Coming Attractions: The latest news on pulp related publications (books, comics, magazines, and fanzines) plus films and TV shows.

29 July 2005
ARTHUR SUYDAM POSTER BOOK - Coming in October! From renowned artist, Arthur Suydam, 10 plates ready for framing featuring his illustrative work on Death Dealer, the Swamp Witch and the landscape of a brutal age. Large 11x17 sheets housed in their own slipcase envelope showcase this vibrant and evocative art as never before, while giving insight into the persona of one of Suydam's most popular barbarian subjects. The art practically jumps off the page. The first plate is signed and numbered by the artist, making this the perfect compliment to your barbarian in literature displays. 10 plates, black and white, $38.99, in stores on October 12. ARTHUR SUYDAM POSTER BOOK is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (now available). The Diamond Item Code is AUG051649.
Charlie Chan - New feature film in the works! Charlie Chan's No. 1 granddaughter will soon be taking up the family business. A long gestating project will star Lucy Liu as the Chinese-American detective's granddaughter in an update of the popular series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The "Charlie's Angels" actress will also executive produce. "It's a reinvention of the franchise that credibly passes on the baton to Lucy Liu as the lead character and lead of the franchise," says TV executive-turned-screenwriter Dan McDermott who will write the screenplay for Fox.
CTHULHU: NIGHT GAUNT PLUSH - Available in comic shops August 3rd! Ripped painfully from the imagination of H.P. Lovecraft, is yet another of those 12" tall awful otherworld beasties, a Night Gaunt. Eyeless, it is a mindless, winged blasphemy of outer space, a horned and faceless steed. Limited edition. SRP: $29.95 CTHULHU: NIGHT GAUNT PLUSH can also be ordered from Entertainment Earth. http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=TYV12509
Dum-Dum 2005 - August 10 - 14, 2005 Dum-Dum 2005 is one of the annual gatherings of the Burroughs Bibliophiles to celebrate the life and works of the Master of Fantasy Adventure: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Dum-Dum 2005 will be held in Chicago/Oak Park on August 10 - 14, 2005. The 2005 Dum-Dum is hosted by Jerry Spannraft at the Write Inn in Oak Park across the street from the Hemingway Museum, a block from Hemingway's birthplace and near the Burroughs homes and the Historical Society with its ERB museum.
E-texts on the net this week The Shadow Magazine: This week's review is "Castle of Doom" from January 15, 1936. Dying for the Promotion by Donn Peppler is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery. Shadows of the Pulps: Nothing new this week. Blackmask Online: Nothing new this week. Larry Estep-Online Pulps: Now with over 600 stories online! Devil's Cargo by Captain Frank H. Shaw from ACTION NOVELS, December, 1930 Hangman's Coin by Thorp McCluskey from GOLDEN FLEECE, November, 1938 The Man Without a Head by D. L. Champion from THRILLING DETECTIVE, August 1949 Death By Telephone by James W. Marvin from SPICY DETECTIVE, September, 1934
Edgar Rice Burroughs - New Yahoo Newsgroup! A new Yahoo Newsgroup dedicated to Edgar Rice Burroughs has been formed. All are welcome. Carson of Venus, John Carter of Mars, Tarzan of the Apes! Just a few of numerous magnificent creations. Come explore the many heroes and worlds of ERB. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/edgarriceburroughs/
Elder Signs Press - TERRORS, a new Richard Lupoff collection! Note: This is a signed and numbered limited edition hardcover that will be in stock in October 2005. Orders for this item will be shipped in October 2005. There will only be 75 copies available. Richard A. Lupoff is one of the most versatile writers in the trade, having written fiction in science fiction, mystery, and horror. He is a master of the Lovecraftian and Mythos style tale. This 348-page volume brings together some of his best stories in the Lovecraftian and horror genre, as well as previously unpublished works. Also featuring an introduction and by Fred Chapell, the author of Dagon, and an afterword by Richard A. Lupoff. Visit the Elder Signs Press website to order. Table of Contents: The Crimson Wizard The Crimson Wizard and the Jewels of Lemuria The Golden Saint Meets Madame Medusa The Whisperers At Vega’s Taqueria The Doom that Came to Dunwich The Horror South of Red Hook The Adventure of the Voorish Sign The Secret of the Sahara Treasure of the Red Robe Men The Devil’s Hop Yard Documents in the Case of Elizabeth Akeley Lights! Camera!! Shub-Niggurath!!! The Turret The Heyworth Fragment Streamliner Thanks to Don Herron for the tip.
EVERETT RAYMOND KINSTLER - THE ARTIST'S JOURNEY THROUGH POPULAR CULTURE 1942-1962 by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr. & Everett Raymond Kinstler Today, Everett Raymond Kinstler paints portraits, but he spent 20 years drawing comic books, pulp magazines, and paperback covers. From Zorro to The Shadow, George Bernard Shaw and Salvador Dali, this book features over 350 illustrations, many from original drawings and paintings, complemented with a biography enlivened by Kinstler's memories of those fascinating years. MATURE THEMES Hard Cover, 8.5x11, 240 pages, SRP: $44.95 Hard Cover edition now available from JVJ Publishing. Trade paperback, 8.5x11, 240 pages, SRP: $24.95 Trade paperback edition available October 10th. Publisher: Underwood Books (October 10, 2005)
FIRSTS, The Book Collectors Magazine - Coming in October! FIRSTS has established itself as the premier publication in its field. Now in its fifteenth year, FIRSTS is an invaluable resource, providing information, entertainment, and an entry into the delightful world of book collecting. The July/August, 2000 issue (shown at the right) of FIRSTS featured Collecting Robert E. Howard by Don Herron. The October 2005 issue of FIRSTS will contain the update to the Collecting Robert E. Howard article by Don Herron. Checkout the FIRSTS website for other authors of interest such as Clark Ashton Smith, Fritz Leiber, Clive Cussler, Ray Bradbury, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and more. FIRSTS, The Book Collector’s Magazine is published 10 times a year (monthly except for July and August.) Subscriptions are: $40 (US); $60 (Canada); $95 (All other Countries). Back issues are available for $6 after publication. Thanks to Don Herron for the tip.
Flesk Publications - Mark Schultz: Various Drawings is now available! Finally, and with great anticipation, a selection of Mark Schultz’s artwork has been collected into Mark Schultz: Various Drawings! The majority of these pieces have never been published. Over 45 preliminaries, sketches, and finished brush and ink pieces are showcased. Most are full page, to reveal the various magical stages of Marks’ imaginative approach. Fans of Hannah Dundee and Schultz’s gorgeous women will be delighted, as new pieces were created especially for this book! Stunning new images from Xenozoic Tales fill much of the volume as well, along with private commissions, a previously unpublished cover for SubHuman, an oversized gatefold of a breathtaking dinosaur scene, and amazing pieces from recent projects! Mark Schultz is one of the fine illustrators who worked on Wandering Star's (and now, Del Rey's) Robert E. Howard volumes. 48 pages, 8.5”x 11”, 49 illustrations in black and white on premium matt stock paper $19.95 softbound trade edition $29.95 hardbound limited signed edition You can order from the publisher, Flesk Publications. You can also order from Bud Plant (hardcover - softcover) and Mike Chomko.
Jack Williamson - Scheduled for August release! THE STONEHENGE GATE by Jack Williamson will be published by TOR Books in August 2005. A dark mystery has been buried beneath the sands of the Sahara desert since the beginning of time. In a basement in New Mexico, four poker buddies find reason to believe that a startling secret is out there. . . These four amateur adventurers are about to uncover the key that could unlock the vast reaches of the universe. A sudden burst of curiosity propels mild-mannered English professor Will and his three friends to the Sahara to excavate a site where radar has evidently detected trilithic stones hidden beneath the sand. There they stumble upon an ancient artifact that will change their lives, and the world, forever...a gateway between planets, linking Earth to distant worlds where they will discover wonders and terrors beyond imagining. Jack Williamson, the dean of science fiction writers, weaves an exciting tale that takes the friends to the far corners of the universe. One leads an oppressed people to freedom. Another uncovers clues that could identify a long-dormant civilization of immortal beings. Now each traveler must play a crucial role in unraveling an ancient mystery, the solution to which may reveal the true origins of the human race. If they can just survive their journeys back to Earth . . . Hardcover, 320 pages, ISBN: 0765308975, $24.95
KOLCHAK TALES: BLACK & WHITE & RED ALL OVER - Available in comic shops August 3rd! by Peter David, Kirk Jarvinen, & Various Sit in with Carl Kolchak during his visit to a psychiatrist, and learn of the fashion model mysteriously turned into stone; of a young boy's apparent abduction by a cult being more than it seemed; and the revelation that Tony Vincenzo may have run into supernatural horrors back when he was a reporter. 48 pages, B&W, SRP: $4.95
Moonstone Books: THE PHANTOM #8 - Available in comic shops August 3rd! High tech SKY PIRATES have THE PHANTOM and several of the world's wealthiest men prisoner in their lair. Time is running out for THE SKY QUEEN'S hostages! Will their employers pay the impossibly-high ransom before it’s too late? And how can the shackled PHANTOM shake loose both his chains and the horrible secret of the Sky Queen before he is buried beneath the bodies of the dead? Story: Ben Raab; Art: Pat Quinn; Inks: Ken Wheaton; Colors: Joe Bucco; Cover: Doug Klauba Part 2 of 2, 32 pages,color, $3.50
PULP ADVENTURECON #5 - November 5, 2005! Bold Venture Press has announced that PULPADVENTURECON #5 is scheduled for Saturday, November 5th. The show is at the same location as last time -- the Ramada Inn, Bordentown NJ ... just off Exit 7 of the New Jersey Turnpike. BVP has room for 48 tables, and has already sold 24. BVP just spoke with illustrator EVERETT RAYMOND KINSTLER on the telephone, and he's accepted our invitation to be our Guest of Honor -- along with illustrator LOUIS GLANZMAN, who claims that he's always wanted to meet fellow artist Kinstler. EVERETT RAYMOND KINSTLER is a native New Yorker who began his career at age 16, drawing comic books and hundreds of book and magazine illustrations, as well as covers for paper back books. As one of the "golden age" era of comic book artists, his illustrations for magazines, including The Shadow and Doc Savage, have influenced the pop art school. He studied at the Art Students League, where he later taught from 1969 to 1974. Kinstler ultimately made the transition to portraitist, and soon established himself as one of the nation's foremost portrait painters. For over four decades, Kinstler also has devoted time to painting landscapes and watercolors. Kinstler's life and artwork are the subjects of two recently published books. LOUIS GLANZMAN was born in 1922, raised in the farmlands of Virginia, he is a self educated artist. He began his career at the age of sixteen as a comic book illustrator. In the 40's he served as an illustrator on the Air Force magazine for the US Air Forces. During the 50's he illustrated numerous children's books, including the popular 'Pippi Longstocking' series. He is listed in 'Illustrators of Children Books.' Always working as a free-lance illustrator, his paintings have appeared in Readers Digest, True, Argosey, Colliers, Boys Life, New Yorker, National Lampoon, Saturday Evening Post, etc. His career led him for a short sojourn as a court reporter for Life magazine. The covers for Time magazine enhanced his career as a portrait painter, and he is a member of the 'American Portrait Society.' Check the Bold Venture Press website for more updates as the show approaches. For more information e-mail Rich Harvey, publisher at boldventurepress@aol.com
Pulpville Press - Now available! DAN TURNER, HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE #2 by Robert Leslie Bellem Written and created by Robert Leslie Bellem, the hardnosed, feisty, Hollywood Detective, Dan Turner, is featured in nine stories in this compilation. Read Death Begins At Forty, Corpse On Ice, Homicide Highball, King-Size Kill, Murder Off the Record, Dead Man's Code, Cat Act, Death's Dress Rehearsal, and The Lake of the Left-Hand Moon. All stories are from HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE and are fully illustrated with the original artwork which accompanied their publication in the pulps. Note: When I was assembling this compilation, I had not planned on including Cat Act because I thought it was the same story which appeared in the first compilation. However, upon looking through it, I realized that Bellem rewrote the Spicy version into a tamer one, including a new cast of characters and new text (as well as new illustrations). However, the storyline is identical. 380 pages, 6x9 trade paperback, $15.95
Wildside Press - Now available! Operator #5: The Dawn That Shook the World by Curtis Steele Operator #5, America's Secret Service Ace, appeared in 48 novels in the classic pulp magazine bearing his name. From April 1934 to November 1939, Jimmy Christopher fought villains from inside the United States and invaders from without. With World War II looming on the horizon, the Operator #5 novels became a reflection of the times, showcasing American fears of technology and oppression. In The Dawn that Shook the World, Jimmy Christopher leads a band of agents into Europe, battlling a dictator with plans for world dominations (shades of Adolph Hitler!) One of the bloodiest pulp magazines ever produced, Operator #5 has a well-deserved reputation for thrill-a-minute action and peril. If you like pulp fiction, you'll love Operator #5. Price: $13.95
Wildside Press - Now available! Operator #5: Invasion of the Crimson Death Cult by Curtis Steele In Invasion of the Crimson Death Cult, Kasma, a baleful divinity from the wastes of Asia, has laid his blighting curse upon America. All who oppose him come to ghastly ends: amnesia, madness, and screaming, agonizing death-for the cult of Kasma enforces its dread dictates with a new, deadly weapon, unseen, unheard, which razed the mightiest buildings, which lay wide regions barren -- without man or bird or beast! One man, Jimmy Christopher -- known in the Secret Service as Operator #5 - understood the grim purpose behind that crafty plan. And Operator #5, hampered by a superior's short-sightedness, beset on every side by peril and treachery, takes the greatest gamble in his career to keep an army of religion-crazed zealots from delivering America into the bondage of an Asiatic Moloch! Price: $13.95
Wildside Press - Now available! Operator #5: Liberty's Suicide Legions by Curtis Steele In Liberty's Suicide Legions, after America has been invaded and nearly destroyed, Jimmy Christopher battles the forces of the insidious Purple Emperor, with the fate of the United States hanging in the balance! Price: $13.95
Wildside Press - Now available! The Phantom Detective: Tycoon of Crime by Robert Wallace A diabolical fiend uses the weapons of modern science to threaten humanity! Follow the Phantom as he embarks on one of the most exciting manhunts of his entire career -- and answers fire with fire! Ripped from the pages of "The Phantom Detective" magazine, here is the lead novel from the February, 1938 issue! Price: $15
Wildside Press - Now available! The Phantom Detective: Fangs of Murder by Robert Wallace Mysterious doom hovers menacingly over the members of the Gargoyle Club! Follow the world's greatest sleuth as he pits brain and brawn against a vicious criminal! Ripped from the pages of "The Phantom Detective" magazine, here is the lead novel from the January, 1938 issue! Price: $15
Wildside Press - Now available! The Spider: Slaves of the Laughing Death by Grant Stockbridge An unseen weapon that drives men mad . . . A green gas which turns smiling faces into leering skulls . . . A master criminal who can assume at will any known identity . . . Add to these separate menaces three big-game hunters sworn to destroy the Spider -- and you have a situation in which the brilliance and courage of Dick Wentworth will thrill you as never before! Price: $19.95
Wildside Press - Coming soon! FEAR And Other Tales, by Achmed Abdullah THE SUPREME GETAWAY And Other Tales, by George Allan England THE ADVENTURES OF MR. CLACKWORTHY, by Christopher B. Booth THE GOLDEN DOLPHIN, by J. Allan Dunn BAREHANDED CASTAWAYS, by J. Allan Dunn THE MOON-CALVES And Other Tales, by John D. Swain
Wildside Press - Coming in late August! Volume 4 of THE WEIRD WORKS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD: WINGS OF THE NIGHT is in preparation. Stories include: Wings in the Night, Arkham, An Open Window, Worms of the Earth, The Phoenix on the Sword, Scarlet Citadel, Cairn on the Headland, Tower of the Elephant, Autumn, and Moonlight on a Skull. List price: $35.00. Order before publication and save $5.00! The expected publication date is late August.
ZORRO #3 - Available in comic shops August 3rd! Written by Don Mcgregor with art by Sidney Lima SCARS: Part Three (of 3)—The action-packed conclusion to "Scars" features the swashbuckling swordsman on skis! But this ain't no vacation! If that isn't enough, Zorro also has to contend with an angry wolfpack, a duel-to-the death on a cracking ice bridge with Ripklaw, and a deadly avalanche! 32 pages, Full Color, SRP: $2.95

