Once again join us on a journey back
to an “Age of Aces” as “Battling” Mord Grogan burns through
the tortured skies of pre-WWII China. Grogan, an
American pilot, commands the all-Chinese “Dragon Squadron”
in their battle against the invading Japanese along with
his three valiant flight commanders: Monty St. John, the lanky
Limey; slender Hank Goyen, the dapper Frog; and last but
not least, the imperturbable Ah Im, Grogan’s boyhood chum
of old Nanking days, now premier olive-toned ace of the
Dragon clan. Never before has the struggle been so fierce or
the danger of Oriental treachery so great!
WWI pilot Robert M. Burtt wrote the fourteen
Battling Grogan stories in the early 1930’s for Flying
Aces Magazine before becoming well known as the co-creator
and writer of aviation-themed radio serials like The Air Adventures
of Jimmy Allen, Captain Midnight, Hop Harrigan and Sky
King.
Stories include:
“Against The Rising Sun” – Flying Aces,
May 1932
“The Squadron of Skeletons” – Flying Aces, June
1932
“The Tartar Thunderbolt” – Flying Aces, October
1932
“The Dragon’s Brood” – Flying Aces, February
1933
“Shanghai Hawks” – Flying Aces, March 1933
“Minions of the Mikado” – Flying Aces, June 1933
“Eagles of the East” – Flying Aces, July 1933
“The Dragon’s Decoy” – Flying Aces, September
1933
“Ming Menace” – Flying Aces, November 1933
“Death from The Rising Sun” – Flying Aces, December
1933
“The Bat Brood” – Flying Aces, January 1934
“Traitor Truce” – Flying Aces, February 1934
“Hawks of Nippon” – Flying Aces, May 1934
“Mace of The Mikado” – Flying Aces, September
1934
$16.99 | 6″x9″ trade paperback | 470pp | ISBN:978-1-937590-00-0
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!
DOC
SAVAGE Volume 71: "Angry Ghost" & "The Disappearing Lady"
The pulp era's legendary superman returns in action-packed novels
by Lester Dent and William G. Bogart writing as "Kenneth Robeson." First,
America's national security is threatened by "The Angry Ghost" that
brings horrific destruction to the U.S. Treasury Building, a bridge
and a military base. Then, the Man of Bronze seeks to unravel
the million-dollar blackmail and murder scheme of "The Disappearing
Lady." This deluxe pulp reprint showcases the original color pulp
covers by Emery Clarke and Charles J. Ravel plus all the original
interior illustrations by Paul Orban and comics legend Bob Powell.
(Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-128-8 Softcover, 7x10, 112 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
Now available!
THE SHADOW Volume 79: "Crime Circus" &
"Noose of Death"
The Master of Darkness investigates bizarre crimes in classic
pulp novels by Walter Gibson and Theodore Tinsley writing as "Maxwell
Grant." First, The Shadow undercovers racketeers behind the glamour
and gaiety of a "Crime Circus." Then, an off-trail mystery leads The
Shadow from Manhattan's Madison Square Garden to a Western dude ranch
to save innocent victims from the strangling coils of the "Noose of
Death." This instant collector's item features the original color pulp
covers by George Rozen and Graves Gladney, the classic interior illustrations
by legendary illustrator Tom Lovell and commentary by popular culture
historians Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-129-5
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
Now available!
NICK CARTER Volume
2: "Whispers of Death" and "The Trail of the Scorpion" — Guest-starring THE
SHADOW!
America's premier detective hero returns in two action-packed pulp
thrillers by John Chambliss and Thomas Calvert McClary plus two classic
media tales by THE SHADOW's Walter Gibson! First, "Whispers of Death"
undermine the construction of a New York power plant, leading the Master
Detective into one of his strangest cases! Then, a cryptic call for
help from the Khan of Iraghan summons Nick Carter from his New York headquarters
through a winding maze of murder leading to the Florida Everglades
as he follows the deadly "Trail of the Scorpion." BONUS: Nick Carter
teams up with THE SHADOW in "Calling Nick Carter," a rare crossover
from the Golden Age of Comics, and battles "The Voice of Crime" in a
lost radio adventure by Walter B. Gibson! This double-novel special edition
leads off with a haunting skeleton cover by renowned illustrator Jerome
Rozen, and also features the original pulp interior art by Amos Sewell
plus historical commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum
Books) 978-1-60877-130-1 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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Beb Books - Now available!
The Redheads by Captain A. E.
Dingle
“Red” Saunders, a hot-tempered, two-fisted
trader, finds himself blacklisted by the Dutch merchants around Borneo.
With no one willing to ship with him Saunders takes up with another red head,
Englishman by the name of Beauchamp, who bought title to a tract of land
rich in gold and oil. But someone wants Beauchamp to give up on his claim
and riches therein. Saunders, loving nothing better than a fight offers to
take his crew and help secure his claim. Thus begins a rumble-tumble
tale of brisk action, devious villains and a pair of women who have no
intention of leave the men they love alone. 80 pages of South Seas excitement
for on $6.00 (plus postage)
Don’t
forget our November releases!
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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Black Coat Press - Now available!
In the 1890s, a generation before Hugo Gernsback, Louis Figuier, editor
of the French popular science magazine La Science Illustrée, made
a concerted effort to define and delimit the genre of roman scientifique,
using that term to head a series of feuilletons that ran in his magazine
from 1888 to 1905.
This is a new collection of eight French proto-science fiction stories
taken from the pages of La Science Illustrée, translated and annotated
by renowned science fiction writer and scholar Brian Stableford. Included
here are Vernian romances, tall tales featuring the dramatic extrapolation
of natural phenomena, stories highlighting the scientific obsessions
of geniuses with its social and psychological costs, and stories of everyday
life in which scientific knowledge comes to play a significant role.
Brian M. Stableford has been a professional writer since 1965. He has
published more than 60 science fiction and fantasy novels, as well as several
authoritative non-fiction books. He is also translating the works of Paul
Féval and other French writers of the fantastique for Black Coat
Press which also published his most two recent fantasy novels: The New Faust
at the Tragicomique, The Wayward Muse and The Stones of Camelot.
US $22.95 / GBP £14.99
5x8 trade paperback, 308 pages
CYBELE:
AN EXTRAORDINARY VOYAGE INTO THE FUTURE
by Adolphe Alhaiza; adapted by Brian Stableford
The perfect concordance of your astronomical, geographical and
historical data with what exists,
or did exist, at a very remote time of our own annals, leads me to
admit that there are two Earths in the universe,
two planets and doubtless also two solar systems that are absolutely identical,
yet separated by an immeasurable distance...
One night, young Marius Foulane is mysteriously
attracted by the light of the star Gemma and travels by astral projection
to the planet Cybele which orbits it. He discovers a world identical to
Earth, but historically displaced by 6000 years in the future. On Cybele,
Marius discovers evolved dogs capable of speech, computers, and even peaceful
relations with other alien species from the same Solar System.
Cybèle (1891) does have authentic claims to being a significant contribution
to the development of French futuristic fiction, and it contains a good
deal of material that is still capable of stimulating the thought and
imagination of the modern reader. Brian Stableford.
Brian M. Stableford has been a professional writer since 1965. He has
published more than 60 science fiction and fantasy novels, as well as several
authoritative non-fiction books. He is also translating the works of Paul
Féval and other French writers of the fantastique for Black Coat
Press.
US $20.95 / GBP £12.99
5x8 trade paperback, 240 pages
In this very special tenth anniversary issue of Tales of the
Shadowmen, the only anthology dedicated to international heroes and villains
of pulp literature, we find a pantheon of contributors from Australia,
Canada, England, France and the United States, all celebrating those great
detectives and master villains who enchanted our adolescence.
Rocambole is here, facing the schemes of Captain Nemo. Arsène Lupin
conspires to steal the Maltese Falcon from the clutches of Doc Savage!
Rouletabille untangles the wiles of that master thief, the Cat! And there
are also vampires and monsters, ghouls and zombies, as well as the familiar
figures of Sâr Dubnotal, Doctor Omega, D'Artagnan, Phileas Fogg,
and the villainous Black Coats!
The feelings of loyalty, enthusiasm and devotion--in other words, esprit
de corps--that we feel towards those cherished figures is as undiminished
today as it was when we were in our teens. They are more than fictional
characters; some are our companions, our reflections, who have followed
us all our lives!
Contents:
Jean-Marc Lofficier: My Life as a Shadowman (2) (introduction)
Matthew Baugh: Quest of the Vourdalaki starring Boris Liatoukine, The
Master, Quentin Cassave.
Nicholas Boving: The Green Eye starring Phileas Fogg, Rupert of Hentzau,
A.J. Raffles.
Nathan Cabaniss: The Great Ape Caper starring Arsène Lupin.
Anthony R. Cardno: So Much Loss starring Dr. Seward, Sâr Dubnotal.
Matthew Dennion: He Who Laughs Last starring Dr. Syn, The Black Coats.
Brian Gallagher: City of the Nosferatu starring Boris Liatoukine, Dracula,
Orlok.
John Gallagher: Last of the Kaiju starring Barbarella, Godzilla.
Martin Gately: Rouletabille vs. The Cat starring Rouletabille, The Cat.
Emmanuel Gorlier: The Brotherhood of Mercy starring Cyrano de Bergerac,
D'Artagnan, Sainte-Claire.
Micah Harris: The Frequency of Fear starring Teddy Verano, Michel Delassalle,
The Tingler.
Travis Hiltz: The Next Omega starring Dr. Omega, The Parisian Aeronaut,
The Wandering Jew.
Paul Hugli: Piercing the Veil of Isis starring Chevalier Dupin.
Rick Lai: The Mark of a Woman starring Joséphine Balsamo, Zorro.
Olivier Legrand: The Last Tale starring Carnacki, The Horla.
Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier: Christmas at Schönbrunn starring
Lecoq, The Black Coats.
Patrick Lorin: Troubled Waters starring Rocambole, Captain Nemo.
David McDonald: The Lesser of Two Evils starring Monsieur Goetzi.
Nigel Malcolm: Von Bork's Priorities starring Chantecoq, Inspector Teal,
Sherlock Holmes.
Xavier Mauméjean: The Wayne Memos starring Bruce Wayne.
Michael Moorcock: The Icon Crackdown starring Jerry Cornelius.
Jean-Michel Nicollet: Portfolio.
Christofer Nigro: The Privilege of Adonis starring Felifax, The Werewolf
of Paris.
John Peel: Return to the Center of the Earth starring Axel Lindenbrock,
Ned Land, Von Horst.
Pete Rawlik: Revenge of the Reanimator starring Martial Canterel, Herbert
West.
Josh Reynolds: The Swine of Gerasene starring Sâr Dubnotal, John
Silence, Carnacki.
Frank Schildiner: The Blood of Frankenstein starring Frankenstein, Dracula.
Stuart Shiffman: True Believers starring Sâr Dubnotal, John J. Malone,
Kenneth J. Malone.
Brian Stableford: Malbrough s'en va-t-en-guerre starring Dr. Cornelius.
Michel Stéphan: Nestor Burma in New York starring Nestor Burma,
The Freaks.
David L. Vineyard: Interview with a Nyctalope starring The Nyctalope, Batman.
Jared Welch: The Vampire of New Orleans starring Countess Addhema, The
Continental Op.
US $26.95 / GBP £18.99
6x9 trade paperback, 448 pages
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A new title is now available, Terror, Inc. by Lester Dent.
