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Friday, August 31, 2012

DISCOVER 'ALIENS AMONG US' FROM PULP EMPIRE!


Pulp Empire’s newest release, Aliens Among Us is now available for sale in print and ebook forms. The all new anthology features ten new stories that span a range of genres. But they all have one thing in common: aliens have come to our planet, for good or ill. Aliens Among Us has all the abduction, infiltration and invasion for any reader of great science fiction pulp!

Wrapped in a cover by Brian Middleton Jr, Aliens Among Us features new tales from returning Pulp Empire favorites G. Lloyd Helm, Vince Morgan and Robert J. Sullivan plus Pulp Empire newcomers like David Boop, Melvin Hadley, Margaret Karmazin, Chris Nigro, Arthur Doweyko, Graham Phelps & Anton Cancre.
Click on the links below to purchase the book. Print editions retail for $12.00 while the ebook is available for just $2.99.


Nook and DriveThruFiction editions will be available shortly.

AIRSHIP 27 LETS FLY WITH 'BLACK BAT MYSTERY VOLUME 2'!



THE BAT IS BACK!

Airship 27 Productions is super thrilled to announce the release of BLACK BAT MYSTERY, Vol Two. This is the second in their anthology series featuring all brand new adventures of one of pulpdom’s most loved heroes, the Black Bat!

Crusading Attorney Anthony Quinn believed his career was over when a criminal threw acid into his face blinding him. Months later, desperate to regain his sight, Quinn underwent a unique transplant operation which gave him the eyes of a slain lawman. Not only did the procedure work, but it also gave Quinn the ability to see in the dark.  Using this fantastic gift, he created the Black Bat, a justice seeking vigilante able to battle those villains beyond the reach of the law. Aided by his team of loyal crime-fighters, Carol Baldwin, Silk Kerby and Butch O’Leary, the Black Bat is once again on the prowl, his target, the depraved and evil denizens of his beloved city.

“This new collection of stories are so much fun,” stated Managing Editor, Ron Fortier.  “We knew after the success of Volume One, we needed to really find other unique and original stories that our readers would appreciate.”  New pulp writers, Aaron Smith, Joshua Reynolds, Jim Beard and Frank Byrns offer up a deadly quartet of fast pace action thrills.  There are traditional pulp themed plots that pit the Black Bat against super human Nazis monsters and mysterious aircrafts terrorizing a small town.  But at the same time there is Frank Byrn’s yarn about corrupt politicians involved with Major League Baseball.  “The idea of using a 1930s baseball background for a Black Bat adventure was extremely exciting for us,” Fortier continued.  “And then there’s Reynolds story that has him teaming up with another classic pulp legend, Jim Anthony the Super Detective.  Now who doesn’t love a good pulp team-up?”

The book features a stunning cover by Ingrid Hardy and Rob Davis based on Byrn’s story and has gorgeous interior illustrations by Andres Labrada.  BLACK BAT MYSTERY Vol. Two is another great pulp collection from the high flying Airship 27 Productions you won’t want to miss.

AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTIONS – PULP FICTION FOR A NEW GENERATION!


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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

KPSB GETS PULPED!

PULPED! The Official New Pulp Podcast- This week, New Pulp Author Kevin Paul Shaw Broden Gets PULPED! Join Kevin and Tommy as they discuss Kevin's REVENGE OF THE MASKED GHOST novel and his web comic FLYING GLORY AND THE HOUNDS OF GLORY! KPSB Gets Pulped! here-http://www.pulped.libsyn.com/webpage/pulped-the-official-new-pulp-podcast-kevin-paul-shaw-broden-gets-pulped

AND STAY TUNED TO PULPED! MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3rd as new features begin to abound and astound! And not only that but Chris Roberson, the man behind MASKS from Dynamite gets PULPED! on Labor Day! Come on, everybody....Get PULPED!

Monday, August 27, 2012

PULPSTERS DESCEND ON ATLANTA THIS WEEKEND!

Meet some of pulp's finest this weekend at Dragon Con (August 31 - September 3) in Atlanta, GA.

Just a few of those in attendance includes Van Allen Plexico, Nancy Holder, Bobby Nash, Sean Taylor, Bernadette Johnson, James Burns, James Palmer, Mike Lee, Jonathan Mayberry, Jason Momoa, Gil Gerard, Erin Grey, Mark Maddox, Barry Reese, and so many more.

Learn more about the convention at http://dragoncon.org.

Tell 'em All Pulp sent ya.

Saturday, August 25, 2012

HONEY WEST AND KOLCHAK! JANUARY 2013 FROM MOONSTONE!

Can't get enough of your favorite Night Stalker or the best looking PI the Sixties had to offer? Then hang on, because in January 2013, Kolchak and Honey West are teaming up, courtesy of Moonstone!

