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| 19th Annual NYC Collectable Paperback
& Pulp Fiction Expo - October 7, 2007 The 19th Annual NYC Collectable Paperback & Pulp Fiction Expo will be held on Sunday, October 7, 2007. Watch the Gryphon Books website soon for more news and guests on the big 2007 show! Confirmed Guests include: CHARLES ARDAI: Edgar winner, Hard Case Crime editor! LINTON BALDWIN: Lion Books author of Sinner’s Game! VICTOR BANIS: Pioneer author of the gay male paperback! ANN BANNON: Author of classic lesbian Gold Medal paperbacks! MARCUS BOAS: Fantastic paperback and magazine cover artist! JOE DEVITO: Masterful paperback cover artist! RON GOULART: Master author in many genres! C.J. HENDERSON: Famous crime and horror author! MORRIS HERSHMAN: Manhunt and vintage paperback author! ED HOCH: The master of the short crime story! JACK KETCHUM: Author of great terrifying horror novels! SANDY KOSSIN: Fantastic paperback cover artist! MARIJANE MEAKER: aka Vin Packer & Ann Aldrich! S.J. ROZAN: Crime author, creator of Lydia Chin series! JASON STARR: Exceptional hard crime and noir! F. PAUL WILSON: Master of the SF and horror novel! KEN WISHNIA: Author of many fine crime novels! | |||
| 2008
Windy City Pulp and Paperback Convention - April 25-27,
2008! This years show will honor the 75th anniversary of Doc Savage and the Hero Pulp Explosion! Guests of Honor will be Ron Goulart and Will Murray. For the eighth show, we’ll be in another new hotel...and we do mean NEW! Just opening this month, the hotel will have the top of the line everything. Once we have all the information, as well as some images for you, we will post it here. But suffice it to say, you'll be very pleased with our new digs...and we plan on being here for some time. The Registration Form can now be downloaded for the 2008 Convention. http://www.windycitypulpandpaper.com/ | |||
| Adventure House - New auction site now available online! Adventure House is pleased to announce our newest addition. An auction website. We feature nothing but pulp and other popular culture items in our auctions. Our auctions work similar to the way a live auction would work. This first auction ends Saturday, September 15th starting at noon (Eastern Time). Three lots close per minute with an automatic extension of 5 minutes on any auction lot that gets a bid within the last minute. There will be a 10% buyer's premium added to each winning lot. We will email each winning bidder with their total, and also to determine how they'd like their lots shipped. Shipping fees will be based on actual cost plus a small materials fee. Normally around $1.00. Reserves on some lots are less than retail values. Registration is required. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us. NOW UP FOR AUCTION! Wonder Stories, June 1935 Hidden World Shaver Mystery Explained, 2 Issues Eyes Of The Shadow, Ideal Library, High Grade All First Edition Burroughs Hardbacks, McClurg and Burroughs, No Dust Jackets A Gent From Bear Creek, Robert E. Howard, FN Condition G-8 and His Battle Aces, March 1937 More great stuff added all the time! Keep checking back for more! To bid, you must register, so please CLICK HERE to go to the auction site and register and preview those items currently up for auction. Do you have something you'd like to see auctioned through Adventure House? Please contact us and we'd be more than happy to discuss the details. |  | ||
| Age
of Aces Books - Now available! Age of Aces Books is proud to announce our new release, "The Adventures of the Three Mosquitoes: The Wizard Ace" by Ralph Oppenheim. This $16.99 trade paperback edition is 222 pages and is designed by the great team of David and Chris Kalb. It includes all of the original Frederick Blakeslee illustrations. You can get it at Amazon.com or get free shipping by ordering directly from Age of Aces (email ageofaces@att.net). Free shipping is for U. S. only. Journey back to an Age of Aces! Their familiar war cry rings out: "Let's Go!" And the greatest fighting war-birds on the Western Front are once again roaring into action - The Three Mosquitoes! Flying in their usual close V, the three khaki colored Spads were piloted by U.S. Intelligence's finest. In the lead Spad was their impetuous young leader Kirby, while flanking him were "Shorty" Carn, the mild eyed, corpulent little Mosquito and lanky Travis, eldest and wisest of the trio. These three men were always raring for action, always recklessly anxious to go out and match their wings against any odds! Although Ralph Oppenheim had never had a flying lesson, he created one of the longest running aviation series to grace the pages of Popular Publications. Here we present a trio of 1933 Mosquito adventures from DARE-DEVIL ACES: "The Wizard Ace," "The Cannonball Ace" & "The Midnight Ace." We have also included a bibliography of The Three Mosquitoes adventures which appeared over twelve years, through nine different magazines, and in over five dozen stories! Also still available are our first two books: Captain Babyface – The Complete Adventures by Steve Fisher The Red Falcon: The Dare-Devil Aces Years Volume 1 by Robert J. Hogan Coming soon: Volume 2 of The Red Falcon which will include an awesome biography of master pulp artist Frederick Blakeslee by this year's Pulpcon Guest of Honor David Saunders To order "The Three Mosquitoes" and receive free shipping, contact Age of Aces Books at ageofaces@att.net Visit the Age of Aces website at http://ageofaces.home.att.net/index.htm | 
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| Altus Press -
Now available! Secret Agent "X" - Halo of Horror by Stephen Payne An ALL-NEW novel featuring the classic pulp hero, Secret Agent "X"! This is the next faze in new fiction based upon classic pulp heroes, as this is designed to match the original Secret Agent "X" pulps perfectly, in both design and packaging. $12.95 128 pages, 6.63" x 10.25", perfect binding, black and white interior ink Order from Lulu.com Visit the Altus Press website at http://www.altuspress.com/ |  | ||
| Altus Press -
Back in print! TALES OF MASKS & MAYHEM All-new pulp tales featuring Doc Atlas, The Night Hawk, The Tarantula, The Scarecrow, The Black Ghost, The Grey Monk, and Secret Agent "X" and written by Maxentius Andor Scarlatti, Therese Drippe, John L. French, Lance Curry, Michael A. Black, Debra Delorme, and Will Murray. $19.99 463 pages, 6" x 9", perfect binding, black and white interior ink Order from Lulu.com Visit the Altus Press website at http://www.altuspress.com/ |  | ||
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Now available and shipping to subscribers
and retailers!DOC SAVAGE Volume 9: "The Majii" and "The Golden Man" The pulps' legendary superman battles evil in two exciting adventures by Lester Dent writing as Kenneth Robeson. In "The Majii" (1935), a living dead man lures Doc Savage into an Aladdin's cavern of horror. Then, "The Golden Man" tests the scientific wizardry of the Man of Bronze, exposing deep secrets of Doc Savage's strange origins. These classic pulp thrillers are reproduced with the original color pulp covers by Walter Baumhofer and Emery Clarke, interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical articles by pulp historian Will Murray. (Sanctum Productions) Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95 These reprints can also be ordered directly from: Anthony Tollin (via check, money order, or Paypal). 1 book: $12.95 plus $3 (first class) or $2 (media mail) 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) first class postpaid Subscriptions are available for either THE SHADOW or DOC SAVAGE: Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (firstclass) or $66 (media mail). Anthony Tollin P.O. Box 761474 San Antonio, TX 78245-1474 sanctumotr@earthlink.net |  | ||
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Now available and shipping to subscribers
and retailers!THE SHADOW Volume 10: "The City of Doom" & "The Fifth
Face" "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow Knows!" The legendary supersleuth returns in two action-packed pulp thrillers by Walter B. Gibson. The Voodoo Master returns from the grave and launches a series of terrorist attacks to enslave "The City of Doom." Then, the Dark Avenger battles the master of disguise known only as Five Face. Will "The Fifth Face" be the face of death? In a special bonus feature, The Shadow battles an million-year-old Neanderthal in a "lost" radio script by Hugo Award-winning science fiction author Alfred Bester. This instant collector's item leads off with a classic cover by George Rozen, and also includes all the original interior art by acclaimed illustrator Tom Lovell and Earl Mayan plus historical commentary on the origins of super-villains and DC's Vandal Savage by popular culture historians Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Productions) Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95 These reprints can also be ordered directly from: Anthony Tollin (via check, money order, or Paypal). 1 book: $12.95 plus $3 (first class) or $2 (media mail) 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) first class postpaid Subscriptions are available for either THE SHADOW or DOC SAVAGE: Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (firstclass) or $66 (media mail). Anthony Tollin P.O. Box 761474 San Antonio, TX 78245-1474 sanctumotr@earthlink.net |  | ||
| Astonishing Adventures
Magazine - Now available! It’s amazing! It’s stupendous! It’s ASTONISHING! ASTONISHING ADVENTURES MAGAZINE, the greatest place for new tales in the old pulp genre, has finally arrived! Marvel at the tale of the man who married a Yeti! Thrill to the exploits of the mysterious Red Panda! Gasp in amazement as dinosaurs attack Manhattan! Be astounded as Tokyo is reduced to rubble (yet again)! All this and more, including interviews with award-winning writer Joe Lansdale, legendary com-ics artist Michael Wm. Kaluta, and painter extraordinaire Doug Klauba! Did we mention the monkeys? Yes, there are monkeys! More monkeys than you can shake a banana at! Brace yourself for tales that are ASTONISHING! Prepare yourself for ADVENTURES! All conveniently located in one pulp MAGAZINE! That’s ASTONISHING ADVENTURES MAGAZINE! And best of all, the first issue is free! You must not miss this smashing event! Go to http://www.astonishingadventuresmagazine.com and subscribe now! |  | ||
| Black Dog Books - Now available! New in the Black Dog Books Signature Series SOUTH OF SULU by George F. Worts - FIRST TIME IN BOOK FORM! Cover art by George J. Rozen Trade paperback / 174 pp. / $19.95 US Meet Singapore Sammy. Samuel Larkin Shay, United States citizen from Cairo, Illinois, but for the past six years a restless rover of the Asiatic tropics. For six hard, weary years, Singapore Sammy has been hunting for a man. For six years, in every manner of conveyance, from ox cart to lady liner, from Malay proa to airplane, he has followed the tortuous trail; losing it, picking it up again. It has taken him from Pekin to the Punjab, from Ceylon to the Celebes and far beyond. The man in question is Singapore Sammy¹s father, Bill Shay, whom Sammy has several accounts to settle with. The old rascal deserted Sammy and his mother when Sammy was but an infant of two. Upon departing, Bill Shay took Sammy's grandfather's will, which leaves a fortune to Sammy. The estate cannot be claimed without the will and Sammy wants that will! Follow Singapore Sammy on a string of five thrilling adventures in pursuit of his evasive father.
Add $1.50 for each additional title. Check or money order may be sent to: Black Dog Books 1115 Pine Meadows Ct. Normal, IL 61761 tom.roberts2@insightbb.com www.blackdogbooks.net (under construction) Credit cards accepted through Paypal. Send payment to tom.roberts2@insightbb.com |  | ||
| E-texts
on the net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks review is "Crime at Seven Oaks" from August 1, 1940. "Embassy Papers" by John Olsen is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery. Shadows of the Pulps: Nothing new this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 850 stories online! "The Case of The Squealing Duck" by George B. Anderson from MAMMOTH DETECTIVE, July 1947 Danny Dole tried to put them in the aisles as a comedian, but the Crime File of Flamond said something about murder - and it wasn't funny... "Bombshell Murder" by J. S. Endicott from THRILLING DETECTIVE, June 1945 Murder at a perfume company, involving a new perfume called Bombshell. | |||
| Ellery
Queen Mystery Magazine The new issue of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine for Sept./Oct. uses another pulp reprint cover. This one is by John W. Scott from DETECTIVE YARNS, August 1939. Thanks to Eric Jamborsky for the tip!
