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Altus
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From the pages of BLACK MASK!
The Complete Cases of MacBride & Kennedy
Softcover
and hardcover editions are now available!
Raw Law: The Complete Cases of MacBride
& Kennedy Volume 1: 1928-30
by Frederick Nebel, Introduction by David Lewis, Illustrated
by Arthur Rodman Bowker
This is Black Mask at its best—slam-bang action, crackling dialogue
and the keenest wit this side of Dashiell Hammett. Frederick Nebel was
a master of the hardboiled school, and the nine-year saga of Captain
Steve MacBride and Kennedy of the Free Press was his finest body
of work. This first of four volumes presents the first nine novelettes,
complete with the original illustrations by Arthur Rodman Bowker,
and a new introduction by Evan Lewis. Hold onto your seat. It’s going
to be a wild ride.
406 pages | $29.95 softcover | $39.95 hardcover
Coming in the next few months!
Shake-Down: The Complete Cases of MacBride & Kennedy Volume 2:
1930-33
by Frederick Nebel, introduction by David Lewis
This is Black Mask at its best—slam-bang action, crackling dialogue
and the keenest wit this side of Dashiell Hammett. Frederick Nebel was
a master of the hardboiled school, and the nine-year saga of Captain
Steve MacBride and Kennedy of the Free Press was his finest body
of work. This second of four volumes presents the next ten novelettes,
complete with the original illustrations by Arthur Rodman Bowker,
and a new introduction by Evan Lewis. Hold onto your seat. It’s going
to be a wild ride.
Wise Guy (April, 1930)
Shake-Down (July, 1930)
Ten Men from Chicago (August, 1930)
Junk (March, 1931)
Beat the Rap (May, 1931)
Death for a Dago (July, 1931)
Some Die Young (December, 1931)
The Quick or the Dead (March, 1932)
Backwash (May, 1932)
Doors in the Dark (February, 1933)
387 pages, approx. 6"x9"
Softcover: $29.95 | Hardcover: $39.95
Too Young
to Die: The Complete Cases of MacBride & Kennedy Volume 3: 1933-35
by Frederick Nebel, introduction by David Lewis
This is Black Mask at its best—slam-bang action, crackling dialogue
and the keenest wit this side of Dashiell Hammett. Frederick Nebel was
a master of the hardboiled school, and the nine-year saga of Captain
Steve MacBride and Kennedy of the Free Press was his finest body
of work. This third of four volumes presents the next ten novelettes,
complete with the original illustrations by Arthur Rodman Bowker,
and a new introduction by Evan Lewis. Hold onto your seat. It’s
going to be a wild ride.
Rough Reform (March, 1933)
Farewell to Crime (April, 1933)
Guns Down (September, 1933)
Lay Down the Law (November, 1933)
Too Young to Die (February, 1934)
Bad News (March, 1934)
Take It and Like It (June, 1934)
Be Your Age (August, 1934)
He Was a Swell Guy (January, 1935)
It’s a Gag (February, 1935)
364 pages, approx. 6"x9"
Winter
Kill: The Complete Cases of MacBride & Kennedy Volume 4: 1935-36
by Frederick Nebel, introduction by David Lewis
This is Black Mask at its best—slam-bang action, crackling dialogue
and the keenest wit this side of Dashiell Hammett. Frederick Nebel was
a master of the hardboiled school, and the nine-year saga of Captain
Steve MacBride and Kennedy of the Free Press was his finest body
of work. This last of four volumes presents the final eight novelettes,
complete with the original illustrations by Arthur Rodman Bowker,
and a new introduction by Evan Lewis. Hold onto your seat. It’s going
to be a wild ride.
That’s Kennedy (May, 1935)
Die-Hard (August, 1935)
Winter Kill (November, 1935)
Fan Dance (January, 1936)
No Hard Feelings (February, 1936)
Crack Down (April, 1936)
Hard to Take (June, 1936)
Deep Red (August, 1936)
384 pages, approx. 6"x9"
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in January!
CAP FURY Volume
1: "The Red Heart Pearls" and "Black Daylight" — plus Sheridan Doome, Naval
Investigator
In the two-fisted tradition of Doc Savage, Captain John Fury
and the crew of his super-ship The Whirlwind battle modern-day piracy in
two thrilling novels by Laurence Donovan writing as "Wallace Brooker."
First, after the law fails, Cap Fury follows a trail of vengeance to
his brother's murderers in "The Red Heart Pearls." Then, "Black Daylight"
strikes at high noon, enveloping thousands in terror and suffering,
and propelling Cap Fury on an urgent mission to Mexico's Sierra Madras.
BONUS: An action-packed adventure of Sheridan Doome from the back pages
of The Shadow Magazine! This double-novel special collector's edition
sho wcases the original cover art by Lawrence Toney and interior illustrations
by Harry Kirchner, plus historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum
Books) 978-1-60877-133-2 Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95
CAP FURY VOLUME 1 is solicited in the
December PREVIEWS (Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131430.
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First
Class postpaid
Twelve
issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail)
[postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in January!
THE SHADOW
Volume 81: "Murder Every Hour" and "The Time Master"—plus "The Man Who Murdered
Time"
The Master of Darkness proves that crime does not pay in two
classic pulp novels by Walter Gibson writing as "Maxwell Grant." First,
"Murder Every Hour" follows each time a murderer is caught—until it's
finally time for The Shadow to ring in the midnight hour! Then, super-crimes
are perpetrated with split-second precision by the minions of "The Time
Master." BONUS: The entire world will endlessly relive the same day's
events unless The Shadow can reverse the incredible plot of "The Man
Who Murdered Time" in a bizarre New Year's thriller from the Golden Age
of Radio! This instant collector's item showcases the original color pulp
covers by George Rozen and Graves Gladney, the classic interior illustrations
by Tom Lovell and Earl Mayan and historical commentary by Will Murray and
Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-134-9 Softcover, 7x10, 128
pages, B&W, $14.95
THE SHADOW VOLUME 81 is solicited in the
December PREVIEWS (Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131431.
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First
Class postpaid
Twelve
issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail)
[postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in January!
THE SPIDER #3: Return of the Rackets KIng"
and "The Spider and the Flame-King" plus "Blood Bond"
The Pulps' most violent crimebuster wages his uncompromising
war on crime in THREE never-reprinted thrillers by Norvell Page writing
as "Grant Stockbridge." First, crime's newest overlord, the Snake,
revives Prohibition Era gangsterism in "Return of the Rackets King."
Then, the Spider leaves his New York haunts to protect the nation's wartime
resources when the vicious Flame King terrorizes a western oil town!
BONUS: "Blood Bond," a rare Spider novelette by Norvell Page! This double
novel pulp reprint features the original color covers by Rafael DeSoto,
John Fleming Gould's classic interior illustrations and historical commentary
by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-135-6 Softcover,
7x10, 112 pages, B&W, $14.95
THE SPIDER VOLUME 3 is solicited in the
December PREVIEWS (Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131432.
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First
Class postpaid
Twelve
issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail)
[postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in February!
DOC SAVAGE
Volume 73: "Land of Long Juju" and "Se-Pah-Poo"
The pulp era's legendary superman returns in exotic pulp thrillers
by Laurence Donovan and Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First,
the capture of Renny by African warriors of the mysterious Shimba propels
Doc and Patricia Savage on a daring rescue mission to "The Land of Long
JuJu." Then, in "Se-Pah-Poo," the bizarre murder of an archeologist in
Arizona and a withered hand lead the Man of Bronze and his aides to an
ancient lost city! BONUS: a two-fisted adventure of Cap Fury, The Skipper!
This instant collector's item leads off with the classic 1937 color pulp
cover by Robert G. Harris and also includes all the original interior illustrations
by Paul Orban plus historical commentary by Will Murray, author of thirteen
Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-136-3 Softcover, 7x10,
128 pages, B&W, $14.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First
Class postpaid
Twelve
issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail)
[postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in February!
THE SHADOW Volume 82: "The Spy Ring" and "The White Column"
The Knight of Darkness battles saboteurs and Fifth Columnists in
two classic prewar tales of espionage by Walter B. Gibson and Theodore Tinsley
writing as "Maxwell Grant." First, The Shadow teams with Myra Reldon and
the real Lamont Cranston to defeat Velma Thane and her international "Spy
Ring." Then, America's future hangs in the balance as Nazi saboteurs of
"The White Column" attempt to cripple our nation's military defenses! BONUS:
a Shadow espionage thriller from the Golden Age of Radio PLUS a classic adventure
of Sheridan Doome, Naval Investigator by Steve Fisher writing as "Stephen
Gould." This deluxe pulp reprint showcases the original color pulp covers
by Graves Gladney, the classic interior illustrations by Edd Cartier and
Earl Mayan and historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-137-0
Softcover, 7x10. 128 pages, B&W, $14.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First
Class postpaid
Twelve
issues for $167 (first class) or $155 (media mail) [postpaid]
(includes bonus variant and ring premium)
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail)
[postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Asgard Press: 2014 Vintage SCI-FI Postcard Calendar
- Now available!
Asgard Press is excited to introduce the perfect stocking stuffer,
just in time for the holidays! It’s a collection of twelve vintage
Science Fiction cover art postcards, disguised as a handsome desktop
calendar.
We call it our "Desktop Postcard Calendar". This 7"x 7" calendar/ring of
postcards, designed to fit neatly on a desk, features archival-quality reproductions
of classic Sci-Fi comic book covers from the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
Each image highlights some of our favorite cover reproductions from
actual magazines that were released from the 1940s to the 1950s. It adds
a touch of nostalgic fun and elegance to your desktop that no electronic
calendar can match.
Similar to our wall calendars, each image is perforated to fit a standard
4”x 6” frame, but these classic beauties also double as mail-ready postcards.
We are using a very sturdy, eco-friendly, high-quality paper stock that
qualifies for USPS postcard mailing rates.
Summary of Features
12 vintage Sci-Fi magazine covers from the 1940s-1950s
12 perforated postcards ready to mail
Detachable lithographs fit any 4”x 6” frame
Earth-friendly
Original 3-months-at-once design on front
Monthly list view with space for appointments and reminders
The 2014 Sci-Fi Postcard Calendar retails for only $12.95 and is available
for purchase now at the link below.
