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THE MCGEES, JOHNNY DOLLAR, THE SPIDER AND MORE FROM RADIO ARCHIVES!

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December 7, 2012
 
Merry Christmas from Radio Archives!
 
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The Old Timer. Myrt the Operator. The Great Gildersleeve. Beulah. Mayor La Trivia. These names all share one common thread. They were first heard on one of the greatest radio comedies ever to play on the airwaves. And a season of that show, restored to the highest quality possible, is collected in The Fibber McGee and Molly Show, The 1945/1946 Season.
 
Sponsored by Johnson’s Wax, Fibber McGee and Molly moved from the Blue Network to NBC in March, 1938. Already well established before the move, most experts agree that Fibber McGee and Molly hit its stride not long after the network change.
 
Even though it wasn’t yet the legend it would become, the building blocks were in place in the late 1930s. Fibber was a teller of tales, blustery and boastful, until reproached by the long suffering, tolerant Molly. The door of their home at 79 Wistful Vista must have been revolving as an assortment of characters flitted in and out of it every week. Established Chicago actors like Isabel Randolph, Harold Peary, Bill Thompson, and even announcer Harlow Wilcox peopled The McGee’s fictional address with over the top, hilarious performances. Peary proved so memorable and effective that he went on to another show considered classic by many, The Great Gildersleeve.
 
The Fibber McGee and Molly Show, The 1945/1946 Season collects a full season of shows, restored to Sparkling audio quality. Listen as the characters everyone loves come to life in this collection. Fibber McGee and Mollyexpert Karl Pearson is the Series Contributor for this set. Enjoy 18 hours, 36 shows of pure fun. $53.98 Audio CDs / $26.99 Download.
 
 
The classic radio program featuring Johnny Dollar, America’s Action Packed Insurance Investigator, remains one of the most popular shows among OTR fans and collectors. And by far, the most popular actor to play the role of two fisted, witty Dollar was Bob Bailey. In Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, Volume 4, you’ll discover Bailey and the show at their equal best. This 10 hour collection features ten five-part stories first aired in 1956. Bailey as Dollar painstakingly pursues each case to its conclusion and each script brims with tension and authenticity. Combine that with Bailey’s charm and delivery and these episodes represent the best of Old Time Radio. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar with Bob Bailey. Regular Price $29.98 – Christmas Special priced until December 13th for $14.99 Audio CDs / $7.49 Download.
 
 
Return to radio’s Golden Age with Radio Classics, a 20-hour collection featuring forty of the greatest shows ever to hit the airwaves.
 
Radio Classics is our second best seller, but we normally don’t sell it on RadioArchives.com. We sell it on Amazon where it is a best seller. The reason we don’t normally offer it onRadioArchives.com is simple. Created by Nostalgia Ventures in 2004, Radio Classics was not restored by Radio Archives  and the audio quality is not up to our usual standards. Many of our customers have said that the audio quality is just like other national Old Time Radio companies, which is true. Radio Classics is a great collection of radio shows and makes a wonderful Christmas gift.
 
The 20 different Old Time Radio series that are in the set are; The Aldrich Family, Amos ‘n’ Andy,Boston Blackie, Casey, Crime Photographer, Dimension X, Father Knows Best, Fibber McGee & Molly, The Fred Allen Show, The FBI in Peace and War, The Great Gildersleeve, The New Adventures of Michael Shayne, Mr. & Mrs. North, Murder at Midnight, Mystery in the Air, Pete Kelly’s Blues, The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, Philo Vance, Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Vic & Sade, and X Minus One. $39.98 Audio CDs.
 
 
 
Old Time Radio Christmas Gift Ideas!
 
The Complete Cinnamon Bear – Make Old Time Radio a Christmas tradition with The Cinnamon Bear! A 26 episode adventure, The Cinnamon Bear relates the adventures of Judy and Jimmy, The Barton Twins, in Maybeland. On a hunt for the silver star to top their tree, the twins meet Paddy O’Cinnamon, the Cinnamon Bear. The Cinnamon Bear appeals to listeners of all ages, sparking nostalgia of a simpler time for some, carrying hints of childhood stories for others. For all, The Complete Cinnamon Bear is a must. 7 hours. $20.98 Audio CDs / $10.49 Download.
 
Casey, Crime Photographer, Volume 2 – Mystery, humor and a night at the Blue Note await you in this classic collection. A mix of lightheartedness, newspaper drama, and crime thrown in for good measure, Casey is one of the most fondly remembered shows of Radio’s Golden Age. Follow Casey and Annie as they track down the mystery in each episode in search of a great story and then all gather with fan favorite Ethelbert to wrap it up. Casey, Crime Photographer, Volume 2 is pure fun. 10 hours. $29.98 Audio CDs / $14.99 Download.
 
Cocoanut Grove Ambassadors, Volume 2 – Take a trip back to a time when music was memorable! The country was suffering through the greatest depression in history, a worried and overwhelmed population was desperately in need of morale-building entertainment, and a young and still-developing medium called radio brought welcome doses of musical entertainment into millions of homes throughout the country. Chock full of shows dating from 1932 through 1934 recorded live at the Cocoanut Grove, this collection is a journey you’ll want to take again and again. 10 hours. $29.98 Audio CDs / $14.99 Download.
 
Screen Director’s Playhouse – Relive Classic Hollywood films as heard on Golden Age Radio where Hollywood meets Radio. Featuring radio adaptations of such memorable films as Spellbound, Dark Victory, Stairway to Heaven and more, these hour long broadcasts bring together top names in both film and radio. Listen as Tallulah Bankhead, Joseph Cotton, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and others share microphones with radio legends like Howard McNear and Herb Butterfield. 10 hours. $29.98 Audio CDs / $14.99 Download.
 
 
Fibber McGee and Molly: The Lost Episodes, Volume 1 – Old Time Radio Fans always love returning to 79 Wistful Vista and this holiday season you can, too. Laugh along with the McGees in these fifteen minute episodes. All of the great lines and over the top characters in and out Fibber’s front door are here and the shows are some of the best of Fibber and Molly ever! Molly’s polite, only slightly acerbic wit and Fibber’s tall tale telling and knack for turning any situation into humorous trouble make these shows comedy gold. 10 hours. $29.98 Audio CDs / $14.99 Download.
 
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During his ferocious first year fighting crime, The Spider faced the most amazing array of supercriminals ever spawned. The Black Death. The Red Mask. The Tarantula. The Fly. Few were as memorable as the 20th Century corsair called Captain Kidd. She—yes, she!—embarked on a campaign of cruelty unmatched in pulp history.
 
It began with the torture-killing of a innocent young boy—a loyal member of the Spider Club. The weapon employed was a knife with eerie electrical properties. Discovering the hapless body, Richard Wentworth vowed to avenge this insult to The Spider’s power.
 
But Captain Kidd struck first! When a train roars into Grand Central Station, out of control and crashing to a brutal halt, authorities discover that everyone aboard, from the engineer and crew to the passengers, are cold corpses—electrified by a weird new weapon called the Green Fire!
 
Out of this rolling charnel house come the first clues to the Pirates—a roving band of modern-day buccaneers out to pillage greater New York. At their head, the deadly woman who has taken the feared name of Captain Kidd.
 
Once again, RadioArchives.com has selected one of the most electrifying Spider novels ever written for an equally-electrifying audiobook. Nick Santa Maria again takes on the dual role of Richard Wentworth, aka TheSpider, Master of Men, for this powerful new entry in the Will Murray Pulp Classics series. Robin Riker enchants as Nita van Sloan and gives a powerful performance as the wiley Captain Kidd. Producer Roger Rittner brings his superb directorial expertise to the proceedings, which are enhanced by sound effects and a full musical score. So far, our audience tells us that each Spider audiobook has outdone the one before. The Corpse Cargo is no exception.
 

This Total Pulp Experience audiobook contains all three stories from the tenth issue issue of The Spider MagazineJuly 1934. $27.98 Audio CDs / $13.99 Download.

