The Avenger – Part 1: The Paul Ernst Novels
The Avenger was the third kick at the cat for Street & Smith. They had The Shadow publishing every two weeks. They had Doc Savage Read More
The Avenger was the third kick at the cat for Street & Smith. They had The Shadow publishing every two weeks. They had Doc Savage Read More
Lester Dent (and the other Kenneth Robeson’s who penned the Doc Savage super-sagas) was always conscious of a certain atmospheric need in a good story. Read More
You’ve heard me complain in the past about how much I hate “The Guy in the Chair“. That character that exists largely to give the Read More
Doc Savage vs. Superman? You can blame Will Murray for this one. In his piece called simply “Intermission” in the Sanctum reprints of Murder Mirage/The Read More
If you missed the last one… 1937 and 1938 see a bit of a rallying in the amount of Science Fiction and Fantasy in the Read More
If you missed the last one… 1935 marks a change in the roster of authors. Familiar names like Otis Adelbert Kline, Ray Cummings, Murray Leinster, Read More
If you missed 1932… 1933 promised some good novels (not as good as 1932) with plenty of sequels. For the Pulp writer, getting a successful Read More
If you missed the last one… Avon’s Space Detective starred The Avenger, Rod Hathaway. (Not to be confused with Paul Ernst’s The Avenger, Richard Benson.) Read More
The Ice Giant Saga was not DC’s first outing to the frozen North. Strange Northerns have been a part of DC’s history from the moment Read More
If you missed last time… The Dragon from “Red Nails” is one of the more unusual monsters of the Hyborian Age. Like the giant snake Read More