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Battered Silicon Dispatch Box - Now available!
Introducing Mr. Chang by E. A.
Apple
Pocketbook Lost Treasures from the Pulps #16
Quality Trade Paperback, "Ace Double" Format,
156, 138 pages
ISBN 978-1-55246-943-9 $25.00
Mr. Chang was Canada’s version of Mr. Fu Manchu, a character created
by Sax Rohmer. He was created by Elmer Albert Apple, a gentleman who hailed
from Cleveland Ohio, moved to Canada and married Beatrice Muriel Nixon. The
family lived in the Beaches in East Toronto and had one child Barney. E.A.
wrote a syndicated column "The Referee" and also True Romances under a pseudonym.
He created a number of sinister Mr. Chang and Mr. Rafferty stories in the
1920s and 1930s for Detective Story Magazine and republished in best Detective
Magazine with different cover illustrations. The family lived on eleven acres
on Gordon Point in Muskoka, and Barney remembers his father going to the
shed in the back of the house which he called the jail to do his writing.
His mother edited the work before submitting the manuscripts for publication.
Barney remembers visiting San Diego and San Francisco with his father to
research the Chinese tongs for his creative writing. Many of the stories
feature Chang finding his victims in rural and Northern Ontario, and his
headquarters was in Montreal, Quebec.
E.A. disappeared in the mid-30s. It was reported that he committed suicide
in the pulps, but this was incorrect. Barney, his son relates that his
father separated from his mother and moved back to Cleveland to be with
his family, and lived at a large institution in the Cleveland area as head
gardener, and didn’t do any more writing. Barney remembers visiting Cleveland
with his mother, and E.A. passed away in the early 1950s.
The idea to collect this series originated with Randy Vanderbeek of Kalamazoo,
Michigan. He knew the Battered Box liked to do stories by Canadian authors.
In addition many of these stories were set in Canada as well.
As the bibliographic data was assembled it was clear that this would be
a large project occupying some five folio sized volumes. When the project
was almost complete I received an e-mail from the author’s grandson Derek,
who noted that his father Barney was still alive and lived with his sister
Heather in British Columbia. Derek noted that they grew up in Uxbridge Ontario
and moved to B.C. after the death of their grandmother who maintained an
large archive in the basement of their home. The archive unfortunately did
not survive the trip out west. There was still a trunk upstairs in the attic
with some old pulp magazines and one book.
The two stories you have in your hands were published separately after their
appearance in Best Detective Magazine. Both are inventive, but the one involves
Science Fiction which may become reality 100 years later.
E.A. Apple created a second villain – Mr. Rafferty which is Canada’s version
of "Raffles," a character created by E.W. Hornung, a gentleman crook, with
some of the characteristics of Robin Hood, but not many!
Tears of Our Lady
Sax Rohmer as presented by John Robert Colombo
Pocketbook Lost Treasures
from the Pulps #15
Quality Trade Paperback, 62 pages
ISBN 978-1-55246-917-0 $10.00
Tears of Our Lady is a presentation of "the wisdom of Sumuru." It
appears in the guise of a dictionary of quotations based on the utterances
of Our Lady Sumuru, the mysterious protagonist intent on the mastery of
the world whose exploits are described in a series of five novels from the
pen of the English mystery story writer Sax Rohmer (1883-1959). These novels
appeared between 1950 and 1956. The seductive Sumuru (whom no man knows but
every man desires and every woman wishes to obey) is the founder of the clandestine
sodality known as The Order of Our Lady. She is credited with the authorship
of a private publication that sets forth her philosophy and code of conduct.
It is titled Tears of Our Lady, and while no copies of this publication are
known to have survived to the present day, the present editor has attempted
to reconstruct its contents in an aphoristic manner through quotation of
the direct speech of Sumuru as recounted by Rohmer in his series of fantastic
novels.
The present editor is John Robert Colombo who has been dubbed "a superfan"
for his interest in fantastic literature. He contributed the entries for
Canada to The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and The Encyclopedia of Fantasy.
He is the editor of Other Canadas and the co-editor of Not to Be Taken at
Night, the first such anthologies to be published in Canada. His fantastic
poetry has appeared in Mostly Monsters and Space Poems and most recently
in Poems of Space and Time. Among his other recent publications are book-length
collections of the fantastic fiction of Algernon Blackwood, Stephen Leacock,
Leslie A. Croutch, and Maurice Level. Colombo has contributed the introduction
to The Sumuru Omnibus and is a long-time fan and collector of the books of
Sax Rohmer. As author and editor Judith Merril once wrote, "Colombo is the
real thing."
The Crimes of Hanoi Shan by H. Ashton White
Compiled and Introduced by Rick Lai
Quality Trade Paperback, 100 pp.
ISBN 978-1-55497-205-0 $15.00
Hanoi Shan is an allegedly real-life criminal mastermind documented
in the works of criminologist H.Ashton Wolfe.
Shan was based on the classic Yellow Peril villain Fu Manchu of
Sax Rohmer, and only turned up in a handful of stories.
The Legacy of Hanoi Shan by Rick Lai
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Beb Books - Now available!
Secret Agent
“X” #34 (October, 1937)
A wealthy arms manufacturer and a powerful gang lord killed themselves—when
they had the world by the tail ... Secret Agent X sought to discover the
baffling, contradictory cause of their enigmatic suicides. But even the
Agent’s amazing disguises failed him. For a strange, beautiful girl was
able to pierce every clever face worn by the man of a thousand faces.
Bonus story, Reply to Satan by Ralph Franklin, also from the October, 1937
issue.
Reprinted with all the original art and a color cover, $6.00 plus postage.
Secret Agent
“X” #37 (April, 1938)
Mummified hands from a Hindu thuggee are the only clue to an
insidious scheme to cause war between Japan and the United States and
only Secret Agent “X” — Master of a Thousand Disguises can unravel the
mystery and put off World War Two for another year.!
Bonus story, Satan’s Bank Night by William G. Bogart, also from the April,
1938 issue.
Reprinted with all the original art and a color cover, $6.00 plus postage.
Secret Agent
“X” #38 (June, 1938)
The long, grasping tentacles of the avaricious Golden God were
engulfing the poor-rich of Carrollton City in a holocaust of death and
disaster. And Agent X, master of a thousand faces and a thousand daring
cases, found that the talons of the Golden God belonged to a corpse—to
an evil cadaver that lethal weapons of mankind could not conquer.
Bonus story An Invitation to Bullets by William Benton Johnston, also
from the June, 1938 issue.
Reprinted with all the original art and a color cover, $6.00 plus postage.
And don’t forget this other recent releases, Janie Frete Pays
a Debt of Honor, a fascinating look at American life along the Mississippi
as independent minded Janie Frete searches for the runaway daughter of
an old friend only to get caught up in a bootlegging operation. ($6,00
postage) and Miss Smythe of the Sahara by Achmed Abdullah, tales of a
clever woman giving crooks and scoundrels the skinning they so richly
deserve. A series of entetaining stories from an old pulp master writing
for Colliers magazine.
Don’t
forget our other recent releases!
Janie Pays A Debt of Honor
Miss Smythe of the
Sahara by Achmed Abdullah
Dangerous Men by Gordon Young
The Thrill Book Library - Cobra Girl and other Eastern
Adventures
Down the Coast of Shadows (Perley
Poore Sheehan)
Wolves of the Steppe (Greye LaSpina)
Guilt! - Tales of Remorse
Juju by Murray Leinster and other tales
The Opium Ship & Mr. Shen of Shensi by H. Bedford-Jones
The Red Lure by Frank L. Packard and other stories
The Stone Image by Seabury Quinn and other weird tales
The Jeweled Ibis and other stories of Africa
The Street Without a Name more strange tales and
The Man From Thebes - a humorous tale of a mummy in modern
day America by W. W. Cook
Each book only $6.00 (plus postage.)
The first eight issues of Secret Agent
“X” collecting all the stories, feature and art in each issue.
Each book only $9.00 (plus postage.)
Beb Books
are always set in new, readable type and printed on 8.5 by 11 inch paper
and side stapled.
All the original art, when it exists, is included. Postage
is just $3.00 for the first three books and 25 cents
more per additional book
My website
is over a year out of date.
But I
can send you a brief catalog of what we've
reprinted.
Just write to beb01@sprynet.com and ask for a catalog.
Have a question?
Would like to see our complete list
of titles?
Write to me at beb01@sprynet.com.
To order, send check or money
order (sorry, no Paypal) made payable
to Brian Earl Brown to:
Brian Earl
Brown
11675 Beaconsfield
Detroit, MI 48224
Have a question? Would like to see our complete list of
titles? Write to beb01@sprynet.com.
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THE BLACK BAT #9 - Coming in
February!
Writer: Brian Buccellato
Art: Ronan Cliquet
Cover Artist(s): Jae Lee, Ardian Syaf, Billy Tan
To save Carol Baldwin's life, the Black Bat must do the unthinkable and
break his most hated enemy out of prison. But will doing so cement his
status as an outlaw? Also, the police start to lose their grip on the
city as vigilantism takes hold with disastrous results.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99,
On sale February 5.
THE BLACK BAT #9 is solicited in the
December PREVIEWS (Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131089.
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131090
(Tan subscription variant).
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THE BLACK BEETLE: NECROLOGUE #4 (of 5)
- Coming in February!
Francesco Francavilla (W/A/Cover)
As Black Beetle races to stop the deadly Mudman before he savagely murders
another innocent victim, the black-cloaked detective begins to wonder
. . . are all the victims really innocent? The intrigue of Black Beetle’s
most brutal case increases . . . and so does the body count! Can Colt City
survive this onslaught?!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On
sale February 26.
THE BLACK BEETLE: NECROLOGUE #4 is solicited
in the December PREVIEWS (Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC130098.
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SALE
PRICE $17.95
“A detective of fiction who has regrettably been forgotten,
and whose exploits still make good, fruity reading. . . .
We know you will enjoy [them] as much as we did.”—Ellery Queen Mystery
Magazine
FIRST BOOK PUBLICATION
Assembled for the first time are the complete legal investigations of The
Bureau of Abnormal Litigation series by Hugh Pendexter.
