THE PULPSTER #33

Three new articles on the Spicy pulps, which hit newsstands -- or, maybe, slid under the counters -- 90 years ago. Will Murray answers the question "Why Are Pulps So Scarce?" Ed Hulse looks at ashcan editions that Culture Publications used to lock up its titles. Two ERB features look at The Land that Time Forgot trilogy and ERB's strangest creatures. Mike Chomko wraps up his definitive history of comics & pulp publisher Fiction House. And Canadian Pulps, Secret Agent X more! A hundred years ago, the first hardback edition of The Land That Time Forgot was released. You’ll find two articles about Edgar Rice Burroughs’ fantastic adventure, which appear in connection with PulpFest’s partner con, ERBFest: Henry G. Franke III’s overview of the trilogy, and Jess Terrell’s dissection of one of ERB’s stranger creatures. Two years ago marked the 100th anniversary of the founding of Fiction House, and that year’s number of The Pulpster included the first of Michael Chomko’s epic three-part history of the pulp and comic-book publisher. The story wraps up in this number. And William Lampkin has a sidebar that looks at Thurman T. Scott’s side business. You’ll also find the most extensive history of the Canadian pulps to date (by Tony Davis), and articles on Secret Agent X (by Will Murray), Frederick Nebel (by John C. Bruening), and “The Maltese Falcon” (by Kurt Brokaw). And, as always, closing out the number is the annual salute by Davis to those from the pulp collective that we’ve lost. Lots of interior color and reproductions of pulp cover art and rare titles.