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Adventure House
Coming later this month!
High Adventure #165
Hostages of Hate by Anthony Rud – PEOPLE’S
Randolph Haish vowed to exterminate every member of the family which he
thought had wronged him.
But the family included Koot Koven, an ex-soldier, and Koot objected to
being exterminated.
A remarkable girl got mixed up in the affair too, a story of fiendish cleverness,
rapid-fire action, and genuine romance.
7x10, 110 pages, $12.95
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Adventure House
Now available!
G-8 and His Battle Aces #57 – June
1938
Patrol of the Iron Hand by Robert J. Hogan
Death walks the world in an iron garb and sleeps in the dismal caves of
Hell!
Stahlmaske once more roams the Front—and the bodies of the damned lie strewn
in his wake!
The Master Spy Calls on his courage and wits to battle forces of Hate!
Suicide On Wheels by Greaseball Joe
Cover Artist: Frederick Blakeslee
7x10, 110 pages, $12.95
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Adventure House
Coming in April!
G-8 and His
Battle Aces #58 – July 1938
Fangs of the Serpent by Robert J. Hogan
The skies are red with the blood of men who have a right to live, and G-8
flies to his last appointment with Death!
This is the will of the Serpent and there is hell and misery locked in the
magic of his eyes.
You’ll know about this when you’ve felt the bloody FANGS OF THE SERPENT.
Death Makes A Bargain by Greaseball Joe
Cover Artist: Frederick Blakeslee
7x10, 110 pages, $12.95
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Airship 27 Productions
DOMINO LADY
VOLUME 3
Now available!
Airship 27 Productions is thrilled to announce the release of “Domino
Lady Vol 3.”
Pulpdom’s sexiest masked avenger returns in five new adventures courtesy
of writers Adam Mudman Bezecny, Gene Moyers, Brad Mengel and Samantha Lienhard.
By day she is wealthy Los Angeles socialite Ellen Patrick. By night she dons
her mask, cape and arms herself with a hypodermic syringe and deadly silver
plated automatic to become the beautiful and mysterious vigilante known only
as the Domino Lady.
In this volume she uncovers a secret female society also combating evil;
a plot to take over rich wineries, confronts a blackmailer, defends a Hollywood
union against gangsters and solves a friend’s murder.
“Domino Lady is arguably the most well known of the classic female pulp
heroes,” says Airship 27 Productions’ Managing Editor, Ron Fortier. “Fans
can’t get enough of her adventures and we are delighted to satisfy their
demands.” Dressing up this third volume is the same super talented art team
that was responsible for volumes one and two. James Lyle provides all the
interior black and white illustrations, while Ted Hammond delivers another
stunning, colorful cover. All neatly assembled by award winning Art Director
Rob Davis.
When it comes to spills and thrills, defending innocent people and thwarted
the bad guys, it is all in a night’s work for the one and only, Domino Lady.
Available
from Amazon and coming soon on Kindle.
Airship 27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!
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Airship 27 Productions
THE RETURN
OF BULLDOG DRUMMOND
Now available!
Airship 27 Productions is thrilled to announce the return of one
of pulpdom’s most well known heroes, Bulldog Drummond, in “On Poisoned Ground”
by writer I.A. Watson.
London 2018 - Upon his discharge from the military, Captain Hugh “Bulldog”
Drummond finds civilian life boring. He post an ad in the London Times explaining
his desire to find new adventures. Much to his surprise, he gets much more
than he could have ever bargained for and soon finds himself battling an
evil genius bent on destroying all of London. This is a threat he can’t possibly
win alone and soon he has recruited his former S.A.S team, unique men with
special skills that just might save the day.
“This is a brand new version of a classic hero, reinvented for our
times and jam-packed with suspense, thrills and danger enough to fill a half
dozen books,” reports Airship 27 Productions’ Managing Editor Ron Fortier.
“The original Bulldog Drummond was created by H.C. McNeile and published
under his pen name "Sapper". Following McNeile's death in 1937, the novels
were continued by Gerard Fairlie. The character has appeared in novels, short
stories, on the stage, in films, on radio and television, and in graphic
novels.”
Last year Fortier was approached by one of his Airship 27 writers from India
who was a fan of the character and inquired if it would be possible to revive
him as a New Pulp hero. Fortier immediately reached out to British author,
I.A. Watson, a writer known for his exhaustive research in any project he
undertakes. “Ian thought the idea was worth pursuing and ultimately discovered
the property was indeed public domain,” Fortier continues. “After several
long letters on how to do the character properly, both of us agreed a new,
modern interpretation was called for. At which point I gave Ian the green
light to write the first adventure in what we hope will be a long running
series at Airship 27 Productions.”
“Bulldog Drummond – On Poisoned Ground,” features black and white interior
illustrations by professional graphic illustrator, Howard Simpson, and sports
a wonderful cover by Canadian Ted Hammond. The book design was by Art Director
Rob Davis. The story is a roller-coaster ride of action and adventure. Fortier
concludes, “Once you open page one, you will not be able to put this book
down.”
Available
from Amazon and on Kindle.
Airship 27 Productions – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!
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Altus Press: Pulp Blog - Now online!
Announcing the new Altus Press releases premiering at the
Windy City Pulp and Paper Show
More Pulp Releases: The Spider #4 and Dusty Ayres #11… At
a Discount
More Pulp Releases: The Spider #3 and Operator 5 #2
The Altus Press 30% Off Cyber Monday Sale: Race Williams,
Talbot Mundy, The Domino Lay, and 20 Ebooks
The Altus Press 30% Off Weekend Sale Continues With The
Spider, Operator 5, G-8, and Dusty Ayres
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Altus Press
Now
available!
We’re releasing two Popular Publications Hero Pulp titles every other week,
and that’s on top of our other forthcoming pulp titles!
Yes, we’ve been busy preparing a few million words of pulp prose for release,
and it continues with these new releases.
Domestic orders of $35 of softcovers gives you free shipping. So what's
the hold-up? Order now from altuspress.com.
The Spider #7: The Serpent of Destruction
By Norvell W. Page, writing as Grant Stockbridge
When the Underworld united in one compact army of crime, the Spider—his
prestige gone—faced the most vicious collection of criminals and degenerate
killers ever assembled under one dark banner of bloody social war! How can
Richard Wentworth, robbed of Kirkpatrick and Nita, renew the Spider-fear
which alone can bring him victory from a menace that is making casualty columns
of our daily papers and filling our institutions with driveling victims of
the new madness?
$13.95 softcover
On sale until March 29: $12.95
Operator 5 #4: The Melting Death
By Curtis Steele
Out of the blue it struck—that dread, mysterious force, dealing death, destruction
and misery to millions. America found herself stripped of her strongest defenses
as battleships, huge guns, skyscrapers, factories and transportation systems
crumbled to dust before the voracious flame. No one could tell where it came
from; where it would next strike; no one was safe from its hot, devouring
maw. An entire nation stood crippled, paralyzed by panic as Operator 5, alone,
fought to save America from the red ruin loosed upon it.
$13.95 softcover
On sale until March 29: $12.95
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Altus Press
Premiering
at the Windy City Pulp and Paper Show!
Altus Press has been hard at work on these oversized collections,
and you can get them at www.altuspress.com or via Mike Chomko's table at
the Windy City Pulp and Paper Show in Lombard, IL, on April 12:
Operator 5: The Complete
Purple Wars (2 Volume Deluxe Edition)
by Emile C. Tepperman, illustrated by John Fleming Gould and John Newton
Howitt
introduction by Will Murray and an afterword by Tom Johnson
Dustjacketed two-volume hardcover edition.
The "War and Peace of the Pulps” is finally collected in a two-volume deluxe,
hardcover edition. Running in the pages of Operator #5 magazine from 1936–38,
this 14-part epic chronicled the invasion and conquering of America by a
mysterious foe from Europe: The Purple Empire. As Will Murray describes in
this edition's Introduction: "Battles rage from coast to coast. The exploits
of Operator 5 shift from espionage and counterespionage to straight military
adventure. Through it all, Jimmy Christopher rises to become the de facto
leader of the resistance."
Written by Emile C. Tepperman (author of The Spider and The Masked Marksman)
and containing nearly 300 illustrations by John Fleming Gould, this half-million-word
saga remains the greatest epic to see print in Golden Age of the pulps and
is still considered most risky and ambitious experiment ever undertaken in
the single-character magazines.
This two-volume deluxe, hardcover edition includes an all-new Introduction
by pulp historian Will Murray, as well as Tom Johnson's retrospective on
the series, The History of the Purple Wars. It also collects the rarely-reprinted
Epilogue to the Purple War, "Revolt of the Devil Men."
Also restored are all of author Tepperman's rarely-reprinted footnotes which
graced the original pulp editions of the stories.
Never-before collected, this remastered, comprehensive collection of Operator
5: The Complete Purple Wars has been one of the most eagerly-anticipated
pulp publications of all time.
788 pages / 8.5"x11" / $150
Ships and Men: The Complete Epic (Deluxe Edition)
by H. Bedford-Jones
illustrated by Frederic Anderson, George Avison, John Richard Flanagan,
Leyland R. Gustavson, Robert L. Lambdin, Arthur Lytell, Alex Raymond, Alfred
Simpkin, Yngve E. Soderberg, and Harve Stein
Dustjacketed hardcover edition.
Running for three years in the pages of the prestigious Blue Book Magazine,
author H. Bedford-Jones crafted the most ambitious work of his career: a
massive, 34-part saga of seafaring adventure, told chronologically throughout
the annals of naval warfare, involving a number of significant figures in
world history. Never before collected, this 200,000-word epic includes nearly
200 interior illustrations by artists such as Alex Raymond, John Richard
Flanagan, and Leyland R. Gustavson.
350 pages / 8.5"x11" / $85
Black Mask (2019 Yearbook)
by Brian Townsley, Jane Jakeman, Brian Stanley, Hannah Honeybun,
Katrina Younes, William Burton McCormick, Frank Megna, Michael Bracken, Jonathan
Sheppard, Jim Doherty, Isaac Babel, Boris Dralyuk, D.L. Champion, Dashiell
Hammett, Carroll John Daly, Frederick Nebel, T.T. Flynn, and Frederick C.
Davis
Black Mask, the greatest American detective magazine of all time, is back
with another issue. This time around, it includes nine new stories in the
Black Mask vein by Brian Townsley, Jane Jakeman, Brian Stanley, Hannah Honeybun,
William Burton McCormick, Frank Megna, Jonathan Sheppard, Michael Bracken,
Jim Doherty, as well as a new article on Raymond Chandler’s The Little Sister
by Katrina Younes. In addition, Boris Dralyuk has kindly supplied his translation
of Isaac Babel’s “Lyubka the Cossack” and arranged for its reprinting here.
And, as with previous issues, Black Mask collects some of the best hard-boiled
detective fiction from the Popular Publications vaults, as written by some
of the genre’s best: Dashiell Hammett, D.L. Champion, Carroll John Daly,
Frederick Nebel, T.T. Flynn, and Frederick C. Davis.
142 pages / 8.5"x11" / $19.95
Altus Press
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American Mythology
Productions
Coming
in June!
PRINCESS OF VENUS #1
(Writer) Pat Shand (Art) Alfret
Le (Covers) Alfret Le, Mike Wolfer
At last, Duare, the Princess of Venus gets her own comic book origin story!
The mysterious princess has prover herself a capable fighter alongside Carson
Napier in the Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe, but how she obtained her fighting
prowess has been a mystery… Until now! Before a strange Earthman named Carson
crashed upon Amtor, a swashbuckling princess was forged, evolving from coddled
royalty into a fiery fighter.
