31 August 2018
24 August 2018  
17 August 2018  
10 August 2018
03 August 2018

31 August 2018  

Adventure House
Now available!

G-8 and his Battle Aces #54

Patrol of the Phantom by Robert J. Hogan
A battle with Hell and Destruction above the earth, and a thousand chances for a fighting man to die!  Here is adventure that carries you high to the bloody thrills that have painted the skies!

The Ace and the Elephant
Fighting Man
The Buzzard Battalion
The Way of An Ace

Cover Artist: Frederick Blakeslee


7 x10, 110 pages, $12.95


Adventure House
Now available!

The Phantom Detective - August 1944

The Booby Trap Murders! by Robert Wallace
Death beats the Phantom Detective to the punch when he smashes out at a gigantic million-dollar crime conspiracy—but he counters with an ingenious defense that makes his enemies scurry for cover!

Death Laughs Last by Mel Pitzer
This One Will Kill You! by Edward Ronns
Lady With A Corpse by C.K.M. Scanlon


Cover Artist: Rudolph Belarski
 
7x10, 82 pages, $14.95



Adventure House
Now available!

Startling Stories – May 1942

Blood on the Sun by Hal K. Wells
The ancient brain-destroyers prepare to use the bodies of mankind for their own sinister purposes and few are aware of the threatening menace!

Alla-Beg’s Genii by Richard O. Lewis
Macrocosmic by G.L. Paddocks
The Making of Misty Isle by Stanton A. Coblentz


Cover Artist: Earle Bergey

7x10, 130 pages, $14.95


Adventure House Pulp and Collectibles Show
SUNDAY – September 9th, 2018

ARBUTUS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
5200 Southwestern Blvd – Halethorpe MD 21227
We’ve finally put together a show in the Mid-Atlantic area on September 9th, 2018. 
Conveniently located off I-95, just south of the Baltimore Beltway. 
Only 5-10 minutes from BWI Airport or Amtrak. [See map below.]

Convention Hours – 10am – 4pm
$5.00 Attendance Fee
Seventy plus tables with thousands of pulps and lots of popular culture collectibles.
Two large parking lots
Snack bar on premises
Hotels nearby include: [Rates are not guaranteed]
Holiday Inn BWI Airport – $108
Country Inn & Suites – $118
Holiday Inn Express – $99
Aloft BWI  – $89
Red Roof Plus – $80
Hilton Garden Inn BWI Airport – $93
BWI Airport Marriott – $139
Fairfield Inn & Suites BWI Airport – $96
La Quinta Inn & Suites  – $115
Hilton Baltimore BWI Airport – $139
Hampton Inn BWI – $97
Shipping services by Adventure House through USPS available for a standard counter rates and a small handling fee.
Short trip to the Baltimore Inner Harbor [15 Minutes]
Slightly longer trip to Washington DC [30 minutes]



Adventures in Bronze / Altus Press / Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc.
TARZAN, CONQUEROR OF MARS
Coming soon!


During the seven years that Altus Press has been publishing the Wild Adventures series, there have been several milestones, beginning with Skull Island in 2013, wherein Doc Savage encountered the legendary King Kong. This was followed by The Sinister Shadow and its sequel, Empire of Doom, in which the Man of Bronze twice encountered his dark counterpart, The Shadow.

In 2014, Altus launched The Wild Adventures of Tarzan, with Tarzan: Return to Pal-ul-don. Two years later came the monumental King Kong versus Tarzan, a dream project long thought unachievable.

Now, in association with Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. and Altus Books, the Wild Adventures announces its most breathtaking project to date.

Tarzan, Conqueror of Mars!

Fans of Edgar Rice Burroughs and his amazing creations have long dreamed of reading a novel in which the Lord of the Jungle visits the Red Planet and encounters John Carter.

In Tarzan, Conqueror of Mars, this finally happens!

When a witch doctor’s sorcery hurls the ape-man’s soul out of his magnificent body, Tarzan discovers himself on a weird, treeless landscape, a dying planet inhabited by creatures unknown to him.

Marooned on Mars, Tarzan must learn to survive in an unfamiliar environment. With no hope of rescue, the ape-man begins the arduous journey that takes him from being a friendless stranger on an alien world to his rise as a force to be reckoned with.

For on Barsoom––as Martians style their home planet––there exists apes. Great apes of a type not found upon Earth. Hairless giants resembling gorillas, but possessing two sets of arms. Not to mention ferocious lion-like monsters known as banths as well as the elephantine zitidars.

Tarzan will go up against these fearsome creatures, and so begins the perilous march that elevates him from naked and unarmed castaway to the undisputed Ape-lord of Barsoom!

Written by genre giant Will Murray, Tarzan, Conqueror of Mars ultimately brings the famed Lord of the Jungle into open conflict with Edgar Rice Burroughs’ other great hero, John Carter, Warlord of Mars. In the end, which one will be victorious?

Fully authorized by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., Tarzan, Conqueror of Mars will really be released in hardcover, softcover, and e-book editions. As a bonus feature, hardcover editions of the book with include a short story set in England, wherein John Clayton, Lord Greystoke seeks the help of his ancestral nation’s greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes!

For Will Murray, the timing of this project is auspicious. "Fifty years ago in the closing months of 1968, I read my first Burroughs' book, The Gods of Mars. Now I am privileged to contribute a significant entry in his Martian saga. Having come full circle in a way, my writing life feels almost complete."

ERB, Inc. President Jim Sullos adds: "Whenever Will Murray turns to a Tarzan novel, magical tales come forth that hold your interest to the very end. With Tarzan going to Mars, interplanetary adventure reaches a new plateau. Tarzan adapts and excels as is his custom, and all we can do is enjoy the read and the ride because we'd never think of getting off until Will lets us."

"Crossovers have been a big factor of the success of Altus Press over the years, and you can't get much bigger than Tarzan and John Carter!" adds publisher Matt Moring.

Cover by Joe DeVito.


Adventures in Bronze / Altus Press
THE DOOM LEGION
Written by Will Murray,
Cover by Joe DeVito.
Now available in softcover and eBook!
Coming soon in hardcover!

When a weird meteor crashes in the middle of Central Park on Halloween night, its eerie unholy light attracts the attention of Richard Wentworth––alias The Spider!

Investigating, the millionaire criminologist encounters a maelstrom of madness in the making.
Drawn, too, are two sinister figures from the past––international master criminals who join forces to harness the power of the pulsing meteorite.

Alone, The Spider confronts his greatest challenge, but he is not alone this time.
For the unholy power of the meteorite draws James Christopher, alias Operator 5, and another government agent from the past, known only as G-8….

Together, this heroic trio must battle a pair of powerful adversaries intent on harnessing and unleashing the malevolent power of the Green Meteorite.


$24.95

The hardcover edition will include a bonus Secret 6 story not available in any other edition...



Will began writing the sequel to The Doom Legion ...it's called Fury in Steel and features The Spider alone!


 

Age of Aces
Now available!

Captain Philip Strange: Strange Squadrons (Volume 7)

A mental marvel from birth, who used his talents on stage as a boy, Philip Strange is now known as “The Phantom Ace of G-2″ by the Allies during WWI. From his very first adventure, Captain Philip Strange has rooted out only the most bizarre battalions commissioned by Germany in the Great War. When flying coffins circle the air, or severed hands drop from the sky, the call goes out for the Phantom Ace of G-2 Intelligence. For the Allies know that only the so-called “Brain-Devil” and his aides can out-fly the zombie traitors and human bombs, or out-spy fiends like The Mask and the Man with the Iron Claw! When World War I gets weird, only America’s own “Phantom Ace of G-2” has a ghost of a chance against the supernatural slaughter. Captain Philip Strange in his strangest cases yet from the pages of Flying Aces magazine!
 
Take another trip through the imaginings of Donald E. Keyhoe, where the WWI war skies are filled with giant bats, invisible fire, and beautiful spies. And where America turns to its own unnatural secret weapon: Captain Philip Strange. A mental marvel from birth, he was so terrifyingly effective as the Allies’ top agent that the Germans were offering a king’s ransom for his death. This fifth volume of weird WWI adventures collects six stories featuring Germany’s wildest attempts to win the war and Captain Philip Strange’s counter measures!

Stories include:
 ■“A Squadron Will Perish,” – Flying Aces, August 1931
 ■“Port of Missing Pilots,” – Flying Aces, March 1932
 ■“The Fokker Fiend,” – Flying Aces, May 1932
 ■“The Midnight Ace,” – Flying Aces, June 1934
 ■“Squadron from the Grave,” – Flying Aces, June 1936
 ■“The Mad Squadron,” – Flying Aces, October 1937
 
$16.99 | 6″x9″ trade paperback | 318pp | ISBN:978-1-937590-13-0


The Jailbird Flight: The Devil Flies High (Volume 2)

They had all been sentenced to a living death and all bore The Convict Brand! The Jailbirds were recruited from the military prisons of Britain, France, and America. Real men, molded in the harsh fires of life, dishonored perhaps in the eyes of the Army— but men with red blood and courage. Hard fighters, some of them hiding bitter memories, but all of them ready to follow their leader, “Killer” Kirby, down a flaming suicide trail on the most dangerous missions of the Great War! Rather than wither behind bars—they were given the chance to die fighting!
 
This is the second of two exciting volumes of the collected adventures Donald E. Keyhoe’s Jailbird Flight stories that ran through all three of Popular Publication’s air anthology titles. Starting in Battle Aces in September 1931 running through the end of it’s initial publication run when they switched to Battle Birds at the end of 1932 and into Dare-Devil Aces in 1934.
 
In August of 1931, Donald E. Keyhoe started three long-lived series in three different aviation magazines: Philip Strange in Flying Aces; The Devil Dog Squadron in Sky Birds; and The Jailbird Flight in Battle Aces. This volume features the first seven Jailbird adventures published by Popular Publications in 1931 and ‘32. A former U.S. Marine pilot, Keyhoe was a prolific contributor to the pulp magazines, but he is perhaps best remembered for his UFO research in the Fifties and Sixties.


Stories include:
 ■“The Jailbird Patrol” – Battle Birds, December 1932
 ■“The Cyclone Patrol” – Dare-Devil Aces, February 1933
 ■“The Red Lightning Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces, July 1933
 ■“The Hooded Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces, February 1934
 ■“The Skeleton Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces, November 1934
 
$16.99 | 6″x9″ trade paperback | 322pp | ISBN: 978-1-937590-11-6










Airship 27 Productions
AIRSHIP 27 TO BRING BACK
SUN-KOH : HEIR TO ATLANTIS


Dedicated pulp fans are aware of the fact that the concept of hero pulps was not limited to the United States. During the 30s and 40s, pulp magazines were popular all over the world and there were hundreds of original crime fighting heroes created in England, France and Germany. One such foreign star was Sun-Koh, Heir of Atlantis written by German writer Paul Muller and clearly intended to be an Aryan version of America’s Doc Savage. Like Savage he was larger than life and throughout his hundreds of adventurers was accompanied by a group of loyal, unique individuals.

Beside the similarities there were also major differences and these were what have created an on-going controversy over this character. Whereas Doc Savage was a man of science and his companions all experts in various technical fields, Sun-Koh was slanted towards mythology and magic. He was supposedly a time-traveler from the sunken continent of Atlantis, a member of the royal family and master of mystic abilities. And although there was plenty of super scientific gizmos in his adventures, it was the magic that took center stage. His aides were also magicians, immortals and religious Hindu assassins. Quite an eclectic mix.

In 2010, in the midst of the New Pulp explosion, Dr. Art Sippo wrote a brand new adventure novel featuring these characters. “Sun-Koh : Heir of Atlantis.” It premiered to rousing acclaim by pulp fans and a sequel was planned. Sadly that second book never materialized and eight years later, the first book is out of print. Now Airship 27 Productions is about to rectify all that. Over the past few days, Ron Fortier, Airship 27 Productions’ Managing Editor entered into an agreement with Dr. Sippo to reprint “Sun-Koh : Heir to Atlantis.”

“We couldn’t be happier,” Fortier reported after getting Dr. Sippo’s green light. “Naturally we’re going to give the book the full Airship 27 treatment, with interior illustrations and a brand new cover. And who knows, maybe this new release will spur the good doctor to tackle that long awaited sequel.”

Finally, Pulp Factory Award Winning writer, Andrew Salmon, will be writing an introduction to the new edition. No date has been set for the release and further developments will be posted as the project progresses.

Airship 27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!


Altus Press
Six Sets of The H. Bedford-Jones Library at Steep Discounts

Now available!

Altus Press is celebrating the release of 36 high-quality collections of written by “The King of the Pulps,” author H. Bedford-Jones.
With so many titles out, what better time to announce six sets of The H. Bedford-Jones Library, each at a deep discount.
Each set contains six books, and is available in soft- and hardcover editions.
Check ’em out:


The H. Bedford-Jones Library, Series 1

Buccaneer Blood: The Adventures of Denis Burke
Cyrano
D’Artagnan: A Sequel to The Three Musketeers
The King’s Passport
O’Brien, Buccaneer
Will o’ the Wisp

Softcover: regularly $97.70, now $79.95
Hardcover: regularly $179.70, now $159.95

The H. Bedford-Jones Library, Series 2
Abel Smith of Nantucket
Bellegarde
Bowie Knife
The King Makers: The Adventures of Vincent Connor
The Sphinx Strikes
Texas Shall Be Free!

Softcover: regularly $100.70, now $79.95
Hardcover: regularly $179.70, now $159.95

The H. Bedford-Jones Library, Series 3
Dead Men Singing: The Men Who Fought For Texas
The Devil’s Bosun
Ghost Hills
Our Far Flung Battle Line
The Sphinx Emerald
Treasure Seekers

Softcover: regularly $122.70, now $89.95
Hardcover: regularly $194.70, now $169.95


The H. Bedford-Jones Library, Series 4
Adventures of a Professional Corpse
The Brazen Peacock
The Cross and the Hammer: A Tale of the Days of the Vikings
Gimlet Eye Gunn
Invitation to a Crime: Further Adventures of Denis Burke
The Mardi Gras Mystery

Softcover: regularly $81.70, now $69.95
Hardcover: regularly $179.70, now $159.95

The H. Bedford-Jones Library, Series 5
Colonel Flea
Conquest: The Story of Pierre Radisson, Founder of the Hudson Bay Company
The Life of Pinky Jenkins, Volume 1
Red Runes of China
Thady Shea’s Saga
Tyrone of New Orleans

Softcover: regularly $99.70, now $79.95
Hardcover: regularly $184.70, now $159.95


The H. Bedford-Jones Library, Series 6
The Ghost of Screwface Hanlon
Gunpowder Gold
One More Hero: The Cases of the Fireboat Men
The Princess and the Prophet
They Lived By the Sword
Warriors in Exile

Softcover: regularly $114.70, now $84.95
Hardcover: regularly $184.70, now $159.95



Altus Press
Now available!

Secret Agent X: The Complete Series, Volume 9
by G.T. Fleming-Roberts and Paul Chadwick

For 41 issues from 1934 to 1939, SECRET AGENT "X" battled the forces of evil in the pages of his own pulp magazine. Now, for the first time... the complete pulp series is being reprinted in nine deluxe omnibus editions! The text has been reset and all the original interior illustrations have been remastered. This volume contains the final five stories, by G.T. Fleming-Roberts and Paul Chadwick: "Claws of the Corpse Cult," "The Corpse that Murdered," "Curse of the Crimson Horde," "Corpse Contraband" and "Yoke of the Crimson Coterie." This is THE Secret Agent "X" reprint series to own!

PLUS: the one-shot Captain Hazzard adventure "Python Men of Lost City" by Paul Chadwick!

524 pages | $34.95 softcover | $44.95 hardcover



The Complete Air Adventures of Gales & McGill, Volume 2: 1930-31
by Frederick Nebel


Follow Bill Gales and Mike McGill, hard fighting and high flying soldiers of fortune; freelancers for hire from China to Borneo and beyond. Follow their hard-boiled exploits in the sinister Far East. This, the second of two volumes, collects the last seven tales, written by Black Mask alum Frederick Nebel, and the novel Bloodhounds of the Sky ripped from the pages of the Fiction House rough paper mags, Air Stories and Wings.

440 pages | $29.95 softcover | $39.95 hardcover



Dusty Ayres and his Battle Birds #8: The Black Avenger
by Robert Sidney Bowen


“To Captain Ayres: The greatest among us has died by your hand. We, the living, are pledged to avenge that loss. Within forty-eight hours you and your comrades will be wiped from the face of the earth. Nothing can save you!” This message, signed Ekar, was dropped on Dusty’s drome; at the same time another Yank air field nearby was wiped out by a new horror weapon—a flaming rain that destroyed everything it touched! How can America fight this new menace? How can she keep the Blacks from crossing her borders?

184 pages | $13.95 softcover





Altus Press
Now available!


by Paul Ernst, Hugh B. Cave, William E. Barrett, Norvell W. Page, D.L. Champion, and Frederick C. Davis
This specially-priced set includes all six books in Series 4 of The Dime Detective Library:

The Complete Cases of Inspector Allhoff, Volume 2 by D.L. Champion
The Complete Cases of Ken Carter by Norvell W. Page
The Complete Cases of Needle Mike, Volume 1 by William E. Barrett
The Complete Cases of Peter Kane by Hugh B. Cave, introduction by Bob Byrne
The Complete Cases of Secrets, Inc., Volume 2 by Frederick C. Davis
The Complete Cases of Seekay by Paul Ernst, introduction by Will Murray
Considered the greatest of all detective pulps to only Black Mask, Dime Detective was the home to dozens of classic, quirky series characters, all with an offbeat twist.
Get all of Series 4 at a big discount!

$189.70 hardcover
SALE PRICE: $150.00 

$124.70 softcover
SALE PRICE: $98.49



A millionaire playboy with a yen for excitement, young Ken McNally disguises himself as the gray-haired, gold-toothed, jaundiced-looking proprietor of a seedy tattoo parlor in the “tenderloin” district of St. Louis. His unusual occupation frequently brings him into contact with underworld denizens who, willingly or accidentally, embroil him in criminal activities.

Written by William E. Barrett, Needle Mike found himself embroiled in nearly 20 hard-boiled mysteries originally published between 1935 and 1938 in the pages of Dime Detective, the prestigious crime pulp second only to the legendary Black Mask in its impact on the genre.

Contains the following stories: “The Tattooed Corpse,” “The Tattooed Countess,” “The Tattooed Curse” and “The Tattooed Cobra.”

258 pages | $19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover



Brilliant, decisive, and hard-charging, Deputy Inspector Allhoff was the NYPD’s ace detective until bullets from a mobster’s machine gun robbed him of his legs, his career, and—in the opinion of an associate—his sanity. Yet Allhoff was too good a man to be put out to pasture, so New York’s police commissioner found a way to keep him employed and refer to him such cases as the department couldn’t or wouldn’t handle. Confined to a wheelchair and operating from a seedy tenement flat, Allhoff is assisted by two cops: Battersly, the rookie patrolman whose brief moment of cowardice cost the inspector his legs, and Simmons, the bitter career cop who detests Allhoff but sticks with the embittered cripple to protect his own pension.

Contains the following stories: “The 10:30 to Sing Sing,” “Coffee for a Killer,” “The Corpse That Wasn’t There,” “A Bed for the Body,” “Tell It to Homicide,” “Murder in the Mirror,” “A Leg on Murder,” “You’re the Crime in My Coffee.”

328 pages | $19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover


The Complete Cases of Peter Kane (The Dime Detective Library)
by Hugh B. Cave
introduction by Bob Byrne

No longer a Boston police officer, hard-boiled drunk Peter Kane made the easy transition to work as a P.I. Though now in private practice, Kane had a knack for cracking cases while constantly inebriated. Collecting the entire series, along with an all-new introduction by Bob Byrne.

Written by Hugh B. Cave, Kane stumbled through nine gin-soaked yarns published between 1934 and 1942 in the pages of Dime Detective, the prestigious crime pulp second only to the legendary Black Mask in its impact on the genre.

Contains the following stories: “The Late Mr. Smythe,” “Hell on Hume Street,” “Bottled in Blonde,” “The Man Who Looked Sick,” “The Screaming Phantom,” “The Brand of Kane,” “Ding Dong Belle,” “The Dead Don’t Swim” and “No Place to Hide.”


365 pages | $24.95 softcover | $34.95 hardcover



Immediately before picking up the reigns of writing the adventures of the Spider, pulp writer Norvell Page introduced the weird detective mysteries of another, similar adventure character, Ken Carter. Running in the hard-boiled pages of the 1930s detective pulps, Ken Carter battled a myriad of offbeat villains in a series which is clearly a prototype of Page’s style of novels he soon later wrote of the Spider. Collecting all seven stories, along with their original illustrations.

Contains the following stories: “Hell’s Music,” “City of Corpses,” “Statues of Horror,” “Gallows Ghost,” “Satan’s Hoof,” “The Sinister Embrace” and “Satan’s Sideshow.”


367 pages | $24.95 softcover | $34.95 hardcover


The Complete Cases of Seekay (The Dime Detective Library)
by Paul Ernst
introduction by Will Murray

The cases he takes up are often bizarre and grotesque, but no more so than this anonymous private investigator himself: Seekay’s entire face is covered by a mask of pink celluloid, with only his “burning black eyes” visible to those who come into contact with him—and who almost invariably are unnerved by the experience, whether friend or foe. Collecting the entire series, written by the writer of The Avenger, Paul Ernst.

Contains the following stories: “Madame Murder—and The Corpse Brigade,” “The Corpse With The Third Eye,” “Case Of The Smoking Skulls,” “Two Tickets To Hell” and “Widow Of The Talking Head.”


193 pages | $14.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover



From 1933 to 1935, Frederick C. Davis chronicled the cases of Hollywood P.I. firm Secrets, Inc. Led by Clay “Oke” Oakley and assisted by Cherry Morris and Archibald Brixey, Secrets, Inc., investigated some of the weirdest and most ingenious crimes in the long history of Dime Detective Magazine—all centering around the film industry. Volume 2 collects the final five mysteries.

Contains the following stories: “Death on Delivery,” “Tracks of the Turtle,” “Blood from the Parrot,” “The Green Ghoul” and “Doorway to Doom.”


332 pages | $19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover









Altus Press: Pulp Blog - Now online!

Press Release: Tarzan, Conqueror of Mars
- New!
Now Available: Six Sets of The H. Bedford-Jones Library at Steep Discounts
Altus Press Releases Secret Agent X Vol. 9, Gales & McGill Vol. 2, and Dusty Ayres Vol. 8
Veiled Knowledge by Edwin James (American Science Fiction Magazine Series)
Even More Vintage Pulp Logo T-Shirts Are Now Available -
Altus Press Latest Releases: The Lost Spider Novel, Dusty Ayres, and a New Issue of Black Mask Magazine
The Next Wave of The H. Bedford-Jones Library is Here
Mavericks Headlines the Next Wave of Popular Hero Reprints

Amazing Stories
First new print issue!

Debuted at the Worldcon Friday, August 17, 2018!



Stay tuned for information on how you can get a copy!


Amazing Stories



Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!

THE SHADOW #133: “Syndicate of Sin” & “Merry Mrs. MacBeth”
Lamont Cranston and ’the lovely Margo Lane" prove that “crime does not pay" in classic pulp thrillers by Theodore Tinsley and Walter B. Gibson. First, only The Shadow knows that stolen Nazi art treasures are being peddled in America by a murderous “Syndicate of Sin." Then, death comes hurtling onto the stage of “Merry Mrs. MacBeth,” a new Broadway musical. BONUS: the debut adventure of Carrie Cashin, the pulps’ gorgeous girl sleuth! This instant collectors item showcases the classic color pulp covers by George Rozen and Modest Stein plus the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban with historical commentary by Anthony Tollin and Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-251-3 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
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)


Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
At the printer and shipping in September!

THE SHADOW #134: “The Creeping Death” and “The Banshee Murders”
Haunted Halloween Special!The Master of Darkness proves that “crime does not pay" in chilling pulp thrillers by Walter B. Gibson writing as “Maxwell Grant." First, a deadly Oriental poison is employed to dominate the world gold market! Will Lamont Cranston fall victim to “The Creeping Death”? Then, a seance, a vanishing blonde and a nymphlike creature lure The Shadow along a trail to hidden treasure! Can The Shadow pierce the occult shroud in one of his most baffling cases? This instant collectors item leads of with one of George Rozen’s most haunting paintings (reproduced directly from the original art) and also showcases the original interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Paul Orban and historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-252-0 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
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)



Art's Reviews Podcasts! - Now online!

Nothing new this week.


Past episodes:
Flinch Fest
Wayne Reinagel's new novel "The Castaway"
A Baker's Dozen - 13 essays and an Interview about the Doc Savage Universe by Jeff Deischer
Jon Black Discusses his novel "Bel Nemeton"
Author and Publisher James Bojaciuk discusses his work
UFOs & Nukes by Robert Hastings (and quite alot more)
Doc Brazen: Millenium Bug - A Doc Savage Pastiche

ATHENA VOLTAIRE 2018 ONGOING #6 - Arriving in comic shops September 5!
(Writer) Steve Bryant (Art) Yusuf Idris (Cover) Steve Bryant

"Athena Voltaire and Golden Dawn," Part Two.

The quest to retrieve Codex Agharta takes Athena to Shanghai. All that stands in her way are Nazis, mobsters, and one angry tiger!

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99



Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press
2018 Labor Day Weekend Sale

Beginning Friday at 12:01 a.m. and continuing through Monday at 11:59 p.m., all Murania Press books are on sale.
Prices have been marked down between 20 and 25 percent, and as always shipping is included for domestic U.S. customers.
 
What’s different about this sale is that it will be the last one for certain titles in our catalog.
I’ve recently been informed by our printer that costs are going up for the first time in nine years.
Rather than pay more for books that are marginal sellers I will retire them from the line.
So this will be your last opportunity to get some of these books.


Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press
Shipping next week!

Long the best-selling title in Murania Press history — nearly 2000 copies in print, with copies sold in 23 countries — THE BLOOD 'N' THUNDER GUIDE TO PULP FICTION is now available in a new revised and expanded edition.

This exhaustive overview, which goes into greater detail than most other books covering pulp-magazine history, was originally conceived as a collector's handbook but has been recognized as a valuable reference work for newly minted devotees of rough-paper fiction.
The 2018 edition continues along the same lines while still retaining its appeal to advanced hobbyists.

Along with addressing previous omissions and making editorial corrections, we have added nearly 10,000 words of new copy (recently uncovered facts and additional analysis) to the existing manuscript. 
We've also included more cover reproductions, among them at least a half dozen important first issues left out of the original 2013 edition.

What's more, we have updated the four appendices, which supply carefully compiled lists of mass-market pulp-fiction anthologies, reference books about the pulps, small-press publishers specializing in rough-paper fiction reprints, and a collector's guide to building a comprehensive pulp-magazine collection.  Perhaps most importantly, the book now has a complete index — the lack of which was the only substantive complaint we've ever received about the earlier Guide.

The new material has been added (without significantly increasing the book's page count and list price) by slightly reducing the text's font size, thus getting more words per page. 
We also filled blank pages that previously separated chapters. The 2013 Guide had 414 pages, the 2018 revision has 428.

The revised BLOOD 'N' THUNDER GUIDE TO PULP FICTION, in our opinion, represents a significant improvement on what has already been considered one of the foremost works covering the subject. 
Like its predecessor, the book is priced at $29.95 (postage included to domestic U.S. purchasers) and is available at muraniapress.com. 
Shipping begins during the first week of September.


PURCHASE PRICE INCLUDES SHIPPING AND HANDLING TO DOMESTIC BUYERS.
OVERSEAS BUYERS MUST INQUIRE FOR SHIPPING RATES BEFORE PLACING ORDERS



Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press
Still available!

The latest release from Murania Press is a collection of informative, extensively researched essays on the Westerns of pulp fiction and Saturday-matinee motion pictures from the 20th century’s first half. Most of these pieces initially saw print in BLOOD 'N' THUNDER; a few were originally written for other publications; and one is new to this book. The reprinted essays all have been reedited and expanded, some considerably. Author Ed Hulse examines best-selling authors such as Zane Grey, Max Brand, Walt Coburn, and Clarence E. Mulford; memorable series characters such as Zorro, Hopalong Cassidy, The Lone Ranger, and Whistling Dan Barry; and popular cowboy stars such as Tom Mix, Roy Rogers, William Boyd, Randolph Scott, George O’Brien — to name just a few in each category.

While not a comprehensive narrative history, this book’s 17 essays in their totality cover a long span of time and a great deal of ground. The author has uncovered a wealth of heretofore unreported information on the making of classic Western movies, much of it gleaned from the actors, writers, and directors themselves.

As a bonus the book reprints Stewart Edward White’s outstanding 1919 novella, THE KILLER, twice adapted by Hollywood; the second and best version, a stylish 1932 exercise in “Western Gothic” titled MYSTERY RANCH, is covered by Hulse at length in the 5,100-word essay written specifically to accompany White’s story.

At 286 pages, its 146,000 words accompanied by dozens of seldom-seen cover reproductions and rare movie stills, THE WILD WEST OF FICTION AND FILM is an invaluable addition to the history of American pop culture. It's available at muraniapress.com for $25.00, which includes free shipping to domestic U.S. buyers.


Cover Art by Walter Baumhofer
286 pages., deluxe trade paperback edition, 8 1/2 X 11
Price: $25.00


PURCHASE PRICE INCLUDES SHIPPING AND HANDLING TO DOMESTIC BUYERS.
OVERSEAS BUYERS MUST INQUIRE FOR SHIPPING RATES BEFORE PLACING ORDERS



Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press: EDitorial Comments - Now online!

2018 Labor Day Weekend Sale
- New!
PulpFest 2018 Report: Part Two
PulpFest 2018 Report: Part One
The Latest from Murania Press
June 2018 Collectibles Section Update
Happy Birthday, Iris Meredith!
2018 Windy City Film Program


Bold Venture Press
ZORRO AND THE LITTLE DEVIL
By Peter David
Now available!

Bold Venture Press will release a brand new ZORRO novel in July in both paperback and hard cover, a brand new addition to our six volumes of original pulp fiction stories by Johnston McCulley.
ZORRO AND THE LITTLE DEVIL, along with a bonus story entitled “Diego and the Baron,” licensed by Zorro Productions, are written by Peter David. writer of comic books, novels, television, films and video games. His notable comic book work includes an award-winning 12-year run on The Incredible Hulk, as well as runs on Aquaman, Young Justice, Supergirl, Fallen Angel, Spider-Man 2099 and X-Factor.

His Star Trek work includes both comic books and novels such as Imzadi, and co-creating the New Frontier series. His other novels include film adaptations, media tie-ins, and original works, such as the Apropos of Nothing and Knight Life series. His television work includes series such as Babylon 5, Young Justice, Ben 10: Alien Force and Nickelodeon's Space Cases, which he co-created with Bill Mumy. David often jokingly describes his occupation as "Writer of Stuff", and is noted for his prolific writing, characterized by its mingling of real-world issues with humor and references to popular culture, as well as elements of metafiction and self-reference.

David has earned multiple awards for his work, including a 1992 Eisner Award, a 1993 Wizard Fan Award, a 1996 Haxtur Award, a 2007 Julie Award and a 2011 GLAAD Media Award.


Pages: 202
Size: 6" x 9"
 Zorro and the Little Devil
Zorro and the Little Devil
Formats: Softcover, Hardcover, eBook
Price:  $19.95, $39.95, $7.50




Broadswords and Blasters - Now online!

Pulp Consumption: Big Trouble in Little China
Pulp Consumption: Jules de Grandin
Broadswords and Blasters Issue 6 is Now Available!
Pulp Consumption: Playback
Pulp Consumption: Chinatown
Pulp Consumption: The Adventure of the Incognita Countess


Castalia House Blog - Now online!

Sensor Sweep: Pre-Tolkien Challenge, Pathfinder, A. Merritt - New!
The Abominations of Yondo
The Mighty Warriors
Sensor Sweep: REH Guide, The High Crusade, Pulp Revolution, D&D, King Kong
Sensor Sweep: Keys to Other Doors, Xenophile, Skylark of Space, Roger Zelazny
Sensor Sweep: Ray Capella, Queen of Communist Cannibals, H. Rider Haggard
The Cosmic Express

CONAN
Marvel Comics announces Jason Aaron, Mahmud Asrar, and Esad Ribic for New Conan series!
The new adventures begin this January!

Jason Aaron, Mahmud Asrar, and Esad Ribic Lead New CONAN THE BARBARIAN Series!
The new adventures begin this January!

This January, Conan makes his triumphant return to Marvel Comics in the all-new CONAN THE BARBARIAN! And today, Marvel is excited to announce the new creative team of the first series – the acclaimed team who will lead the famed barbarian into his new adventures!

Superstar writer Jason Aaron will helm the new tales of the sword-slashing hero, bringing him to life alongside star artist Mahmud Asrar (X-Men Red, Cloak and Dagger). Aaron and Asrar will be joined by cover artist Esad Ribic (Fantastic Four, Secret Wars, Marvel Legacy) and Eisner Award-winning colorist Matt Wilson (Runaways, The Mighty Thor.)

“I’ve literally been preparing for this job since I was 13 and discovered my first Robert E. Howard Conan paperback in a used bookstore in my little hometown of Jasper, Alabama,” said Aaron. “I devoured every Howard book I could find after that, and I’ve been making up Conan stories in my head ever since. Now I finally get to do that for real, alongside the amazing Mahmud Asrar. So this opportunity means an awful lot to me, and I’m cherishing every blood-splattered, spider-haunted second of it.”

“Growing up, Conan was one of the first comic books I’ve read. It’s partly responsible in making me a lifelong comic book reader,” said Asrar. “In fact, it’s the first book where I’ve noticed the names of the creators and that being a comic book artist was something I could do for a living. Now, years later, I get the chance to draw the book myself and do it with the amazing Jason Aaron. I couldn’t be happier to tell epic new tales of the Cimmerian – to continue the legacy that will hopefully make a mark on readers, just like the original comics did for me.”

“I can’t wait for readers to see the epic scope of the first story lined up for CONAN,” shared editor Mark Basso. “Like our illustrious writer and artist, my intro to Conan came in the form of an old paperback that magically found its way to me as a kid, and this team is harnessing all of that love and respect for the character’s history while expanding the Hyborian mythos in a way that’s really never been done before.”

“These past months have been an exciting whirlwind for us and the folks at Marvel, going through creative teams with passion for the Cimmerian,” added Fredrik Malmberg, President & CEO of Cabinet Entertainment. “Jason and Mahmud are crafting a really strong story, it’s amazing to see the process and pages coming through. Esad Ribic’s covers evoke the classic Conan, yet with his own distinct and personal freshness. Crom!”

This January, be prepared to witness Conan’s exploits, magic, and mayhem in an all-new series, starting with CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1!




Conan le Cimmérien - Au-delà de la rivière noire - Coming September 9!
Screenwriter: Mathieu Gabella
Designer and Colorist: Anthony Jean


The Pictish country is a dark jungle where the border between civilization and barbarism is thin. One thing only symbolizes it: the black river, which no white man is supposed to have crossed and come back alive. None, except Conan. It is at the heart of this green hell that the Cimmerian meets Balthus, a young peasant volunteer whom he rescues in extremis from the claws of fierce Pictish warriors. Together, they will try to lend a hand to the settlers who settled here on these hostile lands in the last bastion of civilization. With a dozen men, they will have to find the powerful wizard Zogar Sag before he succeeds in uniting the clans and engage his bloody invasion ...

The authors of The Unicorn revive Beyond the Black River , reputed as one of the best stories of Conan. A survivalist and warrior narrative carried away by the relentless pace of Mathieu Gabella's script and the strength of Anthony Jean's stroke.


Language: French
Hardcover, 240 x 320 mm, 64 pages, Full Color, 14.95 €
EAN / ISBN: 
9782344012581

Language: French
Hardcover, 275 x 368 mm, 64 pages, Black & White, 29.50 €
EAN/ISBN : 9782344030448








CONAN OMNIBUS VOLUME 6 TPB - Arriving in comic shops September 5!
(Writer) Brian Wood, Fred Van Lente (Art) Davide Gianfelice & Various (Cover) Massimo Carnevale

Brian Wood's acclaimed adaptation of "Queen of the Black Coast" reaches its heartbreaking conclusion. Having found his true love and spiritual equal, Conan faces the one foe no warrior can defeat. But there will be little time to grieve, for death takes no holiday, and evil never dies!

Collects Conan Vol. 15: The Nightmare of the Shallow (Conan the Barbarian #13-#18); Conan Vol. 16: The Song of Bêlit (Conan the Barbarian #19-#25); Conan Vol. 17: Shadows Over Kush (Conan the Avenger # 1-#6).

Trade paperback, 7x10, 448 pages, $24.99






 

Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!

Forgotten Books: WATERFRONT FISTS by Robert E. Howard (2003)  
 - New!
Read it here: CIRCUS FISTS by Robert E. Howard (1931)  - New!
The Art of Frank Hamilton (Part 7)  - New!
Basil Wolverton's "SPACEHAWK and the Creeping Death from Neptune" (1940)   - New!
Pulp Gallery: COWBOY STORIES  - New!
Forgotten Books: MACHINE GUNS OVER THE WHITE HOUSE by Novell Page (1937)
Comic Gallery: EL ZORRO 9-16
FRANK FRAZETTA's Dan Brand & Tipi meet George Washington (1949)  
Pulp Gallery: CAPTAIN FUTURE  
Movie Posters of 1918 (Part 2)  
The Digest Enthusiast Blog - Now online!

TDE9 Status
- New!
PULP HORROR NO. 7: THE MUMMY LIVES!  
Mystery Weekly Magazine August 2018
Broadswords and Blasters No. 6 Summer 2018  
Pulp Literature #19 Summer 2018
Weirdbook No. 39  
Coming soon: Pulp Modern 


DMR Books Blog - Now online!

The DMRtian Chronicles, Clark Ashton Smith Edition  - New!
Forefathers of Sword and Sorcery: A. Merritt
Forefathers of Sword and Sorcery: H.P. Lovecraft
Raise a Glass of Atlantean Vintage
The DMRtian Chronicles, 8/12/2018
The DMRtian Chronicles, 8/2/2018
Roy G. Krenkel: A Centennial Remembrance, Part One


Edgar Rice Burroughs
Joe Jusko to Create Cover Art for All Burroughs Novels

Beginning in September, Joe Jusko, in conjunction with ERB, Inc. will be creating brand new cover art and frontispieces for every Edgar Rice Burroughs novel (over 80, in total), forming the first completely unified Burroughs library by one artist.

The pantheon of incredible talent who have loaned their vision to cover ERB’s works over the years is a veritable Who’s Who of high fantasy art, including J. Allen St. John, Frank Frazetta, Roy Krenkel, Michael Whelan, Neal Adams, and Boris Vallejo, and many others. While several, like Frazetta, have produced an incredible wealth of imagery over many series, no one artist has illustrated every single volume.

Jusko laid the foundation for this groundbreaking project in 1995 with his 120-painting Art of Edgar Rice Burroughs trading card set produced by FPG Publishing. According to Jusko, he has dreamt of this project ever since.

“I remember marveling at the Tarzan covers by Adams and Vallejo, as well as the Mars covers by Whelan way back in the late ’70s when I first broke into the business, wondering if my work would ever reach a level of respect where so prestigious a commission would be afforded me,” Jusko said. “I’m still pinching myself that the day has arrived, and I cannot thank ERB, Inc. enough for the wonderful opportunity! I’m picking September 1 as my official start date as it’s both my and Edgar Rice Burroughs birthday. How much more karmically charmed can this project be?”

“We’re excited to be working with Joe on this historic project,” Jim Sullos, President of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., said. “Joe’s association with Edgar Rice Burroughs has already produced an extraordinary body of work, and we look forward to sharing this project with new generations of Burroughs readers.”

Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. was founded in 1923 by the author to manage the rights to his literary works. He is renowned for his many novels of fantastic adventure, particularly his creations of Tarzan of the Apes and sci-fi hero John Carter of Mars (both first published in 1912). The company has overseen every adaptation of his literary works in publishing, film, television, theatrical stage productions, licensing, and merchandising. ERB, Inc. continues to be owned by the Burroughs family and remains based in Tarzana, California, the city named in honor of Burroughs and his famous character.

An industry professional for 40 years, Jusko has worked for almost every company in myriad capacities. His work has earned him many awards and honors, including two “Favorite Painter” Wizard Fan Awards, multiple trading card awards, a Golden Lion Award from the Burroughs Bibliophiles (previous recipients include Frank Frazetta and Boris Vallejo) and a Chesley Award nomination for best cover in 2001. He was awarded an Inkpot Award at the 2012 Comic-Con International for his contributions to the comic industry. His original paintings are held in collections worldwide.

The first six books in the Tarzan series are slated for release during the 2018 winter holiday season.




Edgar Rice Burroughs
TARZAN AND THE REVOLUTION
 
By Thomas Zachek
Illustrated by Mike Grell
Now available!

