{"id":18277,"date":"2024-07-03T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-03T14:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/?p=18277"},"modified":"2024-06-21T15:04:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T19:04:32","slug":"edward-m-erdelacs-john-conquer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/2024\/07\/03\/edward-m-erdelacs-john-conquer\/","title":{"rendered":"Edward M. Erdelac’s John Conquer"},"content":{"rendered":"

I discovered Edward Erdelac<\/a><\/strong>‘s John Conquer<\/a><\/strong> in Occult Detective Quarterly<\/a><\/em>. Set in the 1970s, John Conquer is a PI working in Harlem who often gets pulled into addressing occult matters. I think of him as Shaft<\/strong> if he was an occult detective<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Conquer\"<\/a>I discovered that there are two John Conquer books: Conquer<\/em> (2020) and Conquer: Fear of a Black Cat<\/em> (2023). I recently got Conquer<\/em>. It contains seven stories, including three from Occult Detective Quarterly<\/em>. Fear of a Black Cat<\/em> is a novel.<\/p>\n

So Conquer<\/em> has the following:<\/p>\n

“Who The Hell Is John Conquer?” is a short-short story that introduces the reader to Conquer in a bit of an unusual way.<\/p>\n

“Keep Cool, Conquer” has Conquer pulled into dealing with an emerging vampire outbreak in a Harlem hospital, with the aid of a part-time vampire hunter from LA and a NYPD cop. The cop, Lou Lazzeroni<\/strong>, becomes a recurring secondary character in most stories.<\/p>\n

“Conquer and the Queen of Crown Heights” has Conquer contacted by the titular queen, to help solve the unexplainable death of his uncle, a man Conquer thought had passed when he was nine years old. And there are clearly strange things going as something dug up his body.<\/p>\n

“Conquer Cracks His Whip” has Conquer confronting a demon summoned by an abused girl from Africa. He has to figure out how to end it before it ends him. Along the way, he obtains a sweet ride, which is haunted by its former owner.<\/p>\n

From prior issues of ODQ<\/em> comes “Conquer Comes Calling,” “Conquer Gets Crowned,” “Conquer Comes Correct” from the second and third issues, and ODQ Presents<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Conquer:<\/a>In “Conquer Comes Calling,” Conquer deals with the strange murder of a fortune teller. It’s strange as the assassin has no way out of the room, yet is almost able to escape.<\/p>\n

In “Conquer Gets Crowned,” he works with some graffiti artists to stop a summoned monster and learn who created it.<\/p>\n

In “Conquer Comes Correct,” we learn of John’s early life in Harlem when someone tells him of the recent murder of a co-founder of the gang he was in. There is also a dead and decapitated gorilla, which leads to a violent confrontation.<\/p>\n

The design of both books are good, giving them the look of a slightly beat-up paperback from the \u201970s.<\/p>\n

I’ve enjoyed all the John Conquer stories. I could easily see these made into movies with a blaxploitation slant to them. Conquer makes use of voodoo and similar knowledge, but also things mixed in from other traditions, giving a more urban and urbane take on the occult detective, especially for one who is a regular PI most of the time. I plan on getting the novel at some point, and I hope we get more Conquer stories.<\/p>\n

Edward Erdelac has other works, and while I’ve not read them, do check them out as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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