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| FARMERPHILE:
The Magazine of Philip José Farmer - Now available! Issue No. 9 - July 2007 Farmerphile is a quarterly magazine completely dedicated to works by and about Philip José Farmer. It features the unpublished novel "Up from the Bottomless Pit," a suspense-thriller about the ultimate disaster in the oil industry, serialized over the first ten issues. These ten issues will also include other unpublished stories, speeches and letters by Farmer himself, as well as articles about the Grand Master and his work from his fans and peers. Farmerphile is fabulously illustrated by such talented artists as Jason Robert Bell, Charles Berlin, Keith Howell, Karl Kauffman, Chuck Loridans, and Shannon Robicheaux. Table of contents: "The Archaeology of Khokarsa" by Christopher Paul Carey "White-Skinned Grey-Eyed God" by Dennis E. Power "Sketches from the Ruins of My Mind" by Robert R. Barrett "The Brueckel/Harwood Letter" by Philip José Farmer "Bibliophile" by Paul Spiteri "The Rebels Unthawed" by Philip José Farmer, illustrated by Shannon Robicheaux "Star Trek’s Loss Is Your Gain" by Danny Adams "Creative Mythography" by Win Scott Eckert, illustrated by Chuck Loridans "Up from the Bottomless Pit (part 9)" by Philip José Farmer, illustrated by Keith Howell Complete ordering information for Farmerphile may be found at: http://www.pjfarmer.com/farmerphile.htm |  Cover art by Charles Berlin | ||
| FRANK FRAZETTA'S DEATH DEALER #4
(of 6) - Available
in comic shops September 6th! Story - Joshua Ortega; Art - Nat Jones & Jay Fotos; Covers - Frank Frazetta, Nat Jones & Jay Fotos Adelia Atar and Lambeau catch up with the Death Dealer at Cascada Pass, and learn the shocking secret of his origin! The mysterious stranger finally steps out of the shadows, but what are his ties to the Death Dealer...and does he fight on the side of the King of Oro or the evil forces of Mirahan? Join critically-acclaimed novelist and comics writer Joshua Ortega and the cult-favorite art team of Nat Jones and Jay Fotos for all of the pulse-pounding answers! Image Comics 32 pages, Full Color, SRP: $3.99, On sale July 11th! |  | ||
| Gotham Pulp Collectors Club -
September 8, 2007! Gotham Pulp Collectors Club is a club for pulp collectors to meet in the NYC/Metro area. It meets the 2nd Saturday of every month. Name: Gotham Pulp Collectors Club Time: 1-4 PM Place: Hudson Park Library, 66 Leroy Street, Manhattan (WestVillage) Contact: Mark Halegua at msh@pulps1st.com | |||
| It's A Pulp World It's A Pulp World is Eric Jamborsky's blog that has now posted the next installment of his look at Startling Stories Magazine. This time we look at the March, 1939 issue with John Taine's guest editorial "Why Science Fiction. | |||
| Ki-Gor
bibliography - Now online! Peter Currane has created a complete Ki-Gor bibliography online that includes cover scans. You can check it out by clicking on the link below: http://www.petercurrane.com/ | |||
| MADAME MIRAGE #2 - Available in comic shops September 6th! Written by Paul Dini, art by Kenneth Rocafort, cover by Rocafort. Superstar writer Paul Dini (DC Countdown, LOST) brings a brand new character to Top Cow in the form of Madame Mirage! Hollywood’s elite have gathered to party the night away at the fabulous Kelly Mansion. But this season’s soiree is going to take a deadly turn when Madame Mirage crashes the party. But will the hunter become the prey when Mirage encounters Mousetrap? Dini and dynamic new talent Kenneth Rocafort (Hunter-Killer) dive into a unique story of murder, revenge, and deceit. Madame Mirage – you’ll never forget her… if you can make her acquaintance and live to tell the tale… Image Comics 32 pages, $2.99. |  | ||
| Moonstone Books - THE PHANTOM
CHRONICLES: New Tales Of The Ghost
Who Walks! - Now available! 17 new prose short stories of the PHANTOM! High adventure and intrigue in the African jungle, on the high seas, and in the city! There is always justice that needs to be served, whether it's in the present...or the past. Nearly five centuries ago, during a daring raid at sea, pirates took the life of merchant ship captain Christopher Standish. In the heat of the pitched battle aboard the ship, Standish's son was knocked overboard to wash ashore on a remote beach where he was found by a friendly pygmy tribe. After stumbling upon the body of his father's killer, young Standish swore an oath on the murderer's skull to devote his life, and the lives of his sons and their sons, to the destruction of piracy, greed, cruelty and injustice. To the outside world, this man, seemingly immortal, has always worn the mask. As the legend grew, it transcended the life of any one mortal. And that legend became THE PHANTOM! Cover: Doug Klauba; Interior illustrations by Disney sculptor extraordinaire Ruben Procopio! Introduction by The Phantom's creator's (Lee Falk) daughter Valerie! Trade paperback, 240 pages, $15.95 Moonstone Books |  | ||
| Moonstone Books - Coming in December! THE SPIDER: THE MASTER OF MEN LTD ED. LITHO Art by Doug Klauba. This artist signed and numbered limited edition (limited to 200) fine art lithograph of everyone¹s favorite relentless pulp avenger is painted by multiple Spectrum Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art Award winner Doug Klauba! 18 inches by 24 inches, signed and numbered, $49 (Remarked edition, $89). THE SPIDER: THE MASTER OF MEN LITHO will be solicited in the October PREVIEWS available September 26th! |  | ||
| Nostalgia
Con - September 13 - 15, 2007 Come spend a weekend with classic movie and tv stars, old-time radio, old-time tv shows and movies! The Clarion Hotel, Aberdeen, Maryland
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| The
Nostalgia League - Now available
online! A new article has been posted entitled Johnston McCulley: Man of Mystery and is a series of facts and speculations about McCulley's life. Much of the article draws on new research that appears here for the first time. Visit The Nostalgia League website at http://thenostalgialeague.com/ | |||
| Paizo Publishing
- PLANET STORIES schedule update and new titles announced! PLANET STORIES™ presents classic fantasy, science fiction, and science fantasy novels and short story collections to a generation of new readers and lifelong fans. Unforgettable tales from acknowledged masters like Michael Moorcock, Leigh Brackett, C.L. Moore, and Henry Kuttner stand side by side with lesser known but no less worthy yarns from tomorrow's superstars. Introductions from popular modern authors like Joe R. Lansdale, Ben Bova, and Michael Moorcock provide amusing and informative entry points to each book. With new releases every month, PLANET STORIES promises a master class in the genre aimed at building the greatest fantasy and science fiction library ever assembled. CITY OF THE BEAST/WARRIOR OF MARS by Michael Moorcock (Trade Paperback) - $12.99 Expected September 2007 Michael Moorcock’s Eternal Champion returns as Kane of Old Mars, a brilliant American physicist whose strange experiments in matter transmission catapult him across space and time to the Red Planet. ... Kane’s is a Mars of the distant past, a place of romantic civilizations, fabulous many-spired cities, and the gorgeous princess Shizala. To win her hand and bring peace to Mars, Kane must defeat the terrible Blue Giants of the Argzoon, whose ravaging hordes threaten the whole planet! Adventure in the Edgar Rice Burroughs tradition from the creator of Elric of Melniboné. Introduction by Kim Mohan 160-page softcover trade paperback BLACK GOD'S KISS by C. L. Moore (Trade Paperback) - $12.99 Expected October 2007 First published in the pages of WEIRD TALES in 1934, C.L. Moore’s Jirel of Joiry is the first significant female sword-and-sorcery protagonist and one of the most exciting and evocative characters the genre has ever known. ... Published alongside seminal works by H.P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard, the five classic fantasy tales included in this volume easily stand the test of time and often overshadow the storytelling power and emotional impact of stories by Moore’s more famous contemporaries. A seminal work from one of fantasy’s most important authors, Black God’s Kiss is an essential addition to any fantasy library. Introduction by Suzy McKee Charnas 160-page softcover trade paperback ALMURIC by Robert E. Howard (Trade Paperback) - $12.99 Expected October 2007 The creator of Conan looks to the stars in one of fantasy’s most enduring science fantasy classics! ... Robert E. Howard’s Almuric is a savage planet of crumbling stone ruins and debased, near-human inhabitants. Into this world comes Esau Cairn, Earthman, swordsman, murderer. Only he can overthrow the terrible devils that enslave Almuric, but to do so he must first defeat the inner demons that forced him to abandon Earth. Filled with vile beasts and thrilling adventure in the tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Almuric is one of Howard’s few novels, and an excellent yarn from one of America’s most distinct literary voices. Introduction by Joe R. Lansdale 160-page softcover trade paperback ELAK OF ATLANTIS by Henry Kuttner (Trade Paperback) - $12.99 Expected November 2007 Explore the origins of Sword & Sorcery with Henry Kuttner’s Elak of Atlantis! ... Published in WEIRD TALES to satisfy fans of Conan the Barbarian in the wake of Robert E. Howard’s death, the four long stories depict a brutal world of flashing swords and primal magic, touched by a hint of Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos. Never collected in a mass market edition since their publication in the late 1930s, these exciting tales helped to establish a genre and are a critical part of any fantasy library. Included as a bonus are Kuttner’s two Prince Raynor stories from 1939’s STRANGE TALES. Introduction by Joe R. Lansdale 160-page softcover trade paperback THE SECRET OF SINHARAT by Leigh Bracket (Trade Paperback) - $12.99 Expected December 2007 Enter Eric John Stark, adventurer, rebel, wildman. Raised on the sun-soaked, savage world of Mercury, Stark lives among the people of the civilized solar system, but his veneer of calm masks a warrior’s spirit. In the murderous Martian Drylands the greatest criminals in the galaxy hatch a conspiracy of red revolution. Stark’s involvement leads to the forgotten ruins of the Martian Low Canals, an unlikely romance, and a secret so potent it could shake the Red Planet to its core. In a special bonus novel, "People of the Talisman," Stark ventures to the treacherous polar icecap of Mars to return a stolen talisman to an oppressed people. Introduction by Michael Moorcock 160-page softcover trade paperback New titles announced! NORTHWEST OF EARTH: THE COMPLETE NORTHWEST SMITH by C. L. Moore (Trade Paperback) - $12.99 75th Anniversary Edition! Expected January 2008 From the crumbling temples of forgotten gods on Venus to the seedy pleasure halls of old Mars, Northwest Smith blazes a trail through the underbelly of the solar system in 13 action-packed stories you won’t soon forget. Among the best-written and most emotionally complex stories of the Pulp Era, the tales of intergalactic smuggler Northwest Smith still resonate strongly 75 years after their first publication. A staple of Weird Tales in its Golden Age, C.L. Moore’s stories appeared alongside work by H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and Clark Ashton Smith, forming the backbone of the “unique magazine’s” approach to science fiction and planetary adventure. For the first time ever, all of Northwest Smith’s adventures have been collected in a single volume, including “Quest of the Starstone,” which pairs Smith with Moore’s other famous creation, the fierce swordswoman Jirel of Joiry! Introduction by C.J. Cherryh 220-page softcover trade paperback LORD OF THE SPIDERS (aka BLADES OF MARS) by Michael Moorcock (Trade Paperback) - $12.99 Expected February 2008 Once more into the matter transmitter for an unforgettable journey to ancient Mars! Pulled back to earth on the eve of his marriage to the beautiful Princess Shizala, brilliant physicist Michael Kane must once again journey to the Red Planet to reclaim a life of swordplay and high adventure in the tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs! Kane finds himself on a different Mars, a place of blue giants and red revolution that ultimately leads to a ruined obsidian city inhabited by savage spider-men. A fast-paced adventure of swords, sorcery, and super-science awaits in this classic tale by an undisputed master of fantasy! With an introduction by Roy Thomas 160-page softcover trade paperback THE GINGER STAR by Leigh Bracket (Trade Paperback) - $12.99 Expected April 2008 Eric John Stark, Outlaw of Mars, travels beyond the solar system for exciting science fantasy adventures on the planet of Skaith, a lawless sphere at the edge of the known universe. Raised as a savage on the hostile planet of Mercury and honed into a fearless warrior in the low canals of the Red Planet, Stark is one of science fiction’s greatest adventurers and is Leigh Brackett’s most famous character. The first in a trilogy of stories set on Skaith, The Ginger Star is a pivotal work of science fantasy from the famous screenwriter of The Empire Strikes Back and The Big Sleep. Introduction by Ben Bova 220-page softcover trade paperback |    | ||
| The Pulp Rack -
New additions! Monte Herridge graces our Pulp Rack again with another article about a series character from Detective Fiction Weekly (formerly Flynn's). Inspector Porky Neale appeared in a series of stories by Roland Phillips that ran in DFW from about 1930-34. The article also includes a listing of the series as it appeared in DFW. Monte's doing a great job of turning the light of day on many of these lost characters from DFW. Many thanks to him for these efforts and for sharing with The Pulp Rack's patrons. You'll find the article here: http://pulprack.com/arch/2007/08/inspector_porky_1.html Today's post is a look at H.P. Lovecraft's novella (novelette?), "At the Mountains of Madness," (AMM) published as a serial in ASTOUNDING. Our essay looks at AMM as a sequel to Edgar Poe's only novel, THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM, and how Lovecraft played off Poe's seeming ambivalence -- intentional or coincidental -- toward his story to inform the horror of Lovecraft's later tale. The essay links off of the site's "Jules Verne: Pre-Pulp Pioneer Extraordinaire" page at http://pulprack.com/arch/2007/04/jules_verne_pre_1.html, but you can access it directly at this URL: http://pulprack.com/arch/2007/08/the_mountains_o.html The Pulp Rack Plug: Available from Friends of The Pulp Rack, Age of Aces Books new release is "The Adventures of the Three Mosquitoes: The Wizard Ace" by Ralph Oppenheim. This $16.99 trade paperback edition is 222 pages and is designed by the great team of David and Chris Kalb. It includes all of the original Frederick Blakeslee illustrations from DARE-DEVIL ACES magazine. You can purchase from Amazon.com (and drop a few pennies in the Pulp Rack's pocket to help support our efforts) by using this URL: http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Three-Mosquitoes-Wizard-Ace/dp/0979409225/ref=sr_1_1/pulprack-20 Also still available are Age of Aces Books' first two releases: Captain Babyface – The Complete Adventures by Steve Fisher The Red Falcon: The Dare-Devil Aces Years Volume 1 by Robert J. Hogan Coming soon: Volume 2 of The Red Falcon, which will include an awesome biography of master pulp artist Frederick Blakeslee by this year's Pulpcon Guest of Honor David Saunders. As always, thanks for your patronage. Duane Spurlock proprietor The Pulp Rack http://www.pulprack.com Sign up for the Pulp Rack email list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pulprack/ | |||
| Robert
