Son of Vulcan’s very own Lex Luthor
Like Lex Luthor to Superman, the Son of Vulcan had his own bald-headed badguy. His name was Zolotto and he was a tycoon who owned […]
April 2006
The pulps at your service!
I was doing some research on Harold W. McCauley, the artist of the above image and was finding relatively little, but I did come across […]
Popeye’s second cousin?
For the life of me, I can’t figure out who this character is. The character is definitely not named “Hashknife,” as suggested in the first […]
The mysteries of Lemuria
Pulp magazines had a pretty big impact on American popular culture, one of the strangest such “impacts” was the creation of the Lemuria mythos by […]
South Sea excitement
As I’ve said, the pulps had a wide reach when it comes to genre (I haven’t even touched on the romance pulps, for example), including […]
Drowning in entertainment
Some pulp covers have a remarkable “superheroey” look to them. This character reminds me a lot of Marrina (or is it Marina) of “Alpha Flight” […]
Caught in a time trap
I’ve been having a lot of trouble with this post because I’ve been searching for a good scan from the above cover. Despite my efforts, […]
Ancient enemies do battle
Today’s image pits those classic antagonists against one another … aliens and vikings. You can’t get better than that. The story “Whom the Gods Would […]
The not-so-good doctor delivers medical nightmares
Many pulp magazine artists learned that playing on the fears of the public was good for a sale, and one of the best such bits […]