A study of the Son of Vulcan
Last year, DC Comics re-introduced one of the characters they acquired from their purchase of Charlton Comics back in the 1980s. The Son of Vulcan […]
February 2006
And now … half-naked men!
Women weren’t the only scantily clad characters running around in the pulps. A half-naked man, with a He-Man chest and bronze skin was just as […]
15 Simple Publishing Rules for Superhero Comics
When I start a comic company — or better yet when I run one — I’ve got a few rules I want to see for […]
Shh … it’s a secret! A Secret Six, that is!
Just like an earlie entry, we have a pulp magazine title, “the Secret Six,” that was copied, swiped or borrowed for a later comic book […]
Conan’s barbarous debut
This issue of Weird Tales features the very first Conan story by Robert E. Howard. I’m guessing that this cover illustration is indeed Conan, but […]
Pulps provide visions of the future
The biggest online collection of pulp magazine covers that I know of is PulpGallery.com, which is where I’ve gotten most of the images I use […]