• When a series of gruesome corpses is discovered entombed in its
freshly-paved streets, a city is cloaked in a bloody shroud of terror
. . .
• All Hollywood lives in dread as The Spark, a mysterious super-villain,
launches a killing spree using inexplicable methods . . .
• A metropolis is invaded by an unstoppable invisible horde of ruthless
killers bent on domination . . .
These are but some of the weird mysteries encountered in TERROR, INC.
Fear-wrapped tales of detection from the author of Doc Savage!
Included are:
• Terror, Inc.
• The Devil's Cargo
• The Invisible Horde
• The Whistling Death
• The Cavern of Heads
• Murder Street
Volume 5 of the Lester Dent Library.
With an introduction by historian Will Murray.
Don't forget to check out the other Lester Dent collections from Black
Dog Books, Dead Men's Bones, The Skull Squadron, Hell's Hoofprint's, and
Fists of Fury.
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Black Dog Books - Coming soon!
The West has been transformed into a bloody battleground between
the Rocky Mountain Fur Company and the American Fur Company, rival factions
vying with black powder and cold steel for trapping rights and trade rights
with the Native Americans.
The mighty rivers have become a highway for that unique breed, the Mountain
Men, from the Rocky Mountains across the Great Plains, downriver to St.
Louis, where they sell their precious pelts.
Fleeing the authorities after killing a man, restless greenhorn Ralph
Lander departs St. Louis under cover of night, hoping to join the Bridger
trapping expedition going upriver. Looking to redeem himself while pursuing
excitement and his fortune, Lander soon discovers there is no flight
from the long arm of justice, no sanctuary when surrounded by hostiles
after his own hide!
With an introduction by Robert J. Randisi (Gunsmith, Mountain Jack Pike
series).
Cover art by Paul Strayer.
Cover design by Tom Roberts.
NOTE: This edition is authorized by the Hugh Pendexter Literary Trust.
Hugh Pendexter (1875-1940) began
his career as a newspaper man but soon started selling short humorous tales
in 1904. Within a few years he moved into historical dramas and Westerns.
For the next three decades his work became a mainstay of the legendary
magazine, Adventure, chronicling Colonial life or the American frontier.
Noted for his dedication to research and historical accuracy, Hugh Pendexter
authored more than seventy-five novels of period fiction.
ISBN: 978-1-884449-44-4
Price: Trade paperback / 160 pages / Price: $14.95 US
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Black Dog Books - Coming soon!
The thunder of roaring engines and unleashed Lewis guns fill
the sky above the South China Sea as Captains Ben Cowan and Luke Lance
dive into a series of investigations as flying detectives in these three
pulse-pounding air adventure novels.
Isle of Lost Wings
"Five must die!" came the eerie voice over the shortwave.
When the Spinthrift is discovered adrift and abandoned, K.O. Pike dispatches
his top operative, Ben Cowan, to investigate the disappearance of the
yacht's millionaire owner and a killer sky-trail beckons from Borneo
to Singapore!
Flying Freebooters
A shadowy plane shoots down Luke Lance over the ancient growth jungles
of Malaysia. The Straits Agency, attempting to recover their lost pilot,
encounters a group of deadly sky pirates and smugglers that threatens
the sovereignty of peaceful nations along an imperiled coast!
Fighting Wings
After the son of the Rajah of Baharu is kidnapped, the Straits Agency
detectives are called on to locate the youth. In the process Luke Lance
unearths the mysterious White Mask and an ancient enemy returned from
the past seeking vengeance!
FIRST BOOK PUBLICATION
With an introduction by award-winning author Evan Lewis.
Cover art by George Rozen.
ISBN: 978-1-884449-45-1
Price: Trade paperback / 214 pages / Price: $19.95 US
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Blood 'N' Thunder /
Murania Press
The Blood 'N' Thunder #38 - Summer 2013
Now shipping!
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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Bob Eggleton's Cthulhu
T-Shirts - Now available!
Available
in Small, Medium, Large, XLarge, 2XL, and 3XL
Cthulhu: Starting at $18
House of Cthulhu: Starting at $20.99
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Bond 50: The Complete 23 Film Collection
with Skyfall [Blu-ray] - Now available!
All the Bond films are gathered together for the first time on
high-definition Blu-ray in this one-of-a-kind boxed set - every gorgeous
girl, nefarious villain and charismatic star from Sean Connery, the legendary
actor who started it all, to Daniel Craig. A fitting tribute to the most
iconic and enduring secret agent in movie history, BOND 50 is the greatest
collection ever assembled. 23 films on Blu-ray, from Dr. No to Skyfall.
Over 120 hours of extras, including in-depth, behind-the-scenes interviews,
cast & crew commentaries and more for each film.
Bonus Disc Includes:
World of Bond
Being Bond
Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond Style
Skyfall Videoblogs
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The Book Cave - New podcast now available online!
Episode 259: Gantlet Brothers Sold Out
Joel Jenkins is back with what many might say is his best book he has
written.
Episode
258: Louise Bohmer
Episode 257: Jeff Deischer and The Dark of
the Moon
Episode 256: Kevin Rau
Art's Reviews Episode 9: Liberty Girl
Episode 255: R.A. Jones
Episode 254: Kane Gilmour
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The Bronze Gazette #69
(December 2013)
Now available!
This issue features:
Editorial
"Doc Savage returns to Comics!" by Howard Wright
"Doc Con XVI Report" by Jay Ryan
News Update
Front Cover: John Cassaday
Back Cover: John Cassaday
Interior illustrations: Edd Cartier, Alex Ross,
Stephen Segovia, and Bilquis Evely
Now accepting subscriptions for The Bronze Gazette issues #68, 69,
70.
Prices are as follows:
Cost is $15.00/3 Issues US
Cost is $16.00/3 Issues Canada
Cost is $20.00/3 Issues Overseas
For those that have
stuck with TBG all of these years, thanks
for your continued support.
Send orders and back issue inquiries to:
Green Eagle Publications
2900 Standiford Ave 16B
PMB #136
Modesto, Ca 95350
Checks and money orders
should be payable to: Green Eagle Publications
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The Bronze Gazette #68
(October 2013)
Now available!
This issue features:
Editorial
"Bob Larkin - Man of Graphite" by Courtney Rogers
Review: SKULL ISLAND by Howard Wright
Scenes from SKULL ISLAND by Ron Wilber
News Update
Front Cover: Bob Larkin with Tim Faurote (color)
Back Cover: Keith "Kez" Wilson
Interior illustrations: Edd Cartier, Scotty Phillips,
Bob Larkin, Joe DeVito, Ron Wilber, and Bob Cotter
Now accepting subscriptions for The Bronze Gazette issues #68, 69,
70.
Prices are as follows:
Cost is $15.00/3 Issues US
Cost is $16.00/3 Issues Canada
Cost is $20.00/3 Issues Overseas
For those that have
stuck with TBG all of these years, thanks
for your continued support.
Send orders
and back issue inquiries to:
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CARNACKI: THE NEW ADVENTURES - Coming soon!
Contents:
CARNACKI: CAPTAIN GAULT’S NEMESIS by William Meikle
MONMOUTH’S GIANTS by Josh Reymolds
A GASLIGHT HORROR by P. V. Ross
CARNACKI AND THE PRESIDENT’S VAMPIRE by Robert Pohle
THE SPAR: A STORY OF CARNACKI by Fred Blosser
THE BRAES OF THE BLACKSTARR by Robert Jefferson
THE MAGICIAN’S STUDY by Buck Weiss
HOW THEY MET THEMSELVES by Charles R. Rutledge
THE HAUNTING OF TRANQUIL HOUSE by Jim Beard
THE GHOSTS OF KUSKULANG by Amy K. Marshall
A JOB FOR CARNACKI by Robert M. Price
AUDIENCE WITH THE GHOST-FINDER by M. J. Starling
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Sax Rohmer (1883-1959) was a celebrated and prolific British writer and
the creator of Fu Manchu. He was the author of such famous novels as The
Green Eyes of Bast and The Bat Flies Low. What is not well known, however,
is that Rohmer was also a prodigious author of short stories of weirdness
and terror. Over the course of his career he wrote dozens of stories collected
in several volumes that have now become scarce collector’s items.
This volume presents fifteen stories by Rohmer, taken from such rare collections
as Tales of Secret Egypt and The Haunting of Low Fennel. They feature
Rohmer’s patented mix of exotic settings, supernaturalism, and adventure.
Among them are such famous stories as “Tchériapin,” a tale of a
mad chemist; “The Curse of a Thousand Kisses,” about a centuries-old curse;
“Lord of the Jackals,” a haunting account of love and death in Egypt; and
“The Haunting of Low Fennel,” a classic haunted house story. Also included
is the full-length novel Brood of the Witch-Queen, one of the finest
novels of Egyptian horror ever published.
This signed limited edition is just 300 copies. The dustjacket is the
work of David Ho, with the interior illustrations by Swiss artist Gwabryel.
At over 500 pages, with twelve stories and one full-length novel, this
is the only edition of Sax Rohmer’s weird fiction in print.
Limited to 300 copies, each signed by cover artist David Ho,
interior artist Gwabryel, and editor S.T. Joshi.
• Striking full-color, wraparound dustjacket printed on Mohawk Carnival
stock.
• Printed endpapers.
• Full cloth cover with image inset on front board.
• Ribbon marker, head and tail bands, three-piece cloth construction.
Cloth: $65
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CONAN AND THE PEOPLE OF THE BLACK CIRCLE
#3 (OF 4) - Arriving in comic shops December
11!
(Writer) Fred Van Lente (Art/Cover) Ariel Olivetti
Desperate soldiers, ruthless mercenaries, vengeance-crazed
tribesmen, and evil sorcerers-they’re all out for Conan’s
blood! After the Black Seers of Yimsha seize Queen Yasmina and
withdraw to their mountain fortress, will the Cimmerian be able to
reclaim the woman that he himself has taken hostage?
32 pages, $3.50, in stores on December 11.
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Herbert Asbury was known as the Dean of True Crime but did you
know that he wrote some eerie thrillers back in the 20s? Long out of
print, the book is brought back with an introduction by John Pelan, who
knows his pulp thrillers. With an intriguing cover by Gavin L. O'Keefe,
this will make your library of oddball horror even more sinister.
Available Editions
$6 Ebook (EPUB or MOBI)
$20 Trade Paperback 6" x 9"
$35 Hardcover with Dustjacket 6" x 9"
$45 Hardcover with bookplate and dustjacket, signed by John Pelan
THE
PERSONAL TOUCH
E-mail fender@ramblehouse.com
and give me your complete mailing address.
If my painkillers have kicked in I'll probably give you a discount.
Free shipping to US. I take PayPal or a check.
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Dancing Tuatara Press - Now available!
Are you up for a collection of weird menace stories from a master
of the genre? This time John Pelan has tackled Francis James, who was
known for being one of the "second wave" of pulp writers who specialized
in eerie, atmospheric thrillers. In his introduction, John places the
author in the hierarchy of pulp writers and promises more collections
of his in the near future. In the meantime, here is what you'll find in
this book:
Mark of the Laughing Death, Dime Mystery Magazine, November 1936
Monster’s Death Song, Terror Tales, December 1935
Slaves of the Midnight Caverns, Dime Mystery Magazine, July 1937
Arms of the Flame Goddess, Dime Mystery Magazine, April 1938
The Women Who Killed for Satan, Horror Stories June/July 1939
The Unwelcome Dead, Terror Tales, July 1935
Brides for the Half-Men, Sinister Stories, February 1940
Merry Christmas from the Dead, Dime Mystery, January 1937
Available Editions
$6 Ebook (EPUB or MOBI)
$20 Trade Paperback 6" x 9"
$35 Hardcover with Dustjacket 6" x 9"
$45 Hardcover with bookplate and dustjacket, signed by John Pelan
THE
PERSONAL TOUCH
E-mail fender@ramblehouse.com
and give me your complete mailing address.