 
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Pulp’s Master of Men, The Spider weaves a web of danger and intrigue in the Will Murray Pulp Classics audiobook Wings of the Black Death! Masterfully performed by Nick Santa Maria and Robin Riker and beautifully produced by Roger Rittner, this audiobook features the first story of The Spider as written by Norvell Page! Fight along The Spider as he struggles to save New York from horrifying death at the hands of a manmade plague! This tale is Page at his murderous, two fisted Pulpy best. Full sound effects and a period musical score make Wings of the Black Death a must have! 6 Hours of Classic Pulp Hero Action. Regular Price $23.98 – Christmas Special priced until December 13 for $11.99 Audio CDs / $5.99 Download.
 
Great Audiobooks for Christmas
 
Doc Savage The Jade Ogre – Doc Savage blazes yet another adventurous trail of action as written by Will Murray. Follow the Man of Bronze and his trusty companions as they encounter the sinister Jade Fever, instant death for those who face it! Thrill to Doc fighting alongside his beautiful cousin, Pat Savage, in this rollicking, fast paced two fisted romp! Performed by Michael McConnohie and produced by Roger Rittner,The Jade Ogre is an experience you must have! 12 hours. $47.98 Audio CDs / $23.99 Download.
 
Doctor Death The Gray Creatures – The maddest of Pulp Villains lives again! The maniacal scientist who relies on magic in his attempts to destroy civilization returns on a quest to Egypt for the secrets of Anubis. Pursued by Jimmy Holm and The Secret Twelve, Death seeks power that will make him the king of the undead and insure his victory over mankind. Doctor Death terrifies as read by Joey D’Auria in Doctor Death The Gray Creatures! 6 hours. $23.98 CD / $11.99 Download.
 
Nightbeat: Night Stories – New Stories based on a Classic Radio Show! Six stories in this collection feature Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star. From murder to mystery, gunplay to climactic chases, from heartache to hardboiled, every night brought a new story to Randy Stone. This nostalgic collection of new tales comes alive courtesy of noted actor Michael C. Gwynne. Walk the streets of 1950s Chicago when the sun sets in Nightbeat: Night Stories. 6 hours. $23.98 Audio CDs / $11.99 Download.
 
The Octopus February-March 1939 – One of Pulp’s most unique villains, Norvell Page’s The Octopus is a lunatic intent on terrorizing America’s greatest city, passing sentence on it as ‘The City Condemned to Hell’! And when there’s an audacious villain, the hero must be equally over the top! The Skull Killer, a hero with three identities, challenges The Octopus in this Pulp Classic, the lead story and all back ups wonderfully read by Doug and Glen Stone! 6 hours. $23.98 Audio CDs / $11.99 Download.
 
Operator #5 #1 The Masked Invasion – Before Bond, Pulp gave America its best Secret Agent and Will Murray’s Pulp Classics Audiobooks brings Operator #5 screaming to life as read by Richard Epcar. Handsome and rugged, Jimmy Christopher had everything a man of espionage needed- two fists, skills aplenty, a team of his own ready to help whenever and the determination to protect America at all costs! Follow Operator #5 as he stands between America and the Thirteenth Darkness! 6 hours. $23.98 Audio CDs / $11.99 Download.
 
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The best of timeless Pulp now available as cutting edge eBooks! Will Murray’s Pulp Classics brings the greatest heroes, awesome action, and two fisted thrills to your eReader! Presenting Pulp Icons such as the Spider and Operator #5 as well as wonderfully obscure characters like the Octopus and more, Will Murray’s Pulp Classics brings you the best of yesterday’s Pulp today!
 
Behind his iron mask, Professor Mephisto decreed death for men who stood on the threshold of fame and fortune. The strongest crumpled in wordless terror, their palsied trigger fingers crooking at the dread command from this sinister chairman of Satan’s Suicide Club. Why did men and women give up their lives rather than reveal the masked one’s secret? To shatter those evil shackles, Richard Wentworth turns again to the Spider’s cloak and guns — and follows strange bypaths to meet the most cruel and dangerous antagonist of his peril-shot career! Total Pulp Experience. These exciting pulp adventures have been beautifully reformatted for easy reading as an eBook and features every story, every editorial, and every column of the original pulp magazine.
 

A dead man on the dock at sailing time — a bullet for the star passenger — an empire’s ransom in the hold! This was the ship that was to carry Richard Wentworth and Nita van Sloan to Europe for their honeymoon! Trapped by Baron Otuna’s Oriental guile, consigned to the brig as a pirate, Wentworth dons the Spider’s cloak, and shoots his way toward the heart of a bloody mystery that rallies the fighting ships of two navies as death stalks a stricken liner! Total Pulp Experience. These exciting pulp adventures have been beautifully reformatted for easy reading as an eBook and features every story, every editorial, and every column of the original pulp magazine. As a special bonus, Will Murray has written an introduction especially for this series of eBooks.
 

Relentless, unhindered, that eerie, green mist advanced slowly up the Lower Bay like a formless nightmare monster. Deep-bellied vessels which sailed nearby were engulfed in its nebulous depths, and emerged in flames! A wide, devastated path marked its progress across New York City… Etoria, powerful and greedy, the snarling war-dog of the Mediterranean, was striking to cripple America’s defenses, preparing ruthlessly to establish the most magnificent empire in history… Operator 5, Ace of the Intelligence, known in private life as Jimmy Christopher, makes the gravest decision of his life. Hampered by cowardly, official red-tape, he resigns from the Service. Marked as the enemy’s first victim, he carries the battle, single-handed, across the ocean and into the Etorian dictator’s own guarded stronghold!Total Pulp Experience. These exciting pulp adventures have been beautifully reformatted for easy reading as an eBook and features every story, every editorial, and every column of the original pulp magazine. As a special bonus, Will Murray has written an introduction especially for this series of eBooks.

 
Terror Tales Arthur Leo Zagat, Book 2

In 1934 a new type of magazine was born. Known by various names — the shudder pulps, mystery-terror magazines, horror-terror magazines — weird menace is the sub-genre term that has survived today. Terror Talesmagazine was one of the most popular. It came from Popular Publications, whose publisher Harry Steeger was inspired by the Grand Guignol theater of Paris. This breed of pulp story survived less than ten years, but in that time, they became infamous, even to this day. This ebook contains a collection of stories from the pages of Terror Tales magazine, all written by Arthur Leo Zagat, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format.
 

“With the secret of the plague of Suicide Tomb, I shall control all men and their destinies. I have arranged my bargain with death and the devil; now men shall do my bidding.” Thus spoke Wu Fang, secure in his Dragon’s Lair, surrounded by his ministry of murder!… Not far away, innocent of the Yellow Fiend’s purpose, was the only man who dare combat him — Val Kildare, watching and waiting; ready for the Crime Beast to show his hand!

 
Inspired by the Asian menace of Fu Manchu, Harry Steeger, publisher of Popular Publications, decided to publish a villain-centered pulp magazine series. And so, The Mysterious Wu Fang was born.  The series was written by Robert J. Hogan, who also wrote for G-8 and his Battle Aces and The Secret Six.  But after seven stories, the series was ended.  An eighth story “The Case of the Living Poison” was planned, but never was printed.
 
 
Captain Future… the Ace of Space! Born and raised on the moon, Curt Newton survived the murder of his scientist parents to become the protector of the galaxy known as Captain Future. With his Futuremen, Grag the giant robot, Otho, the shape-shifting android and Simon Wright, the Living Brain, he patrols the solar system in the fastest space ship ever constructed, the Comet, pursuing human monsters and alien threats to Earth and her neighbor planets. This is one of the legendary “final seven” Captain Future tales. After a run of twenty pulp issues, the quarterly magazine closed. But that was not the end of Captain Future. He returned in a series of short stories published in Startling Stories magazine, beginning with the January 1950 issue. Edmond Hamilton, creator of Captain Future and author of the majority of the full-length novels, returned to pen seven more Captain Future stories. His style had matured, as had his original audience, and these final seven Captain Future stories are considered to be some of his best. Captain Future left the pages of Startling Stories with the May 1951 issue, but editors left open the possibility that Captain Future might return some day. True fans are still waiting. Until then, Captain Future returns in these vintage pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format.
 
All eBooks produced by Radio Archives are available in ePub, Mobi, and PDF formats for the ultimate in compatibility. When you upgrade to a new eReader, you can transfer your eBook to your new device without the need to purchase anything new.
 
Find these legendary Pulp tales and more in Will Murray’s Pulp Classics, now available in the Kindle storeBarnes and Noble Nook store, and RadioArchives.com! Search for RadioArchives.com in iTunes.
 
