Probably few pulp fans today are familiar with James Van Hise. He has been a writer, editor, and publisher for many years within certain genres such as...
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Recently I looked at the “biographies” of pulp characters Tarzan and Doc Savage by Philip José Farmer. As part of doing a biography, Farmer also...
With the arrival of the new Avenger comic-book series, I thought it would be a good idea to take a closer look at the previous comic-book stories staring this...
When we think of the Street & Smith pulp heroes, we think of The Shadow and Doc Savage and sometimes also The Avenger. Which is kind of funny as The...
“Tales of the Shadowmen: Agents Provocateurs” (2011) is the eighth volume of this eclectic anthology series from Black Coat Press. This collection...
Some pulp hero fans make the mistake of lumping all the pulp heroes together into one group, as if they comprise a genre all their own. Sometimes it leads to...
In the next in this series of articles, I take an overview of one of the major pulp publishers and their pulp heroes: Street & Smith. Established in 1855...
Last time I took a look at comic book versions of pulp heroes during the Golden Age of comic books. In this posting, I’ll focus on the 1960s through...
One thing I’ve been thinking about of late has been how I got into reading Doc Savage and my experiences finding and reading the stories. It was reading...
In a prior posting, I covered the connection between pulp publishers and comic book publishers. This time, I’ll delve further into comic book versions of...