Eric Benton, an idealistic young Midwestern Peace Corps volunteer, could hardly have known that his mission to help an African village would embroil him and his colleagues in the political struggles of an emerging African nation. The people of central Africa likewise had no idea how quickly their expectations for freedom could be taken away when a ruthless dictator seizes power. And Tarzan of the Apes had no idea that before long, he would be compelled, once again, to undertake a long and perilous journey with the Waziri to save their families.

Set against a backdrop of political unrest in modern Africa, Thomas Zachek's latest page-turner takes the reader from the dank treasure troves of the lost city of Opar to turmoil in the city streets as Tarzan battles one of his most ruthless foes!


Hardcover: 208 pages
Publisher: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches

$34.95





Edgar Rice Burroughs
JOHN CARTER OF MARS
Coming January 2019!


The fourth title in the ERB Limited Edition Collection will be JOHN CARTER OF MARS.
The set includes the first ever ERB and G&D editions.
The set is scheduled to begin shipping at the end of January 2019.

The set includes:
•  Two new dust jackets
•  New Foreword by Kevin Anderson
•  Packed full of illustrations including colorizations
•  Slipcases, bookmarks, hand signed/numbered

Preorders will begin on October 1.


Edgar Rice Burroughs
SAVAGE PELLUCIDAR
Ship date: September 7!

SAVAGE PELLUICAR
ERB’s seventh and final novel in the series is for the first time published by ERB Inc. and G&D in a Signed/Numbered Set (#1-248) -
with different dust jackets, bindings (red & blue), and front/end matter and a new Foreword by Richard Lupoff and Preface by Phil Burger.  

Each Set Includes:

Two matching number books signed by the contributors.
Dust Jacket paintings by Bob Eggleton (wraparound) and Thomas Grindberg.
30+ Story Illustrations including:

  Color artwork by Frazetta, Jusko and St. John (newly colorized)
  B&W illustrations by Takebe(16), Ivie, St. John and Grindberg.
Custom Slipcases, High Quality Paper and Bindings - 80# Finch in a vellum finish, vintage style book cloth, map endpapers, bookmarks and sewn bindings.

First Time in Hardback: ERB’s unpublished dj blurb, 2-page illustrated title pages for each of the four novellas.

Anticipated Ship Date September 7, 2018


PRE-ORDER for THE LIMITED EDITION SET - SAVAGE PELLUCIDAR (1 of 248 signed/numbered)
$199.99





 

ELRIC WHITE WOLF #1 (OF 2) - Arriving in comic shops September 5!
(Writer) Michael Moorcock & Various (Art) Robin Recht, Julien Telo (Cover) Tim Sale

The gorgeous comic adaptation of Michael Moorcock's world-renowned cult fantasy saga, acclaimed by the public, critics, and Moorcock himself!

A year has passed since Elric left Imrryr, his palace and his throne, leaving behind a heartbroken Cymoril. For a year he has walked the Young Kingdoms, under the distant gaze of his protector, Arioch. A year since he traded his skills as a wizard and fighter to the highest bidder, forging, in each battle, the legend of the albino warrior whose Black Sword terrifies the bravest of warriors. Today he is no longer Elric de Melnibone, the four hundred and twenty-eighth Emperor of the people of R'lin K'ren A'a. Today, the Young Kingdoms know him as the White Wolf.


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99








Foundation
Apple Gives Series Order To Adaptation Of Isaac Asimov’s Sci-Fi Classic
From David Goyer & Josh Friedman

Three months after Apple landed for development a TV series based on Foundation, the seminal Isaac Asimov science fiction novel trilogy, the project has received a 10-episode straight-to-series order.

The series order completes an year-long journey for the project. Last June,  Deadline revealed that Skydance had made a deal with the Asimov estate and has tapped Goyer and Friedman to crack the code on a sprawling series based on the books that informed Star Wars and many other sci-fi films and TV series.

Goyer and Friedman serve as executive producers and showrunners. Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Marcy Ross also executive produce, along with Asimov’s daughter, Robyn Asimov.


Howard Andrew Jones - Now online!

The Magician’s Skull will Return - New!

Pictures in the Fire
Mighty Warriors Arrive
Mighty Warriors
Lankhmar
Chainsaw and Corris
Flamehair

JAMES BOND ORIGIN #1 - Arriving in comic shops September 5!
(Writer) Jeff Parker (Art) Bob Q (Cover) John Cassaday

“CHAPTER ONE: THE GREATEST DAYS”

At last, the definitive account of James Bond’s exploits during World War II!
MARCH, 1941: Seventeen-year-old James Bond is a restless student in Scotland, an orphan, eager to strike out and make his mark on the world. But a visit by an old family friend coincides with THE CLYDEBANK BLITZ, the most devastating German attack on Scotland during the War. James will fight through hell to survive, coming out the other side determined to make a difference. He’ll find his calling in a new British government service, secret in nature…


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99











Jerry Schneider Enterprises
Now available!

UNCANNY STORIES, April 1941
The first issue of this weird fiction magazine published by Manvis Publications.

Contents:
COMING OF THE GIANT GERMS by Ray Cummings
BEYOND HELL by R. DeWitt Miller
THE EARTH-STEALERS by Frederic Arnold Kummer Jr
MAN FROM THE WRONG TIME-TRACK by Denis Plimmer
SPEED WILL BE MY BRIDE by David H. Keller
MEET MY BROTHER--MR. GHOST! by Wayne D. Overholser


Pulp Sized Magazine, 7 x 10 inch, 116 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $12.95



 
JULES DE GRANDIN
A RIVAL FROM THE GRAVE: THE COMPLETE TALES OF JULES DE GRANDIN, VOLUME FOUR

by Seabury Quinn
Coming September 4!

The fourth of five volumes collecting the stories of Jules de Grandin, the supernatural detective made famous in the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales.

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 fourth volume, A Rival from the Grave, will include all the stories from “The Chosen of Vishnu” (1933) to “Incense of Abomination” (1938), as well as an introduction by George Vanderburgh and Robert Weinberg and a foreword by Mike Ashley.


Hardcover, 512 pages, $34.99
eBook: $19.99


 





Justin Marriott
PULP HORROR #7
Now available!

PULP HORROR #7
The cover as illustrated by Rik Rawling.  

IThe fanzine of horror in vintage paperbacks, comics and magazines. The Living Mummy special! 68 pages, full-colour. Articles on the appearance of The Mummy in American comics, German pulps, Novels and short-stories. Includes checklists and heavily illustrated throughout.
 
Paperback: 50 pages
Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches
$14.99



Coming soon:
Articles for issue 40 of The Paperback Fanatic are just back from being proof-read, so expect that in October.

Issue 8 of Pulp Horror is just about in place and Sleazy Reader 8 is also coming together.


Issue 11 of Men of Violence will be a historical fiction special which will out before Xmas. 






LE GUIDE HOWARD By Patrice Louinet - New softcover edition coming in September!

His lyrics have shaped the codes of fantasy. His characters (Conan, Kull, Solomon Kane ...) marked generations of readers. For fifteen years, Robert E. Howard experiencing a true literary resurrection.
Free of interference of those who have appropriate after his death, his founding work is now available in full strength through friendly editions of his work.

Written by Patrice Louinet, one of the leading experts in the world of Howard, this guide full of new information explores the many facets of a rich work, debunks the last prejudices, and gives us a thousand and one reasons to (re) read again and again.

Summary
Thanks
I. Introduction
I. Ten myths about Howard
II. Twenty stories you need to have read (and why)
III. Biography
IV. Twenty other texts that deserve your attention
V. A few laconic words on ten other texts
VI. Conan, the real deal and the imitations
VII. About Howard
VIII. The Adaptations
IX. Around Howard
X. Dear Mr. Lovecraft
XI. Reading about Howard
Conclusion

Language: French
Trade Paperback Edition Price: € 8.00

Hélios


Martin Grams' Blog - Now online!

Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's Fantastic Four
Dick Tracy meets the Green Hornet
Obscure trivia about Robert Wagner


Meteor House
TARZAN AND THE DARK HEART OF CRIME
By Philip Jose Farmer
Now available!

One of the most famous heroes in literature is back!
Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, returns with a vengeance in this action-packed adventure by Philip José Farmer, Hugo Award winner, Nebula Grand Master, and author of the incredible Riverworld saga.

Tarzan’s beloved mate, Jane, has been kidnapped, and the furious ape-man will let nothing stand in the way of rescuing her—not even a sinister safari whose target is Tarzan himself. With fierce Masai trackers leading the chase, a trio of white hunters are hellbent on capturing the Jungle Lord. But as the pursuers, and their uncanny half-human tracker, close in from behind, Tarzan races toward even greater danger ahead.

For the trail leads to a bizarre, long-forgotten land boasting a multitude of strange and terrifying mysteries: the City Built by God, the Hideous Hunter, the One to Avoid, and most shocking of all, the Crystal Tree of Time—whose seductive powers could ultimately spell Tarzan’s doom . . .

Philip José Farmer, a descendant of the actual Greystoke family, and a recipient of the prestigious Golden Lion Award, bestowed by the Burroughs Bibliophiles at the 1970 Dum-Dum, is famous for his adventure novels starring Tarzanic characters. Now, in Tarzan and the Dark Heart of Time, authorized by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., Farmer lends his vast imagination to the legend of the Lord of the Apes himself!

In addition, this handsome new edition, which sports a gorgeous painted cover by well known Burroughs artist Mark Wheatley, a new Foreword by longtime Burroughs scholar Robert R. Barrett, and a new Introduction by Farmer expert Win Scott Eckert, will also be released in a trade paperback edition.

Now accepting preorders, the book will be released at FarmerCon 100, held in conjunction with PulpFest 2018 in Pittsburgh, PA, July 26-29. As always, readers who preorder and attend FarmerCon/PulpFest can pick up their copies there—and as an added bonus, get them signed by Wheatley and Eckert! All other copies will ship immediately after FarmerCon 100.

ORDERING:
The trade paperback edition is $20 (plus shipping).
The hardcover edition is $35 (plus shipping).
Or you can preorder them together for only $50—that’s $5 off (plus you’ll save even more with combined shipping)!


Trade paperback: $20
Hardcover: $35
6×9, 260 pages


Due out in July 2018, you can preorder the trade paperback, hardcover, or both, by clicking here.

The Official Philip José Farmer   Meteor House


Meteor House
The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection
Now available!

To mark Philip José Farmer's 100th Birthday, Meteor House is proud to present a mammoth collection worthy of the Grand Master. With over fifty pieces spanning seven decades The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection goes beyond the typical "best of" anthology. From classic science fiction to poems, articles, tributes, speeches and more all by Farmer himself. Additionally there is an introduction by Joe R. Lansdale, a foreword by Tracy Knight, a bibliography at Zacharias L.A. Nuninga, and each decade features a synopsis of Farmer's life and career. At well over 900 pages this collection is a must for all science fiction fans and historians and is available in trade paperback and hardcover featuring two covers by Mark Wheatley.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Foreword

The 1940s
Bradley Brave Sees New York
O’Brien and Obrenov
Imagination

The 1950s
The Lovers
Sail On! Sail On!
Sestina of the Space Rocket
Mother
Lovers and Otherwise
Attitudes
Totem and Taboo
The Tin Woodman Slams the Door

The 1960s
On a Mountain Upside Down
Uproar in Acheron
The King of the Beasts
Riverworld
The Blind Rowers
Riders of the Purple Wage
The Jungle Rot Kid on the Nod
My Father the Ripper (an excerpt from A Feast Unknown)
Kickaha’s Escape (an excerpt from A Private Cosmos)
The Josés From Rio


The 1970s
Only Who Can Make a Tree
The Sliced-Crosswise-Only-On-Tuesday World
An Exclusive Interview with Lord Greystoke
Sketches Among The Ruins of My Mind
After King Kong Fell
Writing Doc’s Biography
Sherlock Holmes & Sufism
The Problem of the Sore Bridge—Among Others
To the Wizard of Sci-Fi
A Fimbulwinter Introduction
Osiris on Crutches
The Last Rise of Nick Adams
The Freshman
Creating Artificial Worlds

The 1980s
The Making of Revelation, Part 1
Buddha Contemplates His Novel
The Long Wet Dream of Rip van Winkle
The Man Who Came for Christmas
Plane Talking (an excerpt from A Barnstormer in Oz)
The Peoria-Colored Writer
Memoir
Why and How I Became Kilgore Trout
St. Francis Kisses His Ass Goodbye

The 1990s
Evil, Be My Good
Wolf, Iron, and Moth
Why Do I Write?
A Hole in Hell
More than Most
Casting Turtles (an excerpt from Nothing Burns in Hell)

The 2000s
The Face That Launched a Thousand Eggs
Keep Your Mouth Shut
The Good of the Land
The First Robot
The Princess of Terra
That Great Spanish Author, Ernesto
The Terminalization of J. G. Ballard
The Light-Hog Incident

Bibliography

Trade paperback: $35
Hardcover: $50
5.5×8.5, 940+ pages


Due out in July 2018, you can preorder the trade paperback, hardcover, or both, by clicking here.

Trade Paperback

Hardcover


Mystery*File - Now online!

Pulp PI Stories I’m Reading: HARRY LYNCH “The Ape.”

Reviewed by David Vineyard: FRED MacISAAC – The King Who Came Back
PulpFest Report by Walker Martin
Pulp PI Stories I’m Reading: ERLE STANLEY GARDNER “Lord of the High Places.”
COLLECTING PULPS: A Memoir  Part 21: Pulp Art, Part Three by Walker Martin
Pulp Fiction Stories I’m Reading: THORP McCLUSKY “The Crawling Horror.”  



September 13-15, 2018! 

Hunt Valley Wyndham (recently changed now to a Marriott)
SAME HOTEL, NEW NAME.

Announcing the first half of our celebrity lineup for our 2018 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!

Dr. Vigilante

Captain Hawklin
Super Savant
The Crimson Devil
Dr. Shadows
The Man of The Mist


Pulpgen-Online Pulps - Now online!

New this week

"Danse Macabre" by William De Lisle from MAMMOTH DETECTIVE, May, 1943       
The audience shuddered with delight at the realism of the weird dance - without realizing that it was real!

"Hoodoo of the Sea" by Oscar Schisgall from THRILLING ADVENTURES, May, 1937     
An old captain gets into a brawl with a young man who turns out has been cashiered because he's lost two ships in two years. People won't hire him because he's a jinx. The old captain has him kidnaped aboard.

"Blood Will Tell" by George Ethelbert Walsh from ARGOSY, April, 1899        
The mystery surrounding the murder of the postmaster at Piketown, and the unexpected fashion in which it was cleared up - The village doctor and the part played by his blood sampling theories.



Pulp Den by Tom Johnson - Now online!
  
Her Reluctant Hero
- New!
The Spider: The Doom Legion - New!
Illicit Passion  
Metal Chest
Space Rogues
Honesty In World War 2

         Pulp Den  

Pulp Flakes - Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors and their stories, adventure and detective pulps.

Canine Covers in honor of National Dog Day  - New!
Index to the fanzine Xenophile - part 2  
Five Stahr covers
Pulpfest 2018 - trip report  
George Bruce Marquis - Author, College bursar  
Gayle Hoskins - prints from "A Cowboy's Day" series of covers


The Pulp Hermit  by Tom Johnson - Now online!

Dividends of Doom  
New Pulp Author Thomas Condarcure
Bullets And Bad Times
Six Gun Angel
Introducing New Pulp Authors: Ray Capella

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 #74 Audiobook
The Spider and the Faceless One
by Norvell W. Page writing as Grant Stockbridge

Read by Nick Santa Maria
Now available!
 Can even the Spider successfully combat the flame master who has no face, yet who masks himself with the features of a thousand victims — as terror spreads throughout a great city?
 
Author and former crime reporter Norvell W. Page, who penned the majority of the Spider’s exploits as Grant Stockbridge in Popular Publications’ infamous pulp magazine, The Spider, once described his hero in gigantic but unflinching terms: “His exploits had raised him to the proportions of a legendary hero. In ancient times, Rome would have made him an emperor-god. Salem might have burned him as a sorcerer. The modern world—well, the police had offered rewards totaling thousands of dollars for his capture ‘dead or alive.’ And the Underworld hated him and plotted his destruction with a fierceness bred of abject terror.



“Yes, Richard Wentworth was a murderer in the eyes of the law—a butcher who had slain a hundred, a thousand of his fellow men. They took no account of the fact he killed only those who richly deserved to die, that he alone had prevented a score of master criminals from overwhelming the forces of law and order.”
 
As Norvell W. Page—the Quentin Tarantino of pulp fiction—related the Spider’s complicated backstory: “Wentworth had sworn his crusades of justice long ago solely because of his hatred of injustice, his great altruistic love for mankind.
 
The Spider’s exploits impressed a ten year old Stan Lee, who when he launched Marvel Comics in the early 1960s, drew on the idea of a hunted hero to create Spider-Man!
 
Nick Santa Maria reads The Spider and the Faceless One with indescribable emotion. Originally published in The Spider magazine, November, 1939.


  
Discounted 50% the first week.
MP3 digital download - $4.99
Audio CDs - $9.99

Regular price:
5 hours - $9.99 Download / $19.98 Audio CDs

Radio Archives


The Purple Invasion story #6 of 13
 
Sweeping westward down the Pacific slope, the Purple Emperor’s invading armies thundered to trap the last defending Americans between flaming guns and an ocean grave. Operator #5, with the audacity of desperation, launched a forlorn hope — a dazzling daring raid into the heart of the enemy’s lines. Here is the tale of the mad dash of his pitifully heroic handful of volunteers toward the great gun works where he might snatch victory from defeat.

Working for Agent Z-7, head of an unnamed branch of U. S. Intelligence in the decade before the C. I. A. was ever envisioned, Operator #5 was assisted by newspaper reporter Diane Elliott, a two-fisted street kid named Tim Donovan, as well as his twin sister, Nan Christopher. Jimmy’s father, a retired operative himself, often backed him up with sound advice on the fine art of counter-espionage.



Operator #5 magazine ran clear to the Fall of 1939. Jimmy Christopher was in the middle of beating off yet another ongoing invasion by a renamed Japanese Empire when World War II broke out in Europe. With the fires of war threatening to engulf the world in reality, Popular Publications wisely or unwisely decided that the struggles of Jimmy Christopher no longer represented escapist fiction, and quickly folded the title. Soon enough, its loyal readers would be involved in the spreading struggle of total war. But until then…
Conquering the Rockies, the Purple Emperor’s great war machine rolled on to crush the last vestige of American resistance. Operator #5, seeing his cause already lost, decided upon the incredibly daring, typically American action — of a counter attack! Listen to his mad, secret sortie through enemy territory — across two thousand miles of hell to the guns and ammunition which alone could stave off defeat.

Siege of the Thousand Patriots is read with stirring intensity by Milton Bagby. Originally published in the February 1937 issue of Operator #5 magazine.
 
Performed by Audie Awards winner, voice actor Milton Bagby.

Discounted 50% the first week.
MP3 digital download - $4.99
Audio CDs - $9.99

Regular price:
5 hours - $9.99 Download / $19.98 Audio CDs



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.
 
The Third Adventure of The Green Lama
Babies for Sale by Kendell Foster Crossen writing as Richard Foster
A gigantic, sinister plot, engineered by a master criminal — a monstrous traffic in human misery, hidden behind the portals of a home for children — brings the Green Lama to Hollywood to combat an evil far greater than any he had faced before.
 
The Fourth Adventure of The Green Lama
The Wave Of Death by Kendell Foster Crossen writing as Richard Foster
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.

 
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.

Regular price:  $3.99
Discounted 50% the first week: $1.99


The Serial Squadron
Now available!

THE GREAT ARABIAN ADVENTURE SERIAL
THE DESERT HAWK

Featuring
GILBERT ROLAND, KENNETH MacDONALD, MONA MARIS, FRANK LACKTEEN
and CHARLES MIDDLETON


In the land of Ajad, Hassan, the jealous and treacherous twin of rightful, good caliph Kasim targets his brother for murder and assumes his identity. Unknown to Hassan, Kasim survives his scheming brother's midnight coup and assumes the identity of a legendary outlaw called "the Hawk." Kasim and his loyal allies must battle Hassan's treasonous assassins and the dangerous Brothers of the Sword in order to help the rightful ruler win the love of beautiful princess Azala and work his way back to the throne.

An action-packed and entertaining exotic adventure story with lavish sets and an engaging plot, featuring a good cast including a solid leading man in a dual role and many familiar supporting classic serial actors. One of a few costume epic serials of the 1940s that tried something different.
Standard definition dual-layer (double-length) DVD
15 episodes; 4 hours 52 minutes
Restored picture and audio, with light warm/cool tone enhancement.



SPECTRE LIBRARY: THE PULP AND PAPERBACK FICTION READER - Now online!

Death Stills the Brush by F. W. Gumley - New!
Tracks of the Turtle by Frederick C. Davis
“Some Rise by Sin” by Alan Whicker
Love Packs a Six-Gun by John Frederick
“Make Mine Murder” by Robert Sidney Bowen
“Realm of the Alien” by Chester Delray (Dublin, Ireland: Grafton Publications)



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.

Summer Movie Miscelleny
Barker and Bender on the Case-Part Seven
A Pause in the Barker-Bender Saga
Barker and Bender on the Case-Part Six
Barker and Bender on the Case-Part Five


VERSES FOR THE DEAD (Agent Pendergast) - Coming January 15, 2019!
by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child


After an overhaul of leadership at the FBI's New York field office, A. X. L. Pendergast is abruptly forced to accept an unthinkable condition of continued employment: the famously rogue agent must now work with a partner.

Pendergast and his new teammate, junior agent Coldmoon, are assigned to Miami Beach, where a rash of killings by a bloodthirsty psychopath are distinguished by a confounding M.O.: cutting out the hearts of his victims and leaving them-along with cryptic handwritten letters-at local gravestones, unconnected save in one bizarre way: all belonged to women who committed suicide.

But the seeming lack of connection between the old suicides and the new murders is soon the least of Pendergast's worries. Because as he digs deeper, he realizes the brutal new crimes may be just the tip of the iceberg: a conspiracy of death that reaches back decades.


Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
$28.00





WEIRDBOOK #39
Print and eBook editions are now available!

Softcover, 252 pages,  6 x 9 inches
$12.00

 
Full contents


Horror Around The Bend by Franklyn Searight               
A Tiny Cut by Samson Stormcrow Hayes                             
Posthumous by Marlane  Quade Cook                                
Pages From An Invisible Book by Darrell Schweitzer         
That Name Was Evoc by Lorenzo Crescentini                   
Misdiagnosed by Jackie Bee                                                  
Dog Drool by Frederick J. Mayer                                                               
The Venusian Mantis by Teege Braune                                
The Color of the Gods by Ken Heueler                               
Spawning Ground by Hannah Lackoff                              
Curse of the Dark Queen by Lily Luchesi                         
Monika Unraveling by Rebecca House                                
Crawling With Them by Jason Zwiker                                
Seven Sisters by James Machin                                             
The House In The Mountains by Michael Washburn          
Eyes Without A Face by Thomas Vaughn                            
Clartley Chowder by Riche Brown                                      
Dominion Over Abbadon by Richard J. O'Brien                 
Divine Wind Of The Dark by Frank Schildiner                
Skrik by Bekki Pate                                                              
The Ferryman's Journal by Ed Burkley                              
Demiurge by Marc A. Fitch                                                   
And In Her Eyes The City Drowned by Kyla Lee Ward           
Clouds Like Memories, Words Like Stones by John R. Fultz   
Up The Lazy River by Adrian Cole    
                                         
Poems and Flash Fiction

Bad Night by Lucy Snyder
Songs Of The Quail by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Sylvan Simalcrum by Chad Hensley   
Mister Dorton's Cats by Russ Parkhurst   
Miskatonic Etudes by James P. Roberts
The Cursed by Julio Toro San Martin & Hank Simmons
The Autumn People by Kurt Newton
The Great Time Machine by Denny E. Marshall
Ea Carpe Noctis by Frank Coffman 


Amazon.com   Kindle   Wildside Press: Softcover   Wildside Press: eBook


Weirdbook Magazine Blogspot  Weirdbook  Facebook: Weirdbook







24 August 2018  

Adventure House
Now available!

G-8 and his Battle Aces #54

Patrol of the Phantom by Robert J. Hogan
A battle with Hell and Destruction above the earth, and a thousand chances for a fighting man to die!  Here is adventure that carries you high to the bloody thrills that have painted the skies!

The Ace and the Elephant
Fighting Man
The Buzzard Battalion
The Way of An Ace

Cover Artist: Frederick Blakeslee


7 x10, 110 pages, $12.95


Adventure House
Now available!

The Phantom Detective - August 1944

The Booby Trap Murders! by Robert Wallace
Death beats the Phantom Detective to the punch when he smashes out at a gigantic million-dollar crime conspiracy—but he counters with an ingenious defense that makes his enemies scurry for cover!

Death Laughs Last by Mel Pitzer
This One Will Kill You! by Edward Ronns
Lady With A Corpse by C.K.M. Scanlon


Cover Artist: Rudolph Belarski
 
7x10, 82 pages, $14.95



Adventure House
Now available!

Startling Stories – May 1942

Blood on the Sun by Hal K. Wells
The ancient brain-destroyers prepare to use the bodies of mankind for their own sinister purposes and few are aware of the threatening menace!

Alla-Beg’s Genii by Richard O. Lewis
Macrocosmic by G.L. Paddocks
The Making of Misty Isle by Stanton A. Coblentz


Cover Artist: Earle Bergey

7x10, 130 pages, $14.95


Adventure House Pulp and Collectibles Show
SUNDAY – September 9th, 2018

ARBUTUS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
5200 Southwestern Blvd – Halethorpe MD 21227
We’ve finally put together a show in the Mid-Atlantic area on September 9th, 2018. 
Conveniently located off I-95, just south of the Baltimore Beltway. 
Only 5-10 minutes from BWI Airport or Amtrak. [See map below.]

Convention Hours – 10am – 4pm
$5.00 Attendance Fee
Seventy plus tables with thousands of pulps and lots of popular culture collectibles.
Two large parking lots
Snack bar on premises
Hotels nearby include: [Rates are not guaranteed]
Holiday Inn BWI Airport – $108
Country Inn & Suites – $118
Holiday Inn Express – $99
Aloft BWI  – $89
Red Roof Plus – $80
Hilton Garden Inn BWI Airport – $93
BWI Airport Marriott – $139
Fairfield Inn & Suites BWI Airport – $96
La Quinta Inn & Suites  – $115
Hilton Baltimore BWI Airport – $139
Hampton Inn BWI – $97
Shipping services by Adventure House through USPS available for a standard counter rates and a small handling fee.
Short trip to the Baltimore Inner Harbor [15 Minutes]
Slightly longer trip to Washington DC [30 minutes]



Adventures in Bronze / Altus Press

On September 1, The Wild Adventures team will announce its next world-shattering crossover novel . . . .

I will add that announcement in this space after it has been made.
Stay tuned!!!!

Adventures in Bronze / Altus Press
THE DOOM LEGION
Written by Will Murray,
Cover by Joe DeVito.
Now available in softcover and eBook!
Coming soon in hardcover!

When a weird meteor crashes in the middle of Central Park on Halloween night, its eerie unholy light attracts the attention of Richard Wentworth––alias The Spider!

Investigating, the millionaire criminologist encounters a maelstrom of madness in the making.
Drawn, too, are two sinister figures from the past––international master criminals who join forces to harness the power of the pulsing meteorite.

Alone, The Spider confronts his greatest challenge, but he is not alone this time.
For the unholy power of the meteorite draws James Christopher, alias Operator 5, and another government agent from the past, known only as G-8….

Together, this heroic trio must battle a pair of powerful adversaries intent on harnessing and unleashing the malevolent power of the Green Meteorite.


$24.95

The hardcover edition will include a bonus Secret 6 story not available in any other edition...



Will began writing the sequel to The Doom Legion ...it's called Fury in Steel and features The Spider alone!


 

Age of Aces
Now available!

Captain Philip Strange: Strange Squadrons (Volume 7)

A mental marvel from birth, who used his talents on stage as a boy, Philip Strange is now known as “The Phantom Ace of G-2″ by the Allies during WWI. From his very first adventure, Captain Philip Strange has rooted out only the most bizarre battalions commissioned by Germany in the Great War. When flying coffins circle the air, or severed hands drop from the sky, the call goes out for the Phantom Ace of G-2 Intelligence. For the Allies know that only the so-called “Brain-Devil” and his aides can out-fly the zombie traitors and human bombs, or out-spy fiends like The Mask and the Man with the Iron Claw! When World War I gets weird, only America’s own “Phantom Ace of G-2” has a ghost of a chance against the supernatural slaughter. Captain Philip Strange in his strangest cases yet from the pages of Flying Aces magazine!
 
Take another trip through the imaginings of Donald E. Keyhoe, where the WWI war skies are filled with giant bats, invisible fire, and beautiful spies. And where America turns to its own unnatural secret weapon: Captain Philip Strange. A mental marvel from birth, he was so terrifyingly effective as the Allies’ top agent that the Germans were offering a king’s ransom for his death. This fifth volume of weird WWI adventures collects six stories featuring Germany’s wildest attempts to win the war and Captain Philip Strange’s counter measures!

Stories include:
 ■“A Squadron Will Perish,” – Flying Aces, August 1931
 ■“Port of Missing Pilots,” – Flying Aces, March 1932
 ■“The Fokker Fiend,” – Flying Aces, May 1932
 ■“The Midnight Ace,” – Flying Aces, June 1934
 ■“Squadron from the Grave,” – Flying Aces, June 1936
 ■“The Mad Squadron,” – Flying Aces, October 1937
 
$16.99 | 6″x9″ trade paperback | 318pp | ISBN:978-1-937590-13-0


The Jailbird Flight: The Devil Flies High (Volume 2)

They had all been sentenced to a living death and all bore The Convict Brand! The Jailbirds were recruited from the military prisons of Britain, France, and America. Real men, molded in the harsh fires of life, dishonored perhaps in the eyes of the Army— but men with red blood and courage. Hard fighters, some of them hiding bitter memories, but all of them ready to follow their leader, “Killer” Kirby, down a flaming suicide trail on the most dangerous missions of the Great War! Rather than wither behind bars—they were given the chance to die fighting!
 
This is the second of two exciting volumes of the collected adventures Donald E. Keyhoe’s Jailbird Flight stories that ran through all three of Popular Publication’s air anthology titles. Starting in Battle Aces in September 1931 running through the end of it’s initial publication run when they switched to Battle Birds at the end of 1932 and into Dare-Devil Aces in 1934.
 
In August of 1931, Donald E. Keyhoe started three long-lived series in three different aviation magazines: Philip Strange in Flying Aces; The Devil Dog Squadron in Sky Birds; and The Jailbird Flight in Battle Aces. This volume features the first seven Jailbird adventures published by Popular Publications in 1931 and ‘32. A former U.S. Marine pilot, Keyhoe was a prolific contributor to the pulp magazines, but he is perhaps best remembered for his UFO research in the Fifties and Sixties.


Stories include:
 ■“The Jailbird Patrol” – Battle Birds, December 1932
 ■“The Cyclone Patrol” – Dare-Devil Aces, February 1933
 ■“The Red Lightning Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces, July 1933
 ■“The Hooded Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces, February 1934
 ■“The Skeleton Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces, November 1934
 
$16.99 | 6″x9″ trade paperback | 322pp | ISBN: 978-1-937590-11-6









The Age of Dimes and Pulps
Now available!

From the dime novels of the Civil War era to the pulp magazines of the early 20th century to modern paperbacks, lurid fiction has provided thrilling escapism for the masses. Cranking out formulaic stories of melodrama, crime and mild erotica--often by uncredited authors focused more on volume than quality--publishers realized high profits playing to low tastes. Estimates put pulp magazine circulation in the 1930s at 30 million monthly.

This vast body of "disposable literature" has received little critical attention, in large part because much of it has been lost--the cheaply made books were either discarded after reading or soon disintegrated. Covering the history of pulp literature from 1850 through 1960, the author describes how sensational tales filled a public need and flowered during the evolving social conditions of the Industrial Revolution.


Table of Contents
Preface    
A Love of the Lurid
Publishing the Sensational
Enter the Dime Novel
Dime Novel Heroes
Glorifying the Outlaws
The Rise of the Detective
Transition to the Pulps
Fantastic Heroes and High Adventure
Detectives Become Hard Boiled
And Even Harder Boiled
Pulp Visions of the Cowboy
The Western Pulp Matures
Pulps for Everyone
Yellow Perils and Weird Menaces
The Pulps Fade Away
Postscript    
Chapter Notes    
Bibliography    
Index    


Paperback: 242 pages
Product Dimensions: 7 x 9.5 inches

$39.95

Thanks to Mike Chomko for the tip!



 

Airship 27 Productions
PULP MYTHOLOGY VOLUME 1
Now available!

Wesbster’s diction defines “Myth” as a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.  A collection of myths is a mythology. 

Now Airship 27 Productions brings you four such tales of wonder and imagination as distilled through the minds of today’s New Pulp writers. Stories handed down before the written word that still mesmerize and entertain us.

“This book was inevitable,” explains Airship 27 Productions Managing Editor, Ron Fortier. “After doing our series of Sinbad the Sailor anthologies, we always felt there was a market for pulp flavored stories inspired by classic mythological heroes. Once we put the word out, filling this first volume took no time at all.”  In these pages you will find such eternal heroes as Hercules, Achilles, the Monkey King and Beowulf in classic adventures courtesy of Jaime Evans, Joel Jenkins, Barbara Doran and Fred Adams Jr.

Clayton Hinkle provides the black and white interior illustrations and Zachary Brunner the cover featuring a battling Hercules. In PULP MYTHOLOGY, ancient thrills are made new again and legends live forever.


Available from Amazon in paperback and coming soon on Kindle.

Airship 27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!


Airship 27 Productions
AIRSHIP 27 TO BRING BACK
SUN-KOH : HEIR TO ATLANTIS


Dedicated pulp fans are aware of the fact that the concept of hero pulps was not limited to the United States. During the 30s and 40s, pulp magazines were popular all over the world and there were hundreds of original crime fighting heroes created in England, France and Germany. One such foreign star was Sun-Koh, Heir of Atlantis written by German writer Paul Muller and clearly intended to be an Aryan version of America’s Doc Savage. Like Savage he was larger than life and throughout his hundreds of adventurers was accompanied by a group of loyal, unique individuals.

Beside the similarities there were also major differences and these were what have created an on-going controversy over this character. Whereas Doc Savage was a man of science and his companions all experts in various technical fields, Sun-Koh was slanted towards mythology and magic. He was supposedly a time-traveler from the sunken continent of Atlantis, a member of the royal family and master of mystic abilities. And although there was plenty of super scientific gizmos in his adventures, it was the magic that took center stage. His aides were also magicians, immortals and religious Hindu assassins. Quite an eclectic mix.

In 2010, in the midst of the New Pulp explosion, Dr. Art Sippo wrote a brand new adventure novel featuring these characters. “Sun-Koh : Heir of Atlantis.” It premiered to rousing acclaim by pulp fans and a sequel was planned. Sadly that second book never materialized and eight years later, the first book is out of print. Now Airship 27 Productions is about to rectify all that. Over the past few days, Ron Fortier, Airship 27 Productions’ Managing Editor entered into an agreement with Dr. Sippo to reprint “Sun-Koh : Heir to Atlantis.”

“We couldn’t be happier,” Fortier reported after getting Dr. Sippo’s green light. “Naturally we’re going to give the book the full Airship 27 treatment, with interior illustrations and a brand new cover. And who knows, maybe this new release will spur the good doctor to tackle that long awaited sequel.”

Finally, Pulp Factory Award Winning writer, Andrew Salmon, will be writing an introduction to the new edition. No date has been set for the release and further developments will be posted as the project progresses.

Airship 27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!


ALTERNATE WORLDS ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF SCIIENCE FICTION 3RD ED - Coming in November!
(Writer) James Gunn

Alternate Worlds was first published in 1975 and became an instant classic, winning a Hugo Award the next year. This edition brings the history of science fiction up to date with a chapter covering developments over the past forty years, a period that has seen the advent of technologies only imagined in the genre's Golden Age. As a literature of change, science fiction has become increasingly meaningful, presaging dangers to humanity and, as Alvin Toffler wrote, guarding against "the premature arrival of the future." The world has begun to recognize science fiction in myriad ways, incorporating its visions in products, visual media and huge conventions. James Gunn describes its arc from early myth and fancy to today's complex literature, as the world itself was changed by exploration, science and technology.

Softcover, 7x10, 300 pages, Partial Color, $49.95, On sale November 21.

ALTERNATE WORLDS is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 29).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181887.


Altus Press
Six Sets of The H. Bedford-Jones Library at Steep Discounts

Now available!

Altus Press is celebrating the release of 36 high-quality collections of written by “The King of the Pulps,” author H. Bedford-Jones.
With so many titles out, what better time to announce six sets of The H. Bedford-Jones Library, each at a deep discount.
Each set contains six books, and is available in soft- and hardcover editions.
Check ’em out:


The H. Bedford-Jones Library, Series 1

Buccaneer Blood: The Adventures of Denis Burke
Cyrano
D’Artagnan: A Sequel to The Three Musketeers
The King’s Passport
O’Brien, Buccaneer
Will o’ the Wisp

Softcover: regularly $97.70, now $79.95
Hardcover: regularly $179.70, now $159.95

The H. Bedford-Jones Library, Series 2
Abel Smith of Nantucket
Bellegarde
Bowie Knife
The King Makers: The Adventures of Vincent Connor
The Sphinx Strikes
Texas Shall Be Free!

Softcover: regularly $100.70, now $79.95
Hardcover: regularly $179.70, now $159.95

The H. Bedford-Jones Library, Series 3
Dead Men Singing: The Men Who Fought For Texas
The Devil’s Bosun
Ghost Hills
Our Far Flung Battle Line
The Sphinx Emerald
Treasure Seekers

Softcover: regularly $122.70, now $89.95
Hardcover: regularly $194.70, now $169.95


The H. Bedford-Jones Library, Series 4
Adventures of a Professional Corpse
The Brazen Peacock
The Cross and the Hammer: A Tale of the Days of the Vikings
Gimlet Eye Gunn
Invitation to a Crime: Further Adventures of Denis Burke
The Mardi Gras Mystery

Softcover: regularly $81.70, now $69.95
Hardcover: regularly $179.70, now $159.95

The H. Bedford-Jones Library, Series 5
Colonel Flea
Conquest: The Story of Pierre Radisson, Founder of the Hudson Bay Company
The Life of Pinky Jenkins, Volume 1
Red Runes of China
Thady Shea’s Saga
Tyrone of New Orleans

Softcover: regularly $99.70, now $79.95
Hardcover: regularly $184.70, now $159.95


The H. Bedford-Jones Library, Series 6
The Ghost of Screwface Hanlon
Gunpowder Gold
One More Hero: The Cases of the Fireboat Men
The Princess and the Prophet
They Lived By the Sword
Warriors in Exile

Softcover: regularly $114.70, now $84.95
Hardcover: regularly $184.70, now $159.95



Altus Press
Now available!

Secret Agent X: The Complete Series, Volume 9
by G.T. Fleming-Roberts and Paul Chadwick

For 41 issues from 1934 to 1939, SECRET AGENT "X" battled the forces of evil in the pages of his own pulp magazine. Now, for the first time... the complete pulp series is being reprinted in nine deluxe omnibus editions! The text has been reset and all the original interior illustrations have been remastered. This volume contains the final five stories, by G.T. Fleming-Roberts and Paul Chadwick: "Claws of the Corpse Cult," "The Corpse that Murdered," "Curse of the Crimson Horde," "Corpse Contraband" and "Yoke of the Crimson Coterie." This is THE Secret Agent "X" reprint series to own!

PLUS: the one-shot Captain Hazzard adventure "Python Men of Lost City" by Paul Chadwick!

524 pages | $34.95 softcover | $44.95 hardcover



The Complete Air Adventures of Gales & McGill, Volume 2: 1930-31
by Frederick Nebel


Follow Bill Gales and Mike McGill, hard fighting and high flying soldiers of fortune; freelancers for hire from China to Borneo and beyond. Follow their hard-boiled exploits in the sinister Far East. This, the second of two volumes, collects the last seven tales, written by Black Mask alum Frederick Nebel, and the novel Bloodhounds of the Sky ripped from the pages of the Fiction House rough paper mags, Air Stories and Wings.

440 pages | $29.95 softcover | $39.95 hardcover



Dusty Ayres and his Battle Birds #8: The Black Avenger
by Robert Sidney Bowen


“To Captain Ayres: The greatest among us has died by your hand. We, the living, are pledged to avenge that loss. Within forty-eight hours you and your comrades will be wiped from the face of the earth. Nothing can save you!” This message, signed Ekar, was dropped on Dusty’s drome; at the same time another Yank air field nearby was wiped out by a new horror weapon—a flaming rain that destroyed everything it touched! How can America fight this new menace? How can she keep the Blacks from crossing her borders?