Princess of Venus is available with three covers
Main Cover by interior artist Alfret Le, Venus Rising Cover by Mike Wolfer,
and Limited Edition 1/350 Pulp cover also by Le!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 12.
Full Color, 32 pages, $9.99, On sale June 12
(Limited edition).
PRINCESS OF VENUS #1 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191355 (Le
cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191356 (Wolfer
cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191357 (Limited Edition cover).
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American Mythology
Productions
Coming
in August!
PELLUCIDAR TERROR AT EARTHS CORE TPB
(Writer) Mike Wolfer (Art) Gabriel Rearte & Various (Covers)
Gabriel Rearte, Mike Wolfer
Deep within the Earth lies a world of dangers and unimaginable creatures!
This is Pellucidar, one of the most beloved creations of Edgar Rice Burroughs!
Ruled by the blood-thirsty Mahars, Pellucidar lives in fear of the pterosaurian
terrors, but when a newly discovered tunnel leads the Mahars to the lost
continent of Caspak, the flesh-eating monsters launch an invasion of the
Land That Time Forgot! This volume collects the Pellucidar/Land That Time
Forgot: Terror From the Earth's Core 3-issue series and the Pellucidar One
Shot, plus a cover gallery and more.
Softcover, Full Color, 112 pages, $19.99, On sale
August 28.
PELLUCIDAR TERROR AT EARTHS CORE TPB is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191358.
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American Mythology
Productions
Coming
in June!
MOON MAID: CATACOMBS OF THE MOON #2
(Writer) Christopher Mills (Art) Gabriel Rearte (Covers) Alex
Miracolo, Puis Calzada
Nah-ee-lah's trials continue as she fights her way through a catacomb filled
with creatures and terrors. Deep inside the hidden subterranean world of
the Moon the fight for survival is fierce and fraught with dangers around
every corner. The Moon Maid delivers a wonderful mix of action and horror
that will transport your imagination to the vivid worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs.
The Moon Maid: Catacombs of the Moon #2 comes with three covers
Main by Alex Miracolo, Fury of the Moon Maid by Puis Calzada (Hatchet),
and 350-copy limited-edition Virgin Art cover also by Sparacio.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 26.
Full Color, 32 pages, $6.99, On sale June 26
(Limited edition).
MOON MAID #2 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191359 (Miracolo
cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191360 (Calzada
cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191361 (Limited Edition cover).
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American Mythology
Productions
Coming
in June!
ZORRO MASTERS ALEX TOTH #1
(Art/Cover) Alex Toth
Celebrate 100 years of Zorro with stories illustrated by one of the all-time
comics legends: Alex Toth! This special series delivers some of Toth’s
best, classic Zorro work and is a virtual master class in comic art, composition,
and storytelling. If you’re a fan of Zorro, a fan of comics, or even a fan
of fine art, this series is not to be missed!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 19.
Full Color, 32 pages, $6.99, On sale June 19
(Limited edition).
ZORRO MASTERS ALEX TOTH #1 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191367.
The Diamond Item Code
is APR191368 (Limited Edition cover).
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Coming to online retailers in June!
Coming to comic shops June 26!
THE
SHADOW Volume 143: “The Shadow Meets The Mask” & “Toll of Death"
The Dark Avenger returns in two tales of Crime and Punishment by
Walter B. Gibson writing as Maxwell Grant. First, the law is powerless to
uncover the true identity of a frozen-faced fiend until “The Shadow Meets
The Mask.” Then, a panoramic shadow of doom casts a “Toll of Death” upon
Lamont Cranston! This collector’s classic showcases both original color covers
by Graves Gladney and Modest Stein and the interior illustrations by Paul
Orban, with historical commentary by Will Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-261-2
Softcover, 7x10, 112 pages, B&W, $14.95
THE SHADOW VOLUME 143 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191921.
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First
Class postpaid
Six
issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum Books
Now available!
THE SHADOW
#139: “Kings of Crime” and “The Stars Promise Death”
The Master of Darkness crushes crime in Seaview City in two thrilling
pulp novels by Walter B. Gibson writing as “Maxwell Grant." First, while
community leaders speed the growth of a great city, “Kings of Crime” plot
to fleece the resort town out of millions Then, following a cryptic clue
left by a dead man, The Shadow pursues a trail of astrological slayings when
“The Stars Promise Death.”
BONUS: The Whisperer investigates “Invisible Evidence” in a pulp thriller
by Alan Hathway writing as “Clifford Goodrich,” plus Nick Carter solves “The
Case of the Mermaid’s Murder!” in a Golden Age of Comics classic by Bob Powell.
This instant collector’s item showcases the classic color pulp covers by
George Rozen and Modest Stein plus the original interior illustrations by
Tom Lovell and Paul Orban, with supporting commentary by pulp historian Will
Murray. (Sanctum Books) 978-1-60877-257-5 Softcover, 7x10, 128 pages,
B&W, $14.95
Anthony Tollin, P.O. Box 761474, San Antonio, TX 78245-1474
1 book: $14.95 plus $3.00 (First Class)
or $2 (Media Mail) for postage and packaging
2 books: $29.90 (cover price) First
Class postpaid
Six
issues for $84 (first class) or $78 (media mail) [postpaid]
Check, Money Order, or Paypal
(orders@shadowsanctum.com)
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Art's Reviews Podcasts!
- Now online!
Audible versions of Bobby Nash's "Abraham
Snow" Series with Voice actor Stuart Gauffi
In this episode we discuss the issuing of the first 2 volumes
in author Bobby Nash's "Abraham Snow" Series as Audible books (Snow Falls,
Snow Storm.) Bobby and voice actor Stuart Gauffi discuss the process
by which a print book is made into an audio book with hints for authors who
are interested in the process for their own work.
We also discuss the Snow series. There are 4 books already completed
with 2 more volumes due out by the end of this year.
Booby and Stuart give us an update on their work to date and give hints
about what is coming in the future.
Past
episodes:
Roger Alford - The Black Spectre Origins Book II
New World Order: HERO U.N.I.O.N. by Jeff Deischer
Interview with Legendary
Comic artist Robert Fujitani
The Avenger Double Feature by Bobby Nash and
Chuck Miller
"The House of Souls": The Steel Ring Vol. 3 by R. A. Jones
"Murder Gets Even" by John Molino
Tommy Hancock's "Pulp Domain " Project
PulpFest - Christopher Paul Carey reads from
"Swords Against the Moon Men "
The Doom Legion by Will
Murray
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ATHENA VOLTAIRE TERROR ORIENT
EXPRESS TPB - Coming in June!
(Writer) Steve Bryant (Art) Abel Cicero
(Covers) Steve Bryant
Reuniting with an old friend, Athena travels by train from Istanbul
en route to Paris when something begins horrifically killing her fellow passengers.
Can the aviatrix stop the creature responsible for the carnage?
Trade paperback,128 pages, Full Color, $14.99, On sale June 5.
ATHENA VOLTAIRE TERROR
ORIENT EXPRESS TPB is
solicited in the April
PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191294.
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Black Moon: The Complete Tales
of Jules de Grandin, Volume Five - Now available!
by Seabury Quinn
The concluding volume in a series 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 over half of Weird Tales’s original
publication run. His most famous character, the French supernatural 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.
Available for the first time in trade editions, The Complete Tales of Jules
de Grandin collects 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 fifth volume, Black Moon, includes all the stories from “Suicide Chapel”
(1938) to “The Ring of Bastet” (1951), as well as an introduction by George
Vanderburgh and Robert Weinberg and a foreword by Stephen Jones.
Hardcover: 512 pages
Publisher: Night Shade
Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches
$34.99
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Blood 'N' Thunder
/ Murania Press
Before launching what would eventually become the Marvel Comics empire,
Martin Goodman published low-rent pulp magazines issued by a dizzying array
of shell companies designed to insulate him from irate creditors. In order
to compete in an already-crowded marketplace, he allowed editor-in-chief
Robert O. Erisman to distinguish their periodicals with lurid covers and
frankly sensational fiction. Bearing Goodman's "Red Circle" trademark, the
short-lived horror pulps Mystery Tales, Uncanny Tales, Marvel Tales, and
Real Mystery were transgressive in the extreme, shattering the boundaries
of good taste and igniting a firestorm of outrage that eventually drove all
horror pulps off the newsstands.
This book collects ten of the most shocking, sadistic, and salacious yarns
ever to appear in Red Circle's shudder pulps — more than 100,000 words of
mesmerizingly appalling fiction — tied together with a 4200-word essay that
puts them in their proper cultural-historical perspective. We guarantee you'll
never read another pulp anthology quite like it!
Cover Art by J. W. Scott
Introduction by Ed Hulse
306 pages, trade paperback, 6x9 inches
Price: $25.00
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Blood 'N' Thunder
/ Murania Press
JOHNSTON MCCULLEY OMNIBUS
Now available!
Among the most prolific
fictioneers ever to pound a typewriter, Johnston McCulley has earned pop-culture
immortality as the creator of Zorro, who made his debut in 1919. At
that time he was just one of many McCulley characters romping through the
shag-edged pages of America's pulp-fiction magazines. Most others appeared
in Street & Smith's DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE, a weekly periodical devoted
to fast-paced tales of crime and mystery. The three novels contained
in this book, originally published in DETECTIVE STORY as several series of
connected novelettes, feature protagonists operating outside the law. Two
of them, Black Star and The Spider, are master criminals who take special
pleasure in outwitting police; the third, The Thunderbolt, is a vigilante
attempting to right wrongs beyond the law's reach.
Although these yarns were written a hundred years ago, they lack the florid
excesses common to what is popularly known as "purple prose." McCulley's
style is simple and direct, and aside from some stilted dialogue here and
there, his fiction remains just as entertaining as it was upon first publication.
Moreover, his World War I-era protagonists set the pattern for countless
pulp characters to follow, lending historical context to their fanciful exploits.
In reading the adventures of Black Star, The Spider, and The Thunderbolt,
today's pulp-fiction aficionado will encounter tropes that were still being
employed twenty and thirty years later. None of the characters in this omnibus
had Zorro's longevity, nor did they achieve his success in other media. But
they are fascinating nonetheless as precursors of an entire school of pulp
heroes and villains.
Cover
Art by John A. Coughlin
Introduction by Ed Hulse
590 pages., trade paperback, 6x9 inches
Price: $35.00
All three novels are now available in one jumbo-sized,
affordably priced volume.
Blood 'N'
Thunder / Murania Press
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Blood 'N' Thunder / Murania
Press: EDitorial Comments - Now online!
2019 Windy City con’s Film Program: Saturday schedule
Coming Next Week: THE JOHNSTON MCCULLEY OMNIBUS
2/1/19: Customer Service Update
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Bold Venture Press
MYSTERY, SCIENCE FICTION, HORROR — NEW AND CLASSIC PULP FICTION!
Audrey Parente, editor
Cover art by Norman Saunders
Interior illustration by Aleena-Valentine Lopez
CLASSIC PULP FICTION
"Noggins Gets His Man" by Johnston McCulley
A police detective bides his time hoping a killer might crack.
"You Can Get Away With Murder" by Charles Boeckman
Amidst the sea of Mardi Gras revelers, two detectives follow a trail of
clues to find a killer.
"Flapjack Meehan’s Coal Strike" by Frank Richardson Pierce
It can't be fool's gold when it's lumpy and black ...
NEW PULP FICTION
"’The Death Clock" by David Bernard
Antique heirloom or deadly obsession?
"The Ghost of Torreon" by Edd Vick and Manny Frishberg
Time and space — an inventor may run out of both …?
