The Ghostbreakers: The Purple Claw
The Purple Claw was a Golden Age comics ghostbreaker from Toby Press. The author is unknown but all the strips were drawn by Ben Brown 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)Â and was reprinted in Where Monsters Dwell #38 (October 1975). Read More
My Best Science Fiction Story (1949)
My Best Science Fiction Story (1949) was an SF anthology by Leo Marguiles and Oscar J. Friend. The way the editors open the book it Read More
Baum Vs. Tolkien
Giants of Fantasy Baum vs. Tolkien. Two giants of Fantasy…. Recently re-reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) I was struck by two similarities in Read More
Have An Island Holiday: Weird Tales Style!
Have an island holiday: Weird Tales style! Here are seventeen wonderful isles to visit this year. Traveling this season could be a little dangerous so Read More
Artists of Sword & Sorcery: Chris Achilleos (1947-2021)
Born in Cyprus, but based in England, painter and designer, Chris Achilleos has influenced so many others through magazine covers and films. His controversial covers Read More
Sword & Sorcery Roundtable #4
In our final Sword & Sorcery Roundtable of the year, G. W. Thomas is joined by authors Michael Ehart, Joel Jenkins and author and editor Read More
E. A. Grosser: Invisible Author II
E. A. Grosser is another invisible author. Unlike last time, when I wrote about Alexander Blade, a house name with no real substance, Grosser was Read More
Link: Ghosts at Christmas: Dickens to Davies
Charles Dickens gets the credit for the idea of a ghost story at Christmas. We all know Scrooge, whether it’s Alastair Sim, Bill Murray, Patrick Read More