Some pulp fans may be aware of Philip José Farmer‘s 1969 book “A Feast Unknown.” This book pitted two pulp icons — Tarzan and Doc Savage, here renamed...
After the demise of Street & Smith‘s comic-book line, The Shadow would not return to comics until 1964, this time from Archie Comics. Yes, the publisher of the...
In the 1970s, Marvel Comics got the rights to do a Doc Savage comic. They actually wound up doing two different series. From 1972-74, Marvel did a color comic. In two...
We’ve looked at Sherlock Holmes and some of the Holmes pastiches that became characters in there own right. Now we look at another of those: Harry Dickson, the...
Rocambole is an early French character who is a forerunner of many similar characters of heroic fiction that followed him. These stories were written in the 1850s and...
The Rook is a New Pulp character created by Barry Reese. The Rook fights crime and evil in the ’30s and ’40s (and later). He’s actually one of several New Pulp...
“YesterYear” is the first novel published by Pro Se Press, and was written by Tommy Hancock, the publisher. Up until it came out, Pro Se had been putting out...
One of the most popular characters in French literature is Arsène Lupin. He holds a position similar to that of Sherlock Holmes, which is interesting as they came out...
Comic-book creator Howard Chaykin has been involved with several pulp and pulp-inspired comics during his career. Most pulp fans are familiar with his take on The Shadow...
P.J. Lozito‘s Silver Manticore is an interesting mix of pulp, radio, movie serial, and comic book characters that at times almost gets out of hand. The Silver...