"When the Punishment Fits the Crime" by Carson Demmans
A rat turns stoolie …
"A Fear of Winning" by Gary Lovisi
Cheaters never win … but winners just might cheat …
"Daemon Mask: Crimson Wings of Silence"
by Stuart Hopen & Russ Martin
[35-page comic section] The Whisper clashes with a mad scientist whose "cleansing
agent" could whitewash reality!
[The Whisper's origin story appears in Pulp Adventures #24]
SHORT FEATURE
"Happy 100th Birthday, Zorro" by Rich Harvey
Strike up the parade in Chillicothe, Illinois.
Editorial by Audrey Parente
Trade paperback, 7 x 10 inches, 134 pages, $12.95
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Broadswords and Blasters - Now online!
Pulp Appeal: THE GETAWAY by Jim Thompson
Pulp Appeal: “The Garden of Adompha” by Clark Ashton Smith
Pulp Appeal: “The Tomb Spawn” by Clark Ashton Smith
Pulp Appeal: “The Master of the Crabs” by Clark Ashton Smith
Pulp Consumption: The Mummy (2017)
Pulp Consumption: The Mummy (1999)
Issue 8 Out Today!
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Castalia House Blog - Now online!
H.P. Lovecraft: The Music of Erich Zann - New!
Brand New Cirsova Out Today!
Sensor Sweep: Dime Detective, Jules Verne, Warhammer, Galactic
Patrol, Rambo!
Sensor Sweep: August Derleth, Mack Bolan, Fandom History,
Bill Crider Prize
Sensor Sweep:
Captain Marvel, Michael Shea, C. S. Forester, Strange Matter
Sensor Sweep: Moon Pool, Talismans, Sea Wolf, Jerry Pournelle,
New Heinlein
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Centipede Press
SWORDS IN THE MIST by Fritz
Leiber
Now available!
In the annals of heroic
fantasy one epic tale stands head and shoulders above the rest, spanning
sixty years in the telling, the saga of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser has captivated
fans ever since Fritz Leiber’s first tale of the duo appeared in the August,
1939 issue of Unknown. The story of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser is among the
most enduring in modern fantasy, and Centipede Press is releasing the first
of what will be the definitive eight-volume set comprising not only all of
the stories by Fritz Leiber (and his friend Harry Fischer), but also the
brilliant epilogue to the series, Swords Against the Shadowland by Robin
Wayne Bailey.
The third book in the series, Swords in the Mist, includes “The Cloud of
Hate,” “Lean Times in Lankhmar,” “Their Mistress, The Sea,” “When the Sea-King’s
Away,” “The Wrong Branch,” and “Adept’s Gambit.”
For bonus materials, we have a rare photograph of Fritz Leiber, plus Leiber’s
introduction from Night’s Black Agents, an essay by Fritz Leiber called “H.P.
Lovecraft meets Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser,” some story fragments and a “Few
Fafhrd & Gray Mouser Firsts,” and H.P. Lovecraft’s letters to Fritz Leiber
regarding “Adept’s Gambit.”
This book features an introduction by Tim Powers and artwork by Grant Griffin.
It features six color interior illustrations, a full-color frontispiece,
full color wraparound dustjacket, and custom illustrated endpapers. The book
includes all of the stories that make up Swords in the Mist along with the
bonus material mentioned above.
Bound in full black cloth, blind stamping on front board.
Illustrations hand-tipped into the book.
Introduction by Tim Powers.
Gorgeous dustjacket on Mohawk Superfine.
Head and tail bands, ribbon marker.
Published March 2019.
Book size 6 × 9 inches.
Number of pages: 280.
unsigned: $69 (on sale from $75)
Centipede Press
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Cirsova Volume 2 Number
1 - Spring 2019
Featuring a Tarzan short story by ERB
and Michael Tierney!
Now
available!
According to Michael Tierney:
The Tarzan tale is a short story that is approximately 3500 words. ERB wrote
1100 of them in 1930.
It's definitely set in the Jungle Tales time period and it is solidly in
canon.
Contents
Young Tarzan and the Mysterious She, by Edgar Rice Burroughs and
Michael Tierney
Atop the Cleft of Ral-Gri, by Jeff Stoner
The Idol in the Sewers, by Kenneth R. Gower
Born to Storm the Citadel of Mettathok, by D.M. Ritzlin
The Book Hunter’s Apprentice, by Barbara Doran
How Thaddeus Quimby the Third and I Almost Took Over the World, by Gary
K. Shepherd
Deemed Unsuitable, by W.L. Emery
Warrior Soul, by J. Manfred Weichsel
Seeds of the Dreaming Tree, by Harold R. Thompson
The Valley of Terzol, by Jim Breyfogle
The Elephant Idol, by Xavier Lastra
Moonshot, by Michael Wiesenberg
Kindle: $2.99
Print edition details and link to follow when available.
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Clive Cussler: CELTIC EMPIRE (Dirk Pitt Adventure) - Now available!
by Clive Cussler & Dirk Cussler
The murders of a team of United Nations scientists in El Salvador.
. . A deadly collision in the waterways off the city of Detroit. . . An attack
by tomb raiders on an archaeological site along the banks of the Nile. .
. Is there a link between these violent events? The answer may lie in the
tale of an Egyptian princess forced to flee the armies of her father three
thousand years ago.
During what was supposed to be a routine investigation in South America,
NUMA Director Dirk Pitt finds himself embroiled in an international mystery,
one that will lead him across the world and which will threaten everyone
and everything he knows--most importantly, his own family. Pitt travels to
Scotland in search of answers about the spread of an unknown disease and
the shadowy bioremediation company that may be behind it. Meanwhile, his
son and daughter face a threat of their own when the discoveries they have
made in an Egyptian tomb put killers on their trail. These seemingly unrelated
riddles come together in a stunning showdown on the rocky isles of Ireland,
where only the Pitts can unravel the secrets of an ancient enigma that could
change the very future of mankind.
Hardcover: 464 pages
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1.6 x 9.3 inches
List price: $29.99
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Clive Cussler: THE ORACLE (A Sam and Remi
Fargo Adventure) - Coming June 11!
by Clive Cussler & Robin Burcell
In 533 A.D., the last Vandal ruler in North Africa consults an oracle
on how to defeat the invading Byzantine army. The oracle tells the king that
a high priestess cast a curse upon the Vandal Kingdom after a sacred scroll
was stolen. In order to lift the curse, the scroll must be returned to its
rightful home. But the kingdom falls before the scroll is found, leaving
its location a great mystery. . . until a current day archeological dig,
funded by Sam and Remi Fargo, uncovers some vital clues.
The search for the ancient scroll is put on hold when the Fargos learn that
a shipment of supplies intended for their charitable foundation's school
has been stolen, and they travel to Nigeria to deliver new supplies themselves.
But their mission becomes infinitely more complicated when they run afoul
of a band of robbers. The group takes Remi and several students hostage,
and there are signs that the kidnapping is related to the missing scroll.
The Fargos need all their skills to save the lives of the young girls at
the school before they uncover the hidden treasure. . . and lift the deadly
curse.
Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1.6 x 9.3 inches
List price: $29.00
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The Complete Adventures
of Jimmie Dale: Volume One
An Annotated Compilation of all five novels of the Gray Seal and
the Tocsin (Volume 1)
By Frank L. Packard (Author), Michael Howard (Editor)
Now
available!
In 1914 a character appeared who would permanently transform popular fiction.
Frank Packard's Gray Seal melded elements from A. J. Raffles, Jimmy Valentine,
the Scarlet Pimpernel, and Arsène Lupin, but those traits were combined
with an entirely new concept: the gifted young man who conceals his identity
behind a mask to fight crime in the big city.
It had never been done before and it's never stopped being done since. Jimmie
Dale, the high society millionaire behind the Gray Seal persona, helped to
launch the hero pulp boom of the 1930s and was a direct influence on the
Green Hornet, the Spider, the Phantom, and especially The Shadow. The Gray
Seal template was adopted by the comic book industry as well, and well into
the Twenty-first Century continues to appear there, on television, and in
the movies.
And now, for the first time ever the complete Jimmie Dale saga is being
reprinted in a set of authoritative editions.
The personal papers of Gray Seal creator Frank Packard have been consulted
for this project, along with various unpublished works of fiction by him
that add further insight to the series.
Also, a detailed chronology has been established for the novels so they
can be considered in their proper historical setting.
The definitive Gray Seal collection is finally here, beginning with the
novel that forever changed adventure fiction - and the larger world of popular
entertainment.
Paperback: 381 pages
Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches
$17.99
This
is the first of three volumes.
Volume 2 is anticipated in late 2019.
There is no eBook edition at this time.
The plan is to wait until all three volumes in the reprint series are completed
in trade paperback editions, then combine them into a single eBook edition.
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CONAN THE BARBARIAN
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THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN: THE ORIGINAL MARVEL YEARS
OMNIBUS VOLUME 1 - Now available!
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: March 20, 2019
Format: Hardcover
Price: $100.00 ($127.00 In Canada)
Size: 7-1/4" X 10-7/8"
Pages: 1072
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CONAN THE BARBARIAN #7 -
Coming in June!
Jason Aaron (Writer) • Mahmud Asrar (Art)
Cover by Esad Ribic
Variant Cover by Nick Bradshaw
Hidden Gem Variant Cover By John Buscema
Marvels 25th Anniversary Variant Cover by Carlos Pacheco
THE MANY LOVES OF CONAN!
• There have been many loves of Conan’s life beyond ale and battle.
• But nothing is sacred as the CRIMSON WITCH twists what is truly best in
life!
• PLUS: The next chapter in the all-new CONAN novella “BLACK STARLIGHT”!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June
5.
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #7 is
solicited in the April
PREVIEWS (Available March
27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR190908.
The variant covers are limited availability. Contact your local comic shop.
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THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #6 -
Coming in June!
Meredith Finch (Writer) • Luke Ross (Art) • Cover By David Finch
Virgin Variant Cover by David Finch
Variant Cover by Max Fiumara
THORFEL’S REVENGE FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE!
• Brought to you by the creative team of Meredith Finch and Luke Ross, this
all-new self-contained story springs from classic Conan mythology as Conan
is led to death by the son of man he had wronged in the past. But stripped
of his weapons, his strength, and even his wits, Conan will have to dig deep
if he wants to live to see the dawn!
• Plus: Continuing the all-new Conan novella “THE SHADOW OF VENGEANCE”!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 19.
THE SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #6 is solicited
in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR190912.
The variant covers are limited availability. Contact your local comic shop.
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AGE OF CONAN: BÊLIT #4 -
Coming in June!
Tini Howard (Writer) • Kate Niemczyk
(Art)
Cover by Sana Takeda
Variant cover by Ben Caldwell
INTO THE DEPTHS OF STYGIA!
• BÊLIT’s mad quest takes her on a new course…
• But will the sea monsters she’s been hunting prove to have a deeper connection
to her future?
• N’YAGA returns! But what has he been up to since Bêlit last
encountered him?
• PLUS: The next chapter in the all-new BÊLIT novella, “Bone Whispers”
as Bêlit learns the truth behind the mysterious King’s treasure!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 12.
AGE OF CONAN: BÊLIT #4 is solicited in the April
PREVIEWS (Available March
27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR190906.
The variant covers are limited availability. Contact your local comic shop.
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SAVAGE AVENGERS #2 - Coming in June!
Gerry Duggan (Writer) • Mike Deodato Jr. (Art)
Cover by David Finch
Variant Cover by Simone Bianchi
Variant Cover by Mike Deodato Jr.
