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| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming to online retailers in November!
Coming to comic shops November 29!
THE BLACK BAT Volume 10: "The Eyes of the Blind" & "The Blackout Murders”
The Nemesis of Crime returns in classic pulp novels by Norman A. Daniels writing as "G. Wayman Jones." First, the Black Bat risks his own eyes to aid victims deprived of their sight in “The Eyes of the Blind.” Then, Tony Quinn battles a monstrous killer as “The Blackout Murders" panic the nation! GOLDEN AGE OF COMICS BONUS: The origin of the Black Terror from Nedor's EXCITING COMICS #9 by Richard Hughes and David Gabrielsen! This instant collector's item showcases the original covers and interior illustrations by V. E. Pyles, with historical commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-239-1 Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95
THE BLACK BAT VOLUME 10 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 30).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP172219.
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
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming to online retailers in November!
Coming to comic shops November 29!
DOC SAVAGE Volume 4: “Land of Always-Night" & "The Mad Mesa”
Featuring a NEW foreword by JAMES BAMA! - JAMES BAMA VARIANT EDITION
The pulps' legendary superman returns in two of his greatest adventures. In "Land of Always-Night," a strange being who kills with the touch of a finger leads Doc Savage to a lost underworld civilization, in an epic 1935 collaboration by W. Ryerson Johnson and Lester Dent writing as "Kenneth Robeson." Then, in 1938's "Mad Mesa," the Man of Bronze awakens to discover that he¹s in another man¹s body and imprisoned in a penitentiary; hundreds will die unless Doc Savage can escape and solve the mystery of the mesa madness! This instant collector’s item leads off with a stunning cover painting by legendary artist James Bama and also showcases the original color pulp covers by Walter Baumhofer and Emery Clarke, Paul Orban’s interior illustrations and historical articles by Will Murray, author of 21 Doc Savage novels. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-240-7 Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95
DOC SAVAGE VOLUME 4 BAMA VARIANT is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 30).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP172220.
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
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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| Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming to online retailers in November!
Coming to comic shops November 29!
THE SHADOW Volume 124: “The Ghost Makers” & “House of Ghosts”
The Master of Darkness unmasks phony spiritualists in two legendary pulp novels. First, in one of Walter Gibson’s greatest classics, the Dark Avenger investigates “The Ghost Makers” after a glowing dagger materializes to bring death at a seance. Then, The Shadow teams with real-life ghostbuster Joseph Dunninger to investigate a series of spirit murders in a “House of Ghosts." This haunting collectors collection showcases the original color pulp covers by George Rozen and Modest Stein and interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Paul Orban, while Will Murray explores the Gibson-Houdini-Lovecraft connection and Anthony Tollin recalls The Shadow Big Little Books. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-241-4 Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95
THE SHADOW VOLUME 124 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 30).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP172221.
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
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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| Art's Reviews Podcasts! - Now online!
Pulpfest Lecture: Michael Croteau on Philip Jose Farmer and Robert Bloch
Past episodes:
"The Strange Harvest of Dr. Aquarius" By Jeff Deischer
Win Scott Eckert discusses "The Monster on Hold"
PulpFest: Empire of the Nine- The Psychos of Philip Jose Farmer
John Bruening's readings
PulpFest: Peter McGarvey's readings
PulpFest: Jason Jack Miller's readings
PulpFest: Jim Beard's readings
| ATHENA VOLTAIRE PULP TALES TPB VOLUME 1 - Coming in November!
(Writer) Steve Bryant, Chris Murrin (Art) Steve Bryant (Cover) Steve Bryant, Jason Millet
Authors Tom King, Corinna Bechko, Genevieve Pearson, Will Pfeifer, and a dozen more tell the swashbuckling tales of globetrotting aviatrix Athena Voltaire!
With illustrations by Steve Bryant, this collection of short stories in the spirit of the pulps which inspired the character sees Athena battling adversaries old and new, dodging lethal traps, fighting creatures natural and supernatural, and meeting some of history's most influential figures.
Softcover, 320 pages, B&W, $14.95, On sale November 29.
ATHENA VOLTAIRE PULP TALES is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 30).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP171036.
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| | Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press
Writing pulp fiction for a living was a tough grind, but one that always attracted hopefuls. Dewy-eyed aspirants were willing to serve an apprenticeship in the pulps, secure in the knowledge that raw talent and hard work would carry them to inevitable success in the slicks. These neophytes, eager for helpful tips and sage advice from the pulpwood Big Timers, poured over the pages of trade journals such as Writer's Digest, Author & Journalist, Writer's Review, and Writer's Markets and Methods.
Established pulp writers and editors who contributed to these publications were surprisingly generous with advice and admonition both. Every now and then their articles were vague or self-serving, but a large number offered genuinely useful tips and outlined methods of working that are just as sound today as they were in 1930 or 1940. The two dozen essays collected in THE PENNY-A-WORD BRIGADE hold significant educational value for today's wannabe writers.
Some of these trade-journal pieces saw revival in issues of Blood 'n' Thunder. A few—specifically, those by hero-pulp legends Lester Dent, Norvell Page, and Walter B. Gibson—have been reprinted before, but never have all been included between two covers. In context, surrounded by similar articles from peers, each represents a vital piece in the larger puzzle.
Straight how-to articles are mixed with market analyses and personal reminiscences. In addition to Gibson & Company, you'll find contributions from such legendary high-volume producers as Arthur J. Burks, H. Bedford-Jones, and Erle Stanley Gardner along with many second-tier favorites, including Nelson Bond, Frederick C. Davis, G. T. Fleming-Roberts, Frank Gruber, and Henry Kuttner.
The blue-pencil boys also supplied guidance to followers of the writers' magazines, and PENNY-A-WORD BRIGADE includes excellent essays by Adventure's Arthur Sullivant Hoffman, Black Mask's Joseph T. "Cap" Shaw, and editorial directors of the major pulp outfits: Rogers Terrill (Popular Publications), Leo Margulies (the "Thrilling Group"), Robert A. W. Lowndes (Columbia/Double Action/Blue Ribbon), Ralph Daigh (Fawcett Publications), and Robert O. Erisman (Martin Goodman's "Red Circle" line). Agents Lurton Blassingame and August Lenninger, frequent contributors to Writer's Digest, present market reports that at the time of publication were considered valuable tools for newcomers aiming to crack well-established sheets.
This book is an invaluable addition to any reference library with books documenting the pulp era. It can be ordered at muraniapress.com. The $24.95 cover price includes shipping to buyers in the U.S.
PURCHASE PRICE INCLUDES SHIPPING AND HANDLING TO DOMESTIC BUYERS.
OVERSEAS BUYERS MUST INQUIRE FOR SHIPPING RATES BEFORE PLACING ORDERS.
Trade paperback, 8.5 x 11, 220 pages
Price: $24.95
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BLOOD 'N' THUNDER PRESENTS, VOLUME ONE -- PRIDE OF THE PULPS
Now shipping!
In case you hadn't heard, last fall we brought to an end Blood 'n' Thunder's 14-year run as a periodical. The zine went out with a bang: a double issue numbered 49/50 and packed with some of the best articles in BnT history. In the editorial we promised to continue the franchise with a series of standalone volumes, issued at irregular intervals, covering various aspects of pulp and pop-culture history under the general title of Blood 'n' Thunder Presents.
Well, this week we proudly release the first volume of Blood 'n' Thunder Presents, subtitled Pride of the Pulps. It's been designed in the "deluxe" trade-paperback format of 8 1/2 x 11 inches, with the series title in a wraparound banner and the volume number printed at the top of the spine. All future volumes will have a uniform design.
Pride of the Pulps devotes nearly 100,000 words to in-depth surveys of six classic rough-paper magazines: Adventure, All-American Fiction, Famous Fantastic Mysteries, The Popular Magazine, Short Stories, and West. Earlier versions of these overviews were published in back issues of Blood 'n' Thunder, but all have been revised and expanded for this book. Greatly expanded, in some cases: the essay on Short Stories, for example, first appeared as a two-parter with a total word count of 11,500 words. Its counterpart in Pride of the Pulps runs close to 17,000 words.
The addition of new material extends as well to illustrative matter. The surveys in Pride include more pulp covers and interior illustrations than accompanied their earlier versions in BnT, but we've also added more scans of original cover paintings.
In short, this is not a reprint volume that simply repurposes old copy. It has a significant amount of new content and is a veritable textbook of pulp-fiction history. Even if you'd be satisfied with the essays as printed in BnT, it would cost you well over $100 to purchase those issues individually. And that's assuming you could find them all: the two issues with the Short Stories survey have been out of print for many years.
