tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68311686306199070702024-03-13T21:00:17.074-07:00The Pulp HermitTom Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05594257113339405939noreply@blogger.comBlogger359125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831168630619907070.post-73998319907930854072020-02-20T05:42:00.001-08:002020-02-20T05:42:35.169-08:00hey, everybody. I am having all kinds of trouble getting signed here. Tom owned this site and many others. Unfortunately, he left no list of sign-in usernames or passwords. His death caught us all suddenly, and I had no way to get the information from him. So, I cannot get into the various sites to cancel/manage them. HELP! If anyone knows anything about this situation, please let me know so I can at least manage the sites. Ginger Johnson.Tom Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05594257113339405939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831168630619907070.post-30236842984047669732019-10-18T17:54:00.000-07:002019-10-18T17:54:25.269-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dale J. Roberts: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dale has been reading comic books, pulp fiction, and just about everything else as long as he can remember. He is supported in his reading hobby by his wonderful wife and two amazing children. Dale wrote two stories for the <b>Fading Shadows</b> magazines, a <b>Dr. Death </b>and a <b>Dr. Mystery </b>story. Unfortunately, he passed away several years ago after a long illness.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dale J. Roberts: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dale has been reading comic books, pulp fiction, and just about everything else as long as he can remember. He is supported in his reading hobby by his wonderful wife and two amazing children. Dale wrote two stories for the <b>Fading Shadows</b> magazines, a <b>Dr. Death </b>and a <b>Dr. Mystery </b>story. Unfortunately, he passed away several years ago after a long illness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Tom Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05594257113339405939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831168630619907070.post-14819256549100867052019-10-17T14:53:00.000-07:002019-10-17T14:53:07.844-07:00INTRODUCING NEW PULP AUTHOR THOMAS V. POWERS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thomas V. Powers: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tom is a life-long fan if imaginative fiction in all forms he has an odd nostalgia for films, radio, and written diction from before he was born.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> He’s been involved with film and video making, radio recreations and broadcasting, film and genre websites, and has been published online and in small press anthologies.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> The Crimson Bat has a lengthy fictional background.. It was published in DOUBLE DANGER TALES #36 in February 2000, as well as elsewhere. Cult of The Crimson Bat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Tom Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05594257113339405939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831168630619907070.post-14687996742298185922019-10-16T15:32:00.000-07:002019-10-16T15:32:23.319-07:00INTRODUCING NEW PULP AUTHOR STEPHEN PAYNE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Stephen Payne: </span></b><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ve known Steve for a couple decades now. From Ruston, LA, Steve contacted us when we started publishing <b>Classic Pulp Fiction Stories</b>, and said he wanted to write pulp fiction. I don’t remember if I suggested <b>Secret Agent X</b>, or if Steve suggested the character, but in the May 1996 issue of <b>CPFS</b> we began the six-part serial of <i>The Freezing Fiends</i>, the first <b>Secret Agent X</b> novel since March 1939. Steve wasn’t finished; he had become a fan of pulp author G.T. Fleming Roberts, and made the <b>Secret Agent X</b><i> </i>character his own. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the February 1997 issue of <b>Double Danger Tales</b>, Steve’s second novel, <i>Master of Madness</i> appeared in a three-part serial. The third novel, <i>Halo of Horror</i> was published as a three-part serial beginning with the October 1998 issue of <b>DDT</b>. With the end of the <b>FADING SHADOWS</b> genre magazines, Steve took a break from writing to concentrate more on his profession, but has been working on numerous plots for the character. Meanwhile, “Master of Madness” and “Halo of Horror” were both reprinted by Matt Moring of <b>Altus Press</b>, and 14 years after “Halo of Horror”, Altus Press is releasing Steve’s fourth <b>Secret Agent X </b>tale. <i>The Resurrection Ring</i> is a titanic novel of 170,000 words, the longest <b>Secret Agent X </b>novel ever written. I thought it was about time we introduce this amazing writer to everyone.</span><span style="font-family: Times, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Tom Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05594257113339405939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831168630619907070.post-27618693751834213542019-10-16T06:19:00.000-07:002019-10-16T06:19:14.816-07:00INTRODUCING NEW PULP AUHOR TERRY NUDDS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Terry Nudds: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Terry was born in 1949 and got into books via the traditional avenue of comic books. He spent the 60s doing lighting and sound for such bands as B. B. King and Alice Cooper. His attempts at writing never went very far, but it was a lot of fun trying. After a thirty-year career in electronics, he is now retired and sells books online, specializing in pulps and related material. Two of his favorite pulp characters are <b>Wade Hammond</b> and the <b>Moon Man</b>, and he’s written new stories about both characters for the <b>FADING SHADOWS </b>magazines. He lives in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Terry has written 3 stories for WEIRD STORIES, one story for CLASSIC PULP FICTION STORIES, and one story for DOUBLBE DANGER TALES.</span></div>
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<o:p></o:p>Tom Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05594257113339405939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831168630619907070.post-44255388570582251502019-10-15T06:22:00.000-07:002019-10-15T06:22:52.528-07:00INTRODUCING NEW PULP AUTHOR WILLIAM PATRICK MURRAY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">It’s not easy thinking of Will Murray as a new Pulp Author.<b> William Patrick Murray </b>is an author everyone should be familiar with in the new pulp movement, and definitely known throughout pulp fandom since the 1970s. He should be familiar to everyone in the new pulp community. He is one of the most prolific and knowledgeable people in the field of pulp fiction. The author of well over one hundred books, he has penned 40 <b>Destroyer </b>novels, and two-dozen <b>Doc Savage </b>novels (many based on Lester Dent’s uncompleted stories), plus <b>King Kong, Tarzan, </b>and <b>The Shadow.