Overall, I think that new “pulp-inspired” characters fall into two general categories. The first are the very clear “New Pulp” heroes, characters...
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 horror/weird...
One of the most interesting recent Doc Savage pastiches is William Preston‘s The Old Man. At this time he has appeared in three short stories (novellas?), all in...
The Rook is a New Pulp hero created by Barry Reese. For those who are familiar with the character (i.e., you’ve read the previous collections or read my prior...
In the next in this series of articles, I take an overview of one of the major pulp publishers and their pulp heroes: Ace Magazines. Established in 1928 by Harold Hersey...
“The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown” is an interesting collection. I originally thought it a single novel using three classic characters: Moon Man, Doctor...
“Shadows of the Opera: The Mark of the Revenant” is a great collection of interconnected short stories by Rick Lai. These are “Wold Newton”...
A particular phenomenon of the New Pulp world is of new stories using the original pulp heroes. Of course, this isn’t a new trend. The Shadow got the first new...
Successful New Pulp writer Barry Reese has a new character: Gravedigger. I have been reading his Rook series (seven so far and counting), and Lazarus Gray series (three...
For fans of Doc Savage, the fanzine to get is Howard Wright‘s excellent The Bronze Gazette. Published since 1990 (when it was originally titled The Doc Savage...