184 pages | $13.95 softcover





Altus Press
Now available!


by Paul Ernst, Hugh B. Cave, William E. Barrett, Norvell W. Page, D.L. Champion, and Frederick C. Davis
This specially-priced set includes all six books in Series 4 of The Dime Detective Library:

The Complete Cases of Inspector Allhoff, Volume 2 by D.L. Champion
The Complete Cases of Ken Carter by Norvell W. Page
The Complete Cases of Needle Mike, Volume 1 by William E. Barrett
The Complete Cases of Peter Kane by Hugh B. Cave, introduction by Bob Byrne
The Complete Cases of Secrets, Inc., Volume 2 by Frederick C. Davis
The Complete Cases of Seekay by Paul Ernst, introduction by Will Murray
Considered the greatest of all detective pulps to only Black Mask, Dime Detective was the home to dozens of classic, quirky series characters, all with an offbeat twist.
Get all of Series 4 at a big discount!

$189.70 hardcover
SALE PRICE: $150.00 

$124.70 softcover
SALE PRICE: $98.49



A millionaire playboy with a yen for excitement, young Ken McNally disguises himself as the gray-haired, gold-toothed, jaundiced-looking proprietor of a seedy tattoo parlor in the “tenderloin” district of St. Louis. His unusual occupation frequently brings him into contact with underworld denizens who, willingly or accidentally, embroil him in criminal activities.

Written by William E. Barrett, Needle Mike found himself embroiled in nearly 20 hard-boiled mysteries originally published between 1935 and 1938 in the pages of Dime Detective, the prestigious crime pulp second only to the legendary Black Mask in its impact on the genre.

Contains the following stories: “The Tattooed Corpse,” “The Tattooed Countess,” “The Tattooed Curse” and “The Tattooed Cobra.”

258 pages | $19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover



Brilliant, decisive, and hard-charging, Deputy Inspector Allhoff was the NYPD’s ace detective until bullets from a mobster’s machine gun robbed him of his legs, his career, and—in the opinion of an associate—his sanity. Yet Allhoff was too good a man to be put out to pasture, so New York’s police commissioner found a way to keep him employed and refer to him such cases as the department couldn’t or wouldn’t handle. Confined to a wheelchair and operating from a seedy tenement flat, Allhoff is assisted by two cops: Battersly, the rookie patrolman whose brief moment of cowardice cost the inspector his legs, and Simmons, the bitter career cop who detests Allhoff but sticks with the embittered cripple to protect his own pension.

Contains the following stories: “The 10:30 to Sing Sing,” “Coffee for a Killer,” “The Corpse That Wasn’t There,” “A Bed for the Body,” “Tell It to Homicide,” “Murder in the Mirror,” “A Leg on Murder,” “You’re the Crime in My Coffee.”

328 pages | $19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover


The Complete Cases of Peter Kane (The Dime Detective Library)
by Hugh B. Cave
introduction by Bob Byrne

No longer a Boston police officer, hard-boiled drunk Peter Kane made the easy transition to work as a P.I. Though now in private practice, Kane had a knack for cracking cases while constantly inebriated. Collecting the entire series, along with an all-new introduction by Bob Byrne.

Written by Hugh B. Cave, Kane stumbled through nine gin-soaked yarns published between 1934 and 1942 in the pages of Dime Detective, the prestigious crime pulp second only to the legendary Black Mask in its impact on the genre.

Contains the following stories: “The Late Mr. Smythe,” “Hell on Hume Street,” “Bottled in Blonde,” “The Man Who Looked Sick,” “The Screaming Phantom,” “The Brand of Kane,” “Ding Dong Belle,” “The Dead Don’t Swim” and “No Place to Hide.”


365 pages | $24.95 softcover | $34.95 hardcover



Immediately before picking up the reigns of writing the adventures of the Spider, pulp writer Norvell Page introduced the weird detective mysteries of another, similar adventure character, Ken Carter. Running in the hard-boiled pages of the 1930s detective pulps, Ken Carter battled a myriad of offbeat villains in a series which is clearly a prototype of Page’s style of novels he soon later wrote of the Spider. Collecting all seven stories, along with their original illustrations.

Contains the following stories: “Hell’s Music,” “City of Corpses,” “Statues of Horror,” “Gallows Ghost,” “Satan’s Hoof,” “The Sinister Embrace” and “Satan’s Sideshow.”


367 pages | $24.95 softcover | $34.95 hardcover


The Complete Cases of Seekay (The Dime Detective Library)
by Paul Ernst
introduction by Will Murray

The cases he takes up are often bizarre and grotesque, but no more so than this anonymous private investigator himself: Seekay’s entire face is covered by a mask of pink celluloid, with only his “burning black eyes” visible to those who come into contact with him—and who almost invariably are unnerved by the experience, whether friend or foe. Collecting the entire series, written by the writer of The Avenger, Paul Ernst.

Contains the following stories: “Madame Murder—and The Corpse Brigade,” “The Corpse With The Third Eye,” “Case Of The Smoking Skulls,” “Two Tickets To Hell” and “Widow Of The Talking Head.”


193 pages | $14.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover



From 1933 to 1935, Frederick C. Davis chronicled the cases of Hollywood P.I. firm Secrets, Inc. Led by Clay “Oke” Oakley and assisted by Cherry Morris and Archibald Brixey, Secrets, Inc., investigated some of the weirdest and most ingenious crimes in the long history of Dime Detective Magazine—all centering around the film industry. Volume 2 collects the final five mysteries.

Contains the following stories: “Death on Delivery,” “Tracks of the Turtle,” “Blood from the Parrot,” “The Green Ghoul” and “Doorway to Doom.”


332 pages | $19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover









Altus Press: Pulp Blog - Now online!

Now Available: Six Sets of The H. Bedford-Jones Library at Steep Discounts
- New!
Altus Press Releases Secret Agent X Vol. 9, Gales & McGill Vol. 2, and Dusty Ayres Vol. 8
Veiled Knowledge by Edwin James (American Science Fiction Magazine Series)
Even More Vintage Pulp Logo T-Shirts Are Now Available -
Altus Press Latest Releases: The Lost Spider Novel, Dusty Ayres, and a New Issue of Black Mask Magazine
The Next Wave of The H. Bedford-Jones Library is Here
Mavericks Headlines the Next Wave of Popular Hero Reprints

Amazing Stories
First new print issue!

Debuting at the Worldcon Friday, August 17, 2018!



Stay tuned for information on how you can get a copy!


Amazing Stories



American Mythology Productions and Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
Coming in November!


CARSON OF VENUS #2: PIRATES OF VENUS
(Writer) Len Wein (Art/Cover) Michael William Kaluta

This is the thrilling conclusion to the masterpiece adaptation of Pirates of Venus by comic book legends Michael Kaluta and Len Wein! Edgar Rice Burroughs’ incredible imagination takes off as “Wrong Way Carson” makes his historic trip to Venus and encounters a world of fantastic creatures and civilizations.

Carson of Venus #2 Pirates of Venus comes with two covers – Main and Limited-Edition B&W Cover by living legend Michael Kaluta.

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale November 28.
Full Color, 32 pages, $9.99, On sale November 28 (B&W Limited edition).

CARSON OF VENUS #2: PIRATES OF VENUS is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 29).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181422 (Main).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181423 (Limited Edition B&W).

American Mythology Productions and Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
Coming in December!


CARSON OF VENUS: FLAMES BEYOND #1
(Writer) Christopher P. Carey  (Art) Cyrus Mesarcia  (Cover) Michael William Kaluta


Carson of Venus faces his most epic adventure yet in The Fires Beyond. Carson Napier and his love Duare believe they have at last found a refuge from the dangers of Amtor in the peaceful city of Sanara, where Carson is the adopted son of the jong of Korva. But when Carson and Duare’s element-powered airplane is attacked by a flock of raging angan bird-warriors, they find themselves caught in the web of Varlek Sar, a power-hungry scientist from the technocratic dystopia of Havatoo.

Carson of Venus The Flames Beyond #1 comes with three covers – Main by legendary comic artist Michael Kaluta, Variant by Cyrus Mesarcia, and limited-edition B&W cover also by Kaluta.


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale December 28.
Full Color, 32 pages, $9.99, On sale December 28 (B&W Limited edition).

CARSON OF VENUS: FLAMES BEYOND #1 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 29).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181419 (Kaluta).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181420 (Mesarcia).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181421 (Limited Edition B&W).


American Mythology Productions
Coming in November!

ZORRO LEGENDARY ADVENTURES #4
(Writer) Jean-Marie Nadaud (Art) Robert Rigot (Cover) Francisco Cueto


American Mythology is proud to deliver classic stories that have never been seen in English and share the legendary exploits of the original masked hero with his fans worldwide.

Zorro Legendary Adventures #4 comes with two covers – Main and Limited-Edition Blazing Blades of Zorro by Francisco Cueto.


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale November 28.
Full Color, 32 pages, $9.99, On sale November 28 (Limited edition).

ZORRO LEGENDARY ADVENTURES #3 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 29).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181438 (Main).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181439 (Limited Edition).





Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available and arriving in comic shops August 29!

THE SHADOW #133: “Syndicate of Sin” & “Merry Mrs. MacBeth”
Lamont Cranston and ’the lovely Margo Lane" prove that “crime does not pay" in classic pulp thrillers by Theodore Tinsley and Walter B. Gibson. First, only The Shadow knows that stolen Nazi art treasures are being peddled in America by a murderous “Syndicate of Sin." Then, death comes hurtling onto the stage of “Merry Mrs. MacBeth,” a new Broadway musical. BONUS: the debut adventure of Carrie Cashin, the pulps’ gorgeous girl sleuth! This instant collectors item showcases the classic color pulp covers by George Rozen and Modest Stein plus the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban with historical commentary by Anthony Tollin and Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-251-3 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
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)


Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
At the printer and shipping in September!

THE SHADOW #134: “The Creeping Death” and “The Banshee Murders”
Haunted Halloween Special!The Master of Darkness proves that “crime does not pay" in chilling pulp thrillers by Walter B. Gibson writing as “Maxwell Grant." First, a deadly Oriental poison is employed to dominate the world gold market! Will Lamont Cranston fall victim to “The Creeping Death”? Then, a seance, a vanishing blonde and a nymphlike creature lure The Shadow along a trail to hidden treasure! Can The Shadow pierce the occult shroud in one of his most baffling cases? This instant collectors item leads of with one of George Rozen’s most haunting paintings (reproduced directly from the original art) and also showcases the original interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Paul Orban and historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-252-0 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
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)


Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming to online retailers in November!
Coming to comic shops November 28!

THE SHADOW Volume 136: “The Wealth Seeker,” “Guardian of Death” & “Murder in White"
Lamont Cranston takes center stage in three classic pulp novels by Walter B. Gibson and Bruce Elliott writing as “Maxwell Grant.” First, the generous donations of an unknown philanthropist attract the sinister attention of “The Wealth Seeker” and his criminal minions! Then, a “Guardian of Death” protects a crypt’s incredible secret until it’s unearthed by The Shadow! Finally, Lamont Cranston goes undercover in a big city hospital to clear a physician falsely accused of committing “Murders in White.” This triple-novel special leads off with a knockout color pulp cover by George Rozen and also showcases the original interior illustrations by Tom Lovell, Paul Orban and Edd Cartier and historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-254-4 Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95

THE SHADOW VOLUME 136 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 29).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181956.

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)




Art's Reviews Podcasts! - Now online!

Flinch Fest
Jim Beard and John Breuning discuss the output of there publishing house Flinch Books.

Past episodes:
Wayne Reinagel's new novel "The Castaway"
A Baker's Dozen - 13 essays and an Interview about the Doc Savage Universe by Jeff Deischer
Jon Black Discusses his novel "Bel Nemeton"
Author and Publisher James Bojaciuk discusses his work
UFOs & Nukes by Robert Hastings (and quite alot more)
Doc Brazen: Millenium Bug - A Doc Savage Pastiche

ATHENA VOLTAIRE GOLDEN DAWN TPB - Coming in November!
(Writer) Steve Bryant (Art) Yusuf Idris (Covers) Steve Bryant

Athena travels to Portugal to retrieve a previously undiscovered Da Vinci Codex.
Complications ensue, leaving the aviatrix and her companions racing around the globe to stop the Nazis' mysterious Golden Dawn Society from uncovering the artist's greatest secrets.


Trade paperback,128 pages, Full Color, $14.99, On sale November 28.

ATHENA VOLTAIRE GOLDEN DAWN is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 29).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181356.

 

Cover
not
available.

 

Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press
Now available!

The latest release from Murania Press is a collection of informative, extensively researched essays on the Westerns of pulp fiction and Saturday-matinee motion pictures from the 20th century’s first half. Most of these pieces initially saw print in BLOOD 'N' THUNDER; a few were originally written for other publications; and one is new to this book. The reprinted essays all have been reedited and expanded, some considerably. Author Ed Hulse examines best-selling authors such as Zane Grey, Max Brand, Walt Coburn, and Clarence E. Mulford; memorable series characters such as Zorro, Hopalong Cassidy, The Lone Ranger, and Whistling Dan Barry; and popular cowboy stars such as Tom Mix, Roy Rogers, William Boyd, Randolph Scott, George O’Brien — to name just a few in each category.

While not a comprehensive narrative history, this book’s 17 essays in their totality cover a long span of time and a great deal of ground. The author has uncovered a wealth of heretofore unreported information on the making of classic Western movies, much of it gleaned from the actors, writers, and directors themselves.

As a bonus the book reprints Stewart Edward White’s outstanding 1919 novella, THE KILLER, twice adapted by Hollywood; the second and best version, a stylish 1932 exercise in “Western Gothic” titled MYSTERY RANCH, is covered by Hulse at length in the 5,100-word essay written specifically to accompany White’s story.

At 286 pages, its 146,000 words accompanied by dozens of seldom-seen cover reproductions and rare movie stills, THE WILD WEST OF FICTION AND FILM is an invaluable addition to the history of American pop culture. It's available at muraniapress.com for $25.00, which includes free shipping to domestic U.S. buyers.


Cover Art by Walter Baumhofer
286 pages., deluxe trade paperback edition, 8 1/2 X 11
Price: $25.00


PURCHASE PRICE INCLUDES SHIPPING AND HANDLING TO DOMESTIC BUYERS.
OVERSEAS BUYERS MUST INQUIRE FOR SHIPPING RATES BEFORE PLACING ORDERS



Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press: EDitorial Comments - Now online!

PulpFest 2018 Report: Part Two

PulpFest 2018 Report: Part One
The Latest from Murania Press
June 2018 Collectibles Section Update
Happy Birthday, Iris Meredith!
2018 Windy City Film Program


Bold Venture Press
ZORRO AND THE LITTLE DEVIL
By Peter David
Now available!

Bold Venture Press will release a brand new ZORRO novel in July in both paperback and hard cover, a brand new addition to our six volumes of original pulp fiction stories by Johnston McCulley.
ZORRO AND THE LITTLE DEVIL, along with a bonus story entitled “Diego and the Baron,” licensed by Zorro Productions, are written by Peter David. writer of comic books, novels, television, films and video games. His notable comic book work includes an award-winning 12-year run on The Incredible Hulk, as well as runs on Aquaman, Young Justice, Supergirl, Fallen Angel, Spider-Man 2099 and X-Factor.

His Star Trek work includes both comic books and novels such as Imzadi, and co-creating the New Frontier series. His other novels include film adaptations, media tie-ins, and original works, such as the Apropos of Nothing and Knight Life series. His television work includes series such as Babylon 5, Young Justice, Ben 10: Alien Force and Nickelodeon's Space Cases, which he co-created with Bill Mumy. David often jokingly describes his occupation as "Writer of Stuff", and is noted for his prolific writing, characterized by its mingling of real-world issues with humor and references to popular culture, as well as elements of metafiction and self-reference.

David has earned multiple awards for his work, including a 1992 Eisner Award, a 1993 Wizard Fan Award, a 1996 Haxtur Award, a 2007 Julie Award and a 2011 GLAAD Media Award.


Pages: 202
Size: 6" x 9"
 Zorro and the Little Devil
Zorro and the Little Devil
Formats: Softcover, Hardcover, eBook
Price:  $19.95, $39.95, $7.50




Broadswords and Blasters - Now online!

Pulp Consumption: Big Trouble in Little China - New!
Pulp Consumption: Jules de Grandin
Broadswords and Blasters Issue 6 is Now Available!
Pulp Consumption: Playback
Pulp Consumption: Chinatown
Pulp Consumption: The Adventure of the Incognita Countess


Castalia House Blog - Now online!

The Abominations of Yondo - New!
The Mighty Warriors
Sensor Sweep: REH Guide, The High Crusade, Pulp Revolution, D&D, King Kong
Sensor Sweep: Keys to Other Doors, Xenophile, Skylark of Space, Roger Zelazny
Sensor Sweep: Ray Capella, Queen of Communist Cannibals, H. Rider Haggard
The Cosmic Express

COMIC BOOK CREATOR #19 - Coming in January!

Comics historian Steve Ringgenberg joins CBC as guest co-editor for our special tribute to the great fantasy artist, Frank Frazetta [1928-2010]!

CBC #19 includes a comprehensive, career-spanning interview with the master unseen for 32 years, complemented with innumerable articles on his many achievements: examinations of Frank's Conan work and "Adventures of a Brooklyn Hillbilly"; studies of his White Indian series as well as his public service advertisements; forays into his ace caricaturist material in movie posters and record album covers, and much more!

Cover artist Tom Grindberg, is interviewed, as weall famed fantasy painter Joe Jusko, discussing their careers and the indelible Frazetta influence on their work.

Magazine, 100 pages, Full Color, $9.95, On sale January 30 .


COMIC BOOK CREATOR #19 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 29).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP182067.

TwoMorrows Publishing  


CONAN
Marvel Comics announces Jason Aaron, Mahmud Asrar, and Esad Ribic for New Conan series!
The new adventures begin this January!

Jason Aaron, Mahmud Asrar, and Esad Ribic Lead New CONAN THE BARBARIAN Series!
The new adventures begin this January!

This January, Conan makes his triumphant return to Marvel Comics in the all-new CONAN THE BARBARIAN! And today, Marvel is excited to announce the new creative team of the first series – the acclaimed team who will lead the famed barbarian into his new adventures!

Superstar writer Jason Aaron will helm the new tales of the sword-slashing hero, bringing him to life alongside star artist Mahmud Asrar (X-Men Red, Cloak and Dagger). Aaron and Asrar will be joined by cover artist Esad Ribic (Fantastic Four, Secret Wars, Marvel Legacy) and Eisner Award-winning colorist Matt Wilson (Runaways, The Mighty Thor.)

“I’ve literally been preparing for this job since I was 13 and discovered my first Robert E. Howard Conan paperback in a used bookstore in my little hometown of Jasper, Alabama,” said Aaron. “I devoured every Howard book I could find after that, and I’ve been making up Conan stories in my head ever since. Now I finally get to do that for real, alongside the amazing Mahmud Asrar. So this opportunity means an awful lot to me, and I’m cherishing every blood-splattered, spider-haunted second of it.”

“Growing up, Conan was one of the first comic books I’ve read. It’s partly responsible in making me a lifelong comic book reader,” said Asrar. “In fact, it’s the first book where I’ve noticed the names of the creators and that being a comic book artist was something I could do for a living. Now, years later, I get the chance to draw the book myself and do it with the amazing Jason Aaron. I couldn’t be happier to tell epic new tales of the Cimmerian – to continue the legacy that will hopefully make a mark on readers, just like the original comics did for me.”

“I can’t wait for readers to see the epic scope of the first story lined up for CONAN,” shared editor Mark Basso. “Like our illustrious writer and artist, my intro to Conan came in the form of an old paperback that magically found its way to me as a kid, and this team is harnessing all of that love and respect for the character’s history while expanding the Hyborian mythos in a way that’s really never been done before.”

“These past months have been an exciting whirlwind for us and the folks at Marvel, going through creative teams with passion for the Cimmerian,” added Fredrik Malmberg, President & CEO of Cabinet Entertainment. “Jason and Mahmud are crafting a really strong story, it’s amazing to see the process and pages coming through. Esad Ribic’s covers evoke the classic Conan, yet with his own distinct and personal freshness. Crom!”

This January, be prepared to witness Conan’s exploits, magic, and mayhem in an all-new series, starting with CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1!




CONAN: THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOLUME 1 - Coming March 20!

Penciled by Barry Windsor-Smith & John Buscema With Gil Kane, Neal Adams, Jim Starlin, Esteban Maroto, Tony DeZuniga, Sonny Trinidad, Alex Niño, Tim Conrad, Pablo Marcos, Gray Morrow, Gene Colan, Val Mayerik, Howard Chaykin, Walter Simonson, Jess Jodloman & Bruce Jones

Covers by Gabriele Dell’otto & Boris Vallejo (Direct Market)

Crom! This inaugural volume ushers in Marvel’s line of definitive Savage Sword of Conan collections. After the breakout success of Conan’s color comic, Marvel brought the legendary sword-and-sorcery saga of Robert E. Howard’s hero to its black-and-white magazine line. In lushly illustrated novel-length adventures with all the drama, violence and allure the comic book medium can offer, writer Roy Thomas and Marvel’s greatest artists craft a host of Conan classics like Barry Windsor-Smith’s “Red Nails” and John Buscema’s “Black Colossus” and “A Witch Shall Be Born” featuring the infamous Tree of Death are just the beginning!

Collecting SAVAGE TALES (1971) #1-5 and SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN (1974) #1-12 and SPECIAL (1975) #1.

Collecting: SAVAGE TALES (1971) 1-5; SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN (1974) 1-12, SPECIAL (1975) 1

On Sale: April 2, 2019
Format: Hardcover
Price: $100.00 ($127.00 In Canada)
Size: 7-1/4" X 10-7/8"
Pages: 1072


Hardcover, 8x12, 720 pages, Full Color, $125.00, On sale March 20.

THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOLUME 1 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 29).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181003 (Del'otto cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181004 (Valejo cover).









 

Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!

Forgotten Books: MACHINE GUNS OVER THE WHITE HOUSE by Novell Page (1937)  
- New!
Comic Gallery: EL ZORRO 9-16 - New!
FRANK FRAZETTA's Dan Brand & Tipi meet George Washington (1949)  - New!
Pulp Gallery: CAPTAIN FUTURE  - New!
Movie Posters of 1918 (Part 2)  - New!
Forgotten Books: CONAN THE DEFENDER by Robert Jordan (1982)
Weird Planets of VIRGIL FINLAY
Graham Ingels does LANCE LEWIS, SPACE DETECTIVE (1947) 
Pulp Gallery: CRACK DETECTIVE 

DEJAH THORIS #10 - Coming in November!
Writer: Amy Chu
Art: Pasquale Qualano
Cover A: Diego Galindo
Cover B: Mike McKone
Cover C: Pasquale Qualano

All things come to head as the royal fleet is attacked by the Tharks and Dejah Thoris is willing to sacrifice herself for the good of Helium.

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale November 21.

DEJAH THORIS #10 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 29).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181114 (Galindo cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181115 (McKone cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181116 (Qualano cover).

  
  
   

 

The Digest Enthusiast Blog - Now online!

PULP HORROR NO. 7: THE MUMMY LIVES!  
- New!
Mystery Weekly Magazine August 2018 - New!
Broadswords and Blasters No. 6 Summer 2018  
Pulp Literature #19 Summer 2018
Weirdbook No. 39  
Coming soon: Pulp Modern 


DMR Books Blog - Now online!

Forefathers of Sword and Sorcery: A. Merritt  - New!
Forefathers of Sword and Sorcery: H.P. Lovecraft - New!
Raise a Glass of Atlantean Vintage
The DMRtian Chronicles, 8/12/2018
The DMRtian Chronicles, 8/2/2018
Roy G. Krenkel: A Centennial Remembrance, Part One


Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
UNTAMED PELLUCIDAR
By Lee Strong
Illustrated by Douglas Klauba

Now available in hardcover & softcover!
Coming to comic shops November 28!


Northern Russia, 1924: The Red Army is eliminating those who resist the fledgling Soviet government. At The Battle of the Plutonian Plain, the White Russian forces, aided by wily American Edgar Rice Burroughs, do not fall, instead retreating into the dangers of Pellucidar. Comrade Trotsky, the Soviet leader, sends his troops to hunt them down—and destroy them.

Mikhail Kirillivitch Kirov, a young conscript caught up in this mad scheme, is fascinated by this new world. Formerly a student anthropologist, he finds Pellucidar’s Stone Age landscape and inhabitants a revelation—until he’s grabbed by a mammoth Skal and flown back to its aerie to feed its giant offspring.

Thus begins Kirov’s astounding adventure in the Northern environs of Pellucidar, rife with its incredible Paleolithic animal life, including Skals, Trals and Dyals, tremendous birds with sharp talons and fierce beaks; Ryths, the huge Stone Age cave bears whose claws can tear a man apart; and the vicious Jaloks, hyaenodons whose wild packs slaughter their prey mercilessly. These and other fantastic beasts stalk Kirov as he navigates the complex world of Pellucidar’s most dangerous predator: Man.

To survive, Kirov must escape slavery from the Beautiful Ala and her mighty Black Birdriders, foster a civil war, impress the natives with his “inventions,” conquer the terrifying Pulka Horde, and become a warlord of several tribes as they flee the Soviet invaders. It’s a tale in the grand tradition of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ epic adventures at The Earth’s Core.


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 !!!


ARTIST
An award-winning illustrator, Douglas Klauba was born and raised in Chicago, and is a graduate of the American Academy of Art. Doug's paintings have been included in the art annuals of Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, the Society of Illustrators, and Imagine FX magazine. His painting, "Mercury Jack," exhibited in the Spectrum Show at the Museum of American Illustration and another of his paintings,"Da Vinci's Dream" was awarded Best in Show at the 2005 World Fantasy Convention. A poster of his painting, "Stella 7" can be seen hanging on Howard Wolowitz's bedroom wall on the hit television show, The Big Bang Theory. He was Artist Guest at the 2016 Oum Oum, and previously provided interior art for Tarzan Trilogy..


Harcover: $34.95 (Lulu.com)
Softcover: $19.95 (Amazon.com)

UNTAMED PELLUCIDAR is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 29).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181768 (Softcover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181769 (Hardcover).

 



   

Edgar Rice Burroughs
TARZAN AND THE REVOLUTION
 
By Thomas Zachek
Illustrated by Mike Grell
Now available!

Eric Benton, an idealistic young Midwestern Peace Corps volunteer, could hardly have known that his mission to help an African village would embroil him and his colleagues in the political struggles of an emerging African nation. The people of central Africa likewise had no idea how quickly their expectations for freedom could be taken away when a ruthless dictator seizes power. And Tarzan of the Apes had no idea that before long, he would be compelled, once again, to undertake a long and perilous journey with the Waziri to save their families.

Set against a backdrop of political unrest in modern Africa, Thomas Zachek's latest page-turner takes the reader from the dank treasure troves of the lost city of Opar to turmoil in the city streets as Tarzan battles one of his most ruthless foes!


Hardcover: 208 pages
Publisher: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches

$34.95





Edgar Rice Burroughs
SAVAGE PELLUCIDAR
Coming in September!

SAVAGE PELLUICAR
ERB’s seventh and final novel in the series is for the first time published by ERB Inc. and G&D in a Signed/Numbered Set (#1-248) -
with different dust jackets, bindings (red & blue), and front/end matter and a new Foreword by Richard Lupoff and Preface by Phil Burger.  

Each Set Includes:

Two matching number books signed by the contributors.
Dust Jacket paintings by Bob Eggleton (wraparound) and Thomas Grindberg.
30+ Story Illustrations including:

  Color artwork by Frazetta, Jusko and St. John (newly colorized)
  B&W illustrations by Takebe(16), Ivie, St. John and Grindberg.
Custom Slipcases, High Quality Paper and Bindings - 80# Finch in a vellum finish, vintage style book cloth, map endpapers, bookmarks and sewn bindings.

First Time in Hardback: ERB’s unpublished dj blurb, 2-page illustrated title pages for each of the four novellas.

Anticipated Ship Date Aug. 31st 2018


PRE-ORDER for THE LIMITED EDITION SET - SAVAGE PELLUCIDAR (1 of 248 signed/numbered)
$199.99





 

Foundation
Apple Gives Series Order To Adaptation Of Isaac Asimov’s Sci-Fi Classic
From David Goyer & Josh Friedman

Three months after Apple landed for development a TV series based on Foundation, the seminal Isaac Asimov science fiction novel trilogy, the project has received a 10-episode straight-to-series order.

The series order completes an year-long journey for the project. Last June,  Deadline revealed that Skydance had made a deal with the Asimov estate and has tapped Goyer and Friedman to crack the code on a sprawling series based on the books that informed Star Wars and many other sci-fi films and TV series.

Goyer and Friedman serve as executive producers and showrunners. Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Marcy Ross also executive produce, along with Asimov’s daughter, Robyn Asimov.

Hermes Press: THE PHANTOM: THE ART OF THE GHOST WHO WALKS - Coming in November!
(Writer) Daniel Herman (Art) Ray Moore & Various

To celebrate the 80th anniversary of the first masked hero of the comics, The Phantom, Hermes Press presents the first definitive survey of all of the major artists whose work brought the character and the comic strips and comic books to life. Prefaced by a definitive essay, which chronicles the birth of the feature, this book offers rarely seen early original artwork by Ray Moore and Wilson McCoy. This deluxe art book additionally offers chapters on the artists who have worked on the strip from its beginning in 1936 to the present with numerous examples of original artwork, specialty pieces, and unpublished artwork. The Art of the Phantom also covers artists from all over the world who have worked on feature including Australia, Italy, and Scandinavia.

Hardcover, 9x12, 240 pages, Full Color, $65.00, On sale November 28.


THIS IS A RESOLICITATION - PREVIOUS ORDERS ARE CANCELLED!

THE PHANTOM: THE ART OF THE GHOST WHO WALKS is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 29).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181829.






Hermes Press: THE PHANTOM: PRESIDENT KENNEDYS MISSION HC GN - Coming in November!

The year is 1962, and the Phantom returns once again in a new adventure! There's a possible world war with Russia looming on the horizon, and newly minted President John F. Kennedy calls upon his old friend Kit Walker for help. Veteran Phantom script writer Ron Goulart returns with artists Sean Joyce and Sinclair Klugarsh to put a new spin on an old favorite: mystery, intrigue, and more! This action packed graphic novel tells the newest tale of the 21st Phantom; from intrigue deep in the jungle to a mole in the White House, this fast-paced adventure brings all of your favorite characters along for the ride!

Hardcover, 7x10, 128 pages, Full Color, $24.99, On sale November 28.


THE PHANTOM: PRESIDENT KENNEDYS MISSION #2  and #3 have been cancelled.
They are superseded by this graphic novel of the entire story.

THE PHANTOM: PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S MISSION HC is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 29).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181830.






Cover not available
Howard Andrew Jones - Now online!

Pictures in the Fire

Mighty Warriors Arrive
Mighty Warriors
Lankhmar
Chainsaw and Corris
Flamehair

ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #61 - Now available and arriving in comic shops August 29!

We feature the work of EARL MORAN, known for his luscious pin-up illustrations, and notable for his work with the young Marilyn Monroe.
Our second feature showcases the work of the brilliant editorial cartoonist THOMAS NAST, who needs no introduction.
Our final article is the second part of an ongoing series, HOW THE WEST WAS SOLD featuring early illustrations from the Western frontier.
Book reviews, exhibitions and events, and more round out the issue.


Magazine, 80 pages, Full Color, $15.00





ILLUSTRATORS MAGAZINE #24 - Coming in November!
(Writer) Diego Cordoba (Art) Various

Illustrators goes off to the movies in true French style as we celebrate the art of some of the most inventive and inspired poster artist ever. Astonishing and inspirational artwork by Rojac, Jean Mascii, Clement Hurel, Roger Soubie, Boris Grinsson, Michel Landi, Ferracci, Jacques Benneaund, Rene Peron and a host of other talents from the Golden Age of French movie posters. plus our regular features including The Bookshelf and Letters. More like a book than a magazine, illustrators is the art quarterly devoted to the finest illustration art ever published.

Magazine, 96 pages, Full Color, $24.99, On sale November 28.



ILLUSTRATORS MAGAZINE #24 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 29).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181585.



JAMES BOND HAMMERHEAD TPB  - Arriving in comics shops August 29!
(Writer) Andy Diggle (Art/Cover) Luca Casalanguida


Bond is assigned to hunt down and eliminate Kraken, a radical anti-capitalist who has targeted Britain's newly-upgraded nuclear arsenal. But all is not as it seems. Hidden forces are plotting to rebuild the faded glory of the once-mighty British Empire, and retake by force what was consigned to history. 007 is a cog in their deadly machine - but is he an agent of change, or an agent of the status quo? Loyalties will be broken, allegiances challenged. But in an ever-changing world, there's one man you can rely on: Bond. James Bond.

Trade paperback, Full Color, 168 pages, $19.99




JAMES BOND 007 #1 - Coming in November!
Writer: Greg Pak
Art: Marc Laming
Cover A: Dave Johnson
Cover B: John Cassady
Cover C: Rafael Albuquerque
Cover D: Marc Laming

The ODD JOB epic begins in a new ongoing James Bond comic series by superstars GREG PAK (Planet Hulk, Mech Cadet Yu) and MARC LAMING (Star Wars, Wonder Woman)! Agent 007 tracks a smuggler into Singapore to secure a dangerous case, contents unknown. But a Korean mystery man wants the case as well, for very different reasons. And if Bond and this new rival don't kill each other, the ruthless terrorist organization known as ORU will be more than happy to finish the job.

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale November 7.

JAMES BOND 007 #1 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 29).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181041 (Johnson cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181042 (Cassaday cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181043. (Albuquerque cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181044. (Laming cover).

 



 


JAMES BOND ORIGIN #3 - Coming in November!
(Writer) Jeff Parker (Art) Bob Q (Covers) John Cassaday, Declan Shalvey, Kev Walker, Ibrahim Moustafa, BOB Q

Aboard a Royal Navy submarine, Lieutenant James Bond and crew encounter deadly German warships and bombers! Can the British crew keep their nerve and evade…or will they sink into a watery grave? (STL099948)

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale November 14.

JAMES BOND ORIGIN #3 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 29).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181132 (Cassaday cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181133 (Shalvey cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181134 (Walker cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181135 (Moustafa cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181136 (Bob Q & Boyd cover).

  
  
  
  
  






Jerry Schneider Enterprises
Now available!

ORIENTAL STORIES, October 1930
The first issue of this short-lived pulp magazine.

Contents:
THE YELLOW RIVER by Hung Long Tom
SINGAPORE NIGHTS by Frank Owen
THE MAN WHO LIMPED by Otis Adelbert Kline
THE WHITE QUEEN by Francis Hard
FLOWER PROFILES by Hung Long Tom
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS by S. B. H. Hurst
THE TIGER'S EYE by Pearl Norton Swet
EYES OF THE DEAD by Lieutenant Edgar Gardiner
THE DESERT WOMAN by Richard Kent
THE COBRA DEN by Paul Ernst
THE BLACK CAMEL by G. G. Pendarves
THE CURSE by Captain Ed Smith
THE VOICE OF EL-LIL by Robert E. Howard
THE CIRCLE OF ILLUSION by Lottie Lesh


Pulp Sized Magazine, 7 x 10 inch, 144 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $12.95


THRILLING WONDER STORIES, March 1940

Contents:
WORLDS WITHIN WORLDS by Frederic Arnold Kummer Jr
THE TIME CHEATERS by Eando Binder
THE PLANET OF CHANGE by Manly Wade Wellman
RENEGADE FROM SATURN by Raymond Z. Gallun
VIA SUN by Gordon A. Giles
PERFECT MURDER by H. L. Gold
THE THOUGHT MATERIALIZER by Leo Sonderegger


Pulp-Sized Magazine, 7 x 10 inch, 132 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $12.95




JOE GOLEM #3 (OF 5) THE DROWNING CITY - Coming in November!
(Writer) Mike Mignola, Chris Golden (Art) Peter Bergting (Cover) David Palumbo

Occult detective Joe Golem and an unlikely sidekick venture to a ruined cemetery in search of a missing conjurer, but he can't ignore the bigger mystery about his own shadowy past and the one who is really keeping secrets from him.

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale Novenber 14.

JOE GOLEM #3 THE DROWNING CITY is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 29).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP180270.


JULES DE GRANDIN
A RIVAL FROM THE GRAVE: THE COMPLETE TALES OF JULES DE GRANDIN, VOLUME FOUR

by Seabury Quinn
Coming September 4!

The fourth of five volumes collecting the stories of Jules de Grandin, the supernatural detective made famous in the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales.

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 fourth volume, A Rival from the Grave, will include all the stories from “The Chosen of Vishnu” (1933) to “Incense of Abomination” (1938), as well as an introduction by George Vanderburgh and Robert Weinberg and a foreword by Mike Ashley.


Hardcover, 512 pages, $34.99
eBook: $19.99


 





Justin Marriott
PULP HORROR #7
Now available!

PULP HORROR #7
The cover as illustrated by Rik Rawling.  

IThe fanzine of horror in vintage paperbacks, comics and magazines. The Living Mummy special! 68 pages, full-colour. Articles on the appearance of The Mummy in American comics, German pulps, Novels and short-stories. Includes checklists and heavily illustrated throughout.
 
Paperback: 50 pages
Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches
$14.99



Coming soon:
Articles for issue 40 of The Paperback Fanatic are just back from being proof-read, so expect that in October.

Issue 8 of Pulp Horror is just about in place and Sleazy Reader 8 is also coming together.


Issue 11 of Men of Violence will be a historical fiction special which will out before Xmas. 






LONE RANGER VOLUME 3 #2  - Coming in November!
(Writer) Mark Russell (Art) Bob Q (Cover) John Cassaday

The adventure continues from multiple Eisner Award nominee MARK RUSSELL (The Flintstones) and BOB Q (James Bond Origin)!

Tonto and the Lone Ranger go to Austin to foil a plan to cover the Texas panhandle in barbed wire. They are discovered and have to fight their way out of the city. Tonto devises a new strategy based on trick plays he learned from playing football at the Carlisle Indian School and Silver knocks a man unconscious with a wooden post.


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale November 14.

THE LONE RANGER #2 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 29).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181146.




Martin Grams' Blog - Now online!

Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's Fantastic Four
Dick Tracy meets the Green Hornet
Obscure trivia about Robert Wagner


Meteor House
TARZAN AND THE DARK HEART OF CRIME
By Philip Jose Farmer
Now available!

One of the most famous heroes in literature is back!
Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, returns with a vengeance in this action-packed adventure by Philip José Farmer, Hugo Award winner, Nebula Grand Master, and author of the incredible Riverworld saga.

Tarzan’s beloved mate, Jane, has been kidnapped, and the furious ape-man will let nothing stand in the way of rescuing her—not even a sinister safari whose target is Tarzan himself. With fierce Masai trackers leading the chase, a trio of white hunters are hellbent on capturing the Jungle Lord. But as the pursuers, and their uncanny half-human tracker, close in from behind, Tarzan races toward even greater danger ahead.

For the trail leads to a bizarre, long-forgotten land boasting a multitude of strange and terrifying mysteries: the City Built by God, the Hideous Hunter, the One to Avoid, and most shocking of all, the Crystal Tree of Time—whose seductive powers could ultimately spell Tarzan’s doom . . .

Philip José Farmer, a descendant of the actual Greystoke family, and a recipient of the prestigious Golden Lion Award, bestowed by the Burroughs Bibliophiles at the 1970 Dum-Dum, is famous for his adventure novels starring Tarzanic characters. Now, in Tarzan and the Dark Heart of Time, authorized by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., Farmer lends his vast imagination to the legend of the Lord of the Apes himself!

In addition, this handsome new edition, which sports a gorgeous painted cover by well known Burroughs artist Mark Wheatley, a new Foreword by longtime Burroughs scholar Robert R. Barrett, and a new Introduction by Farmer expert Win Scott Eckert, will also be released in a trade paperback edition.

Now accepting preorders, the book will be released at FarmerCon 100, held in conjunction with PulpFest 2018 in Pittsburgh, PA, July 26-29. As always, readers who preorder and attend FarmerCon/PulpFest can pick up their copies there—and as an added bonus, get them signed by Wheatley and Eckert! All other copies will ship immediately after FarmerCon 100.

ORDERING:
The trade paperback edition is $20 (plus shipping).
The hardcover edition is $35 (plus shipping).
Or you can preorder them together for only $50—that’s $5 off (plus you’ll save even more with combined shipping)!


Trade paperback: $20
Hardcover: $35
6×9, 260 pages


Due out in July 2018, you can preorder the trade paperback, hardcover, or both, by clicking here.

The Official Philip José Farmer   Meteor House


Meteor House
The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection
Now available!