 

Classic Science Fiction adventure awaits Pulp Fans in Captain Future #7 The Magician of Mars! A daring prison break led by Ul Quorn, the mastermind known as The Magician of Mars, unleashes vile criminals from nine worlds on the universe! They have one goal, seeking lost treasure, and there’s only one force in the universe that can stop them! Captain Future! A mysterious hero, Captain Future and his three companions, an android, a brain, and a robot, known as the Futuremen set off across the universe and beyond to defeat The Magician and his minions! Thrill to this book length adventure by Edmond Hamilton this Christmas presented as a beautifully formatted eBook! Regular price $3.99. Christmas Special priced until December 13 for $1.99.
 
 
 
FREE Spider eBook!

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Receive an exciting original Spider adventure FREE! Part of the Will Murray Pulp Classics line, The Spider #11, Prince of the Red Looters first saw print in 1934 and features his momentous battle with The Fly and his armies of crazed criminal killers.
 
For those who have been unsure about digging into the wonderful world of pulps, this is a perfect chance to give one of these fantastic yarns a real test run. With a full introduction to the Spider written by famed pulp historian and author Will Murray, The Spider #11 was written by one of pulp’s most respected authors, Norvell W. Page. Writing as Grant Stockbridge, Page’s stories included some of the most bizarre and fun takes on heroes and crime fighting in the history of escapist fiction.
 
Even today Page’s scenarios and his edge-of-the-seat writing style are still thrilling both new and old fans everywhere. For those who have never read one of these rollercoaster adventures, you are in for a thrill. If you already know how much fun a classic pulp is, make sure you get a copy of this classic.
 
See what the Total Pulp Experience is for yourself. These exciting pulp adventures have been beautifully reformatted for easy reading as an eBook and features every story, every editorial, and every column of the original pulp magazine.
 
Send an eMail to eBooks@RadioArchives.com and start reading your FREE copy of  the Spider #11 within seconds! Experience The Best Pulps the Past has to offer in the most modern way possible!
 

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One of the top crime-fighters from the golden age of pulp fiction, The Spider returns in two thrill-packed adventures written by Norvell Page under the pseudonym of Grant Stockbridge. First, in “The Spider and the Jewels Of Hell” (1940), Tough, dauntless miners, accustomed to hardship and danger, paled in helpless terror as their homes were destroyed, their loved ones slaughtered! No one was safe, above ground or below, when The Killer walked among them. Only the Spider dared challenge the strangle-hold of fear that held an entire town in its deadly grip! Then, in “Recruit For the Spider Legion” (1943), Staunch supporter of justice and champion of the law Stanley Kirkpatrick, finds himself about to gain unexpected insights into the workings of the system when he himself is faced with the electric chair! Can the very man who has forever branded the Spider a criminal for his vigilante efforts join with his old enemy to battle the forces of Kali? These two exciting pulp adventures have been beautifully reformatted for easy reading and feature both of the original full color covers as well as interior illustrations that accompany each story. Buy it today for $14.95!
 
 
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The Knight of Darkness crushes crime in the classic pulp novels that inspired Hollywood’s first two Shadow feature films! First, the bizarre terms of a dead man’s will lead to a series of murders that will condemn an innocent man unless The Shadow can unmask the true killer in Walter Gibson’s “The Ghost of the Manor,” the inspiration for the 1937 film, “The Shadow Strikes.” Then, the Dark Avenger hunts a sadistic blonde murderess and the masked supervillain known as “Foxhound” in Theodore Tinsley’s violent novel that was filmed in 1938 as “International Crime.” BONUS: Film historian Ed Hulse unearths rare secrets behind the making of the first Shadow feature films! This instant collector’s item showcases the original pulp covers by George Rozen and the classic interior illustrations by Tom Lovell, with historical commentary by Will Murray. Buy it today for $14.95.
 
The Pulps’ original “Man of Steel” returns in three action-packed tales by Paul Ernst and Emile Tepperman writing as “Kenneth Robeson.” First, The Avenger enters a “House of Death” to unravel the mysterious murders befalling the owners of strange gold medallions! Then, the fate of the nation hangs in the balance as Dick Benson attempts to prevent “The Hate Master” from win ning the presidential election! Finally, a single misstep could result in “A Coffin for The Avenger” in an exciting novelette by Spider-wordsmith Emile Tepperman. BONUS: a Nick Carter mystery by Bruce Elliott! This classic pulp reprint leads off with a knockout color cover by Graves Gladney, and also features Paul Orban’s classic interior illustrations and commentary by pulp historian Will Murray. Buy it today for $14.95.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Richard Wentworth, the Spider, swings into Pulpy action once more in The Spider #11 – #15 Double Novel reprints. Race alongside the Master of Men and his beloved Nita Van Sloan and trusted companions Ram Singh and Jackson as they risk life, limb, and sanity to keep New York safe from madmen and lunatics! Find out why the Spider is considered one of the top three classic Pulp characters still today! Each reprint contains two exciting pulp adventures that have been beautifully reformatted for easy reading and feature both of the original full color covers as well as interior illustrations that accompany each story. The Spider Volumes #11 to #15, regular price $14.95 – Christmas Special priced until December 13 for $7.47.

 
The Man of Bronze leaves his mark on Pulp once again in classic stories reprinted in Doc Savage #11 – #15 from Radio Archives! Follow Doc and his trusted friends and aides –  Monk, Ham, Long Tom, Renny, and Johnny – as they take on supervillains, would be tyrants, and strange villains of all kinds! Read Lester Dent at his best as Doc uses both brain and brawn to fight for justice and save the world once more! Each reprint contains two full-length Pulp novels reformatted for easy reading and also includes articles, illustrations, and other Doc related information to make the experience more exciting! Doc Savage Volumes #11 to #15, regular price $12.95 – Christmas Special priced until December 13 for $6.47.

 
Find out Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Men in The Shadow #11 – #15 from Radio Archives! These classic tales beautifully reprinted and formatted for easy reading feature Pulp’s most mysterious hero as created by Walter Gibson. Each reprint features two full length Shadow Pulp novels as well as original covers and a multitude of extra material for the true fan! Follow The Shadow and his team of agents as they delve into the darkness of the city and fight the evil that hides in the night! Who is The Shadow? Wealthy playboy Lamont Cranston? Pilot Kent Allard? Or someone else! Join the mystery with The Shadow Volumes #11 to #15, regular price $12.95 – Christmas Special priced until December 13 for $6.47!
 
 
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Last Week for Stories From The Golden Age! Galaxy Press presents Stories from the Golden Age, a line of reprints and audio books by L. Ron Hubbard, at one time a prolific writer of Pulp fiction. These tales, including original pulp art and illustrations from the period, run the gamut of genres, including six shootin’ westerns, rollicking high adventures, chilling crime tales, and more! Along with the reprints, Stories from the Golden Age also features its tales as audiobooks, taking Pulp storytelling to another level. Thrill to classic tales of cowboys, pirates, heroes, villains and a whole multitude of other characters as written by Hubbard. Specially priced at 50% off until December 13. Get your copy of these books and audiobooks this week before they’re gone! Click here to see all the books that are available.
 
 
 
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The shattering sequel to Fortress of Solitude.
 
The Doc Savage exploit that went untold for 74 years—Death’s Dark Domain!
 
In the aftermath of the evil John Sunlight’s pillaging of the secret Fortress of Solitude, a dreadful super-weapon has fallen the hands of a Balkan dictator intent upon seizing control of the vampire-haunted zone of desolation known as Ultra-Stygia. War is imminent. Monsters are loose in the disputed region. A strange darkness falls over the sinister landscape. Only Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze, understands the terrible threat to humanity. And only he can prevent the terror from spreading…
 
There are unknown Things prowling the darkest patch of land on the planet. Haunted by creatures that might have emerged from the Hell’s lowest regions, ancient Ultra-Stygia has turned into a cauldron of conflict between rival countries. Monster bats careen through the night sky. Invisible Cyclopes patrol the scorched battleground. And a power beyond understanding robs men of their vision.
 
Can the 20th century’s premier scientist and superman untangle this Gordian knot of carnage before neighboring nations are drawn into an apocalyptic new world war? Or will the Man of Bronze succumb to an unstoppable power he himself has unleashed upon mankind?
 