Future volumes of Blood 'n' Thunder Presents will be devoted to the following topics: a history of Argosy, the working life of pulp writers, the output of legendary scribe Edgar Wallace, a history of Doubleday's Crime Club book division, and a survey of films made during 1932, which we posit to be fantastic cinema's best year. We hope and expect to issue at least two volumes per calendar year, although we're on track to publish three in 2017. Stay tuned for more announcements.
In the meantime, don't miss out on our first release in the Blood 'n' Thunder Presents series. We guarantee it'll make a valuable addition to any home library of reference works covering pulp fiction and vintage American popular culture.
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BLOOD 'N' THUNDER'S CLIFFHANGER CLASSICS VOLUME 2
Now shipping!
For nearly 50 years the motion-picture chapter play was a vibrant part of our country’s pop-culture scene. Following their favorite serials turned moviegoing into a weekly habit for millions of Americans. During the silent-film era, episodic thrillers were marketed to adults and children alike, but their emphasis on base melodrama and contrived thrills appealed more to kids. Those youthful habitués of Saturday matinees faithfully followed serials and retained fond memories of them. Subsequent generations discovered cliffhanger classics via later broadcasts on TV and reissues in collectable home-video formats.
This sequel to 2012's well-received Blood 'n' Thunder's Cliffhanger Classics offers history and analysis of such popular and influential silent serials as The Perils of Pauline (1914), The Million Dollar Mystery (1914), The Diamond from the Sky (1915), The Riddle Rider (1924), and the four 1914-17 chapter plays of Francis Ford and Grace Cunard. Notable talkie-era serials covered at length include Tarzan the Fearless (1933), The Return of Chandu (1934), The Lost City (1935), Radio Patrol (1937), Red Barry (1938), The Spider's Web (1938, and its 1941 sequel The Spider Returns), Hawk of the Wilderness (1938), Adventures of Red Ryder (1940), and Secret Service in Darkest Africa (1943).
A special essay titled "Anatomy of a Serial," taking an approach not previously attempted by any chapter-play historian, chronicles the making of fan favorite Spy Smasher (1942) from the licensing of the character rights in June 1941 straight through to the film's national release in April 1942. All aspects of the production are detailed with facts and figures, as well as the recollections of director William Witney, star Kane Richmond, supporting player Tris Coffin, and stunt ramrod Dave Sharpe.
The essays in Cliffhanger Classics are not the typical puff pieces generally found in books on this subject. Each article has been carefully researched and supplemented with first-hand recollections of people who worked in the serials being examined, including leading men Buster Crabbe, Kane Richmond, Herman Brix, and Rod Cameron; leading ladies Jacqueline Wells, Iris Meredith, Kay Hughes, Vivian Coe; veteran serial writer Barry Shipman; stuntmen Dave Sharpe and Tom Steele; and directors Ford Beebe and William Witney. Their input makes this second volume of Cliffhanger Classics a valuable addition to the historical record, as well as an entertaining read.
The book is profusely illustrated with more than 60 pages of rare stills, posters, and lobby cards from the serials under examination.
Purchase price includes shipping to domestic U.S. buyers only; international customers must inquire for shipping rates.
Cover Art by Chris Kalb
Trade paperback, 6x9 inches, 302 pages
Price: $24.95
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| Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press: EDitorial Comments - Now online!
Now Available for Immediate Shipping: THE PENNY-A-WORD BRIGADE
PulpFest 2017 Report
Now Available: The First Volume Of BLOOD ‘N’ THUNDER PRESENTS
Now Available for Shipping: THE BLOOD ‘N’ THUNDER SAMPLER
| Bold Venture Press
“McCulley was a first-rate talent, who could create a sense of time and place with ease, who fashioned vivid characters from stock material, who wrote action well and conveyed mood beautifully.” From the introduction by Max Allan Collins, author of "Road to Perdition" and the Quarry series.
This volume features Zorro’s Fight for Life, originally published in West magazine for April 1951 and never reprinted. Sixteen additional short stories — from West, Max Brand’s Western Magazine, and Short Stories For Men — are included, with an introductio by Max Allan Collins, and an afterword by Rich Harvey.
Capitán Juan Ruelas had been at his new post for only a fortnight, but already was known as an extremist in brutality. He was certain the peons and natives sheltered Zorro, their masked defender. Don Estaban Santana relished the torture, and hatched a scheme to capture the vigilante and disgrace Don Diego Vega, unaware they were one and the same! Then Zorro had another challenger on his hands — Americano Pete Jordan, a loose cannon whose stubborn pride might kill them all!
Some Zorro stories had remnained out of print since their original appearance in the pulp magazines. Now, for the first time, Johnston McCulley's original stories of the "Curse of Capistrano" are collected into one complete set — Zorro: The Complete Pulp Adventures.
CONTENTS
Introduction by Max Allan Collins: "The Mystery of McCulley's Zorro"
Novel: Zorro’s Fight for Life
Short stories: "Zorro Shears Some Wolves", "The Face Behind the Mask", "Zorro Starts the New Year", "Hangnoose Reward", "Zorro’s Hostile Friends", "Zorro’s Hot Tortillas", "An Ambush for Zorro", "Zorro Gives Evidence", "Rancho Marauders", "Zorro’s Stolen Steed", "Zorro Curbs a Riot", "Three Strange Peons", "Zorro Nabs a Cutthroat", "Zorro Gathers Taxes", "Zorro Rides the Trail", "The Mask of Zorro"
Afterword by Rich Harvey: "Johnston McCulley's Authorial Amnesia"
ZORRO VOLUME 6 will be available at Amazon.com September 15th
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| Broadswords and Blasters - Now online!
Pulp Consumption: True Detective (Season 1)
Pulp Appeal: Indiana Jones
Issue 2 Now Available!
Issue 2 Run Down!
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| THE BRONZE GAZETTE
Issue #79 is now available and recommended!
Contents
Cover: Bob Larkin (commission for Terry Allen)
"The Woman In It" by Duane Spurlock
"Bending the Doc Savage Formula" by Will Murray
"Q&A with Sisters of Bronze" by Catherine Lavallée-Welch
"The Bantam Books that Never Appeared" by Will Murray
"Rhoda Haven: In Love with Everything Doc Savage Wasn't" by Bobb Cotter
"Review: Six Scarlet Scorpions" by Catherine Lavallée-Welch
"The Doc Savage Novel That Was Too Good Part 2" by Jeff Deischer
"The Bronze Gazette Publications News Update" by Terry Allen
"Daughter of Savage: A Wild Woman" by Win Scott Eckert
"In Memory of Ron Wilber"
Subscriptions (via Paypal) are now available for No. 78, 79, and 80.
$30.00 USA
$40.00 Canada (US Dollars)
$50.00 International
(Prices Include Postage)
Click HERE to subscribe!
Get back issues of #76 for $15, #77 for $12, #78 for $12, and Doc Con 2016 Special for $12 each in the USA.
The Bronze Gazette
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| Castalia House Blog - Now online!
RETROSPECTIVE: “Outpost on Io” by Leigh Brackett - New!
Forgotten Sword and Sorcery Artists: Richard Hescox - New!
Forgotten Sword and Sorcery Artists: Chris Achilleos
Retro Fandom Friday – Weird Tales Edition
The Dai Sword, by Manly Wade Wellman
PulpFest 2017
| Centipede Press
SWORDS AND DEVILTRY
By Fritz Leiber
Now available!
In the annals of heroic fantasy one epic tale stands head and shoulders above the rest, spanning sixty years in the telling, the saga of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser has captivated fans ever since Fritz Leiber’s first tale of the duo appeared in the August, 1939 issue of Unknown. Just in time for the seventy-eighth anniversary of the characters debut, Centipede Press is releasing the first of what will be the definitive eight-volume set comprising not only all of the stories by Fritz Leiber (and his friend Harry Fischer), but also the brilliant epilogue to the series, Swords Against the Shadowland by Robin Wayne Bailey.
These are archival editions, lavishly illustrated and featuring guest introductions from some of the top writers in the field. We plan on releasing both Swords and Deviltry and Swords Against Death this year and customers are encouraged to contact us about reserving the entire set. There are 500 unsigned copies available.
The story of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser is among the most enduring in modern fantasy and we suggest reserving your set sooner rather than later.
Swords and Deviltry features five color interior illustrations, a full-color frontispiece, full color wraparound dustjacket, and custom illustrated endpapers. The introduction is by Michael Moorcock. The book includes all of the stories that make up Swords and Deviltry along with two archival essays by Harry O. Fischer, Fritz Leiber’s 1973 introduction, two “Gray Mouser” poems from The Acolyte, and an interview with Fritz Leiber from 1979. Yes, we will be publishing the entire series of novels, each one with a load of extras. This is the ultimate edition of this legendary fantasy series.