</b> He has also contributed to the <b>Executioner</b> and <b>Mars Attacks</b>, as well as numerous anthologies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> A professional psychic and instructor in remote viewing, Will Murray was trained by David Morehouse, one of the first generation military remote viewers attached to the formerly classified Stargate program His remote viewing novel, <i>Nick Fury Agent of Shield: Empire </i>predated the operational details of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America more than a year before they occurred. Will has just recently completed work on a <b>Spider </b>novel. </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alana Morgan (Marilyn Morey): </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">She lives in Oklahoma with two very understanding roommates and nine cats she’s rescued over the years. Born in Florida, she’s been a member of the SCA for over 25 years, active in various <i>fandoms, </i>and wants to be a writer when she grows up. She writes poetry, dabbles in all kinds of hobbies, is a voracious reader and is older now than she ever thought she’d be. She is also addicted to online RPGs. For some reason, Marilyn hated her real name, so took on the alias of Alana Morgan, for which she will be remembered. Alana created the character of <b>The Fox</b>, a female martial artist that appeared in two stories, The Chinese Connection and Trouble Times Two, both published in <i>Double Danger Tales,</i> the latter story coauthored with Debra DeLorme. She was also an outstanding artist. She passed away while writing for the <b>Fading Shadows </b>magazines.<i> </i>Her illustration of The Black Ghost is my favorite of all. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
Tom Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05594257113339405939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831168630619907070.post-69034821597881909542019-10-12T12:18:00.000-07:002019-10-12T12:18:00.608-07:00INDRODUCING NEW PULP AUTHOR STEPHEN G. MITHELL<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Steven G. Mitchell: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Better known under a score of pseudonyms, especially Maxentius Andor Scarlatti. Steve is a prolific writer, and his stories have appeared in magazines like <i>Classic Pulp Fiction Stories, Dark Fantasy, Double Danger Tales, Fantasy, Crosroads, Midnight, Shambler, Starquest SF, Weirdbook, </i>and other small press magazines. Under the Scarlatti guise he has written more than three-dozen pulp-hero pastiches, involving such figures as the <b>Black Guardian, Doc Pagan, Dreadstone, </b>the <b>Hooded Hunter, Madame Thirteen, The Tarantula, The Tiger, Night Star, </b>and others<b>. </b>He even made time to write new stories of some of the old heroes like the<b> Black Bat </b>(See above issue of <i>Double Danger Tales</i>)<b>. </b>In<b> </b><i>Classic Pulp Fiction Stories #6, </i>he wrote Frankenstein Versus The Aztec Mummy, as by Esteban Miranda. Retired now, and living happily with his family in Fort Worth, Steve worked as a managing editor for proposal development for an aerospace/defense company. When not writing lurid pulp fiction, he often plays wargames, and watches obscure European horror films. Steve and his family visited us one year while in our area.</span></div>
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<o:p></o:p>Tom Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05594257113339405939noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831168630619907070.post-56041785779060237652019-10-11T16:13:00.000-07:002019-10-11T16:23:05.198-07:00Introducing New Pulpl Author K.G.(Gail) McAbee<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">K. G. (Gail) McAbee: </span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">A talented author of many genres, she has held positions as editor and head editor of numerous publishing houses, teaches college level writing, and tutors in her spare time. An award winner many times over, she’s written for <i>Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Double Danger Tales, Challenging Destiny, The Eternal Night, Dark Tales, The Outer Rom, Classic Pulp Fiction Stories, Crimson, Triple Detective, </i>and others. Her novels include: <i>Escape The Past, A Will of Her Own, Escape To Malmillard, Cabbages And Kings, The Plausible Prince, A Doleful Kind of Singing, </i>and <i>Port Nowhere.</i></span></div>
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<o:p></o:p>Tom Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05594257113339405939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831168630619907070.post-73964266432849496722019-10-10T17:06:00.000-07:002019-10-10T17:10:08.138-07:00Introducing New Pulp Author J. Michael Major<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
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<b>J. Michael Major: </b><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">He is a dentist living in the Chicago suburbs, having written more than a dozen short stories in anthologies such as <i>New Traditions of Terror, DeathGrip 3,</i> and <i>It Came From The Cenema.</i> He also contributed to magazines like <i>Hardboiled, Exciting UFO Stories #, Bare Bones, Pirate Writings, Into The Darkness, Rictus, Crossroads, Outer Darkness </i>and <i>The Silver Web. </i>He also wrote a <b>Black Bat </b>story for <i>Double Detective Tales #38, A Tasre For Murder. June, 1999. June, 2000.</i></span><br />
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Tom Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05594257113339405939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831168630619907070.post-6948808654268387872019-10-09T11:31:00.000-07:002019-10-09T11:31:16.125-07:00INTRODUCING NEW PULP AUTHOR AARON B> LARSON<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Aaron B. Larson: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Aaron was one of those writers we met when I was writing for Clancy O’Hara’s <b>PULP FICTION </b>magazine. He came over to our <b>FADING SHADOWS </b>stable<b> </b>to continue when Clancy’s magazine went under. A big fan of Robert E. Howard’s westerns, he created his own weird western hero, <i>Haakon Jones, </i>and wrote several dozen stories for our magazines. These were later collected in a beautiful hardback edition. Aaron was a teacher, a stage director, and a musician. He wanted to make it big as a writer, but died before reaching his goal. We had the pleasure of visiting with Aaron and his family as they were passing through the area one year. He was good at everything he did, and would have been an equally good novelist. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
Tom Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05594257113339405939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831168630619907070.post-85156047793482315682019-09-15T06:41:00.000-07:002019-09-15T06:41:44.007-07:00Introducing New Pulp Author Tom Johnson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Tom Johnson: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Tom was an early pulp fan after discovering <b>The Shadow </b>and <b>Doc Savage </b>in paperback reprints in the 1960s. It wasn’t long before he found the rest of the pulp heroes. Returning from a tour in Vietnam he met a fellow fan that introduced him to Fred Cook’s <b>BRONZE SHADOWS. </b>Tom and his wife, Ginger, were fascinated with the concept of Fred’s fanzine and subscribed to every pulp fanzine on the market until 1982 when they published their own pulp fan magazine, <b>ECHOES, </b>then in 1995 they began a string of fiction magazines that would last for another decade. Over the years Tom has created new pulp heroes, as well as writing new stories featuring the original characters.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> Three of those new pulp heroes are <b>The Black Ghost, The Masked Avenger, </b>and <b>The Mind Master.</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Tom also researched and wrote histories of such pulp characters as <b>Dan Fowler (G-Men Detective), The Phantom Detective, The Black Bat, Secret Agent X,</b>and <b>The Belmont Shadow (From Shadow To Superman), </b>as well as <b>Operator #5’s Purple Wars, The Green Ghost </b>and <b>The Black Hood. </b>These he published in his <b>FADING SHADOWS </b>magazines. When <b>ALTUS PRESS </b>came along, Marr Moring picked up Tom’s research books and some of his new pulp stories, publishing them in more professional volumes. Tom was also special guest editor for <b>ALTUS PRESS’ Triple Detective </b>series.</span></div>
