{"id":4922,"date":"2016-01-06T10:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T15:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/?p=4922"},"modified":"2016-01-01T17:55:46","modified_gmt":"2016-01-01T22:55:46","slug":"sar-dubnotal-2-the-astral-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/2016\/01\/06\/sar-dubnotal-2-the-astral-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Sar Dubnotal 2: The Astral Trail’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SarS\u00e2r Dubnotal<\/strong> is an early “occult detective,” who appeared in 20 anonymously written novellas published in France starting in 1909. I previously reviewed him as Black Coat Press<\/a> has run new stories of him in their Tales of the Shadowmen<\/em> series and put out a collection of original S\u00e2r stories with him going up against Jack the Ripper<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Now Black Coat Press has put out a collection of new and old stories, S\u00e2r Dubnotal 2: The Astral Trail<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The first collection had reprinted the first original S\u00e2r story, then reprinted the storyline with him going up against Jack the Ripper that ran in novellas #7-11. But they didn’t have the eightth story, so they had to skip it. It has now been found and is included here.<\/p>\n

The rest of the volume is made up of 11 new stories, most of which have run in volumes of Tales of the Shadowmen<\/em>:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Matthew Dennion<\/strong>: “Clash of the Titans” has S\u00e2r teaming up with Captain Nemo<\/strong>, as they bring together two dangerous titans in hopes of eliminated both of them.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Travis Hiltz<\/strong>: “The Treasure of the Ubasti” (from Tales<\/em> #6) has S\u00e2r traveling India in the “Behemoth,” a steam-powered elephant. With him is American Dr. Henry Jones<\/strong>, and along the way they met Mowgli<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Josh Reynolds<\/strong>: “The Swine of Gerasene” (from Tales<\/em> #10) is an interesting tale that teams up S\u00e2r with two other occult detectives: Algernon Blackwood<\/strong>‘s John Silence<\/strong>, and Carnacki<\/strong>. They go up against M.R. James<\/strong>‘ Count Magus<\/strong> and the “swine things” from William Hope Hodgson<\/strong>‘s “House on the Borderland.”<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Matthew Baugh<\/strong>: “The Gargoyles of Notre-Dame” (from Shadow of Judex<\/em>) Judex<\/strong> (a French silent movie character who resembles The Shadow<\/strong> whom I’ve reviewed before) teams up with S\u00e2r in fighting gargoyles.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Hiltz: “The Hounds of Saint-Augustin” is set in Paris, where some invisible creature or creatures are tearing up people. S\u00e2r works with Inspector Maigret<\/strong> and Korak<\/strong> to find them and eliminate this threat before more are killed.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Baugh: “What Rough Beast” (from Tales<\/em> #7) set during World War I, Judex teams up with S\u00e2r and Hugo Danner<\/strong> (early American superman who may have influenced Doc Savage<\/strong> and Superman<\/strong>) against a supernatural threat.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Micah Harris<\/strong>: “Slouching Towards Camulodunum” is a two-part story (in Tales<\/em> #7 and 8) in his series staring Becky Sharp<\/strong> (from Vanity Fair<\/em>, the novel not the magazine). This time she meets S\u00e2r and must deal with Richard Upton Pickman<\/strong> (H.P. Lovecraft<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Dennion: “A Tale of Two Souls” has S\u00e2r working to save Dr. Henry Jekyll<\/strong> after Edward Hyde<\/strong> has summoned the Cenobites.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Roman Leary<\/strong>: “The Evils Against Which We Strive” (from Tales<\/em> #4) has S\u00e2r teaming up with The Shadow.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Baugh: “Ask Me a Riddle…” is a sequel to the author’s earlier story, which has S\u00e2r in a final conflict with the villain behind that one: the sinister Dokter Von Meyer<\/strong> (from Seabury Quinn<\/strong>‘s Jules de Grandin<\/strong> series). After his fellow occult detectives (including de Grandin, Duc de Richleau<\/strong>, and others) are injured in a prior conflict with Von Meyer, S\u00e2r engages the assistance of Gregory George Gordon Green<\/strong> \u2014 or “Gees” \u2014 in finding and confronting him.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Stuart Shiffman<\/strong>: “True Believers” (from Tales<\/em> #10) has S\u00e2r working to rescue the grandchild of his associates, with the assistance of others including John J. Malone<\/strong> (lawyer created by Craig Rice<\/strong>), Kenneth J. Malone<\/strong> (created by “Mark Philips<\/strong>“) and the grandson of Morris Klaw, the Dream Detective<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Like the Tales of the Shadowmen<\/em> volumes, the sources of the places and characters are given in the back, listing their authors\/creators. It can be a bit tricky to track down some of the sources.<\/p>\n

Another great volume from Black Coat Press. If you’ve enjoyed past S\u00e2r Dubnotal stories, get this one. I don’t see them bring us more of the original stories, but we should hopefully see more new ones in future Tales of the Shadowmen,<\/em> including the latest volume, #12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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