Variant Cover by Nick Bradshaw
Marvels 25th Tribute Variant Cover by Tomm Coker
• The Hand has teamed up with the evil wizards of the Hyborian Age to summon
a death god from a celestial hell.
• The only thing standing between Earth and destruction is the Savage Avengers:
Conan, Wolverine, Punisher and Voodoo.
• Plus: Logan donates blood, changing one Avenger forever. And Conan discovers
a dark secret squirming in a genie bottle.
• Your new favorite ongoing series is knives out in its second chapter.
Full Color, 40 pages, $4.99, On sale June
5.
SAVAGE AVENGERS #2 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR190795.
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CONAN THE BARBARIAN VOL. 1: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF CONAN
BOOK ONE TPB - Coming in July!
Written by Jason Aaron
Penciled by Mahmud Asrar & Gerardo Zaffino
Cover by Esad Ribic
The greatest sword-and-sorcery hero of all returns to Marvel! From an age
undreamed…hither came Conan the Cimmerian, black-haired, sullen-eyed, sword
in hand, a thief, a reaver, a slayer, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic
mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the Earth under his sandaled feet.
Conan’s travels have brought him to the far reaches of the unknown, from
his birthplace in Cimmeria to the kingdom of Aquilonia and all in between.
But as his fighting prowess lets him carve his way through life, so too does
it attract the forces of death! And few are more deadly than the Crimson
Witch. Robert E. Howard’s legendary barbarian stars in an all-new ages-spanning
saga as the destiny of Conan — and King Conan — are forever changed!
Collecting CONAN THE BARBARIAN (2019) #1-6.
Full Color, 152 pages, $19.99, On sale July 3.
CONAN THE BARBARIAN VOLUME 1 is solicited
in the April PREVIEWS
(Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR190959.
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CONAN: THE JEWELS OF GWAHLUR AND OTHER STORIES TPB
- Coming in July!
Written by P. Craig Russell, Jimmy Palmiotti & Darick Robertson
Penciled by P. Craig Russell, Mark Texeira & Darick Robertson
Cover by P. Craig Russell
Conan the Barbarian hunts one of the world’s greatest treasures! In an action-packed
adaptation by P. Craig Russell, Conan seeks the prized Teeth of Gwahlur.
But when he discovers that a former dancing girl is being compelled to pose
as a long-dead oracle, can he use this knowledge to outfox his opponents
on the hunt for the jewels? Plus: In more action-packed tales by top-flight
talent, a king’s daughter is kidnapped by a sorcerer — and only Conan and
the girl’s sister can save her! And intrigued by a leader known as the “Mad
King of Gaul,” Conan joins his army — but when tragedy strikes, will Conan
be worthy to wear the crown?
Collecting CONAN AND THE JEWELS OF GWAHLUR #1-3, CONAN AND THE DAUGHTERS
OF MIDORA, CONAN AND THE MAD KING OF GAUL and CONAN: THE WEIGHT OF THE CROWN.
Full Color, 176 pages, $19.99, On sale July 3.
CONAN: THE JEWELS OF GWAHLUR is solicited
in the April PREVIEWS
(Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR190960.
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Davy Crockett's Almanak of Mystery,
Adventure, and the Wild West - Now online!
FANTASTIC Covers by Herbert McCauley - New!
Pulp Gallery: TOP-NOTCH (1935) - New!
Forgotten Books: HALF-PAST MORTEM by John A. Saxon (Robert
Leslie Bellem?)
SHADOW COMICS 81, 82, 83 & 84 (1947-48)
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The
Digest Enthusiast #9
Now available!
Interviews
• Filmmaker and author Susan Emshwiller reveals the inside story on her
films, the work of her parents, Ed Emshwiller and Carol Emshwiller, along
with nearly two dozen rare photographs of her famous family.
• Senior Art Director Victoria Green takes us behind the scenes of the art
department at AHMM, Analog, Asimov’s, and EQMM, complemented by artist’s
confidentials from Tim Foley and Maurizio Manzieri.
Articles
• Vince Nowell, Sr. charts Ray Palmer’s digest dynasty from 1948 to 1958,
followed by the bibliography of S.J. Byrne, one of Palmer’s go-to SF storytellers.
• Tom Brinkmann uncovers Benedict Canyon, where Elke Sommer and Joe Hyams
joined “A Neighborhood of Ghosts” from 1964 to 1969.
• Steve Carper wraps “One-and-Dones” with a final, fascinating batch of
obscure and/or rare collector’s treasures.
• Peter Enfantino delivers a story-by-story synopsis of Manhunt from January
thru June 1954.
Plus a report on the rare western digest paperback, Sunset Showdown by Steve
Frazee.
Fiction
• Crime, espionage, and fantasy fiction by Michael Bracken, Josh Pachter,
and Joe Wehrle, Jr., with art from Marc Myers, Michael Neno, and Joe.
Also includes
• News from all your favorite genre digest magazines, straight from their
editors’ lips, including every newsstand stalwart, and the new generation
of POD/digital stars.
• In-depth reviews of EconoClash Review, Nostalgia Digest, Occult Detective
Quarterly, and Hot Lead.
• Plus over 100 digest magazine cover images, cartoons by Bob Vojtko and
Clark Dissmeyer, first issue factoids, and more.
• Cover by Ed Emshwiller
Print $8.99 (b&w interior)
eBook $2.99 (color)
Includes
over 100 digest magazine cover images
159 pages, 5.5" x 8.5" digest
Print version, $8.99
Kindle version and Magzter, $2.99
Checkout the PREVIEW at the link below!
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Science Fiction Adventures Feb. 1953 - New!
Analog Mar/Apr 2019
Paperback Parade No. 103 Feb. 2019
Paperback Fanatic No. 41 March 2019
Nostalgia Digest Spring 2019
Mystery Weekly Magazine March 2019
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DMR Books Blog - Now online!
The DMRtian Chronicles, 3/17/2019 - New!
Metallic Mirrors Part One: Michael Whelan - New!
Algernon Blackwood's Sesquicentennial
Was Tolkien a Robert E. Howard Fan?
Win the Last Copy of The Sapphire Goddess by Nictzin Dyalhis!
The DMRtian Chronicles, 3/10/2019
Mundy Monday: Rung Ho!
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Now
shipping!
(Preorder)
JOHN CARTER OF MARS by Edgar Rice Burroughs Signed/Numbered Set (#1-348)
Two books in dust jackets and custom slipcase with bonus medallion
$199.99 + $6 shipping
Ship/Release Date: February 15, 2019
ERB’s 11th and final novel in the Barsoom series is for the first time published
by ERB Inc. and G&D in a Signed/Numbered Set (#1-348) - with different
dust jackets, bindings (red & blue), and front/end matter – individual
custom slipcases and a new Foreword by Kevin J. Anderson and an updated Introduction
by Richard Lupoff.
The G&D edition of John Carter of Mars will be the 50th authorized ERB
title reprinted by G&D since they published their first title, Princess
of Mars, 100 years ago.
This Ultimate Presentation Set Includes:
• Two unique matching number books in custom slipcases
signed by the artists and contributors.
• Dust Jacket paintings by Bob Eggleton (wraparound) and an
artist TBA.
• 2" Commemorative Medallion featuring JCM artwork
and ERB's crest from his bookplate - edge-etched with numbers matching .
• 20+ Tipped in Color Plates by Robert Abbett, J.
Allen St. John & Reed Crandall (newly colorized), Joe Jusko, and other
artists to be announced.
• 100+ B&W Story Illustrations by John Coleman
Burroughs, Reed Crandall, Motoichiro Takabe, Richard Corben, Krupa and J.
Allen St. John
• Vintage Style Book Cloth with new titling by Zavier
Cabarga grained to match the original ERBI & G& D editions from the
1930’s & 1940’s.
• New Barsoom map endpapers, (2) 2-sided laser-cut
bookmarks, replicas of a Canaveral Press postcard & letter and ERB’s
Notebook pages.
• High Quality Printing, Paper and Bindings - Offset
printed in the U.S.A. on 80# Archival Vanilla Finch paper in symth-sewn bindings.
Ship/Release Date: February 15, 2019
Anyone who ordered Savage Pellucidar will be given first opportunity to
reserve their same limitation number for this and all future editions.
Be sure to include your set # with your order.
Thanks for your order from The Edgar Rice Burroughs Limited Edition Collection.
John Carter of Mars is the fourth title in the Limited Edition Collection.
We’re committed to producing the ultimate ERB books ever published – the
highest quality, most prolifically illustrated and attractively designed
ERB books available.
We’ve added lots of extras like....
• an antique silver finish medallion edge-etched with
the number matching your books.
• (2) two-sided laser cut bookmarks,
• 80# archival paper, fold-out color plates, two-sided laminated
dust jacket and original commissioned artwork, make these volumes unique
treasures.
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Haffner Press
“Not
All a Dream”
An unpublished Manly Wade Wellman story to be shipped with preorders of
THE COMPLETE JOHN THE BALLADEER
Note: Cover shown is not final!
John, whose last name is never revealed, is a wandering singer who
carries a guitar strung with strings of pure silver. He is a veteran of the
Korean War and served in the U.S. Army as a sharpshooter (in the novel After
Dark, he mentions that his highest rank was PFC). In his travels, he frequently
encounters creatures and superstitions from the folk tales and superstitions
of the mountain people. Though John has no formal education, he is self-taught,
highly intelligent and widely read; it is implied that his knowledge of occult
and folk legendarium is of Ph.D level. This knowledge has granted him competent
use of white magic, which he has used on occasion to overcome enemies or
obstacles, but it is primarily his courage, wit and essential goodness that
always enables him to triumph over supernatural evils (although the silver
strings of his guitar and his possession of a copy of The Long Lost Friend
are also powerful tools in fighting evil magic), while basic Army training
allows him to physically deal with human foes.
The stories are rich in the customs and lore of the region and many of the
folk songs John sings are authentic as well. Wellman did introduce some original
songs and legends but his creations blend seamlessly with the traditional
material. Whereas Tolkien integrated Northern mythology into his mythos,
and C.S. Lewis the European Fairy Tales of yore, Wellman’s stories are drenched
in the folktales and songs of old Americana; the haunting stories of the
slaves and the tall tales of the Revolution, strange beasts, witch-women,
and dark apparitions. As famed author Karl Edward Wagner wrote: “These stories
are chilling and enchanting, magical and down-to-earth, full of wonder and
humanity. They are fun. They are like nothing else you’ve read before.”—Adapted
from Wikipedia
Complete in Two Volumes!
Smythe-sewn Hardcovers
Edited by Stephen Haffner
Pre-Order price: $90
Stories:
"O Ugly Bird!"
"The Desrick on Yandro"
"Vandy, Vandy"
"One Other"
"Call Me from the Valley"
"The Little Black Train"
"Shiver in the Pines"
"Walk Like a Mountain"
"On the Hills and Everywhere"
"Old Devlins Was A-Waiting"
"Nine Yards of Other Cloth"
"Then I Wasn't Alone"
"You Know the Tale of Hoph"
"Blue Monkey"
"The Stars Down There"
"Find the Place Yourself"
"I Can't Claim That"
"Who Else Could I Count On"
"John's My Name"
"Why They're Named That"
"None Wiser for the Trip"
"Nary Spell"
"Trill Coster's Burden"
"The Spring"
"Owls Hoot in the Daytime"
"Can These Bones Live?"
"Nobody Ever Goes There"
"Where Did She Wander?"
