Two good books that any pulp hero fan should have on their shelves is Don Hutchison‘s “The Great Pulp Heroes” (1996, 2007) and Nick Carr‘s...
For those not familiar, Jim Anthony was a sort-of Doc Savage “clone” published by Trojan/Culture Publications in the early 1940s. Trojan was a publisher of...
Manly Wade Wellman (1902-1986) wrote several occult detectives over the years as a pulp writer. But Wellman’s most well-known occult detective is John the...
“Tales of the Shadowmen: The Vampires of Paris” (2009) is the fifth volume of this eclectic anthology series from Black Coat Press. Based on Philip José...
For most pulp hero fans, if you mention The Green Ghost, they will think of the character created by G.T. Fleming-Roberts for Thrilling, that ran for about 14 stories in...
Professor Stone is Wayne Skiver‘s take on a Doc Savage-like pulp hero. Not a pure pastiche, such as characters like Doc Atlas, Prof. Stone is more a mix of...
I have heard that in Germany, science fiction is divided into “Perry Rhodan” and “everything else.” But who is Perry Rhodan? He’s the star...
Diamondstone the Magician was a short-lived series (six stories) written by G.T. Fleming-Roberts and appeared in Thrilling’s pulp magazines. Diamondstone (no other...
Manly Wade Wellman (1902-1986) wrote several occult detectives over the years. His first was Judge Pursivant, who had four stories from 1938-41 in Weird Tales. He was...
One of my earliest postings was on Warren Fahy‘s “Fragment,” part of the “techno thriller” genre (though perhaps a better term might be...