Link: Zarnak: Forgotten Forerunner
When I wrote this piece I believed Max Plaisted was a pseudonym of Jack Binder. This may be incorrect. Max Plaisted was born the same Read More
Category: Science fiction
Link: Chris KL-99: Space Adventurer
Edmond Hamilton has many claims to fame in a science fiction writing career that spanned fifty years. He began in the pages of Weird Tales, contributing the Read More
Manly Wade Wellman Part 1 (1927-1940)
In the later years of Manly Wade Wellman’s career, his success became largely associated with his horror writing, first from Weird Tales and later in Read More
Link: Borderland: A B-Movie in the Making
“Borderland” by Arthur J Burks is a typical pulp adventure and yet somehow more interesting than many of his other tales in Gangster Stories or Read More
Early Heroic Fantasy Comics 1937-1948
Comics in the 1930s and 40s skirted heroic fantasy, their characters usually tied to fairy tales and garbled history more than Pulp literature. The biggest Read More
(1977) “The Flabby Men” by Basil Copper
When a story is Lovecraftian but not Cthulhu Mythos, it can slip by your notice. “The Flabby Men” by Basil Copper is such a story. Read More
Link: The Time Travelers
Science fiction comics usually run in anthologies of similar material. Forbidden Worlds, Mystery in Space, even Space Westerns. All their stories are clearly marked as Read More
The Pellucidarian Dinosaur & Other Forms of Transport
In the last segment on riding beasts we focused largely on Barsoom and Amtor, or Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Mars and Venus, and similar types of Read More
The Science Fiction of Donald Duck
It can be fun to read comics that were written and drawn before you were even born. Take Dell Comics for instance. Began as a Read More
Link: Tragg and the Sky Gods
I want to read all the old Gold Key original comics. Titles like Tales of Sword and Sorcery, Solar, Man of the Atom, and Magnus, Read More