If my painkillers have kicked in I'll probably give you a discount.
Free shipping to US. I take PayPal or a check.
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Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure,
and the Wild West - Now online!
Forgotten Books: THE COMPLEAT ADVENTURES OF SATAN HALL by
Carroll John Daly (2011) -
New!
Pulp Gallery: DOC SAVAGE 19, 20 & 21 (1934)
- New!
Pulp Gallery: THE SHADOW 1, 2 & 3 (1931)
- New!
Comic Gallery: SHEENA, QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE (1941)
- New!
Forgotten Books Rerun: Have Gun Will Travel, Maverick
& Zorro
Comic Gallery: TOM MIX Western (1948)
Overlooked Films: ELLERY QUEEN, MASTER DETECTIVE
(1940)
Pulp Gallery: AMAZING STORIES 13, 14 & 15 (1927)
When Detective Comics were DETECTIVE Comics
SHADOW COMICS 22, 23 & 24 (1943)
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DOC SAVAGE #1
- Arriving in comic shops
December 11!
(Writer) Chris Roberson
(Art) Bilquis Evely
(Cover) Alex Ross
In 1933, readers were first introduced to Doc Savage, the Man
of Bronze. Raised from the cradle to be the pinnacle of mental
and physical perfection, Doc Savage travels the world using science
and sinews to right wrongs, aid the oppressed, and liberate the innocent.
With his team of able associates at their headquarters high
atop the tallest building in the world, Doc Savage is tireless
in his pursuit of knowledge and justice. Writer Chris Roberson
brings Doc Savage from 1933 through to today. And with “Easter
eggs” along the way that will help pave the future of Doc, in a story
only Chris (Roberson) could tell.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale December 18
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The Domino Lady 12 inch
Action Figure
Now available for Pre-Order!
Executive
Replicas and Phicen are proud to present the first ever 1:6 scale figure
of this sultry siren known as ... The Domino Lady.
Created by "Lars Anderson", The Domino Lady is a masked pulp heroine
first appearing in a 1936 issue of Saucy Romantic Adventures. The Domino
Lady is really University of California, Berkeley-educated socialite
Ellen Patrick. When her father, District Attorney Owen Patrick, is murdered,
she puts on a domino mask to avenge him. She is armed with two .45 pistols
and her beauty. The Domino Lady charms, outwits, and allures her adversaries.
She is known for stealing from her targets and donating the profits to
charity, after a modest cut for herself), and leaving a calling card that
reads - "Compliments of the Domino Lady"
- Product Height: 29.5cm
- Product Scale: 1:6
- Inner box Size: L34.8cm X W14.8cm X H9.7cm
- Carton Size: L32.0cm X W29.8cm X H36.5cm
- SRP - $149.99
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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!
"From Killer to Post" by Rex Whitechurch
from 10-STORY DETECTIVE, June, 1945
Strainer had spotted sinister Old Lady Cooley as the killer of her pretty
niece. But the city's dicks wouldn't make a pinch. And it seemed that
the only way to get action was to catch her red-handed in a second crime
- the murder of Detective Strainer.
"Old Homicide Week" by Robert Turner from TEN
DETECTIVE ACES, July, 1941
Featuring: K. C. Jones
There was a hot time in Hollywood town that night - and for several nights
to come. For a bunch of big-shot celebrities received pistol passes
to a Satanic celebration.
"Traitor's Trump" by Henry P. Stevens from SECRET AGENT "X", February, 1937
Will Fritz sat in on a dangerous game, in which men gambled with treason.
And Fritz was hoping desperately to be dealt a "Traitor's Trump."
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Now online!
New on Famous (and
forgotten) Fiction!
November 2013
In Writings
Valentin Follows a Curious Trail (The Blue Cross) by G.
K. Chesterton.
The first appearance of Father Brown as presented in the July 23, 1910
issue of The Saturday Evening Post with the original illustrations and
an introduction by Dan Neyer.
July - October 2013
In Writings
Just in time (sort of) for Halloween, The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson
- New!
Also, after a great deal of behind-the-scenes work, the our
"instant translation" version of The Murders in the Rue Morgue should now work in mobile
devices! -
New!
Baroness Orczy's armchair
sleuth, the Old Man in the Corner, is featured in the
twelve stories from the 1908 collection, The Old Man
in the Corner, and the rarely reprinted tale, "The Glasgow
Mystery," in weekly installments.
Story introductions, and an overview of the Old Man,
are by Dan Neyer, and Illustrations are included where
they were available.
The Glasgow Mystery
The Mysterious Death In Percy Street
The Birmingham Mystery
The Regent's Park Murder
The Brighton Mystery
The Dublin Mystery
The Theft at the English Provident Bank
The Edinburgh Mystery
The Liverpool Mystery
The Mysterious Death on the Underground Railroad
The York Mystery
The Robbery In Phillimore Terrace
The Fenchurch Street Mystery
Also, don't forget to take a look at the short biography of the Baroness that appeared in the
April, 1902 issue of The Royal Magazine.
June 2013
In Writings
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The seminal detective tale that introduced Monsieur
C. Auguste Dupin and ushered in the "modern"
detective story. Also included: all foreign
and archaic words and phrases can be viewed in translation
by running your cursor over the words; a biographical
introduction by Dan Neyer and Bob Gay; and the first
illustrations for the tale from an 1852 book collection.
May 2013
In Writings
No Man's Land
The long short story of Picts and the Scottish
moors that may have had an influence on Robert
E. Howard written by John Buchan. Introduction
by Dan Neyer.
The Death's Head Meteor
The first published story by Neil R. Jones (of
Professor Jameson fame) from the January,
1930 issue of Air Wonder Stories including
the original illustrations and an introduction by Bob Gay.
April 2013
In Writings
The Good Angel
A reprinting of the 1910 story by P. G. Wodehouse
featuring Keggs, a butler who predates Wodehouse's Jeeves,
with an introduction by Dan Neyer and the original
Strand illustrations by Chas. Crombie.
Climax for a Ghost Story
The famous short-short story with an exhaustive
exploration into the history of the elusive I. A.
Ireland by Bob Gay.
March 2013
In Writings
The Adventure of The Dying Detective by Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle
A complete reprinting of the Holmes tale that
includes the Walter Paget illustrations and
an introduction by Dan Neyer that discusses
the story, its publication history and Walter Paget
A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The complete novel from the 1917 edition that
includes the Schoonover illustrations placed with their
respective chapters and an introduction by Bob Gay that
explores the creation of the novel and its importance
in the history of science fiction.
In Pictures
Images of John Carter
A sizable collection of images, with background
commentary, that show how various artists have
envisioned John Carter over the years:
in books, comics and film.
February 2013
In Writings
The Ginger King
A rare tale of Inspector Hanaud from the pages
of Strand Magazine.
In Pictures
Two new annotated collections
of Bob's Stuff
Famous (and forgotten) Fiction is a
new site featuring familiar and obscure fiction along
with articles, pictures and essays. In the Writings
section, we have fiction by H. C. Bailey (the first
Reggie Fortune story), Carl Stephenson, Sinclair
Lewis and a large selection of Kipling, including
the complete Mowgli stories and "The Man Who Would
Be King." We've also added an article about
Sleeman's An Account of Wolves Nurturing Children in Their
Dens, that includes a complete reprinting of
the work.
In Comics, there is an overview
of Superman #205 ("The Man Who Destroyed Krypton!")
and a look at a Steve Ditko illustrated story
that bears a strong resemblance to a well-known story
by Carl Stephenson.The Pictures section starts
with a group of collectible (and some not so)
items and is the first of 24 collections.
The site is hoping for subscribers
to keep it going and future plans call
for more stories, more articles and there
are a number of novels we also intend to add
to the mix.
New material will be appearing on
the last Friday of each month (which means
we'll have more new stuff at the end of
February).
In a few months, we will also be
offering ebooks: on the site (in PDF) and at Amazon
and B&N in their proprietary formats.
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Girasol
Collectables - December
Pulp Replicas!
Girasol Collectables is pleased to announce
three more issues in its ongoing
series of Pulp Replicas.
Terror Tales and Operator 5
are now at six (6) issues per year,
so that those two titles and the Spider will
be completed around the same time in late
2015.
Girasol will also be tackling the complete 1926
year of Weird Tales over the next 2 or
3 years, as well as other 1930s
issues of interest.
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Special: All three for $95 ($10 off)
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THE
SPIDER #99 from
December 1941 - $35
Featuring "The Crime Laboratory"
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TERROR TALES #40
from May/June 1939 - $35
Featuring "The Man Who Loved a Zombie"
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WEIRD
TALES #153 from October 1936 -
$35
Featuring "Red Nails"
(Part 3) by Robert E. Howard
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Girasol accepts checks,
International money orders, and Paypal as methods of payment.
Other than Replicas, please confirm
availability first before ordering items such
as pulp magazines or other books.
Paypal 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
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Apt. 1409,
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Back
issues - Still available!
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ALL DETECTIVE MAGAZINE
($25 each postpaid)
#27 January 1935
BLACK MASK MAGAZINE
($35 each postpaid)
April 1920 - First
issue!
June 1,1923 - The rare KKK issue
CIVIL
WAR STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
Spring 1940
DAN
TURNER ($25 each postpaid)
Dan Turner
Hollywood DetectiveNo. 1 (January 1942)
Dan Turner Hollywood Detective
No. 2 (April 1942)
DIME
MYSTERY BOOK ($35 each postpaid)
#1
December 1932
DOCTOR DEATH ($25
each postpaid)
#1 February 1935
#2 March 1935
#3 April 1935
DR. YEN SIN ($35
each postpaid)
#1 May/June 1936
#2 July/August 1936
#3 September/October
1936
EERIE
TALES ($20 eachpostpaid)
#1
July 1941
GOLDEN FLEECE ($25 each postpaid)
#1 October
1938
#2 November 1938
#3 December 1938
#4 January 1939
#5 February 1939
#6 March 1939
#7 April 1939
#8 May 1939
#9 June 1939
HORROR STORIES ($35 each postpaid)
#1 January 1935
#2 February 1935
#5 July 1935
MAGIC CARPET ($25 each postpaid)
#1 January 1933
#2 April 1933
#3 July 1933
#4 October 1933
#5 January 1934
THE MYSTERIOUS WU FANG ($35 each postpaid)
#1 September
1935
#2 October 1935
#3 November 1935
#4 December 1935
#5 January 1936
#6 February 1936
#7 March 1936
MYSTERY
ADVENTURE MAGAZINE ($25 each
postpaid)
November 1936 with a rare Domino Lady
cover appearance
THE OCTOPUS ($35 each postpaid)
February/March
1939
OPERATOR
5 ($35 each postpaid)
#1 The Masked Invasion (April 1934)
#2 The Invisible Empire (May 1934)
#3
The Yellow
Scourge (June 1934)
#4
The Melting
Death (July 1934)
#5
Cavern
of the Damned (August 1934)
#6 Master
of Broken Men (September 1934)
#7 Invasion
of the Dark Legions (October 1934)
#8 The
Green Death Mists (November 1934)
#9 Legions of Starvation (December
1934)
#10 The Red Invader (January 1935)
#11 The League of War Monsters
(February
1935)
#12 The Army of the Dead (March
1935)
#13 March of the Flame
Marauders (April 1935)
#14 Blood Reign of the Dictator
(May 1935)
#15 Invasion of the Yellow Warlords
(June 1935)
#16 Legions of the Death Master (July
1935)
#17 Hosts of the Flaming Death (August 1935)
#18 Invasion of the Crimson Death
Cult (September 1935)
#19 Attack of the Blizzard
Men (October 1935)
#20 Scourge of the Invisible Death
(November 1935)
#21 Raiders of the Red Death
(December 1935)
#22 War-Dogs of the Green Destroyer
(January 1936)
#23 Rockets From Hell (February 1936)
#24 War Masters from the Orient (March
1936)
#25 Crimes Reign of Terror (April 1936)
#26 Death's Ragged Army (June-July
1936)
#27 Patriot's Death Battalion
(August-Sept. 1936)
#28 The Bloody Forty-Five Days (Oct.-Nov.
