Saturday's random pulp cover: Doc Savage Magazine: "He Could Stop The World" July 1937

 A little Jack & the Beanstalk vibe comin' offa this cover.  It looks like Monk is gonna be taken down by a giant caterpillar.  Odd cover and, I'll bet, an odd adventure.

ON THE AIR: October 3, 1948

 You may notice that the announcer calls this episode "Phantom Racketeer", but the script was written "The Phantom Racketeer".  Just a little trivia.  This episode features a duplicitous female.  I know, I know... shocking!  You'll just have to take a listen to find out who the bad gal is. 

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"HANG ON!"

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"Margo, can you drive?!"

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"Lamont!  Dear God, you've been shot!"

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"Oh, man!  That doesn't look good!  I--"

 

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"I-I don't believe this!  Whatta story!"

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"It was her.... It was the Rat Woman!... It's her curse again!... The Rat Woman!"

Saturday's random pulp cover: Spicy Mystery Stories: "Summons for Satan" November 1937

 After having attended a presentation at Pulpfest on the rise of the Spicy titles, I thought I'd post a second cover from the Spicy Mystery line.  Great cover with so many questions.  Is that a contract with the devil in her hands?  Was the murder of the gentleman a fulfillment of that contract?  And why is she in a negligee!  Spicy mystery, indeed.

 

Oops, it seems I already featured this one.  My apologies.

ON THE AIR: September 26, 1948

 It starts with a ringing phone and ends with the answer to a crossword clew.  What happens in between?  You'll just have to tune into "Death is a Colored Dream" to find out.

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SKRASH

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"How deliciously tragic!"

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"Yes... instilling fear.  That came easily to you, didn't it?"

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"What secrets does your memory hold?"

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"Holy Smokes!  Sounds like a war zone in there!"

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"Whew..ee!.. You almost ran over that cat!!"

Saturday's random pulp cover: Spicy Mystery Stories: "Curse of Killarney" October 1939

SPICY!

ON THE AIR: September 19, 1948

Diamonds!  Betrayal!  Dead men who refuse to die!  Revenge is Murder, indeed!

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"At any cost."

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"A potential, he knew, that lurked in all men's hearts."

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"<HELP! He--urk!>"

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"<You whine like my grandmother's teapot!  We have our orders...>"

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squish squish squish

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"It... it looks like the white face of Toothless Old Hag... grinning at us!!"

Haul from Pulpfest 2024

 As John recently said... Kid in a candy store.  That's exactly how I felt going from dealer to dealer to find additions to my very small collection of original Shadow pulps.

This is my damaged edition of "The Silent Seven" from Pyramid.  I know you can't see it, but I was lucky enough to have Mr. James Steranko sign it to me.  Even better, Tim King and I got to spend several hours talking about many things ranging from Houdini to Mr. Miracle to classic illustrators and a few other things.

We shared a table with Will Murray and sold a few editions of The Shadowed Circle Compendium.  Even signed a few.  I was able to spend some time picking Will's brain as well as Gary Buckingham, a Tarzan author.  Met some great fans and even touched base with Chuck Welch, the publisher of The Bronze Gazette.  All in all, a really great time with some like minded people.

I may post some of my non Shadow haul later.

Saturday's random pulp cover:Mystery Novels Magazine: "Fires at Fitch's Folly" April 1936

This issue not only features "Fires at Fitch's Folly" but an L. Ron Hubbard tale, "The Death Flyer".  Huh, go figure.

ON THE AIR: September 12, 1948

 A treasure worth killing for (ain't they all?) and a friend in need.  But will Lamont and Margot find him to be a friend indeed?!  Investigate "Murder at Dead Man's Inn" and see if you can solve this mystery before our heroes!

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"OM TARE

TUTARE

TURE SOHA"

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"And wield it in the cause of justice."

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And so begins the final issue of The Shadow: Year One.

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to be concluded

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CHAK 

THUD

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Skulls, rats and a swamp.  Let's start a new adventure.

 

Saturday's random pulp cover:Spicy Mystery Stories: "Summons for Satan" November, 1937

A typical Hugh Joseph Ward cover.  And that means it's a pretty great piece of pulp art.  I confess that stories about Satan and the like have always given me pause.  Must be the Catholic-lite upraising I had (I'm Lutheran by baptism) that gives me the little twist in the gut.

 

ON THE AIR: May 16, 1948

 Trains! Diamonds! Bald men with monocles!  What more could one ask for?  Settle in and beat the heat with a trip down the tracks of memory lane and listen to "The Giant of Madras".

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"Take me if you dare!"

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BANG BANG

BANG BANG