Welcome to the alt.pulp FAQ page.

The alt.pulp FAQ is an ongoing project and will be updated accordingly. If you have a question, see a mistake, or have a suggestion, please let us know. All comments will be appreciated.

Frequently Asked Questions

• What is alt.pulp?

• What were pulp magazines?

• What were character, or hero, pulps?

• What were the major pulp publishers and what character pulps did they publish?

• Who were some of the major pulp characters?
      • The Shadow
      • Doc Savage
      • The Spider
      • The Avenger
      • G-8 and His Battle Aces

• Do indices to character pulps exist online?

• Are there any equivalents to the character pulps today?

• Have pulp heroes made any impact on popular culture?

• Have there been attempts to do modern-day pulp-style characters?

• What is Philip Jose Farmer’s Wold Newton Family?

• Are there any books on pulps?

• Are there any pulp fanzines?
      • A listing of defunct pulp fanzines.

• Is there a list of sources for pulps, like dealers?

• Are there any pulp conventions?
      • Who were the PulpCon Guests of Honor?
      • Who were the Lamont Award winners?

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