Sword & Sorcery at Manor Books
Manor Books was the bottom of the barrel in the late 1970s. Ballantine, ACE, later DAW were the prime markets for Sword & Sorcery in Read More
Tag: At The Earth’s Core
Adventures Underground
Adventures Underground! What an amazing place to tell a story. Jules Verne chose it well when he wrote Journey to the Center of the Earth 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
Lost Worlds of the Pulps
The lost worlds of the Pulps began almost immediately after a certain book. The Lost World (1912) by Arthur Conan Doyle, oddly, signaled the end Read More
The Beasts of Pellucidar: Comic Book Style
The beasts of Pellucidar first came to me comic book style. The reason for this was I was lucky to be reading the books for Read More
Edgar Rice Conan Verne in Seven Pages
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jules Verne and maybe just a dash of H. Rider Haggard, and all in seven pages. Ace Magazines published Read More
Top Ten Favorite Edgar Rice Burroughs Monsters
My top ten monsters from Edgar Rice Burroughs don’t come from Tarzan. The vine-swinger had some great adventures but for the most part the most Read More
Seven Decades of Dinosaur Comics: 2018-2019
If you missed 2017… Our last batch of dinosaur comic covers. It has been a long trip from 1939 to 2020. (I have included one Read More
The Monsters of Pellucidar: At the Earth’s Core
Edgar Rice Burroughs was a master storyteller. One of his best tricks was to include monsters, creatures, call them what you will, in the best Read More
The Land Unknown (1957)
The Land Unknown Trailer Director: Virgil W. VogelCast: Jock Mahoney and Shirley PattersonShawn SmithWilliam ReynoldsHenry BrandonDouglas KennedyPhil Harvey An expedition to the Antarctic discovers a Read More