{"id":9023,"date":"2019-10-02T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T14:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/?p=9023"},"modified":"2021-09-18T11:30:06","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T15:30:06","slug":"the-pulpster-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepulp.net\/pulpsuperfan\/2019\/10\/02\/the-pulpster-28\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Pulpster’ #28"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"'The<\/a>Just a few weeks ago, PulpFest<\/a> 2019 was recently held in Pittsburgh, and with it a new issue of The Pulpster<\/a><\/em>, #28, appeared. The theme is “Children of the Pulps,” along with 100 years of Romance<\/em> and The Thrill Book<\/em>, and we get a cover taken from Black Book Detective<\/em>.<\/p>\n

First up are a set of articles.<\/p>\n

Richard Bleiler<\/strong> looks at The Thrill Book<\/em>. This was a short-lived pulp from Street & Smith, an attempt at one focused on fantastic stories before Weird Tales<\/strong><\/em>, but also a change in format from most pulps. Sadly, it lasted only 16 issues, with a change in both editors and formats along the way. We learn more about the development and history of the magazine.<\/p>\n

Doug Ellis<\/strong> looks at the first Romance<\/em> magazine, a short-lived pulp (1919-20) that spun out of Adventure<\/em>. And Tony Davis<\/strong> gives us a look at Western pulp author Bertrand Sinclair<\/strong> (1881-1972). In a letter from 1953, pulp author G.T. Fleming-Roberts<\/strong> writes of the influence of Sherlock Holmes<\/strong> on his works.<\/p>\n

Tied to the “Children of the Pulps” theme, this issue looks at the various characters who came out of the pulps and live on in other media, such as Tarzan<\/strong> and Zorro<\/strong>, as well as those influenced by the pulps. Pulp historian Will Murray<\/strong> looks at the pulp elements in Batman<\/strong>, many of which have been the subject of several The Shadow<\/em> reprints at Sanctum Books<\/a>. He also takes a too-short look at the influence of Johnston McCulley<\/strong>, the author of not just Zorro, on other pulp heroes and villains. D. Kepler<\/strong> gives an overview of Zorro’s many screen appearances, both movies and TV.<\/p>\n

Scott Tracy Griffin<\/strong> writes about Tarzan’s various imitators such as Ki-Gor<\/strong> and Ka-Zar<\/strong>. The pulp influences of Wild Wild West<\/em>, an interesting proto “steam punk” western\/spy TV series, is the subject of Aaron H. Oliver<\/strong>‘s article, many references that I was not aware of. Star Wars<\/em>‘ pulp roots is Jess Terrell<\/strong>‘s topic. Sara Light-Waller<\/strong> looks at the pulp origins of some Japanese TV space heroes, like Captain Future<\/strong> and The Lensman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

If you didn’t get a copy at the convention, check out Mike Chomko Books<\/a> for copies. As with all the previous issues, this was another great issue, and I enjoyed all the articles. This goes with all my other issues, and I look forward to next year’s issue. Maybe someday I’ll be able to attend Pulpfest, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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