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...
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Most pulp-hero fans may not be aware that pulp magazines always run multiple stories, even with the character pulps. This means that The Shadow, Doc Savage...
Donald Keyhoe (1897-1988) is someone who is known for several things. For most of us, he is probably best known as a pulp writer of many aviation heroes and...
Illustrator Walter Baumhofer (1904-87) had a long career doing artwork in many areas. I think for most pulp fan, they know him for his Doc Savage cover...
When it comes to pulp covers of The Spider, the artist I think of is Rafael DeSoto (1904-92). In particular, the cover from October 1941, which he did...
A nice collection from the “shudder pulps” is Selected Tales of Grim and Grue From the Horror Pulps. It was edited by Sheldon Jaffrey (1934-2003)...
Of Popular Publication’s pulp heroes, Operator #5 is their third longest-running one. A superspy billed as “America’s Undercover Ace,”...
In the world of pulp heroes, very few have hit over 100 issues or stories. One of those is Popular Publication’s G-8. Created and written by Robert J...
Most people are aware of Popular Publications’ Dime Mystery Magazine, the originator of the “weird menace” genre. But before it was Dime...
Famous Fantastic Mysteries (FFM) was a long-running pulp first published by Munsey then Popular Publications from 1939 to 1953. This popular pulp reprinted...