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Tom Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05594257113339405939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831168630619907070.post-72954486983921228992019-09-01T06:43:00.001-07:002019-09-01T06:43:40.827-07:00A New Artist Comes To ECHOES<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">From the very beginning,<b>Echoes </b>had some of the best art appearing anywhere in the pulp fanzines. If I attempted to name all of our artists, I am sure I would miss someone, and they would swear I did it on purpose, so to keep from losing a friend, let me just say they were all fantastic! However, our first artist was the highly talented Frank Hamilton, whose illustrations filled the first two years of the magazine, and made Echoes one of the best for its time. Unfortunately, Frank left <b>Echoes </b>after the second year, and his art was certainly missed from our pages.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">However, it was about this time that I saw a piece of art in another magazine, which illustrated a scene from <b>The Spider</b>. I don’t remember in what magazine, maybe it was Nemesis, Inc., but I’m not positive. I immediately wrote the publisher and told him that I loved the art, and asked who in the world is “Wilber”? The publisher sent me a nice letter, along with Ron Wilber’s address. I quickly wrote to Ron, and as usual, stuck my foot in my mouth, something I’m notorious for doing. I told him how much I loved the piece of art, and said something like, “I just read the story you ‘copied’ the art from.” Needless to say, he wrote back, telling me he hadn’t “copied” anything! Well, of course, what I had meant to say was, “the scene that had influenced his art.” Not copied.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> But, regardless of my stupid blunder, Ron didn’t abandon us. Soon afterwards, he started sending artwork to <b>Echoes</b>, fast and furious. His first piece appeared in issue #26 of Echoes, two issues after Frank’s last piece, I believe. Frank had been with us for two years. Ron Wilber stayed with us for the next 18 years! And he remains a friend to this day, even if I do stick my foot in my mouth every so often. And we still love his art. He arrived on the scene at the right minute, helping to save Echoes after we lost Frank Hamilton. This in no way diminishes the work from our other talented artists, but Ron was a dynamo, turning out plenty of art to sustain the magazine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> The only controversy we have ever had with his art, and I’ll never understand the reason for it, were the complaints on Ron’s semi-nudity. First, I am not a fan of erotica, though I am a fan of his artwork. But the semi-nude pieces we printed in <b>Echoes </b>went no further than what you would find on a cover of <b>Weird Tales </b>or the <b>Spicy </b>pulps. Some of the other publishers were reproducing ‘those’ covers in their own publications, as well as using Wilber’s art, but we were the ones taking the flack. I even got into a debate with a pulp dealer at the time who was complaining about the art, who sold <b>Weird Tales </b>and the <b>Spicy </b>pulps, and argued my case, but he said it this way: “When someone ‘buys’ a <b>Weird Tales </b>from me, they know what they are getting. So I can offer them for sale. But when you print a piece of art like that, your subscribers ‘don’t’ know what they are ‘buying’ until it arrives in their mailbox.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> I never won my argument, and those that were upset about Ron’s art never stopped complaining. And we never stopped using his art. I am continuously amazed that someone would collect <b>Weird Tales </b>or a <b>Spicy </b>with a nude woman on the cover, or buy, read and collect comic books with big bosomed, half naked women on the cover and throughout the book, and then complain about Ron’s illustrations. But I forget, they know what they are buying. The next time you are near a comic book rack, check out the covers on some of them, and then tell me why those sexy, semi-nude women are okay, but Wilber’s are not. I still don’t understand the controversy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> Well, enough about complaints. For us, two things come to mind when we think about Ron Wilber. Of course, first of all, we think that Wilber’s black and white illustrations are among the best out there. And second, Ron is reliable! If you want a special piece of art, he will get it to you. On time, and you will be satisfied with it! We’ve had our share of artists who wanted to do something their way, when we begged for them to do it the way we wanted it. Once you’ve had trouble with an artist, you seldom go back to them. And they don’t come back to you, unfortunately. Ron Wilber has never balked at a special assignment. When we told him how we wanted it, that’s what he gave us. He is a true artist, and can do it your way!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> The real controversy, in our opinion, is that Ron Wilber is not working in the comic book industry right now! He is as good as anyone out there. Better than many! His phone should be ringing off the hook!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> Sadly, Ron Wilber passed away in late 2016 at the young age of 51. He had only recently lost his mother and was in a depression. His art will be missed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Tom Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05594257113339405939noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831168630619907070.post-91335400584877117862019-08-15T09:54:00.000-07:002019-08-15T09:54:09.718-07:00Introducing New Pulp Author Ginger Johnson<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Ginger Johnson: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">With her husband, Tom, she published <b>ECHOES </b>and several genre magazines, contributing articles and fiction. She created <b>Mr. Minus</b>, a new pulp hero in the mold of <b>Captain Zero</b>, plus helped compile essays on the new pulp heroes. A long time fan of <b>Doc Savage </b>and the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs, she became a pulp fan in the 1960s with the explosion of pulp reprints. She has also written western and mystery short stories, <i>The Cowboy From Texas</i>and <i>The Suicide That Wasn’t</i>.</span></div>