1936)
#29 America's Plague Battalions (December
1936)
#30 Liberties Suicide Legion (January 1937)
#31 Seige of the Thousand Patriots (February
1937)
#32 Patriot's Death March (March-April 1937)
#33 Revolt of the Lost Legions (May-June
1937)
#34 Drums of Destruction (July-August 1937)
#35 The Army Without a Country (Sept-Oct
1937)
#36 The Bloody Frontier (Nov-Dec 1937)
#37 The Coming of the Mongol Hordes (Jan-Feb
1938)
#38 The Seige that Brought
the Black Death (Mar-Apr 1938)
ORIENTAL STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
#1 October
/ November 1930
#2
December 1930 / January 1931
#3 February
/ March 1931
#4 Spring
1931
#5 Summer 1931
#6 Autumn
1931
#7 Winter 1932
#8 Spring
1932
#9 Summer 1932
PIRATE STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
#1 November 1934
THE PHANTOM DETECTIVE ($25 each postpaid)
#1 February
1933
SAUCY MOVIE TALES ($25
each postpaid)
#3 December
1935 (#1 after a title change)
#4 January
1936 (#2 after a title change)
#5
March 1936
#9 July 1936
#11 September 1936
#17 March
1937
THE SCORPION ($35 each postpaid)
April/May 1939
SOLDIER
OF FORTUNE ($25 each postpaid)
October 1931
SPICY-ADVENTURE
STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
#2 November
1934 [#1 after the ashcan]
#3 December 1934
#4 January 1935
#5 February 1935
#6 March
1935
#7 April 1935
#8 May
1935
#9 June 1935
#10 July 1935
#11 August 1935
#12
September
1935
#13 October 1935
#14
November
1935
#15 December 1935
#16 January 1936
#17 February 1936
#18 March 1936
#19 April 1936
#20 May 1936
#21 June 1936
#22 July
1936
#23 August 1936
#24 September
1936
#25 October 1936
#26 November
1936
#27
December 1936
#28 January 1937
#36 September
1937
#39 December 1937
SPICY-DETECTIVE
STORIES ($25 each postpaid)
#1 May 1934
#3 July 1934
#4 August 1934
#5 September 1934
#6 October 1934
#7 November 1934
#8 December 1934
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#10 February 1935
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#12 April 1935
#13 May 1935
#14 June 1935
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#16 August 1935
#17 September 1935
#18 October 1935
#19 November 1935
#20 December 1935
#21 January 1936
#22 February 1936
#23 March 1936
#24 April 1936
#25 May 1936
#26 June 1936
#27 July 1936
#28 August 1936
#29 September 1936
#30 October 1936
#31 November 1936
#32 December 1936
#33 January 1937
#76 August 1940
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SPICY-MYSTERY STORIES
($25 each postpaid)
#2 June
1935
#3 July
1935
#4 August
1935
#5 September
1935
#6 October
1935
#7 November 1935
#8 December
1935
#9 January
1936
#10 February
1936
#11 March 1936
#12 April 1936
#13 May 1936
#14 June
1936
#15
July 1936
#16 August 1936
#17 September
1936
#18 October 1936
#19 November 1936
#20 December 1936
#21 January 1937
#22
February 1937
#23 March 1937
#26 June 1937
SPICY WESTERN STORIES ($25
each postpaid)
#2 December 1936
#3 January 1937
#4 February 1937
#14 December
1937
THE
SPIDER ($35 each postpaid)
#1 The
Spider Strikes! (October 1933)
#2 The
Wheel of Death (November 1933)
#3 Wings
of the Black Death (December 1933)
#4 City of
Flaming Shadows (January 1934)
#5 Empire
of Doom (February 1934)
#6 Citadel of Hell (March 1934)
#7 Serpent of Destruction (April 1934)
#8 The Mad Horde (May 1934)
#9
Satan's Death Blast (June 1934)
#10 The Corpse
Cargo (July 1934)
#11 Prince of
the Red Looters (August
1934)
#12 Reign of
the Silver Terror (September
1934)
#13 Builders
of the Black Empire (October 1934)
#14 Death's
Crimson Juggernaut (November 1934)
#15
The Red Death Rain (December 1934)
#16 The City Destroyer (January 1935)
#17 The Pain Emperor (February 1935)
#18 The
Flame Master (March 1935)
#19 Slaves of the Crime Master
(April
1935)
#20 Reign of the Death Fiddler
(May
1935)
#21 Hordes of
the Red Butcher (June 1935)
#22 Dragon Lord of the Underworld
(July 1935)
#23 Master of the Death Madness
(August
1935)
#24 King of the
Red Killers (September 1935)
#25 Overlord of the Damned (October 1935)
#26 Death Reign
of the Vampire King (November 1935)
#27
Emperor
of the Yellow Death (December 1935)
#28
The Mayor
of Hell (January
1936)
#29 Slaves of the Murder
Syndicate (February 1936)
#30 Green Globes of Death
(March 1936)
#31 The Cholera King (April 1936)
#32 Slaves of the Dragon (May
1936)
#33 Legions of Madness
(June 1936)
#34 Laboratory of the Damned (July
1936)
#35 Satan's Sightless Legion
(August 1936)
#36 The Coming of the Terror
(September 1936)
#37 The Devil's Death Dwarfs
(October 1936)
#38 City of Dreadful Night
(November 1936)
#39 Reign of the Snake Men
(December 1936)
#40 Dictator of the Damned (January
1937)
#41 The Mill-Town Massacres
(February 1937)
#42 Satan's Workshop (March 1937)
#43 Scourge of the Yellow Fangs (April 1937)
#44 The Devil's Pawnbroker
(May 1937)
#45 Voyage of the Coffin
Ship (June 1937)
#46 The Man Who Ruled in
Hell (July 1937)
#47 Slaves of the
Black Monarch (August 1937)
#48 Machine Guns Over
the White House (Sept 1937)
#49 The City That Dared Not
Eat (October 1937)
#50 Master of the Flaming
Horde (November 1937)
#51 Satan's Switchboard (December 1937)
#52 Legion of the Accursed
Light (January 1938)
#53 The City of Lost
Men (February 1938)
#54 The Grey Horde Creeps (March
1938)
#55 City of Whispering
Death (April 1938)
#56 When Thousands Slept in Hell (May
1938)
#57 Satan's Shackles (June 1938)
#58 The Emperor from
Hell (July 1938)
#59 The Devil's Candlesticks
(August 1938)
#60 The City That Paid to
Die (September 1938)
#61 The Spider at Bay
(October 1938)
#62 Scourge of the Black Legions
(November 1938)
#63 The Withering Death (December
1938)
#64 Claws of the Golden Dragon
(January 1939)
#65 The Song of Death (February
1939)
#66 The Silver Death Rain (March
1939)
#67 Blight of the Blazing Eye
(April 1939)
#68 King of the Fleshless
Legion (May 1939)
#69 Rule of the
Monster Men (June 1939)
#70 The Spider and the Slaves
of Hell (July 1939)
#71 The Spider and the Fire
God (August 1939)
#72 The Corpse Broker (September
1939)
#73 The Spider and the
Eyeless Legion (Oct. 1939)
#74 The Spider and the Faceless
One (Nov. 1939)
#75 Satan's Murder Machines
(December 1939)
#76 The Spider and the
Pain Master (January 1940)
#77 Hell's Sales Manager (February
1940)
#78 Slaves of the Laughing Death (March
1940)
#79 The Man
From Hell (April 1940)
#80 The Spider and the War Emperor (May
1940)
#81 Judgement of the Damned (June
1940)
#82 Dictator's Death Merchants
(July 1940)
#83 Pirates From Hell
(August 1940)
#84 Master of the Night-Demons (Sept.
1940)
#85 The Council
of Evil (October 1940)
#86 The Spider
and his Hobo Army (November
1940)
#87 The Spider
and the Jewels of Hell
(Dec. 1940)
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and the Slave Doctor
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and the Sons of Satan
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#91 Slaves of the Burning Blade (April 1941)
#92 The Devil's Paymaster (May 1941)
#93 The Benevolent
Order of Death (June 1941)
#94 Murder's Black Prince (July 1941)
#95 The
Spider and the Scarlet Surgeon
(August 1941)
#96 The Spider and
the Deathless One (September1941)
#97 The Satan's Seven Swordsmen
(October1941)
#98 Volunteer Corpse Brigade
(November1941)
#99 The Crime Laboratory (December 1941)
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Girasol Collectables
Now available and highly recommended!
Girasol Collectables
is pleased to announce its new series of Pulp Cover
Gallery Editions.
Girasol Collectables is very excited to announce
a new project that has been in the works for some time!
Girasol is launching a new series of deluxe hardcover editions
which will feature full sets of top quality cover scans
of various pulp titles. These numbered Limited Edition volumes
of 300 copies each are designed to present the cover art in
all its glory. The interior pages are 8.5"x11", full color
throughout, 130+ pages.
Each book in the series will have a mix of full page scans, size
as to the original pulps, as well as some 4 per page and
6 per page. The exterior is made from bonded leather, with
a small color cover inset on the front of an issue-of-interest
from the interior. There is a brief introduction about the cover
art and artists, as well as a title checklist with issue number,
date, and cover artist if known.
The first volume, which is set for a Hallowe'en 2013 release is...
WEIRD TALES!
The Weird Tales volume has all 279 covers from the original
run of the magazine from 1923 to 1954, plus the variant cover
of #1. We have gone back to the original pulps to determine
accurate cover credits, which includes 2 minor corrections
to the Jaffery/Cook Index. The cover images are the full
magazine plus the overhang edges, nothing has been cropped
out. All have been retouched to maximize the viewing experience!
Please note
that this is not a comprehensive book about the pulp itself, but rather,
a visual reference of the covers.
Pulp Cover Gallery – WEIRD TALES
$125 plus s&h ($10 within North
America, $25 for international)
Release date: October 31, 2013
Please note that the cover inset
may not be exactly as shown in the image at the right.
Pre-release orders are in the mail and
should be arriving soon.
The picture shown has the "Slithering Shadow" cover inset on the
front cover.