E. Howard: WINDS OF TIME - Now available in the U.S.! This title is now also available from pulp dealer Mike Chomko! Contact Mike by email at chomko@enter.net if you are interested in this book! Published by Thomas Kovacs, Zurich, Switzerland, 2007. Hardbound, 224 pages, ISBN 978-3-033-00676-8. Translated by Bernd Karwath. Illustrated by Hubert Schweizer (1 color cover, 1 color frontispiece, 23 black&white illustrations). $80 plus $20 shipping (2nd class postage). Paypal preferred but cash or a personal check is also accepted. paypal to: cartho@gmx.net Thomas Kovacs Schontalstr. 20 CH - 8004 Zurich Switzerland/Europe Contents: Introduction (by Glenn Lord) Die Macht der Toten (German foreword by Hugh Walker) Loomings (foreword by Bernd Karwath) The Poems by Robert E. Howard (English & German):
Bilder im Feuer (essay by Bernd Karwath) Acknowledgements Thanks to Thomas Kovacs and Rusty Burke! |  | ||
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| Adventure House - The August pulp facsimile reprints are now available! PLANET STORIES - Winter 1939, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 SECRET AGENT X - February 1937, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 SPICY ADVENTURE STORIES - March 1940, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95
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| Adventure House -
Pulp cover products are now available! Adventure House has produced a website with tons of pulp images. What's so great about that? Well this site allows you to directly order prints, coffee mugs, t-shirts (either black or white shirt), canvas prints, enlargements...well you get the idea. Currently we have over 700 covers uploaded to view and order. The images are optimized for smaller prints, with a maximum image size of 11x14 (not really recommended), we can, upon request download a higher resolution image for larger prints. Be sure to check the results of cropping before ordering. Because of the pulp format, you need to set the print to "Fitted Image" to normally get a full sized image. Although there is a watermark visible on the photographs when you view them on the browser, this watermark of course won't be there once the image is printed. Take a look around and have some pure pulp image fun! Click here to visit the Photo Time website. | ||||
| Adventure House
- Coming in November! ALEX RAYMOND: HIS LIFE AND ART by Tom Roberts Complemented with a Foreword by George Lucas and Introduction by James Bama, author Tom Roberts entertains readers with his insightful portrayal of Alex Raymond, one of the greatest American illustrators in the past century, most revered for his awe-inspiring artworks for King Features Syndicate's Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim 1930's newspaper strips. Hard Cover, 12x9, 320 pages, Full Color, $49.95 ALEX RAYMOND: HIS LIFE AND ART is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (available August 29th). The Diamond Item Code is SEP074166. |  | |||
| Adventure House - Coming in November! HIGH ADVENTURE #97 - Ki-Gor in two action packed adventures! LAND OF LOST SAFARIS from WINTER 1944 Ki-Gor, White Lord of the Jungle, was invading the treacherous paths of Dismal Swamp, challenging the blood-crazed minions of the Thunder God, with his superb strength and cunning—to save his mate from the juju that had stilled her heart with a sleeping death. THE SILVER WITCH from SPRING 1945 From out of the dank depths of the Swamp of Mists, came the horrible legions of the silver enchantress, terror walking in their wake. Only Ki-Gor, White Lord of the Jungle, stood to face her challenge, and he was helpless—for he was trapped in the witch's lair—his mate marked for death if he should fight the monsters who could not die. Retail: $7.95 (U.S.) Media Mail Shipping $2.50 for a single copy. HIGH ADVENTURE #97 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (available August 29th). The Diamond Item Code is SEP074121. |  | |||
| Adventure House - Coming in November! G-8 and His Battle Aces #26: "Staffel of Invisible Men" - Originally published - November 1935 "Have all Allied spies in Germany watch for menace of midgets connection aviation." When G-8 read this cable from a fellow secret service agent in America he was puzzled. Why should this information came from the United States? He and his battle aces had been patrolling war skies constantly—yet had seen no sign of midgets . . . But before several hours had passed, G-8 knew that he was embarked on the most daring mission he had ever tackled, knew he must go fighting wings against an invisible staffel! Retail: $9.95 (U.S.) Media Mail Shipping $2.50 for a single copy G-8 AND HIS BATTLE ACES #26 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (available August 29th). The Diamond Item Code is SEP074122. | 
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| Adventure House - Pulp facsimile
reprints coming to comic shops in November! Phantom Detective - January 1935, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 Reprints "Death on Swift Wings" by Robert Wallace from January 1935. The Phantom pursues a fiendish killer in this exciting novel of a murder ray that turns its sinister power on innocent victims! Phantom Detective - January 1935 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (available August 29th). The Diamond Item Code is SEP074124. Spicy Detective Stories - November 1940, 7x10, 128 pages, $14.95 Reprints two pulp detective stories. In Robert Garron's "Murder for the Asking" a wronged woman thinks revenge. An Arizona chain gang features in Robert Leslie Bellem's "Premiere in Purgatory." This replica edition is complete with all ads, illustrations, and facsimile pages. Spicy Detective Stories - November 1940 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (available August 29th). The Diamond Item Code is SEP074126. |  | |||
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Coming in November! THE
SHADOW #13 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (available August 29th).THE SHADOW Volume
13: "Six Men of Evil" & "The Devil Monsters" "The weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime
does not pay. The Shadow Knows!" The Master of Darkness combats bizarre
menaces in two of Walter Gibson's strangest thrillers. A torturous Aztec transformation
gives "Six Men of Evil" an unexpected advantage in their criminal pursuits. Then,
Lamont Cranston and Margo Lane encounter their most infamous foe?Monstodamous,
master of menace?in "The Devil Monsters." This classic pulp collection also showcases
George Rozen's breathtaking pulp cover, all the original interior art by illustrators
Tom Lovell and Paul Orban, historical commentary by Will Murray and an article
on the Golden Age Shadow Comics by Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Productions)
Softcover, 7x10. B&W ........................................$12.95 Visit The Shadows Sanctum at: http://www.shadowsanctum.com The Diamond Item Code is SEP074125. |  | |||
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions and
Nostalgia Ventures Inc Coming in November! DOC SAVAGE Volume 12: "The Squeaking Goblin"
and "The Evil Gnome" The pulp era's greatest superhero battles
evil in two newly-restored novels by Lester Dent writing as Kenneth Robeson. First,
Doc Savage and his Iron Crew journey to Kentucky to investigate the mystery of
a ghostly skeletal sharpshooter and his "disappearing bullets." Can they stop
the mountain feud orchestrated by "The Squeaking Goblin"? Then, serial killings
by a unstoppable foe set the Man of Bronze on the trail of "The Evil Gnome." This
collector's item pulp reprint showcases the classic color pulp covers by Emery
Clarke and Walter Baumhofer, interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical
articles by Will Murray, author of seven Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Productions)Softcover, 7x10, B&W................................ $12.95 Visit The Shadows Sanctum at: http://www.shadowsanctum.com DOC SAVAGE #12 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (available August 29th). The Diamond Item Code is SEP074120. |  | |||
| ATLANTIS
STUDIOS - Coming in November! PAULA PERIL #3 by Watson, Bonanno & Ewing Comic's most danger-prone heroine returns in this self-contained adventure, "Power of the Sewer Serpent"! Kidnapped by her arch-nemesis Tony Carleoni, Paula Peril is delivered to a mysterious villain who dominates the criminal underworld. Racing against time, photographer Jimmy Smith joins forces with Veronica Vilancourt to find Paula before she can be sacrificed to a reincarnated evil with an appetite for human flesh! 32 pages, B&W, $2.95 PAULA PERIL #3 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (available August 29th). The Diamond Item Code is SEP073395. PAULA PERIL #3 WITH DVD by Watson, Bonanno & Ewing The "Power of the Sewer Serpent" comic comes with a special added bonus - the "Trapped in the Flames" live-action DVD starring fan-favorite Valerie Perez! Paula Peril investigates a suspicious warehouse and comes face-to-face with mobster Tony Carleoni and his well-armed thugs. Tied up in a burning storage room full of explosive chemicals, with only minutes until the entire building explodes in flames, will this be the end of Paula Peril? DVD, 32 pages, B&W, $7.95 PAULA PERIL #3 WITH DVD is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (available August 29th). The Diamond Item Code is SEP073396. ATLANTIS STUDIOS | ||||
| THE BEST OF ROBERT E. HOWARD VOLUME 2: GRIM LANDS
- Coming in November! by Robert E. Howard; illustrated by Jim & Ruth Keegan This compilation of Robert E. Howard's most famous and well-received stories spans all of the characters and genres he scribed in - all restored to the earliest, most definitive versions available today. Softcover, 6x9, 400 pages, $15.95 THE BEST OF ROBERT E. HOWARD VOLUME 2: GRIM LANDS is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (available August 29th). The Diamond Item Code is SEP074190. |  | |||
| Black
Gate 11 - At the printers! Black Gate 11 is now at the printers — and it promises to be our best issue yet, as Martha Wells, James Enge, Iain Rowan, and Mark Sumner all return with big new installments building on the action in Black Gate 10. Join us for the first meeting of Giliead & Ilias, as Morlock the Maker assists a small fraternity of warriors in desperate battle against the dreaded Boneless One, Dao Shi the exorcist comes face to face with an unkillable demon deep in the Underworld, and the Naturalist returns to civilization to warn of the approach of the terror from the interior. That's not all — Maria V. Snyder, Peadar Ó Guilín, William I. Lengeman III and many others offer exciting new stories. A dead wizard hires a thief to break into his tower and uncover a deadly secret, a man fights to save his son from a woman whose charms are literally irresistible, and a modern father is inducted into Valhalla after a particularly challenging roller coaster ride. All that plus four pages of Knights of the Dinner Table. It's 224 pages of the best in modern adventure fantasy! Follow the link to a sneak peek of Black Gate 11, with story excerpts, artwork, and even a look at "Neglected Stories from the SF Magazines" from Rich Horton. Subscribe Now so you don't miss out! |  | |||
| Burroughs
Bulletin #71 - Now available! The Summer 2007 issue (#71) of the THE BURROUGHS BULLETIN is now available. This issue features articles on Burroughs’ 71st story, "Beyond the Farthest Star". It is profusely illustrated in black & white with full color front and back covers. Articles include: "The Farthest Star and Beyond" by Irwin Porges "Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Actvist Author vs. the Wobblies" by Alan Hanson and John Martin Picture Gallery by Thomas Yeates "Tarzan the Musical: The European Premiere" by Laurence G. Dunn "An Interview with Eve Brent" by Sky Brower "Cheetah Celebrates His 75th Birthday" Letters to the Editor and Bibliographer's Corner Subscriptions
are $35 for four quarterly issues and 12 monthly issues of THE GRIDLEY WAVE newsletter.
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| CONAN #43 - Arriving in comic shops August 29th! Timothy Truman (W), Cary Nord (Cover), Tomás Giorello (A), and Richard Isanove (Cover) The Pits of Refuge: This is the penultimate chapter of Timothy Truman’s adaptation of the Robert E. Howard classic “Rogues in the House!” A favorite of fans and critics alike, the seminal Conan story “Rogues in the House” first appeared in WEIRD TALES. Now, writer Timothy Truman and artist Tomàs Giorello bring you the tale of the Red Priest, as you’ve never seen it before. Trapped in the labyrinthine halls of the Red Priest’s house, and stalked by a mysterious horror, Conan and his uneasy ally Murillo have made a wary alliance with the Priest himself. Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99 Dark Horse Comics |  | |||
| Conan #46
- Coming in November! Writer: Kurt Busiek, Artist: Greg Ruth At last, the Battle of Venarium: a tale gorged with blood, death, triumph, loss, glory, and revelation, as Conan reaches the first major turning point in his life before leaving Cimmeria for the world outside and becoming a legend in both. Master storyteller Kurt Busiek and painter Greg Ruth present the grand finale to their critically acclaimed saga of the barbarian's youth! The grand finale of "Born on the Battlefield"! Publication Date: November 21, 2007 Format: Full color, 40 pages Price: $2.99 Dark Horse Comics CONAN #46 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (available August 29th). The Diamond Item Code is SEP070027. |  | |||
| Conan Action Figure - Now available! Marvel Toys new line of Legendary Comic Book Heroes Series 1 action figures featuring a twin pack with Conan and Wraarl, the Devourer of Souls, from SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN is now available. |  | |||
| CONAN:
THE BLOOD-STAINED CROWN AND OTHER STORIES - Coming
in January! Written by Kurt Busiek and Fabian Nicieza, art by Rafael Kayanan, Cary Nord, Eric Powell, John Severin, Bruce Timm and Timothy Truman, colored by Kayanan, Michelle Madsen and Dave Stewart. Eisner Award-winning writer Kurt Busiek teams up with some of the best artists and writers in this collection of stand-alone stories from Conan. In "Helm," Busiek and Fabian Nicieza write and EC Comics legend John Severin draws the story of Conan's famous horned helm. Renowned comics and animation artist Bruce Timm lends his styling to the darkly comic "Conan's Favorite Joke." Current Conan writer Timothy Truman takes pencil in hand as the Cimmerian's influence crosses generations in "Seeds of Empire" and "The Blood-Stained Crown." Goon creator Eric Powell draws the poignant story of a young and unsung hero in "Storyteller," Dark Horse's centennial tribute to Conan creator Robert E. Howard. And artist Rafael Kayanan returns to the world of Hyboria with "In the Tower of Tara-Teth," a gritty adventure set during the Cimmerian's years as a mercenary and pirate. Collecting issues #18, 26-28 and 39 of the Dark Horse Conan series. 128 pages, $16.95, in stores on January 30. Dark Horse Comics CONAN: THE BLOOD STAINED CROWN is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (available August 29th). The Diamond Item Code is SEP070028. | 
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| CTHULHU PLUSH WREATH - Coming in December! Celebrate the winter solstice in style. Gather your loved ones around, read from the Necronomicon, sing the "Carol of the Old Ones" or other carols like, sung to the tune of "Jingle Bells": Devour Souls, tasty Souls, eat them every night. Oh what fun it is gnosh everyone in sight. Devour Souls, Tasty Souls, I like the ones in fright. Oh what fun to gulp them every single bite!" This 18" Cthulhu Wreath will make a fun addition to your winter celebrations... or whatever you celebrate where Cthulhu comes into play. Scheduled to ship in December 2007. Plush SRP: $34.99 CTHULHU PLUSH WREATH is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (available August 29th). The Diamond Item Code is SEP074509. Also available from FRP Games in December. |  | |||
| Dark Horse
Comics - Kull and Solomon Kane book updates! Last weekend at Gen-Con, Dark Horse editor Scott Allie announced a few details about upcoming Dark Horse comics featuring Robert E. Howard's Kull and Solomon Kane.