22 July 2005
ADVENTURE VOLUME 1 TP - Coming in November! edited by Chris Roberson In the spirit of early twentieth-century pulp fiction, ADVENTURE features an anthology of short stories promising both literary sophistication and pulse-pounding action from the likes of Michael Moorcock, John Edward Ames, Lou Anders, Neal Asher, John Meaney, Kim Newman, and Marc Singer. Soft Cover, 6x9, 400 pages, B&W, SRP: $14.95 ADVENTURE VOLUME 1 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (available July 27th). The Diamond Item Code is AUG053444. ADVENTURE is published by Monkeybrain Books
Adventure House - Pulp facsimile edition update! A new series of complete pulp replica/reprints. Except these are printed on acid-free paper and guaranteed not to crumble into dust while you read them. Adventure House will bring you some of the scarcest pulps imaginable in this great new series, reprinting them as the reading public saw them on the newsstands, at a fraction of their current collectors prices. Pulp replica - full color covers, complete with all ads, illustrations and facsimile pages. Just announced! HOODED DETECTIVE January 1942, 7x10, 98 pages, $14.95 Now available: MYSTERY TALES December 1939, Cover Artist: J. W. Scott, , 7x10, 112 pages, $14.95 SAUCY MOVIE TALES August 1936, Cover Artist: Norman Saunders, 7x10, 96 pages, $14.95 SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES June 1938, Cover Artist: H.J. Ward, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 At the printer! SAUCY MOVIE TALES - September 1936, Cover Artist: Norman Saunders, 7x10, 96 pages, $14.95 JACK DEMPSEY'S FIGHT MAGAZINE May 1934, Cover Artist: Earle Bergey, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 This is the 1st issue of this magazine and it features a story by Robert E. Howard (The Slugger's Game). RED MASK DETECTIVE STORIES March 1941, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 Previously announced and coming soon! SAUCY MOVIE TALES December 1936, Cover Artist: Norman Saunders, 7x10, 96 pages, $14.95 HIGH SEAS ADVENTURES February 1935, Cover Artist: Sidney Riesenberg, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 Still available: SAUCY MOVIE TALES July 1936, Cover Artist: Norman Saunders, 7x10, 96 pages, $14.95 SPICY MYSTERY STORIES February 1938, Cover Artist: H. Parkhurst, 7x10, 128pages, $14.95 SPICY MYSTERY STORIES May 1936, Cover Artist: H.J. Ward, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 DON WINSLOW OF THE NAVY - May 1937, 7x10, 96 pages, $14.95 SAUCY MOVIE TALES - June 1936, Cover Artist: Norman Saunders, 7x10, 96 pages, $14.95 SPICY ADVENTURE STORIES September 1941, Cover Artist: H. J. Ward, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
AGE OF CONAN: ANOK, HERETIC OF STYGIA VOLUME 2 MMPB - Coming in October! by J. Steven York Seeking his father's murderer, the warrior Anok has joined the Cult of Set. Tainted by dark sorcery, he begins a perilous journey across the desert to a city of outlaw sorcerers in order to control his magic before it consumes his soul! 272 pages, SRP: $6.99 AGE OF CONAN: ANOK #2 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (available July 27th). The Diamond Item Code is AUG053445.
THE AGE OF CONAN VOLUME 3: SONGS OF VICTORY MMPB - Available July 26th! by Loren Coleman It's a dark time for the land of Cimmeria. The army of Kern has been scattered, and the barbarian tribes have been routed by the giant, Torgvall. Now, Kern must seek out the House of Crom, where rest a weapon of legend that can kill any man, beast, or god. For in his heart he know that not all glory lies on the battlefield, and that there is not sacrifice too great to the survival of his people. List Price: $6.99
BACK ISSUE! #11 - Available in comic shops July 27th! BACK ISSUE! #11 is a "Gods and Warriors" issue featuring, among others, Conan! Roy Thomas, Kurt Busiek, and Joe Jusko spill their guts in a meaty retrospective of Marvel’s Conan the Barbarian series, with tons of rare and classic art by John Buscema, Barry Windsor-Smith, Neal Adams, Jusko, and others. Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier chew the fat about Groo the Wanderer in a “Pro2Pro” interview, and Heavy Metal artist extraordinaire Arthur Suydam shares his insights and illustrations in an exclusive interview. Plus: “The Greatest Stories Never Told” investigates DC’s never-published King Arthur series by Gerry Conway and Nestor Redondo, unveiling for the first time several of Redondo’s glorious pages from the series; a Gods and Warriors “Rough Stuff” art gallery by Jack Kirby, Moebius, George Pérez, José Luis Garcia-Lopez, Don Heck, and others; the scoop on the secret artist who contributed to the 1976 clash of titans Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man; and a spotlight on Brian Bolland’s covers for 1980s British Annuals! With a striking painted Conan cover by Joe Jusko, recreating John Buscema’s frontispiece to Savage Sword of Conan #17! 100 pages - Ships July 2005 TwoMorrows Publishing
BATTERED SILICON DISPATCH BOX - LOST TREASURES FROM THE PULPS! Now available! #9 THE MAGICAL MYSTERIES OF THE GREEN GHOST (Fleming-Roberts/Roberts) 2 Volume Folio Hard Cover, ISBN 1-55246-534-9 $160.00 Coming up next! #12 THE MAGICAL MYSTERIES OF THE GREAT MERLINI (Rawson/Roberts/Weinberg) Hard Cover $80.00 It will appear at next year's Windy City convention. #11 THE COMPLEAT ADVENTURES OF THE PARK AVENUE HUNT CLUB (Philips) 2 Volume Folio Hard Cover ISBN 1-55246-593-4 $150.00 . It will appear at next year's Pulpcon. Available for pre-order! #8 COMPLEAT GADGET MAN STORIES (Dent/Murray/Weinberg) Folio Hard Cover 400 pages ISBN 1-55246-536-5 $45.00 - A significant un-advertised bonus will accompany each prepublication order! This title has been delayed. A new publication date has not been announced. Coming soon! #10 THE GOLDEN AMAZON (Fearn/Harbottle) Volumes 2 and 3 THE PHILIP M. FISHER PORTFOLIO (Fisher/Garner) Folio Hard Cover ISBN 1-55246-530-6 THE ADVENTURES OF SHARK GOTCH (Richard Wetjen/Ellis) Still available! #1 COMPLEAT ADVENTURES PETER THE BRAZEN (Worts/Weinberg/Lai) 2 Volume Folio Hard Cover 800 pages ISBN 1-55246-412-1 $160.00 plus postage. #2 MINIONS OF THE SHADOW AND OTHER NOVELS (William Gray Beyer/Weinberg) Hard Cover 435 pages ISBN 1-55246-502-0 $55.00 plus postage. #3 MEMOIRS OF HORATIO HUMBERTON (J. Paul Suter/Weinberg) Folio Hard Cover 386 pages ISBN 1-55246-514-4 $55.00 plus postage. #4 COMPLEAT ADVENTURES OF THE DEAN (Constiner/Weinberg) Folio Hard Cover 430 pages ISBN 1-55246-515-2 $75.00 plus postage. #5 COMPLEAT ADVENTURE OF BILL BRENT (F.C. Davis /Weinberg) Folio Hard Cover 370 pages ISBN 1-55246-517-9 $75.00 plus postage. #6 COMPLEAT MOON MAN (F.C. Davis/Roberts&Hoppenstand) 2 Volume Folio Hard Cover 700 pages ISBN 1-55246-516-0 $160.00 plus postage. #7 MAGICAL MYSTERIES OF DON DIAVOLO (Rawson/Roberts/Weinberg) Hard Cover ISBN 1-55246-532-2 $50.00 #10 THE ADVENTURES OF THE GOLDEN AMAZON Volume 1 of 3 (Fearn/Harbottle/Colombo) Hard Cover ISBN 1-55246-554-3 $75.00 Lost Treasures from the Pulps can be ordered from: The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, PO Box 204, Shelburne, Ontario Canada L0N 1S0. For inquiries and orders, contact George A. Vanderburgh, Publisher email: gav@bmts.com FAX: 519-925-3482 Visit the Battered Silicon Dispatch Box website at http://www.batteredbox.com/ to order. LOST TREASURES FROM THE PULPS are also available from Mike Chomko
Black Dog Books - Now available! FORCED LUCK by J. Allan Dunn - New! Staple-spined, Full color cover, $10 FORCED LUCK, "a tale of buccaneer days," is a short novel by J. Allan Dunn that originally appeared in the February 10,1922 issue of ADVENTURE. The twenties were the heyday of ADVENTURE when its publisher could pay top rates for the best pulp fiction money could buy. Dunn's story is the tale of "Lucky Bart," a fortunate pirate whose marriage to Lady Luck had won him fame, fortune, and a ferociously loyal crew. But now, Bart had forced his luck once too often. Captured by the Spanish, his ship seized, his crew in irons, Bart was facing the gallows. Could he once more lore Lady Luck to dance with him and "force his luck" one more time? GODS GUARD THE BRAVE by H. Bedford-Jones - New! Staple-spined, Full color cover, $10 GODS GUARD THE BRAVE is the fifth of Black Dog's "Pathways to Adventure" series that reprints the work of H. Bedford-Jones. This volume brings back into print "The Pearl of Price" and the title story, both originally published in BLUE BOOK during 1933. The former is an action-crammed novelette set in the Pacific islands while the second is a "desperate adventure on strange tropic seas." H. Bedford-Jones was one of the more prolific writers for the pulps. Through a long association with BLUE BOOK and many other magazines, he acquired the title, "King of the Pulps." These two short novels are proof of this sobriquet. Still available: THE CRIMSON BLIGHT by Arthur J. Burks Staple-spined, Full color cover. 64 pages, $10 What can account for the strange happenings on the Arahona cane plantation? Cro-magnon men? Dinosaurs, here in the Caribbean? See man battle ancient brute strength for the outcome of the world in this complete novel originally serialized in THRILLING ADVENTURES. TALES OF THE JUNGLE by L. Patrick Greene Staple-spined, Full color cover. 64 pages, $10 Three jungle-set works of retribution, "Cobwebs," "Yellow" and "Jungle Fate" collected from the rare pulp, MAN STORIES. Black Dog Books has moved! All BDB orders should be sent to the new address: Black Dog Books Tom Roberts 1115 Pine Meadows Court Normal, IL 61761 blackdogbooks_tomroberts@yahoo.com Black Dog Books are also available from Mike Chomko
BOOKERY'S GUIDE TO PULPS - Now available! BOOKERY'S GUIDE TO PULPS (AND RELATED MAGAZINES 1888-1969) will be available in early July. This is an all new guide (somewhat different format than 2001's Ultimate Guide to the Pulps), with numerous additions, updates, and changes. If you only buy one pulp price guide, this is the guide to buy! It has: more authors, more artists, updated values (now in three columns), a color section, new listings through 1969, scarcity evaluations, more digests, "girly" pulps and other related publications, and a title cross-reference for hundreds of authors and cover artists. This guide contains loads of information: 1st appearances of authors and characters, descriptions of significant cover art, pseudonyms, title variations, "key" stories, and more! More information plus scans can be found on the Bookery Fantasy web site at http://www.bookeryfantasy.com/. The book is $39.95 + $3.00 media mail shipping in USA. BOOKERY'S GUIDE TO PULPS is also available from Mike Chomko
CHRONICLES OF CONAN VOLUME 9: RIDERS OF THE RIVER-DRAGONS AND OTHER STORIES TPB - Coming in November! Written by Roy Thomas, art by John Buscema and Val Mayerik. From the turbulent seas to the deepest, darkest jungles, the barbarian Conan moves ever closer to his destiny as king and conqueror. Allied with the deadly she-pirate Bêlit, Conan journeys further into the most savage and untamed Hyborian lands, and into his own heart of darkness. Collecting Conan the Barbarian #60-63, #65, #69-71. 160 pages, $16.95, in stores on November 30. CHRONICLES OF CONAN #9 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (available July 27th). The Diamond Item Code is AUG050017.
CONAN #21 - Coming in October! Written by Kurt Busiek, art by Cary Nord, colored by Dave Stewart, cover by Ladronn. The award-winning team of Busiek and Nord continue their adaptation of one of Robert E. Howard's greatest Conan stories, with the second part of "The Tower of the Elephant." Conan, at the side of Taurus, Prince of Thieves, assaults the dreaded Elephant Tower‹but deadly peril awaits at every turn, from hungry lions to giant spiders, and it'll take all his barbarian skill merely to stay alive long enough to make it inside. Yet, once inside, the tower holds secrets far stranger and darker than anything Conan could have prepared for. 32 pages, $2.99, in stores on October 19. CONAN #21 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (available July 27th). The Diamond Item Code is AUG050016.
CONAN AND THE DEMONS OF KHITAI #1 - Coming in October! Written by Akira Yoshida, art by Paul Lee, cover by Pat Lee. King Conan travels to the exotic land of Khitai, only to run afoul of an evil sorcerer and his demonic retainers in this tale of silent shadow warriors and ghastly monsters in the Far East. When Conan receives an invitation from the Eastern Kingdom of Khitai to open trade in precious jewels and spices, he decides that he will travel into this long-mysterious land. Yet, to do so is perilous, as those who have requested his company may have far more devious intentions, and beasts unseen by Western eyes lurk amidst the shadows. Set many years in the future from the award-winning on-going series, Conan and the Demons of Khitai marks Conan's first appearance as King in Dark Horse's best-selling comics revival of the legendary fantasy hero. 32 pages, $2.99, in stores on October 5. CONAN AND THE DEMONS OF KHITAI #1 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (available July 27th). The Diamond Item Code is AUG050015.
CTHULHU GIANT 28-INCH PLUSH - Coming in November! After making a Small Cthulhu plush, a Medium Cthulhu plush, a Large Cthulhu plush, plush Cthulhu Slippers, and 432 other cthulhu plush items, how could Toy Vault really expect you to buy this limited edition, 28" tall monstrous Cthulhu Plush?! Refuse! Turn it down! Let someone else collect this limited edition, largest cthulhu plush ever made! Let someone else waste their hard-earned money! You can instead buy dinner for a week at a McCthulhu's restaurant instead of owning this wonderful toy for the next 50 years! Scheduled to ship in November 2005. Plush SRP: $79.95 CTHULHU GIANT 28-INCH PLUSH is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (available July 27th). The Diamond Item Code is AUG053783.
Doc Savage Reprints - Five more books (10 more stories) are now available! The Blackmask Online Store has more Doc Savage reprints available. Each volume is 6x9, perfectbound, and features two stories for $9.87. 36 Mad Mesa and The Yellow Cloud 37 The Freckled Shark and World's Fair Goblin 38 The Gold Ogre and The Flaming Falcons 39 Merchants of Disaster and The Crimson Serpent 40 Poison Island and The Stone Man Three reprints featuring The Shadow are also now available. Click here for more info.
E-texts on the net this week The Shadow Magazine: There's no new review this week. Next week's review will be "Castle of Doom" from January 15, 1936. The Impossible Murder by Jim Mennella is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery. Shadows of the Pulps: Nothing new this week. Blackmask Online: Nothing new this week. Larry Estep-Online Pulps: Now with over 600 stories online! The Pin-up Girl Murders by Laurence Donovan from SUPER-DETECTIVE, April, 1944 Smuggler's Island by Atwater Culpepper from SPICY ADVENTURE, April, 1935 Captains Venomous by Arthur J. Burks from ARMY-NAVY FLYING STORIES, Winter, 1943 Tenderfoot Killers by R. Morton from FIGHTING WESTERN, August, 1949 Featuring: Lariat Lucy Tattooed Blonde by Ellery Watson Calder from Spicy Adventure, April, 1935 Close Call by Robert Leslie Bellem from Snappy Stories, May, 1935 The Purple Goldfish by Thomas Thursday from Top-Notch Magazine, February 15, 1921 Murder at Lake Iroquois by Charles Maxwell from Spicy Detective, September, 1934
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FANTASTIC VICTORIANA HC - Coming in November! by Jess Nevins From detective fiction to historical novels, from well-known authors like Jules Verne and H.G. Wells, to Russian newspaper serials and Chinese martial arts novels, the Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana offers an exhaustive look at every aspect of fantastic literature in the days of Queen Victoria. Hard Cover, 8x10, 1200 pages, B&W, SRP: $50.00 THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FANTASTIC VICTORIANA is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (available July 27th). The Diamond Item Code is AUG053451. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FANTASTIC VICTORIANA is published by Monkeybrain Books
Fred Davis' aviation fiction Edward Agnew has interested a publisher in a book of Fred Davis' aviation fiction. Agnew is currently looking for any air stories by Davis. Many of Fred's air yarns appeared in the Fiction House pulps. If you can help him out at all, Ed's email address is edagnew@hotmail.com
H.P. LOVECRAFT: SHADOWS OF DEATH MMPB - Coming in October! by H.P. Lovecraft; with an introduction by Harlan Ellison Descend into the nerve-shattering, spine-tingling realm of America's master of horror, H.P. Lovecraft — to a dank place where gloomy maelstroms await the unwary, where the unnatural is surpassed only by the unspeakable, and where all pleasure is perverse. This collection of classic macabre tales by the celebrated master of the form includes "The Tomb That Came to Sarnath," "The Shunned House," "The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath," and "The Shadow Out of Time." Take a chance... all you can lose is your sanity! Soft Cover, 384 pages, SRP: $6.99
ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #15 - Coming in October! This issue features James Bama, noted illustrator of the Doc Savage paperbacks, Aurora monster model kit boxes, and men's adventure magazines. This article features a thorough checklist of Bama's published works, as well as scores of beautiful reproductions taken directly from his classic original paintings. The second feature is on master illustrator and famed pin-up artist, Charles Showalter. This eye-opening feature is filled with breathtaking original advertising pieces drawn from the Coca-Cola archives and Showalter's personal files from over 60 years of work. The final feature concerns the work of Jack Potter, a slick magazine illustrator of the 50s and 60s whose Coca-Cola advertisements are widely collected today, and features reproductions of most of his extant original paintings. (Illustration Magazine) Magazine, 80 pages, Full Color SRP: $9.00 ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #15 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (available July 27th). The Diamond Item Code is AUG053344.
IRON GHOST #4 (of 6) - Coming in October! written by Chuck Dixon, art by Sergio Cariello, cover by Flint Henry Rammsteiger and Meier are brought in for questioning as the SS steps up the investigation following the devastation at Tempelhof Airfield, but Tannhauser and Vols are determined to discover the identity and arrest the Iron Ghost before the SS can get their hands on him. The story continues to heat up as both Berlin and the Iron Ghost are attacked on two different fronts. October 5, 32 pages, Full Color, $2.99 IRON GHOST #4 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (available July 27th). The Diamond Item Code is AUG051687.
James Bond The Telegraph and Commander Bond are reporting that the 007 contenders have been whittled down to four. "The list has been whittled down to four," says a source. "The auditions have reached their most important stage: how the actors fare in the sack. So stand-in Bond girls have been hired to act out select love scenes from past Bond films with the final four actors." Commander Bond say the report sounds pretty spot-on, because Casino Royale director Martin Campbell has just arrived in London for two weeks. No doubt, he's checking out the final four contenders. Those rumoured to be up for the gig include Ioan Gruffudd, Julian McMahon, Alex O'Lachlan, and Daniel Craig. Source: Moviehole
KOLCHAK: TALES OF NIGHT STALKER #7 - Coming in October! by Dave Ulanski, Kirk Jarvinen, Keith Williams, & Wally Lowe The Man-Eating Shadow has returned to the streets of New Orleans, and Carl Kolchak was happy to get out of Louisiana with the meat still on his bones after his last visit. But when the Skeleton Murders begin again, and there is an apparent connection between them, the shadow, and the growing number of plant-monsters turning up... Kolchak is willing to put his job on the line to learn what it is. But a terrible fate awaits our under-appreciated reporter, and you will not believe the shocking conclusion! Ships with two covers, one by Dave Dorman and the other by Dave Ulanski, in a 50/50 split 32 pages, Full Color, $3.50
Lairs of the Hidden Gods, Volume 2: Inverted Kingdom edited by Ken Asamatsu and translated by Robert M. Price This massive collection of original stories and articles inspired by the 'Cthulhu Mythos' created by H.P. Lovecraft was published in Japan in 2002 as a two-volume set under the name Hishinkai. The list of contributing authors is a who's-who of Japanese horror fiction, featuring some of the finest writers in Japan today. In cooperation with Tokyo Sogensha, the Japanese publishers, and the anthology editor, Mr. ASAMATSU Ken, we are proud to present these dark visions of the Mythos as interpreted by Japanese authors. You will find some stories that return like old friends, carrying on the Lovecraft tradition, while others will shock you with totally new and unexpected vistas of horror. Each story is accompanied by a thought-provoking introduction by Robert M. PRICE, the recognized master of the Mythos. This is the second volume of the 4-volume English translation. Publisher: Kurodahan Press Format: Trade Paperback Length: 372 pages Retail price: $20.00 This title is available from Shocklines. Volume 1 is still available for $20.
Mike Chomko - Mid-July 2005 newsletter is now available! Mike's Mid-July 2005 newsletter is now available. Click here to view/download it. Orders over $20 are discounted 10%. Shipping is between $2-6, depending on the weight of your order (media mail or bound printed matter). Michael Chomko, 2217 W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA 18104-6542 Contact Mike by email at chomko@enter.net
MYTHS FOR THE MODERN AGE TP - Coming in November! edited by Win Scott Eckert In his classic “biographies” of fictional characters (Tarzan Alive and Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life), Hugo- and Nebula-award winning author Philip José Farmer introduced the Wold Newton family, a collection of heroes and villains whose family-tree includes Sherlock Holmes, Fu Manchu, Philip Marlowe, and James Bond. In books, stories, and essays he expanded the concept even further, adding more branches to the Wold Newton family-tree. MYTHS FOR THE MODERN AGE: PHILIP JOSÉ FARMER’S WOLD NEWTON UNIVERSE collects for the first time those rarely-seen essays. Expanding the family even farther are contributions from Farmer’s successors—scholars, writers, and pop-culture historians—who bring even more fictional characters into the fold. Soft Cover, 6x9, 400 pages, B&W, SRP: $14.95 MYTHS FOR THE MODERN AGE is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (available July 27th). The Diamond Item Code is AUG053462. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FANTASTIC VICTORIANA is published by Monkeybrain Books
POLAR SHIFT - Available August 30th! Polar shift: It is the name for a phenomenon that may have occurred many times in the past. At the very least, it disorients birds and animals and damages electrical equipment. At its worst, it causes massive eruptions, earthquakes, and climatic changes. At its very worst, it would mean the obliteration of all living matter, and if that happens-exit Earth. Sixty years ago, an eccentric Hungarian genius discovered how to artificially trigger such a shift, but then his work was lost, or so it was thought. Now, the charismatic leader of an anti-globalization group plans to use the work to give the world's industrialized nations a small jolt, then reverse the shift back again. The only problem is, it cannot be reversed. Once the shift starts, there is nothing anyone can do about it. Austin, Zavala, and the rest of the NUMA Special Assignments Team certainly have faced dire situations before, but never have they encountered anything like this. This time . . . even they may be too late. Putnam Hardcover ISBN: 0399152717 $26.95
PULP ART by Robert Lesser - Coming in August! Pulp Art is the groundbreaking book of one of America's most important and spectacular forms of illustration art. Preserved herein are most of the still-existing originals created for the pulp covers, never-before-seen in all their sharply focused, vibrantly colored brilliance, and featuring work by such renowned visionaries as Virgil Finlay, J. Allen St. John, Rafael de Soto, Hannes Bok, Frank R. Paul, and many others. Hard Cover, 9x12, 192 pages, Full Color, SRP: $12.95 PULP ART is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (available July 27th). The Diamond Item Code is AUG053431.
The Pulp Rack - New additions! Bibliographer and Friend of The Pulp Rack John Lock went through a run of ADVENTURE to document Arthur O. Friel's character series. In so doing, he put together the following checklist, which includes some non-ADVENTURE appearances. John's list, because he was primarily working with ADVENTURE, is arranged by magazine appearance. For those who prefer chronological listings, I posted a re-sorted, by-date list after the first listing. The chronological list doesn't vary too much from the first list, because most of the appearances here are in ADVENTURE magazine. A third listing is arranged by character(s). You'll find it here: http://pulprack.com/arch/2005/07/arthur_o_friel.html A new article by frequent contributor Jim Griffin, The Pulp Rack's resident equine expert: "Texas Rangers Magazine Collection Goes To New Home At Texas Ranger Hall Of Fame And Museum In Waco, Texas." This article is about Jim's collecting TEXAS RANGERS magazine and his subsequent donation of the collection to a special museum. The editorial We thank Jim for his contribution! You'll find the article here: http://pulprack.com/arch/2005/07/texas_rangers_m_1.html Duane Spurlock, proprietor, The Pulp Rack
RED SONJA #5 - Coming in October! by Michael Avon Oeming, Mike Carey, Mel Rubi, Ceasar Rodriguez, & Richard IsanoveAs the journey nears its end, we are coming full circle to the beginning. Osin and Sonja battle their way into the tower as they encounter unspeakable horror and evil, while the Dark Lord behind the scenes makes a final play at victory, and immortality! While the battle reaches its ultimate conclusion, one hero makes the ultimate sacrifice. Featuring covers by Mel Rubi (bonus wraparound cover), Richard (Origin/1602) Isonove, Nick (Danger Girl/AOD) Bradshaw, and Eduardo (100 Bullets) Risso. Shipping in equal ratio. 32 pages, Full Color, $2.99 RED SONJA #5 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (available July 27th). The Diamond Item Code is AUG052845. RED SONJA #5 — FIERY RED FOIL HIGH-END EDITION Dynamite's fifth issue of Red Sonja features another exclusive Fiery Foil Enhanced Edition! Featuring all new art by Mel Rubi, these Fiery Foil Editions have been instant sell-outs (Fiery Foil Editions of 1-4 no longer available) and instant collector's items! Strictly limited get yours today! 32 pages, Full Color RED SONJA #5 FIERY RED FOIL EDITION is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (available July 27th). The Diamond Item Code is AUG052846.
RED SONJA: CASSADAY "DANGEROUS" LITHOGRAPH - Coming in October! This beautiful lithograph by artist extrordinare, John Cassaday showcases the She-devil with a Sword perfectly. Measuring 18" x 24" and printed on archival, high quality 80lb. Gallerie Art Silk Stock paper, it is perfect for framing. Also available signed by Cassaday. REGULAR—Lithograph, 18 x 24, FC SRP: $19.99 SIGNED—Lithograph, 18 x 24, FC SRP: $49.99 RED SONJA LITHOGRAPH is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (available July 27th). The Diamond Item Code is AUG052850 (Regular). The Diamond Item Code is AUG052851 (Signed).
The Shadow Reprints - Three books are now available! The Blackmask Online Store has three Shadow reprints available. Each volume is 6x9, perfectbound. The Black Hush $8.96 The Living Shadow $9.87 The Shadow's Shadow $8.96
TOM STRONG #35 - Coming in October! Written by Peter Hogan, art and cover by Chris Sprouse and Karl Story. ABC. A sequel to the Snow Queen story from Tom Strong #24. Ice people are on the loose in Millennium, and they're robbing banks! Could Greta Gabriel's heart have grown so cold? 32 pages, $2.99, in stores on October 12. TOM STRONG #35 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (available July 27th). The Diamond Item Code is AUG050273.
WALTER B. GIBSON AND THE SHADOW by Thomas J. Shimeld - Coming Summer 2005! Foreword by Robert W. Gibson Hardcover edition published in 2003. Softcover edition available Summer 2005. “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? . . . The Shadow knows!” And who knew The Shadow better than his creator, Walter B. Gibson. Relatively few people have heard of Gibson, but many more are familiar with The Shadow having heard the program on the Blue Coal Radio Program in the 1930s and read the Street & Smith Shadow novels. Walter B. Gibson’s life and career come out from behind The Shadow in this biography. It covers his youth in Philadelphia, his development as a writer and magician, his wives, including the third, (Litzka, who was a harpist and magician in her own right), his time living in Maine and upstate New York, and his later years and death. In addition to being credited with creating The Shadow (he used the pseudonym Maxwell Grant), Gibson wrote 187 books, contributed 668 articles to periodicals, created 283 stories for The Shadow Magazine, wrote 48 separate syndicated feature columns, reported the adventures of The Shadow and Blackstone the magician in 394 comic books and newspaper strips, and helped develop 147 radio scripts and many other works under numerous pseudonyms. Gibson has invented many widely used magic tricks and traveled with and befriended Harry Houdini, Howard Thurston, Harry Blackstone, Sr., and Joseph Dunninger. Publisher: McFarland photographs, appendices, notes, bibliography, index, 200 pages softcover (7 x 10), $29.95
Wildside Press - Now available! THE WEIRD WORKS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, Volume 3, is now shipping. Volume 3 has an Introduction by Joe R. Lansdale and includes: The Black Stone, Children of the Night, The Dark Man, The Footfalls Within, Gods of Bal-Sagoth, Horror from the Mound, Kings of the Night, The Last Day, People of the Dark, The Song of the Mad Minstrel, and The Thing on the Roof Volume 4 of THE WEIRD WORKS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD: WINGS OF THE NIGHT is in preparation. Stories include: Wings in the Night, Arkham, An Open Window, Worms of the Earth, The Phoenix on the Sword, Scarlet Citadel, Cairn on the Headland, Tower of the Elephant, Autumn, and Moonlight on a Skull. List price: $35.00. Order before publication and save $5.00! The expected publication date is late August.
Wildside Press - Coming soon! Wildside Press announced that they have completed their move to Rockville, Maryland! Although they hoped to make the transition to their new offices as painless and invisible to customers as possible, they are a bit backlocked on orders placed in the last month. Everything will be shipped as soon as possible. THE TARZAN TWINS, by Edgar Rice Burroughs, goes to the printer in late July. New issues of WEIRD TALES, ADVENTURE TALES, and STRANGE TALES will appear in August 2005.
ZORRO #6 - Coming in October! by Don McGregor & Sidney Lima Dennis Scorched is determined to get his true love back, and no one, not even Zorro or Red Lightning will stop him. The object of his sick affections, Malena Fellini, has run off with another man, would-be artist Burt Douglas, but how can he protect her from the savage fury of the Scorched Brothers? It all comes to a head in a climactic confrontation aboard a runaway raft on the Yellowstone River's white water rapids. With Zorro beaten, and being drowned by Rudy Scorched, Red Lightning shot and wounded, what chance will Burt have alone against the towering might of Dennis Scorched? Not to mention... the waterfall? 32 pages, Full Color, $2.95 ZORRO #6 is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (available July 27th). The Diamond Item Code is AUG053053.
The Zorro Television Companion - A Critical Appreciation by Gerry Dooley - Coming Fall/Winter 2005 The legendary Zorro, the masked renegade who rode through the night defending justice in late 18th century Spanish California, became in 1957 the topic for Walt Disney Studios’ first continuing live-action series and the name of a new American icon. Based on the stories of Johnston McCulley, the legend of Zorro gave birth to the archetypal dual-identity crime fighter, inspiring the creation of such future pop icons as Batman and the Lone Ranger. This book documents the conception and success of a television legend that has endured for over 40 years. The opening chapter discusses the growth of Zorro, from Johnston McCulley’s creation of the character in 1919 to Walt Disney’s adaptation of the story and its 1957 ABC premier, and provides an introduction to the star actor behind the mask, Guy Williams. Subsequent chapters reveal behind-the-scenes aspects of the action show, discussing the secrets of Zorro’s fencing technique and daredevil stunts and giving insight into the cast, costumes, sets, crew and music of the episodes. Chapters Four through Nine deal exclusively with the content of the first, second and Walt Disney Presents seasons and provide plot summaries for each episode. The Zorro legend continued to enjoy worldwide popularity long after the filming of the final episode, and concluding chapters discuss the cultural significance of the legend outside of America, particularly in Argentina, where Guy Williams continued his career as the famous pop-culture hero off the screen. 50 photographs, notes, index, 240 pages, softcover (7 x 10), $45 Publisher: McFarland