Be advised that there are other covers as well, and you may not
receive that cover inset version.
My copy has the "Queen of the Black
Coast" cover.
Girasol Collectables
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The Golden Age - Now online!
SHERLOCK HOLMES
GARTH JONES, McClure's Magazine, May/1903
JEFFREY JONES, The Book Of Robert E. Howard #1 &
#2
AVON FANTASY READER, 1947-1952
HANNES BOK, 1914-1964, Digest Covers
BIG LITTLE BOOKS
BERNI WRIGHTSON
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Gotham
Pulp Collectors Club -
December 14, 2013!
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
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Go Hero
Holiday Special - Save $50!
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SAVE $50 when you order both DOC SAVAGE 'Double Danger Deluxe Edition'
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31st)
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Jumpin’ Jungle Cat of Jupiter! It’s another mega-collection
of four complete novels of the “Man of Tomorrow,” the “Wizard
of Science,” the protector of the Solar System and a menace
to evil-doers throughout the universe: CAPTAIN FUTURE!
Now that Captain Future (aka Dr. Curtis Newton) and
the Futuremen (Grag the robot; Otho the Android; and Simon
Wright, the Living Brain) have traveled through time in
the final story of Volume Two (See “The Lost World of Time”),
can an adventure beyond the Solar System be far behind?
Most assuredly not! The Futuremen board their trusty space-vessel,
The Comet, and blast-off for adventure in QUEST BEYOND THE
STARS! But that’s not all the dangers our intrepid defenders
will face in VOLUME THREE. Up next is OUTLAWS ON THE MOON! When
the peoples of the Solar System believe the Futuremen to be dead,
what better time for the emissaries of villainy to attempt to
break in to Captain Future’s Secret Moon Base. Following
that nail-biting saga, is arguably the finest of the CAPTAIN FUTURE
novels: THE COMET KINGS. Here, author Hamilton pulls out all
the stops as the Futuremen combat forces from within Halley’s
Comet! In the final story of this volume, PLANETS IN PERIL,
the Futuremen face forces from another dimension that threaten
to enslave our entire universe!
As with the previous two volumes of THE COLLECTED CAPTAIN
FUTURE, “Under Observation,” the CAPTAIN FUTURE letters
column is reprinted, and the original pulp covers and
interior illustrations are reproduced in a generous appendix.
ISBN-13 978-1-893887-74-9
600+ page Hardcover
$40.00
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Haffner Press
At the printer and expected to start shipping
in late December!
The Reign of the Robots, The Collected Edmond Hamilton,
Volume Four by Edmond Hamilton
Introduction by Mike Ashley; Cover Art by Frank
R. Paul
Illustrated by Frank R. Paul, H.W. "Wesso" Wessolowski,
Hugh Rankin, Joseph Doolin, Leo Morey
Following 2011′s THE UNIVERSE WRECKERS,
THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON, VOLUME THREE, Haffner Press keeps
pouring gasoline on the fire as we announce the next
volume(s) of collected stories from one of the godfathers of
Space Opera.
THE REIGN OF THE ROBOTS, THE COLLECTED EDMOND HAMILTON,
VOLUME FOUR is certainly worth your coppers as herewith
are contained no fewer than 10 unreprinted stories
from WEIRD TALES and/or WONDER STORIES. Alongside these
soon-to-be-presented wonders, you’ll find some of Hamilton’s classic
works such as “The Man Who Evolved” and “A Conquest of
Two Worlds”
Noted scholar and editor, Mike Ashley handles the introduction
for this mighty tome.
As with previous volumes in this series, an appendix
showcasing the original pulp magazine illustrations also
bulks large with obscura including reader’s letters from
the vintage magazines commenting on these stories, along with
editorial correspondence between Hamilton and his editors.
ISBN-13 978-1-893887-65-7
600+ page Hardcover
$40.00
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Haffner Press
December Newsletter Update!
UPDATE
ON FREDRIC BROWN TITLES
As with all our books, we're pulling out the stops on our Fredric
Brown titles and will be including all of the interior illustrations from
the original pulp magazines. As of this writing we now have 100% of these
images for Murder Draws A Crowd (Vol. One) and 95% of Death in the Dark (Vol. Two).
Additionally, Fredric Brown biographer (and author of the introduction to
Murder Draws a Crowd) Jack Seabrook recently discovered the publication
dates of Brown's "V.O.N. Munchdriller" stories?along with the accompanying
artwork! A significant addition to Fredric Brown Scholarship.
Both volumes are currently in the proofreading stage and we expect to have
Murder Draws a Crowd available for the Windy City
Pulp and Paper Convention in April 2014.
Most of the components (Autograph plates, Bonus Chapbook ROMANCE
IN BLACK, Slipcases, etc.) are on hand to complete this long-awaited edition.
We await the printing of the variant dustjackets and then the whole affair
will be assembled, numbered, and shipped. At this stage, we're curious
if we should cut-and-mount the Manly Wade Wellman autograph (from cancelled
checks), or would customers want the whole check laid into their copy loose?
At only 100 copies (and 80% sold out), maybe we'll let each customer decide?
Let us know what you think HERE:
ONE - Mystery and Detective: The Complete Thunstone, The Complete
Ivy Frost*, and Michael Gray Mysteries* with CLUES, a Bonus Chapbook of rare
stories by Wellman, Wandrei, and Kuttner & Moore.
TWO - Space Adventures: Thunder in the Void, Tales From Super-Science Fiction,
Hollywood on the Moon* with SUPER-SCIENCE FICTION, a Bonus Chapbook
of two stories from S-SF, a Kuttner/Barnes collaboration from the pulp
magazine Popular Sports (yeah, I know!), and a section with Book Reviews
written by Jack Williamson from 1937-2003.
THREE - Brown and Browne: Murder Draws a Crowd*, Death in the Dark*,
and Halo for Hire: The Complete Paul Pine*. No bonus book here, but preorder
the combo and save $15!
FOUR - Edmond Hamilton: Reign of the Robots (Vol. Four)*, The Six Sleepers
(Vol. Five)*, and Captain Future Vol. Three* with a Bonus Chapbook facsimile
of TIGER GIRL, an über-rare UK pamphlet from 1945.
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Hard Case Crime - Coming soon!
January 2014
THE WRONG QUARRY by Max Allan Collins
Cover art by Tyler Jacobson
Quarry doesn’t kill just anybody these days. He restricts
himself to targeting other hitmen, availing his marked-for-death
clients of two services: eliminating the killers sent after
them, and finding out who hired them...and then removing that
problem as well.
So far he’s rid the world of nobody who would be missed. But this
time he finds himself zeroing in on the grieving family of
a missing cheerleader. Does the hitman’s hitman have the wrong
quarry in his sights?
May 2014
BORDERLINE by Lawrence Block
Cover art by Michael Koelsch
THE SCORCHING PULP NOVEL BY LAWRENCE
BLOCK, AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 50 YEARS!
On the border between El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico, five
lives are about to collide—with fatal results. You'll meet
MARTY—the professional gambler who rolls the dice on a night with...
MEG—the bored divorcee who seeks excitement and finds...
LILY—the beautiful hitchhiker lured into a live sex show by...
CASSIE—the redhead with her own private agenda...
and WEAVER—the madman, the killer with a straight razor in his pocket,
on the run from the police and determined to go down swinging!
This is MWA Grand Master Lawrence Block at his rawest and most
visceral, a bloody, bawdy, brutal story of passion and punishment—and
of lines that were never meant to be crossed.
First publication ever under the author’s real name!
Volume includes three of Block’s rarest short stories, from the
pages of the pulp magazines of half a century ago
Lawrence Block is one of the most acclaimed living crime writers,
having won every major award in the genre (including 5 Edgar
Awards) and been named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America
Block’s novel A WALK AMONG THE TOMBSTONES is coming out as a movie
with Liam Neeson starring.
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Indiana Jones
- Disney to control film franchise!
Disney and Paramount have reached an agreement for the future
of the Indiana Jones franchise, giving Disney control over all future
films.
Paramount retains rights to the first four films and "will receive a financial
participation on any future films that are produced and released," says
the statement from the studios.
Though Disney now owns the rights they have not officially announced
that a fifth films is in the works.
Back in August while promoting his Relativity film “Paranoia,” Harrison
Ford expressed interest in doing another film but as of right now no
writers have been set to write a script and Steven Spielberg has not
committed to a sequel.
The last installment “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”
grossed $783 million worldwide.
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AMAZING STORIES, April 1942
ADAM LINK SAVES THE WORLDS by Eando Binder and TIGER GIRL by Edgar Rice
Burroughs headline this issue.
Contents:
ADAM LINK SAVES THE WORLD by Eando Binder
TIGER GIRL by Edgar Rice Burroughs
THE PERFECT TRAP by Miles Shelton
THE SECRET OF LUCKY LOGAN by Nelson S. Bond
DISCIPLES OF DESTINY by Don Wilcox
DEVIL BIRDS OF DEIMOS by Festus Pragnell
TREASURE ON THUNDER MOON by Edmond Hamilton
7 x 10 inch, 276 pages. $19.95.
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KINGS WATCH #3 (OF 5) - Arriving in comic shops December 11!
Covers: Marc Laming, Ramón Pérez
Writer: Jeff Parker
Art: Marc Laming
Jeff Parker (Batman ’66, Agents Of Atlas, Thunderbolts) and Marc
Laming (Planet Of The Apes, Splinter Cell) propel further
into their epic event! Phantom, Mandrake and Flash Gordon
have gone through hell to stop The Cobra from reaching the Kings
Watch, but the mastermind pulls one last deception on them all…and
gets exactly what he seeks! Now the forces of the universe turn
against us and unleash a fate that changes the world…
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99,
On Sale November 13
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Laurie's Wild West - Now online!
An Appreciation of PULP FICTIONEERS
- New!
Happy Thanksgiving!
The 2013 ECHOES AWARD GOES TO ...ME!
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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The Machineries of Mars [Kindle Edition]
- Now available!
Charles Gramlich (Author)
In the last days of the Empire of Sol, Mars became a pleasure
planet for the wealthy and powerful. Every vice was permitted there,
every hunger satisfied. But what happens when an empire falls and the
wealthy stop coming? What happens when the machines that fed humanity’s
dreams for so long are left on their own? What dreams might rise in them?
The Machineries of Mars tells a tale of battle and honor on the red planet.
For the first time, you can read this exciting Sword and Planet adventure
written in the tradition established by Edgar Rice Burroughs and expanded
on by such writers as Alan Burt Akers, Leigh Brackett, Gardner F. Fox,
and S. M. Stirling with his In the Courts of the Crimson Kings.
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Manchurian Shadows by Teel James
Glenn - Now available!
The second book in the Dr. Shadows series
of adventure thrillers!
When a messenger arrives with a mysterious message from China,
Dr. Shadows, the man of granite, finds himself caught in an intrigue that
spans from Japan to China to the United States. As the world lurches toward
World War II, the U.S. struggles to recover from the depression while
the war between Japan and China continues to escalate, and China relief
funds, both real and bogus, appeal to mostly indifferent Americans for
help to the refugees and victims of a brutal war.
Following several trails, Dr. Shadows and his beautiful girlfriend, Hank,
investigate a relief organization that seems to raise money mostly for
its seductive founder and her partner, a dangerous Russian hypnotist, then
travel to Manchuria (then occupied by the Japanese) in hopes of finding
the meaning of the clues supplied by Madame Chiang Kai-Shek. In Manchuria,
Shadows and Hank face ninja assassins, a priest with secrets, Chinese
bandits, and the deadly horror of Japanese secret weapons research.
