Who is your favorite pulp, or pulp-era, hero? Could be from the actual pulps, newspaper strips, radio shows, movie serials.
The Shadow
Doc Savage
Richard Benson, the Avenger
Remo Williams, the Destroyer
The Spider
G-8
The Phantom
Mandrake the Magician
Secret Agent X-9
Other
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Your Favorite Pulp-Era Hero?
Who is your favorite pulp, or pulp-era, hero? Could be from the actual pulps, newspaper strips, radio shows, movie serials.
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I like all the Pulp Heroes, but if I had to choose just one, I'd pick The Avenger. He has companions like Doc Savage, but the Avenger's are actually competent. They can do things the Avenger can't. And they seem like real people, too.
Although, I thought the series went downhill in later books, after the initial run.
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For obvious reasons, I chose The Shadow!
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G-8, baby!!
My long time Champions character - Anthem - has some G-8 in his history, though the names were changed to avoid copyright infringement.
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Obviously my favorite is The Phantom
But I must admit that Doc Savage is a close second.
Oh BTW Remo Williams, the Destroyer is not a pulp character. He was introduced and operated in the mid 70s. A couple years after the Executioner first appeared by the same publisher. And IMHO Mack Bolan was far superior to his Marvel Comics knock-off Frank Castle aka The Punisher.
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I was always surprised that the owners of "The Executioner" property never took legal action against Marvel Comics for the Punisher (at least, none that I ever heard of). The Executioner had virtually the same background and motivation, was a successful series and predated the Punisher by several years.Originally posted by TheImperialKhan
Obviously my favorite is The Phantom
But I must admit that Doc Savage is a close second.
Oh BTW Remo Williams, the Destroyer is not a pulp character. He was introduced and operated in the mid 70s. A couple years after the Executioner first appeared by the same publisher. And IMHO Mack Bolan was far superior to his Marvel Comics knock-off Frank Castle aka The Punisher.
As far as the poll goes, I'd have to go with Doc Savage. I'm a fan of four-color comics, and Doc forms one of the most important bridges between pulp and four-color style.
I do think that one important pulp-era character is being overlooked, though: Tarzan the Ape Man. Many of his adventures were serialized in pulp magazines.
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There are a couple Pulp Era heroes you didn't add, like Conan and Tarzan, so I'll go with 'Other" and give my vote to Tarzan. Also forgot Allan Quartermain.
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I thought of Tarzan, but the polls only give you ten options.
Remo Williams may not have been published until the '70s but he sure fits the genre, albeit updated for the time period.
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I picked The Shadow, but The Phantom was a really close second.
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Close... so close. It was a toss up between the Phantom and Dr. Clark Savage jr.
Doc won... by a hair.
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Had to go with Doc, though Tarzan, the Shadow, and the Phantom all run close behind.
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based on his name alone, as I have yet to find any copies of his stories, my pick would be:
Captain Satan, King of Adventure!
but Remo and The Spider are a close second and third.
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In the '80s TSR did a series called "Agent 13" to promote their pulp supplement for Top Secret/SSI of the same name. I read the first one and it was pretty good. The supplement was worth grabbing, too, for the genre and campaign material.
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