Charles David Williams with a new Night Wind logo by Mark Maddox.

ALIAS THE NIGHT WIND, THE RETURN OF THE NIGHT WIND, and THE NIGHT WIND’S PROMISE are available now from Barnes & Noble.com, Amazon.com and Diesel eBooks in hardcover, paperback and ebook formats.

ALIAS THE NIGHT WIND
Hardcover, $29.95 [ISBN: 1434400018, 978-1434400017]
Trade paperback, $14.95 [ISBN: 1434400107, 978-1434400109]

THE RETURN OF THE NIGHT WIND
Hardcover, $29.95 [ISBN: 1434401456, 978-1434401458]
Trade paperback, $14.95 [ISBN: 1434401502, 978-1434401502]

THE NIGHT WIND’S PROMISE
Hardcover, $29.95 [ISBN: 1434402568, 978-1434402561]
Trade paperback, $14.95 [ISBN: 143440241X, 978-1434402417]

THE LADY OF THE NIGHT WIND
Trade paperback, $14.99 [ISBN: 1434402770, 978-1434402776]

Stay tuned for the pending release of the exciting fifth installment of the Night Wind series with a foreword by Win Scott Eckert and cover and interior illustrations by Mark Maddox...

Sadly, sales fell short of the
mark necessary to produce
a hardcover volume of
the 4th installment in
this series.

However, if sales of the
softcover edition are good,
a hardcover volume may be
issued in the future.

Recommend this title to your
friends and lets make the
hardcover edition a reality!





10 April 2009
THE 2009 WINDY CITY PULP & PAPER CONVENTION (#9)
MAY 1 (Friday) through MAY 3 (Sunday), 2009

The hotel has extended the date by which folks can book and get the convention rate.
The new cutoff time is April 17 at 5:00 pm central.
WINDY CITY HOTEL INFORMATION
Date: May 1st through May 3rd, 2009
Location: Westin Lombard Yorktown Center - 70 Yorktown Center - Lombard, IL  60148
Phone: 888-627-9031 - PLEASE BE SURE TO MENTION WINDY CITY PULP AND PAPER CONVENTION WHEN BOOKING!
Parking: Free parking for hotel patrons
Registering at the hotel: You can do it either by phone, or a new link set up especially for Windy City patrons.  CLICK HERE for the link to register direct with the hotel with the special convention rate!
Info: For our ninth show, we’ll be in the West suburbs of Chicago. The Westin is a new hotel, same hotel as last year. It’s located about 20 minutes SW of O’Hare Airport and about a half hour West of Midway Airport. Room rates are $104/night (to get the con rate, you must book by 5:00 p.m. on April 9, 2009!). Parking is free. The hotel is in the midst of a shopping and restaurant corridor – it’s adjacent to (within walking distance of) Yorktown Mall, next to the AMC Movie Theater and about a mile from Oak Brook Shopping Center. For those with families, it’s also only 7 miles from the Brookfield Zoo, one of the nation’s top zoos. And if you like to gamble, it’s 10 miles from the Aurora River Boat.
PLEASE MENTION YOU ARE ATTENDING WINDY CITY PULP AND PAPERBACK CONVENTION WHEN REGISTERING.

Treasures from the Munsey Vaults – 2009
During several past Windy City con's, we've auction rare materials from the vaults of Munsey & Popular.  We'll be doing so again this year, but are coming to the end of these (we may do another a few year's down the road, but right now it looks like that may be it).  Anyway, the material for this portion of the auction has now been identified and is listed below.  This will be part of the Saturday night auction.
1.
Letter from Ralph Milne Farley, on his stationary, from 1948, inquiring about copies of his books.  Signed in full …$25.00 min. bid
2.
1916 letter from James B. Hendryx on his stationary about movie royalties.   Full signature …$25. Min bid.
3
Advance cover proofs for the first three G-8 paperbacks.  These are different covers than the ones used on the actual paperbacks and are quite scarce. The set of three … min bid ..$50
4.
Full page letter from 1951 by Robert Bloch on the ”Gustav Marx Advertising Agency” stationary, inquiring about the reprint rights to a number of Bloch stories.  With a full signature by Bloch …min bid ….$35
5.
Harold Titus – two letters, and a cover reproduction for Western Novels and Short Stories, concerning the reprinting of a Titus serial from Argosy in this Red Circle pulp.  A fascinating glimpse of pulp history being transacted.  Min bid  ……$35
6.
Munsey check from April 1911, payable to Talbot Mundy for the 3rd Kitty Crothers story.  One of the earliest payments made to Mundy for fiction.  Full signature endorsement .. min bid ..$50
7.
Munsey check from July 1911 to Talbot Mundy for the story “An Offer of Two to One.”  Full endorsement by Talbot Mundy ……..min bid …$50
8.
1944 check payable to Clayton Rawson for the story “The Man With the X-Ray Eyes,” endorsed by Rawson ………min bid …$50
9.
Group of three checks all payable to Robert Graef for the covers to “Maza of the Moon, The Swordsman of Mars, and Grandon of Terra,” all novels by Otis A. Kline.  As a group, min bid….$50
10.
1917 check to Frederick Faust for his early fantasy story, “The Return of John Overton.”  Signed by Faust… min bid….$50
11.
 1939 check to Carroll John Daly for “A Corpse in the Hand” from Dime Detective, endorsed by Daly.  Min bid ….$50
12.
1935 check to Ray Cummings for Crimes of Tomorrow.  Endorsed by Cummings.  Min bid..$35
13.
Check to C.M. Kornbluth from 1939, endorsed by Kornbluth, a scarce SF signature.  Min bid …$25
14.
Check to Rex T. Stout from 1914 for “The Great Legend.” Stout’s signature is scarce. Endorsed by him and his sister.
15.
There are ten (10) checks to Cornell Woolrich.  Min bid …$75 each
All Woolrich checks are from the Munsey pulps.  All Woolrich signatures are quite legible.  Story titles will be released at the show.  Only a small number of Woolrich endorsed checks remain and it’s not certain that any more will be released for auction.  None will be available for at least two years.

Age of Aces - Coming in early April!

The Adventures of Smoke Wade Volume 1 by Robert J. Hogan
 ($16.99 trade paperback, 408 pages)

Smoke Wade is a rough and tumble Arizona cowpoke who never came across a fight or a bet he was afraid to take on. He left the range and became the skipper of the American 66th Pursuit Squadron in WWI France. Flying a Pinto colored Spad he calls Jake, after his favorite Pinto ranch horse, Smoke always has his trusty six-shooter strapped to his leg. He makes frequent use of it during his aerial battles with the Germans, led by their evil ace Baron von Stolz.

When he isn't shooting down German planes, Smoke is getting in trouble with his superiors over his love for placing bets on just about anything that seems like a long-shot. Smoke most always wins these bets, and everyone from generals to mechanics is left owing him money and wondering how they had been snookered.

Author Robert J. Hogan's first job after graduating from St. Lawrence University was riding range for several ranches on the west slope of the Rockies. After that he tried amateur boxing and playing piano for silent movies and hoedown dances. Before he became a writer he also had built houses, manufactured leather goods, designed planes, and taught flying. It is easy to understand why Hogan had such affection for this lanky cowboy ace, Smoke Wade.

All Age of Aces books are $16.99 trade paperbacks and are available from
Amazon, Adventure House, and Mike Chomko Books.

Check out our web site at http://ageofaces.home.att.net for information on all our books.
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:
"Balloons For a Breda" by Arch Whitehouse from the August 1940 Flying Aces featuring Coffin Kirk

Age of Adventure: KILLER - Coming Summer 2009!
In the tradition of the Executioner and the Destroyer comes a new series featuring a modern day hero who gets the job done… permanently. The agents of the clandestine counter intelligence organization G.H.O.S.T. are the best of the best.  Each agent is assigned a codename that reflects his or her primary task.  “The Watchers” keep an eye on sensitive global activity, “The Gatherers” act as moles within other government agencies, “The Mechanics” deal in technology the C.I.A. only wishes it had… amid the dozens of operatives there is only one entrusted with the task of physically eliminating the threats against our fragile global society.  His name is Morgan Black, his codename…  The KILLER.

This exciting new series is written and created by Wayne Skiver and Scott Cranford. 
Debut novel late summer 2009. 

Age of Adventure
Age of Adventure - Now available!
Don't miss these recently released titles from Age of Adventure!
Click on any of the covers for full details including links to order from Lulu.com!



Airship 27 Productions: JAGGER:TIME SERVED - Now available!
From Airship 27 Productions and Cornerstone Book Publishers comes a brand new pulp series filled with suspense, action and mystery.

Upon his return home, Marine James Jagger wanted nothing more than to start a new life with, Michelle, the girl he loved.  Alas a cruel twist of fate sends him spiraling down a nightmarish detour.  Wrongly accused and imprisoned for a crime he did not commit, Jagger spends the next seven years of his life behind bars.

Now on parole, he discovers a sadistic child predator is terrorizing a small New England town.  An old friend from the past begs him to help save these innocent children.  But to do so, Jagger will have to break parole and jeopardize his newfound freedom.  First time novelist, Jared L.Cantin, delivers a fast paced, modern thriller that echoes the suspense of classic pulp adventures.  In doing so he creates a new, modern hero for our times.

Featuring a classic pulp crime cover by Rob Davis and Shane Evans and edited by pulp writer Ron Fortier, Airship 27 Productions is proud to present JAGGER – TIME SERVED, the first in a brand new series featuring ex-Marine warrior, James Jagger.  Airship 27 Productions pulp fiction for a new generation.


ISBN:  1-934935-51-4
Produced by Airship 27 Productions
Published by Cornerstone Book Publishers

Retail Price: $24.95
Airship 27 Productions - Still available!
In the tradition of pulp horror master, H.P. Lovecraft come these thirteen tales of mind gripping terror and suspense. Visit Light's End, where horror and madness are your tour guides. Stories by Michael Vance, art by Earl Geier. Features a stunning cover by artist Keith Birdsong. Not for the timid of heart.
 
These stories about the fictional town of “Light's End” in Maine have been published in dozens of magazines in three countries, including “Dark Corridor”, and have also been recorded by renowned actor William (“Murder She Wrote”) Windom.
 
The interior illustrations are by artist Earl Geier who is best known for his horror, fantasy and science fiction artwork. In the role playing game industry, his work includes art for “Battletech”, “Call of Cthulhu”, and many others. He has illustrated books for “Cemetery Dance” magazine, Chaosium, Gryphon and Subterranean Press. For comic book, he's had work published by Dark Horse Comics, Comiczone, Now, Innovation and DC Comics Paradox.

Review

WEIRD HORROR TALES
Written by Michael Vance
Illustrated by Earl Geier
Cover by Keith Birdsong
Design by Rob Davis
Edited by Ron Fortier
ISBN:  1-934935-39-5
ISBN 13: 978-1-934935-39-2
Produced by Airship 27 Productions
Published by Cornerstone Book Publishers

Retail Price: $24.95
Altus Press - Coming soon!

Doctor Death Volume 1
 Volume 1 includes the first three Doctor Death stories plus the unpublished Harold Ward treatment for a Doctor Death comic strip and a Will Murray introduction.





Doctor Death Volume 2
Volume 2 collects "Waves of Madness" and "The Red Mist of Death." Both were previously published in hard-to-find pulp fanzines (Pulp Vault and Nemesis Inc.). The Altus Press edition publishes them both complete for the first time.


Altus Press has worked out a deal with the Ward estate to publish Harold Ward's work. These are just the first of many more Harold Ward collections.  

