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...
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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...
When it comes to comics, I only review ones that either include pulp characters or have characters that are clearly inspired by pulp heroes. One I had kind of...
Of Popular Publication’s pulp heroes, Operator #5 is their third longest-running one. A superspy billed as “America’s Undercover Ace,”...
One area that pulps are sometimes put down for is being “sexist.” I find this a somewhat ignorant claim, as the pulps were a product of their time:...
“Day of the Destroyers” is a New Pulp linked anthology from Moonstone Books. It stars Jimmy Flint, Agent X-11 of the Intelligence Service Command...
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...
Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention has been running in Chicago around April for 15 years (since 2000). Every year they have been publishing a convention...
In the next in this series of articles, I take an overview of one of the major pulp publishers and their pulp heroes: Popular Publications. Established in...