To mark Philip José Farmer's 100th Birthday, Meteor House is proud to present a mammoth collection worthy of the Grand Master. With over fifty pieces spanning seven decades The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection goes beyond the typical "best of" anthology. From classic science fiction to poems, articles, tributes, speeches and more all by Farmer himself. Additionally there is an introduction by Joe R. Lansdale, a foreword by Tracy Knight, a bibliography at Zacharias L.A. Nuninga, and each decade features a synopsis of Farmer's life and career. At well over 900 pages this collection is a must for all science fiction fans and historians and is available in trade paperback and hardcover featuring two covers by Mark Wheatley.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Foreword

The 1940s
Bradley Brave Sees New York
O’Brien and Obrenov
Imagination

The 1950s
The Lovers
Sail On! Sail On!
Sestina of the Space Rocket
Mother
Lovers and Otherwise
Attitudes
Totem and Taboo
The Tin Woodman Slams the Door

The 1960s
On a Mountain Upside Down
Uproar in Acheron
The King of the Beasts
Riverworld
The Blind Rowers
Riders of the Purple Wage
The Jungle Rot Kid on the Nod
My Father the Ripper (an excerpt from A Feast Unknown)
Kickaha’s Escape (an excerpt from A Private Cosmos)
The Josés From Rio


The 1970s
Only Who Can Make a Tree
The Sliced-Crosswise-Only-On-Tuesday World
An Exclusive Interview with Lord Greystoke
Sketches Among The Ruins of My Mind
After King Kong Fell
Writing Doc’s Biography
Sherlock Holmes & Sufism
The Problem of the Sore Bridge—Among Others
To the Wizard of Sci-Fi
A Fimbulwinter Introduction
Osiris on Crutches
The Last Rise of Nick Adams
The Freshman
Creating Artificial Worlds

The 1980s
The Making of Revelation, Part 1
Buddha Contemplates His Novel
The Long Wet Dream of Rip van Winkle
The Man Who Came for Christmas
Plane Talking (an excerpt from A Barnstormer in Oz)
The Peoria-Colored Writer
Memoir
Why and How I Became Kilgore Trout
St. Francis Kisses His Ass Goodbye

The 1990s
Evil, Be My Good
Wolf, Iron, and Moth
Why Do I Write?
A Hole in Hell
More than Most
Casting Turtles (an excerpt from Nothing Burns in Hell)

The 2000s
The Face That Launched a Thousand Eggs
Keep Your Mouth Shut
The Good of the Land
The First Robot
The Princess of Terra
That Great Spanish Author, Ernesto
The Terminalization of J. G. Ballard
The Light-Hog Incident

Bibliography

Trade paperback: $35
Hardcover: $50
5.5×8.5, 940+ pages


Due out in July 2018, you can preorder the trade paperback, hardcover, or both, by clicking here.

Trade Paperback

Hardcover


Mystery*File - Now online!

Pulp PI Stories I’m Reading: HARRY LYNCH “The Ape.”
- New!
Reviewed by David Vineyard: FRED MacISAAC – The King Who Came Back
PulpFest Report by Walker Martin
Pulp PI Stories I’m Reading: ERLE STANLEY GARDNER “Lord of the High Places.”
COLLECTING PULPS: A Memoir  Part 21: Pulp Art, Part Three by Walker Martin
Pulp Fiction Stories I’m Reading: THORP McCLUSKY “The Crawling Horror.”  



September 13-15, 2018! 

Hunt Valley Wyndham (recently changed now to a Marriott)
SAME HOTEL, NEW NAME.

Announcing the first half of our celebrity lineup for our 2018 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!

Dr. Vigilante

Captain Hawklin
Super Savant
The Crimson Devil
Dr. Shadows
The Man of The Mist




PulpFest Reports

Murania Press: PulpFest 2018 Report: Part One
Murania Press: PulpFest 2018 Report: Part Two
Mystery*File:  PulpFest Report by Walker Martin - New!
Pulp Flakes:  PulpFest 2018 - trip report  - New!




The 2018 Munsey Award
William Lampkin

William Lampkin has been named the winner of the 2018 Munsey Award. Nominated by the general pulp community, Bill was selected through a vote cast by all the living Lamont, Munsey, and Rusty Award winners. The award is a fine art print created by David Saunders and published by Dan Zimmer of The Illustrated Press. It is presented annually to an individual or institution that has bettered the pulp community. David Saunders — winner of a special “retro” Lamont Award in 2016 — presented this year’s award. As Bill was unable to attend PulpFest 2018 due to family obligations, the award was accepted by Mike Chomko.

Our 2018 Munsey Award winner, William Lampkin, is a freelance writer/editor and publication designer who has spent much of his work life in the newspaper field, much like Rambler Murphy (but without the cool nickname and crime-solving). After freelancing for a number of years, he’s now the public information officer for a professional licensing board. Like many from his generation, Bill discovered the pulps through paperback reprints of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert E. Howard, The Shadow, Doc Savage, and The Spider. He bought his first actual pulp in the seventies. Bill runs ThePulp.Net, which he created in 1996, and also writes the Yellowed Perils blog. He founded the Facebook group Southern Pulpsters in 2015. A resident of Florida, he has designed THE PULPSTER since 2008, and beginning with its 22nd issue, became editor of the award-winning program book. The first twenty-one issues of the magazine were edited by Tony Davis, winner of the 1999 Lamont Award. Tony calls Bill: “One of the unsung heroes of contemporary pulp fandom.” In late 2013, Bill also began to design PulpFest‘s print advertisements, badges, and other materials. He is a member of the PulpFest organizing committee, serving as the convention’s advertising director and webmaster.

Congratulations to Bill for this most deserved award.

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2019 Munsey Awards.
If you’d like to make a nomination for this prestigious award, please send a short explanation concerning your reasons for the nomination to PulpFest marketing and programming director Mike Chomko at mike@pulpfest.com.
You can also reach Mike at 2217 W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA 18104-6542. Previous winners of the Lamont, Munsey, or Rusty Award are not eligible for the award. Click here for a list of our previous winners.


The deadline for nominations is April 30, 2019. Please click here for additional details. Thanks for your help.

PulpFest 2019

PulpFest has received an offer to merge with a larger comic convention back in Columbus, our original home. Nothing has been decided but the committee is carefully weighing all options. This would return Pulpfest to Columbus and possibly increase attendance, which has been down since the move to Pittsburgh.The response was that fans of original pulps voiced opposition and "New Pulp" movement members supported it. That's an oversimplification, based on who stood to speak about the idea.  A move to Labor Day weekend would also be considered, since that might also increase attendance.  None of this is locked in, but the committee said it has not committed to the Pittsburgh DoubleTree at Cranberry yet for 2019.


Pulpgen-Online Pulps - Now online!

New this week

"The Island of Doctor X" by Allan K. Echols from THRILLING WONDER STORIES, December, 1936        
A Monarch of Chaos Releases the Floodgates of Gold - and World Devastation.

"Jay Bird's Judgment" by W. C. Tuttle from ADVENTURE, 1st April, 1919        
The Cross J boys are unhappy that their cook has left, forcing the owner, Jay Bird Whittaker to do the cooking. Having heard he wished he were married, one of the hands tries to arrange a marriage only to attract all the unmarried cooks in the region, much to the displeasure of the other ranches.

"The Devil's Sink Hole" by Albert Richard Wetjen from ACTION STORIES, December, 1940
Stinger Seave   
It needed a brave man or a suicidal fool to tame Anea, hell-hole of the Islands . . . and Stinger Seave was both.



Pulp Den by Tom Johnson - Now online!
  
Illicit Passion
 - New!
Metal Chest
Space Rogues
Honesty In World War 2
Spur of The Moment Bride
Nameless Serenade
Lilith Cohen: Merchants of Death


         Pulp Den  

Pulp Flakes - Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors and their stories, adventure and detective pulps.

Index to the fanzine Xenophile - part 2   - New!
Five Stahr covers
Pulpfest 2018 - trip report  
George Bruce Marquis - Author, College bursar  
Gayle Hoskins - prints from "A Cowboy's Day" series of covers


The Pulp Hermit  by Tom Johnson - Now online!

Dividends of Doom  
New Pulp Author Thomas Condarcure
Bullets And Bad Times
Six Gun Angel
Introducing New Pulp Authors: Ray Capella

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
G-8 and His Battle Aces #24 Audiobook
Staffel of Beasts
by Robert J. Hogan

Read by Nick Santa Maria

Now available!
 
They called G-8 the Flying Spy. History never recorded his exploits—and for good reason! No one would ever believe World War I was that wild!
 
“I’m going blind... I can’t see!”
 
From all along the Yank front those reports came in — pitiful reports from troops sent up to stage a victory drive — troops that now fought on — grimly, hopelessly. And G-8, watching from the air, vowed grimly to avenge their slaughter, to bust wide open the most sinister sky scheme that ever threatened the Allied armies!


 
The most popular aviator in Pulp Fiction was actually created in a car. Going home to New Jersey from New York City, author Robert J. Hogan came up with the idea that would be G-8 and His Battle Aces. Having already met with Popular Publication’s President Harry Steeger, Hogan had been given the job of writing a daring new hero for Popular to take advantage of both the popular Hero centered Pulps as well as the fascination with aviation that was gripping the country at the time.
 
Driving through the Holland Tunnel in 1933, Hogan crafted the basics of G-8 and his war torn world while caught in traffic. He took the name from a ranch in Colorado where he’d spent a summer, actually flying for his first time on a plane for that trip. G-8 would be the only name America’s Master Spy would ever have.
 
Hogan didn’t plan to have his hero fly alone, however. G-8’s two companions, Nippy and Bull, were based on actual pilots who, coincidentally, shared their first names. Together, these three Battle Aces would fight a war that was equal parts nostalgic flashback, perhaps morbid fascination with the horrors of war, and the stuff nightmares are made of. Monsters and madmen flew into battle every month against G-8.
 
Nick Santa Maria brings G-8, Nippy and Bull to thrilling life in their desperate struggle to defeat a strange nemesis unlike anything they have ever before encountered in Staffel of Beasts. Originally published in the September, 1935 issue of G-8 and His Battle Aces magazine.
 
Nick DeGregorio composed the music for the G-8 and His Battle Aces series of audiobooks.

  
Discounted 50% the first week.
MP3 digital download - $4.99
Audio CDs - $9.99

Regular price:
5 hours - $9.99 Download / $19.98 Audio CDs

Radio Archives


The Purple Invasion story #5 of 13
 
Purple armies from the prairies and a great Purple navy looming over the western horizon made ready to clamp the fetters of slavery on America’s last defenders. But a grim line of fighting men waited in the Emperor Rudolph’s path with a soldierly serenity that said, “Here we die.” And every life laid on this altar of freedom gave Jimmy Christopher, Operator #5 of the Intelligence Service, new respite as he followed a trail of desperate adventure studded with disgrace and death.


 After two years, Frederick C. Davis, the original author behind Operator #5, grew tired of saving the United States through his surrogate hero, and bowed out. His editors required that he write under the house name of Curtis Steele, so readers didn’t notice when Emile C. Tepperman and then Wayne Rogers took over the series. Tepperman became famous for breaking the monthly menace format, and launching a continuing serial revolving around the Purple Invasion, wherein a Hitlerian Axis of European powers actually succeeds in conquering America, forcing Jimmy Christopher and his courageous crew into the roles of ragged guerrillas desperately battling to reclaim the nation, state by state. Fans have dubbed this thirteen-part saga, “The War and Peace of the pulps.”
 
In the far reaches of High Asia, the Purple Empire had set up its factories and its smelters, to forge the most powerful weapon yet devised in military history. That weapon was a fleet of super-dreadnoughts equipped with a strange secret device to render our Defense Force helpless... In this gripping novel of the historic Purple Invasion, giant guns ashore and turret magic at sea hurl death at America’s crumbling bulwarks as intrigue knifes the stout defenders. And Operator #5, Secret Service ace, becomes a man without a country, with death and disgrace as his only reward.
 
Liberty's Suicide Legions is read with stirring intensity by Milton Bagby. Originally published in the January 1937 issue of Operator #5 magazine.

Performed by Audie Awards winner, voice actor Milton Bagby.


Discounted 50% the first week.
MP3 digital download - $4.99
Audio CDs - $9.99

Regular price:
5 hours - $9.99 Download / $19.98 Audio CDs


Radio Archives Pulp Classics
The Green Lama #1 eBook
The Green Lama & Croesus of Murder

by Kendell Foster Crossen writing as Richard Foster

Now available!

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.
 
The jade-robed Buddhist priest who battled crime as The Green Lama is back! Conceived in 1939 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.
 
Table of Contents:
 
The First Adventure of The Green Lama
The Green Lama by Kendell Foster Crossen writing as Richard Foster
Only the Green Lama stood between this mysterious, sinister, master criminal, and the domination of the world. Only the Green Lama had the knowledge, out of the ages, and the fortitude, out of a life of strict adherence to Truth and belief in Justice, to combat this menace which threatened the very life of the nation.
 
The Second Adventure of The Green Lama
Croesus Of Murder by Kendell Foster Crossen writing as Richard Foster
The shadow of a ruthless, mad dictator’s power casts itself over the nation and The Green Lama marshals his cohorts in a battle to the death against this secret menace led by a masked American who seeks the mantle of world dictator.

 
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.

Regular price:  $3.99
Discounted 50% the first week: $1.99



RED SONJA #20  - Arriving in comic shops August 29!
Writer: Amy Chu, Erik Burnham
Art: Carlos Gomez
Cover A: Babs Tarr
Cover B: Tula Lotay
Cover C: John Royale  
Cover D: J. Bone
Cover E: Cosplay

As the castle prepares for the Feast of the Deities, Sonja and her friends reluctantly take on the job of event security for the owner, the shifty Rusa Sandak, while Sonja attempts to solve the mystery of the missing Lord Skath... at the local tavern.

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale August 29.

 
 
 

 
 

       

RED SONJA #23 - Coming in November!
Writer: Amy Chu, Erik Burnham
Art: Carlos Gomez
Cover A: Ben Caldwell
Cover B: David Williams
Cover C: Tom Mandrake
Cover D: Carlos E. Gomez
Cover E: Cosplay

Many people have met their end while facing the She-Devil and her sword... and usually, that's the end of it.
But now, Sonja is compelled by a minor god to compensate a man for the death of his eldest son.
To settle the score, she'll have to retrieve a family heirloom from a vicious beast... but it could be worse.
(After all, some heroes are forced to perform twelve labors, not just one!) Monsters, treasure, swordplay and gods -- all in "The Axe at the Top of the Mountain!"

Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale November 28.

RED SONJA #23 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 29).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181177  (Caldwell cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181178  (Williams cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181179  (Mandrake cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181180  (Gomez cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181181  (Cosplay cover).

   
   
   
      
       

       
RED SONJA: BALLAD OF THE RED GODDESS HC - Coming in November!
(Writer) Roy Thomas (Art) Esteban Maroto, Santi Casas (Cover) Esteban Maroto

A stunning new original graphic novel produced in cooperation with leading Spanish publisher Planeta, from the legendary creative team of writer Roy Thomas, artist Esteban Moroto and the incredible talent of Santi Casas - presented here as an oversized hardcover and featuring a spectacular use of black, white and RED!

Never before seen in English, this Hardcover OGN is an all-new tale, lost from the Nemedian Chronicles - until now!

The very origins of Sonja are cleverly teased as the masterful Roy Thomas weaves a tale of intrigue, deception and the search for eternal youth.

Hardcover, 88 pages, Partial Color, $19.99, On sale November 28.

Hardcover, Signed Edition, 88 pages, Partial Color, $49.99, On sale November 28.

RED SONJA: BALLAD OF THE RED GODDESS is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 29).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181093.
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181094 (Signed edition).



The Serial Squadron
Now available!

THE GREAT ARABIAN ADVENTURE SERIAL
THE DESERT HAWK

Featuring
GILBERT ROLAND, KENNETH MacDONALD, MONA MARIS, FRANK LACKTEEN
and CHARLES MIDDLETON


In the land of Ajad, Hassan, the jealous and treacherous twin of rightful, good caliph Kasim targets his brother for murder and assumes his identity. Unknown to Hassan, Kasim survives his scheming brother's midnight coup and assumes the identity of a legendary outlaw called "the Hawk." Kasim and his loyal allies must battle Hassan's treasonous assassins and the dangerous Brothers of the Sword in order to help the rightful ruler win the love of beautiful princess Azala and work his way back to the throne.

An action-packed and entertaining exotic adventure story with lavish sets and an engaging plot, featuring a good cast including a solid leading man in a dual role and many familiar supporting classic serial actors. One of a few costume epic serials of the 1940s that tried something different.
Standard definition dual-layer (double-length) DVD
15 episodes; 4 hours 52 minutes
Restored picture and audio, with light warm/cool tone enhancement.



SHEENA QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE TPB VOL 02 - Coming in November!
(Writer) Marguerite Bennett, Christina Trujillo (Art/Cover) Maria Sanapo

The start of a bold new adventure! Mother Forest is beset by a terrible plague that sickens the very jungle, but this deadly evil is not the only danger Sheena must face. A ruthless huntress prowls the forest, seeking a girl with golden hair, and the mark of the jaguar...

Trade paperback, 144 pages, Full Color, $19.99, On sale November 7.


SHEENA QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE VOLUME 2 TPB is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 29).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181213.




SPECTRE LIBRARY: THE PULP AND PAPERBACK FICTION READER - Now online!

Tracks of the Turtle by Frederick C. Davis
“Some Rise by Sin” by Alan Whicker
Love Packs a Six-Gun by John Frederick
“Make Mine Murder” by Robert Sidney Bowen
“Realm of the Alien” by Chester Delray (Dublin, Ireland: Grafton Publications)



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.

Summer Movie Miscelleny
Barker and Bender on the Case-Part Seven
A Pause in the Barker-Bender Saga
Barker and Bender on the Case-Part Six
Barker and Bender on the Case-Part Five


VAMPIRELLA / DEJAH THORIS #3 - Coming in November!
(Writer) Erik Burnham (Art) Ediano Silva (Covers) Jan Anacleto, Stephen SegoviaCarlo PagulayanJoe Jusko

Dejah and Vampirella may have reached an understanding with the Black Martians, but complications continue when the self-styled goddess Issus arrives with an offer that could save Vampirella's people... though the goddess' price would change Martian society forever-starting with Dejah Thoris!


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale November 28.

VAMPIRELLA / DEJAH THORIS #3 is solicited in the September PREVIEWS (Available August 29).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181188 (Anacleto cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181189 (Segovia Cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181190 (Pagulayan cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181191 (Jusko cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181192 (Cosplay - Vampirella cover).
The Diamond Item Code is SEP181193 (Cosplay - Dejah Thoris cover).

  
   
  
  
  
  





WEIRDBOOK #39
Print and eBook editions are now available!

Softcover, 252 pages,  6 x 9 inches
$12.00

 
Full contents


Horror Around The Bend by Franklyn Searight               
A Tiny Cut by Samson Stormcrow Hayes                             
Posthumous by Marlane  Quade Cook                                
Pages From An Invisible Book by Darrell Schweitzer         
That Name Was Evoc by Lorenzo Crescentini                   
Misdiagnosed by Jackie Bee                                                  
Dog Drool by Frederick J. Mayer                                                               
The Venusian Mantis by Teege Braune                                
The Color of the Gods by Ken Heueler                               
Spawning Ground by Hannah Lackoff                              
Curse of the Dark Queen by Lily Luchesi                         
Monika Unraveling by Rebecca House                                
Crawling With Them by Jason Zwiker                                
Seven Sisters by James Machin                                             
The House In The Mountains by Michael Washburn          
Eyes Without A Face by Thomas Vaughn                            
Clartley Chowder by Riche Brown                                      
Dominion Over Abbadon by Richard J. O'Brien                 
Divine Wind Of The Dark by Frank Schildiner                
Skrik by Bekki Pate                                                              
The Ferryman's Journal by Ed Burkley                              
Demiurge by Marc A. Fitch                                                   
And In Her Eyes The City Drowned by Kyla Lee Ward           
Clouds Like Memories, Words Like Stones by John R. Fultz   
Up The Lazy River by Adrian Cole    
                                         
Poems and Flash Fiction

Bad Night by Lucy Snyder
Songs Of The Quail by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Sylvan Simalcrum by Chad Hensley   
Mister Dorton's Cats by Russ Parkhurst   
Miskatonic Etudes by James P. Roberts
The Cursed by Julio Toro San Martin & Hank Simmons
The Autumn People by Kurt Newton
The Great Time Machine by Denny E. Marshall
Ea Carpe Noctis by Frank Coffman 


Amazon.com   Kindle   Wildside Press: Softcover   Wildside Press: eBook


Weirdbook Magazine Blogspot  Weirdbook  Facebook: Weirdbook







17 August 2018  

Adventure House
Now available!

G-8 and his Battle Aces #54

Patrol of the Phantom by Robert J. Hogan
A battle with Hell and Destruction above the earth, and a thousand chances for a fighting man to die!  Here is adventure that carries you high to the bloody thrills that have painted the skies!

The Ace and the Elephant
Fighting Man
The Buzzard Battalion
The Way of An Ace

Cover Artist: Frederick Blakeslee


7 x10, 110 pages, $12.95


Adventure House
Now available!

The Phantom Detective - August 1944

The Booby Trap Murders! by Robert Wallace
Death beats the Phantom Detective to the punch when he smashes out at a gigantic million-dollar crime conspiracy—but he counters with an ingenious defense that makes his enemies scurry for cover!

Death Laughs Last by Mel Pitzer
This One Will Kill You! by Edward Ronns
Lady With A Corpse by C.K.M. Scanlon


Cover Artist: Rudolph Belarski
 
7x10, 82 pages, $14.95



Adventure House
Now available!

Startling Stories – May 1942

Blood on the Sun by Hal K. Wells
The ancient brain-destroyers prepare to use the bodies of mankind for their own sinister purposes and few are aware of the threatening menace!

Alla-Beg’s Genii by Richard O. Lewis
Macrocosmic by G.L. Paddocks
The Making of Misty Isle by Stanton A. Coblentz


Cover Artist: Earle Bergey

7x10, 130 pages, $14.95


Adventure House Pulp and Collectibles Show
SUNDAY – September 9th, 2018

ARBUTUS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
5200 Southwestern Blvd – Halethorpe MD 21227
We’ve finally put together a show in the Mid-Atlantic area on September 9th, 2018. 
Conveniently located off I-95, just south of the Baltimore Beltway. 
Only 5-10 minutes from BWI Airport or Amtrak. [See map below.]

Convention Hours – 10am – 4pm
$5.00 Attendance Fee
Seventy plus tables with thousands of pulps and lots of popular culture collectibles.
Two large parking lots
Snack bar on premises
Hotels nearby include: [Rates are not guaranteed]
Holiday Inn BWI Airport – $108
Country Inn & Suites – $118
Holiday Inn Express – $99
Aloft BWI  – $89
Red Roof Plus – $80
Hilton Garden Inn BWI Airport – $93
BWI Airport Marriott – $139
Fairfield Inn & Suites BWI Airport – $96
La Quinta Inn & Suites  – $115
Hilton Baltimore BWI Airport – $139
Hampton Inn BWI – $97
Shipping services by Adventure House through USPS available for a standard counter rates and a small handling fee.
Short trip to the Baltimore Inner Harbor [15 Minutes]
Slightly longer trip to Washington DC [30 minutes]



Adventures in Bronze / Altus Press
THE DOOM LEGION
Written by Will Murray,
Cover by Joe DeVito.
Now available in softcover!
Coming soon in hardcover and eBook editions!

When a weird meteor crashes in the middle of Central Park on Halloween night, its eerie unholy light attracts the attention of Richard Wentworth––alias The Spider!

Investigating, the millionaire criminologist encounters a maelstrom of madness in the making.
Drawn, too, are two sinister figures from the past––international master criminals who join forces to harness the power of the pulsing meteorite.

Alone, The Spider confronts his greatest challenge, but he is not alone this time.
For the unholy power of the meteorite draws James Christopher, alias Operator 5, and another government agent from the past, known only as G-8….

Together, this heroic trio must battle a pair of powerful adversaries intent on harnessing and unleashing the malevolent power of the Green Meteorite.


$24.95

The hardcover edition will include a bonus Secret 6 story not available in any other edition...



Will began writing the sequel to The Doom Legion ...it's called Fury in Steel and features The Spider alone!

Adventures in Bronze   The Doom Legion: Softcover   The Doom Legion: eBook  The Doom Legion: Hardcover

 

Age of Aces
Now available!

Captain Philip Strange: Strange Squadrons (Volume 7)

A mental marvel from birth, who used his talents on stage as a boy, Philip Strange is now known as “The Phantom Ace of G-2″ by the Allies during WWI. From his very first adventure, Captain Philip Strange has rooted out only the most bizarre battalions commissioned by Germany in the Great War. When flying coffins circle the air, or severed hands drop from the sky, the call goes out for the Phantom Ace of G-2 Intelligence. For the Allies know that only the so-called “Brain-Devil” and his aides can out-fly the zombie traitors and human bombs, or out-spy fiends like The Mask and the Man with the Iron Claw! When World War I gets weird, only America’s own “Phantom Ace of G-2” has a ghost of a chance against the supernatural slaughter. Captain Philip Strange in his strangest cases yet from the pages of Flying Aces magazine!
 
Take another trip through the imaginings of Donald E. Keyhoe, where the WWI war skies are filled with giant bats, invisible fire, and beautiful spies. And where America turns to its own unnatural secret weapon: Captain Philip Strange. A mental marvel from birth, he was so terrifyingly effective as the Allies’ top agent that the Germans were offering a king’s ransom for his death. This fifth volume of weird WWI adventures collects six stories featuring Germany’s wildest attempts to win the war and Captain Philip Strange’s counter measures!

Stories include:
 ■“A Squadron Will Perish,” – Flying Aces, August 1931
 ■“Port of Missing Pilots,” – Flying Aces, March 1932
 ■“The Fokker Fiend,” – Flying Aces, May 1932
 ■“The Midnight Ace,” – Flying Aces, June 1934
 ■“Squadron from the Grave,” – Flying Aces, June 1936
 ■“The Mad Squadron,” – Flying Aces, October 1937
 
$16.99 | 6″x9″ trade paperback | 318pp | ISBN:978-1-937590-13-0


The Jailbird Flight: The Devil Flies High (Volume 2)

They had all been sentenced to a living death and all bore The Convict Brand! The Jailbirds were recruited from the military prisons of Britain, France, and America. Real men, molded in the harsh fires of life, dishonored perhaps in the eyes of the Army— but men with red blood and courage. Hard fighters, some of them hiding bitter memories, but all of them ready to follow their leader, “Killer” Kirby, down a flaming suicide trail on the most dangerous missions of the Great War! Rather than wither behind bars—they were given the chance to die fighting!
 
This is the second of two exciting volumes of the collected adventures Donald E. Keyhoe’s Jailbird Flight stories that ran through all three of Popular Publication’s air anthology titles. Starting in Battle Aces in September 1931 running through the end of it’s initial publication run when they switched to Battle Birds at the end of 1932 and into Dare-Devil Aces in 1934.
 
In August of 1931, Donald E. Keyhoe started three long-lived series in three different aviation magazines: Philip Strange in Flying Aces; The Devil Dog Squadron in Sky Birds; and The Jailbird Flight in Battle Aces. This volume features the first seven Jailbird adventures published by Popular Publications in 1931 and ‘32. A former U.S. Marine pilot, Keyhoe was a prolific contributor to the pulp magazines, but he is perhaps best remembered for his UFO research in the Fifties and Sixties.


Stories include:
 ■“The Jailbird Patrol” – Battle Birds, December 1932
 ■“The Cyclone Patrol” – Dare-Devil Aces, February 1933
 ■“The Red Lightning Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces, July 1933
 ■“The Hooded Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces, February 1934
 ■“The Skeleton Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces, November 1934
 
$16.99 | 6″x9″ trade paperback | 322pp | ISBN: 978-1-937590-11-6









The Age of Dimes and Pulps
Now available!

From the dime novels of the Civil War era to the pulp magazines of the early 20th century to modern paperbacks, lurid fiction has provided thrilling escapism for the masses. Cranking out formulaic stories of melodrama, crime and mild erotica--often by uncredited authors focused more on volume than quality--publishers realized high profits playing to low tastes. Estimates put pulp magazine circulation in the 1930s at 30 million monthly.

This vast body of "disposable literature" has received little critical attention, in large part because much of it has been lost--the cheaply made books were either discarded after reading or soon disintegrated. Covering the history of pulp literature from 1850 through 1960, the author describes how sensational tales filled a public need and flowered during the evolving social conditions of the Industrial Revolution.


Table of Contents
Preface    
A Love of the Lurid
Publishing the Sensational
Enter the Dime Novel
Dime Novel Heroes
Glorifying the Outlaws
The Rise of the Detective
Transition to the Pulps
Fantastic Heroes and High Adventure
Detectives Become Hard Boiled
And Even Harder Boiled
Pulp Visions of the Cowboy
The Western Pulp Matures
Pulps for Everyone
Yellow Perils and Weird Menaces
The Pulps Fade Away
Postscript    
Chapter Notes    
Bibliography    
Index    


Paperback: 242 pages
Product Dimensions: 7 x 9.5 inches

$39.95

Thanks to Mike Chomko for the tip!



 

Altus Press
Now available!

Secret Agent X: The Complete Series, Volume 9
by G.T. Fleming-Roberts and Paul Chadwick

For 41 issues from 1934 to 1939, SECRET AGENT "X" battled the forces of evil in the pages of his own pulp magazine. Now, for the first time... the complete pulp series is being reprinted in nine deluxe omnibus editions! The text has been reset and all the original interior illustrations have been remastered. This volume contains the final five stories, by G.T. Fleming-Roberts and Paul Chadwick: "Claws of the Corpse Cult," "The Corpse that Murdered," "Curse of the Crimson Horde," "Corpse Contraband" and "Yoke of the Crimson Coterie." This is THE Secret Agent "X" reprint series to own!

PLUS: the one-shot Captain Hazzard adventure "Python Men of Lost City" by Paul Chadwick!

524 pages | $34.95 softcover | $44.95 hardcover



The Complete Air Adventures of Gales & McGill, Volume 2: 1930-31
by Frederick Nebel


Follow Bill Gales and Mike McGill, hard fighting and high flying soldiers of fortune; freelancers for hire from China to Borneo and beyond. Follow their hard-boiled exploits in the sinister Far East. This, the second of two volumes, collects the last seven tales, written by Black Mask alum Frederick Nebel, and the novel Bloodhounds of the Sky ripped from the pages of the Fiction House rough paper mags, Air Stories and Wings.

440 pages | $29.95 softcover | $39.95 hardcover



Dusty Ayres and his Battle Birds #8: The Black Avenger
by Robert Sidney Bowen


“To Captain Ayres: The greatest among us has died by your hand. We, the living, are pledged to avenge that loss. Within forty-eight hours you and your comrades will be wiped from the face of the earth. Nothing can save you!” This message, signed Ekar, was dropped on Dusty’s drome; at the same time another Yank air field nearby was wiped out by a new horror weapon—a flaming rain that destroyed everything it touched! How can America fight this new menace? How can she keep the Blacks from crossing her borders?

184 pages | $13.95 softcover





Altus Press
Now available!


by Paul Ernst, Hugh B. Cave, William E. Barrett, Norvell W. Page, D.L. Champion, and Frederick C. Davis
This specially-priced set includes all six books in Series 4 of The Dime Detective Library:

The Complete Cases of Inspector Allhoff, Volume 2 by D.L. Champion
The Complete Cases of Ken Carter by Norvell W. Page
The Complete Cases of Needle Mike, Volume 1 by William E. Barrett
The Complete Cases of Peter Kane by Hugh B. Cave, introduction by Bob Byrne
The Complete Cases of Secrets, Inc., Volume 2 by Frederick C. Davis
The Complete Cases of Seekay by Paul Ernst, introduction by Will Murray
Considered the greatest of all detective pulps to only Black Mask, Dime Detective was the home to dozens of classic, quirky series characters, all with an offbeat twist.
Get all of Series 4 at a big discount!

$189.70 hardcover
SALE PRICE: $150.00 

$124.70 softcover
SALE PRICE: $98.49



A millionaire playboy with a yen for excitement, young Ken McNally disguises himself as the gray-haired, gold-toothed, jaundiced-looking proprietor of a seedy tattoo parlor in the “tenderloin” district of St. Louis. His unusual occupation frequently brings him into contact with underworld denizens who, willingly or accidentally, embroil him in criminal activities.

Written by William E. Barrett, Needle Mike found himself embroiled in nearly 20 hard-boiled mysteries originally published between 1935 and 1938 in the pages of Dime Detective, the prestigious crime pulp second only to the legendary Black Mask in its impact on the genre.

Contains the following stories: “The Tattooed Corpse,” “The Tattooed Countess,” “The Tattooed Curse” and “The Tattooed Cobra.”

258 pages | $19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover



Brilliant, decisive, and hard-charging, Deputy Inspector Allhoff was the NYPD’s ace detective until bullets from a mobster’s machine gun robbed him of his legs, his career, and—in the opinion of an associate—his sanity. Yet Allhoff was too good a man to be put out to pasture, so New York’s police commissioner found a way to keep him employed and refer to him such cases as the department couldn’t or wouldn’t handle. Confined to a wheelchair and operating from a seedy tenement flat, Allhoff is assisted by two cops: Battersly, the rookie patrolman whose brief moment of cowardice cost the inspector his legs, and Simmons, the bitter career cop who detests Allhoff but sticks with the embittered cripple to protect his own pension.

Contains the following stories: “The 10:30 to Sing Sing,” “Coffee for a Killer,” “The Corpse That Wasn’t There,” “A Bed for the Body,” “Tell It to Homicide,” “Murder in the Mirror,” “A Leg on Murder,” “You’re the Crime in My Coffee.”

328 pages | $19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover


The Complete Cases of Peter Kane (The Dime Detective Library)
by Hugh B. Cave
introduction by Bob Byrne

No longer a Boston police officer, hard-boiled drunk Peter Kane made the easy transition to work as a P.I. Though now in private practice, Kane had a knack for cracking cases while constantly inebriated. Collecting the entire series, along with an all-new introduction by Bob Byrne.

Written by Hugh B. Cave, Kane stumbled through nine gin-soaked yarns published between 1934 and 1942 in the pages of Dime Detective, the prestigious crime pulp second only to the legendary Black Mask in its impact on the genre.

Contains the following stories: “The Late Mr. Smythe,” “Hell on Hume Street,” “Bottled in Blonde,” “The Man Who Looked Sick,” “The Screaming Phantom,” “The Brand of Kane,” “Ding Dong Belle,” “The Dead Don’t Swim” and “No Place to Hide.”


365 pages | $24.95 softcover | $34.95 hardcover



Immediately before picking up the reigns of writing the adventures of the Spider, pulp writer Norvell Page introduced the weird detective mysteries of another, similar adventure character, Ken Carter. Running in the hard-boiled pages of the 1930s detective pulps, Ken Carter battled a myriad of offbeat villains in a series which is clearly a prototype of Page’s style of novels he soon later wrote of the Spider. Collecting all seven stories, along with their original illustrations.

Contains the following stories: “Hell’s Music,” “City of Corpses,” “Statues of Horror,” “Gallows Ghost,” “Satan’s Hoof,” “The Sinister Embrace” and “Satan’s Sideshow.”


367 pages | $24.95 softcover | $34.95 hardcover


The Complete Cases of Seekay (The Dime Detective Library)
by Paul Ernst
introduction by Will Murray

The cases he takes up are often bizarre and grotesque, but no more so than this anonymous private investigator himself: Seekay’s entire face is covered by a mask of pink celluloid, with only his “burning black eyes” visible to those who come into contact with him—and who almost invariably are unnerved by the experience, whether friend or foe. Collecting the entire series, written by the writer of The Avenger, Paul Ernst.

Contains the following stories: “Madame Murder—and The Corpse Brigade,” “The Corpse With The Third Eye,” “Case Of The Smoking Skulls,” “Two Tickets To Hell” and “Widow Of The Talking Head.”


193 pages | $14.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover



From 1933 to 1935, Frederick C. Davis chronicled the cases of Hollywood P.I. firm Secrets, Inc. Led by Clay “Oke” Oakley and assisted by Cherry Morris and Archibald Brixey, Secrets, Inc., investigated some of the weirdest and most ingenious crimes in the long history of Dime Detective Magazine—all centering around the film industry. Volume 2 collects the final five mysteries.

Contains the following stories: “Death on Delivery,” “Tracks of the Turtle,” “Blood from the Parrot,” “The Green Ghoul” and “Doorway to Doom.”


332 pages | $19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover









Altus Press: Pulp Blog - Now online!

Altus Press Releases Secret Agent X Vol. 9, Gales & McGill Vol. 2, and Dusty Ayres Vol. 8

Veiled Knowledge by Edwin James (American Science Fiction Magazine Series)
Even More Vintage Pulp Logo T-Shirts Are Now Available -
Altus Press Latest Releases: The Lost Spider Novel, Dusty Ayres, and a New Issue of Black Mask Magazine
The Next Wave of The H. Bedford-Jones Library is Here
Mavericks Headlines the Next Wave of Popular Hero Reprints

Amazing Stories
First new print issue!

Debuting at the Worldcon Friday, August 17, 2018!



Stay tuned for information on how you can get a copy!


Amazing Stories



Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
At the printer and coming soon!

THE SHADOW #133: “Syndicate of Sin” & “Merry Mrs. MacBeth”
Lamont Cranston and ’the lovely Margo Lane" prove that “crime does not pay" in classic pulp thrillers by Theodore Tinsley and Walter B. Gibson. First, only The Shadow knows that stolen Nazi art treasures are being peddled in America by a murderous “Syndicate of Sin." Then, death comes hurtling onto the stage of “Merry Mrs. MacBeth,” a new Broadway musical. BONUS: the debut adventure of Carrie Cashin, the pulps’ gorgeous girl sleuth! This instant collectors item showcases the classic color pulp covers by George Rozen and Modest Stein plus the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban with historical commentary by Anthony Tollin and Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-251-3 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
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)


Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in December!

THE SHADOW Volume 137: “Green Eyes” & “Gray Fist” — Chinatown Special
The Shadow combats Chinatown crime in two of Walter B. Gibson's greatest action thrillers! First, the Master of Darkness journeys to San Francisco’s Chinatown to combat the expanding power of “Green Eyes” and his Wu-Fan secret society! Then, a police informant’s corpse is deposited in The Shadow’s secret sanctum as a deadly warning from the criminal mastermind known only as “Gray Fist.” This instant collector’s item showcases both classic color pulp covers by George Rozen and the original interior illustrations by Tom Lovell, with historical commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-255-1 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
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)




Art's Reviews Podcasts! - Now online!

Nothing new this week.

Past episodes:
Wayne Reinagel's new novel "The Castaway"
A Baker's Dozen - 13 essays and an Interview about the Doc Savage Universe by Jeff Deischer
Jon Black Discusses his novel "Bel Nemeton"
Author and Publisher James Bojaciuk discusses his work
UFOs & Nukes by Robert Hastings (and quite alot more)
Doc Brazen: Millenium Bug - A Doc Savage Pastiche

Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press
Now available!

The latest release from Murania Press is a collection of informative, extensively researched essays on the Westerns of pulp fiction and Saturday-matinee motion pictures from the 20th century’s first half. Most of these pieces initially saw print in BLOOD 'N' THUNDER; a few were originally written for other publications; and one is new to this book. The reprinted essays all have been reedited and expanded, some considerably. Author Ed Hulse examines best-selling authors such as Zane Grey, Max Brand, Walt Coburn, and Clarence E. Mulford; memorable series characters such as Zorro, Hopalong Cassidy, The Lone Ranger, and Whistling Dan Barry; and popular cowboy stars such as Tom Mix, Roy Rogers, William Boyd, Randolph Scott, George O’Brien — to name just a few in each category.

While not a comprehensive narrative history, this book’s 17 essays in their totality cover a long span of time and a great deal of ground. The author has uncovered a wealth of heretofore unreported information on the making of classic Western movies, much of it gleaned from the actors, writers, and directors themselves.

As a bonus the book reprints Stewart Edward White’s outstanding 1919 novella, THE KILLER, twice adapted by Hollywood; the second and best version, a stylish 1932 exercise in “Western Gothic” titled MYSTERY RANCH, is covered by Hulse at length in the 5,100-word essay written specifically to accompany White’s story.

At 286 pages, its 146,000 words accompanied by dozens of seldom-seen cover reproductions and rare movie stills, THE WILD WEST OF FICTION AND FILM is an invaluable addition to the history of American pop culture. It's available at muraniapress.com for $25.00, which includes free shipping to domestic U.S. buyers.


Cover Art by Walter Baumhofer
286 pages., deluxe trade paperback edition, 8 1/2 X 11
Price: $25.00


PURCHASE PRICE INCLUDES SHIPPING AND HANDLING TO DOMESTIC BUYERS.
OVERSEAS BUYERS MUST INQUIRE FOR SHIPPING RATES BEFORE PLACING ORDERS



Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press: EDitorial Comments - Now online!

PulpFest 2018 Report: Part Two

PulpFest 2018 Report: Part One
The Latest from Murania Press
June 2018 Collectibles Section Update
Happy Birthday, Iris Meredith!
2018 Windy City Film Program


Bold Venture Press
ZORRO AND THE LITTLE DEVIL
By Peter David
Now available!

