Showing posts with label pulps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pulps. Show all posts
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Super Science Stories
Super Science Stories was a pulp that was initially printed by Popular Publications between March 1940 and May 1943. A total of 16 issues were published, all under the editorial control of science-fiction author Frederik Pohl at the age of 21. Three of the 1941 issues appeared under the name Super scienceNovels. In January, 1949 the magazine was briefly revived for 15 more issues, ceasing publication in August, 1951.
21.2.09
Pulp illustrators
4 of the greatests : Virgil Finlay, Stephen Lawrence, Hannes Bok, Alex Raymond. From a portfolio published in 1977 by Editions Déesse. 5.1.09
Franck Sauvage - Doc Savage
By the end of the 1930's, translators changed the name of Doc Savage into Franck Sauvage. His stories were published in various youth mags such as Le Journal de Mickey, Robinson, Donald and Story (Belgium) under "Nouvelles aventures de Franck Sauvage" ou "D'autres aventures de Franck Sauvage". In 1939, 3 paperbacks were published (the third one wich I don't have is "La Vapeur du Néant") in Belgium in Collection "Aventures", using the original U.S pulp covers. The "author"(translator ?) is named as Guy d'Antin...17.10.07
The Phantom Detective
The Phantom (in the stories, no one ever called him the Phantom Detective) was wealthy playboy Richard Curtis Van Loan. Having experienced action and adventure in the big war (WW I) he became bored. Frank Havens, the publisher of the New York Clarion challenged his young friend to solve a case the police couldn't.
He did, of course. Having gotten the bug, Richard learned everything he could about crime detection, makeup and disguise, and the psychology of criminals. Eventually he started solving crimes the police couldn't and was eventually called upon by the police to help them. Often, the police would approach Havens about contacting The Phantom. Eventually Havens put a crimson colored beacon on the roof of the paper and turned it on whenever The Phantom was needed (holy Bat Signal!!).
He did, of course. Having gotten the bug, Richard learned everything he could about crime detection, makeup and disguise, and the psychology of criminals. Eventually he started solving crimes the police couldn't and was eventually called upon by the police to help them. Often, the police would approach Havens about contacting The Phantom. Eventually Havens put a crimson colored beacon on the roof of the paper and turned it on whenever The Phantom was needed (holy Bat Signal!!).
The Phantom Detective was Standard Magazine's response to the launch of The Shadow Magazine by Street & Smith. Although it ran for far fewer issues (170 instead of 325) its less frequent schedule meant it held the record for the longest-running single-character pulp, lasting for over 20 years (starting in February 1933 and ending in the Fall 1953 issue).
19.6.07
Earle Bergey - Fantastic'art
Earle K. Bergey, 1901-1952, painted covers for a large number of science fiction magazines during the '40's. His illustrations featured women in space helmets and bikinis or skin-tight outfits which were later the inspiration for Princess Leia's slave-girl outfit in Return of the Jedi. These covers, often described as "Bim, Bem, Bum," usually featured a woman being menaced by a Bug Eyed Monster or robot who resembled a man in a rubber suit, with an astronaut or other heroic type coming to her assistance. The bikini-tops worn by the girls often resembled coppery metal, giving rise to the phrase, "the girl in the brass bra," often used in reference to this sort of art.
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