Included are:
• The Bureau of Abnormal Litigation
• The Baked Apple Alibi
• As Prescribed by the Talmud
• Hiram Tanker's Third Personality
• The Search for the Musical Heir
• Retained For the Defense
• The Death Cup
• Iramel Thacker, Claimant
• According to the Evidence
• The Testimony of the Dead Man
• Circumstantial Evidence
• The Crimson Tracks (short novel)
• The Chelsea Vase (short novel)
With an introduction by Jeremiah Healy, award-nominated author of the
John Cuddy mystery series and the Mairead O’Clare legal thriller series.
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Black Mask / MysteriousPress.com
/ Open Road Media
"Dog Show Murder" by Frank Gruber (digital
short)
Now available!
A rich man is murdered at the dog show,
and the Human Encyclopedia is the prime suspect
Oliver Quade knows how to sell an encyclopedia. First, read it
cover to cover three or four times, and make sure to remember everything
in it. Next, dazzle an audience with your accumulated knowledge. Put on
a good enough show, and the book will sell itself.
Quade, better known as the Human Encyclopedia, is performing his
act at a local dog show when a dogfight breaks out. Wary of wild mutts,
Quade backs away and returns to his booth to find a nasty surprise—a dead
man in white flannels. When the police insist on holding Quade responsible,
he and his assistant—the indefatigable Charlie Boston—are forced to solve
the murder the Quade way: by always being the smartest men in the room.
But is the Human Encyclopedia clever enough to prove to these dog show
cops that they are barking up the wrong tree?
This ebook features an introduction by Keith Alan Deutsch.
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Blood 'N' Thunder /
Murania Press
Special Announcement!
A continuing proliferation of problems (both personal and professional
in nature) forced a suspension of all Murania Press activity late last month.
While significant difficulties remain, shipping of product will resume in
late November and all backorders will be filled before year’s end. These
include subscriber copies of Blood ‘n’ Thunder #38 and two titles previously
announced for release earlier this year: Volume Five of the Classic Pulp
Reprints series (featuring J. Allan Dunn’s The Island) and the long-awaited
Distressed Damsels and Masked Marauders. The latter title will figure in
a big publicity push tied to the upcoming centennial of the cinematic chapter
play: Chapter One of the first true movie serial, The Adventures of Kathlyn,
was released nationally on December 29, 1913. Although promised several
times only to be delayed, Distressed Damsels will definitely ship next month
to take advantage of the publicity break occasioned by the centennial.
Beginning in January, Murania Press will have the services of new volunteers
tasked with processing both retail and wholesale orders.
This assistance will enable editor/publisher Ed Hulse to spend the bulk
of his time preparing upcoming books and new issues of Blood ‘n’ Thunder.
In the interest of getting back on schedule, BnT’s next issue will be another
double, cover-dated Fall 2013/Winter 2014 and numbered 39/40.
It will be published in late January or early February. Contents of the
double will be revealed in upcoming blog posts on the Murania Press site.
We thank those with outstanding orders for their patience, and promise to
get all backordered shipments out gradually over the next several weeks.
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Blood 'N' Thunder /
Murania Press
The Blood 'N' Thunder #38 - Summer 2013
Shipping to resume in late November!
This issue’s outstanding feature is a lengthy excerpt
from Nathan Madison’s recently published book, Anti-Foreign
Imagery in American Pulps and Comic Books, 1920-1960.
In this richly detailed, extensively illustrated piece Nathan
explores “Yellow Peril” fiction from the pulps. His exhaustive
study complements Bill Maynard’s celebration of Fu Manchu’s centennial
from our last issue.
Another book published earlier this year, Will Murray’s Skull
Island, pitted Doc Savage against King Kong and aroused
much interest not only among the Bronze Man’s fans in
general but devotees of Philip José Farmer’s Wold Newton
Universe in particular. BnT contributor and Wold Newton adherent
Rick Lai examines Skull Island and catalogs its deviations from the
Universe in an unusually absorbing work of scholarship. In a separate
piece Will responds to critics of his approach. Let it never
be said that BnT refuses to present both sides of a story!
Will’s second contribution to BnT #38 is an 80th Anniversary
hat-tip to the long-running hero pulp G-8 and His Battle
Aces, adventures from which a re now being offered in audiobook
form by Radio Archives. He covers a hitherto overlooked
attempt by Popular Publications editors to gauge reader interest
in a proposed shift of emphasis for the magazine.
This summer marked another important anniversary in American pop
culture: Superman debuted 75 years ago in the first issue
of Action Comics. Mike Bifulco, author of The Original
Superman on Television (a definitive guide now in its third
edition), weighs in on the recent theatrical release Man of
Steel and reflects on the enduring popularity of the TV series starring
George Reeves.
This time around our “Tricks of the Trade” department boasts
a particularly comprehensive installment by long-time pulp
editor and science-fiction specialist Robert A. W. “Doc” Lowndes.
Originally written for a 1949 writers’ magazine, this 6400-word
treatise is perhaps the most informative piece of its type
we’ve published to date. It provides the clearest look yet
at how pulp editors appraised the manuscripts they received by
the thousands every year.
BnT #38 also reprints two fascinating short stories culled from
vintage pulp magazines. James B. Connelly’s “The Last Passenger,”
from an early 1913 issue of The Popular Magazine, may
well have been the first work of mass-market fiction inspired
by the Titanic tragedy. “The Tenth Man,” from a 1922 issue
of Adventure, is a taut tale of African intrigue by the unjustly
forgotten Robert Simpson.
Subscriber copies will begin shipping shortly after Labor
Day. To those of you who either aren’t BnT subscribers
or have let your subscriptions lapse, remember that signing
up for a year earns you a 20-percent discount on the recently
published Blood ‘n’ Thunder Guide to Pulp Fiction. There’s
a special page on the Murania Press website that allows you
to do just that.
Individual
copies of Blood ‘n’ Thunder #38 can be had for $11.95 plus shipping from
the Murania Press site as soon as they are available.
The cost of a one-year, four-issue subscription is $40,
which represents a considerable savings.
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SPECIAL
SALE TIED TO BLOOD
'N' THUNDER
SUBSCRIPTIONS
The long-awaited Blood ‘n’ Thunder Guide to Pulp
Fiction, many months in preparation, is now available
from Murania Press.
A greatly revised and expanded version of 2007’s Blood
‘n’ Thunder Guide to Collecting Pulps, this massive
new book has been positioned as more of a reference work
than a mere manual for hobbyists. It’s a complete history of
the pulp magazine (told in more detail than ever attempted
by a single author) wrapped up in one-volume. Its 2007 predecessor
had 226 pages and close to 400 pulp-cover reproductions.
The new Guide to Pulp Fiction has 414 pages and 700 cover
repros, along with a smattering of original cover paintings.
Chapters from the old Guide have been extensively reworked.
New chapters have been added on Spicy pulps, sports
pulps, love pulps, and war-and-aviation pulps. Also, two
new appendices have been created for pulp-fiction readers
who don’t collect the vintage magazines. One appendix
gives basic information on the best small-press reprint
publishers, while the other lists the most important
anthologies of pulp stories in various genres.
The Blood ‘n’ Thunder Guide to Pulp Fiction is
priced at $29.95, which includes shipping to domestic
U.S. buyers. However, Murania Press is also making the
book available at a 20 percent discount to anybody who
purchases it along with a one-year subscription to Blood ‘n’ Thunder.
This special offer has its own page on the Murania Press
site and is available to those who renew or extend their
subscriptions as well.
Don’t miss out on what some fans are already calling
2013’s must-have book. Visit the Murania Press
web site today at the link below.
414 pages,
7x10, trade paperback
Price: $29.95
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Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania
Press: EDitorial Comments - Now online!
Special announcement! - New!
An Important Notice
Fanzine Follies of 2013; or, The New Issue of BLOOD
‘N’ THUNDER
Early Praise For THE BLOOD ‘N’ THUNDER GUIDE TO PULP
FICTION
PulpFest 2013 Report: Part Two
PulpFest 2013 Report: Part One
Holiday Weekend Sale: 20% Off
Beginning: Our Summer Surprise Sales!
Collectibles Section Overhauled! -
THE SHADOW (1994) on Blu-ray
PulpFest Is Coming Up Fast!
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The Book Cave
- New podcast now available online!
Episode 257: Jeff Deischer and The Dark
of the Moon
Jeff visits with Ric and Art as they chat about Jeff's newest book.
Both Ric and Art couldn't praise Jeff enough the fantastic work he had done
on the novel. This book will appeal to both the Golden Age comics fan and
the Pulp fans.
Episode
256: Kevin Rau
Art's Reviews Episode 9: Liberty Girl
Episode 255: R.A. Jones
Episode 254: Kane Gilmour
Art's Reviews Episode 7: Pro se Press
Episode 253:
James Plamer and Van Plexico
Episode 252: Fightcard Series, Barefoot
Bones
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CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #5 -
Arriving in comic shops November 27!
Joshua Williamson (Writer), Eduardo Francisco (Art), Stefani
Rennee (Color), and Steve Rude (Cover)
As Agent Jones investigates the mysterious Black Sky, Captain Midnight's
on the clock as a time bomb ticks down to destruction! Can
our hero save the day before he's out of time?
32 pages, $2.99, in stores on November 27.
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CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #8 - Coming in
February!
Joshua Williamson (Writer), Fernando Dagnino (Art), Ego (Color),
and Felipe Massafera (Cover)
On a mission to catch up with his future, Captain Midnight reunites with
his long-lost love to learn how his hardware has made it into so many
enemy hands. Revealing her own hunt for the Nazi Fury Shark, Cap’s old
sweetheart turns his world upside down when she discloses the fate of his
best friend!
Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99, On sale
February 26.
CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #8 is solicited in
the December PREVIEWS (Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC130090.
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CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT ARCHIVES VOLUME 1: BATTLES
THE NAZIS HC - Arriving in comic shops
November 27!
Various (W/A)
From the glory days of World War II comes the unstoppable patriotic
superhero Captain Midnight! Volume 1 features selected
tales compiled from the original 1940s-era comic book featuring
the adventures of the Captain and his sidekick, Sergeant
Twilight, as they battle bad guys from the Axis of Evil with art
by comics greats Jack Binder, Mac Raboy, Dan Gormley, and others!