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<o:p></o:p>Tom Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05594257113339405939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831168630619907070.post-33542043627983581842019-08-01T04:39:00.000-07:002019-08-01T04:42:45.161-07:00Betty Dale, Charlotta & Leanne Manners<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Betty was with <b>Secret Agent X</b>from the very first, although a few novels featured her in no active part, she merely gave the <b>Agent</b>information over the phone. However, she was usually right in the middle of his cases, and getting captured, being drugged, put in dungeons and tortured, the usual fate of a pulp female. At least once in every novel, <b>Agent X</b>was forced to penetrate a criminal stronghold to rescue the young reporter.Shesaw the Agent's true face for the first time in <i>City Of Madness</i>(December 1936). She remained with the <b>Agent</b>for another year of the magazine, making her final appearance in the December 1937 issue, titled <i>Plague Of The Golden Death</i>. At that time she was dropped from the series (but the <b>Agent</b>still finds other fair damsels to rescue).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Though American born, nature had endowed her with brains as well as beauty, and she had served Russia in the early days of the war. Her mastery of foreign languages and her love for adventure had enticed her to seek fortune in strange lands at an early age. She later left Russia and transferred her abilities to the French Intelligence Service. Wherever adventure and intrigue could be found, there too was Charlotta.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Harvey Bates fell in love with her (and so did I) in the novel and she returned his love. But after this novel Bates was only active in four more cases and seldom placed in a position of danger. Thus, it might be assumed that Charlotta added the name of Bates to her own - and <b>Agent X</b>once again lost another very capable operative.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Tom Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05594257113339405939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831168630619907070.post-26189194971588836432019-07-22T13:40:00.001-07:002019-07-22T13:40:46.063-07:00A Piece of Something Big<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">“A Piece of Something Big” by Harry Reed: Curtis Kruger is locked up in an Arizona jail when a mob lawyer bails him out and brings him to California where he’s to do a job for the mob capo B.J. Baldoni. Baldoni claims that his daughter is enamored with a black boxer, and he wants Kruger to beat the boxer up. Kruger may be small, but he has a kung fu iron fist. While serving in the Navy in Japan Kruger had boxed, but after discharge remained in Japan to study karate, eventually calcifying one of his hands into a deadly weapon. He does beat up the black boxer, but that gentleman ends up dead from the strike of an iron fist, and Kruger is tagged with his murder. There is a lot of mystery behind what is going on. Thankfully, Kruger has a buddy in the police department who knew him in the Navy, and believes he is being set up. In fact, there is a Japanese karate expert with an iron hand in the background who wants Kruger dead, and he’s waiting around to do the killing himself. There is quite a bit of karate in the action, and even the background reminds the reader of Burns Bannion, an ex Army Ranger who stayed in Japan to study karate. I’m sure the Bannion novels were a model for this novel, and it is a good story. The book was published in 1972, shortly after the Bannion run, and copyright by Josephine Reed, which may mean Harry was dead by the time the book was released. That, or Josephine Reed wrote the book, which I highly doubt. The writing is too masculine. It is a very good read.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Tom Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05594257113339405939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831168630619907070.post-48511132907857414492019-07-18T13:47:00.000-07:002019-07-18T13:47:54.771-07:00The Tokaido Road<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">The Tokaido Road by Lucia St Clair Robson. Promoted as a Japanese erotica and martial arts novel, I would question the claim of erotica, as it just wasn’t there. However, martial arts fans will enjoy all the action. This is feudal Japan, probably in the 1400s. When her father fails to bribe the official, Lord Kira correctly, he is removed and his name pulled from record. He commits suicide, which is the only thing left for him to do. However, his daughter wants his named revenged. Kinume Asano, known as Cat, and her mother have no way to survive, so Cat sells herself to a pleasure house. But Lord Kira is keeping an eye on her, and serves her a blowfish not properly prepared. Her client eats the fish and dies, but she knows it was meant for her. She changes clothes with the dead man and escapes. Now she must travel the Takaido Road to reach her sensei, Lord Asano’s samurai, and her master. The story is Lady Asano’s journey down this long and dangerous road, the adventures she has, and the friends she meets along the way. Of course, Lord Kira has his samurai harassing her along the way, but they don’t know that Cat is a master samurai also, and she makes them look like fools. However, the journey is hard and dangerous, and the companions she meet teaches her many things, like how to be humble, and trust in others. Even love comes hard for her, until she discovers how others see her, and are willing to suffer hardships for her. This was an exciting read, and I felt there could be only one ending to the journey. I kept dreading the final page, knowing it could only end one way. I will say no more, as I would give the end away, but I encourage readers to read this yarn to the last page. The action and adventure will keep you turning the pages. Highly recommended.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Tom Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05594257113339405939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831168630619907070.post-49972860511543678972019-07-16T16:10:00.000-07:002019-07-16T16:10:01.366-07:00New Pulp Author Joel Jenkins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Joel Jenkins: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">He lives in the misty reaches of the Great Northwest, shadowed in the perpetual gloom of the Rainier Mountain. This former rock vocalist for such bands as <b>Static Condition </b>and <b>Red Die #5 </b>enjoys spending time with his family, weightlifting, weapons collecting, and oil painting. Joel wrote <i>The Dust of Death, </i>featuring Eel & Adder. The story first appeared in<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Tom Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05594257113339405939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831168630619907070.post-42522017991540343662019-06-30T13:26:00.000-07:002019-06-30T13:26:59.779-07:00The Last Black Bat Story<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> For years now many pulp researchers have been looking for the last promised <b>Black Bat </b>story, <i>The Lady of Death </i>by author Stewart Sterling<i>. </i>We had a starting date for our search since the last published story, <i>Hot, Willing, And Deadly</i>, also by Stewart Sterling, published in the Winter 1953 issue of <b>BLACK BOOK DETECTIVE </b>to go on. At this time the stories were a year apart, so if they had the title of the next story, then surely it was already written.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> But where, and when could it have been printed? We knew that it was likely the title would be changed, but we felt the author would keep his byline on the story, or reasonably figured thusly. So over the years, while in correspondence with Monte Herridge, we looked at just about every Stewart Sterling story we came across. All to no avail. Finally, Monte wrote to say he had found a suspicious story, and what did I think about it. He sent me a photocopy of the story, and I reluctantly began reading it, thinking this would probably be another false trail.