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| 2010 & 2011 Windy City Pulp
and Paper Convention Although our next convention is quite a ways in the future, we're pleased to announce that we've signed with the Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, site of the two most recent Windy City Pulp & Paper Conventions, for 2010 and 2011. It's been a great hotel for us, and we've heard nothing but good things about it from our attendees. For those interested in planning in advance, the dates are: 2010 - April 23-25 2011 - April 29-May 1 But prior to then, we'll be attending the first PulpFest (July 31-August 2, 2009) & we hope to see you all there! The PulpFest committee is doing a great job getting the word out, and it looks like it will be a fantastic show. | ||||
| Adventure
House HIGH ADVENTURE #108 featuring The Phantom Detective - Coming in September! 7x10, 112 pages, $7.95 (U.S.) - Media Mail Shipping $2.50 for a single copy. HIGH ADVENTURE #109 featuring John Soloman by H. Bedford Jones - Coming in November! 7x10, 112 pages, $7.95 (U.S.) - Media Mail Shipping $2.50 for a single copy. THE EMPEROR OF DOOM AND OTHER STORIES by Theodore Roscoe- Coming in 2009! Contents include:
COMING SOON: The Darrell Richardson Special Catalog. We are proud to announce the forthcoming special catalog with nearly 14,000 pulps, hardbacks, paperbacks and more. This will be a catalog worth buying...let alone collect as it will contain some of the scarcest material we've ever offered. NEW STORY with Return of Tarzan, THRILL BOOK, A GENT FROM BEAR CREEK (First edition), and lots more. Adventure House | ||||
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| Testimonial:
David Saunders is a writer and collector in his own right and the son of the great
Norman Saunders of Pulp art fame. In an email to me he states with regard
to this new Series book: I am delighted with your new book! Congratulations! I can't wait to study it from cover to cover. It is perfectly designed to highlight the artwork images and I look forward to reading the stories to find out all about the Electric Boat. I was raised on Winsor McCay illustrations, and there was a series of Little Nemo in Slumberland sailing around the world and up to the Moon and Mars in a dirigible with rows of fans on top that looks exactly like those featured in your book, but McCay's were published more than a decade later, so I finally realized McCay was "quoting" from a popular idea of the Electric Boat! Who knew! Best wishes, David Saunders For those that would like to "sample" one of these early adventure stories there is a very short, "lost" Frank Reade Christmas story reproduced inside. There is also a brief history of the dime novel and some background on those who were involved with the creation of the WAL series. The book itself is a perfect bound (soft cover), 8.5" X 11," with a bold color cover and on the paper inside is of very bright, white glossy, stock. Note: These are of extremely limited supply and will not be reordered; Original price $20. If ordered with Volume 1, $10. VOLUME 1 (2nd printing) All the images from the FRANK READE WEEKLY can be seen here. There are more than 500 total images! (Close to 200 in color!) Also, there is an in-depth study of the "real" boy inventor (and what happened to him) and of the "real" Steam man, also the original patent with photos of him and of the original steam-man. This invention was the inspiration for the fictional character. Included from 1868 is the super rare image of the “steam-man” first appearance in fiction. There is only one known complete copy in existence! Compiling these issues and images is virtually impossible today. I have saved you a lifetime of time and effort! FRANK READE, JR. was the forerunner, America's response to Jules Verne, of Pulp Science Fiction and the Comics and the later fantastic invention novels (like Tom Swift etc.) which were to come! Original Price for Volume 1 was $60, now $34.99 plus postage ($5 USA). If you purchase soon, for a limited time, I am offering for $29.99 plus postage. Price for both books are typically $6 postage in USA (International more, please contact). Paypal please add $1 each book. These books are still of a very limited run for the very serious collector, student or university who is interested in the early days of American Popular Fiction. Please send check to or contact: Joe Rainone (ALMOND PRESS) 1631 Kenneth Ave. Baldwin, N.Y. 11510-1602 516-868-0274 Pulp9860@aol.com | ||||
| Battered Silicon Dispatch Box - Now available! The Adventures of a Professional Corpse by H. Bedford-Jones Trade Paper Back 66 pages ISBN 978-1-55246-849-4 $18.00 Battered Silicon Dispatch Box Forthcoming Pocketbook Lost Treasures From the Pulps! #3 ADVENTURES OF SHAGBARK JONES (Butler/R. Bleiler) Trade Paperback 221 pages #4 THE ADVENTURES OF PHILO GRUBB (Butler/R. Bleiler) Trade Paperback 221 pages #5 THE VULTURE AND THE VULTURE STRIKES (Ward) Trade Paperback 150 pages #6 THE SPHINX STRIKES AND OTHER SPY STORIES (Bedford-Jones/Vanderburgh) Trade Paperback 200 pages #7 THE STAR OF DREAMS AND OTHER TALES (Bedford-Jones) Trade Paperback 150 pages #8 THE ADVENTURES OF DOCTOR DEATH (Ward) Trade Paperback 200 pages #9 THE TOTEM POLE MURDERS (Ennis) Trade Paperback 80 pages #10 THE HEBREW HERO, OR LADY HELEN’S MISTAKE (Taylor) Trade Paperback 100 pages #13 THE TWO KHMERS (Hawkwood/Bedford-Jones) Hardcover 100 pages #14 A SAMPLER OF LOST TREASURES (Weinberg/Vanderburgh) Trade paperback 200 pages |  | |||
| Battered Silicon
Dispatch Box - Now available! The Compleat Saga of John Solomon by H. Bedford-Jones Volume 1 7 The Gate of Farewell (Argosy, January-February 1914) 73 John Solomon, Supercargo (Argosy, July 1914) 141 Solomon's Quest (People's, March 1915) 193 The Seal of Solomon (Argosy, June 1915) 269 Gentleman Solomon (People's, June 1915) 329 Solomon's Carpet (People's, October 1915) Volume 2 381 Solomon's Submarine (People's, February 1916) 429 John Solomon, Argonaut (People's, August 1916) 479 The Shawl of Solomon (People's, January 1917) 527 Pilgrim Solomon (People's, July 1917) 571 John Solomon, Retired (People's, December 10, 1917) 611 John Solomon's Son (People's, Jun 25, 1918) 659 John Solomon (People's, July 1921) 707 John Solomon, Incognito (People's October 25, 1921) Volume 3 770 The Wisdom of Solomon (Boston Globe, September 29, 1926) 785 The Mysterious John Solomon (Argosy, January 25, 1930) (Cover by Paul Stahr) 805 John Solomon's Biggest Game (Argosy, February 15, 1930 to March 22, 1930 ) (Cover by Paul Stahr) 873 The Gold of Ishmael (Far East Adventure, Jan, Feb, March, April, Sept & Nov 1931) 931 Solomon's Caves (Argosy, August 15, 1931 to September 5) (Cover by Paul Stahr) 973 Solomon Settles Accounts (Argosy, February 13, 1932) 993 Solomon In the Catacombs (Argosy, May 20, 1933) (Cover by Paul Stahr) 1011 The Terror of Algiers (Argosy, December 2, 9, 16 and 23,1933) (Cover by Paul Stahr) 1043 John Solomon of Limehouse (Argosy June 9, 1934) 1059 Case of the Kidnapped Duchess (Argosy, January 5, 1935) (Cover by Paul Stahr) 1077 The Case of the Deadly Barque (Argosy, February 9, 1935) 3 Volumes Folio Hard Covers 1200 pp. ISBN 978-1-55246- @ $250.00 Battered Silicon Dispatch Box | ||||
| Battered Silicon Dispatch Box - Forthcoming Lost Treasures From the Pulps! #08 THE COMPLEAT ADVENTURES OF LUTHER McGAVOCK (Constiner) #17 COMPLEAT ADVENTURES OF THE SUICIDE SQUAD (Tepperman/Weinberg) Hardcover 400+ pages #18 THE TONG OF TERROR: ADVENTURES OF JIMMY WENTWORTH (Small) Hardcover 400+ pages #19 THE ADVENTURES OF DON EVERHARD (Gordon Young) Hardcover 400+ pages #21 THE HAKE TALBOT PORTFOLIO (Nelms) Hardcover 400+ pages #22 THE COMPLEAT ZAMBRA THE DETECTIVE (Hill) Hardcover 500+ pages #23 ANOTHER JUDSON PHILIPS’ PULP COLLECTION (Philips) Hardcover Folio 400 pages #24 A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NORMAN A. DANIELS (Smith/Schroeter) Trade Paperback 200 pages #25 STRANGE OCEAN VISTAS OF PHILIP M. FISHER (Fisher) Trade Paperback 346 pages #26 THE SATAN HALL OMNIBUS (Daly/Weinberg) Hardcover 1200+ pages #27 STORIES FROM ADVENTURE MAGAZINE (John Considine) Hardcover 400+ pages #28 THREE VOLUME FRED DAVIS ANTHOLOGIES (Davis/Roberts/Pronzini) #29 THE FRANK PACKARD ANTHOLOGY (Packard/Roberts) 3 Volumes #30 MR. CHANG AND RAFFERTY (A.E. Apple) 1 Volume #31 THE OTIS ADELBERT KLINE OMNIBUS (Kline/Weinberg) - Withdrawn at the request of the Literary Estate #32 THE ADVENTURES OF PHILIP STRANGE (Kehoe) #33 THE ADVENTURES OF GILLIAN HAZELTINE (Worts) #34 A FIREFIGHTER ANTHOLOGY (Schoeter) #35 A FOREIGN LEGION ANTHOLOGY (Vanderbeek) #36 A PIRATE ANTHOLOGY (Vanderbeek) #37 A SCIENCE FICTION ANTHOLOGY (Weinberg) #38 AN ADVENTURE TRILOGY (A.H. Smith) #39 A FOREIGN LEGION ANTHOLOGY (Vanderbeek) #40 A PIRATE ANTHOLOGY (Vanderbeek) #41 A SCIENCE FICTION ANTHOLOGY (Weinberg) #42 THE COMPLEAT ADVENTURES OF PHILO GUBB (Butler/Greene) Trade Paperback 400 pages #43 THE COMPLEAT PORTFOLIO OF NORGILl THE MAGICIAN (Walter Gibson) Hardcover 400+ pages #44 THE ADVENTURERS: THE WINGS OF DANGER (Arthur A. Nelson) Hardcover 400+ pages #45 THE SUPERNATURAL TALES OF NICTZIN DYALHIS (Nictzin Dyalhis) Hardcover 400+ pages #46 THE SUMURU PORTFOLIO (Sax Rohmer) Hardcover 400+ pages Battered Silicon Dispatch Box | ||||
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| CONAN
THE BARBARIAN: BELIT STATUE - Now available! Hard Hero presents the all new Conan the Barbarian statue Series! Belit, Queen of the Black Coast is second in the mini-series based upon the comic cover, Marvel Comics'S Conan the Barbarian #88 vol 1. This classic cover was illustrated by John Buscema and Ernie Chan and was part of a long-running series by these two amazing artists. Sculpted by Seth Vandable. Belit will be followed by Zula. All three statues are designed with matching bases for a really cool display. Belit stands 13.5" tall and features this beautiful, but deadly female, gripping both sword and dagger! Painted and ready to display, this Belit statue will be limited to a 500 edition run. Statue SRP: $239.00 Hard Hero |  | |||
| CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #11
- Arriving in comic shops June 3rd! Written by Timothy Truman, penciled by Tomas Giorello, colored by Jose Villarrubia, cover by Joseph Michael Linsner. Not content to sit back and wait for Natohk to arrive to destroy the city of Khoraja, Conan leads his men to meet the Stygian wizard in open combat. As Amalric's mercenaries and the remaining soldiers of Khoraja march impressively out of the city, Natohk's horrifying army -- backed by dark magic and otherworldly beasts‹acquires yet another powerful weapon. What chance do mortal men have? Conan must deal with dissension and class conflict in his own ranks and the strange visions and revelations of Princess Yasmela before he can hope to defeat Natohk's hordes. Even though his men trust and respect him, the aristocrats resent his presence and are waiting for him to stumble so that they can fulfill their own selfish ambitions! And what news does a Zamorian thief bring out of the desert? Continuing the adaptation of Robert E. Howard's "Black Colossus." 40 pages, $2.99, in stores on May 20. Dark Horse Comics |  | |||
| E-texts on
the net this week The Shadow in Review: Last weeks new Shadow review was "Death Token" from March 1, 1937. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "Another Job for Homicide" by C. K. M. Scanlon from THRILLING DETECTIVE, July, 1946 Police detective Gary Hammond tackles a clueless murder puzzle! "The Last Monster" by Gardner F. Fox from PLANET STORIES, Fall, 1945 Space Cancer is eating away at the population of Earth. Four astronauts go out on a suicidal mission to find Radium. What they find is a dead planet inhabited by a giant, monstrous creature who captures them, subjects them to extreme torture for no explainable reason, then cures them of the Space Cancer. | ||||
| FLASH
GORDON #5 - Arriving in comic shops June 3rd! by Brendan Deneen & Paul Green As Flash, Thun, and Vultan plan their final attack on Ming's citadel, Prince Barin makes a surprise return - but the alliance between the rebel leaders only worsens. Meanwhile, Dale realizes that Ming is nowhere near as benevolent as he's presented himself - and she plots her escape from his seemingly inescapable city! Ships with two covers in a 50/50 ratio. 36 pages, Full Color, $3.99 | ||||
| Hard
