Blogs Posts on "Pulps"
Lester Dent in Black Mask: Angelfish by Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and the Wild West on Nov 22, 2009Lester Dent has been the subject of talk on Ed Gorman's new improved blog the past couple of days, and Ed speaks of Dent's fine Black Mask story "Angelfish". Well, I don't have many issues of that mag from its golden age, but I do have the Angelfish...
HOLLYWOOD DETECTIVE: The Case of the Poisoned Puppet by Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and the Wild West on Nov 15, 2009Most issues of Hollywood Detective had a Dan Turner comic story along with the prose adventures. Why they made him look like a grown up Jimmy Olsen I'll never know. This one is from May 1943, the same issue as 'Shakedown Sham'. ...
Satan Hall 4: Satan's Kill by Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and the Wild West on Nov 10, 2009A word of advice. Don't ever sneak into Satan Hall's apartment and try to kill him in his sleep. Johnny tried it, here in this 1932 issue of DFW.He stepped two spaces forward; he pressed the button of the flash; he laid the nose of the heavy automati...
Lust of the Lawless - a Complete SPICY WESTERN by Robert Leslie Bellem by Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and the Wild West on Nov 8, 2009Most readers of "Adult" westerns assume the concept was born back in the 70s with series like Slocum (think about it) and Longarm, the guy with the long erect cigar between his teeth. Truth is, they were around as early as 1936, when Spicy Western St...
FORGOTTEN BOOKS: Six Deadly Dames by Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and the Wild West on Nov 6, 2009I’ve been enjoying the Friday’s Forgotten Books posts on the blogs of Richard Robinson, James Reasoner, Steve Lewis, Randy Johnson, George Kelley, Richard Prosch, Ed Gorman, Paul Brazill, Gary Dobbs, Paul Bishop and others for sometime, and only...
Murder Wears a Halo by John Evans by Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and the Wild West on Nov 3, 2009I was surprised to find this pulp 20-odd years ago, and surprised again when I found it in a box the other day. John Evans (aka Howard Browne) is the still-respected author of four Chandleresque novels featuring private detective Paul Pine. Those nov...
Shakedown Sham - A Complete Dan Turner Story by Robert Leslie Bellem by Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and the Wild West on Nov 1, 2009I've done some yapping about the pleasures to be derived from Dan Turner stories, and I've posted a couple of swell Hollywood Detective covers. But words and pictures can't prepare you for Robert Leslie Bellem's writing. You have to experience it for...
Pulps for Halloween: The Devil Made Me Do It by Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and the Wild West on Oct 31, 2009Surely this swanky Belarski babe wouldn't want to shoot our hero Candid Jones. Must be Mr. Beelzebub (or some bozo trying out his Halloween costume in April) urging her on.We talked about Richard Sale's wiseguy reporter Daffy Dill some time back. Wel...
Pulps for Halloween: A Cautionary Tale by Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and the Wild West on Oct 31, 2009Let this be a warning. It ain't healthy to stiff your trick-or-treaters with junk like fruit and nuts. This fellow in the silk mask was jonesing for a sugar high and accepting no substitutes.This Carroll John Daly tale from 1934 starred Twist Sulliva...
Pulps for Halloween: The Ghost of Spicy Mystery by Davy Crockett's Almanack of Mystery, Adventure and the Wild West on Oct 29, 2009Yesterday we had skeleton-face guy, so today it's a ghost, emerging from this defunct diplomat to claim his Halloween treats. And being this is a Spicy pulp, those treats are likely to involve some heavy petting with the obligatory scantily-clad fema...