Author Teel James Glenn continues the adventures of the mysterious Dr.
Shadows in a novel that is both an homage to 1930s-style pulp and an exciting
story. Although Glenn writes with a pulp style, Dr. Shadows is more than
a single-dimensional character. With his love for Hank, his concern for
the oppressed in China and elsewhere, and his feelings for then-occupied
Korea, Shadows resonates with the modern reader while still being true
to his era.
Glenn's background as a martial artist, fight scene coordinator and stunt
man really pay off in the action scenes. Fans of history will get a kick
out of Teel's attention to detail and pulp action fans will want to keep
their eyes open for Dr. Shadows's off-hand mention of some of the other
pulp heroes patrolling the streets of New York.
Print Length: 223 pages
Kindle Price: $3.99
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Now available!
There’s a new, licensed 5-foot-9 standee of Robert Vaughn as Napoleon
Solo and a matching standee the same size of David McCallum as Illya Kurykin.
They sell for $36.95 plus $14.95 shipping and handling.
Also available are 20-inch versions of each actor/character for $19.50
plus $4 shipping and handling.
The standees are taken from a 1960s publicity still used in the end titles
of the third and fourth seasons of the original series.
Source: HMSS Weblog
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The Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention
is a three-day festival held inside the Hunt Valley Wyndham. Here, you
can watch dozens of screenings of vintage movies, world premiere
documentaries, Hollywood celebrities posing for photos and signing
autographs for fans, slide show seminars from authors and historians,
over 200 vendor tables with retro merchandise, antiques and collectibles
and... well, it is a lot of fun.Whether you have been to other conventions
in the past or never attended a convention before, we recommend you
give it a try. You'll discover what people keep returning year after
year. Attendees come from California, Canada, Seattle, England, Belgium,
Florida, Maine... and statistically the size of the attendance has grown
every year. MANC didn’t attract such a faithful following by accident.
Nearing our 10th anniversary, MANC has offered fans a chance to meet Hollywood
actors, visit a drive-in movie theater, watch old fifties films like Creature
from the Black Lagoon in 3-D, have their picture next to The Blob silicone,
watch Abbott and Costello impersonators perform on stage, and have a great
time. Many of the seminars will be broadcast live from Radio Once More
and you can tune into the station for free at http://radiooncemore.com/
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Moonstone Books: THE SPIDER,
MASTER OF MEN Trade paperback - Now available!
Previews Exclusive!
Includes the never-before-published issue #3, and a brand new
illustrated short story!
The original Spider, the most ruthless and
relentless crime fighter of all time, (hated by both
the Law and the Underworld) mows down crime in these
Moonstone pulp action tales!
This volume also includes reprints "The Spider #1 &
#2, "Return of the Monsters: The Spider vs Werewolf",
The Spider XMAS , plus the prose short story "City of
the Melting Dead".
Includes a foreword by Elizabeth Bissette, the great
niece of the man who wrote the majority of original
Spider tales: Norvell Page!
Story: Martin Powell
Art: Hannibal King, Pablo Marcos
Cover: Dan Brereton
7" x 10", grayscale, 106 pages, $12.95
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Moonstone Books: DOMINO LADY:
SEX AS A WEAPON Trade paperback - Now
available!
Previews Exclusive!
New printing of this long sold-out collection!
Stunned and enraged by the murder of her crusading politician
father, beautiful socialite Ellen Patrick becomes
determined to bring her father’s killers to justice…at any
cost. A talented Berkley graduate, she knows that to truly
fight the men who killed her father she must break all the rules.
Donning a distinctive white dress and a black domino mask, she
becomes The Domino Lady, one of the sexiest –and most elusive—crime
fighters of all time.
Guest-starring: SHERLOCK HOLMES,
THE BLACK BAT , & AIRBOY!
Nine all-new tales of one of the world’s first female masked
crime fighters, by Nancy Holder, Chuck Dixon, CJ Henderson,
Martin Powell, Ron Fortier, James Chambers, Bobby
Nash, Gail McCabe. Introduction: Mystery Writers of America
Raven Award winner Joan Hansen!
Story: Nancy Holder, Chuck Dixon, etc.
Edited by: Lori Gentile
Interior Art: Ver Curtis
Cover: Uwe Jarling
222 pages, Squarebound, 6” x 9”, $16.95
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Moonstone Books: Honey West & T.H.E.
CAT #1 (of 2) - Arriving in comic shops
December 11!
Two cult TV icons heat it
up together for the first time!
Ex-cat burglar and aerialist Thomas Hewitt Edward Cat
is back for the first time in 45 years!
He puts his skills to good use as a professional bodyguard
- primitive and in love with danger!
Now he teams up with TV?s first lead-female private
eye.
In "Death in the Desert", 1960's mob infested Las Vegas,
they investigate a series of accidents?but will the
attraction between the two cause the case to overheat?
Story: Trina Robbins
Art: Silvestre Szilagyi
Colors: Patrick J. Williams
Cover: Valarie Jones
32 pages, Full Color, $3.99
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The New Pulp Heroes
- 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 Spider Lady
- New!
Spider
Mr. Jones
Villains Anyone?
The Legend
The Undertaker
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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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Perils On
Planet Perils On Planet X - Now online!
Perils On Planet X is a swashbuckling
adventure on a lost planet… join Colonel Donovan
Hawke of Terra as he travels through time and
space to the ancient emerald world of Xylos
– home of vicious reptilian predators, ruthless
strato-pirates, beautiful princesses, and innumerable
fantastic dangers!
Perils On Planet X is high adventure on alien
worlds – classic space opera in the
Edgar Rice Burroughs and Alex Raymond
traditions, revived for a new millennium!
The adventure begins today at the link below!
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Philip José Farmer: VENUS ON
THE HALF SHELL - Arriving in book stores December
10!
Simon Wagstaff narrowly escapes the Deluge that destroys Earth
when he happens upon an abandoned spaceship. A man without a planet,
he gains immortality from an elixir drunk during an interlude with a cat-like
alien queen. Now Simon must chart a 3,000-year course to the most distant
corners of the multiverse, to seek out the answers to the questions no
one can seem to answer.
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Pulp Crazy
- Now online!
The Festival
by H.P. Lovecraft - New!
The Thing on
the Roof by Robert E. Howard
Tower of
Heaven by Walter C. Brown
Black Destroyer
Tarzan
and the Green Goddess 1938
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Pulp Den - Now online!
Wrong Place Wrong Time
- New!
Out of Print Books
- New!
The Kept Girl
The Bronze Gazette #68
Dakota
Ground To A Pulp Trading Cards
Doctor Lovebeads
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Pulp Flakes
- Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines,
authors and their stories, adventure and detective
pulps.
Sea Kickup Elephants - fact article by Claude W.
Bostock
Compound Interest - short story by Hugh Pendexter
Pulp Covers - two recent blog posts
Off-trail e-book recommendation: Rogue Male by Geoffrey
Household
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Pulp Magazines
Project - Now online!
Publishing legends The Black Mask (1920),
Weird Tales (1923), and Amazing Stories (1926)
are considered so “extremely rare and valuable”
that the U.S. Library of Congress houses its collection
of 277 issues in Washington, D.C.’s Rare Book
and Special Collections Division—along with the personal
libraries of Presidents, medieval and Renaissance
manuscripts, and one of only three known perfect
copies of the Gutenberg Bible in existence. With its latest
addition of 4 issues of The Black Mask (Aug. & Sept. 1920;
Dec. 1921; and Apr. 1922), the Pulp Magazines Project has made
all 3 classic titles available together—for the first time—in
high-quality, cover-to-cover digital editions.
Also available at the Pulp Magazines Project, new
issues of the iconic “weird menace” pulp, Dime
Mystery Magazine (Apr. 1938 and Sept. 1946);
Adventure (Jul. 1, 1928; feat. Walt Coburn’s “The
Man Who Hated Himself”); Western Story (Jul. 27,
1940); Detective Story (May 1938; feat. Zorro-creator
Johnston McCulley’s “Thubway Tham’s Thothial Thecurity”);
and histories of both The Black Mask (E.R. Hagemann;
UCLA) and Dime Mystery Magazine (Emily Sisler; University
of West Florida).
The Pulp Magazines
Project is an open-access digital archive dedicated to the
study and preservation of one of the twentieth century's
most influential literary & artistic forms: the all-fiction
pulpwood magazine. The Project also provides information on
the history of this important but long neglected
medium, along with biographies of pulp authors,
artists, and their publishers.
At the heart of the Project's mission
is the archive itself. In summer 2011,
it began with a modest library of five
representative first-generation pulp titles
from the early twentieth century. Over time,
the archive will expand, new magazines
will be digitized, and contextual materials
added. Eventually, the archive will
feature a broad range of pre-1923 titles,
post-1923 titles where copyright has lapsed,
and full volume runs of select titles from
1896 to 1946.
The Project is dedicated to fostering
ties between communities of collectors,
fans, and academics devoted to pulp
magazines, and will offer opportunities for research
and collaboration to both scholars and enthusiasts
alike. We will provide information on upcoming conferences
and conventions, and promote new working relationships
between academics and the hundreds of pulp
fans and collectors beyond the college and
university.
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Pulp Newsgroups
- Now online!
There are numerous pulp newsgroups
that are of potential interest to
pulp fans.
Information on several of these groups and
a link to sign up is posted below.
Abraham Merritt: This
group is dedicated to all of the
fiction of ABRAHAM MERRITT. Merritt's
novels, short stories, paperbacks, hardcovers,
pulps, reprints, and any movies based on these
works can all be discussed here. Also, any artwork
from any of the above pertaining to Merritt's
writing can be discussed and displayed. If interested,
questions and statements about other authors
that copied or imitated Merritt's style can
be posted.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ABEMERRITTFANS/
CoverUps: Sharing and
trading of Pulp Fiction covers. Discussion not only
allowed, but encouraged! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cover_Ups/
Doc Con: The
annual Doc Savage Convention gathered
together for the first time on October
24, 1998. The convention also known as Doc
Con is the brainchild of Rob Smalley who
together with Jay Ryan, Paul Cook and Courtney Rogers
have hosted the event each year in Arizona. Traditionally
held the second Saturday of each November, Doc
Con attracts residents from around the country,
for a weekend of planned Doc Savage events
as well as discussions and camaraderie. Follow along
with the planning each year by participating in
this group. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Doc_Con/
Edgar Rice Burroughs Group: This group
is dedicated to the study and
appreciation of one of the greatmasters of literary
adventure, Edgar Rice Burroughs (1875-1950). Creator
of numerous famous characters, such as Tarzan,
Carson Napier, and John Carter of Mars, and
exciting worlds, such as Venus, Barsoom,
and Pellucidar, Burroughs is widely recognized as one
of the fathers of the Pulp Era and modern
heroic fiction. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/edgarriceburroughs/
FictionMags: The purpose of
this mailing list is to discuss the
history of fiction magazines,
and to exchange information about magazines which
have carried fiction, past or present. Particular
emphases are on the "Gaslight" magazines of
circa 1880-1914, the pulp magazines of the
first half of the 20th century, the "Big Slick"
magazines of the mid-20th century, the digest-sized
magazines of the 1950s and 1960s -- and
any other areas of magazine publishing which
have been important for fiction. Discussion
may cover aspects of the publishing history of
the magazines concerned, their editors and editorial
policies, the authors they published, and so
on.