Case Crime T-Shirts - Now available! Over the past five years, one of the questions we've heard most often is, "Can I buy t-shirts or posters featuring your cover art?" Well, we don't have posters yet -- but you can get t-shirts featuring some of our most popular covers. We're not producing the shirts ourselves; instead, we've hooked up with a company called Poetic License Printing that offers t-shirts featuring the work of major artists, mostly from the worlds of science fiction, fantasy, and comic books, through a site called WORLD OF STRANGE Fantastic Apparel. And starting May 25, they'll be featuring more than a dozen of our most popular covers by painters Greg Manchess, Robert McGinnis, and Glen Orbik. Want to see the collection? Visit http://poeticlicenseprinting.com/artists/hardcasecrime.html. I think you'll like the covers we've chosen. And if you do, I hope you'll snap up a shirt or two. In addition to helping you proclaim your love of pulp fiction everywhere you go, a portion of each sale goes to the artist, so it's a great way of saying thank you to them for all the pleasure they've given you; and a portion goes to Hard Case Crime, to help us keep bringing you great fiction month after month. (The rest of the money goes to the Poetic License folks, and they certainly deserve it, too.) | ||||
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KNIGHTMARE: The Murder Legion Strikes at Midnight Bill Cunningham's New Pulp Media (NPM) announces their internet radio adventure, *THE KNIGHTMARE: The Murder Legion Strikes at Midnight* will premiere May 31st, 2009 on *Decoder Ring Theatre* (www.decoderringtheatre.com). This collaboration marks the first media release for NPM and a new radio adventure program for Decoder Ring which produces *The Red Panda Adventures* and *Black Jack Justice* for enthusiastic audiences worldwide. "The Knightmare is a character originally created by poverty row movie producer Cameron Tyler back in the late thirties. Tyler wanted to create a movie serial and radio drama at the same time so they could promote one another. This is similar famous mystery man The Shadow who leveraged his simultaneous radio and magazine appearances," said Cunningham. "I acquired the rights to the Knightmare character Tyler had outlined, but was never able to complete because Pearl Harbor derailed his plans." Originally, Cunningham wrote a movie script updating the character, but later decided to lay the groundwork for a new, web-based serial project by recreating the adventures of the original Knightmare for radio. Enter *Gregg Taylor*, head of Toronto's Decoder Ring Theatre company which had been developing new radio adventures done in a classic style for internet audiences. "We met on the internet and immediately checked each other's 'geek cred," said Taylor. " We kept in touch and followed each other’s projects, often running along parallel lines like the online Astonishing Adventures! Magazine. The day came when we both realized that several seasons and damn near a million downloads later, Decoder Ring had grown into a swell outlet for the mysterious Knightmare… a way to start the ball rolling on a quest to conquer all media and finally get me a ticket to that movie that I wanted to see so badly." The Knightmare is a hero cut from the same cloth as *The Shadow* or *The Green Hornet*. He is "The Master of Fear" whose catch phrase "I know what you fear" clues audiences in to his mysterious power to overcome evildoers. In this 2-part episode, The Knightmare goes up against Hollywood gangsters, the Police and yes, Nazis - the dreaded Murder Legion - who are here to rob a charity event taking place at the famous Griffith Observatory. "The Knightmare radio adventure is definitely a ride on the fun train for those fans of old time radio, comics, movie serials and pulps. We've peppered the story with plenty of nods to our childhood influences, but what's really fun about the show is that it wouldn't have happened if it weren't for the internet," says Cunningham. This internet radio collaboration is the launch for NPM, Cunningham's company label for pulp-styled material he and other partners create and distribute via the internet. This includes adventure podcasts like The Knightmare; pulp stories and novels for digital and print; Comics and eventually Video serials. "The pulp publishing model was always "Make it fast, make it inexpensive (I won't say 'cheap'), but most of all make it entertaining," smiles Cunningham. | ||||
| McFarland:
A HISTORY OF THE DOC SAVAGE ADVENTURES IN PULPS, PAPERBACKS, COMICS, FANZINES,
RADIO & FILM HC - Coming in mid-July/August! Note:
PREVIEWS lists the price of this title at $40 whereas it is actually $55. Writer: 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. Hard Cover, 7x10, 208 pages, $55 McFarland A HISTORY OF THE DOC SAVAGE ADVENTURES is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 28th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN091223. |  | |||
| Moonstone
Books
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Arriving in comic shops June 3rd! THE PHANTOM: GENERATIONS #2 Written by Tom DeFalco, art by Don Hudson, covers 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! The jungles drums are beating, calling the tribes to war--a war the second Phantom must prevent to save an innocent life! How will he manage to keep the peace between the pirates and natives who are tearing at each other's throats, while at the same time make a daring rescue that just may the most important thing he's ever done? 32 pages, $3.99. Moonstone Books |  | |||
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NIGHTMARES OF H.P. LOVECRAFT: BLACK CTHULHU STATUE - Now available! Black Cthulhu's horrific countenance is mounted with an array of writhing tentacles - shorter sturdier tentacles inlaid with clustering pink suckers and narrower protracted tendrils bearing wedge-shaped pseudopods. For the moment, Cthulhu is entombed in the sunken slime-choked city of R'lyeh, although he acts through gruesome servitors and utilizes horrible narcotic dreams to communicate with his deranged followers. Cthulhu will inevitably rise again, emerging from the depths of the South Pacific with an appetite for squirming human prey. The Nightmares of H.P. Lovecraft: Black Cthulhu Statue is limited to 100 pieces, stands 14" tall, and boasts a wingspan of 22". Sculpted from mixed materials, the statue features a hard resin body for durability, soft tentacles for poseability, and detachable wings. Prolonged exposure to the Black Cthulhu Statue will cause mind-warping nightmares and irreversible madness, and will draw unwarranted attention from the hideous minions of Great Cthulhu! Painted and ready to display. Statue SRP: $249.99 | ||||
| Paizo: Planet Stories
- Planet Stories Changes Format,
Frequency, New Subscription Benefits! We've just implemented some changes to the Planet Stories imprint and to Planet Stories subscriptions that we believe will significantly increase the quality of the books in general and enhance the value of your subscription. Starting with June's Robots Have No Tails, by Henry Kuttner, Planet Stories subscribers will enjoy a 30% discount on new Planet Stories volumes (up from 20%). Additionally, subscribers will be able to order older Planet Stories books at a substantial 15% discount off the cover price as an added benefit of subscribing. We hope this new discount structure makes it easier for collectors to pick up volumes they may have missed from earlier in our series. Also in June, Planet Stories will shift to a roughly bimonthly publication schedule, with six volumes scheduled per year into the future. We're worried we may be producing Planet Stories books faster than subscribers are able to read them, so we want to slow things down a bit and give each book a chance to make a strong impact on the marketplace and in the minds of our faithful readers. We hope to increase the frequency in the future, but doing so will require significantly more subscribers than we have now and better penetration into local and national bookstores. We believe these changes will come with time, and reducing the frequency in the meantime gives us an opportunity to ensure that Planet Stories has the best possible foundation in the years to come during a very challenging period for the book publishing industry. The biggest change to the line will become apparent when we send out Robots Have No Tails in the upcoming weeks: We've completely revised the Planet Stories format to pack in more story for your buck and to include illustrations that harken back to the pulp era from which many of our stories are drawn. In the case of this summer's The Ship of Ishtar, by A. Merritt, we've even negotiated rights to publish illustrations by noted pulp illustrator (and the best man at the wedding of C. L. Moore and Henry Kuttner) VIRGIL FINLAY! Those of you familiar with Finlay's marvelous work will no doubt be jumping up and down with excitement. Those of you who have not encountered his work are in for a real treat. Other Planet Stories volumes will contain interior illustrations (many original to the Planet Stories line) as well, and we hope to set a new standard of design excellence with the series. We've posted sample page layouts on the Robots Have No Tails product page to give you a taste of what's in store in the very near future. The very best way that you can help to ensure a bright future for Planet Stories is to subscribe, and to evangelize the line to your science fiction and fantasy-reading friends. We hope to double the number of Planet Stories subscribers in the next year, and we're going to need all the help you can provide in order to achieve that goal. We're more excited about the Planet Stories line than we've ever been. In many ways, we're finally publishing these stories in a format that does them justice and best matches our original plans for the line. We hope you love what's in store, and that you continue to support Planet Stories. It means the (strange adventures on other) worlds to us. Sincerely, Erik Mona Publisher Paizo Publishing, LLC |    | |||
 With just nine weeks left before convention time, PulpFest 2009 is finalizing its programming schedule. In the days and weeks ahead, we’ll be announcing our day and evening features. Let’s begin our programming announcements with a look at our “Professor of Pulp” presentation. These days, American universities are actively pursuing and preserving artifacts of our nation’s popular culture. In recent years Ohio State University, located right in Columbus, has been very aggressive in beefing up its holdings of vintage pop-culture treasures, including collections of pulp magazines and manuscripts. It’s our hope that attendees of future PulpFests will be able to visit OSU’s new library for special viewings. To that end Eric Johnson, Associate Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts and an Assistant Professor at the University, has prepared a brief overview describing OSU’s pulp and pop-culture materials. He’s prepared to discuss the process of assembling and preserving such collections, and he’ll take questions from PulpFest attendees. Eric Johnson’s presentation on Ohio State’s popular culture collection will be held Saturday, Aug. 1 at 7:30 PM, immediately following the close of the PulpFest business meeting. 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. | ||||
| Pulpville Press - Now available! BEWARE! THE SCIENTISTS REVOLT by Edgar Rice Burroughs A NEW FIRST EDITION EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS HARDCOVER BOOK w/Dust Jacket! Written under the pen-name of John Tyler McCulloch in 1922, "Beware!" was shopped around to see if a Burroughs' story would sell without his name attached to it. The story failed to sell. When Ray Palmer, editor of Amazing Stories, contacted Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. to see if they had any stories available for sale, "Beware!" was one of the stories sold to Palmer. With the permission of ERB Inc. and ERB, the story was rewritten by Palmer and was published in Fantastic Adventures pulp magazine. The original story was not published until 1974. Included in this First Edition book are both versions of the story. 182 pages, 6" x 9", jacket-hardcover binding, black and white interior ink $30 Pulpville Press |  | |||
| Robert E. Howard: Breckinridge
Elkins - Serialized in the Cross Plains Review! As of Thursday, May 21, 2009; the Cross Plains Review is serializing Breckinridge Elkins stories. Those of you with an insatiable thirst for Howard collectibles might want to call the Cross Plains Review office at 254-725-6111 and inquire about a subscription. Thanks to Paul Herman for the tip! | ||||
| 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. | ||||
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| Adventure House -
Now available! HIGH ADVENTURE #106 featuring Captain Satan! "A Ghost Rides the Dawn" by William O'Sullivan 7x10, 112 pages, $7.95 (U.S.) - Media Mail Shipping $2.50 for a single copy. Adventure House |  | ||||
| Adventure House - Now available! G-8 and His Battle Aces #32: "Wings of Satan" by Robert J. Hogan Only the fires of Hell could produce these madmen of the battle lanes—fiendish pilots of the skies who card not fo rthe enemy's lives nor for their own. Soulds tortured from the beginning of time, now vengeance mad! Seeking to take from the living what they themselves bad been denied! $9.95 (U.S.) - Media Mail Shipping $2.50 for a single copy. Adventure House |  | ||||
