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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://www.ageofaces.net/category/age-of-aces-presents/ New this week: "The Glory Gambler" by Frederick C. Painton from the April 1935 SKY BIRDS featuring The Squadron of the Dead. The Squadron of the Dead return for another mission, but this one is unlike any they have taken on before. Death lay behind those men in the somber, black uniforms, for every man in that squadron had been sentenced to die. Death lay ahead of them, for to them were assigned the grim missions no other squadron dared to take. Then at last came a task which even those ghosts of the war skies dreaded to face—yet it was a task in which death played no part. | |||||||
| ALTER EGO #92 - Coming in March! Behind a fantastic painted cover by Conan the Adventurer artist Rafael Kayanan, Alter Ego shines the spotlight on DC’s Sword & Sorcery by the likes of O’Neil, Chaykin, and Simonson, as well as Claw the Unconquered by Michelinie & Chan, Charlton’s Hercules by Glanzman, Gold Key’s Dagar the Invincible by Glut & Santos, Marvel S&S art by Buscema, Kane, Kayanan, and Wrightson, and Jack Katz on his classic First Kingdom! Plus FCA, Michael T. Gilbert, Bill Schelly, Steve Gerber's fan-creations (Part 3), and more! Magazine, 100 pages, B&W, $6.95 TwoMorrows ALTER EGO #92 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available January 6th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN101199. |  | ||||||
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books Coming in February! DOC
SAVAGE Volume 34: "The Man Who Shook the Earth" & "The Three Devils" The pulp era's greatest superman battles evildoers in two action-packed
pulp novels by Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, the Man of Bronze
and his Iron Crew journey to Chile to investigate a bizarre series of South American
earthquakes. Then, Doc Savage's investigation of a murderous ghost bear in Mock
Lake, Canada reveals a Nazi plot. This deluxe pulp reprint showcases the original
color pulp covers by Walter M. Baumhofer and Modest Stein, Paul Orban's classic
interior illustrations plus historical commentary by Will Murray, writer of seven
Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-018-2 Softcover,
7x10, b&w, $12.95DOC SAVAGE Volume 34 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available January 6th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN101265. 1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
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Tollin's Sanctum Books Coming in March! THE
WHISPERER Volume 3: "Murder Queens" & "Kill Them First" "He knows no law but Justice!" The secret life of Police Commissioner
James Gordon is explored in a pair of two-fisted thrillers by Doc Savage ghost
Laurence Donovan writing as "Clifford Goodrich." First, The Whisperer trumps the
sinister schemes of four sultry "Murder Queens." Then, when the Black Hood¹s
racketeers terrorize the city, Wildcat Gordon vows to "Kill Them First!" BONUS:
a magical tale of "prestidigitection" by The Shadow's Walter B. Gibson. This historic
collector's item showcases the original covers by Spider cover artist John Newton
Howitt, classic interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical commentary
by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-020-5
Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95 THE WHISPERER Volume 3 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available January 6th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN101266. 1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
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Tollin's Sanctum Books Coming in March! DOC
SAVAGE Volume 35: "Meteor Menace" & "The Ten-Ton Snakes" The
pulp era's legendary Man of Bronze confronts threats from space in two pulse-pounding
pulp novels by Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First, after the "Blue
Meteor" horror brings near-fatal insanity to Ham Brooks, Doc Savage and his Iron
Crew are spirited away to Tibet where they confront the mysterious Mo-Gwei to
uncover the strange secret behind the "Meteor Menace." Then, a war hero's plea
for help and a box of anaconda skins lead Doc to the danger-filled Brazilian jungles
in search of "The Ten-Ton Snakes." Will Murray provides historical commentary
while Anthony Tollin chronicles "Doc Savage Around the World." This classic pulp
reprint also features the original color pulp covers by Walter M. Baumhofer and
Emery Clarke, plus Paul Orban's classic interior illustrations. (Sanctum Books)
978-1-60877-022-9 Softcover, 7x10, b&w, $12.95 1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
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Tollin's Sanctum Books Coming in March! THE
SHADOW Volume 36: "The weed of crime
bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay. The Shadow knows! The Dark Avenger takes
to the High Seas in two action-packed pulp classics by Walter B. Gibson and Theodore
Tinsley and a lost radio thriller by Bob Shaw. First, roaring ocean waters set
the scene for an epic battle between The Shadow and another of The Hand's murderous
Fingers. Then, the Master of Darkness combats the drowned corpse calling himself
"Davy Jones" in "River of Death." BONUS: Lamont Cranston and Margot Lane investigate
"The Case of the River of Eternal Woe" in a lost classic from the Golden Age of
Radio. This instant collector's item showcases both of George Rozen's color pulp
covers, the classic interior illustrations by Edd Cartier and commentary by popular-culture
historians Anthony Tollin and Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-021-2
Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95"Crime Rides the Sea," "River of Death" & "The Case of the River of Eternal Woe" 1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
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| THE BARRY WINDSOR-SMITH
CONAN ARCHIVES VOLUME 2 - Coming in May! Writer: Roy Thomas; Artist: Barry Windsor-Smith Nearly forty years have passed since Barry Windsor-Smith began his historical run on Conan the Barbarian—never had anyone conveyed Conan's gigantic melancholies and great mirth in a more masterful way. Barry Windsor-Smith became the standard by which all other Conan comic-book artists have since been measured. In order to commemorate Barry Windsor-Smith's lasting legacy and honor one of the most influential Conan artists of all time, Dark Horse presents The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives Volume 2. This, the second of two handsome hardcovers, collects the final half of Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith's collaboration on Conan the Barbarian and includes such classic tales as "Red Nails" and "The Frost-Giant's Daughter"! Featuring the updated colors from Dark Horse's Chronicles line, this book is a can't miss for new and old readers alike! Hardcover, 7" x 10", 288 pages, Full Color, $49.99, On sale May 19 Dark Horse Comics BARRY SMITH CONAN ARCHIVES VOL. 2 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available January 6th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN100128. |
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| The
Book Cave - New podcast now available online! Episode 53: Black Coat's Jean-Marc LofficierEpisode 54: Sherlock Holmes - New! Just in time for the Christmas Day release of the new Sherlock Holmes movie. Art and Ric go crazy over one of their favorite characters, Sherlock Holmes and his various adventures in books, comics, radio, movies and t.v. Episode 52: Rick Lai Part 2 Episode 51: Rick Lai Part 1 Episode 50: Bobb Cotter on Doc Savage Episode 49: Captain Hazzard Citadel of Fear Episode 48: Secret Agent X; The Man of a Thousand Faces Episode 47: Bruce Wayne is Detective #27 Episode 46: Will Murray Visit The Book Cave website at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/ | |||||||
| BUCK
ROGERS #10 - Coming in March! Writer: Scott Beatty; Artist: Carlos Rafael; Cover: Carlos Rafael (75%), John Watson (25%) This issue: “The Airlords of Han: Part 2 (of 2)!” Wilma Deering has been sent as an envoy to the city-org of Han, but she hasn't returned... and Han is causing trouble. In order to get "aboard" the hovering city-state, Buck has to ally himself with Black Barney, an air-pirate who trades regularly with the Han, but Barney is playing both sides... what could possibly go wrong? 32 pages, Full Color, $3.50 Dynamite Entertainment BUCK ROGERS #10 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available January 6th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN100883. | |||||||
| CONAN THE CIMMERIAN
#20 - Coming in March! Writer: Timothy Truman; Penciller: Tomás Giorello; Colors: José Villarrubia; Cover: Cary Nord In part two of "Kozaki," both Sergius the pirate and the sadistic Shah Amurath decide to confront Conan's group of bandits, who are encroaching upon their territories and threatening the outlying granaries, farms, and villages of the proud country of Turan. King Yildiz quickly orders the Shah to annihilate all Kozaki riders, and Sergius arranges a parley with our favorite Cimmerian. In a tense meeting, Sergius explains how commerce works around the Vilayet Sea and offers that their two imposing forces work together against the Shah. With those in Conan's hungry crew growing wild and impatient, Conan's not even sure how long he can keep his own men together—but he'll slit the throat of any who try to defect! 40 pages, $2.99, On sale March 24 Dark Horse Comics CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #20 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available January 6th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN100125. |
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| CONAN: THE
FRAZETTA COVER SERIES #4 - Coming in March! Writer: Mike Mignola; Penciller: Cary Nord; Colors: Dave Stewart; Cover: Frank Frazetta The fourth installment in Conan: The Frazetta Cover Series features Frank Frazetta's stunning painting, "The Destroyer," and includes an adaptation of "The Hall of the Dead"—an unfinished tale left by Robert E. Howard and fleshed out by Mike Mignola, Cary Nord, and Dave Stewart. Pursued by a small army, Conan heads for shelter in the ancient ruins of a forgotten city, lured by a flimsy rumor of treasure. Instead, he finds the fallen idols of twisted gods and a lot of croaking creatures. Luckily, frogs are no match for an armed Cimmerian . . . right? Conan soon finds himself battling a slithering monstrosity and an onslaught of undead warriors! Retainers to a lord long forgotten awaken to protect a treasure so sizable even the dead can't bear to see it stolen. Can a cunning Cimmerian and a foe-turned-ally withstand the power of such dark sorceries long enough to escape with some loot and their lives? Full Color, 48 pages, $5.99, On sale March 10 Dark Horse Comics CONAN: THE FRAZETTA COVER SERIES #4 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available January 6th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN100126. |
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| CONAN VOLUME
8: BLACK COLOSSUS - Coming in May! Writer: Timothy Truman; Artist: Tomás Giorello; Colors: José Villarrubia Conan, once a wandering thief, tries his luck as a professional warrior, joining Amalric's mercenary forces to live as a rank-and-file soldier. However, something much more than luck will lead Conan on a collision course with the strongest, strangest army he's ever faced! Princess Yasmela—the city of Khoraja's remaining sovereign—has been haunted by terrifying apparitions of the wizard Natohk, and when Natohk threatens to bring his demonic hordes to Khoraja, Yasmela prays to the god Mitra for help. Mitra actually responds and tells her to place the fate of her entire kingdom into the hands of the first man she meets out in the city streets—and that man is a drunk, hesitant barbarian! Conan may turn out to be Khoraja's best hope for survival, but his distrust of the soft upper classes and their disdain for his common station may derail any possibility of working together to halt Natohk's bid for world domination. Timothy Truman adapts Robert E. Howard's powerful "Black Colossus" short story and sets Conan off on what will be his bloodiest battle yet, when the mercenaries of Amalric clash with the massive powers of Natohk! Hardcover, 7" x 10", 152 pages, Full Color, $24.99, On sale May 5 Dark Horse Comics CONAN VOLUME 8: BLACK COLOSSUS is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available January 6th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN100127. |
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| Dial P For
Pulp! - Show No. 11: Citadel Part 1 and The Ship of