Visit the Altus Press website
for information on all of their books.
Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in June - updated!
THE SHADOW Volume 28:  "Master of Death," "The Rackets King" & "The Purple Girasol"
"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow Knows!" The Knight of Darkness battles supercrime in two crimebusting pulp novels by Walter B. Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." First, The Shadow follows a bizarre murder trail that leads to the walking dead, a living skeleton and the "Master of Death," a collector of diabolical killing techniques. Then, The Shadow and his agents struggle to protect Manhattan from an underworld war conducted by the Czar of Crime known as "The Rackets King." BONUS: "The Purple Girasol," a never-published 1931 horror story by Walter Gibson that inspired The Shadow's famous ring, newly-illustrated by Shadow Strikes artist Eduardo Barreto! This instant collector's item showcases both original color covers by George Rozen, the classic interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Edd Cartier, and historical commentary by Anthony Tollin and Will Murray.
(Sanctum Books) Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95  
The Book Cave - New podcasts now available online!
Episode 17: Jess Nevins, Pulp Historian - New!
Prepare for a enjoyable history lesson on the Pulps with Jess Nevins.
Episode 16: Tribute To Philip Jose Farmer
Episode 15: Pulp Talk
Episode 14: Meet The Editors Part 3 of 3
Episode 13: Meet The Editors Part 2 of 3
Episode 12: Meet The Editors Part 1 of 3
Episode 11: Van Reid On The Moosepath League
Episode 10: Chris Marshall on the Collected Comics Library
Episode 9: Wild Cards, Dealing With Aces And Jokers
Episode 8: Captain Action From the Past to the Present
Episode 7:  Archie Comics Shadow
Episode 6: Secret Agent and Prisoner TV Series
Episode 5: Comics and Conventions With Craig Klotz
Episode 4: Sun Koh, Germany's Doc Savage
Episode 3: Tom Roberts and Movie Reviews
Episode 2: Back to the Golden Age
Episode 1: Conversation With DarkMark

Visit The Book Cave website at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/  

CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #12 - Coming in July!
Written by Timothy Truman, penciled by Tomas Giorello, colored by Jose Villarrubia cover by Joesph Michael Linsner.

Natohk's horde of desert warriors advances on Conan's band of mercenaries and the remnants of the once-proud Khorajan army -- and the Battle of Shamla Pass begins! Earning the trust and admiration of his fellow soldiers, Conan impresses everyone with his natural leadership skills and tactical instincts -- but that hard-earned respect may be for naught if those defending Princess Yasmela and Khoraja are massacred by Natohk's monstrous forces. From his vantage point on a plateau, Conan looks down on his opponent, as a sea of approaching swords fills the valley. Things go from bad to worse when Natohk unveils some supernatural, deadly, and horrifying surprises. Conan's first command may be his last! The Battle of Shamla Pass begins!

40 pages, $2.99, in stores on July 22.
Dark Horse Comics


ERBville Press - Now available!
Four titles by Robert Leslie Bellem are now available on Amazon.com.
THE VICE CZAR MURDERS by Robert Leslie Bellem - $12.95
LIMITED LIABILITY by Robert Leslie Bellem - $12.95
HALF-PAST MORTEM by Robert Leslie Bellem - $12.95
BLUE MURDER by Robert Leslie Bellem - $10.95


E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow in Review:
This weeks Shadow review is "The Blackmail King" from November 1, 1941

Pulpgen-Online Pulps:   Now with over 1000 stories online!
"No Blood" by John L. Benton from POPULAR DETECTIVE, January, 1936
Lack of blood is good when, but when committing murder there are other things to consider as well!
"A Shriek In the Night" by Sewell Peasley Wright from REAL DETECTIVE TALES, April-May, 1929
A woman's cry for help - an eerie wail over the telephone, like some monster screaming in agony - and young Dellert rushes into the night on a wild and dangerous chase.
"Killer's Investment" by Robert Leslie Bellem from DAN TURNER-HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE, March, 1943
Featuring: Dan Turner
It looked like the old badger game to Dan Turner - at first. Then he realized the movie star had no motive except to escape a frame-up for murder, herself. . . .
"Man to Man" by S. Ten Eyck Bourke from ALL-STORY WEEKLY, June 9, 1917
Two men, mates, work on the high steel. One's a giant the other's a runt. The runt has begun begrudging his friend's helpfulness since it makes him feel less than a man. Then one night, while looking for a saboteur, the runt feels that he is finally useful.

Gabriel Hunt: AT THE WELL OF ETERNITY - Coming April 28th!
The woman carrying the bloodstained flag seemed desperate for help—but it was the attack that followed that convinced Gabriel there was something here men would kill for. And that was before he knew about the dungeon in the Mayan ruins, or the legendary secret hidden in the rain forest of Guatemala...

First publication anywhere!
  • This tale of Gabriel Hunt was penned with the kind assistance of acclaimed crime, western, and military novelist JAMES REASONER, author of more than 200 books.
  • Reasoner wrote the authoritative 10-volume Civil War Battle series, which supplies some of the historical background for HUNT AT THE WELL OF ETERNITY.
You'll be able to get AT THE WELL OF ETERNITY from your favorite local bookseller, or you can pre-order it online or by calling 1-800-481-9191. Why not buy one copy to read and one to give away to a friend?  Even in this tight economy, you really can't beat $6.99 for a night's entertainment...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY REVIEW
James Reasoner (the Civil War Battle series) is the first to take the shared Hunt pen name and launch an adventure series that raises the action bar to nosebleed heights. After a mysterious beauty delivers a bloodstained Confederate flag and a whiskey bottle full of water to the Hunt brothers at a fund-raising reception, millionaire adventurer Gabriel Hunt and beautiful, gun-toting museum director Dr. Cierra Almanzar follow clues and an ambiguous map from Manhattan to Guatemala, only certain they're on the right path when somebody's shooting at them. Hunt, armed only with his fists, bullwhips, a Colt .45 double-action Peacemaker and a vintage Civil War muzzle loader, is often outnumbered but never outwitted. Pulp adventure fans will be thrilled to see the genre so smashingly resurrected.

Visit the HUNT FOR ADVENTURE website for details on upcoming adventures!
H. P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror - Suspended!
Wildside Press regretfully has indefinitely suspended the print magazine — all remaining subscriptions are now being fulfilled with the Hugo-nominated Weird Tales, which now features a regular Lovecraft-themed column and some of the most exciting new horror stories being published today.

Discussions are underway concerning some form of continued online-based future for H.P. Lovecraft’s Magazine of Horror — stay tuned here at WeirdTalesMagazine.com for any developments.

H. P. Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror #5, the final issue, is now available as a free download.
  
A History of the Doc Savage Adventures in Pulps, Paperbacks, Comics, Fanzines, Radio and Film - McFarland Books - Spring/Summer 2009!
By Robert Michael “Bobb” Cotter

Doc Savage is not only the prototype of the modern fictional superhero; he was also a seminal force in creating multimedia crossovers. The character exploded onto the scene in 1933, with the Great Depression and the gathering clouds of war as a cultural backdrop. The series is examined in relation to historic events and changing audience tastes, with special attention on the horror and science-fiction elements. The artwork features illustrations, covers, and original art. Appendices cover Doc Savage paperbacks, pulp magazines, comic books, and fanzines, and a biographical appendix covers all major contributors to the series. ISBN 978-0-7864-4135-8

photos, appendices, bibliography, indexes, hardcover, 7x10, $55
McFarland Books  
Mike Chomko - April 2009 newsletter is now available!
Mike's April 2009 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.
If you use hotmail, msn.com or webtv, your spam filters are bouncing Mike's catalogs and/or emails to you.
Please adjust your filters if you wish to continue to receive the catalog via email. Thanks.

Moonstone Books - Arriving in comic shops April 15th!
THE PHANTOM: GENERATIONS #1 
Written by Ben Raab, art by Pat Quinn, cover by Doug Klauba and Jason Millet.
A new maxi-series of one-shot comic novellas, with each issue (by a different creative team) telling a tale of one of the 21 Phantoms! Ben Raab and Pat Quinn return to tell an untold tale of the first Phantom! A tale of intrigue and adventure torn from the very first Chronicle of the Ghost Who Walks! When his newborn son is abducted and his family threatened, the Phantom goes on the hunt to uncover the identity of the mysterious kidnapper and bring the blackguard to justice!
32 pages, $3.99.

Moonstone Books
Old Time Radio Catalog - Now online!
OTRCAT.com offers vast resources about nostalgic radio shows and is a useful radio resource.
As well as hear thousands of old time radio episodes online, visitors to OTRCAT.com can stream or download full episodes in Mp3 format as well as read detailed descriptions of the performers and series broadcast in the era (1920's – 1959). 
In the 'Daily Downloads', there are the broadcasts of the day throughout history (from the last 50-70+years).
Visit the OTRCAT website at http://otrcat.com/


Off-Trail Publications - Now available!

GROTTOS OF CHINATOWN: The Dorus Noel Stories
By Arthur J. Burks
Introduction by John Locke

Dorus Noel spent many years in the Far East, and had the torture scars to prove it. Now he was back in New York, working undercover in Manhattan's Chinatown, confronting the most insidious crimes and criminals imaginable, cases beyond the ability of the police. Burks' Chinatown is a society of strange alliances, a place of dark menace and mystery, an urban nightmare of secret passageways riddling the district like rabbit warrens, a world under the shadow of China's past.

Collected here for the first time are all 11 Dorus Noel stories from All Detective Magazine (1933-34). Also included is extensive new information on All Detective and the fascinating career of the Speed-King of the Pulps, Arthur J. Burks.

Stories complete with original illustrations.

6x9-inch perfect bound; 192 pages, $16.00 postpaid

Check or MO to:
Off-Trail Publications
2036 Elkhorn Rd.
Castroville, CA 95012
Or:
PayPal: offtrail@redshift.com

Click here for a complete listing of Off-Trail Publications fine line of pulp reprints!
THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF H.P. LOVECRAFT #1 (OF 4)
Arriving in comic shops April 15th!
Story: Mac Carter; Art Tony Salmons; Cover: Adam Byrne

When an ancient curse transforms young H.P. Lovecraft's darkest nightmares into reality, the timid writer becomes both an unwitting god of destruction and the only person who can battle the evil he's unleashed into the world.  One part biography, one part horror pulp, one part fugitive thriller and you have... one weird tale indeed.
40 Pages, Full Color, $3.99
Image Comics
TARZAN ARCHIVES: THE JESSE MARSH YEARS VOLUME 3 - Coming in September!
Written by Gaylord DuBois, art by Jesse Marsh.

The world's first Tarzan comic books are back in print at last! Jesse Marsh remains one of the great, unsung artists of comics history, even though his straightforward realism was admired by such comics legends as Russ Manning and Alex Toth. Marsh's nineteen-year collaboration with writer Gaylord DuBois defined Edgar Rice Burroughs's iconic jungle lord for an entire generation of young readers, and the massive body of work they produced continues to influence comic artists to this day.

Reproducing the now-hard-to-find and pricey issues for fans, this archive series will collect issues #11-#16.

240 pages, $49.95, in stores on Sept. 30.
Dark Horse Comics


Tom Yeates illustrates Burroughs - Coming soon!
Tom Yeates is illustrating, in full color a graphic novel titled "The Outlaw Prince". Adapted by Rob Hughes from Edgar Rice Burroughs' The Outlaw of Torn. Michael Kaluta is doing the layouts, Thomas Yeates' partner, artist Lori Almeida, is doing most of the coloring. It will be published by Dark Horse.

Transfuzion Publishing: THE MISKATONIC PROJECT - BRIDE OF DAGON - Now available!
Writers: Roy Thomas, Jean-Marc Lofficier; Artists:  Brian Michael Bendis, David Mack
Before X-Files, before Torchwood, there was the Miskatonic Project! The Deep Ones have risen and their dark god Dagon awaits his bride — a member of the Miskatonic Project! Determined to break the growing power of Cthulhu, The Miskatonic Project battles slime-dripping monstrosities from the bottom of the sea!

Softcover, 100 pages, B&W,  $15.99
Also available from Amazon.com

Transfuzion Publishing
Wordsworth Editions: The Casebook of Sexton Blake - Now available!
The Casebook of Sexton Blake
Welcome to the breathtaking adventures of Sexton Blake!

For the greater part of the 20th century, the countless escapades of super sleuth Sexton Blake kept millions of readers on the edge of their seats. Together with his faithful sidekick, the youthful Tinker, and his intelligent bloodhound, Pedro, he stood firm against an onslaught of crime and villainy, defeating his enemies with his extraordinary powers of deduction, iron fists and unyielding determination. This thrilling collection presents seven exploits from his ‘golden age’:
 
The Slave Market
In the dangerous depths of Africa, Blake races to the rescue of an old school friend!