From the frozen Arctic to the war-torn Balkans, Doc Savage and his fighting five follow a winding trail of terror to a blood-freezing climax.
 
Death’s Dark Domain features a fantastic cover painted by Joe DeVito! Buy it today for only $24.95 from Radio Archives.
 
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Back in print after 20 years! The rare Lester Dent-Will Murray collaboration resurrecting the original pulp superman…
 
Also available is the first Altus Press edition of Will Murray’s 1993 Doc Savage adventure, The Forgotten Realm. Deep in the heart of the African Congo lies a secret unsuspected for thousands of years. Doc Savage and his men embark on a quest to discover the secret of the strange individual known only as X Man, X for unknown. Before they come to the end of the trail, they find themselves fighting for their lives like gladiators of old!
 
No one knows who—or what—the strange being who calls himself “X Man” truly is. He was found wandering the ruins of a crumbling Roman fort, dressed in a toga, speaking classical Latin—and clutching a handful of unearthly black seeds.
 
Declared insane, the X Man patiently tends his weird plants until the day, impelled by a nameless terror, he flees Wyndmoor Asylum to unleash a cyclone of violence that is destined to suck the mighty Man of Bronze into the blackest, most unbelievable mystery of his entire career. For far from Scotland lies a domain of death unknown to the world and called by the ancient Latin name of Novum Eboracum—New York!
 
From the wild Scottish moors to the unexplored heart of darkest Africa, Doc Savage and his indomitable men embarked upon a desperate quest for the Forgotten Realm….
 
The Forgotten Realm features a spectacular cover painted by Joe DeVito! Buy it today for only $24.95 from Radio Archives.

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Doc Savage is overpowered and kidnapped by a gang working for a thug named Santini. A mysterious old man named Dan Thunden has come to Miami looking for someone named Kel Avery. Santini is trying to keep Thunden from contacting Doc Savage, but as usual, Doc turns tables on him and escapes.
 
An investigation reveals that Dan Thunden claims to have been a sailor on a ship that was lost in the Caribbean a century ago. That would make him 131 years old! Santini and his mob had rescued Thunden from the island known as Fear Cay. They had brought something with them that they think is worth millions but Thunden double crossed them and is now out for himself. He is seeking Kel Avery who is his immediate descendant in the hopes that blood is thicker than water and he can share the treasure.
 
By their blundering around, the two factions have gotten Doc Savage involved to their eternal regret. Doc pieces the story together and is shocked at his conclusion. Could Dan Thunden have discovered the Fountain of Youth? What is the mystery to be found on Fear Cay? And what is the ‘crackling death’ that haunts this lost island?
Fear Cay is another classic pulp story from the 1930s. It is full of mysterious menaces, plot twists and turns, and high adventure. This story also features Pat Savage in her second adventure with her famous cousin. This story was serialized by Roger Rittner and Will Murray in the original NPR radio series from the 1980s. It remains one of the most popular stories from the original series and you can enjoy it and another full length Doc Savage tale in Doc Savage Volume 13. Regularly price $12.95, Christmas Special priced through December 13 at $6.47
 
Comments From Our Customers!
 
Barbara Dominguez writes:
In the meanwhile, just wanted to let you know that I have in the past purchased several of your tape sets and they where excelent. I do highly recommend them and look forward to the e-texts which I am sure be must a good since your firm has always offered outstanding products and am delighted to see that you have moved into the electronic word of e-texts etc. even if I do not know how to really use them yet as I am 78 and my eye sight is not what it once was, so please excuse any typos that I did not catch.
 
David Southworth writes:
Thank you! As long as there are newly scanned and edited Operator #5 issues, I’ll keep coming back to buy them!
 
Ian Douglas writes:
I’m a big fan of your website, and especially the ebooks. I have a question. Is there a chance that you’ll be offering some ebooks of another Popular Publications pulp, namely “G-8 and His Battle Aces”? I would certainly be a customer.
 
Trent Reynolds writes:
Love to check this out! Thank you for bringing this great series of the Spider back to print and for e-reader.
 
If you’d like to share a comment with us or if you have a question or a suggestion send an email to Service@RadioArchives.com. We’d love to hear from you!
 

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Martha Thomases: Where Are Our New Nerds?

In last Monday’s New York Times Media Watch columns, they ran a list of the ten films released this year that had the highest box office ion their opening weekends. What’s amazing to me is that the top five (Marvel’s The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, Hunger Games, Amazing Spider-Man and Twilight: Breaking Dawn: Part 2) can all be classified in the fantasy genre, or, as I like to call it, nerd stuff.

Of the next five (Skyfall, Brave, Ted, Madagascar 3 and Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax), three are aimed primarily at children, and one is a James Bond film, which has its own separate but overlapping geek audience. Only Ted could be considered a movie aimed at what was once the wide, mainstream audience, and even then, because it is an R-rated comedy, that limits the wideness.

When did our beloved nerd culture become so dominant? I was certainly the only girl in my high school (which was all girls) who read superhero comics, and if anyone else read science fiction or fantasy, they were in the closet about it.

Even in the 1980s, when Frank Miller and Alan Moore and Art Spiegelman were publishing work that attracted mainstream media attention, there wasn’t much spillover to the medium of graphic storytelling.

When I first went to work for DC, the most common reaction I encountered when people learned what I did was, “Do they still publish those?”

For that matter, even today, the success of the movies listed above doesn’t do much for comics. There’s a history of tie-in films boosting the sale of books (for example, Gone With the Wind), but that doesn’t always overlap to your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, or comic book store.

Still, I don’t think fans like us can claim to be outsiders anymore. We might not be the cool kids, but we aren’t unwanted loners, either. What are today’s nerds about?

Is it Steampunk? Is it libertarian politics? Are there still obscure rock bands to follow, or has everything been American Idol’d to a bland pap. What distinguishes the kids getting beat up and/or ostracized today?

Besides being queer, I mean.

SATURDAY: Marc Alan Fishman and This Week’s New DC

 

EARTH STATION ONE EPISODE 140: SURPRISING SEQUELS

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So many sequels, so few of them have been good! Every once in a while comes one that lives up to the original. Mike Faber, Mike Gordon, Bobby Nash, and special guest Grundy chat reveal their favorites. And speaking of continuing missions, Star Trek/ Doctor Who comic book writer Scott Tipton takes a turn in The Geek Seat. As if that wasn’t enough, we take a look at AMC’s The Walking Dead as it heads into the fall finale. Plus the usual Rants, Raves, Shout Outs, and the ever-popular Khan Report!

Join us for yet another episode of The Earth Station One Podcast we like to call: Surprising Sequels at www.esopodcast.com.
Direct link: http://erthstationone.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/earth-station-one-episode-140-surprising-sequels/

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HANCOCK TIPS HIS HAT TO ‘HUNT AT WORLD’S END’!

