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Blood ’n’ Thunder [#24, Summer 2009] ed. Ed Hulse (Ed Hulse; Morris Plains, NJ, $11.95, 100pp+, quarto) Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [front cover] · N. C. Wyeth · cv The Popular Magazine Mar 7 1916 4 · Editorial Comments · Ed Hulse · ed 6 · Epistolary Exchange · [The Readers] · lc _6 · [letter] · Walker Martin · lt _6 · [letter] · Mark Seganish · lt _7 · [letter] · Vern Meyrowitz · lt _7 · [letter] · Mark H. Harrison · lt _7 · [letter] · Irv Jacobs · lt _8 · [letter] · Christopher Dosevski · lt 10 · Convention Corner: Windy City 2009: A Report · Mark Halegua · cl 16 · Tricks of the Trade: Writing for Ten Detective Aces · August Lenniger · ar Writer’s Digest Oct 1934 20 · Off the Shelf _20 · Blue Book, March 1933 · Duane Spurlock · rv _23 · Sky Devils, January 1939 · Mark Trost · rv 26 · Cliffhanger Classics: Tarzan the Mighty · Ed Hulse · cl; on the lost 1928 Universal serial. 40 · The Secret Life and Second Career of Arthur J. Burks · Will Murray · ar [Arthur J. Burks]; on involvement with mysticism/spiritualism. 48 · Mates for the Morgue-Master · Arthur J. Burks · nv Mystery Tales Dec 1939 64 · The Parisian Jungle · Jean-Marc Lofficier & Brian Stableford · ar; “with contributions by Brian Stableford,” on late 19th/early 20th century French crime fiction. 76 · The Popular Magazine: Appreciating the “Slickest Pulp” [Part 1 of 2] · Ed Hulse · ar

Blood ’n’ Thunder [#25, Winter 2010] ed. Ed Hulse (Ed Hulse; Morris Plains, NJ, $11.95, 100pp+, quarto) Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [front cover] · P. J. Monahan · cv All-Story Weekly Aug 9 1919 4 · Editorial Comments · Ed Hulse · ed 6 · Epistolary Exchange · [The Readers] · lc _6 · [letter] · William Davis · lt _8 · [letter] · E. T. Krusheski · lt _8 · [letter] · James McArdle · lt 10 · Convention Corner: PulpFest 2009 Report · Tom Krabacher · cl 16 · Off the Shelf: Detective Fiction Weekly, May 20, 1933 · Monte Herridge · rv 20 · Pulp Page to Silver Screen: The Mark of Zorro · Ed Hulse · cl; on the 1920 United Artists film. 30 · Tricks of the Trade: Writing for the Pulps · Joseph T. Shaw · ar Writer’s Digest May 1934 34 · Cliffhanger Classics: Daredevils of the West · Ed Hulse · cl; on the 1943 Republic serial. 46 · Adventurous Airwaves: The Green Hornet: His Formative Years [Part 1 of 2] · Martin Grams, Jr. & Terry Salomonson · cl 60 · The Resurrection of Fu Manchu · William Patrick Maynard · ar [Sax Rohmer]; on his Rohmer-estate-authorized novel The Terror of Fu Manchu. 66 · Weirdness and the Detective Pulp · John Locke · ar; on weird story elements in 1930s pulps, variant of JL’s introduction to Cult of the Corpses, by Maxwell Hawkins (2008). 78 · The Popular Magazine: Appreciating the “Slickest Pulp” [Part 2 of 2] · Ed Hulse · ar

Blood ’n’ Thunder [#26, Spring 2010] ed. Ed Hulse (Ed Hulse; Morris Plains, NJ, $11.95, 108pp, quarto) Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [front cover] · Modest Stein · cv Argosy All-Story Weekly Dec 15 1923 4 · Editorial Comments · Ed Hulse · ed 8 · Epistolary Exchange · [The Readers] · lc _8 · [letters] · Thomas H. Miller · lt _8 · [letters] · Martin Grams, Jr. · lt _8 · [letters] · Kimball Taylor · lt _8 · [letters] · Walker Martin · lt 10 · Convention Corner: PulpFest 2010: Progress Report · The PulpFest Committee · cl 14 · Tricks of the Trade: The Turn from the Trite · G. T. Fleming-Roberts · ar Writer’s Digest May 1943 20 · Cliffhanger Classics: The Movie Serial: A Collector’s Primer · Ed Hulse · cl 36 · Adventurous Airwaves: The Green Hornet: His Formative Years [Part 2 of 2] · Martin Grams, Jr. & Terry Salomonson · cl 50 · A Chronology of Clubfoot · Daniel J. Neyer · ar [Valentine Williams]; on the Valentine Williams character. 62 · Hopalong Cassidy: The Birth of a Legend · Ed Hulse · ar 76 · Unholy Jitters: Sex and Sadism in the Red Circle Horror Pulps · Ed Hulse · ar Blood ’n’ Thunder #2 88 · Seven Doughty Doughs · Arthur Guy Empey · ss Fawcett’s Battle Stories Jan 1931