Kolchak & Honey West #1
Story: Janet L.
Hetherington
Art: Ronn Sutton
Covers: Malcolm Mclinton, Ronn Sutton, Hayden Davis
40pgs, color, $3.99

Two top-tier investigators in one titanic team up!
High heels and Hedonism!

Young cub reporter Carl Kolchak falls into an ongoing investigation with Honey West, who is undercover at a gentlemen’s club! Disappearing women are the main course, as they both fight to just stay alive, as the violence escalates and the case gets out of control!


 

Friday, August 24, 2012

Dragnet, The Octopus, Operator Five, The Shadow, and More! ALL FROM RADIO ARCHIVES!




RadioArchives.com Newsletter



 
August 24, 2012
 


 

“The story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.”
 
These words were just the beginning of the authenticity of one of the best remembered radio programs of all time. Although not the first to base its stories on real cases, Dragnet most assuredly was best in assuring that each program was as realistic as possible, from the first step heard to the last word spoken. This is evident in every episode featured in Dragnet, Volume 5 from Radio Archives!
 
Dragnet creator and star Jack Webb insisted from the moment in 1948 he was inspired to create the program that it would be as true to life as possible. After recording an audition, Webb approached the Los Angeles Police Department for its approval, which was given under certain conditions. Webb agreed to each one, even carrying his desire for realism farther than the police demanded.
 
Dragnet portrayed each procedure followed by policemen accurately, but took this accuracy even further. If a policeman read a description from a report, then listeners heard a page flip as descriptions were beyond the first page in an actual report. Steps from one office to the other or up the front steps of the police station numbered exactly the same as they did in real life.
 
Each episode on Dragnet, Volume 5 rings with the realism Jack Webb demanded and is restored to sparkling audio quality. Get ‘Just The Facts’ with Dragnet, Volume 5 from Radio Archives! Ten hours, twenty shows are available now for only $29.98 on Audio CDs!



 
In the late 1940s, Jack Webb created "Dragnet", a straightforward, non-nonsense documentary style look at crime in the big city. First aired on NBC Radio, the series quickly became a massive hit and, in 1952, Webb brought it to television. One of the earliest and longest running police dramas, "Dragnet" quickly became a regular viewing habit for millions of American families each week. This set includes three episodes originally aired in 1952 and 1953:
 
Based on real cases from police and FBI files, the docudrama "Gang Busters" first aired on NBC in 1952, alternating weeks with "Dragnet". This crime series sprang from the successful radio series that ran from 1936-1957 and featured narration by Phillips H. Lord and Chester Morris. In this collection, you'll enjoy three broadcasts from 1952:
 
Regularly priced at $9.98, get all six television episodes on two DVDs for only $4.99, a 50% savings, only for the next two weeks. A perfect addition to our new Dragnet Radio Collection.
 
Digital Download Special Price Offer Extended
 
Due to the huge interest shown in the last two weeks, we are extending the special price for another Two Weeks. You can get Digital Downloads of any of our Old Time Radio sets for 50% off the regular Audio CD version price! Digital Downloads from Radio Archives gives you the same sparkling high quality audio content as our compact disc collections at a reduced price, Delivery immediately upon payment, and the ability to play them on your phone, computer, or portable device! Purchase the audio collections you love and enjoy them in a whole new way!
 
Rapid Fire Radio
A Column by Tommy Hancock
 


Reviews!
The Big Show, Volume 1 - The Best Stars, including Danny Thomas, Fred Allen, Fanny Brice, Bob Hope, Joan Davis, Ed Wynn, and more! Music directed by the fantastic Meredith Willson and his inimitable orchestra! Opera, Comedy, Popular music, Movie Previews! Take all that and top it off with Tallulah Bankhead as the ideal audacious hostess and you have one of the most enjoyable variety shows to ever air, not only on radio, but anywhere! Find out for yourself for only $29.98 on Audio CDs from Radio Archives!
 
Box Thirteen, Volume 4 - “Adventure Wanted.” That’s how the ad ran by Dan Holiday, as portrayed by Alan Ladd, started, the ad that threw Holiday and listeners to ‘Box Thirteen’ into action and adventure every single week. This volume contains the final 12 episodes of the series and clearly are some of the best recorded. Ladd hit his stride with the character and the formula flowed like well placed rabbit punches, making each and every story one full of suspense, mystery, and just the right touch of humor. Box Thirteen, Volume 4 is audio mystery and character portrayal at its best and can be yours for $17.98! Send us a note if you would like to see more Box Thirteen stories from Radio Archives and we'll see what we can do.
 
Claudia, Volume 1 - This volume is one of an entire collection that any fan who enjoys good storytelling, engaging characters, and daily slices of living made funny, endearing, and interesting should own. Claudia follows the escapades of newlyweds Claudia and David as they adjust not only to being newly married, but being new parents as well and to a move from the big city to the countryside. Filled with fully realized, quirky characters and delivered in well written, tightly plotted fifteen minute episodes, Claudia put quite simply is a joy to listen to. You can enjoy it as well for only $29.98 on Audio CDs!
 
