Re: what gives your pulp its pep?
The possible that did not happen, but is now happening in the game being played right here.
That is a lot of my Pulp experience; the InterWar years are ripe with pivot points.
That and just about everything folks said above.
To accomplish that, I combine the influence of nearly every Pulp game rules system out there to make sure the game is the best there can be.
I too miss Tales of the Gold Monkey.
Then again, I miss Fantasy Island, Buck Rogers and the original Galactica as well.