Bold Venture Press will release a brand new ZORRO novel in July in both paperback and hard cover, a brand new addition to our six volumes of original pulp fiction stories by Johnston McCulley.
ZORRO AND THE LITTLE DEVIL, along with a bonus story entitled “Diego and the Baron,” licensed by Zorro Productions, are written by Peter David. writer of comic books, novels, television, films and video games. His notable comic book work includes an award-winning 12-year run on The Incredible Hulk, as well as runs on Aquaman, Young Justice, Supergirl, Fallen Angel, Spider-Man 2099 and X-Factor.

His Star Trek work includes both comic books and novels such as Imzadi, and co-creating the New Frontier series. His other novels include film adaptations, media tie-ins, and original works, such as the Apropos of Nothing and Knight Life series. His television work includes series such as Babylon 5, Young Justice, Ben 10: Alien Force and Nickelodeon's Space Cases, which he co-created with Bill Mumy. David often jokingly describes his occupation as "Writer of Stuff", and is noted for his prolific writing, characterized by its mingling of real-world issues with humor and references to popular culture, as well as elements of metafiction and self-reference.

David has earned multiple awards for his work, including a 1992 Eisner Award, a 1993 Wizard Fan Award, a 1996 Haxtur Award, a 2007 Julie Award and a 2011 GLAAD Media Award.


Pages: 202
Size: 6" x 9"
 Zorro and the Little Devil
Zorro and the Little Devil
Formats: Softcover, Hardcover, eBook
Price:  $19.95, $39.95, $7.50




Broadswords and Blasters - Now online!

Pulp Consumption: Jules de Grandin
Broadswords and Blasters Issue 6 is Now Available!
Pulp Consumption: Playback
Pulp Consumption: Chinatown
Pulp Consumption: The Adventure of the Incognita Countess


Castalia House Blog - Now online!

The Mighty Warriors
Sensor Sweep: REH Guide, The High Crusade, Pulp Revolution, D&D, King Kong
Sensor Sweep: Keys to Other Doors, Xenophile, Skylark of Space, Roger Zelazny
Sensor Sweep: Ray Capella, Queen of Communist Cannibals, H. Rider Haggard
The Cosmic Express

CONAN COLLECTOR - Coming in December!

Know, O Prince, that between the time that saw the sinking of Atlantis and the glittering cities ... there was an unsuspected Age, during which resplendent realms spread across the globe. But the most illustrious of the kingdoms of this world was Aquilonia, whose supremacy was undisputed in the dreaming West. It was in this country that came Conan, the Cimmerian - black hair, dark eyes, sword in hand, a thief, a looter, a killer, with fits of melancholy just as disproportionate as his joys - to tread his sandals thrones constellated with jewels of the Earth.

Conan is one of the most famous fictional characters in the world. Robert E. Howard created it in 1932 and with him, heroic fantasy .
This hero, as well as the evocative power of his author's writing, has had and still has a major influence on the Western imagination.

For the first time, here is the complete Conan Adventures in one volume, an exceptional edition with limited edition and beautifully enriched with 251 illustrations including 21 full color pages by:

Johann Bodin
Mikaël Bourgouin
Benjamin
Miguel Coimbra Square
Gary Gianni
Bastien Lecouffe-Deharme
Victor Leza Moreno
Vincent Madras
Gregory Manchess
Thimothée Montaigne
Jean-Sebastien Rossbach
Mark Schultz
Marc Simonetti


Photo: Under license from Conan Properties International LLC.
Translator: François Truchaud, Patrice Louinet
Release date: 12/09/2018
ISBN: 9791028104375
Price: 55.00 €
Number of pages: 1312
Format: Beautiful book
Edition: Hardcover

Language: French

For a look at some of the color art pages, visit  MESSAGES FROM CROM.



COWBOYS, CREATURES, AND CLASSICS STORY OF REPUBLIC PICTURES  - Now available!
(Writers) Chris Enss, Howard Kazanjian

Republic Pictures was the little studio in the San Fernando Valley where movies were made family style. A core of technicians, directors, and actors worked hard at their craft as Republic released a staggering total of more than a thousand films through the late 1950s. Republic brought action, adventure, and escape to neighborhood movies houses across America. And they brought it with style. Republic Pictures became a studio where major directors could bring their personal vision to the screen. Sometimes these were projects no other studio would touch such as The Quiet Man (which brought director John Ford an Oscar) and Macbeth. Cowboys, Creatures and Classics: The Story of Republic Pictures is the honest account of an extraordinary production house, one whose ability to turn out films quickly boded well for its transition into television production.

Hardcover: 264 pages
Publisher: Lyons Press
Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 8 inches

$35.00






Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!

Forgotten Books: CONAN THE DEFENDER by Robert Jordan (1982)
- New!
Weird Planets of VIRGIL FINLAY - New!
Graham Ingels does LANCE LEWIS, SPACE DETECTIVE (1947)  - New!
Pulp Gallery: CRACK DETECTIVE  - New!
Movie Posters of 1918 (Part 1)  - New!
Comic Gallery: THE BLACK KNIGHT
Pulp Gallery: ORIENTAL STORIES 7,8,9 (1932)
The Art of Frank Hamilton (Part 6)
Basil Wolverton's SPACE PATROL (1939)


The Digest Enthusiast Blog - Now online!

Broadswords and Blasters No. 6 Summer 2018
 
Pulp Literature #19 Summer 2018
Weirdbook No. 39  
Coming soon: Pulp Modern 


DMR Books Blog - Now online!

Raise a Glass of Atlantean Vintage - New!
The DMRtian Chronicles, 8/12/2018 - New!
The DMRtian Chronicles, 8/2/2018
Roy G. Krenkel: A Centennial Remembrance, Part One
The DMRtian Chronicles - 7/29/2018
Quick Reviews: Swordsmen and Supermen


Edgar Rice Burroughs
TARZAN AND THE REVOLUTION
 
By Thomas Zachek
Illustrated by Mike Grell
Now available!

Eric Benton, an idealistic young Midwestern Peace Corps volunteer, could hardly have known that his mission to help an African village would embroil him and his colleagues in the political struggles of an emerging African nation. The people of central Africa likewise had no idea how quickly their expectations for freedom could be taken away when a ruthless dictator seizes power. And Tarzan of the Apes had no idea that before long, he would be compelled, once again, to undertake a long and perilous journey with the Waziri to save their families.

Set against a backdrop of political unrest in modern Africa, Thomas Zachek's latest page-turner takes the reader from the dank treasure troves of the lost city of Opar to turmoil in the city streets as Tarzan battles one of his most ruthless foes!


Hardcover: 208 pages
Publisher: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches

$34.95





Edgar Rice Burroughs
SAVAGE PELLUCIDAR
Coming in September!

SAVAGE PELLUICAR
ERB’s seventh and final novel in the series is for the first time published by ERB Inc. and G&D in a Signed/Numbered Set (#1-248) -
with different dust jackets, bindings (red & blue), and front/end matter and a new Foreword by Richard Lupoff and Preface by Phil Burger.  

Each Set Includes:

Two matching number books signed by the contributors.
Dust Jacket paintings by Bob Eggleton (wraparound) and Thomas Grindberg.
30+ Story Illustrations including:

  Color artwork by Frazetta, Jusko and St. John (newly colorized)
  B&W illustrations by Takebe(16), Ivie, St. John and Grindberg.
Custom Slipcases, High Quality Paper and Bindings - 80# Finch in a vellum finish, vintage style book cloth, map endpapers, bookmarks and sewn bindings.

First Time in Hardback: ERB’s unpublished dj blurb, 2-page illustrated title pages for each of the four novellas.

Anticipated Ship Date Aug. 31st 2018


PRE-ORDER for THE LIMITED EDITION SET - SAVAGE PELLUCIDAR (1 of 248 signed/numbered)
$199.99





 

Howard Andrew Jones - Now online!

Pictures in the Fire

Mighty Warriors Arrive
Mighty Warriors
Lankhmar
Chainsaw and Corris
Flamehair

Jerry Schneider Enterprises
Now available!

THRILLING ADVENTURES, December 1931
The first issue of this long running pulp magazine.

Contents:
DANGEROUS HERITAGE by Lieut. John Hopper
THE RED HAWK OF THE RIO (Part 1) by Edgar L. Cooper
TEN O'CLOCK AT TETUAN by Polan Banks
LEGION STEEL by Peter Forrest
GREY GOLD by Jack DeWitt
THE STREET OF BLOOD by Glenn Ferrall
THE BLACK AVATAR by Victor Rousseau

Pulp Sized Magazine, 7 x 10 inch, 130 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $12.95


STRANGE STORIES, April 1939

Contents:
DEATH HAS FIVE GUESSES by Robert Bloch
LOGODA'S HEADS by August W. Derleth
CURSED BE THE CITY by Henry Kuttner
LORD OF EVIL by Tally Mason
THE BOX FROM THE STARS by Amelia Reynolds Long
THE DEAD WOMAN Dr. David H. Keller
THE VENGEANCE OF AI by Mark Schorer
THE CREEPER IN DARKNESS by Frank Belknap Long Jr
MIRACLE IN THREE DIMENSIONS by C. L. Moore
A QUESTION OF IDENTITY by Tarleton Fiske
THE BOTTOMLESS POOL by Ralph Milne Farley
FULFILLMENT by Will Garth
BELLS OF HORROR by Keith Hammond

Pulp-Sized Magazine, 7 x 10 inch, 130 pages
$12.95




 
 
JULES DE GRANDIN
A RIVAL FROM THE GRAVE: THE COMPLETE TALES OF JULES DE GRANDIN, VOLUME FOUR

by Seabury Quinn
Coming September 4!

The fourth of five volumes collecting the stories of Jules de Grandin, the supernatural detective made famous in the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales.

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 fourth volume, A Rival from the Grave, will include all the stories from “The Chosen of Vishnu” (1933) to “Incense of Abomination” (1938), as well as an introduction by George Vanderburgh and Robert Weinberg and a foreword by Mike Ashley.


Hardcover, 512 pages, $34.99
eBook: $19.99


 





Justin Marriott
PULP HORROR #7
Now available!

PULP HORROR #7
The cover as illustrated by Rik Rawling.  

IThe fanzine of horror in vintage paperbacks, comics and magazines. The Living Mummy special! 68 pages, full-colour. Articles on the appearance of The Mummy in American comics, German pulps, Novels and short-stories. Includes checklists and heavily illustrated throughout.
 
Paperback: 50 pages
Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches
$14.99





Coming soon:

Articles for issue 40 of The Paperback Fanatic are just back from being proof-read, so expect that in October.

Issue 8 of Pulp Horror is just about in place and Sleazy Reader 8 is also coming together.


Issue 11 of Men of Violence will be a historical fiction special which will out before Xmas. 






Martin Grams' Blog - Now online!

Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's Fantastic Four
Dick Tracy meets the Green Hornet
Obscure trivia about Robert Wagner


Meteor House
TARZAN AND THE DARK HEART OF CRIME
By Philip Jose Farmer
Now available!

One of the most famous heroes in literature is back!
Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, returns with a vengeance in this action-packed adventure by Philip José Farmer, Hugo Award winner, Nebula Grand Master, and author of the incredible Riverworld saga.

Tarzan’s beloved mate, Jane, has been kidnapped, and the furious ape-man will let nothing stand in the way of rescuing her—not even a sinister safari whose target is Tarzan himself. With fierce Masai trackers leading the chase, a trio of white hunters are hellbent on capturing the Jungle Lord. But as the pursuers, and their uncanny half-human tracker, close in from behind, Tarzan races toward even greater danger ahead.

For the trail leads to a bizarre, long-forgotten land boasting a multitude of strange and terrifying mysteries: the City Built by God, the Hideous Hunter, the One to Avoid, and most shocking of all, the Crystal Tree of Time—whose seductive powers could ultimately spell Tarzan’s doom . . .

Philip José Farmer, a descendant of the actual Greystoke family, and a recipient of the prestigious Golden Lion Award, bestowed by the Burroughs Bibliophiles at the 1970 Dum-Dum, is famous for his adventure novels starring Tarzanic characters. Now, in Tarzan and the Dark Heart of Time, authorized by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., Farmer lends his vast imagination to the legend of the Lord of the Apes himself!

In addition, this handsome new edition, which sports a gorgeous painted cover by well known Burroughs artist Mark Wheatley, a new Foreword by longtime Burroughs scholar Robert R. Barrett, and a new Introduction by Farmer expert Win Scott Eckert, will also be released in a trade paperback edition.

Now accepting preorders, the book will be released at FarmerCon 100, held in conjunction with PulpFest 2018 in Pittsburgh, PA, July 26-29. As always, readers who preorder and attend FarmerCon/PulpFest can pick up their copies there—and as an added bonus, get them signed by Wheatley and Eckert! All other copies will ship immediately after FarmerCon 100.

ORDERING:
The trade paperback edition is $20 (plus shipping).
The hardcover edition is $35 (plus shipping).
Or you can preorder them together for only $50—that’s $5 off (plus you’ll save even more with combined shipping)!


Trade paperback: $20
Hardcover: $35
6×9, 260 pages


Due out in July 2018, you can preorder the trade paperback, hardcover, or both, by clicking here.

The Official Philip José Farmer   Meteor House


Meteor House
The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection
Now available!

To mark Philip José Farmer's 100th Birthday, Meteor House is proud to present a mammoth collection worthy of the Grand Master. With over fifty pieces spanning seven decades The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection goes beyond the typical "best of" anthology. From classic science fiction to poems, articles, tributes, speeches and more all by Farmer himself. Additionally there is an introduction by Joe R. Lansdale, a foreword by Tracy Knight, a bibliography at Zacharias L.A. Nuninga, and each decade features a synopsis of Farmer's life and career. At well over 900 pages this collection is a must for all science fiction fans and historians and is available in trade paperback and hardcover featuring two covers by Mark Wheatley.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Foreword

The 1940s
Bradley Brave Sees New York
O’Brien and Obrenov
Imagination

The 1950s
The Lovers
Sail On! Sail On!
Sestina of the Space Rocket
Mother
Lovers and Otherwise
Attitudes
Totem and Taboo
The Tin Woodman Slams the Door

The 1960s
On a Mountain Upside Down
Uproar in Acheron
The King of the Beasts
Riverworld
The Blind Rowers
Riders of the Purple Wage
The Jungle Rot Kid on the Nod
My Father the Ripper (an excerpt from A Feast Unknown)
Kickaha’s Escape (an excerpt from A Private Cosmos)
The Josés From Rio


The 1970s
Only Who Can Make a Tree
The Sliced-Crosswise-Only-On-Tuesday World
An Exclusive Interview with Lord Greystoke
Sketches Among The Ruins of My Mind
After King Kong Fell
Writing Doc’s Biography
Sherlock Holmes & Sufism
The Problem of the Sore Bridge—Among Others
To the Wizard of Sci-Fi
A Fimbulwinter Introduction
Osiris on Crutches
The Last Rise of Nick Adams
The Freshman
Creating Artificial Worlds

The 1980s
The Making of Revelation, Part 1
Buddha Contemplates His Novel
The Long Wet Dream of Rip van Winkle
The Man Who Came for Christmas
Plane Talking (an excerpt from A Barnstormer in Oz)
The Peoria-Colored Writer
Memoir
Why and How I Became Kilgore Trout
St. Francis Kisses His Ass Goodbye

The 1990s
Evil, Be My Good
Wolf, Iron, and Moth
Why Do I Write?
A Hole in Hell
More than Most
Casting Turtles (an excerpt from Nothing Burns in Hell)

The 2000s
The Face That Launched a Thousand Eggs
Keep Your Mouth Shut
The Good of the Land
The First Robot
The Princess of Terra
That Great Spanish Author, Ernesto
The Terminalization of J. G. Ballard
The Light-Hog Incident

Bibliography

Trade paperback: $35
Hardcover: $50
5.5×8.5, 940+ pages


Due out in July 2018, you can preorder the trade paperback, hardcover, or both, by clicking here.

Trade Paperback

Hardcover


Mystery*File - Now online!

Reviewed by David Vineyard: FRED MacISAAC – The King Who Came Back
- New!
PulpFest Report by Walker Martin
Pulp PI Stories I’m Reading: ERLE STANLEY GARDNER “Lord of the High Places.”
COLLECTING PULPS: A Memoir  Part 21: Pulp Art, Part Three by Walker Martin
Pulp Fiction Stories I’m Reading: THORP McCLUSKY “The Crawling Horror.”  



September 13-15, 2018! 

Hunt Valley Wyndham (recently changed now to a Marriott)
SAME HOTEL, NEW NAME.

Announcing the first half of our celebrity lineup for our 2018 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!

Dr. Vigilante

Captain Hawklin
Super Savant
The Crimson Devil
Dr. Shadows
The Man of The Mist




PulpFest Reports

Murania Press: PulpFest 2018 Report: Part One
Murania Press: PulpFest 2018 Report: Part Two
Mystery*File:  PulpFest Report by Walker Martin - New!
Pulp Flakes:  PulpFest 2018 - trip report  - New!




The 2018 Munsey Award
William Lampkin

William Lampkin has been named the winner of the 2018 Munsey Award. Nominated by the general pulp community, Bill was selected through a vote cast by all the living Lamont, Munsey, and Rusty Award winners. The award is a fine art print created by David Saunders and published by Dan Zimmer of The Illustrated Press. It is presented annually to an individual or institution that has bettered the pulp community. David Saunders — winner of a special “retro” Lamont Award in 2016 — presented this year’s award. As Bill was unable to attend PulpFest 2018 due to family obligations, the award was accepted by Mike Chomko.

Our 2018 Munsey Award winner, William Lampkin, is a freelance writer/editor and publication designer who has spent much of his work life in the newspaper field, much like Rambler Murphy (but without the cool nickname and crime-solving). After freelancing for a number of years, he’s now the public information officer for a professional licensing board. Like many from his generation, Bill discovered the pulps through paperback reprints of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert E. Howard, The Shadow, Doc Savage, and The Spider. He bought his first actual pulp in the seventies. Bill runs ThePulp.Net, which he created in 1996, and also writes the Yellowed Perils blog. He founded the Facebook group Southern Pulpsters in 2015. A resident of Florida, he has designed THE PULPSTER since 2008, and beginning with its 22nd issue, became editor of the award-winning program book. The first twenty-one issues of the magazine were edited by Tony Davis, winner of the 1999 Lamont Award. Tony calls Bill: “One of the unsung heroes of contemporary pulp fandom.” In late 2013, Bill also began to design PulpFest‘s print advertisements, badges, and other materials. He is a member of the PulpFest organizing committee, serving as the convention’s advertising director and webmaster.

Congratulations to Bill for this most deserved award.

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2019 Munsey Awards.
If you’d like to make a nomination for this prestigious award, please send a short explanation concerning your reasons for the nomination to PulpFest marketing and programming director Mike Chomko at mike@pulpfest.com.
You can also reach Mike at 2217 W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA 18104-6542. Previous winners of the Lamont, Munsey, or Rusty Award are not eligible for the award. Click here for a list of our previous winners.


The deadline for nominations is April 30, 2019. Please click here for additional details. Thanks for your help.

PulpFest 2019

PulpFest has received an offer to merge with a larger comic convention back in Columbus, our original home. Nothing has been decided but the committee is carefully weighing all options. This would return Pulpfest to Columbus and possibly increase attendance, which has been down since the move to Pittsburgh.The response was that fans of original pulps voiced opposition and "New Pulp" movement members supported it. That's an oversimplification, based on who stood to speak about the idea.  A move to Labor Day weekend would also be considered, since that might also increase attendance.  None of this is locked in, but the committee said it has not committed to the Pittsburgh DoubleTree at Cranberry yet for 2019.


Pulpgen-Online Pulps - Now online!

New this week

"The Gas-Weed" by Stanton A. Coblentz from AMAZING STORIES, May, 1929      
Seeds carried to Earth on a meteor sprout and run wild.

"The Dead Speak Once" by Frederick C. Painton from THRILLING DETECTIVE, October, 1936        
Nick Preston - Nicolai Prestino, world-famed magician, solves a case of murder and jewelry theft.

"The Majesty of the Law" by Victor Lauriston from ARGOSY, August 23, 1919      
Policeman Pantz was the pride of the Carisford force. He was forty-five, five feet eight, with the mental capacity of a dead bulldog and the physical grip of a live one.



Pulp Den by Tom Johnson - Now online!
   
Metal Chest
 - New!
Space Rogues
Honesty In World War 2
Spur of The Moment Bride
Nameless Serenade
Lilith Cohen: Merchants of Death


         Pulp Den  

Pulp Flakes - Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors and their stories, adventure and detective pulps.

Five Stahr covers
Pulpfest 2018 - trip report  
George Bruce Marquis - Author, College bursar  
Gayle Hoskins - prints from "A Cowboy's Day" series of covers


The Pulp Hermit  by Tom Johnson - Now online!

Dividends of Doom  
New Pulp Author Thomas Condarcure
Bullets And Bad Times
Six Gun Angel
Introducing New Pulp Authors: Ray Capella

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 #71 Audiobook
The Spider and the Fire God
by Norvell W. Page writing as Grant Stockbridge

Read by Nick Santa Maria

Now available!

The Master of Flame and Burning Death held New York fast in unholy worship of his strange god. For thousands had fled their doomed churches, lest they perish by fire — and the Spider alone remained to face this monstrous cult-leader from hell!
 
Driven, deadly, the Spider was a daredevil caught between the law that branded him as a criminal and the underworld he terrorized with his metallic laugh and searing lead. A self-appointed savior of humanity, driven manic-depressive, and possibly undiagnosed paranoid schizophrenic, the Spider was known and feared as the Master of Men.


 
While the Spider borrowed his black slouch hat and cloak from the already thriving Shadow, the rest of the character was significantly different. Richard Wentworth himself is strongly emotional, plumbing the thrills of victory as readily, and as deeply, as the depths of despair during his escapades. His long-suffering fiancée, Nita van Sloan, is a worthy character in her own right, though frequently relegated to the traditional role of hostage-bait. As additional exotic spice, Wentworth maintains a Sikh manservant/warrior companion, Ram Singh, as well as chauffeur Ronald Jackson, the sergeant from his old army days. Rounding out the cast of characters is Commissioner of Police Stanley Kirkpatrick, Wentworth’s staunch friend and the Spider’s greatest adversary; Kirkpatrick himself lives in a state of constant angst for fear that duty will one day force him to send his friend to the electric chair as punishment for the Spider’s crimes. And indeed, that fear nearly becomes fact on several occasions.
 
Nick Santa Maria breathes life into the Spider in The Spider and the Fire God. Originally published in The Spider magazine, August, 1939.

 
Discounted 50% the first week.
MP3 digital download - $4.99
Audio CDs - $9.99

Regular price:
5 hours - $9.99 Download / $19.98 Audio CDs

Radio Archives


The Purple Invasion story #4 of 13
 
The United States forces have been driven to their last, desperate stronghold before the blood-maddened ruthless hordes of the self-styled emperor, Rudolph I, even as a courageous but blind nation, wrapped in the dreams of false security, had practiced the foolish doctrine of “It can’t happen here!” America’s patriotic Death Battalion was the last ragged hope of embattled patriots — the women of the nation who hurled themselves bravely and futilely against the war-mad forces of the Purple Invaders. When they fell before the terror-inspiring and deadly barrage of cholera bombs, a few stricken survivors turned for their hope of averting ultimate disaster to one man — Jimmy Christopher — who, as Operator #5, was to face the most overpowering and deadly odds in all his embattled career!


The saga of Jimmy Christopher, otherwise known as Operator #5 of the United States Intelligence Service, had been a busy routine of defeating enemies, both foreign and domestic, each and every month. It wasn’t easy, but the Intelligence ace made it look like it was all in a month’s work.
 
When Frederick C. Davis left Operator #5, Popular Publications immediately replaced him with Emile C. Tepperman, who picked up where Davis left off, spinning slightly more hard-boiled exploits of Jimmy Christopher than had appeared before. And then, Tepperman threw Christopher and the world into the Purple Invasion.
 
It was inconceivable that America should ever bow beneath the heel of an invading tyrant. When even the women of the nation had hurled themselves against the enemy in a last desperate effort to stay his irresistible progress, America staggered under the most paralyzing blow of all — the devastating barrage of the cholera bombs... What could one man — even though he be the veteran Jimmy Christopher, Operator #5 — do against such odds?
 
America's Plague Battalions is read with stirring intensity by Milton Bagby. Originally published in the December 1936 issue of Operator #5 magazine.

Performed by 2017 Audie Awards winner, voice actor Milton Bagby.

Discounted 50% the first week.
MP3 digital download - $4.99
Audio CDs - $9.99

Regular price:
5 hours - $9.99 Download / $19.98 Audio CDs


Radio Archives Pulp Classics
Jungle Stories #13 eBook
Spring 1942

Now available!

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.

Ki-Gor, son of the jungle! Orphaned son of missionary Robert Kilgour, raised in the jungle, he grew to a six foot bronzed-skin giant who ruled the jungles. Joined by Helen Vaughn, his fiance and later wife, Timbo George, the Masai chief, and N’Geeso, the chief of a Pygmy tribe, this band of adventurers roam the wilds of Africa in a series of pulp magazine stories that began in 1939 and ended with the last published story in 1954. Now, Ki-Gor is back, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format.
 
Table of Contents:
 
Another Thrilling Ki-Gor Novel
Slaves for the Renegade Sultan by John Peter Drummond
Ki-Gor, jungle lord, smashed at the web of intrigue and terror woven by the Congo satan about the red-tressed white girl, beautiful Helene.
 
The Crocodile’s Bride —Thrilling Jungle Novelet by Clyde Irvine
The natives sing, “Grow a pain in your hands... so that you cannot paddle!”
 
The Land That Time Forgot —Thrilling Jungle Novelet by Armand Brigand
A Twentieth Century scientist discovers the lost world of yesterday — in darkest Africa.
 
‘Nmzani Vengeance — Short Story Of Veldt Adventure by Llewellyn Hughes
A gentleman tramp dies the same as a Cockney cutthroat — with a spear in his guts!
 
Spotted Fury — Short Story Of Veldt Adventure by Captain Hugh Thomason
The leopard mother became a raging fiend when danger threatened her mewling cubs.
 
The Bush Sorceress — Short Story Of Veldt Adventure by Seabury Quinn
The Hon. James Addison Codrington Beamish crosses swords with a bush sorceress!
 
Pygmy Peril — Short Story Of Veldt Adventure by Alexander Lake
Sly, treacherous are the little men of the jungle. But Jones knew their weakness.

 
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.

Regular price:  $3.99
Discounted 50% the first week: $1.99




RED SONJA / TARZAN #4 - Arriving in comic shops August 22!
Writer: Gail Simone
Art: Walter Geovani
Cover A: Aaron Lopresti
Cover B: Walter Geovani
Cover C: Sergio Davila (Not shown)
Cover D: Robert Castro

Lord Greystoke may be a man of means, but money and possessions mean nothing compared to his family.
Once they are threatened, Tarzan will stop at nothing to keep his loved ones safe.
And if his enemies think they know fear, they have yet to experience the fury that is Red Sonja unleashed!


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99


  
 

 

The Serial Squadron
Now available!

THE ORIGINAL, REMASTERED
AND WITH A NEW MUSICAL SCORE
THE PERILS OF PAULINE

Featuring
PEARL WHITE
PAUL PANZER & CRANE WILBUR


Pauline's adoptive father dies and leaves his sizable fortune in the hands of Owen, a con man who will control it until such time as she is married. Pauline denies a proposal from handsome Harry Marvin because she wants to spend a year adventuring. Owen and his blackmailer decide that if Pauline were made to disappear they'd make out like bandits. So guess happens to Pauline? Answer: anything and everything Owen and his scheming confederate can arrange to try to do her in.

Re-translated with titles that make sense and use correct character names from the original US release, stabilized, and newly scored for a fresh and new experience with this groundbreaking and important series.

Contains content from 13 original episodes, an Episode Guide covering content from lost episodes, and "The Perils of Pauline Phenomenon," a mini-documentary and collection of spinoffs, remakes and spoofs of the serial.

Accompanied, restored and stabilized by Eric Stedman, with custom image noise reduction by the great Hollywoood digital effects artist John Ellis, restorer of the Steve Canyon TV show now playing on the Decades channel.




SPECTRE LIBRARY: THE PULP AND PAPERBACK FICTION READER - Now online!

Tracks of the Turtle by Frederick C. Davis - New!
“Some Rise by Sin” by Alan Whicker
Love Packs a Six-Gun by John Frederick
“Make Mine Murder” by Robert Sidney Bowen
“Realm of the Alien” by Chester Delray (Dublin, Ireland: Grafton Publications)



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.

Summer Movie Miscelleny
Barker and Bender on the Case-Part Seven
A Pause in the Barker-Bender Saga
Barker and Bender on the Case-Part Six
Barker and Bender on the Case-Part Five


WEIRDBOOK #39
Print and eBook editions are now available!

Softcover, 252 pages,  6 x 9 inches
$12.00

 
Full contents


Horror Around The Bend by Franklyn Searight               
A Tiny Cut by Samson Stormcrow Hayes                             
Posthumous by Marlane  Quade Cook                                
Pages From An Invisible Book by Darrell Schweitzer         
That Name Was Evoc by Lorenzo Crescentini                   
Misdiagnosed by Jackie Bee                                                  
Dog Drool by Frederick J. Mayer                                                               
The Venusian Mantis by Teege Braune                                
The Color of the Gods by Ken Heueler                               
Spawning Ground by Hannah Lackoff                              
Curse of the Dark Queen by Lily Luchesi                         
Monika Unraveling by Rebecca House                                
Crawling With Them by Jason Zwiker                                
Seven Sisters by James Machin                                             
The House In The Mountains by Michael Washburn          
Eyes Without A Face by Thomas Vaughn                            
Clartley Chowder by Riche Brown                                      
Dominion Over Abbadon by Richard J. O'Brien                 
Divine Wind Of The Dark by Frank Schildiner                
Skrik by Bekki Pate                                                              
The Ferryman's Journal by Ed Burkley                              
Demiurge by Marc A. Fitch                                                   
And In Her Eyes The City Drowned by Kyla Lee Ward           
Clouds Like Memories, Words Like Stones by John R. Fultz   
Up The Lazy River by Adrian Cole    
                                         
Poems and Flash Fiction

Bad Night by Lucy Snyder
Songs Of The Quail by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Sylvan Simalcrum by Chad Hensley   
Mister Dorton's Cats by Russ Parkhurst   
Miskatonic Etudes by James P. Roberts
The Cursed by Julio Toro San Martin & Hank Simmons
The Autumn People by Kurt Newton
The Great Time Machine by Denny E. Marshall
Ea Carpe Noctis by Frank Coffman 


Amazon.com   Kindle   Wildside Press: Softcover   Wildside Press: eBook


Weirdbook Magazine Blogspot  Weirdbook  Facebook: Weirdbook







10 August 2018  

Adventure House
Now available!


The Brood of the Yellow Dragon and other Stories
John Fiske found himself being swirled along in the waters of the Yangtze away from the U.S. gunboat “Bennington.” Slinking, yellow hands pulled him out—pulled him into the most amazing thrilling adventures ever experienced by any man.  Li Youan, the fearless tiger of Hupeh was capturing Americans—Russia also had her tentacles in this powerful national intrigue—and in the midst of it appeared Fiske, fighting as only a Yankee can. One of Eliot’s most dramatic, exciting stories, and one with a much from beginning to end.

7x10, 114 pages, $12.95


Adventure House
Now available!

The Phantom Detective - December 1943

Murder Under the Big Top by Robert Wallace
When death stalks the Sayles-Morrow circus, the Phantom Detective plunges into a savage table of big-time swindlers, blackmail crime and impenetrable mystery that challenges all his powers!

A Military Mutt by Mel Pitzer
Death Strikes A Discord by A. Boyd Correll


Cover Artist: Rudolph Belarski
 
7x10, 112 pages, $14.95



Adventure House
Now available!

Captain Future – Fall 1940

The Triumph of Captain Future by Edmond Hamilton
Racing to the Ringed Planet in answer to earth’s clarion call, the Wizard of Science seeks a forbidden elixir of life—and finds the city of eternal youth!

Uranian Justice by Wilbur S. Peacock
Black Absolute by H.L. Gold
The Human Termites by Dr. David H. Keller

 
Cover Artist: Earle Bergey

7x10, 128 pages, $14.95


Adventure House Pulp and Collectibles Show
SUNDAY – September 9th, 2018

ARBUTUS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
5200 Southwestern Blvd – Halethorpe MD 21227
We’ve finally put together a show in the Mid-Atlantic area on September 9th, 2018. 
Conveniently located off I-95, just south of the Baltimore Beltway. 
Only 5-10 minutes from BWI Airport or Amtrak. [See map below.]

Convention Hours – 10am – 4pm
$5.00 Attendance Fee
Seventy plus tables with thousands of pulps and lots of popular culture collectibles.
Two large parking lots
Snack bar on premises
Hotels nearby include: [Rates are not guaranteed]
Holiday Inn BWI Airport – $108
Country Inn & Suites – $118
Holiday Inn Express – $99
Aloft BWI  – $89
Red Roof Plus – $80
Hilton Garden Inn BWI Airport – $93
BWI Airport Marriott – $139
Fairfield Inn & Suites BWI Airport – $96
La Quinta Inn & Suites  – $115
Hilton Baltimore BWI Airport – $139
Hampton Inn BWI – $97
Shipping services by Adventure House through USPS available for a standard counter rates and a small handling fee.
Short trip to the Baltimore Inner Harbor [15 Minutes]
Slightly longer trip to Washington DC [30 minutes]



Adventures in Bronze / Altus Press
THE DOOM LEGION
Written by Will Murray,
Cover by Joe DeVito.
Now available in softcover!
Coming soon in hardcover!

When a weird meteor crashes in the middle of Central Park on Halloween night, its eerie unholy light attracts the attention of Richard Wentworth––alias The Spider!

Investigating, the millionaire criminologist encounters a maelstrom of madness in the making.
Drawn, too, are two sinister figures from the past––international master criminals who join forces to harness the power of the pulsing meteorite.

Alone, The Spider confronts his greatest challenge, but he is not alone this time.
For the unholy power of the meteorite draws James Christopher, alias Operator 5, and another government agent from the past, known only as G-8….

Together, this heroic trio must battle a pair of powerful adversaries intent on harnessing and unleashing the malevolent power of the Green Meteorite.


$24.95

The hardcover edition will include a bonus Secret 6 story not available in any other edition...



Will began writing the sequel to The Doom Legion ...it's called Fury in Steel and features The Spider alone!

Adventures in Bronze   The Doom Legion: Softcover   The Doom Legion: Hardcover

 

Age of Aces
Now available!

Captain Philip Strange: Strange Squadrons (Volume 7)

A mental marvel from birth, who used his talents on stage as a boy, Philip Strange is now known as “The Phantom Ace of G-2″ by the Allies during WWI. From his very first adventure, Captain Philip Strange has rooted out only the most bizarre battalions commissioned by Germany in the Great War. When flying coffins circle the air, or severed hands drop from the sky, the call goes out for the Phantom Ace of G-2 Intelligence. For the Allies know that only the so-called “Brain-Devil” and his aides can out-fly the zombie traitors and human bombs, or out-spy fiends like The Mask and the Man with the Iron Claw! When World War I gets weird, only America’s own “Phantom Ace of G-2” has a ghost of a chance against the supernatural slaughter. Captain Philip Strange in his strangest cases yet from the pages of Flying Aces magazine!
 
Take another trip through the imaginings of Donald E. Keyhoe, where the WWI war skies are filled with giant bats, invisible fire, and beautiful spies. And where America turns to its own unnatural secret weapon: Captain Philip Strange. A mental marvel from birth, he was so terrifyingly effective as the Allies’ top agent that the Germans were offering a king’s ransom for his death. This fifth volume of weird WWI adventures collects six stories featuring Germany’s wildest attempts to win the war and Captain Philip Strange’s counter measures!

Stories include:
 ■“A Squadron Will Perish,” – Flying Aces, August 1931
 ■“Port of Missing Pilots,” – Flying Aces, March 1932
 ■“The Fokker Fiend,” – Flying Aces, May 1932
 ■“The Midnight Ace,” – Flying Aces, June 1934
 ■“Squadron from the Grave,” – Flying Aces, June 1936
 ■“The Mad Squadron,” – Flying Aces, October 1937
 
$16.99 | 6″x9″ trade paperback | 318pp | ISBN:978-1-937590-13-0


The Jailbird Flight: The Devil Flies High (Volume 2)

They had all been sentenced to a living death and all bore The Convict Brand! The Jailbirds were recruited from the military prisons of Britain, France, and America. Real men, molded in the harsh fires of life, dishonored perhaps in the eyes of the Army— but men with red blood and courage. Hard fighters, some of them hiding bitter memories, but all of them ready to follow their leader, “Killer” Kirby, down a flaming suicide trail on the most dangerous missions of the Great War! Rather than wither behind bars—they were given the chance to die fighting!
 
This is the second of two exciting volumes of the collected adventures Donald E. Keyhoe’s Jailbird Flight stories that ran through all three of Popular Publication’s air anthology titles. Starting in Battle Aces in September 1931 running through the end of it’s initial publication run when they switched to Battle Birds at the end of 1932 and into Dare-Devil Aces in 1934.
 
In August of 1931, Donald E. Keyhoe started three long-lived series in three different aviation magazines: Philip Strange in Flying Aces; The Devil Dog Squadron in Sky Birds; and The Jailbird Flight in Battle Aces. This volume features the first seven Jailbird adventures published by Popular Publications in 1931 and ‘32. A former U.S. Marine pilot, Keyhoe was a prolific contributor to the pulp magazines, but he is perhaps best remembered for his UFO research in the Fifties and Sixties.


Stories include:
 ■“The Jailbird Patrol” – Battle Birds, December 1932
 ■“The Cyclone Patrol” – Dare-Devil Aces, February 1933
 ■“The Red Lightning Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces, July 1933
 ■“The Hooded Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces, February 1934
 ■“The Skeleton Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces, November 1934
 
$16.99 | 6″x9″ trade paperback | 322pp | ISBN: 978-1-937590-11-6









Altus Press
Now available!

Secret Agent X: The Complete Series, Volume 9
by G.T. Fleming-Roberts and Paul Chadwick

For 41 issues from 1934 to 1939, SECRET AGENT "X" battled the forces of evil in the pages of his own pulp magazine. Now, for the first time... the complete pulp series is being reprinted in nine deluxe omnibus editions! The text has been reset and all the original interior illustrations have been remastered. This volume contains the final five stories, by G.T. Fleming-Roberts and Paul Chadwick: "Claws of the Corpse Cult," "The Corpse that Murdered," "Curse of the Crimson Horde," "Corpse Contraband" and "Yoke of the Crimson Coterie." This is THE Secret Agent "X" reprint series to own!

PLUS: the one-shot Captain Hazzard adventure "Python Men of Lost City" by Paul Chadwick!

524 pages | $34.95 softcover | $44.95 hardcover



The Complete Air Adventures of Gales & McGill, Volume 2: 1930-31
by Frederick Nebel


Follow Bill Gales and Mike McGill, hard fighting and high flying soldiers of fortune; freelancers for hire from China to Borneo and beyond. Follow their hard-boiled exploits in the sinister Far East. This, the second of two volumes, collects the last seven tales, written by Black Mask alum Frederick Nebel, and the novel Bloodhounds of the Sky ripped from the pages of the Fiction House rough paper mags, Air Stories and Wings.

440 pages | $29.95 softcover | $39.95 hardcover



Dusty Ayres and his Battle Birds #8: The Black Avenger
by Robert Sidney Bowen


“To Captain Ayres: The greatest among us has died by your hand. We, the living, are pledged to avenge that loss. Within forty-eight hours you and your comrades will be wiped from the face of the earth. Nothing can save you!” This message, signed Ekar, was dropped on Dusty’s drome; at the same time another Yank air field nearby was wiped out by a new horror weapon—a flaming rain that destroyed everything it touched! How can America fight this new menace? How can she keep the Blacks from crossing her borders?

184 pages | $13.95 softcover





Altus Press
Now available!


by Paul Ernst, Hugh B. Cave, William E. Barrett, Norvell W. Page, D.L. Champion, and Frederick C. Davis
This specially-priced set includes all six books in Series 4 of The Dime Detective Library:

The Complete Cases of Inspector Allhoff, Volume 2 by D.L. Champion
The Complete Cases of Ken Carter by Norvell W. Page
The Complete Cases of Needle Mike, Volume 1 by William E. Barrett
The Complete Cases of Peter Kane by Hugh B. Cave, introduction by Bob Byrne
The Complete Cases of Secrets, Inc., Volume 2 by Frederick C. Davis
The Complete Cases of Seekay by Paul Ernst, introduction by Will Murray
Considered the greatest of all detective pulps to only Black Mask, Dime Detective was the home to dozens of classic, quirky series characters, all with an offbeat twist.
Get all of Series 4 at a big discount!

