{"id":6529,"date":"2017-05-31T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T14:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/?p=6529"},"modified":"2021-01-17T15:13:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T20:13:16","slug":"windy-city-pulp-stories-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/2017\/05\/31\/windy-city-pulp-stories-17\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Windy City Pulp Stories’ #17"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"'Windy<\/a>The 2017 Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention<\/a> has come and gone and we have a new edition of the Windy City Pulp Stories<\/em> #17.<\/p>\n

This year’s focus is on gangster pulp and Martin Goodman<\/strong>‘s Red Circle pulp line. Martin Goodman also started Timely and Marvel comics. As always, we get new and reprinted articles, and some fiction as well.<\/p>\n

From the gangster pulps we get several articles. We get \u201cThe NEW Gangster Story,\u201d by Jos\u00e9ph Lichtblau<\/strong>, which is reprinted from Writer’s Digest<\/em> in 1930. Harold Hersey<\/strong>, who was a pulp publisher and formed (among others) Ace Magazines gives us \u201cUnderworld, Gangster, G-Men, Etc.,\u201d another reprint, this time from Pulpwood Editor<\/em> from 1937. Here Hersey briefly gives info on how he starts new gangster pulp mags.<\/p>\n

A bit different is \u201cTwo Magazines Suspend Under Sumner Threat\u201d from New York newspapers from around 1930. They describe how pulp publishers agreed to stop publishing Racketeer Stories<\/em> and Gangster Stories<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cGangsters Real and Fictional,\u201d by George Hagenauer<\/strong>, is a new article, looking at the gangster who appeared in the pulps, both real and not.<\/p>\n

And finally, a work more involved with art. Tom Roberts<\/strong> provides an article on Tom Lovell<\/strong>, who did many covers for Hersey’s gangster pulps (under the “red and blue band” magazines). We get a few samples of his work in black and white, and the cover of this issue is from one of his pulps. There is also a list of his gangster pulp cover issues.<\/p>\n

As noted, the pulp magazines of Martin Goodman was the next area of focus. We learn in the article by Gene Christie<\/strong> about the history of his involvement in pulps, first partnering with one of the founders of MLJ Magazines (all of them being involved with pulps as well). Goodman got involved with another company and branched out with half a dozen publishing companies, done to protect his magazines in case something failed, a practice that others did, as well as comic publishers. He tried using “Red Circle Magazine” as a unifying branding (similar to Thrilling), but seems to be inconsistent. I thought it interesting that two of his companies were Atlas Fiction Group and Atlas News Co., as he used the “Atlas” name for his distributing company and later his comic book company (between Timely and Marvel).<\/p>\n

Harry Adler<\/strong> provides a look at the weird menace elements of the line with \u201cHave You a Little Sadism in Your Dome?\u201d<\/p>\n

We get a couple of reprints. \u201cMeet the Editor: Robert O. Erisman<\/strong>,\u201d from Writer’s Digest<\/em> in 1940. Erisman was editor at both Newstand and Red Circle (which are one and the same). \u00a0And we get \u201cAn Interview with Abe Goodman<\/strong>\u201d. Goodman was a younger brother to Martin, and a long time business manager at his pulp line. He described the business side of things at Red Circle, and mentioned Erisman. This interview was done by Robert Weinberg<\/strong> and originally ran in Pulp<\/em> #10.<\/p>\n

For fiction we get a pair of stories from the two areas of focus: \u201cPineapples!\u201d by Robert Leslie Bellem<\/strong> from Greater Ganster Stories<\/em> in 1933; and \u201cThe Gargoyles of Madness\u201d by Russell Grey<\/strong> from Uncanny Tales<\/em> in 1939.<\/p>\n

Jim Steranko<\/strong> is a kind of third area of focus of this issue. We get \u201cSteranko: Daydreams, Nightmares, and Other Obsessions,\u201d which is an uncredited overview of his career, with samples of his work in black and white. And Tom Roberts interviews him for \u201cSteranko Sounds Off!” I’d really love to see a nice color collection of his work over the years. \u00a0Or atleast a collection of his pulp related work.<\/p>\n

Long time science fiction fan, illustrator, and author David Kyle<\/strong> passed away, and so in honor of that, we get: \u201cMy Life In Science Fiction,\u201d a brief collection of personal recollections by David Kyle; \u201cI Remember David A. Kyle,\u201d by John D. Coker III<\/strong>; and \u201cDavid Kyle: A Life of Science Fiction Ideas and Dreams,\u201d also by Coker. I mainly remember him from his new Lensman trilogy.<\/p>\n

Another great collection as always. I enjoyed reading many of the articles, which added to my knowledge of pulps. As always, I recommend this (and all the others you can get) to pulp fans. It’s available from Black Dog Books<\/a>. I just wish the earlier ones were still easily available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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