Character Spotlight!
Nothing makes a great adventure like colorful characters, complex storylines, and enough high seas action and swashbuckling blade to keep any landlubber on the edge of his seat. Add the fact that the title character in Afloat with Henry Morgan, Volume 1 is actually based on a true historical personage, then you have a larger than life hero that takes adventure to a whole different level. Morgan is a grand, almost incredible central character, a pirate and gentleman knee deep in the intrigue and conspiracy of the 17th Century. As he makes his way through the twists and turns of the story, he comes to life and reminds one of the sort of characters made popular on screen by Errol Flynn. Get ‘Afloat with Henry Morgan, Volume 1’ and ride the foamy waves with a truly awesome Pirate. Only $17.98 on Audio CDs!
 
 
 
 

One of the most bizarre pulp magazines ever published was titled The Octopus.
 
Released in 1939 by Popular Publications, it turned the formula of The Spider on its head. Instead of centering on a fearless avenger of crime, it focused on the master criminal himself!
 
His true identity unknown, The Octopus is a denizen of the underworld, bent on bringing America's greatest city to its knees through a campaign of terror and horror never before seen.
 
Writers Norvell W. Page of Spider fame, backed by Edith and Eljir Jakobsson produced this weird epic under the name of Randolph Craig. Evidently they were attempting to duplicate the success of The Spider—with a weird twist. But there was more to The Octopus than an archfiend who dressed like a cuttlefish. Just as no pulp series can last long without a worthy villain, they understood that without a formidable foe, The Octopus would flop. So they created a hero with three identities. Jeffrey Fairchild is a wealthy medico. By day, he masquerades as kindly old Dr. Skull, treater of the sick in New York's East Side slums. But at night, he dons a more sinister guise and becomes the sworn foe of all crime—The Skull Killer! Branding his kills on the forehead like the Spider, The Skull Killer takes on The Octopus and his purple-eyed minions in the wildly over-the-top story, The City Condemned to Hell.
 
Backing up this masterpiece of weird menace are three novelettes torn from the pages of the only issue of The Octopus ever published. This audiobook is narrated by the talented brothers of Doug Stone and Glen Stone.
 


 
You can now download an exciting original Spider adventure for just one thin penny! Part of the Will Murray Pulp Classics line, The Spider #11, Prince of the Red Looters first saw print in 1934 and features his momentous battle with The Fly and his armies of crazed criminal killers. Their motto? Why "KILL THE SPIDER!" of course.
 
For those who have been unsure about digging into the wonderful world of pulps this is a perfect opportunity to give one of these fantastic yarns a real test run. With a full introduction to the Spider written by famed pulp historian and author Will Murray, The Spider #11 was written by one of pulp's most respected authors, Norvell W. Page. Writing as Grant Stockbridge, Page's stories included some of the most bizarre and fun takes on heroes and crime fighting in the history of escapist fiction.
 
Even today Page's scenarios and his edge-of-the-seat writing style are still thrilling both new and old fans everywhere. For those who have never read one of these rollercoaster adventures, you are in for a thrill. If you already know how much fun a classic pulp is, make sure you download this bargain.
 
All eBooks produced by Radio Archives are available in ePub, Mobi, and PDF formats for the ultimate in compatibility. When you purchase this eBook from RadioArchives.com you receive all three formats in one ZIP file. When you upgrade to a new eReader, you can transfer your Spider novels to your new device without the need to purchase anything new. Use the PDF version when reading on your PC or Mac computer. If you have a Kindle, the Mobi version is what you want. If you have an iPad/iPhone, Android, Sony eReader or Nook, then the ePub version is what you want.
 
 

The best of timeless Pulp now available as cutting edge Ebooks! Will Murray's Pulp Classics brings the greatest heroes, awesome action, and two fisted thrills to your E-Reader! Presenting Pulp Icons such as the Spider and Operator 5 as well as wonderfully obscure characters like Doctor Death and more, Will Murray's Pulp Classics brings you the best of yesterday's Pulp today!
 
Five new golden age Pulp tales exquisitely reformatted into visually stunning E-books!

 
In a hundred thousand homes, families sat down together at the supper table. A few hours later, those persons were dead — killed by poison in canned foods! Thousands of women used cosmetics, and acid made their faces forever hideously scarred. A master criminal, daring and clever, was ruthlessly slaughtering Americans to win immense illicit profits for himself. Only one man was powerful enough and wise enough to stop this wholesale murder — Richard Wentworth, champion of oppressed humanity, better known as the Spider. And the Spider was engaged in the bitterest battle of his career, fighting the Avenger, a false, wily crusader who was determined to destroy him! Another epic exploit of America's best-loved pulp-fiction character of the 1930s and 1940s: The Spider — Master of Men! As a special Bonus, Will Murray has written an introduction: “Meet the Spider” especially for this series of eBooks.
 