15 July 2005
ADVENTURE CLASSICS - Now available! Eureka Productions is pleased to announce the publication of ADVENTURE CLASSICS, the twelfth volume in the GRAPHIC CLASSICS series. ADVENTURE CLASSICS is the second multi-author anthology in the GRAPHIC CLASSICS series. The book presents thirteen stories and poems of danger, horror, comedy and romance; all told in new comics adaptations. Included are "The Valley of the Sorceress" by "Fu Manchu" author Sax Rohmer, "The Masked Ball" by Alexandre Dumas, and "Tigre" by Zane Grey. Plus a classic war story by Damon Runyon, a saga of Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini, and a noir crime tale by "Zorro" author Johnston McCulley. Also more stories from O. Henry, Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert W. Service, Edith Nesbit, Robert Louis Stevenson and Fitz-James O'Brien, as illustrated by Hunt Emerson, Michael Manning, Mary Fleener, Don Marquez, Mark A. Nelson and more great contemporary artists. With a dramatic cover painting by Chris Moore. ADVENTURE CLASSICS is available in bookstores, comics shops, or direct from the publisher at http://www.graphicclassics.com. 144 pgs, 7 x 10", paperback, b&w, 4c cover, $11.95 retail Special direct price — now only $10!
Bran Mak Morn - Official Movie Press Release from Universal Pictures! Universal City, CA – July 14 , 2005 – Working Title Films has teamed with Film 44 for the feature film adaptation of Bran Mak Morn; Peter Berg will direct the film from a screenplay adaptation by John Romano. Universal Pictures, where both production entities are housed, will distribute the film. Working Title optioned the rights to the early twentieth century classic fantasy adventure tales Bran Mak Morn by Robert E. Howard from Wandering Star Pictures. Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan of Working Title Films will produce the film along with Wandering Star’s Paul Berrow, and John Cameron of Film 44. Sarah Aubrey of Film 44 will serve as an executive producer for the project. Bran Mak Morn fuses history with epic fantasy in the story of a mythical King of Ancient Britain, who forges an unholy alliance with the supernatural forces of his homeland to confront the mighty onslaught of the Roman Empire. “Bran Mak Morn is one of our most exciting and ambitious projects to date,” said Fellner. “Robert E. Howard’s writing brilliantly combines epic fantasy with heroic historical drama and we are delighted to partner with John Romano and the highly talented teams at Wandering Star and Film 44 to bring his stories to life.” Added Berg, “I look forward to working with Eric and Tim, producers whose successful track record speaks for itself. It is thrilling to be able to name Bran Mak Morn as one of Film 44’s first projects since joining the Universal family. Personally, I am excited as a filmmaker to bring to life this classic tale by Howard.” In regards to the project, Universal Picture’s President of Production Donna Langley noted, “It is always great news when an adaptation such as this can be undertaken. And it is even better news when those steering this film are production entities that we call part of the Universal Family” Eric, Tim, Pete, John and Sarah, along with their teams are sure to bring the magic and fantasy of Robert E. Howard’s words to life in spectacular fashion.” Universal’s Senior Vice President of Production, Dylan Clark will oversee the project for the studio. Chris Clark, senior vice president of development at Working Title, will oversee for the banner, with Cameron and Aubrey overseeing for Film 44. Berg’s longtime associate Maria Williams will also work with the Film 44 team on the project.” Working Title is currently preparing to release Pride and Prejudice, starring Keira Knightley, Dame Judi Dench, Donald Sutherland, and Brenda Blethyn on September 23, 2005 for Focus Features. They are in post production on Nanny McPhee, starring Emma Thompson, Colin Firth and Angela Lansbury for Universal Pictures. Other projects include Hot Stuff, currently in preproduction, starring Tim Robbins and Derek Luke for director Phillip Noyce. Film 44, the newly formed production entity of Peter Berg, John Cameron and Sarah Aubrey, is currently in development on Kingdom with producer Michael Mann, which Berg will also direct. Berg recently directed Universal’s Friday Night Lights, which Cameron and Aubrey produced. Other directorial credits include The Rundown and Very Bad Things. Berg’s agency representative is Endeavor and his lawyer is Barry Hirsch. Wandering Star currently has three Robert E. Howard related feature projects in development, Solomon Kane in co-production with Davis Film Paris, Kull and Bran Mak Morn. Wandering Star is also producing the Modesty Blaise franchise with Miramax Films. Romano’s is currently writing the feature film adaptations of American Pastoral, from the novel by Philip Roth, to star Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany and Evan Rachel Wood; and Moral Hazard for directory Philip Noyce. Other feature credits include Intolerable Cruelty and The Third Miracle. Romano has also written for such critically acclaimed television series as American Dreams, 24, Monk and Third Watch. He is repped by William Morris Agency. Working Title Films is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NBC Universal and produces exclusively for Universal Pictures, a division of Universal Studios. Universal Pictures is a division of Universal Studios (www.universalstudios.com). Universal Studios is part of NBC Universal. NBC Universal is one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Formed in May 2004 through the combining of NBC and Vivendi Universal Entertainment, NBC Universal owns and operates the No. 1 television network, the fastest-growing Spanish-language network, a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. NBC Universal is 80%-owned by General Electric, with 20% controlled by Vivendi Universal. Thanks to Leigh Godfrey of New Media Marketing for providing the press release.
CHRONICLES OF CONAN VOLUME 9: RIDERS OF THE RIVER-DRAGONS AND OTHER STORIES TPB - Coming in November! Written by Roy Thomas, art by John Buscema and Val Mayerik. From the turbulent seas to the deepest, darkest jungles, the barbarian Conan moves ever closer to his destiny as king and conqueror. Allied with the deadly she-pirate Bêlit, Conan journeys further into the most savage and untamed Hyborian lands, and into his own heart of darkness. Collecting Conan the Barbarian #60-63, #65, #69-71. 160 pages, $16.95, in stores on November 30.
Conan #18 - In comic shops July 20th! Writer: Kurt Busiek, Fabian Nicieza Cover Artist: Cary Nord Penciller: Bruce Timm, John Severin Colorist: Dave Stewart Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Bruce Timm, the innovator whose work has changed the face of American animation as well as American comics, and John Severin, the legendary artist of EC's Two-Fisted Tales, Image's Desperados, and Vertigo's Caper, team up to give fan-favorite Cary Nord a month off. Busiek and Timm join forces on a brief, sadistic little adventure involving a girl, a wizard, a monster, and Conan's very morbid sense of humor. Busiek teams with sometimes writing partner Fabian Nicieza (Avengers/Thunderbolts) and the great John Severin to pick up a loose end from Conan #3, as Conan's destiny is misinterpreted by a series of luckless warriors and shameless opportunists, leading to nothing but misery. Dark Horse Comics has posted a preview of Conan #18.
CONAN #21 - Coming in October! Written by Kurt Busiek, art by Cary Nord, colored by Dave Stewart, cover by Ladronn. The award-winning team of Busiek and Nord continue their adaptation of one of Robert E. Howard's greatest Conan stories, with the second part of "The Tower of the Elephant." Conan, at the side of Taurus, Prince of Thieves, assaults the dreaded Elephant Tower‹but deadly peril awaits at every turn, from hungry lions to giant spiders, and it'll take all his barbarian skill merely to stay alive long enough to make it inside. Yet, once inside, the tower holds secrets far stranger and darker than anything Conan could have prepared for. 32 pages, $2.99, in stores on October 19.
CONAN AND THE DEMONS OF KHITAI #1 - Coming in October! Written by Akira Yoshida, art by Paul Lee, cover by Pat Lee. King Conan travels to the exotic land of Khitai, only to run afoul of an evil sorcerer and his demonic retainers in this tale of silent shadow warriors and ghastly monsters in the Far East. When Conan receives an invitation from the Eastern Kingdom of Khitai to open trade in precious jewels and spices, he decides that he will travel into this long-mysterious land. Yet, to do so is perilous, as those who have requested his company may have far more devious intentions, and beasts unseen by Western eyes lurk amidst the shadows. Set many years in the future from the award-winning on-going series, Conan and the Demons of Khitai marks Conan's first appearance as King in Dark Horse's best-selling comics revival of the legendary fantasy hero. 32 pages, $2.99, in stores on October 5.
Conan movie - Warners production president Jeff Robinov comments Talking to The Hollywood Reporter, Warners production president Jeff Robinov, who with director Chris Nolan has successfully reinvented the "Batman" franchise, says he's hoping to do the same with the "Conan" franchise. Waiting for a "Conan" script from an unnamed action writer-director (rumoured to be Robert Rodriguez), Robinov is committed to producing the film within the next year. "I love the character," says Robinov, who is going back to two of the original stories. "It all depends on how the character is realized and the execution of the movie. You hope to satisfy the fan base and the broader audience. There has always been a fan base for the Conan character. So many years have gone by. You have to get to the core of who the Conan character was. It's like catching mercury." Before that though, the character - originated by Arnold Schwarzenegger in "Conan the Barbarian" (1982) - will be inked for the home video market. The first animated "Conan" movie, Swordplay Entertainment's $4.5 million 2-D/3-D "Conan: Red Nails," is in production and set for summer 2006 release by New Line Home Entertainment. Source: Moviehole
E-texts on the net this week The Shadow Magazine: This week's review is The Killer from November 1, 1933. Slithering Surprise by Brandon Aldinger is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery. Shadows of the Pulps: Nothing new this week. Blackmask Online: Nothing new this week. Larry Estep-Online Pulps: Now with over 600 stories online! Clancy, Detective by H. Bedford-Jones from THE BLUE BOOK MAGAZINE, April 1926 The first story of Peter J. Clancy, the dentist-detective of Paris. Clancy appeared in six consecutive issues of BLUE BOOK. White Meat by Don King from SPICY ADVENTURE, April, 1935 Mistress of the Undead by Lazar Levi from MYSTERY NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES, July 1940
Red Sonja - In comic shops July 20th! RED SONJA #1 by Oeming & Carey, Rubi, Rodriguez & Isanove D.E. presents the ULTIMATE Red Sonja! The opening issue of this new, ongoing series finds Sonja on an epic quest; a quest to rid the world of an ancient evil. And a quest that places her in battle between the Zeddas and the Kingdom of Gathia. The legend of Red Sonja begins here! This story re-introduces Red Sonja to the world of comics, and is a classic in the making! All-Star covers by Micahel Turner, John Cassaday, Paolo Rivera, Joseph Michael Linser, and Alex Ross. Also available in a Mel Rubi Red Foil cover edition, featuring cover art available nowhere else! REGULAR—7x10, 32 pages, Full Color, SRP: $2.99
Leigh Bracket - SEA-KINGS OF MARS AND OTHERWORLDLY STORIES SEA KINGS OF MARS AND OTHER WORDLY STORIES (Fantasy Masterworks) is now available. A collection of the best stories by one of fantasy and science fiction's most evocative writers, including Sea Kings of Mars, which combines high adventure with a strongly romantic vision of an ancient, sea-girt Martian civilization. Gollancz, 672 pages, £9.99
Lost in Space Season # Volume 2 DVD Boxd Set - Available July 19th! LOST IN SPACE - Season 3, Volume 2 will be available on July 19th. It’s the third and final season of the far-out tales of TV’s most lovable space crew! Complete your mission with these intergalactic adventures! Join in as the Jupiter 2 crew attempts to finally return home to Earth, with more help from the wily Robot B-9, more antics from master meddler Dr. Zachary Smith, and of course, more “Danger, Will Robinson!” Along with out-of-this-world extras not available anywhere else, this collectable DVD installment of Irwin Allen’s LOST IN SPACE presents the final 9 episodes of America’s favorite space family. Retail Price: $29.95
PREHISTORIC TIMES - ERB article! PREHISTORIC TIMES magazine #72 (June/July 2005) features the first of four articles entitled "Life Through Time: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Odd Evolutionary Ideas" written by Allen A. Debus. Copies retail for $7. http://www.prehistorictimes.com
A Princess of Mars - Available July 22nd! In this landmark of science fiction, Civil War veteran John Carter is transported to a dying planet, where he must elude capture by giant green barbarians to rescue a Martian princess from certain doom. Author Edgar Rice Burroughs, best known as the creator of Tarzan, published this novel in 1911 and introduced a new style of writing that combined the genres of fantasy, adventure, and science fiction. His imaginative setting--an advanced but decaying civilization, where Olympian heroics play out against malevolent forces and ever-changing fortunes--endures as a timeless world, in which love, honor, and loyalty form the basis for fast-paced romantic adventures. Dover Publications, 160 pages, List Price: $4.95 This title is available from Amazon.com.
Pulpcon - Lamont Award! Girasol Collectables Leigh & Neil Mechem were this year's Lamont Award winners. For the award, each received their own framed reproduction of the Rosen "Partners of Peril" cover for the 11/1/36 issue of The Shadow. Congratulations!
Robert E. Howard Films in development! Wandering Star currently has three Robert E. Howard related feature projects in development, Solomon Kane in co-production with Davis Film Paris, Kull and Bran Mak Morn. Wandering Star is also producing the Modesty Blaise franchise with Miramax Films.
Tarzan - The Musical - Coming in 2006! "Tarzan the Musical" will debut on Broadway next spring. A lavish stage version with a cast of 34 will open on a date to be announced in 2006. The musical has a score by Phil Collins and is based on the 1999 Disney animated film. No cassting has been announced for the Broadway version. "Tarzan the Musical" will be directed by Bob Crowley, who will also design the show's sets and costumes. Crowley is best known for his sets and costume designs for Disney's "Aida" and the 1994 Lincoln center Theater revival of "Carousel." David Henry Hwang, author of "M. Butterfly," will adapt the movie screenplay. Coreography will be by Australian coreographer Mryl Tankard and the show's flying and climbing design by Pichon Baldinu.

