Summer 2016
Emmett McDowell, Richard A. Lupoff, Nick Xylas, Adam Beau McFarlane, Stuart Hopen, Jean Francis Webb
Petroglyphs by Richard A. Lupoff
The markings told a past and future tale — and a humble printer’s devil didn’t know nothing about it.
The Great Green Blight by Emmett McDowell
Spaceliners fell prey to savage phantom crews. A small band of men fight to save the Empire.
A Bondsman in the Land of Egypt by Nick Xylas
Movie-making in an exotic locale, and a crook on the run.
Sherlock Holmes and the East End Nightmare
by Adam Beau McFarlane
A heinous fiend threatens the Whitechapel district.
The Tethers by Stuart Hopen
A furlough for Orville Wootin and a flyboy squad turns deadly sitting ringside to a dance of death
Bataan Blood by Jean Francis Webb
Jigger was too small even for a half-pint, but he had the same courage as the boys at Bataan!
Informative features on Emmett McDowell by Douglas A. Anderson and Jean Francis Webb by John Locke.
Cover by H.L. Parkhurst.
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8th issue of great new and classic pulp fiction
Pulp Adventures #22 (Summer 2016) is the eighth issue of the new version from Bold Venture Press, and completes two years of this zine. And I had just gotten out a review on the previous issue! This time we get a collection of classic and New Pulp fiction (with some notes) and even some pulp comics, under a H.L. Park cover (a science fiction one). No Norman Saunders cover this time, gasp! There is a reason why, though. In my view, this blend of new and old pulp fiction (with occasional pre-pulp and post-pulp) that doesn’t focus on one genre — we get science fiction, aviation, crime & detective, and a little horror in this one — makes this one of the best pulp-fiction fanzines coming out now. We get some non-fiction as well, tied to some of the stories. As always, you might not like everything that appears in an issue, but I know you will like something. We even get some pulp comics this time! The cover artwork actually ties to one of the main stories of this issue: a reprint from Planet Stories in 1945: “The Great Green Blight.” Clearly a science fiction tale set in the future, with slavers praying on spaceliners. There is an accompanying article on the author that follows. Another reprint from the original pulps is a detective story from Black Book Detective in 1943. This is also accompanied by an article on the author. For new stories, the big one is “The Tethers” from Stuart Hopen, which he illustrated. This is an weird-menace aviation tale set in Cuba. Hopen has a unique style that may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but check him out. Other new stories are by Richard A. Lupoff and Nick Xylas. Lupoff’s is a different little tale set in the post-Civil War west about petroglyphes. Xylas’ is a tale of a bail bondsman after a fugitive — in Egypt. From Adam Beau McFarlane we get another new Sherlock Holmes story. This is a “Holmes versus Jack the Ripper” tale. And I had mentioned pulp comics. We get a couple of short comic stories. From Public Enemy we get a two-page story, that is more an illustrated story than a comic story. And from Thrilling Adventures we get a three-page story that seems part of a longer serialized story similar to Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers. Like to see more of this series in future issues. So yet another great issue.
