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    Conan Comics

    in Comics General

    Posted

    And speaking of fanzines, this was waiting for me when I got home today. This is the February 1936 issue of The Phantagraph, an early fanzine published by Donald Wollheim. It is extremely scarce! It has contributions by Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith, but it is most noteworthy for being the first published appearance of Howard's essay, "The Hyborian Age."

     

     

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    Dats KEWL!!!!!!!!! :applause:

    Lost Boardies

    in Comics General

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    I miss Deathlok

     

    I don't.

     

    I miss Timulty, the guy Deathlok shamelessly trolled.

     

     

    Deathlock was the resident badboy when I first joined. Wotta troublemaker!! doh!

     

    Kind of reminded me of early joecollector before he found tact! . :grin:

    I'll pound you to a "Pulp" if you don't show off yours!

    in Pulp Magazines

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    lol Wow, no kidding! I was going to ask you if that was you, just jokingly. And it really was you - very cool! You certainly got some gorgeous pulps out of the deal.

     

    Here is the Richardson copy of A Gent From Bear Creek for those who haven't seen one (the dj is a repro):

     

     

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    Also, if you've never read Howard's humourous western stories with Breckinridge Elkins, I highly recommend them. Very funny and very different from his other work. They're told in a tall tale style, but with over-the-top slapstick violence. It's like Pecos Bill meets Kill Bill.

     

    Great stuff!!!

     

    Man that Bear creek is a killer to try and find!!!

    I'll pound you to a "Pulp" if you don't show off yours!

    in Pulp Magazines

    Posted

    Hi Theagenes ,

     

    In the Cimmerian, I was the one who found the copy of "Gent from Bear Creek" and traded it for a group of high grade early Shadow pulps...12 in total (8 pictured).

     

    What was funny is that I had no idea what the Gent from Bear Creek was.

     

    I was told that there was a guy who had a number of high grade 1932 and 1933 Shadow pulps with bone white paper. I did not know who had the pulps, but John Gunnison did, and said that the only way that the guy would get rid of the Shadows was if I could come up with a copy of the Gent from Bear Creek.

     

    I asked John, "how hard could it be to find this book", and John laughed and said that are only 7-8 known copies in existence.

    Oh well, I thought I would never get the Shadows. Unbelievably, 3 weeks later Frank Robinson called me and said someone just listed a Gent from Bear Creek on ebay. I phoned up the guy, did a deal to buy it on a "Buy it Now", and then did the trade.

    Sometimes things happen in when you least expect them to.

     

    Dwight

     

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    Nice copies!! (worship)

    I'll pound you to a "Pulp" if you don't show off yours!

    in Pulp Magazines

    Posted

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    J.R., I bought this one including shipping for 85.00 from him a few months ago. He had started the bidding at 25.00. At auction end he told me he meant to start it at 250.00 and didn't realize he left out a zero. He said he would honor the auction though.

     

    The painting is nice and is an original. But, he still lists the same painting for sale which I guess means he either paints the same thing over and over or he somehow mass produces them.

     

    Don't know if that tells you anything or not.

     

    David

     

    That does help. Thanks David!!

    I'll pound you to a "Pulp" if you don't show off yours!

    in Pulp Magazines

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    I've come to really like some of these detective-themed pulps from the 30s.

    Here's one I picked up from 1930... IMO, a neat cover image that would look right at home on an early issue of Detective Comics.

     

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    Great cover!

    Im currently reading the "Port of Peril" by Otis Adelbert Kline. Its the third in the Buccaneers of Venus series from the 30s

    I cant remember what magazine it was originally in but it is amazing how these Pulps reflect the attitudes of the times.

     

    Nearly all Orientals are depicted as mysterious, and scary in these periodicals. In particular in "The port of Peril" The "yellow race of Men" in the Book are described negativly and in a stereotypical way that would be completly racist by todays standards, and rightly so.

    I have noticed this to a degree reading other authors of the same time period.

     

    Im guessing this was probably due to the years leading up to World War 2 and the publics feeling towards Asians at the times.

     

    Great reading by truly great authors but you really need to remember the times they were written when you read them.

     

    Not judging the authors of the day, just making an observation. hm