{"id":7006,"date":"2017-12-06T10:00:46","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T15:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/?p=7006"},"modified":"2025-11-05T14:26:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T19:26:15","slug":"review-the-adventures-of-lazarus-gray-vol-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/2017\/12\/06\/review-the-adventures-of-lazarus-gray-vol-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: ‘The Adventures of Lazarus Gray, Vol. 7’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"'The<\/a>I finally got the most recent Lazarus Gray<\/strong> book, volume seven, from Barry Reese<\/a><\/strong>. Unlike past books, this one is a novel. And it’s a big event, as it brings together all the members of Assistance Unlimited to deal with a persistent foe.<\/p>\n

Lazarus Gray is a New Pulp<\/a> character from writer Reese (The Peregrine<\/strong>, Gravedigger<\/strong>, and other works). Gray is sort of inspired by the classic pulp hero The Avenger<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Gray has setup a group similar to The Avenger’s called Assistance Unlimited. He is located in a fictional town called Sovereign City (created by Pro Se Press<\/a> publisher Tommy Hancock<\/strong>), and is part of the larger Sovereign City Project. He is also set in the same universe as Barry’s other characters, so has crossed over with them.<\/p>\n

As noted, in addition to the current members of Assistance Unlimited \u2014 Morgan Stanley<\/strong>, Eun Jiwon, Samantha Grace<\/strong>, and Black Terror<\/strong> \u2014 we have former members Eidolon<\/strong> and Abigail Cross<\/strong> coming back (tho Abigail kind of came back in the last volume to oversee Gray’s prison). They are needed because they are facing a big threat. Someone is trying to summon The King in Yellow<\/strong>. For those not aware, this is a sinister character from the writings of Robert W. Chambers<\/strong> that has been used with other horror and weird fiction works.<\/p>\n

At the end, a long-standing foe is defeated, but there is set up for future stories.<\/p>\n

Now, with this latest Lazarus Gray work done, I’m not sure what’s next. I would like to see a printed book with the Dark Gentleman<\/strong>. And I really want to see the final Gravedigger<\/strong> work. In Reese’s updated chronology, I see a work titled The Second Book of Babylon<\/strong>. But it looks like we’ll be getting another Lazarus Gray novel (volume eight is already in the chronology, and will deal with the birth of Gray’s kid), and a novel that teams up Reese’s characters with AC Comics’ Nightveil<\/strong> (that Pro Se Press has just put out in a prose collection).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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