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> It wasn’t. Imagine my surprise, as I read the story, how much this sounded like <i>Hot, Willing, And Deadly, </i>including the format and similar characters. The more I got into the story, the more I recognized it for what it was – the missing <b>Black Bat</b>story, <i>The Lady of Death.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> The story is, <i>The Lady’s Out For Blood </i>by Stewart Sterling, and it was published in <b>TRIPLE DETECTIVE, </b>Spring 1953, V9 N1. Whereas <i>Hot, Willing, And Deadly </i>was 35 pages in length, <i>The Lady’s Out For Blood </i>is only 31 pages in length, and reading the story you see a few pages where something has been removed from the story. My guess would be the roles of Butch and Silk; who were normally in the stories. Their counterparts were not in this story.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> In my correspondence with Norman Daniels, the lead author of the <b>Black Bat </b>series, he once told me that the new editor, a woman, had demanded more sex, thus the change to Stewart Sterling at that time. <i>Hot, Willing, And Deadly </i>had plenty of sexual suggestions to satisfy the new editor. And in that story Tony Quinn drops his pretended blindness, and becomes D.A. of Vulcan City in Ohio. It is a strange story in the series, and not in keeping with the long-lived <b>Black Bat </b>we knew so well over the years. The story involved prostitutes, venereal disease, and murder.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> In<i>The Lady’s Out For Blood, </i>a young girl has been shot and is dying. A mysterious phone call alerts the police, and when they find the girl, she is almost dead, but claims to have accidentally shot herself with the gun. The Medical Examiner (ME this time instead of D.A.) doesn’t like the set up, and refuses to rule the case an accidental shooting or suicide. Strangely, he does a lot of snooping, even venturing out at night to investigate the people involved. Not the normal activity of a medical examiner, but right up the path for D.A. Tony Quinn, alias, the<b>Black Bat.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> Later, she does turn up dead. As the story unravels for the ME, he finds out there are other forces at work – the man’s fat wife, and her young male chauffeur; these two are having an affair also. The husband wants to murder his fat wife so he can be with the young girl, and confides in the young chauffeur, who tells his mistress. She decides to have the girl brought to her, and knocks her out, placing her in in her own bed. When the husband comes to kill his wife, he shoots the young girl in his wife’s bed instead. The fat wife has him return the girl to her own apartment, where she will eventually be found and die from the gunshot wound. Thus, the lady of death. The young girl knows that it was her lover who shot her, thus her claim of accidental shooting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Teel James Glenn: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">TJ is a man of many talents. He<b></b>was born in Brooklyn New York and started out as a sickly kid until he discovered the likes of Judomaster comics and Doc Savage novels that set him on the road to the martial arts and physical development. Eventually he traveled the world for forty years as a stuntman, fight choreographer, sword-master, jouster, illustrator, storyteller, bodyguard, actor and haunted house barker. One of the things he’s proudest of is having studied stage sword under Errol Flynn’s last stunt double which he continues to teach.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">He’s had stories in over a hundred magazines from Weird Tales, Spinetingler, SciFan, Mad, Fantasy Tales, to Sherlock Holmes Mystery SciFan, Sixgun Western, Crimson Streets, Silver Blade Quarterly, Tales of Old, AfterburnSF, and Blazing Adventures as well as tales in close to a hundred anthologies in many genres. His short story “The Clockwork Nutcracker” won best steampunk story for 2013 from Preditor and Editors poll. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">He is also the winner of the 2012 Pulp Ark Award for Best Author.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">His Dr. Shadows and Maxie/Moxie series are both echoes of his pulp loving roots and continue to be popular.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Mr. Glenn worked regularly as an actor on Guiding Light and New York soaps alternately doing stunts or acting in over 300 episodes. He worked as an actor and stuntman (in a fight scene with Hawk) on the “Spenser for Hire TV Series and in episodes of the Equalizer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">His most famous ‘small screen’ appearance was as Vega in the worldwide web series “Street Fighter: The Later Years.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">His website is: theurbanswashbuckler.com<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">After over fifty years, I think it is time to honor the publication that brought us into the pulp community, <b>BRONZE SHADOWS. </b>It was the creation of Fred Cook for his circle of friends still interested in the old pulps. Credit is long over due to Fred, so in thanks and memory to the magazine that started many of us along the path to pulp fandom, please accept this article as a tribute to both the man and the magazine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> To understand how I came into the pulp community, a little stroll down memory lane is in order. Actually, I had been aware of pulps since my childhood back in the 1940s and had even tried to buy one off the newsstand; but my loving and caring mother had blocked the purchase. The magazine was <b>THRILLING WONDER STORIES, </b>and the year was around 1947. We lived on Ohio Street in Wichita Falls, Texas (skid row at the time), and there was a corner drug store on 8<sup>th</sup>and Ohio where I would look through the comic book rack. One day I spotted the fore-mentioned pulp magazine on a nearby rack and was captivated by the space cover. I ran home and asked my mother to buy the magazine for me. Well, she walked back over with me and looked at the cover and shook her head. I think the girl in space was probably showing a lot of skin, and my mother felt it wasn’t something I should try to read, anyway. Although I never obtained that particular magazine (though it may be in my collection today), my interest had been aroused. And every time I stopped by Miller’s Drug Store after that – usually to buy a comic book – I would now look through those pulp magazines, too, marveling at those beautiful science fiction covers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">By the early 1950s I had become an avid science fiction reader, buying used paperbacks and digest magazines. By then we had moved from Ohio Street and I never went back to Miller’s Drug Store. But we were living near the Kemp Public Library now, and I discovered they had a science fiction section, and books I could check out to read.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Two things would happen in 1964 that would take me back in memory, back to that pulp magazine rack in Miller’s Drug Store on Ohio Street. First, as a U.S. Army corporal stationed in France, the current Cyprus Crisis had forced President Johnson into send troops to Turkey. I was sent as a squad leader. One of my men, a PFC whose name has been long forgotten, knew my interest in reading and suggested I try reading a certain book at the Post <b>Stars & Stripes</b>bookstore. He then gave me a rundown on the character and history, which sparked my interest. The book was <i>Return of The Shadow </i>by Walter B. Gibson. I connected instantly, as I remembered <b>The Shadow </b>from the radio!