Vondy Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 Oh and an evil nazi mystic wearing a steel mask ( this is an idea that my co referee and I have used in our own pulp game... Just as a trivia point, Herr Stahlmask was a villain in the old G-8 and His Battle Aces comics! I ran a WWI pulp game with a German villain in a steel mask, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 Stahl Mask miniature: https://pulpfigures.com/products/view/61 Another pose, with other weird villains: https://pulpfigures.com/products/view/42 You can make your own Pulp-era GI Joe vs COBRA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 Then there's alway Karl Ruprech Kroenen from Hellboy, one of the most visually interesting villains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 Yeah, awesome villain look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlv61560 Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 Okay, I gotta come back in on this one. I picked up copies of Bill Craig's "Hardluck Hannigan" series, and frankly it was almost completely unreadable. That is some of the worst fiction I've ever read -- even Fu Manchu stuff is easier to suspend disbelief on. It wouldn't have been so incredibly bad if you weren't constantly pushed back out of the story by some completely wrong information (Himmler is now the Nazi Propaganda Minister -- bet Goebbels was PO'd when that happened) or by clumsy scene handling (the heroine of the first story makes some snide remark to Hannigan when they first meet, to which he responds by saying; "Hey, you asked ME to come here," which, given that the scene where he decided to go where she just happened to be was only a few pages before, you immediately remember was absolutely not true. At various points in the story (supposedly set in 1937 or 1938), we find that Germany is already at war with England, then not, then they've invaded Poland, then they haven't, then the war in Spain is completely hosed up (I don't think Craig has any idea who was actually fighting in Spain, or what they were fighting about)...I won't even address the more obscure technical errors (like the Bf-109s are apparently the later models and absolutely have no problem flying into a French colony to shoot up Americans and Englishmen and engage with an RAF unit that apparently has the range to fly from Gibralter (I assume, or worse, maybe they were basing out of either Spanish Morocco or French Morocco, neither of which is likely because...oh, forget it) to what I can only assume is Algeria, and that's totes okay having the RAF doing that within French jurisdiction...Arrrrrgh!)...it all just gets too tiring for even the casual read. Then, in the "climax" of the first volume, everyone just sort of wanders off somewhere without caring one tiny bit what happened to the people they were supposedly in love for life with. Frankly it reads more like a Mad Magazine spoof of that kind of story than it did an actual story. Nonsequitars, historical inaccuracies that a five-yer-old can spot, a complete inability to grasp basic physical and political geography, crappy plotting, weak dialogue, sudden interruptions of the plot line so the hero and heroine can snoggle someplace...yeesh. I got partially into the second one before I gave it up in disgust. My strong recommendations? 1) Give these a miss -- terrible, terrible writing, plotting and flow. You actually feel dumber after having read these (at least the first one and a half) than you did before you started. Eventually, I'll steel myself to read one of his later ones to see if there was any improvement, but sadly, "steeling myself" is what it will take. 2) Somebody call Craig and tell him to take a writing class. And a basic history class (hell, he could just watch World at War and he'd be more informed than he is currently). Maybe teaching him how to use a simple flow chart or read a map would be a good thing, too. Tom Clancy, this guy ain't. In fact, he isn't even running close to Clive Cussler (who is another hack writer, but at least can string his one and only plotline together somewhat). Very disappointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted November 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 Just as a trivia point, Herr Stahlmask was a villain in the old G-8 and His Battle Aces comics! I ran a WWI pulp game with a German villain in a steel mask, too. I have some "G8" paperbacks, but they are not in good condition and i'm not sure if I can read them without having them fall apart ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted November 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 Not quite "period", but pulpy in style I recently read "Lara Croft Tomb Raider : The Man Of Bronze" No it isn't a crossover with Doc Savage, but fun all the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted March 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 Not pulp "fiction", but I recently got two books "The Wonderful Future That Never Was" and "The Amazing Weapons That Never Were" both edited by Greg Benford and full of pictures and articles from "Popular Mechanics" magazine, from the 1930's through to 1970. Could be a great resourse for "Weird Tech" and weapons with which to equip science heroes and would be world conquerors. (Hearst Books, $u s 24.95). pinecone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nothere Posted March 14, 2016 Report Share Posted March 14, 2016 On the subject of Doc Savage crossovers anyone seen the Doc Savage King Kong crossover Doc Savage on Skull Island? As for what I've read, I recently found a group of books on amazon that reprint two stories of famous pulp charecters. There's at least the Shadow, Doc Savage, and The Spider. So the last pulp I read were two Shadow stories that were the favorite of the Shadow's author. The Grove of Doom and the masked Lady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted March 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 If it