One-Shot Marvel Sword & Sorcery Adventures
Here are some one-shot Marvel Sword & Sorcery adventures that get over-looked because they were single outings. The anthology comics like Monsters Unleashed were good Read More
Category: Fantasy
Andrew J. Offutt’s Conan Trilogy 1: Conan and the Sorcerer
No Stranger to Howard Andrew J. Offutt was no stranger to Robert E. Howard’s work in 1978 when he began his trilogy of Conan novels. Read More
The Other Worlds: A Pulp Snapshot
The Other Worlds, an anthology by Phil Stong and Garden City Publishing, is a Pulp snapshot of the industry of fantastic literature before 1942. Where Read More
Vikings on a Rampage!
Vikings on a rampage always means fun. The idea of a barbarian warrior suddenly showing up in a shopping mall or on the White House Read More
Gardner F. Fox’s Crom the Barbarian
Gardner F. Fox’s Crom the Barbarian is special. I have avoided it for a while because I really wanted to do it properly. I want Read More
Belmont Tower Sword & Sorcery 1968 to 1981
The history of Belmont and Tower Books (and later Belmont Tower Books) is convoluted. Belmont Books was created by the same company that owned Archie Read More
The Monsters of the Hyborian Age 7: Were-Hyenas
Last time we looked at the Winged Ape, the eldritch monster who Conan, Belit and her crew of pirates faced off against. That evil being Read More
The Monsters of the Hyborian Age 6: The Winged Ape
If you missed last time…. Robert E. Howard liked ape monsters. He had Thak in our last entry from “Rogues in the House” as well Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Old Black Magic and Weird Tales
Old Black Magic would not be out of place in Weird Tales. But what about Short Stories? The truth is both magazines were edited by Read More
The Philosophy of Fantasy: A Ramble
This piece is called “The Philosophy of Fantasy: A Ramble” because that is exactly what it is. I start here and I ramble on to Read More