$189.70 hardcover
SALE PRICE: $150.00 

$124.70 softcover
SALE PRICE: $98.49



A millionaire playboy with a yen for excitement, young Ken McNally disguises himself as the gray-haired, gold-toothed, jaundiced-looking proprietor of a seedy tattoo parlor in the “tenderloin” district of St. Louis. His unusual occupation frequently brings him into contact with underworld denizens who, willingly or accidentally, embroil him in criminal activities.

Written by William E. Barrett, Needle Mike found himself embroiled in nearly 20 hard-boiled mysteries originally published between 1935 and 1938 in the pages of Dime Detective, the prestigious crime pulp second only to the legendary Black Mask in its impact on the genre.

Contains the following stories: “The Tattooed Corpse,” “The Tattooed Countess,” “The Tattooed Curse” and “The Tattooed Cobra.”

258 pages | $19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover



Brilliant, decisive, and hard-charging, Deputy Inspector Allhoff was the NYPD’s ace detective until bullets from a mobster’s machine gun robbed him of his legs, his career, and—in the opinion of an associate—his sanity. Yet Allhoff was too good a man to be put out to pasture, so New York’s police commissioner found a way to keep him employed and refer to him such cases as the department couldn’t or wouldn’t handle. Confined to a wheelchair and operating from a seedy tenement flat, Allhoff is assisted by two cops: Battersly, the rookie patrolman whose brief moment of cowardice cost the inspector his legs, and Simmons, the bitter career cop who detests Allhoff but sticks with the embittered cripple to protect his own pension.

Contains the following stories: “The 10:30 to Sing Sing,” “Coffee for a Killer,” “The Corpse That Wasn’t There,” “A Bed for the Body,” “Tell It to Homicide,” “Murder in the Mirror,” “A Leg on Murder,” “You’re the Crime in My Coffee.”

328 pages | $19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover


The Complete Cases of Peter Kane (The Dime Detective Library)
by Hugh B. Cave
introduction by Bob Byrne

No longer a Boston police officer, hard-boiled drunk Peter Kane made the easy transition to work as a P.I. Though now in private practice, Kane had a knack for cracking cases while constantly inebriated. Collecting the entire series, along with an all-new introduction by Bob Byrne.

Written by Hugh B. Cave, Kane stumbled through nine gin-soaked yarns published between 1934 and 1942 in the pages of Dime Detective, the prestigious crime pulp second only to the legendary Black Mask in its impact on the genre.

Contains the following stories: “The Late Mr. Smythe,” “Hell on Hume Street,” “Bottled in Blonde,” “The Man Who Looked Sick,” “The Screaming Phantom,” “The Brand of Kane,” “Ding Dong Belle,” “The Dead Don’t Swim” and “No Place to Hide.”


365 pages | $24.95 softcover | $34.95 hardcover



Immediately before picking up the reigns of writing the adventures of the Spider, pulp writer Norvell Page introduced the weird detective mysteries of another, similar adventure character, Ken Carter. Running in the hard-boiled pages of the 1930s detective pulps, Ken Carter battled a myriad of offbeat villains in a series which is clearly a prototype of Page’s style of novels he soon later wrote of the Spider. Collecting all seven stories, along with their original illustrations.

Contains the following stories: “Hell’s Music,” “City of Corpses,” “Statues of Horror,” “Gallows Ghost,” “Satan’s Hoof,” “The Sinister Embrace” and “Satan’s Sideshow.”


367 pages | $24.95 softcover | $34.95 hardcover


The Complete Cases of Seekay (The Dime Detective Library)
by Paul Ernst
introduction by Will Murray

The cases he takes up are often bizarre and grotesque, but no more so than this anonymous private investigator himself: Seekay’s entire face is covered by a mask of pink celluloid, with only his “burning black eyes” visible to those who come into contact with him—and who almost invariably are unnerved by the experience, whether friend or foe. Collecting the entire series, written by the writer of The Avenger, Paul Ernst.

Contains the following stories: “Madame Murder—and The Corpse Brigade,” “The Corpse With The Third Eye,” “Case Of The Smoking Skulls,” “Two Tickets To Hell” and “Widow Of The Talking Head.”


193 pages | $14.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover



From 1933 to 1935, Frederick C. Davis chronicled the cases of Hollywood P.I. firm Secrets, Inc. Led by Clay “Oke” Oakley and assisted by Cherry Morris and Archibald Brixey, Secrets, Inc., investigated some of the weirdest and most ingenious crimes in the long history of Dime Detective Magazine—all centering around the film industry. Volume 2 collects the final five mysteries.

Contains the following stories: “Death on Delivery,” “Tracks of the Turtle,” “Blood from the Parrot,” “The Green Ghoul” and “Doorway to Doom.”


332 pages | $19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover









Altus Press: Pulp Blog - Now online!

Altus Press Releases Secret Agent X Vol. 9, Gales & McGill Vol. 2, and Dusty Ayres Vol. 8

Veiled Knowledge by Edwin James (American Science Fiction Magazine Series)
Even More Vintage Pulp Logo T-Shirts Are Now Available -
Altus Press Latest Releases: The Lost Spider Novel, Dusty Ayres, and a New Issue of Black Mask Magazine
The Next Wave of The H. Bedford-Jones Library is Here
Mavericks Headlines the Next Wave of Popular Hero Reprints


Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!

THE SHADOW Volume 132: “Fingers of Death” & “The Blackest Mail”
Lamont Cranston investigates crime in classic pulp thrillers by Walter. B. Gibson and Bruce Elliott writing as “Maxwell Grant." First, one by one, prominent citizens fall victim to “Fingers of Death” and only The Shadow can uncover the murderous mastermind behind the serial killings! Then, mysterious writing on a wall, a toy boat and a kite set Lamont Cranston on the trail of the Hollywood extortionist behind “The Blackest Mail." BONUS: a lost Shadow radio adventure by Walter Gibson! This instant collectors item showcases the original color pulp covers plus the classic interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Newt Alfred with historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-250-6 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
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
At the printer and coming soon!

THE SHADOW #133: “Syndicate of Sin” & “Merry Mrs. MacBeth”
Lamont Cranston and ’the lovely Margo Lane" prove that “crime does not pay" in classic pulp thrillers by Theodore Tinsley and Walter B. Gibson. First, only The Shadow knows that stolen Nazi art treasures are being peddled in America by a murderous “Syndicate of Sin." Then, death comes hurtling onto the stage of “Merry Mrs. MacBeth,” a new Broadway musical. BONUS: the debut adventure of Carrie Cashin, the pulps’ gorgeous girl sleuth! This instant collectors item showcases the classic color pulp covers by George Rozen and Modest Stein plus the original interior illustrations by Paul Orban with historical commentary by Anthony Tollin and Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-251-3 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
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)


Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming in December!

THE SHADOW Volume 137: “Green Eyes” & “Gray Fist” — Chinatown Special
The Shadow combats Chinatown crime in two of Walter B. Gibson's greatest action thrillers! First, the Master of Darkness journeys to San Francisco’s Chinatown to combat the expanding power of “Green Eyes” and his Wu-Fan secret society! Then, a police informant’s corpse is deposited in The Shadow’s secret sanctum as a deadly warning from the criminal mastermind known only as “Gray Fist.” This instant collector’s item showcases both classic color pulp covers by George Rozen and the original interior illustrations by Tom Lovell, with historical commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-255-1 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
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)




Art's Reviews Podcasts! - Now online!

Nothing new this week.

Past episodes:
Wayne Reinagel's new novel "The Castaway"
A Baker's Dozen - 13 essays and an Interview about the Doc Savage Universe by Jeff Deischer
Jon Black Discusses his novel "Bel Nemeton"
Author and Publisher James Bojaciuk discusses his work
UFOs & Nukes by Robert Hastings (and quite alot more)
Doc Brazen: Millenium Bug - A Doc Savage Pastiche

Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press
Now available!

The latest release from Murania Press is a collection of informative, extensively researched essays on the Westerns of pulp fiction and Saturday-matinee motion pictures from the 20th century’s first half. Most of these pieces initially saw print in BLOOD 'N' THUNDER; a few were originally written for other publications; and one is new to this book. The reprinted essays all have been reedited and expanded, some considerably. Author Ed Hulse examines best-selling authors such as Zane Grey, Max Brand, Walt Coburn, and Clarence E. Mulford; memorable series characters such as Zorro, Hopalong Cassidy, The Lone Ranger, and Whistling Dan Barry; and popular cowboy stars such as Tom Mix, Roy Rogers, William Boyd, Randolph Scott, George O’Brien — to name just a few in each category.

While not a comprehensive narrative history, this book’s 17 essays in their totality cover a long span of time and a great deal of ground. The author has uncovered a wealth of heretofore unreported information on the making of classic Western movies, much of it gleaned from the actors, writers, and directors themselves.

As a bonus the book reprints Stewart Edward White’s outstanding 1919 novella, THE KILLER, twice adapted by Hollywood; the second and best version, a stylish 1932 exercise in “Western Gothic” titled MYSTERY RANCH, is covered by Hulse at length in the 5,100-word essay written specifically to accompany White’s story.

At 286 pages, its 146,000 words accompanied by dozens of seldom-seen cover reproductions and rare movie stills, THE WILD WEST OF FICTION AND FILM is an invaluable addition to the history of American pop culture. It's available at muraniapress.com for $25.00, which includes free shipping to domestic U.S. buyers.


Cover Art by Walter Baumhofer
286 pages., deluxe trade paperback edition, 8 1/2 X 11
Price: $25.00


PURCHASE PRICE INCLUDES SHIPPING AND HANDLING TO DOMESTIC BUYERS.
OVERSEAS BUYERS MUST INQUIRE FOR SHIPPING RATES BEFORE PLACING ORDERS



Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press: EDitorial Comments - Now online!

PulpFest 2018 Report: Part Two

PulpFest 2018 Report: Part One
The Latest from Murania Press
June 2018 Collectibles Section Update
Happy Birthday, Iris Meredith!
2018 Windy City Film Program


Bold Venture Press
Pulp Adventures #29
Now available!

A packed issue with mystery, western, horror reprints of classic pulp fiction with illustrations by the best of the best pulp fictioneers from the days of the FICTION FACTORY, and dynamite new pulp-style fiction! Cover art by Harold J. Ward, and an interior illustration for one of the new stories by a new young artist, Aleena Valentine-Lopez , working hard to learn the trade.

CLASSIC PULP
"The Absent Corpse" by Charles Boeckman
"Wreckage Reef" by Albert Richard Wetjen
"Where God Turns His Back" (a Peter Scarlet adventure) by Theodore Roscoe
"Golden Humbug" by Laurence Donovan

NEW PULP FICTION
"The Gentleman’s Exit" by Andrew Bourelle
"Bloody Mary" by Jack Burns
"The Sixty-Year Sleep" by Adam Beau McFarlane
"Laguna del Espirita Santo" by David Bernard
"Sick Dummies" by Johnny Strike
"Boxing, Babes & Bullets" by Gary Lovisi
"The Gumshoe and the Glitterati" by Rie Sheridan Rose

AN ARTICLE OF INTEREST
"Judging a Book" by Jim Noy, EDITOR of the BOLD VENTURE PRESS reprints of THEODORE ROSCOE books I'LL GRIND THEIR BONES and MURDER ON THE WAY!



Bold Venture Press
ZORRO AND THE LITTLE DEVIL
By Peter David
Now available!

Bold Venture Press will release a brand new ZORRO novel in July in both paperback and hard cover, a brand new addition to our six volumes of original pulp fiction stories by Johnston McCulley.
ZORRO AND THE LITTLE DEVIL, along with a bonus story entitled “Diego and the Baron,” licensed by Zorro Productions, are written by Peter David. writer of comic books, novels, television, films and video games. His notable comic book work includes an award-winning 12-year run on The Incredible Hulk, as well as runs on Aquaman, Young Justice, Supergirl, Fallen Angel, Spider-Man 2099 and X-Factor.

His Star Trek work includes both comic books and novels such as Imzadi, and co-creating the New Frontier series. His other novels include film adaptations, media tie-ins, and original works, such as the Apropos of Nothing and Knight Life series. His television work includes series such as Babylon 5, Young Justice, Ben 10: Alien Force and Nickelodeon's Space Cases, which he co-created with Bill Mumy. David often jokingly describes his occupation as "Writer of Stuff", and is noted for his prolific writing, characterized by its mingling of real-world issues with humor and references to popular culture, as well as elements of metafiction and self-reference.

David has earned multiple awards for his work, including a 1992 Eisner Award, a 1993 Wizard Fan Award, a 1996 Haxtur Award, a 2007 Julie Award and a 2011 GLAAD Media Award.


Pages: 202
Size: 6" x 9"
 Zorro and the Little Devil
Zorro and the Little Devil
Formats: Softcover, Hardcover, eBook
Price:  $19.95, $39.95, $7.50




Broadswords and Blasters - Now online!

Pulp Consumption: Jules de Grandin
Broadswords and Blasters Issue 6 is Now Available!
Pulp Consumption: Playback
Pulp Consumption: Chinatown
Pulp Consumption: The Adventure of the Incognita Countess


THE BRONZE GAZETTE
Subscribe for 2018
 
Subscribe for 2018 now, as the price will rise after this special offer ends!
The 2018 Issues are numbers 81, 82, and 83.

Please note that Bronze Gazette Special Editions are not included in any subscription, but may be purchased separately.

Only $30.00
 
THE BRONZE GAZETTE
Issue #81 is now available and recommended!
 
Front Cover: Dan Brereton
"The State of the World of Bronze" by Chuck Welch
"Notes on a Doc Savage Illustration" by
Dan Brereton
"The Stories Behind the Story" by David Avallone
"Reviewing the Ring of Fire" by Bobb Cotter
"The Girl Who Hated Doc Savage" by Dafydd Neal Dyar
"Doc Savage and the WEP" by Julián Paga
"Sons of Savage: Doc Caliban" by Art Sippo, MD
"Doc Has a Gun!" by Michael Ingalls
Back Cover: Tim Faurote imagines Doc and the Fatal Five in the style of James Bama

Everything, new and old, is beautifully designed by Kez Wilson.
You can order available single issues at: http://www.bronzegazette.com/back-issues/

Subscribe for 2018 (Issues 81, 82, and 83) at: http://www.bronzegazette.com/subscribe/

$35.00 USA
$45.00 Canada (US Dollars)
$55.00 International
(Prices Include Postage)

Click HERE to subscribe!
Click HERE for available back issues!

 The Bronze Gazette  


Castalia House Blog - Now online!

The Mighty Warriors
Sensor Sweep: REH Guide, The High Crusade, Pulp Revolution, D&D, King Kong
Sensor Sweep: Keys to Other Doors, Xenophile, Skylark of Space, Roger Zelazny
Sensor Sweep: Ray Capella, Queen of Communist Cannibals, H. Rider Haggard
The Cosmic Express

CONAN COLLECTOR - Coming in December!

Know, O Prince, that between the time that saw the sinking of Atlantis and the glittering cities ... there was an unsuspected Age, during which resplendent realms spread across the globe. But the most illustrious of the kingdoms of this world was Aquilonia, whose supremacy was undisputed in the dreaming West. It was in this country that came Conan, the Cimmerian - black hair, dark eyes, sword in hand, a thief, a looter, a killer, with fits of melancholy just as disproportionate as his joys - to tread his sandals thrones constellated with jewels of the Earth.

Conan is one of the most famous fictional characters in the world. Robert E. Howard created it in 1932 and with him, heroic fantasy .
This hero, as well as the evocative power of his author's writing, has had and still has a major influence on the Western imagination.

For the first time, here is the complete Conan Adventures in one volume, an exceptional edition with limited edition and beautifully enriched with 251 illustrations including 21 full color pages by:

Johann Bodin
Mikaël Bourgouin
Benjamin
Miguel Coimbra Square
Gary Gianni
Bastien Lecouffe-Deharme
Victor Leza Moreno
Vincent Madras
Gregory Manchess
Thimothée Montaigne
Jean-Sebastien Rossbach
Mark Schultz
Marc Simonetti


Photo: Under license from Conan Properties International LLC.
Translator: François Truchaud, Patrice Louinet
Release date: 12/09/2018
ISBN: 9791028104375
Price: 55.00 €
Number of pages: 1312
Format: Beautiful book
Edition: Hardcover

Language: French

For a look at some of the color art pages, visit  MESSAGES FROM CROM.



COWBOYS, CREATURES, AND CLASSICS STORY OF REPUBLIC PICTURES  - Now available!
(Writers) Chris Enss, Howard Kazanjian

Republic Pictures was the little studio in the San Fernando Valley where movies were made family style. A core of technicians, directors, and actors worked hard at their craft as Republic released a staggering total of more than a thousand films through the late 1950s. Republic brought action, adventure, and escape to neighborhood movies houses across America. And they brought it with style. Republic Pictures became a studio where major directors could bring their personal vision to the screen. Sometimes these were projects no other studio would touch such as The Quiet Man (which brought director John Ford an Oscar) and Macbeth. Cowboys, Creatures and Classics: The Story of Republic Pictures is the honest account of an extraordinary production house, one whose ability to turn out films quickly boded well for its transition into television production.

Hardcover: 264 pages
Publisher: Lyons Press
Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 8 inches

$35.00






Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!


Comic Gallery: THE BLACK KNIGHT
- New!
Pulp Gallery: ORIENTAL STORIES 7,8,9 (1932) - New!
The Art of Frank Hamilton (Part 6)
Basil Wolverton's SPACE PATROL (1939)
Pulp Gallery: FIGHT STORIES (1929)
Saunders Saturday: G.I. JOE (1951-52)
Sherlock Socks
VIRGIL FINLAY in Color (Part 1)  

The Digest Enthusiast Blog - Now online!

Broadswords and Blasters No. 6 Summer 2018
 
Pulp Literature #19 Summer 2018
Weirdbook No. 39  
Coming soon: Pulp Modern 
MEN OF VIOLENCE NO. 10
Hot Lead No. 2
Double Trouble

DMR Books Blog - Now online!

The DMRtian Chronicles, 8/2/2018
Roy G. Krenkel: A Centennial Remembrance, Part One
The DMRtian Chronicles - 7/29/2018
Quick Reviews: Swordsmen and Supermen


Edgar Rice Burroughs
TARZAN AND THE REVOLUTION
 
By Thomas Zachek
Illustrated by Mike Grell
Now available!

Eric Benton, an idealistic young Midwestern Peace Corps volunteer, could hardly have known that his mission to help an African village would embroil him and his colleagues in the political struggles of an emerging African nation. The people of central Africa likewise had no idea how quickly their expectations for freedom could be taken away when a ruthless dictator seizes power. And Tarzan of the Apes had no idea that before long, he would be compelled, once again, to undertake a long and perilous journey with the Waziri to save their families.

Set against a backdrop of political unrest in modern Africa, Thomas Zachek's latest page-turner takes the reader from the dank treasure troves of the lost city of Opar to turmoil in the city streets as Tarzan battles one of his most ruthless foes!


Hardcover: 208 pages
Publisher: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches

$34.95





Edgar Rice Burroughs
SAVAGE PELLUCIDAR
Coming in September!

SAVAGE PELLUICAR
ERB’s seventh and final novel in the series is for the first time published by ERB Inc. and G&D in a Signed/Numbered Set (#1-248) -
with different dust jackets, bindings (red & blue), and front/end matter and a new Foreword by Richard Lupoff and Preface by Phil Burger.  

Each Set Includes:

Two matching number books signed by the contributors.
Dust Jacket paintings by Bob Eggleton (wraparound) and Thomas Grindberg.
30+ Story Illustrations including:

  Color artwork by Frazetta, Jusko and St. John (newly colorized)
  B&W illustrations by Takebe(16), Ivie, St. John and Grindberg.
Custom Slipcases, High Quality Paper and Bindings - 80# Finch in a vellum finish, vintage style book cloth, map endpapers, bookmarks and sewn bindings.

First Time in Hardback: ERB’s unpublished dj blurb, 2-page illustrated title pages for each of the four novellas.

Anticipated Ship Date Aug. 31st 2018


PRE-ORDER for THE LIMITED EDITION SET - SAVAGE PELLUCIDAR (1 of 248 signed/numbered)
$199.99





 

Howard Andrew Jones - Now online!

Pictures in the Fire

Mighty Warriors Arrive
Mighty Warriors
Lankhmar
Chainsaw and Corris
Flamehair

ILLUSTRATORS MAGAZINE #22 - Arriving in comic shops August 15!
(Writer) Diego Cordoba (Art) Various

More like a book than a magazine, illustrators is the art quarterly devoted to the finest illustration art ever published. It guides you through the stories behind the artists and their art, with features written by some of the leading authorities on this important art form. This issue we cover the work of the groundbreaking art agency, Bardon, established in 1957. Created by Barry Coker and Jordi Macabich they introduced the talents of the greatest Spanish Artists to British comics and newspaper strips as well as nurturing the early careers of Dave Gibbons, Don Lawrence, Ron Embleton, Mick McMahon and Brian Bolland. Contents include a foreword by Dave Gibbons and profiles of Barry Coker and Jordi Macabich.

Magazine, 96 pages, Full Color, SRP: $24.99






ILLUSTRATORS SPECIAL #3: ART OF DON LAWRENCE - Arriving in comic shops August 15!

This is the third illustrators Special, this one devoted to the illustrations and comic strip art of Don Lawrence.

He is regarded as one of the truely greats of British comic strip art and there has never been a book devoted to his whole career.

The volume has examples of his wonderful illustrations from Look and Learn, Ranger, and Once Upon a Time as well as comic strips Karl the Viking, Olac the Gladiator, The Trigan Empire, and Storm. Packed with breath-taking western art, adventure art and fantasy art.

Magazine, 144 pages, Full Color, $34.99




Jerry Schneider Enterprises
Now available!

THRILLING SPY STORIES, Spring 1940

Contents:
THE MASTER OF TREACHERY by Capt. Kerry McRoberts
LADY OF DOOM by Dale DeV. Kier
SLAUGHTER IN SHANGHAI by Robert Wallace
TRAITORS' GOLD by Whit Ellsworth
MESSAGE IN SUNLIGHT by John S. Endicott
TERROR IN NIAGARA by Harl Vincent
A HINT IN TIME by Bernard Breslauer

Pulp Sized Magazine, 7 x 10 inch, 116 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $12.95



PRIVATE DETECTIVE STORIES, October 1942

Contents:
DEATH HAS AN ESCORT by Roger Torrey
HANGING EVIDENCE by Sam Drake
A DATE WITH DEATH by R. T. Maynard
THE KILLER TYPE by William Decatur
HOURS OF GRACE by John Wayne

Pulp Sized Magazine, 7 x 10 inch, 130 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $12.95




 
JULES DE GRANDIN
A RIVAL FROM THE GRAVE: THE COMPLETE TALES OF JULES DE GRANDIN, VOLUME FOUR
by Seabury Quinn
Coming September 4!

The fourth of five volumes collecting the stories of Jules de Grandin, the supernatural detective made famous in the classic pulp magazine Weird Tales.

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 fourth volume, A Rival from the Grave, will include all the stories from “The Chosen of Vishnu” (1933) to “Incense of Abomination” (1938), as well as an introduction by George Vanderburgh and Robert Weinberg and a foreword by Mike Ashley.


Hardcover, 512 pages, $34.99
eBook: $19.99


 





Martin Grams' Blog - Now online!

Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's Fantastic Four
Dick Tracy meets the Green Hornet
Obscure trivia about Robert Wagner
SerlingFest 2018  
The Triumphant Return of Rocky and Bullwinkle
78/52 Hitchcock Shower Scene


Meteor House
TARZAN AND THE DARK HEART OF CRIME
By Philip Jose Farmer
Now available!

One of the most famous heroes in literature is back!
Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, returns with a vengeance in this action-packed adventure by Philip José Farmer, Hugo Award winner, Nebula Grand Master, and author of the incredible Riverworld saga.

Tarzan’s beloved mate, Jane, has been kidnapped, and the furious ape-man will let nothing stand in the way of rescuing her—not even a sinister safari whose target is Tarzan himself. With fierce Masai trackers leading the chase, a trio of white hunters are hellbent on capturing the Jungle Lord. But as the pursuers, and their uncanny half-human tracker, close in from behind, Tarzan races toward even greater danger ahead.

For the trail leads to a bizarre, long-forgotten land boasting a multitude of strange and terrifying mysteries: the City Built by God, the Hideous Hunter, the One to Avoid, and most shocking of all, the Crystal Tree of Time—whose seductive powers could ultimately spell Tarzan’s doom . . .

Philip José Farmer, a descendant of the actual Greystoke family, and a recipient of the prestigious Golden Lion Award, bestowed by the Burroughs Bibliophiles at the 1970 Dum-Dum, is famous for his adventure novels starring Tarzanic characters. Now, in Tarzan and the Dark Heart of Time, authorized by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., Farmer lends his vast imagination to the legend of the Lord of the Apes himself!

In addition, this handsome new edition, which sports a gorgeous painted cover by well known Burroughs artist Mark Wheatley, a new Foreword by longtime Burroughs scholar Robert R. Barrett, and a new Introduction by Farmer expert Win Scott Eckert, will also be released in a trade paperback edition.

Now accepting preorders, the book will be released at FarmerCon 100, held in conjunction with PulpFest 2018 in Pittsburgh, PA, July 26-29. As always, readers who preorder and attend FarmerCon/PulpFest can pick up their copies there—and as an added bonus, get them signed by Wheatley and Eckert! All other copies will ship immediately after FarmerCon 100.

ORDERING:
The trade paperback edition is $20 (plus shipping).
The hardcover edition is $35 (plus shipping).
Or you can preorder them together for only $50—that’s $5 off (plus you’ll save even more with combined shipping)!


Trade paperback: $20
Hardcover: $35
6×9, 260 pages


Due out in July 2018, you can preorder the trade paperback, hardcover, or both, by clicking here.

The Official Philip José Farmer   Meteor House


Meteor House
The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection
Now available!

To mark Philip José Farmer's 100th Birthday, Meteor House is proud to present a mammoth collection worthy of the Grand Master. With over fifty pieces spanning seven decades The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection goes beyond the typical "best of" anthology. From classic science fiction to poems, articles, tributes, speeches and more all by Farmer himself. Additionally there is an introduction by Joe R. Lansdale, a foreword by Tracy Knight, a bibliography at Zacharias L.A. Nuninga, and each decade features a synopsis of Farmer's life and career. At well over 900 pages this collection is a must for all science fiction fans and historians and is available in trade paperback and hardcover featuring two covers by Mark Wheatley.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Foreword

The 1940s
Bradley Brave Sees New York
O’Brien and Obrenov
Imagination

The 1950s
The Lovers
Sail On! Sail On!
Sestina of the Space Rocket
Mother
Lovers and Otherwise
Attitudes
Totem and Taboo
The Tin Woodman Slams the Door

The 1960s
On a Mountain Upside Down
Uproar in Acheron
The King of the Beasts
Riverworld
The Blind Rowers
Riders of the Purple Wage
The Jungle Rot Kid on the Nod
My Father the Ripper (an excerpt from A Feast Unknown)
Kickaha’s Escape (an excerpt from A Private Cosmos)
The Josés From Rio


The 1970s
Only Who Can Make a Tree
The Sliced-Crosswise-Only-On-Tuesday World
An Exclusive Interview with Lord Greystoke
Sketches Among The Ruins of My Mind
After King Kong Fell
Writing Doc’s Biography
Sherlock Holmes & Sufism
The Problem of the Sore Bridge—Among Others
To the Wizard of Sci-Fi
A Fimbulwinter Introduction
Osiris on Crutches
The Last Rise of Nick Adams
The Freshman
Creating Artificial Worlds

The 1980s
The Making of Revelation, Part 1
Buddha Contemplates His Novel
The Long Wet Dream of Rip van Winkle
The Man Who Came for Christmas
Plane Talking (an excerpt from A Barnstormer in Oz)
The Peoria-Colored Writer
Memoir
Why and How I Became Kilgore Trout
St. Francis Kisses His Ass Goodbye

The 1990s
Evil, Be My Good
Wolf, Iron, and Moth
Why Do I Write?
A Hole in Hell
More than Most
Casting Turtles (an excerpt from Nothing Burns in Hell)

The 2000s
The Face That Launched a Thousand Eggs
Keep Your Mouth Shut
The Good of the Land
The First Robot
The Princess of Terra
That Great Spanish Author, Ernesto
The Terminalization of J. G. Ballard
The Light-Hog Incident

Bibliography

Trade paperback: $35
Hardcover: $50
5.5×8.5, 940+ pages


Due out in July 2018, you can preorder the trade paperback, hardcover, or both, by clicking here.

Trade Paperback

Hardcover


Mystery*File - Now online!

PulpFest Report by Walker Martin
- New!
Pulp PI Stories I’m Reading: ERLE STANLEY GARDNER “Lord of the High Places.”
COLLECTING PULPS: A Memoir  Part 21: Pulp Art, Part Three by Walker Martin
Pulp Fiction Stories I’m Reading: THORP McCLUSKY “The Crawling Horror.”  
Western Horror Stories I’m Reading, by David Vineyard: MAX BRAND “Werewolf.”
Stories I’m Reading: CORNELL WOOLRICH “Vampire’s Honeymoon.”
COLLECTING PULPS: A Memoir, Part 20, by Walker Martin: PULP ART, Part Two



September 13-15, 2018! 

Hunt Valley Wyndham (recently changed now to a Marriott)
SAME HOTEL, NEW NAME.

Announcing the first half of our celebrity lineup for our 2018 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!

Dr. Vigilante

Captain Hawklin
Super Savant
The Crimson Devil
Dr. Shadows
The Man of The Mist




PulpFest Reports

Murania Press: PulpFest 2018 Report: Part One
Murania Press: PulpFest 2018 Report: Part Two
Mystery*File:  PulpFest Report by Walker Martin - New!
Pulp Flakes:  PulpFest 2018 - trip report  - New!




The 2018 Munsey Award
William Lampkin

William Lampkin has been named the winner of the 2018 Munsey Award. Nominated by the general pulp community, Bill was selected through a vote cast by all the living Lamont, Munsey, and Rusty Award winners. The award is a fine art print created by David Saunders and published by Dan Zimmer of The Illustrated Press. It is presented annually to an individual or institution that has bettered the pulp community. David Saunders — winner of a special “retro” Lamont Award in 2016 — presented this year’s award. As Bill was unable to attend PulpFest 2018 due to family obligations, the award was accepted by Mike Chomko.

Our 2018 Munsey Award winner, William Lampkin, is a freelance writer/editor and publication designer who has spent much of his work life in the newspaper field, much like Rambler Murphy (but without the cool nickname and crime-solving). After freelancing for a number of years, he’s now the public information officer for a professional licensing board. Like many from his generation, Bill discovered the pulps through paperback reprints of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert E. Howard, The Shadow, Doc Savage, and The Spider. He bought his first actual pulp in the seventies. Bill runs ThePulp.Net, which he created in 1996, and also writes the Yellowed Perils blog. He founded the Facebook group Southern Pulpsters in 2015. A resident of Florida, he has designed THE PULPSTER since 2008, and beginning with its 22nd issue, became editor of the award-winning program book. The first twenty-one issues of the magazine were edited by Tony Davis, winner of the 1999 Lamont Award. Tony calls Bill: “One of the unsung heroes of contemporary pulp fandom.” In late 2013, Bill also began to design PulpFest‘s print advertisements, badges, and other materials. He is a member of the PulpFest organizing committee, serving as the convention’s advertising director and webmaster.

Congratulations to Bill for this most deserved award.

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2019 Munsey Awards.
If you’d like to make a nomination for this prestigious award, please send a short explanation concerning your reasons for the nomination to PulpFest marketing and programming director Mike Chomko at mike@pulpfest.com.
You can also reach Mike at 2217 W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA 18104-6542. Previous winners of the Lamont, Munsey, or Rusty Award are not eligible for the award. Click here for a list of our previous winners.


The deadline for nominations is April 30, 2019. Please click here for additional details. Thanks for your help.

PulpFest 2019

PulpFest has received an offer to merge with a larger comic convention back in Columbus, our original home. Nothing has been decided but the committee is carefully weighing all options. This would return Pulpfest to Columbus and possibly increase attendance, which has been down since the move to Pittsburgh.The response was that fans of original pulps voiced opposition and "New Pulp" movement members supported it. That's an oversimplification, based on who stood to speak about the idea.  A move to Labor Day weekend would also be considered, since that might also increase attendance.  None of this is locked in, but the committee said it has not committed to the Pittsburgh DoubleTree at Cranberry yet for 2019.


Pulpgen-Online Pulps - Now online!

New this week

"Murder Can't Be Beautiful" by Stuart Friedman from MAMMOTH DETECTIVE, May, 1943   
    
Derrain was an artist, and this murder was a work of art! There might be clues, but they'd prove nothing. Not one thing!

"Light Duty" by L Patrick Greene from FROTIER STORIES, April, 1929        
When Trooper "Dynamite" Drury of the B.S.A.P. set forth on his tour of light duty, he little dreamt what lay in store for him. Nor, as he rode through the quiet Rhodesian veldt, did he know that under his very nose a fiendish crime was in the making!

"Snow Hunters" by Raymond S. Spears from ALL-STORY WEEKLY, April 5, 1919        
A battle of wits between a poacher and the Game Warden after him, with a humorous interlude with a bear.



Pulp Den by Tom Johnson - Now online!
   
Space Rogues
- New!
Honesty In World War 2
Spur of The Moment Bride
Nameless Serenade
Lilith Cohen: Merchants of Death


         Pulp Den  

Pulp Flakes - Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors and their stories, adventure and detective pulps.

Five Stahr covers  - New!
Pulpfest 2018 - trip report   - New!
George Bruce Marquis - Author, College bursar  
Gayle Hoskins - prints from "A Cowboy's Day" series of covers
Index to the fanzine Xenophile - part 1
Encoded messages in the pulps - Adventure and Detective Story Magazine  





The Pulp Hermit  by Tom Johnson - Now online!

Dividends of Doom  
New Pulp Author Thomas Condarcure
Bullets And Bad Times
Six Gun Angel
Introducing New Pulp Authors: Ray Capella

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
James Christopher, Operator #5 Audiobook
#28 The Bloody Forty-Five Days
by Emile C. Tepperman writing as Curtis Steele

Read by Milton Bagby

Now available!

The Purple Invasion story #3 of 13
 
America, last citadel of freedom and democracy in the world, has made a valiant but futile stand against the ravening war hordes of the cruel conqueror, Rudolph I, the man whose super-fighting machine is ruthlessly putting the nations of civilized man in thrall. Daily mass executions of men and women — even children — on the Eastern seaboard, are but one of the diabolical means of bringing the surviving patriots to heel. But there is one band that will never yield, who grimly say: “Death before dishonor!” Their leader, Jimmy Christopher, known to them as Operator #5, realizes that only one bold, desperate move can furnish his fellow Americans with the thundering fleet of air destroyers with which alone they can hope to save their country. Grimly, quickly, silently, he sets his plan in action!



The Purple Invasion was heady stuff for a pulp magazine. Never before had an action hero failed to resolve the main threat by the end of his own magazine’s lead novel. But in the new Operator #5 magazine, Jimmy Christopher was forced to fight on and on, with no clear victory in sight. In fact, the situation simply got worse and worse with each intense installment. Long-time characters perished. New ones were introduced. They fell in battle. It was heroic tragedy on a scale never before seen.
 
Thundering across a ravished America comes a loot laden train bearing twenty million dollars in gold, hurtling toward the despoiled metropolis of New York, where Emperor Rudolph I has established headquarters. Suddenly the train trembles to a stop. A desperate little band of American patriots, who refuse to bow to the conqueror’s yoke, make a bold attack. Their leader, Jimmy Christopher, known as Operator #5, realizes that that trainload of gold is the only chance for America to repel the brutal invaders!
 
The Bloody Forty-Five Days is read with stirring intensity by Milton Bagby. Originally published in the October-November 1936 issue of Operator #5 magazine.

Performed by 2017 Audie Awards winner, voice actor Milton Bagby.

 
Discounted 50% the first week.
MP3 digital download - $4.99
Audio CDs - $9.99

Regular price:
5 hours - $9.99 Download / $19.98 Audio CDs

Radio Archives


Radio Archives Pulp Classics
Jungle Stories #38 eBook
Spring 1948

Now available!

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.

Ki-Gor, son of the jungle! Orphaned son of missionary Robert Kilgour, raised in the jungle, he grew to a six foot bronzed-skin giant who ruled the jungles. Joined by Helen Vaughn, his fiance and later wife, Timbo George, the Masai chief, and N’Geeso, the chief of a Pygmy tribe, this band of adventurers roam the wilds of Africa in a series of pulp magazine stories that began in 1939 and ended with the last published story in 1954. Now, Ki-Gor is back, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format.
 
Table of Contents:
 
A New Full-Length Ki-Gor Novel
Slave Of The Jackal Priestess by John Peter Drummond
“Death to Helene!” The awful sentence of the devil-demon Momba-N’gar hammered against Ki-Gor’s brain as he staggered through that miasmic swamp. But what could he do? Where could he go? The great White Lord of the Jungle was blind!
 
“Slayer By Stealth” — Jungle-Drenched Novelet by Wilton Hazzard
Two men dared follow the spoor of blood into the forbidden veldt. They knew that only one could return. Only one could escape the Headless Vultures of Umzinto!
 
Three Lion’s Teeth — Jungle-Drenched Novelet by Cordwell Staples
Jim Ford’s war safari tracked the White Fetish to the moaning kraal of the fire monsters. But even his lion’s teeth juju could not keep the drums of death from beating over Bwana Helen!
 
The Sorcerer Of Kambara — Jungle-Drenched Novelet by Dan Cushman
Could a trader-tramp like Johnny Starr save a gem-queen like Paulette Payan from the curse of the Black Sorcerer? Maybe he could — when the stakes were Sheba’s fortunes!
 
The Magic Of Fear — Short Story Of Strange Voodoo by Edgar Wallace
A great story of weird power by one of the most popular jungle writers of all time.

 
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.

Regular price:  $3.99
Discounted 50% the first week: $1.99

 


The Serial Squadron
Now available!

THE ORIGINAL, REMASTERED
AND WITH A NEW MUSICAL SCORE
THE PERILS OF PAULINE

Featuring
PEARL WHITE
PAUL PANZER & CRANE WILBUR


Pauline's adoptive father dies and leaves his sizable fortune in the hands of Owen, a con man who will control it until such time as she is married. Pauline denies a proposal from handsome Harry Marvin because she wants to spend a year adventuring. Owen and his blackmailer decide that if Pauline were made to disappear they'd make out like bandits. So guess happens to Pauline? Answer: anything and everything Owen and his scheming confederate can arrange to try to do her in.

Re-translated with titles that make sense and use correct character names from the original US release, stabilized, and newly scored for a fresh and new experience with this groundbreaking and important series.

Contains content from 13 original episodes, an Episode Guide covering content from lost episodes, and "The Perils of Pauline Phenomenon," a mini-documentary and collection of spinoffs, remakes and spoofs of the serial.

Accompanied, restored and stabilized by Eric Stedman, with custom image noise reduction by the great Hollywoood digital effects artist John Ellis, restorer of the Steve Canyon TV show now playing on the Decades channel.




SPECTRE LIBRARY: THE PULP AND PAPERBACK FICTION READER - Now online!

“Some Rise by Sin” by Alan Whicker - New!
Love Packs a Six-Gun by John Frederick
“Make Mine Murder” by Robert Sidney Bowen
“Realm of the Alien” by Chester Delray (Dublin, Ireland: Grafton Publications)



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.

Summer Movie Miscelleny
Barker and Bender on the Case-Part Seven
A Pause in the Barker-Bender Saga
Barker and Bender on the Case-Part Six
Barker and Bender on the Case-Part Five



WEIRDBOOK #39
Print and eBook editions are now available!

Softcover, 252 pages,  6 x 9 inches
$12.00

 
Full contents


Horror Around The Bend by Franklyn Searight               
A Tiny Cut by Samson Stormcrow Hayes                             
Posthumous by Marlane  Quade Cook                                
Pages From An Invisible Book by Darrell Schweitzer         
That Name Was Evoc by Lorenzo Crescentini                   
Misdiagnosed by Jackie Bee                                                  
Dog Drool by Frederick J. Mayer                                                               
The Venusian Mantis by Teege Braune                                
The Color of the Gods by Ken Heueler                               
Spawning Ground by Hannah Lackoff                              
Curse of the Dark Queen by Lily Luchesi                         
Monika Unraveling by Rebecca House                                
Crawling With Them by Jason Zwiker                                
Seven Sisters by James Machin                                             
The House In The Mountains by Michael Washburn          
Eyes Without A Face by Thomas Vaughn                            
Clartley Chowder by Riche Brown                                      
Dominion Over Abbadon by Richard J. O'Brien                 
Divine Wind Of The Dark by Frank Schildiner                
Skrik by Bekki Pate                                                              
The Ferryman's Journal by Ed Burkley                              
Demiurge by Marc A. Fitch                                                   
And In Her Eyes The City Drowned by Kyla Lee Ward           
Clouds Like Memories, Words Like Stones by John R. Fultz   
Up The Lazy River by Adrian Cole    
                                         
Poems and Flash Fiction

Bad Night by Lucy Snyder
Songs Of The Quail by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Sylvan Simalcrum by Chad Hensley   
Mister Dorton's Cats by Russ Parkhurst   
Miskatonic Etudes by James P. Roberts
The Cursed by Julio Toro San Martin & Hank Simmons
The Autumn People by Kurt Newton
The Great Time Machine by Denny E. Marshall
Ea Carpe Noctis by Frank Coffman 


Amazon.com   Kindle   Wildside Press: Softcover   Wildside Press: eBook


Weirdbook Magazine Blogspot  Weirdbook  Facebook: Weirdbook







03 August 2018  

2018 & 2019 Film Releases
All dates are subject to change.