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Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books Finally arriving in comic shops May 28! 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  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)
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Tollin's Sanctum Books At the printer! 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  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
(orders@shadowsanctum.com) | |||||
| Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books Softcover,
7x10, B&W, $12.95Shipping late-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
DOC SAVAGE Volume 28 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 28th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN091166. 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
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Tollin's Sanctum Books Shipping late-July! THE SHADOW Volume 29: "The Shadow's Rival"
& "The Devil Master"
"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("Foreshadowing the Batman" - Part 3) THE SHADOW Volume 29 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 28th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN091167. 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
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Tollin's Sanctum Books Shipping late-July! THE
WHISPERER Volume 2: "Six Pyramids of
Death" & "Mansion of the Missing" Softcover, 7x10,
B&W, $12.95"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) THE WHISPERER Volume 2 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 28th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN091168. 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
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Book Cave - New podcasts now available online! Episode 23: Star Trek The New Movie - New! Sean Whelan of Raging Bullets http://ragingbullets.com/ joins Ric in a lively conversation about the new Star Trek movie. We strayed off topic for a bit talking about DC Comics and even Marvel Comics and their movies. But thanks to Sean we get back on track. Episode 22: Tom Roberts of Black Dog Books Episode 21: Free Comic Book Day Episode 20: The Terror Of Fu Manchu Episode 19: Jim Anthony and the Airship 27 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/ | |||||
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Book Palace Books/Wandering Star: Conan of Cimmeria
Volume 3 - Coming in November! Book
Palace Books and Wandering Star announce the publication of ROBERT E. HOWARD'S COMPLETE CONAN OF CIMMERIA Volume 3! Wandering Star and Book Palace Books have joined forces to publish the long-awaited third and final volume of the limited edition Complete Conan series. ROBERT E. HOWARD'S COMPLETE CONAN OF CIMMERIA Volume 3 (1935) Illustrated by Gregory Manchess featuring 13 colour paintings and 52 tonal paintings, this superb slipcased hardcover is in a signed and numbered edition of 1000 copies and contains the following stories: "The Servants of Bit-Yakin," "Beyond the Black River," "The Black Stranger," "The Man-Eaters of Zamboula," and "Red Nails." 416 pages (209 pages of stories with over 200 pages of notes and miscellanea). Limited clothbound edition of 1000 - £130 / $195 Limited leatherbound edition of 1000 - £360 / $500 Publication: November 2009 For
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ROGERS #3 - Coming in August! Writer: Scott Beatty; Penciller/Inker: Carlos Rafael; Covers: John Cassaday (75%), Carlos Rafael (25%) Get on board with Buck Rogers, writer Scott Beatty and artist Carlos Rafael! And let’s not forget about those awesome John Cassaday covers! Issue #3 continues the exciting opening arc as Buck finds out more about his new home in the 25th Century and continues to long for the past he left behind Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment BUCK ROGERS #3 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 28th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN090839. | |||||
| THE CHRONICLES
OF CONAN VOLUME 18 - Coming in October! Written Bruce Jones and Steven Grant, art by John Buscema, Ernie Chan, Marc Silvestri, Alfredo Alcala and Val Mayerik. 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 The 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.Stories like "The River of Death," "Titan's Gambit," and the two-part "Spider Isle" adventure are meticulously restored and recolored, and Jones and Buscema are joined by such talents as Ernie Chan, Mark Silvestri, Val Mayerik, Alfredo Alcala and others. This volume collects Conan the Barbarian issues #135 to #142, including all original series covers. 200 pages, $17.95, in stores on October 14. Dark Horse Comics CHRONICLES OF CONAN VOLUME 18 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 28th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN090011. |  | ||||
| CONAN
THE CIMMERIAN #13 - Coming in August! Written by Timothy Turman, penciled by Tomas Giorello, colored by Jose Villarrubia, cover by Joseph Michael Linsner. In "Black Altar," the relentless final chapter in the "Black Colossus" adaptation, Natohk's desert hordes surge up the narrow Shamla Pass, and Conan's ragged army desperately attempts to hold their high ground. Outnumbered and facing an army fueled by a zealous, reborn Stygian wizard, simply surviving may be the greatest victory Conan can hope for. Any triumph will ring hollow, though, if Conan can't protect Khoraja's current sovereign, the beautiful Princess Yasmela -- whom Natohk has vowed to capture! Tim Truman, Tomás Giorello, and José Villarrubia bring the gripping, blood-filled Battle of Shamla Pass to life! Smartly written and flawlessly rendered, don't miss the epic finale to a Robert E. Howard classic. 40 pages, $2.99, in stores on August 19. Dark Horse Comics CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #13 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 28th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN090010. |  | ||||
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Dames, Dolls and Delinquents: A Collector's Guide to Sexy Pulp Fiction Paperbacks
by Gary Lovisi - Now available! It’s no secret the sexy and racy cover art of femme fatales from the golden age of paperbacks and magazines exalts the female form in all its sexy and sultry allure. Still today, these lustful, and sometimes lurid images are enticing and artistically inspiring. In this book, from the founder and editor of Paperback Parade magazine, you will encounter an amazing assortment of nearly 700 full-color cover images of sexy, semi-dressed pin-up dolls, dangerous bad girls and deadly dames, not to mention lust, violence and passion expressed in fights and conflicts of all types. In addition this reference to renegade literature features details to help with identification, including title, author, cover artist, publisher, date, and values for three grades of condition. Paperback: 224 pages Publisher: Krause Publications ISBN-10: 0896899683 ISBN-13: 978-0896899681 Price: $24.99 Available from Amazon.com | 
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| Dames, Dolls, and Gun Molls - Arriving in comic shops May 28th! Writer: Jim Silke; Artist: R. Maguire In the course of his long and illustrious career, renowned illustrator/painter Robert A. Maguire created gorgeous cover images for more than a thousand books and worked for virtually every mainstream publisher in the U.S. Best known for his incomparably sexy "femme fatale" images for pulp paperbacks in the 1950s and 1960s, Maguire built a long and legendary career showcasing character portraits that were iconic and beautiful, painting subjects that felt simultaneously real and sensually compelling. Now, art historian and living pinup legend Jim Silke casts his curatorial eye toward Maguire's long and fascinating career in his first art collection/artist biography, Dames, Dolls, and Gun Molls. With a keen eye for criticism and his trademark style and wit, Silke explores the legacy of an artist whose work is known by millions the world over. Presenting the lush, sensuous "good-girl" art of acclaimed artist R. Maguire! Format: Full Color, TPB, 96 pages, 9" x 12" Price: $24.95 ISBN-10: 1-59582-272-0 ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-272-7 Dark Horse Comics |  | ||||
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| E-texts on the net this week The Shadow in Review: There is no new Shadow review this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "Wings and Stars" by Dick Moreland from Sky Fighters, July, 1935 Lieutenant Johnny Mansel, Horoscope Fan, Gets a Chance to Do His Stuff Against One of the Fiercest Fighters on the Western Front. "Ordeal by Oswald" by Hal K. Wells from Thrilling Detective, September, 1945 A corpse lashed to the back of an alligator and a beautiful girl in evening clothes give Bill Cory the shock of his life! | |||||
| Eureka Productions: SCIENCE FICTION CLASSICS -
Now available! Eureka Productions is pleased to announce the publication of SCIENCE FICTION CLASSICS: Graphic Classics Volume Seventeen. This is the first full-color volume in the GRAPHIC CLASSICS® series of comics adaptations of great literature. SCIENCE FICTION CLASSICS presents comics adaptations of stories from the original creators of science fiction including "The War of the Worlds" by H.G. Wells and "A Martian Odyssey" by Stanley G. Weinbaum. Also featured are "In the Year 2889" a rare short story by Jules Verne, and "The Disintegration Machine", starring Arthur Conan Doyle's Professor Challenger. Plus E.M. Forster's only SF tale, the poignant "The Machine Stops", and shorts by Lord Dunsany and Hans Christian Anderson. GRAPHIC CLASSICS are available in bookstores, comics shops, or direct from the publisher at http://www.graphicclassics.com/. |  | ||||
| FALL OF CTHULHU: NEMESIS
#2 (of 4) - Arriving in comic shops May 28th! 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. The fight for Atlantis continues as a weary king exposes sycophants who pray to the Old Ones. Their dissent and aggression is mounting. The Crawling Chaos must be stopped. Be prepared for the shock of your life as BOOM!'s bestselling horror title continues! Covers by Jeffery Spokes and Chuck BB. 24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 BOOM! STUDIOS | |||||
| FEMME NOIR VOLUME 1: THE DARK CITY DIARIES -
Arriving in comic shops May 28th! Writer: Christopher Mills; Artist: Joe Staton On the mean streets of Port Nocturne, justice is blonde! This volume collects all 4 issues of the critically acclaimed crime fiction mini-series about a mysterious, gun-toting dame fighting for justice in a dark city drowning in violence and corruption. This volume also includes 2 complete bonus stories, conceptual artwork by Eisner Award-winning artist Joe Staton, and an introduction by the Shamus Award-winning author of Road To Perdition, Max Allan Collins. 148 pages, Full Color, $19.95 APE ENTERTAINMENT | 
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| FLESK PUBLICATIONS - Coming in late July/August! AL WILLIAMSON'S FLASH GORDON: A LIFELONG VISION OF THE HEROIC Artist: Al Williamson; Writer: Mark Schultz & Sergio Aragonés At 256 pages, Al Williamson's Flash Gordon: A Lifelong Vision of the Heroic collects all the major works of the artist featuring Flash Gordon — Williamson's 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, the volume features Williamson's Flash drawings done for commercial illustration and prints, his assists on the Flash Gordon comic strip, a variety of images for amateur publications, and a selection of largely unpublished images spanning his interest in the character from childhood to the conclusion of his career. Available in Hardcover and Softcover editions. Softcover, 9x12, 256 pages, $29.95 HAardcover, 9x12, 256 pages, $44.95 Flesk Publications AL WILLIAMSON'S FLASH GORDON is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 28th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN090912. The Diamond Item Code is JUN090913. |  | ||||
| James Bond: Devil May
Care by Sebastian Faulks - Now available! Bond is back with a license to thrill. Forty-three years ago, Ian Fleming wrote his last great 007 adventure. Now, in Devil May Care, the world's most iconic spy returns in a Cold War story spanning the world's exotic locations. By invitation of the Fleming estate to mark the centenary of his birth, acclaimed novelist Sebastian Faulks picks up where Fleming left off, writing a tour de force that will electrify every James Bond fan. A fitting tribute to the Bond tradition, Devil May Care stands on its own as a triumph of witty prose and plenty of double-0 action. Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group ISBN-13: 9780307387875 Trade paperback, 304 pages, $14.00 |  | ||||
| THE JAMES