Novels
The Old Gods Waken (1979)
After Dark (1980)
The Lost and the Lurking (1981)
The Hanging Stones (1982)
The Voice of the Mountain (1984)
That's right. All the stories. All the novels (the most recent of which
has been out of print for nearly 35 years!).
If you're acquainted with our previous Manly Wade Wellman volume, THE COMPLETE
JOHN THUNSTONE, then you know what to expect and won't want to miss this
important edition of one of the finest literary creations in all of weird
fiction.
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Haffner Press
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
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Hermes Press: THE PHANTOM: THE COMPLETE AVON NOVELS:
VOLUME 9 KILLER'S TOWN - Arriving in comic
shops March 27!
For the first time ever, the Avon edition of The Phantom is back
in print!
Hermes Press is proud to announce that they will be publishing all fifteen
pocket Avon books, starting in August 2016, and every other month thereafter!
This exciting installment, Volume 9 offers the classic Lee Falk tale: "Killer’s
Town!"
Famed artist George Wilson (Dr. Solar, Magnus Robot Fighter, The Phantom)
painted the cover for Volume #9 as he did with all of the covers used for
the Avon series, and they are reproduced beautifully to keep all of the details
from the original books intact for a new generation of Phans to enjoy!
In the far reaches of the peaceful jungle, a notorious international criminal
establishes KILLER’S TOWN, a haven for thieves and murderers from many nations.
There, with their stolen diamonds, gold, and other precious loot, they find
safe refuge from the forces of law and order and are free to pursue their
dissolute lives, protected from arrest and punishment.
When a beautiful and innocent young girl is trapped in this evil place,
the terrorists are confronts by a mysterious and seemingly all-powerful force
represented by THE SIGN OF THE SKULL, as the Phantom, single-handed, pits
himself against the vicious world of KILLER’S TOWN.
Paperback, 144 pages, $14.99
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Hermes Press: The Phantom: The Complete Avon Novels
Volume #10: The Goggle-Eyed Pirates! - Arriving
in comic shops March 27 or April 3!
For the first time ever, the Avon edition of The Phantom is back
in print!
Hermes Press is proud to announce that they will be publishing all fifteen
pocket Avon books!
This exciting installment, Volume 10 offers the classic Lee Falk tale: "Goggle-Eyed
Pirates!"
Famed artist George Wilson (Dr. Solar, Magnus Robot Fighter, The Phantom)
painted the cover for Volume #10 as he did with all of the covers used for
the Avon series, and they are reproduced beautifully to keep all of the details
from the original books intact for a new generation of Phans to enjoy!
On a luxury liner in mid-ocean, a gang of weird pirates suddenly appears
– as if out of nowhere. They rob the ship’s vaults and passengers – then
disappear just as mysteriously as they had come. How?
Piracy – to the Phantom – is like a red cape to a bull. For centuries –
since the first Phantom’s father was killed by pirates – the Phantom has
been the nemesis of pirates everywhere. Now, once more, the Phantom must
meet that threat as he rallies to seek out and destroy the mysterious GOGGLE-EYED
PIRATES.
Paperback, 6X9 inches, 144 pages, $14.99
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Hermes Press: THE PHANTOM: THE COMPLETE AVON NOVELS:
VOLUME 11 SWAMP RATS - Coming in June!
(Writer) Lee Falk (Cover) George Wilson
The critically acclaimed, best selling complete reprint of The Phantom continues!
Who would dare to venture into the deadly reaches of the Great Swamp? Few
who had entered into its mists had emerged to tell of their experiences.
Yet, if no one knew the Great Swamp, what better hiding place could he find?
So it is that a pack of ruthless escaped convicts set up their headquarters
in the Great Swamp, leaving them free to plunder the surrounding areas. They
call themselves the Swamp Rats - and only one man can meet the dual challenge
of this evil gang and the treacherous swamp. He is the Phantom.
Softcover, 6x9, 144 pages, B&W, $14.99, On sale June 26.
THE PHANTOM: THE COMPLETE AVON NOVELS VOLUME
11 is solicited in the
April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191776.
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Hermes Press: THE PHANTOM: THE COMPLETE AVON NOVELS:
VOLUME 12 VAMPIRES & WITCH - Coming
in June!
(Writer) Lee Falk (Cover) George Wilson
The critically acclaimed, best selling complete reprint of The Phantom continues!
A plague of human vampires - a 300-year-old witch who, legends says, can
only be freed from her chains and returned to youth and beauty by a Phantom
kiss. Incredible in the twentieth century? Yet a tiny nation is terrorized
by these ghastly beings who inhabit a medieval torture change beneath an
ancient castle ruin. Follow the Phantom through a chilling web of superstition,
fear, and deadly danger.
Softcover, 6x9, 144 pages, B&W, $14.99,
On sale June 26.
THE PHANTOM: THE COMPLETE AVON NOVELS VOLUME
12 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191777.
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Hippocampus Press
For more than a decade, Bobby Derie has written insightful and penetrating
essays on some of the leading authors of pulp fiction in the 1920s and 1930s,
especially Robert E. Howard and his friends, colleagues, and fellow-writers.
In this collection of twenty-six essays, Derie covers an extraordinarily
wide range of subjects; but in every instance he draws upon primary documents
to illuminate some of the obscurer corners in the realm of the pulp magazines,
especially the legendary Weird Tales.
Here we find studies of the expansive and at times contentious correspondence
of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard; Howard’s association with such colleagues
in the pulp world as Clark Ashton Smith, Henry S. Whitehead, and Frank Belknap
Long; Howard’s sporadic involvement with such fans as R. H. Barlow, Stuart
M. Boland, and Francis T. Laney; a discussion of Howard’s writing for amateur
papers; and numerous other topics.
Derie’s perspicacity and keenness of analysis are apparent on every page
of his work. His thorough familiarity, not only with Robert E. Howard’s fiction
but also with his bountiful letters, serves as the foundation of his critical
work, and he exhibits a wide knowledge of the work of Lovecraft, Smith, and
others who form the inexhaustibly fascinating cadre of writers associated
with Weird Tales.
Bobby Derie is the author of Sex and the Cthulhu Mythos (2014) and the compiler
of The Collected Letters of Robert E. Howard: Index and Addenda (2015). He
has written numerous articles on pulp fiction that have appeared in print
and in online venues.
Paperback, 352 pages
Cover design by Dan Sauer, incorporating Bobby Derie's photomontage of Robert
E. Howard.
Pre-order price: $20.00
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The Horror From The Mound by
Robert E. Howard - Now online!
Hosted by: Matthew Clark
Produced by: KBOO
Program: Gremlin Time
Air date: Mon, 03/18/2019 - 11:00pm to Tue, 03/19/2019 - 12:00am
Considered to be the first "weird western" short story, 'The Horror From
The Mound" is about a former cowpuncher, Steve Brill, who regrets having
left the cowboy life to become a farmer in West Texas. He is also curious
to see if there might be spanish treasure buried in a nearby hullock, which
his mexican neighbors avoid walking past. As if it were haunted. A classic
story from the pulp era, by Robert E. Howard which combines elements of regional
legends and the horror story.
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Howard Andrew Jones - Now online!
Hardback Copy
Robert E. Howard’s Birthday
Novel Excerpt
State of the Tower
The Skull Will Return
Brood of the Witch Queen
Behind-the-Scenes
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ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #63 - Now
available and arriving in comic shops March 20!
We feature the work of ELBERT McGRAN JACKSON, known for his many
slick magazine illustrations and covers for the Saturday Evening Post and
others. Our second feature concerns MARIO COOPER, known for his watercolor
and dye illustrations for Collier's, American Weekly, and many more. Finally,
we feature part three of our ongoing series concerning early American artists
of the Western frontier. Book reviews, exhibitions and events, and more round
out the issue.
Magazine, 80 pages, Full Color, $15.00
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ILLUSTRATORS SPECIAL #4 - Now
available and arriving soon in comic shops!
A celebration of one of the greatest British comic strip artists
of all time, Ron Embleton.
The life and art of one of the most popular and talented artists of the
20th century is explored in depth.
The retrospective includes many reproductions of his original art, including
hitherto rarely seen examples of his fine art.
We hope that you are excited as we are at the incredible scope and vitality
of this great man's art, from the early years of Wulf the Briton to Wicked
Wanda from Penthouse.
Magazine, 144 pages, Full Color, $34.99
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ILLUSTRATORS MAGAZINE #26 - Coming in June!
(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. As well as building
into an indispensable reference library, illustrators gives readers an insight
into the creative process, from idea to sketch to painting, and from painting
to the image seen by millions. Truly fabulous artwork abounds in every issue,
much of the art taken from scans of the original work. This issue features
John Millar Watt, Petar Mseldzija, Philip Mendoza, and Arthur Barbosa.
Magazine, 96 pages, Full Color, $24.99, On sale June 26.
ILLUSTRATORS MAGAZINE #26 is solicited in the April
PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191503.
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JAMES BOND 007 #8 -
Coming in June!
Writer: Greg Pak
Art: Eric Gapstur
Cover A: Dave Johnson
Cover B: Khoi Pham
Cover C: Steve Lieber
Cover D: Eric Gapstur
"GOLDFINGER"
You think you know Goldfinger. But you don't know THIS Goldfinger. Go inside
the mind of the most ruthless sociopath in the world, courtesy of GREG PAK
(World War Hulk, Weapon X) and ERIC GAPSTUR (Batman Beyond, The Flash: Year
Zero).
Full Color, 36 pages, $3.99, On sale June 19.
JAMES BOND 007 #8 is solicited in the April
PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191051 (Johnson cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191052
(Pham cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR190153
(Lieber cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191054
(Gapstur cover).
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JAMES BOND ORIGIN
#10 - Coming in June!
(Writer) Jeff Parker (Art) Ibrahim Moustafa
Cover A: Dan Panosian
Cover B: Scott Forbes
Cover C: Cian Tormey
Cover D: Ibrahim Moustafa
Cover E: Bob Q
"THE DEBT"
Lieutenant Bond returns to England to recuperate from injuries. But the
death of his mentor will throw him into the seediest alleyways London has
to offer, as he seeks revenge. Courtesy of JEFF PARKER (Aquaman, Fantastic
Four) and IBRAHIM MOUSTAFA (Mother Panic, The Flash).
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June
12.
JAMES
BOND ORIGIN #10 is solicited in the April
PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191059 (Panosian cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191060 (Forbes cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191061 (Tormey cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191062
(Moustafa cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191063 (Bob Q cover).
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Jerry Schneider Enterprises
Now
available!
JAN IN INDIA
Raise in strange isolation with
his only companion a great ape, Jan of the Jungle escaped to find himself
alone against the jungle. There his muscles and his ingenuity were to be
challenged to their utmost. With all his fighting skill, there remained only
one challenge left to him: trace his origins and locate his parents. As JAN
IN INDIA opens, Jan is with his reunited parents and his finance, Ramona.
On a world-wide tour by yacht, through treachery, Jan is cast into the shark-infested
waters off India, and Ramona is stolen by the Maharaja of Varuda to be his
bride. Follow the exploits of Jan of the Jungle as he strives to save his
future wife from a hideous death at the fangs of the Black Tigress in a Temple
of Kali!