2018

August 10, 2018
August 10, 2018
August 17, 2018
THE MEG
EQUALIZER 2
ALPHA
September 14, 2018
September 21, 2018
THE PREDATOR
ROBIN HOOD

October 19, 2018
October 26, 2018
MOWGLI
THE OVERLORD
November 2, 2018
November 16, 2018
X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX
FANTASTIC BEASTS: CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD
December 14, 2018
December 21, 2018
MORTAL ENGINES
UNTITLED JAMES CAMERON FILM
2019

January 11, 2019
HELLBOY
February 14, 2019
February 22, 2019
GAMBIT
THE NEW MUTANTS
March 8, 2019
March 22, 2019
CAPTAIN MARVEL
GODZILLA: KING OF MONSTERS
April 5, 2019
SHAZAM
May 3, 2019
May 31, 2019
THE AVENGERS: UNTITLED
SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN
June 7, 2019
June 14, 2019
CHARLIE'S ANGELS
MEN IN BLACK SPINOFF
July 5, 2019
July 19, 2019
SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING SEQUEL
THE LION KING
November 1, 2019
November 8, 2019
November 22, 2019
November 27, 2019
WONDER WOMAN SEQUEL
UNTITLED JAMES BOND FILM
UNTITLED TERMINATOR FILM
FROZEN SEQUEL
December 20, 2019
STAR WARS: EPISODE IX


Adventure House
Now available!


The Brood of the Yellow Dragon and other Stories
John Fiske found himself being swirled along in the waters of the Yangtze away from the U.S. gunboat “Bennington.” Slinking, yellow hands pulled him out—pulled him into the most amazing thrilling adventures ever experienced by any man.  Li Youan, the fearless tiger of Hupeh was capturing Americans—Russia also had her tentacles in this powerful national intrigue—and in the midst of it appeared Fiske, fighting as only a Yankee can. One of Eliot’s most dramatic, exciting stories, and one with a much from beginning to end.

7x10, 114 pages, $12.95


Adventure House
Now available!

The Phantom Detective - December 1943

Murder Under the Big Top by Robert Wallace
When death stalks the Sayles-Morrow circus, the Phantom Detective plunges into a savage table of big-time swindlers, blackmail crime and impenetrable mystery that challenges all his powers!

A Military Mutt by Mel Pitzer
Death Strikes A Discord by A. Boyd Correll


Cover Artist: Rudolph Belarski
 
7x10, 112 pages, $14.95



Adventure House
Now available!

Captain Future – Fall 1940

The Triumph of Captain Future by Edmond Hamilton
Racing to the Ringed Planet in answer to earth’s clarion call, the Wizard of Science seeks a forbidden elixir of life—and finds the city of eternal youth!

Uranian Justice by Wilbur S. Peacock
Black Absolute by H.L. Gold
The Human Termites by Dr. David H. Keller

 
Cover Artist: Earle Bergey

7x10, 128 pages, $14.95


Adventure House Pulp and Collectibles Show
SUNDAY – September 9th, 2018

ARBUTUS VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
5200 Southwestern Blvd – Halethorpe MD 21227
We’ve finally put together a show in the Mid-Atlantic area on September 9th, 2018. 
Conveniently located off I-95, just south of the Baltimore Beltway. 
Only 5-10 minutes from BWI Airport or Amtrak. [See map below.]

Convention Hours – 10am – 4pm
$5.00 Attendance Fee
Seventy plus tables with thousands of pulps and lots of popular culture collectibles.
Two large parking lots
Snack bar on premises
Hotels nearby include: [Rates are not guaranteed]
Holiday Inn BWI Airport – $108
Country Inn & Suites – $118
Holiday Inn Express – $99
Aloft BWI  – $89
Red Roof Plus – $80
Hilton Garden Inn BWI Airport – $93
BWI Airport Marriott – $139
Fairfield Inn & Suites BWI Airport – $96
La Quinta Inn & Suites  – $115
Hilton Baltimore BWI Airport – $139
Hampton Inn BWI – $97
Shipping services by Adventure House through USPS available for a standard counter rates and a small handling fee.
Short trip to the Baltimore Inner Harbor [15 Minutes]
Slightly longer trip to Washington DC [30 minutes]



Adventures in Bronze / Altus Press
THE DOOM LEGION
Written by Will Murray.
Cover by Joe DeVito.
Coming soon!

When a weird meteor crashes in the middle of Central Park on Halloween night, its eerie unholy light attracts the attention of Richard Wentworth––alias The Spider!

Investigating, the millionaire criminologist encounters a maelstrom of madness in the making.
Drawn, too, are two sinister figures from the past––international master criminals who join forces to harness the power of the pulsing meteorite.

Alone, The Spider confronts his greatest challenge, but he is not alone this time.
For the unholy power of the meteorite draws James Christopher, alias Operator 5, and another government agent from the past, known only as G-8….

Together, this heroic trio must battle a pair of powerful adversaries intent on harnessing and unleashing the malevolent power of the Green Meteorite.


The hardcover edition will likely be available in August. It will include a bonus Secret 6 story not available in any other edition...

Will began writing the sequel to The Doom Legion ...it's called Fury in Steel and features The Spider alone!




Age of Aces
Now available!

Captain Philip Strange: Strange Squadrons (Volume 7)

A mental marvel from birth, who used his talents on stage as a boy, Philip Strange is now known as “The Phantom Ace of G-2″ by the Allies during WWI. From his very first adventure, Captain Philip Strange has rooted out only the most bizarre battalions commissioned by Germany in the Great War. When flying coffins circle the air, or severed hands drop from the sky, the call goes out for the Phantom Ace of G-2 Intelligence. For the Allies know that only the so-called “Brain-Devil” and his aides can out-fly the zombie traitors and human bombs, or out-spy fiends like The Mask and the Man with the Iron Claw! When World War I gets weird, only America’s own “Phantom Ace of G-2” has a ghost of a chance against the supernatural slaughter. Captain Philip Strange in his strangest cases yet from the pages of Flying Aces magazine!
 
Take another trip through the imaginings of Donald E. Keyhoe, where the WWI war skies are filled with giant bats, invisible fire, and beautiful spies. And where America turns to its own unnatural secret weapon: Captain Philip Strange. A mental marvel from birth, he was so terrifyingly effective as the Allies’ top agent that the Germans were offering a king’s ransom for his death. This fifth volume of weird WWI adventures collects six stories featuring Germany’s wildest attempts to win the war and Captain Philip Strange’s counter measures!

Stories include:
 ■“A Squadron Will Perish,” – Flying Aces, August 1931
 ■“Port of Missing Pilots,” – Flying Aces, March 1932
 ■“The Fokker Fiend,” – Flying Aces, May 1932
 ■“The Midnight Ace,” – Flying Aces, June 1934
 ■“Squadron from the Grave,” – Flying Aces, June 1936
 ■“The Mad Squadron,” – Flying Aces, October 1937
 
$16.99 | 6″x9″ trade paperback | 318pp | ISBN:978-1-937590-13-0


The Jailbird Flight: The Devil Flies High (Volume 2)

They had all been sentenced to a living death and all bore The Convict Brand! The Jailbirds were recruited from the military prisons of Britain, France, and America. Real men, molded in the harsh fires of life, dishonored perhaps in the eyes of the Army— but men with red blood and courage. Hard fighters, some of them hiding bitter memories, but all of them ready to follow their leader, “Killer” Kirby, down a flaming suicide trail on the most dangerous missions of the Great War! Rather than wither behind bars—they were given the chance to die fighting!
 
This is the second of two exciting volumes of the collected adventures Donald E. Keyhoe’s Jailbird Flight stories that ran through all three of Popular Publication’s air anthology titles. Starting in Battle Aces in September 1931 running through the end of it’s initial publication run when they switched to Battle Birds at the end of 1932 and into Dare-Devil Aces in 1934.
 
In August of 1931, Donald E. Keyhoe started three long-lived series in three different aviation magazines: Philip Strange in Flying Aces; The Devil Dog Squadron in Sky Birds; and The Jailbird Flight in Battle Aces. This volume features the first seven Jailbird adventures published by Popular Publications in 1931 and ‘32. A former U.S. Marine pilot, Keyhoe was a prolific contributor to the pulp magazines, but he is perhaps best remembered for his UFO research in the Fifties and Sixties.


Stories include:
 ■“The Jailbird Patrol” – Battle Birds, December 1932
 ■“The Cyclone Patrol” – Dare-Devil Aces, February 1933
 ■“The Red Lightning Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces, July 1933
 ■“The Hooded Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces, February 1934
 ■“The Skeleton Ace” – Dare-Devil Aces, November 1934
 
$16.99 | 6″x9″ trade paperback | 322pp | ISBN: 978-1-937590-11-6









Altus Press
Coming soon!

Secret Agent X: The Complete Series, Volume 9
by G.T. Fleming-Roberts and Paul Chadwick

For 41 issues from 1934 to 1939, SECRET AGENT "X" battled the forces of evil in the pages of his own pulp magazine. Now, for the first time... the complete pulp series is being reprinted in nine deluxe omnibus editions! The text has been reset and all the original interior illustrations have been remastered. This volume contains the final five stories, by G.T. Fleming-Roberts and Paul Chadwick: "Claws of the Corpse Cult," "The Corpse that Murdered," "Curse of the Crimson Horde," "Corpse Contraband" and "Yoke of the Crimson Coterie." This is THE Secret Agent "X" reprint series to own!

PLUS: the one-shot Captain Hazzard adventure "Python Men of Lost City" by Paul Chadwick!

524 pages | $34.95 softcover | $44.95 hardcover



The Complete Air Adventures of Gales & McGill, Volume 2: 1930-31
by Frederick Nebel


Follow Bill Gales and Mike McGill, hard fighting and high flying soldiers of fortune; freelancers for hire from China to Borneo and beyond. Follow their hard-boiled exploits in the sinister Far East. This, the second of two volumes, collects the last seven tales, written by Black Mask alum Frederick Nebel, and the novel Bloodhounds of the Sky ripped from the pages of the Fiction House rough paper mags, Air Stories and Wings.

440 pages | $29.95 softcover | $39.95 hardcover



Dusty Ayres and his Battle Birds #8: The Black Avenger
by Robert Sidney Bowen


“To Captain Ayres: The greatest among us has died by your hand. We, the living, are pledged to avenge that loss. Within forty-eight hours you and your comrades will be wiped from the face of the earth. Nothing can save you!” This message, signed Ekar, was dropped on Dusty’s drome; at the same time another Yank air field nearby was wiped out by a new horror weapon—a flaming rain that destroyed everything it touched! How can America fight this new menace? How can she keep the Blacks from crossing her borders?

184 pages | $13.95 softcover





Altus Press
Now available!


by Paul Ernst, Hugh B. Cave, William E. Barrett, Norvell W. Page, D.L. Champion, and Frederick C. Davis
This specially-priced set includes all six books in Series 4 of The Dime Detective Library:

The Complete Cases of Inspector Allhoff, Volume 2 by D.L. Champion
The Complete Cases of Ken Carter by Norvell W. Page
The Complete Cases of Needle Mike, Volume 1 by William E. Barrett
The Complete Cases of Peter Kane by Hugh B. Cave, introduction by Bob Byrne
The Complete Cases of Secrets, Inc., Volume 2 by Frederick C. Davis
The Complete Cases of Seekay by Paul Ernst, introduction by Will Murray
Considered the greatest of all detective pulps to only Black Mask, Dime Detective was the home to dozens of classic, quirky series characters, all with an offbeat twist.
Get all of Series 4 at a big discount!

$189.70 hardcover
SALE PRICE: $150.00 

$124.70 softcover
SALE PRICE: $98.49



A millionaire playboy with a yen for excitement, young Ken McNally disguises himself as the gray-haired, gold-toothed, jaundiced-looking proprietor of a seedy tattoo parlor in the “tenderloin” district of St. Louis. His unusual occupation frequently brings him into contact with underworld denizens who, willingly or accidentally, embroil him in criminal activities.

Written by William E. Barrett, Needle Mike found himself embroiled in nearly 20 hard-boiled mysteries originally published between 1935 and 1938 in the pages of Dime Detective, the prestigious crime pulp second only to the legendary Black Mask in its impact on the genre.

Contains the following stories: “The Tattooed Corpse,” “The Tattooed Countess,” “The Tattooed Curse” and “The Tattooed Cobra.”

258 pages | $19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover



Brilliant, decisive, and hard-charging, Deputy Inspector Allhoff was the NYPD’s ace detective until bullets from a mobster’s machine gun robbed him of his legs, his career, and—in the opinion of an associate—his sanity. Yet Allhoff was too good a man to be put out to pasture, so New York’s police commissioner found a way to keep him employed and refer to him such cases as the department couldn’t or wouldn’t handle. Confined to a wheelchair and operating from a seedy tenement flat, Allhoff is assisted by two cops: Battersly, the rookie patrolman whose brief moment of cowardice cost the inspector his legs, and Simmons, the bitter career cop who detests Allhoff but sticks with the embittered cripple to protect his own pension.

Contains the following stories: “The 10:30 to Sing Sing,” “Coffee for a Killer,” “The Corpse That Wasn’t There,” “A Bed for the Body,” “Tell It to Homicide,” “Murder in the Mirror,” “A Leg on Murder,” “You’re the Crime in My Coffee.”

328 pages | $19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover


The Complete Cases of Peter Kane (The Dime Detective Library)
by Hugh B. Cave
introduction by Bob Byrne

No longer a Boston police officer, hard-boiled drunk Peter Kane made the easy transition to work as a P.I. Though now in private practice, Kane had a knack for cracking cases while constantly inebriated. Collecting the entire series, along with an all-new introduction by Bob Byrne.

Written by Hugh B. Cave, Kane stumbled through nine gin-soaked yarns published between 1934 and 1942 in the pages of Dime Detective, the prestigious crime pulp second only to the legendary Black Mask in its impact on the genre.

Contains the following stories: “The Late Mr. Smythe,” “Hell on Hume Street,” “Bottled in Blonde,” “The Man Who Looked Sick,” “The Screaming Phantom,” “The Brand of Kane,” “Ding Dong Belle,” “The Dead Don’t Swim” and “No Place to Hide.”


365 pages | $24.95 softcover | $34.95 hardcover



Immediately before picking up the reigns of writing the adventures of the Spider, pulp writer Norvell Page introduced the weird detective mysteries of another, similar adventure character, Ken Carter. Running in the hard-boiled pages of the 1930s detective pulps, Ken Carter battled a myriad of offbeat villains in a series which is clearly a prototype of Page’s style of novels he soon later wrote of the Spider. Collecting all seven stories, along with their original illustrations.

Contains the following stories: “Hell’s Music,” “City of Corpses,” “Statues of Horror,” “Gallows Ghost,” “Satan’s Hoof,” “The Sinister Embrace” and “Satan’s Sideshow.”


367 pages | $24.95 softcover | $34.95 hardcover


The Complete Cases of Seekay (The Dime Detective Library)
by Paul Ernst
introduction by Will Murray

The cases he takes up are often bizarre and grotesque, but no more so than this anonymous private investigator himself: Seekay’s entire face is covered by a mask of pink celluloid, with only his “burning black eyes” visible to those who come into contact with him—and who almost invariably are unnerved by the experience, whether friend or foe. Collecting the entire series, written by the writer of The Avenger, Paul Ernst.

Contains the following stories: “Madame Murder—and The Corpse Brigade,” “The Corpse With The Third Eye,” “Case Of The Smoking Skulls,” “Two Tickets To Hell” and “Widow Of The Talking Head.”


193 pages | $14.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover



From 1933 to 1935, Frederick C. Davis chronicled the cases of Hollywood P.I. firm Secrets, Inc. Led by Clay “Oke” Oakley and assisted by Cherry Morris and Archibald Brixey, Secrets, Inc., investigated some of the weirdest and most ingenious crimes in the long history of Dime Detective Magazine—all centering around the film industry. Volume 2 collects the final five mysteries.

Contains the following stories: “Death on Delivery,” “Tracks of the Turtle,” “Blood from the Parrot,” “The Green Ghoul” and “Doorway to Doom.”


332 pages | $19.95 softcover | $29.95 hardcover









Altus Press: Pulp Blog - Now online!

Veiled Knowledge by Edwin James (American Science Fiction Magazine Series)

Even More Vintage Pulp Logo T-Shirts Are Now Available -
Altus Press Latest Releases: The Lost Spider Novel, Dusty Ayres, and a New Issue of Black Mask Magazine
The Next Wave of The H. Bedford-Jones Library is Here
Mavericks Headlines the Next Wave of Popular Hero Reprints

American Mythology Productions and Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
Now available!


CARSON OF VENUS FEAR ON FOUR WORLDS #1
(Writer) Christopher Mills (Art) Mike Wolfer, Cyrus Mesarcia


The fantastic worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs come together in American Mythology's ERB Shared Universe!

Join us in exploring far-off planets, prehistoric worlds, and lost civilizations hidden deep within the Earth.
Over 80 years ago, Carson Napier blasted off for Mars but found himself thrown off course and a cast away on Venus.

Now in 2018, a group of unlikely explorers from Caspak, "The Land That Time Forgot," will find the impossible, that life on Venus is a reality!
And so is the danger of a planet full of vicious creatures and treacherous villains.

Carson of Venus #1 comes with four covers:
Main Pulptastic Cover by Mike Wolfer
Visions of Venus Cover by Cyrus Mesarcia
Limited Edition Character Design Cover also by Mesarcia
Blank Sketch Cover.


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99




American Mythology Productions and Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
Coming in November!


CARSON OF VENUS #1 PIRATES OF VENUS
(Writer) Len Wein (Art/Cover) Michael William Kaluta

Over four decades ago, comic legends Michael Kaluta and Len Wein developed an adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel, Pirates of Venus for DC Comics.
These vibrant stories were serialized as backup features in Korak Son of Tarzan.
American Mythology is proud to present a remastered edition of this incredible work as a primer to the upcoming new Carson of Venus series launching next month!

Find out everything you need to know about the character and the vibrant storytelling of Edgar Rice Burroughs right here then join us for the trip to Venus next month!
Carson of Venus #1 Pirates of Venus comes with two covers - Main and Limited-Edition B&W Cover by living legend Michael Kaluta.


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale October 31.
Full Color, 32 pages, $9.99, On sale October 31 (B&W Limited edition of 400 copies).

CARSON OF VENUS #1 PIRATES OF VENUS is solicited in the August PREVIEWS (Now available).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG181490 (Kaluta cover).
The Diamond Item Code is AUG181491 (Limited Edition Kaluta B&W cover).



Anthony Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available online and coming to comic shops August 8!

THE SHADOW Volume 132: “Fingers of Death” & “The Blackest Mail”
Lamont Cranston investigates crime in classic pulp thrillers by Walter. B. Gibson and Bruce Elliott writing as “Maxwell Grant." First, one by one, prominent citizens fall victim to “Fingers of Death” and only The Shadow can uncover the murderous mastermind behind the serial killings! Then, mysterious writing on a wall, a toy boat and a kite set Lamont Cranston on the trail of the Hollywood extortionist behind “The Blackest Mail." BONUS: a lost Shadow radio adventure by Walter Gibson! This instant collectors item showcases the original color pulp covers plus the classic interior illustrations by Tom Lovell and Newt Alfred with historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-250-6 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
Six issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal (orders@shadowsanctum.com)

Art's Reviews Podcasts! - Now online!

Nothing new this week.

Past episodes:
Wayne Reinagel's new novel "The Castaway"
A Baker's Dozen - 13 essays and an Interview about the Doc Savage Universe by Jeff Deischer
Jon Black Discusses his novel "Bel Nemeton"
Author and Publisher James Bojaciuk discusses his work
UFOs & Nukes by Robert Hastings (and quite alot more)
Doc Brazen: Millenium Bug - A Doc Savage Pastiche

Black Coat Press
New titles now available!

DIEUDONAT
by Edmond Haraucourt
Adapted by Brian Stableford
Cover by Adam Tredowski

The story of Prince Dieudonat is a very fine story.
Unfortunately, it is probably nothing but a tissue of lies; many considerations, in fact, encourage the belief that the gentleman never existed, and that reason would suffice to explain why no one can say in which country or century he lived.

 
Edmond Haraucourt’s Dieudonat (1906, exp. 1912) fits in the rich French tradition of the contes merveilleux by endowing its eponymous hero at birth with the supernatural ability to produce miracles. Upon adulthood, Prince Dieudonat is forced to leave his kingdom and embarks on a quixotic, picaresque, and ultimately tragic, journey.

Dieudonat is  a work of such tremendous verve and ambition that it inevitably provokes admiration, and if the nutritive value of some of the food for thought that it contains is a trifle suspect, it is nevertheless a phenomenal feast.

Contents:
Dieudonat (1906, exp. 1912)
Introduction and Notes by Brian Stableford.

 
US $23.95 / GBP £14.99
5x8 trade paperback, 300 pages

THE PALACE OF VENGEANCE & OTHER TALES OF ENCHANTMENT
by Comtesse Henriette-Julie de Murat
Adapted by Brian Stableford
Cover by Mike Hoffman

Henriette-Julie de Castelnau, Comtesse de Murat (1670-1716) was one of the leading authors of tales of enchantments crafted in the literary salons peripheral to the court of Louis XIV in the 1690s which ultimately gave birth to a large sector of modern fantasy fiction.

The Comtesse’s earlier stories are set in the time of the fays, a remote mythical past, but her later ones take place contemporaneously in countries that are only separated pseudogeographically from France.

Her stories are remarkable for the imaginative extravagance of their plots; the superbly surreal depiction of magical civilizations, the extreme trials to which she subjects her heroes and heroines, caused by jealous rivals intent on breaking the amorous bond between them, and their often deliberately atypical conclusions.

This collection presents thirteen novellas and short stories published between 1698 and 1710. It includes her masterpiece, The Goblins of Kernosy Castle (1710), a surprisingly sophisticated work for its time and remarkably modern in its lightly humorous tone and ingenious intricacy.

US $39.95 / GBP £29.99
5x8 trade paperback, 532 pages 

MARILYN IN MANHATTAN
by Philippe Ward
Adapted by Brian Stableford

Kristin Arroyo is a former Marine who served in Iraq. In the personal effects of her late grandfather – a once famous photographer – she discovers several unpublished photos of Marilyn Monroe.

With the help of a friend, she decides to put on an exhibition to honor her grandfather; unfortunately, nothing goes as planned, as a mysterious organization suddenly starts pursuing her, trying to kill her.

Kristin comes to realize that her fate is mysteriously tied to the photographs of Marilyn and, if she is to save her life, she must reconstruct the last days of the Hollywood star and solve the mystery surrounding her death – but did Marilyn really die on August 5, 1962?
 
Philippe Ward, a native of Bordeaux, France, is the author of two horror novels, Artahe and The Song of Montségur (written with Sylvie miller), rooted in the folklore of Southern France, both published by Black Coat Press. Marilyn in Manhattan is his seventeenth novel.


US $20.95 / GBP £12.99
5x8 trade paperback, 268 pages 

 



Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press
Now available!

The latest release from Murania Press is a collection of informative, extensively researched essays on the Westerns of pulp fiction and Saturday-matinee motion pictures from the 20th century’s first half. Most of these pieces initially saw print in BLOOD 'N' THUNDER; a few were originally written for other publications; and one is new to this book. The reprinted essays all have been reedited and expanded, some considerably. Author Ed Hulse examines best-selling authors such as Zane Grey, Max Brand, Walt Coburn, and Clarence E. Mulford; memorable series characters such as Zorro, Hopalong Cassidy, The Lone Ranger, and Whistling Dan Barry; and popular cowboy stars such as Tom Mix, Roy Rogers, William Boyd, Randolph Scott, George O’Brien — to name just a few in each category.

While not a comprehensive narrative history, this book’s 17 essays in their totality cover a long span of time and a great deal of ground. The author has uncovered a wealth of heretofore unreported information on the making of classic Western movies, much of it gleaned from the actors, writers, and directors themselves.

As a bonus the book reprints Stewart Edward White’s outstanding 1919 novella, THE KILLER, twice adapted by Hollywood; the second and best version, a stylish 1932 exercise in “Western Gothic” titled MYSTERY RANCH, is covered by Hulse at length in the 5,100-word essay written specifically to accompany White’s story.

At 286 pages, its 146,000 words accompanied by dozens of seldom-seen cover reproductions and rare movie stills, THE WILD WEST OF FICTION AND FILM is an invaluable addition to the history of American pop culture. It's available at muraniapress.com for $25.00, which includes free shipping to domestic U.S. buyers.


Cover Art by Walter Baumhofer
286 pages., deluxe trade paperback edition, 8 1/2 X 11
Price: $25.00


PURCHASE PRICE INCLUDES SHIPPING AND HANDLING TO DOMESTIC BUYERS.
OVERSEAS BUYERS MUST INQUIRE FOR SHIPPING RATES BEFORE PLACING ORDERS


Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press
BLOOD 'N' THUNDER PRESENTS: PULPOURRI
By Ed Hulse, Rick Lai, Will Murray, Laurie Powers, Jeffrey Shanks, Dave Smith
Edited by Ed Hulse
Now available!

Webster's Dictionary describes Potpourri as "a miscellaneous collection."
Murania Press describes Pulpourri as "a miscellaneous collection of well-written, impeccably researched essays on pulp fiction and how it influenced American popular culture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries."

This latest volume in the BLOOD 'N' THUNDER PRESENTS series has been assembled by Ed Hulse, co-editor of Amazon's best-selling THE ART OF THE PULPS, from contributions by some of today's most distinguished pop-culture scholars and archeologists. Their lengthy, informative essays are profusely illustrated with pulp and book covers, interior artwork, rare photographs, and movie posters. And the works herein are new to this volume, not culled from back issues of BLOOD 'N' THUNDER.

Hulse leads off the book with a 15,000-word piece on the masterwork of celebrated mystery writer Mary Roberts Rinehart: THE BAT, which began life as a 1907 pulp yarn and over the next several decades was revived in books, movies, and even a hit Broadway play. More importantly, it influenced the creation of Batman by Bob Kane and Bill Finger.

In other essays: Jeffrey Shanks looks at colonialism in the pulps. Dave Smith chronicles the exploits of the original Suicide Squad, a trio of hard-charging FBI agents from the pulp ACE G-MAN STORIES. Laurie Powers profiles Street & Smith's top female editor, Daisy Bacon, who made LOVE STORY MAGAZINE the top-selling pulp and ended her career trying to revive the flagging SHADOW and DOC SAVAGE pulps. Will Murray reveals the early literary efforts of Robert Maxwell, best known for producing the ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN radio and TV shows but also a prolific contributor to the notorious girlie pulps published by DC Comics head honcho Harry Donenfeld. And in a massive (18,000 words), exhaustively researched piece, Rick Lai discusses the use of ancient religion and mythology in the works of Conan creator Robert E. Howard. This essay is accompanied by a reprint of Howard's "Black Talons," a weird mystery from 1933 and one of his most obscure stories.

In the realm of motion pictures adapted from pulp yarns, Ed Hulse documents the making of HAWK OF THE WILDERNESS, the 1938 Republic serial version of William L. Chester's classic adventure yarn from BLUE BOOK magazine. And we present what may be the only surviving photos taken on location during production of the aborted 1935 film featuring Street & Smith's Western-pulp hero Pete Rice.

Blood 'n' Thunder Presents #4
Introduction by Ed Hulse
Trade paperback, 8 1/2 x 11
, 216 pages
$24.95

PURCHASE PRICE INCLUDES SHIPPING AND HANDLING TO DOMESTIC BUYERS.
OVERSEAS BUYERS MUST INQUIRE FOR SHIPPING RATES BEFORE PLACING ORDERS

Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press



Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania Press: EDitorial Comments - Now online!

PulpFest 2018 Report: Part Two
- New!
PulpFest 2018 Report: Part One - New!
The Latest from Murania Press
June 2018 Collectibles Section Update
Happy Birthday, Iris Meredith!
2018 Windy City Film Program


Bold Venture Press
Pulp Adventures #29
Now available!

A packed issue with mystery, western, horror reprints of classic pulp fiction with illustrations by the best of the best pulp fictioneers from the days of the FICTION FACTORY, and dynamite new pulp-style fiction! Cover art by Harold J. Ward, and an interior illustration for one of the new stories by a new young artist, Aleena Valentine-Lopez , working hard to learn the trade.

CLASSIC PULP
"The Absent Corpse" by Charles Boeckman
"Wreckage Reef" by Albert Richard Wetjen
"Where God Turns His Back" (a Peter Scarlet adventure) by Theodore Roscoe
"Golden Humbug" by Laurence Donovan

NEW PULP FICTION
"The Gentleman’s Exit" by Andrew Bourelle
"Bloody Mary" by Jack Burns
"The Sixty-Year Sleep" by Adam Beau McFarlane
"Laguna del Espirita Santo" by David Bernard
"Sick Dummies" by Johnny Strike
"Boxing, Babes & Bullets" by Gary Lovisi
"The Gumshoe and the Glitterati" by Rie Sheridan Rose

AN ARTICLE OF INTEREST
"Judging a Book" by Jim Noy, EDITOR of the BOLD VENTURE PRESS reprints of THEODORE ROSCOE books I'LL GRIND THEIR BONES and MURDER ON THE WAY!



Bold Venture Press
ZORRO AND THE LITTLE DEVIL
By Peter David
Now available!

Bold Venture Press will release a brand new ZORRO novel in July in both paperback and hard cover, a brand new addition to our six volumes of original pulp fiction stories by Johnston McCulley.
ZORRO AND THE LITTLE DEVIL, along with a bonus story entitled “Diego and the Baron,” licensed by Zorro Productions, are written by Peter David. writer of comic books, novels, television, films and video games. His notable comic book work includes an award-winning 12-year run on The Incredible Hulk, as well as runs on Aquaman, Young Justice, Supergirl, Fallen Angel, Spider-Man 2099 and X-Factor.

His Star Trek work includes both comic books and novels such as Imzadi, and co-creating the New Frontier series. His other novels include film adaptations, media tie-ins, and original works, such as the Apropos of Nothing and Knight Life series. His television work includes series such as Babylon 5, Young Justice, Ben 10: Alien Force and Nickelodeon's Space Cases, which he co-created with Bill Mumy. David often jokingly describes his occupation as "Writer of Stuff", and is noted for his prolific writing, characterized by its mingling of real-world issues with humor and references to popular culture, as well as elements of metafiction and self-reference.

David has earned multiple awards for his work, including a 1992 Eisner Award, a 1993 Wizard Fan Award, a 1996 Haxtur Award, a 2007 Julie Award and a 2011 GLAAD Media Award.


Pages: 202
Size: 6" x 9"
 Zorro and the Little Devil
Zorro and the Little Devil
Formats: Softcover, Hardcover, eBook
Price:  $19.95, $39.95, $7.50




Broadswords and Blasters - Now online!

Pulp Consumption: Jules de Grandin
Broadswords and Blasters Issue 6 is Now Available!
Pulp Consumption: Playback
Pulp Consumption: Chinatown
Pulp Consumption: The Adventure of the Incognita Countess


THE BRONZE GAZETTE
Subscribe for 2018
 
Subscribe for 2018 now, as the price will rise after this special offer ends!
The 2018 Issues are numbers 81, 82, and 83.

Please note that Bronze Gazette Special Editions are not included in any subscription, but may be purchased separately.

Only $30.00
 
THE BRONZE GAZETTE
Issue #81 is now available and recommended!
 
Front Cover: Dan Brereton
"The State of the World of Bronze" by Chuck Welch
"Notes on a Doc Savage Illustration" by
Dan Brereton
"The Stories Behind the Story" by David Avallone
"Reviewing the Ring of Fire" by Bobb Cotter
"The Girl Who Hated Doc Savage" by Dafydd Neal Dyar
"Doc Savage and the WEP" by Julián Paga
"Sons of Savage: Doc Caliban" by Art Sippo, MD
"Doc Has a Gun!" by Michael Ingalls
Back Cover: Tim Faurote imagines Doc and the Fatal Five in the style of James Bama

Everything, new and old, is beautifully designed by Kez Wilson.
You can order available single issues at: http://www.bronzegazette.com/back-issues/

Subscribe for 2018 (Issues 81, 82, and 83) at: http://www.bronzegazette.com/subscribe/

$35.00 USA
$45.00 Canada (US Dollars)
$55.00 International
(Prices Include Postage)

Click HERE to subscribe!
Click HERE for available back issues!

 The Bronze Gazette  


Castalia House Blog - Now online!

The Mighty Warriors - New!
Sensor Sweep: REH Guide, The High Crusade, Pulp Revolution, D&D, King Kong
Sensor Sweep: Keys to Other Doors, Xenophile, Skylark of Space, Roger Zelazny
Sensor Sweep: Ray Capella, Queen of Communist Cannibals, H. Rider Haggard
The Cosmic Express

Conan - Marvel to Publish Dark Horse’s Conan Comics in New Epic Collections!

Continuing its celebration of the return of CONAN this January, Marvel is excited to announce the release of two volumes of CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTION: OUT OF THE DARK HILLS and THE HEART OF YAG-KOSHA!

Collecting Conan: The Legend 0 and Conan (2004) #1-19, CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTION: OUT OF THE DARKSOME HILLS presents tales from industry great Kurt Busiek and Eisner-winning Conan artist Cary Nord, including classic stories adapted from the epic works of original author Robert E. Howard. Relive all the legendary and glorious detail of Conan’s battle with the Vanir, his meeting with the Frost Giant’s daughter, and more! CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTION: OUT OF THE DARKSOME HILLS is VOL. 1 in the CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTIONS, collecting Conan’s various ongoing series from 2004-2017.

CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTION: THE HEART OF YAG-KOSHA presents the legend in more swashbuckling stories, including tales of Conan’s storied youth! Relive all his adventures in the City of Thieves and the Hall of the Dead, with more of Howard’s classic tales. CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTION: THE HEART OF YAG-KOSHA is VOL. 2 in the CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTIONS.

Next year, get ready to take on Conan’s early exploits and magic with the CONAN CHRONICLES EPIC COLLECTIONS! And beginning later in 2019, the CONAN: HYBORIAN TALES EPIC COLLECTIONS will collect Conan’s various one-shots and miniseries from 2004-2016!



Condé Nast Online 
Doc Savage & The Shadow
 Mugs, T-shirts, wall art, phone cases, hand towels, bath towels, tote bags, and more!
Now available!










 


Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery, Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!

The Art of Frank Hamilton (Part 6)
- New!
Basil Wolverton's SPACE PATROL (1939) - New!
Pulp Gallery: FIGHT STORIES (1929) - New!
Saunders Saturday: G.I. JOE (1951-52) - New!
Sherlock Socks
VIRGIL FINLAY in Color (Part 1)  
Pulp Gallery: STARTLING STORIES
Saunders Saturday: Originals and Pulps
REED CRANDALL of Mars
Comic Gallery: EL ZORRO 1-8
Pulp Gallery: THE AVENGER (1939-40)
DEJAH THORIS #7 - Arriving in comic shops August 8!

Writer: Amy Chu
Art: Pasquale Qualano
Cover A: Mike McKone
Cover B: Stéphane Roux

Cover C: Sean Chen

A straightforward scientific mission becomes an entanglement of intrigue, as Dejah Thoris uncovers a Zodangan plot to destroy the Helium naval fleet. Can she identify the spy in their midst before it's too late?


A prequel to Edgar Rice Burroughs' beloved book A Princess of Mars.


Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99




   

The Digest Enthusiast #8
 Now available and recommended!

The eight spectacular edition of The Digest Enthusiast is now available in print and eBook editions.
CONTENTS
Interview
Interview with Michael Bracken, author of over 1,200 short stories

News Digest
News Digest Previews and news from AHMM, Amazing Stories, Black Cat Mystery Magazine, Broadswords and Blasters, Crime Syndicate Magazine, D&O:The Magazine, EconoClash Review, EQMM, F&SF, Fate, Hot Lead, Men of Violence, Monster!, Mystery Weekly Magazine, Nostalgia Digest, Paperback Parade, PulpFest 2018, Pulp Horror, Pulp Literature, Pulp Modern, Sleazy Reader, and Switchblade; writers Tom Brinkmann, Steve Carper, Peter Enfantino, Richard Kellogg, Robert Lopresti, Vince Nowell, Sr., and Art Taylor; and artists Michael Neno and Bob Vojtko.

Articles
Manhunt 1953 part three by Peter Enfantino
Gamma: New Frontiers in Fiction by Vince Nowell, Sr.
The Connie Kreski Conundrum by Tom Brinkmann
One-and-Dones part two by Steve Carper
Tribute to Joe Wehrle, Jr. by Richard Krauss
First Issues: Complete, Verdict, and Shell Scott
Western Magazine by Peter Enfantino


Fiction
Fiction by Josh Pachter and Robert Snashall

Over 100 cover images, 152 pages
Cover by Joe Wehrle, Jr.

Photos, artwork, and cartoons by Amber Bracken, Marc Myers, Lori-Ann Reif, Bob Vojtko, and Joe Wehrle, Jr.

Print $8.99 (b&w interior)
eBook $2.99 (color)


Print version, $8.99, includes nearly 100 cover images, 152 pages, 5.5" x 8.5" digest.
Kindle version and Magzter, $2.99



 
 
 

The Digest Enthusiast Blog - Now online!

Broadswords and Blasters No. 6 Summer 2018
 - New!
Pulp Literature #19 Summer 2018
Weirdbook No. 39  
Coming soon: Pulp Modern 
MEN OF VIOLENCE NO. 10
Hot Lead No. 2
Double Trouble

DMR Books Blog - Now online!

The DMRtian Chronicles, 8/2/2018 - New!
Roy G. Krenkel: A Centennial Remembrance, Part One - New!
The DMRtian Chronicles - 7/29/2018 - New!
Quick Reviews: Swordsmen and Supermen
Forefathers of Sword and Sorcery: H. Rider Haggard
Merritt's "The Moon Pool" Turns 100
Stephen Fabian and Robert E. Howard: Part Three
Quick Reviews: The Snake-Man's Bane

Edgar Rice Burroughs
TARZAN AND THE REVOLUTION
 
By Thomas Zachek
Illustrated by Mike Grell
Now available!

Eric Benton, an idealistic young Midwestern Peace Corps volunteer, could hardly have known that his mission to help an African village would embroil him and his colleagues in the political struggles of an emerging African nation. The people of central Africa likewise had no idea how quickly their expectations for freedom could be taken away when a ruthless dictator seizes power. And Tarzan of the Apes had no idea that before long, he would be compelled, once again, to undertake a long and perilous journey with the Waziri to save their families.

Set against a backdrop of political unrest in modern Africa, Thomas Zachek's latest page-turner takes the reader from the dank treasure troves of the lost city of Opar to turmoil in the city streets as Tarzan battles one of his most ruthless foes!


Hardcover: 208 pages
Publisher: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches

$34.95





Edgar Rice Burroughs
SAVAGE PELLUCIDAR
Coming in September!

SAVAGE PELLUICAR
ERB’s seventh and final novel in the series is for the first time published by ERB Inc. and G&D in a Signed/Numbered Set (#1-248) -
with different dust jackets, bindings (red & blue), and front/end matter and a new Foreword by Richard Lupoff and Preface by Phil Burger.  

Each Set Includes:

Two matching number books signed by the contributors.
Dust Jacket paintings by Bob Eggleton (wraparound) and Thomas Grindberg.
30+ Story Illustrations including:

  Color artwork by Frazetta, Jusko and St. John (newly colorized)
  B&W illustrations by Takebe(16), Ivie, St. John and Grindberg.
Custom Slipcases, High Quality Paper and Bindings - 80# Finch in a vellum finish, vintage style book cloth, map endpapers, bookmarks and sewn bindings.

First Time in Hardback: ERB’s unpublished dj blurb, 2-page illustrated title pages for each of the four novellas.

Anticipated Ship Date Aug. 31st 2018


PRE-ORDER for THE LIMITED EDITION SET - SAVAGE PELLUCIDAR (1 of 248 signed/numbered)
$199.99





 

Edgar Rice Burroughs 100 Year Art Chronology
Now available & highly recommended!
Limited Edition - Only 309 copies still available!


This four volume set is Pre-Order Only! Reserve Your copy Today! Comes in a slipcase!