Collecting selected stories from The Funnies, Popular Comics,
and Captain Midnight issues.
232 pages, $49.99, in stores on December 4.
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THE CHRONICLES OF CONAN VOLUME 26: LEGION OF THE
DEAD AND OTHER STORIES TP - Coming in April!
The limitless power of the Elder Gods lives within a child who has fallen
under the shroud of the Devourer of Souls. The fate of creation falls
to the warrior Conan, who must travel to the underworld and make a pact
with an old adversary—the malefic sorcerer Thulsa Doom! Collects Marvel’s
Conan the Barbarian #199–#205 and Conan the Barbarian Annual #12.
Trade paperback, 7" x 10", 232 pages, Full Color, $19.99, On
sale April 16.
CHRONICLES OF CONAN VOLUME 26 is solicited
in the December PREVIEWS (Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC130125.
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CONAN THE BARBARIAN #25 - Coming in February!
Brian Wood (Writer), Leandro Fernand (Art), Dave Stewart (Color),
and Massimo Carnevale (Cover)
The final issue of Brian Wood’s acclaimed "Queen of the Black Coast"!
Conan is rapidly losing his battle against a creature of unimaginably dark
power. With nothing left to live for, his only hope for survival—much less
victory—takes shape in a familiar and impossible form!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.50, On sale February 19.
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #25 is solicited
in the December PREVIEWS (Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC130126.
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CONAN AND THE PEOPLE OF THE BLACK CIRCLE #2
- Arriving in comic shops November
27!
Fred Van Lente (Writer), Ariel Olivetti (Art/Color/Cover)
Conan is on the run with his captive, Queen Yasmina -- but his
desperate bid to seek refuge in the Himelian Mountains leads him
into an ambush! Meanwhile, murderous magic is afoot as the
wicked sorcerer Khemsa plots against the unsuspecting Cimmerian!
32 pages, $3.50, in stores on November 27.
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Davy Crockett's Almanak
of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!
SHADOW COMICS 22, 23 & 24 (1943)
- New!
AT LAST! The Complete Black Mask Adventures of MacBride
& Kennedy by Frederick Nebel
- New!
TARZAN Big Little Books
- New!
WANTED: Thrilling Detective May 1942
- New!
Pulp Gallery: SPICY ADVENTURE (1935)
- New!
Pulp Gallery: PRIVATE DETECTIVE STORIES (1938)
Paperback Gallery: THE AVENGER (1973)
Comic Gallery: PLANET COMICS (1940)
Raymond Chandler Movie Gallery: THE BLUE DAHLIA (1946)
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DEJAH THORIS AND THE GREEN MEN OF MARS #12 (OF 12)
- Coming in February!
Writer: Mark Rahner
Art: Jethro Morales
Cover Artist(s): Jay Anacleto, Carlos Rafael
FINAL ISSUE! The finale of the offbeat hit miniseries! Looks
like the only success Dejah Thoris will have on a suicide mission with
her Thark commandos is the suicide. They have no way to stop the crazed,
nihilistic Warhoons they've infiltrated from activating the gigantic,
ancient gun unearthed in the desert. And it's aimed at Helium - for starters.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99,
On sale February 26.
DEJAH THORIS AND THE GREEN MEN OF MARS
#12 is solicited in the December PREVIEWS (Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131112.
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131113
(Anacleto subscription variant).
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DOC SAVAGE #3 - Coming
in February!
Writer: Chris Roberson
Art: Bilquis Evely
Cover Artist(s): Alex Ross, John Cassaday
It is 1961, and Doc Savage’s team of aides includes old veterans who have
been with him from the beginning, and young newcomers who are experts
in the frontiers of science and invention. Doc is about to unveil his greatest
discovery, one which could change the course of history and improve the
lives of everyone on Earth. But a madman with an atomic bomb has other
plans…
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99,
On sale February 12.
DOC SAVAGE #3 is solicited in the December
PREVIEWS (Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131045.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs Comics
All New Comic Strips created exclusively
for ERB, Inc.
You
can subscribe for only $1.99 / month
Ron Marz is writing two new strips for ERB Comics: "The Mucker," drawn
by Lee Moder, and "Korak the Killer," drawn by Bart Sears. Color for both
strips will be provided by Neeraj Menon, who is coloring Bart's art for
"The Protectors" from Athleta Comics. "The Mucker" will debut within the
next month, while "Korak" will begin appearing early in the new year.
These strips
join eight others currently available on the Edgar Rice Burroughs comics
website:
"Tarzan of the Apes" by Roy Thomas and Pablo Marcos, adapting the original
Tarzan novels.
"Tarzan" by Roy Thomas and Tom Grindberg, featuring new Tarzan adventures.
"Carson of Venus" by Martin Powell and Tom Floyd.
"The Eternal Savage" by Martin Powell and Steven E. Gordon.
"The War Chief" by Martin Powell and Nik Poliwko.
"The Cave Girl" by Martin Powell and Diana Leto.
"Pellucidar" by Chuck Dixon and Tom Lyle.
"The Land That Time Forgot" by Martin Powell and Pablo Marcos.
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E-texts on the net this week
The Shadow in Review:
There is no new Shadow review this
week.
Pulpgen-Online Pulps: Now with
over 1000 stories online!
"The Witness Died in Bed" by Sam Merwin,
Jr. from THRILLING DETECTIVE, December, 1942
Detective Jim Harvey breaks into a hospital the hard way, but a copper must
take a chance when he pins a rap on the right guy!
"Private Morgue" by Donald Bayne Hobart from G-MEN
DETECTIVE, January, 1941
An Invitation to a Murder Suddenly lands Private Detective Gary Norman in
a Hot Spot!
"Zero Nest" by Jackson V. Scholz from FIVE NOVELS
MONTHLY, April-June, 1943
Chuck Lansing finds a secret Japanese air base in WWII New Zealand.
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THE FIRST SYNN: THE BLOODSTONE CONFIDENTIAL
By Teel James Glenn
NEW DIGEST NOVEL SERIES DEBUTS FROM
PRO SE PRESS
Now available!
Pro Se Productions, a leader in New Pulp and Genre Fiction, gladly
commits THE FIRST SYNN: THE BLOODSTONE CONFIDENTIAL, the first of a new series
of supernatural pulp thrillers by noted award winning author Teel James Glenn.
Complete with chills and thrills harkening back to the classic Pulps, THE
FIRST SYNN introduces the first sibling duo in Pulp history, ready to take
on whatever horror flies their way! From Teel James Glenn and Pro Se Productions-
THE FIRST SYNN: THE BLOODSTONE CONFIDENTIAL!
“There’s absolutely nothing,” says Partner in and Editor in Chief of Pro
Se, Tommy Hancock, “like a good Pulpy supernatural thriller! Especially
one with a strong duo in the lead. THE FIRST SYNN has all the markings of
a classic Pulp tale, even borrowing quite a bit from classic cliffhanger
serials, but what really makes this story work is the way that TJ works
the words he writes. Each phrase turns just right and the description brings
all the fear and daring do to life.”
The Bloody Curse of the Vampire! Years ago Gideon Synn tried to save Faith
Bloodstone from a deadly family curse in upstate New York. He failed and
Faith died at the hands of a mysterious blood drinking fiend. Synn ran from
his failure and became a world traveler, joining the French Foreign Legion
and eventually becoming a mercenary in China.
Now, years later he has opened a security firm with his sister Kathy. Charity
Bloodstone, Faith’s younger sister, comes to him for help against the same
curse—the supposed vampire ghost of her ancestor, Justice Bloodstone! According
to legend, Charity has only one week to live!
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Several people have been
killed by what appears to be the undead Justice in ways that suggest a
supernatural cause. The Synn siblings are drawn into a whirlwind of terror
and evil as the mystery of the vampire murders comes closer and closer
to fulfilling the curse.
Has Gideon found love with Charity only to lose her to dark forces? Who
are the armed thugs that have attacked the siblings? Can Kathy Synn keep
her brother out of trouble long enough to solve the mystery of the Bloodstone
Confidential?
Featuring a chillingly atmospheric cover by Adam Shaw and book design and
formatting by Sean Ali and ebook formatting by Russ Anderson, THE FIRST
SYNN is a hit with reviewers-
“Another adventure straight out of an RKO serial. Anyone who likes those
old black and white movies will enjoy this story. The descriptions, the language,
the style…it’s all there. A good entry into Author Glenn’s booklist. Looking
forward to book #2. Keep ‘em coming, TJ!”- Toni Sweeney, Book Reviewer
“THE BLOODSTONE CONFIDENTIAL is a nice entry into this book series. Hopefully,
Glenn can come up with enough clever plots and enemies to throw at Synn
for numerous further adventures.” —Bruce Grossman, www.bookgasm.com
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Forgotten Pulp Villains: Hanoi Shan and
Professor Colonna - Now online!
For twenty years now, George Vanderburgh’s Battered Silicon Dispatch
Box has been publishing quality hardcover and trade paperback reprints of
titles one might never otherwise discover. Their books rarely appear on Amazon
or eBay, so the devoted bibliophile who ventures to www.batteredbox.com is
among the few to find such treasures.
Initially focusing on Sherlockian pastiches and scholarly efforts as well
as reprinting long unavailable titles from Arkham House and Mycroft &
Moran, BSDB has broadened their catalog to include other more obscure treasures.
Their two most recent titles are The Crimes of Hanoi Shan by H. Ashton-Wolfe
and The Last of the Borgias by Fred M. White. Both books were edited by acclaimed
pulp historian Rick Lai whose own works were spotlighted in last week’s
column.
Read the rest at the link below.
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THE GREEN HORNET #11 - Coming
in February!
Writer: Mark Waid
Art: Ronilson Freire
Cover Artist(s): Paolo Rivera, Jonathan Lau
For years, the Green Hornet has been battling criminals and saboteurs and
winning by the skin of his teeth. But now his luck's run out--because this
new foe is one who was created by the Hornet himself!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99,
On sale February 19.
THE GREEN HORNET #11 is solicited in
the December PREVIEWS (Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131079.