08 July 2005
Adventure House - Now available! HIGH ADVENTURE #83 - July 2005 SNATCH - featuring Dan Fowler is his first great adventure in the pages of G-MEN. G-Man Dan Fowler takes the trail of the grey gang— that band of masked killers who laugh at law while committing every heinous crime known to humanity! Soft Cover, 7x10, 112 pages, B&W SRP: $7.95 HIGH ADVENTURE #83 will be available in comic shops on July 13th! Coming Soon: HIGH ADVENTURE #84 featuring The Green Lama in The Wave of Death by Richard Foster. (September 2005) HIGH ADVENTURE #85 featuring The Black Bat in The Maniac Murders. (November 2005) HIGH ADVENTURE #86 featuring Kigor in The Devil's Death Trap and Blood Priestess of Vig N'Ga. (January 2006) G-8 and His Battle Aces #17: Squadron of the Scorpion (August 2005) G-8 and His Battle Aces #18: The Death Monsters (November 2005)
THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF THE ESCAPIST #7 - In comic shops July 13th! Michael Chabon (W), Eduardo Barreto (A), Paul Hornschemeirer (C), and Brian Bolland (Cover) Full Color, 80 pages, $8.95 This very special seventh issue of The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist features…no Escapist whatsoever! Instead, Pulitzer-winning author Michael Chabon takes over the entire issue with a sensational story introducing the mysterious Mr. Machine Gun, a character torn straight from the pages of Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. Legendary duo Kavalier and Clay created scads of fascinating characters, and Mr. Machine Gun was one of the best. A former guinea pig of Nazi bioexperimentation, the WWII hero turned to a postwar career in politics. Now, dealing with an intensely personal tragedy, Senator “Ben Vanderslice” struggles to once more gain control over his murderous right hand!
ART & HISTORY of AMERICAN POPULAR FICTION SERIES Volume 1 - Now available! ART & HISTORY of AMERICAN POPULAR FICTION SERIES Volume 1 features Frank Reade Jr. with all the images from the FRANK READE WEEKLY appearances in full color. Many more images and much more in depth on the inventor (what happened to him) of the Steam man, the original patent and a photo of the "real" steam-man ("He" was the inspiration for the fictional character.) and his first appearance anywhere from 1868. There is only one known copy to exist! Compiling these issues and images would be near impossible today! But I have saved you the time and effort! Frank Reade Jr. is the forerunner to much of the Pulp Science Fiction that was to come. The book has over 530 images and about 170 pages! All the Frank Reade Weekly Invention Story covers and much much more. An introduction by Randy Cox, also permission of E.F. Bleiler to reproduce his great 1995 article on dime novel science fiction, this time however, with all the great images he only spoke of in his article! Also, an illustrated, thumbnail history of all the influences that would lead to the dime novel and ultimately the Pulps and comics, tv and beyond. (Periodicals, Humor Almanacs, pre-story papers, penny bloods and much more) Almost every image in this book is a true "rarity" not just a stated rarity. Also, you will find new, previously unknown, information on the man who created the "original", "real" steam man which actually worked! Newspaper accounts are included! Also a photo of the actual steam man which inspired Edward Ellis to write, what has been considered one of, if not, the first science fiction stories in America. From 1868! A photo of the inventor and much, much more with information from his current ancestors! Oh, also for the first time in any book, an image of the only known copy of the first story by Ellis from the Beadle Firm! And that is not all! If you are a Sci-fi buff and you think you know your roots to early science fiction, you will want this book. The first Superman from 1885! First trip to another planet 1888! First aliens (same year as War of the Worlds), a trip to Mars, aliens from Mars, early monsters in story papers, many early "Verne" like craft, on land, sea, under the sea and in the air inventions! This book cost over 1000 hours of time to create! This book will last "forever" as it is done on bright white, high gloss, 8.5 x 11 paper! Price $59.95 plus $5 postage. Click here for a larger cover image. Buy Volume 1A (See below) with it, at discount, and it will be mailed free (USA only). A very limited quantity of Volume 1A are still available! Send an additional $15 for Volume 1A. (Original price was $20 plus $2 shipping and handling) Send orders to: Joe Rainone c/o Almond Press 1631 Kenneth Ave. Baldwin, NY 11510-1602 The next issue will be the dime novels of, and about, the Civil War.
ART & HISTORY of AMERICAN POPULAR FICTION SERIES Volume 1A - Still available! Only slightly removed from Pulps is my first of a series of books titled ART & HISTORY of AMERICAN POPULAR FICTION SERIES. This is Volume 1A and is about Frank Reade (Jr.). All the cover and interior art from the dime novel series THE FIVE CENT WIDE AWAKE LIBRARY is inside. Plus many more where Frank Reade Jr. first appeared. All toll there are more than 120 images! Also, there is to read a "lost" short story, reprinted here, titled "Frank Reade's Christmas in the Air." Remember, Frank Reade was the first in American fiction to get his own series, he was a forerunner of the early Science Fiction that was to come, in great waves, around the turn of the century. There is also some history and background on the character and the players. Full Color cover. Black & white inside on glossy paper for better quality and resolution of these rare items. This volume is in black & white as this series was in black & white. Perfect bound, 8.5 X 11. A great reference book. Available now with purchase of Volume 1 (above) for only $15 postpaid.
Bold Venture Press - Now available! THE SPIDER #8: THE MAD HORDE is now available. THE MAD HORDE is by Norvell Page; illustrated by John Fleming Gould Thousands of rabies-infected animals terrorize the countryside, spreading the disease to human victims. Now the Spider must halt the swarming beasts - human and animal alike - and destroy the hellish factory that spawned them! Also includes a Doc Turner adventure! Soft Cover, 96 pages, B&W, SRP: $10.00 BOLD VENTURE PRESS, P.O. Box 64, Bordentown, NJ 08505 THE SPIDER #8 will be available at Pulpcon and at Bud Plant's booth at the San Diego Comic-con. THE SPIDER #9: SATAN'S DEATH BLAST #9 should be ready in late August.
Conan movie rights - Warner Bros. executes option! Los Angeles-based Warner Bros. Pictures, a division of the Time Warner Group, which recently acquired the film rights "Conan the Barbarian", a license owned by Paradox Entertainment, is now executing the option to start principal photography within twelve months. "We are very happy about Warner Bros.' decision to execute the option," says Peter Sederowsky, Executive Chairman at Paradox Entertainment. "When the movie is out in theatres, we estimate that sales of Conan related products will increase with approximately 700 percent. The movie will most likely generate large royalty revenues to us from Warner Bros., but more importantly, it will contribute to even higher royalty revenues from manufacturers of e.g. computer games, toys, and books." Information about who will direct the movie, the size of the budget, and the production schedule will be announced by Warner Bros. in the near future. http://www.paradox-entertainment.com/
Conan #18 - Preview now available online! Dark Horse Comics has posted a preview of Conan #18. This issue will be on sale July 20th! Writer: Kurt Busiek, Fabian Nicieza Cover Artist: Cary Nord Penciller: Bruce Timm, John Severin Colorist: Dave Stewart Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Bruce Timm, the innovator whose work has changed the face of American animation as well as American comics, and John Severin, the legendary artist of EC's Two-Fisted Tales, Image's Desperados, and Vertigo's Caper, team up to give fan-favorite Cary Nord a month off. Busiek and Timm join forces on a brief, sadistic little adventure involving a girl, a wizard, a monster, and Conan's very morbid sense of humor. Busiek teams with sometimes writing partner Fabian Nicieza (Avengers/Thunderbolts) and the great John Severin to pick up a loose end from Conan #3, as Conan's destiny is misinterpreted by a series of luckless warriors and shameless opportunists, leading to nothing but misery.
Doc Savage - New Fan Fiction! New Doc Savage fan fiction novels by Tom Barnett are now available on Tom's Doc Savage website, The Bronze Icon. The website is located at http://www.bronzeicon.com/. Scan down the left margin until you get to the NEW FICTION section. The new stories are titled The Hand of Death and The Templar Treasure. Make sure you checkout the rest of Tom's site while you are there.
E-texts on the net this week The Shadow Magazine: There's no new review this week. Next week's review will be "The Killer" from November 1, 1933. The Paper Scrap by Jonathan Blade is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery. Shadows of the Pulps: Nothing new this week. Blackmask Online: Nothing new this week. Larry Estep-Online Pulps: Now with over 600 stories online! Death Has No Double by Richard Cortez from FAMOUS DETECTIVE, May 1952 The Water Carriers by Lon Williams from REAL WESTERN STORIES, August 1956 Featuring: Lee Winters Talisman of Doom by James W. Marvin from SPICY ADVENTURE, April, 1935
James Clemens - Now available! From national bestselling author James Clemens (James Rollins), whose Wit'Ch novels have been compared to the fantasies of Guy Gavriel Kay and George R. R. Martin, comes the first novel in a new series-about a world where mysterious gods hold powerful secrets, knights walk in the shadows, and demons claw up from the darkness, as one man struggles to prove he didn't kill a god. Hardcover: 480 pages Publisher: Roc Hardcover ISBN: 0451459946 $24.95
PARADOX - The Magazine of Historical and Speculative Fiction - Now available! PARADOX #7 is now available and it features an essay entitled "Beyond the Barbarian: History in the Works of Robert E. Howard" written by Patrice Louinet. You can order a single issue for $7.50 [$6 cover price plus $1.50 shipping] ($8 Canada, $10 elsewhere). http://home.nyc.rr.com/paradoxmag/ Thanks to Terry Allen and the REH Comics Newsgroup for the tip.
PLANETARY #23 - Now available! Written by Warren Ellis, art and cover by John Cassaday. The secret history of The Drummer is revealed at last. With Elijah now hiding his actions from the rest of the team, it's down to The Drummer to work out what Elijah's really doing, what he should be doing, and why... 32 pages, $2.99
PS Publishing - William Hope Hodgson "Lost Poetry" Following the phenomenal success of the slipcased edition of our collection of William Hope Hodgson's essays and letters - THE WANDERING SOUL, our first collaboration with those lovely folks over at Tartarus Press - we've now printed up 250 copies of the 'Lost Poetry' volume (the additional book previously available only with the slipcased edition of the actual WANDERING SOUL itself). This is now available for ordering, priced at £35/$50, and our advice is that this is one book you need to order ASAP because, when this lot goes, there won't be any more. When you order, please quote LOST POETRY and we'll get the book out to you as soon as payment is received. The PS Publishing website is at http://pspublishing.co.uk/
Pulpville Press - Now available! The Adventures of Craig Kennedy Scientific Detective Book 2: The Poisoned Pen The Poisoned Pen is the second volume of short stories featuring Craig Kennedy, Scientific Detective. Follow him in twelve of his adventures as originally published in hardcover. 346 pages, 6.0 x 9.0 in. (Trade Paperback), perfect-bound, black and white interior, $14.25. Captain Trouble by Perley Poore Sheehan Known as Captain Trouble, the Fighting Fool, and Shadak Khan, he was born Pelham Shattuck, an American. Follow his complete adventures in the Orient as he fights to become the successor to the great Kubla Khan. Fully illustrated with the original THRILLING ADVENTURES interior illustrations. 318 pages, 6.0 x 9.0 in. (Trade Paperback), perfect-bound, black and white interior, $13.50. Private Super Detective Comics Edited by Jerry L. Schneider. Private Super Detective Comics reprints ten comic strip stories from PRIVATE DETECTIVE and SUPER-DETECTIVE pulp magazines, starring Betty Blake, Gail Ford, Jerry Jasper, and Ray Hale. 70 pages, 8.5 x 11.0 in. (Workbook Size), saddle-stitch-bound, black and white interior, $8.50.
Red Jacket Press - Now available! Now available from Red Jacket Press is a facsimile reprint of ROADS by Seabury Quinn. First published in the January 1938 issue of WEIRD TALES (and released later that same year as a highly limited pamphlet edition from publisher Conrad H. Ruppert), this re-imagining of Santa Claus has been hailed by genre historian Sam Moskowitz as “the greatest adult Christmas story written by an American.” Ten years after its initial publication, ROADS reappeared as a handsome hardcover book from Arkham House, the groundbreaking speculative fiction publisher founded in 1938 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei — an edition which featured beautiful new illustrations by the legendary fantasy artist Virgil Finlay. 116 Pages, $29.95, Hardcover, ISBN 0-9748895-8-X You can read an excerpt and order ROADS now on the Red Jacket Press website.
Repairman Jack - Now available! The ninth Repairman Jack novel , INFERNAL, brims with murder, international terrorism, sibling rivalry, and a truly infernal device. A mutual tragedy throws Jack together with his brother Tom, a judge from Philadelphia. They've never been close, and it doesn't take Jack long realize that's a good thing. Tom and he are antipodes. Jack, the career criminal, cleaves to a higher ethical standard than his brother the judge. Tom convinces Jack to go on an "adventure" to get to know each other better. He has a map locating a wreck off the coast of Bermuda and they go in search of it. Instead of treasure they find a strange object, partly organic, part manmade, known as the Lilitongue of Gefreda. Ancient lore claims that it is a means "to elude all enemies and leave them helpless." Why does Tom want such a thing? But there's another, bigger question: If the Lilitongue lives up to the legend, where does it take you? No one seems to know. Matters take a bizarre and dangerous turn when someone accidentally activates the Lilitongue. Gauntlet and Shocklines have both sold out of this novel. Other book dealers may have copies available. A hardcover edition is due from Forge Books in November 2005. You can pre-order it now and have it autographed from Shocklines.
Tarzan II - Now available! Disney Home Video has released a straight to video Tarzan II. Experience the beginning of the legend with Disney's TARZAN II, a hilarious, all-new, animated motion picture. Terk, Tantor, and all your favorite characters are back, and they've brought along some new friends, in an action-packed adventure that's sure to delight the entire family. The retail price is $29.95.
UNCOVERED: The Hidden Art of the Girlie Pulps - On Sale, save $18! By Doug Ellis. This presents, in glorious full color and lively detail, the story of the girlie pulps from their stormy beginnings to present-day collector's items. Often banned and destroyed throughout the 1930s and '40s--they were thought to erode the public morality--these issues have become scarce and highly sought after. Their covers feature artwork by some of the best illustrators of the day--Earle Bergey, Enoch Bolles, Peter Driben, Jack Greiner, Norman Saunders, Rudolph Belarski, H.J. Ward and others; more than 400 examples are shown here. The content inside was even more risqué, with demure ingénues and racy vixens in one precarious situation after another. Hard Cover, 12x9, 208 pages, Full Color, published by Adventure House in 2003. Published at $40.00. On sale for $21.95. Visit Bud Plant to order a copy at this great price.
Wildside Press - Now available! THE SPIDER: Gotham Hound by Grant Stockbridge. March 1940, Vol 20, #2. A facsimile of the 1940 pulp magazine, with all the original illustrations and ads. Contains a book-length Spider novella,"Slaves of the Laughing Death" by Grant Stockbridge, "The Devil's Clearing House by Wayne Rogers, and "Blood Can't Buy Brides" by Costa Carousso. Story illustrations by John Fleming Gould. Wildside Press, 2005 Soft Cover, 7x10, 112 pages, b&w, $19.95 This title is not yet available on the Wildside Press website because of their move, however you can purchase this book from Bud Plant Comic Art.
ZORRO #2 - Now available! Written by Don Mcgregor with art by Sidney Lima SCARS: Part Two (of 3)—Zorro's mission to safeguard the beautiful Eulalia Bandini, takes an unexpected turn up north in Yellowstone, California, when Zorro and Eulalia encounter Thierry and Amelie Besson. In pursuing his dream of mapping this unexplored dangerous region, Thierry has run afoul of Ripklaw and Lucifer Trapp. Can Zorro still stay ahead of Capitan Monasterio and his men, while defending the Bessons from their tormentors? 32 pages, Full Color, SRP: $2.95