TIPPIN’ HANCOCK’S HAT-Reviews of All Things Pulp by Tommy Hancock
HUNT AT WORLD’S END
By Nicholas Kaufmann (writing as Gabriel Hunt)
Gabriel Hunt created by Charles Ardai
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There’s something to be said for archetypes.   We enjoy them, we return to them, many sociologists and psychologists say that they are essential to our survival as individuals and a race.  And being a fan of Heroic Fiction and particularly of Pulp, I am darn glad that writers today believe in archetypes as well and don’t shy away from writing a story around a character who is like some previous creation or reminds readers of that guy in that movie.  Many good tales are written because writers, too, enjoy playing with archetypes.
Enter Gabriel Hunt. 
Created by Charles Ardai, the genius behind the Hard Case Crime books, Gabriel Hunt is one of two brothers whose parents mysteriously disappeared and are believed dead.   The brothers are now entrusted with the operation of the Hunt Foundation, which Gabriel leaves largely to his brother Michael while he travels the globe rescuing lost artifacts from the wrong hands in efforts to give them to museums and, if necessary, saving the world in the process.
Sound a tad familiar?  Yes, there are definite shades of Indiana Jones and other such fortune and glory for museums types in Hunt.  But in this tale that opens with a bar fight in an Explorer’s type club and involves chasing down three jewels and an ancient Hittite device, Hunt definitely steps out as his own character.  This is both a blessing and a curse for the story.
The action is well paced throughout HUNT AT THE WORLD’S END, the third novel in the series, and leaps off the page at the reader.  The characters are engaging, colorful, and run the gamut of beautiful I-Can-Take-Care-of-Myself damsel, over the top villain, and even an ancient cult of scaries with worldwide membership thrown in for good measure.   The build up of and resolution of the adventure is nearly flawless.  And Hunt himself provides a heroic figure that the book revolves around easily.
Mostly.
It seems that many writers feel the need to write characters in Heroic Fiction today that will hopefully have a broader market appeal than typical concepts of Heroes as we see them.  There have to be flaws, there must be angst, there have to be internal complications that give breadth, depth and color to the hero, even in some cases making him seem less than heroic.  This is supposed to, I think, make him appear more heroic when he works his hero mojo.
In HUNT AT THE WORLD’S END, all this sort of characterization, most of it done as internal narration, accomplished was to make Hunt seem insecure, arrogant, and whiny.  The middle of the novel is bogged down with Hunt’s concern over a particular cast member being involved in their hunt, his love or interest or whatever he has in the aforementioned damsel, and there’s even a hint of regret for his chosen life thrown in.  All of this is fine if it’s handled correctly, but the way it’s presented in this book makes Hunt’s subsequent heroic actions seem hollow, false.
Another point about this book- and this is more the writer in me, not the reviewer, complaining- is the fact that it is written under a house name of the lead character.  Gabriel Hunt wrote the book and yet it’s in third person.  It would have been much more affective to have this tale told in first person and would have made some of the above mentioned issues with whininess a little easier for the writer- and the reader- to deal with.
THREE OUT OF FIVE TIPS OF THE HAT- HUNT AT WORLD’S END is a great actioner, wonderfully paced with plenty of derring do and baddies for the good guys to contend with.  I just wish I liked the hero more than I did and that maybe in this instance, the author would have stuck a tad more to the archetype than trying to broaden his reader base (that he was doing that is only my assumption, but still…this is my review).

THE SHADOW FAN TAKES ON HITLER’S ASTROLOGER

The Shadow Fan Podcast returns with another action-packed episode! Barry Reese outlines the history of Harry Vincent, reviews Malmordo (1946), Dynamite’s The Shadow # 8, and Marvel’s The Shadow: Hitler’s Astrologer. Listener feedback inspires Barry to go on another rant about the Kent Allard/Shadow identity controversy!

Join the conversation about pulp’s greatest hero today at http://theshadowfan.libsyn.com/hitler-s-astrologer.

THEPULP.NET UPDATES SITE

On their Facebook Page, ThePulp.net announced some changes to their website.

Something looks different! That’s right. ThePulp.Net introduced a new format today. Based on suggestions from the survey we conducted last spring, we’ve added a bit more color and pizzazz to the site to better reflect the vivid pulps of the past. Let us know what you think!

Visit the new www.thepulp.net today.

PULPFEST 2012 PODCAST– THE NEW FICTIONEERS WITH WIN SCOTT EXCKERT

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Win Scott Eckert

The Book Cave’s Panel Fest podcast, Episode 14 features a panel from PulpFest 2012 called The New Fictioneers with New Pulp Author Win Scott Eckert is live.

Listen now at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/panel-fest-episode-14-pulp-fest-2012-win-scott-eckert

Thanks to Jason Aiken for recording the panel.

TOP SHELF MELTS CAPTAIN NEMO’S HEART OF ICE

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Now available for pre-order from your local comic shop is Top Shelf ProductionsNEMO: HEART OF ICE, a new, standalone, thrill-ride By Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill from the world of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen! This one’s an absolute blast, so get your pre-orders in now and don’t miss it.

About Nemo: Heart of Ice
AN ALL-NEW LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN ADVENTURE!
Co-Published by Top Shelf Productions & Knockabout.

In the grim cold of February surfaces a thrilling new League of Extraordinary Gentlemen book: NEMO: HEART OF ICE, a full-color 56-page adventure in the classic pulp tradition by the inestimable Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill.

It’s 1925, fifteen long years since Janni Dakkar first tried to escape the legacy of her dying science-pirate father, only to accept her destiny as the new Nemo, captain of the legendary Nautilus. Now, tired of her unending spree of plunder and destruction, Janni launches a grand expedition to surpass her father’s greatest failure: the exploration of Antarctica. Hot on her frozen trail are a trio of genius inventors, hired by an influential publishing tycoon to retrieve the plundered valuables of an African queen. It’s a deadly race to the bottom of the world — an uncharted land of wonder and horror where time is broken and the mountains bring madness. Jules Verne meets H.P. Lovecraft in the unforgettable final showdown, lost in the living, beating and appallingly inhuman HEART OF ICE.

A 56-page full-color hardcover graphic novel!

Coming in February 2013!

MUTUAL, SPIDER, DOC SAVAGE AND MORE! CHRISTMASTIME AT RADIO ARCHIVES!


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November 30, 2012
Merry Christmas from Radio Archives!
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In 1980, a sort of perfect storm came together in terms of radio drama revival. Top talent of both the classic era of radio and modern entertainment worked hand in hand on Mutual Radio Theater, a multi genre show harkening back to classic anthologies of the past. Twenty fantastic episodes are collected in Mutual Radio Theater, Volume 4!

The Mutual Radio Theater aired every weeknight on hundreds of Mutual stations March-December 1980. Each program written specifically for radio included scripts penned by such radio legends as Arch Oboler, Norman Corwin, and Elliot Lewis. These scribes brought their formidable talents to bear on this kaleidoscopic show by providing solid scripts for every genre the show represented five nights a week. The writing blended well with the work of modern storytellers to make Mutual Radio Theateran instant classic.
And the stories themselves ranged the genre gambit. Each night’s program featured a particular genre and was hosted by a different notable performer. Lorne Greene hosted Western Night on Monday. Andy Griffith followed on Tuesday with Comedy Night. Wednesday Night was Mystery Night hosted by Vincent Price. Love & Hate took center stage on Thursday, hosted by Cicely Tyson. Friday Night was Adventure Night with Leonard Nimoy as host.
Mutual Radio Theater, Volume 4 is a 20 CD set of programs as they originally aired, complete and uncut, with original commercials, and produced in full stereo-high fidelity! Comedy, mystery, adventure, romance, and horror. All can be found in Mutual Radio Theater, Volume 4! Twenty hours, twenty shows of great radio. $59.98 Audio CDs / $29.99 Download.  Until December 6, Save $20.00 on the Audio CD version. Introductory Priced at only $39.98!
“Get this and get it straight! Crime is a sucker’s road and those who travel it end up in the gutter, the prison, or the grave…”
These words delivered in an electrifying baritone by Gerald Mohr open each episode of The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, Volume 3. Featuring the classic Private Eye created by Raymond Chandler, this beautifully restored set from Radio Archives stars Mohr at his best as the two-fisted knight errant, solving mysteries and finding his own sort of justice in 1950s Los Angeles. Mohr’s thunderous, rich voice combined with tightly written stories and a dream team of supporting actors makes The Adventures of Philip Marlowe one of the best OTR detective series available today. A mix of tense crime drama and wry humor, both delivered expertly by Mohr, makes this set a must have for any Detective fan or OTR collector and it can be yours today at 50% off regular price!
The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, Volume 3. Six hours, twelve shows, with Gerald Mohr as Philip Marlowe. Regular Price $17.98 – Christmas Special priced until December 6 for $8.99 Audio CDs / $4.49 Download.
Old Time Radio Christmas Gift Ideas!
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Rocky Jordan, Volume 3 – Discover international intrigue and mystery this holiday season with Rocky Jordan, Volume 3!Featuring Jack Moyles as Jordan, this wonderfully atmospheric pseudo detective adventure series is a favorite among OTR collectors. The action centers on Jordan, an American and owner of the Café Tambourine in Cairo, Egypt just after the war. Although very similar in concept to Casablanca, Rocky Jordan quickly stands on its own as a witty, two-fisted program. Enjoy classic adventure at its best with this 10 hour collection. $29.98 Audio CDs/ $14.99 Download.
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One Man’s Family, Volume 2 – One of Radio’s best loved dramas is one every family should own! One Man’s Family, Volume 2 chronicles the ups and downs of the Barbour family, a cast of characters that for over two decades were loved by many. Created by noted writer Carlton E. Morse, this program set the standard for not only family dramas well into the TV age, but also on how to gracefully age characters believably and still keep the audience coming back for more. Six hours. $17.98 Audio CDs / $8.99 Download.

