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Pulp newsgroups

Newsgroups had been popular online gathering spots for pulp fans since the early 1990s. But, boy, have times changed. Back in 2015, we put together a...

Doc Savage Pulp Links

Doc Savage

The Man of Bronze’s fight against evil raced through 181 novels. From a headquarters on the 86th floor of a towering Manhattan skyscraper, Doc Savage and his...

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Pulp blogs

Our pulp blogs listing links to sites where pulp fans post reviews, articles and insight into pulp magazines and related topics — plus provide readers a chance...

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Pulp websites

Beginning in 1896, the pulp magazines transformed popular literature. The inexpensive magazines brought escapist fiction to the masses and popularized science...

Pulp Links The Shadow

The Shadow

From the spring of 1931 until the summer of 1949, a slim figure cloaked in black fought mobsters, evil scientists, crazed old men and foreign invaders with two...

Pulp Links The Spider

The Spider

Richard Wentworth first appeared as a run-of-the-mill, black-cloaked crimebuster called The Spider. But that quickly changed after two issues, when Wentworth...

Pulp Links The Spider

The real Spider

As mentioned previously, The Spider was first simply a nickname for detective Richard Wentworth. But by March 1934, four issues after Norvell Page took over...

Pulp Links The Shadow

The man behind the magic

Prior to writing The Shadow tales, Walter Gibson spent 10 years writing syndicated newspaper columns on puzzles, games and other parlor tricks. He was friends...

Pulp events

Events are subject to change.

April 4-6, 2025: Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention, Lombard, Ill.

Aug. 7-10, 2025: PulpFest 2025, including FarmerCon, ERBFest, and Doc Con, Pittsburgh, Pa.

On–going:
• Gotham Pulp Collectors Club, 1 p.m. the third Saturday of each month via Zoom. Check its website for location.