Snake Gods & Were-Serpents
Snake gods and were-serpents are the rarest of creatures! Finding Pulp stories with snakes in them is not hard. Finding weird tales or even Science Read More
Category: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Gallileo Seven and Edmond Hamilton
Weird Tales 1933 A connection between “Gallileo Seven” and Edmond Hamilton may have existed. And it might not have, but I find the parallels intriguing. Read More
Spock’s Brain and Other Missing Cerebrum
Brain-stealers! As a kid, I can recall the sheer terror of Doctor McCoy saying to Captain Kirk: “His brain is gone.” Aliens have stolen Mr. Read More
Comic Book Adaptations of The Jungle Tales of Tarzan
Comic book adaptions of The Jungle Tales of Tarzan (1919) seems like a no-brainer. Not only do the short episodes lend themselves to single issue Read More
John Wyndham’s Planet Plane and The Sleepers of Mars
John Wyndham’s Planet Plane (The Passing Show, May 2-June 20, 1936) and its sequel “The Sleepers of Mars” (Tales of Wonder #2, March 1938) form Read More
Tarzan and The Time Trap
Tarzan and “The Time Trap” appeared in TV Tornado Annual 1968, an annual usually sold around Christmas time. The author and artist are not known. Read More
The Strangest Northerns: King of the Glacier Men
“King of the Glacier Men” appeared in Marvel’s Journey Into Unknown Worlds #55 (March 1957) and was reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell #38 (October 1975). Read More
Repta the Jungle Girl
Repta the Jungle Girl is from “The Beautiful Beast” in The House of Mystery #185 (March-April 1970). The fact that she appeared in a horror Read More
The Strangest Northerns: The Wolf-Woman
“The Wolf-Woman” by Bassett Morgan is a strange Northern that uses several Pulp cliches, the body frozen in the ice and the wolf-siren who runs Read More
But Is It Sword & Sorcery?
“But is it Sword & Sorcery?” Have you ever read a book that you thought was the real deal only to ask that question? Paperback Read More