“Tales of Masks and Mayhem” Vol. II is the second of four collections continuing from Tom Johnson‘s Fading Shadow’s zines, such as...
Category - Pulps
The Rook is a New Hero pulp character created by Barry Reese. The Rook fights crime and evil in the ’30s and ’40s (and later). In his six Rook...
Altus Press has added another volume to their “Companion” series of handbooks on classic pulp series. This one is on The Black Bat...
Here is the second volume of Airship 27’s “Mystery Men (& Women)” — though there are no mystery women in this one. We get four New Pulp hero stories:...
An interesting proto-pulp character is the French adventurer Rocambole. While being well known around the world, the character is sadly less known in the...
“Tales of Masks and Mayhem,” originally published by Mystic Toad Press, is back in a new edition by Altus Press. This collection reprints stories...
Philip José Farmer (1918-2009) is a Grand Master of Science Fiction. For most science fiction fans, he is probably best known for his series “The World...
Doc Atlas was created by Michael A. Black and Ray Lovato as a clear homage to Doc Savage. While it’s easy to spot the similarities, it’s clear...
Robert Sampson (1927-92) was one of the major pulp researchers. His main work is his six-volume “Yesterday’s Faces.” But he has done other...
The Black Bat is a lesser pulp hero, but still well remembered. He was part of the “third wave” of pulp heroes (Will Murray‘s term), all of...