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131080
(Lau subscription variant).
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Hard Case
Crime - Now available!
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On a secret island in the Caribbean, bioengineers have devised
a vacation resort like no other, promising the ultimate escape.
But when Dr. Roger Clark investigates, he discovers the dark
secret of Eden Island and of Advance Biosystems,
the shadowy corporation underwriting it…
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As an expert handler of venomous snakes—and a smuggler of
rare artifacts—Charles Raynaud is accustomed to danger. So the job
bodyguarding an old acquaintance about to come into a fortune shouldn’t
make him break a sweat.
But when the attempts on the man’s life nearly get Raynaud
killed, he’s left wondering: is he the killers’ real target…?
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The plan: to rob the Reina, a super-luxury hotel off the
coast of Spain. The crew: three seasoned criminals with the skills
to pull off the heist of the century. The edge: every aspect of the
scheme has been simulated in a computer, down to the last variable.
The complication: three beautiful women with agendas of their own—and
the sort of variables no computer can fathom...
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American radiologist Peter Ross just wanted a vacation.
But when he meets the beautiful Angela Locke on a Spanish beach,
he soon finds himself caught in a murderous crossfire between
rival gangs seeking a precious artifact.
From Barcelona to the rain-swept streets of Paris, from the towers
of the Alhambra to its darkest catacombs, Peter Ross is an
ordinary man in desperate circumstances: racing to uncover
a secret lost for centuries, before he becomes its next victim.
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HALF PAST DANGER #6 - Arriving in comic shops November 27!
Written and art by Stephen Mooney, covers by Stephen
Mooney
Endgame. Irish and his team have their final, devastating
chance to thwart Toht’s scheme and prevent the Axis from
attaining the most potent biological weapon in history. But
are they willing to extinguish the very lives they’re trying
to save in order to do it?
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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Hermes Press
BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY #3 (of 4)
Arriving in comic shops November 27!
(Writer/Artist) Howard Chaykin
The adventure in Howard Chaykin's new ground-breaking tale
of the new Buck Rogers continues! Buck Rogers, former World War
I ace is accidentally suspended in time only to awaken to a new
and different earth, 500 years in the future, fragmented by war and
ruled by an omnipotent force— the Chinese. Now, Buck along
with Colonel Wilma Deering, begin a new fight, to free the United
States! Buck Rogers, the most famous "man out of his time" comes
closer to his destiny; will he succeed in freeing what is left of the
United States from the domination of an occupying force? Unexpected
surprises and plot twist dominate as the story arc races forward.
7x10, 32 pages, Full Color, $3.99
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ILLUSTRATED BRITISH CLASSICS: SIR ARTHUR
CONAN DOYLE'S THE LOST WORLD & OTHERS TP
Now available and coming to comic shop in February!
(Writer) Arthur Conan Doyle (Art) Robert Forrest & Various
Four Conan Doyle comic strip adaptations from the 1960s. Dinosaurs, Sherlock
Holmes, and knights in armour a feast of comic strip glory. The definitive
adventure strip version of The Sign of Four, the lurking menace of The
Hound of the Baskervilles, the rousing action packed pagentry of Sir
Nigel, and visual impact of savage ape-men ferocious meat eating dinosurs
and swooping pterodactyls in The Lost World.
Softcover, 8x12, 142 pages, B&W, $28.99, On sale in the U.S.
February 26.
ILLUSTRATED BRITISH CLASSICS: THE LOST
WORLD is solicited in the December PREVIEWS (Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC130964.
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THE JAMES BOND OMNIBUS VOLUME 5 - Arriving in book stores November 26!
Jim Lawrence (Author), Yaroslav Horak (Illustrator)
The daring James Bond is back in a definitive bumper edition collecting
more of Jim Lawrence’s celebrated run in comic strip form! Includes nine
of Bond’s most thrilling and dangerous missions: Till Death Do Us Part,
The Torch-Time Affair, Hot-Shot Nightbird, Ape of Diamonds, When The Wizard
Awakes, Sea Dragon, Death Wing, and The Xanadu Connection!
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Titan Books
ISBN-10: 0857685902
ISBN-13: 978-0857685902
$19.95
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Fantastic Adventures, February 1940
Part 1 of THE PRINCE OF MARS RETURNS by Phil Nowlan, author of "Buck Rogers".
Contents:
NEW YORK FIGHTS THE
TERMITES by Bertrand L. Shurtleff
THE PRINCE OF MARS RETURNS (Part 1) by Phil Nowlan
LANCELOT BIGGS COOKS A PIRATE by Nelson S. Bond
THUNOR FLEES THE DEVILS by Russell Storm
MYSTERY OF THE WHITE RAIDER by Thornton Ayre
LET WAR GODS CLASH! by Don Wilcox
8.5 x 11 inch, 102 pages. $15.00.
INDIAN STORIES,
Winter 1950
BRIDE OF THE TOMAHAWK PACK by Pratt Messer leads off this issue.
Contents:
BRIDE OF THE TOMAHAWK PACK by Pratt Messer
MY LIFE WITH SITTING BULL by Walter J. Winters
MOCCASINED DEATH by Alexander Wallace
THE EAGLE OF KUWAHI by C. Hall Thompson
SQUAW KILLER by James G. Blade
7 x 10 inch, 102 pages. $15.00.
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KING CONAN: THE CONQUEROR #1 (of 6)
- Coming in February!
Timothy Truman (Writer), Tomás Giorello (Art/Cover), and
José Villarrubia (Color)
In the port city of Messantia, the deposed, fugitive Conan could uncover
the key to regaining his throne—or he could get a knife in the back!
Conan follows a lead to a lost relic, revisits an old friend, and finds
that he’s not alone in his risky hunt for a missing, magical gem.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.50, On sale February 26.
KING CONAN: THE CONQUEROR #1 is solicited
in the December PREVIEWS (Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC130123.
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KING CONAN VOLUME 3: THE HOUR OF THE DRAGON TP
- Coming in April!
Timothy Truman (Writer), Tomás Giorello (Art), José
Villarrubia (Color), and Gerald Parel (Cover)
Dethroned by a traitorous alliance backed by a resurrected sorcerer,
Conan—the barbarian king of Aquilonia—must fight his way out of a villain’s
dungeon and across battle-ravaged countries, seeking a mysterious gem
that will help him reclaim his kingdom! Collects issues #1–#6 of King
Conan: The Hour of the Dragon.
Trade paperback, 7" x 10", 160 pages, Full Color, $19.99, On sale April
23.
KING CONAN VOLUME 3: THE HOUR OF THE
DRAGON is solicited in the December PREVIEWS (Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC130124.
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Laurie's Wild West - Now online!
The 2013 ECHOES AWARD GOES TO ...ME!
- New!
Modest Stein's Storied Past, and Why You Should Avoid Public
Toilets in Pittsburgh
Off-Trail Publications Now Has a Website
A WEIRD TALES Halloween Cover Sampler
Pulp Covers: Halloween Covers From Unexpected Sources
WILD WEST WEEKLY covers: 1935
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LEGENDERRY: A STEAMPUNK ADVENTURE #2 (OF 7)
- Coming in February!
Writer: Bill Willingham
Art: Sergio Fernandez Davila
Cover Artist(s): Joe Benitez, Johnny Desjardins
THE EPIC STEAMPUNK CROSSOVER CONTINUES!
Magna Spadarossa gets a taste of life in the Big City, but it’s not all
she had hoped. Assassins galore are after her, but why? It’s up to Vampirella,
the Green Hornet, Kato, and the best Victorian futuristic technology they
have to keep Magna safe … but will that be enough?
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99,
On sale February 5.
LEGENDERRY: A STEAMPUNK ADVENTURE #2 is
solicited in the December PREVIEWS (Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131039.
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LEGENDS OF RED SONJA #4 (OF 5) - Coming in February!
(Writers) Gail Simone, Marjorie Liu, Mercedes Lackey
(Art) Jack Jadson, Phil Noto, Nei Ruffino (Cover) Jay Anacleto
The all-star celebration of Red Sonja's 40th anniversary continues, as
legendary fantasy novelist Mercedes (Valdemar) Lackey tells her first comics
story of a child's encounter with the She-Devil, and how it changed them
both forever with artist Nei Ruffino! And fan-favorite Marvel Comics writer
and novelist Marjorie M. Liu teams with the amazing Phil Noto for a sexy,
scary tale of the forest at night! All wrapped in a story by Gail
Simone and Jack Jadson!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale February 19.
LEGENDS OF RED SONJA #4 is solicited
in the December PREVIEWS (Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131055.
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131056
(Thorne subscription variant).
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LOBSTER JOHNSON: GET THE LOBSTER #1 (of 5) - Coming in February!
Mike Mignola (Writer), John Arcudi (Writer), Tonci Zonjic (Art/Cover),
and Dave Stewart (Color)
A Manhattan sporting event goes terribly wrong as the ref is killed in
front of a live audience by two crazed—and seemingly bulletproof—wrestlers.
Who is behind this new reign of terror?
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale February 5.
LOBSTER JOHNSON: GET THE LOBSTER #1
is solicited in the December PREVIEWS (Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC130112.
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LOUIS L'AMOUR: LAW OF THE DESERT BORN GN
- Now available and coming to comic shops
in February!
(Writer) Louis L'Amour & Various (Art/Cover) Tom Yeates
Based on a story by the legendary Louis L'Amour, Law of the Desert Born
is a classic Western, told in a style like no other L'Amour story!
Adapted by Charles Santino from a screenplay by Beau L'Amour and Kathy
Nolan, and with art by Thomas Yeates, this is an all-new story for the
millions of Louis L'Amour fans throughout the world.
The first graphic novel adaptation of the work of master storyteller Louis
L’Amour is a dynamic tale of the Old West that explores the borderlands
of loyalty and betrayal with the emotional grittiness of a noir thriller.
New Mexico, 1887, a land in the midst of the worst drought anyone
can remember. Family histories and loyalties run deep, but when rancher
Tom Forrester has his access to the Pecos River cut off by the son of his
old partner, he convinces his foreman, Shad Marone, to pay Jud Bowman back
for the discourtesy. Yet what starts as a simple act of petty revenge quickly
spirals into a cycle of violence that no one can control.
