All-Star Pulp Comics, published by Redbud Studio Comics in association with Airship 27, has put out a fourth issue with new black-and-white comic stories of original New Pulp characters. Like the previous issue, this is available through Amazon.
This issue has three stories with The Gargoyle, The Veiled Lady, and Major Liberty. The Gargoyle was created by Dario Carrasco. The Veiled Lady is public domain character from the 40s that writer/artist Kevin Paul Shaw Broden who has taken over the character and plans on doing an origin. And Major Liberty was created by Ron Fortier. I don’t believe they’ve appeared anywhere else. All are illustrated by different artists.
The Gargoyle is a mysterious character, a masked detective and vigilante with some similarities to Batman. Here he deals with a mystery that leads to a group of neo-Nazis. It’s set in the mid ’50s in Boston.
The Veiled Lady is really the district attorney’s secretary, who goes into action against the criminals and crooks in her unnamed town. An interesting element is that she uses a whip.
Major Liberty, frankly, seems more comic book than pulp. A character along the lines of Captain America, a super-soldier type created by the government. The difference here is the Major is a woman.
This is another great collection. It’s been awhile since the last issue. I would love to see this come out on a more regular basis, maybe annually. I know Fortier is working on other comic book stories of pulp characters. Would love to see stories with Captain Hazzard or his Brother Bones, and these are apparently in the works.
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