A Football Mystery
Blake and Tinker join the England team to beat the cheating opposition!

The Man From Scotland Yard
Blake has his first encounter with the greatest super-villain he would ever meet!

The Law of the Sea
Blake goes down with the ship in his own version of the sinking of the Titanic!
 
The Brotherhood of the Yellow Beetle
Blake grapples with oriental cunning in the form of Prince Wu Ling!

A Case of Arson
A master crook is at work but Blake is on his trail!

The Black Eagle
A wronged man is out for vengeance. Can Blake stop him before it's too late?

Sexton Blake, consulting detective!

Wordsworth Editions
ZORRO #12 - Arriving in comic shops April 15th!
Writer: Matt Wagner; Penciller/Inker: Cezar Rezik
Covers: Matt Wagner, Francesco Francavilla
As Diego continues to fall – and fall hard – for the lovely Lolita, Sgt. Pedro Gonzales is recruited into a devilish scheme to destroy Zorro once and for all! Featuring two covers, one from writer Matt Wagner and the other from Francesco Francavilla!
32 pages, Full Color, $3.50
Dynamite Entertainment



03 April 2009
13th Annual Fantastic Pulps Show & Sale - Saturday, May 9, 2009, 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

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!

THE 2009 WINDY CITY PULP & PAPER CONVENTION (#9)
MAY 1 (Friday) through MAY 3 (Sunday), 2009

CON SUITE INFORMATION
It's almost time for WINDY CITY PULP AND PAPER Convention.  For those who plan on attending, this year's show is shaping up to be one of our best and you don't want to miss out.  So get your hotel reservations in prior to April 9th to get the special Convention Rate.  BE SURE TO MENTION THE CON to get the rate, or use the link provided below to reserve a room on-line.

Windy City has been the largest pulp convention in the country the past few years, with over 125 dealer tables and over 400 attendees last year. At this time the dealer room is nearly sold out, and we anticipate selling out of tables by late February.  If you're thinking of coming this year as a dealer, please let us know as soon as possible -- after the room sells out, we will create a waitlist in case tables become available.
 
We have several exciting things planned for this year's convention, including an amazing display of art by pulp great Hubert Rogers (whose family will be attending) -- featuring covers from pulps as diverse as ASTOUNDING and ADVENTURE -- our celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Spicy pulps, another great film line-up, and a special auction of material from the estate of Lamont award winner Frank Hamilton.  Details on all this and more can be found below or on our website!
 
As always, when booking rooms at the hotel, please mention the convention to get the convention rate.
 
Be sure to keep checking the con's website, www.windycitypulpandpaper.com, for updates.  You can also find registration information and forms there. We hope to see you in Chicago in May at pulp fandom's largest party!
 
Doug Ellis & John Gunnison
www.windycitypulpandpaper.com/ DEALER ROOM HOURS
Friday - Noon till 6 pm
Saturday - 9 am till 5 pm
Sunday - 9 am till 4 pm

Dealer setup - Friday 9 am till Noon
Saturday - 8 am till 9 am

Early Bird Admittance (Those members who have paid for early bird memberships) - Friday 10 am
WINDY CITY HOTEL INFORMATION
Date: May 1st through May 3rd, 2009
Location: Westin Lombard Yorktown Center - 70 Yorktown Center - Lombard, IL  60148
Phone: 888-627-9031 - PLEASE BE SURE TO MENTION WINDY CITY PULP AND PAPER CONVENTION WHEN BOOKING!
Parking: Free parking for hotel patrons
Registering at the hotel: You can do it either by phone, or a new link set up especially for Windy City patrons.  CLICK HERE for the link to register direct with the hotel with the special convention rate!
Info: For our ninth show, we’ll be in the West suburbs of Chicago. The Westin is a new hotel, same hotel as last year. It’s located about 20 minutes SW of O’Hare Airport and about a half hour West of Midway Airport. Room rates are $104/night (to get the con rate, you must book by 5:00 p.m. on April 9, 2009!). Parking is free. The hotel is in the midst of a shopping and restaurant corridor – it’s adjacent to (within walking distance of) Yorktown Mall, next to the AMC Movie Theater and about a mile from Oak Brook Shopping Center. For those with families, it’s also only 7 miles from the Brookfield Zoo, one of the nation’s top zoos. And if you like to gamble, it’s 10 miles from the Aurora River Boat.
PLEASE MENTION YOU ARE ATTENDING WINDY CITY PULP AND PAPERBACK CONVENTION WHEN REGISTERING.  THANK YOU.
TRANSPORTATION
Taxi: Here are a few companies that apparently have a flat rate to and from the airport. The taxi that should be taken is a suburban taxi and not a city taxi.
303 Taxi: O’Hare to Lombard $28 phone 847-368-8916
Citi Suburban: O’Hare to Lombard $30 phone 630-495-5555
AAA Universal Taxi: phone 630-617-5400
AM Regional Taxi: phone 630-971-8888
American Taxi: phone 630-305-0700
There is also a shuttle operated by Airport Express.
(Guest may be paired up with other riders). Ticket counters and loading zones are located at 1E, 2D, and 3F on the baggage claim level. The last shuttle leaves O’hare at 11:30 p.m seven days a week. Reservations are needed. Shuttles depart O’Hare every 15 minutes.
1 person - $33.00
2 people - $38.00
3 people - $43.00
4 people - $48.00
5 people - $53.00
6 people - $58.00
Airport Express contact
 # 888-2thevan (888-284-3826) Airport Express shuttle rates to/from Midway Airport
(Guest may be paired up with other riders). Shuttle pick up and ticket counter is located at door 3 across from baggage claim. Reservations to suburbs are needed. Shuttle is available 7 days a week with the last one leaving at 10:30.
1 person - $37.00
2 people - $42.00
3 people - $47.00
4 people - $52.00
5 people - $57.00
6 people - $62.00
Airport Express contact
# 888-2thevan (888-284-3826)
REGISTRATION
Early bird registration!  A reminder to all those who'd like to attend the show and get an early start...you can register as an early bird (for an extra fee) and receive early admission.  Check out the on-line registration, or use the Paypal buttons to the right. You can register on-line using the Paypal form below.  You can also download the 2009 Registration Form by CLICKING HERE.  Payment by check or money order accepted for downloaded form.

On-Line 2009 Registration - Payable Through Paypal
Go to the website: CLICK HERE
WINDY CITY AUCTIONS
FRANK HAMILTON ESTATE FRIDAY NIGHT AUCTION!  In addition to our regular Saturday night auction (at which we anticipate the return of more rare materials from the Munsey pulparchives), we will also be holding a special estate auction on Friday night, with loads of material from the estate of Frank Hamilton. Frank was one of the giants in the pulp fan community, winning one of the first Lamont awards for the terrific art he regularly contributed to pulp fandom, and a longtime collector, especially of hero and Burroughs pulps. We'll be cataloging the material from his estate in advance of the convention, and posting lists and photos on the website as they're prepared, so keep checking back.  Some sample items are visible here.
We will still have our great Saturday Night Auction as well.  Check with the website for updated information as items become available.
ART SHOW
Windy City Pulp and Paperback Convention management would like to thank Dan Zimmer for agreeing to sponsor the art show for a FOURTH straight year.  Thanks Dan.  For those who'd like to see what Illustration Magazine is all about, click on the banner above.
Open Friday - New Hours

CELEBRATING THE ART OF HUBERT ROGERS!  For this year's con, we're pleased to announce that the family of pulp artist Hubert Rogers will be attending, bringing an incredible amount of art for display in our art show. Between works that his family is bringing and other pieces from private collections, we should have around 2 dozen paintings by Rogers and several dozen black and white interiors on display, in what promises to be an amazing art room! Rogers was a top pulp artist for decades, and while most may remember him for his covers for Astounding, he was prolific in many pulp genres. We'll be scheduling some talks about the artist, and tours of the art, with his family.
 
MOVIE FESTIVAL
Each year, Ed Hulse and his staff from Blood N Thunder Magazine, acquires great 16mm pulp oriented films for our guests to see.  The new schedule is published below.  More great material to be shown at the show, we will publish an up to date schedule at the show!
2009 Windy City Film Program

Friday:
12:00 pm — The Mark of Zorro (1920). The first Zorro film is also the most faithful adaptation of Johnston McCulley’s “The Curse of Capistrano,” serialized in All-Story Weekly during August and September of 1919. Dashing Douglas Fairbanks was already a popular leading man when he essayed the role of Don Diego Vega, but Mark of Zorro’s surprise success turned him into one of the cinema’s first true superstars. Although this film has always been available in one form or another, we’re showing the most recently restored version, which was mastered from archival film elements deriving from the original negative and boasts a newly recorded orchestral score. If you think of silent films as hopelessly creaky, sit in on Mark of Zorro. You just might be surprised.

02:00 pm — Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective (aka The Raven Red Kiss-Off, 1990). This year our convention celebrates the Diamond Anniversary of the Spicy pulp line, and this made-for-TV movie was the second of only two films we’ve identified as having been adapted from Spicy yarns. Based on a Robert Leslie Bellem story and scripted by regular Windy City attendee John Wooley, this fast-paced mystery is a bit too campy but great fun for pulp fans nonetheless. Note: We’re showing the seldom-seen Fries Entertainment home-video cut, which contains a few shots of partial nudity that weren’t in the original broadcast version.

04:00 pm — The Return of Wild Bill (1940). This above-average “B” Western, directed by cult favorite Joseph H. Lewis, was adapted from Walt Coburn’s “The Block K Rides Tonight,” which appeared in the July 1939 issue of Star Western. Popular cowboy star Gordon “Wild Bill” Elliott plays the two-fisted lawman who avenges the murder of his father. Lovely Iris Meredith, who played Nita Van Sloan in the Spider serial we showed last year, assumes leading-lady chores. We ran an old 16mm print of Return of Wild Bill at our 2003 convention, but this DVD has been specially mastered for us from a 35mm archival print.

Following Friday Night Auction — Bombay Mail (1934). An extremely rare film, never made available on home video or to cable movie channels, this nifty programmer combines high adventure and murder mystery. It was adapted from a Lawrence G. Blochman novel of the same name, which originally appeared in the August 15, 1933 issue of Complete Stories. The first of several Blochman yarns featuring Detective Inspector Leonidas Prike (renamed Dyke for this movie), Bombay Mail revolves around the murder of a British official aboard a Calcutta-Bombay train. The suspects include a Maharajah, a Russian opera singer, several Americans, and anti-British rebels. Edmund Lowe plays Dyke; the supporting cast includes Shirley Grey, Ralph Forbes, Onslow Stevens, and Hedda Hopper. Pieces from the evocative musical score by Heinz Roemheld were reused in part many times in subsequent years, most notably in the Flash Gordon serials.
Saturday:
09:00 am — Blackmail (1947). This fast-paced, action-packed Republic Pictures whodunit was the first Dan Turner film and, therefore, the first adapted from a Spicy pulp story. William Marshall, a blond “himbo” who Republic desperately tried to make a star, plays the hard-boiled private eye, called to investigate the blackmailing of a famous movie director (former matinee idol Ricardo Cortez). Luscious blonde Adele Mara and haughty brunette Stephanie Bachelor are the femmes fatale, and Grant Withers appears as Dan’s foil, Police Inspector Donaldson. Fans of Robert Leslie Bellem’s yarns will get a kick out of hearing the author’s wacky dialogue spouted by these colorful characters, their verbal exchanges alternating with fistfights and car chases galore.

10:15 am — Blue, White and Perfect (1942). An entry in 20th Century-Fox’s Michael Shayne series, this polished whodunit was actually adapted from a Borden Chase novel featuring “Smooth Kyle.” Chase’s yarn, bearing the same title, was serialized in Argosy during September and October of 1937. Fox’s screenwriter Samuel G. Engel simply appropriated the pulpster’s plot and substituted Shayne for Kyle. One of the suspects is played by TV’s future Superman, George Reeves. Fast-moving and fun, Blue, White and Perfect is among the two or three best entries in the entire Michael Shayne series.