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/fictionmags/
Flearun: This group
is for fans of all the incarnations
of Doc Savage. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flearun/
H.R. Haggard:
This group is dedicated
to one of the greatest of adventure/fantasy
writers , H.R. Haggard.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/masterofadventureriderhaggard/
Justice Inc.: This
group is dedicated to the [1940's pulp version]
of Richard Benson and his group of crime
fighting adventurers , Justice Inc. Everything
about this group can be discussed [ comics,
pulps, radio shows, paperbacks, current news]also
if anyone is interested in Paul Ernst---In the
roaring heart of the crucible...... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JUSTICEINC/
Otis Adelbert Kline:
This group is devoted
to Otis Adelbert Kline. His works in
the science fiction, weird and historical fiction
genre and his general biography can also be discussed
here.
Visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OTISKLINE/
to join!
Pulp Fiction Uncensored:
is for all fans of Pulp Fiction!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pulp_Fiction_Uncensored/
PulpMags:
If you're interested in
the old pulp magazines, this forum
is the place to be. We deal with OLD
pulps only! If you're looking for something dealing
with modern "pulp fiction" style writing, you'd
be bored here.This moderated list is setup along the
lines of PEAPS, the Pulp Era Amateur
Press Society, and all pulp fans across the world
are welcome. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpMags/
Pulp Swap Group:
Place your swappable pulps and digest,
plus wants, in the file section or individual
messages. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PulpSwap/
REH Comics Group:
This group is dedicated to the characters
created by Robert E Howard that have appeared in comic
book form from Marvel Comics, Dark
Horse Comics, Cross Plains Comics, Dynamite Entertainment
etc. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheREHcomicsgroup/
Vintage Paperbacks:
A forum for readers and collectors
of classic paperback books, primarily from
the "vintage era" of 1939 to 1960 (roughly speaking).
Ace Doubles, Dell Mapbacks, L.A. Bantams, Gold
Medal, Avon, Handibooks, and many more - we
cover them all. Discussion of all genres is welcome
and we particularly want to hear about any
rare and unusual paperbacks or stories *about* paperbacks
that you might be able to share. We discuss the cover
artists, the writers, the publishers, and anyone and
everyone connected with the great world of vintage
paperback books. Read a great old book lately? Come
on in and tell us about it! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VintagePaperbacks/
Western Pulps:
This list is dedicated to the discussion
of Western pulp magazines -- the characters,
the authors, the stories, the paperback reprints,
and anything else connected with Western pulps.
Though the primary emphasis is on pulps, we
also discuss non-pulp Western novels, movies, comics,
etc. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WesternPulps/
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Radio
Archives
Will Murray's Pulp Classics
#39
The Best of Argosy #1 Audiobook
Selected by Robert Weinberg
Sting of the Blue Scorpion by George F. Worts writing as Loring Brent
Read by Milton Bagby. Liner Notes by Will Murray
Now available!
Beginning in 1882, Frank A. Munsey’s
Argosy magazine was the first and most influential pulp magazine of the 20th
century.
At its height, it was published each and every week, and contained
a veritable cornucopia of fabulous fiction in all genres. Detective and
mystery stories. Westerns. Love stories. Sports. Even science-fiction
and fantasy filled its pages. Esteemed writers ranging from Edgar Rice
Burroughs to Erle Stanley Gardner graced its beloved pages.
When Argosy finally folded in 1978, it was no longer a fiction
magazine, but it was, and remains to this day, a powerhouse pulp periodical.
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Now Radio Archives is delving into the back pages of this celebrated magazine
in an effort to present some of the best feature fiction Argosy presented
during its near-century of publication. Overseeing this production is one
of the great scholars of the pulp era, novelist Robert Weinberg, who we
are proud to have join the Radio Archives team.
“Radio Archives is issuing the best of the pulps in audio and eBook format,”
he says. “It’s a pleasure to work with them, bringing back some of the
greatest action fiction ever published for modern fans!”
Bob’s first selection spotlights one of the most popular Argosy authors
of the 1930s. Georg F. Worts, whether under his own name or the pseudonym
of Loring Brent, was a Munsey mainstay going back to World War I.
Arguably his most popular creation was Peter Moore, the American adventurer
known in the Orient as Peter the Brazen, otherwise famed as the Man of
Bronze. Doc Savage writer Lester Dent was a huge fan of Argosy, and read
it every week without fail. No doubt he was influenced by Peter the Brazen
when he created his own Man of Bronze in 1933.
Undoubtedly the most diabolical foe Peter the Brazen encountered during
his exciting sojourn in Asia was the Man with the Jade Brain, otherwise
known as the enigmatic Blue Scorpion.
For our inaugural Argosy audiobook, we present the first thrilling encounter
between these two implacable antagonists, “Cave of the Blue Scorpion,”
and its novel-length sequel, Sting of the Blue Scorpion. This is a clash
of pulp titans set against an exotic locale. You will never forget George
F. Worts compelling stories, nor his clashing antagonists. Read by Milton
Bagby. 7 hours $27.98 Audio CDs / $13.99 Download.
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Created by Robert Hardy Andrews, Jack Armstrong, the All-American
Boy was one of the first and most memorable of the adventure radio serials.
Running from 1933 to 1951, it featured the resourceful high school student
on a dizzying collection of adventures that spanned the globe. He often
accompanied Colonel Jim Fairfield, an aviation industrialist, and Fairfield's
brave niece and nephew Betty and Billy on their travels. Backing them
up was two-fisted Vic Hardy, a brilliant scientist and sleuth.
Now, for the first time, one of the Jack Armstrong serials has been novelized
and is now available from Radio Archives as a 12 hour audiobook. Noted
author Jeff Deischer adapts Jack Armstrong and the Secret of U-77 from
the 1946 James Jewell production — a serial for which none of the original
recordings exist. Jeff is known for his strong narrative, which gives this
story an authentic flavor.
In the post-war world, danger is not always so easy to see. But Jack Armstrong
identifies it in the form of Dr. Romago, a unscrupulous scientist who
abandoned his native United States before the war. After being mysteriously
missing for several years, Romago has returned — and he is after the
secret of U-77.
What is U-77, and why does Dr. Romago seek it? Jack can only guess. But
he does know that if Romago wants it, he can’t be permitted to have it.
Accompanied by his loyal friends, Uncle Jim, Betty and Billy Fairfield,
Jack and Vic Hardy head down to the Sea Islands off the Southern Atlantic
coast, where Romago has been driving away the local fishermen through his
underling, Pachino the Eel, a gangster who has crossed paths with scientist
Vic Hardy before.
Aboard his schooner, The Gray Ghost, Romago squats, a fat spider pulling
on the strands of his web like the strings of a puppet, manipulating
the fishermen of Thunderbolt, Georgia, his own henchmen — and even Jack
Armstrong!
Jack Armstrong and the Secret of U-77 takes Jack and his friends from
New York City to the coast of Georgia down to the bottom of the ocean in
this exciting 12 hour long saga.
Douglas Klauba has painted a gorgeous wraparound cover for this special
audiobook. 11 hours. Regular Price $47.98 - Specially priced until December
12 for $23.99 Audio CDs / $11.99 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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In the early 1930s, with the growing success of The Shadow on
radio, it was only natural that Doc Savage would be considered a prime
candidate for the broadcast medium. Lester Dent certainly thought so
- and, in fact, when he signed his first long-term contract with Street
and Smith to write Doc's pulp adventures, he made certain to assign himself
the ancillary rights to alternate versions of the character, including
both radio and motion pictures. In 1934, Dent contracted to write a weekly
fifteen-minute Doc Savage radio series to be sponsored by Cystex, "that
remarkable doctor's prescription for the relief of kidney disorders",
or so the sponsor advertised on the broadcasts. Aired on a weekly basis
between February and August of that year, the series proved somewhat popular
- but, unfortunately, not popular enough to warrant producing more than
the initial twenty-four episode run. Part of the problem, it was felt,
was that Doc's pulp adventures were too detailed, too intense, and too
heavily populated to be captured in a quarter-hour format - particularly
one that wasn't a serial but, instead, featured a complete story each week.
What's more, the limited budgets of early 1930s radio didn't allow many
actors to appear in each script, reducing Doc's Fabulous Five down to one,
Monk Mayfair, who became the Man of Bronze's burly sidekick on the air.
Twenty-four weeks after it began, the Doc Savage radio series ended and
was soon forgotten, relegated to the annals of misbegotten opportunities.
No recordings were known to survive and, until the early 1980s, it was
assumed that the scripts, too - all new and original stories, written
especially for radio - were lost to the ages. Then, by chance, writer
Will Murray happened to be going through Lester Dent's files and discovered
that Dent had indeed kept carbon copies of his scripts for the radio version
of "Doc Savage" and, what's more, that he had also retained copies of scripts
for a few shows that were never broadcast - a total of twenty-nine original
Doc Savage adventures that no one had seen, heard, or read in over forty
years! Now, Moonstone Books is proud to announce the first complete compilation
of all of these exciting and largely unknown radio adventures, bringing
together the long-lost tales of The Man of Bronze in one single volume!
Written by Lester Dent and edited by and including a fascinating introduction
by Will Murray, this 352 page volume also contains beautiful interior illustrations
by artist Tom Roberts created especially for this release and an iconic
cover painting by Bantam artist Bob Larkin. It's truly an item that's a
"must have" for the personal library of any Doc Savage enthusiast - and
what a great gift to give the pulp fiction lover in your family!. Regular
Price $22.95 - Specially priced until December 12 for $11.47
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Radio Archives
Will Murray's Pulp eBook Classics
Now available!
The Spider #84: Master of the
Night-Demons
Into a great auditorium flocked New York’s City Council, its
Borough Presidents and its Police executives, to vote NO to a new crime
king’s ultimatum demanding that New York surrender! Yet they changed
their minds — because Asmodeus, King of Darkness, televised before their
eyes a picture of their loved ones dying horribly! After that, all hopes
were pinned on just one man... the Spider! 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.
The Best of Argosy #1 Selected
by Robert Weinberg: Sting of the Blue Scorpion
Torn from the pages of the first and foremost pulp magazine, the
fabled Argosy, and chosen from among thousands of stories by premier pulp
authority, Robert Weinberg! Argosy magazine was the first and most influential
pulp magazine of the 20th century. At its height, it was published each
and every week, and contained a veritable cornucopia of fabulous fiction
in all genres. Detective and mystery stories. Westerns. Love stories. Sports.
Even science-fiction and fantasy filled its pages. Esteemed writers ranging
from Edgar Rice Burroughs to Erle Stanley Gardner graced its beloved pages.
Now Radio Archives is delving into the pages of this celebrated magazine
in an effort to present some of the best feature fiction Argosy presented
during its near-century of publication. Overseeing this production is one
of the great scholars of the pulp era, novelist Robert Weinberg. “Radio
Archives is issuing the best of the pulps in audio and eBook format,” he
says. “It’s a pleasure to work with them, bringing back some of the greatest
action fiction ever published for modern fans!” 2.99.
G-8 and His Battle Aces #39: Patrol
of the Mad
A mist of madness swept the skies, and G-8 knew that the answer
must be found! Allied pilots lost, and then returned as gibbering idiots!
