The Rook is a New Hero pulp character created by Barry Reese. The Rook fights crime and evil in the ’30s and ’40s (and later). In his six Rook...
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“Blood of the Centipede” is the second book-length appearance of Chuck Miller‘s character The Black Centipede. The first one, “Creeping...
A couple of years ago, New Pulp publisher Pro Se Press started a new monthly (now quarterly) digest series, “Pro Se Presents.” Most have from one...
I first got into the works of Barry Reese when I read his first volume of The Rook stories. In the back was a timeline that listed several other works I...
The Black Centipede is another original New Pulp character. While the stories are set in the 1930s, the author doesn’t trying to imitate the style or...
Fortune McCall is a New Pulp hero created by writer Derrick Ferguson. I haven’t read much by him, but have heard a lot of good things about his work...
The Pulptress is a heroine created by Pro Se Press to be a sort of icon for the New Pulp movement. This allows for a character which other authors can try...
I think it appropriate before I start posting any more reviews of New Pulp works that I give my review/introduction to “The Rook.” [UPDATE: now...
The Silver Manticore is an interesting New Pulp hero. “The Sting of the Silver Manticore” is an obvious homage to many fictional characters from...
Within the larger genre of pulp heroes, there are several sub-genres. One of them is the “magician-detective,” of which there are very few. In most...