PULP MAGAZINES....Monsters...Murder....Mystery!

[bigbud]

Yea Illo, and the half-naked gal hanging her undies in the kitchen window ain't bad either!  Buddy

[Illoman]

 

[bigbud]

Illo my friend, at the cost of seeming extremely ignorant I must ask you to explain your avatar......thanks, Buddy

[Wicked Lester]

Buddy
That DT pulp is AWESOME!. Congrats on owning a piece of history! And in such nice condition too.. How long have you had that?

[bigbud]

Lester, Just acouple of years. I knew the lady that had owned the Kansas City Comic Collection and had asked her to let me know if and or when she wanted to let go of the pulps associated with that collection. She had the Hollywood Detective and several other pulps since about 1971.    Buddy

[bigbud]

That is a cool Doc pulp, Buddy!!! Sadly I don't own any pulps, but *love*love*love* pulp art!! 

Illo, I agree, the art of the pulps is mindbogglingly cool! In fact, when I was collecting big-time I would rather collect the extraordinary cover pulps than worry about filling in any complete runs!
        Back in the early 70's I visited an older gentleman's home in KC. He took me into a room in his house that had an original Doc Savage painting over his mantle! I believe it was from Quest of the Magi (or something like that). Doc was tied up in ropes in front of some heathen idol........I was hooked from that day forward!    Buddy

[typhooforme]

Illoman's avatar is the late great "Cool Ghoul", a horror host  from the southwestern Ohio area (Cincinnati's WXIX was the station).  I spent many MANY a Saturday night watching the Ghoul and his line-up of not-so-classic-films, too!

As pulps go, I always get a charge out of WEIRD TALES, which in its day published H.P.Lovecraft's stories--and even in later years seemed to attract some damn-fine writers--Robert Bloch, August Derleth, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Seabury Quinn, etc are represented in these '40s issues from my collection, for instance.

[Hepcat]

I can highly recommend these two books which are stock full of lavish and lurid illustrations by such legendary artists as Norm Saunders and Basil Gogos:

[Wicked Lester]

Hep
It was only a few years ago that those Men's Mags were like $10-20. Now people are trying to get $100 for basically an exploitation rag mag.

[bigbud]

Hep, I'm only giving you half credit for those being pulps. Men's magazines, yes, pulps.......only maybe. I do dig the small frame illo of the babe in tight black being eyed by the sombrero guy...hot.....Buddy

[bigbud]

Throwing things around in the basement......came across some pulps. This is one of my all time favorite covers........ the pulp is from 1950...     Buddy

[Unknown Primate]

Love it, Buddy!

[Scatter]

When I was about 12 a friend of mine took me across the railroad tracks into the underbrush that grew on the other side......this was within sight of my house, so we didn't go far. In the weeds he pulled out something rolled in aluminum foil that he had hidden there. It was pages out of Playboy magazine. Man, did we enjoy checking those out. A week later I stood outside on my porch and watched a crew of weed whackers as they progressed along the backside of the railroad tracks swinging their long blades (no tractor mowers then). When they came to the area of my friends hidden treasure all work stopped. Much laughter was heard, and our adolescent fun disappeared.......Buddy

HA!! I think every kid has a story like that one!!

[bigbud]

Here's a good one...... Wonderful to see a pretty woman enjoying herself.........

[Scatter]

Hot woman..........gun............metallic bra. No further commentary is necessary. I think I'm in love.