“Cats Can Kill” by Ray Cummings
“Cats Can Kill” by Ray Cummings is a mystery wrapped up in a hair ball. This tale of were-cats appears in December 1941’s The Masked Read More
Category: Pulp Magazines
“Primeval” by Charles W. Diffin
The February 1937 issue of Open Road For Boys featured an adventure story called “Primeval” by Charles W. Diffin. Open Road was a boys’ outdoor Read More
The Monsters of the Hyborian Age 8: The Dragon
If you missed last time… The Dragon from “Red Nails” is one of the more unusual monsters of the Hyborian Age. Like the giant snake Read More
Welcome to the Portrait Gallery: 1948-1953
Welcome to the Portrait Gallery… where terror hangs on the wall. Where art meets madness and talent is used for evil. The old Gothics and Read More
Bulwer-Lytton’s “The House and the Brain”
Bulwer-Lytton’s “The House and the Brain” also known as “The Haunters and the Haunted” appeared for the first time in Blackwood’s Magazine, August 1859. (Somehow Read More
Caveman Hero Comics
Caveman Hero Comics had a strong tradition to follow. In literature, particularly Pulp and Children’s, there were heroes who were prehistoric men. Caveman literature dates Read More
Magic Versus Science: Campbellian Fantasy After 1943
Unknown Worlds of Science Fantasy Unknown Worlds was an important magazine for Fantasy fiction. Before its run between 1939 and 1943, the fantastic genre was Read More
Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
Where do you get your ideas? Well, if you are drawing comics in the 1950s, you borrow them. From the Pulps. Here’s a case where Read More
The Strangest Northerns: Fish-Men of Arctica
“Fish-Men of Arctica” by John Miller Gregory appeared in the hard-to-find Miracle Science and Fantasy Stories (June-July 1931) from Adventure House. This Pulp lasted two Read More
The Return of a Master: Lee Brown Coye
Lee Brown Coye (1907-1981) made his debut on the covers of anthologies like Arkham House’s Sleep No More (1944) before moving onto the pages of Read More