12:00 pm — Saturday Matinee: The Ivory-Handled Gun (1935) plus selected short subjects. We’re replicating a complete program that any American kid might have seen at his neighborhood theater on a Saturday afternoon in the mid ‘30s: coming-attractions trailer, cartoon, newsreel, serial episode (Chapter Two of Gordon of Ghost City, a 1933 chapter play loosely adapted from a Peter B. Kyne story), and feature film. The main attraction is The Ivory-Handled Gun, a Buck Jones Western adapted from the Charles E. Barnes novel of the same title published in the Second October 1930 issue of Ace-High. It’s one of Buck’s best starring vehicles of this period.

02:00 pm — I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes (1948). No Windy City film program would be complete without a movie taken from one of Cornell Woolrich’s pulp yarns, and this year we’ve dug up one of the scarcest. Based on the novelette of the same title published in the March 12, 1938 issue of Detective Fiction Weekly, this Monogram “B” stars Don Castle, Elyse Knox, and Regis Toomey in an adaptation scripted by former pulp writer Steve Fisher. It’s an exercise in low-budget film noir revolving around the familiar Woolrich situation of an ordinary guy framed for a murder he didn’t commit. Afraid that Woolrich’s ambiguous denouement wouldn’t make a satisfactory ending for the movie version, Fisher actually called his fellow pulpster for advice. Woolrich suggested that Fisher graft onto Shoes the ending from one of his famous stories—but you’ll have to see the film here to find out which Fisher tale was thus cannibalized.

03:30 pm — Private Detective (1938). Perky Jane Wyman stars in this minor but zippy little “B” from Warner Brothers, based on Kay Krause’s “Invitation to Murder,” published in the May 1937 issue of Pocket Detective. A seemingly routine child-custody hearing leads to murder, and female detective Myrna “Jinx” Winslow cracks the case with timely assistance from police lieutenant Jim Rickey (Dick Foran). Clearly fashioned after Warner’s popular Torchy Blane series (adapted from Frederick Nebel’s MacBride-Kennedy stories in Black Mask), Private Detective sports a supporting cast that’s practically a Who’s Who of popular ‘30s character actors.

Following Saturday Night Auction — The Law of the Forty-Fives (1935). An obscure little Poverty Row horse opera forgotten by all but the most rabid Western-movie fans, this is the first screen adaptation of a “Three Mesquiteers” novel by prolific pulpster William Colt MacDonald. The movie only features two of the three heroes, however; in his novel of the same title (serialized in Quick-Trigger Western from December 1929 to April 1930 and published in hard covers in 1933), MacDonald focused on his already-established twin protagonists, Tucson Smith and Stony Brooke. A deputy sheriff, Lullaby Joslin, joins them at story’s end and becomes the third Mesquiteer. This movie, which stars Guinn “Big Boy” Williams as Tucson and silent-screen comedian Al St. John as Stony, doesn’t give a name to the deputy character (played by Curley Baldwin). But let’s not quibble. The film is great cornball fun, with the numerous shortcomings—most owing to a minuscule budget and truncated shooting schedule—adding to its charm. And you won’t see it anywhere but here.

34th Annual Friends of Old-Time Radio Convention -  October 22-25, 2009!
Holiday Inn-North, Newark, NJ (1-973-589-1000)
Visit the Friends of Old-Time Radio at http://www.fotr.net


2009-2011 Film Release Dates
May 1, 2009
May 8, 2008
May 21, 2009
July 17, 2009
 November 6, 2009
December 25, 2009
 X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE
STAR TREK
TERMINATOR SALVATION
 HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
THE WOLFMAN
SHERLOCK HOLMES
May 7, 2010
June 4, 2010
June 25, 2010
November 19, 2010
IRON MAN 2
THOR
THE GREEN HORNET
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HOLLOWS
May 6, 2011
July 15, 2011
THE FIRST AVENGER: CAPTAIN AMERICA
THE AVENGERS


Age of Aces - Coming in early April!

The Adventures of Smoke Wade Volume 1 by Robert J. Hogan
 ($16.99 trade paperback, 408 pages)

Smoke Wade is a rough and tumble Arizona cowpoke who never came across a fight or a bet he was afraid to take on. He left the range and became the skipper of the American 66th Pursuit Squadron in WWI France. Flying a Pinto colored Spad he calls Jake, after his favorite Pinto ranch horse, Smoke always has his trusty six-shooter strapped to his leg. He makes frequent use of it during his aerial battles with the Germans, led by their evil ace Baron von Stolz.

When he isn't shooting down German planes, Smoke is getting in trouble with his superiors over his love for placing bets on just about anything that seems like a long-shot. Smoke most always wins these bets, and everyone from generals to mechanics is left owing him money and wondering how they had been snookered.

Author Robert J. Hogan's first job after graduating from St. Lawrence University was riding range for several ranches on the west slope of the Rockies. After that he tried amateur boxing and playing piano for silent movies and hoedown dances. Before he became a writer he also had built houses, manufactured leather goods, designed planes, and taught flying. It is easy to understand why Hogan had such affection for this lanky cowboy ace, Smoke Wade.

All Age of Aces books are $16.99 trade paperbacks and are available from
Amazon, Adventure House, and Mike Chomko Books.

Check out our web site at http://ageofaces.home.att.net for information on all our books.
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 Corpsemaker" by William E. Barrett from the June 1934 SKY BIRDS featuring Hugh McQuillen, "The Iron Ace".
Murder had been done on the Iron Ace’s drome. And in the cold gray dawn after that night of death and horror, two men who knew the secret took off into the skies—toward Germany. To the single guard on that desolate drome, the first appeared to be a Frenchman. The second, in the guise of a German, was Hugh McQuillen himself. For the Iron Ace knew that two can play at masquerade—but only one can win.
Age of Adventure: AIR HEROES - Now available!

AIR HEROES collects 5 fantastic adventures of the aviation heroes of Hillman Comics that fans have been asking for! 
These comics featured some of the best artwork of the Golden Age with wild villains, two fisted heroes, and sexy heroines!  Its ACES for action lovers!

Print: $6.00
Download: $2.00

Age of Adventure
Age of Adventure: ROBUR The CONQUEROR - Now available!
Jules Verne's Classic novel of adventure, ROBUR The CONQUEROR:
They laughed at his idea of heavier than air flying machines, but he would have the last laugh with the "Albatross", the most incredible flying machine ever built!  Lord of the skies, Robur became the would-be conqueror of the WORLD! 

Originally published in 1886, this amazing adventure still enthralls readers over 100 years later. 
Cover art by Jay Piscopo, artist/writer of the Amazing Adventures of Capt'n Eli ! 

Print: $7.50
Download: $2.50

Age of Adventure
Altus Press - Now available!

Triple Detective #3
Back again for another issue!
Thrill to the all-new adventures of The Black Bat, The Phantom Detective and The Masked Avenger! Written by G. Wayman Jones, Robert Wallace, and Tom Johnson.


128 pages, 6.63" x 10.25"
Trade paperback - $14.95


Visit the Altus Press website for information on all of their books.


Last week I mistakenly listed the price of Triple Detective #3 as $24.95.
It is actually $14.95. I apologize for the error.
    
Don't miss these recently released titles from Altus Press!
Click on any of the covers for full details including links to order from Lulu.com and Amazon.com!








Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books - Avenger/Whisperer Subscriptions are now available!
Anthony Tollin has announced that Sanctum Books is now offering six-volume combined-subscriptions to THE AVENGER and THE WHISPERER that include the first three volumes of both quarterly series.

The dual-subscriptions are available postpaid for $72 for first class shipping or $66 via media mail.
Payments can be sent via Paypal to orders@shadowsanctum.com, or checks to:

Anthony Tollin
P.O. Box 761474
San Antonio, TX 78245

Anyone who has previously ordered the first volume of either series from Tollin can convert to the discounted subscription rate by paying the difference between their original payment and the subscription price.

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Printed, bound, and in the process of being shipped to retailers and subscribers!

THE AVENGER Volume 1:
"Justice, Inc." & "The Yellow Horde"

The Pulp Era's most intriguing superhero returns in his first two epic adventures by Paul Ernst writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, a devastating personal tragedy forges adventurer Richard Henry Benson into a "man of steel," leading him to assemble the crime-fighting team called "Justice, Inc." Then, murder sets The Avenger on the trail of "The Yellow Hoard," the secret  treasure of the Aztecs. This instant collector's item showcases H. W. Scott's classic pulp covers, and reprints all the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban. BONUS: A rare 1941 Avenger radio script! Pulp historian Will Murray provides commentary, revealing how The Shadow's Walter Gibson and Doc Savage's Lester Dent helped develop The Avenger, a character who also appeared in Street & Smith and DC comics. (Sanctum Books) 978-0-9822033-0-9   0-9822033-0-6

Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95

Sanctum Books will be premiering THE AVENGER next week at the
PCA/ACA (Popular Culture Association & American Culture Association
(PCA/ACA) conference being held April 8-11 at
the New Orleans Marriot.
Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in late April!
THE WHISPERER Volume 1: "The Dead Who Talked" & "The Red Hatchets"
"He knows no law but Justice!" The Gray Wraith deals out bloody vengeance in two hardboiled pulp thrillers by Laurence Donovan writing as "Clifford Goodrich," in the most violent series ever published by Street & Smith. In "The Dead Who Talked," Police Commissioner James "Wildcat" Gordon is ordered to bring to justice the sinister super-villain known only as The Whisperer. Then, the Long Arm of the Law becomes ensnared in the crossfire of a bloody tong war between the Underworld and "The Red Hatchets." BONUS: From the pages of Crime Busters, the first Norgil the Magician story by The Shadow's Walter B. Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." This instant collector's item showcases the original color covers by legendary illustrator Tom Lovell and Spider cover artist John Newton Howitt, classic interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin.  (Sanctum Books)  
978-0-9822033-5-4   0-9822033-5-7
Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95
Black Coat Press: THE TERROR OF FU MANCHU - Now available!
The first Fu Manchu thriller to be authorized by the Sax Rohmer Literary Estate in 22 years is now available. THE TERROR OF FU MANCHU brings back Sax Rohmer's insidious criminal mastermind, Dr. Fu Manchu along with Rohmer's intrepid protagonists Nayland Smith and Dr. Petrie and teams them with Rohmer's brilliant French detective, Gaston Max in a new adventure set in London and Paris in 1913.

THE TERROR OF FU MANCHU is published by Black Coat Press and is available in both hardcover and trade paperback editions.
 
Collectors Hardcover Edition
Contents:
- Foreword by Dr. Lawrence Knapp
- Introduction by William Patrick Maynard
- The Terror of Fu Manchu by William Patrick Maynard
- Epilog by William Patrick Maynard
US $39.95/ GBP28.99
6x9 hardcover w/jacket, 192 pages
Trade paperback Edition
Contents:
- Introduction by William Patrick Maynard
- The Terror of Fu Manchu by William Patrick Maynard

US $20.95/GBP 12.99
5x8, 246 pages

The death of a seemingly respectable missionary draws Denis Nayland Smith and his devoted companion, Dr. Petrie, back into the web of the diabolical Dr. Fu Manchu. The investigation takes our heroes on a harrowing journey where they cross paths with the Si-Fan, a rival theosophist society and the famous French detective, Gaston Max.

Innocent children dangling above a crocodile pit, living snowmen, and Hell-spawned demons share the stage with mysterious Chinese villains, dastardly French Apaches, powerful sorcerers and refreshingly vulnerable heroes who are still capable of reassessing the values of the British Empire. The clash of Eastern and Western cultures contrasts sharply with the age-old battle between the forces of Good and Evil, as Nayland Smith and Dr. Petrie grapple with the fragile truths that rule their world.