BOND OMNIBUS TP - Coming in August! Writer: Ian Fleming, Anthony Hern; Artists: Henry Gammidge & John McLusky. The daring James Bond is back in a definitive bumper edition collecting Ian Fleming's most famous literary adventures in newspaper strip form! Eleven of Bond's most thrilling and dangerous missions that were later adapted into the blockbuster movies now appear in a single volume: Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Diamonds are Forever, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, Goldfinger, Risico, From a View to a Kill, For Your Eyes Only, and Thunderball! With an exclusive introduction by former Bond Sir Roger Moore. Softcover, 9x7.5, 304pages, $14.95 Titan Publishing THE JAMES BOND OMNIBUS is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 28th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN091067. | |||||
| KULL VOLUME 1:
THE SHADOW KINGDOM - Coming in October! Written by Arvid Nelson, penciled by Will Conrad, colored by Jose Villarrubia, cover by Paul Renaud. More comfortable with a sword than a scepter, the enigmatic Kull has recently crowned himself king and seeks to unite the once proud and powerful land of Valusia. As representatives from all corners of his kingdom seek his counsel, the warrior-king accepts a strange invitation from the Pictish emissary. Kull will need to discard ancient prejudices if he's to save the newly united Valusian empire from a clandestine enemy that once threatened to enslave and exterminate mankind! Aided by Brule -- a hotheaded Pict confidant -- Kull uncovers layers of deception and treachery in the ancient halls of the Tower of Splendor and faces the growing threat of the devious Serpent Cult! Discover Valusia's darkest secrets and witness the first days of its mightiest king. 144 pages, $18.95, in stores on October 28. Dark Horse Comics KULL VOLUME 1: THE SHADOW KINGDOM is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 28th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN090012. | 
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| Lost Continent Library - Spring 2009 issue now available! The Spring 2009 Issue of LCL is now available for FREE download at the new webpage: http://www.wonderoftheworlds.com | |||||
| LOVECRAFT UNBOUND - Coming in September! Written by various. The stories are legendary, the characters unforgettable, the world horrible and disturbing. Howard Phillips Lovecraft may have been a writer for only a short time, but the creations he left behind after his death in 1935 have shaped modern horror more than any other author's in the last two centuries: the shambling god Cthulhu, and the other deities of the Elder Things, the Outer Gods, and the Great Old Ones, and Herbert West, Reanimator, a doctor who unlocked the secrets of life and death at a terrible cost. In Lovecraft Unbound, more than 20 of today's most prominent writers of literature and dark fantasy tell stories set in or inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft. Among the contributors are multiple New York Times best-selling authors Michael Chabon and Joyce Carol Oates, award-winning writers Brian Evenson and Marc Laidlaw, Caitlín R. Kiernan, and many others. Edited by multiple-award-winning editor Ellen Datlow. 336 pages, $19.95, in stores on September 30. Dark Horse Comics LOVECRAFT UNBOUND is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 28th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN090050. |  | ||||
| McFarland:
A HISTORY OF THE DOC SAVAGE ADVENTURES IN PULPS, PAPERBACKS, COMICS, FANZINES,
RADIO & FILM HC - Coming in August! Writer: 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. Hard Cover, 7x10, 208 pages, $40 McFarland A HISTORY OF THE DOC SAVAGE ADVENTURES is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 28th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN091223. |
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| Moonstone
Books: THE PHANTOM GENERATIONS #6 -
Coming in August! Written by Steve Hockensmith, art by Scott Brooks, colored by Renato Guerra, covers by Ruben Procopio and Douglas Klauba. 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! Think Die Hardon a pirate ship! Join mystery novelist Hockensmith and the 6th Phantom in "Hellfire," a tale of a ruthless buccaneer with delusions of grandeur. 32 pages, $3.99. Moonstone Books THE PHANTOM GENERATIONS #6 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 28th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN091025. |  | ||||
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The
New Fictioneers at PulpFest PulpFest is starting to map out its programming schedule. We've decided to call our author readings segment, "The New Fictioneers." There will be segments lasting about 30-40 minutes--time for a reading plus schmoozing and selling--scattered throughout Friday and Saturday afternoons. Currently we are thinking about staging one or two readings on Friday and the same on Saturday. The author readings will take place either in the area where we will be holding our evening programming or in a room across from the main entrance to the dealer room. The dealer room hours on Friday, 7/31 are 11 AM - 5 PM; on Saturday, 8/1 are 10 AM - 5 PM. The readings selected will be performed during those times. In order to perform a reading, you have to be registered as a member of PulpFest 2009. Depending on interest, some people may not get to perform a reading. As author readings have never been performed at previous pulp conventions, PulpFest cannot guarantee the level of interest in any of the readings. However, the readings will be part of our organized program and will be posted on our website and in the printed schedule. Therefore, people will know about them and it will be up to them whether they attend the readings or not. If you are a publisher and/or editor and know one or more of your authors who will be attending PulpFest, please forward this message to them. If you are interested in performing a reading at PulpFest, please let me know as soon as possible. The deadline for registering for a possible reading is May 31--two weeks from now. Since there are a limited number of spots, we may not be able to accomodate all willing readers. The sooner you register, the better. If you register, I'll send along some tips from Jerry Page (who has performed readings at various science-fiction conventions). Thanks for your interest and your support of PulpFest 2009. I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible July 31 - Aug. 2 in Columbus, Ohio. The
Munsey Award The PulpFest Organizing Committee is proud to announce the nominees for the 2009 Munsey Award. In alphabetical order, they are Chris Kalb, Steve Miller, Garyn Roberts, Bill Thom, Anthony Tollin, George Vanderburgh, and Dan Zimmer. Additional details concerning each nominee can be found on our home page and in the Munsey Award section of the PulpFest website. The seven nominees were selected by the general pulp community over a period of several months. The nominees’ names have been forwarded to a committee made up of the 25 living Lamont Award winners who will decide upon this year’s award winner. The recipient of the 2009 Munsey Award will be revealed at a special breakfast, open to all PulpFest 2009 registrants, to be held on Sunday, May 2 at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio. Mike Chomko PulpFest 2009 - July
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| Pulpville
Press - Now available! SKY PIRATES by Frederick C. Davis Pulpville Press Presents three thrilling and exciting stories by the master writer of the sky story. SKY PIRATES--Piracy in the air lanes! The loot flag of Kidd flies high over the seas--grim Blackbeards stalk the clouds. Steel could not stop them; they laughed at law--until the birds of the Border Patrol met Death Head's threat with buccanneer weapons! SKY RACKETEERS--Human leeches on the wings of the world, and a pilot turns outlaw. PATROL OF THE DEAD--Death rides a flyer's tail through a hail of renegade machine gun bullets. 6 x 9, 222 pages, $12.50 Pulpville Press |  | ||||
| Radio
Spirits - A new Green Hornet radio drama collection is now
available! The Green Hornet: Spies & Rackets 10 hours, 10 CDs, $39.98 He hunts the biggest of all game! Public enemies who try to destroy our America! Britt Reid, millionaire bachelor and manager of his father's powerful newspaper, donned a disguise to smash rackets and expose crooks, spies and saboteurs who had managed to evade the long arm of the law. With his faithful sidekick Kato lurking in the shadows, a gas gun in his hand, a mask upon his face and The Black Beauty in the garage, he became The Green Hornet! Both police and the underworld sought this mysterious figure - the former to face trial for alleged crimes, and the latter to avenge the many defeats suffered at his hands. This box set features twenty broadcasts that have never before been available to the public. Heard for the first time since their original broadcast in 1944, you now have an opportunity to listen to these thrilling "lost" adventures of The Green Hornet! Also includes a Program Guide by Martin Grams, Jr. and Terry Salomonson with photos and background information about the show. EPISODES INCLUDE: Paroled for Revenge 05-16-44, One for the Books 05-23-44, Racketeers in Gas Coupons 05-30-44, Code for Sabotage 06-06-44, Circumstances Alter Cases 06-13-44, Dope Versus the War Effort 06-20-44, Birds of a Feather 06-27-44, The Make Believe Sheriff 07-04-44, Madhouse Adventure 07-11-44, Fireworks for Smitty 07-18-44, Road to Riches 07-25-44, Gentleman Jerry Meets His Match 08-01-44, Mystery in the Dentist's Office 08-08-44, The Female of the Species 08-15-44, Flames of Wrath 08-29-44, Ramona 09-05-44, Murder in the Rain 09-19-44, Story of a Dog 09-26-44, Murder Masquerade 10-03-44, Prelude to a Blood Bath 10-10-44 |  | ||||
| Radio Spirits -
A new Shadow radio drama collection is now available! Radio Spirits presents The Shadow, in 18 digitally remastered episodes of the series’ eeriest exploits. You will join The Shadow, goaded by ghosts and vexed by snakes, as he battles strange and supposedly supernatural foes. Orson Welles, Bill Johnstone and Bret Morrison each star in the title role, staving off the forces of voodoo and an onslaught of the occult. Malevolent creatures also stalk co-stars Agnes Moorehead, Margot Stevenson, Marjorie Andersen and Grace Matthews, all playing the role of The Shadow’s lovely companion Margot Lane. Your companion through these preternatural perils will be a Program Guide by radio historian William Nadel with photographs and background information about the shows. Fall under the spell of two newly discovered episodes of The Shadow – “The Mark of the Bat” and “The Witch Drums”, (both starring Orson Welles). These episodes are available here to the public for the first time since their original broadcast dates. Listen to the sinister laugh and discover why “The weed of crime bears bitter fruit, crime doe not pay!” TM EPISODES INCLUDE: Tomb of Terror 06-19-38, The Mark of the Bat 07-24-38, The Witch Drums 09-11-38, Black Abbot 10-02-38, Ghosts Can Kill 01-15-39, The Ghost of Captain Bayloe 02-05-39, The Cat that Killed 12-31-39, The Laughing Corpse 03-10-40, The Mark of the Black Widow 10-27-40, The Ghost on the Stair 12-29-40, The Ghost Building 01-12-41, The Ghost Walks Again 03-16-41, Voodoo 03-30-41, Return of Anatole Chevanic 02-01-42, The House that Death Built 01-25-48, Death Coils to Strike 03-21-48, The Ghost that Gleams 04-04-48, Phantom Racketeer 10-03-48 |  | ||||
| RED SONJA #44 -
Arriving in comic shops May 28th! Writer: Brian Reed; Penciller/Inker: Walter Geovani The countdown to issue #50 continues as events once again swirl around Red Sonja and her very fate hangs in the balance! This issue: The adventures of Lucan Martur! We see Lucan, Verona, and their child on the road, questing for the Blood Dynasty. But as his hunt turns sour, he grows more and more desperate to get to the Blood Dynasty before Sonja, and makes a desperate move that continues to reveal his fiendish nature! 32 pages, Full Color, $2.99 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment | |||||
| RED SONJA #49 - Coming in
August! Writer: Brian Reed; Penciller/Inker: Walter Geovani; Covers: Mel Rubi (50%), Adriano Batista (25%), Fabiano Neves (25%)! This is it as writer Brian Reed sends off his Red Sonja in style and Dynamite plans a momentous event to occur in Red Sonja #50 as the welcome writer Joshua Ortega and the return of artist Mel Rubi in the thrilling “Queen Sonja” event! Be there! Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment RED SONJA #49 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 28th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN090843. | |||||
| RED SONJA PRESENTS:
THULSA DOOM #1 - Coming in
