The Fantastic in the Argosy: 1922-1923
If you missed 1921… 1922 saw a tapering off of fantastic material. 1921 had offered thirty pieces while both 1922 and 1923 only just under Read More
Category: Sword & Planet
Albert dePina, Space Opera Specialist
Albert dePina was a name blazoned across the covers of Planet Stories in 1944. He was never a prolific writer, not a professional in terms Read More
Rainbow of Reprints
Everything Old Is New Again! Reprinting Science Fiction began right from the beginning of American Pulp Science Fiction. Farnsworth Wright, over at Weird Tales, brought Read More
The Exiles of Space
In previous posts we looked at Derelicts and Castaways in Space, so why not the very popular Exiles of Space? The idea of being sent Read More
Science Fiction Odyssey #1 – The Magazine That Never Happened
Science Fiction Odyssey #1 could be called “The Magazine That Never Happened”. Skywald was having great success with their line of Horror black & white Read More
Sword & Sorcery at Warren – Part 3: 1971
If you missed 1970… Sword & Sorcery at Warren in 1971 saw a full ledger of S&S artists. Many of these wrote their own stories, Read More
Sword & Sorcery at Warren – Part 1: The 1960s
Sword & Sorcery at Warren is a tale of a sub rosa movement within another genre. James Warren’s black & white magazines were an innovation Read More
The Fantastic in the Argosy: 1939
If you missed the last one… 1939 saw a resurgence of fantastic material with very few gaps through the year. Because of this we don’t Read More
The Masters of Fantasy by Neil Austin
“The Masters of Fantasy” by Neil Austin was a biography feature that ran in Famous Fantastic Mysteries from August 1947 to April 1950. In all, Read More
The Fantastic in the Argosy: 1931
If you missed 1930…. Argosy in the 1930s had no problem with Science Fiction or Horror or more often “fake” Horror, where the truth proves Read More