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The Big Bands on One Night Stand, Volume 1 – Dance through the holidays with The Big Bands on One Night Stand, Volume 1. You’ll find many treasures of the big band era, that timeless music of the war years and beyond, in this collection. Volume 1 offers twenty half-hour broadcasts dating from 1943 to 1952 and featuring twenty of the top bands and musical groups so popular at the time, including performances by orchestras that are still well remembered today – Jimmy Dorsey, Harry James, Stan Kenton, Ray Anthony, Louis Prima and more. 10 hours. $29.98 Audio CDs / $14.99 Download.

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Afloat with Henry Morgan, Volume 1 – Spend your holidays on the High Seas with Afloat with Henry Morgan, Volume 1!Based on the real life adventures of Pirate Morgan, this well written program is one pulse pounding episode after another of conspiracy, adventure, blasting flintlocks and naval warfare. Featuring stellar performances, Afloat with Henry Morgan is equal parts Pulp adventure, thinly veiled fiction based on fact, and a rollicking, swashbuckling tale of buccaneers and brigands! Guaranteed enjoyment for any Adventure Fan! 7 hours. $20.98 Audio CDs / $10.99 Download.

The Planet Man, Volume 1 – Fans of Science Fiction, meet Planet Man, Volume 1! Very much in the mold of 1950s classic Science Fiction serials, this fun, fast paced program follows the adventures of Dantro, a sort of outer space Marshall working for the League of Planets! Follow Dantro and his crew as they travel the stars, keeping interplanetary space safe from villains, criminals, and ruffians of all sorts! If you like Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers, then Planet Man, Volume 1 is the perfect gift for you this Christmas! 10 hours. $29.98 Audio CDs / $14.99 Download.
Read by Nick Santa Maria and Robin Riker

During his ferocious first year fighting crime, The Spider faced the most amazing array of supercriminals ever spawned. The Black Death. The Red Mask. The Tarantula. The Fly. Few were as memorable as the 20th Century corsair called Captain Kidd. She—yes, she!—embarked on a campaign of cruelty unmatched in pulp history.
It began with the torture-killing of a innocent young boy—a loyal member of the Spider Club. The weapon employed was a knife with eerie electrical properties. Discovering the hapless body, Richard Wentworth vowed to avenge this insult to The Spider’s power.
But Captain Kidd struck first! When a train roars into Grand Central Station, out of control and crashing to a brutal halt, authorities discover that everyone aboard, from the engineer and crew to the passengers, are cold corpses—electrified by a weird new weapon called the Green Fire!
Out of this rolling charnel house come the first clues to the Pirates—a roving band of modern-day buccaneers out to pillage greater New York. At their head, the deadly woman who has taken the feared name of Captain Kidd.
Once again, RadioArchives.com has selected one of the most electrifying Spider novels ever written for an equally-electrifying audiobook. Nick Santa Maria again takes on the dual role of Richard Wentworth, aka The Spider, Master of Men, for this powerful new entry in the Will Murray Pulp Classics series. Robin Riker enchants as Nita van Sloan and gives a powerful performance as the wiley Captain Kidd. Producer Roger Rittner brings his superb directorial expertise to the proceedings, which are enhanced by sound effects and a full musical score. So far, our audience tells us that each Spider audiobook has outdone the one before. The Corpse Cargo is no exception.

This Total Pulp Experience audiobook contains all three stories from the tenth issue issue of The Spider MagazineJuly 1934. $27.98 Audio CDs / $13.99 Download.

One of the most unique and popular pulp characters ever created, Kendall Foster Crossen’s The Green Lama fights once more as a Will Murray Pulp Classics Audiobook! Created to be competition for The ShadowThe Green Lama was Jethro Dumont, a millionaire who had gone to Tibet to become a lama and returned to America to fight crime! Surrounding himself with a team of companions, The Green Lama sets off on his first two adventures in this Audiobook, voiced by noted voice actor Michael McConnohie!Thrill to the inaugural exploits of The Green Lama! 6 hours. Regular Price $23.98 – Christmas Special priced until December 6 for $11.99 Audio CDs / $5.99 Download.

Great Audiobooks for Christmas
Doctor Death 12 Must Die! – One of the strangest villains ever to grace a Pulp page, Doctor Death, created by Harold Ward, is a madman mixing science and magic, controlling demons and zombies and bent on only one thing – the destruction of modern civilization! Challenged by a team led by Jimmy Holm and comprised of everyone from the President of the United States to America’s Public Enemy #1, Doctor Death must be stopped! Chill to the machinations of this madman in Doctor Death – 12 Must Die! 5 hours read by Joey D’Auria. $19.98 Audio CDs / $9.99 Download.
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The Spider Wings of the Black Death – Pulp’s Master of Men, The Spider returns to audiobook action in Wings of the Black Death! Masterfully performed by Nick Santa Maria and Robin Riker, this audiobook features the first story of The Spider as written by Norvell W. Page! Fight along The Spider as he struggles to save New York from horrifying death at the hands of a manmade plague! Full sound effects and a period musical score make Wings of the Black Death a must have! 6 hours. $23.98 Audio CDs / $11.99 Download.
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The Three Planeteers – Outer space adventure meets swashbuckling action in The Three Planeteers, classic space opera based on the Pulp tale by Edmond Hamilton! Ride along with an Earthling, a Venusian, and Mercurian- three interstellar companions very much reminiscent of Dumas’ Three Musketeers as they fight to save the Alliance of Inner Planets from the evil League of Cold Worlds. The Three Planeteers comes complete with aliens, planet to planet action, ray guns, spaceships and more, everything classic space opera needs, including fantastic voice work by Joey D’Auria! 6 hours. $23.98 Audio CDs / $11.99 Download.
Terror Tales, Volume 1 – Need that perfect gift for the Horror fan in your life? Look no further than Terror Tales, Volume 1!Featuring seven stories from the original run of Terror Tales, this audiobook will send chills down your spine and have you leaving the light on at night! These wild tales of horror from Paul Ernst, Norvell Page, and others strike terror into the strongest of hearts. Wonderfully voiced by Joey D’Auria and Michael C. GwynneTerror Tales is a guaranteed fright for sure! 7 hours. $27.98 Audio CDs / $13.99 Download.
Doc Savage White Eyes – an unabridged audiobook based on the novel written by Will Murray! Dressed all in white, his face masked, eyes blank as a blind man’s, a new foe calling himself White Eyes appears! And with him comes the Blind Death, killing New Yorkers all around, their eyes turning stark white! Only Doc Savage and his companions can bring an end to the criminal reign of White Eyes! This adventure of the Man of Bronze is produced by Roger Rittner and voiced byRichard Epcar! 10 hours. $39.98 Audio CDs / $19.99 Download.

The best of timeless Pulp now available as cutting edge eBooks! Will Murray’s Pulp Classics brings the greatest heroes, awesome action, and two fisted thrills to your eReader! Presenting Pulp Icons such as the Spider and Operator #5 as well as wonderfully obscure characters like the Octopus and more, Will Murray’s Pulp Classics brings you the best of yesterday’s Pulp today!
He auctioned souls, the masked Man Who Dealt in Death. But he worked his devilish magic in a secret den that defied search warrants and nightsticks, while he stripped great men of their power and enslaved beautiful women. And only Richard Wentworth saw a fighting chance to link the Fifth Avenue holdup, the haunting sorcery of the leper, and the strange vanishing of the footlight queen in the weirdest, most horrible crime campaign the Spider has ever battled! Total Pulp Experience. These exciting pulp adventures have been beautifully reformatted for easy reading as an eBook and features every story, every editorial, and every column of the original pulp magazine.

The curse first fell upon the squalid settlements where Oriental folk lived their transplanted lives in growing terror of the new menace against which the white man’s law could not protect them. But it burgeoned in murder and massacre until New York and her sister cities saw grim chaos on the horizon, rolling up with the swift deadliness of a man-made thunder-head. Only the Spider sensed the hidden purpose that launched the Scourge of the Yellow Fangs. And the Spider — Richard Wentworth to his friends — was a man already marked for ghastly death. Total Pulp Experience. These exciting pulp adventures have been beautifully reformatted for easy reading as an eBook and features every story, every editorial, and every column of the original pulp magazine. As a special bonus, Will Murray has written an introduction especially for this series of eBooks.