Edition information
• Bound in full black cloth, blind stamping on front board.
• Color illustrations hand-tipped into the book.
• Introduction by Michael Moorcock.
• Gorgeous dustjacket on Mohawk Superfine.
• Head and tail bands, ribbon marker.
Cloth, unsigned: $65 (save $10)
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| THE COMPLETE TALES OF JULES DE GRANDIN, VOLUME TWO: THE DEVIL'S ROSARY - Coming September 5!
by Seabury Quinn
Today the names of H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, August Derleth, and Clark Ashton Smith, all regular contributors to the pulp magazine Weird Tales during the first half of the twentieth century, are recognizable even to casual readers of the bizarre and fantastic. And yet despite being more popular than them all during the golden era of genre pulp fiction, there is another author whose name and work have fallen into obscurity: Seabury Quinn.
Quinn’s short stories were featured in well more than half of Weird Tales’s original publication run. His most famous character, the supernatural French detective Dr. Jules de Grandin, investigated cases involving monsters, devil worshippers, serial killers, and spirits from beyond the grave, often set in the small town of Harrisonville, New Jersey. In de Grandin there are familiar shades of both Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, and alongside his assistant, Dr. Samuel Trowbridge, de Grandin’s knack for solving mysteries―and his outbursts of peculiar French-isms (grand Dieu!)―captivated readers for nearly three decades.
Collected for the first time in trade editions, The Complete Tales of Jules de Grandin, edited by George Vanderburgh, presents all ninety-three published works featuring the supernatural detective. Presented in chronological order over five volumes, this is the definitive collection of an iconic pulp hero.
The second volume, The Devil’s Rosary, includes all of the Jules de Grandin stories from “The Black Master” (1929) to “The Wolf of St. Bonnot” (1930), as well as an introduction by Jim Rockhill.
Cover art by Donato Giancola
Hardcover, 512 pages, $34.99
The Complete Tales of Jules De Grandin, Volume Three: The Dark Angel is coming in March!
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| Conan - Dark Horse future comics plans!
Dark Horse has stated that they do have plans to publish more Conan.
However, at this time, they cannot confirm a timeline of what they will be releasing.
Thanks to Terry Allen contacting Dark Horse and providing the above information!
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| Conan: WONDER WOMAN / CONAN #3 (of 6) - Coming in November!
(Writer) Gail Simone (Art) Aaron Lopresti, Matt Ryan (Covers) Darick Robertson
Conan saved the island princess he’s chained to, but even as Diana’s memories start to return, their situation grows ever more dire.
For they learn the Corvidae are meddling in their fates, hoping to provoke a battle.
And what these witches want, they are determined to get!
Co-published by DC Comics and Dark Horse Comics.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale November 15.
WONDER WOMAN / CONAN #3 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 30).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP170374.
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| CTHULHU 2018 WALL CALENDAR - Now available!
Appearing in several of H.P. Lovecraft’s works, kraken-like monster Cthulhu is an iconic figure that has fed imagination and terrified generations.
Its name has come to define the whole mythos built up around Lovecraft's strange worlds and pantheon of monsters that continue to inspire many writers.
Featuring the fantastic work of talented artists, this calendar displays a fascinating mix of weird and wonderful depictions of this notorious monster that lurks beneath the deep. The datepad features previous and next month’s views.
12 pages, 12 illustrations
Dimensions: 300 x 300 x 3 mm
£9.99
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| Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!
TARZAN SONG (1952) Hear it Here! - New!
Pulp Gallery: SUPER SCIENCE (1940-42) - New!
THE LONE RANGER rescues "The Cornered Sheriff"
Lou Fine SCIENCE COMICS covers (1940)
Pulp Gallery: DETECTIVE FICTION WEEKLY (1939)
Tarzan of the Movies 3: THE REVENGE OF TARZAN (1920)
| The Digest Enthusiast Blog - Now online!
Men of Violence! #8 - New!
Pulp Horror #6 Wrightson Tribute - New!
Men of Violence! #7
Michael L. Cook’s Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines
Galaxy Novel #25
Fritz Leiber’s Dark Vengeance
Spaceway Science Fiction April 1955
Bulldog Drummond by Sapper
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DOC CON 2017 REGISTRATION is now open!
We have our registration page up and available.
Registration is $40 and includes:
Doc Con XX Admission, Commemorative Name Badge, Deluxe 2017 Program, DCXX Swag, Commemorative Swag Bag, 5 Raffle Tickets, Lunch on Saturday and much more!
Go to http://docfantasycovers.com/Doc-Con/ and click the "Pre-Register Today" button at the bottom of the page.
Once your registration is paid, you will receive a confirmation letter with a Commemorative Ticket and details about the upcoming convention.
See you in October!
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Doc Con commemorative t-shirt
Now accepting pre-orders!
There will be a Doc Con XX commemorative t-shirt.
The design shown at the right is a work in progress and is not the final shirt.
If you would like to reserve one now, email Fantom Press (sales@fantompress.net) with your size and quantity.
Sizes small through 2XL are $20.00 per shirt.
Sizes 3XL and 4XL are $23.00 per shirt.
The shirts will be available for pick up at Doc Con XX in October.
If you will not be attending Doc Con, the shirts will be mailed by late October.
No money is due for shirts at this time.
The shirts will be invoiced after Doc Con XX in mid October.
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| Doc Savage: Fortress of Solitude: Audiobook - Now available!
Kenneth Robeson (Author), Jay Snyder (Narrator), Jeena Yi (Narrator), David Marantz (Narrator), Marc Vietor (Narrator), Carol Monda (Narrator), LJ Ganser (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)
Pulp fiction's legendary "Man of Bronze", Doc Savage, stars in one of his most engrossing adventures. In this novel we meet Doc Savage's greatest enemy, the diabolical John Sunlight.
Sunlight has set out on an evil mission of revenge and has armed himself with incredible scientific inventions that he managed to steal from Doc Savage's own "Fortress of Solitude" in the arctic.
Doc must race to stop Sunlight before Doc's own inventions are put to sinister use.
Complete narrative cast includes Jay Snyder, Jeena Yi, David Marantz, Marc Vietor, Carol Monda, LJ Ganser, Allyson Johnson, Angelo Di Loreto, Kevin T. Collins, Victor Bevine, Nick Sullivan, and Jonathan Davis.
Listening Length: 3 hours and 59 minutes
$14.95
Thanks to Will Murray for the tip!
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| Domino Lady, Volume Two Audiobook - Now available!
Written by: Gene Moyers , Brad Mengel , Robert M. Ricci , Kevin Findley
Narrated by: Kalinda Little
Pulpdom's sexiest masked avenger returns in this second volume of her all new adventures.
From a gang of corrupt policemen to secret Nazis saboteurs out to destroy the Los Angeles Olympics, the beautiful and wily crime-fighter has her hands full in this new quartet of tales by Gene Moyers, Brad Mengel, Robert Ricci, and Paul Findley.
As always, lovely socialite Ellen Patrick weaves her way in and out of trouble, donning her black silk domino mask whenever injustice rears its ugly head. From the time of her father's murder, Ellen has dedicated herself to righting wrongs. She just does it in a most peculiar fashion, becoming the pulps' most alluring and deadly hero: the Domino Lady.
Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
$19.95
©2016 Gene Moyers, Brad Mengel, Robert M. Ricci, and Kevin Findley (P) 2017 RadioArchives.com
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| Further Adventures Beyond the Farthest Star
By Lee Strong
Now available in hardcover!
Softcover and eBook editions are coming soon!
Like fellow Earthman, Tangor from the story Beyond the Farthest Star, American OSS officer Thomas Randolph is mysteriously teleported to a foreign planet where he lands in the center of a 100-year war that mirrors the Allied Powers’ struggle against Adolph Hitler’s Third Reich.
Unlike Tangor, Randolph – now Tomas Ran – finds himself behind enemy lines where he gains a first-hand view of the inner workings of the corrupt Kapar empire. Will Tomas, using his OSS skills, be able to devise a plan to escape with the beautiful Unisan prisoner, Loris Kiri, that will allow them to join her countrymen in their struggle against the Kapars?
American novelist Edgar Rice Burroughs debuted the world of Poloda in the pulp story Beyond the Farthest Star in 1940 just as Hitler’s Nazis marched across Europe and the Imperial Japanese extended their reach across the South Pacific. Burroughs’ youthful idealism regarding the nobility of America’s previous war efforts had given way to a mature perspective of the savagery of combat that stains every battlefield. Burroughs’ deeply-held views are reflected in this tale about a planet ravaged by 100 years of conflict as the nation of Unis devotes its entire existence to the struggle of freedom against tyranny.
