Monthly Archives: January 2015

  Perhaps it would have been better if you had died on the battlefield, you think, as you trudge the path. For you had a strength there, a strength of yourself beyond your arms, a strength to wield a sword … Continue reading →

Agent YZ7. Agent YZ7 was created by Tsutomu Kitamura and appeared in the film Daigoretsu no Kyôfu (1942). Agent YZ7 is a Femme Fatale. A young Japanese scientist who has discovered the secret to a “soundless airplane engine” comes to … Continue reading →

Aeros, Cliff. Julius Jäger (1889-1952) was a famous circus performer under the name of “Cliff Aeros.” In 1942 he founded the Zirkus Aeros, which remained active in East Germany until 1990. In 1955 he appeared in the East German Celebrity Pulp Cliff … Continue reading →

Adelita. Adelita was created by Jose G. Cruz (Brenty, Juan Sin Miedo, Letty Lou, Gerald Meldrick, Monje Negro, Nancy) and appeared in the comic strip “Adelita y Las Guerrillas” (Pepin, 1939-1958). During the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920), Adelita, an independent and … Continue reading →

Abelsen, Olaf K. Olaf K. Abelsen was created by “Max Schraut,” the pseudonym of Walther Kabel (Harald Harst, Nic Pratt, Rockheart, Three Vigilantes, Fred Walker), and appeared in the German pulp Olaf K. Abelsen – Abseits der Alltagswege #1-50 (1929-1933). Olaf … Continue reading →

Hi there. For lack of anything better to do, and by way of promoting my long-forthcoming (by the end of the year, I’m promised) The Encyclopedia of Pulp Heroes (from P.S. Publishing, remember), I’m going to be reprinting here the best, … Continue reading →

So, as some–most?–of you are aware, a decade ago (!) MonkeyBrain Books published my The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana. It sold well–sold out, through its print run–and has since become a collector’s item. (Seriously, look at the prices!) Unfortunately, the book is … Continue reading →