01 July 2005

2005 Film Release Dates

June 29, 2005
July 8, 2005
July 15, 2005
July 29, 2005
September 2, 2005
September 30, 2005
October 28, 2005
November 4, 2005
December 14, 2005

WAR OF THE WORLDS
FANTASTIC FOUR
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
STEALTH
A SOUND OF THUNDER
SERENITY
THE LEGEND OF ZORRO
V FOR VENDETTA
KING KONG

Pulp Art Wall Calendar - Now Available!
The 2006 Pulp Art Wall Calendar is now available from Barnes & Noble.
The malaise of the Depression years gave rise to a new icon of popular culture-ten-cent magazines with lurid covers featuring detectives in dire straits, monsters from outer space and beautiful women facing fates worse than death. This Robert Lesser collection of pulp-art covers for 2006 is a treasure trove of nostalgia.

Price: $11.95

Adventure House - Pulp facsimile edition update!
A new series of complete pulp replica/reprints. Except these are printed on acid-free paper and guaranteed not to crumble into dust while you read them. Adventure House will bring you some of the scarcest pulps imaginable in this great new series, reprinting them as the reading public saw them on the newsstands, at a fraction of their current collectors prices.
Pulp replica - full color covers, complete with all ads, illustrations and facsimile pages.

Now available:
SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES June 1938, Cover Artist: H.J. Ward, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
SAUCY MOVIE TALES August 1936, Cover Artist: Norman Saunders, 7x10, 96 pages, $14.95

Just announced!
RED MASK DETECTIVE STORIES March 1941, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
SPICY ADVENTURE STORIES August 1936, Cover Artist: H. J. Ward, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
SPICY MYSTERY STORIES July 1941, Cover Artist: H.J. Ward, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
SPICY MYSTERY STORIES April 1942, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
SPICY MYSTERY STORIES May 1942, Cover Artist: H. Parkhurst, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
SPICY MYSTERY STORIES October 1942, Cover Artist: Allen Anderson, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95

In preproduction:
SAUCY MOVIE TALES - September 1936, Cover Artist: Norman Saunders, 7x10, 96 pages, $14.95
JACK DEMPSEY'S FIGHT MAGAZINE May 1934, Cover Artist: Earle Bergey, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95

Previously announced and coming soon:
SAUCY MOVIE TALES December 1936, Cover Artist: Norman Saunders, 7x10, 96 pages, $14.95
HIGH SEAS ADVENTURES February 1935, Cover Artist: Sidney Riesenberg, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95

Now available:
SAUCY MOVIE TALES July 1936, Cover Artist: Norman Saunders, 7x10, 96 pages, $14.95
SPICY MYSTERY STORIES February 1938, Cover Artist: H.L. Parkhurst, 7x10, 128pages, $14.95
SPICY MYSTERY STORIES May 1936, Cover Artist: H.J. Ward, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
DON WINSLOW OF THE NAVY - May 1937, 7x10, 96 pages, $14.95
SAUCY MOVIE TALES - June 1936, Cover Artist: Norman Saunders, 7x10, 96 pages, $14.95
MYSTERY TALES December 1939, Cover Artist: J. W. Scott, , 7x10, 112 pages, $14.95
SPICY ADVENTURE STORIES September 1941, Cover Artist: H. J. Ward, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95

Adventures of Superman - Coming to DVD in October!
Warner Home Video has sent out their formal announcement for the long-awaited DVD release The Adventures of Superman - The Complete 1st Season. The 26 episode first season will appear on October 18, along with the following extras:
"Superman and the Mole Men" theatrical movie
Featurette: "From Inkwell to Backlot" retrospective
Vintage George Reeves short
Commentary Tracks by Super-Experts (details to be announced)
Original Kellogg's Sereal TV spots

This 5-DVD set runs 662 minutes in the original full-frame black-and-white video and mono audio soundtrack. Subtitles in English, French, and Spanish are flying your way along with closed captioning for the hearing impaired.
Cost is $39.98 SRP.

AGE OF CONAN HYBORIAN ADVENTURES VOLUME 2 - CIMMERIAN RAGE MMPB
by Loren L. Coleman - Now Available!
The warrior Kern, the "Wolf-Eye," has earned both renown and scorn after his victory against the Vanir raiders. Now, villages within reach of the Vanirs' vengeance pay the price for Kern's defiance as the raiders strike without mercy! And as the mighty Vanir marshal their legions with all manner of supernatural creatures joining their ranks, Kern prepares to unleash the seething fury of Cimmerian rage made legendary by Conan himself!

Ace Books, Soft Cover, 272 pages, SRP: $6.99

Volume II will be available in comic shops on July 6.

BOOKERY'S GUIDE TO PULPS - Coming in July!
BOOKERY'S GUIDE TO PULPS (AND RELATED MAGAZINES 1888-1969) will be available in early July.
This is an all new guide (somewhat different format than 2001's Ultimate Guide to the Pulps), with numerous additions, updates, and changes.

If you only buy one pulp price guide, this is the guide to buy! It has: more authors, more artists, updated values (now in three columns), a color section, new listings through 1969, scarcity evaluations, more digests, "girly" pulps and other related publications, and a title cross-reference for hundreds of authors and cover artists.

This guide contains loads of information: 1st appearances of authors and characters, descriptions of significant cover art, pseudonyms, title variations, "key" stories, and more! More information plus scans can be found on the Bookery Fantasy web site at http://www.bookeryfantasy.com/. BOOKERY'S GUIDE TO PULPS will be available at Pulpcon.

Captain Spectre and the Lightning Legion - Update!
The Captain Spectre online pulp/serial comic, by Tom Floyd, has reached the end of Chapter 1, 'The Mark of Death', consisting of 24 episodes complete with the thrilling cliffhanger. Read the complete Chapter from start to finish for free at http://www.captainspectre.com. The next exciting Chapter "The Electric Soldier" has begun and the first four strips are now available online. Join the Lightning Legion....it's free, just download your free Legionnaire Membership Card and you are in!

Cliffhanger Productions - Now Available!
The first ever Tales of the Dark Avenger short story collection is now available from Cliffhanger Productions.
5" x 8" perfect bound 193 pages of pulp adventure with masked vigilante The Dark Avenger battling terrorists, suicide cult leaders, mobsters, and even the very Devil himself in six action-packed stories. To order go to:
http://cliffhangerproductions.8m.com or http://cafeshops.com/serials2001.

The first Dark Avenger short subject--The Revenge of Rocco--will shoot on July 10 with a planned fall release.
The 20 minute short will be shot in two camera 3-D and will be available in anaglyphic (red/blue) or field-sequential format. Two additional Dark Avenger shorts--also in 3-D--are planned for the fall.

