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
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
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
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 could be called “The Magazine That Never Happened”. Skywald was having great success with their line of Horror black & white Read More
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 is a tale of a sub rosa movement within another genre. James Warren’s black & white magazines were an innovation Read More
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 was a biography feature that ran in Famous Fantastic Mysteries from August 1947 to April 1950. In all, Read More
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
The Fantastic in The Argosy began long before 1930. Science Fiction appeared as early as November 16, 1889 with The Conquest of the Moon in Read More