Ishtar! Dial P For Pulp is a podcast for anyone interested in any aspect of the pulps. The podcast is now available online and highly recommended! There is no cost involved. Just download the mp3 file and enjoy! Dial P for Pulp is the brain child of David Drage and David has done an excellent job putting the program together. Death Stalks at Midnight Ch.1, featuring: More Two Minute Danger Theater here! Reviews The Lost Continent by Edgar Rice Burroughs Worlds of Their Own from Paizo Publishing The Bookman by Lavie Tidhar A. Merritt's The Ship Of Ishtar The final part of an extended look at Abraham Merritt and his book The Ship of Ishtar. Presented by Deuce Richardson, Chris Hale and Brian Willhite. Gangster Flash - Chicago 1920 read by Kim Gianopoulos Fiction Citadel by Algis Budrys Part1 Music Chiron Beta Prime by Jonathan Coulton Download the show here: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/ironmammoth/dialpforpulp/index.html All shows to date are available for download at: http://www.dialpforpulp.com You can also join the Dial P for Pulp Yahoo newsgroup at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dial-p-for-pulp/ | 
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| Dover Publications: 120 Great Pulp Fiction
Covers Book/CDROM - Coming February 18th! Handpicked from macabre magazines published in the first half of the 20th century, these fantastic full-color covers are alive with bug-eyed beings from other worlds, muscular jungle men, hard-bitten private eyes, damsels in distress, and more. They're great for t-shirts, mugs, blogs, and thousands of other print and web projects! Paperback: 64 pages with CDROM Publisher: Dover Publications ISBN-10: 0486990419 ISBN-13: 978-0486990415 Dover Publications |
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| Dover
Publications:Color Your Own Pulp Fiction Art - Now
available! Fearless heroes . . . seductive dames . . . horrific villains . . . and thrilling drama! The artwork on the covers of pulp fiction magazines from the 1920s through the 1940s was as sensationalistic, lurid — and utterly delicious — as the tales inside. Now, 30 stylized covers appear in this graphic gallery for you to color any way you please. Format: Book Grade Level: 2 and Up (ages 7 and up) ISBN: 0486472396 Page Count: 32 Dimensions: 8 1/4 x 11 $4.99 Dover Publications |
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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! "Night Eagle" by Harold F. Cruickshank from SKY FIGHTERS, December, 1933 Johnny Blair Was All Set to Smash the German Ammo Dump to Smithereens - But His Bombs Proved to be Duds! "Copperhead Killer" by John L. Benton from POPULAR DETECTIVE, June, 1939 Detective Dan Wade Breaks a Tough Case in a House of Hate! | |||||||
| EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS' JOHN CARTER OF MARS:
THE JESSE MARSH YEARS Coming in May! Writer: Paul S. Newman; Artist: Jesse Marsh In 1947, Jesse Marsh—an artist who would inspire generations of comics creators and earn the esteem of professional peers such as industry legends Russ Manning and Alex Toth—won over millions of readers with his four-color vision of Edgar Rice Burroughs' beloved character Tarzan. To the delight of his readers, Marsh would continue to draw Tarzan comics for the following nineteen years. But his passion for Burroughs' creations wasn't limited to the legendary writer's jungle lord, and in the early 1950s he teamed up with prolific comics writer Paul S. Newman to breathe life into another of Burroughs' beloved heroes: the courageous adventurer John Carter of Mars! Hardcover, 6 5/8" x 10 3/16", 120 pages, Full Color, $29.99, On sale May 26 Dark Horse Comics JOHN CARTER OF MARS is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available January 6th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN100131. |
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| H.P.
LOVECRAFT'S CALL OF CTHULHU GN - Coming in
March! Writer: H.P. Lovecraft; Writer/Artist: Michael Zigerlig Staying true to Lovecraft's original work, Swiss writer/artist Michael Zigerlig narrates the tale with the original prose of three points of view describing the horror of Cthulhu. Generally regarded as Lovecraft's masterpiece, this tale influenced generations to come. H.R. Giger, famed biomechanical artist and creator of the look of Alien, provides the introduction. Softcover, 72 pages, B&W, $9.99 TRANSFUZION PUBLISHING H.P. LOVECRAFT'S CALL OF CTHULHU GN is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available January 6th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN101116. | |||||||
| LONE JUSTICE: CRASH
#2 - Coming in March! Robert Tinnell and Mark Wheatley (writers) • Mark Wheatley (art & cover) A ComicMix Production! He has vanquished the most sinister and powerful villains of his age—but now Lone Justice faces bankruptcy and homelessness. In his secret identity of Octavius Brown, he seeks help from his friends and his crime-fighting partners. But now all he can count on are his wits and his own two fists! 32 pages, Full Color, $3.99 IDW Publishing LONE JUSTICE: CRASH #2 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available January 6th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN101034. |
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| LONE RANGER
#21 - Coming in March! Writer: Brett Mathews; Artist: Sergio Carriello; Cover: John Cassaday Cavendish ups the ante and goes full on psycho on the Ranger’s kin. Will any of them ever be the same again? Find out in the fifth installment of the incredible “Resolve” storyline! 32 pages, Full Color, $3.99 Dynamite Entertainment LONE RANGER #21 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available January 6th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN100888. | |||||||
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| Moonstone
Books - New Sherlock Holmes anthology coming in 2010! Martin Powell has announced that he will be co-editing, with Joe Gentile, and contributing to a brand new Sherlock Holmes anthology from Moonstone Books. | |||||||
| Moonstone Books: THE PHANTOM / CAPTAIN
ACTION #1 (of 2) - Coming in March! Writer: Mike Bullock; Artist: Reno Maniquis The Phantom and Captain Action were forever united in the 1960s when the original Captain Action toy was released with a Phantom costume, allowing Cap to transform into the Ghost Who Walks. Now, for the first time, the two timeless titans collide! When an international intelligence cartel makes a surgical strike for global control, UN committee member Diana Palmer-Walker and her legendary husband are all that stands in their way, but when the Ghost Who Walks goes missing, the only one Diana can turn to is none other than — Captain Action! Covers by Art Thibert and Mark Sparacio. 32 pages, Full Color, SRP: $3.99 Moonstone Books THE PHANTOM/CAPTAIN ACTION #1 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available January 6th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN101055 (Thibert). The Diamond Item Code is JAN101056 (Sparacio). | |||||||
| Moonstone Books: PHANTOM
DOUBLE SHOT #4: KGB NOIR - Coming in March! Writer: Mike Bullock and Jai Nitz; Artist: Fernado Peniche A special noir mini-series starring The Phantom with tectonic tie-in tales featuring Moonstone Books' best and brightest stars! Deep in the bowels of Madeira Island, the Ghost Who Walks feels the Hammer Strike! And then, Captain Action is caught between Salavdoran ex-cops and a Russian Spetsnaz team, while a woman from his dad's past stirs things up! 24 pages, black and white, $2.99. Moonstone Books PHANTOM DOUBLE SHOT #4 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available January 6th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN101058. | |||||||
| Moonstone Books:
THE PHANTOM GENERATIONS #12 - Coming in March! Writer: Greg Cox; Artist: Ronn Sutton Join New York Times best-selling author Greg Cox (Buffy, Star Trek) for a tale set during the dark days of the French Revolution, as the 12th Phantom stands alone against the murder madness in the streets, and must fight his way to a single prisoner amidst the thousands — someone who wears the "good mark." 32 pages, Full Color, $3.99 Moonstone Books THE PHANTOM GENERATIONS #12 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available January 6th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN101059. |
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| Moonstone
Books: THE PHANTOM: GHOST WHO WALKS #9 - Coming in March! Writer: Mike Bullock; Artist: Silvestre Syzilagyi "Godfall," Part 2. The Ghost Who Walks must pay a visit to some old friends. While the first provides helpful insight into the coming war, the second visit leads to the hunter becoming the hunted in the depths of the darkest house in all of Africa. 32 pages, Full Color, $3.99 Moonstone Books THE PHANTOM: GHOST WHO WALKS #9 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available January 6th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN101060. |
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| Moonstone
Books: THE SPIDER: THE CHAOS MAKER - Coming in March! Writer: Robin Wayne Bailey; Artist: Cortney Skinner; Cover: Gary Carbon Double length stand alone story by Sci-Fi/Fantasy novelist Robin Wayne Bailey! No one is safe from the monster city newspapers call The Chaos-Maker, as a bomb destroys the state capitol! Outnumbered and wounded, The Spider must mow down an army before they can get to the President…and disarm the ticking bombs that will blow the city to smithereens…but which Spider is which? 54 pages, B&W, $4.99 Moonstone Books THE SPIDER: THE CHAOS MAKER is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available January 6th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN101061. | |||||||
| PS Publishing -
Howard, Lovecraft, & Smith are coming in March 2010! The Complete WEIRD TALES Poetry of Robert E. Howard The Complete WEIRD TALES Poetry of H. P. Lovecraft The Complete WEIRD TALES Poetry of Clark Ashton Smith | |||||||
| Pulpville Press - Now
available! BRIGANDS OF THE MOON by Ray Cummings Gregg Haljan was aware that there was a certain danger in having the giant spaceship Planetara stop off at the moon to pick up Grantline's special cargo of moon ore. For that rare metal-invaluable in keeping Earth's technology running-was the target of many greedy eyes. But nevertheless he hadn't figured on the special twist the clever Martian brigands would use. So when he found both the ship and himself suddenly in their hands, he knew that there was only one way in which he could hope to save that cargo and his own secret-that would be by turning space-pirate himself and paying the BRIGANDS OF THE MOON back in their own interplanetary coin. Dust Jacketed Hardcover, 254 pages, $30 Softcover, 254 pages, $15 |
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| QUEEN SONJA #6 - Coming in March! Writer: Arvid Nelson; Artist: Jackson Herbert; Cover: Jackson Herbert, Mel Rubi, Lucio Parillo After the thrilling opening adventures of the all-new, all-different Queen Sonja, Dynamite proudly presents the next chapter! Featuring the Dynamite debut of writer Arvid (Kull) Nelson and artist Jackson (Avengers/Invaders) Herbert, Sonja finds herself warily upon the throne and facing a new and deadly threat from within… and without! Featuring a trio of incredible covers: Mel Rubi, Jackson Herbert and Lucio Parillo! 32 pages, Full Color, $2.99 Dynamite Entertainment QUEEN SONJA #6 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available January 6th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN100881. | |||||||
| RED SONJA: WRATH
OF THE GODS #2 (OF 5) - Coming in March! Writer: Luke Lieberman, Ethan Ryker; Art: Walter Geovanni; Cover: Lucio Parillo RED SONJA: WRATH OF THE GODS explores the mysteries of Sonja's past, while presenting her with the malicious threat of Loki in the present! Can Thor, the God of Thunder, and Odin, the All-Father, aid the warrior woman and prevent their fellow god from destroying the very world? Featuring a fully-painted cover by Lucio Parrillo. 32 pages, Full Color, $3.99 Dynamite Entertainment RED SONJA: WRATH OF THE GODS #2 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available January 6th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN100880. | |||||||
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| Robert E. Howard Foundation
Press: THE EARLY ADVENTURES OF EL BORAK The REH Foundation Press announced in their latest newsletter
that their first publication in 2010 will be THE EARLY ADVENTURES OF EL BORAK,
featuring Lal Singh, Yar Ali Khan, and The Sonora Kid. This release should coincide
with Del Rey's release of EL BORAK AND OTHER DESERT ADVENTURES in February. This volume
collects all the fragments, juvenilia, and other miscellaneous items connected
to the desert adventurer; most of these items are fragments. This will be the
first book publication for most of the items in this collection, which is intended
as a companion volume to the Del Rey release EL BORAK AND OTHER DESERT ADVENTURES.
