Pulp Stuff

The below is  part of the reason I don't seem to get anything done.  This is the top of my desk, I'm sure one or two of you have about the same kind of room that I have there.  Geeze, all's I want to do when I get to it is look at all this cool stuff, like the stack on the left which is pretty much Doc Savage for 1934 and  up to 1938 or so, on the right a bunch of Adventure for the 20's and 30's, Some Spicys, Short Story and Thrilling Wonders among others.  Of course in the back, some Street and Smith Thick Books, vintage paperbacks and what have you!  OK, I do get to some reading, like these below. 

The Doc on the left is January 1934 with the 1st appearance of Pat Savage story Brand of the Werewolf,  a very up to date gal for 1934 and an excellent story for an early Doc.   Classic Baumhoffer Werewolf cover and some good stories on British Guianna,  and Pearl Divers.  The issue on the right is April 1934, Classic Baumhoffer cover for The Monsters, great use of what is more modern tech, TV and 2 way wrist radio's!

The 2 consecutive issues of the Shadow, I've read recently and a while ago, with some excellent covers, like the Chest cover for Sept. 1944 by Modest Stein is excellent, I like the Shadow shadow.  I love oriental stories of mystery.  The second story in the issue is by Ralph Andrews a tale of oriental Double-cross, which I like also.  The third tale is by Talmage Powell about a killer retuning home, it sucks you right in, good yarn.  Several more tales by John Roebert about 2 guys looking to get out of crime, James Bent a story of black market meat (its the war years after all) and Death lays and Egg By Ted Stratton about a perfect crime but the husband fails to remember one thing!

The other issue of the Mask for Oct. 1944 is great, don't know the artist for the issue, but could be Stein, very nice.  The story I found to be excellent with a nice twist ending.  Also a very good Nick Carter Story by Bruce Elliott. 

Here too I have to add some nice art by Jack Gaughan, boy, double click on this and take a look at what would have been the cover to my issue of Cloak and Dagger # 3 or so around 1969 or 1970 can't remember anymore, but really fine art.  He said to me that he got up over coffee and did these drawings to warm up!  Pretty cool.  I found these drawings when my mother died, buried at her house, she never though out much.  OK, the rest of the issue on ditto masters was there too!  Here too, is the back cover to it. Ah, and one more illo from that issue, one of mine from 40 years ago!