Pulp Artists in the Comics
Pulp Artists in the Comics are always a treat to me. After seeing them in Weird Tales or Amazing Stories, it’s fun to see their Read More
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The Strangest Northerns: Jack Kirby Style!
How about a Strange Northern with a werewolf, and all of it wrapped up Jack Kirby Style? “A Silver Bullet For Your Heart” appeared in Read More
Quasi- Sword & Sorcery Comic – September 1954
Back in December I wrote about an early heroic fantasy comic and I called the piece “Quasi-Sword & Sorcery – November 1952”. “Journey to Chaos” Read More
The Ormolu Clock and Other Timepieces
“The Ormolu Clock” by August Derleth appeared in Weird Tales for January 1950. It was one of his later ghost stories not connected to the Read More
The Ghostbreakers: Dr. Drew, Stalker of the Unknown
Dr. Drew, Stalker of the Unknown, appeared in The Secret Files of Dr. Drew, an occult detective series created by Will Eisner, Marilyn Mercer and Read More
The Other Other Mr. Wells: Basil Wells
Basil Eugene Wells (1912-2003) was a hobbyist SF writer, working at a zipper factory in Pennsylvania for thirty years as well as farming. He wrote Read More
Gorillas and Apes in Weird Tales
Gorillas and Apes in Weird Tales seems like a common occurrence but in 279 issues it only happened a handful to times. That handful gave Read More
Giant Spiders in the Pulps (Not Weird Tales)
Giant Spiders in the Pulps (Not Weird Tales) means we begin by saying what this piece is not about. Like the word “non-fiction”, we are Read More
Jimmy Jupiter and the Land of Nowhere
Marvel Comics (which was still the Timely Company before adopting the Marvel name) had its own answer to the fantasy adventures of “Dickey in the Read More
J. Harvey Haggard, The Planet Prince
John Harvey Haggard (1912-2001) was born in Missouri but immigrated to California. This railroad man was six foot three and possibly distantly related to H. Read More