No one believed at first that America was in danger, that a little, third-class power could conquer the great United States. But the man who called himself Montezuma the Third — who had reestablished the barbaric Aztec Empire — was armed with a new, invincible weapon which caused his enemies literally to explode from within! The American people, helpless, began to dread the fetters of shameful slavery… Jimmy Christopher — that Operator 5 of the Intelligence who has so often saved our nation from disaster — gambled his bravery and loyalty against a beautiful woman’s heartless wiles — with the lives of his dear ones, and America, at stake! Total Pulp Experience. These exciting pulp adventures have been beautifully reformatted for easy reading as an eBook and features every story, every editorial, and every column of the original pulp magazine. As a special bonus, Will Murray has written an introduction especially for this series of eBooks.

Terror Tales by Paul Ernst, Book 2

In 1934 a new type of magazine was born. Known by various names — the shudder pulps, mystery-terror magazines, horror-terror magazines — weird menace is the sub-genre term that has survived today. Terror Tales magazine was one of the most popular. It came from Popular Publications, whose publisher Harry Steeger was inspired by the Grand Guignol theater of Paris. This breed of pulp story survived less than ten years, but in that time, they became infamous, even to this day. This ebook contains a collection of stories from the pages of Terror Tales magazine, all written by Paul Ernst, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format.

Wu Fang is a Chinese criminal mastermind and scientific genius. With his hybrid monkey-men, he plans to conquer America. He is member of various secret societies and has spies everywhere. Opposing him is Val Kildare of the F.B.I.  His aides, reporter Jerry Hazard, archaeologist Rod Carson and newsboy Cappy, help him in his battles against the sinister man of evil known as Wu FangInspired by the Asian menace of Fu Manchu, Harry Steeger, publisher of Popular Publications, decided to publish a villain-centered pulp magazine series. And so, The Mysterious Wu Fang was born.  The series was written by Robert J. Hogan, who also wrote for G-8 and his Battle Aces and The Secret Six.  But after seven stories, the series was ended.  An eighth story “The Case of the Living Poison” was planned, but never was printed.

Captain Future… the Ace of Space! Born and raised on the moon, Curt Newton survived the murder of his scientist parents to become the protector of the galaxy known as Captain Future. With his Futuremen, Grag the giant robot, Otho, the shape-shifting android and Simon Wright, the Living Brain, he patrols the solar system in the fastest space ship ever constructed, the Comet, pursuing human monsters and alien threats to Earth and her neighbor planets. This is one of the legendary “final seven” Captain Future tales. After a run of twenty pulp issues, the quarterly magazine closed. But that was not the end of Captain Future. He returned in a series of short stories published in Startling Stories magazine, beginning with the January 1950 issue. Edmond Hamilton, creator of Captain Future and author of the majority of the full-length novels, returned to pen seven more Captain Future stories. His style had matured, as had his original audience, and these final seven Captain Future stories are considered to be some of his best. Captain Future left the pages of Startling Stories with the May 1951 issue, but editors left open the possibility that Captain Future might return some day. True fans are still waiting. Until then, Captain Future returns in these vintage pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format.
All eBooks produced by Radio Archives are available in ePub, Mobi, and PDF formats for the ultimate in compatibility. When you upgrade to a new eReader, you can transfer your eBook to your new device without the need to purchase anything new.
Find these legendary Pulp tales and more in Will Murray’s Pulp Classics, now available in the Kindle store and the Barnes and Noble Nook store! and RadioArchives.com!

Weird menace Pulps are a favorite of Pulp fans and none were weirder than Terror Tales! A magazine from Popular Publications, Terror Tales pulled few punches in stories of horror and fright definitely meant for adults! This beautifully formatted eBook features stories from Terror Tales written by one of Pulp’s best writers of the macabre, Hugh B. Cave! From an Island named Terror to a Sepulcher of Satan, Cave brings nightmares to life in these specially selected stories. Terror Tales delivers scary delight in every story, so enjoy a bit of well-crafted horror this holiday season! As a special bonus, Will Murray has written an introduction especially for this series of eBooks. Regular price $3.99. Christmas Special priced until December 6th for $1.99.
FREE Spider eBook!

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Receive an exciting original Spider adventure FREE! Part of the Will Murray Pulp Classics line, The Spider #11, Prince of the Red Looters first saw print in 1934 and features his momentous battle with The Fly and his armies of crazed criminal killers.
For those who have been unsure about digging into the wonderful world of pulps, this is a perfect time to give one of these fantastic yarns a real test run. With a full introduction to the Spider written by famed pulp historian and author Will Murray, The Spider #11 was written by one of pulp’s most respected authors, Norvell W. Page. Writing as Grant Stockbridge, Page’s stories included some of the most bizarre and fun takes on heroes and crime fighting in the history of escapist fiction.
Even today Page’s scenarios and his edge-of-the-seat writing style are still thrilling both new and old fans everywhere. For those who have never read one of these rollercoaster adventures, you are in for a thrill. If you already know how much fun a classic pulp is, make sure you get a copy of this classic.
See what the Total Pulp Experience is for yourself. These exciting pulp adventures have been beautifully reformatted for easy reading as an eBook and features every story, every editorial, and every column of the original pulp magazine.
Send an eMail to eBooks@RadioArchives.com and start reading your FREE copy of  the Spider #11 within seconds! Experience The Best Pulps the Past has to offer in the most modern way possible!

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One of the top crime-fighters from the golden age of pulp fiction, The Spider returns in two thrill-packed adventures written by Norvell Page under the pseudonym of Grant Stockbridge. First, in “The Spider and the Jewels Of Hell” (1940), Tough, dauntless miners, accustomed to hardship and danger, paled in helpless terror as their homes were destroyed, their loved ones slaughtered! No one was safe, above ground or below, when The Killer walked among them. Only the Spider dared challenge the strangle-hold of fear that held an entire town in its deadly grip! Then, in “Recruit For the Spider Legion” (1943), Staunch supporter of justice and champion of the law Stanley Kirkpatrick, finds himself about to gain unexpected insights into the workings of the system when he himself is faced with the electric chair! Can the very man who has forever branded the Spider a criminal for his vigilante efforts join with his old enemy to battle the forces of Kali? These two exciting pulp adventures have been beautifully reformatted for easy reading and feature both of the original full color covers as well as interior illustrations that accompany each story. Buy it today for $14.95!
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The Knight of Darkness crushes crime in the classic pulp novels that inspired Hollywood’s first two Shadow feature films! First, the bizarre terms of a dead man’s will lead to a series of murders that will condemn an innocent man unless The Shadow can unmask the true killer in Walter Gibson’s “The Ghost of the Manor,” the inspiration for the 1937 film, “The Shadow Strikes.” Then, the Dark Avenger hunts a sadistic blonde murderess and the masked supervillain known as “Foxhound” in Theodore Tinsley’s violent novel that was filmed in 1938 as “International Crime.” BONUS: Film historian Ed Hulse unearths rare secrets behind the making of the first Shadow feature films! This instant collector’s item showcases the original pulp covers by George Rozen and the classic interior illustrations by Tom Lovell, with historical commentary by Will Murray. Buy it today for $14.95.
The Pulps’ original “Man of Steel” returns in three action-packed tales by Paul Ernst and Emile Tepperman writing as “Kenneth Robeson.” First, The Avenger enters a “House of Death” to unravel the mysterious murders befalling the owners of strange gold medallions! Then, the fate of the nation hangs in the balance as Dick Benson attempts to prevent “The Hate Master” from being victorious in the presidential election! Finally, a single misstep could result in “A Coffin for The Avenger” in an exciting novelette by Spider-wordsmith Emile Tepperman. BONUS: a Nick Carter mystery by Bruce Elliott! This classic pulp reprint leads off with a knockout color cover by Graves Gladney, and also features Paul Orban’s classic interior illustrations and commentary by pulp historian Will Murray. Buy it today for $14.95.
Richard Wentworth, the Spider, swings into Pulpy action once more in The Spider #6 – #10 Double Novel reprints. Race alongside the Master of Men and his beloved Nita Van Sloan and trusted companions Ram Singh and Jackson as they risk life, limb, and sanity to keep New York safe from madmen and lunatics! Find out why the Spider is considered one of the top three classic Pulp characters still today! Each reprint contains two exciting pulp adventures that have been beautifully reformatted for easy reading and feature both of the original full color covers as well as interior illustrations that accompany each story. The Spider Volumes #6 to #10, regular price $14.95 – Christmas Special priced until December 6 for $7.47.
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The Man of Bronze leaves his mark on Pulp once again in classic stories reprinted in Doc Savage #6 – #10 from Radio Archives! Follow Doc and his trusted friends and aides –  Monk, Ham, Long Tom, Renny, and Johnny – as they take on supervillains, would be tyrants, and strange villains of all kinds! Read Lester Dent at his best as Doc uses both brain and brawn to fight for justice and save the world once more! Each reprint contains two full-length Pulp novels reformatted for easy reading and also includes articles, illustrations, and other Doc related information to make the experience more exciting! Doc Savage Volumes #6 to #10, regular price $12.95 – Christmas Special priced until December 6 for $6.47.
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Find out Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Men in The Shadow #6 – #10 from Radio Archives! These classic tales beautifully reprinted and formatted for easy reading feature Pulp’s most mysterious hero as created by Walter Gibson. Each reprint features two full length Shadow Pulp novels as well as original covers and a multitude of extra material for the true fan! Follow The Shadow and his team of agents as they delve into the darkness of the city and fight the evil that hides in the night! Who is The Shadow? Wealthy playboy Lamont Cranston? Pilot Kent Allard? Or someone else! Join the mystery with The Shadow Volumes #6 to #10, regular price $12.95 – Christmas Special priced until December 6 for $6.47!
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Last Week for Moonstone Books!  Thrill to the new adventures of The Avenger, the Green Hornet, and Sherlock Holmes in anthologies by today’s writers!  Relive Classic Pulp action with Norvell Page’s The Spider!  Characters from Television, Radio, Pulps, and Literature collide in Sex, Lies, and Private Eyes and Partners in Crime! Mystery, Adventure, Terror, and more await you with characters you know in these Moonstone titles!  Specially priced at 50% off until December 6th. Get your copy of these six remaining titles this week before they’re gone!