EARLY ADVENTURES features those hard-to-find tales of El Borak originally published
by Cryptic Publications in the 1980s. Coming in February 2010! Anyone interested in this volume is encouraged to send an email to the REH Foundation to help them determine the size of the print run. The email address is info@rehfoundation.org.
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| SOLOMON
KANE: DEATH'S BLACK RIDERS #3 - Coming in March! Scott Allie (Writer), Mario Guevara (Art), Juan Ferreyra (Colors), and Darick Robertson (Cover) When you're trapped inside an inn that's been the scene of multiple murders and is now surrounded by a pack of evil, gruesome demons, the last thing you want to find out is that there's something equally gruesome trapped inside with you! Solomon Kane and a frightened priest may not live through the night! One will rely on his guts and guile, while the other will feel that consecrating the building with prayer will be enough to protect them. The Cleft Skull tavern seems to attract the deadliest sort of troubles Germany's Black Forest can offer—and the dangers found within and without the Cleft Skull threaten to destroy our strange hero and his frightened, new companion! Scott Allie (The Devil's Footprints, Exurbia) expands upon Robert E. Howard's classic Solomon Kane tale "Rattle of Bones" and the unfinished "Death's Black Riders" fragment, as Mario Guevara (Lone Ranger and Tonto) and Juan Ferreyra (Rex Mundi, Small Gods) join him to illustrate another horror-tinged adventure. 32 pages, $3.50 Dark Horse Comics SOLOMON KANE: DEATH'S BLACK RIDERS #3 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available January 6th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN100124. | |||||||
| World Wrecker:
An Annotated Bibliography of Edmond Hamilton - Now available! Known as the "World Wrecker" for his galaxy-smashing space operas of the 1920s and '30s, Edmond Hamilton was born in 1904. His first story was published in Weird Tales in 1926, and for over forty years thereafter, he penned a series of intelligent, exciting, and highly readable science fiction stories for magazine and book publication. He died in 1977. His friend, Richard W. Gombert, has produced the definite guide to the master's work, covering his enormous output and numerous reprint editions in all languages and appearances. Reading through this labor of love is like examining a history of fantastic literature, because Edmond Hamilton was a key figure in the field from the beginning of the SF pulp magazines to the golden age of paperbacks. All students of Hamilton -- and all major academic library collections -- will want a copy of this guide. With an Original Introduction by the Late Jack Williamson. Paperback: 370 pages Publisher: Borgo Press ISBN-10: 1434457265 ISBN-13: 978-1434457264 $19.99 |
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| ZORRO:
MATANZAS #2 (OF 4) - Coming in March! Writer: Don McGregor; Artist/Cover: Mike Mayhew A classic tale of Zorro never before told! Featuring a thrilling script by the legendary Don McGregor and incredible art by Mike Mayhew, Matanzas is a classic Zorro adventure - presented here for the very first time! Thrill to the continuing adventures! 32 pages, Full Color, $3.99 Dynamite Entertainment ZORRO: MATANZAS #2 is solicited in the January PREVIEWS (Available January 6th). The Diamond Item Code is JAN100889. | |||||||
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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://www.ageofaces.net/category/age-of-aces-presents/ New this week: No new download this week. | |||||||
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| THE BARRY
WINDSOR-SMITH CONAN ARCHIVES VOLUME 2 - Coming in
May! Writer: Roy Thomas; Artist: Barry Windsor-Smith Nearly forty years have passed since Barry Windsor-Smith began his historical run on Conan the Barbarian—never had anyone conveyed Conan's gigantic melancholies and great mirth in a more masterful way. Barry Windsor-Smith became the standard by which all other Conan comic-book artists have since been measured. In order to commemorate Barry Windsor-Smith's lasting legacy and honor one of the most influential Conan artists of all time, Dark Horse presents The Barry Windsor-Smith Conan Archives Volume 2. This, the second of two handsome hardcovers, collects the final half of Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith's collaboration on Conan the Barbarian and includes such classic tales as "Red Nails" and "The Frost-Giant's Daughter"! Featuring the updated colors from Dark Horse's Chronicles line, this book is a can't miss for new and old readers alike! Hardcover, 7" x 10", 288 pages, Full Color, $49.99, On sale May 19 Dark Horse Comics |
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| BLACK HOUNDS OF DEATH: THE
WEIRD WORKS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 9 Now
available and arriving in comic shops December 23rd! Robert E. Howard lived a tragically short life, but in that
time he penned some of the most influential genre fiction of the 20th century.
This ninth volume of his Weird Works collection features all-time classic stories
from late in Howard's life, including the final Conan story, "Red Nails"; the
fantastic story-poem "Solomon Kane's Homecoming"; the controversial Southern swamp-horror
tale of racial strife, "Black Canaan"; and "Dig Me No Grave," a story based in
H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. (Note: our previous Howard volumes are also still
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| The
Book Cave - New podcast now available online! Episode 52: Rick Lai Part 2Episode 53: Black Coat's Jean-Marc Lofficier - New! Art Sippo and Ric call to France to talk with Black Coat's Jean Mark Lofficier. We find out out about Black Coat and French literature. Plus this is 1 year for The Book Cave as of Dec. 19 with episode 1. Thanks everyone for listening. Episode 51: Rick Lai Part 1 Episode 50: Bobb Cotter on Doc Savage Episode 49: Captain Hazzard Citadel of Fear Episode 48: Secret Agent X; The Man of a Thousand Faces Episode 47: Bruce Wayne is Detective #27 Episode 46: Will Murray Visit The Book Cave website at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/ | |||||||
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THE CIMMERIAN #20 - Coming in March! Writer: Timothy Truman; Penciller: Tomás Giorello; Colors: José Villarrubia; Cover: Cary Nord In part two of "Kozaki," both Sergius the pirate and the sadistic Shah Amurath decide to confront Conan's group of bandits, who are encroaching upon their territories and threatening the outlying granaries, farms, and villages of the proud country of Turan. King Yildiz quickly orders the Shah to annihilate all Kozaki riders, and Sergius arranges a parley with our favorite Cimmerian. In a tense meeting, Sergius explains how commerce works around the Vilayet Sea and offers that their two imposing forces work together against the Shah. With those in Conan's hungry crew growing wild and impatient, Conan's not even sure how long he can keep his own men together—but he'll slit the throat of any who try to defect! 40 pages, $2.99, On sale March 24 Dark Horse Comics |
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| CONAN: THE FRAZETTA COVER SERIES #4
- Coming in March! Writer: Mike Mignola; Penciller: Cary Nord; Colors: Dave Stewart; Cover: Frank Frazetta The fourth installment in Conan: The Frazetta Cover Series features Frank Frazetta's stunning painting, "The Destroyer," and includes an adaptation of "The Hall of the Dead"—an unfinished tale left by Robert E. Howard and fleshed out by Mike Mignola, Cary Nord, and Dave Stewart. Pursued by a small army, Conan heads for shelter in the ancient ruins of a forgotten city, lured by a flimsy rumor of treasure. Instead, he finds the fallen idols of twisted gods and a lot of croaking creatures. Luckily, frogs are no match for an armed Cimmerian . . . right? Conan soon finds himself battling a slithering monstrosity and an onslaught of undead warriors! Retainers to a lord long forgotten awaken to protect a treasure so sizable even the dead can't bear to see it stolen. Can a cunning Cimmerian and a foe-turned-ally withstand the power of such dark sorceries long enough to escape with some loot and their lives? Full Color, 48 pages, $5.99, On sale March 10 Dark Horse Comics |
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VOLUME 8: BLACK COLOSSUS - Coming in May! Writer: Timothy Truman; Artist: Tomás Giorello; Colors: José Villarrubia Conan, once a wandering thief, tries his luck as a professional warrior, joining Amalric's mercenary forces to live as a rank-and-file soldier. However, something much more than luck will lead Conan on a collision course with the strongest, strangest army he's ever faced! Princess Yasmela—the city of Khoraja's remaining sovereign—has been haunted by terrifying apparitions of the wizard Natohk, and when Natohk threatens to bring his demonic hordes to Khoraja, Yasmela prays to the god Mitra for help. Mitra actually responds and tells her to place the fate of her entire kingdom into the hands of the first man she meets out in the city streets—and that man is a drunk, hesitant barbarian! Conan may turn out to be Khoraja's best hope for survival, but his distrust of the soft upper classes and their disdain for his common station may derail any possibility of working together to halt Natohk's bid for world domination. Timothy Truman adapts Robert E. Howard's powerful "Black Colossus" short story and sets Conan off on what will be his bloodiest battle yet, when the mercenaries of Amalric clash with the massive powers of Natohk! Hardcover, 7" x 10", 152 pages, Full Color, $24.99, On sale May 5 Dark Horse Comics |
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| Dancing
Tuatara Press (In association with Ramble House) Presents: Weird Mysteries
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| Doc Wilde - Tim Byrd Reading from the next Doc Wilde adventure! The Saturday before Christmas (December 19, 2009, from 3-5 pm), Tim Byrd, the author of "Doc Wilde and The Frogs of Doom" will be at Eagle Eye Bookshop in Decatur, GA for a reading/discussion and book signing. Eagle Eye is a fantastic indie bookstore, well known for its author events. Its website and directions can be found at http://www.eagleeyebooks.com. Tim writes, "It being the Yule, I figured I’d do something special. So instead of just doing a reading from "Doc Wilde and The Frogs of Doom", the first book in the series, I’ll be reading the opening chapters of the second book, "Doc Wilde and The Mad Skull," which will see print a while down the line. "This will be a rare opportunity to get a peek at a book that’s still being written, prior to any editorial input. First draft pulp, straight from my swashbuckling brain pulp." "Afterward, there’ll be a casual discussion about the book(s) and I’ll be signing "Frogs of Doom". Which is not only a fun pulp adventure tale for kids and adults, but a FANTASTIC holiday gift." Tim Byrd's Doc Wilde series started in May 2009 with "Doc Wilde and The Frogs of Doom." More books are on the way. For more information, visit http://www.DocWilde.com and Tim's blog at http://www.tim-byrd.com. | |||||||