Blood ’n’ Thunder [#27, Summer 2010] ed. Ed Hulse (Ed Hulse; Morris Plains, NJ, $11.95, 108pp, quarto) Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [front cover] · Hubert Rogers · cv Adventure May 15 1935 4 · Editorial Comments · Ed Hulse · ed 8 · Epistolary Exchange · [The Readers] · lc _8 · [letter] · Rick Lai · lt _8 · [letter] · Matt Moring · lt _10 · [letter] · Gary Rafferty · lt _10 · [letter] · David Genda · lt _10 · [letter] · William Davis · lt _12 · [letter] · Richard Robinson · lt 16 · Tricks of the Trade: Plot and Structure [from The Fundamentals of Fiction Writing] · Arthur Sullivant Hoffman · ex 1922 24 · Series Spotlight: Lady Fulvia of Rocca Forte · Ed Hulse · cl [Farnham Bishop; Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur]; on the Farnham Bishop and Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur character from Adventure, 1918-1920. 34 · Cliffhanger Classics: The Red Rider · Daniel J. Neyer · cl; on the 1934 Universal serial. 42 · The Camp Fire: Summer 2010 Edition · Ed Hulse, et al. · lc; letters re Adventure in format imitating that magazine’s old letter column. 60 · Gordon Ray Young: Forgotten “Adventurer” · Tom Krabacher · ar [Gordon Ray Young] 80 · “U.S.A.” · Gordon Ray Young · ss Adventure mid-May 1918 91 · The Quest of Gaimar the Grim [Lady Fulvia of Rocca Forte] · Farnham Bishop & Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur · ss Adventure mid-May 1918

Blood ’n’ Thunder [#28, Winter 2011] ed. Ed Hulse (Ed Hulse; Morris Plains, NJ, $11.95, 100pp+, quarto) Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [front cover] · Walter M. Baumhofer · cv Doc Savage Sep 1934 4 · Editorial Comments · Ed Hulse · ed 6 · Epistolary Exchange · [The Readers] · lc _6 · [letter] · Gary W. Bryant · lt _6 · [letter] · William Davis · lt _7 · [letter] · Brian Taves · lt _8 · [letter] · David Lindman · lt _10 · [letter] · Bruce Dettman · lt _10 · [letter] · Steve Kennedy · lt 14 · Convention Corner: PulpFest 2010 in Pictures · Ed Hulse · cl 22 · Paperback Rack: Run, Killer, Run!, by Lionel White · Gary Lovisi · br; of a Lionel White novel also published as Seven Hungry Men. 26 · Off the Shelf: Fantastic Science Fiction · Mark Trost · lr; of the August 1952 issue. 30 · Adventurous Airwaves: Doc Savage on the Air: Third Time’s the Charm · Will Murray · cl 40 · Cliffhanger Classics: Patria · Ed Hulse · cl; on the (mostly lost) 1917 Pathe serial. 54 · Lester’s Little Helpers · Tom Barnett · ar [Lester Dent]; on bits from background books etc. “borrowed” by Lester Dent for Doc Savage. 62 · Natives in the Hills: The Making of Gunga Din · Ed Hulse · ar; on the 1939 movie. 72-73, 82-87 · Building the Pulp Story Brick by Brick · Robert O. Erisman · ar (r); analysis of how he wrote “Her Being So Beautiful”. 74-81 · Her Being So Beautiful · Robert O. Erisman · ss Argosy Feb 8 1941 88 · Major Mars: Alias Captain Future · Anon. · cs Exciting Comics Apr 1940; comic adaptation of Captain Future and the Space Emperor.