Richard Wentworth was playing the most dangerous game in the world — a man-hunter outside the law; a righteous lone-wolf avenger of the weak; a scourge of the evil, the wicked and the corrupt! Loathed by the organized armies of the underworld, hunted ruthlessly by the forces of the law, he was ever between two raking cross-fires... Seldom, however, had the Spider, Master of men, faced the odds which challenged him when the man called Aronk Dong summoned all the underworld to serve him in the most ghastly campaign of rampant crime and wholesale slaughter this country had ever experienced. Armed with a weapon which struck through stone walls at victims sleeping peacefully in their beds, it was small wonder that criminals everywhere hailed the new leader — and flocked in evil glee to his dark banner! Another epic exploit of America's best-loved pulp-fiction character of the 1930s and 1940s: The Spider — Master of Men! As a special Bonus, Will Murray has written an introduction: “Meet the Spider” especially for this series of eBooks.
 

Oil — black gold — the blood of Mother Earth! America had squandered its precious reserves and a syndicate of skilled saboteurs was destroying the remaining store! With all National defense rendered helpless for want of it, bitter despair gripped the hearts of the country’s millions. Pillage, slaughter, and slavery — misery and death — threatened each American! And Jimmy Christopher, Operator 5 of the United States Intelligence, was gambling his life recklessly in a valiant effort to save his native land from extinction!
 
Jimmy Christopher, clean-cut, square-jawed and clear-eyed, was the star of the most audacious pulp magazines ever conceived — Operator #5. Savage would-be conquerors, creepy cults, weird weather-controllers and famine-creating menaces to our mid-western breadbasket... these were but a few of the fiendish horrors that Jimmy Christopher was forced to confront. Operator #5 returns in vintage pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format. As a special Bonus, Will Murray has written an introduction especially for this series of Operator #5 eBooks.

 
From the archives of the mighty Ancients, Curt Newton brings back forgotten Denebian science to balk a greed-maddened schemer who seeks to loose unspeakable terror on the Universe! Captain Future… the Ace of Space! Born and raised on the moon, Curt Newton survived the murder of his scientist parents to become the protector of the galaxy known as Captain Future. With his Futuremen, Grag the giant robot, Otho, the shape-shifting android and Simon Wright, the Living Brain, he patrols the solar system in the fastest space ship ever constructed, the Comet, pursuing human monsters and alien threats to Earth and her neighbor planets.
 

Giants shrivel to doll-size in Death’s most horrible scientific coup! Washington is about to collapse! Jimmy Holm uses the sinister scientist’s own gory weapons to battle the learned monster. This saturnalia of science is filled with bloodshed and terror.
 
The maddest of the Mad Scientists — Doctor Death — starred in his own bizarre pulp magazine in early 1935. He consorted with demons, elementals, zombies, disinterred mummies, and other unclean denizens of Hell. Standing against him were the Secret Twelve, a band of the top U. S. civil and business leaders, headed by Jimmy Holm, a millionaire criminologist and occultist. One of the rare unabashedly supernatural series the pulps ever produced.
 
When you purchase these beautifully reformatted eBooks from RadioArchives.com you receive all three formats in one ZIP file: PDF for PC or Mac computer; Mobi for Kindle and ePub for iPad/IPhone, Android, Sony eReader, and Nook. When you upgrade to a new eReader, you can transfer your eBook novels to your new device without the need to purchase anything new.
 
Find these legendary Pulp tales and more in Will Murray's Pulp Classics, now available in the Kindle store and the Barnes and Noble Nook store! The best Pulp eBooks now available for only $2.99 each from Radio Archives!
 
by Tommy Hancock
 

There is nothing Pulpier than a strange, initially unseen menace that consumes steel and iron, eats bridges and battleships like kids eats cookies. Except for maybe a hero who, after encountering corrosive wielding henchmen, bomb dropping pilots, armed fugitive chemists, and masked masterminds essentially single handedly defeats evil and save America. There’s this and much more in The Melting Death, a wonderfully designed and formatted eBook from Will Murray’s Pulp Classics line from Radio Archives.
 
Operator #5 was a superspy before Ian Fleming ever cast the mold for James Bond. Not only that, but Jimmy Christopher, the man unknown to the world as the title spy, actually is the son of the man who held the honor of being America’s best operative before Jimmy. That’s the beauty of this concept as a whole. Operator #5 is not just another cookie cutter Pulp hero. He has a family, interacts with a cast of characters who double as teammates and friends, and saves America from some diabolical attempt at invasion. And this happens in every single issue.
 
The Melting Death opens with Operator #5 already on the job, trying to find an evil agent in America’s midst. This leads him to be present at the dedication of a sparkling new supposedly nearly invincible bridge that has some bearing on America’s safety. While trying to save the country, Jimmy finds himself in the midst of hellish chaos as the bridge literally begins to turn to dust. As people scream and die all about him, Operator #5 saves those he cans while learning the source of this consuming evil.
 