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| Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child:
THE WHEEL OF DARKNESS - Available in bookstores August 28th! Pendergast has taken Constance on a whirlwind Grand Tour, hoping to give her closure and a sense of the world that she's missed. They head to Tibet, where Pendergast intensively trained in martial arts and spiritual studies. At a remote monastery, they learn that a rare and dangerous artifact the monks have been guarding for generations has been mysteriously stolen. Pendergast agrees to take up the search. The trail leads him and Constance to the maiden voyage of the Queen Victoria, the world's largest and most luxurious passenger liner--and to an Atlantic crossing fraught with terror. Warner Books, 464 pages, $25.99, On sale August 28, 2007 | 
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| E-texts on the net this week The Shadow in Review: There is no new Shadow review this week. Next weeks review is "Crime at Seven Oaks" from August 1, 1940. "The Living Dead" by Jonathan Blade is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery. Shadows of the Pulps: Nothing new this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 850 stories online! "Cottontail Assembly" by Joe Archibald from SKY FIGHTERS, February 1936 A White Rabbit and a Red Shirt are the absurd mascots of a couple of sky-shooting clowns in an uproarious series of antics! "Claw of the Kidnapped Idol" by Marcus Lyons from CRACK DETECTIVE STORIES, December 1947 Featuring: Bicarbonate Johnny Bicarbonate Johnny didn't have to believe in the super-natural to know that this idol was deadly - both to the persons who stole it and whoever tried to get it back. | ||||
| FALL OF CTHULHU #5 - Arriving
in comic shops August 29th! by Nelson, Diazlowski, & Mavillain Cy is pulled further into the world of darkness. As he descends into Lovecraftian madness, the pull and the tug of the alternate dimension known only as The Dreamlands gets stronger. Is Cy strong enough to avoid destruction? Can he resist the pull of insanity? And what does this mean for his life and his world, with his girlfriend Jordan? Will he ever be safe? BoomStudios 32 pages, Full Color, SRP: $3.99 | ||||
| THE FALL OF CTHULHU #9 - Coming in November! by Nelson & Scott The darkness continues. Mister Arkham gathers his forces, as a godwar brews in H.P. Lovecraft's world of the Cthulhu Mythos. Who will survive? 24 pages, Full Color, $3.99 Boom Studios THE FALL OF CTHULHU #9 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (available August 29th). The Diamond Item Code is SEP073455. (Cover A). The Diamond Item Code is SEP073456. (Cover B). | ||||
| FLASH
GORDON: STAR OVER ATLANTIS - Coming in November! Flash Gordon: Star Over Atlantis reprints from the 1950s daily comic strips by Dan Barry. Three complete Flash Gordon stories are reprinted: "The Space Kids on Zoran," "The Lost Continent," and "Circea," a run of strips originally published between April 1953 to May 1954! In the Atlantis story, Flash Gordon and his companions, Dale Arden and Dr. Zarkov, visit the sunken city of Atlantis for the first time, and discover an ancient civilization hidden in domed cities far beneath the sea. Flash Gordon will visit Atlantis many times over the years, in stories to appear in future books in this series, and will discover the strange, interplanetary origins of the civilization of Atlantis. Manuscript Press Magazine, Softcover, 9x12, 184 pages, B&W, $25.00 FLASH GORDON: STAR OVER ATLANTIS is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (available August 29th). The Diamond Item Code is SEP074112. | ||||
| FRANK FRAZETTA'S DEATH DEALER #1 B&W SPECIAL
EDITION - Coming in November! story JOSHUA ORTEGA; art NAT JONES; covers FRANK FRAZETTA 32 pages, Full Color, $3.99 Showcasing the incredible line work of rising star NAT JONES and printed on high-quality paper, this special edition black and white edition is sure to please any fan of the hit miniseries - or any fan of fine comic art in general! Written by critically acclaimed novelist and comics writer JOSHUA ORTEGA, this is the first DEATH DEALER tale worthy of FRANK FRAZETTA's blessing! Image Comics FRANK FRAZETTA'S DEATH DEALER #1 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (available August 29th). The Diamond Item Code is SEP071996. | ||||
| GIRASOL PULP DOUBLES: THE SPIDER VOLUME 5
- Coming to comic shops in November! Two action-packed 1930s adventures of the pulp-era hero The Spider are reprinted here ? October 1934's "Builders of the Black Empire" and June 1938's "Satan's Shackles"! This 128-page trade paperback reprints the complete stories including the original pulp black and white illustrations. Girasol Collectables Inc. Softcover, 128 pages, $14.95 THE SPIDER VOLUME 5 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (available August 29th). The Diamond Item Code is SEP074123. | ||||
| H.P. LOVECRAFT: AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS
AND OTHER TALES OF TERROR by H.P. Lovecraft The complete short novel, "At the Mountains of Madness," plus three additional terror tales, written as only H.P. Lovecraft can write, are conjured together in this macabre collection of the strange and the weird. Mass market paperback, $6.99 AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (available August 29th). The Diamond Item Code is SEP074198. |  | |||
| It's A Pulp World It's A Pulp World is Eric Jamborsky's blog that has now posted the next installment of his look at Startling Stories Magazine. This time we look at the November 1940 issue. | ||||
| JAMES BOND: SHARK BAIT - Coming in February 2008! by Fleming, Lawrence, Horak & North Join Agent James Bond 007 in Shark Bait - a story never before published in the USA! Bond is forced into a face-off against a new nemesis and a sea of sharks, when the gorgeous Russian spy Katya interrupts a routine recon mission! This new, never-before-collected edition also includes Doomcrack and another unseen story, The Xanadu Connection! Plus, a new introduction by actress Caroline Bliss (Moneypenny in The Living Daylights) and a feature on James Bond in US comics! Softcover, 9x12, 128 pages, B&W, $19.95 JAMES BOND: SHARK BAIT is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (available August 29th). The Diamond Item Code is SEP073957. | ||||
| LaPlata Doc Con - New website now online! October 20-21 in LaPlata Missouri Scheduled Guests: ANTHONY TOLLIN: Mr. Tollin is behind the Nostalgia Ventures Doc Savage and Shadow reprint series now available online or from your favorite bookseller. A personal friend of the late Walter Gibson he is a noted expert on Old Time Radio and the Shadow as well as a former colorist for DC Comics. DR. PETER COOGAN: Dr. Coogan is a Professor at Fontebonne University in St. Louis and a published expert on the Wold Newton Universe. The fantastic concept created by legendary author Phillip Jose Farmer. Scheduled Events: A Tour of Lester Dent's home with a memorial at his gravesite. LIVE appearances by Pulp Heroes including the Domino Lady! Pulps, Paperbacks, Comic Books, Old Time Radio! A Sneak Preview of the Lester Dent Museum of Pulp History! Special Guests Anthony Tollin of Nostalgia Ventures, Wold Newton expert Dr. Peter Coogan, and more to be announced! Fascinating lectures and discussions! The first Pulp Fans BBQ Bash! Exclusive Documentaries! The proclomation of "Lester Dent Day" AND MORE! Click here for t-shirt information. Visit the LaPlata Doc Con website at http://www.freewebs.com/doccon2/index.htm ATTN: DEALERS!! No set up costs! No Table fees! Just come, have a good time and sell some merchandise! Contact Wayne Judge for details. For any info concerning the Convention, please contact Mr. Wayne Judge via email shaolin770@yahoo.com |  | |||
| THE LONE RANGER AND TONTO #1 - Coming in November! by Matthews, Abrams, & Montenegro In this special Lone Ranger and Tonto adventure, something dark and murderous is moving through the frontier, and it's up to the Lone Ranger and Tonto to put a stop to it. But once they find it, will they be able to face it? This Lone Ranger one-shot special is a great jumping-on point for new fans and readers as well as an excellent companion issue to the Eisner-Award nominated series! 32 pages, Full Color, SRP: $4.99 Publisher: DynamiteEntertainment THE LONE RANGER AND TONTO #1 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (available August 29th). The Diamond Item Code is SEP073510. | ||||
| Madame Mirage #5
- Coming in
November! (W) Paul Dini (A) Kenneth Rocafort (Cov) Rocafort Madame Mirage has joined forces with the villains of ASI! Award winning author Paul Dini (COUNTDOWN, LOST) and hot new artist Kenneth Rocafort (HUNTER-KILLER) do the unthinkable with the on-going adventures of the world's most mysterious assassin, where alliances change with every heartbeat and nothing is as it seems! Full Color 32 pages $2.99 | ||||
| Moonstone Books - Coming in
November! THE PHANTOM #20 by Bullock & Zeu From the Chronicles of the 13th Phantom comes "Worth Beyond Measure," a swashbuckling tale of adventure on the high seas! In the days after the Musketeers of the Guard were eliminated by King Louis the XVIII, three former members of the King's faithful will do anything to regain their former glory, including stealing the Heart of Lafitte! What is the Heart and why will the Phantom risk his life to get it back? Featuring special guest artist Zeu! 32 pages, Full Color, $3.50 Moonstone Books THE PHANTOM #20 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (available August 29th). The Diamond Item Code is SEP073856. |  | |||
| Moonstone Books - Coming in
November! MOONSTONE'S HOLIDAY SUPER SPECTACULAR by Various The big fun is here with five all new holiday-themed stories! All new adventures of Buckaroo Banzai, The Phantom, Kolchak the Night Stalker, The Spider, and Sherlock Holmes! All in one big book with no filler, five different kinds of cool stories with something for everyone on your holiday list! 56 pages, Full Color, $5.99 Moonstone Books MOONSTONE'S HOLIDAY SUPER SPECTACULAR is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (available August 29th). The Diamond Item Code is SEP073858. | ||||
| National Treasure:
Book of Secrets National Treasure: Book of Secrets will be in theaters 12/21/2007. Treasure hunter Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage) looks to discover the truth behind the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, by uncovering the mystery within the 18 pages missing from assassin John Wilkes Booth's diary. A website for the film with a trailer is now online at http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/nationaltreasure/ Thanks to Tom Barnett for the tip! | ||||
| The Pulp Rack -
New addition! "Cities of the Fantastic: A Contemporary Series of Verne-Inspired Graphic Novels" Today's post looks at a series of European graphic novels greatly influenced by Jules Verne. Jules Verne's works continue to influence and inspire artists today. For contemporary examples, readers need only look at the graphic novels – or albums, to use the word typically given European works of this type – in the Cities of the Fantastic (Cités Obscures) series by Benoit Peeters and Francois Schuiten. Written by Peeters, who is French, and drawn by Schuiten, who is Belgian, the books in the series present a picture of the present or future as seen from the past – specifically, a future depicted according to a 19th Century extrapolation of mechanical science that is part steampunk, part world of marvels, part dystopia. The result is rather Vernian in its feel, thanks greatly to Schuiten's art style, which suggests the engraving style used for reproducing illustrations in 19th and early 20th Century publications. Further, such consistently amazing architectural wonders haven't been seen in the graphic storytelling form since the days of Winsor McCay's Little Nemo. You'll find the essay at this URL: http://pulprack.com/arch/2007/08/cities_of_the_f.html As always, thanks for your patronage. Duane Spurlock proprietor The Pulp Rack http://www.pulprack.com Sign up for the Pulp Rack email list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pulprack/ | ||||
| Pulpville Press - Now available! THE WAR TERROR by Arthur B. Reeve Another entry in the "Arthur B. Reeve Detective Series" has been added to the Pulpville Press line. Hardcover $24.95 Softcover $14.00 | ||||
| RED SONJA #29 - Coming in November!
by Michael Avon Oeming & Brian Reed, & Homs Stunning sword and sorcery continues featuring the She-Devil with a Sword - Red Sonja! Life under the brutal hand of Kulan Gath continues, and Sonja and her companions race to raise an army to face the greatest evil the world has ever known! It's all heading to a special event kicking off in Red Sonja #30! Features another amazing line-up of cover artists, including Joe Prado, Homs, Mel Rubi and the Red Sonja debut of Greg Tocchini! Plus, don't miss the original art Ron Adrian foil cover edition! 32 pages, Full Color SRP: $2.99 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment RED SONJA #29 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (available August 29th). The Diamond Item Code is SEP073508. | 
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| ReelArt/Dark Horse: Frank Frazetta's
Moon Maid - Coming in December! ReelArt Studios and Dark Horse Comics are proud to present Frazetta's Moon Maid statue, the second of an ongoing collection inspired by the original artwork of one of the world's most beloved fantasy illustrators, Frank Frazetta. The fully hand-painted statue as sculpted & painted by Tim Bruckner depicts one of Mr. Frazetta's famous works and was personally overseen and approved by the master. This amazing statue is minutely detailed, stands 10" tall, and comes securely packaged in a full color box. On sale December 12 10" tall x 8 1/2" wide Limited to 2,000 numbered statues for Worldwide distribution $175.00 Frank Frazetta's Moon Maid is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (available August 29th). The Diamond Item Code is SEP070107. | 
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| Robert E. Howard Foundation - The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 2 Pre-ordering is now available for The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard, Volume 2: 1930-1932. This volume has over 100 letters, and is well over 500 pages. This volume attempts to collect all known REH letters written during this time span. Several of these letters have never been published before, and many, many others have only been published in a redacted state, missing poetry, fiction, or other content. All that has been restored for this volume. For those wishing to learn about REH, this is one of the core collections to have. REH talks politics, current events, and the occasional bohemian humor with his friends, rips into HPL over civilization v. barbarism, swaps Texas folklore with August Derleth, chats it up with editors and fans. A fascinating collection. It also includes another fine cover by Jim & Ruth Keegan. This volume is off at the printers, and is expected to ship in late October / early November. Those who already have a copy of Volume 1, the same copy number in Volume 2 will be held for you. And of course those who have already paid for all three don't have to do anything, we'll ship as soon as they arrive. Complete ordering information is posted on the REH Foundation website: http://www.rehfoundation.org/book-letters.php |  | |||
| Robert
E. Howard Foundation - Robert E. Howard postcards are now available! The REH Foundation is proud to present a new series of REH postcards. The four cards in the series have full-sized, hi-res reproductions of real photos of REH on the front. The back is set up to use as a true postcard, and includes whatever quote from REH may have appeared on the original photo. A second smaller photo also appears on the back. These cards are 4X6 inches, and of an appropriately heavy white stock. The front photos on the four cards include:
These cards are 50¢ each, with a minimum purchase quantity of four. Shipping is included in the price. They can be mixed or matched as you please. US shipping costs are included in the price. Cards are shipped first class in an oversized envelope. Please contact us at info@rehfoundation.org for pricing of shipping to destinations outside the US, or if US shipping by other than first class is desired. http://www.rehfoundation.org/postcards.php To order, pay directly via PayPal to paypal@rehfpress.com, via check (personal or cashier's) or money order sent to: The REH Foundation Press, PO Box 251242, Plano, TX 75025. ALL PAYMENTS MUST BE IN US DOLLARS. |  | |||
| Robert E.