Author Lee Strong created this second adventure on the planet Poloda, which lies beyond the Globular Cluster NGC 7006 ‘ 450,000 light years away from earth. Join Tomas Ran as he explores Poloda, battles Kapars, and finds love Beyond the Farthest Star.
AUTHOR
Lee Strong’s heart was captured by the dinosaurs found At the Earth’s Core in 1962. He has been a Burroughs reader ever since. Lee also worked for the US Department of Defense (DOD); changed international policy with a single report; deployed to Kuwait; saved taxpayers $5 million; and reformed the $2 billion DOD Personal Property Program. A Soldier of Poloda is Lee’s first novel. He is currently working on two Pellucidar novels with more to come. Lee’s motto: More Adventure ! More Excitement !! More Burroughs !!!
ARTISTS
COVER ART: Chris Peuler is a genre illustrator based in Chicago, working primarily in fantasy and science fiction. A traditionally-trained digital painter, Chris has created vivid imagery for various gaming and book publications, as well as taking time to work on his own personal portfolio. This beautiful, other-worldly cover art is his first full wraparound dust jacket painting for ERB, Inc.
INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS: Earl Geier has illustrated horror, fantasy and science fiction scenes in the role playing game industry for Fasa, Chaosium, TSR, Fantasy Flight, Dark Conspiracy, and others. He has illustrated books for Cemetery Dance, Chaosium, Gryphon, American Fantasy Press and Subterranean Press, and covers for The Fandom Directory. In the comic book world Earl has drawn for Dark Horse Comics, Comizone, Now, Innovation and DC Comics. His artwork has been featured as background in the TV show “Supernatural Let It Bleed” Earl lives in Chicago, Illinois.
$34.95
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| ERB THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT TPB VOLUME 01 - Coming in November!
(Writer) Mike Wolfer (Art) Giancarlo Carracuzo (Cover) Mike Wolfer
One hundred years ago, ship-builder Bowen Tyler, a handful of British allies, and the crew of the German U-33 submarine were lost at sea, drifting near the Antarctic Circle. What they discovered was something that defied time, and all of known science: the island of Caspak! Hidden inside impregnable rock walls lay a prehistoric world, filled with terrifying creatures, man-eaters from every era of time, and races of savage, murderous primitives from each rung of the evolutionary ladder. Somehow, the island was never again found, and the stories of the survivors of Caspak were considered fantasy. Today, an expedition has been launched by Tyler's great-great-great-granddaughter Abby, a quest to find concrete evidence of Bowen Tyler's adventure. But what she and her research team will uncover is something far deadlier and more shocking than they could ever have imagined, as the modern day explorers find themselves thrust into The Land That Time Forgot!
This graphic novel includes The Land That Time Forgot #1-#3 and The Land That Time Forgot Annual Savage See-ta.
Softcover, 144 pages, Full Color, $19.99, On sale November 15.
Note: This will include THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT 2017 ANNUAL that has not yet been published.
ERB THE LAND TIME FORGOT TPB VOLUME 1 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 30).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP171121.
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| Edgar Rice Burroughs TARZAN OF THE APES
Coming in September!
Brand new recording, IMPROVED and 100% uncensored and unexpugated!
More details when available!
Audible Studios
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Dafydd Neal Dyar's Doc Savage Essays are back in print for the first time in nearly 40 years!
Each essay was painstakingly reconstructed and expanded with extensive annotations and new text.
Doc Savage fans will delight in the nearly 300 pages of insights and observations from a master of pulp history.
Foreword by pulp author/historian Rick Lai!
The signed and numbered hard cover edition is limited to 100 copies.
Each hard cover features The One That Got Away, an exclusive all-new essay chronicling a Dyar article lost to the ages.
$39.99
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| FLASH GORDON DAN BARRY SUNDAYS HC VOLUME 01 DEATH PLANET - Now available!
(Writer/Art) Dan Barry
Reprinting of the iconic Flash Gordon series by Dan Barry! Featuring classic strips from the beginning of Dan Barry's run, from 1967 - 1971, including Captured on Pluto, Invasion, The Cosmic Tower and Radiation Giants!
Hardcover, 7x10, 228 pages, Full Color, $49.99
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| THE GREATEST ADVENTURE #8 - Coming in November!
(Writer) Bill Willingham (Art) Cezar Razek (Covers) Cary Nord, Greg Smallwood, Robert Castro
The Resolve has been defeated by Tarzan’s team, but at a terrible cost in lives. And now, something odd is going on as the heroes attempt to pilot the captured ship—and they end up on Venus, rather than their intended destination – because the nefarious mastermind who craves the power of the ultimate death-ray still has a trick or two up his sleeve!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale November 22.
THE GREATEST ADVENTURE #8 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 30).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP171506 (Nord cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP171507 (Smallwood cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP171508 (Castro cover).
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| THE GREEN HORNET '66 MEETS THE SPIRIT #5 (of 5) - Coming in November!
(Writer) Fred Van Lente (Art) Bob Q
Cover: Ty Templeton
KATO is fatally wounded! But as THE GREEN HORNET rushes him back to Central City, it becomes clear that only one man can save Kato’s life…their hateful enemy, THE SPIRIT!
The final shocking issue from FRED VAN LENTE and BOB Q!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale November 8.
THE GREEN HORNET '66 MEETS THE SPIRIT #5 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 30).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP171510.
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THE VAMPIRE STORIES OF ROBERT BLOCH
By Robert Bloch, Edited by Stephen Haffner, Illustrated by Gahan Wilson
Now available for pre-order!
Robert Bloch (1917-1994) is one of the most fondly remembered and collected authors of crime, horror, fantasy, and science fiction of the 20th Century. Noted by many as the author of Psycho, Bloch wrote hundreds of short stories and over 30 novels. He was a member of the Lovecraft Circle and began his career by emulating H.P. Lovecraft's brand of "cosmic horror." He later specialized in crime and horror stories dealing with a more psychological approach.
500+ page Smythe-sewn Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-893887-90-9
Pre-order price: $45.00
TABLE OF CONTENTS
“The Feast in the Abbey”
“The Beasts of Barsac”
“The Shambler from the Stars”
“The Opener of the Way”
“The Mannikin”
“A Question of Identity”
“The Cloak”
“Unheavenly Twin”
“Nursemaid to Nightmares”
“Fear Planet”
“Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper”
“Black Barter”
“Death Is a Vampire”
“The Bat Is My Brother”
“The Skull of the Marquis de Sade”
“The Bogey Man Will Get You”
“Tooth or Consequences”
“The Hungry House”
“The Man Who Collected Poe”
“The Light-House”
“I Kiss Your Shadow”
“Dig That Crazy Grave”
“The Sleeping Redheads” aka “Sleeping Beauty”
“Hungarian Rhapsody”
“The Living Dead”
“A Case of the Stubborns”
“The Undead”
“The Yougoslaves”
“The Bedposts of Life”
“The Scent of Vinegar”
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| HALF PAST DANGER II: DEAD TO REICHS #3 - Coming in November!
Stephen Mooney (Writer/Art/Cover A), Roch (Cover B)
Break In! The team must infiltrate the Japanese Chemical Warfare Division: Unit 731.
The prize: priceless intel on the Nazi pathogen. With the help of Ishi's sister Emiko and with Spot the Deinonychus in tow, the daring raid is afoot.
But something none of them expected lies in wait within… something BIG.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale November 8.
HALF PAST DANGER 2: DEAD TO REICHS #3 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 30).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP170477 (Mooney cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP170478 (Roch cover).
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| HEADLIGHTS HONEYS: THE "PERFECT PAIR" IN VINTAGE PAPERBACKS, PULPS, AND COMICS - Coming in November!
(Writers) Monte Beauchamp, Steven Heller
Once celebrated by skilled painters and sculptors throughout the history of art, with the advent of the Industrial Age and assembly line production, scores of "mams" merchandisers soon got in on the act. From "boob" aprons, t-shirts, sweat-shirts, and baseball caps to salt and pepper shakers, mugs, coffee cups, and shot glasses, from greeting cards, books, and periodicals to candied treats, from jewelry to novelty gag gifts, billions of dollars are generated annually by the objectification of breasts. There was a time, however, when their low-budget portrayal in comic books, paperbacks, and pulps came under fervid assault, and effectively squelched, by the media censors. Headlight Honeys assembles dozens of rare, salacious cover examples and delivers the scoop on this harrowing, pre-code era in American publishing.