And that’s just the first chapter!
 
The Melting Death is non-stop, breakneck fast, mind blowing Pulp. All of the right elements are included, from the dashing hero to the mysterious villain and everything in between. Not only that, but this has the one thing that every Operator #5 story must have - a threat that could very well destroy the United States. Combine that with the easy to read, simply elegant formatting of the eBook itself and Operator #5 The Melting Death is aces all around and can be yours for only $2.99 from Radio Archives!
 
 
 

The Knight of Darkness wages battles to the death with two of his greatest superfoes! First, The Shadow becomes "The Devil's Paymaster" to end the sadistic reign of The Prince of Evil in the violent conclusion of Theodore Tinsley's most acclaimed storyline. Then, Lamont Cranston must die to crush a superfiend's evil plots when "The Wasp Returns" in an action-packed thriller by Walter B. Gibson. Foreword by Michael Uslan, executive producer of the Summer Bat-Blockbuster, "The Dark Knight Rises." This instant collector's item leads off with one of Graves Gladney's greatest covers, and also showcases all the original interior illustrations by legendary illustrator Earl Mayan, with historical commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin. BONUS: The Shadow tracks down "The Comic Strip Killer" in a classic adventure from the Golden Age of Radio. Buy it today for $14.95.
 
The Man of Bronze returns in two tales of super-science that inspired classic Superman stories. First, a silvery stratospheric craft showers vapors of death upon a Texas town, while Cosmic Rays alter Long Tom’s mental makeup. Doc and Patricia Savage attempt to thwart the deadly plots of a red-hooded mastermind in “He Could Stop the World,” a pulp classic by Laurence Donovan that inspired an early Superman story by Jerry Siegel. Then, “The Laugh of Death” could change the outcome of World War II, in a Lester Dent thriller that introduced Doc’s new Fortress of Solitude that inspired the Man of Steel’s glacier hideaway. This double-novel collector’s edition leads off with a knockout cover by legendary paperback artist James Bama. and also reprints both classic color pulp covers by Robert G. Harris and Emery Clarke, Paul Orban’s classic interior illustrations and historical commentary by Will Murray. Priced at only $14.95.
 

The Man of Bronze returns in two tales of super-science that inspired classic Superman stories. First, a silvery stratospheric craft showers vapors of death upon a Texas town, while Cosmic Rays alter Long Tom’s mental makeup. Doc and Patricia Savage attempt to thwart the deadly plots of a red-hooded mastermind in “He Could Stop the World,” a pulp classic by Laurence Donovan that inspired an early Superman story by Jerry Siegel. Then, “The Laugh of Death” could change the outcome of World War II, in a Lester Dent thriller that introduced Doc’s new Fortress of Solitude that inspired the Man of Steel’s glacier hideaway. This double-novel collector’s edition features both classic color pulp covers by Robert G. Harris and Emery Clarke, Paul Orban’s classic interior illustrations and historical commentary by Will Murray, writer of ten Doc Savage novels. Priced at only $14.95 
 
One of the top crime-fighters from the golden age of pulp fiction, The Spider returns in two thrill-packed adventures written by Norvell Page under the pseudonym of Grant Stockbridge. First, in "Laboratory Of The Damned" (1936), Poisoned! Struck down by a deadly assault from a mad murderer, the Spider finds his friend Stanley Kirkpatrick, Commissioner of Police, doomed to a stupor of living death. Nor is he the only victim... also stricken with the dread malady is Richard Wentworth's fiancee, Nita van Sloan! The Spider battles both the Law and the Underworld to survive! Then, in "Hell's Sales Manager" (1940), The Brand wields a weird new weapon that sucks everything in its path into a vortex of destruction! How can even the Master of Men fight an enemy that seems to simply vanish? While this reign of terror goes unchecked, the Spider finds his every effort hampered by a human bloodhound assigned to track down and eliminate him. These two exciting pulp adventures have been beautifully reformatted for easy reading and feature both of the original full color covers as well as interior illustrations that accompany each story. Available now for $14.95!
 

Altus Press is proud to announce the release of the third volume in its acclaimed Wild Adventures of Doc Savage series, written by Will Murray and Lester Dent, writing as Kenneth Robeson.
 
Set in the Fall of 1936, The Infernal Buddha tells the epic story of Doc Savage’s desperate quest to control the Buddha of Ice, a relic of unknown origin—and what may become the most dangerous object on Earth!
 
When a mummy arrives at Doc Savage’s New York headquarters wearing the clothes of his missing assistant, engineer Renny Renwick, Doc, Monk, and Ham rush to Singapore where they get on the trail of a swashbuckling pirate who calls himself the Scourge of the South China Sea, in whose hands a piece of the infernal Buddha has fallen. The trail leads to Pirate Island, the fate of Renny, and a mysterious box containing a terrible, unstoppable power.
 