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on the net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks Shadow review is "The Golden Masks" from September 1, 1936. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "Undercover Santa Claus" by Johnston McCulley from EXCITING WESTERN, January, 1948 Riding the sunset trails to Stony Ridge, Joe Withers risks the peril of a hangnoose to accomplish a mission dear to his heart! "Dr. Heckle and Mr. Hide" by Joe Archibald from TEN DETECTIVE ACES, September, 1943 Featuring: Dizzy Duo A double-identity radio writer pounded a spot ditty which put him on a deadly spot. And when Iron Jaw O'Shaughnessy snagged a sure suspect, Snooty Piper knew justice had joggled the mike. So the rummy reporter followed a trail of radio jingles to put the jangle of handcuffs on a windpipe warper. | |||||||
| EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS'
JOHN CARTER OF MARS: THE JESSE MARSH YEARS Coming in May! Writer: Paul S. Newman; Artist: Jesse Marsh In 1947, Jesse Marsh—an artist who would inspire generations of comics creators and earn the esteem of professional peers such as industry legends Russ Manning and Alex Toth—won over millions of readers with his four-color vision of Edgar Rice Burroughs' beloved character Tarzan. To the delight of his readers, Marsh would continue to draw Tarzan comics for the following nineteen years. But his passion for Burroughs' creations wasn't limited to the legendary writer's jungle lord, and in the early 1950s he teamed up with prolific comics writer Paul S. Newman to breathe life into another of Burroughs' beloved heroes: the courageous adventurer John Carter of Mars! Hardcover, 6 5/8" x 10 3/16", 120 pages, Full Color, $29.99, On sale May 26 Dark Horse Comics |
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Is An Awfully Big City: Spine-Tingling Tales of Horror and Suspense - Now available! The nine stories in this collection were created with the idea that every writer of Horror, which I consider to be my preferred genre, should create his take on the classic horror themes; the Vampire, the Werewolf, the invading Alien, the Monster. There will always be a place for these iconic horror themes in books, movies, and television shows. These stories have helped me become a more confident writer, primarily by allowing me to accept the fact I'm not a prolific writer; but a man who writes in spurts of creativity (Seven of the collection's stories here were written in two burst of eight and eleven days, respectively) and each tale began with nothing more than a generic idea in a note pad. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them, and I hope, like the first sentence is only designed to force you to read the second sentence; the stories in this collection will force you to read those I create in the future.
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| THE JAMES BOND OMNIBUS TP -
Now available! 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, 304 pages, $14.95 Titan Publishing |
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| Leigh
Brackett & Edmond Hamilton Interview - Now available
online! Tangent Online, the genre's premiere review magazine for short SF & Fantasy since 1993, has posted an interview with Leigh Brackett & Edmond Hamilton. Click here to read it. | |||||||
| Mike Chomko - December
2009 / January 2010 newsletter is now available! Mike's December 2009 January 2010 newsletter is now available. Click here to view/download it. Orders over $20 are discounted approximately 10%. Shipping is between $2-6, depending on the weight of your order (media mail or bound printed matter). Michael Chomko, 2217W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA 18104-6542 Mike has also establish a website where you can download his current and past newsletters. The website is located at http://sites.google.com/site/mikechomkobooks/ | |||||||
| PULPDOM
58 - Now available! PULPDOM #58 (December 2009) The contents include: "Epic Pulps: THE ALL-STORY, 1909" by Mike Taylor "The Plunge of the Knupfen" by Leonard Grover (fiction) "The Black Jarl" Part 4 of 4 by Johnston McCulley 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: moonfire@frontier.net Visit the new PULPDOM website at http://pulpdom.com |
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Pulp Rack - New addition! In the words of Earl Kemp, "Gnome Press was an American small-press publishing company primarily known for publishing many science fiction classics. The publishers intended to specialize in light space opera and whimsical fantasy but ended up publishing blood-and-thunder fantasy and minor works by major names. The company was originally based in Hicksville, New York, and later moved to New York City." You'll find a link to a history and bibliography of this pulp-related publisher at Earl's excellent online fanzine, eI. Find out more here: http://pulprack.com/arch/2009/12/the_gnome_press.html The weird menace pulps might be said to owe a debt to Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White -- along with the Gothic novel -- as what has been described as the first Sensation Novel. For this reason, we point your attention to The Woman in White 150th Anniversary Project: In the words of the project's site, "One hundred and fifty years after its first publication, The Woman in White is being published once more in its original, weekly parts. For the first time in one and a half centuries readers can enjoy the original text as it was published. And experience the agonising week's wait after each cliff-hanging ending." You can find out more about the project at The Pulp Rack at this URL: http://pulprack.com/arch/2009/12/150_years_of_th.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/ | |||||||
| SOLOMON KANE: DEATH'S
BLACK RIDERS #3 - Coming in March! Scott Allie (Writer), Mario Guevara (Art), Juan Ferreyra (Colors), and Darick Robertson (Cover) When you're trapped inside an inn that's been the scene of multiple murders and is now surrounded by a pack of evil, gruesome demons, the last thing you want to find out is that there's something equally gruesome trapped inside with you! Solomon Kane and a frightened priest may not live through the night! One will rely on his guts and guile, while the other will feel that consecrating the building with prayer will be enough to protect them. The Cleft Skull tavern seems to attract the deadliest sort of troubles Germany's Black Forest can offer—and the dangers found within and without the Cleft Skull threaten to destroy our strange hero and his frightened, new companion! Scott Allie (The Devil's Footprints, Exurbia) expands upon Robert E. Howard's classic Solomon Kane tale "Rattle of Bones" and the unfinished "Death's Black Riders" fragment, as Mario Guevara (Lone Ranger and Tonto) and Juan Ferreyra (Rex Mundi, Small Gods) join him to illustrate another horror-tinged adventure. 32 pages, $3.50 Dark Horse Comics | |||||||
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Press: Strange Wonder by Fritz Leiber - Coming in late 2010! Strange Wonder, a collection of uncollected and unpublished Fritz Leiber material, some dating from the 1930s and 1940s, over 70,000 words worth of fiction, fragments and poetry, including a lengthy Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser rarity, as well as two poems about the latter half the duo. | |||||||
| Weird Tales 354 - Now available! Weird Tales is the original storytelling magazine of the dark and fantastic. This issue: the greatest zombie story you'll read this year; Cherie Priest wishes a happy 200th birthday to Edgar Allan Poe; the horror of Star Wars; Alex CF's awesome steampunk artifacts; strange fiction from Eric Red and Michael Swanwick; and much more! FICTION "Ambient Morgue Music" | by Richard Howard "Everybody is Waiting for Something" | by Andrea Kneeland "The Buzzard" | by Eric Red "The House That Smith Built" | by Simon King "The Men In That Water" | by Zdravka Evtimova "Errata Slip Found in a Copy of the Arkham University Press Trade Paperback Reissue of the Necronomicon" by Michael Swanwick "Twisted" | by Kevin Veale FEATURES "Growing Up Poe" | Five dark storytellers break down the Ravenific One's presence in their young lives, from classroom recitals to angst-ridden longings to nightmare-fueled insomnia. "Tell-Tale Homes" | Poe's adult life was marked by a succession of short-term abodes. Nick Mamatas tells us where — and why. DEPARTMENTS The Bazaar | Alex CF invents the past to excavate it The Library | never has the Death Star seemed so aptly named Harvey Pelican & Co. | special offers from the esoterica king Lost In Lovecraft | adrift amid the mysteries of antiquity The Cryptic | the best fantasy art book in the history of the world POETRY "Home for the Holidays" | by Lucy A. Snyder |
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| ZORRO #18 - Arriving in comic shops December 23rd! Writer: Matt Wagner; Penciller/Inker: Francesco Francavilla; Covers: Matt Wagner (75%), John K. Snyder III (25%) Writer and cover artist Matt Wagner and artist Francesco Francavilla continue their acclaimed story of Zorro! In this issue, a unique look at the legend of El Zorro told by the workers around him that have seen his attack on their masters first-hand! 32 pages, Full Color, $3.50 Dynamite Entertainment |
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| Age of Aces Presents - Downloadable PDF Air War pulp stories! Age of Aces Books is now offering a new feature on their Web site called "Age of Aces Presents". You can now download free PDF versions of some great Air War pulp stories. Visit them at http://www.ageofaces.net/category/age-of-aces-presents/ New this week: There is no new free download this week. | |||||||||||||||
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| Andy McDermott:
THE HUNT FOR ATLANTIS - Now available! Ten years after learning that her parents had perished in an avalanche while tracking the fabled lost city of Atlantis, archeologist Nina Wilde decides to pick up where they left off. A man claiming to represent philanthropist Kristian Frost phones to invite Nina to meet him and discuss financing her quest, but he's up to no good. Fortunately, British bodyguard Eddie Chase really does work for Frost—who really does want to finance her mission—and he rescues Nina and gets the ball rolling. Distinguishing good guys from bad guys proves harder than finding Atlantis, but that won't stop readers from enjoying the adrenalin rush as Nina and Eddie tag-team their way through nonstop high-octane action scenes. Mass Market Paperback: 544 pages Publisher: Bantam ISBN-10: 0553592858 ISBN-13: 978-0553592856 $7.99 Visit Andy McDermott's
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| Andy McDermott: THE TOMB OF HERCULES
- Now available! It’s the opportunity of a lifetime–the chance to prove that a tomb containing the remains of the legendary hero Hercules actually exists. If American archaeologist Nina Wilde can locate it, it will be the most important historical find ever unearthed. But as Nina and her ex-SAS bodyguard, Eddie Chase, begin their search, it’s clear that others want to find the tomb–and the unimaginable riches within–and will do anything to get there first. Who will find the tomb of Hercules first, and what fantastic treasure does it hold? From New York to Shanghai, from Switzerland to the diamond mines of Botswana, Nina and Eddie must stay one step ahead of their enemies in a race to solve a mystery as ancient as civilization itself. But when a beautiful woman from Eddie’s past joins the hunt, all the rules change–and in this life-and-death game, their next move may be the most dangerous one of all. Mass Market Paperback: 512 pages Publisher: Bantam ISBN-10: 0553592947 ISBN-13: 978-0553592948 $7.99 Visit
