Pulps and comics
I'm a big serial fan and also a huge fan of pulp novels and comic books and was wondering if there is anyone else out there that shares this overlap of obsessions.Some of my fave pulps: Doc Savage,...
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I like the masked hero pulps (The Shadow, the Spider). Also pre-1990 comics (DC, Marvel, Tower, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents and more).
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Tch, I cut my baby teeth on silver age DC comics(Flash, JLA, World's Finest) and I have a great affinity for anything pre Crisis On Infinite Earths. Never cared much for Marvel except for the golden...
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Golden Age Men of mystery is a series that does reprints of Golden Age comics and they did an issue, #10, that was dedicated to the serial heroes. There are articles on four or five comic based...
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Dynamite comics has announced they are doing new series with the Shadow and the Spider. The Spider's outfit seems to be more based on the serial version than the pulps. Flipped through the first issue...
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So, Joe Kubert died. Not only was one of the last of the guys who came out of the golden age of comics, he was known as a generally nice guy and he was still working in comics. At 85 years old he had...
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Greetings culture lovers: Two bits of comic interest...Dynamite publishing is putting out a Thund'a comic. Am I miss-remembering or did he show up in one of the jungle serials? I know he was one of...
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You are right on, Tch. Buster Crabbe was Thunda in King of the Congo by Columbia.
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Thanks Tiger. Knew somebody here would have the answer and I've been to lazy...ahem...busy to do actual research. Yeah, busy...heck this weekend alone I finished watching both 'Secret Code' and 'Three...
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Other comic book news: Dynamite has been putting out series on various old pulp characters and has just announced 'Masks' a mini-series that teams up the Spider, the Shadow and the Green Hornet. I am...
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With all the worry/hoopla about the new Lone Ranger movie, Dynamite has come out with a new LR comic: Snake of Iron by Chuck Dixon and it is a great read. Previous LR comics by DYnamite have left me...
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I remember Chuck Dixon writing the excellent Skyboy series from Eclipse comics back in the '80s. It was an update to the golden age series starring the son of the aviator hero and featured a strong...
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I was quite impressed, as Dynamites previous LR comics were pretty blah. Thank goodness for Chuck. It was Airboy that he wrote and he just came out with a new mini-series with Airboy dealing with a...
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Just noticed that all the characters in the ad for Dynamite's 'Masks' mini-series, is all the heroes had serials. Green Hornet and Kato, the Spider, The Shadow and the Zorro. All were serial heroes....
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