August! Writer: Arvid Nelson; Penciller/Inker: Lui Antonio; Covers: Alex Ross From the pages of writer Robert E. Howard comes the debut of Dynamite’s Thulsa Doom! Written by Kull writer Arvid Nelson and illustrated by Lui (Red Sonja) Antonio, the opening story arc also features cover artist Alex Ross! Featuring the origins of the ultimate anti-hero, Thulsa Doom #1 opens after the destruction of Atlantis, when the world was in chaos and Thulsa sought his own path to ultimate power! 32 pages, Full Color, $3.50 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment THULSA DOOM #1 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 28th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN090828. | |||||
| SHEENA, QUEEN OF
THE JUNGLE VOL. 3: RETURN OF THE JAGUAR MEN #1 [OF 3] Coming in August! Author: Steven De. Souza; Artist: Rebekah Isaacs; Cover Artist: Kalman Andrasofsky All the rumblings through Sheena’s life are finally coming to realization as a high society gala she’s attending as her alter ego, Rachelle Cardwell is abruptly crashed by a sinister cult, the Jaguar Men! This sort of thing always seems to follow Sheena around, but the fact that our heroin is singled out as their target makes this just a bit more difficult. To make matters worse, the Jaguar men know only Sheena, and Rachelle Cardwell is forced to let go of her secret double identity! 32 pages, Full Color, $3.50 Publisher: Devil's Due SHEENA, QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE #1 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 28th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN090808. |  | ||||
| SHERLOCK HOLMES
#4 - Coming in August! Written by Leah Moore and John Reppion; Penciller/Inker: Aaron Campbell; Cover: John Cassaday The penultimate issue in Dynamite’s acclaimed Sherlock Holmes comic book event! After Watson appeals to Mycroft Holmes and Sherlock himself arrives at the scene end of last issue, can the world’s greatest detective unravel his greatest mystery? Full Color, 22 pages, $3.50 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment SHERLOCK HOLMES #4 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 28th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN090841. | |||||
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Murray - Interviewed on Comic Book Resources site! An informative interview with Will Murray is now posted online at the Comic Book Resources website. | |||||
| ZORRO #15
- Coming in August! Writer: Matt Wagner; Penciller/Inker: Francesco Francavilla; Covers: Matt Wagner (75%), Francesco Francavilla (25%) Artist Francesco Francavilla returns to the pages of Zorro! Under the skillful hand of Eisner nominated writer and cover artist Matt Wagner, Dynamite’s Zorro series continues with issue #15 and the beginning of our third story arc. This time, El Zorro faces a band of merciless pirates and the line continues to blur between the masked avenger and his alter-ego Diego! Covers by Wagner and Francavilla! 32 pages, Full Color, $3.50 Dynamite Entertainment ZORRO #15 is solicited in the June PREVIEWS (Available May 28th). The Diamond Item Code is JUN090848. | |||||
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| Age of Aces Presents - Downloadable PDF Air War pulp stories! Age of Aces Books is now offering a new feature on their Web site called "Age of Aces Presents". You can now download free PDF versions of some great Air War pulp stories. Visit them at http://ageofaces.home.att.net and look for the "Age of Aces Presents" link. New this week: "Blind Aces" by Ralph Oppenheim from the May 1931 War Birds featuring The Three Mosquitoes. Without each other they were helpless, together the Three Mosquitoes were the greatest destructive force in the air. When Kirby is accidentally blinded, Travis and Shorty fly him to meet the man who is the Allies’ greatest enemy—and in whose hands lay not only the fate of the German army, but also of Kirby's eyes. | |||||
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Tollin's Sanctum Books Softcover,
7x10, B&W, $12.95 Shipping late-August! DOC SAVAGE Volume 29: "The Mental Wizard" & The Secret of the Su" The
pulp era's greatest superhero seeks the lost secrets of Atlantis in two action-packed
pulp novels by Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, deep in the Amazon,
Doc Savage is drawn into the weird mystery of "The Mental Wizard" in his quest
for a lost kingdom and the incredible creature known only as "Z." Then, plunging
into the Everglades the Man of Bronze races against Doctor Light and his Nazi
agents in a desperate search for "The Secret of the Su." This instant collector's
item leads off with one of Robert G. Harris' greatest cover paintings and also
features all the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical
commentary by Will Murray, writer of seven Bantam Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-006-9 1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
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Tollin's Sanctum Books Shipping late-August! THE
SHADOW Volume 30: "The Sealed Box" & "Racket Town" "The
weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay. The Shadow knows! When
supercrime casts its dark shadow over two troubled towns, the Master Avenger swings
into action to root out evil. First, guised as both Lamont Cranston and Kent Allard,
The Shadow seeks to uncover the strange secret of "The Sealed Box" that makes
it more valuable than life itself, in the classic novel that was adapted as the
first Shadow comic strip adventure. Then, the Dark Avenger battles the vile corruption
that lurks beneath the surface of the "Racket Town." BONUS: the first Whisperer
short story from the back pages of The Shadow Magazine! This groundbreaking pulp
reprint showcases both original color pulp covers by George Rozen and the classic
interior illustrations by Edd Cartier, with historical articles by Will Murray
and Anthony Tollin.(Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-005-2 Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95 1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
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| Black Dog Books - Coming in the Lester Dent Library! A Curt Flagg collection and TERROR INC.: The Mystery Stories of Lester Dent Click here for other Black Dog Books now available and coming soon! | |||||
| The Book Cave - New podcasts now available online! Episode 22: Tom Roberts of Black Dog Books - New! I had a nice conversation with Tom Roberts, publisher of Black Dog Books. Take a listen and discover some great books you might have missed. Episode 21: Free Comic Book Day Episode 20: The Terror Of Fu Manchu Episode 19: Jim Anthony and the Airship 27 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/ | |||||
| Burroughs Bulletin #78 - Now available!
The Spring 2009 issue (#78) of the THE BURROUGHS BULLETIN is now available. This issue features articles on "Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder." It is profusely illustrated in black & white with full color front and back covers. Articles include: "Forgotten Tales Remembered" by Patrick H. Adkins and John H. Guidry "The Diverse Art of Danny Frolich" by Patrick H. Adkins PICTURE GALLERY: "Kerchak Battles Tarzan" by Tom Yeates "Tarzan and the Lost Artist!" by Roger Hill "Pondering the Pleasure of the Hunt" by Alan Hanson "Three Martian Haiku" by Kim L. Neidigh Bibliographers Corner Letters to the Editor Subscriptions are
$35 for four quarterly issues and 12 monthly issues of THE GRIDLEY WAVE newsletter.
Copies of the 2001
limited edition hardcover "Forgotten Tales of Love and Murder"
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| THE DARK MAN Volume 4 Number 2 - Coming in June! A new issue of THE DARK MAN is expected to be available for Howard Days in June. The contents include: Editorials "Elements of Sadomasochism in the Fiction and Poetry of Robert E. Howard" by Charles Hoffman "Giant Intelligent Crabs, Oh My! Haggard and Howard" by Robert McIlvaine "Sumathi Ramaswamy, The Lost Land of Lemuria: Fabulous Geographies, Catastrophic Histories" Review by David R. Werner (University of La Verne) "Ken, Asamatsu, editor. Night Voices, Night Journey Lairs of the Hidden Gods Volume 1" Review by Charles Gramlich "Opinion: An Honorable Retreat: Robert E. Howard as Escapist Writer" by Brian Murphy (Independent Scholar) This issue will run about 80 pages. The Dark Man Thanks to Terry Allen and the REH Comics Newsgroup for the tip! | |||||
| Doc Savage - DC's Dan Didio comments on the Doc Savage image on DC's blog! NEWSARAMA has posted comments from DC's Dan Didio regarding the Doc Savage image posted on DC's Blog earlier in the week. NEWSARAMA: Moving on to the teaser art that was revealed last week showing Doc Savage...what can you say about that, and your plans for the character – not to mention that The Spirit was shown to be in that image, along with Blackhawk... DAN DIDIO: We’re working with a series of characters that fit within that genre, and we’re exploring their...interactions, to be slightly coy about it. We have several projects on the burners right now, and it’s a little early to start discussing them, but the chances to see Doc Savage encountering The Spirit, Blackhawk, and other characters with that same tone and sensibility is being actively pursued. It’s something we’ll be seeing in the latter half of this year. The best part of it is that the overarching story is something that’s being written by Brian Azzarello. NEWSARAMA: While we’re talking about creators – that teaser art was by Brian Stelfreeze – will he be involved as well, or was that just a promo spot he did? DAN DIDIO: Yeah, that was just some sample art that we had done a while back. Several things have changed since then, which is why we only were concerned about showing the Doc Savage portion of it. The full picture – it should be pointed out – wasn’t released by DC, so what you see in the full image...some of the things in it have changed since. Earlier in the week, Comic Book Resources' Lying in the Gutters column by Rich Johnston posted that: "This Doc Savage pic doing the rounds is part of a new line at DC that will be set in current DCU continuity." Lying in the Gutters is a rumor column, but Rich manages to hit the nail on the head quite often. | |||||
| 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! "The Mourning After" by Joe Archibald from POPULAR DETECTIVE March, 1947 Featuring: Willie Klump When a gang of crooks tries to put the bite on Willie Klump, they learn just how the Hawkeye Hawkshaw uses his own bean! "Death's Serenade" by Lon Williams from WESTERN ACTION September, 1957 Featuring: Judge Steele What had happened to prosecuting attorney Wade Claybrook, Judge Steele wanted to know. Why here this consarned lawyer, supposed to be on the side of justice, was doing his dangest to discredit his own best witness. How did you get to hang a murderer that way? | |||||
| Green Hornet - Dynamite miniseries update! Kevin Smith made the following comments in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, "Dynamite honcho Nick Barrucci hit me with an email, saying he'd locked up the license [for masked crimefighter Brit Reid and his nimble sidekick, Kato], and asking if I wanted to write an arc," says Smith. "But had to decline because I was in the middle of the Batman scripts. But then I thought 'I already wrote a Hornet story once...' It's the Hornet movie I'd make if I was making it today. And there's no better time to do that than before Seth Rogen and Michel Gondry's version defines the character for the mainstream. We haven't picked an interior artist yet, but we've got some stellar cover talent on board already: Alex Ross, John Cassaday, Jae Lee, and David Finch." | |||||
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| ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #26 -
Now available! This issue includes an in-depth feature on Graves Gladney (1907-1976) was an early pulp illustration artists who sold freelance covers to most of the pulp houses and did many Shadow covers. After the war, he returned to fine painting and academia. Also featured is the story of The American Academy of Art in Chicago (part one), and the illustration work of Nan Pollard. Includes book reviews and listings of the latest exhibitions and events related to illustration history. Cover by Gladney. Magazine, 96 pages, Full Color, $15.00 Illustration Magazine |  | ||||