A suspenseful thriller that moves rapidly between London and Paris in December 1913, The Terror of Fu Manchu is William Patrick Maynard's first novel. This action-packed thriller is the first authorized Fu Manchu adventure in over twenty years and reintroduces Sax Rohmer's classic characters to a new generation of readers.
Black Dog Books - Coming soon!
CITY OF CORPSES: THE COLLECTED WEIRD MYSTERIES OF KEN CARTER
Read the stories that led to Norvell Page receiving the commission to write The Spider. Included are: "Hell's Music," "City of Corpses," "Statues of  Horror," "Gallows Ghost," "The Devil's Hoof," "The Sinister Embrace," and "Satan's Sideshow," reprinted from Ten Detective Aces Also included are Page 's nonfiction article, "How I Write," photos, a biography of the author, and an introduction by Robert Weinberg.
Trade paperback, $19.95
DEMONS OF THE NIGHT and Other Early Tales of Suspense by Seabury Quinn
Best known as a prolific contributor to WEIRD TALES, Seabury Quinn created an impressive body of literature prior to and parallel with his first sales to that magazine. DEMONS OF THE NIGHT spotlights those early works, including his first published article, his first fiction sale, and stories from his extremely rare "Washington Night's Entertainment" and "Problems of Professor Forrester" series.

Three of the works in this volume were previously unknown, and five have never been reprinted in their entirety anywhere since the original magazine appearances, as long as nine decades ago.  Cover art by Greg Hildebrandt
Trade paperback, $16.95
OLD SAILS by Captain A. E. Dingle
Eleven thrilling tales of adventures at sea written by a master mariner. Read: "The Light on Little Hope", "Piracy", "Recognition", "The Rusty Cutlass", "water", "The Burden Paternal", "Doc", "The Killer", "The Siren's swan Song", "Old Sails", and the pirate novella, "Three Palms Cay". Also included are a nonfiction article, and a bibliography of written works by Dingle. Trade paperback, 198 pages, $19.95
HELL'S HOOFPRINTS by Lester Dent
For the first time, HELL'S HOOFPRINTS collects the complete works of Lester dent from WESTERN TRAILS, including his fiction, articles, vignettes and letters to readers - with a bonus story written for WESTERN TRAILS but never appearing there.
Trade paperback, 230 pages, $22.95
THE TALBOT MUNDY LIBRARY, VOLUME ONE: A TRANSACTION IN DIAMONDS
A collection of all of the stories and articles published by Mundy during 1911, his first year as a professional writer. Introduction by Brian Taves, author of Talbot Mundy-Philosopher of Adventure.
Trade paperback, $19.95
THE TALBOT MUNDY LIBRARY, VOLUME TWO: THE SOUL OF A REGIMENT
Contains the bulk of Mundy's sales during 1912 to ADVENTURE magazine, his primary outlet during this period.
It will include a new introduction by prolific and popular writer S. M. Stirling.
Trade paperback, $19.95
Shipping is $4.50 for the first title and $1 for each additional title.
Orders of 4 or more titles can be sent USPS Flat Rate for $8.95, or Media Mail for approx. $5.00.
Visit our new BLOG, Black Dog Books News From the Dog Pound, for news of upcoming titles and developments regarding projects from Black Dog Books, announcements, as well as occasional random thoughts and other information to share.

Black Dog Books
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Normal, Il 61761-5432
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Black Gate #13 - Now available!
Black Gate was founded in 2000, and is one of today’s leading fantasy magazines. We welcome many brands of speculative fiction, and actively seek a kind of story we feel is often neglected in today’s short fiction market.

224 pages, $9.95
Edited by John O’Neill
Published by New Epoch Press
Cover by Malcolm McClinton
Spot Art by Bernie Mireault
Interior Art by Kent Burles, Storn Cook, Mark Evans, Leif Jones, John Kaufmann, Malcolm McClinton, Bernie Mireault, Jim Pavelec, and Michael Vilardi

Black Gate
FICTION
“The Beautiful Corridor” By Jonathan L. Howard
Kyth had penetrated every chamber of the ancient and deadly tomb… all but the beautiful corridor.

“The Good Sheriff” By David Wesley Hill
Gunslinger Charles Duke returns in a weird western. All he wanted was a way home – but first he had to barter with a sorceror, and all those gods & demons…

“The Face in the Sea” by John C. Hocking
“Look to the south,” the face in the sea shrieked. “Can you see your death approaching?”

“Naktong Flow” By Myke Cole
The Naktong river bore them inland. Everywhere the dark water carried them, the shore was laid waste.

“The Murder at Doty Station” By Matthew Bey
Could a clockwork killer be haunting the road at lonely Doty Station?

“The Evil Eater” By Peadar Ó Guilín
“The Evil-Eater is hungry, Toby,” the Hurani said. “If you’re not evil, you have nothing to fear.”

“Bones in the Desert, Stones in the Sea” By Amy Tibbetts
She left him a final message… and a treasure he’d never hoped to find.

“The Merchant Of Loss” By Justin Stanchfield & Mikal Trimm
“What would you pay for pain, my good friends? What would you offer for misery?”

“Return of the Quill” By John R. Fultz
In the catacombs below the ancient city of Narr, the necromancer searched for the lovely ghost.

“Spider Friend” By L. Blunt Jackson
It is a terrible thing, to refuse the blessing of the Spider Goddess.

“Silk and Glass” By Sharon E. Woods
Jas wore a slave collar; was bound to obey. But she was not known as the Temptress of Saria for nothing.

“The Naturalist Part III: St. George and the Antriders” By Mark Sumner
The exciting conclusion to the saga of the Naturalist.
FEATURES
Behind the Magic of Recluse By L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
DEPARTMENTS
Editorial: Confessions of a Blurber
By John O’Neill

Letters
From Our Readers
REVIEW FEATURES
Book reviews
The Ant King and Other Stories, Benjamin Rosenbaum (Small Beer Press)
A Posse of Princesses, Sherwood Smith, (YA Angst/Norilana)
Five Novels of the 1960S & 70s, Philip K. Dick (The Library of America)
The Steel Remains, Richard K. Morgan (Del Rey)
The Sorcerers’ Plague, David B. Coe (Tor)
Jhegaala, Steven Brust (Tor)
Warhammer: Curse of the Necrarch, Steven Savile (BL Publishing)
Warhammer: Knight Errant, Anthony Reynolds (BL Publishing)
Pax Dakota, Ken Rand (Five Star)
Gordath Wood, Patrice Sarath (Ace)
The Wolf Sea, Robert Low (Thomas Dunne Books)
The New Annotated Dracula, Bram Stoker, edited by Leslie S. Klinger
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Knights of the Dinner Table: The Java Joint
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THE BLACK STRANGER - On sale at Bud Plant Comic Art for $10.95!
THE BLACK STRANGER by Robert E. Howard. Cover by Mike Mignola.

In some of his most powerful heroic fantasy and horror stories, Howard explores an extremely haunted New World. In Howard's Gothic America, "The Black Stranger" spearheads this collection of 15 stories. Located at the extreme edge of Hyborian geography and human ruthlessness, this Conan novella has seldom been available until now. In the tales that follow, Howard unearths sinister civilizations that have forgotten the mysteries of their origins on American soil tens of thousands of years ago. Stories include "Marchers of Valhalla," "The Horror from the Mound," and others. Wonderful gothic horror cover painting by Mignola.

Publisher: University of Nebraska, 2005
Binding: Softcover
Dimensions: 5x8
Pages: 352 pages

Published at $17.95
Your price: $10.95
The Book Cave - New podcasts now available online!
Episode 16: Tribute To Philip Jose Farmer - New!
This episode Ric is joined by Win Scott Eckert , Michael Croteau, Paul Spiteri, and Dennis E. Power for a tribute to Philp  Jose Farmer, who passed away recently. I learned a lot, thanks to these gentlemen. After talking to them I have searched out several books to read and bought the first issue of Farmerphile.
Episode 15: Pulp Talk
Episode 14: Meet The Editors Part 3 of 3
Episode 13: Meet The Editors Part 2 of 3
Episode 12: Meet The Editors Part 1 of 3
Episode 11: Van Reid On The Moosepath League
Episode 10: Chris Marshall on the Collected Comics Library
Episode 9: Wild Cards, Dealing With Aces And Jokers
Episode 8: Captain Action From the Past to the Present
Episode 7:  Archie Comics Shadow
Episode 6: Secret Agent and Prisoner TV Series
Episode 5: Comics and Conventions With Craig Klotz
Episode 4: Sun Koh, Germany's Doc Savage
Episode 3: Tom Roberts and Movie Reviews
Episode 2: Back to the Golden Age
Episode 1: Conversation With DarkMark

Visit The Book Cave website at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/  

Captain Blood - Coming soon!
SLG has announced a serialized adaptation of Rafael Sabatini’s classic novel of sea-faring adventure Captain Blood, to be written by Matthew Shepherd and drawn by Mike Shoykhet. A trailer and preview are available here.

Captain Blood #1 is 24 page one color comic book printed in a sepia tone a priced at $3.50.

CHEAP THRILLS - On sale at Bud Plant Comic Art for $13.95!
CHEAP THRILLS by Ron Goulart.
The Amazing! Thrilling! Astonishing! History of Pulp Fiction.
This completely redesigned version of the classic history of the pulps contains a wealth of material not used in the 1972 original, including many remembrances by pulp fiction greats. This all-color, large format volume is filled with pulp cover art and rarely seen interior artwork. Chronicles the history of pulps circa 1915-1954, and pulp magazine contributors including Harold Lamb, Dashiell Hammett, Erle Stanley Gardner, Ray Bradbury, Robert E. Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Walter Baumhofer, and others. This looks at the best titles: The Shadow, Doc Savage, Weird Tales, The Spider, and more.

Publisher: Hermes, 2007
Binding: Softcover
Dimensions: 9x12
Pages: 208
Color: Full Color throughout

The Curved Saber: The Official Harold Lamb Site - Now online!
The Curved Saber is back online and updated at http://www.haroldlamb.com/.

Four new Harold Lamb collections are coming from Bison Books in 2009 and 2010.
These are SWORDS FROM THE WEST, a collection of Harold Lamb's thrilling Crusader stories, SWORDS FROM THE DESERT, a set of novellas and short stories with Arabian heroes, SWORDS FROM THE EAST, a collection brimming with adventures set deep in Mongolia and high Asia, and SWORDS FROM THE SEA, a grab bag of stories set on or near the ocean, including two novellas of John Paul Jones, eight Viking yarns, and a short novel of America's war against the Barbary pirates.

WOLF OF THE STEPPES, WARRIORS OF THE STEPPES, RIDERS OF THE STEPPES, and SWORDS OF THE STEPPES can be ordered from Amazon right now!!!

Del Rey Robert E. Howard Series - To be released as audiobooks!
Paradox has announced that the popular Robert E. Howard series published by Random House/Del Rey is coming as audiobooks from Tantor Audio. First out, starting in June 2009 with one release each month, are the three Conan books, followed by "Bran Mak Morn: The Last King", "The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard", "Kull: Exile of Atlantis" and "The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane".

Tantor Media has published numerous bestellers on audio, including the Halo series and titles by Harry Turtledove, Richard K. Morgan, and Peter F. Hamilton. Tantor offers over 1,000 titles in all genres, with a niche in sci-fi & fantasy. Todd McLaren will be narrating the stories. He is a 2009 Audie finalist for "Halo, The Fall of Reach" by Eric Nylund. His recordings include "Altered Carbon" (Richard K. Morgan), "A Meeting at Corvallis" (Stirling) and "Opening Atlantis" (Turtledove).

The audiobooks can be found in bookstores and online as audio-cd, mp3-cd as well as mp3 download (online only).
The Bloody Crown of Conan
The Conquering Sword of Conan
The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian

Doc Wilde and The Frogs of Doom - Coming in May!
 Doc Wilde and The Frogs of Doom is the first of an upcoming series of pulp adventure novels by Tim Byrd, to be published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons. It will be in bookstores in May 2009.
To the world at large, the Wilde family is an amazing team of golden skinned adventurers, born to daring escapades and globetrotting excitement!

