{"id":3865,"date":"2016-03-23T10:00:45","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T14:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/?p=3865"},"modified":"2022-01-19T09:34:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T14:34:03","slug":"fanzine-focus-bronze-gazette-74-75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/2016\/03\/23\/fanzine-focus-bronze-gazette-74-75\/","title":{"rendered":"Fanzine focus: ‘Bronze Gazette’ #74-75"},"content":{"rendered":"

\""The<\/a>An end of an era. The beginning of a new one.<\/p>\n

When I got into the pulp fandom in the 1990s, there were several fanzines out: Pulp Adventures<\/em>, Pulp Collector<\/em>, Pulp Vault<\/em>, Golden Perils<\/em>, Echoes<\/em>, and a few others. Over the years, they all stopped. The only one that kept plugging along was Howard Wright<\/strong>‘s The Bronze Gazette<\/em>, devoted to Doc Savage<\/a><\/strong>. A newer one that came along is Blood ‘n’ Thunder<\/a><\/em>, and it’s going through changes; and Pulp Adventures<\/a><\/em> is back, but mainly as a fiction zine.<\/p>\n

Published since 1990, Bronze Gazette<\/em> is sadly ending with issue #75 after 25 years! As subscriptions have been for particular issues, the final subscriptions were for the last two issues: #74 and 75.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0#74 (July 2015)<\/strong> This issue mainly has one big article by John Vellutini<\/strong>, his third. This one looks at an interesting idea about the “origin” of Doc Savage, looking at a possible extraterrestrial origin. He also ties in ideas from H.P. Lovecraft<\/strong> and the Shaver Mystery. While you don’t have to accept that idea, he does have some interesting ideas. Also included is another Doc Savage comic reprint, from The Shadow Comics<\/em> (Vol 4, No. 12). It gives a different “origin” for Ham<\/strong> joining Doc and Monk<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0#75 (January 2016)<\/strong> The “final issue” goes out with a bang!<\/p>\n

Howard Wright gives a great history and overview of the zine in his editorial. Will Murray<\/strong>, long-time pulp historian and the new Kenneth Robeson<\/strong>, gives info on \u201cLester Dent’s Last Doc Savage Story,\u201d which was a scant outline of what might have been script for a Doc TV series. Julian Puga<\/strong> looks at the setting of the Mystic Mullah<\/em>, in particular a yacht club that appears. John Vellutini<\/strong> has another article looking at the parallels between The Man of Bronze<\/em> and The Savage Gentleman<\/em> by Philip Wylie<\/strong>. Howard Wright provides an article which looks at the proposed Doc Savage TV movie, The Mind Assassins<\/em> (covered in Big Book of Bronze<\/em> #4), and tries to cast it. This one has some nice illustrations by Ron Wilber<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\""The<\/a>All in all, it’s a great final issue.<\/p>\n

However!<\/h3>\n

All is not lost! At the recent Doc Con<\/a>, it was announced that the Bronze Gazette<\/a><\/em> will continue under other hands. The next issue, #76, will come out in 2016. They even have a cover already! PULPlications<\/a>, run by Terry Allen<\/strong> of Fantom Press<\/a> and Keith Wilson<\/strong> of Doc Savage Fantasy Covers<\/a> will be the publisher, while Chuck Welch<\/strong> of Flearun<\/a> will be the editor. Apparently there will be group of regular contributors, but additional articles are welcome. I wonder if they will continue reprinting classic Doc Savage comic stories?<\/p>\n

PULPlication’s website<\/a> is taking subscriptions for #76 and 77. \u00a0Plan is to do 2 issues in 2016, then go to 3 in 2017. \u00a0I’ve already signed up and encourage others to do the same. We should see the first new issue in about three months. I look forward to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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