New for 2024 is the third edition of the excellent reference guide to the world of pulps: The Blood ‘n’ Thunder Guide to Pulp Fiction, written by...
Tag - Doc Savage
We continue to look at the fanzine Echoes, which ran from 1982 to 2002. Published by the late Tom and Ginger Johnson, it is probably the longest-running pulp...
As previously noted, the fanzine Echoes ran from 1982 to 2002. Published by the late Tom and Ginger Johnson, it is probably the longest-running pulp fanzine...
For 2023, we got three issues of The Bronze Gazette: #93 to 95. This is the premier Doc Savage fanzine, which is offered in subscription sets of two to three...
Soon after getting the sixth Doc Vandal novel we get the next one, The Skyscraper Thief. This series by Dave Robinson is a Doc Savage pastiche. Doc Vandal is...
Mike Ashley is a writer and researcher who has been specializing in the history of science-fiction, fantasy, and popular fiction for over 30 years, having put...
A topic I’ve only hinted at is what I’ll call “pulp-hero backup series.” Many of the character-pulp/pulp-hero magazines, such as The Shadow, Doc...
Some time back I did a posting on all four of Lester Dent‘s “gadget heroes,” the final one being Clickell “Click” Rush. But at the time only a handful of the...
I recently got Will Murray’s Dark Avenger: The Strange Saga of The Shadow, his second book on The Shadow after Master of Mystery: The Rise of The Shadow. Like...
Jim Main’s Pulp Fan #8, dated Fall 2023, arrived recently. This issue is themed around “pulp characters on the big screen,” starting with another great pair of...