The Fire of Asshurbanipal: Adventure Meets Horror
A Late Manuscript “The Fire of Asshurbanipal” (Weird Tales, December 1936) by Robert E. Howard is the point at which adventure fiction and horror meet. Read More
Tag: Edmond Hamilton
Vikings on a Rampage!
Vikings on a rampage always means fun. The idea of a barbarian warrior suddenly showing up in a shopping mall or on the White House Read More
The Wellsian Invasions of Edmond Hamilton
The Wellsian invasions of Edmond Hamilton begin with his second story. “Across Space” sets a pattern that Hamilton will use for five years, pumping out Read More
Pulp Snow Monsters
New pulp snow monsters are hard to find because I’ve written about so many related creatures already. I wrote about the monsters of the Antarctic Read More
DC’s Cavemen Capers
DC’s cavemen capers began at the beginning of the company with “Caveman Capers” in 1935’s New Fun Comics. Every so often DC would try a 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 Menace of the Machine Men: A Robot Tradition
“The Menace of the Machine Men” was a Superman comic story that is part of a robot tradition. Edmond Hamilton made the transition from Pulps Read More
Snake Gods & Were-Serpents
Snake gods and were-serpents are the rarest of creatures! Finding Pulp stories with snakes in them is not hard. Finding weird tales or even Science Read More
Edmond Hamilton Comics 1953
1953 produced the first real noteworthy story, “The Lord of Batmanor” (Detective Comics #198). This comic was special because Hamilton and Leigh Brackett, his wife, Read More
Mad Scientists, A Criteria
Mad scientists got their big start with Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) though the wicked or foolish creator can be found in myth and legend. The Read More