Now Marone is on the run, pursued by a sheriff’s posse across a rugged
desert landscape. Leading the chase is Jesus Lopez, a half-Mexican, half-Apache
with a personal stake in bringing Shad to justice. Newly released from
jail, trusted by no one, Lopez swears he’s the only man who can track
Marone down. That may be true. But who will live and who will die and what
price will be paid in suffering are open questions. Fate and the Jornada
del Muerto desert possess a harsh justice that is all their own.
With a propulsive script from Beau L’Amour and Kathy Nolan, adapted
by Charles Santino and illustrated in bold black-and-white by Thomas Yeates,
Law of the Desert Born captures the dust and blood of Louis L’Amour’s
West—a world where the difference between a hero and a villain can be
as wide as the gap between an act of kindness or brutality or as narrow
as a misspoken word.
Hardcover, 8x11, 160 pages, B&W, $25.00
LOUIS L'AMOUR: LAW OF THE DESERT BORN
is solicited in the December PREVIEWS (Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC130946.
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MASK OF THE RED PANDA - Coming in February!
Gregg Taylor (Writer) • Dean Kotz (Art) • Dean Kotz (Cover)
Racketeers, gangsters, the occasional power-mad super villain–all have
fallen before the iron resolve of the city’s masked protectors. But when
forces with powers from beyond this world threaten to bring their war to
the streets of Depression-era Toronto, can even the Red Panda prevent disaster?
Bringing to life characters from The Red Panda Adventures, Decoder Ring
Theatre’s award-winning radio drama series, Mask of the Red Panda is pulse-pounding
pulp perfection for all those who love the classic two-fisted adventures
of the golden age of radio, classic movie serials, and the hero pulps.
Trade Paperback, 104 pages, Full Color, $17.99, On sale February 19.
MASK OF THE RED PANDA is solicited in
the December PREVIEWS (Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC130478.
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Moonstone Books
JACK HAGEE, PRIVATE EYE: NO FREE LUNCH by C. J. Henderson
Coming in February!
Previews Exclusive!
Long out of print!
Signed by the author!
In this shattering novel of private investigation and public
scandal, private eye Jack Hagee takes on the search for a small town
runaway. Mara Phillips' rich boyfriend wants her found, but may not
be telling the whole story. His is only one of the bodies that will
be found in this stunning tale of greed and murder set against the
background of NYC's most depraved sex club. This is CJ Henderson's
greatest character at his absolute best!
This edition comes with the bonus Jack Hagee short
"Bop Bop", in which Hagee tracks a murderous bail-jumper in Detroit.
Cover: Robert Maguire
Hardcover, 6" x 9", 222 pages, $28.99
ISBN: 978-1-936814-69-5
JACK HAGEE, PRIVATE EYE: NO FREE LUNCH
is solicited in the December PREVIEWS (Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131211.
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Moonstone Books
THE SAINT: THE MAN WHO WAS CLEVER by Leslie Charteris
Coming in February!
Previews Exclusive!
First ever graphic novel for THE SAINT!
"Adventure came to him not so much because he sought it as
because he brazenly expected it. He believed that life was full of
adventure, and he went forward in the full blaze and surge of that
belief." --
Simon Templar seeks to bring a drug smuggler to justice. In this story,
Templar is shown in the process of establishing his reputation as a
crime buster working with a team of mysterious individuals (akin to
Robin Hood's Merry Men). Patricia Holm, Templar's love interest and
fellow adventurer appears as well.
Told in WIDEVISION
Story: Leslie Charteris, Mel Odom
Art: David Bryant
Hardcover, 7” x 10”, b/w, 80 pages, $19.99
ISBN: 978-1-936814-70-1
THE SAINT: THE MAN WHO WAS CLEVER is
solicited in the December PREVIEWS (Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131210.
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The New Pulp Heroes
- New pulp blog now online!
Tom Johnson has started
a new Blog for authors who have created new pulp
heroes.
This Site is for essays
on The New Pulp Heroes. It’s about time we catalog
new characters appearing in books and anthologies.
Since Tom does not have time to read everything being
published, he is offering space for legitimate creators
of new pulp characters to send him their data, and he
will post their essays. The only changes Tom will make to essays
will be editing and format. If you wish, include a jpeg of
a book cover or b&w illustration if you have permission
from the artist. By sending Tom your essays, you are giving me
permission to promote and showcase this data. Eventually,
it would be nice to see all the data published in book format.
Essays should be up to 500 words, and include information
on MC and back up characters, creator, title of books, and where
the stories can be found.
The Legend -
New!
The Undertaker - New!
UFO Hunter
The Wall
The Night Hawk
Pulp: A Fiction Magazine
The Black Shadow
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NOIR #4 (OF 5)
- Coming in February!
(Writer) Victor Gischler (Art) Andrea Mutti (Cover) Ardian Syaf
In the Labyrinth of the Templars, The Black Sparrow and Miss Fury follow
the deranged villains Orlando and Minerva on a trail of a lost treasure.
Along the way, they dodge traps and pitfalls and learn of the Templar
connection to the Mohawk Tribe. Will the ladies be forced to join
forces with the bad guys to attain their goal, or will one stab the other
in the back at the first opportunity. Blazing guns, snapping bullwhips
and the looming shroud of betrayal await you in the next issue of Noir.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale February
5.
NOIR #4 is solicited in the December
PREVIEWS (Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131088.
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Off-Trail Publications
Off-Trail Publications
website now online!
PULPWOOD
DAYS: VOLUME 2: LIVES OF THE
PULP WRITERS
Edited by John Locke
This unique collection mines the writers’
mags for those rare articles in which pulp writers looked
back on their careers—how they broke in, their
successes and failures, the glories and hardships
of the pulp racket. These are hardboiled writing
stories from the Pulp Era—when the greatest time in history
to sell fiction—the 1920s—was suddenly followed by
one of the worst—the ’30s.
Complementing the twenty pieces are all-new profiles
of the subject authors. Who were they? What
weren’t they telling us? What happened to them after
the pulps died? We meet the writers and see how
their lives were shaped by the times and the ever-shifting
fortunes of the pulps.
From all walks of life, they were as interesting
as the characters they imagined—soldiers and sailors,
a lumberjack, a daredevil aviator, a WWI ambulance
driver, a beauty-contest emcee, a career criminal, and—why
not?—the leader of a marching band.
Some of these names are remembered today; many are
not. But they all left behind fascinating and
enlightening glimpses into the great days when the
pulps ruled the newsstands. Included are Arthur J. Burks,
Tom Curry, Steve Fisher, Hapsburg Liebe, Chuck
Martin, Harold Masur, Tom Thursday, Paul Triem, Jean
Francis Webb, and many others. Over 100,000 words of pulp
history.
6x9-inch perfect bound; 250 pages, $22.00
Checkout earlier titles by clicking on the link below.
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Pulp Crazy - Now online!
Tower of Heaven
by Walter C. Brown - New!
Black Destroyer
Tarzan and
the Green Goddess 1938
The New Adventures
of Tarzan 1935
Pulpfest 2012
– Edgar Rice Burroughs, Movie Producer -
The Avenger
by Paul Ernst
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Pulp Den
- Now online!
Doctor Lovebeads
- New!
The Red Scream
- New!
The Crimson Mask Volume One
- New!
Home For The Holidays (Holiday Special)
- New!
The 2013 ECHOES Awards
Fading Shadows Releases
Halloween
Noah's Rainy Day
Tom's Book Signing
Everyone In Their Place
Gulf Boulevard
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Pulp Flakes
- Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines,
authors and their stories, adventure and detective
pulps.
Compound Interest - short story by Hugh Pendexter
- New!
Pulp Covers - two recent blog posts
Off-trail e-book recommendation: Rogue Male by Geoffrey
Household
Of Deadly Weapons - a Caradosso short story by F.R. Buckley
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Pulp Magazines Project - Now online!
Planet Stories (May & Jul. 1951, and Jan. 1954)
- New!
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Radio Archives
Will Murray's Pulp Classics
#38
Detective Doc Harker #1 Audiobook
"Crime Nest" by Edwin Truett
Read by Michael C. Gwynne. Liner Notes by Will Murray
Now available!
As the grim 1930s turned into
the dangerous 1940s, pulp magazine publishers began searching for new titles
and concepts. One of the oldest, the Munsey Company, looked over the field
with its Doc Savages, Shadows and Spiders and decided that the time for cloaked
superheroic avengers had peaked. So they brainstormed a new breed of heroes
that broke the mold.
The mystic Green Lama was the first. An American Buddhist lama who fought
crime, he has never been duplicated.
Munsey followed up with an equally original crime-buster, Dr. Thaddeus Clay
Harker. An aging but spry Kentucky colonel, Dr. Harker was a criminologist
operating under the cover of an itinerant peddler of patent medicines, his
Chickasha Remedies.
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Doc Harker specialized in small-town trouble far from the big cities. His
M. O. was to send his advance agent, the lovely master of disguise, Brenda
Sloan, to lay the groundwork for his arrival. Then he and his strong right
arm, ex-heavyweight wrestler Hercules Jones, would blow into a trouble spot
and begin their quiet investigations, operating out of his mobile trailer
crammed with patent medicines and sophisticated scientific apparatus designed
to combat crime. No one suspected that the genteel Southerner with the courtly
charm concealed a steel-trap intellect burning with a single-minded determination
to stamp out evil. Yet once Doc Harker got started, invariably all hell would
break loose!
The creation of Texas writer Edwin Truett “Bud” Long, Doc Harker debuted
in Detective Dime Novels in April, 1940, and continued in Red Star Detective.
In his first thrilling case, Doc and Herk come to Abbottville, Texas–-an
outwardly ordinary place that the Underworld is planning to turn into a secret
Crime Nest.
Every issue of Red Star Detective also included a backup novelette by the
notorious Robert Leslie Bellem, starring Nick Ransom, ex-Hollywood stunt
man turned private eye, the proprietor of Risks, Incorporated. “Peril for
Sale” marks his debut.
Also included are three swift-moving short stories, Murray W. Mosser’s “Trouble
For Three,” L. K. Frank’s “Trooper’s Vacation” and C. S. Montanye’s “A Gal
Named Sal.”
