Let’s take a look at the fifth collection of The Rook stories by Barry Reese, “The Rook, Vol. 5.” For those who are familiar with the...
Category - Pulps
One of the more unusual pulp heroes is the short-lived Captain Satan from Popular Publications. Lasting five issues of his own series in 1938, the magazine was...
Judex is an interesting old proto-pulp character that has returned to prominence in recent years. I’ve previously posted on this character, looking at...
“Grottos of Chinatown: The Dorus Noel Stories” is an interesting collection of short stories by Arthur J. Burks. Burks was, during his time, very...
Today I’m taking a look at “The Rook, Vol. 4” by Barry Reese. For those who are familiar with the character (i.e., you’ve read the...
In the next in this series of articles, I take an overview of one of the major pulp publishers and their pulp heroes: the Frank Munsey Co. Frank Munsey is very...
Here is the fourth volume of “Tales of Masks and Mayhem,” now from a new publisher, NTD Books. This one is a mix of new and reprinted stories, with...
Among original pulp heroes, Capt. Hazzard is sadly a one-hit wonder, and is one of the most blatant Doc Savage clones. Published by Ace Magazines, he got only...
“The Cobra: The King of Detectives” collects several “snake” inspired works by early pulp author Richard Sale, including his short...
“Tales of the Shadowmen: Gentlemen of the Night” (2006) is the second volume of an eclectic anthology series from Black Coat Press. It makes use of...