Andy McDermott's website at http://www.andy-mcdermott.com/ |
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| Andy McDermott: THE SECRET OF EXCALIBUR -
Coming March 23rd! The third thrilling adventure thriller featuring archaeologist Nina Wilde, in which Nina must find Excalibur, King Arthur's beloved sword. Said to make whoever holds it unstoppable in battle, the sword Excalibur has been coveted across the ages, and thought lost for over a thousand years. With a cryptic message to archaeologist Nina Wilde, this may be about to change. Historian Bernd Rust believes he can locate Excalibur...and that the sword is the key to harnessing an incredible source of energy. Nina is sceptical -- until she and Rust are attacked by mercenaries determined to steal his research. Nina and her boyfriend, ex-SAS soldier Eddie Chase, are soon propelled into a deadly race to find Excalibur. From the deserts of Syria to the arctic wastes of Russia, Nina and Chase must battle a merciless enemy who plans to use the sword's powers to plunge the world into a new era of war... Mass Market Paperback: 528 pages Publisher: Bantam ISBN-10: 0553592955 ISBN-13: 978-0553592955 $7.99 Visit
Andy McDermott's website at http://www.andy-mcdermott.com/ |
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| Andy McDermott: THE COVENANT OF GENESIS
- Coming April 27th! In the brilliant fourth book from Andy McDermott, Nina Wilde must battle the Covenant of Genesis if she is to find the world's greatest archaeological treasure...Off the coast of Indonesia, archaeologist Nina Wilde makes an explosive find: evidence of a settlement that existed over a hundred thousand years before any previously known civilisation. But when her ship is attacked, it becomes clear that the clandestine religious group calling itself the Covenant of Genesis will stop at nothing to prevent her from revealing this knowledge. With her fiance Eddie Chase, Nina embarks upon a dangerous worldwide search to expose the Covenant of Genesis -- and the incredible secret they will kill to conceal. Is she about to discover the greatest legend of all time? Mass Market Paperback: 576 pages Publisher: Bantam ISBN-10: 0553592963 ISBN-13: 978-0553592962 $7.99 Visit Andy McDermott's
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| Andy McDermott: THE CULT OF OSIRIS
- Now available in the UK! Coming in 2010 to the U.S. and Canada! The incredible secret of the Great Sphinx of Egypt is about to be revealed. An archaeological dig is preparing to open the Hall of Records, a repository of ancient knowledge hidden beneath the enigmatic statue. But on the night of the unveiling student Macy Sharif makes a shocking discovery: a religious cult already raiding the Hall of Records to find the location of the mythical Pyramid of Osiris. Framed by corrupt officials, she goes on the run, trying to reach the only people who can save her before she is silenced – permanently. Discredited, jobless and broke, archaeologist Nina Wilde and ex-SAS soldier Eddie Chase have problems of their own – until Macy’s plea for help sends them on a deadly quest across the globe as they try to reach the mysterious pyramid before Khalid Osir, the charismatic leader of the Osirian Temple. But is the cult’s motive purely greed... or something more sinister? Paperback: 448 pages Publisher: Headline ISBN-10: 0755354621 ISBN-13: 978-0755354627 £12.99 |
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| Andy McDermott: THE VAULT OF SHIVA
- Coming April 1st in the UK! Coming in late 2010 or 2011 to the U.S. and Canada! Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase are back in another epic contemporary adventure thriller. As the story opens Michelangelo's David is stolen from its plinth in Florence, Italy, in the latest of a series of audacious raids of the world's greatest treasures. When another treasure, the Talonor Codex - an account of the travels of a great Atlantean explorer, which suggests a link between the ancient Hindu civilisation of India and the Atlanteans - is stolen from an exhibition in San Francisco, Nina and Eddie join the adventure. They must now race across the world from India to Nicaragua, the Himalayas to Greenland, to find the vault of Shiva before the man who has stolen the Codex. For the Codex says that inside the vault lies the Shiva Purana, the written words and chronicles of Shiva, the ancient Hindu god of destruvtion and transformation. A treasure that is beyond the world's wildest imaginings, but which may also be the catalyst for its annihilation. Hardcover: 544 pages Publisher: Headline ISBN-10: 0755354648 ISBN-13: 978-0755354641 £19.99 Visit
Andy McDermott's website at http://www.andy-mcdermott.com/ | |||||||||||||||
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The Book Cave - New podcast now available
online! Episode 51: Rick Lai Part 1Episode 52: Rick Lai Part 2 - New! Art and Ric continue their talk with Rick Lai. Episode 50: Bobb Cotter on Doc Savage Episode 49: Captain Hazzard Citadel of Fear Episode 48: Secret Agent X; The Man of a Thousand Faces Episode 47: Bruce Wayne is Detective #27 Episode 46: Will Murray Visit The Book Cave website at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/ | |||||||||||||||
| Clive
Cussler: THE SILENT SEA - Coming March 9th! By Clive Cussler and Jack DuBrul On December 7, 1941, five brothers exploring a shaft on a small island off the coast of Washington State make an extraordinary discovery, only to be interrupted by news of Pearl Harbor. In the present, Cabrillo, chasing the remnants of a crashed satellite in the Argentine jungle, stumbles upon a shocking revelation of his own. His search to untangle the mystery leads him, first, to that small island and its secret, and then much farther back, to an ancient Chinese expedition-and a curse that seems to have survived for more than five hundred years. If Cabrillo's team is successful in its quest, the reward could be incalculable. If not . . . the only reward is death. Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Putnam Adult ISBN-10: 0399156259 ISBN-13: 978-0399156250 $27.95 Visit Clive Cussler's website at
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| CONAN THE CIMMERIAN: THE WEIGHT OF THE
CROWN - Coming in January! Written and art by Darick Robertson, colored by Tony Avina. Robertson focuses his powerful storytelling talents on Conan,his favorite barbarian hero! In this "adult fable" that Robertson writes and draws, Conan travels away from Cimmeria to search for a mercenary job that will bring him the fierce joy of battle and the spoils of war. Intrigued by a leader known as the "Mad King of Gaul," Conan joins a band of brutes who are defending the Aquilonian border from incursions and who enjoy living in a lush valley that the Mad King claims for his own. These warriors soon believe that Conan may be a more fitting successor to their leader than the supposed king's own son -- setting Conan on a potentially disastrous course! 40 pages, $3.50 Dark Horse Comics Newsarama has posted an interview with Darick Robertson wherein he states that he is outlining a mini-series for Conan and hopefully will get to work on that later next year. The interview includes a look at the artwork in THE WEIGHT OF THE CROWN. Read the interview and see the artwork at Newsarama. | 
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| Douglas Preston: IMPACT - Coming January 5th! Wyman Ford is tapped for a secret expedition to Cambodia... to locate the source of strangely beautiful gemstones that do not appear to be of this world. A brilliant meteor lights up the Maine coast... and two young women borrow a boat and set out for a distant island to find the impact crater. A scientist at the National Propulsion Facility discovers an inexplicable source of gamma rays in the outer Solar System. He is found decapitated, the data missing. High resolution NASA images reveal an unnatural feature hidden in the depths of a crater on Mars... and it appears to have been activated. Sixty hours and counting. Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Forge Books ISBN-10: 0765317680 ISBN-13: 978-0765317681 $25.99 Visit Douglas Preston's website at http://www.prestonchild.com/ |
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| Douglas Preston / Lincoln Child: FEVER DREAM
- Coming May 11th! At the old family manse in Louisiana, Special Agent Pendergast is putting to rest long-ignored possessions reminiscent of his wife Helen's tragic death, only to make a stunning-and dreadful-discovery. Helen had been mauled by an unusually large and vicious lion while they were big game hunting in Africa. But now, Pendergast learns that her rifle-her only protection from the beast-had been deliberately loaded with blanks. Who could have wanted Helen dead...and why? With Lieutenant Vincent D'Agosta's assistance, Pendergast embarks on a quest to uncover the mystery of his wife's murder. It is a journey that sends him deep into her past where he learns much that Helen herself had wished to keep hidden. Helen Pendergast had nursed a secret obsession with the famed naturalist-painter John James Audubon, in particular a long-lost painting of his known as the Black Frame. As Pendergast probes more deeply into the riddle-the answer to which is revealed in a night of shocking violence, deep in the Louisiana bayou-he finds himself faced with an even greater question: who was the woman he married? Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Grand Central Publishing ISBN-10: 0446554960 ISBN-13: 978-0446554961 $26.99 Visit
Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child's website at http://www.prestonchild.com/ |
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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 Horoscope Case" by Robert Leslie Bellem from DAN TURNER-HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE, January, 1942 Featuring: Dan Turner The stars had forecast her death. Professor Astrio had sent the message. The movie star wanted protection - but what could mere flesh and blood do against supernatural powers? "Dad Barker's Ghost" by R. C. Canterbury from ALL-STORY WEEKLY, June 9, 1917 Residents of a small town hold a seance to bring back a ghost. A humorous look at a seance. | |||||||||||||||