Michael C. Gwynne turns on the charm in our most unusual audiobook. If
you cotton to Doc Harker and his little band of troublebusters, we have
lined up several sequels. 6 hours $23.98 Audio CDs / $11.99 Download.
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Radio Archives
Jungle Jim! The very name conjures up
images of exotic locales, wild beasts and hostile natives. Jungle Jim braved
these with the aid of his faithful Hindu companion Kolu as he traveled
the wilds of southeastern Asia in search of adventure.
Jungle Jim is best remembered as the star of sixteen Columbia B-movies starring
Johnny Weissmuller, fresh off his twelve-year stint as Tarzan, beginning
in 1948. But Jungle Jim’s history goes back more than a decade.
Produced by Jay Clark and often written by Gene Stafford,
The Adventures of Jungle Jim was on the air weekly from 1935 to 1954. A combination
of jungle danger and colonial politics, the show brought listeners tales
of slave traders, pirates, foreign spies, wild beasts, poachers, hostile
tribes, and, during World War II, the Japanese, as Jim often served as an
Allied operative. Armed with his trusty .45 automatic, the adventurer searched
for lost treasure and investigated such mysteries as ghosts and unknown islands.
Throughout it all, Jungle Jim maintained a cool head.
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Beginning with Tarzan, the pulp era was full of jungle characters. Jungle
Jim is one of the unique ones, in that he wasn’t a barely-literate loincloth-clad
tree-dwelling wild man, but rather Jim Bradley, a hunter – a “great white
hunter” in the mold of heroes of earlier popular fiction such as H. Rider
Haggard’s Allan Quatermain and Lord John Roxton from Arthur Conan Doyle’s
The Lost World.
Jungle Jim was the archetypal Great White Hunter that one thinks of at
the mention of “lost worlds”, which filled the pages of pulp magazines,
and later, movie serials. He was everything one could ask for in a pulp
protagonist – handsome, brave, resourceful.
Following a number of successful B-motion pictures for Columbia, Johnny
Weissmuller continued the role in a 1955-56 Screen Gems television series
consisting of 26 episodes. Jungle Jim also appeared in comic books by Standard
(1949-1951), Dell (1953-1959) and Charlton (1969-1970).
This volume contains forty fifteen-minute episodes from 1937 and 1938, including
the conclusion of “The Tiger’s Claw” (#81-96) and the beginning of “The
Afghan Hills” (#97-120), for ten hours of exciting and intelligent adventure.
$29.98 Audio CDs / $14.99 Download.
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Radio Archives
Will Murray's Pulp Classics #20
Unabridged Audiobook
Strange Detective Mysteries When the
Death-Bat Flies
Read by Michael C. Gwynne, Roy Worley, and
Roger Price
Very Special Offer from
Will Murray’s Pulp Classics!
RadioArchives.com and
Will Murray are giving away the downloadable version of the newly released
Strange Detective Mysteries #1 audiobook for FREE.
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Strange
Detective Mysteries #1 is one of my favorite pulps and I am excited
to produce it as an audiobook with my good friends at Radio Archives.
It leads off with Norvell W. Page's bizarre novelette, "When the Death-Bat
Flies," and includes thrilling stories by Norbert Davis, Paul Ernst,
Arthur Leo Zagat, Wayne Rogers and others. Popular Publications went
all-out to make this 1937 debut issue a winner. And they succeeded!
If you prefer the Audio CDs to play in your car or home CD player,
the coupon code will subtract the $11.99 price of the download version
from the Audio CDs. That makes the Audio CDs half price.
It is easy to get you get your copy. Go to:
http://www.radioarchives.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=strange+detective+mysteries&Search.x=0&Search.y=0
Add Strange Detective Mysteries to the shopping cart and use the
Coupon Code PULPCA
You can download the 6 hour audiobook immediately.
Happy listening
Tom Brown and Will Murray
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Radio Archives
Will Murray's Pulp eBook Classics
Now available!
The Spider #82: "Dictator's Death
Merchants"
Could the nation’s keenest lawmen stem the tide of murder and demolition
created by El Crocodilo, when that brutal mystery-king of a bygone Underworld
seemed able to forestall every brilliant, daring thrust of the Spider himself?...
Read this stirring account of Richard Went-worth’s indomitable sally into
the very jaws of the most sinister trap ever set to destroy the Master of
Men! Total Pulp Experience. These exciting pulp adventures have been beautifully
reformatted for easy reading as an eBook and features every story, every
editorial, and every column of the original pulp magazine. $2.99.
G-8 and His Battle Aces #17: "Squadron
of the Scorpion"
Their insignia were signs of the Zodiac... they fought only when
ordered by the Stars! Yet G-8 had a hunch that this apparently superstitious
staffel was important, that somehow it was playing death stakes in one of
the most deadly war schemes ever laid — and he followed his hunch on a lone
daring patrol! G-8 and his Battle Aces rode the nostalgia boom ten years
after World War I ended. These high-flying exploits were tall tales of a
World War that might have been, featuring monster bats, German zombies, wolf-men,
harpies, Martians, and even tentacled floating monsters. Most of these monstrosities
were the work of Germany’s seemingly endless supply of mad scientists, chief
of whom was G-8’s recurring Nemesis, Herr Doktor Krueger. G-8 battled Germany’s
Halloween shock troops for over a decade, not ceasing until the magazine
folded in the middle of World War II. G-8 and his Battle Aces return in vintage
pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format. $2.99.
Double Detective - The Green Lama
#1: "The Green Lama"
Only the Green Lama stood between this mysterious, sinister, master
criminal, and the domination of the world. Only the Green Lama had the knowledge,
out of the ages, and the fortitude, out of a life of strict adherence to
Truth and belief in Justice, to combat this menace which threatened the
very life of the nation. The jade-robed Buddhist priest who battled crime
as The Green Lama is back! Conceived in 1939 at the behest of the editors
of Munsey Publications to compete with The Shadow, it was an outlandish
concept. While The Shadow possessed the power to cloud men’s minds after
his time in the East, The Green Lama relied on other, even weirder, powers
— including the ability to become radioactive and electrically shock opponents
into submission! He carried a traditional Tibetan scarf, which he employed
to bind and befuddle opponents, and possessed a knowledge of vulnerable
nerve centers which he put to good use in hand-and-hand combat. Om Mani
Padme Hum! The Green Lama knows! The Green Lama returns in vintage pulp
tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format. $2.99.
Detective Dime Novels #1: "Crime
Wave"
Introducing Dr. Thaddeus Clay Harker who has his own peculiar remedy
for rat-infested towns. A new Dime Novels’ feature character. Detective
Dime Novels featured the adventures of Dr. Thaddeus Harker, a sawbones with
a penchant for crime. The first issue was dated April 1940. Doc Harker was
an old-fashioned Southern gentleman, a retired chemist who now devotes his
life to criminology. He travels around in a run-down medicine show with
his two aides "Herk" Jones and Brenda Sloan. With this as his cover, he delivers
his own brand of justice when crime sprouts. The second issue of the magazine
series was renamed Red Star Detective and the series closed down after a
total of four issues. The final issue did not feature Dr. Harker. Detective
Dime Novels returns, reissued for today's readers in electronic format. $2.99.
99 cent
eBook Singles
Each 99 cent eBook Single contains a single
short story, one of the many amazing tales selected from the
pages of Terror Tales and Rangeland Romances.
These short stories are not included in any
of our other eBooks.
Terror Tales: "A Kiss for the Blood
Lady" by Ralston Shields
Dr. Corvin saved my life — or did he? For he transferred my healthy
brain into the body of a killer-maniac, a man who had spent his days spilling
the blood he needed to appease the beautiful, sylph-like Prani. Now, I too
craved Prani, and for her, I was willing to offer the blood of my wife!
In 1934 a new type of magazine was born. Known by various names — the shudder
pulps, mystery-terror magazines, horror-terror magazines — weird me most
popular. It came from Popular Publications, whose publisher Harry Steeger
was inspired by the Grand Guignol theater of Paris. This breed of pulp story
survived less than ten years, but in that time, they became infamous, even
to this day. This ebook contains a classic story from the pages of Terror
Tales magazine, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format. $0.99.
Dime Mystery Magazine: "They Dance
And Die" by James Duncan
To Raoul Barr the voice of his own dead had spoken — yet no voice
was so fearful as that half-mad music which followed it, bringing the dancing
death in its wake... In 1934 a new type of magazine was born. Known by various
names — the shudder pulps, mystery-terror magazines, horror-terror magazines
— weird menace is the sub-genre term that has survived today. Dime Mystery
Magazine was one of the most popular. It came from Popular Publications,
whose publisher Harry Steeger was inspired by the Grand Guignol theater
of Paris. This breed of pulp story survived less than ten years, but in
that time, they became infamous, even to this day. This ebook contains a
classic story the pages of Dime Mystery Magazine, reissued for today’s readers
in electronic format. $0.99.
Rangeland Romances #20: "Gamblin’
Gal"
Lovely Lucky made a reckless bet with conniving Caleb — hoping to
find a way to handsome Sid’s arms. Her betting folly won her a kiss — and
an unwelcome sweetheart. One of the most popular settings for romance stories
was the old west, where men were men and women were women. As many a swooning
damsel could attest, "There's something about a cowboy." The western romance
became one of the most popular types of magazines sold during the early and
mid-twentieth century. $0.99.
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RED SONJA #8 - Coming
in February!
Covers: Jenny Frison, Nei Ruffino,
Stephanie Buscema
Writer: Gail Simone
Art: Walter Geovani
The unstoppable warrior is honor-bound to continue on in a king's
bizarre quest to find and capture the greatest artisans of the world, whether
they want to be found or not! In this unforgettable story, Sonja seeks
the finest animal trainer in the world...except he's trained them all for
WAR, with only Sonja to stop them!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99,
On sale February 12.
RED SONJA #8 is solicited in the December
PREVIEWS (Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131047 (Frison).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131048
(Rufino).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131049
(Buscema subscription variant).
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RED SONJA: BERSERKER (ONE-SHOT) - Coming in February!
