In a previous posting I covered an interesting old proto-pulp character that has returned to prominence in recent years: Judex. Most are intrigued by The Shadow-like...
A series of books any Doc Savage fan should check out are the annual “Big Book of Bronze.” Published by Jay Ryan‘s Solace of Fortitude Publications...
Once again, Airship 27 assembles a great collection of new short stories of a classic pulp hero with “Black Bat Mystery, Vol. 2.” For those not familiar, the...
Ravenwood was a short-lived pulp hero series that ran in the back of Secret Agent X for five issues in 1936. Like all the pulp characters from Ace (aka Magazine...
“The Winter Wizard” is the first novel starring New Pulp hero The Challenger, created by Jeff Deischer. Jeff previously wrote “The Adventures of Doc...
In the next in this series of articles, I take an overview of another of the major pulp publishers, the Thrilling Group, and their pulp heroes. Thrilling was probably...
“The Spider’s Web” is the second collection of stories featuring Tom Johnson‘s New Pulp hero, The Black Ghost. His Black Ghost character is one...
One of Thrilling’s last pulp hero is the bizarre Purple Scar. This short-lived series was published in Exciting Detective as the cover feature. Thrilling was...
Lazarus Gray is a New Pulp character from writer Barry Reese. I have been reading his Rook series (he has other works as well, but those are the ones I’ve been...
Mr. Death is a very early, but lesser-known pulp hero. Altus Press‘ volume “Alias Mr. Death: The Complete Series” collects all the original stories...