Lars of Mars
Lars of Mars was the perfect combination of creators, with Jerry Siegel of Superman fame working with Murphy Anderson, a former artist on the Buck Read More
Category: Adventure
The Master-Minds of Mars by Carl H. Claudy
The Master-Minds of Mars by Carl H. Claudy was the first volume in the Adventures Into the Unknown series. It appeared in three version between Read More
The Islands of Hugo Gernsback
The Islands of Hugo Gernsback takes us in a slightly different direction than our last trip. Last time it was Weird Tales and terror tales. Read More
The Sea Stories of Frank Belknap Long
The Sea Stories of Frank Belknap Long form a short phase at the beginning of his career when he wrote largely for Weird Tales. FBL Read More
Fantastic Adventures and A. Merritt
A. Merritt inspired a sub-genre of Science Fantasy we might call “Fantastic Adventures”. His placing of his novels like The Face in the Abyss and Read More
The Valley Was Still – Low Lying Places in Weird Tales
“The Valley Was Still” is a classic tale by Manly Wade Wellman from Weird Tales. It was filmed as “Still Valley” for Twilight Zone, shown Read More
The Lost World in Comics I
In a previous post I wrote about a seven page story, “Creatures of Fantasy”, that jammed Arthur Conan Doyle, Jules Verne and Edgar Rice Burroughs Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Skag With the Queer Head
“Skag With the Queer Head” by Murray Leinster appeared in Marvel Science Fiction, August 1951. The editor of this low-paying Pulp was Robert O. Erisman. Read More
Quintessential Lost Race/World Library
Quintessential Lost Race/World Library is a no-brainer after our two previous libraries.If you missed them, go Ghost Stories Fantasy. The Lost Race (or Lost World) Read More
The Terror Garden: The Orchid Horror
“The Orchid Horror” by John Blunt appeared in Argosy, September 1911. The story begins with a strange event narrated by the author. During a friendly Read More