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Paul Wilson: SECRET CIRCLES - Coming in January! A Repairman Jack Novel The suspenseful, thrill-packed sequel to SECRET HISTORIES Little Cody Bockman disappeared on a rainy morning. It’s 1983 and fourteen-year-old Jack is back. He saw the energetic five-year-old Cody riding his bike early on. A few hours later he was gone without a trace—vanished into thin air. Jack feels guilty. If he’d followed the kid to make sure he reached home, maybe… The circus had rolled into town the night before. Could the carnies be involved? Or had Cody ridden into the Pines and been carried off by the strange, foul-smelling creature people had recently glimpsed? Some say it’s the Jersey Devil, others say it’s something real, and dangerous. Or what about Ernst Drexler, the odd man in the white suit staying to the Lodge? No one in memory has ever lived at the Lodge. He says he’s an “actuator” for the Ancient Fraternal Septimus Order that owns the Lodge, but what does that mean? And why is he here? And then Jack learns an awful truth about Mr. Vivino, a man running for local office. Using his nascent fix-it skills, Jack uncovers links to these events and situations…all circling back in one way or another to the mysterious little pyramid he and Weezy found next to the ritually murdered corpse in the Pines…all leading to an edge-of-your-seat finale in one of the lost towns of the Pine Barrens. Signed Numbered Edition without slipcase is $55 + p&h |
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| History
of the pulps - Now online! Boing Boing video magazine recounts the history of the pulps in a series of online videos. The first installment is now available at http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/07/video-magazine-recou.html | |||||||||||||||
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BEYOND THE FROZEN FIRE - Coming in April! Gabriel Hunt, Christa Faust, Cover art by Glen Orbik Dr. Lawrence Silver vanished while researching a mysterious phenomenon near the South Pole. His beautiful daughter wants to know where and why—and it’s up to Gabriel Hunt to find out. But what they’ll discover at the heart of nature’s most brutal climate could change the world forever... Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Leisure Books ISBN-10: 084396247X ISBN-13: 978-0843962475 $6.99 Visit
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| HUNT AMONG THE KILLERS OF MEN
- Coming in July! Gabriel Hunt, David J. Schow, Cover art by Glen Orbik The warlord’s men came to New York to preserve a terrible secret—and left a dead body in their wake. Now Gabriel Hunt is on their trail, a path that will take him to the treacherous alleyways and rooftops of Shanghai and a showdown with a madman out to resurrect a deadly figure from China’s past... Publisher: Leisure Books ISBN: 0-8439-6256-9 $6.99 Visit the Hunt for Adventure
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| HUNT THROUGH NAPOLEON'S WEB -
Coming in October! Gabriel Hunt, Raymond Benson, Cover art by Glen Orbik Of all the priceless treasures Gabriel Hunt has sought, none means more to him than the one drawing him to the rugged terrain of Corsica and the exotic streets of Marrakesh: his own sister’s life. To save her, Hunt will have to challenge the mind of a tyrant two centuries dead—the calculating, ingenious Napoleon Bonaparte... Publisher: Leisure Books ISBN: 0-8439-6257-7 $6.99 Visit the Hunt for Adventure
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| ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #28
- Now available! This issue features an in-depth (60 pages) profile of illustrator McClelland Barclay, and features scores of rare photos, original paintings, and reproductions of tearsheets from every phase of his career. Barclay is best known today for his glamorous women, and for his Fisher Body (GM) ads during the 1930s. Also in this issue, a profile of noted paperback illustrator Rudy Nappi, who began his career painting lurid and sensations "sexy digests" during the 50s. He later produced covers for the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series, as well as literally thousands of other paperbacks in all genres. As always, this issue also features book reviews, exhibitions and events and more. Magazine, 112 pages, Full Color, $15.00 Illustration Magazine |
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| James
Rollins: ALTAR OF EDEN - Coming December 29th! Following the fall of Baghdad, two Iraqi boys stumble upon armed men looting the city zoo. The floodgates have been opened for the smuggling of hundreds of exotic birds, mammals, and reptiles to Western nations, but this crime hides a deeper secret. Amid a hail of bullets, an underground secret weapons lab is ransacked--and something even more horrific is set free. Seven years later, Louisiana state veterinarian Lorna Polk stumbles upon a fishing trawler shipwrecked on a barrier island. The crew is missing or dead, but the boat holds a frightening cargo: a caged group of exotic animals, clearly part of a black market smuggling ring. Yet, something is wrong with these beasts, disturbing deformities that make no sense: a parrot with no feathers, a pair of Capuchin monkeys conjoined at the hip, a jaguar cub with the dentition of a saber-tooth tiger. They also all share one uncanny trait--a disturbingly heightened intelligence. To uncover the truth about the origin of this strange cargo and the terrorist threat it poses, Lorna must team up with a man who shares a dark and bloody past with her, now an agent of the U.S. Border Patrol, Jack Menard. Together, the two must hunt for a beast that escaped the shipwreck while uncovering a mystery tied to fractal science and genetic engineering, all to expose a horrifying secret that traces back to mankinds earliest roots. But can Lorna stop what is about to be born upon the altar of Eden before it threatens not only the world, but also the very foundation of what it means to be human? Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: William Morrow ISBN-10: 0061231428 ISBN-13: 978-0061231421 $27.99 Visit James Rollin's website
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| James
Rollins: JAKE RANSOM AND THE HOWLING SPHINX - Coming April
27th! Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN-10: 0061473820 ISBN-13: 978-0061473821 $16.99 Visit James
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| James Rollins: THE DEVIL COLONY - Coming June 22nd! Hardcover: 448 pages Publisher: William Morrow ISBN-10: 0061784788 ISBN-13: 978-0061784781 $27.99 Visit James Rollin's
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| Matthew
Reilly: 5 GREATEST WARRIORS - Coming January 5th! IT BEGAN WITH SIX STONES... From the deserts of Israel to the tsunami-lashed coasts of Japan, from the steppes of Mongolia to the most mysterious island on Earth -- this is what we have come to expect from Matthew Reilly: stupendous action, white-knuckle suspense, heroes to cheer for, and an adventure beyond imagination. Strap yourself in and hold on tight as he unleashes his biggest and fastest adventure yet, The 5 Greatest Warriors. When we last left Jack West Jr., he was plummeting into a fathomless abyss and his quest to save the world from impending Armageddon appeared doomed. But all hope is not lost. After an astonishing escape, Jack regroups with his trusty team. Racing to rebuild the final pieces of the fabled "Machine," they discover an ancient inscription containing a rhyme about five mysterious unnamed warriors -- great historical figures whose knowledge will be vital to unlocking the secrets of the Machine and its long-lost "pillars." But the ancients have hidden their secrets well, and with each pillar bestowing an incredible power upon its holder, their pursuit has attracted the attention of other forces from around the world -- some who want to rule it and others who want to see it destroyed. With enemies coming at him from every side and the countdown to doomsday rapidly approaching, Jack and his team had better move fast. Because they are about to find out what the end of the world looks like... Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster ISBN-10: 1416577572 ISBN-13: 978-1416577577 $25 |
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| Michael Crichton: PIRATE LATITUDES -
Now available! PIRATE LATITUDES was published posthumously by HarperCollins. It is an adventure story concerning piracy in Jamaica in the 17th century. The novel was discovered on one of Crichton's computers by his assistant after the author's death, along with another unfinished novel slated to be published in the fall of 2010. The Caribbean, 1665. A remote colony of the English Crown, the island of Jamaica holds out against the vast supremacy of the Spanish empire. Port Royal, its capital, is a cutthroat town of taverns, grog shops, and bawdy houses. In this steamy climate there's a living to be made, a living that can end swiftly by disease—or by dagger. For Captain Charles Hunter, gold in Spanish hands is gold for the taking, and the law of the land rests with those ruthless enough to make it. Word in port is that the galleon El Trinidad, fresh from New Spain, is awaiting repairs in a nearby harbor. Heavily fortified, the impregnable harbor is guarded by the bloodthirsty Cazalla, a favorite commander of the Spanish king himself. With backing from a powerful ally, Hunter assembles a crew of ruffians to infiltrate the enemy outpost and commandeer El Trinidad, along with its fortune in Spanish gold. The raid is as perilous as the bloodiest tales of island legend, and Hunter will lose more than one man before he even sets foot on foreign shores, where dense jungle and the firepower of Spanish infantry stand between him and the treasure. . . . Pirate Latitudes is Michael Crichton at his best: a rollicking adventure tale pulsing with relentless action, crackling atmosphere, and heart-pounding suspense. Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Harper ISBN-10: 0061929379 ISBN-13: 978-0061929373 $27.99 Visit
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| Pulpville Press - Now available! THE YEAR WHEN STARDUST FELL by Raymond F. Jones Mayfield was the typical college town. Nothing too unusual ever happened there until a mysterious comet was suddenly observed by the scientists on College Hill. And then one day the modified engine on Ken Maddox's car began overheating mysteriously. By morning it didn't run at all. Art's Garage was soon so full of cars that wouldn't run, that Ken's science club began working in the garage after school. It didn't take long for the club to discover that all the moving parts on these stalled cars had fused together. Soon all machinery had stopped in Mayfield. The copper-yellow glow of the comet seemed to have brought the whole world to a grinding halt. Airplanes, trains, generators and heavy machinery were immobilized. Finally man was left with only a few primitive tools. In the resulting chaos parts of Mayfield were burned and looted by hunger-crazed mobs that stole and killed as they advanced. Here is science fiction at its thrilling best. A startling and thought-provoking book that shows how human nature might react to catastrophe. Hardcover, 218 pages, $30 |
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| ROBERT E. HOWARD - Coming soon! Frank Coffman announced that he has begun the composition of two volumes on the verses penned by Robert E. Howard, titled respectively The Sonnets of Robert Ervin Howard and A Soul of Fire: Essays on the Poetry of Robert E. Howard. | |||||||||||||||
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| ROBERT E. HOWARD CHRONICLES SLIPCASE SET