| Leonaur Books - Now available! Leonaur is pleased to announce the final volume in its Quatermain: the Complete Adventures series. Some of H. Rider Haggard's tales of the intrepid Allan Quatermain's African adventures are very well known, others surprisingly little known. This exclusive Leonaur collection brings them all together in a coherent and uniform collection, available in hardcover and softcover, for the modern reader. Quatermain: the Complete Adventures 7 by H. Rider Haggard Allan and the Ice Gods, Four Short Adventures & Nada the Lily Quatermain and Umslopogaas embark on more adventures This is volume seven, the final book of the Leonaur complete adventures of Allan Quatermain, H. Rider Haggard's famous adventurer, guide, trader and big game hunter—the consummate white man on the Dark Continent of the nineteenth century. This volume contains four shorter stories as well as the seventeenth adventure, ‘Allan and the Ice Gods’ and the eighteenth, Nada the Lily. Both, predictably encompass all the vital ingredients that make a Quatermain story such compulsive reading. Haggard also devoted a novel to the origins and early adventures of Quatermain's stalwart Zulu warrior companion, the mighty Umslopogaas. Although the tale only references Quatermain its principal character is an essential and important component of the Quatermain saga and so his story deserves its place in this collection. Readers will also be delighted to learn that 'Nada the Lily' is highly regarded in the Haggard canon and will deliver a satisfying, riveting and exciting read in its own right. Softcover - $24.99 Hardcover - $36.99 | |||||
| Lone
Justice The Pulse interviews Robert Tinnell and Mark Wheatley regarding their pulp hero, Lone Justice, who appears in the online comic strips EZ STREET and LONE JUSTICE: CRASH. Both are available at the ComicMix website. A print edition of LONE JUSTICE: CRASH is planned for 2010. | |||||
| McFarland: Science Fiction and Fantasy
Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary by Jane Frank - Now available! This biographical dictionary presents information on 400 artists whose influence and illustrative contributions to the fields of science fiction and fantasy literature helped define the 20th century as the “Science Fiction Century” and helped established science fiction and fantasy as unique and identifiable genres. In addition to providing basic, inclusive biographical data on venerable artists from Chris Achilleos to John Michael Zeleznik, each entry also includes a bibliographic listing of each artist’s published work in the genre. Designed as a comprehensive, up-to-date reference guide for researchers, scholars, collectors, dealers, and enthusiasts, the book also includes an extensive and informative historical overview of modern science fiction art, written by the author and Robert Weinberg. Appendices list the recipients of all major awards specific to science fiction and fantasy art, including the Hugo Awards, the World Fantasy Awards, the Chesley Awards, the British Science Fiction Association Awards and the British Fantasy Awards. Hardcover, 7 x 10, $135 McFarland |  | ||||
| Moonstone
Books: THE SPIDER #2 - Coming in September! Written by Will Murray, art by Giovanni P. Timpano, cover by Gary Carbon. The Spider: the most violent and ruthless of all crime fighters…A cloaked, fanged, borderline crazy denizen of the dark force-feeding hard justice with a pair of ‘45’s! Join Doc Savage novelist Will Murray as a new reign of terror has begun in Manhattan, something not seen in generations. All over town, people in all walks of life are found murdered—scalped! “Red Tomahawk.” Demands that all citizens of Manhattan evacuate the city. It’s being taken back by its original owners—the Mohawks. Nita is kidnapped. Then what appears to be her blonde scalp arrives at police HQ in a box. But the box contains a clue and so a maddened Spider follows that clue to the real Red Tomahawk, to rescue Nita and end the reign of blood. 32 pages, black and white, $3.25. Moonstone Books |  | ||||
| Night Shade
Books - Now available!
The Dream of X and Other Fantastic Visions: The Collected Fiction of William Hope Hodgson Volume 5 is now shipping. Click on the link above for a complete contents listing. Hardcover, ISBN: 978-1-892389-43-5, 500 pages $35.00 Night Shade Books | |||||
| PULPDOM #54 (April 2009) -
Now available! The contents include: "Editorial: 1905" by Caz "Epic Pulps: THE ALL-STORY 1905-1906" by Caz "Epic Pulps: THE ALL-STORY 1907-1908" by Mike Taylor "Henty and his Books" by Al Lybeck "Review: THE DEVIL CHAIR by Victor Rousseau" by Mike Taylor "QUEST OF GOLDEN APE by Ivar Jorgenson & Adam Chase: An Overlooked Burroughs Pastiche" by Mike Taylor "The Sons of Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1939-1941, 1967" "The Man Without a World" "The Lightnin Men" "Hybrid of Horror" "The Bottom of the World" "Treasure of the Black Falcon" This issue has a full color front cover and is profusely illustrated with full color and black & white illustrations. Back issues are available as print on demand: $10 (color) and $6 (black & white) each (postpaid) anywhere in USA. Five issue subscriptions are $30. Contact C. E. Cazedessus II, P.O. Box 2340, Pagosa Springs, Colorado 81147 Email: ridgefire@frontier.net Visit the new PULPDOM website at http://pulpdom.com |  | ||||
| Pulpville
Press - Now available! THE MUCKER by Edgar Rice Burroughs The adventures of Billy Byrne, thug and gunman, in the underworld of Chicago and San Francisco, and on his mysterious cruise to the unexplored islands of the Pacific, make a yarn as strange and as vivid as even the famous Tarzan tales. A woman--"one o' them high-brow skirts"--taught Billy the real meaning of the word "coward". And the most astonishing thing in the book is the development of character of these two whom fate threw together in the strangest of circumstances. Trade paperback, $14.95 THE RETURN OF THE MUCKER by Edgar Rice Burroughs "The Mucker", the remarkable story of Billy Byrne, the vicious, hardened Chicago thug and ruffian who, answering to the magical touch of a great love, gradually changed his entire point of view, ethical standards, and character, until from fear and loathing the beautiful Barbara Harding, daughter of a New York millionaire, came to trust and at last to love him. In the end, Billy, believing the gulf between "Grand Avenue and Riverside Drive" was too wide to be bridged even by love itself, refused to marry Barbara, and left her. When the present story opens over a year has elapsed. Trade paperback, $14.95 AMUSEMENT INC. vs THE SCARLET ACE by Theodore A. Tinsley Amusement Inc., is a crime fighting vigilante group comprised of ex-Marines and led by Major John Tattersall Lacy and his trusty threesome of Charlie Weaver, Ed Corning, and Pat Harrigan. The adventures of this group are contained in a series of stories which graced the pages of four different pulp magazines of the 1930's. The stories in this collection are those which appeared in All Detective Magazine in 1933. Trade paperback, $12.95 | 
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| The REH Foundation - Coming to Comic-Con International 2009! That's right, the biggest Con of it's kind anywhere just has to have the most barbaric Foundation make an appearance! Paul Herman will be there for a couple days, representing the Foundation and hanging out with Paradox and Dark Horse. Note that our Legacy Members will be getting contacted about a special event. Paul is hoping to have a general REH get-together either Friday night or Saturday afternoon. Something involving a bar and comraderie. There has never been a West Coast REH party, so it's damn well about time. If any of you are planning to be in the area, please stop by and say Hey, give Paul a chance to shake your hand and thank you for the continuing support. | |||||
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| Solomon Kane - Movie Review! Harry Knowles of Ain't It Cool News has given Michael Bassett 's SOLOMON KANE a big thumbs up review! Click here to read the review. | |||||
| TARZAN:
LORD OF THE LOUISIANA JUNGLE - New documentary in the works! Media Contact: Al Bohl 318-426-8530 al@albohl.com Tarzan’s Louisiana Connection Explored in Documentary A documentary film is being made about the 1918 silent motion picture "Tarzan of the Apes" which was shot in Morgan City. Executive producer Al Bohl is working in partnership with the award winning Cinematic Arts Workshop of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette to produce this documentary. “The making of the original film is a fascinating story,” says Bohl, “with more layers than an onion.” Mr. Bohl lives in Louisiana and has always been a fan of the Ape man created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. According to Bohl, years ago a man from Morgan City told him about the film and said live apes had been used in the film and just left behind when the film wrapped. That bit of information was enough to keep the Bossier City native hooked into the story. However, it wasn’t until the movie industry started coming to Louisiana that Bohl began investigating more into this particular Tarzan film. “This film was the first feature film made on location in the U.S. and one of the first films to gross one million dollars at the box office,” says Bohl. That is about $25 million in today’s money. This documentary to be entitled “Tarzan: Lord of the Louisiana Jungle,” hopes to not only find out if there are monkeys in the bayous but also find out if a real lion was killed on screen and why, of all places, Louisiana was chosen as the place to make the movie. Bohl and the Cinematic Arts Workshop team will travel throughout the United States interviewing scholars and fans finding these answers and much more. The project is already stirring interest among Tarzan enthusiasts around the nation and has the blessing of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Elmo Lincoln played the part of Tarzan in the first film. Mr. Lincoln passed away in the 1950s but his daughter has been very excited about this documentary project. Mr. Bohl would like anyone with first or second hand knowledge of the Morgan City film to contact him through his website www.albohl.com. “I have high hopes that at least one person is still alive and willing to talk to us who was somehow affiliated with the movie made some 90 years ago. A great find would be an ape costume worn in the movie. I can always dream,” adds Bohl. | 
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| Warner Bros. DVD Archive series: Lex Barker Tarzan - Now available! Warner Archive Collection is offering five classic "Tarzan" adventures starring Lex Barker as the legendary "Lord of the Apes." To celebrate, these films are being offered at a special price when all five are purchased together. The five films are available individually for $19.95 each or as a set for $49.95. Tarzan’s Magic Fountain Tarzan and the Slave Girl Tarzan’s Peril Tarzan’s Savage Fury Tarzan and the She-Devil | |||||
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| Age
of Aces Presents - Downloadable PDF Air War pulp stories! Age of Aces Books is now offering a new feature on their Web site called "Age of Aces Presents". You can now download free PDF versions of some great Air War pulp stories. Visit them at http://ageofaces.home.att.net and look for the "Age of Aces Presents" link. New this week: "Shanghai Snare" by Arch Whitehouse from the December 1937 FLYING ACES featuring Tug Hardwick and Beansie Bishop. In December '37 Arch Whitehouse introduced a new character to the readers of Flying Aces. His name was Tug Hardwick. Tug was a fighter ace and test pilot for the US Air Service until a plane he had certified crashed and killed his brother. He gave up flying and became a correspondent for the Amalgamated News Service. His first assignment was in war torn Shanghai. It was there that he met portly "Beansie" Bishop, who also worked in China for Amalgamated. The two of them became fast friends and stuck together through all kinds of spine tingling adventures, starting with "Shanghai Snare": Just why had he got mixed up in that maddening war-correspondent game in bloody, shell-racked Shanghai? Tug Hardwick pondered over that question. But before he had time to answer it, Fate sent that hardy young newsman to cover an amazing story which wasn’t listed in his assignment book. The stage was set for that story when Tug dropped into the Astor House—and the bang-up action began when a bomb dropped in after him. | |||||||||||
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Tollin's Sanctum Books Shipping mid-May! THE
SHADOW Volume 27: "The Python" & "The Shadow, The Hawk and the Skull" (Supervillain
Special) "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts
of men? The Shadow Knows!" The Knight of Darkness battles master criminals in
two classic pulp thrillers by Walter B. Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." First,
Lamont Cranston is trapped in the deadly coils of "The Python" as he seeks to
unravel the sinister machinations of the murderous serpent of crime. Then, in
"The Shadow, The Hawk and The Skull," the Dark Avenger and a new female agent
battle two master villains: The Hawk, a European jewel thief; and the grotesque
blackmailer called The Skull. This instant collector's item showcases the original
color covers by George Rozen and Graves Gladney, the classic interior illustrations
by Tom Lovell and Earl Mayan, and historical commentary by Anthony Tollin and
Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-0-9822033-7-8 0-9822033-7-3
Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95 1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
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Tollin's Sanctum Books Shipping mid-May! DOC
SAVAGE Volume 26: "The Annihilist" & "Cargo Unknown"
The pulp era's legendary superman returns in two action-packed novels by Lester
Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." In "The Annihilist," the Man of Bronze is suspected
of murder when criminals fall victim to the weird "pop-eyed death." Then, Doc
Savage and Renny attempt a daring undersea rescue when Monk and Ham are trapped
inside an disabled submarine with only 12 hours of air in "Cargo Unknown." This
deluxe pulp reprint features both original color covers by Walter Baumhofer and
Modest Stein, all the classic interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical
commentary by Will Murray. BONUS: an ultra-rare schematic drawing of Doc's super-machine
pistol by JAMES STERANKO! (Sanctum Books) 978-0-9822033-9-2 0-9822033-9-X Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95  1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
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Tollin's Sanctum Books Shipping mid-May!! DOC
SAVAGE Volume 26: "The Annihilist" & "Cargo Unknown" - James Bama variant
edition The pulp era's legendary superman returns
in two action-packed novels by Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." In "The
Annihilist," the Man of Bronze is suspected of murder when criminals fall victim
to the weird "pop-eyed death." Then, Doc Savage and Renny attempt a daring undersea
rescue when Monk and Ham are trapped inside an disabled submarine with only 12
hours of air in "Cargo Unknown." This deluxe pulp reprint showcases one of James
Bama's most spectacular paintings, along with both original color covers by Walter
Baumhofer and Modest Stein, all the classic interior illustrations by Paul Orban
and historical commentary by Will Murray. BONUS: an ultra-rare schematic drawing
of Doc's super-machine pistol by JAMES STERANKO! (Sanctum Books)
978-0-9822033-9-2 0-9822033-9-X Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95 1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
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| BARBARIC WORLDS #1 - Now available! All art and stories by BUTCH BURCHAM DARKWULF THE HELLWARRIOR battles a horde of evil demons! THUNDERHAWK and ALLAYNA are confronted by a band of neo - nazi marauders. BARBARIC WORLDS is sword and sorcery in the tradition of ROBERT E. HOWARD and EGAR RICE BURROUGHS. Each issue contains an installment of DARKWULF THE HELLWARRIOR, a sword and sandal story about a man trapped in a hellish nightmare, and an installment of APOCALYPTIC TRIBESMEN, a futuristic tale of a world gone mad due global warming. There is also a portfolio section featuring HOWARD and BURROGHS style art. 20 pages, $3.99 Indy Planet |  | ||||||||||
| 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, $19.95 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, $24.95 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 1115 Pine Meadows Ct. Normal, Il 61761-5432 http://www.blackdogbooks.net/ orders@blackdogbooks.net |   | ||||||||||
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| The
Book Cave - New podcasts now available online! Episode 21: Free Comic Book Day - New! On this episode I go solo as I ramble on about Free Comic Book Day and all the shops I went to to try and find the good books. Don't worry this is a short episode. Episode 20: The Terror Of Fu Manchu Episode 19: Jim Anthony and the Airship 27 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/ | |||||||||||
| Cemetery Dance - Arriving in book stores May 12th! Pendergast-the world's most enigmatic FBI Special Agent-returns to New York City to investigate a murderous cult. William Smithback, a New York Times reporter, and his wife Nora Kelly, a Museum of Natural History archaeologist, are brutally attacked in their apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Eyewitnesses claim, and the security camera confirms, that the assailant was their strange, sinister neighbor-a man who, by all reports, was already dead and buried weeks earlier. While Captain Laura Hayward leads the official investigation, Pendergast and Lieutenant Vincent D'Agosta undertake their own private-and decidedly unorthodox-quest for the truth. Their serpentine journey takes them to an enclave of Manhattan they never imagined could exist: a secretive, reclusive cult of Obeah and vodou which no outsiders have ever survived. Hardcover: 448 pages Publisher: Grand Central Publishing ISBN-10: 0446580295 ISBN-13: 978-0446580298 $26.99 |  | ||||||||||
| THE CHRONICLES OF CONAN VOLUME 18 -
Coming in October! Written Bruce Jones and Steven Grant, art by John Buscema, Ernie Chan, Marc Silvestri, Alfredo Alcala and Val Mayerik. 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 The 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.Stories like "The River of Death," "Titan's Gambit," and the two-part "Spider Isle" adventure are meticulously restored and recolored, and Jones and Buscema are joined by such talents as Ernie Chan, Mark Silvestri, Val Mayerik, Alfredo Alcala and others. This volume collects Conan the Barbarian issues #135 to #142, including all original series covers. 200 pages, $17.95, in stores on October 14. Dark Horse Comics | | ||||||||||
| CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #13 -
Coming in August! Written by Timothy Turman, penciled by Tomas Giorello, colored by Jose Villarrubia, cover by Joseph Michael Linsner. In "Black Altar," the relentless final chapter in the "Black Colossus" adaptation, Natohk's desert hordes surge up the narrow Shamla Pass, and Conan's ragged army desperately attempts to hold their high ground. Outnumbered and facing an army fueled by a zealous, reborn Stygian wizard, simply surviving may be the greatest victory Conan can hope for. Any triumph will ring hollow, though, if Conan can't protect Khoraja's current sovereign, the beautiful Princess Yasmela -- whom Natohk has vowed to capture! Tim Truman, Tomás Giorello, and José Villarrubia bring the gripping, blood-filled Battle of Shamla Pass to life! Smartly written and flawlessly rendered, don't miss the epic finale to a Robert E. Howard classic. 40 pages, $2.99, in stores on August 19. Dark Horse Comics | | ||||||||||
| Del Rey Robert E. Howard Series -
To be released as audiobooks - Updated! Kull, Exile of Atlantis is now scheduled for August 2009! 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 Coming of Conan the Cimmerian - June 2009 The Bloody Crown of Conan - July 2009 The Conquering Sword of Conan - July 2009 Kull, Exile of Atlantis - August 2009 | |||||||||||
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| E-texts on the net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks Shadow review is "Twins of Crime" from June 1, 1942. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "The Book of the Phantom Bullet" by Robert Leslie Bellem from HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE, December, 1945 Featuring: Dan Turner This movie ham named McBride acted the death scene very realistically - mostly because some sly sinister stinker had put a real bullet completely through his think-tank. And as foul luck would have it, Dan Turner was on the scene and having it demonstrated that the trigger-finger was quicker than his hawkshaw eye. From then on, Dan was busier than a confused dog in a flea circus . . . . "Science First" by William Slavens McNutt from ALL-STORY WEEKLY, June 9, 1917 Addresses the question of whether Science should come first before romantic love. | |||||||||||
| Electric Tiki - The Shadow statue final sculpt! Electric Tiki is proud to present Ruben Procopio's final sculpt of the "Classic Heroes" Shadow statue. A full sized version of Lamont Cranston's Girasol ring will be included with each statue ordered! 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! |  | ||||||||||
| FANTASY
WORLDS #1 - Now available! Written and Illustrated by Butch Burcham A collection of art based upon the stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs. 20 pages, $3.99 Indy Planet |  | ||||||||||
| FLASH GORDON 75TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL Arriving in comic shops May 13th! To celebrate the 75th anniversary of Alex Raymond's signature creation, Ardden Entertainment has put together a breathtaking roster of talent to chronicle the secret history of Mongo! After the events of The Mercy Wars, Flash explores this strange new world and comes across an ancient device that allows him to see into Mongo's recent past - revealing untold tales of Ming the Merciless, Prince Barin, Princess Aura, Prince Vultan and more! Writers Joe Casey, Denny O'Neil, Tom DeFalco, J.M. DeMatteis, Brendan Deneen, Jim Kreuger, and Len Wein join forces with artists Shawn McManus, Joe Staton, Mike Cavallaro, Omaha Perez, Shanth Enjeti, and Pedro Delgado to create an anniversary anthology truly worthy of one of pop culture's first, and greatest, heroes! Available both as a Regular Hardcover edition and as a Special Signed edition. Regular Hardcover, 7x10, 70 pages, Full Color, $14.95 Signed Hardcover, 7x10, 70pgs, Full Color, $29.95 ARDDEN ENTERTAINMENT |  | ||||||||||
| The Knightmare Pulp media sensation The Knightmare will debut May 30th on Decoder Ring Theatre. The Shadow knows... but The Knightmare knows what you fear! Decoder Ring Theatre is the home of all-new audio adventures in the tradition of the classic programs of Radio's Golden Age. Here you will find full-length, full-cast tales of mystery and adventure to fire your imagination! Decoder Ring Theatre's shows are available for free download in mp3 format, either directly from our site or via the podcast feed. |  | ||||||||||
| KULL
VOLUME 1: THE SHADOW KINGDOM - Coming in October! Written by Arvid Nelson, penciled by Will Conrad, colored by Jose Villarrubia, cover by Paul Renaud. More comfortable with a sword than a scepter, the enigmatic Kull has recently crowned himself king and seeks to unite the once proud and powerful land of Valusia. As representatives from all corners of his kingdom seek his counsel, the warrior-king accepts a strange invitation from the Pictish emissary. Kull will need to discard ancient prejudices if he's to save the newly united Valusian empire from a clandestine enemy that once threatened to enslave and exterminate mankind! Aided by Brule -- a hotheaded Pict confidant -- Kull uncovers layers of deception and treachery in the ancient halls of the Tower of Splendor and faces the growing threat of the devious Serpent Cult! Discover Valusia's darkest secrets and witness the first days of its mightiest king. 144 pages, $18.95, in stores on October 28. Dark Horse Comics |
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| LOVECRAFT UNBOUND -
Coming in September! Written by various. The stories are legendary, the characters unforgettable, the world horrible and disturbing. Howard Phillips Lovecraft may have been a writer for only a short time, but the creations he left behind after his death in 1935 have shaped modern horror more than any other author's in the last two centuries: the shambling god Cthulhu, and the other deities of the Elder Things, the Outer Gods, and the Great Old Ones, and Herbert West, Reanimator, a doctor who unlocked the secrets of life and death at a terrible cost. In Lovecraft Unbound, more than 20 of today's most prominent writers of literature and dark fantasy tell stories set in or inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft. Among the contributors are multiple New York Times best-selling authors Michael Chabon and Joyce Carol Oates, award-winning writers Brian Evenson and Marc Laidlaw, Caitlín R. Kiernan, and many others. Edited by multiple-award-winning editor Ellen Datlow. 336 pages, $19.95, in stores on September 30. Dark Horse Comics | | ||||||||||
| Moonstone Books - Arriving in comic
shops May 13th! THE PHANTOM: GHOST WHO WALKS #2 Written by Mike Bullock and David Michelinie, art by Silvestre Szilagyi, covers by Joe Corroney and Rick Leonardi/Terry Austin. "End War Part II." The new direction continues, as the Phantom takes on a darker tone in today's Africa! Ripped from today's headlines, Kazi's End War continues as The Phantom enlists the help of a family friend, but helping the Phantom is proving to be deadlier than anyone could have imagined! And the implications of what they uncover will change the Phantom's world, forever. And starting this issue, there will be extra Phantom with Moonstone serializing Phantom prose stories! 32 pages, $3.99. Moonstone Books | 
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| Moonstone Books
- Arriving in comic