Trade Paperback, 6 x 9 inch, 170 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $12.95
PLANET STORIES, Winter 1944
Contents
KEEPER OF THE DEATHLESS SLEEP by Albert DePina
MIND-STEALERS OF PLUTO by Joseph Farrell
CHIMERA WORLD by Wilbur S. Peacock
COLONY OF THE UNFIT by Manfred A. Carter
DOORWAY TO KAL-JMAR by Stuart Fleming
INVADER FROM INFINITY by George Whittington
THE HAIRY ONES by Basil Wells
LAZARUS COME FORTH by Ray Bradbury
DOUBLE-CROSS by James MacCreigh
Pulp-sized Magazine, 7 x 10 inch, 130 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $12.95
THRILLING WONDER STORIES, December 1938
Contents
THE STAR PARADE by Henry Kuttner
THE LOOT OF TIME by Clifford D. Simak
THE METAL OCEAN by Eando Binder
HANDS ACROSS THE VOID by Will Garth
THE GREAT ADVENTURE by Ray Cummings
TIDAL MOON by Stanley G. and Helen Weinbaum
THE COSMIC HISS by Edmond Hamilton
Pulp Sized Magazine, 7 x 10 inch, 130 pages
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $12.95
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JOE GOLEM OCCULT DETECTIVE CONJURORS #2 - Coming in June!
(Writer) Mike Mignola, Chris Golden (Art) Peter Bergting, Michelle
Madsen (Cover) David Palumbo
The GOLEM has returned! As his humanity slips away, one driving thought
remains in Joe Golem's mind: hunt the witches, save the girl. But time is
running out as he treks through the submerged tunnels of the Drowning City
in search of Dr. Cocteau and the horrible revelation that awaits in his lab!
Meanwhile, the ghosts of Simon Church's past associates pay a call. But are
they there to help, or to hinder?
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 12.
JOE GOLEM OCCULT DETECTIVE: THE CONJURORS
#2 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR190304.
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Justin Marriott
The
Paperback Fanatic 41
The fanzine for collectors of vintage paperbacks
Now available!
64 pages, full colour throughout
with many rare paperback covers reproduced.
Articles and features include:
Crom's Tomes - 50 Years of Conan in Paperback
The Plantation Pulps of New English Library
Segretissimo - more classic espionage and thriller paperbacks
Brian Hayles - Dr Who and Doom Watch script-writer
Raymond Kursar - an interview with the legendary artist
Australian Movie Tie-Ins
And more!
Paperback: 64 pages
Product Dimensions: 7 x 10 inches
$10.00
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Martin Grams' Blog - Now online!
Reno rides the range!
Remembering the Friends of Old Time Radio Conventions
Debunking the Sergeant Preston of the Yukon myth
The day Silver rescued The Lone Ranger
Hopalong Cassidy meets Judy Canova
The Latest Books from Bear Manor Media
Thurston the Magician: The 1932-1933 Radio Program
WEIRD TALES the Radio Program
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The Robert E. Howard Newsline
Now online!
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Mike Chomko - March/April
2019 newsletter is now available!
Mike has released a list of pulp-related books
and periodicals available from Mike Chomko for March/April 2019.
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/
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Mystery*File -
Now online!
Pulp Stories
I’m Reading: RICHARD SALE “The House of Kaa.” - New!
Pulp
PI Stories I’m Reading, Selected by David Vineyard: CLEVE F. ADAMS “Flowers
for Violet.” - New!
SF
Stories I’m Reading: ROBERT L. DAVIS “Teratohippus.” - New!
SF
Stories I’m Reading: JOHN SHIRLEY “Shaman.”
Pulp
SF Stories I’m Reading, by David Vineyard: NORMAN DANIELS “The Great Ego.”
SF
Stories I’m Reading: STEVEN GOULD “Peaches for Mad Molly.”
Pulp
Stories I’m Reading: GEORGE HARMON COXE “Murder Picture.”
Pulp
Stories I’m Reading: ERLE STANLEY GARDNER “Lost, Strayed and Stolen.”
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The New Pulp Heroes - Now online!
Cliff Lords
MAIO-SHAN
Black Dove
The Wraith
Midnight Guardian
The Black Spectre
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North-West Adventures - Now online!
(1934) The Key to Windigo - New!
W. Ryerson Johnson (1901-1995) - New!
William Macleod Raine (1871-1954)
More Covers From Adventure
Frank Williams (1887-?)
George T. Marsh (1876-1945)
Mounties on the Cover II
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Register Now for PulpFest 2019
PulpFest 2019 postcardPulpFest is accepting advance registrations
for our 2019 convention, August 15 – 18. Register now and beat the rush.
You’ll save money and get free early-bird shopping if you book a room at
the convention’s host hotel. By staying at the DoubleTree, you help defray
the convention’s expenses and show our hotel that PulpFest will help their
bottom line.
There are plenty of rooms available at the beautiful DoubleTree by Hilton
Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry. You can book a room directly through the PulpFest
website. Just below the PulpFest banner at the top of our home page,
you’ll find a link that reads “Book a Room.” Click the link and you’ll be
redirected to a secure site where you can place your reservation.
You can also reserve a room by calling 1-800-222-8733. Be sure to mention
PulpFest to receive the special convention rate of $129 plus tax per night.Included
in the room rate are two complimentary breakfasts per room during your stay.
Also included is free Wi-Fi in each sleeping room. Parking is free. You must
book your room by July 31, 2019 in order to get the special convention rate.
For All Members
All PulpFest 2019 members — including dealers — must register for the convention.
Full weekend membership to PulpFest 2019 if staying at the DoubleTree: $35
(includes free early-bird shopping)
Full weekend membership to PulpFest 2019 if staying elsewhere: $40 (without
early-bird shopping)
Full weekend membership to PulpFest 2019 if staying elsewhere: $70 (with
early-bird shopping)
Single-day membership for Friday or Saturday: $20
Single-day membership for Sunday: $10 (available only at the door)
Supporting Membership: $25
Programming for PulpFest 2019
Thursday, August 15
Evening Programming
8:15 – 9:00 PM — Robert H. Davis — The Man Who Made ARGOSY (Gene Christie)
9:05 – 9:50 PM — A Century of Zorro (Rich Harvey)
9:55 – 10:40 PM — Hollywood Pulp — From Pulp Page to the Silver Screen (Ed
Hulse)
10:45 – 11:30 PM — Two Sought Adventure — Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd & the
Gray Mouser (Jason Aiken & Morgan Holmes)
11:40 – 1:00 AM — Fu Manchu Film Fest (William Patrick Maynard)
Friday, August 16
Author Readings — The New Fictioneers
11:00 – 11:55 AM — Raw Dog Screaming Press Rapid-Fire Read
12:30 – 1:05 PM — Wayne Carey, author of Quatermain: The New Adventures
1:10 – 1:45 PM — Craig McDonald, author of The Hector Lassiter Series
1:50 – 2:25 PM — Joab Stieglitz, author of The Utgarda Series
2:30 – 3:05 PM — Christopher Paul Carey, The Wild Adventures of Edgar Rice
Burroughs Series and The Khokarsa Series author
3:10 – 3:50 PM — William Patrick Maynard, authorized author of Fu Manchu
Afternoon Programming
4:00 – 4:40 PM — Fu Manchu Film Fest (William Patrick Maynard)
Evening Programming
6:55 – 7:00 PM — Welcome to PulpFest (Convention Chairman Jack Cullers)
7:05 – 7:50 PM — ARGOSY, ADVENTURE and BLUE BOOK — Men’s Adventure Pulps
(Bob Deis & Wyatt Doyle)
7:55 – 8:40 PM — The Game’s Afoot: Sherlock Holmes and the Pulps (George
Vanderburgh & Garyn Roberts)
8:45 – 9:30 PM — The Secret Life of Women Pulp Artists (David Saunders)
9:35 – 10:25 PM — Dashiell Hammett and the Detective Story (John Wooley
with John Gunnison)
10:25 – 11:10 PM — The Key of Imagination: THE TWILIGHT ZONE and the Pulps
(Garyn Roberts)
11:15 – 12:45 AM — Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone’s Magic
Man (A film by Jason V. Brock)
Saturday, August 17
Author Readings — The New Fictioneers
11:00 – 11:55 AM — Raw Dog Screaming Press Rapid-Fire Read
12:30 – 1:30 PM — Flinch Books Fest, featuring John Bruening & Jim Beard
1:35 – 2:10 PM — Sara Light-Waller, author of ANCHOR and LANDSCAPE OF DARKNESS
2:15 – 2:50 PM — Christopher Ryan, author of Alex Simmon’s Blackjack and
The Mallory and Gunner Series
4:05 – 4:40 — Roger Alford, author of The Black Spectre Series
Afternoon Programming
3:00 – 4:00 PM — Contemporary Pulp: Writing the New Pulp Fiction (featuring
Will Murray, John Bruening, and Christopher Paul Carey, with William Patrick
Maynard moderating)
Evening Programming
7:00 – 7:30 PM — PulpFest Annual Business Meeting (meet the convention organizers)
7:30 – 7:40 PM — Munsey Award Presentation (presented by William Lampkin)
7:45 – 8:25 PM — FarmerCon: A Philip José Farmer Presentation
8:30 – 9:30 PM — Born Writing: The Unparalleled Career of Arthur J. Burks
(John Locke)
9:30 – 9:45 PM — Last Minute Auction Viewing
9:45 – 12:00 AM — Saturday Night Auction
12:00 – 1:00 AM — Fu Manchu Film Fest Encore (William Patrick Maynard)
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Pulpgen-Online Pulps - Now online!
New this week
"Welcome Home, Sucker" by Joe Archibald from BLACK BOOK DETECTIVE,
October, 1945
Paroled from prison, Jimmy Rohan Is caught in a murder snare while following
the grim trail of hidden loot!
"The Man Who Was Dead" by Helen Topping Miller
from ALL-STORY WEEKLY, March 3, 1917
A msn who wants to die is over-dosed with a sedative so while still alive
and conscious everyone thinks he Is dead. He Is lost overboard, rescued by
others.
"The Bloodless Peril" by Will Garth from THRILLING
WONDER STORIES, December, 1937
Science evolves a superior plant kingdom when a war of the future is waged
in the laboratory. Will Garth is the pseudonym for Henry Kuttner.
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The Pulp Archivist - Now online!
"Sword" and "Shield"
The Scientific-Ridiculous
What is Science Fiction?
Lewis, Lundwall, and Campbell
A Basic Science-Fiction Library
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Pulp Den by Tom Johnson - Now online!
The Last Shuttle Flight
You're Dead
Earthweeds
First Contact
Fate
Angkor Away
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Pulp Flakes - Now online!
A new pulp blog on pulp magazines, authors and their stories, adventure
and detective pulps.
Issue Review – Dime Detective Magazine, August, 1952
- New!
Issue Review - Dime Detective Magazine, June 1943
Issue Review – Dime Detective Magazine, Jan 15, 1935
Richard Dermody - Author, Journalist
Northwest adventure blog - story reviews, author surveys
It’s Great to Be Back - new Robert A. Heinlein book to be
published this year
Index to the Weird Tales Collector fanzine
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The Pulp Hermit by Tom Johnson
- Now online!
Of Other Days And Other Spiders - New!
New Pulp Author Therese Drippe (Dagenais)
The Deadly Pick-Up
The Pulps And Their Time
The Equalizer #1
New Pulp Author Colleen Drippe
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The Pulp.Net
- Now online!
The Pulp.Net features
three ongoing blogs!
Pulp Super-Fan blog written by Michael R.
Brown, That's Pulp by John Olsen, and the long-running Yellowed Perils written
by William Lampkin.
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Radio Archives
The Spider #96 Audiobook
The Spider and the Deathless One
by Norvell W. Page writing as Grant Stockbridge
Read by Nick Santa Maria
Now available!
Pinch-hitting as Police Commissioner for his friend Kirkpatrick,
Richard Wentworth found himself in the most difficult spot of his long career,
when Munro — the Deathless One — came back to loot the city and destroy the
Spider, at the very time when Wentworth’s enemies in the department had united
to tie his hands!