(Writer) Nancy A. Collins (Art) Fritz Casas (Cover) Joseph Michael
Linsner
After a fight in a tavern results in Red Sonja being arrested and
becoming a prisoner, she is sold to a promoter who stages gladiatorial
games. There, in the blood-soaked sand of the arena, she finds herself pitted
against an old friend — a huge snow bear that she once saved from hunters.
But will they unite to wreak havoc on their enemies, or will they fight
one another to the death?
Full Color, 40 pages, $4.99, On sale
February 5.
RED SONJA: BERSERKER is solicited in
the December PREVIEWS (Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131054.
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ROBERT E. HOWARD’S SAVAGE SWORD #6
- Arriving
in comic shops November 27!
Matt Kindt (Writer), Paul Tobin (Writer), Ian Edginton
(Writer), Francesco Francavilla (Art/Color/Cover),
Richard Pace (Art), and Keu Cha (Pencils)
Multi-Eisner Award nominee Matt
Kindt teams with comic-book superstar Keu Cha to bring
you a familiar Conan story with a twist! Paul Tobin and
Francesco Francavilla deliver the second exciting
installment of Dark Agnes: Sword Woman, while
Ian Edginton and Richard Pace show us why the Picts
are such a formidable fighting force in part 2 of Bran
Mak Morn: Men of the Shadows. This and much more in
Robert E. Howard’s Savage Sword #6!
Full Color, 80 pages, $7.99
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THE SHADOW #20
- Arriving in comic shops November 27!
Writer: Chris Roberson
Artist: Giovanni Timpano
Covers: Alex Ross, Jason Shawn Alexander
The Shadow ventures beyond the Iron Curtain, deep into the
heart of the Soviet Union, seeking clues to a mystery that reaches
back into his own mysterious past, and which threatens to destroy
the man he has become.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99,
On sale November 20
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THE SHADOW #23 - Coming
in February!
Writer: Chris Roberson
Art: Giovanni Timpano
Cover Artist(s): Alex Ross, Dean Motter, Francesco Francavilla,
Dennis Calero
The search for the secret of the girasol is finally nearing its end, and
the trail has led the Shadow from the jungles of Guatemala back home
to the concrete canyons of New York City. But is he prepared for the answers
that he will find?
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99,
On sale February 19.
THE SHADOW #23 is solicited in the December
PREVIEWS (Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131064 (Ross).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131065
(Motter).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131066
(Calero subscription variant).
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THE SHADOW: 1941 HITLER'S ASTROLOGER - Arriving in comic shops November 27!
Writer: Denny O'Neil
Artists: Michael Kaluta
Cover: Michael Kaluta
Re-Mastered and available for the first time in over two decades!
On Easter Sunday of April 1941, a young woman pushes through
the Manhattan crowds, racing for her life. It's a chase
that will lead from the bustling American metropolis all the way
to Berlin, the dark heart of the Nazi regime. Like marionettes
dangling from invisible hands, neither Allies nor Axis agents
can tell if they are the puppeteers... or the dolls whose strings
get cut. Behind it all, The Shadow looms, a master of men with cold,
hollow laughter and blazing .45 pistols! The acclaimed collaboration
of Batman scribe Denny O'Neil and artist Mike Kaluta, available for
the first time in over two decades, completely remastered!
Hardcover, 64 pages, Full Color, $19.99
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THE SHADOW VOLUME 3: THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
- Coming in February!
Writer: Chris Roberson
Art: Giovanni Timpano
Cover Artist(s): Alex Ross
The Shadow, the mysterious crime-fighter who knows what evil lurks in
the hearts of men, is on the hunt for a serial murderer in the darkened
streets of New York. At each crime scene, eyewitnesses have spotted the
spectral figure of a woman in white. But what is the connection between
these killings and the shining, blade-wielding woman known only as "The
Light"? The Shadow must unravel the mystery before the killer strikes again!
Collects the complete six-issue comic book storyline from The Shadow #13-18.
Trade Paperback, 168 pages, Full Color, $19.99, On sale February
19.
THE SHADOW VOLUME 3: THE LIGHT OF THE
WORLD is solicited in the December PREVIEWS (Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131074.
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The Shadow Fan's Podcast
- Now online!
Noir
The Shadow Fan returns for Episode 58! This week he reviews the
final issue of The Shadow/Green Hornet: Dark Nights and the first issue
of Noir! It's an emotional episode as Barry talks about his adoration of
Dark Nights and takes serious issue with a couple of points made in Noir.
If you love pulp's greatest crimefighter, then this is the podcast for you!
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THE SHADOW MASTERS SERIES VOL. 1 TPB - Coming in February!
Writer: Andy Helfer
Art: Bill Sienkiewicz
Cover Artist: Bill Sienkiewicz
Featuring Andy Helfer and Bill Sienkiewicz’s classic Shadow series from
1987! Following Howard Chaykin’s classic mini-series Blood & Judgement,
Helfer and Sienkiewicz story stands on its own as one of the most surreal
Shadow tales of all time! Contains issues #1-6 of this definitive Shadow
story!
Trade Paperback, 144 pages, Full Color, $24.99, On sale February
26.
THE SHADOW MASTERS SERIES VOLUME 1 is solicited
in the December PREVIEWS (Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131078.
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The Shadow - Under the
Blue Light - Now online!
The Crime Oracle
- New!
The Golden Doom
- New!
Murder Mansion
Master of Death
Death Token
The Getaway Ring
Loot of Death
Quetzal
Death Clew
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THE SHADOW YEAR ONE #8 (of 10)
- Coming in February!
Writer: Matt Wagner
Art: Wilfredo Torres
Cover Artist(s): Matt Wagner, Alex Ross, Chris Samnee,
Howard Chaykin, Wilfredo Torres, Blank Cover
Now Bimonthly! In the aftermath of his sky-scraping battle with Big Gun
Massaretti, Lamont Cranston hunts for the psychic super-villain who was
puppet master to the belligerent mobster, the grotesque and mysterious Dr.
Zorn. His pursuit takes him to all corners of the Big Apple, even as the
NYPD are just beginning to hear reports of the dark-clad vigilante known
only as The Shadow! Eisner Award winner Matt Wagner and artists Wildfredo
Torres and Brennan Wagner bring the classic pulp hero’s fledgling adventures
to life in this blazing hot ten-issue series.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99,
On sale February 26.
THE SHADOW YEAR ONE #8 is solicited in
the December PREVIEWS (Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131068 (Wagner).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131069
(Ross).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131070
(Samnee).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131071
(Chaykin).
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SHERLOCK HOLMES: MORIARTY LIVES #2 (OF 5) - Coming in February!
(Writer) David Liss (Art) Daniel Indro (Cover) Francesco Francavilla
Stranded in Switzerland, his criminal network in tatters, and with the
world believing him dead, the world’s most notorious villain, Professor
James Moriarty, faces his greatest challenge yet – taking care of an orphaned
child. Bound by a solemn promise, and determined to seek revenge against
a local madman, Moriarty begins a clever campaign to work his way inside
his enemy’s fortress. The trap is set, and Moriarty is determined
to succeed, but is he villainous enough for the task?
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99,
On sale February 12.
SHERLOCK HOLMES: MORIARTY LIVES #2 is solicited in the December PREVIEWS
(Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131111.
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Tellers of Weird Tales - Now online!
Terence Hanley has created a blog in
which he researches and writes about the contributors
to Weird Tales magazine and its companion
titles, Oriental Stories and The Magic Carpet
Magazine.
Anthony D. Keogh (1900-1972) - New!
Talbot Johns (1909-1969) - New!
Alice I'Anson (1872-1931) - New!
Norman Elwood Hammerstrom (1899-1970) - New!
Francis D. Grierson (1888-1972)
Alice Drayton Farnham (1906-1974)
Horatio V. Ellis (1895-1945)
Laurence R. D'Orsay (1887-1947)
O.M. Cabral (1887-1955)
G.W.J. Blume (1889-1955)
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TOM STRONG AND THE PLANET OF PERIL #5 (OF 6) - Arriving in comic shops November 27!
Writer: Peter Hogan
Art/Cover: Chris Sprouse, Karl Story
After attending a service for a fallen comrade, Tom Strong and Val
Var Garm return to their mission: find Tom Strange, and ask him
for the elixir that will save Tesla’s life. But this time, they
have to go a little farther than the Grand Canyon…
Full Color, 32 pages, $2.99,
On sale November 27
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WANTED: Thrilling Detective
May 1942
A publisher is seeking
scans of the story "Murder in Furs" by Frederic Brown along with its artwork
from THRILLING DETECTIVE dated May 1942.
If any Coming Attractions
readers can help, please contact
me.
Thanks!
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WARLORD OF MARS #30
Arriving in comic
shops November 27!
Written by Arvid Nelson
Art by Leandro Oliveira
Covers by Joe Jusko (50%), Lucio Parrillo
(50%)
John Carter is far from home,
and his enemies have enslaved the mind of his only ally, Tars Tarkas. Carter
is left with a brutal choice: kill his greatest friend, or allow Mars to
descend into a war that could well destroy the Red Planet. What’s he to do?
How about a little impromptu surgery, followed by some serious ass-kicking?
Full Color, 32 pages,
$3.99
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WARLORD OF MARS: DEJAH THORIS #32
Arriving in comic
shops November 27!
Written by Robert Place Napton, art
by Carlos Rafael, covers by Jay Anacleto,
Fabiano Neves
Trapped in the future of Barsoom, Dejah Thoris and her
descendant battle invading humans in a dark tomorrow. As she struggles
to find her way back to her own time, Dejah is confronted with
decisions that could change her destiny and alter the history of
the red planet!?
Full Color, 32 pages,
$3.99, On sale October 9
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WARLORD OF MARS: DEJAH THORIS #36
- Coming in February!
Writer: Robert Place Napton
Artist: Debora Carita
Cover Artist(s): Jay Anacleto, Fabiano Neves, Mel Rubi
Dejah tries to save the young girl that has been placed in her care while
a relentless assassin tries to kill them both. The race for survival
takes them into the heart of one of the darkest regions of Barsoom where
they face a horde of hostile creatures!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99,
On sale February 19.
WARLORD OF MARS: DEJAH THORIS #36 is
solicited in the December PREVIEWS (Available November 27).
The Diamond Item Code is DEC131115.
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