When it comes to the works of Arthur Conan Doyle, everyone knows of Sherlock Holmes. Less known are his many historical fiction works. And sadly, also often...
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The Rook is a New Pulp hero created by Barry Reese. Barry mixes in pulp hero, comic book and comic strip characters into his stories, along with occult...
There have been a lot of Sherlock Holmes pastiches over the years. One particular recent series that is interesting is “The Further Adventures of...
“Tales of the Shadowmen: Danse Macabre” (2006) is the third volume of this eclectic anthology series from Black Coat Press. It makes use of a...
Cap Fury, the Skipper was part of Street & Smith‘s attempt to repeat the success of The Shadow and Doc Savage. After the success of those two...
In the next in this series of articles, I take an overview of one of the major pulp publishers and their pulp heroes: Dell Magazines. Kind of. Established in...
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...
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...