Meet the Spider—Master of Men! More just than the Law...more dangerous than
the Underworld. Hated, wanted, feared by both! Alone and desperate, he wages
a deadly, one-man war against the supercriminal whose long-planned crime-coup
will snuff a thousand lives! Can the Spider prevent this slaughter of innocents?
This was how the editors of the Spider magazine first introduced their avenging
new hero, and this description fits our latest audiobook release perfectly.
During the difficult decade encompassed by the years 1933-43, a commanding
figure blazed his way through a legion of Depression-era supercriminals,
Nazi spies and saboteurs. Though others fought injustice, none did it with
the savage style of this hero. He was wealthy criminologist Richard Wentworth.
He was also secretly the Spider!
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Never before or since has there been a hero like the Spider. Driven, hunted,
and violently committed to exterminating criminals of all calibers. A self-appointed
savior of humanity, driven manic-depressive, and possibly undiagnosed paranoid
schizophrenic, the Spider was known as the Master of Men.
Nick Santa Maria reads this exciting suspense story of murder, mayhem and
mystery that perfectly evokes 1941 Manhattan. The Spider and the Deathless
One originally published in The Spider magazine, September, 1941.
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
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A nameless mystery man with a wartime past, backed by a shadowy group
of powerful philanthropists, Secret Agent “X” took on the toughest assignments
of the dirty thirties. Operating out of the half-haunted Montgomery Mansion,
“X” was also known as the Man of a Thousand Faces. A past master of disguise,
he infiltrated the Underworld to crush crime in all of its hideous manifestations.
Why did those strange human derelicts patronize newsreel-movie showings
and immediately leave the theaters with evil, mysterious intent. That was
the veiled enigma Agent “X” had to pierce—while unfathomable gusts of hell’s
killing cold trapped “X” and Betty Dale in a murder maelstrom.
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The enigma of enigmas, Secret Agent “X” has been deputized by a high government
official to battle the darkest, most diabolical enemies of America before
they sink their poisonous fangs into the nation’s healthy core. Faceless
and unsung, “X” infiltrates these threats in a bewildering array of disguises.
Secret Agent “X” ventures forth in a bewildering array of false identities
to infiltrate the darkest underbelly of the underworld—and destroy it from
within. A master investigator of a thousand guises and surprises. The only
clue to his true identity is his haunting whistle…..
Like many of his Pulp peers, Secret Agent “X” worked with a female companion
who walked the fine line between aide and love interest. Betty Dale, a reporter
with as much moxy and courage as any man, played a pivotal role in the entire
series. She proved to be much more than a convenient damsel in distress,
though this is a role she played more than once. Most stories deftly handled
the balance of Betty’s emotions, teetering between her dedication to the
mission and an attraction to a man whose real name she didn’t even know.
Follow the Man of a Thousand Faces as he confronts the menace of Death’s
Frozen Formula, ripped from the pages of Secret Agent “X” magazine, February
1937 and read with chilling intensity by 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
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Total Pulp Experience. These
exciting pulp adventures have been beautifully reformatted for easy reading
as an eBook and features every story, every editorial, and every column of
the original pulp magazine.
Winging from World War II skies, it's Captain Danger, Nazi-dom’s
ultimate nemesis! The exploits of this steely-eyed defender of justice, this
whirlwind ace of aces, were things of legend as he struggled against the
Axis of Evil. Captain Allan Danger, a character of epic proportions, first
appeared in Air War, a new aviation magazine from Thrilling Publications
in 1940. Intended as a companion magazine to Sky Fighters and The Lone Eagle,
Air War contained a variety of aviation war stories, each showcasing an adventure
of Captain Danger.
Captain Danger typified a hard-jawed, larger-than-life ace pilot who would
battle the Nazi threat, encountering fantastic situations, robot-controlled
planes, death fogs, and Nazi bombers that had harnessed the power of splitting
the atom. In all, fifteen adventures of Captain Danger were published between
1940 and 1944, as the flyboys of the Allied nations battled against the war
power of the Axis. The stories were part of America’s propaganda machine,
blatant and unapologetic, high on hyperbole, low on subtlety. The Axis was
portrayed as sniveling cowards who would shoot down helpless parachuters
and run from an even fight —the Allies as staunch, dauntless, fighting for
right. And greatest of them all... Captain Danger! Air War returns in vintage
pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format.
Table of Contents:
A Complete Sky Action Novel
Captain Danger’s Blitzkrieg
by Lieutenant Scott Morgan
Captain Allan Danger, yank soldier of fortune, battles to rescue an important
man for Britain — and victory! Follow this intrepid ace of aces as he bucks
into the inferno of a Nazi concentration camp to lead the prisoners in a
rebellion!
Fiats Over Albania — A Complete Novelet
by David Goodis
“Playboy” Geere joins a game of death in the flaming skies — fighting to
halt the fiery advance of marauding Italians.
Top Flight Soldier — Swift-Action Short Story
by Kenneth Collings
The old war and the new are pitted against each other in yammering rivalry
of the skies.
Battle Wings — Swift-Action Short Story
by Robert Sidney Bowen
Yank Johnny Blake acts in a most unneutral manner when Nazis rob him of
a powerful fighting ship.
Blood Feud — Swift-Action Short Story
by Henry S. Lewis
Roaring out of the clouds, Bjorne Halvorsen settles a grim debt with his
spitfire’s flaming guns.
The Spitfire Assignment — Swift-Action Short Story
by Cosmo Bennett
Over the burning African desert, British Pilot Officer Mowbray provides
plenty of troubles for his foes!
Prop Wash — Special Feature
by Joe Archibald
A Live-Wire Department for Readers.
The CAA Of The Eagle — Special Feature
by Sam Merwin, Jr.
The Odyssey of Winged America!
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
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RED SONJA #5 - Coming in June!
(Writer) Mark Russell (Art) Mirko Colak
Cover A: Amanda Conner
Cover B: Joseph Michael Linsner
Cover C: Christian Ward
Cover D: Jenn St-Onge
Cover E: Cosplay
Like an all-consuming fire, the armies of Dragan The Magnificent
pursued Sonja The Red until there was nowhere else to flee. The corpses of
her people scattered before her like charred rabbits, she turned to face
his exquisite wrath. And prayed in vain for death to take her quickly. The
epic continues by MARK RUSSELL (Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles,
The Flintstones) and MIRKO COLAK (Conan).
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 5.
RED SONJA #5 is solicited in the March
PREVIEWS (Available February
27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191075 (Conner cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191076 (Linsner cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191077 (Ward cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191078 (St-Onge cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191079 (Cosplay cover).
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RED SONJA: BIRTH OF THE SHE DEVIL #1 - Coming in June!
(Writer) Luke Lieberman (Art) Sergio
Davila
Cover A: Lucio Parrillo
Cover B: Sergio Davila
Cover C: Cosplay
An early tale of the She-Devil! Explore the early years of the wild and
untamed Sonja the Red, before she because the scourge of Hyboria - Red Sonja!
Retaining her trademark armor and flame-filled hair - and temper, writer
Luke Liberman (Red Sonja: Doom of the Gods) and artist Sergio Davila (Conan)
deliver high adventure and horror as they introduce the demon conqueror Raka
and his devil's brew, which turns men against their fellow men (and everyone
in their way!). Also featuring the return of Sonja's early mentor, Ozzyus!
Look for a trio of incredible covers: Master Painter Lucio Parillo, interior
artist Sergio Davila and the return of cosplaying favorite, Shannon Kingston!
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 12.
RED SONJA: BIRTH OF THE SHE DEVIL #1 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR190987 (Conner cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR190988
(Parillo cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR190989
(Cosplay cover).
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RED SONJA: BALLAD OF THE RED GODDESS HC - Arriving in comic shops March 27!
(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
Hardcover, Signed Edition, 88 pages, Partial Color, $49.99
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ROBERT E. HOWARD
DAYS
June 6-8, 2019
2019 HOWARD DAYS SCHEDULE
THURSDAY JUNE 6
2:00 – 4:00 pm: The Robert E. Howard House and Museum is open to the public.
There are no docents on duty but the Gift Shop will be open and the grounds
and Pavilion available to all.
5:00 – 7:00 pm: Fish Fry at the Cross Plains Senior Center.
6:00 pm: Barbarian Festival Parade down Main Street in Cross Plains.
Afterwards, Howard Fellowship at the Pavilion
FRIDAY JUNE 7
8:30 am until gone: Coffee and donuts at the Pavilion, compliments of Project
Pride
9 am – 4 pm: Robert E. Howard House Museum and Grounds open to the public.
The adjacent Alla Ray Morris Pavilion will be open until late night.
9 am – 4 pm: REH Postal Cancellation Souvenir at Cross Plains Post Office.
Friday Only.
9 am – 11 am: Bus Tour of Cross Plains & Surrounding Areas. Friday Only.
10 am to 4 pm: REH Foundation Press canopy and Dealers Area open on grounds
east of Museum.
10 am – 5 pm: Cross Plains Public Library open. Original Robert E. Howard
typescripts along with original Weird Tales magazines will be on display.
The Conan Board Game and the Conan Role-playing Game will be presented.
11 am: PANEL: A History of Project Pride and the Robert E. Howard Museum.
NOTE: Presented at the House & Pavilion.
NOON: Hot Dog Lunch hosted by Project Pride at the Pavilion. Donations are
welcome!
1:30 pm: PANEL: The Writers of REH
2:30 pm: PANEL: The Fourth Annual Glenn Lord Symposium.
Following this panel will be the presentations of the 2017 Robert E. Howard
Foundation Awards.
5:30 – 6:30 pm: Silent Auction items available for viewing & bidding
at Banquet site
6:30 pm: Robert E. Howard Celebration Banquet & Silent Auction at the
Family Life Center of the Baptist Church on Main Street. Guest of Honor Speaker:
David C. Smith
9:00 pm PANEL: Fists at the Ice House, Celebrating 90 Years of Sailor Steve
Costigan.
NOTE: Presented on the actual Ice House grounds where Howard boxed!
Afterward there will be Howard Fellowship at the Pavilion. All are
welcome and adult beverages are allowed.
SATURDAY JUNE 8
9 am – 4 pm: Robert E. Howard House Museum open to the public. The adjacent
Alla Ray Morris Pavilion will be open until late night.
9 am – 4 pm: BARBARIAN FESTIVAL at Treadway Park, 3 blocks west of REH House
10 am – 3 pm: Cross Plains Public Library open. Original Robert E. Howard
typescripts along with original Weird Tales magazines will be on display
The Conan Board Game and the Conan Role-playing Game will be presented.
10 am to 4 pm: REH Foundation Press canopy and Dealers Area open on grounds
east of Museum.
11 am PANEL: The Sword & Sorcery Poetry of Robert E. Howard
NOON: Lunch and/or Barbarian Festival activities at your leisure
1:30 pm PANEL: Kull, Conan Solomon Kane: The Original S&S Characters?
2:30 pm PANEL: What’s Up with REH?
4:30 pm: Tour of REH House Grounds
6 to 8 pm: Sunset BBQ at the Pavilion
At twilight/after BBQ: Multi-language reading of Howard’s poem “Cimmeria”
+ more REH poetry read aloud from the Museum porch.
Afterward there will be Howard Fellowship at the Pavilion. All are
welcome and adult beverages are allowed.
Special Announcements will be ongoing over both days,
There will be special guests and extemporaneous events: readings, book signings
and surprises happening throughout Friday and Saturday
PLEASE NOTE: ALL PANELS LAST ONE HOUR AND WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE FIRST UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH, 1000 N. MAIN ST. IN CROSS PLAINS, unless noted.