Howard's Solomon Kane In today's Daily Mail in the UK, it's reported that James Purefoy, who played Marc Anthony in 'Rome' recently, is in negotiations to play Solomon Kane in Michael Bassett's film. Thankfully, Robert E Howard does get a mention in the brief article as Kane's creator. Thanks to Richard Sheehan and the REH Comics Newsgroup for the tip! | ||||
| SAVAGE TALES #5 - Coming in November! by Various The most savage stories comics creators have ever told, each issue of the bi-monthly Savage Tales features a rotating cast of characters and creators exploring the savage and brutal worlds of Red Sonja, Thulsa Doom, The Ripper and Sellsword! This issue: "Thulsa Doom: Age of Doom," unveils the snake lord of Hyboria's early adventures! "Red Sonja: Beautiful Creatures," Part Two continues the Red Sonja tale by Joshua Ortega (Death Dealer) and artist Walter Geovanni! "The Ripper," Part Three concludes the tale of death and black magic among the citizens of Khansa'la! "Sellsword," Part Two features a decidedly different take on the lone swordsman caught amidst a battle between two warring families! All under two "savage" covers, one by Arthur Suydam and the other from legendary artist Pablo Marcos! 48 pages, Full Color, $4.99 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment SAVAGE TALES #5 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (available August 29th). The Diamond Item Code is SEP073526. | ||||
| SHEENA #6 - Coming in November! Author: Robert Rodi; Artist: Matt Merhoff Based on a concept by Stephen E. De Souza Her identity established, the enemy identified, and the goal set Sheena's ready to conquer a whole new jungle: the City itself! Only this time, the natives fight back with the worst kind of weapons: corporation and paperwork! Will the boardroom be the one wilderness that the original Jungle Queen can't rule? 32 pages, Full Color, $3.50 Devil's Due Publishing SHEENA #6 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (available August 29th). The Diamond Item Code is SEP073558. |  | |||
| SHEENA: TRAIL
OF THE MAPINGUARI ONE-SHOT - Coming in November! by De Souza An academic studying the jungle is murdered, and all signs point toward the impossible - the legend of the Mapinguari is real! Does the "bogeyman" of the jungle exist? An expedition deep into the uncharted jungle for answers to the murder causes Sheena to get involved. Can the quest be completed before all who are on it die horrible deaths? 48 pages, Full Color, $5.50 Devil's Due Publishing SHEENA: TRAIL OF THE MAPINGUARI is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (available August 29th). The Diamond Item Code is SEP073560. |  | |||
| THE SWORD OF RED SONJA: DOOM OF THE
GODS #2 - Coming in November! by Luke Lieberman & Lui Antonio Sonja has been infected by Doom's madness as the She-Devil races to confront the self-made "god" while Thulsa Doom himself wages war with the old gods! All the action is brought to you by writer Luke Lieberman and artists Lui Antonio and Will Murai! Featuring cover art by Paul Renaud, Aaron Lopresti, and Mel Rubi! 32 pages, Full Color, $3.50 Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment DOOM OF THE GODS #2 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (available August 29th). The Diamond Item Code is SEP073524. | 
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| Wildside Press - The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard Volume 7 John Betancourt has announced that THE WEIRD WORKS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 7: BEYOND THE BLACK RIVER (hardcover) has shipped from the printer. Wildside Press had an unusual number of problems with this title, but it's finally done and on its way. For those who subscribed to the complete series, Wildside Press expects to begin shipping around the first week of September. |  | |||
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| 2007 World Fantasy Awards Nominations -
Congratulations! ANTHOLOGY CROSS PLAINS UNIVERSE: TEXANS CELEBRATE ROBERT E. HOWARD, Scott A. Cupp & Joe R. Lansdale, eds. MonkeyBrain Books and the Fandom Association of Central Texas SPECIAL AWARD, PROFESSIONAL Mark Finn for BLOOD & THUNDER: THE LIFE OF ROBERT E. HOWARD, MonkeyBrain Books SPECIAL AWARD, NON-PROFESSIONAL Leo Grin for THE CIMMERIAN Source: Locus | |||
| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Productions
and Nostalgia Ventures Inc Coming
soon! DOC SAVAGE Volume 9:
"The Majii" and "The Golden Man"The pulps' legendary superman battles evil in two exciting adventures by Lester Dent writing as Kenneth Robeson. In "The Majii" (1935), a living dead man lures Doc Savage into an Aladdin's cavern of horror. Then, "The Golden Man" tests the scientific wizardry of the Man of Bronze, exposing deep secrets of Doc Savage's strange origins. These classic pulp thrillers are reproduced with the original color pulp covers by Walter Baumhofer and Emery Clarke, interior illustrations by Paul Orban and historical articles by pulp historian Will Murray. (Sanctum Productions) Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95 | | ||
| Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Productions and Nostalgia Ventures Inc Coming soon! "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow Knows!" The legendary supersleuth returns in two action-packed pulp thrillers by Walter B. Gibson. The Voodoo Master returns from the grave and launches a series of terrorist attacks to enslave "The City of Doom." Then, the Dark Avenger battles the master of disguise known only as Five Face. Will "The Fifth Face" be the face of death? In a special bonus feature, The Shadow battles an million-year-old Neanderthal in a "lost" radio script by Hugo Award-winning science fiction author Alfred Bester. This instant collector's item leads off with a classic cover by George Rozen, and also includes all the original interior art by acclaimed illustrator Tom Lovell and Earl Mayan plus historical commentary on the origins of super-villains and DC's Vandal Savage by popular culture historians Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Productions) Softcover, 7x10, B&W, $12.95 | | ||
| Cliffhanger Productions
- Now available! Tales of the Dark Avenger: Forgive Us Our Debts The first 3-D short subject in the Tales of the Dark Avenger series is now up for sale on Amazon.com courtesy of CreateSpace (formerly CustomFlix). This 30 minute thriller has the brother-in-law of District Attorney Linda Aldridge in serious hock to a loan shark. When the man can't pay, the Shylock abducts his wife and daughter. Special Investigator for the District Attorney's office Robert Steele springs into action as the mysterious masked hero The Dark Avenger to shut the loan shark's operation down and rescue the two women. In black and white 3-D with a 2-D version included on the disc. Sells for $14.95. | 
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| Conan - Millenium Films acquires rights for feature film! In a seven-figure deal, Millennium Films has acquired the rights to make a new series of pics based on Robert E. Howard's mythical conqueror Conan the Barbarian. Paradox Entertainment prexy-CEO Fredrik Malmberg chose Millennium after extricating the rights from Warner Bros. last spring and putting them on the market with strict progress-to-production provisions in mid-June. Malmberg will produce with Millennium's Avi Lerner, Boaz Davidson, Joe Gatta and George Furla. Millennium either will fully finance or partner with a distributor, with discussions to begin this week. Company's aim is to start production by next spring. Malmberg and Millennium will start over, since WB owns those other scripts and execs there weren't happy that Malmberg took Conan elsewhere. The new version will be more faithful to Howard's original creation than were the Schwarzenegger films. Source: Variety | |||
| Conan #46 - Coming in November! Writer: Kurt Busiek, Artist: Greg Ruth At last, the Battle of Venarium: a tale gorged with blood, death, triumph, loss, glory, and revelation, as Conan reaches the first major turning point in his life before leaving Cimmeria for the world outside and becoming a legend in both. Master storyteller Kurt Busiek and painter Greg Ruth present the grand finale to their critically acclaimed saga of the barbarian's youth! The grand finale of "Born on the Battlefield"! Publication Date: November 21, 2007 Format: Full color, 40 pages Price: $2.99 Dark Horse Comics | | ||
| CONAN: THE
BLOOD-STAINED CROWN AND OTHER STORIES - Coming in
January! Written by Kurt Busiek and Fabian Nicieza, art by Rafael Kayanan, Cary Nord, Eric Powell, John Severin, Bruce Timm and Timothy Truman, colored by Kayanan, Michelle Madsen and Dave Stewart. Eisner Award-winning writer Kurt Busiek teams up with some of the best artists and writers in this collection of stand-alone stories from Conan. In "Helm," Busiek and Fabian Nicieza write and EC Comics legend John Severin draws the story of Conan's famous horned helm. Renowned comics and animation artist Bruce Timm lends his styling to the darkly comic "Conan's Favorite Joke." Current Conan writer Timothy Truman takes pencil in hand as the Cimmerian's influence crosses generations in "Seeds of Empire" and "The Blood-Stained Crown." Goon creator Eric Powell draws the poignant story of a young and unsung hero in "Storyteller," Dark Horse's centennial tribute to Conan creator Robert E. Howard. And artist Rafael Kayanan returns to the world of Hyboria with "In the Tower of Tara-Teth," a gritty adventure set during the Cimmerian's years as a mercenary and pirate. Collecting issues #18, 26-28 and 39 of the Dark Horse Conan series. 128 pages, $16.95, in stores on January 30. Dark Horse Comics |
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| E-texts on the net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks review is "The House on the Ledge" from April 15, 1941. "Death's Guardian" by John Olsen is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery. Shadows of the Pulps: Nothing new this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 850 stories online! "The Three Fates" by Lon Williams from REAL WESTERN STORIES, February 1958 Featuring: Lee Winters It was a spooky night when Deputy Marshal Lee Winters met a man who knew what was What, a man who knew when was When, and a man who knew where was Where... "Hide-Away" by H. A. DeRosso from TRIPLE DETECTIVE, Summer 1954 Detective Will Carson spent six months searching for a woman. Was she as innocent as she appeared? | |||
| EPISODES
FROM THE ZERO HOUR! PRESENTS VOLUME TWO - Now available! New Pulp Publisher Back with Original Creation: A Father Michael Ryan Story NEW JERSEY - With a fist in one hand and a rosary in the other, Episodes from the Zero Hour! is proud to announce the publication of its second volume, featuring the classic first episode, Warrior’s Heart, of Federal City’s own battling priest, Father Michael Ryan, available now on their electronic print storefront, http://www.lulu.com/zerohour From the book jacket: Father Michael Ryan grew up on the mean streets of Federal City. He was a tough kid until the angels recruited him for the church. Then the war came and Mike Ryan found himself in the South Pacific, putting his courage and moral strength to the test as a Marine Chaplain. Now he’s home, tired, weary and ready to pick up the pieces of his life. But can he ever leave the past truly behind as he meets the challenges of a new kind of ministry? Soon enough the neighborhoods of Federal City are about to get a wake up call from God’s Ex-Marine. You can bet there’ll be a rosary in one hand and a fist in the other. This volume also includes a special guest appearance by TOUGH GUY FOR HIRE, Tommy “KNUCKLES” McNichols! Written by renowned pulp writer Ron Fortier, this volume showcases an astounding cover and interior illustration by illustrator Dave Flora (Tales of the Revenant), along with design by Anthony Schiavino. Volume Two has received praise from established professionals in the pulp publishing world: “Fortier brings the post-war era back to life with exuberance and two-fisted pulp style.” said Charles Ardai, founder of Hard Case Crime. “‘A man of peace with a warrior’s heart. I knew he was going to give me grief when he got out of the Marines. Looks like I was right.’ This line, taken from Ron Fortier’s A FATHER MICHAEL RYAN STORY sums up the character far better than any one blurb could,” said Bobby Nash, author of Evil Ways, Lance Star, and Domino Lady. “Father Michael Ryan walks a fine line. He is a contradiction, a man of God and a skilled warrior all rolled into one. The right nudge could easily force Father Michael on one side of that fine line or the other; man of peace or man of war. And in Federal City there is always someone willing to give a little nudge.” “Once again, Ron Fortier has constructed a rich and compelling world, and he’s done it with such ease that he drives all of us other writers to jealously!” said Brian Meredith, creator of Modern Pulp and Steve Lawlis. “With A FATHER MICHAEL RYAN STORY, he has created a lead character that borders on the truly heroic, yet is down-to-earth and conflicted, by putting a man of the cloth onto the path of the warrior. I anxiously await the next thrilling chapter!” A BLINDING FORCE PRODUCTIONS SERIALIZED FEATURE EPISODES FROM THE ZERO HOUR! VOLUME TWO Written by Ron Fortier Cover and illustration by Dave Flora Production and design by Anthony Schiavino 42 Pages with Ads, Perfect Bound PRICE: $8.00 tradepaper http://www.episodesfromthezerohour.com http://groups.yahoo.com/group/episodeszerohour/ and http://www.lulu.com/zerohour | 
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| Leonaur Press - Now available! Leonaur Press is reprinting the works of Jack London, George Allen England, Talbot Mundy, and Edgar Rice Burroughs in hardcover and trade paperback collections. The August Releases feature: Tarzan Volume Three: Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar & Jungle Tales of Tarzan - Hardcover: $30.99; Softcover: $19.99 Tarzan Volume Four: Tarzan the Untamed & Tarzan the Terrible - Hardcover: $34.99; Softcover: $22.99 Charlie Chan Volume 1—The House Without a Key & The Chinese Parrot - Hardcover: $34.99; Softcover: $22.99 Charlie Chan Volume 2—Behind that Curtain & The Black Camel - Hardcover: $34.99; Softcover: $22.99 All Leonaur Press books are available in Softcover or Hardcover with dustjacket. All books look good on the outside & the inside. The prices speak for themselves! Find Leonaur titles at your local bookshop or from http://www.leonaur.com, Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk or many other online suppliers. Leonaur books printed and delivered in the USA. Coming soon: Tarzan Volume Five Tarzan Volume Six Charlie Chan Volume 3 | |||
