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...
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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...
I recently obtained a complete set of the Fantasy Mongers fanzine. This fanzine lasted from 1979 to 1989 (with a short hiatus which I’ll explain) and had 28...
Recently I posted about Bronze Knuckles, a New Pulp fanzine I discovered. The main emphasis of the fanzine is pulp-hero stories, but other pulp-inspired...
After nearly three years we got the latest volume in Dave Robinson‘s Doc Vandal series. Volume 6, The Ziggurat of Doom became available on Amazon...
Bronze Knuckles is a recent New Pulp fanzine I discovered. The main emphasis of the fanzine is pulp hero stories, but other pulp-inspired stories are carried...