Robert E. Howard’s James Allison in Comics
Roy Thomas sat in a unique position in the early 1970s. None of the Howard material had been adapted unless you count one very obscure Read More
Category: Adventure
The Doc Savage Black & White Magazine
Marvel Comics pursued a line of black & white magazines in the early 1970s. The idea, no doubt, came from the success of the Warren Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Franken-Style
Today Strangest Northerns gives you thrills Franken-style. The fact that Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) ends in the Arctic with Victor chasing his terrible creation over Read More
New Pulp: We Finally Got There
Twenty years ago I made it my mission to write as they did in the old days of Black Mask, Dime Detective and Thrilling Wonder Read More
Welcome to the Jungle…
In which the author tries to explain to himself why he still loves jungle stories… The jungles of the world are places of adventure. Whether Read More
The Monsters of Pellucidar: At the Earth’s Core
Edgar Rice Burroughs was a master storyteller. One of his best tricks was to include monsters, creatures, call them what you will, in the best Read More
The Creatures of Neil R. Jones: Part Two
If you missed Part One… In the July 1934 issue of Wonder Stories, Hugo Gernsback published a story that rocked the Science Fiction community. It Read More
How To Extend a Series the ERB Method
Edgar Rice Burroughs was a professional in the best sense of the word. This meant he worked hard at producing the best work he could. Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Arthur Quiller-Couch
Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944) has a big reputation in literary circles with the monumental The Oxford Book Of English Verse 1250–1900, a book out of which Read More
Cephalopods Attack!
H. P. Lovecraft certainly did his bit for promoting tentacles in horror fiction. But he wasn’t the first by any stretch of the imagination. M. Read More