Indiana Jones and the Army of the DeadSteve PerryISBN 978-0345506986 I was thrilled to see a new Indy novel after many years and even more excited that it was being handled by a fairly “big-name” author. Set during a period where we really haven’t seen much with Indy (the World War II period where Indy…
Everyone knows what old pulp classics “should” be on everyone’s reading list but what about the New Pulp novels and stories that have been produced in the last decade or so? What titles would you present to someone new to the genre as representative of the best of New Pulp? Would you push The Khan…
DIAMONDBACK: IT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIMEDerrick FergusonPulpwork PressISBN 978-0-9797-3298-0 Derrick Ferguson is well-known in the pulp community, primarily for his character Dillon. But he’s also the creator of Fortune McCall, Sebastian Red and… Diamondback Vogel. It’s that last character who gets the spotlight here, in a story set in the shared…
THE SHADOW: BLOOD & JUDGMENTHoward ChaykinPublished by DC Comics This was the era of Watchmen. Of The Dark Knight Returns. It was the boom of grim and gritty. Howard Chaykin, whose brilliant American Flagg! was already a modern masterpiece, was chosen to bring The Shadow back to life for DC Comics. He elected to bring…
THE LAST PHANTOM VOLUME ONE:GHOSTWALKBeatty/FerigatoDynamite EntertainmentISBN 1-60690-201-6 Like many hardcore Phantom fans, I was disappointed when Moonstone lost the comics license. They had handled the character very well over the years, managing to both pay respect to his origins while also updating him to the 21st Century. When images began to filter out about the…
THE ADVENTURES OF DODGE DALTON AT THE OUTPOST OF FATESean EllisISBN 978-0982609996 Sequels can be funny things – deviate too much from what the original successful and people wonder what went wrong. Adhere too much to the first one’s formula and people cite you for being unoriginal. The Adventures of Dodge Dalton At The Outpost…
Modern Marvels – ViktorianaWayne ReinagelISBN 978-0981531243 As with the author’s previous books, this one is epic in scope and features multiple plotlines that all converge at the end. This time around numerous famous authors and figures are put into adventurous settings, as we learn (for instance) that the man who wrote Dracula actually had battles…
THE PHANTOM: KGB NOIR – THE HAMMERWritten by Mike BullockArt by Fernando PenicheISBN 978-1933076805 This black-and-white trade collects the six issue limited series and also includes artist sketches and liner notes from the author. As Mike Bullock mentions in his notes, this series was changed midstream in length and I think that contributes to the…
Gideon’s Sword by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child9780446564328 Preston & Child are the authors of the much-loved Special Agent Pendergast series, the most recent of which (FEVER DREAM) introduced several layers to the series that further cement it as one of the best New Pulps out there. Pendergast is the Shadow, Doc Savage and The…
YESTERYEARWritten by Tommy HancockReview based on a preview copy Tommy Hancock is well known in pulp circles, primarily through his work with Pro Se Productions but also because of his associations with Pulp Ark, All Pulp and just about everything else with “pulp” in the title. Yesteryear is Tommy’s first foray into novels and it…
For fans of pulp-based comics, be sure to check out BACK ISSUE! Magazine this month. Issue 47 includes the final interview with The Rocketeer’s Dave Stevens before his untimely death; a look back at Charlton’s run with The Phantom; an analysis of DC’s Phantom series; and a fond look back at the 1970s DC Justice,…
Veteran pulp author Barry Reese is hard at work on DIE GLOCKE, a novel starring his popular Lazarus Gray character. The novel will pit Lazarus and his aides against several returning villains, as well as a few new ones, in an adventure that takes the heroes out of their usual Sovereign City setting and sends…