The Dangers of Deborah is finally back on track and is set to begin filming in August.

CTHULHU: MISKATONIC UNIVERSITY GRADUATE PLUSH - Coming in October!
After four long hard years, Cthulhu is presented with his degree from Miskatonic University, graduating with double honors in Human Sacrifice and Perdition! This 12" tall limited edition plush — dressed appropriately enough in a graduate's cap & gown — would make a great gift for any graduate or follower of the Great Old Ones! Scheduled to ship in October 2005.
Plush SRP: $24.95

This plush will available from Entertainment Earth.

CTHULHU: MISKATONIC UNIVERSITY GRADUATE PLUSH is solicited in the July PREVIEWS (now available).
The Diamond Item Code is JUL053738.

Cthulhu 6-inch Bust - Now Available!
The first bust of Cthulhu ever released, in the fine Roman-Greco tradition comes this wonderfully sculpted bust of Cthulhu by Sam Greenwell. Limited Edition, fully painted. Stands 6-inches tall.

Price: $44.99

The Cthulhu 6-inch bust is available from Entertainment Earth.

E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow Magazine:
There's a brand new review of "Q" from the June 15, 1940 issue of The Shadow Magazine.
The Sewer King by Jarret W. Buse is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery.

Shadows of the Pulps: Nothing new this week.

Blackmask Online: Nothing new this week.

Larry Estep-Online Pulps: Now with over 600 stories online!
Lurking Shadows by Carroll John Daly from TRIPLE-X MAGAZINE, May 1926
Plunder of Kurdistan by E. Hoffmann Price from SPICY ADVENTURE STORIES, April, 1935
Another Little Drink by Jack Kofoed from THE ALL-AMERICA SPORTS MAGAZINE, February 1934

F. Paul Wilson: THE KEEP - Coming in September!
Author F. Paul Wilson, the creator behind the Adversary Cycle and Repairman series of novels, adapts his own New York Times bestselling novel, THE KEEP, into a comic book miniseries. He is joined by artist Matthew Smith (Hellboy) on the adaptation of the story that the Providence Journal called, “A battle between good and evil that staggers the imagination, with an ending as exciting as any horror fan could wish!”

The keep had stood empty in the Transylvanian Alps for 500 years. No one knew who built it, or why. But on the eve of WW II, German soldiers move in and awaken something—something hungry… something as merciless as the SS einsatzkommandos accompanying them. Noted horror writer F. Paul Wilson adapts his own New York Times bestselling novel and is joined by Matthew Smith (Hellboy) on art in this, the first installment of the story that the Providence Journal called, “A battle between good and evil that staggers the imagination, with an ending as exciting as any horror fan could wish!” Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99

Available in September, THE KEEP #1 will be the first issue of a five-issue miniseries.
THE KEEP #1 is solicited in the July PREVIEWS (now available).
The Diamond Item Code is JUL052929.

Fading Shadows - Now Available!
The titles listed below are the final publications from Fading Shadows, Inc.
Back issues of Fading Shadows publications will remain available until the supply is exhausted.
Use the link below to visit the Fading Shadows website.

ACTION ADVENTURE STORIES #144 and #145 featuring:
144: The Phantom Detective in Merchant For Murder by Robert Wallace
145: The Phantom Detective in Death Rides the Winner by Robert Wallace

BEHIND THE MASK #71 featuring:
The Necklace of the Empress by H. Bedford Jones
Profit for the Mongoose by Johnston McCulley
The Mongoose Strikes Again by Johnston McCulley
Smoke of Revenge (Mongoose) by Johnston McCulley

DETECTIVE MYSTERY STORIES #55 featuring Marriage Gone Bad by W. S. Bachman; Eykiltimac Stump Acres by Jeffrey B. Burton; Seatbelts by Kenneth M. Austin; Prairie Justice by Eric Wilder; The Tiger’s Tale by Sheila Sowder; The Eye Witness by Gerald Browning; Rub-a-Dub-Dub by Branley Allan Branson; The Ringmaster by Larry K. Wellman; It Can Never Be Easy by Bryan Schingle; Seven for Thirty by Keith Bodayla; and Too Many Suspects (part 3 of 3) by A. J. Mason

Each issue is 5.5 by 8.5 inches in size and runs approximately 80 pages.
One issue is $6.30 postpaid. Two or more issues are $6 each postpaid.
Not responsible for packages lost in the mail.
Insurance is $1.10 per $50.00 value and highly recommended.

Order from:
Fading Shadows, Inc.
504 E. Morris Street
Seymour, TX 76380-2212
http://www.geocities.com/fadingshadows1/

Girasol Collectables - New Robert E. Howard collection is now available!
Blood of the Gods and Other Stories by Robert E. Howard, edited by Paul Herman
Girasol Collectables Inc. is pleased to announce the release of a collection of 5 of Robert E. Howard's great adventure stories. These tales, long out of print, are collected together for the first time in a handsome new 220 page softcover edition limited to 1,000 copies. Great care and attention has been given to keep this edition faithful to the original text.

Included are:
The Country of the Knife, Hawk of the Hills, The Daughter of Erlik Khan, Blood of the Gods, and Swords of Shahrazar
These stories all take place in the desert or the Himalayas, and offer the kind of heroic action-adventure only Howard could muster.

Due to differences in Canadian copyright laws, these stories are public domain in Canada, but not in the USA. This means that Girasol will be the EXCLUSIVE distributor of the book. NO RETAILERS IN THE US will be able to carry it for resale. Individual copies can be ordered and shipped without issue, but no wholesalers will be accepted.

The retail price will be $13.95 US plus $4.05 s&h, for a total of $18.00 US. We accept checks or International Money Orders made payable to 'Girasol Collectables', as well as Paypal payments to: 'info@girasolcollectables.com'. Please be sure to include your shipping address with your order.

Send checks or Money Order's to:
Neil Mechem c/o Girasol Collectables
3501 Glen Erin Drive, Suite 1409
Mississauga, ON
Canada L5L 2E9

Girasol Collectables - July Pulp Replicas!
Girasol Collectables is pleased to announce four 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.

For July, Girasol Collectables offers a very special treat, all three issues of the classic weird menace pulp DOCTOR DEATH! Rounding out the month is another issue of OPERATOR 5!
Monthly Special: $10 off any three or $15 off all 4 ($95)

We lead off this month with OPERATOR 5 #3 featuring The Yellow Scourge (June 1934).
This is the third of four OPERATOR 5's that will appear this year in rotation with eight issues of THE SPIDER.

Our second Replica is DOCTOR DEATH #1 (February 1935).   DOCTOR DEATH is $25.
Our third Replica is DOCTOR DEATH #2 (March 1935).   DOCTOR DEATH is $25.
Our fourth Replica is DOCTOR DEATH #3 (April 1935).   DOCTOR DEATH is $25.

We're frequently asked for 'teasers' of what's to come: how about more of the titles we're already doing, including SPICY WESTERN #1, ORIENTAL STORIES, SAUCY MOVIE TALES, OPERATOR #5, and THE SPIDER. Plus we'll be adding GOLDEN FLEECE to the lineup and possibly DOCTOR DEATH! That should keep everybody from being bored!

We have also recently begun accepting Paypal as an alternate method of payment. Other than Replicas or the upcoming REH book, 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. Any of you with the old girasol@interlog.com address please note the new address for Paypal payments.

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.

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.

CIVIL WAR STORIES ($25 each postpaid within North America)
Spring 1940

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

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

EERIE TALES ($20 each postpaid within North America)
#1 July 1941

GOLDEN FLEECE ($25 each postpaid within North America)
#1 (October 1938)

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

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

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

OPERATOR 5 ($35 each postpaid within North America)
#1 The Masked Invasion (April 1934)
#2 The Invisible Empire (May 1934)
#3 The Yellow Scourge (June 1934)

ORIENTAL STORIES ($25 each postpaid within North America)
#1 (Oct./Nov. 1930) featuring the Robert E. Howard story, TheVoice of El-Lil.
#2 (Dec. 1930/Jan. 1931)
#3 (February/March 1931) featuring the Robert E. Howard story, Red Blades of Black Cathay.

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

SAUCY MOVIE TALES ($25 each postpaid within North America)
#3 December 1935 (#1 after a title change) - Terrific Saunders cover, spicier than the Spicy's!
#11 September 1936

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

SPICY ADVENTURE STORIES ($25 each postpaid within North America)
#2 (November 1934) [#1 after the ashcan] with a great Ward cover.
#6 (March 1935) featuring a spicy Thai cover by HJ Ward
#8 (May 1935) featuring a Great Middle Eastern motif cover
#19 (April 1936) featuring She Devil by Robert E. Howard (writing as Sam Walser)
#22 (July 1936) featuring a Parkhurst cover
#26 (November 1936)
#28 (January 1937)

SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES ($25 each postpaid within North America)
#1 (May 1934)
#2 (June 1934) featuring Dan Turner's first appearance!
#7 (November 1934)
#10 (February 1935)
#17 (September 1935) featuring Dan Turner and a terrific HJ Ward cover
#20 (December 1935) featuring a HJ Ward cover and a Dan Turner story
#29 (September 1936) featuring a gun toting gal from Mr. Parkhurst on the cover.
#30 (October 1936) featuring an incredible, truly classic HJ Ward cover
#76 (August 1940) featuring a great HJ Ward cover, Dan Turner, Eel stories

SPICY MYSTERY STORIES ($25 each postpaid within North America)
#2   (June 1935) featuring Fangs of the Bat
#3   (July 1935) featuring a nice Parkhurst cover
#4   (August 1935)
#5 (September 1935)
#8   (December 1935) featuring a nice Parkhurst cover
#10 (February 1936) featuring Batman
#15 (July 1936)
#16 (August 1936) featuring H. J. Ward on the cover.

SPICY WESTERN STORIES ($25 each postpaid within North America)
#14 (December 1937) Great HJ Ward cover

THE SPIDER ($35 each postpaid within North America)
#1 The Spider Strikes! (October 1933)
#2 The Wheel of Death (November 1933)
#3 Wings of the Black Death (December 1933)
#4 City of Flaming Shadows (January 1934)
#5 Empire of Doom (February 1934)
#6 Citadel of Hell (March 1934)
#7 Serpent of Destruction (April 1934)
#8 The Mad Horde (May 1934)
#9 Satan's Death Blast (June 1934)
#10 The Corpse Cargo (July 1934)
#11 Prince of the Red Looters (August 1934)
#12 Reign of the Silver Terror (September 1934)

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

STRANGE TALES ($25 each postpaid within North America)
#1 (September 1931)
#2 (November 1931)
#3 (January 1932) featuring Wolves of Darkness by Jack Williamson
#4 (March 1932)
#5 (June 1932)
#6 (October 1932) Famous 'Worm Monster' cover
#7 (January 1933)

TERROR TALES ($35 each postpaid within North America)
#1 (September 1934)
#2 (October 1934)
#3 (November 1934)
#4 (December 1934)
#5 (January 1935)
#6 (February 1935)

WEIRD TALES ($35 each postpaid within North America)
#1   March 1923
Available in 2 cover choices: the 'regular' cover, or the recently discovered 'rarer' version.
Exactly the same, except the black and orange of the cover illustration are switched.
#2   April 1923
#4 June 1923
#5   July/August 1923
#8 November 1923
#9   December 1923/January 1924
#10 February 1924
#11 March 1924
#12 April 1924
#13 Anniversary Issue May/June/July/24 (Note: $50 for this triple issue)
#22 July 1925 featuring Robert E. Howard's first published story, Spear and Fang.
#118 October 1933 featuring the famous Margaret Brundage "Batgirl" cover.

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 Glen Erin Drive, Apt. 1409, Mississauga, ON, Canada L5L 2E9

Last Months Replicas

Hard Case Crime - July titles now available!
Hard Case Crime's next two titles (BRANDED WOMAN by Wade Miller and DUTCH UNCLE by Peter Pavia) are now available.

July 2005
BRANDED WOMAN by Wade Miller - Beautiful jewel smuggler Cay Morgan landed in Mazatlán with a gun in her purse — and a vendetta in her heart.
DUTCH UNCLE by Peter Pavia - Harry had done his time and wanted to stay clean—but with his pockets full of drug money and a dead body at his feet, it wasn't going to be easy...

October 2005
THE COLORADO KID by Stephen King - On an island off the coast of Maine, a man is found dead. There’s no identification on the body. Only the dogged work of a pair of local newspapermen and a graduate student in forensics turns up any clues, and it’s more than a year before the man is identified. And that’s just the beginning of the mystery. Because the more they learn about the man and the baffling circumstances of his death, the less they understand. Was it an impossible crime? Or something stranger still...? No one but Stephen King could tell this story about the darkness at the heart of the unknown and our compulsion to investigate the unexplained. With echoes of Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon and the work of Graham Greene, one of the world’s great storytellers presents a moving and surprising tale whose subject is nothing less than the nature of mystery itself...

November 2005
THE GIRL WITH THE LONG GREEN HEART by Lawrence Block - This one is considered by many to be the best con man novel ever written. When we kicked off our line with GRIFTER'S GAME last year, a number of you got in touch with me to say, "You know what I'd really love to see? A new edition of my favorite Block book, THE GIRL WITH THE LONG GREEN HEART." Well, your wish is our command. Cover by the great Robert McGinnis because, come on, who else would you get to paint a girl with a long green heart?

December 2005
THE GUTTER AND THE GRAVE by Ed McBain - A new edition of a book that was originally published back in 1958 as "I'M CANNON--FOR HIRE." Why the title change? As the author pointed out to us, two reasons: The main character's name isn't "Cannon," and he's not for hire. The character the book is about originally appeared in a series of stories in MANHUNT magazine, and at that time his name was "Matt Cordell." When the stories were collected into a book by Gold Medal, the character's name ended up changed to "Curt Cannon" (the author's name did, too, actually) -- and both of these changes persisted when McBain wrote his first and only novel featuring the character. Now that we're bringing the book back for its first publication in more than 40 years, it's a chance for it finally to appear the way the author wanted: under a title he chose, and with "Matt Cordell" properly restored as the character's name. Cover by Rick Farrell, who most recently wowed you with the cover to Domenic Stansberry's THE CONFESSION and who will next wow you with the literal cliffhanger he teamed up with Greg Manchess to paint for the cover of Day Keene's HOME IS THE SAILOR.