But that is only the beginning of the quest into which the Man of Bronze plunges—one that will take him to the upper reaches of the Yellow Sea and a series a wild ocean battles against the vicious factions fighting for control on the infernal Buddha.
 
Before it is all over, every human life on Earth will tremble on the brink of eternity, and Doc Savage will face his greatest test.
 
“This may be my wildest Doc novel to date,” says author Will Murray. “The Infernal Buddha is a fantasy epic full of corsairs, criminals and other culprits. The menace is planetary. The threat, extinction. Doc Savage has a reputation for saving the world. This time he does it on the greatest scale possible. I began this book back in 1992, working from an opening situation Lester Dent started in 1935. Together, we have produced a true Doc Savage epic. And it only took about 75 years….”
 
The Infernal Buddha features a startling cover painted by Joe DeVito, depicting Doc Savage as the Buccaneer of Bronze! This cover was painted from a still taken in 1964 of legendary model Steve Holland, and is a variant pose shot for famed illustrator James Bama’s classic cover to The Man of Bronze. There has never been a Doc cover like it! Buy it today for only $24.95 from Radio Archives.
 
 

By John Olsen

 
The appearance of strange disks of grayish metal, upon which are engraved a queer Chinese character, marks the return of Diamond Bert Farwell. The Shadow will once again engage in a battle of wits and strength with this formidable foe from his past.
 
This story, set three years after Diamond Bert Farwell had been incarcerated, finds him preparing for parole. The Shadow has been picking up signs that Diamond Jim Farwell is up to something. To get details on Diamond Jim’s plans, The Shadow has his good friend Slade Farrow enter Sing Sing as a fellow prisoner. Slade Farrow is a criminologist who takes pride in reforming criminals who want a second chance. Two of those were Hawkeye and Tapper. They both appeared in the earlier novel-assisting Farrow. In this story, they join the ranks of The Shadow.
 
Three other agents are added to the growing assortment of agents of The Shadow in this tale. Pietro, the pushcart vendor was a minor agent who is drafted here. Jericho Druke appears here for the very first time. When we first meet Druke, the giant African is running an employment agency in Harlem. Taxicab driver Moe Shrevnitz was the final agent added to The Shadow’s band of aides in this story.
 
As for regular characters, Burbank and Clyde Burke make appearances. Rutledge Mann and Cliff Marsland get a few good scenes. So does chauffeur Stanley. Joe Cardona is an acting inspector in this story, and his boss is Police Commissioner Wainwright Barth. At police headquarters we also see Detective Sergeant Markham.
In this story, The Shadow uses his rubber suction cups to cling to sheer surfaces. We visit the small room that Burbank uses, although this time Burbank is off duty and Harry Vincent is on duty. And we visit Chinatown several times; once to visit with arbiter Yat Soon, the other to track down Diamond Jim’s associate Tam Sook.
 
This is one heck of a Shadow story. It adds five new agents and there are gun battles, death traps and a sinister organization based in Chinatown. The Shadow is at his peak of power in this 1934 story, and he’ll need all his strength to do battle with his old nemesis, Diamond Bert Farwell. Do yourself a favor and read this top-notch Shadow pulp mystery. This and another full length Shadow tale can be found in The Shadow, Volume 2 for only $12.95 from Radio Archives.
 
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I just finished reading the Kindle version of the Spider #22 Dragon Lord of the Underworld. I have read over twenty Spider stories and this was one of the best. The job that was done by Will Murray in the opening shows what great passion the guy has for not only his writing but the writing of other greats, and his thorough knowledge of such. His intro kick starts you before you even get to the first chapter The book was formatted with nice bold lettering that jumped off the pages and made it super easy reading. The way a book is lettered can add a lot to the reading experience, and this was accomplished well in this book, purposely using bold or italics, added a little something that the original pulps didn’t have. 5 happy stars, do yourself a favor and read this one!!
 
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CAPTAIN ACTION STORMS THE BOOK CAVE!

Cover Art: Nick Runge
Jim Beard, author of the best selling Captain Action novel to chat with Ric Croxton and Art Sippo about the first Captain Action novel in the latest episode of The Book Cave podcast. They are joined by Airship 27 publishers Ron Fortier and Rob Davis to discuss Captain Action: Riddle of the Glowing Men.

You can listen now at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/webpage

Learn more about New Pulp Author Jim Beard at www.facebook.com/thebeardjimbeard
Learn more about Airship 27’s Ron Fortier at www.Airship27.com
Learn more about Airship 27’s Rob Davis at http://robmdavis.com

Visit The Book Cave at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/webpage

FORTIER TAKES ON 'WRITTEN IN TIME'!