Hardcover, 6x8, 176 pages, Full Color, $29.95, On sale November 15.
HEADLIGHT HONEYS is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 30).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP172173.
Monte Beauchamp is an award-winning art director and founder of the graphics-illustration-comics annuals BLAB! and Blab World. His books include: Masterful Marks: Cartoonists Who Changed the World (2013), Krampus: The Devil of Christmas (2010), and The Life & Times of R. Crumb (2008). He has received numerous awards and honors, including the Society of Illustrator’s prestigious Richard Gangel Art Director Award for 2012.
Steven Heller wears many hats (in addition to the New York Yankees): For 33 years he was an art director at the New York Times, originally on the OpEd Page and for almost 30 of those years with the New York Times Book Review. Currently, he is co-chair of the MFA Designer as Author Department, Special Consultant to the President of SVA for New Programs, and writes the Visuals column for the New York Times Book Review.
This is a resolicitation. Previous orders have been cancelled.
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| Howard Andrew Jones - Now online!
Reruns: Harold Lamb
Remembering Corum
Adventure!
Novel Writing and Pulp
One Sword for Love
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| Illustrated Press
Reynold Brown: A Life in Pictures
Updated 2nd edition
Now shipping!
William Reynold Brown (1917 1991) was a prolific American artist whose career embraced virtually every facet of the illustration field. During his life he produced work for the newspaper comics (Tailspin Tommy), perfected the concept of the cutaway engineering drawing for North American Aviation, painted covers for some of the first paperback books ever published, illustrated scores of magazines and magazine covers, and most notably produced over 300 movie posters for the motion picture industry. After his retirement from commercial illustration, Reynold found success as a fine artist, producing hundreds of oil paintings and drawings for the Western art market. This book presents a rich overview of Reynold Brown s entire career, and showcases hundreds of original paintings, drawings, photographs, and printed illustrations often in glorious full-page reproductions. Many of his most iconic movie posters are featured, such as Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Spartacus, I was a Teenage Werewolf, and many more. 9 x 12 inches, full-color, hardcover with dust jacket. A massive 304 pages!
This spectacular new book explores the life and work of Reynold Brown, one of the greatest movie poster artists in Hollywood history. Shipping in September 2017, this whopping 304 page new edition adds 80 new pages to the original 2009 edition, and is filled to the brim with scores of beautiful illustrations reproduced from the original paintings and drawings, as well as rarely seen tear sheets from vintage magazines, movie posters, photographs, color studies, and more. A complete preview of the book is available here:
304 pages, 9”x12”, full-color on premium low-gloss stock, hardbound with dust jacket.
The Standard Edition is $49.95 plus postage.
A Special Edition of the book, limited to just 100 copies signed and numbered by author Daniel Zimmer, and presented in a red slipcase with white lettering, is available for $69.95 plus postage.
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| ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #57 - Now available and coming soon in comic shops!
Illustration features the spectacular art of Earl Mayan, best known for his photographically detailed slick magazine illustrations of the 1950s. Written by the artist's daughter, the profile presents a behind the scenes look at the creation of his finest illustrations, as well as dozens of reproductions of his original paintings, drawings, and rare reference photographs. The second feature examines the link between William Faulkner's paperbacks and the influential and widely imitated cover art of James Avati. Last up, James Witek returns to explore the graphics used in marketing bubblegum cards through the decades.
Magazine, 80 pages, Full Color, $15.00
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| I WATCHED THEM EAT ME ALIVE: KILLER CREATURES IN MEN'S ADVENTURE MAGAZINES - Now available!
I Watched Them Eat Me Alive is the first installment of The Men's Adventure Library Journal, a series focusing on specific facets of the vintage men's adventure magazines stories, artwork, and history.
Dedicated to exploring the lost world of vintage men’s adventure magazines (aka MAMs), The Men’s Adventure Library chronicles the mags’ three decades on American newsstands, from the early 1950s through the mid-1970s. Mixing elements from many sources—early pulp fiction, detective stories and true crime, mystery and noir films, exotic travel magazines, celebrity scandal rags and bachelor mags—MAMs ratcheted up the tension and amped up the testosterone to create explosive, entertaining, and often outrageous reading for millions of American men. Though long extinct and mostly unseen for generations, their pervasive influence continues to shape some of the most popular and enduring pop culture tropes and trends.
Curated by MAM historian/collector Robert Deis and writer Wyatt Doyle, The Men’s Adventure Library reprints and provides context for classic MAM stories and artwork drawn from the mags’ rich history of gonzo pulp, with releases available in full-color trade paperback and deluxe, expanded hardcover editions. Each volume is a vivid reminder that MAMs were extremely cool, unexpectedly influential, and still pack a bare-knuckle punch. Read ’em all…if you’ve got the guts!
Paperback: 108 pages
Publisher: New Texture
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.3 x 9 inches
$9.95
Hardcover: 128 pages
Publisher: New Texture
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
$24.95
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| James Bond - Ian Fleming Productions announces new hardcover editions!
Vintage UK will be publishing hardback editions of Casino Royale, Live and Let Die and Goldfinger this autumn.
As well as featuring new introductions to the novels, the editions are wrapped in stunning new covers designed by Budapest-based graphic designer and illustrator Levente Szabó, whose work includes projects for BAFTA and the Hungarian Design Council. The cover illustrations cleverly pull together different characters and plot lines from the novels to form a dramatic silhouette. As well as designing the books’ covers, Szabó has produced decorative endpapers for the editions which provide an additional special flourish.
Each edition also includes new introductions by screenwriter, author and documentary filmmaker John Cork.
He has co-authored three books on the James Bond phenomenon and he wrote and directed the documentary, Ian Fleming: 007’s Creator.
This electrifying set combines scintillating designs and fascinating new intel with some of the finest writing from Fleming’s typewriter.
Just in time for Christmas, the new hardbacks will be hitting bookshops in the UK on 2nd November and are priced at £12.99.
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| JAMES BOND CLASSIC COLLECTION 1966-1969: OCTOPUSSY HC - Coming in November!
(Writer) Ian Fleming, Jim Lawrence (Art) Yaroslav Horak
James Bond is back in action in this deluxe omnibus, featuring four timeless tales starring Agent 007.
Featuring the iconic Octopussy and The Hildebrand Rarity, based on the short stories by Ian Fleming, these are presented alongside The Harpies and River of Death, two unique adventures created by Jim Lawrence.
This lavishly presented, high-action adventure is restored from the original Daily Express comic strips.
Hardcover, 10x11, 256 pages, B&W, $39.95, On sale November 29.
JAMES BOND CLASSIC COLLECTION 1966-1969: OCTOPUSSY is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 30).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP171922.
This is a resolicitation. Previous orders have been cancelled.
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| JAMES BOND: FELIX LEITER HC - Coming in November!
(Writer) James Robinson (Art) Aaron Campbell
Cover: Mike Perkins
Felix Leiter finds himself in Japan, tracking down a beautiful, Russian spy from his past. But when the mission takes a turn for the worse, he will discover that there are more deadly schemes afoot in Tokyo and beyond! From superstar creative team James Robinson (Starman, Red Sonja) and Aaron Campbell (The Shadow, Uncanny) comes the Bond spin-off highlighting 007’s American counterpart, blending spy thrills with the dark alleys and darker deeds of crime fiction!
Full Color, 184 pages, $24.99, On sale November 15.
JAMES BOND: FELIX LEITER HC is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 30).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP171448.
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| JAMES BOND: KILL CHAIN #5 (of 6) - Coming in November!
(Writer) Andy Diggle (Art) Luca Casalanguida
Cover: Greg Smallwood
As NATO tears itself apart from within, 007 is declared Europe’s most wanted man.
Hunted by SMERSH and the CIA, he must infltrate a nuclear airbase to learn the secrets of Operation Hooded Falcon before Europe erupts into all-out war!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale November 15.
JAMES BOND: KILL CHAIN #5 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 30).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP171449.
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| JAMES BOND: MONEYPENNY #1 - Arriving in comic shops August 30!
(Writer) Jody Houser (Art) Jacob Edgar (Cover) Tula Lotay
By writer JODY HOUSER (Mother Panic, Faith) and new artist JACOB EDGAR, a never-before-told mission starring MONEYPENNY, friend of JAMES BOND, former MI6 field agent and bodyguard of M! On a ‘routine' protection mission, Moneypenny discovers a complicated assassination plot that bears a startling resemblance to a terrorist attack from her childhood. Can she call upon her secret agent skills to stop the plot…?
Full Color, 40 pages, $4.99
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| JAMES BOND SOLSTICE ONE SHOT - Coming in November!