| Mike Chomko - August 2007 newsletter is now available! Mike's August 2007 newsletter is now available. Click here to view/download it. Orders over $20 are discounted approximately 10%. Shipping is between $2-6, depending on the weight of your order (media mail or bound printed matter). Michael Chomko, 2217W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA 18104-6542 Contact Mike by email at chomko@enter.net | |||
| The Pulp Rack - New additions! After an unintended hiatus, I'm back with a story by Talbot Mundy. Today's post is an e-text featuring an early story from Munsey's ALL-STORY, "Kitty Burns Her Fingers." Terraforming is an element of some science fiction. SF and Fantasy writers are frequently critiqued on their abilities at worldbuilding. In this second outing of Mundy's vivacious heroine, Kitty Crothers, attempts something far more difficult: building a person. Mundy does a very nice job -- with some chuckles along the way -- of demonstrating how trying to recreate a person in one's own image (even when it's "for their own good") usually has problematic consequences. Again, many thanks to Georges Dodds, who maintains the R.U.R.itaninan Muglug web site -- where you'll find a number of electronic texts (including the Talbot Mundy story, "The Soul of a Regiment") -- for providing this text. Visit the following URL to read the PDF of "Kitty Burns Her Fingers." http://pulprack.com/i/burnsfingers.pdf I've created a page just for the Kitty Crothers stories by Talbot Mundy. I've added this to the Talbot Mundy section of the web site, and the page includes some introductory material by me and Brian Taves. The hyperlinks to the two PDFs of Kitty stories I've already posted are on the new page, and as I add the third and fourth stories I'll include their links as well. By this means anyone interested in the Kitty stories will be able to find them all in one neat little package at this URL: http://pulprack.com/arch/2007/08/talbot_mundyas.html Again, I want to thank Brian and Georges Dodds for their contributions to the Mundy material on The Pulp Rack. Other than the initial Gault papers on Mundy, and my meandering essay on "The Soul of a Regiment," I hadn't added much on that author in quite a while. Pulp fans generally acknowledge Mundy's place in the pulp fictioneer pantheon, and Brian and Georges' help has greatly boosted my original hope for The Pulp Rack to provide a good online launch point for learning more about this accomplished author. And I encourage anyone to contribute to The Pulp Rack's content. Certainly I don't know everything about anything, particularly where pulp history is concerned, and I greatly appreciate the contributions from other knowledgeable researchers and fans. Whatever success The Pulp Rack has had as a pulp reference resource is thanks to the many folks who have contributed material for its pages. As always, thanks for your patronage. Duane Spurlock proprietor The Pulp Rack http://www.pulprack.com Sign up for the Pulp Rack email list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pulprack/ | |||
| SAVAGE TALES #3
- Arriving in comic shops August 22nd! by Various Dynamite continues its all-new anthology series featuring the most savage stories that comic creators have ever told! Issue #3 features the debut of a special Red Sonja short story from Chris (World War Hulk: X-Men, Law and Order: SVU) Gage and artist Joyce Chin! Savage Tales #3 also features: The conclusion of Battle for Atlantis from writers Leah Moore and John Reppion with artists Pablo Marcos and Stjepan Sejic: The world around the Atlanteans is changing and growing ever more savage and brutal, can the majestic state find its way in this harsh new world? The Hunter Conclusion - from the pages of Red Sonja - from writers Luke Lieberman and Michael Avon Oeming with artist Kevin Sharpe: The Hunter finds a new ally in his quest to avenge the death of his master - the Borat Na-Fori - and seeks the ultimate revenge on Kulan Gath! The Elder Things Conclusion by Mike Raict and artist Pere Perez: Continuing the tale of the stranded Cthulhu as a desperate band of islanders attempts to stave off his ever-growing madness! This issue is available with two variant covers by Stjepan Sejic and Richard Isanove, shipped in an equal ratio. SRP: $4.99 |  | ||
| Wildside
Press - Coming soon! John Betancourt reports that Wildside Press has seen and approved the printers proofs for THE WEIRD WORKS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 7: BEYOND THE BLACK RIVER. ADVENTURE TALES #5 has been converted to a semi-annual magazine, so the next issule will be late available late fall or early in 2008. | |||
| Wildside Press - Now available! The following books are available from your favorite pulp dealer (Mike Chomko, Vintage New Media, Adventure House, etc.) or directly from Wildside Press: http://www.wildsidebooks.com (please note that pulp books are on the wildsidebooks.com web site, NOT the wildsidepress.com web site). Wildside is also having an end-of-summer sale: $5 off - use coupon code 5BUCKSOFF (min. purchase $20) 30% off - use coupon code SAVEBIG30 (min. 3 items) The coupons are good on EVERYTHING on the site, including magazine subscriptions and ebooks. The sale ends September 1, 2007. The Runaway Skyscraper and Other Tales from the Pulps, by Murray Leinster (Wildside Pulp Classics series) Trade pb: $14.95 (ISBN: 1-4344-8207-3 Hardcover: $29.95 (ISBN: 1-4344-8208-1) This collection assembles eight of Leinster's classic pulp stories, ranging from science fiction to fantasy to mystery to adventure. Here are: * The Runaway Skyscraper * The Gallery Gods * The Street of Magnificent Dreams * Nerve * Stories of the Hungry Country: The Case of the Dona Clotilde * Morale * Grooves * Footprints in the Snow More info, including the cover: http://www.wildsidebooks.com/LEINSTER-Murray_c_498-1.html STRANGE TALES #10, Edited by Robert M. Price (magazine format) U.S. $7.50 The tenth issue of the revived pulp magazine STRANGE TALES OF MYSTERY AND TERROR features dazzling contributions by Adrian Cole ("Blood of the Moon God," a new Elak of Atlantis story); Kevin L. O'Brien ("In an Octopus's Garden" -- tentacular horror!); Richard A. Lupoff ("Petroglyphs," in which a young newsboy, an attractive academic, and an archaeological mystery collide); Andrew Kelley ("The Third Sister" -- in which not all winged beauties are angels!); and Charles Ensminger ("Missing" -- what terrible truth lies within the Gospel of the Twins?). Cover by Edward Miller. Interior illustrations by David Grilla, Alex McVey, Michael Ryan, and Billy Tackett. More info, including the cover: https://wildsidebooks.3dcartstores.com//product.asp?itemid=1950 Our E.E. "Doc" Smith reprints continue:
http://www.wildsidebooks.com/SMITH-EE-_c_588-1.html |   | ||
| William
Murray Graydon Online - 29 new Graydon short stories
posted! Georges Dodds has been posting the short stories and novels of William Murray Graydon online. Graydon wrote the Sexton Blake series and was a regular contributor to THE ARGOSY and other pulps. The short stories were rearranged into 5 categories, each with their own page. Stories are now arranged by year of publication. The categories are: [1] Matthew Quin stories (24) -- none new, but 2 more to come [2] Tales of rural 19th century Pennsylvania (23) -- some new [3] Tales of boating in the Susquehanna River watershed (17) -- some new [4] Tales of adventure set in Asia (incl. Siberia) -- some new [5] Other -- miscellaneous, some historical tales of PA -- some new The website is located at: http://www.geocities.com/wmgraydon/ The website also includes biographical and bibliographical information on Graydon. | |||
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| Adventure House - HIGH ADVENTURE #96 content change! HIGH ADVENTURE #96 - The Black Bat in "The Blackout Murders." Tony Quinn, the Black Bat, rips aside the dark veil of mystery that shrouds a monstrous killer when a devilish machine of grim destruction threatens to bring panic to an entire nation! Retail: $7.95 (U.S.) Media Mail Shipping $2.50 for a single copy. This issue is scheduled to ship in September! Special Note: Due to unforeseen circumstances, the original Black Bat novel scheduled to appear in this issue has been replaced with another Black Bat novel. We apologize for making this last minute substitution but we were forced to do so. Please accept our apologies, but we are certain you'll enjoy this novel just as much. |  | ||
| Age of Aces Books Bill Mann is working on a project and missing some needed material. He is looking for 4 issues of DARE-DEVIL ACES: July 1932, November 1932, February 1934, and July 1934. If anyone has these and might be willing to help out, please contact Bill at stahlmaske@att.net | |||
| AMERICAN SUPERNATURAL
TALES - Coming in November! by S. T. Joshi (Editor) The ultimate collection of weird and frightening American fiction As Stephen King will attest , the popularity of the occult in American literature has only grown since the days of Edgar Allan Poe. American Supernatural Tales celebrates the richness of this tradition with chilling contributions from some of the nation’s brightest literary lights, including Poe himself, H. P. Lovecraft, Shirley Jackson, Ray Bradbury, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and—of course— Stephen King. By turns phantasmagoric, spectral, and demonic, this is a frighteningly good addition to Penguin Classics. This anthology will include "Old Garfield's Heart" by Robert E. Howard. Penguin Classics, 432 pages, $16 |  | ||
| Battered Silicon Dispatch
Box - Now available! THE OTHER SEABURY QUINN STORIES Volume 4: THE GLOBE OF MEMORIES AND WEIRD TALES THE OTHER SEABURY QUINN STORIES Volume 5: SUSETTE AND WEIRD TALES The two volumes total 935 pages of stories by Seabury Quinn. These are all stories by Quinn that do not feature Jules de Grandin. The complete Jules de Grandin is featured in Volumes 1 through 3. Most of the stories reprinted are from WEIRD TALES, but there are also stories from SHORT STORIES, STRANGE STORIES, JUNGLE STORIES, THRILLING MYSTERY, THRILLING ADVENTURES, DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE, THRILL BOOK, and REAL DETECTIVE TALES & MYSTERY STORIES. Each volume is 8.5x11 in size and $80 plus shipping. Visit the Battered Silicon Dispatch Box website for ordering details. Also now available are: FIREGANG: A MYTHIC FANTASY - written by the noted bibliographer of fantastic literature, Everett F. Bleiler, Firegang is a haunting tale set amid the Norse - $15 (softcover) MAGISTRATE MAI AND THE INVISIBLE MURDERER - written in the tradition of the classical Chinese detective story, Magistrate Mai is deftly plotted with special attention to character and atmosphere by Everett Bleiler, the bibliographer of fantastic literature - $15 (softcover) |  | ||
| Del Rey: The Best of Robert E. Howard Volume
1 - Available in bookstores August 14th (if not sooner) and comic shops August 15th! THE BEST OF OF ROBERT E. HOWARD Volume 1 will be available August 14th. Robert E. Howard is one of the most famous and influential pulp authors of the twentieth century. Though largely known as the man who invented the sword-and-sorcery genre–and for his iconic hero Conan the Cimmerian–Howard also wrote horror tales, desert adventures, detective yarns, epic poetry, and more. This spectacular volume, gorgeously illustrated by Jim and Ruth Keegan, includes some of his best and most popular works. Del Rey Books Contents include:
These thrilling, eerie, compelling, swashbuckling stories and poems have been restored to their original form, presented just as the author intended. There is little doubt that after more than seven decades the voice of Robert E. Howard continues to resonate with readers around the world. The 528 page trade paperback is fully illustrated by Jim and Ruth Keegan. The retail price is $16.95. |  | ||
| E-texts on the net this week The Shadow in Review: There is no new review this week. Next weeks review is "The House on the Ledge" from April 15, 1941. "Shadow of a Doubt" by Jonathan Blade is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery. Shadows of the Pulps: Nothing new this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 850 stories online! "Clues in the Dark" by Norman A. Daniels from SECRET AGENT X, February 1934 All the pent-up hatred of seven unjust years in stir pounded in the blood of Terry Lane, He fought to conquer that festering evil, for a friend had placed him on his honor. But when Death's grisly fingers plucked life from a man, Terry shuddered. "A Lesson in Geography" by Frank Condon from ALL-STORY WEEKLY, August 26, 1916 Two men, one from New York and the other from Arizona, each have wildly inaccurate ideas about each other's cities. | |||
| JAMES BOND: DEATH WING - Available in comic shops August 15th! by Fleming, Lawrence, & Horak Stand by for more adventures with the world?s greatest secret agent in Death Wing as 007 heads to Mexico, teams up with fellow agent, Suzi Kew, and fends off international drug dealers! This new edition also includes "When the Wizard Awakes" and "Sea Dragon" neither of which have been seen in the U.S. before! Plus, a new introduction by Bond girl Madeline Smith (Live and Let Die) and exclusive feature material! Softcover, 9x12, 104 pages, B&W SRP: $16.95 |  | ||
| LaPlata Doc Con - T-shirts are
now available for pre-order! This years LaPlata Doc Con T-Shirt features original art by Ver Curtiss and will be printed on a Khaki (bronze-like) color T. They're only $10 each XXL and Larger are $12 each. If your not going to be able to attend there will be a little added for shipping and packaging ($5 for up to 2 shirts, beyond that please ask, shipping to Canada and Europe are of course extra). Shirts will become available in October. You can pre-order now to ensure we don't run out! We did last year! For ordering info and any questions please email Wayne Judge at: shaolin770@yahoo.com If you want to go ahead and preorder with paypal please send to the following paypal address: juliebomboppy@yahoo.com Wayne will send out confirmation emails daily.
