The Stories of Arthur Conan Doyle
The stories of Arthur Conan Doyle are so much more than merely Holmes and Watson. ACD was a master storyteller and he wrote many volumes Read More
Category: Occult Detectives
The Avenger Part 3 – Ron Goulart and Jack Kirby
If you missed the last one… The 1970s saw a renewed interest in the Pulps of long gone decades. Much of this was driven by Read More
The Avenger Part 2 – Tepperman & Radio
If you missed Part 1 … Back-Up Status “You who operate beyond the Law… you who seek to wreck the peace of America… Beware! I Read More
The Avenger – Part 1: The Paul Ernst Novels
The Avenger was the third kick at the cat for Street & Smith. They had The Shadow publishing every two weeks. They had Doc Savage Read More
Top Ten Doc Savage Novels For Halloween
Lester Dent (and the other Kenneth Robeson’s who penned the Doc Savage super-sagas) was always conscious of a certain atmospheric need in a good story. Read More
Original Ghosts (and Their Pictures)
It’s October (and Friday the 13th!) and spook season is upon us! All those creepy collections you like to drag out this time of year, Read More
Doc Savage vs. Superman
Doc Savage vs. Superman? You can blame Will Murray for this one. In his piece called simply “Intermission” in the Sanctum reprints of Murder Mirage/The Read More
Invisible Monsters in Weird Tales
Invisible monsters in Weird Tales would be a long list if I included every reference to “invisible bonds” or the feeling of being watched by Read More
Alberta Connections to Pulps and Comics
On August 19th I gave this talk to an audience at the Central Alberta Fanfest. I figured after all that research, why not make a Read More
Tomes of Evil
Tomes of evil do not begin or end with H. P. Lovecraft’s most famous volume, The Necronomicon of Abdul Alhazred. His friends like Clark Ashton Read More