There are three books I think every fan of The Shadow should have: “Gangland’s Doom,” Frank Eisgruber Jr. (1973, 1985, 2007) “The...
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In 1988, Marvel put out something unusual. While DC Comics was doing its modern take on The Shadow following Howard Chaykin‘s miniseries, Marvel put out...
After the horrid Archie Comics version of The Shadow, the character would next appear in comics at DC Comics in the 1970s in what is felt to be the best comic...
The Rocketeer is an original comic-book creation of the late artist-writer Dave Stevens (1955-2008). While Stevens is mainly know for his many well-done comic...
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...
I have previously posted on the excellent fanzine Blood ‘n’ Thunder produced by Ed Hulse and his Murania Press. Maybe calling it a...
In this posting on pulp fanzines, I look at the excellent, but very short-lived fanzine: Duende. Duende was edited and largely written by pulp historian Will...
Recently I looked at the “biographies” of pulp characters Tarzan and Doc Savage by Philip José Farmer. As part of doing a biography, Farmer also...
After the demise of Street & Smith‘s comic-book line, The Shadow would not return to comics until 1964, this time from Archie Comics. Yes, the...
Probably one of the best-known pulp heroes, even among people who know nothing about pulp heroes, is The Shadow. The Shadow is the pulp world’s Batman to...