One type of heroic character that I enjoy is the “occult detective.” They can also be called an investigator. Or the terms paranormal or...
Tag - hero pulps
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...
Cap Fury, the Skipper was part of Street & Smith‘s attempt to repeat the success of The Shadow and Doc Savage. After the success of those two...
In the next in this series of articles, I take an overview of one of the major pulp publishers and their pulp heroes: Dell Magazines. Kind of. Established in...
Let’s take a look at the fifth collection of The Rook stories by Barry Reese, “The Rook, Vol. 5.” For those who are familiar with the...
One of the more unusual pulp heroes is the short-lived Captain Satan from Popular Publications. Lasting five issues of his own series in 1938, the magazine was...
Judex is an interesting old proto-pulp character that has returned to prominence in recent years. I’ve previously posted on this character, looking at...
Today I’m taking a look at “The Rook, Vol. 4” by Barry Reese. For those who are familiar with the character (i.e., you’ve read the...
Here is the fourth volume of “Tales of Masks and Mayhem,” now from a new publisher, NTD Books. This one is a mix of new and reprinted stories, with...
Among original pulp heroes, Capt. Hazzard is sadly a one-hit wonder, and is one of the most blatant Doc Savage clones. Published by Ace Magazines, he got only...