is the book I have it is called simply "Doc Savage Skull Island" by Will Murray published by Altus Press Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nothere Posted March 15, 2016 Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 That must be it. Any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted March 16, 2016 Report Share Posted March 16, 2016 I've been reading the Parasol Protectorate, which my daughter has been doing a hard sell on. I think urban fantasy / paranormal romance is a very clear descendant of the pulps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted March 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2016 That must be it. Any good? Er I don't know. With my reading speed it may be years before it gets read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kharis2000 Posted March 23, 2016 Report Share Posted March 23, 2016 Just finished a block of Christmas gift card purchases: A collection of the original Jim Anthony stories (interesting and entertaining stories about a slightly less stilted version of the Doc Savage concept), a collection of the Kid Calvert western stories (admittedly outside my wheelhouse, both topically and stylistically, but entertaining), the collected Captain Zero stories (probably the best 'invisible man' series I've read from the pulps), and Volume 1 of Harold Lamb's Cossack stories, Wolf of the Steppes (not what I expected, but darned good). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemblamenchisus Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 I don't know much about pulps. I remember seeing pulp magazines - small digest sized publications with color artwork covers, with western or true crime themes - on newsstands as late as the 1990s or even early 2000s. These seemed to be the real old-school thing, not hipster revivals. Does anyone know what I mean and are any still around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted April 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2016 Just finished a block of Christmas gift card purchases: A collection of the original Jim Anthony stories (interesting and entertaining stories about a slightly less stilted version of the Doc Savage concept), a collection of the Kid Calvert western stories (admittedly outside my wheelhouse, both topically and stylistically, but entertaining), the collected Captain Zero stories (probably the best 'invisible man' series I've read from the pulps), and Volume 1 of Harold Lamb's Cossack stories, Wolf of the Steppes (not what I expected, but darned good). I don't know the "Jim Anthony" stories. Who wrote them ? If they are in the style of Doc Savage I will interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kharis2000 Posted April 23, 2016 Report Share Posted April 23, 2016 Basic information on the series can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Anthony I read the Volume 1 Altus collection in Kindle format: http://smile.amazon.com/Super-Detective-Jim-Anthony-Complete-1-ebook/dp/B009YZOPDU/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461438509&sr=1-6&keywords=jim+anthony&refinements=p_n_feature_browse-bin%3A618073011 I liked them well enough that I'll be picking up the second volume in a month or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted April 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2016 Thank you "Kharis2000". Write up makes me unsure about whether I want to pursue this character or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kharis2000 Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 I don't know what the issues making you unsure might be, but I can tell you that there isn't anything resembling bedroom action going on in the stories, despite the other material the publisher was cranking out. A kiss here and there, some obvious (for the pulps) indicators in one of the first three stories that at least one character wishes there was said action going on, but all in all these stories didn't really fall in the 'spicy' category for me. (Your mileage might vary, of course.) For me, they were simply written for an audience a bit older than the 12-14 crowd that Doc Savage was aimed at. Given the price for the print versions, I would, however, definitely recommend the Kindle versions, if you do ebooks. Another set of reviews: http://www.thepulp.net/pulpsuperfan/2013/04/20/jim-anthony-super-detective/ http://www.thepulp.net/pulpsuperfan/2013/12/30/review-super-detective-jim-anthony-vol-2/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted August 3, 2016 Report Share Posted August 3, 2016 I've stated reading CAPTAIN ACTION ASSAULT OF THE GLOWING MAN by Jim Beard wirtten in the pulp style does that count ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nothere Posted August 4, 2016 Report Share Posted August 4, 2016 I don't know if its been mentioned but I recently got the 25 pulp stories megapack from Amazon. For between free and a dollar its a goodbuy:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kharis2000 Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Just finished ERB's 'The Land of Hidden Men' [lost city story in Cambodia] and starting and am starting another ERB classic, 'The Bandit of Hell's Bend.' [One of his Westerns] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaximander Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 I have recently started reading Tarzan of the Apes in eBook and Super-Mystery Comics online. The comic includes an anthology of super hero and pulp style hero stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCMorris Posted August 22, 2016 Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 Shadow over Innsmouth. Fantastic story. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted August 22, 2016 Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 Just bought my first Doc Savage novel: The Devil's Playground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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