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Later that year, after returning to my original Army Post in France, I visited the local <b>Stars & Stripes</b>bookstore, where the lady proprietor knew me quite well – I was the one buying all those jungle books. She pointed out a particular paperback that had just come in and she thought I might be interested in. The cover caught my eye immediately – it was <i>The Thousand-Headed Man</i>by Kenneth Robeson. The adventures of <b>Doc Savage </b>became regular reading for me from then on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">In 1968, and I had found (and read) the book, <i>The Shadow: Destination Moon </i>by Maxwell Grant, I remembered that previous story I had read back in 1964. <b>BELMONT BOOKS </b>had<b></b>a list of the other issues of <b>The Shadow </b>titles<b></b>I had missed, and I ordered them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">In early 1970, while serving my tour in Vietnam – books were hard to come by. Ginger and I were meeting in Hawaii for my R&R for a week, and I spotted two paperbacks in a military store that caught my eye. They were <i>The Spider Strikes </i>and <i>The Wheel of Death </i>by R.T.M. Scott. I didn’t know it, but I was becoming a fan of the <b>BLOODY PULPS.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">In mid 1970, after my tour in Vietnam, I met an airman in California named Newham, who introduced me to something called a fanzine, and I discoverd <b>BRONZE SHADOWS. </b>Ginger and I were so taken by this publication that we rushed out and bought a small portable copier from <b>SEARS </b>(I believe) and made copies of the <b>BRONZE SHADOWS </b>issues. I also wrote letters to several people whose names and address were listed in the magazines. By this time, we were becoming members of the pulp community.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Even looking back today, 50 years after the demise of <b>BRONZE SHADOWS, </b>the nostalgia is still there, and the publication still holds up very well, though the information is old hat now. But it was the beginning of pulp fandom for us.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Oh, those photocopies we made with that portable copier in 1970? The print has faded till the pages are black now. A shame someone doesn’t reprint them, I would certainly buy a set.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Issue #1: </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Not dated, but listed in <b>MYSTERY FANFARE </b>as October 1965. This issue was mailed free to certain people who Fred knew were still interested in the pulps – with special interest in <b>Doc Savage, The Man of Bronze </b>and <b>THE SHADOW(s). </b>It only contained 6 pages, and was printed by Mr. Fred Cook, of Grand Haven, Michigan. Lynn Hickman, who was publishing <b>ARGASSING </b>back then, told me that he actually printed the fanzine for Fred. Lynn later changed<b>ARGASSING </b>to <b>THE PULP ERA, </b>hoping to expand his reach in the pulp community. In this first issue Mr. Cook introduces himself, reprints a few letters, lists a few names, and supplies a checklist of dates – not titles – of <b>THE SHADOW </b>and <b>DOC SAVAGE </b>pulp magazines. He offers the next issue to all who send a stamp. Approximately fifty copies of the first issue were printed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Issue #2: </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Dated December 1965, approximately one hundred circulation. Cost for the issue was a postage stamp. Mr. Cook wrote the editorial, “Your fee to enter this wild world of the pulps is a stamp for the next issue. Not only has the circulation grown, but so, too, has the page count. It is now 24 pages, the contents page being the front cover. This issue, and all the rest, was printed on regular size paper, the pages printed on both sides and pages stapled together. It was then mailed with the address label on the back page. The contents for this issue included <i>Incidental Information </i>(letters from readers); <i>James E. Bama – Today’s Doc Savage illustrator by</i>Jim Bama; <i>Paul Orban – Yesterday’s Doc Savage Illustrator </i>by Paul Orban; <i>Doc Savage’s Creator – Lester Dent </i>by Billy G. Smith; <i>The Man of Bronze – And His Creator </i>by Samuel W. Potts; <i>A Critical Analysis of The Doc Savage Novels </i>by Herman S. McGregor (a continuing series of articles the run of <b>BRONZE SHADOWS</b>); <i>Kenneth Robeson’s Alter Egos </i>and <i>Where Are The Pulp Fictioneers? </i>By Robert Osterman. Also included was a complete listing of the <b>Doc Savage </b>stories by title.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Issue #3: </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Dated February 1966, approximately 200 copies printed. Cost is still free, only the price of a single stamp. But now Fred brings up the possibility of charging a price, asking his readers, “What would you pay for <b>BRONZE SHADOWS …</b>? This issue contains 20 pages. Contents include <i>Incidental Information; John D. MacDonald Vs. Doc Savage </i>by John D. MacDonald; <i>The Father of Og </i>by Gerry de la Ree<i>; Welcome Back Doc Savage … And Crew </i>by John Kessler; <i>Johnny Wasn’t always Superamalgamated</i>by John DeWitt; <i>A Critical analysis of The Doc Savage Novels </i>by Herman S. McGregor; <i>A Full Length Shadow Novel As Told To – </i>by Fred S. Cook; <i>Bill Barnes – Air War Adventurer </i>by B.W. Overn; Frank Tinsley - <i>Yesterday’s Bill Barns Illustrator </i>by Frank Tinsley; and finally, <i>The Great Comic Book Heroes </i>– a book review.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Issue #4: </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Dated May 1966, 20 pages. Still free, mailed with the price of a stamp. However, future issues will now carry a price tag of 35 cents per issue, or three issues for a dollar (yeah, I know, prices now are at least $15.00 for one issue of a professional zine). Contents include <i>Incidental Information; Doc Savage Returns </i>by Gerald Weales; <i>The Law And The Shadow </i>by Jack Gilbert; <i>A Critical Analysis of The Doc Savage Novels</i>by Herman S. McGregor; <i>The Wonderful World of Street & Smith </i>by Samuel W. Potts; <i>Name, Address, And Ten Cents </i>by Fred S. Cook; and finally, <i>The World of Entertainment.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Issue #5: </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Dated July 1966. 22 pages, with the first actual cover to my knowledge – this featuring a reproduction of the October 1937 issue of the <b>Doc Savage </b>magazine, <i>Repel. </i>Circulation is still around 200 – or, at least the approximate number of copies printed. Price is still 35 cents. There are also pulp illustrations reproduced in this issue. Contents include: <i>Incidental Information; The Return of Doctor Death </i>by Jack DeWitt; <i>Monk, Ham, And Their Private War </i>by Paul Orban; <i>A Critical Analysis of The Doc Savage Novels </i>by Herman S. McGragor; <i>Renny </i>by Paul Orban; <i>A Doc Savage Folio – </i>Words by Kenneth Robeson and art by Paul Orban<i>; Long Tom And Johnny </i>by Paul Orban; <i>The Strange Case of Phillip Strange </i>by Bud Overn; <i>Ki-Gor And The Fiction House Monster </i>by Fred S. Cook.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Issue #6: </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Dated September 1966. 