- Now available! Written by Roy Thomas, Len Wein, Ralph Macchio and Gerry Conway Art by Bernie Wrightson, Mike Mignola, Howard Chaykin and Barry Windsor-Smith For the first time, Robert E. Howard's most-celebrated creations are together in one handsome collection! Experience all of Howard's most exciting tales as told by the industry's finest creators -- including Roy Thomas, Barry Windsor-Smith, Howard Chaykin, Mike Mignola, the Severins, and more! Featuring the latest in coloring technology, the remastered comics are a perfect introduction to the Robert E. Howard universe and a refreshing refurbishment of these timeless yarns for the collector who already owns the classic comics from the '70s and '80s! The Chronicles of Conan Volume 1 reprints issues #1 through #8 of the original Marvel comic-book series and includes the classic "Tower of the Elephant" tale and the work of the incomparable Barry Windsor-Smith! The Chronicles of Solomon Kane collects every color appearance of Solomon Kane from his years at Marvel: Marvel Premiere issues #33 and #34 and the six-issue miniseries The Sword of Solomon Kane. The Chronicles of Kull Volume 1 features the work of Bernie Wrightson and includes Monsters on the Prowl #16, Creatures on the Loose! #10, and the first nine issues of Kull the Conqueror! 584 pages, $54.85 Dark Horse Comics | 
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| ROBERT E. HOWARD PRESENTS: THULSA DOOM
#4 Arriving in comic shops December 16th! Writer: Arvid Nelson; Penciller/Inker: Lui Antonio; Covers: Alex Ross The origin of the ultimate anti-hero, Thulsa Doom, continues here as we conclude our opening story arc! Atlantis is destroyed! The world is in chaos! And Thulsa seeks his own path to ultimate power! From the pages of writer Robert E. Howard comes Dynamite's Thulsa Doom! Written by Kull writer Arvid Nelson and illustrated by Lui (Red Sonja) Antonio with incredible painted covers by Alex Ross! 32 pages, Full Color, $3.50 Dynamite Entertainment | |||||||||||||||
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E. Howard: Solomon Kane The Official English Solomon Kane Movie webpage is now online! http://www.solomonkanethemovie.com/ | |||||||||||||||
| THE ROCKETEER: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION
Arriving in comic shops December 16th! Dave Stevens (writer & artist & cover) The Complete Rocketeer saga is collected into one handsome hardcover volume for the very first time, combining The Rocketeer and The Rocketeer: Cliff’s New York Adventure into great book. Dave Stevens’ classic adventure strip is set in the 1930s and is an homage to the classic pulp novels of the time. Cliff Secord is a stunt pilot who happens upon a top-secret experimental Jet pack and meets adventure head on! Long considered a classic, the Rocketeer has been out of print for years. Now, with the blessing and full cooperation of the Dave Stevens estate, the Rocketeer will be collected as one book and with ALL-NEW COLORING by Laura Martin (who was Dave Stevens choice to recolor the series) Hardcover, 7x10, 144 pages, Full Color, $29.99 IDW Publishing |  | ||||||||||||||
| THE ROCKETEER: THE COMPLETE DELUXE EDITION Arriving in comic shops December 16th! Dave Stevens (writer & artist & cover) The Deluxe Edition will feature everything in the regular hardcover edition but will be printed in a larger format (8 x 12 inches) and will contain more than 100 additional pages of sketches, preliminaries, layouts, and much, much more. A cornucopia of Dave Stevens art, many of these treasures have never been published before and will be printed here from the original art to ensure the highest quality reproduction possible. Hardcover, 8x12, 248 pages, Full Color, $75.00 IDW Publishing | 
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| Tantor Media: HORROR STORIES OF ROBERT
E. HOWARD - Coming in February! By Robert E. Howard; Narrated by Robertson Dean In this collection of Howard's greatest horror tales, some of the author's best-known characters---Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, and sailor Steve Costigan among them---roam the forbidding locales of Howard's fevered imagination, from the swamps and bayous of the Deep South to the fiend-haunted woods outside Paris to remote jungles in Africa. Included in this collection is Howard's masterpiece "Pigeons from Hell," a tale of two travelers who stumble upon the ruins of a Southern plantation---and into the maw of its fatal secret. In "Black Canaan," even the best warrior has little chance of taking down the evil voodoo man with unholy powers---and none at all against his wily mistress, the diabolical High Priestess of Damballah. Also included is the classic revenge nightmare "Worms of the Earth" as well as "The Cairn on the Headland." Scheduled to ship in January! KULL: EXILE OF ATLANTIS By Robert E. Howard; Narrated by Todd McLaren THE SAVAGE TALES OF SOLOMON KANE By Robert E. Howard; Narrated by Paul Boehmer Tantor Media, Inc. | |||||||||||||||
| Tarzan: Gordon Scott Tarzan 6 DVD Collection
- Now available! This six DVD set retails for $59.95. Contents: Tarzan's Hidden Jungle Tarzan and the Lost Safari Tarzan's Fight For Life Tarzan and the Trappers Tarzan's Greatest Adventure Tarzan the Magnificent Warner Archives | |||||||||||||||
| Vintage Library - 10% off Store Wide Sale! From now until December 20th, we've kicked off a 10% off Store Wide Sale. So, pick up some great stocking stuffer items such as Old Time Radio CDs or Cliffhanger Serials on DVD. Plus, classic pulp fiction is always great reading fun, so introduce a new fan to pulp fiction with some action packed Spider, Shadow or Doc Savage pulp fiction. And, if you feel like shopping for yourself, stop on by. We've restocked our shelves with a huge selection and we've been adding new titles left and right. Starting with... A new Baen paperback, CITY OF DOOM, reprints three Spider stories: The City Destroyer, Council of Evil, and The Faceless One. Extraordinary times produce extraordinary men. When die-hard criminals are put back on the streets because they can post bond, when vicious murderers are set free because of a technicality, men of good conscience with the resources to deliver justice must take a stand. Richard Wentworth, scion of wealth, veteran of war, is just such a man. A Master of Men! We've been keeping current with the great pulp reprints coming from Sanctum Books and Anthony Tollin. Doc Savage #31, Shadow #32, Avenger #2, and Whisperer #2 are in. Plus all the back list. We've been catching up with Ed Hulse and his great fanzine Blood 'N' Thunder. Also, we have received a number of copies of Dare Devil Aces reprints featuring The Red Falcon plus a number of the High Adventure G-8 reprints.Many of the G-8 issues are out of print and we have a limited supply. We are also keeping current and in stock with the Girasol line of pulp replicas. This month we feature two Spider pulp replicas and a Weird Tales replica featuring a Robert E. Howard story. Plus, we've been refreshing and adding to our selection of Old Time Radio and Cliffhanger Serial items including Jack Benny, The Shadow, Arch Obler, Fibber McGee, Sam Spade, Nick Carter and much more. The best place to start is at our What's New page or visit us at http://www.vintagelibrary.com/index.php for these and hundreds of other Pulp Fiction, Cliffhanger Serial and Old Time Radio products. But hurry, the 10% Store Wide Sale lasts until December 20th, which is the last day that Priority Mail will most likely reach most of the continental U.S. I hope that you and your family have a happy and healthy holiday season. Have a Happy Holiday Season! -Jack Suto -Vintage New Media, Inc. The Vintage Library: Your Source for Old Time Radio, Pulp Fiction and Cliffhanger Serials | |||||||||||||||
| THE WEIRD WORKS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD: BLACK
HOUNDS OF DEATH Volume 9 Production update! John Betancourt announced on December 1st: Wildside Press has received the extra dust jackets for BLACK HOUNDS OF DEATH and are now waiting on the books, which are coming by truck freight. We hope to see them this week. I will be adding it to the web site for sale today. I don't see the book on the website yet, but hopefully it will not be very much longer. |
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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://www.ageofaces.net/category/age-of-aces-presents/ New this week: “Vultures of the Lost Valley” by Donald E. Keyhoe from the November 1936 FLYING ACES featuring Richard Knight. Down upon the flood-lit Washington Airport came a sleek Douglas transport. And from it ran a strangely costumed girl wielding a glittering dagger in spirited attempts to protect herself from the burly men who sought to stop her. Only the lightning decision of a tall, well-built man in a car on the driveway saved her. That man was Richard Knight. And this surprising incident was destined to send him upon the most startling adventure of his career—an adventure which, wholly unknown to him, had begun more than half a century before he was born. In the November 1936 issue of Flying Aces, Donald E. Keyhoe introduced Richard Knight, ace pilot and secret agent for the U.S. government. Along with his dame-chasing assistant Larry Doyle, he confronts evil-doers around the world, flying his specially equipped (and heavily armed) blue Northrup. | |||||||
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Tollin's Sanctum Books Coming in December! DOC SAVAGE Volume 32: "The Feathered Octopus"
& "The Goblins" The
pulp era's greatest superhero returns in two thrill-packed pulp novels by Lester
Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." Patricia Savage is kidnapped and spirited off
to the South Seas, leading Doc Savage on the trail of an Asian mastermind. What
is the incredible secret of "The Feathered Octopus"? Then, the Man of Bronze and
his Iron Men investigate sightings of "The Goblins," bizarre green creatures whose
touch brings a terrible, burning death! BONUS: DC editor Joe Cavalieri previews "Doc Savage's Four-Color
Return. This deluxe pulp reprint showcases
the classic color pulp covers by Robert G. Harris and Modest Stein, Paul Orban's
original interior illustrations and historical commentary by Will Murray, writer
of seven Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-013-7 Softcover,
7x10. B&W, $12.95
 1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
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Tollin's Sanctum Books Coming in December! THE SHADOW Volume 33: "The Strange Disappearance
of Joe Cardona" & "The Hand" "The
weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay. The Shadow knows! The Knight
of Darkness crushes crime in two classic pulp thrillers by Walter B. Gibson writing
as "Maxwell Grant." First, "The Strange Disappearance of Joe Cardona" sets The
Shadow on the trail of the Purple Death. Then, a sinister criminal organization
called "The Hand" challenges the Dark Avenger to a fight to the finish, in the
first installment of the legendary pulp epic that inspired the premier adventure
of DC Comics' Seven Soldiers of Victory. This instant collector's item showcases
both of George Rozen's color pulp covers and the classic interior illustrations
by Edd Cartier, with historical commentary by Maggie Thompson and Will Murray.
(Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-012-0 Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95  1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
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Tollin's Sanctum Books Coming in March! THE WHISPERER Volume
3: "Murder Queens" & "Kill Them First" "He
knows no law but Justice!" The secret life of Police Commissioner James Gordon
is explored in a pair of two-fisted thrillers by Doc Savage ghost Laurence Donovan
writing as "Clifford Goodrich." First, The Whisperer trumps the sinister schemes
of four sultry "Murder Queens." Then, when the Black Hood¹s racketeers terrorize
the city, Wildcat Gordon vows to "Kill Them First!" BONUS: a magical tale of "prestidigitection"
by The Shadow's Walter B. Gibson. This historic collector's item showcases the
original covers by Spider cover artist John Newton Howitt, classic interior illustrations
by Paul Orban and historical commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum
Books) 978-1-60877-020-5 Softcover, 7x10. B&W, $12.95 1 book: $12.95 plus $3.00 (First Class) or
$2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
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| The
Book Cave - New podcast now available online! Episode 50: Bobb Cotter on Doc SavageEpisode 51: Rick Lai Part 1 - New! Art and Ric have a fascinating talk with Rick Lai in this first of a 2 parter. Episode 49: Captain Hazzard Citadel of Fear Episode 48: Secret Agent X; The Man of a Thousand Faces Episode 47: Bruce Wayne is Detective #27 Episode 46: Will Murray Episode 45: The Phantom Episode 44: The Destroyer Episode 43: Pulp Fanzines and Reprints Visit The Book Cave website at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/ | |||||||
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| Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
- Coming in May 11, 2010! DC Comics reprints the Marvel Comics color series from the 1970's! Classic pulp fiction hero Doc Savage stars in several comic adaptations of the famous 30's pulp novels. Featuring the classic comics adaptations of Lester Dent's original Doc Savage stories from the 1930's: "Man of Bronze" reprinted from Marvel Comics DOC SAVAGE, THE MAN OF BRONZE #1 & #2 "Death in Silver" reprinted from Marvel Comics DOC SAVAGE, THE MAN OF BRONZE #3 & #4 "The Monsters" reprinted from Marvel Comics DOC SAVAGE, THE MAN OF BRONZE #5 & #6 "Brand of the Werewolf" reprinted from Marvel Comics DOC SAVAGE, THE MAN OF BRONZE #7 & #8 Click here to view the original covers, read the credits, and read each story synopsis. Paperback: 176 pages Publisher: DC Comics ISBN-10: 1401227279 ISBN-13: 978-1401227272 $17.99 |
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| Earl Kemp's Gnome Press bibliography
- Now available online! The eighth annual issue of eI (#47) is now available at http://efanzines.com The main feature this issue is Earl Terry Kemp's comprehensive illustrated bibliography of Gnome Press, and there's also seasonal artwork by Steve Stiles and Ditmar. | |||||||
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the net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks Shadow review is "Syndicate of Death" from February 1944. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 1000 stories online! "The Murderer Within" by Norman A. Daniels from POPULAR DETECTIVE, June, 1941 Back From the Lair of the Cadavers Comes a Wraith-Like Apparition to Make Dr. Acroyd Obey His Fiendish Commands! "Women Are Damned Fools" by Justin Case from SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES, September, 1936 The whole deal was crooked, and Britt knew it. Being in on a swindle was all right with Britt - until he met the girl who was to be the victim. | |||||||
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| Girasol Collectables
- December Pulp Replicas! Girasol Collectables is pleased to announce three more issues in its ongoing series of Pulp Replicas. Click here or on the images to the right for a look at larger Pulp Replica cover images. Monthly Special: All three for $95 ($10 off) Our first Replica this month is THE SPIDER #50 featuring "Master of the Flaming Horde" from November 1937. $35 Our second Replica this month is THE SPIDER #51 featuring "Satan's Switchboard" from December 1937. $35 Our third Replica is BLACK MASK #1 from April 1920 - $35 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 We're offering subscriptions to the following 3 Replicas for the 2010 year: The Spider (12 issues) - $360 Terror Tales (4 issues) - $125 Operator 5 (4 issues) - $125 Prices include s&h within North America. 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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- Coming in December and beyond! December 2009 THE CORPSE WORE PASTIES by Jonny Porkpie, Cover art by Ricky Mujica Usually, when you call a burlesque act a "show stopper," you don’t mean it quite so literally. But this time, that’s just what happened: The show stopped dead, and so did the girl. And as I looked at her nearly naked and completely lifeless body and the bottle of poison in her hand with my fingerprints all over it, I thought to myself: Porkpie, you’re in for it this time... THE VALLEY OF FEAR by A. C. Doyle, Cover art by Glen Orbik A sawed-off shotgun blast to the face leaves one man dead—and reveals a secret that has pursued another across an ocean and set the world’s most ruthless criminal on his trail. The man needs the help of a great detective...but could even Sherlock Holmes save him now? April 2010 MEMORY by Donald E. Westlake, Cover art by Glen Orbik Hospitalized after a liaison with another man’s wife ends in violence, Paul Cole has just one goal: to rebuild his shattered life. But with his memory damaged, the police hounding him, and no way even to get home, Paul’s facing steep odds—and a bleak fate if he fails... This final, never-before-published novel by three-time Edgar Award winner Donald E. Westlake is a noir masterpiece, a dark and painful portrait of a man’s struggle against merciless forces that threaten to strip him of his very identity. June 2010 NOBODY'S ANGEL by Jack Clark, Cover art by Ron Lesser Eddie Miles is one of a dying breed: a Windy City hack who knows every street and back alley of his beloved city and takes its recent descent into violence personally. But what can one driver do about a killer targeting streetwalkers or another terrorizing cabbies? Precious little—until the night he witnesses one of them in action... |  
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| PRINCESS OF MARS - Coming December 29th! Asylum Films will release PRINCESS OF MARS in December. Stills from the film are online at the Asylum Films website. A trailer is online at the Asylum Films website and YouTube. Starring: Antonio Sabato, Jr. and Traci Lords Produced by: David Michael Latt, David Rimawi, Paul Bales Directed by: Mark Atkins Written by: Mark Atkins Cinematography by: Mark Atkins |
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| Pulpville Press - Now available! Our DAN TURNER, HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE series of books is now available on Amazon.com.
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| Pulp Newsgroups - Now online! There are numerous pulp newsgroups that are of potential interest to pulp fans. Information on several of these groups and a link to sign up is posted below. 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/ Secret Agent X: Secret Agent X originated in the pulp magazines in February 1934 and ran for five years, ending in March 1939 after 41 adventures. Published by A.A. Wyn’s Ace publishing house, the series was created by Paul Chadwick, then turned over to a variety of pulp writers, eventually ending with pulp scribe, George Thomas Fleming-Roberts. “X” fought everything from espionage agents to domestic crime lords. Touted as The Man of A Thousand Faces, he was constantly in disguise, and his true identity was never disclosed. His real face was only seen a couple of times. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Secret_Agent_X/ 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 | |||||||
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| Robert E. Howard -
Feature films in the works! IGN Movies recently chatted with Paradox Entertainment president and CEO Fredrik Malmberg about the many film projects his production company has in-development, including Conan the Barbarian and Kull the Conqueror. Paradox Entertainment develops and licenses mainly character-based properties, including the stories and characters of the late author Robert E. Howard. Their next movie will be Conan the Barbarian, which has been in full casting mode for the last month. We were told that rumors that Conan will be a teen for most of the story are untrue. No final casting decisions have been made or announced yet. Marcus Nispel (Friday the 13th, Pathfinder) directs. Another Howard character coming back to the big screen is Kull the Conqueror. Malmberg said Ninja Assassin screenwriter Matthew Sand has penned the script. Malmberg will produce Kull along with Denise Di Novi (Catwoman, Jetsons, The Nightmare Before Christmas). Sand recently spoke about the project to Comic Book Resources: "I did a screenplay for Kull, and while we were developing the screenplay, they did a great comic book. It was fun to see my interpretation of the Robert E. Howard literature go one way and the comic going another way. They were interesting bookends on what Howard did. But I love the comic book, and it couldn't be more different from what I wrote." In addition to Kull and Conan, Paradox is also in various stages of development on film adaptations of other Howard-created properties. Vultures is based on Howard's 1936 western story The Vultures of Wahpeton, and was adapted by screenwriter Michael Tabb (The Black Knight, The Uncatchable Cowgirl Bandits of Nottingham, Texas). Paradox is also in discussions with an unspecified writer-director to take on Dark Agnes, based on the trio of posthumously published stories about a sword-wielding, fiery redhead in the 16th century. Denise Di Novi is also producing Dark Agnes. Although Paradox controls the rights to the stories and characters of Robert E. Howard, Thulsa Doom is not among the films on their development slate. "We licensed Thulsa Doom to a third party so it is not under my control and I have heard nothing recently, but I think Djimon [Hounsou] has been attached to it for some time," Malmberg said. Paradox is developing other movies beyond just screen adaptations of Howard's works. One such project is Chariots of the Gods, which will be based not only on Erich von Daniken's classic 1968 book Chariots of the Gods?: Unsolved Mysteries of the Past but also his subsequent research. Mark Ordesky, who was the New Line Cinema exec who oversaw the Lord of the Rings trilogy, is also producing. Chariots of the Gods promotes the theory that aliens visited earth in the past and gave advanced technology to ancient civilizations, who in turn worshiped the aliens as gods. Paradox, along with Lawrence Abramson and George Furla, is also producing the long-awaited big screen return of sci-fi icon Buck Rogers. Frank Miller, who was previously attached to direct an earlier incarnation developed by different producers, is no longer involved. Source: IGN Movies | |||||||
| Robert
E. Howard: Selected Poems - Hardcover edition is now available
at Lulu.Com! A large and representative selection of the poetic work of Robert E. Howard, with a general introductory essay, 30 chapter introductions, and commentary by Professor Frank Coffman, one of the foremost authorities on Howard's verse and "ways with words." Three indexes add to the value of this ample selection: by title, by first lines, and a "Form Finder" index to allow quick access to Howard's work with the ballad, the sonnet, blank verse, free verse and other forms and techniques. Well over half of Howard's more than 700 poems are included in this text, set in a text size and format for presentation that enhances readability and enjoyment. For those who are familiar with Howard's prose fictional works, but who remain uninitiated in the many qualities and nuances of Howard's verse, this compilation and commentary will offer insights into the complexity, quality and breadth of his work. For those who believe they know Howard's poetic work, some new perspectives will broaden their appreciation. Mind's Eye HyperPublishing 567 pages Softcover - $23.50 Hardcover - $37.00 |  | ||||||
| Upcoming Modern Hero-Pulp Novels
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R. Yates The Sapphire Sirens, John Zakour, DAW, $7.99, December 1, 2009 - Now available! Tales of the Shadowmen 6, Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier, Black Coat Press, $22.95, December 1, 2009 - Now available! Wild Cards XIX: Busted Flush, George R.R. Martin, editor, Tor, $7.99, December 1, 2009 - Now available! 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, April 1, 2010 The Point Man, Steve Englehart, Tor, $15.99, March 2, 2010 The Long Man, Steve Englehart, Tor, $25.99, March 16, 2010 Iron Man 2 Movie Novelization, Alexander Irvine, Del Rey, $7.99, April 1, 2010 The Darkness: Volume 2, Kerri Hawkins, Top Cow, $6.99, April 1, 2010 Hunt Among the Killers of Men, David J. Schow, Leisure Books, $6.99, May 2010 Shades of Gray, Jackie Kessler & Caitlin Kittredge, Bantam/Spectra, $15, June 22, 2010 Infinite Crisis: The Novel, Greg Cox, Ace, $7.99, June 29, 2010 Final Crisis: The Novel, Greg Cox, Ace, $15.00, July 6, 2010 Hunt Through Napoleon's Web, Raymond Benson, Leisure Books, $6.99, August 2010 |
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