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| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - DVD release coming in November! It looks like THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. will finally be released on DVD this November thanks to Time-Life. There are two DVD configurations planned:
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| Robert E. Howard and Two-Gun Bob: Drawings
by Jim & Ruth Keegan - Now available! As with previous sketchbooks in the Wandering Star and Del Rey series (all but the Solomon Kane designed by Jim), this sketchbook features both finished illustrations and the pencil (or, in some cases it appears, ink and wash) sketches that represent various stages in their development. In addition to the illustrations for The Best of REH, they have included two splendid examples of their outstanding The Adventures of Two-Gun Bob comic strip in color, as well as a pencil version of another and a variety of character sketches. For fans of the Two-Gun Bob strip, as well as those unfamiliar with the Keegans’ work, the art herein will be a revelation: they are not only brilliant comic-strip artists, but formidable graphic artists and designers, drawing their inspiration herein primarily from the great German master Ludwig Hohlwein, very much in the spirit of the Golden Age of Illustration. 32 pages, Full-color covers, $10.00 plus $1.60 for domestic U.S. shipping Outside U.S. please inquire directly with Jim Keegan at FORNOBULAX@aol.com Paypal payments should be made to FORNOBULAX@aol.com If Paypal is not an option for you, contact Jim Keegan at FORNOBULAX@aol.com to arrange a payment option. Thanks to Rusty Burke for the tip!
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| SHADOWS SEEN AND UNSEEN: Poetry From the Shadows -
Now available! By Raymond Johnson with Ardath Winterowd The Works of Clark Ashton Smith The mysterious life of pulp avatar Smith is finally illuminated in this lovingly crafted compendium. A contemporary of Robert E. Howard and H.P. Lovecraft, Smith wrote some of the strangest tales ever to grace the pages of the legendary Weird Tales magazine. Here, his delicate watercolors and surreal poems give a glimpse of the man behind the stories. Complete with interviews, reproductions of his original typewritten poems and photos galore, this is as close as anyone will ever come to knowing the Bard of Auburn. HH Art Studio 2007 Hardcover, 8x11, 94 pages, $28.75 Signed and numbered limited edition hardcover, 8x11, 94 pages, $125 |  | ||
| WEIRD TALES - WEIRD TALES #345 is now available and arrives in comic shops
Aug. 15th! WEIRD TALES #345 The 21st-century rebirth of the world's first fantasy magazine continues! This issue's featured fiction: novelist Carrie Vaughn with a new "Kitty the Werewolf" story; British SF author Ian Creasey with an original novella based on the legendary ballad of Thomas the Rhymer, and fiction by Mikal Trimm. Magazine, 8x11, 88 pages, B&W, SRP: $5.95 Wildside Press | 
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| Wild Cat Books -
Now available! "Let Evil Beware… The Scarlet Shroud!" He appears like a wraith, stalking the darkness. Emerging from mist to strike fear in the hearts of criminals, The Scarlet Shroud brings justice to New York's deadliest villains! Aided by inventor Miles Hawkins, and his other ally and pilot, Takeshi Harada, Assistant D.A. Alexander Holt wields various gas and smoke devices, along with a pair of blazing .45's, to battle the forces of evil. The creative team of Chris and William Carney bring you a new action hero in the tradition of The Shadow, The Spider and The Phantom Detective. This is the first-ever anthology of four stories starring The Scarlet Shroud, including three stories never before published! Interior Art by William Carney. Covers by Chris & William Carney. Fantastic Pulp Hero Adventure from Wild Cat Books! 168 pages, 6" x 9" Trade paperback, $19.95 Available now at: http://www.lulu.com/content/1053063 Soon to be available at all on-line retailers! | 
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| Wild Cat Books -
Now available! STARTLING STORIES # 3 Features the newest Captain Danger & The Space Rangers tale, "Pandora Spoxx" by Ralph E. Horner. It also contains "Samaritan" by Bobby Nash, and "The Three-Year-Old Saviour of Humanity" by K.G. McAbee... and this issue also has a Gallery of some original Startling Stories Pulp Covers, which usually featured some very fine paintings that aren't often seen these days. Ron Wilber again provides the interior artwork. All in all, a very fine issue that belongs on every Science Fiction fan's bookshelf. 64 pages, 8.5" x 11", Saddle-Stiched Binding, $10 Also available as a PDF Download for $4.20 http://www.lulu.com/content/1092955 |  | ||
| William Murray Graydon
Online Georges Dodds has been posting the short stories and novels of William Murray Graydon online. Graydon wrote the Sexton Blake series and was a regular contributor to THE ARGOSY and other pulps. The website is located at: http://www.geocities.com/wmgraydon/ The website also includes biographical and bibliographical information on Graydon. | |||
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Productions and Nostalgia Ventures Inc The pulps'
greatest superman returns in two of his most fantastic adventures. In The Sea
Magician, the ghost of the legendary King John is terrorizing the English marsh
country in an epic 1934 adventure by Lester Dent writing as Kenneth Robeson. Then,
in a 1937 thriller by Harold A. Davis, the blazing death of government agent Z-2
sets Doc Savage and his Iron Crew on the trail of The Living-Fire Menace, a terrifying
threat that transforms men into living human torches. These thrilling pulp adventures
are reproduced with the classic color pulp covers by Emery Clarke and Walter Baumhofer,
interior illustrations by Paul Orban and new historical articles by Will Murray
(author of seven Bantam Doc Savage novels). (Sanctum Productions)Now available! DOC SAVAGE Volume 8: "The Sea Magician" and "The Living-Fire Menace" Softcover, 7x10. B&W...................................$12.95 This reprint can be ordered directly from: Anthony Tollin (via check, money order, or Paypal). 1 book: $12.95 plus $3 (first class) or $2 (media mail) 2 books: $25.90 (cover price) first class postpaid Available
from: Adventure House,
Girasol Collectables,
Bud Plant, Mike
Chomko, Nostalgia Ventures, Vintage Library,
Curious Book Shop, Borders Books, Amazon.com, and your local comic shop
through Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. Subscriptions are available for either THE SHADOW or DOC SAVAGE: Subscriptions: Six issues for $72 (first class) or $66 (media mail). Anthony Tollin P.O. Box 761474 San Antonio, TX 78245-1474 sanctumotr@earthlink.net |  | ||
| THE BLACK
LIZARD: BIG BOOK OF PULPS - Coming November 6th! edited by Otto Penzler Featuring over forty-five classic stories and two novels, here are the best stories and major writers who ever appeared in celebrated pulps like BLACK MASK, DIME DETECTIVE, and DETECTIVE FICTION WEEKLY. Vintage Crime, Softcover, 8x10, $25.00 Review by Mike Rogers Though written strictly as cheap entertainment, pulp detective stories have found a new respectability, both as serious literature and as golden nuggets of Americana. Collected by noted mystery aficionado Otto Penzler, this Black Lizard bruiser collects the cream of the 1920s, '30s, and '40s, more than 45 stories in all from Olympians like Hammett, Chandler, Gardner, Woolrich, and Cain to the long forgotten penny-a-word boys. The book is divided into three sections, which exemplify the core of most pulp stories: The Crimefighters; The Villains; and The Dames, each with its own intro (Penzler on Crimfighters, Harlan Ellison, who talks as much about himself as he does The Villains, and Laura Lippman on The Dames). Reflecting their era (the two world wars and the Depression), many of the stories share both the pessimism of the time—the good guys don't always win and the bad guys aren't always punished—and the optimism to fight the good fight. The stories are presented in two columns per page, the way they first appeared in Black Mask, Dime Detective, and other hack-fests of yesteryear and include the original art, typically a thug with an automatic threatening the PI or a slinky babe in her lingerie, spread throughout the stories. Like the texts, the art itself has become serious collector's items. Though other such collections exist, this noirasaurus will appeal to the genre's many fans. If pulps are your cup, it will runneth over with Black Lizard's gangbusters collection. | 
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| E-texts on the net this week The Shadow in Review: This weeks review is "Murder Mansion" from December 1, 1941. "Dreams of Doom" by John Olsen is this week's Two-Minute Shadow Mystery. Shadows of the Pulps: Nothing new this week. Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with over 850 stories online! "Crepe for Suzette" by C. S. Montanye from THRILLING DETECTIVE, October 1948 Featuring: Johnny Castle When an ice-skating star catches a slug, Johnny Castle matches wits with the cops. "Sweet Dreams, Darling" by Paul W. Fairman from MAMMOTH DETECTIVE, July 1947 How could McMurdo help the woman he loved when he knew she was hopelessly in love though not with him? He was only a dumb flatfoot - but McMurdo the dick, wasn't as dumb as he looked! | |||
| Flash Gordon - Premieres on the SciFi Channel August 10! The new Flash Gordon series premieres on the SciFi Channel August 10. Eric Johnson stars as Flash Gordon with Jody Racicot as Dr. Hans Zarkhov, John Ralston as Ming, Gina Holden as Dale Arden, Anna Van Hoof as Princess Aura, and Karen Cliche as Baylin. Click here for a group picture. | |||
| Girasol Collectables - The Complete ORIENTAL STORIES! Girasol Collectables Inc. is pleased to announce the newest addition to our hardcover series of facsimile pulp reprint volumes. Due for release in late Fall 2007 will be a massive 3 volume set totaling more than 1200 pages completing ALL 9 issues of ORIENTAL STORIES MAGAZINE, scanned from the original pulp pages! No editing, no reset text, plus all the original illustrations. The back of the dust jacket will show the original covers in color. The books will be similar in style to our 'Weird Writings of Robert E. Howard' and 'Exotic Writings of Robert E. Howard' volumes. At present, we haven't set the quantity, but the Limited Edition will be a small, numbered run. Pre-release price $210/set of 3 + $10 ($15 off regular price) s&h within North America, valid to October 1st. 2007.
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| Girasol
Collectables - PULP DOUBLES #4 is now available! Girasol is pleased to introduce their new series of Spider reprints. The 'Pulp Doubles' line features 2 action-packed Spider stories per issue. These 7" x 10" trade paperbacks have re-set text, but feature the original illustrations from the pulps. Unlike the Pulp Replica line, these are NOT facsimile editions, nor do they include the backup stories or the original ads. But for those of you who want action the way only the Spider can provide it, these are for you! This new product line is IN ADDITION to our Pulp Replicas... the Replicas will continue exactly as before. Girasol Spider Pulp Doubles #4 reprinting The Spider #22 and #51 "Dragon Lord of the Underworld" (July 1935) & "Satan's Switchboard"(Dec 1937) Our new trade paperback series featuring 2 Spider novels continues right on schedule as promised! Issue #4 will be out in July and features 2 great Spider stories complete with the original pulp illustrations. Unlike our Replica series, these trade paperbacks have re-set text, and do not include the backup stories or ads. Pulp Doubles #5 will be out in October and Girasol Collectables is now taking subscriptions for 2008 at the same $50 (including s&h within North America) for 4 issues, a savings of $18. #3 - Spider #19 & #71: "Slaves of the Crime Master" (April 1935) & "The Spider and the Fire God" (Aug. 1939) The third issue in our new trade paperback style pulp reprint series. 128 pages with 2 action-packed Spider stories. Reset text, but includes the original illustrations. #2 - Spider #14 & #64: "Death's Crimson Juggernaut" (Nov. 1934) & "Claws of the Golden Dragon" (Jan. 1939) The second issue in our new trade paperback style pulp reprint series. 128 pages with 2 action-packed Spider stories. Reset text, but includes the original illustrations. #1 - Spider #11 & #49: "Prince of the Red Looters" (Aug. 1934) & "The City That Dared Not Eat" (Oct. 1937) The Spider battles a daring gentleman killer who has dubbed himself 'The Fly' in issue #11, August 1934. So confident is The Fly of his ability, that he dares challenge the Spider himself to a duel... to the death! In issue #49, October 1937, Richard Wentworth matches wits against a master criminal who is impersonating the Spider and turning the city against their champion. By seizing control of the very food supply through mass poisonings and murder, this criminal fiend plans to loot all of New York! The price per issue is $14.95 + $2.05 s&h for a total of $17 per issue (within North America). 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 Visit the Girasol Collectables website at http://www.girasolcollectables.com/ | 
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| Girasol
Collectables - August Pulp Replicas! Girasol Collectables is pleased to announce three more issues in its ongoing series of Pulp Replicas. Click here or on the images to the right for a look at larger Pulp Replica cover images. The SPIDER/OPERATOR #5 rotation continues in 2007 with eight new issues of SPIDER and four new issues of OPERATOR #5. Also coming in 2007 are the 5 issues of MAGIC CARPET! Monthly Special: All three for $75 ($10 off) Our first Replica this month is The Spider in "Slaves of the Murder Syndicate" from THE SPIDER (#29) Feb. 1936. $35 Our second Replica this month is THRILLING MYSTERY #1 from October 1935. $25 Our third Replica is SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES #19 from November 1935. $25 Girasol also accepts Paypal as an alternate method of payment. Other than Replicas, please confirm availability first before ordering items such as pulp magazines or other books. Payments can be made to our regular info@girasolcollectables.com email address. As always, these reprints are exact copies including the illustrations, ads, and back-up stories and have been printed on off-white paper, staple-bound and finished off with a high quality reproduction of the original cover. The only thing missing is the smell (alas) and the flaking newsprint. Email Girasol Collectables at: info@girasolcollectables.com. A complete listing, along with other items such as books, fanzines and of course pulps, can be found on the Girasol Collectables website at http://www.girasolcollectables.com/ All payments must be made in $US payable to Girasol Collectables and mailed to: Neil Mechem c/o Girasol Collectables 3501 GlenErin Drive, Apt. 1409, Mississauga, ON, Canada L5L 2E9 Here is a complete listing of the Pulp Replicas currently $available for 25, $35, or $50 each postpaid within North America. Overseas will be a few dollars more. |    | ||
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| Gotham Pulp Collectors Club -
Next meeting is August 11, 2007! Gotham Pulp Collectors Club is a club for pulp collectors to meet in the NYC/Metro area. It meets the 2nd Saturday of every month.
