J. J. Allerton: Pulp Phantom
Our history of the Science Fiction Pulps is often as shaky as our knowledge of the dinosaurs. We know much more about the giants of Read More
Tag: The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Islands of Hugo Gernsback
The Islands of Hugo Gernsback takes us in a slightly different direction than our last trip. Last time it was Weird Tales and terror tales. Read More
Golden Age Islands of Terror!
Golden Age Islands of Terror! Not your vacationing hotspot but a physical cage for bad things to happen in. Islands offer the Horror/Suspense writer a Read More
Those Fantastic Ape Monsters
Those fantastic ape monsters of Fantasy & Science Fiction show our interest in our shaggy relatives. Fiction writers produced tales of apes and apish creatures Read More
Wells Imagined
In a previous post I discussed how H. G. Wells was imagined by Pulp artist, Frank R. Paul in Hugo Gernsback’s Amazing Stories. At that Read More
Four Color H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells seems like a natural for comic book adaptation. He inspired so many Science Fiction ideas and the comics use all of them Read More
Monster Island: Two Classics
The idea of being trapped on an island with some kind of terror is not a new theme. But of all those Dr. Moreau scenarios Read More
The Werewolves of ACG – Part 5 (1953-1954)
If you missed Part Four ACG’s three horror main titles provide the last hooray of lycanthropic tales. Nothing really new here except a couple of Read More