shops May 13th! SHERLOCK HOLMES & KOLCHAK THE NIGHT STALKER: CRY OF THUNDER #2 (of 3) by Joe Gentile, Andy Bennett & Carlos Magno Based on true events, an historic unveiling! Not a dream, not a hoax, not a parallel universe! Two of the most unique investigators of all time try to untangle the same mystery - one hundred years apart! Kolchak follows Holmes' investigation of a not-so-innocent man who voluntarily wants to be imprisoned, a murdered domestic, and a showdown with the world's deadliest anarchist-assassin. Then he uncovers the missing clue, the one thought long since lost to history, the piece of the puzzle that started it all! The lawless Wild West, the secret world of Victorian London, and the present day hell of Hollywood collide in this timeless tale for the ages! Available with covers from Vatche Mavlian and Leonardo Manco. Also available is a Vatche Mavlian variant Sketch cover edition. 32 pages, Full Color, $3.99 Moonstone Books | |||||||||||
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| Mysterious
Adventure Magazine Spring 2009 - Now available! Written and Illustrated by Scott Godlewski, Matt Bennet, Joe Dellagatta, Ben Perkins, Matt Kaufenberg The Flying Phantom must escape a deadly trap sprung by the manical Dr. Otto Metzger and the Dead Baron! Plus, an eerie retelling of the Selkie legend, a private eye with a frightening secret, and two ranchers discover an unbelieveabe creature on the Arizona desert! Mysterious Adventure Magazine recaptures the magic of the great Silver Age anthologies with a modern twist! 40 pages, $3.99 Coming soon - The Summer 2009 issue! Indy Planet |  | ||||||||||
| The Pulp Rack - New addition! Tom Lovell, Pulp Artist at The Pulp Rack You can find it here: http://pulprack.com/arch/2009/05/tom_lovell_pulp.html As always, thanks for your patronage. Duane Spurlock proprietor The Pulp Rack http://www.pulprack.com Sign up for the Pulp Rack email list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pulprack/ | |||||||||||
| ZORRO #13 - Arriving in comic
shops May 13th! Writer: Matt Wagner; Penciller/Inker: Francesco Francavilla Cover: Francesco Francavilla In an effort to distract his romantic rival, Zorro himself confronts Esteban Pasquale, hoping to incite enough anger in him to send him furiously pursuing The Fox instead of wooing La Senorita. Confusion and a sword battle ensues and Esteban's plot stands revealed, but can Zorro reverse the course? 32 pages, Full Color, $3.50 Dynamite Entertainment | |||||||||||
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| THE 2009 WINDY CITY PULP & PAPER CONVENTION (#9) MAY 1 (Friday) through MAY 3 (Sunday), 2009 Altus Press is 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/ | |||||||||||
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| Age
of Aces Presents - Downloadable PDF Air War pulp stories! Age of Aces Books is now offering a new feature on their Web site called "Age of Aces Presents". You can now download free PDF versions of some great Air War pulp stories. Visit them at http://ageofaces.home.att.net and look for the "Age of Aces Presents" link. New this week: "Assassin's Omen" by William Barrett from the August 1934 SKY BIRDS featuring "The Iron Ace", Hugh McQuillen. “Blood on you and all you touch! Look in your mirror and see Death looking out at you!” These curses the dying German had spat at Hugh McQuillen, the Iron Ace. But the German never knew he had cursed the wrong man. Now the Iron Ace and his squadron must deal with the consequences. | |||||||||||
| 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!
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| 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!
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| 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. | |||||||||||
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books "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) Rescheduled for late May! THE WHISPERER Volume 1: "The Dead Who Talked" & "The Red Hatchets" 978-0-9822033-5-4 0-9822033-5-7 Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95 1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class
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Devil's Horns" The
Pulp Era's strangest superhero returns in two more epic adventures of Justice,
Inc. by Paul Ernst writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, Chicago skyscrapers collapse
after "The Sky Walker" is seen striding above the skyline, sparking fears of an
alien invasion in the pulp epic that was later adapted to comics by Jack Kirby.
Then, "The Devil's Horns," a cryptic message traced in a dying man's own blood
provides the clue that helps The Avenger clean up a corrupt city. This instant
collector's item showcases H. W. Scott's classic color pulp covers in the same
format as Sanctum's popular Doc Savage reprints, along with all the original interior
illustrations by Paul Orban. BONUS: A Whisperer novelette from the back pages
of The Shadow Magazine, plus original commentary by pulp historian Will Murray.
(Sanctum Books) Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95 1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) First Class
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| The Book
Cave - New podcasts now available online! Episode 20: The Terror Of Fu Manchu - New! A very special guest for this episode, the writer of "The Terror Of Fu Manchu", William Patrick Maynard. We discuss who Dr. Fu Manchu and his creator, Sax Rohmer were. Thanks to William Maynard, I left this episode wanting to read all of Fu Manchu I could. Episode 19: Jim Anthony and the Airship 27 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/ | |||||||||||
| Blood 'N" Thunder A new issue of Blood 'N" Thunder debuted at Windy City Con and I hope to have details on this issue for you next week. | |||||||||||
| 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! "A Grass Orphan" by Franklin P. Harry from ARGOSY, February 16, 1918 A young man meets a girl at a dance, and gets more trouble than he bargained for. "Three Fingers of Death" by Roger Fuller from POPULAR DETECTIVE, March, 1948 Featuring: Moody Hackett They all said it was his heart, but private detective Moody Hackett didn't see the demise of Carnes just that way. | |||||||||||
| Girasol Collectables -
May Pulp Replicas! Girasol Collectables is pleased to announce three more issues in its ongoing series of Pulp Replicas. Click here or on the images to the right for a look at larger Pulp Replica cover images. Monthly Special: All three for $85 ($10 off) Our first Replica this month is The Spider (#438) in "Scourge of the Yellow Fangs" from April 1937. $35 Our second Replica this month is WEIRD TALES #143 from November 1935. $35 Our third Replica is GOLDEN FLEECE #8 from May 1939. $25 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. |    | ||||||||||
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| Gotham Pulp Collectors Club -
Next meeting is May 9, 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.
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Haffner
Press Coming in May! HAFFNER PRESS IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE . .
. 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 COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON - AUTHORIZED EDITION • 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!
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| Hard
Case Crime - Coming in May and beyond! 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... July 2009 PASSPORT TO PERIL by Robert B. Parker, Cover art by Gregory Manchess Decades before Robert Brown Parker began writing his books about Spenser, a man named Robert Bogardus Parker (1905-1955) penned this extraordinary novel of post-war intrigue. From the corridors and compartments of the Orient Express to the shadowy, ruined streets of Budapest—which he saw firsthand as a foreign correspondent during World War II—Parker takes you on a nightmare tour of a land where life is cheap, old hatreds run strong, and a couple of Americans can find themselves in more danger than they ever imagined. With all the immediacy of the wartime dispatches Parker filed from Turkey, Danzig, Warsaw, and Bucharest and all the authority of a man who himself spent three years crossing borders without a passport and narrowly avoiding arrest by the Gestapo, PASSPORT TO PERIL paints a heart-stopping picture of desperate men in a desperate time. Visit
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| 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... |  | ||||||||||
| KULL #6 - Arriving in comic shops May 6th! Written by Arvid Nelson, pencils and cover by Will Conrad, colored by Jose Villarrubia. At odds with a dangerous Valusian cult, Kull attempts to use guile and diplomacy -- instead of brute force -- in an attempt to save Pict leader Ka-nu's life and crush the devious Serpent Cult's schemes. Another Pict ally, the headstrong, stealthy Brule, infiltrates the Tower of the Great Serpent against Kull's wishes. Brule is on an assassination mission of his own making, and stealing a powerful, sought-after gem from the stronghold would be an added bonus‹and would bring the wrath of the vicious, shape-changing snake-men to Kull's front door! Expanding upon the events in Robert E. Howard's short story "The Shadow Kingdom" and concluding Dark Horse's first Kull series. 32 pages, $2.99 Dark Horse Comics |  | ||||||||||
| Moonstone Books: PARTNERS IN CRIME
NOVEL - Arriving in comic shops May 6th! by C.J. Henderson & Joe Gentile A Moontsone Crime Wave event! The past meets the future to defeat un unspeakable evil! Europe, 1945. In the final days of World War II, a sinister Nazi plan to defeat the Allies using black sorcery is thwarted, only to be resurrected again in a form more terrible than ever before! Over six turbulent decades, across multiple continents, and through the darkest alternate dimensions, a force of unimaginable power is poised to subjugate all mankind, and some of history's greatest fictional crime fighters find themselves in a battle against the ultimate evil! Their names are legend: their exploits are known around the world — Kolchak, the Night Stalker; Boston Blackie; Johnny Dollar; Lain Wan; Candy Matson; Pat Novak; Blackshirt; Mr. Keen; and Jack Hagee. Now, this amazing group will find themselves pitted against a power that transcends time and space — an evil so corrupt that the fate of humanity may hang in the balance! Softcover, 6x9, 192 pages, B&W, $14.95 Moonstone Books | |||||||||||
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| 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 |  | ||||||||||
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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. | |||||||||||
| Super Heroic Tales #1 - Now available! SUPER HEROIC TALES MAGAZINE features the very best in costumed hero prose adventure, heavily illustrated, with genre related articles and the best in Golden Age and original comic features! This will be a Bi-Monthly Magazine, thats 6 big issues per year! Our first issue features our very own speedster Blitzkrieg in "Lightning Strikes Twice", The super charged teen T-Bolt in "Transference", great Golden Age comic reprints featuring obscure heroes such as Zippo and Music Master, a bio of comics legend Carmine Infantino, our "Comics Culture" page takes a look at the legendary "No-Prize", and MUCH MORE! Every issue is jam packed with comics, stories, and features that super hero fans will love! 100 pages, 6" x 9", perfect binding, black and white interior ink $15 |  | ||||||||||
| Upcoming Modern Hero-Pulp Novels
by Christopher
R. Yates Ballistic Babes, John Zakour & Lawrence Ganem, DAW, $8.99, April 7, 2009 - Now available! Hellboy: The Fire Wolves, Tim Lebbon, Dark Horse, $12.95, April 15, 2009 - Now available! Hunt at the Well of Eternity, James Reasoner, Leisure Books, $6.99, April 28, 2009 - Now available! The Darkness: Volume 2, Kerri Hawkins, Top Cow, $6.99, May 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 8, 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 Hunt Through the Cradle of Fear, Charles Ardai, Leisure Books, $6.99, August 1, 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 Hellboy: The Ice Wolves, Mark Chadbourn, Dark Horse, $12.95, October 15, 2009 The 4400: Promises Broken, David Mack, Pocket Star, $7.99, October 27, 2009 Hunt at World’s End, Nicholas Kaufmann, Leisure Books, $6.99, November 1, 2009 The Sapphire-Haired Siren, John Zakour, DAW, $7.99, December 1, 2009 Wild Cards XX: Suicide Kings, ed. George R.R. Martin, Tor, $25.99, December 22, 2009 Iron Man: Virus, Alexander Irvine, Del Rey, $7.99, January 26, 2010 Hunt Beyond the Frozen Fire, Christa Faust, Leisure Books, $6.99, February 1, 2010 Hunt Among the Killers of Men, David J. Schow, Leisure Books, $6.99, May 2010 Hunt Through Napoleon's Web, Raymond Benson, Leisure Books, $6.99, August 2010 |  | ||||||||||
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