The Edgar Rice Burroughs 100 Year Art Chronology contains over 1,200 pages of material, spread over four volumes and includes 5000+ illustrations and 140,000 words. Its massive in scope and scale.

Written by Michael Tierney who worked closely with and was officially sanctioned by all the people at Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. to bring this massive project to life.

The ERBAC is as much an narrative history of ERB's publications as it is a visual history. Michael Tierney has combed the archives and gathered together a vast treasure trove of art, from pulp covers, to interior art, from novels that range on both sides of the Atlantic to the vast array of comic books that sported ERB's amazing creations. He's taken these and woven them into a discussion that explores the many facets of the various industries and Burroughs' place within them.

Officially licensed and sanctioned by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., this nearly 1,200 page examination of the vast publishing illustrative history of Edgar Rice Burroughs is divided into four parts.
You can click on the LINK below to view sample pages.
NOTE: the resolution on the samples is reduced to make for faster downloads.


Volume 1: The Pulps The Dawn of the Age of Science Fiction
Volume 2: The Books Literature With Sharp Cutting Edges
Volume 3: Comics The Universal Language Part 1
Volume 4: Comics The Universal Language Part 2
Volume 4: Comics The Univseral Language Part 2 (UK material)


$250.00







 

  Now online!

New on Famous (and forgotten) Fiction!

July 2018
Edmond Hamilton returns to our pages, with a tale of a deserted island and evolution gone amok...it all comes together in "Evolution Island," a story from the March, 1927 issue of Weird Tales with all the text, the title illustration and a newly written introduction by Bob Gay.

June 2018
It has been some time since Baroness Orczy has graced our site and this month you will find "Juliette A Tale of the Terror," the sixth published story by the Baroness that is set during the French Revolution. 
We have included all the original illustrations by the Baroness's husband, Montagu Barstow, translations for all archaic words and phrases and an informative introduction by Dan Neyer.


May 2018
Many parodies of Sherlock Holmes have been done over the years, but none had quite the insider's point of view than those done by James M. Barrie.  In "The Late Sherlock Holmes," Barrie not only gives a twist to the events of "The Adventure of the Final Problem," and the Holmes canon in general, but also gives an original solution to who really killed Holmes (remember, it is a parody).
Due to all the in-jokes and references, we've produced an annotated version of the pastiche and whether you are a seasoned Sherlockian or a neophyte, we think you will find it enjoyable.


April 2018
Continuing our reprinting of Edmond Hamilton, we present "The Atomic Conquerors," from the August, 1926 issue of Weird Tales with the original title art and an introduction by Bob Gay.

Also, a bit of humor by the artist Stanley L. Wood, in an article entitled “Authors—from an Artist's Standpoint,” wherein Wood demonstrates that he had not only a very sharp wit, but also a gift for caricature, just as it appeared in the March, 1904 issue of Pearson's Magazine (UK).

March 2018
Since the flu season was a bit rougher than normal this year, we thought it was a good time to resurrect a short novel by Jack London, The Scarlet Plague, which tells of the end of civilization due to a rather nasty disease. 
We have reproduced all the Gordon Grant illustrations, all the text and have thrown in an introduction by Bob Gay that sets the novel in context.


January 2018
A tale of romance and piracy with a twist...The She Fiend (by an unknown author) gives us a female pirate with all the cunning and wiles of the Dragon Lady.  Introduction is by Dan Neyer.

December 2017
This month we present for your approval the very first published story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Mystery of the Raymond Mortgage." 
We have tried to put together a "definitive" edition of this early work and hope you enjoy it.  Introduction by Bob Gay.


November 2017
Since the we are in the midst of the holiday season, we thought a Christmas offering might be appreciated, and so we are happy to present a story by
Bret Harte, "How Santa Claus Came to Simpson's Bar," just as it appeared (with a few editorial interpolations) in the March, 1872 issue of The Atlantic Monthly. Introductory notes are by Bob Gay.



Haffner Press
THE COLLECTED CAPTAIN FUTURE VOLUME 1 Second Edition
By Edmond Hamilton

Now available for pre-order!

Okay, you kiwis and pee-lots, listen up!

This is Sergeant Saturn letting you rascally rocketeers know that when you fans of a certain classic cosmic crusader send enough feedback, the Big Poobah at Haffner Press has little choice but to give you what you want.

To that end, be it known that sometime, sooner than later, you will be able to add THE COLLECTED CAPTAIN FUTURE, VOLUME ONE to your already stellar library in a revised 2nd Edition.

What’s the difference between this forthcoming edition and the 2009 First Printing, you ask? Good question! All we can say at this time is that the 2nd Edition will contain the four Captain Future novels:

“Captain Future and the Space Emperor” (Captain Future, Win ’40)
“Calling Captain Future” (Captain Future, Spr ’40)
“Captain Future’s Challenge” (Captain Future, Sum ’40)
“The Triumph of Captain Future” (Captain Future, Fll ’40)

and we’ll share more information as it becomes available.

So, prime yer rockets while Mr. Wart Ears here goes to the galley for another jug of Xeno.


Edited by Stephen Haffner
Cover Art by George Rozen
700+ page Hardcover

Pre-order price: $45.00


Haffner Press
THE COLLECTED CAPTAIN FUTURE VOLUME 4
By Edmond Hamilton & Joesph Samachson

Coming soon & available for pre-order!

Jumpin’ Jungle Cats 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 not only through time but to another universe in the final story of Volume Three (See “Planets in Peril”), what other dangers will our heroes encounter?

Well, THE FACE OF THE DEEP sees the Futuremen stranded outside the Solar System on a volcanic planetoid in the company of a shipload of condemned criminals. Up next is WORLDS TO COME (written by Joseph Samachson) where Curt and his crew speed to the rescue of the Sagittarian system—ready to battle in mortal combat with nightmare enemies from another dimension.  Edmond Hamilton (writing as Brett Sterling) returns with THE STAR OF DREAD wherein our heroes ply their stock-in-trade by exposing a dangerous secret menacing humanity and taking desperate risks pursuing two scheming miscreants across the void! Closing out this penultimate volume of the novel-length adventures of The Futuremen is MAGIC MOON. Adorned by one of Earle K. Bergey’s finest cover paintings, we see conspirators plotting to seize the satellite Styx, third moon of Pluto, enslaving the peaceful natives, and putting Captain Future and his trusty aides on their most dangerous mission ever!

As with the previous three 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.


Edited by Stephen Haffner
Cover Art by Earle K. Bergey
Illustrated by H.W. "Wesso" Wessolowski
600+ page Hardcover
Pre-order price: $45.00

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
"Under Observation" - The Captain Future Letters Column
The Face of the Deep  (Captain Future, Win ’43)
Worlds to Come  (Captain Future, Spr ’43)
The Star of Dread  (Captain Future, Sum ’43)
Magic Moon  (Captain Future, Win ’44)
"The Future of Captain Future"
Appendix of original interior artwork

Haffner Press
The Complete Ivy Frost
by Donald Wandrei

Cover Art by Raymond Swanland
Now available for pre-order and coming soon!

It may come as a surprise to some that Donald Wandrei wrote more mysteries than all his horror, fantasy, and science fiction tales combined. This volume collects all eighteen adventures of Wandrei’s ratiocinative detective I.V. Frost, who is ably assisted by his beautiful and tough female assistant, Jean Moray. A scientist and inventor, Frost has his own approach to solving mysteries. Rather than following the usual hard-drinking, trench-coated style of many of his contemporaries, Frost’s strategy was to mix the logic of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes with the technology of Lester Dent’s Doc Savage. In 2000, D.H. Olson edited a volume published by Fedogan and Bremer collecting the first eight of Frost’s adventures. A second volume of the remaining 10 tales was promised but never materialized.

Contents of THE COMPLETE IVY FROST:
Introduction by D. H. Olson
"Frost,"  Clues Detective Stories Sep '34
"Green Man—Creeping,"  Clues Detective Stories Nov '34
"They Could Not Kill Him,"  Clues Detective Stories Feb '35
"Bride of the Rats,"  Clues Detective Stories Apr '35
"The Artist of Death,"  Clues Detective Stories Jun '35
"Death Descending,"  Clues Detective Stories Aug '35
"Impossible,"  Clues Detective Stories Oct '35
"Merry-Go-Round,"  Clues Detective Stories Dec '35
"Giants in the Valley,"  Clues Detective Stories Feb '36
"Bone Crusher,"  Clues Detective Stories Apr '36
"Panda,"  Clues Detective Stories Jul '36
"The Lunatic Plague,"  Clues Detective Stories Aug '36
"Killer’s Bait,"  Clues Detective Stories Nov '36
"Stolen from the Morgue,"  Clues Detective Stories Jan '37
"Blood in the Golden Crystal,"  Clues Detective Stories Mar '37
"A Beetle or a Fox,"  Clues Detective Stories Jun '37
"Skeletons, Inc,"  Clues Detective Stories Aug '37
"Electric Devils,"  Clues Detective Stories Sep '37



Decorated Endsheets
18 Double-page Chris Kalb-designed Chapter Spreads
Hardcover, 700+ pageSmythe-sewn pages
$45

Place your order for THE COMPLETE IVY FROST
before publication and receive an *exclusive* postcard reproducing this portrait of author Donald Wandrei
by Minnesota artist Clem Haupers.




Hard Case Crime
Coming soon!
September 2018

CHARLESGATE CONFIDENTIAL
Scott Von Doviak
Cover art by Paul Mann


AN INGENIOUS DEBUT NOVEL
INSPIRED BY A REAL UNSOLVED CRIME!

1946: A group of criminals pulls off the heist of the century, stealing a dozen priceless works of art from a Boston museum. Some of the thieves are captured, some are killed—but the loot is never found.

Forty years later, a college student finds himself on the trail of the missing art—and the multi-million-dollar reward.

But three decades after that, the art is still missing, and as his classmates return to Boston’s notorious Charlesgate Hotel for their big 25th reunion, dead bodies keep turning up. Will the stolen masterpieces be discovered at last?

A breathtakingly clever, twist-filled narrative that moves from 1946 to 1986 to 2014 and back again—and is steeped in Boston lore, including three unforgettable seasons of Red Sox baseball—CHARLESGATE CONFIDENTIAL establishes Scott Von Doviak as a storyteller of the first order, and will leave you guessing until the final page.

First publication ever!
Virtuoso first novel by film critic Scott Von Doviak unfolds in three separate time periods: the 1940s, the 1980s, and the present day
Inspired by the unsolved real-life heist of priceless works of art from the Gardner Museum in Boston

October 2018

THE COUNT OF 9
Erle Stanley Gardner
Cover art by Robert McGinnis


A DOUBLE-LOCKED ROOM...
TWO STOLEN JADE IDOLS...
POISONED BLOWGUN DARTS FROM BORNEO...
—CAN EVEN COOL & LAM UNTANGLE THIS MYSTERY?

Erle Stanley Gardner was not just the creator of PERRY MASON—at the time of his death, he was the best-selling American author of all time, with hundreds of millions of books in print, including the 29 cases of the brash, irresistible detective team of Bertha Cool and Donald Lam. Gardner was also one of the most ingenious plot-spinners in the field, coming up with stunning twists and reveals—and THE COUNT OF 9 is Gardner at his twistiest.

Hired to protect the treasures of a globe-trotting adventurer, Bertha and Donald confront an impossible crime: how could anything be smuggled out of a dinner party when the guests were X-rayed coming and going—least of all a 6-foot-long blowgun? But that’s nothing compared to the crime they face next: an impossible murder...

First appearance in bookstores in half a century!
Erle Stanley Gardner remains one of the most popular American authors of all time
Features a new cover painting by legendary paperback and movie poster illustrator Robert McGinnis 





Howard Andrew Jones - Now online!

Pictures in the Fire

Mighty Warriors Arrive
Mighty Warriors
Lankhmar
Chainsaw and Corris
Flamehair

Jerry Schneider Enterprises
Now available!

MAGIC CARPET, January 1934

Contents:
SPEED PLANES FOR MOSCOW by S. Gordon Gurwit
THE RIVER OF PERFUMES by Warren Hastings Miller
ALLEYS OF DARKNESS by Patrick Ervin (Robert E. Howard)
THE SHADOW OF THE VULTURE by Robert E. Howard
FIVE MERCHANTS WHO MET IN A TEA-HOUSE by Frank Owen
THE LITTLE AFFAIR OF THE EIFFEL TOWER by Arthur Morris Crosby
PASSPORT TO THE DESERT by G. G. Pendarves
THE SPIDER WOMAN by Seabury Quinn
HINDOO STUDENT'S PRAYER by Katharine C. Turner
THE MAYOR'S FOUR CHINS by James W. Bennett
RIVERS by Hung Long Tom

Pulp Sized Magazine, 7 x 10 inch, 128 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $12.95

CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT #2

Published by Fawcett Publications for November 11, 1942.
A total of 67 issues were published between September 1942 and September 1948.

Comic Book, 6.63 x 10.25 inch, 64 pages
Printed on 70# high bright paper in color
$7.50






Martin Grams' Blog - Now online!

Doomed! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's Fantastic Four - New!
Dick Tracy meets the Green Hornet
Obscure trivia about Robert Wagner
SerlingFest 2018  
The Triumphant Return of Rocky and Bullwinkle
78/52 Hitchcock Shower Scene



The Robert E. Howard Newsline
Now online!


Bringing you the latest news in Robert E. Howard books, pulp reprints, comics, audio, conventions, games, and whatever else seems applicable.

Now featuring:
Robert E. Howard’s Reefer Madness By Bobby Derie

The Art of Robert E. Howard: Michael William Kaluta:  Part 1   Part 2   Part 3  

Accepting new articles for posting.
Contact me at bthom1@cox.net


Meteor House
TARZAN AND THE DARK HEART OF CRIME
By Philip Jose Farmer
Now available!

One of the most famous heroes in literature is back!
Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, returns with a vengeance in this action-packed adventure by Philip José Farmer, Hugo Award winner, Nebula Grand Master, and author of the incredible Riverworld saga.

Tarzan’s beloved mate, Jane, has been kidnapped, and the furious ape-man will let nothing stand in the way of rescuing her—not even a sinister safari whose target is Tarzan himself. With fierce Masai trackers leading the chase, a trio of white hunters are hellbent on capturing the Jungle Lord. But as the pursuers, and their uncanny half-human tracker, close in from behind, Tarzan races toward even greater danger ahead.

For the trail leads to a bizarre, long-forgotten land boasting a multitude of strange and terrifying mysteries: the City Built by God, the Hideous Hunter, the One to Avoid, and most shocking of all, the Crystal Tree of Time—whose seductive powers could ultimately spell Tarzan’s doom . . .

Philip José Farmer, a descendant of the actual Greystoke family, and a recipient of the prestigious Golden Lion Award, bestowed by the Burroughs Bibliophiles at the 1970 Dum-Dum, is famous for his adventure novels starring Tarzanic characters. Now, in Tarzan and the Dark Heart of Time, authorized by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., Farmer lends his vast imagination to the legend of the Lord of the Apes himself!

In addition, this handsome new edition, which sports a gorgeous painted cover by well known Burroughs artist Mark Wheatley, a new Foreword by longtime Burroughs scholar Robert R. Barrett, and a new Introduction by Farmer expert Win Scott Eckert, will also be released in a trade paperback edition.

Now accepting preorders, the book will be released at FarmerCon 100, held in conjunction with PulpFest 2018 in Pittsburgh, PA, July 26-29. As always, readers who preorder and attend FarmerCon/PulpFest can pick up their copies there—and as an added bonus, get them signed by Wheatley and Eckert! All other copies will ship immediately after FarmerCon 100.

ORDERING:
The trade paperback edition is $20 (plus shipping).
The hardcover edition is $35 (plus shipping).
Or you can preorder them together for only $50—that’s $5 off (plus you’ll save even more with combined shipping)!


Trade paperback: $20
Hardcover: $35
6×9, 260 pages


Due out in July 2018, you can preorder the trade paperback, hardcover, or both, by clicking here.

The Official Philip José Farmer   Meteor House


Meteor House
The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection
Now available!

To mark Philip José Farmer's 100th Birthday, Meteor House is proud to present a mammoth collection worthy of the Grand Master. With over fifty pieces spanning seven decades The Philip José Farmer Centennial Collection goes beyond the typical "best of" anthology. From classic science fiction to poems, articles, tributes, speeches and more all by Farmer himself. Additionally there is an introduction by Joe R. Lansdale, a foreword by Tracy Knight, a bibliography at Zacharias L.A. Nuninga, and each decade features a synopsis of Farmer's life and career. At well over 900 pages this collection is a must for all science fiction fans and historians and is available in trade paperback and hardcover featuring two covers by Mark Wheatley.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Foreword

The 1940s
Bradley Brave Sees New York
O’Brien and Obrenov
Imagination

The 1950s
The Lovers
Sail On! Sail On!
Sestina of the Space Rocket
Mother
Lovers and Otherwise
Attitudes
Totem and Taboo
The Tin Woodman Slams the Door

The 1960s
On a Mountain Upside Down
Uproar in Acheron
The King of the Beasts
Riverworld
The Blind Rowers
Riders of the Purple Wage
The Jungle Rot Kid on the Nod
My Father the Ripper (an excerpt from A Feast Unknown)
Kickaha’s Escape (an excerpt from A Private Cosmos)
The Josés From Rio


The 1970s
Only Who Can Make a Tree
The Sliced-Crosswise-Only-On-Tuesday World
An Exclusive Interview with Lord Greystoke
Sketches Among The Ruins of My Mind
After King Kong Fell
Writing Doc’s Biography
Sherlock Holmes & Sufism
The Problem of the Sore Bridge—Among Others
To the Wizard of Sci-Fi
A Fimbulwinter Introduction
Osiris on Crutches
The Last Rise of Nick Adams
The Freshman
Creating Artificial Worlds

The 1980s
The Making of Revelation, Part 1
Buddha Contemplates His Novel
The Long Wet Dream of Rip van Winkle
The Man Who Came for Christmas
Plane Talking (an excerpt from A Barnstormer in Oz)
The Peoria-Colored Writer
Memoir
Why and How I Became Kilgore Trout
St. Francis Kisses His Ass Goodbye

The 1990s
Evil, Be My Good
Wolf, Iron, and Moth
Why Do I Write?
A Hole in Hell
More than Most
Casting Turtles (an excerpt from Nothing Burns in Hell)

The 2000s
The Face That Launched a Thousand Eggs
Keep Your Mouth Shut
The Good of the Land
The First Robot
The Princess of Terra
That Great Spanish Author, Ernesto
The Terminalization of J. G. Ballard
The Light-Hog Incident

Bibliography

Trade paperback: $35
Hardcover: $50
5.5×8.5, 940+ pages


Due out in July 2018, you can preorder the trade paperback, hardcover, or both, by clicking here.

Trade Paperback

Hardcover



September 13-15, 2018! 

Hunt Valley Wyndham (recently changed now to a Marriott)
SAME HOTEL, NEW NAME.

Announcing the first half of our celebrity lineup for our 2018 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)


Celebrity Lineup (So far)

BARBARA EDEN
I Dream of Jeanie
Barbara will be one of our weekend guests!

PATRICK DUFFY
Dallas
The Man from Atlantis

ERIK ESTRADA
CHIPS
Airport 1975

MARYAM D'ABO
007 Bond Girl
The Living Daylights

OLIVIA D'ABO
The Wonder Years
Conan the Destroyer


CINDY WILLIAMS
Laverne and Shirley
American Graffiti

SHIRLEY JONES
The Partridge Family
The Music Man

DAWN WELLS
Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island
​​

GARY CONWAY
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
Burke's Law
Land of the Giants

LARRY STORCH
F-Troop
The Ghostbusters

and MORE!



Mike Chomko -  July/August 2018 newsletter is now available!

Mike has released a list of pulp-related books and periodicals available from Mike Chomko for July/August 2018

Orders over $20 are discounted approximately 10%.
Shipping is between $2-6, depending on the weight of your order (media mail or bound printed matter). 
Michael Chomko, 2217W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA  18104-6542

Send Mike an email at mikechomko@gmail.com to subscribe to his catalogue.

Mike has established a website where you can download his current and past newsletters.
The website is located at http://sites.google.com/site/mikechomkobooks/




The New Pulp Heroes - Now online!

Dr. Vigilante

Captain Hawklin
Super Savant
The Crimson Devil
Dr. Shadows
The Man of The Mist

Off-Trail Publications
THE THING’S INCREDIBLE!
THE SECRET ORIGINS OF WEIRD TALES
by  John Locke

Now available in soft and hard cover editions!

The Thing’s Incredible! is a sweeping revisionist history of the founding of Weird Tales, one of the most influential and entertaining pulp magazines of them all.

Its first two years (1923-24) was a period of tumult and controversy unequalled in the pulps, before or since, an experience so painful to its creators that they immediately banished their memories to secrecy, their code of silence suppressing the story for almost a century. Here at last is the true saga, the unraveling of the many twisted threads which have bound the creation of Weird Tales in mystery.

Who were Henneberger and Lansinger, the co-founders, and what circuitous chain of events brought about their doomed destiny?
How did the first editor, the outspoken and uncontrollable Edwin Baird, become the wild man of the pulps?
What dark secrets lay buried in second editor Farnsworth Wright’s haunted past that he never dared speak of?
What was the significance of the constantly mutating “reorganization” that united two legends, world-famous magician Houdini and horror author H.P. Lovecraft, into a grand nexus of weird?
How did Henneberger lose control of his slow-motion disaster of a magazine?
And how did an all-out war behind the scenes lead to the long peace of the Wright years?

This is the grand story of the challenges in establishing a radical, new magazine in the early 1920s—and not just any magazine, but the immortal Weird Tales.

John Locke is a leading historian of the pulps who has written on magazines famous and obscure. He is co-author (with Doug Ellis and John Gunnison) of the pioneering Adventure House Guide to the Pulps. His writers’ mag series (Pulp Fictioneers, Pulpwood Days) explores the history of the pulps through the experiences of the participants in the industry. He applied the same approach to Weird Tales and discovered a story stranger—and thornier—than he ever imagined.

 6 x 9 inches, 310 pages
Hardcover: $35
Softcover: $24







PulpFest Reports

Murania Press: PulpFest 2018 Report: Part One - New!
Murania Press: PulpFest 2018 Report: Part Two - New!



The 2018 Munsey Award
William Lampkin

William Lampkin has been named the winner of the 2018 Munsey Award. Nominated by the general pulp community, Bill was selected through a vote cast by all the living Lamont, Munsey, and Rusty Award winners. The award is a fine art print created by David Saunders and published by Dan Zimmer of The Illustrated Press. It is presented annually to an individual or institution that has bettered the pulp community. David Saunders — winner of a special “retro” Lamont Award in 2016 — presented this year’s award. As Bill was unable to attend PulpFest 2018 due to family obligations, the award was accepted by Mike Chomko.

Our 2018 Munsey Award winner, William Lampkin, is a freelance writer/editor and publication designer who has spent much of his work life in the newspaper field, much like Rambler Murphy (but without the cool nickname and crime-solving). After freelancing for a number of years, he’s now the public information officer for a professional licensing board. Like many from his generation, Bill discovered the pulps through paperback reprints of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert E. Howard, The Shadow, Doc Savage, and The Spider. He bought his first actual pulp in the seventies. Bill runs ThePulp.Net, which he created in 1996, and also writes the Yellowed Perils blog. He founded the Facebook group Southern Pulpsters in 2015. A resident of Florida, he has designed THE PULPSTER since 2008, and beginning with its 22nd issue, became editor of the award-winning program book. The first twenty-one issues of the magazine were edited by Tony Davis, winner of the 1999 Lamont Award. Tony calls Bill: “One of the unsung heroes of contemporary pulp fandom.” In late 2013, Bill also began to design PulpFest‘s print advertisements, badges, and other materials. He is a member of the PulpFest organizing committee, serving as the convention’s advertising director and webmaster.

Congratulations to Bill for this most deserved award.

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2019 Munsey Awards.
If you’d like to make a nomination for this prestigious award, please send a short explanation concerning your reasons for the nomination to PulpFest marketing and programming director Mike Chomko at mike@pulpfest.com.
You can also reach Mike at 2217 W. Fairview Street, Allentown, PA 18104-6542. Previous winners of the Lamont, Munsey, or Rusty Award are not eligible for the award. Click here for a list of our previous winners.


The deadline for nominations is April 30, 2019. Please click here for additional details. Thanks for your help.

PulpFest 2019

PulpFest has received an offer to merge with a larger comic convention back in Columbus, our original home. Nothing has been decided but the committee is carefully weighing all options. This would return Pulpfest to Columbus and possibly increase attendance, which has been down since the move to Pittsburgh.The response was that fans of original pulps voiced opposition and "New Pulp" movement members supported it. That's an oversimplification, based on who stood to speak about the idea.  A move to Labor Day weekend would also be considered, since that might also increase attendance.  None of this is locked in, but the committee said it has not committed to the Pittsburgh DoubleTree at Cranberry yet for 2019.


Pulpgen-Online Pulps - Now online!

New this week

"The Phantom Juggernaut" by Frederick C. Davis from SECRET AGENT "X", November, 1936   
Ravenwood
    
That weirdly spinning little mystery wheel of doom lured Ravenwood, stepson of mystery, and the despairing Mavis Lattimer, to hideous death beneath the crushing weight of a speeding car - without a living person in the driver's seat. And this terror-freighted horror vehicle outmatched Ravenwood's every strategy, so that his only hope was to use a cryptic parable of the East to trap the Phantom Juggernaut.

"The Second Badge" by Norman A. Daniels from POPULAR DETECTIVE, May, 1949     
The kid couldn't understand why his father received a second insignia, nor did he know why it happened to have ribbons on it!

"Money Talks About Murder" by Ray Black from MAMMOTH DETECTIVE, March, 1943     
A minute mystery to test your detective ability. Can you find the answer?
There are several clues. When you know the answer check on page 3



Pulplandia Press
THE SHADOW IN REVIEW
by John Olsen

Four-Day Sale! Friday August 3, 2018 through Monday August 6, 2018.

Only $9.00 with free shipping! Use coupon code: BOOKSHIP18

The Shadow in Review: The Ultimate Guide to the Pulp Magazine Series.
Every Shadow magazine story is examined in detail... all 325 of them.
Old fans, who read the original magazines, and new fans, who enjoy pulp reprints, now have access to detailed reviews of every single story.


• Reviews of all 325 pulp magazine stories
• Bonus review of the "lost" Shadow novel
• Bonus review of Walter Gibson's final "unofficial" Shadow story
• Bonus review of the 1994 movie
• Bonus review of the 1940 movie serial
• Complete list of Shadow novels, ranked by favorite
• Two detailed indexes, by story and subject
• Over a half-million words in length
• Over 500 pages, softcover, weighs 3 lbs.

Order directly from the printer at the link below.
Be sure to use the coupon code: BOOKSHIP18 to get the book for $9.00 with free shipping.
Offer expires Monday August 6, 2018 so don’t delay.




Pulp Den by Tom Johnson - Now online!
   
Honesty In World War 2
- New!
Spur of The Moment Bride
Nameless Serenade
Lilith Cohen: Merchants of Death
Dr. Vigilante  
Three Against The World  
Dangerous Liaisons  

         Pulp Den  

Pulp Flakes - Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors and their stories, adventure and detective pulps.

George Bruce Marquis - Author, College bursar  - New!
Gayle Hoskins - prints from "A Cowboy's Day" series of covers
Index to the fanzine Xenophile - part 1
Encoded messages in the pulps - Adventure and Detective Story Magazine  
Happy Independence Day to my US readers
Jack Ritchie - Detective/Crime Author




The Pulp Hermit  by Tom Johnson - Now online!

Dividends of Doom   - New!
New Pulp Author Thomas Condarcure
Bullets And Bad Times
Six Gun Angel
Introducing New Pulp Authors: Ray Capella

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 #68 Audiobook
King of the Fleshless Legion
by Norvell W. Page writing as Grant Stockbridge

Read by Nick Santa Maria

Now available!


The Spider faces a grim mass murderer who holds sway over Manhattan — when poisoned drugs paralyze the medical profession and turn New York’s hospitals into a hell of betrayed human sufferers!
 
The Spider fought crime draped in black, his identity hidden from those he sought to stop, the very evil that threatened his city month after month. And here lies the genius of Norvell W. Page’s Spider. Wentworth had a secret identity, but hardly anyone was fooled by it! The white-hot relationships between the cast of characters were mature, even modern by our standards. This while he battled supercriminals such as the Fly, Iron Man and the Bat-Man. Authentically captured, the Spider would make a wonderful high-velocity movie.

 
 
Once, during a respite in a typical blood-and-screaming-bullets carnage of urban combat, Police Commissioner Kirkpatrick ticked off a long list of suspects. Wentworth blurted out this self-revealing truth. “I’m suspicious of everyone,” he admitted, “even of myself sometimes.” And well he should be. For Richard Wentworth was an undiagnosed manic-depressive—if not paranoid schizophrenic—subject to violent mood swings, climbing to unutterable heights of exultation in one scene, then crashing into the blackest depths of despair the next. When the Spider-madness came over him, he might pick up his treasured Stradivarius violin and launch into a night-long serenade to soul-searching. Or, he might putty up his face, don black hat and cape, go out Spidering.
 
Nick Santa Maria reads King of the Fleshless Legion with the crackling intensity you have come to expect of his superb talent. Originally published in The Spider magazine, May, 1939.

 
Discounted 50% the first week.
MP3 digital download - $4.99
Audio CDs - $9.99

Regular price:
5 hours - $9.99 Download / $19.98 Audio CDs

Radio Archives


Radio Archives Pulp Classics
Jungle Stories #24 eBook
Fall 1944

Now available!

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.

Ki-Gor, son of the jungle! Orphaned son of missionary Robert Kilgour, raised in the jungle, he grew to a six foot bronzed-skin giant who ruled the jungles. Joined by Helen Vaughn, his fiance and later wife, Timbo George, the Masai chief, and N’Geeso, the chief of a Pygmy tribe, this band of adventurers roam the wilds of Africa in a series of pulp magazine stories that began in 1939 and ended with the last published story in 1954. Now, Ki-Gor is back, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format.
 
Table of Contents:
 
A Thrilling New Ki-Gor African Novel
Bride Of The Serpent God by John Peter Drummond
Helene had been captured by the demoniacal followers of the Serpent God, doomed to sacrifice on a bloody altar. Only Ki-Gor, White Lord of the Jungle, and Tembu George could save her — by taking her place beneath the knife of the murderous High Priestess.
 
Kraal Of The Seven Rogues — Long Novelet Of Jungle Terror by Day Keene
Seven men planned to halt the native uprising threatening all Africa — all knowing that one of them was the traitor plotting to slay the other six.
 
Trek To Djallon — Long Novelet Of Jungle Terror by Ray Vicker
The Fulah drams pulsed their blood chant: “Bwana Masters mast die.” And Masters began the strangest trek of his career — a hunt to find himself.
 
The Emerald Curse — Long Novelet Of Jungle Terror by Paul Selonke
A juju dagger waited for Carson in the jungle depths, yet he could not turn back. He had made a promise to a slender girl — a girl who had disappeared.
 
The Skull Of King Gwelo — Long Novelet Of Jungle Terror by Llewellyn Hughes
Ward Harkness was defying the curse of King Gwelo, knowing death would be the old King’s answer — delivered from the rifle of a treacherous white.
 
Kroong — Short Story Of Peril Veldt by Wilbur S. Peacock
The jungle has an ironic justice for those who violate its laws.
 
White Voodoo — Short Story Of Peril Veldt by Stuart Friedman
Africa held a secret so deadly that none who knew it could live to tell.

 
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.

Regular price:  $3.99
Discounted 50% the first week: $1.99




Robert E. Howard Foundation
Join the Robert E. Howard Foundation


THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS OMNIBUS VOLUME 1 - Coming in April 2019!

Crom! This inaugural volume ushers in Marvel's line of definitive Savage Sword of Conan collections. Full-color covers, letters pages, pinups, extensive articles and reviews on Conan, his world and his creator -everything's included just as no one is spared the vengeance of Conan! After the breakout success of Conan's color comic, Marvel brought the legendary sword-and-sorcery saga of Robert E. Howard's hero to its black-and-white magazine line. In lushly illustrated novel-length adventures with all the drama, violence and allure the comic book medium can off er, writer Roy Thomas and Marvel's greatest artists craft a host of Conan classics like Barry Windsor-Smith's "Red Nails" and John Buscema's "Black Colossus" and "A Witch Shall Be Born" featuring the infamous Tree of Death are just the beginning!

COLLECTING:
SAVAGE TALES (1971) 1-5; SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN (1974) 1-12, SPECIAL (1975) 1

On Sale: April 2, 2019
Format: Hardcover
Price: $100.00 ($127.00 In Canada)
Size: 7-1/4" X 10-7/8"
Pages: 984




The Serial Squadron
Now available!

THE ORIGINAL, REMASTERED
AND WITH A NEW MUSICAL SCORE
THE PERILS OF PAULINE

Featuring
PEARL WHITE
PAUL PANZER & CRANE WILBUR


Pauline's adoptive father dies and leaves his sizable fortune in the hands of Owen, a con man who will control it until such time as she is married. Pauline denies a proposal from handsome Harry Marvin because she wants to spend a year adventuring. Owen and his blackmailer decide that if Pauline were made to disappear they'd make out like bandits. So guess happens to Pauline? Answer: anything and everything Owen and his scheming confederate can arrange to try to do her in.

Re-translated with titles that make sense and use correct character names from the original US release, stabilized, and newly scored for a fresh and new experience with this groundbreaking and important series.

Contains content from 13 original episodes, an Episode Guide covering content from lost episodes, and "The Perils of Pauline Phenomenon," a mini-documentary and collection of spinoffs, remakes and spoofs of the serial.

Accompanied, restored and stabilized by Eric Stedman, with custom image noise reduction by the great Hollywoood digital effects artist John Ellis, restorer of the Steve Canyon TV show now playing on the Decades channel.




SPECTRE LIBRARY: THE PULP AND PAPERBACK FICTION READER - Now online!

“Some Rise by Sin” by Alan Whicker - New!
Love Packs a Six-Gun by John Frederick
“Make Mine Murder” by Robert Sidney Bowen
“Realm of the Alien” by Chester Delray (Dublin, Ireland: Grafton Publications)



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.

Summer Movie Miscelleny
Barker and Bender on the Case-Part Seven
A Pause in the Barker-Bender Saga
Barker and Bender on the Case-Part Six
Barker and Bender on the Case-Part Five


Terence McVicker, Rare Books
Rare, used, and out-of-print books


FEATURED AUTHOR!—HARLAN ELLISON

Lots of pulp-related items for sale!

ROBERT E. HOWARD!
 H. P. LOVECRAFT! 
 CLARK ASHTON SMITH!
E. E. (DOC) SMITH!



Terence McVicker, Rare Books

Upcoming Modern Hero - Pulp Novels
by Christopher R. Yates
(New publications to the list are in bold)

Now available!
Constance Verity Saves the World, A. Lee Martinez, Saga Press, $24.99, July 17, 2018
Ant-Man: Natural Enemy, Jason Starr, Titan Books, $9.99, July 31, 2018

Coming soon!
Avalanche: Secret World Chronicle (Bk. 5), Mercedes Lackey, et al., Baen, $25.00, August 7, 2018
Catwoman: Soulstealer, Sarah J. Maas, Random House, $18.99, August 7, 2018
The Point, John Dixon, Del Rey, $27.00,  August 7, 2018
Wild Cards VIII: One-Eyed Jacks, ed. George R.R. Martin, Tor, $18.99, August 7, 2018
Spider-Man: Hostile Takeover, David Liss, Titan Books, $7.99, August 21, 2018
The Flash: Climate Changeling, Richard Knaak, Titan Books, $7.99, August 28, 2017
MJ-12: Endgame, Michael J. Martinez, Night Shade Books, $7.99, September 4, 2018
Target Rich Environment, Larry Correia, Baen, $25.00, September 4, 2018
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Path of the Apocalypse, S.D. Perry, Titan Books, $14.99, September 18, 2018
Vengeful [Villains #2], V.E. Schwab, Tor, $25.99, September 25, 2018
The Monster Hunter Files, eds. Bryan Thomas Schmidt & Larry Correia, Baen, $7.99, September 25, 2018
Batman: The Killing Joke, Christa Faust & Gary Phillips, Titan Books, $22.95, September 25, 2018
Venom: Lethal Protector, James R. Tuck, Titan Books, $22.95, September 25, 2018
Zero Sum Game, S.L. Huang, Tor, $25.99, October 2, 2018
#HeroFail [Superheroes Anonymous #4], Lexie Dunne, HarperCollins, $7.99, October 18, 2018
Wild Cards XXVI: Texas Hold’em, ed. George R.R. Martin, Tor, $27.99, October 23, 2018
Spider-Man: Forever Young, Stefan Petrucha, Titan Books, $9.99, October 30, 2018
They Promised Me the Gun Wasn’t Loaded, James Alan Gardner, Tor, $17.99, November 7, 2018
Harley Quinn: Mad Love, Paul Dini & Pat Cadigan, Titan Books, $22.95, February 12, 2019 
Thanos: Titan Consumed, Barry Lyga, Little, Brown Books, $17.99, November 13, 2018
Monster Hunter Guardian, Larry Correia & Sarah Hoyt, Baen, $27.00, December 6, 2018
Judges, Volume One, Michael Carroll, Abaddon Books, $11.99, January 18, 2019
Wild Cards XXIV: Mississippi Roll, ed. George R.R. Martin, Tor, $18.99, January 22, 2019
X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga, Stuart Moore, Titan Books, $22.95, January 22, 2019

Batman: The Killing Joke, Christa Faust & Gary Phillips, Titan Books, $12.95, February 5, 2019
Superman: Dawnbreaker, Matt de la Peña, Random House, $18.99, March 5, 2019
Batman: The Court of Owls, Greg Cox, Titan Books, $22.95, February 12, 2019
The Reign of the Kingfisher, T.J. Martinson, Flatiron Books, $27.99, March 5, 2019
Rico Dredd: The Titan Years, Michael Carroll, Abaddon Books, $11.99, April 2, 2019

Wild Cards IX: Jokertown Shuffle, ed. George R.R. Martin, Tor, $18.99, April 30, 2019






THE VOID PROTOCOL (The ICE Sequence) - Coming January 8, 2019!
by F. Paul Wilson


In The Void Protocol, New York Times bestselling author F. Paul Wilson concludes his medical thriller trilogy featuring Rick Hayden and Laura Fanning as they confront the entities responsible for the supernatural events of Panacea and The God Gene.

Something sits in a bunker lab buried fifty feet below the grounds of Lakehurst Naval Air Station.

The product of the Lange-Tür technology confiscated from the Germans after World War II occupies a chamber of steel-reinforced ballistic glass. Despite experimentation for nearly three-quarters of a century, no one knows what it is, but illegal human research reveals what it can do. Humans with special abilities have been secretly collected―abilities that can only have come from whatever occupies the underground bunker in Lakehurst.

And so it sits, sequestered on the edge of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, slowly changing the world.


Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Forge Books
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 9.2 inches



WEIRDBOOK #39
Print and eBook editions are now available!

Softcover, 252 pages,  6 x 9 inches
$12.00

 
Full contents


Horror Around The Bend by Franklyn Searight               
A Tiny Cut by Samson Stormcrow Hayes                             
Posthumous by Marlane  Quade Cook                                
Pages From An Invisible Book by Darrell Schweitzer         
That Name Was Evoc by Lorenzo Crescentini                   
Misdiagnosed by Jackie Bee                                                  
Dog Drool by Frederick J. Mayer                                                               
The Venusian Mantis by Teege Braune                                
The Color of the Gods by Ken Heueler                               
Spawning Ground by Hannah Lackoff                              
Curse of the Dark Queen by Lily Luchesi                         
Monika Unraveling by Rebecca House                                
Crawling With Them by Jason Zwiker                                
Seven Sisters by James Machin                                             
The House In The Mountains by Michael Washburn          
Eyes Without A Face by Thomas Vaughn                            
Clartley Chowder by Riche Brown                                      
Dominion Over Abbadon by Richard J. O'Brien                 
Divine Wind Of The Dark by Frank Schildiner                
Skrik by Bekki Pate                                                              
The Ferryman's Journal by Ed Burkley                              
Demiurge by Marc A. Fitch                                                   
And In Her Eyes The City Drowned by Kyla Lee Ward           
Clouds Like Memories, Words Like Stones by John R. Fultz   
Up The Lazy River by Adrian Cole    
                                         
Poems and Flash Fiction

Bad Night by Lucy Snyder
Songs Of The Quail by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Sylvan Simalcrum by Chad Hensley   
Mister Dorton's Cats by Russ Parkhurst   
Miskatonic Etudes by James P. Roberts
The Cursed by Julio Toro San Martin & Hank Simmons
The Autumn People by Kurt Newton
The Great Time Machine by Denny E. Marshall
Ea Carpe Noctis by Frank Coffman 


Amazon.com   Kindle   Wildside Press: Softcover   Wildside Press: eBook


Weirdbook Magazine Blogspot  Weirdbook  Facebook: Weirdbook