Doctor Spartacus Wilde, world class scientist and inventor, physical exemplar, ultimate warrior, and loving dad! Brian and Wren Wilde, the worlds most swashbuckling kids, able to survive the most perilous situations through quick wits and the intensive training and astonishing gadgets that are their birthright!

Aided by their dashing majordomo Phineas Bartlett and their loyal driver and pilot Declan mac Coul, the Wildes crisscross the Earth on a constant quest for new knowledge, incredible thrills, and good old fashioned adventure!

The Frogs of Doom…
Now, with adventurous Grandpa Wilde missing, the Wildes confront the deepest mysteries of Dark Matter, penetrate the tangled depths of uncharted jungles, and come face to face with the likely end of the world in the clammy clutches of The Frogs of Doom…
Tim Byrd has launched a much improved Doc Wilde website, where you can find out more about DOC WILDE AND THE FROGS OF DOOM (the first book in the series, coming from Putnam in May) including pre-ordering info.

Also at the site you can find free downloads of my short story "Dead Folks" and an excerpt from the Doc Wilde book. And you can sign the guestbook to get on the mailing list for any future info.

It's all at: http://www.DocWilde.com.

Also, the advance reading copies sent to reviewers have started to show up, so book reviews are starting to appear.  The first ever actual review of FROGS OF DOOM is from Flea Run stalwart Ron Fortier at his Pulp Fiction Reviews site:

http://pulpfictionreviews.blogspot.com/2009/02/doc-wilde-and-frogs-of-doom.html

Then novelist Alex Bledsoe (THE SWORD-EDGED BLONDE) reviewed it at Guys Lit Wire:
http://guyslitwire.blogspot.com/2009/03/frogs-go-doc-wilde.html



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 1000 stories online!
"To Hell With Death" by Cyril Plunkett from DETECTIVE NOVELS, December, 1940
The moral of this story...?  If you're gonna commit murder, do it in a state that doesn't have the death penalty!
"Black Fire" by Katharine Metcalf Roof from ALL-STORY WEEKLY, August 30, 1919
A traveler to Egypt asks a native "why?" about the pyramids, then has a vision of an ancient priest getting revenge on a fickle lover. But was it a dream?
"The Gray Wolf's Fangs" by R. S. Lerch from THRILLING DETECTIVE, December, 1938
Featuring: Gray Wolf
Follow this relentless manhunter as he takes the trail of murderous racketeers!  An action packed story. 

Gabriel Hunt: AT THE WELL OF ETERNITY - Coming April 28th!
The woman carrying the bloodstained flag seemed desperate for help—but it was the attack that followed that convinced Gabriel there was something here men would kill for. And that was before he knew about the dungeon in the Mayan ruins, or the legendary secret hidden in the rain forest of Guatemala...

First publication anywhere!
  • This tale of Gabriel Hunt was penned with the kind assistance of acclaimed crime, western, and military novelist JAMES REASONER, author of more than 200 books.
  • Reasoner wrote the authoritative 10-volume Civil War Battle series, which supplies some of the historical background for HUNT AT THE WELL OF ETERNITY.
You'll be able to get AT THE WELL OF ETERNITY from your favorite local bookseller, or you can pre-order it online or by calling 1-800-481-9191. Why not buy one copy to read and one to give away to a friend?  Even in this tight economy, you really can't beat $6.99 for a night's entertainment...

In other news, a number of people in Hollywood have been knocking on Gabriel's door, to see if he might be open to letting them tell his story, either on the big screen or possibly as a TV series.  The man's still thinking about it -- it's a big decision for him -- but I wouldn't be surprised if he had some news to share with us on this front over the coming months...

Visit the HUNT FOR ADVENTURE website for details on upcoming adventures!
Galaxy Press - Now available!
Danger in the Dark by L. Ron Hubbard

After Billy Newman strikes gold while mining in the Philippines, he believes Lady Luck favors him so much that he buys his own South Seas island for a bargain price . . . or so he thinks.

But when the natives fall ill from plague and crops start failing, the tribal chiefs blame Billy for angering the local god Tadamona. Their solution: sacrifice a beautiful young girl before the 75-foot god. Appalled, Billy argues to stop the ritual, but the chiefs demand he cure their ills in just one day or allow the killing to go forward. Desperate, he denies that the deity even exists and dares Tadamona to show himself. Not only does Billy get his wish, he draws a beastly wrath upon the entire island.
Trade paperback - $9.95
Audiobook - $9.95
Girasol Collectables - Shipping this month!
Girasol Collectables is doing a follow up hardcover project with the rest of Joseph Clement Coll's 'Everybody's' artwork. The 'King, of the Khyber Rifles' edition has been well received so far, and this new book will showcase Coll's other work for the title. The main feature is the 80 page 'Messiah of the Cylinder' story, beautifully illustrated, as well as several other short stories. Rather brilliantly, we think, it'll be called 'The Messiah of the Cylinder and other stories'. Somewhere around 110 pages, we're still going through some of the early years to see if there's more that we might have missed, Limited Edition hardcover, signed by the publishers and numbered. $65 + $5 shipping and handling.
We'll be matching LE numbers to KOTKR buyers as a first priority.

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

Girasol also accepts Paypal as an alternate method of payment.
Payments can be made to our regular info@girasolcollectables.com email address.
Girasol Collectables  
Girasol Collectables: PULP DOUBLES #11 - Shipping this month!
Two action-packed adventures of The Spider from the 1930s and 1940s are reprinted in this 128-page trade paperback. "Scourge of the Yellow Fangs" and "Death and The Spider" are reprinted complete with their original pulp black-and-white illustrations.  Girasol Collectables Inc.

#43 April 1937 'Scourge of the Yellow Fangs'
#100 January 1942 'Death and the Spider'

Softcover, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95
Girasol Collectables - April Pulp Replicas!
Girasol Collectables is pleased to announce three more issues in its ongoing series of Pulp Replicas.
Click here or on the images to the right for a look at larger Pulp Replica cover images.

Monthly Special: All three for $95 ($10 off)
Our first Replica this month is Operator #5 (#18) in "Invasion of the Crimson Death Cult" from Sept.1935.  $35

Our second Replica this month is DR. YEN SIN #3 from September/October 1936.  $35

Our third Replica is TERROR TALES #20 from April 1936.  $35
Girasol Collectables is also now offering Pulp Replica subscriptions for certain 2009 Replica lines:
The Spider: 8 issues for $250 (Save $30)
Operator #5: 4 issues for $125 (Save $15)
Both Spider and OP5 for $360 (Save $60)
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.


ALL DETECTIVE MAGAZINE  ($25 each postpaid)
#27 January 1935

BLACK MASK MAGAZINE  ($35 each postpaid)
June 1,1923 -the rare KKK issue

CIVIL WAR STORIES ($25 each postpaid) 
Spring 1940

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

DOCTOR DEATH  ($25 each postpaid)
#1 February 1935
#2  March 1935
#3  April 1935

DR. YEN SIN  ($35 each postpaid)
#1 May/June 1936
#2 July/August 1936
#3 September/October 1936

EERIE TALES ($20 eachpostpaid)
#1 July 1941

GOLDEN FLEECE  ($25 each postpaid)
#1 October 1938
#2 November 1938
#3 December 1938
#4 January 1939
#5  February 1939
#6  March 1939
#7  April 1939

HORROR STORIES ($35 each postpaid)
#1 January 1935

MAGIC CARPET ($25 each postpaid)
#1 January 1933
#2 April 1933
#3 July 1933
#4  October 1933
#5 January 1934

MYSTERY ADVENTURE MAGAZINE  ($25 each postpaid)
November 1936 with a rare Domino Lady cover appearance

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

OPERATOR 5  ($35 each postpaid)
#1  The Masked Invasion  (April 1934)
#2  The Invisible Empire  (May 1934)
#3  The Yellow Scourge (June 1934)
#4  The Melting Death (July 1934)
#5  Cavern of the Damned (August 1934)
#6  Master of Broken Men (September 1934)
#7  Invasion of the Dark Legions (October 1934)
#8  The Green Death Mists (November 1934)
#9  Legions of Starvation (December 1934)
#10 The Red Invader (January 1935)
#11 The League of War Monsters (February 1935)
#12  The Army of the Dead (March 1935)
#13  March of the Flame Marauders (April 1935)
#14 Blood Reign of the Dictator (May 1935)
#15 Invasion of the Yellow Warlords (June 1935)
#16 Legions of the Death Master (July 1935)
#17  Hosts of the Flaming Death (August 1935)
#18 Invasion of the Crimson Death Cult (Sept. 1935)

ORIENTAL STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
#1  Oct./Nov. 1930                        
#2  Dec. 1930/Jan 1931
#3  February/March 1931
#4  Spring 1931
#5  Summer 1931
#6  Autumn 1931
#7  Winter 1932
#8  Spring 1932
#9  Summer 1932

PIRATE STORIES ($25 )each postpaid
#1  November 1934

THE PHANTOM DETECTIVE ($25 )each postpaid
#1  February 1933

SAUCY MOVIE TALES  ($25 each postpaid)
#3   December 1935 (#1 after a title change)
#4   January 1936  (#2 after a title change)
#5   March 1936 
#11 September 1936

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

SOLDIER OF FORTUNE ($25 each postpaid)
October 1931

SPICY ADVENTURE STORIES  ($25 each postpaid)
#2  November 1934 [#1 after the ashcan]
#4  January 1935
#6   March 1935
#8  May 1935
#12 September 1935
#13 October 1935
#14 November 1935
#16 January 1936
#17 February 1936
#18 March 1936
#19 April 1936
#20 May 1936
#21 June 1936
#22 July 1936
#23 August 1936
#24 September 1936
#26 November 1936
#28 January 1937

SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES  ($25 each postpaid)
#1  May 1934
#3  July 1934
#5  September 1934
#7  November 1934
#10 February 1935
#13 May 1935
#14 June 1935
#16 August 1935
#17 September 1935
#18 October 1935
#19 November 1935
#20 December 1935
#21 January 1936
#24 April 1936
#25 May 1936
#27 July 1936
#29 September 1936              
#30 October 1936
#31 November 1936
#76 August 1940
SPICY MYSTERY STORIES  ($25 )each postpaid
#2  June 1935
#3  July 1935
#4  August 1935
#5  September 1935
#6  October 1935
#7  November 1935
#8  December 1935
#9  January 1936
#10 February 1936
#11 March 1936
#12 April 1936
#13 May 1936
#14 June 1936
#15 July 1936
#16 August 1936
#17 ­ September 1936
#19 November 1936
#20 December 1936
#22 February 1937
#23 March 1937

SPICY WESTERN STORIES  ($25 each postpaid)
#2   (December 1936) 
#14 (December 1937) 

THE SPIDER  ($35 each postpaid)
#1  The Spider Strikes! (October 1933)
#2  The Wheel of Death (November 1933)
#3  Wings of the Black Death (December 1933)
#4  City of Flaming Shadows (January 1934)
#5  Empire of Doom (February 1934)
#6  Citadel of Hell (March 1934)
#7  Serpent of Destruction (April 1934)
 #8  The Mad Horde (May 1934)
#9  Satan's Death Blast  (June 1934)
#10 The Corpse Cargo  (July 1934)
#11 Prince of the Red Looters (August 1934)
#12 Reign of the Silver Terror (September 1934)
#13  Builders of the Black Empire (October 1934)
#14  Death's Crimson Juggernaut (November 1934)
#15  The Red Death Rain (December 1934)
#16 The City Destroyer (January 1935)
#17 The Pain Emperor  (February 1935)
#18  The Flame Master (March 1935)
#19 Slaves of the Crime Master (April 1935)
#20 Reign of the Death Fiddler (May 1935)
#21 Hordes of the Red Butcher (June 1935)
#22 Dragon Lord of the Underworld (July 1935)
#23 Master of the Death Madness (August 1935)
#24 King of the Red Killers(September 1935)
#25 Overlord of the Damned (October 1935)
#26 Death Reign of the Vampire King (November 1935)
#27 Emperor of the Yellow Death (December 1935)
#28 The Mayor of Hell (January 1936)
#29 Slaves of the Murder Syndicate (February 1936)
#30 Green Globes of Death (March 1936)
#31 The Cholera King (April 1936)
#32 Slaves of the Dragon (May 1936)
#33 Legions of Madness (June 1936)
#34 Laboratory of the Damned (July 1936)
#35 Satan's Sightless Legion (August 1936)
#36 The Coming of the Terror (September 1936)
#37 The Devil's Death Dwarfs (October 1936)
#38 City of Dreadful Night (November 1936)
#39 Reign of the Snake Men (December 1936)
#40 Dictator of the Damned (January 1937)
#41 The Mill-Town Massacres (February 1937)
#42 "Satan's Workshop" (March 1937)