Blood ’n’ Thunder [#29, Spring 2011] ed. Ed Hulse (Ed Hulse; Morris Plains, NJ, $11.95, 106pp+, quarto) Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · “He Seized the Coldly Curving Blade” · Walter Baumhofer · cv Dime Detective Magazine Nov 1935 4 · Editorial Comments · Ed Hulse · ed 6 · Epistolary Exchange · [The Readers] · lc _6 · [letter] · Irv Jacobs · lt _6 · [letter] · Bruce Dettman · lt _6 · [letter] · Ed Morrissey · lt _8 · [letter] · Ray Meola · lt _8 · [letter] · James McArdle · lt 10 · Convention Corner: Pulpfest 2011 Preview · Ed Hulse · cl 14 · Pulp Page to Silver Screen: Hands Across the Rockies · Ed Hulse · cl [Norbert Davis]; on the 1941 Columbia movie and the 1940 Norbert Davis source story, “Gunsmoke Case”. 22 · Off the Shelf _22 · Crime Busters, April 1938 · Ed Hulse · lr _24 · G-8 and His Battle Aces, December 1942 · Mark Trost · lr 28 · Cliffhanger Classics: Tim Tyler’s Luck · Daniel J. Neyer · cl; on the 1937 Universal serial. 36 · Tricks of the Trade: The Detective Fiction Market · Lurton Blassingame · ar Writer’s Digest Jan 1937 44 · The Ten-Cent Sleuths: Dime Detective Revisited · Ed Hulse · ar 54 · Seek, and Ye Shall Find: Memoirs of a Fanatical Detective-Pulp Collector · Walker Martin · ar 66 · He Always Knew What Evil Lurked: The Shadow’s Early Years on Radio [Part 1 of 2] · Martin Grams, Jr. · ar; from The Shadow: The History and Mystery of the Radio Program, 1930-1954. 86 · Death Alley [Jack Cardigan] · Frederick Nebel · nv Dime Detective Magazine Nov 1931

Blood ’n’ Thunder [#30, Summer 2011] ed. Ed Hulse (Ed Hulse; Morris Plains, NJ, $11.95, 114+4pp, standard) Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [front cover] · Clinton Pettee · cv The All-Story Jul 1913; illustrated ERB’s “The Cave Girl”. 4 · Editorial Comments · Ed Hulse · ed 6 · Epistolary Exchange · [The Readers] · lc _6 · [letter] · Denny Lien · lt _8 · [letter] · Jim Felton · lt _8 · [letter] · Vern Meyrowitz · lt _8 · [letter] · E. T. Krusheski · lt 10 · Convention Corner: Windy City 2011 · Walker Martin · cl 18 · Tricks of the Trade: They Wanted “Horror” · Erle Stanley Gardner · ar Writer’s Digest Aug 1939 24 · Cliffhanger Classics: Drums of Fu-Manchu · Daniel J. Neyer · cl 32 · Cliffhangers in Print: A Survey of Recent Books on Movie Serials _33 · Capes, Crooks & Cliffhangers, by John E. Petty & Grey Smith · Bruce Dettman · br _33 · Classic Cliffhangers, by Hank Davis · Bruce Dettman · br _34 · Gripping Chapters, by Ron Backer · Bruce Dettman · br _34 · Don’t Dare Miss the Next Thrilling Chapter, by Anthony L. Fletcher · Bruce Dettman · br _34 · The Legendary Lydecker Brothers, by Jan Alan Henderson · Bruce Dettman · br 36 · Three Aces in One Draw: More Pulp Heroes in Comics · Mark Trost · ar; on comics adaptations/swipes of Secret Agent X, Captain Hazzard, and The Moon Man. 44 · He Always Knew What Evil Lurked: The Shadow’s Early Years on Radio [Part 2 of 2] · Martin Grams, Jr. · ar; from The Shadow: The History and Mystery of the Radio Program, 1930-1954. 54 · The Final Years of Bill Blackbeard, Collector Par Excellance · John Locke · bg 62 · The Life and Works of Frank Andrew Munsey, the Man Who Made the Argosy · Nathan Vernon Madison · bg; from Madison’s master’s thesis. 88 · Silver Scales of Justice · Robert Leslie Bellem · nv Spicy-Adventure Stories Sep 1941