ALL PULP REVIEWS by Ron Fortier

WRITTEN IN TIME
By Jerry & Sharon Ahern
Baen Science Fiction



Trying to decide what book I wanted to take with me when traveling to the Pulp Fest Convention in Columbus, several weeks ago, I grabbed a paperback that had been sitting on my To-Read stack for a few months.  It was “Written in Time,” by Jerry & Sharon Ahern and appeared to be an action-adventure science fiction novel dealing with time travel; a favorite sub-genre of mine. While packing the book away in my backpack, a niggling memory surfaced in my mind about a particular post I’d seen recently on Facebook concerning a writer’s recent passing.  For whatever reason, Ahern’s name was the one I remembered.  Sadly my memory proved to be working just fine because, after finishing this truly excellent novel, I discovered that Jerry Ahern, age 66, had indeed passed away only last month, 24th July, 2012.

From what I gathered, he and his wife were best known for their sci-fi series called, “The Survivalist,” about an American family surviving in a world ravaged by a nuclear war.  One of the hallmarks of Ahern’s writing was his expert descriptions of hand weapons employed in his fiction as he was himself an authority on handguns and contributed to many well known magazines such as “Guns & Ammo.”

“Written In Time” mirrors the Aherns a great deal as the protagonists are Jack and Ellen Naile, a popular husband and wife sci-fi writing couple.  One day they receive a photo in the mail sent to them from a fan in a small Nevada town.  The picture, a clipping from the local newspaper dated 1904 shows Jack, Ellen, their daughter Elizabeth and son David all wearing western garb and standing before a general store bearing their name, “Jack Naile – General Merchandise.”  After several tests the two come to believe that the photo in the clipping is authentic and not a hoax; meaning sometime in the near future some bizarre event is going to hurl them almost a hundred years into the past.

From this point forward, the Nailes set about planning for the event and doing their best to prepare themselves for their new life in the past.  Eventually the freakish event occurs and our cast is sent back in time.  There they slowly begin to adapt to turn of the century living and the challenges it presents them while being careful not to affect any changes that may alter the future itself. 

Unfortunately the Nailes’ nephew, Clarence, having been told of their coming time travel adventure becomes obsessed with duplicating the phenomenon and joining them in the past.  In the process of successfully achieving this goal, he inadvertently sets into motion actions that ultimately expose their experience to an unscrupulous businesswoman.  Being immoral, she sees the potential for riches and power to be won by shaping time to her own will.  When Jack and Ellen become aware of this new faction that is about to invade the past to control the future, they scramble to find allies to help them thwart her deranged plans and save history.  The person they recruit to their cause is none other than Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt.

The true fun of this book is that it really is two books in one; a fantastical science fiction adventure and a bona fide western actioner.  The Aherns pull this off seamlessly and after finishing the book, this reviewer had to wonder if in the writing, both of them saw it as a very special, intimate dream fulfillment to cap their writing careers.  That it would be their last book together lends a poignant credibility to that idea.

Sixty-six in our age is not a long time and yet Jerry Ahern seems to have filled it to overflowing with living a life of love and creativity.  After reading, “Written In Time,” it is clear we’ve lost a truly gifted and original voice.  R.I.P. Jerry Ahern and thanks.

Thursday, August 23, 2012

ARTIST TOM GRINDBERG TAKES ALL PULP ON A TOUR OF TARZAN’S AFRICA

All Pulp sat down with Tom Grindberg, artist of the upcoming Tarzan Sunday Strips about the project as well as his comic book career and love of pulps.

AP: Tell us a little about yourself and your pulp and comic book interests.

TG: Pulps in general were their from the beginning and deserve as much place if not more importance than that other medium called comics. My interests and appreciation for the Pulps was the blend of text enhanced with pictures. So many great illustrators of that era are just being discovered by today's artists and fans and I for one am a huge fan too. I also would love to see more publishers repackage some key stories or even lessor known works to a new audience of fresh eyes. So much material could spawn and inspire this younger crop of creators coming into the business pervaded with only superheros. The pulps have so much variety and choices for any group out there looking for newer idea's to entertain.

AP: How did you get your start as a comic book artist?

TG: I went to both Marvel and DC comics back in 1981 when I was still 19 years old and began my career in comics. I went to Marvel and met Jim Shooter who was the EIC at the time and he basically asked which rock did I crawl from under and gave me my first assignment. It was an inventory job to test me out on. That same day I went to DC's offices and met Ernie Colon they're art director at the time. He offered about the same thing but did mention something about illustrating Batman, which really was not as hot as the Marvel characters at the time and since I already had a commitment from Marvel I stayed put with my first offer. Never take your first offer! Sometimes it’s best to go with your gut instincts. nuff said!

AP: With Tarzan’s 100th anniversary in full swing, you’ve landed the art duties on a new Tarzan Sunday web strip along with writer Roy Thomas. What can we expect from this new strip?