24 pages, cover reproduces the April 1934 issue of <b>Operator #5, </b><i>The Masked Invasion. </i>Price is still 35 cents, and printing of approximately 200 copies. Contents include: <i>Incidental Information; A Visit With Mrs. Doc Savage </i>by Bill Smith; <i>The Birth of (DR.) Death </i>by Dick Myers; <i>What Will TV Do To Doc Savage? </i>By Sam Potts; <i>Operator #5 Bounds Of The Thirties</i>(Part One) by Nick Carr (I believe this was Nick’s first pulp article anywhere); <i>Special Inclusion – </i>Illustrations from the <b>Operator #5</b>stories reproduced (the art is by Rudolph Belarski); <i>A Critical Analysis of The Doc Savage Novels </i>by Herman S. McGregor;<i>Notes of A Pulp Collector </i>by Bernie Wermers; and finally, <i>Huckster Area.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Issue #7: </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Dated November 1966. 22 pages, front cover reproduces the 9/1/33 pulp cover of <b>The Shadow, </b><i>The Grove of Doom. </i>Price is still 35 cents. Contents include: <i>Incidental Information; Pulp Perspective Plus </i>by John D. MacDonald; <i>Operator #5 Bounds Out of The Thirties </i>(Part Two) by Nick Carr; <b>BRONZE SHADOWS </b><i>Special Insert features a segment of an Operator #5 story; A Critical Analysis od The Doc Savage Novels </i>by Herman S. McGregor; <i>Doc Savage On Fear Cay – </i>Paul Orban artwork from <b>Doc Savage </b>magazine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Issue #8: </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Dated January 1967. 22 pages, front cover reproduces pulp cover from <b>The Spider, </b>October 1936, <i>The Devil’s Death Dwarfs. </i>Price is still 35 cents. Mr. Cook is now living and working in Sylvania, Ohio. Contents include: <i>Incidental Information; “What Evil Lurks In The Hearts of Men” </i>by Nick Carr; <i>A Critical Analysis of The Doc Savage Novels </i>by Herman S. McGregor.<i>The Avenger’s First Adventure </i>by Bob Jones; <i>The Shadow On The Moon </i>by Joe Vucenic.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Issue #9: </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Dated March 1967. 22 pages. No cover this time. Price 35 cents. Contents include: <i>A Second Round For Doc </i>by Paul H. Bonner, Jr.; <i>The Case of The Illusive Author </i>by Dick Meyers; <i>A Critical Analysis of The Doc Savage Novels </i>by Herman S. McGregor;<i>Doc Savage In Land of Always Night </i>– Paul Orban artwork; <i>The Weird Adventures of The Shadow </i>(Book Review) by Nick Carr; <i>The Great Escape Artist </i>by Bob Jones.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Issue #10: </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Dated June 1967. 22 pages. The front cover is by Paul Orban, an illustration featuring Doc and his five aides. Price 35 cents. Contents include: <i>The Weird Menace Pulps</i>(Part One)<i></i>by Bob Jones; <i>A Critical Analysis of The Doc Savage Novels</i>by Herman S. McGregor; <i>Notes of A Pulp Collector </i>by Fred S. Cook; <i>The Case of The Illusive Author </i>(Part Two) by Dick Meyers; <i>The Fright Syndrome </i>by Nick Carr; and <i>Incidental Information.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Issue #11: </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Dated August 1967. My copy has 20 pages, but there is a possibility there were 22 pages for the issue. The front cover is by Bill Kline, featuring a collage of <b>Doc Savage</b>advertisements. Price is 35 cents. Contents include: <i>A Critical Analysis of The Doc Savage Novels </i>by Herman S. McGregor;<i>The Shadow contest from 1931 </i>contributed by Dick Meyers; <i>A Checklist of The Phantom Detective </i>(dates and titles) by Bernie Wermers; <i>The Weird Menace Magazines </i>(Part Two) by Bob Jones; <i>The Pulp Paper Fiction Plot </i>– a reprint of a Lester Dent article.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Issue #12: </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Dated October 1967. 20 pages. The front cover reproduces cover of <b>Wu Fang </b>from<i></i>September 1935, <i>The Case of The Six Coffins. </i>Price is 35 cents. This issue has a print run of 500 copies, and Mr. Cook is trying to build the circulation. Contents include: <i>Contemplating Seven of The Pulp Heroes</i>(Part One) by Nick Carr & Mac McGregor; <i>The Weird Menace Magazines </i>(Part Three) by Bob Jones; <i>The Pulp Hero Quiz </i>by G. Alan; <i>A Critical Analysis of The Doc Savage Novels </i>by Herman S. McGregor; <i>A Three Cornered Viewpoint </i>by Nick Carr, Dick Meyers, and Herman S. McGregor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Issue #13: </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Dated January 1968. 20 pages. The front cover is by Bill Kline, featuring <b>Conan the Barbarian. </b>Price is 35 cents. Contents include: <i>Confessions of A Pulp Eater </i>by Sam Potts; <i>The Weird Menace Magazines </i>(Part Four) by Bob Jones; <i>A Critical Analysis of The Doc Savage Novels </i>by Herman S. McGregor;<b><i>BRONZE SHADOWS</i></b><i><b>Presents</b><b>Conan </b></i>by Fred S. Cook; and finally, <i>The Pulp Hero Quiz </i>by G Alan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Issue #14: </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Dated March 1968. 20 pages. The cover is by Jim Jones, but it is not on my copy. The price is 35 cents. Contents include: <i>Doc Savage’s First Cover Artist </i>by Walter M. Baumhofer; <i>A Comprehensive Survey of The Doc Savage Novels </i>by Herman S. McGregor; <i>The Shadow Speaks </i>by George Wolf; <i>The Pulp Quiz </i>by G. Alan; <i>The Weird Menace Pulps </i>(Part 5<i>) </i>by Bob Jones; <i>Notes of A Pulp Collector </i>by J. Randolph Cox; <i>The Doc Savage Comic Book</i>by Tony Isabella and Wayne Vucenic. The back cover reproduces <b>The Spider </b>pulp cover from October 1933, <i>The Spider Strikes.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Issue #15: </span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Dated November 1968. 20 pages. The front cover reproduces the Spanish edition of the first issue of the <b>Doc Savage </b>magazine, <i>El Hombre de Bronce.</i>The long gap between #14 and #15 is noted by Mr. Cook, who has changed jobs and addresses – he now resides in Jackson, Michigan. Unfortunately for the pulp community, this was to be the last issue of <b>BRONZE SHADOWS</b>(although a cover was prepared for #16). Contents for this issue include: <i>The Weird Menace Pulps </i>(Part 6) by Bob Jones; <i>Notes of A Pulp Collector </i>by Stewart Kemble; <i>A Comprehensive Survey of The Doc Savage Novels </i>by Herman S. McGregor; <i>Notes of A Pulp Collector </i>by G. Alan; The Scheme of Things by<i></i>Herman S, McGregor<i>; Incidental Information; </i>and<i>The Pulp Quiz. </i>The back cover reproduces the cover for <b>HORROR STORIES </b>from January 1935. A curious note from one of the letters in <i>Incidental Information </i>written by Richard Frank (evidently an editor of <b>GRIT </b>magazine), asked Mr. Cook for more articles on <b>ARGOSY, BLUE BOOK, ADVENTURE, </b>etc. Thirty years later we were still getting the same requests at <b>ECHOES </b>from our readers. And Fred’s answer then was the same as ours: “In order to print these articles, someone has to park his posterior in front of the typewriter and write!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">An overview of this fine pulp fanzine leaves one with a touch of nostalgia. Though Mr. Cook did not subscribe to <b>ECHOES, </b>we hope he did get his copies from Robert Weinberg at the time. <b>BRONZE SHADOWS </b>was the beginning for many pulp enthusiasts, and though fifty years later, I believe we have come a long way down the road, we could not have done it without there first being a <b>BRONZE SHADOWS. </b>And we at <b>ECHOES </b>wish to acknowledge that credit.