STRANGE DETECTIVE STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
#2 December 1933

STRANGE STORIES  ($25 each postpaid)
#1 February 1939

STRANGE TALES  ($25 each postpaid)
#1 September 1931
#2 November 1931
#3 January 1932
#4  March 1932
#5 June 1932
#6 October 1932
#7 January 1933

TERROR TALES  ($35 each postpaid)
#1  September 1934
#2  October 1934
#3  November 1934
#4  December 1934
#5  January 1935
#6  February 1935
#7 March1935
#8 April 1935
#9 May 1935
#10 June 1935
#11 July 1935
#12  August 1935
#13  September 1935
#14  October 1935
#15  November 1935
#16  December 1935
#17 January 1936
#18 February 1936
#19 March 1936
#20 April 1936

THRILLING MYSTERY ($25 each postpaid)
#1 (October 1935)

WEIRD TALES  ($35 each postpaid)
#1  March 1923
#2  April 1923
#3  May1923
#4  June 1923
#5  July/August 1923
#6  September 1923
#7  October 1923
#8   November 1923
#9   December 1923/January 1924 
#10  February 1924
#11  March 1924
#12  April 1924
#13  Anniversary Issue May/June/July/24 ($50)
#14  November 1924 - One of the rarest WT's
#15  December 1924
#16  January 1925
#22  July 1925
#23  August 1925
#31  April 1926
#40  January 1927
#53  February 1928
#59  August 1928
#118 October 1933
#128 August 1934
Last months replicas



Gotham Pulp Collectors Club - Next meeting is April 11, 2009!
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.

This is the 75th anniversary of the hero pulps with The Phantom, Doc Savage, Nick Carter (in the pulp), Lone Eagle, Spider, G-8, and Moon Man making their debuts.  It's also the 85th anniversary for Weird Tales debut.

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.

Name:  Gotham Pulp Collectors Club
Time: 1-4 PM
Place: Hudson Park Library, 66 Leroy Street, Manhattan (WestVillage)
Contact:  Mark Halegua at msh@pulps1st.com
The Green Hornet Returns to Comics
 
The Green Hornet, in the form of new comic books, has landed at Dynamite Entertainment. The legendary crime-fighting character created for a radio series in the 1930s by George W. Trendle and Fran Stiker, (Trendle also created The Lone Ranger, currently another Dynamite comic book series). A creative team has not yet been announced.

A new Green Hornet movie which will star Seth Rogen is slated to be released in Summer 2010.

Moonstone Books announced a series of prose collections featuring the character.
Electric Tiki released statues of the Green Hornet and Kato in 2008.

GUAN-YIN AND THE HORRORS OF SKULL ISLAND by Barry Reese
Now available!
When beautiful pirate captain Guan-Yin leads her crew on a quest for a fabulous treasure the trail leads to the legendary Skull Island... a land said to be inhabited by unimaginable monsters and ruled by an awful God. Heedless of the whisperings portending terrible death, the daring Guan-Yin sets off on a fantastic adventure that pits her against hostile natives, treacherous allies, dread monsters, and the most fantastic creature imaginable – all in the name of the greatest treasure of all... finding her long-lost father!

Wild Cat Books is proud to present PULSE POUNDERS!, a new series of affordable pulp fiction digests, with this thrilling new novella by the acclaimed author of The Rook series!

Beautiful Cover art by Lorenzo Sperlonga.
Available now at Amazon!  $4.50
Paperback: 72 pages
Publisher: Wild Cat Books
ISBN-10: 0982311613
ISBN-13: 978-0982311615

Visit the Wild Cat Books website at http://www.wildcatbooks.net/

Haffner Press
Coming in May!
HAFFNER PRESS IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE . . .
THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON  - AUTHORIZED EDITION
Edmond Moore Hamilton (1904-1977) was one of the early pioneers of American science fiction. For fifty years his stories established and popularized many of the tropes in modern science fiction. Later this year, Haffner Press will launch the first salvo in a program authorized by the Estate of Edmond Hamilton to collect all the prose work of this neglected master. All of his science fiction, all the fantasy, all the mysteries--all the stories and novels (including the entire run of the "Captain Future" adventures) will be assembled in this multi-volume set.
• The Metal Giants and Others: The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume One
• The Star Stealers: The Complete Tales of the Interstellar Patrol, The Collected Edmond Hamilton, Volume Two
• The Collected Captain Future, Volume One: Captain Future and the Space Emperor

As with all Haffner Press titles, quality is of prime importance.  Each volume of THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON will be printed on acid-free archival-quality paper with smythe-sewn hardcover bindings using full-cloth covered boards. Full-color dust jackets will reproduce digitally restored covers from the original pulp magazines.

We are currently lining up a stellar group of writers, editors, historians, and friends of Hamilton to provide insightful introductions for each volume.
Keep Watching the Skies and check the Haffner Press website frequently for updates on this project. We have a lot of neat tie-ins to this particular program, and you won't want to miss at thing.  
Click on the cover image for a complete contents listing on the Haffner Press website!


Hard Case Crime - Coming in April and beyond!
April 2009
HOUSE DICK by E. Howard Hunt, Cover art by Glen Orbik

Before he became one of the most controversial figures in modern American history, before he went to prison for his involvement in the Watergate conspiracy, E. Howard Hunt was an award-winning novelist, recipient of a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship (beating out Truman Capote and Gore Vidal for the honor) and the author of numerous popular political thrillers and crime stories.

May 2009
CASINO MOON by Peter Blauner, Cover art by Ricky Mujica

THE ONLY THING HARDER THAN GETTING INTO THE MOB... IS GETTING OUT.
For Anthony Russo, an Atlantic City mobster’s son, the chances of escaping a life of crime are slim. They hinge on his plan to back a washed-up boxer’s comeback bid, and that, in turn, hinges on winning the help of a sexy round card girl who’s gone toe-to-toe with the current champion—in the bedroom...

June 2009
FAKE I.D. by Jason Starr, Cover art by Gregg Kreutz

A New York bar bouncer with dreams of being more, Tommy Russo jumps at the chance to join a horse-owning syndicate. But to do so he’ll have to pony up $10,000—and that’s money he hasn’t got. So what’s an ambitious young man to do? Anything he has to...


Visit the Hard Case Crime website at http://www.hardcasecrime.com/

Hard Case Crime - Unpublished Lester Dent novel coming in October 2009!

HONEY IN HIS MOUTH by Lester Dent, Cover art by Ron Lesser - First publication ever!

If you were small-time grifter Walter Harsh, recovering in a hospital with a broken arm, you’d listen to a proposition that could net you a cool $50,000 for impersonating the South American strongman you resemble. You’d pay attention when the dictator’s sultry mistress started putting the moves on you. And in the dead of night, when no one was watching, you might just hatch a plot to get it all for yourself: the money, the girl, and the stash of stolen loot she’s conspiring to spirit out of the country...  
John Carter of Mars - New illustrated collection of the first three books with illustrations by Thomas Yeates!
Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars returns this September in a handsome edition collecting the first three novels in the series.
Thomas Yeates is providing spot illos and other drawings to bring these adventures to life.

The new edition is called The Library of Wonder: Edgar Rice Burroughs: John Carter of Mars - A Princess of Mars, The Gods of Mars, The Warlord of Mars. The book is published by the Fall River imprint and will be sold exclusively at Barnes & Noble. It will be out in September 2009.

For a peek at Tom Yeates' outstanding illustrations in the book, click here.

Moonstone Books: THE DOMINO LADY - Now available!
Written by Nancy Holder, Chuck Dixon and others, edited by Lori Gentile, art by Ver Curtis, covers by Uwe Jarling and Jeff Butler.

A mystery hero like no other. With the most dangerous weapon of all...

Los Angeles, the 1930's. The city of angels. Attracting beautiful people from all over the world with its glitz and glamour. But just beneath the surface is a city stinking of corruption with criminal bosses and politicians squeezing the life out of the city.

Stunned and enraged by the murder of her crusading politician father, beautiful socialite Ellen Patrick becomes determined to bring her father¹s killers to justice...at any cost. A talented Berkley graduate, she knows that to truly fight the men who killed her father she must break all the rules. Donning a distinctive white dress and a black domino mask, she becomes The Domino Lady, one of the sexiest -- and most elusive -- crime fighters of all time.



The greatest adventurers and detectives of all time join her: The Phantom, Sherlock Holmes, The Black Bat and Airboy.
Nine all-new tales of one of the world's first female masked crime fighter, by Nancy Holder, Chuck Dixon, CJ Henderson, Martin Powell, Ron Fortier, James Chambers, Bobby Nash, Gail McCabe, Lisa Bandemer. Introduction: Mystery Writers of America Raven Award winner Joan Hansen!

Limited edition hardcover available. Exclusive to this edition extras: a sexy romp original Domino Lady story by Lisa Bandemer, a new Domino Lady radio script drama, a hot pin-up section and a photo of the Domino Lady!

256 pages, $16.95 (Hardcover, $48.95).



Off-Trail Publications - Now available!

GROTTOS OF CHINATOWN: The Dorus Noel Stories
By Arthur J. Burks
Introduction by John Locke

Dorus Noel spent many years in the Far East, and had the torture scars to prove it. Now he was back in New York, working undercover in Manhattan's Chinatown, confronting the most insidious crimes and criminals imaginable, cases beyond the ability of the police. Burks' Chinatown is a society of strange alliances, a place of dark menace and mystery, an urban nightmare of secret passageways riddling the district like rabbit warrens, a world under the shadow of China's past.

Collected here for the first time are all 11 Dorus Noel stories from All Detective Magazine (1933-34). Also included is extensive new information on All Detective and the fascinating career of the Speed-King of the Pulps, Arthur J. Burks.

Stories complete with original illustrations.

6x9-inch perfect bound; 192 pages, $16.00 postpaid

Check or MO to:
Off-Trail Publications
2036 Elkhorn Rd.
Castroville, CA 95012
Or:
PayPal: offtrail@redshift.com

Click here for a complete listing of Off-Trail Publications fine line of pulp reprints!

Planetary Stories #14 and Pulp Spirit #5 - Now available!
Planetary Stories #14 and Pulp Spirit #5 are now available.  We start with an impressive cover by Allen Koszowski, with an interior illo as well. 
Based on that, Rob Shelsky writes a great novella -- Bug-Eyed Monsters -- with a space opera style rivaling Edmond Hamilton.

Gerald W Page does a fantastic job of updating Clarke Ashton Smith in his The Star Poet, illustrated by Terry Pavlet.
This is our first contribution by Pavlet and is also well worthwhile.

Armadillo fights a ghost in The Fall of the House of Armadillo, Richard Logan brings us another Gumshoe 2040 episode titled The Ballpeen Murders, Shelby Vick presents Death of a Bounty Hunter, Fran Douglas thrills us with Graves in the Cellar, another Diamondville Dolls story, Teel James Glenn gives us The Sea Demon (a Dr Shadows story, another great pulp series) while Erwin K Roberts brings us another story of The Voice – Grand Opening. . .Under Fire.  It's illustrated by Kevin Duncan with his usual skill.

There are two great Westerns, The Way of an Outlaw by Bob Bolin and the spooky The Wind by James J Griffin.  Of course, there are magnificent illustrations by Jim Garrison, Ron Wilber, Jeff Fraker and others.  Take a look at www.planetarystories.com and click on Planetary Stories Issue 14 and Pulp Spirit Issue 5.