Germany’s forces swept the air, and the end was now in sight, if the Master
Spy and his Aces could not combat this terrible menace! G-8 opposes himself
to the genius of a madman! 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
#4: The Wave of Death
The Green Lama untangles the threads of a complicated murder and
spy plot with the help of his faithful followers and the assistance of that
remarkable woman of mystery — the inscrutable Magga. 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.
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Man of mystery, man of intellect, man of action -- for over a century,
Nick Carter stands tall as America's Greatest Detective! Handsome, deep-voiced
character actor Lon Clark stars in this new collection of exciting radio
adventures, perfectly capturing both the manly vigor and powerful intellectual
skills of the master detective.
Nick's pal Scubby Wilson (John Kane) is a newspaper man who takes more
than his share of punishment when the goons and thugs came around. And,
plucky secretary Patsy Bowen (Helen Choate, Charlotte Manson) is a smart,
peppy young woman who can handle street-level investigations as well as
dictation. Join them for 18 digitally restored and remastered capers!
Includes an informative Program Guide by radio historian Elizabeth McLeod!
Episodes Include: The Echo of Death 07-06-43; Murder in the Crypt 08-02-43;
The Case of the Careless Employees 02-02-47; The Case of the Crystal Prophecy
03-23-47; The Case of the Wandering Macaroni 07-20-47; The Case of the
Bearded Queen 09-07-47; The Case of the Two-Faced Firemaster 09-21-47;
The Case of the Barefoot Banker 11-23-47; The Case of the Policy Makers
12-21-47; The Case of the Graveyard Gunman 01-11-48; The Case of the Classical
Clue 02-01-48; The Case of the Boy Who Got Lost 02-29-48; The Case of the
Absent Clue 03-07-48; The Case of the Martyred Rat 03-28-48; The Case of
the Henpecked Husband 04-11-48; The Case of the Nameless Blonde 05-09-48;
The Case of the Salesman of Death 05-16-48; The Case of the Tatooed Cobra
05-23-48
Duration: 9 hours
Media: (9) CDs
Price: $35.95
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RICHARD STARK'S PARKER: SLAYGROUND - Arriving in comic shops December 11!
Darwyn Cooke
Darwyn Cooke's masterful and multi award-winning series of PARKER
graphic novels continues with Slayground! Parker, whose getaway
car crashes after a heist, manages to elude capture with his
loot by breaking into an amusement park that is closed for the winter.
But his presence does not go unnoticed -- a pair of cops observed
the job and its aftermath. But rather than pursue their suspect...
they decide to go into business for themselves, with the help
of some "business associates." From then on it's a game of cat and
mouse, one played out through closed rides of the abandoned
carnival... a game that slowly starts to favor the mouse.
96 pages, $17.99, On Sale December 18
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Robert E. Howard - Now online!
Gouged Eyes and Chawed Ears: Breckinridge Elkins
Video Podcast
The subject is Robert E. Howard's humorous
westerns featuring Breckinridge Elkins, looking at the ways in which Howard
used violence as a comedic motif in the tradition of 19th century frontier
humor. In particular I use the theme of rough-and-tumble fighting in
the Breck stories as an example of this humorous violence. This presentation
began as an essay in my first REHupa fanzine in 2010, then expanded into
an article for REH: Two-Gun Raconteur #15, and finally revised again for
PCA. Hope you all enjoy it.
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Robert E. Howard Foundation
Press
WESTERN TALES
Now available!
The REH Foundation Press is proud to present Western
Tales, a collection of Robert E. Howard’s traditional and weird western
stories. The book checks in at 550 pages, and will be printed in hardback
with dust jacket, in a limited first-print quantity of 200 copies,
each individually numbered. Cover art by Tom Gianni and introduction
by James Reasoner. This volume marks the first book publication of “Six-Gun
Interview” and the first appearance anywhere of “Drag”—an item bibliographers
refer to as Untitled, “It was a strange experience . . .”—this one-page
fragment mentions the Sonora Kid, as well as Gordon (aka El Borak)
and Lal Singh. While both of those items are unfinished, Western Tales
also features the never-before published complete alternate version
of “The Devil’s Joker” and other rarities. The book is expected to ship
in December 2013. Pre-order yours today.
Prices: Western Tales is $45
for REHF Members, $50 for non-members (all prices in US dollars) plus
shipping. (How to become a member? Look here.)
Shipping options for a single volume:
Domestic via USPS Priority: $9
Domestic via USPS Book Rate: $3
Canada via Global Priority: $23
Australia via Global Priority: $33
Europe via Global Priority: $33
Ordering and payment
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. Be sure that all the necessary shipping
information is included and accurate, and that the total price includes
correct shipping and insurance (if wanted). NO FOREIGN MONEY ORDERS.
Books will not be shipped prior to checks clearing the bank. If
you have any questions or comments regarding pricing or shipping,
please contact us at info@rehfoundation.org.
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THE ROCKETEER/THE SPIRIT: PULP FRICTION!
#4 - Arriving in comic shops December 11!
Mark Waid (Writer), J. Bone (Art/Cover)
In Central City, Denny and Cliff, AKA The Spirit and The Rocketeer,
are on the trail of a deviously dangerous, glove-wearing
foe -- but will they be able to unravel the web of mystery and
intrigue they have become embroiled in? Find out in the grand
finale of Pulp Friction, as two timeless characters finally discover
the truth... or do they? Bonus! What happens to our hapless heroines,
Betty and Ellen?
32 pages, $3.99, On Sale December 18
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Sequential
Pulp To Publish
Edgar Rice Burroughs'
JUNGLE TALES OF TARZAN Graphic Novel
Sequential Pulp Comics is
proud to announce a new graphic novel based on Edgar
Rice Burroughs’ classic novel, Jungle Tales of Tarzan.
The one hundred and forty four page graphic
novel will be authorized by ERB, Inc. through
Sequential Pulp’s distribution arrangement
with Dark Horse Comics. The book will be designed as
an anthology collecting the twelve loosely connected
short stories written by Edgar Rice Burroughs
chronicling the life of his most famous character,
Tarzan of the Apes. All the events of the original work
take place within chapter eleven of Tarzan of the
Apes between Tarzan’s avenging of his ape foster
mother’s death and his becoming the leader of his ape
tribe. The original stories ran in Blue Book magazine from September
1916 through August 1917 prior to the book’s publication
in 1919.
Writer Martin Powell will helm the graphic
novel. Powell is well known for his work
as the author of hundreds of science fiction,
mystery, and horror stories. He has worked in the comic
book industry since 1986, writing for Marvel, DC,
Malibu, Caliber, Moonstone, and Disney, among others,
and has been nominated for the coveted Eisner Award. He
is also a respected and award winning author of children’s
books, and frequently contributes prose for many short story
anthologies. He resides in Saint Paul, MN.
Along with Powell, Sequential Pulp is bringing
a veritable who’s who of exciting illustration
talent. With an amazing cover and specialty art
by Daren Bader to exciting story art by Pablo Marcos,
Terry Beatty, Will Meugniot, Nik Poliwko, Antonio
Romero Olmedo, Mark Wheatley, Diana Leto, Steven E. Gordon,
Lowell Isaac, Tom Floyd and Jamie Chase. Each story
has been matched up with an artist whose passion and love
for Burroughs’ Tarzan and specifically for the story
selected will go a long way towards making this one
highly anticipated book in the Tarzan canon.
Each story will run twelve pages in length
and the book will be in full color. Sequential
Pulp is planning a standard trade paperback and
a very limited signature deluxe signed edition.
Another
page from Martin Powell's adaptation of
Edgar Rice Burrough's "The Nightmare" from JUNGLE TALES
OF TARZAN.
Art by Mark Wheatley.
From Sequential Pulp
Comics/Dark Horse. 12 Tales 12 Artists!
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The Shadow Fan's Podcast
- Now online!
The Circle of Death
The Shadow Fan returns for Episode 59! This week Barry reviews
a 1934 novel ("The Circle of Death") and issue 19 of Dynamite's monthly
Shadow comic. He also talks into some rumors floating around about a
Doc Savage/Shadow novel and takes a look at Dynamite's sales figures for
the month of October 2013. It's an action-packed epiosde!
If you love pulp's greatest crimefighter, then this is the podcast for
you!
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The Shadow - Under
the Blue Light - Now online!
Double Z - New!
Zemba
The Crime Oracle
The Golden Doom
Murder Mansion
Master of Death
Death Token
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Sherlock Holmes: Moriarty Lives #1
- Arriving in comic shops December
11!
(Writer) David Liss (Art) Daniel Indro
(Cover) Francesco Francavilla
Professor James Moriarty has faced his arch rival, Sherlock
Holmes, above Reichenbach Falls, where they have both plummeted
to their doom. Or have they? Washed ashore in a strange town in
Switzerland, Moriarty is alone, penniless, and without his network
of thieves. Will his cunning and guile be enough against a foe more
ruthless than Holmes himself? It’s one of the greatest villains
of all time as you’ve never seen him!
"Sherlock Holmes: Moriarty Lives" takes place after
"The Final Problem," an 1893 Doyle story that introduced
-- and killed -- Moriarty, a criminal mastermind frequently
depicted as Holmes' greatest enemy. This miniseries sees
Moriarty surviving the fall, and embarking on a solo adventure
in the unfamiliar role of hero.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99,
On sale December 11
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Tangent - Now online!
The Shadow -- "The House of Horror" - New!
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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.
Alan Nelson (1911-1966) - New!
Marc Laidlaw (b. 1960) & Gary Myers (b. 1952)
- New!
Happy Birthday, Shambleau!
Anthony D. Keogh (1900-1972)
Talbot Johns (1909-1969)
Alice I'Anson (1872-1931)
Norman Elwood Hammerstrom (1899-1970)
Francis D. Grierson (1888-1972)
Alice Drayton Farnham (1906-1974)
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Upcoming Modern Hero - Pulp Novels
by Christopher R. Yates
(New publications to the list are
in bold)
Now available!
No new releases.
Coming soon!
Dreams of the Golden Age, Carrie Vaughn, Tor,
$25.99, January 7, 2014
Revolution: Secret World Chronicles Book III, Mercedes
Lackey, et al., Baen, $25.00, January 7,
2014
The Black Stiletto: Secrets & Lies, Raymond Benson,
Oceanview Publishing,$26.95, January 7, 2014
Ex-Purgatory, Peter Clines, Broadway, $14.00, January
14, 2014
Iron Man: Extremis, Marie Javins, Marvel, $7.99,
January 14, 2014
Wild Cards III, ed. George R.R.
Martin, Tor, $15.99, February 11, 2014
The Deadline Man [Max August], Steve
Englehart, Tor, February 15, 2014
Necessary Evil, Ian Tregillis, Tor, $14.99,
March 4, 2014
Captain America: The Death of Captain America, Larry
Hama, Marvel, $24.99, March 18, 2014
Spider-Man: Kraven’s Last Hunt, J.M. DeMatteis, Marvel, $24.99,
April 15, 2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past, Author not announced, Marvel, $24.99,
May 20, 2014
S.C.P.D.: Avenging Amethyst, Keith R.A.
DeCandido, Crossroad Press, $12.99, April
18, 2014
Wild Cards XXII: Lowball, ed. George
R.R. Martin, Tor, $25.00, June 13,
2014
Resistence, Samit Basu, Titan, $14.99,
July 08, 2014
Turbulence, Samit Basu, Titan, $7.99, July 29, 2014
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