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The Serial Squadron
Now
available!
THE SCARLET HORSEMAN DVD
Featuring Paul Guilfoyle
and Victoria Horne
Rarely-seen masked-rider serial in which the title character poses
as a mythological figure during a conflict with the Comanche. A greedy woman
uses the alias "Matoska" and the acquisition of a sacred sword to try to
divide Texas.
13 Episodes / Black and White
4 hours 40 minutes
Restored picture and audio
Dual-layer DVD
Extras: The Scarlet Cloak audition program
This archive title is not available commercially.
SHIPPING NOW
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The Serial Squadron
Coming
soon!
SPY SMASHER
Blu-Ray/DVD
The fan-favorite serial in a new HD transfer, for the first time on DVD
and Blu-Ray. Really.
PREORDERS WILL BE TAKEN SOON FOR THIS TITLE.
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SHEENA QUEEN OF THE JUNGLE TPB VOL 02 - Arriving in comic shops March 27!
(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
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SONGS OF GIANTS
The poetry of pulp, illustrated
Lost poetry of pulp giants Robert E. Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs &
H.P. Lovecraft
Illustrated by Mark Wheatley!
This
Kickstarter will run through April 20, 2019!
The books and rewards are expected to ship in June (if successfully funded)!
The early part of the 20th century was a wild time in fiction, when
publishers would try just about anything to see if it sold. Nowhere was there
a more formidable challenge than in the pages of the pulps, which often chewed
up and spat out would-be writers faster than new ones could step forward.
Out of his fiery crucible came three giants: Robert E. Howard, Edgar Rice
Burroughs, and H. P. Lovecraft.
These legendary authors forged names and reputations that still echo decades
later. In turn, they have inspired many creators across the generations.
One such creator is Overstreet Hall of Fame inductee, Inkpot, Mucker, Gem,
Speakeasy, and Eisner award-winning writer-artist Mark Wheatley, and the
result of that inspiration is Songs of Giants, a new Kickstarter project
that launches on Monday, March 11, 2019.
Resurrected from crumbling pages of old pulp magazines, Songs of Giants
cuts straight to the heart of the look, feel and language of the pulps as
it highlights the often-forgotten poetry of these unforgotten masters. For
his part, Wheatley expertly captures the essence of the beauty, horror, and
adventure of Howard, Burroughs and Lovecraft’s words. He brings their poems
to life with a fine line illustration style that is clearly inspired by the
early, classic, golden age illustrators. The book also features an introduction
by Nebula Award-winning author Jack McDevitt, creator of the Academy and
Alex Benedict series.
Songs Of Giants is a limited edition, 8 ½” x 11” 72-page deluxe hardcover
printed on super heavy stock, The accompanying Kickstarter rewards range
from screen savers and wallpapers to an exclusive signature plate, audio
books, and one-of-a-kind original art. Reward levels start at just $15 for
a digital version of the book and only $25 for the printed version.
“I’ve spent more than a year crafting this art. And while I’ve been working,
I’ve had a major pulp art show of my illustration originals. Based on the
public reaction to that show, I’m thrilled to finally share Songs of Giants
art with the public. The few people who have seen the work so far have convinced
me that this is possibly my best work, ever. Because of that, it was difficult
to keep the project quiet, so now I’m truly happy that the news is out,”
said Mark Wheatley.
Working on his originals at a very large size in a traditional brush, pen
and ink approach, Wheatley spent hours savoring the poems in order to bring
them to life in this new way. Characters, dangers, and whole worlds became
embodied in his illustrations, in turn reflecting the full flavor and power
of the works that inspired them.
“Our initial goal of $5,500 is intentionally set very low. This money will
cover the cost of printing the book. From our past experience on Kickstarter,
having successfully raised money for the Doctor Cthulittle book and fulfilled
the rewards, we believe that hitting this goal is very possible and quite
likely. If we do not hit our stretch goals, we will still have enough to
print the book and we are in a position to ship the rewards with our budget.
Of course, the stretch goals offer a good many perks that we would like to
be able to share with our backers,” Wheatley said.
For those who chose the reward levels that include the audio book, the masterful
voice actor Mark Redfield is on full display with many of the poems from
Songs Of Giants. His readings of Howard, Burroughs and Lovecraft are augmented
by the outstanding original musical score and sound design by Jennifer Rouse.
It provides a truly stirring dramatic experience!
The Kickstarter project for Songs Of Giants will launch on Monday, March
11 and is scheduled to conclude on April 20th. If successfully funded, the
books and other rewards are expected to ship in June 2019. The Kickstarter
project is listed under ComicMix, LLC, Wheatley’s frequent publishing collaborators.
8.5 x 11 inches, 72 pages plus signing plate
Full color front and back end pages.
Thick paper and boards.
Kickstarter Songs of Giants
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SPECTRE LIBRARY: THE PULP AND
PAPERBACK FICTION READER - Now online!
Spider Pete by Claude Stewart
The Finger of Death by Henry Keyworth
The Devil’s Dozen by Frederick C. Davis
Revenge Rides the Range by Will Frame
Elizabeth Anthony’s MURDER novels
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Tellers of Weird Tales - Now online!
Terence Hanley has created a blog in which he researches and writes
about the contributors to Weird Tales magazine and its companion titles,
Oriental Stories and The Magic Carpet Magazine.
The Thompson-Pendragon Controversy-Conclusion
The Thompson-Pendragon Controversy-Part Five
The Thompson-Pendragon Controversy-Part Four
The Thompson-Pendragon Controversy-Part Three
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WARLORD OF MARS ATTACKS #1 - Coming in June!
(Writer) Jeff Parker (Art) Dean Kotz
Cover A: Dave Johnson
Cover B: Marco D'Alfonso
Cover C: Ramon Villalobos
Cover D: Ben Caldwell
Just when people thought Dynamite could not think of more fun crossovers!
Warlord of Mars Attacks takes everything to a new level of unexpected meta
crossovers!
Who can best defend against a Martian invasion?
A fearless human hero adopted by the red planet, the one and only John Carter!
After a lander disturbs the Martian surface, everyone's favorite big-headed
sadistic aliens lead a brutal invasion force toward Earth.
Meanwhile on Earth, a man from 1868 Virgina comes out of stasis.
Full Color, 32 pages, $3.99, On sale June 5.
WARLORD OF MARS ATTACKS #1 is solicited in the April PREVIEWS (Available March 27).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191002 (Johnson cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR191003
(D'Alfonso cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR19
1004 (Villalobos cover).
The Diamond Item Code is APR19
1005 (Caldwell cover).
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WEIRDBOOK ANNUAL #2
Now
available!
The Weirdbook Annual returns featuring a Cthulhu theme.
Storys abound featuring our squamish elder god!
Full of great fantasy and horror tales! Included this time are:
-The Shining Trapezohedron, by Robert M. Price
-A Noble Endeavor, by Lucy A. Snyder
-Ancient Astronauts, by Cynthia Ward
-The Thing in the Pond, by John R. Fultz
-Enter The Cobweb Queen, by Adrian Cole
-Tricks No Treats, by Paul Dale Anderson
-Ronnie and the River, by Christian Riley
-Cellar Dweller, by Franklyn Searight
-Yellow Labeled VHS Tape, by R.C. Mulhare
-Tuama, by L.F. Falconer
-Mercy Holds No Measure, by Kenneth Bykerk
-Treacherous Memory, by Glynn Owen Barrass
-The Hutchison Boy, by Darrell Schweitzer
-Dolmen of The Moon, by Deuce Richardson
-Lovecraftian Limerick, by Andrew J. Wilson
-A Wizard's Daughter, by Ann K. Schwader
-The Shadow of Azathoth is your Galaxy, by DB Spitzer
-Ascend, by Mark A. Mihalko
-The Solace of the Farther Moon, by Allan Rozinski
-The Stars Are Always Right, by Charles Lovecraft
-Daemonic Nathicana, by K.A. Opperman
-Asenath, by Ashley Dioses
-The Book of Eibon/Le Livre D'eibon, trans. by Frederick J. Mayer
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Wonders and Visions: A Visual
History of Science Fiction
By Adam Roberts and Graham Sleight
New crowd funding project at Unbound!
A sumptuous history of science fiction told through its iconic covers.
Our book tells the story of science fiction through its most iconic, beautiful,
interesting and (sometimes) crass cover art: from the earliest days of publishing
in the 19th-century, through the glory days of Pulp magazine covers and the
Golden Age, into the endless visual experimentation of the New Wave and so
to the post-Star Wars era, when a 'visual logic' comes to dominate not just
science fiction but culture as a whole.
With over 350 full-colour images and more than 50,000 words of text this
is more than simply an anthology of famous science fiction covers--it is
an ambitious attempt to tell the whole history of the genre in a new way,
and to make the case that science fiction art, from the sober future-visions
of Chesley Bonestell, to the garish splendours of Hannes Bok, from the Magritte-like
surrealism of Richard Powers, Frank Freas, Judith Clute, and Ed Emshwiller
to the amazingly talented designers and artists of the 21st-century, exists
as a vital and neglected mode of modern art as such.
Through much of the twentieth-century it flowed like a subterranean river,
influencing artistic Modernism, surrealism, abstraction, op-art and postmodernism,
creating a heritage that directly informs the global visual texts of today
in cinema, TV, graphic novels and video games. There has never been a book
quite like this one.
Printed on 120 gsm art paper, hardbound and hand-sewn, we want this book
to be a visually beautiful artifact, although as far as that is concerned
we have a head start since so much of the art we want to reproduce is so
gorgeous. The intense, inky detail of Virgil Finlay’s illustrations to the
extraordinary visions of Paul Lehr, from the cool wondrousness of Moebius
to the gorgeous grotesqueness of H R Giger and the amazing cityscapes of
Kirsten Zirngibl.
There will be three main types of entry. Firstly, there will be several
hundred key covers: one or sometimes two images + plus 150-200 words of text,
of the ten (or more) most iconic and recognisable covers from each decade
of our history: from Wells and Verne to H Rider Haggard's Barsoom and E E
'Doc' Smith's Lensman, from Arthur C Clarke's Childhood's End and Asimov's
Foundation to Leigh Brackett and Joanna Russ's Female Man, from Cyberpunk
masterpieces by William Gibson and Pat Cadigan to dystopias by Octavia Butler
and Cormac McCarthy, to twenty-first century SF.
Second there will be more extended visual comparative studies, one or two
page spreads that compare multiple covers for the same book, to see the way
different artists and publishers have approached the task of visualising
some of the most famous novels in the history of the genre: The Day of the
Triffids; Dune; Left Hand of Darkness and more, as well as surveys of the
work of famous illustrators, or publishing houses.
Third there will be milestone entries: examples of groundbreaking or unusual
covers, usually the first example of (among other things) a fine late 19th-century
illustrated binding for a SF title; a garishly coloured SF magazine cover;
a Golden Age fix-up paperback, a psychedelic 1960s New Wave title, a movie-tie-in;
a graphic novel adaptation of a classic: Shelley's Frankenstein as first
SF novel; Auf Zwei Planeten as first Martian invasion; Time Machine as first
time travel; Orphans of the Sky as the first Generation Starship novel; Leo
and Diane Dillon's illustrations for Ellison's Dangerous Visions; early computer-generated
SF art; and Metal Hurlant revolutionising the potential of SF comics.
Every visual entry will be accompanied by text, and the whole will threaded
together to tell a new story about this important and beautiful mode of art.
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