Space Invaders!
If you missed the last one… We all remember the video game Space Invaders if you are over fifty. But you’d need to be a Read More
Tag: Weird Tales
The Fantastic in the Argosy: 1926-1927
If you missed the last one… After the last two years, 1926-1927 seem thin, indeed. Only one Edgar Rice Burroughs novel, and it’s a Western. Read More
The Fantastic in the Argosy: 1924-1925
If you missed the last one… 1924-1925 proved a good two years if you liked novel serials with four by Edgar Rice Burroughs, two by Read More
Space Pirates!
If you missed the last one…. Space pirates are a given in any system where goods are transported between planets. Like the buccaneers of old, Read More
The Return of the Giant Robot!
If you missed the last one… The Return of the Giant Robot! These super beings were spawned in the Pulps. Edmond Hamilton, for his second Read More
Willard E. Hawkins, High Mountain Scribe
Willard E. Hawkins (1887-1970) was a Pulp writer, an editor and newspaperman from Colorado. He didn’t write exclusively for the fantastic Pulps, selling Westerns and Read More
Original Ghosts (and Their Pictures)
It’s October (and Friday the 13th!) and spook season is upon us! All those creepy collections you like to drag out this time of year, Read More
The Gorillas of DC’s Strange Adventures
In a previous post I mentioned DC’s predilection for gorilla covers in a piece on Arthur J. Burk’s “Manape the Mighty”. Well, it’s about time Read More
Miles Breuer, Noble Amateur
Miles J. Breuer, M. D. (1889-1945) was an early Science Fiction writer as well as a doctor from Lincoln, Nebraska. He was a acolyte of Read More
Giant Spiders in Golden Age Comics III
If you missed the last one (and you probably did)… The end of the Golden Age saw fewer superheroes and Jungle Lords and more pure Read More