{"id":1227,"date":"2014-04-23T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T14:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/?p=1227"},"modified":"2022-01-02T11:30:43","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T16:30:43","slug":"review-tales-of-the-shadowmen-vol-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/2014\/04\/23\/review-tales-of-the-shadowmen-vol-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: ‘Tales of the Shadowmen, Vol. 5’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tales“Tales of the Shadowmen: The Vampires of Paris” (2009) is the fifth volume of this eclectic anthology series from Black Coat Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Based on Philip Jos\u00e9 Farmer<\/strong>‘s Wold Newton theories<\/a>, this collection includes:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Matthew Baugh<\/strong>: “The Way of the Crane” has Madame Atomos<\/strong> (the vengeful Japanese scientist from a series of French sf novels) try to recruit the Green Hornet<\/strong>‘s associate Kato<\/strong> into her campaign against the U.S.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Michelle Bigot<\/strong>: “The Tarot of the Shadowmen” an interesting art portfolio depicting various heroes and villains as the Major Arcana<\/strong> of the Tarot.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Christopher Paul Carey<\/strong> and Win Scott Eckert<\/strong>: “Iron and Bronze” has Hareton Ironcastle<\/strong> (an adventurer from a French sf novel later revamped by Farmer) visiting a lost colony of Atlantis located in the Hoggarth Mountains in north Africa. Doc Ardan<\/strong> (an early French sf character turned into a alias for Doc Savage<\/a><\/strong>) shows up.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0G.L. Gick<\/strong>: “Tros Must Be Crazy!” has Tros of Samothrace<\/strong> visit a certain village of indomitable Gauls located in Brittany.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Micah Harris<\/strong>: “May the Ground Not Consume Thee…” has early literary vampire Lord Ruthven<\/strong> (from the novel of the same name) going up against the Count of Monte-Cristo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Tom Kane<\/strong>: “The Knave of Diamonds” is an interesting little story that brings together James Bond<\/strong> villain Scaramanga<\/strong> and O<\/strong> (from “Story of O”).<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Lovern Kindzierski<\/strong>: “Perils Over Paris” has Fascinax<\/strong> (an English doctor given mental powers in India who started in a French pulp series) going up against Irma Vep<\/strong> (leader of a group of criminals called Les Vampires<\/strong> from the French silent serial). This story ties into the cover of this volume.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Rick Lai<\/strong>: “All Predators Great and Small” is a story with Josephine Balsamo<\/strong> (the Countess Cagliostro who opposed Arsene Lupin<\/strong>) and her ancestors dealing with vampires, like Dracula<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Roman Leary<\/strong>: “The Heart of a Man” is a story with the Nyctalope<\/strong> (the early French proto-superhero), now living in exile in South America. Bond villain Blofeld<\/strong> tries to recruit him for SPECTRE.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Alain le Bussy<\/strong>: “A Matter Without Gravity” has Sherlock Holmes<\/strong> encounter a couple of characters from the stories of H.G. Wells<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Jean-Marc Lofficier<\/strong>: “Madame Atomos’ Holidays,” another story with Madame Atomos that also features Bob Morane<\/strong>‘s foe, the Yellow Shadow<\/strong>. (Bob Morane is an interesting post-war French adventurer who has a lot of sf adventures and goes after Bond-like villains like the Yellow Shadow.)<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Randy Lofficier<\/strong>: “The English Gentleman’s Ball” deals more with the Nyctalope’s future wife Sylvie MacDhul<\/strong>. Here, the Phantom Angel<\/strong> (really, Sleeping Beauty<\/strong>, who was awaken by Doc Ardan in “Tales” #4), works to rescue her from her evil stepmother, revealed to be Belphegor<\/strong>, the Phantom of the Louvre (villain of the French serial “Belphegor,” see my posting on the translation of it). Also appearing are Jeeves<\/strong> and Bertie Wooster<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Xavier Maum\u00e9jean<\/strong>: “The Most Exciting Game” has Count Zaroff<\/strong> (the renegade Russian Count from the movie where he hunts down shipwreck victims on his island) dealing with some Serpent Men in New York, with a little assistance from Margo Lane<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Jess Nevins<\/strong>: “A Root That Beareth Gall and Worms” has Monsieur Lecoq<\/strong> (the early French detective) traveling to Mexico where he encounters Dr. Loveless<\/strong> and Alejandro de la Vega<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0John Peel<\/strong>: “The Dynamics of an Asteroid” finds Doctor Omega<\/strong> (an early French sf character who is very similar to the First Doctor<\/strong>) dealing with Professor Moriarty<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Frank Schildiner<\/strong>: “The Smoking Mirror” has Jean Kariven<\/strong> (an archaeologist who investigates “ancient astronaut” stories, which in his series are real), a sort of forerunner to Martin Mystery<\/strong> (an interesting Italian comic book character), in New York.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Stuart Shiffman<\/strong>: “The Milkman Cometh” has Tevye the Milkman<\/strong> (basis for the “Fiddler on the Roof”) meeting such characters as Rouletabille<\/strong> (French journalist and detective), Sherlock Holmes and Ivan Dragomiloff<\/strong> (head of the Assassination Bureau, Ltd.)<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0David L. Vineyard<\/strong>: “The Jade Buddha” is a story of Arsene Lupin while he is in Saigon. There, he encounters characters like Hanoi Shan<\/strong> and others.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Brian Stableford<\/strong>: “The Vampire in Paris” (Part IV of “The Empire of the Necromancers”) starring Gregory Temple<\/strong> and others from stories like “John Devil,” etc.<\/p>\n

At the end of the volume is information on the characters used and who created them, though this may not help point you to where they are from. (Wikipedia<\/a> is most useful here, along with Black Coat Press’s French Wold Newton site<\/a> and Cool French Comics site<\/a>). The “Starring” lists the characters who appear in the story, “Co-starring” lists characters mentioned in the story, and “Also Starring” lists places and things that appear or are mentioned in the story.<\/p>\n

I have all the past volumes in this series and look forward to the next in this annual series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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