Blood ’n’ Thunder [#31/32, Fall 2011/Winter 2012] ed. Ed Hulse (Ed Hulse; Morris Plains, NJ, $21.95, 231+3pp, standard) “All-Westerns Issue”. Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [front cover] · Walter Baumhofer · cv Dime Western Magazine 1934 4 · Editorial Comments · Ed Hulse · ed 8 · Epistolary Exchange · [The Readers] · lc _8 · [letter] · Steven Rowe · lt _8 · [letter] · Rick Robinson · lt _10 · [letter] · Thomas H. Corrigan · lt _10 · [letter] · James McArdle · lt _12 · [letter] · Rich Phoenix · lt 14 · Tricks of the Trade: The Evolution of the Western · Rogers Terrill · ar Writer’s Digest May 1941 24 · Pulp Page to Silver Screen: Tom Mix Meets Max Brand · Ed Hulse · cl _24 · The Untamed · Ed Hulse · mr [Max Brand]; the 1920 silent movie from the Max Brand novel of same name. _24 · Just Tony · Duane Spurlock · mr [Max Brand]; the 1922 silent movie from the Max Brand novel Alcatraz. 40 · Cliffhanger Classics: William Witney and the Making of The Lone Ranger · Ed Hulse · cl; the 1938 serial. 58 · No Cowboys Need Apply · Will Murray · ex; from forthcoming book. 72 · Under Western Stars · Ed Hulse · ar [Roy Rogers] 87 · West in the 1920s: The Early Years of Doubleday’s Underappreciated Pulp · Ed Hulse · ar 112 · Zane Grey and the Movies · Ed Hulse · ar [Zane Grey] 172 · The Killer · Stewart Edward White · na The Red Book Magazine Dec 1919 (+3)

Blood ’n’ Thunder [#33, Spring 2012] ed. Ed Hulse (Ed Hulse; Morris Plains, NJ, $11.95, 106+6pp, standard) Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [front cover] · John Newton Howitt · cv The Spider May 1936 4 · Editorial Comments · Ed Hulse · ed 8 · In Memoriam: Glenn Lord, 1931-2011 · Morgan Holmes · ob 14 · Convention Corner: PulpFest 2012: Just Around the Corner · The PulpFest Committee · cl 20 · Tricks of the Trade: Improving the Detective Novel · Frank Gruber · ar Writer’s Digest Jan 1941 26 · Cliffhanger Classics: The Shadow · Ed Hulse · cl; the 1940 serial. 38 · Adventurous Airwaves: The Green Lama · Martin Grams, Jr. · cl; the 1949 radio version. 54 · Arachnid Agony: The Passion of The Spider · Will Murray · ar 70 · The Mobster Man [Dean “Blue Barrel” Culver] · William E. Barrett · na Strange Detective Stories Dec 1933

Blood ’n’ Thunder [#34, Summer 2012] ed. Ed Hulse (Ed Hulse; Morris Plains, NJ, $15.95, 162+2pp, standard) “Special Tenth Anniversary Issue” Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [front cover] · Anon. · cv (r); movie poster advertising The Return of Chandu. 4 · Editorial Comments · Ed Hulse · ed 14 · Convention Corner: Windy City 2012: A Roaring Success! · Anon. · cl 20 · Tricks of the Trade: The First Thousand Words · Nelson Bond · ar Writer’s Digest Nov 1940 26 · Series Spotlight: Frederick Nebel’s Hard-Boiled Heroes: “Tough Dick” Donahue (Black Mask); Jack Cardigan (Dime Detective) · Walker Martin · cl [Frederick Nebel] 32 · Adventurous Airwaves: Superman’s Science-Fictional Adventures on Radio · Mark Trost · ar Blood ’n’ Thunder Sum 2002, as “Airwave Adventures”; about Superman, the radio show. 38 · Cliffhanger Classics: The Perils of Pauline · Ed Hulse · cl; the 1914 serial. 50 · The “New Pulp” Movement: No Flakes Allowed · Ed Hulse · ar 66 · A Brief History of Chandu (The Magician) · Ed Hulse · ar; on movie and radio versions of Chandu, the Magician. 80 · B. Typhosus Takes a Hand · Francis Lynde · na The Popular Magazine Oct 20 1921; also appeared in book form as Blind Man’s Buff (Scribner’s, 1928).