(Writer/Art/Cover) Ibrahim Moustafa
007 accepts an unofficial mission. He travels to Paris, in pursuit of a Russian. But is Bond the hunter, or the hunted? A stunning thirty-page tale by superstar writer/artist IBRAHIM MOUSTAFA (Savage Things, Mockingbird, Jaeger).
Full Color, 40 pages, $4.99, On sale November 22.
JAMES BOND: SOLSTICE is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 30).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP171447.
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| JAMES BOND: VARGR TPB - Coming in November!
(Writer) Warren Ellis (Art) Jason Masters
Cover: Gabriel Hardman
After a mission of vengeance in Helsinki, James Bond returns to London and assumes the workload of a fallen 00 Section agent. His new mission takes him to Berlin, presumably to break up an agile drug-trafficking operation. But Bond has no idea of the forces ranged in secret against him, the full range of an operation that’s much scarier and more lethal than he could possibly imagine. Berlin is about to catch fire… and James Bond is trapped inside.
Dynamite Entertainment proudly presents VARGR, the debut storyline in the all-new James Bond comic book series, as crafted by masterful writer Warren Ellis (Transmetropolitan, The Authority) and artist Jason Masters (Batman Incorporated, Guardians of the Galaxy).
Full Color, 176 pages, $17.99, On sale November 22.
JAMES BOND: VARGER TPB is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 30).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP171454.
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| Jerry Schneider Enterprises
WANDL THE INVADER
A CLASSIC NOVEL OF INTERPLANETARY WARFARE
There were nine major planets in the Solar System and it was within their boundaries that man first set up interplanetary commerce and began trading with the ancient Martian civilization. And then they discovered a tenth planet—a maverick!
This tenth world, if it had an orbit, had a strange one, for it was heading inwards from interstellar space, heading close to the Earth-Mars spaceways, upsetting astronautic calculations and raising turmoil on the two inhabited worlds.
But even so none suspected then just how much trouble this new world would make. For it was WANDL THE INVADER and it was no barren planetoid. It was a manned world, manned by minds and monsters and traveling into our system with a purpose beyond that of astronomical accident!
It’s a terrific novel from the classic days of great science-fiction adventure.
Trade Paperback, 6 x 9 inch, 138 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $12.95
THE WORLD of literature is full of Atlantis stories, but we are certain, that there has never been a story written with the daring and with such originality as to approach “The Sunken World.”
Science is pretty well convinced today, that there was an Atlantis many thousands of years ago. Just exactly what became of it, no one knows. The author, in this story, which no doubt will become a classic some day, has approached the subject at a totally different angle than has ever been attempted before; and let no one think that the idea, daring and impossible as it would seem at first, is impossible. Nor is it at all impossible that progress and science goes and comes in waves. It may be possible that millions of years ago, the world had reached a much higher culture than we have today.
Electricity and radio, and all that goes with it, may have been well known eons ago, only to be swept away and rediscovered. Every scientist knows, that practically every invention is periodically rediscovered independently. It seems there is nothing new under the sun.
But the big idea behind the author’s theme is the holding of present-day science and progress up to a certain amount of ridicule, and showing up our civilization in a sometimes grotesque mirror, which may not be always pleasing to our vanity and to our appraisal of our so-called present day achievements.
The point the author brings out is that it is one thing to have power in science and inventions, but that it is another thing to use that power correctly. He shows dramatically and vividly how it can be used and how it should be used.
From the technical standpoint, this story is tremendous, and while some of our critics, will, as usual, find fault with the hydraulics contained in this story, the fact remains they are not at all impossible.
Trade Paperback, 6 x 9 inch, 332 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $14.95
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| JUSTICE INC: THE AVENGER #2 (of 6) - Arriving in comic shops August 30!
(Co-writers) Kyle Higgins & Joe Gentile (Art) Alexandre Shibao
Cover: Tom Mandrake
The mystery only deepens! Who really could have killed the scientist Doctor Sprechen? It’s not looking good for the man who calls himself the Avenger! In the aftermath of a clash with some suspicious thugs, Team Avenger races the clock to follow up on a clue that might help exonerate their leader – and Benson finds himself contending with serious opponents in the diligent men and women of the nation’s Federal Bureau of Investigation!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99
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| KONG ON THE PLANET OF APES #1 - Coming in November!
(Writer) Ryan Ferrier (Art) Carlos Magno (Cover) Mike Huddleston
The damn dirty crossover event you demanded!
Following the events of the first Planet of the Apes film (1968), Dr. Zaius and General Ursus lead a small group of soldiers to the Forbidden Zone to destroy any remaining evidence of Taylor's time among them. To their surprise, they discover... A KONG! Now they must venture to Skull Island with Cornelius and Zira to discover the truth, but they may not survive the deadliest journey of their lives!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale November 15.
KONG ON THE PLANET OF THE APES #1 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 30).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP171275.
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| Martin Grams' Blog - Now online!
Patrick Duffy and the Man from Atlantis
Hopalong Cassidy is disintegrating
"Lost" Shadow Radio Programs Discovered
Willie Whopper and the Mysterious Airman
| THE MASSACRE OF MANKIND: Sequel to The War of the Worlds - Now available!
by Stephen Baxter
It has been 14 years since the Martians invaded England. The world has moved on, always watching the skies but content that we know how to defeat the Martian menace. Machinery looted from the abandoned capsules and war-machines has led to technological leaps forward. The Martians are vulnerable to earth germs. The Army is prepared.
So when the signs of launches on Mars are seen, there seems little reason to worry. Unless you listen to one man, Walter Jenkins, the narrator of Wells' book. He is sure that the Martians have learned, adapted, understood their defeat.
He is right.
Thrust into the chaos of a new invasion, a journalist - sister-in-law to Walter Jenkins - must survive, escape and report on the war.
The Massacre of Mankind has begun.
Hardcover, 496 pages
Publisher: Crown
$27.00
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Farmerphile: The Magazine of Philip José Farmer was a quarterly fanzine that ran fifteen issues from July 2005 to January 2009. Michael Croteau served as Publisher for all fifteen issues; Christopher Paul Carey and Paul Spiteri coedited the first ten issues, while Spiteri and Win Scott Eckert coedited the last five. Thanks to the generosity of Philip José Farmer and his “Magic Filing Cabinet,” Farmerphile published—for the first time anywhere—short stories (mostly not science fiction), excerpts, articles, speeches, and letters written by Farmer. It even serialized the novel Up from the Bottomless Pit (not included in this collection, but forthcoming from Meteor House).
Farmerphile also contained articles and appreciations from Farmer’s fans and from his fellow science fiction authors, from critiques of his work to stories of personal encounters, and everything between. A complete list of the original contents of all fifteen issues can be found here.
Hardcover Limited Edition
Now the hard part: narrowing down so much content into one “Best of” collection. This was much harder than it sounds, as nearly all the content was worthy of inclusion. So, we focused on broadly covering as much ground as possible, as well as including pieces that touched on Farmer’s personal life. Assembled here is a wealth of information about one of the greatest science fiction writers of all time along, with some of his earliest writing.
The Best of Farmerphile is available in two editions: a Trade Paperback and a Hardcover Limited Edition. The hardcover is not “officially” a signed limited edition, but when the book debuts at PulpFest/FarmerCon XII in late July 2017, we will get as many contributors on hand as possible to sign it before we ship the books to those preordered (shipping will occur immediately after PulpFest/FarmerCon XII).
PREORDERING:
The trade paperback edition is $29 (plus shipping).
The hardcover limited edition is $45 (plus shipping).
Or you can preorder them together for only $67—that’s $7 off (plus you’ll save even more with combined shipping)!
Preorder early to ensure you get a copy of the limited edition hardcover.
As always, the print run on the limited edition will be determined by the number of preorders received.
Not many copies beyond those reserved will be printed.
NOTE: due to the complexities of publishing rights, no ebook edition will be produced!
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Now available!
In Philip José Farmer’s novel Two Hawks from Earth, Native American pilot Roger Two Hawks flew through his first “gate” while on a bombing run over Romania during World War II. The gate brought him to Earth 2, a world where the Americas never existed. Since then he has continued to fight battles on Earth after Earth, each more strange than the next.
In Heidi Ruby Miller’s short story “Dakota’s Gate” (Worlds of Philip José Farmer 3), set on Earth 3, North America never advanced past stone tools and rock shelters. But that’s where Two Hawks met another gate traveler, Dakota Cummings. It was Dakota, a woman turned friend and lover, who pulled him through a gate to her Earth, the most alien and deadly of all.
