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

[bigbud]

Another young lady immensely enjoying herself.......with a mini-me-Scatter on her shoulder. Also, check out the whip.....sure to raise some welts. I'm afraid she is soon to learn that raising welts on a welt-man isn't the most effective way to lay an "ouch!" on a guy.     Buddy

[typhooforme]

They ran THE WORLD, THE FLESH AND THE DEVIL on TCM not long ago and it made me wonder about the origin of the plot--it has elements that remind one of OMEGA MAN and LAST MAN ON EARTH (both based on Richard Matheson's great story, I AM LEGEND).  The origin of TWTFATD is a 1901 story called THE PURPLE CLOUD.  I like to search out early printed versions of classic horror/sci-fi and was happy to acquire this 1949 pulp which features THE PURPLE CLOUD.

[Illoman]

Love, love, love that artwork, Robert!!

[bigbud]

Yes, that is nice! And I see the dead bodies in the lower dirty fog bank! Neato!   Buddy

[bigbud]

Here's an old pulp with a cool cover. I always liked the aviation theme pulps. Their covers were wild! G-8 and his Battle Aces lasted 110 issues from 1933-1944. G-8 was a WWI aviator. His identity was never revealed.     Buddy

[neonnoodle]

Ah yes, I have a couple of Famous Fantastic Mysteries books around here somewhere!  Sometimes they can be found at reasonable prices on Ebay...I had a nice old Weird Tales that I bought in 1980 (on the same day I met Forry in person!), a 1940 WT issue I think, and it was very crumbly and turning orange, and it lasted until just a short while ago.

[bigbud]

Yea, just the name "pulps" lets you know it's cheap paper. The pulp magazines weren't made to last.       Buddy

[jimm]

Cool, gonna check out a pile of pulps Sunday

[bigbud]

Me too Jimm! I'll be there a half hour before you. Oh.....help a buddy out.......what was that address again?        Buddy

[jimm]

Me too Jimm! I'll be there a half hour before you. Oh.....help a buddy out.......what was that address again?        Buddy

First head to airport and fly west 'til you are just about run out of land, will update when u get here

[marsattacks666]

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:

Truely classics........unbelievable artwork.

[bigbud]

First head to airport and fly west 'til you are just about run out of land, will update when u get here

Ha! Your're a good sport, Jimm. Please let us know what pulps you run into on Sunday........Buddy

[jimm]

Some decent covers ... VERY ruff shape though, like 4 bucks each, worth it? BTW that skeleton plane cover is the shizzle!

[bigbud]

Jimm........ might depend on the titles. Could be some good reading if nothing else. Unless they are so crumbly that they are falling apart. That happens alot.  Buddy

[G. Edwin Taylor]

In this era of PC policing, most of the old pulp covers wouldn't fly. This is one of the reasons why I love that style of art so much. It's honest.