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| Hard
Case Crime - Coming in August and beyond! August 2007 FRIGHT by Cornell Woolrich, Cover art by Arthur Suydam A man. A woman. A kiss in the dark. That is how it begins. But before his nightmare ends, Prescott Marshall will learn that kisses and darkness can both hide evil intent—and that the worst darkness of all may be lurking inside him. Lost for more than half a century and never before published under Cornell Woolrich’s real name, FRIGHT is a breathtaking noir crime novel worthy of the writer who has been called "one of the giants of mystery fiction" and “the Hitchcock of the written word.” September 2007 KILL NOW, PAY LATER by Robert Terrall, Cover art by Robert McGinnis When Ben Gates took the job guarding the presents at a ritzy upper-class wedding, he thought it would be a simple assignment: stand around, look tough, and make sure none of the bridesmaids walk off with the jewelry. But that was before someone slipped sleeping pills into Ben’s coffee and a bizarre robbery attempt left two people dead. Now Ben’s reputation is on the line—and if he doesn’t figure out which of three beautiful women is hiding a murderous secret, his life may be as well… October 2007 SLIDE by Ken Bruen, Jason Starr, Cover art by Richard B. Farrell Max Fisher used to run a computer company; Angela Petrakos was his assistant and mistress. But that was last year. Now Max is reinventing himself as a hip-hop crack dealer and Angela’s back in Ireland, hooking up with a would-be record-setter…in the field of serial killing. Will their paths cross again? What do you think? |  
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| LANKHMAR VOLUME 2: SWORDS AGAINST
DEATH - Now available and arriving in comic shops August 8th! Written by Fritz Leiber. With heavy hearts and ready swords, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser journey from the ancient city of Lankhmar, searching for adventure and seeking forgetfulness from the pain of lost love. When a stranger challenges them to find and fight Death on the Bleak Shore, they risk the dangers of the underworld, demonic birds, skeletal armies, living mountains, and evil monks on the way to meet their heroic fate. 288 pages, $12.95 Dark Horse Comics | 
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| LORI LOVECRAFT VOLUME 2: MY BLACK
PAGES TP - Arriving
in comic shops August 8th! by Mike Vosburg & Peter Ventrella The Elder Gods have sent their demonic emmissaries to Hollywood to retrieve a book of mystic spells called the Necronomicon. Lori Lovecraft, B-movie actress and the book's current owner, must learn to wield its magic before she is destroyed by these legions of the netherworld as well as a group of inscrutable Hollywood power brokers called the Cabal. Softcover, 7x10, 160 pages, B&W SRP: $14.95 AV Publications | |||
| Moonstone Books - Arriving
in comic shops August 8th! THE PHANTOM #18 by Bullock, Szilagyi, Pedroza, Banks, Austin & Corroney "Invisible Children" Part 2: Torn from today's headlines, The Phantom continues his one-man war against the evil warlord known only as HIM. But, what terrible secret is the warlord hiding and what will he do to The Phantom when he discovers it? Moonstone Books teams with YOU to make a difference in this tragic, continuing real world atrocity. In order to do this, Moonstone has enlisted legendary artists to create limited edition B covers for each issue of this story arc. For each limited edition issue of Phantoms #17-19, Moonstone Books will make a contribution to in order to create safe havens with food, healthcare, and education for the children affected by this war. COVER A: REGULAR-32 pages, $3.50 COVER B: LIMITED CHARITY-32 pages, $4.50 Moonstone Books |  | ||
| Pulp Fiction Art: Cheap Thrills &
Painted Nightmares - Now Available! The artwork found on pulp fiction magazine covers has rankled American sensibilities since before your grandparents time. Now for the first time on film, PULP FICTION ART: CHEAP THRILLS & PAINTED NIGHTMARES takes an in-depth look at these incredible yet misunderstood works of art; some of which, due to their controversial content, are rarely seen in public today. Pulp fiction art is more than simply an American art form; it is a state of mind. Politically incorrect, shocking, offensive and deliciously fun, it is unforgettable. PULP FICTION ART: CHEAP THRILLS & PAINTED NIGHTMARES takes you behind the scenes of this forgotten art form with interviews of the artists who created these sinfully entertaining paintings and the collectors who have kept it alive. Winner of the 2006 Best Documentary award at both the Dragon*Con Film Festival and The International Horror and Sci-Fi Film Festival, documentary filmmaker Jamie McDonald gained exclusive access to the world's largest pulp art collection - owned by pulp art historian Robert Lesser. Whether you are a true fan of the art form or a curious newcomer, PULP FICTION ART: CHEAP THRILLS & PAINTED NIGHTMARES will leave you thinking differently about what constitutes true art. Kultur Films released the DVD this week. The running time is 57 minutes. The retail price is $19.99. A short clip is available to preview. You can order online or by phone (1-800-458-5887). This fall it will be shown at the New Britain Museum of Art in CT as part of a retrospective on Pulp Art. Visit the Pulp Fiction Art website for a peak at the DVD. |  | ||
| Pulp Fiction: The Crimefighters - Now Available! Harlan Coben introduces a collection of the greatest of the great from the Golden Age of pulp fiction. Here are 14 classic tales of virtue versus villainy that will keep you riveted to your seat. Legendary writers you’ve already heard of like Dashiell Hammett, Erle Stanley Gardner, Cornell Woolrich and Raymond Chandler are here. Legendary writers that you should have heard of like Frederick Nebel, Paul Cain, Carroll John Daly, George Harman Coxe, Horace McCoy and Thomas Walsh are also where they should be – with the greats. Tailor-made for pulp novices and hard-boiled fans with a soft spot for the masters, this collection shows that some writing has an edge that time just can’t dull. Quercus Books, 656 pages Available in trade paperback from Amazon.co.uk Available in trade paperback from Amazon.com Thanks to Ken McDaniel for the tip! | 
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| Pulp Fiction: The Villains - Now Available! Harlan Ellison introduces a collection of 16 taut and muscular tales starring some of fiction’s hardest-boiled criminals, crooks, deperados and rogues. Anti-heroes to a man, these are the guys who can be guaranteed to outwit the cops, make off with the dough and get the girl. Just don’t get in their way. Legendary writers you’ve already heard of like Dashiell Hammett, Erle Stanley Gardner, Cornell Woolrich and Raymond Chandler are here. Legendary writers that you should have heard of like Frederick Nebel, James M. Cain, Norbert Davis, Leslie Charteris, C. S. Montayne and Raoul Whitfield are also where they should be – with the greats. Tailor-made for pulp novices and hard-boiled fans with a soft spot for the masters, this collection shows that some writing has an edge that time just can’t dull. Quercus Books, 528 pages Available in hardcover and trade paperback from Amazon.co.uk Available in hardcover and trade paperback from Amazon.com Thanks to Ken McDaniel for the tip! | 
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| Pulp Newsgroups -
Now online! There are numerous pulp newsgroups that are of potential interest to pulp fans. Information on several of these groups and a link to sign up is posted below. PulpMags: If you're interested in the old pulp magazines, this forum is the place to be. We deal with OLD pulps only! If you're looking for something dealing with modern "pulp fiction" style writing, you'd be bored here.This moderated list is setup along the lines of PEAPS, the Pulp Era Amateur Press Society, and all pulp fans across the world are welcome. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpMags/ CoverUps: Sharing and trading of Pulp Fiction covers. Discussion not only allowed, but encouraged! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cover_Ups/ REH ComicsGroup: This group is dedicated to the characters created byRobert E Howard that have appeared in comic book form from Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Cross Plains Comics, Dynamite Entertainment etc. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheREHcomicsgroup/ Flearun: This group is for fans of all the incarnations of Doc Savage. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flearun/ Edgar RiceBurroughs Group: This group is dedicated to the study and appreciation of one of the greatmasters of literary adventure, Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950). Creator of numerous famous characters, such as Tarzan, Carson Napier, and John Carter of Mars, and exciting worlds, such as Venus, Barsoom, and Pellucidar, Burroughs is widely recognized as one of the fathers of the Pulp Era and modern heroic fiction. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/edgarriceburroughs/ Pulp Swap Group: Place your swappable pulps and digest, plus wants, in the file section or individual messages. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpSwap/ Wild Cat Books: Here we share a mutual love of the great, thrilling literature from the early to late 20th Century, and focus on Discussion, Promotion, and any topic related to the "Bloody Pulps" and Classic Heroes such as TARZAN... JOHN CARTER OF MARS... SECRET AGENT X... KI-GOR... DOMINO LADY... THE MOON MAN... THE LENSMEN... and many more... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildcatbooks_pulps | |||
| RED SONJA #25 - Arriving in comic
shops August 8th!! by Michael Avon Oeming & Brian Reed, & Homs This is it - the 25th issue of Red Sonja: She-Devil with a Sword, featuring the debut of co-writer Brian (Avengers: Illuminati) Reed along with Michael Avon Oeming! Defying all expectations, Red Sonja is a huge hit! Each and every month, readers are captivated with the adventures of the beautiful Red Sonja and her cast of allies and villains! Now, writer Michael Avon Oeming sets the stage for the next year's worth of events as Sonja brings the battle back to Hyboria to face the growing power of Kulan Gath! New allies are revealed, old allies lost, and villains abound as Sonja battles her way back to face a "World on Fire"! Oeming is joined again by Homs (while artist Mel Rubi works on the Spider-Man/Red Sonja cross-over) and cover artist Art Adams w/Laura Martin, Mel Rubi, Ariel Olivetti and Paul Renaud! A great jumping-on point for new readers! 32 pages, Full Color SRP: $2.99 |  | ||
| ReelArt Studios: TARZAN AND THE GOLDEN LION - Now available and arriving in comic shops August 8th! TARZAN AND THE GOLDEN LION as envisioned by the masterful J. Allen St. John whose work graced the original editions of many Burroughs' titles is now available for pre-order. Click on the image at the right for a larger image. Inspired by the classic illustration of Burroughs artist J. Allen St. John, the statue depicts Tarzan and Jad-bal-ja, his fierce golden lion from the dust cover of the 1923 first edition A. C. McClurg book of the same title. Visit ReelArt Studios on the web to order yours today! Sculpted by Shawn Nagle Prototype Painted by Joy and Tom Studios Dimensions: 1/8 scale — 10” tall Price: $189.00 plus $12 shipping — limited to 1000 units worldwide Visit the ReelArt Studios website at http://reelartstudios.com/ |  | ||
| Robert
E. Howard Foundation Membership - Support the Foundation
by becoming a member! The Foundation will use annual membership fees to reach its missions and goals. The different levels of membership are:
NOTE: The Robert E. Howard Foundation is completing its paperwork and governmental review process to receive its 501(c)(3) status, and this should be completed sometime in 2007, hopefully by summer. At the current time, we do NOT have this status, and so membership fees will NOT be tax-deductible donations if made prior to our achieving the 501(c)(3) status. The Robert E. Howard Foundation | |||
| Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft There was a booth set up at Comic-Con International to publicize a new comic called STRANGE ADVENTURES OF H. P. LOVECRAFT. More news on this when available. http://www.lovecraftcomic.com/ | |||
| Upcoming Modern Hero-Pulp Novels
by Christopher
R. Yates The Darkness, Volume 1 by Kerri Hawkins, Top Cow,$14.99, July 25, 2007- Now available! Baltimore: Or the Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire, Mike Mignola & Christopher Golden,Spectra, $25, Aug. 28, 2007 The Ultimates: Against All Enemies, Alex Irvine, Pocket Star, $7.99, August 28, 2007 The City of the Living Dead (Scorpion #2), Warren Stockholm, Black Death Books, $9.99, September 2007 The Last Days of Krypton, Kevin J. Anderson, Harper Entertainment, $24.95, October 01, 2007 Wolverine: Violent Tendencies, Marc Cerasini, Pocket Star, $7.99, October 30, 2007 The Blue-Haired Bombshell, John Zakour, DAW, $7.99, December 04, 2007 Spider-Man: Drowned in Thunder, Christopher L. Bennett, Pocket Star, $7.99, December 26, 2007 WildCards XVIII: Inside Straight, George R.R. Martin, ed., Tor, $24.95, January 22, 2008 Hellboy: Emerald Hell, Tom Piccirilli, Dark Horse, $7.99, February 2008 Wolverine: The Nature of the Beast, Dave Stern, Pocket Star, $7.99, April 29, 2008 |  | ||
| Wild Cat Books - Now available! STARTLING STORIES # 2 Yes, this is the 2nd Issue of the re-launch of one of Pulp Fiction's best Sci-Fi magazines! Featuring a new CAPTAIN DANGER story, "The Trillig From Marrowgaz" by K.G. McAbee. This is Space Opera at its best, and is followed by "What Goes There?" by Tom Johnson, along with a new Department: Science Notes: An occasional area where we explore new frontiers, past & present. But I've saved the best news for last. Artist RON WILBER returns on a regular basis. 'Nuff Said!' Also includes: "The Star" by H.G. Wells. This is some GREAT STUFF. 64 pages, 8.5" x 11", saddle-stitch binding, 60# white interior paper, black and white interior ink, 100# white exterior paper, full-color exterior ink. $10 Printed or $4.20 as PDF Download Available at: http://www.lulu.com/wildcatbooks Coming soon: PROF. STONE'S ADVENTURE MAGAZINE |  | ||
| Wildside Press
- Schedule update! The seventh volume of THE WEIRD WORKS OF ROBERT E. HOWARD: BEYOND THE BLACK RIVER has just been sent to the printer and it should be available in about six weeks. That would put it into mid-September, for a release. Wildside Press is now working on the eighth volume and should have that out for October, possibly, with the other two volumes being scheduled for November, and December, respectively. WEIRD TALES #345 is shipping to subscribers later next week and should be in people's hands by early September. The page count has increased to 88 pages and probably will increase again to 96 pages with Issue 347 for November. THE ROBERT E. HOWARD READER by Darrell Schweitzer has been pushed back to next year. Thanks to Sean Wallace and Terry Allen for passing along the info! | | ||
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