Earth 4. Two hundred years in the future. A war thirty-six thousand feet underwater. Two Hawks must draw upon all he’s learned during his gate travels in order to survive war between technologically advanced humans and their far-future hybrid cousins. This time more than just his and Dakota’s lives are at stake—the fate of an entire world is in his hands.
Featuring cover art by Mark Wheatley, an introduction by Christopher Paul Carey, and the short story “Dakota’s Gate” as a prelude, Man of War is a 24,500-word novella full of the action and adventure you’d expect of Philip José Farmer’s Roger Two Hawks.
Man of War will be published simultaneously in both hardcover and paperback signed limited editions!
Buy the Signed Limited Edition Trade Paperback for $16 (+shipping)
Buy the Signed Limited Edition Hardcover for $27 (+shipping)
Buy both together for $38—save $5 off the pair (+shipping)
As always, the print run with our Limited Editions is determined by the number of preorders. That’s why the names of those who preorder the book appear on its acknowledgments page–you make this book happen! (As long as you preorder by June 1st 2017.)
And, as an added bonus, if you preorder before June 1st, you will also receive a FREE ebook copy of Heidi Ruby Miller’s novel, Ambasadora.
Trade paperback, 5" x 8", $16 plus shipping
Hardcover, $27 plus shipping
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September 14-16, 2017!
Hunt Valley Wyndham (recently changed now to a Marriott)
SAME HOTEL, NEW NAME.
Announcing the first half of our celebrity lineup for our 2017 event!
Remember you can purchase your admission tickets in advance through the website and save money. And book your hotel room early before they are sold out!
Hotel: (410) 785-7000
VENDOR HOURS: Thursday and Friday 9 am to 7 pm, Saturday 9 am to 5 pm
CELEBRITY HOURS: Thursday and Friday, 10 am to 6 pm, Saturday 10 am to 5 pm
MOVIE ROOM: 24 hours a day
PANELS & PRESENTATIONS: 9 am to 9 pm (See schedule of events)
| The New Pulp Heroes - Now online!
Simon Fogner
Captain Swashbuckle
The Wrath
Xenthe
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| The Paperback Fanatic
PULP HORROR #6, MEN OF VIOLENCE #7 & #8
Now available and recommended!
Pulp Horror 6
128 pages (or so), all in colour with a book spine.
Giant Visual Guide to Berni Wrightson with many rare illustrations from early fanzine and comics work.
Jim O Brien on Rabid Dogs, The Fanatic on Killer Dogs, Kev Demant on Peter Saxon, Andreas Decker on German horror pulps, and letters.
Men of Violence 7
48 pages black and white
Peter Enfantino on The Sharpshooter - reviews of all 16 books!
Gavin Lyall - forgotten British thriller author!
Stephen Mertz- an interview by Paul Bishop with the men's adventure author!
Rockabye County - the modern westerns by J T Edson overviewed!
Men of Violence 8
56 pages black and white
Paul Bishop on Ben Haas- an overview of the author responsible for Fargo and Sundance!
Victor Kaylin by Bob Deis- an obituary of the men's adventure magazine writer!
Jack Higgins - vintage thrillers from the legendary British author!
Lyle Kenyon Engel - overview of the legendary book packager with checklist from Joe ‘Glorious Trash’ Kenney!
A Pair of Claws - adult western series Claw and Klaw!
Prices vary depending on the country it will be shipped to.
Prices are given at the Online Shop at the link provided.
The Paperback Fanatic
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| PAPERBACK PARADE #98 - Now available!
PAPERBACK PARADE #98, the magazine for paperback readers and collectors -- 100 pages in Full Color!
Articles on pre-vintage paperbacks, and fantastic Dime Novels, Dark Wing military sf series, Ace SF Reader, Brazil pbs, 1942 Canadian White Circle paperbacks, Bachelor Books gga sleaze, Dragnet in pb, Jacquiline Susann, news, more
$15.00 + $3.00 postage from Gryphon Books, www.gryphonbooks.com.
You can pay via Paypal or with a check to our address:
Gryphon Books, PO Box 280209, Brooklyn, NY 11228, USA. (Inquire on subscription rates and outside USA).
Thank you and all best to you for 2017! Enjoy!
Back issues also available while they last!
ORDERING INFORMATION:
We accept VISA, Mastercard, US checks drawn on a US bank, (in USD only) or Paypal to our email address at “gryphonbooks@att.net”
You can also purchase Paperback Parade at our ebay store at the link below.
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| Pulpgen-Online Pulps - Now online!
New this week
"The Long Night" by Philip Ketchum from THRILLING DETECTIVE, June, 1952
There was evidence, there was a witness, but Joe's faith in Mary Lambert's innocence made him blind to the facts!
"The Vishnu Emerald" by Jerry Severs Perry from SPICY DETECTIVE STORIES, July, 1935
From New York to the pleasure-houses of Calcutta, Cliff Downey follows the lure of a mysterious girl and a glittering green gem.
"Stir Buggy" by Hal G. Vermes from TEN DETECTIVE ACES, March, 1939
A man is not an insect. But when Grig Orlanda staged his one-man jailbreak, he found that stir is not the only place where a man can go bugs.
| Pulp Den - Now online!
Glamour of Crows - New!
South California Purple
The Spawn of Lilithu
A Taste of Blood And Ashes
Manhattan Masquerade
| Pulp Flakes - Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors and their stories, adventure and detective pulps.
Pulpfest 2017 - photos
Robert H. Leitfred - Author
Presidential artist got his training in the pulps...
| The Pulp Guy:The Retro Future is Now! - Now online!
The Pulp Guy-The Man Who Invented A Genre - New!
The Pulp Guy-Barbarians, Spacers and Thunder!
The Pulp Guy-A Devil of A Bad Guy
The Pulp Guy-So Many Masks, So Little Crime!
The Pulp Guy-The Retro Future is Now! by Teel James Glenn
| The Pulp Hermit - Now online!
The Corsican Cross - New!
The Fatima Secret - New!
The Invaders
Congo War Cry
Calling Doctor Kill
| Pulp Hero Press
PULP SLAM: RIP-ROARIN’ TALES OF MYSTERY, MURDER, AND MAYHEM
by Fred Blosser
Now available!
Pulp in Your Face!
In thirteen take-no-prisoners pulp yarns, Robert E. Howard scholar Fred Blosser caroms from the Old West to the noirish streets of urban America, and then beneath the earth itself, into a primitive world of savagery, to slam you silly with the best in pulp fiction.
By bullet and sword, fist and fortune, Blosser's square-jawed yet often brutal heroes face down the worst that evil has to offer:
Ringo and Horn blow away bootleggers, outlaws, Mafia thugs and assassins, and other lowlifes, from the backstreets to the backwoods
Commander Manta and Agent Gila battle the hallucinogenic horrors of a would-be world conqueror in Washington, D.C.
Dax the Go-Run struggles to survive in the savage, subterranean world of Kaal-Dur, as he goes in quest of a captive princess
All this, and hitmen vs Cthulhu, too. You can't go wrong with hitmen vs Cthulhu.
Plus, Blosser serves up a quintology of non-fiction analyses of such pulp topics as Dashiell Hammett's "Nightmare Town" and the Mafia novels of Richard Posner.
Get Slammed!
Softcover, 6 x 9 inches, 218 pages, $14.95
Kindle: $4.99
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| The Pulp.Net - Now online!
The Pulp.Net features three ongoing blogs!
Pulp Super-Fan blog written by Michael R. Brown, That's Pulp by John Olsen, and the long-running Yellowed Perils written by William Lampkin.
| Radio Archives
The Spider #43 Audiobook
Scourge of the Yellow Fangs
by Emile C. Tepperman writing as Grant Stockbridge
Read by Nick Santa Maria
Now available!
War gongs clanged in Chinatown — but it was no tong war that tore the great Societies with fear and suspicion and deadly hate. For deeper in evil mystery than their own dark secrets lay the hidden temple of crime that loosed the Scourge of the Yellow Fangs — the menace that erupted in the yellow men's haunts and overflowed into white men's lives and threatened white men's rule. Victims lived long enough to curse the unknown Man From Singapore — who knew the Spider and planned his quick removal from the finish fight... While in a tenuous truce with baffled police, Richard Wentworth, by night the Spider, accepted the top-heavy odds — and gave grim battle!
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But the Spider was indifferent alike to proscription by the Underworld and dogged persecution by police. Evading their bullets and traps, he continued to fight his thankless battle as humanity’s paladin....
And the Spider seemed to rejoice in being outnumbered by impossible odds. Captured by maniacs and madmen regularly, Wentworth shrugged off the mood of black despair, which often came over him when defeat seemed imminent.
Nick Santa Maria reads Scourge of the Yellow Fangs with the crackling intensity you have come to expect of his superb talent. Originally published in The Spider magazine, April, 1937.