Blood ’n’ Thunder [#35, Fall 2012] ed. Ed Hulse (Murania Press; Morris Plains, NJ, $11.95, 100+4pp, standard) Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [front cover] · Stockton Mulford · cv Argosy All-Story Weekly Feb 2 1924 4 · Editorial Comments · Ed Hulse · ed 8 · Epistolary Exchange · [The Readers] · lc _8 · [letter] · Walker Martin · lt _8 · [letter] · Eric Langford · lt _10 · [letter] · Joe Albanese · lt _10 · [letter] · Andy Pelzer · lt _11 · [letter] · Mark S. Haegua · lt _12 · [letter] · Rick Brooks · lt _14 · [letter] · Paul Allen · lt 16 · Pulp Page to Silver Screen: A. Merritt’s Burn, Witch, Burn (1932) [and] Tod Browning’s The Devil Doll (M-G-M, 1936) · Ed Hulse · cl [A. Merritt; Tod Browning] 22 · Tricks of the Trade: Two Cents a Word for All You Can Write! · Ralph Daigh · ar Writer’s Digest Aug 1939; on writing for true crime magazines. 30 · Adventurous Airwaves: G-Men: Phillips H. Lord’s Dry Run for the Hit Show Gang Busters [from Gang Busters: The Crime Fighters of American Broadcasting] · Martin Grams, Jr. · ex (r) [Phillips H. Lord] 38 · Cliffhanger Classics: Tarzan the Fearless · Ed Hulse · cl; on the 1934 film serial. 50 · Pulpfest 2012: A Fan’s First Pilgrimmage · Nathan Madison · ar 62 · Pulp Artist Stockton Mulford and the “Unknown” Tarzan Illustrator · David Saunders · ar [Stockton Mulford]; on Mulford and his work under name “Ray Dean”. 83 · Wild West Days: How Ronald Oliphant and Paul S. Powers Made Wild West Weekly One of the Most Memorable Pulps of All · Ed Hulse · ar [Ronald Oliphant; Paul S. Powers]

Blood ’n’ Thunder [#36/37, Winter/Spring 2013] ed. Ed Hulse (Murania Press; Morris Plains, NJ, $19.95, 180pp, standard) Details supplied by Denny Lien. fc. · [front cover] · H. J. Ward · cv Spicy Detective Stories Oct 1936 4 · Editorial Comments · Ed Hulse · ed 8 · Epistolary Exchange · [The Readers] · lc _8 · [letter] · Alfred Jan · lt _8 · [letter] · Stephen Kempton · lt _9 · [letter] · Paul Bishop · lt _10 · [letter] · Paul Allen · lt _10 · [letter] · Rich Passantino · lt 12 · New and Noteworthy · [Various] · rc _12 · Tarzan: The Centennial Celebration, by Scott Tracy Griffin, by Edgar Rice Burroughs · Bruce Dettman · br _13 · Return of the Thin Man, by Dashiell Hammett; ed. by Richard Layman and Julie M. Rivett, by Dashiell Hammett · Ed Hulse · br _15 · Superman: The High-Flying History of America’s Most Enduring Hero, by Larry Tye · Bruce Dettman · br 16 · Convention Corner: Pulpfest 2013 Report · The PulpFest Committee · cl 20 · Tricks of the Trade: This Fiction Business · H. Bedford-Jones · ex Covici-Friede 1929 30 · Off the Shelf · James Reasoner _30 · Secret Agent X, August 1937 · James Reasoner · lr _31 · Wild West Weekly, April 8, 1939 · James Reasoner · lr _31 · Operator #5, September 1935 · James Reasoner · lr _32 · Texas Rangers, February 1948 · James Reasoner · lr _34 · Adventure, September 1947 · James Reasoner · lr _35 · Argosy, October 30, 1937 · James Reasoner · lr 38 · El Coyote: A Zorro for Franco’s Spain · Roberto Barreiro · ar [Jose Mallorqui] 46 · Cliffhanger Classics: The Serials of Vitagraph · Ed Hulse · cl 70 · The Truth About Truett: Doc Harker’s Creator Unmasked · Will Murray · ar [Edwin Truett Long] 78 · From SF Fan to Pulp Pro: The Early Years of Ray Palmer’s “Amazing” Journey [from The Man from Mars: Ray Palmer’s Amazing Pulp Journey] · Fred Nadis · ex 2013 90 · The Top 20 Underrated Doc Savage Novels · Will Murray, Rick Lai, Dafydd N. Dyar, Link Hullar & Ed Hulse · ar; actually discusses 21 such. 102 · The Word of Fu Manchu: An Informal Survey of the Criminal Mastermind’s First Century in Print · William Patrick Maynard · ar [Sax Rohmer] 115 · Nick and Nora in the Beginning · Richard W. Bann · ar; on The Thin Man film series. 132 · Writer’s Market · Anon. · ms Writer’s Digest Aug 1939 138 · He’s a Good Little Guy at That [Jimmie Cordie] · W. Wirt · ss Frontier Stories May 1928; the first published of his “Jimmie Cordie” series. 150 · Postage-Due · Warren Hastings Miller · ss Frontier Stories May 1928 164 · Pulp Art Gallery · [Various] · il (r) 173 · The Pulp Pin-Up Queen · Mala Mastroberte · il; self-portrait photography recreating pulp covers.