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> What may have been lacking in <b>BRONZE SHADOWS </b>were good interior illustrations and cover art, but then Frank Hamilton had not come into pulp fandom at that time. Frank’s first piece of art for the pulp community was with Robert Weinberg’s <b>PULP,</b>a <b>SHADOW </b>illustration that blew the fans away. What Fred Cook did do, however, was start collectors doing serious research into the pulp magazines, and the fanzines that followed received the rewards in more in-depth articles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> If<b>BRONZE SHADOWS </b>started questions for us to solve in the future, they also left a few questions of their own. For insteance, did Herman S. McGregor ever finish his <i>analysis </i>of the <b>Doc Savage </b>novels? And whatever happened to Part Two of <i>Contemplating Seven Pulp Heroes </i>by Herman S. McGregor and Nick Carr. Well, we do know that Bob Jones published books on his <b>ADVENTURE</b>and <b>WEIRD MENACE </b>research, and Nick Carr did write numerous books on <b>The Pulp Heroes. </b>But what else was never published when <b>BRONZE SHADOWS</b>ceased publication?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> Though fanzines don’t truly exist today, due to the Wide World Web having access to whatever question you are looking for. And artists are displaying their work online instead of a poorly produced fan magazine.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> But for now, let’s remember <b>BRONZE SHADOWS </b>for the ground-breaking publication that it was, and give Mr. Fred Cook the credit he deserves – his publication of <b>BRONZE SHADOWS </b>was the beginning for fans of <b>The Pulp Heroes.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Kate A. Gannon: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">From Novato, California, Kate was a very prolific writer, not only for the <b>FADING SHADOWS </b>magazines, but many others. So prolific she had to use a number of pseudonyms, such as Ed (Edilsson) Barsse, Wren Wynn Burke, Chuck Bushnell, Mem Merkader, Kathleen Eastland, Linney Teague McCall, Mario Kesh Navar, and a couple of others. Her list of pen names rivaled those of Steve Mitchell, in fact. Although her stories lend more toward literary fiction than pulp, they seemed to fit in perfectly with the rest of the writers at the time. We are still in contact with Kate, and she continues to write for small literary presses.</span></div>
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<o:p></o:p>Tom Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05594257113339405939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6831168630619907070.post-19025562230566898382019-05-01T07:18:00.000-07:002019-05-01T07:18:58.511-07:00Legion of Living Dead<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;">Although G.T. Fkeming-Roberts penned both <i>Legion of Living Dead </i>and <i>Ringmaster of Doom</i>, the <i>Legion of Living Dead </i>is of particular note in the <b>Secret Agent X</b>series. Fleming-Roberts wasn't above borrowing plots or characters from previous stories - or other series, for that matter. But I imagine all pulp authors borrowed an occasional plot or character once in a while. To his credit, Fleming-Roberts usually did a better job with them, so all is forgiven.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> Case in point is a character named Tasha Merlo from the September 1934 issue, <i>Octopus of Crime</i>. It is an odd story from the onset. The Agent even uses a retired policeman named Thomas McGrath in the story, which reminded me of Thomas Gregg from the <b>Phantom Detective,</b>and Captain McGrath of the <b>Black Bat</b>. But it's Tasha Merlo that's important to the present discussion. She is:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> "A redhead, beautifully molded in face and figure, with heavy-lidded violet eyes. The lines of her face showed little outward character and were deceptively mild, almost babyish. Her laughter was a silvery tinkle. She was a jewel fence of international fame and had two fierce leopards, <i>Satan</i>and <i>Nero</i>, as pets."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> Fleming-Roberts' first short story in the <b>Secret Agent X</b>magazine appeared in the September 1934 issue, titled <i>The Murder Masterpiece</i>. It's not surprising, then, that he read the lead story, <i>Octopus of Crime</i>, and liked the character of Tasha Merlo, whom he must have found fascinating. When he wrote <i>Legion of Living Dead</i>, he brought her back, somewhat changed of course. She is:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> "Felice Vincart - The Leopard Lady. Her face was small, nearly round, and dark complexioned. Her lips slightly voluptuous, were rouged a striking shade of red that was almost like Chinese lacquer. Her nose was slightly tip-tilted and her eyes were actually arresting: true emerald green they were beneath long, penciled brows that curved upwards at the outer extremities. Her every movement was feline grace. And at her side are two fierce leopards!"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> Her youth remains a mystery, though it is believed she grew up in a circus atmosphere. Her parents were probably circus performers. She found that she possessed a power over animals, especially the big jungle cats. She became an animal trainer, and left the circus to perform on stage in New York. Her stage act consisted of a wild barbaric dance with two great leopards, and she was dubbed, <i>The Leopard Lady</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> While performing on stage, she met and fell in love with a young millionaire named Phelps. He swept her off her feet in a swirling courtship, and took her away from the stage. On a honeymoon voyage around the world, he died somewhere in the Orient, and when she returned to the States, his family would not accept her, claiming she had murdered her husband, but could not prove it. Assuming her maiden name, she ended up on the wrong side of the law.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> Although she was secondary to the mastermind in the story, Felice Vincart is the center attraction in <i>Legion of Living Dead</i>, and has the distinction of being the only major villain to oppose the Secret Agent more than once. She escapes at the end of the story, and I'm sure the readers at the time figured that was the last they would ever see of her. But she would return in February 1936, in <i>Dividends of Doom</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14pt;"> I think what separated Paul Chadwick (the originator of Secret Agent X) and G.T. Fleming-Roberts was in the latter's ability at characterization. Chadwick's stories are steeped in horror and mood, and you remember that about them. But with Fleming-Roberts, you remember his characters first. And he was especially good when creating the many vamps that dominated his stories. Whether minor characters, or leading villains, the females always took center stage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>John French: </b>John is a crime scene investigator for the Baltimore Police Department. He has been writing crime fiction for over well over thirty years and has been published in a variety of magazines and collections, including <i>Alfred Hitchkock Mystery Magazine, Hardboiled, Futures Mysterious Anthology Magazine, DIME, and various Fading Shadows Magazines. </i>Some of his characters include <i>The Grey Monk </i>and<i> The Devil. </i>His current book from <i>Bold Venture Press </i>is a hardboiled titled<i> The Last Redhead. </i></span></div>
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