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His true face unknown, his identity forever buried in a secret government file, Secret Agent “X” came back from the dead to take on the sinister sadists and evil extortionists who prey on innocent Americans. A master of disguise who carries a non-lethal gas gun, “X” the unknown is backed by a cabal of wealthy citizens and is answerable only to the shadowy K-9 in Washington.
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| Over the bleak, wave-whipped sea wall of the great Lasher estates swarmed a horror horde of the eternally damned. G-men rushed to check that tide of terror in order to prevent a kidnap plot. However, those G-men wilted on rubber legs...their deadly machine guns dropped harmlessly from arms that turned to jelly. For those government men had been scourged by the curse of the rubber corpses...Secret Agent “X” was among them. His thousand faces, his thousand disguises, his thousand surprises was swept before the mighty march of that dehumanized horde.
The enigma of enigmas, Secret Agent “X” has been deputized by a high government official to battle the darkest, most diabolical enemies of America before they sink their poisonous fangs into the nation’s healthy core. Faceless and unsung, “X” infiltrates these threats in a bewildering array of disguises.
Operating out of the supposedly haunted Montgomery Mansion, Secret Agent “X” ventures forth in a bewildering array of false identities to infiltrate the darkest underbelly of the underworld—and destroy it from within. A master investigator of a thousand guises and surprises. The only clue to his true identity is his haunting whistle…..
The harrowing, chilling exploits of Secret Agent “X” originally appeared in the magazine of that same name under the pen name of Brant House. “X” was the creation of author Paul Chadwick.
Follow the Man of a Thousand Faces as he confronts the menace of Horde of the Damned, ripped from the pages of Secret Agent “X” magazine, October 1935 and read with chilling intensity by Milton Bagby.
Performed by 2017 Audie Awards winner, voice actor Milton Bagby.
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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.
From 1934 to 1939 America thrilled to the adventures of Secret Agent X — the "man of a thousand faces" — as he battled futuristic weapons and mad scientists. The true identity of Secret Agent X was never revealed. He used his mastery of disguise to work undercover for the U.S. government. With his aide, newspaper reporter Betty Dale, and his secretive government handler K-9, he battled weird and fantastical threats to America for forty-one amazing issues. Secret Agent X returns in these vintage pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format.
Table of Contents:
“X” Scourge of Criminals
A Feature-Length Secret Agent “X” Novel
The Hooded Hordes by Paul Chadwick writing as Brant House
The shadow of fear hung darkly from coast to coast. With boiling lead that stilled men’s tongues, and bombs that mangled human bodies, The Hooded Hordes threatened America. Their spies were everywhere. Their power was growing daily. And against this dread secret society went the Man of a Thousand Faces, gambling with defeat and horror at every step he took.
The Secret Council — Column
Behind the scenes with Secret Agent “X”
The Playfair Cipher — Article
Learn how to “break” it
Satan’s Three by Joe Archibald
Detective Gil Talbot was on a vacation — and the first thing he stumbled across was a human hand.
Five Minutes To Death by Emile C. Tepperman
His life lay in the two hands of a clock.
Radio Archives Pulp Classics line of eBooks are of the highest quality and feature the great Pulp Fiction stories of the 1930s-1950s. All eBooks produced by Radio Archives are available in ePub and Mobi formats for the ultimate in compatibility. If you have a Kindle, the Mobi version is what you want. If you have an iPad/iPhone, Android, or Nook, then the ePub version is what you want. $3.99
Radio Archives
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| RED SONJA #11 - Coming in November!
Writer: Amy Chu
Art: Carlos Gomez
Cover A: V. Ken Marion
Cover B: Jan Duursema
Cover C: Marco Santucci
Cover D: Cosplay Cover
Cover E Subscription: Maria Sanapo
Their search comes to an end as Sonja, Holly and Spike discover the mysterious Hyborian expert Professor Wallace in the most unexpected of all places.
The professor agrees to help rescue Max, but little does everyone know, the old man has a BIG secret. Could it be the end of the road for the She-Devil and her friends?
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale November 22.
RED SONJA #11 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 30).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP171530 (Marion cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP171531 (Duursema cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP171532 (Santucci cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP171533 (Cosplay cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP171534 (Sanapo cover).
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| | SCI-FI ART OF VIRGIL FINLAY 2018 Wall Calendar - Now available!
Virgil Finlay (1914-71) was an American pulp fantasy, science fiction and horror illustrator.
While he worked in a range of media, from gouache to oils, Finlay specialized in detailed pen-and-ink drawings accomplished with abundant stippling, cross-hatching, and scratchboard techniques.
This calendar showcases 12 such intricate and atmospheric line pen and ink drawings in all their glory.
Informative text accompanies each work and the datepad features previous and next month's views.
12 pages, 12 illustrations
Dimensions: 300 x 300 x 3 mm
£9.99
| THE SHADOW #4 - Coming in November!
(Writer) Si Spurrier (Art) Daniel HDR (Cover) Lee Weeks, Kelly Jones, Tom Mandrake
When violence strikes close to home, Mary Jerez is faced with a deadly decision that may change her life forever.
Meanwhile, those who would seek to use the legend for their own means begin to learn why they should fear the shadows.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale November 8.
THE SHADOW #4 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 30).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP171455 (Weeks cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP171456 (Jones cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP171457 (Mandrake cover).
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| THE SHADOW / BATMAN #2 (OF 6) - Coming in November!
Writer: Steve Orlando
Art: Giovanni Timpano
Cover A: Tony Daniel Cover B: Brandon Peterson Cover C: Artyom Trakhanov Cover D: Philip Tan Cover E Subscription: Giovanni Timpano
The truth of what the Shadow doesn’t know threatens to destroy his partnership with Batman and Robin just when they need him the most. Three generations of heroes stand at a crossroads as the secret of the Silent Seven threatens to encompass and obliterate them all. To fight the Seven, Batman and the Shadow must force them to reveal themselves. But how do men make moves against a behemoth evil that measures assaults in centuries?
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale November 1.
Co-published by Dynamite Entertainment and DC Comics
THE SHADOW / BATMAN #2 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 30).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP171462 (Daniel cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP171463 (Peterson cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP171464 (Trakhanovcover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP171465 (Tan cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP171466 (Timpano cover).
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| SHEENA #3 - Coming in November!
Writer: Marguerite Bennett, Christina Trujillo
Art: Moritat
Cover A: Moritat
Cover B: Maria Sanapo
Cover C: Rodney Buchemi
Cover D: Cosplay
Sheena must navigate the forbidden temple grounds or risk losing the key to saving her home, but something deep within the temple has awoken…Something hungry.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale November 1.
SHEENA #3 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 30).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP171538 (Moritat cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP171539 (Sanapo cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP171540 (Buchemi cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP171541 (Cosplay cover).
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| STEVE HOLLAND—THE FACE OF A HERO by Paul Bishop - Now online!
Known as The Face That Launched A Thousand Paperbacks, artists’ model Steve Holland embodied and defined the words rough, tough, manly, and heroic.
Author and pulp fan Paul Bishop has written a comprehensive, illustrated article on Steve Holland that you do not want to miss!
Check it out at the link below.
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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.
Barker and Bender on the Case-Part One
Another Silly Season-Part Two
Another Silly Season-Part One
The Summer of Flying Saucers
| WEIRDBOOK #36
Softcover & eBook editions are now available!
Subscriptions are also now available - see link below!
Great fantasy and horror tales by current and upcoming masters of the genre...
Weirdbook #36 presents another great assortment of stories and poems in the Weird Tales tradition:
fantasy, horror, sword & sorcery, and the just plain unclassifiable find a home here!
Included are:
Burn on the Bayou, by L.F. Falconer
The Mumbler, by Gillian French
Cleric at Sentinel Hill, by Franklyn Searight
Whores and Criminals, by Dean Macallister
The Quiet on the Water, by C. C. Adams
The Haggard Brothers Go to Town, by James Pratt
The Awakening, by Megan Neumann
Dead Line, by D.C. Lozar
The Waterman’s Song, by MB Vigil
Maleficium, by Kelly Gould
The Green Dome, by Joe DiCicco
We Who Walk on Worlds, by Matt Sullivan
Insect Song, by William Tea
The Harvest Moon Festival, by Gigi Eng
Like Falling Snow, by W.D. Clifton
The Oldest Story, by S. L. Edwards
Geronimo Versus Frankenstein, by Neal Privett
The Black-and-White Dozen, by Chris Kuriata
Omzetten, by C.M. Muller
Vandegald’s Globes, by Jeremy Hayes
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