I always keep an eye out for non-fiction reference works on pulp fiction, and learned of a pair of works by Jonathan W. Sweet called The Beginner’s Guide...
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While many may not be familiar with the name Johnston McCulley, we all probably know his most well-known character: Zorro. Zorro started off as a pulp...
Mention the name The Spider and most pulp fans will recall the popular and long-running hero pulp published by Popular Publications. But while the most popular...
When it comes to series centered around the villain, we usually think of Fu Manchu or perhaps Fantomas. But a character that appeared before them and may have...
Johnston McCulley, the prolific writer who created Zorro, created several other serial pulp characters that many of today’s pulp fans are unaware of. His...
“Fantômas!” “What did you say?” “I said: Fantômas” “And what does that mean?” “Nothing…Everything...
Dr. Mabuse is a character that may be known to some. Mostly through the various Dr. Mabuse films by Fritz Lang and others. But few may know that he started as...
Awesome Tales is a New Pulp magazine put out by Black Cat Media with Bold Venture Press. Black Cat Media is basically R. Allen Leider, who writes most of the...
Creating a series staring the villain is hard, but it has been done. Fu Manchu, by Sax Rohmer, is probably the most well-known. He appeared in over a dozen...
Pulps have their share of bizarre pulp heroes. But perhaps the strangest is The Skull Killer. Never heard of him? Well, he didn’t star in his own pulp...