Galaxy Press presents Stories from the Golden Age, a line of reprints and audio books by L. Ron Hubbard, at one time a prolific writer of Pulp fiction. These tales, including original pulp art and illustrations from the period, run the gamut of genres, including six shootin’ westerns, rollicking high adventures, chilling crime tales, and more! Along with the reprints, Stories from the Golden Age also features its tales as audiobooks, taking Pulp storytelling to another level. Thrill to classic tales of cowboys, pirates, heroes, villains and a whole multitude of other characters as written by Hubbard. All Stories from the Golden Age titles are specially priced until they are gone. Click here to see all the books that are available.

The shattering sequel to Fortress of Solitude.
The Doc Savage exploit that went untold for 74 years—Death’s Dark Domain!
In the aftermath of the evil John Sunlight’s pillaging of the secret Fortress of Solitude, a dreadful super-weapon has fallen the hands of a Balkan dictator intent upon seizing control of the vampire-haunted zone of desolation known as Ultra-Stygia. War is imminent. Monsters are loose in the disputed region. A strange darkness falls over the sinister landscape. Only Doc Savage, the Man of Bronze, understands the terrible threat to humanity. And only he can prevent the terror from spreading…
There are unknown Things prowling the darkest patch of land on the planet. Haunted by creatures that might have emerged from the Hell’s lowest regions, ancient Ultra-Stygia has turned into a cauldron of conflict between rival countries. Monster bats careen through the night sky. Invisible Cyclopes patrol the scorched battleground. And a power beyond understanding robs men of their vision.
Can the 20th century’s premier scientist and superman untangle this Gordian knot of carnage before neighboring nations are drawn into an apocalyptic new world war? Or will the Man of Bronze succumb to an unstoppable power he himself has unleashed upon mankind?
From the frozen Arctic to the war-torn Balkans, Doc Savage and his fighting five follow a winding trail of terror to a blood-freezing climax.
Death’s Dark Domain features a fantastic cover painted by Joe DeVito! Buy it today for only $24.95 from Radio Archives.

Back in print after 20 years! The rare Lester Dent-Will Murray collaboration resurrecting the original pulp superman…
Also available is the first Altus Press edition of Will Murray’s 1993 Doc Savage adventure, The Forgotten Realm. Deep in the heart of the African Congo lies a secret unsuspected for thousands of years. Doc Savage and his men embark on a quest to discover the secret of the strange individual known only as X Man, X for unknown. Before they come to the end of the trail, they find themselves fighting for their lives like gladiators of old!
No one knows who—or what—the strange being who calls himself “X Man” truly is. He was found wandering the ruins of a crumbling Roman fort, dressed in a toga, speaking classical Latin—and clutching a handful of unearthly black seeds.
Declared insane, the X Man patiently tends his weird plants until the day, impelled by a nameless terror, he flees Wyndmoor Asylum to unleash a cyclone of violence that is destined to suck the mighty Man of Bronze into the blackest, most unbelievable mystery of his entire career. For far from Scotland lies a domain of death unknown to the world and called by the ancient Latin name of Novum Eboracum—New York!
From the wild Scottish moors to the unexplored heart of darkest Africa, Doc Savage and his indomitable men embarked upon a desperate quest for the Forgotten Realm….
The Forgotten Realm features a spectacular cover painted by Joe DeVito! Buy it today for only $24.95 from Radio Archives.

By David White
This counts as the third time I have read a story where the Spider battles a threat against the world from the Orient. They have been some of the finest Spider stories, in my mind, that have been written. There is always a high degree of treachery and cunning that pushes the Spider to the very brink of death. This story is no exception.

The Spider starts thing off battling a tiger and a tigress, the first being actually ten feet long and of the seven hundred pound variety. The Spider in this instance proves that not only is he the Master of Men, but deadly beasts as well. The tigress is an Oriental beauty, whose glamour is matched only by her deadliness. All this and then we meet the diabolical Wang-Ba. He is known as The Turtle who will carry the world on his back. A stark raving mad genius that doesn’t care how many bodies he has to climb to take over the world, he has what seems like an un-limited amount of resources to help him, even a submarine.
Wang-Ba wastes no time in attacking the Spider. In one fell swoop, he not only captures the Lovely Nita, but also transforms Jackson into a raving lunatic. Wang-Ba is not your typical madman though. He feels that he is doing the world a favor by ridding it of all its criminals. Of course if a few hundred innocents die in the process . . . oh well.
Richard Wentworth plays his violin a bit to clear his mind before heading out against the powerful Oriental. The two literally lock in a struggle of wills, the Spider once again proving why he is called The Master of Men. Wang-Ba has already thrown his plans into action. He will literally hold New York hostage until his demands are met. For each demand the nation does not meet, he will kill ten officials and five hundred citizens.
The Spider is really in trouble this time. Wang-Ba seems to almost play with him at times. But in true Spider form, he shows that until he has breathed his last, the battle is never lost. Thrill to this Spider novel and another full length Spider tale in The Spider Volume 6. Regular Priced $14.95, Christmas Special Priced through December 6 for only $7.47 for the Double Novel reprint and $2.99 for the eBook!
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ALL STAR PULP COMICS 2 COVER PREVIEW

Cover Art in Process: Will Meugniot

Airship 27 Productions and Redbud Studio’s All-Star Pulp Comics #2 is in production and will feature comic tales of some of pulp’s favorite characters by some of New Pulp‘s best. Cover artist Will Meugniot shared his behind-the-scenes process for designing the cover on his Facebook page.

From Will Meugniot:
Here’s a preview of the new cover I just completed for Airship 27’s ALL-STAR PULP COMICS #2 out early next year. That complicated man with the Tommy gun is Derrick Ferguson’s exciting new pulp era adventure hero, Dillon, battling unknown evils alongside classic hero Ki-gor’s lovely mate, the crimson tressed Helene. On the left is the comp, at center is the inks and to the right, the finish. Hope you all will pick up a copy!

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All-Star Pulp Comics #1 is still available.
Features cover art by Jeffrey Butler.
You can find it here.

Keep watching All Pulp for more details on All-Star Pulp Comics #2 when they become available.