And that's no April Fool!
Project Pride: A WORD FROM THE OUTER DARK - Now available!
New poetry volume by Robert E. Howard
Project Pride of Cross Plains, Texas, the community organization directly responsible for the restoration and maintenance of the Robert E. Howard Museum, has announced the publication of A WORD FROM THE OUTER DARK.

This nifty little paperback tome is a generous collection of 100 poems of Robert E. Howard, and pretty well covers the broad scope of Howard’s poetic greatness: heroic, history, horror, love, self-reflection, boxing, humor, Texas and the Old West - all this and more is represented here.  Visit the HOWARD WORKS website for a complete contents listing.

Props go out to Paul Herman for getting this book out, with the assistance of Rob Roehm for the restored texts (taken from The Collected Poems of Robert E. Howard from the REH Foundation Press), Dennis McHaney for his graphics wizardry, and David Burton for a bang-up cover.

This 5×7, 213 page volume is now available exclusively from the Robert E. Howard Museum, for the extraordinary price of $15.00. If you can’t wait for REH Days to buy your copy directly at the House, you can order them via mail from Project Pride, POB 534, Cross Plains, Texas 76443. Like I said, they are 15 bucks each, with a $2.00 S/H fee. (If you’d like more than one, please add $1.00 per book.)

Grab up a copy or two of A WORD FROM THE OUTER DARK, and know that your money contributes directly to the preservation of the Legacy of Robert E. Howard. After all, that’s a big part of why we’re here! Thanks!

Source: REHupa

Pulpcon
It has been announced that there will not be a Pulpcon this year.
For further information, visit Yellowed Perils, ThePulpNet Blog.

Thanks to William Lampkin for uncovering the news!
Pulpfest 2009, a new and improved version of the venerable convention catering to fans and collectors of vintage popular fiction, will be held from Friday, July 31st, through Sunday, August 2nd, at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio.

Sellers of pulp magazines, all-fiction digests, dime novels, and other collectible books and periodicals are already lining up for exhibit space, and the convention will be advertised and promoted extensively to capture the attention of new hobbyists as well as veteran attendees. Preliminary flyers carrying basic information are being distributed at various collectibles shows this fall, beginning with Bouchercon, the annual gathering for collectors of mystery fiction. The Pulpfest 2009 committee has already contacted several publications to inquire about advertising the convention, and additional flyers will be designed and distributed throughout the year.

Additionally, the Pulpfest 2009 website is now operational and can be found at www.pulpfest.com. In the weeks and months to come, it will be updated regularly to provide new information on guests and programming as soon as it becomes available.

Dealers interested in helping promote Pulpfest 2009 can download and print out either of two flyers already available on the website in PDF form. These can be distributed at collectibles shows and sent with mail-order shipments.

Following an extensive search for the best available venue, the Pulpfest 2009 committee chose the Ramada Plaza for its spacious accommodations, numerous amenities, ease of access, and competitive pricing. The committee has negotiated a guest-room rate of $84 plus tax per night, significantly less than that offered by other pulp conventions.

The Convention Center’s main room boasts more than 10,000 square feet of space and will accommodate up to 80 eight-foot tables. A separate room on the same floor will be set up theater-style for our evening programming. A con suite will be open for after-hours conversation and conviviality.

Located just off Exit 116 of Interstate 71, the Ramada Plaza is just 20 minutes from Columbus International Airport and 10 minutes from downtown Columbus, making our convention site easily accessible to attendees whether they’re driving or flying.

The Ramada offers complementary transportation via shuttle to and from the airport, downtown Columbus, and various other locations (including restaurants) within a five-mile radius of the hotel.

The newly renovated hotel additionally offers all the usual amenities. High-speed wireless Internet access is now available in the main lobby, convention center, and guest rooms. Guests can avail themselves of a whirlpool, an exercise room, and both indoor and outdoor pools, as well as a full-service business center. Parking is free for hotel guests and single-day convention attendees.

The Ramada’s spacious restaurant, Justin’s Place, serves traditional American cuisine and is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner seven days a week. The hotel’s cozy lounge, Bowties, is open until two a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights.

The Ramada Plaza is an extremely popular venue for conventions of our type and size. For 15 years now it has hosted Cinevent, an annual confab of vintage-film fans and collectors of movie memorabilia. Hotel management is both committed to and experienced in providing the courteous, comprehensive service that produces satisfied conventioneers.

Pricing schedules for dealer tables and registrations will be forthcoming shortly. Information on guests and programming will be posted here and on the Pulpfest 2009 website as soon as it is confirmed.

Visit the Pulpfest 2009 website at http://www.pulpfest.com/
Want to help advertise Pulpfest 2009?
Visit the Pulpfest Promotions Page where you can download flyers to help promote the show!

Supporting memberships for those who cannot attend PulpFest 2009 are available for $20.
All members (including supporting members) will receive a complementary copy of Tony Davis’ The Pulpster. 

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.

Abraham Merritt: This group is dedicated to all of the fiction of ABRAHAM MERRITT. Merritt's novels, short stories, paperbacks, hardcovers, pulps, reprints, and any movies based on these works can all be discussed here. Also, any artwork from any of the above pertaining to Merritt's writing can be discussed and displayed. If interested, questions and statements about other authors that copied or imitated Merritt's style can be posted.
Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ABEMERRITTFANS/ to join!

CoverUps: Sharing and trading of Pulp Fiction covers. Discussion not only allowed, but encouraged! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cover_Ups/

Doc Con:  The annual Doc Savage Convention gathered together for the first time on October 24, 1998. The convention also known as Doc Con is the brainchild of Rob Smalley who together with Jay Ryan, Paul Cook and Courtney Rogers have hosted the event each year in Arizona. Traditionally held the second Saturday of each November, Doc Con attracts residents from around the country, for a weekend of planned Doc Savage events as well as discussions and camaraderie. Follow along with the planning each year by participating in this group. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Doc_Con/

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/

FictionMags: The purpose of this mailing list is to discuss the history of fiction magazines, and to exchange information about magazines which have carried fiction, past or present. Particular emphases are on the "Gaslight" magazines of circa 1880-1914, the pulp magazines of the first half of the 20th century, the "Big Slick" magazines of the mid-20th century, the digest-sized magazines of the 1950s and 1960s -- and any other areas of magazine publishing which have been important for fiction. Discussion may cover aspects of the publishing history of the magazines concerned, their editors and editorial policies, the authors they published, and so on.
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/fictionmags/

Flearun: This group is for fans of all the incarnations of Doc Savage. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flearun/

Otis Adelbert Kline: This group is devoted to Otis Adelbert Kline. His works in the science fiction, weird and historical fiction genre and his general biography can also be discussed here.
Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OTISKLINE/ to join!

Pulp Fiction Uncensored: is for all fans of Pulp Fiction!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pulp_Fiction_Uncensored/?yguid=321995096

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/

Pulp Swap Group:  Place your swappable pulps and digest, plus wants, in the file section or individual messages. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpSwap/

REH Comics Group: This group is dedicated to the characters created by Robert 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/

Vintage Paperbacks:  A forum for readers and collectors of classic paperback books, primarily from the "vintage era" of 1939 to 1960 (roughly speaking). Ace Doubles, Dell Mapbacks, L.A. Bantams, Gold Medal, Avon, Handibooks, and many more - we cover them all. Discussion of all genres is welcome and we particularly want to hear about any rare and unusual paperbacks or stories *about* paperbacks that you might be able to share. We discuss the cover artists, the writers, the publishers, and anyone and everyone connected with the great world of vintage paperback books. Read a great old book lately? Come on in and tell us about it! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VintagePaperbacks/

Western Pulps: This list is dedicated to the discussion of Western pulp magazines -- the characters, the authors, the stories, the paperback reprints, and anything else connected with Western pulps. Though the primary emphasis is on pulps, we also discuss non-pulp Western novels, movies, comics, etc.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WesternPulps/

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

REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #13 - Coming in June!
The upcoming issue of The Definitive Howard Journal will make its debut on June 12th at the 2009 Howard Days in Cross Plains, Texas.

The contents include:
A rare Steve Harrison detective story by Robert E. Howard
Articles by Craig Green, Morgan Holmes, Brian Leno, Rob Roehm and others.
Artwork by Nathan Furman, Richard Pace, Michael L. Peters, Clayton Hinkle, Bill Cavalier, David Burton and others.
Plus news, features and more.

LIMITED EDITION of 250 numbered copies.
Price and ordering information will be available soon.
Visit the REH: Two-Gun Raconteur website for a peak at the artwork from this issue.

Robert E. Howard Days 2009 - June 12th and 13th!
The 2009 version of Robert E. Howard Days will take place on June 12th and 13th in Cross Plains, Texas.  
Howard Days is a joint venture sponsored by Project Pride, the Robert E. Howard United Press Association, and the Robert E. Howard Foundation.

By way of celebrating the 2009 publication of The Collected Poetry of Robert E. Howard from the REHF Press, this years theme is The Poetry of Robert E. Howard.

Visit the REHupa website for complete details on Robert E. Howard Days 2009.

Upcoming Modern Hero-Pulp Novels by Christopher R. Yates
Ballistic Babes, John Zakour & Lawrence Ganem, DAW, $8.99, April 7, 2009
Hellboy: The Fire Wolves, Tim Lebbon, Dark Horse, $12.95, April 15, 2009
The Darkness: Volume 2, Kerri Hawkins, Top Cow, $6.99, April 30, 2009
Enemies & Allies [Superman & Batman], Kevin J. Anderson, HarperCollins, $26.95, May 5, 2009
Hero, Perry Moore, Hyperion, $8.99, May 5, 2009
Spider-Man: Darkest Hours, Jim Butcher, Pocket, $15.00, June 02, 2009
The Wolfman [mass market paper format],  Nicholas Pekearo, Tor, $7.99, June 30, 2009
Lobster Johnson: Satan Factory, Thomas E. Sniegoski, Dark Horse, $12,95, July 1, 2009
Countdown: The Novel, Greg Cox, Ace, $15.00, July 7, 2009
The Calling, David Mack, Pocket, $15.00, July 21, 2009
The 4400: Welcome to Promise City, Greg Cox, Pocket Star, $7.99, July 28, 2009
Indiana Jones & the Army of the Dead, Steve Perry, Del Rey,  $7.99, September 29, 2009
Iron Man: Femmes Fatales, Robert Greenberger, Del Rey, $7.99, September 29, 2009
The 4400: Promises Broken, David Mack, Pocket Star, $7.99, October 27, 2009
The Sapphire-Haired Siren,  John Zakour, DAW, $7.99, December 1, 2009
Wild Cards XX: Suicide Kings, ed. George R.R. Martin, Tor, $24.95, December 9, 2009
Iron Man: Virus,  Alexander Irvine, Del Rey, $7.99, February 23, 2010
Wildside Press: THE WEIRD WORKS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD
Wildside Press will publish three more offset titles, including two Robert E. Howard titles and another work still being finalized.
Presumably, the REH titles are the final two volumes in the WEIRD WORKS OF REH series, the first of which should be available this summer.
Wildside Press will then return to being a print-on-demand publisher.

Source: Locus (March 2009)
Wildside Press - Wildside Press, Prime Books, and Juno have split!
Wildside Press, Prime Books, and Juno have split.
Paula Guran's Juno fantasy line has reached a co-publishing deal to become an imprint of Pocket Books.
Plans are to release one title per month.

Editor Sean Wallace has aquired the Prime Books imprint and will re-launch Prime as an independent publisher in May 2009.
The aquisition included FANTASY MAGAZINE. Diamond Comics Distribution will become Prime Books distributor.

Wildside Press will retain the Cosmos Book imprint, distributed by Leisure, but will act as packager.
Wildside Press will continue to publish WEIRD TALES.
Wildside Press will publish three more offset titles, including two Robert E. Howard titles and another work still being finalized.
Presumably, the REH titles are the final two volumes in the WEIRD WORKS OF REH series, the first of which should be available this summer.
Wildside Press will then return to being a print-on-demand publisher.
Source: Locus (March 2009)


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