January 2006
NIGHT WALKER by Donald Hamilton - A rare stand-alone suspense novel by the creator of secret agent Matt Helm: This is a classic noir story that begins with a man waking up in the hospital, his head completely covered with bandages, only to find the nurses addressing him by a stranger's name. Then the stranger's wife shows up to take him home, and things only go downhill from there... The cover is by a newcomer to our line, Tim Gabor, and it captures the spirt of the pulps extremely well.

February 2006
A TOUCH OF DEATH by Charles Williams - When Lee Scarborough came upon the brunette sunbathing topless in her back yard, getting involved in a heist was the last thing on his mind. But somehow that’s where he found himself—sneaking through a stranger’s house, on the hunt for $120,000 in embezzled bank funds. It looked like an easy score. But one thing stood between him and the money: the beautiful and deadly Madelon Butler.

March 2006
SAY IT WITH BULLETS by Richard Powell - Bill Wayne told his beautiful tour guide that he took the bus trip through the West to relax. But who can relax with dead bodies turning up at every stop? From Cheyenne to Salt Lake City, from Reno to Yosemite, Bill’s secretly on a mission to discover which of his former army buddies shot him and left him for dead four years earlier. But with all the lead that’s flying around, Bill will be lucky to make it to the end of the tour in one piece...

JAMES BOND - THE SPY WHO LOVED ME - Now available!
by Fleming, Lawrence & Horak
The seventh volume in the James Bond deluxe series begins the collection of never-before-collected, post-Ian Fleming stories! Includes The Spy Who Loved Me and The Harpies, with an all-new introduction by Bond Girl Barbara Bach, an exclusive interview with writer Jim Lawrence and the first part of a feature examining the post-Fleming Bond.
Soft Cover, 9x12, 128 pages, B&W SRP: $16.95
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME is solicited in the July PREVIEWS (now available).
The Diamond Item Code is JUL053069.

Lairs of the Hidden Gods, Volume 1: Night Voices, Night Journeys
edited by Ken Asamatsu and translated by Robert M. Price
This massive collection of original stories and articles inspired by the 'Cthulhu Mythos' created by H.P. Lovecraft was published in Japan in 2002 as a two-volume set under the name Hishinkai. The list of contributing authors is a who's-who of Japanese horror fiction, featuring some of the finest writers in Japan today.

In cooperation with Tokyo Sogensha, the Japanese publishers, and the anthology editor, Mr. ASAMATSU Ken, we are proud to present these dark visions of the Mythos as interpreted by Japanese authors. You will find some stories that return like old friends, carrying on the Lovecraft tradition, while others will shock you with totally new and unexpected vistas of horror. Each story is accompanied by a thought-provoking introduction by Robert M. PRICE, the recognized master of the Mythos.
Publisher: Kurodahan Press
Format: Trade Paperback
Length: 372 pages
Retail price: $20.00
This title is available from Shocklines.

Mask of the Gargoyle - New pulp-inspired comic continues in September!
Returning this issue after hi sexplosive appearance in DWP #24: MASK OF THE GARGOYLE: INSIDE & OUT, written by Ron Fortier, pencilled by Dario Carrasco Jr., and inked by Todd Swain. Boston Detective Brigette Helm seeks out Father David Holmes to learn more about his association with the mystery man the papers are calling The Gargoyle. In the course of the interview, the priest of St.Michael's church confides in the young cop his very first meeting with the masked avenger. Thrills and spills galore, in a debut telling of the first Gargoyle story.

DIGITAL WEBBING PRESENTS #25 will hit comic shops everywhere in September, but you can order your copy now in PREVIEWS catalogue - only $3.50 for 32 full-color pages of fun and excitement!
A cover mockup is shown at the right.

DIGITAL WEBBING PRESENTS #25 is solicited in the July PREVIEWS (now available).
The Diamond Item Code is JUL052805.

Max Brand Yahoo Group
Max Brand is possibly the most famous Western writers of all time and has never gone out of print. A new Yahoo newsgroup is dedicated to discussing, reviewing, and exploring the writings, heroes, villains, and Western world of Max Brand. It will also discuss the author and his life. This popular and very prolific author, Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944), wrote in just about every genre known (western, mystery, adventure, science fiction, espionage, romance, travel, journalism, war, history, fashion, medicine, etc.), as the "Max Brand" name was merely one of his five pseudonyms. Having written 500+ books (30 million words) in his lifetime, Faust is ranked alongside Isaac Asimov as on of the most prolific authors of all time.
Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/maxbrand/ to become a member.

Mike Chomko - July 2005 newsletter is now available!
Mike's July 2005 newsletter is now available. Click here to view/download it.
Orders over $20 are discounted 10%.
Shipping is between $2-6, depending on the weight of your order (media mail or bound printed matter).
Michael Chomko, 2217 W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA 18104-6542
Contact Mike by email at chomko@enter.net

Nightmares of H.P. Lovecraft Action Figures - Coming in October/November!
Coming in November from Sota Toys are the Nightmares of H.P. Lovecraft Action Figures.
Three figures are presently scheduled, Cthulhu, Dagon, and Pickmans Model.
Standing approximately 6-inches tall, these action figures features mulitple points of articulation, an intricate sculpt and tremendous attention to detail. Each action figure is $19.99.

These action figures are solicited in the July PREVIEWS. They are sold only in case lots to retailers.
Inquire at your local comic shop if you are interested in purchasing these items.
Click on the links below to view larger images and pre-order these action figures from Entertainment Earth.
Nightmares of H.P. Lovecraft Cthulhu Figure
Nightmares of H.P. Lovecraft Dagon Figure
Nightmares of H.P. Lovecraft Pickmans Model Figure

PULPCON 34
PULPCON 34 will be held July 7-10, 2005 at the Dayton Convention Center in Dayton, Ohio.
Guests of Honor
Martin H. Greenberg (confirmed)
PULPCON is pleased that editor/anthologist Martin H. Greenberg has accepted our invitation to be Guest of Honor at Pulpcon 34 in July. In recent years he has become the most prolific anthologist in several fields. Greenberg has worked with different co-editors to produce many anthologies designed for classroom teaching in various fields (chemistry, history, anthropology, engineering, etc) using science fiction as background. His work as editor of collections such as The Asimov Chronicles and as co-editor with recent Pulpcon Guest Bill Pronzini, Robert Silverberg, Asimov, Pulpcon regular Robert Weinberg and numerous others of dozens of anthologies has brought back into print hundreds of stories lost in the files of old pulp magazines or last seen in hard-to-find collections. Martin H. Greenberg - Bibliography Summary.

Ed Hoch (confirmed)
Edward D. Hoch was born February 22, 1930, in Rochester, New York. His first story, Village of the Dead, was published in the December 1955 issue of FAMOUS DETECTIVE. Hoch has published nearly 900 short stories and is the leading contemporary writer of true puzzle plot mysteries. Much of Hoch's work centers on series detectives, many of which have been featured in long-running sequences of short stories. Many of Hoch's series detectives tend to personify different mystery subgenres. Captain Leopold tales are police procedurals; Dr. Sam Hawthorne, impossible crimes; Nick Velvet, Rogue thieves who turn detective; Jeffery Rand, the mystery tale based in espionage; Ben Snow, the historical mystery. Hoch can shift to any of these genres simply by altering his series protagonist. Hoch is a winner of the Edgar Award, former President of the Mystery Writers of America, and the 2001 Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America. Click here for more on Hoch's detective series. Several of Hoch's detective series anthologies are available from Crippen & Landru. Edward D. Hoch - Bibliography Summary

Pulp Room:
PULPCON will have approximately 100 tables of pulps and related materials in the Pulp Room which will be open 1 PM - 8 PM on Thursday and 10 AM - 5 PM on Friday and Saturday.

All tables are first-come, first-served. Tables are not to be moved without permission. Tables are for the use only of those who rent them and renters must be present to sell their own goods (or forfeit them to Pulpcon for auctioning) unless arrangements are made with Pulpcon in advance.

Memberships:
Memberships are $20 until April 15. Registrations arriving in PO Box 90424 April 16 through June 20 are $30. Those arriving later will be held for at-the-door registration: $40. A one-day registration for Saturday only is $20. At-the-door registration for Saturday only is $25. Click here for the registration form in PDF format.

Send the registration form (required) to:
PULPCON
PO BOX 90424
DAYTON, OH 45490-0424

Questions may be mailed to the address above or emailed to reg@pulpcon.org. To eliminate complications, Pulpcon requires separate checks and separate registration forms for each Pulpcon member except married couples living at the same address. In this case, both names are to appear on the registration form. Please do not use cards, letters, notes, etc. as they are easily separated from the files and buried or lost. If we have to return checks, forms for multiple registrations or non-forms to be properly re-registered, a $2 per person postage and handling charge will be added. Also, please note the space on the form to be marked if this is your first Pulpcon.

Watch the PULPCON website for the latest information as it becomes available.

Pulpville Press - Now available!
The Lightning Men and Other Stories
For the first time since their original publication in the pulp magazines Thrilling Mystery, Thrilling Wonder Stories, and Startling Stories come these four collaborations by the sons of Edgar Rice Burroughs and his daughter-in-law. Hybrid of Horror by John Coleman Burroughs and Jane Ralston Burroughs, and The Man Without A World, The Lightning Men, and The Bottom of the World by John Coleman Burroughs and Hulbert Burroughs. Fully illustrated with the original pulp artwork. 300 pages, 6.0 x 9.0 in. (Trade Paperback), perfect-bound, black and white interior, $14.95

The Amazing Adventures of Craig Kennedy Book 1: The Silent Bullet
This first volume in the Craig Kennedy Scientific Detective series of twelve stories includes "The Steel Door", "The Scientific Cracksman", "The Deadly Tube", "The Silent Bullet", and eight more. 308 pages
6x9 trade paperback (Trade Paperback), perfect-bound, black and white interior, $13.50

Tarzan the Mighty - First Time in Paperback!
This is the novelization of the 15-chapter serial, Tarzan the Mighty, starring Frank Merrill and Natalie Kingston as Tarzan and Jane. The novelization appeared in newspapers across the country in 1928, during the initial run of the serial. 130 pages, 6x9 (Trade Paperback), perfect-bound, black and white interior, $9.95

Burroughs Modern Mechanics and Invention Trilogy by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Three of his stories were printed in the MODERN MECHANICS AND INVENTION magazine in edited and rewritten form. This paperback reprints the complete original texts from these magazines along with the original artwork which illustrated the stories. The stories are: Conquest of the Moon (The Moon Maid), Lost Inside the Earth (At the Earth's Core), and Carter of the Red Planet (Under the Moons of Mars/A Princess of Mars). 332 pages, 6.0 x 9.0 in. (Trade Paperback), perfect-bound, black and white interior, $14.50

Dan Turner Postcards (Package of 8) - $7.99
Dan Turner Mini Poster Print - $6.99
Spicy Screen Stories Journal - $9.99

Upcoming Modern Hero-Pulp Novels by Christopher R. Yates
Batman Begins (movie novelization), Dennis O’Neil, Del Rey, $6.99 - Now available!
ABC Warriors: Rage Against the Machines, Mike Wild, Black Flame, $6.99, July 1 - Now available!
Fantastic Four: War Zone, Greg Cox, Pocket Star, $7.99, July 26
Wild Cards: Death Draws Five, John J. Miller, ibooks, $23.00, July 29
Strontium Dog: Day of the Dogs, Andrew Cartmel, Black Flame, $6.99, August 1
Spiderman: Down These Mean Streets, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Pocket Star, $7.99, August 30
Nikolai Dante: Imperial Black, David Bishop, Black Flame, $6.99, September 1
Wild Cards: Deuces Down (softcover), George R.R. Martin, ed., ibooks, $6.99, September 1
Justice Society of America: Book 1, Geoff Johns & Paul Kupperberg, ibooks, $6.99, September 1
Rising Stars: Book 3; Change the World, Arthur Byron Cover, ibooks, $6.99, September 1
The Science of Superman, Mark Wolverton & Howard Zimmerman, ibooks, $7.99, September 1
Forensic Files of Batman (softcover), Doug Moench, ibooks, $7.99, September 9
On Earth As It Is In Hell (Hellboy), Brian Hodge, Pocket Star, $6.99, September 27
Judge Dredd: Whiteout, James Swallow, Black Flame, $6.99, October 1
DC Universe #1: Last Sons, Alan Grant, Warner Books, $6.99, October 1
Green Lantern: Sleepers, Book 2, Christopher J. Priest & Michael Ahn, ibooks, $6.99, October 1
What Fire Cannot Burn, John Ridley, Warner Books, $6.99, October
Strontium Dog: A Fistful of Strontium, Jaspre Park, Black Flame, $6.99, October 25
City of Heroes: The Web of Arachnos, Robert Weinberg, CDS Books, $6.99, October 30
It’s Superman, Tom De Haven, Chronicle Books, October 30, $24.95
Astounding Hero-Tales , James Lowder, editor, Hero Games, $15.99, November
Green Lantern: Sleepers Book 3, Christopher Priest, ibooks, $22.95, November 1
Weapon X (Wolverine) (softcover), Marc Cerasini, Pocket Star, $7.99, November 1
Durham Red: The Encoded Heart, Peter J. Evans, Black Flame, $6.99, November 29
Wild Cards 4: Aces Abroad, George R.R. Martin editor, ibooks, $7.99, December 1
Dark Mirror (X-Men), Marjorie M. Liu, Pocket Star, $7.99, December 27
Fathom: Book 2: Tides of Destiny, Kevin Andrew Murphy, ibooks, $6.99, January 1, 2006
Hellboy: The New Ark, Tim Lebbon, Pocket Star, $6.99, January 1, 2006
Batman: (untitled), Michael Reaves, Del Rey, $6.99, March 28, 2006
Rogue Trooper: The Quartz Massacre, Rebecca Levene, Black Flame, $6.99, March 28, 2006
Superman Returns (movie novelization), Warner Books, May 1, 2006

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