TG: Well for one thing you can bank on all new plots and art! Both me and Roy have plotted roughly years worth of material. Most of that material will happen in Africa in the 1940's before the second world war and thus allow us to bring that element if it crosses Tarzans path to be included. Tarzan, Jane as well as the Wazuri tribe are part of the cast along with La of Opar. We also want to explore as many places within the Tarzan universe that ERB created as possible. The possibilities are endless and I hope that we can entertain old as well as new readers to keep everyone interested in the strip.

AP: Will the Tarzan strip be an on-going project?

TG: Yes, we will be doing only Sundays at this moment for as long as it is feasible for us to continue a continuity strip. Essentially, its all up to you and the readers and how much of a need there is for this centennial character.

AP: Anything you can tease about the new Tarzan strips?

TG: Not to give too much away but I have been teasing the heck out of many on FaceBook lately and have stirred up enough peoples expectations and interest enough. They what to see more and more. I'll keep posting newer images without spoiling too much of the storyline.

AP: Do you, as an artist, approach doing Tarzan as a web comic any differently than if you were doing it for a newspaper or comic book?

TG: Not really, only thing is that if it does go to print the dimensions of the book will be more rectangular, but other than that my I approach this with the same attitude as regular comics. Though with each Sunday your more focused on keeping the readers expectations high so that they want to see next weeks installment, I think in today's comics your allowed a bit more room to roam and not too confined. In every Sunday I am trying to give the readers as much art as possible without it looking like a pile of mini panels unless it warrants it for something narrative or cinematic. I love to create a rich and lush environment but not to overkill the entire design of each Sunday with too much or too muddy it up.

AP: There seem to be many different opinions about what can be defined as pulp. How do you define pulp and what do you look for in a pulp story as an artist and a reader? Is Tarzan a pulp hero?

TG: Initially, Tarzan was just prose written by the author with perhaps a few illustrations...In its basic form that is how I imagined pulps were then and now. I would regard pulps as text and a few pictures.

AP: Tarzan is not your first time stepping into the world of these types of pulp characters. How does working on Tarzan compare and contrast to working on Conan?

TG: Different time periods for starters. Conan world is just as dangerous as Tarzan's. Conan's world is full of wizards monsters and epic battles with Conan managing to come out on top with but a few scratches while Tarzan’s world is more modern and probably more realistic even if you can imagine a boy being raised by gorillas and then learning to speak there language and communicating with about every beast in the jungle which is of course both characters are based in Fantasy which is more interesting to illustrate. Action, adventure and fantasy is core reason why I love both characters so much and respect Burroughs and Howard characters and all their creations.

AP: Where do you see the comic book industry in the future? And how can we get the millions of fans that enjoy movies based on comic books to pick up the source material?

TG: I think I see comics moving more on line and less standing in lines. I believe computers have been a very important tool for us to get information from and that its much cheaper to operate and get your message out to millions across the world. I think this is next evolution in the world of comics and self-publishing. If it sells well online then by all means produce it in trade paperback form. I still like holding the finish product in my hands. If Hollywood and comics could join forces in a project it might create a whole new genre. I imagine motion comics or animatics may be this new direction. Static pictures are not enough for this American audience who wishes to be amazed and not bored.

AP: Is there a particular character out there you haven’t had the chance to work on that you would love to take a crack at drawing?

TG: I would like to illustrate Raymond’s Flash Gordon or Foster's Prince Valiant...So far, I have a real gem on my hands right now, that being TARZAN...I'm not complaining at all!

AP: Where can readers find information on you and your work?

TG: For right now, I am on FaceBook and would encourage anyone becoming friends with me and wanting to see more of what I do this is the one stop spot for the time being. Later on, I imagine I'll be needing my own website but that's down the road.
 
AP: What upcoming projects do you have coming up that you can tell us about at this time?

TG: I have been offered a shot at Bruce Jones return to his book Alien Worlds and hope to be collaborating with him very soon on a few short stories produced by RAW Publications. I always, loved his collaborations in the past as well as his own art and look forward to putting both feet into something more suited to what I really like to do best which is Science Fiction Fantasy. I have been doing a few covers a year for Moonstone's licensed character Airboy but not nearly enough of anything with Dark Horse, Marvel or DC.

AP: Do you have any shows, signings, or conventions coming up where your fans can meet you?

TG: No, but I really need desperately to get out more often and seek out my readers and art lovers. Its a funny situation when you don't produce enough material yearly to warrant going to shows to show off a few covers but, that will change once the Tarzan strip gets up and running. I live in the Brooklyn New York area and will try to be at the next Comic Con.

AP: And finally, what does Tom Grindberg do when he’s not drawing?

TG: I spend most of my time with my wife and our little daughter Katie who is now 18 months old. They are best things in my life right now and deserve so much attention for all the joy they give me.

AP: Thanks, Tom. We’re looking forward to the premiere of the Tarzan Sunday Strips.

You can learn more about Tarzan and the Sunday Strips at www.edgarriceburroughs.com
You can learn more about Tom Grindberg at www.facebook.com/tom.grindberg