Pulp Fiction > Hero Pulps

The Crime Fighting Super Hero emerged during the Pulp Fiction era in a category of magazines now known as the Hero Pulps. These magazines were incredibly successful with publishing runs many times lasting for over a decade. The Spider, Operator 5, The Shadow and Doc Savage were some of the Hero Pulps that captivated readers for decades.

    Zorro #1: The Mark of Zorro by Johnston McCulley

The Mark of Zorro (a.k.a. The Curse of Capistrano) introduces popular culture's first masked crime-fighter. This volume includes two additional adventures, "Zorro Saves a Friend" and "Zorro Hunts a Jackal."

Genre: Adventure, Hero Pulps, Pulp Fiction, Wild West

    Prince of the Red Looters by Grant Stockbridge and Norvell Page

Never before had any criminal dared give open challenge to The Spider! Never before had Richard Wentworth faced a foe who welcomed personal combat with the grim avenger whom all others feared... And while they fought--The Spider and The Fly--men and women were dying by the scores and a new and fearless criminal army was forming under the dark banner of that gentlemanly killer whose was "Kill The Spider--and the world is ours!"

Year: 1934
Genre: Hero Pulps

    The Masked Invasion by Curtis Steele and Frederick C. Davis

Jmmy Christopher is Operator 5. In THE MASKED INVASION he fends off the Masked Empire, an organization that threatens the very existance of the United States as a democratic force. Originally printed in the April, 1934 issue of Operator 5 Magazine.

Year: 1934
Genre: Hero Pulps, Pulp Fiction

 

My Library
 
Own Read Rating WishYearTitleAuthorSeriesGenres & Tags
-- -- -- --1935 Army of the Dead Curtis Steele Operator 5Hero Pulps
-- -- -- --1935 Attack of the Blizzard Men Curtis Steele Operator 5Hero Pulps
-- -- -- --1935 Blood Reign of the Dictator Curtis Steele Operator 5Hero Pulps
-- -- -- --1934 Builders of the Dark Empire Grant Stockbridge The SpiderHero Pulps, Pulp Fiction
-- -- -- --1934 Cavern of the Damned Curtis Steele Operator 5Hero Pulps
-- -- -- --1934 City of Flaming Shadows Grant Stockbridge The SpiderHero Pulps
-- -- -- --1934 Corpse Cargo Grant Stockbridge The SpiderHero Pulps
-- -- -- --1934 Death's Crimson Juggernaut Grant Stockbridge The SpiderHero Pulps
-- -- -- --2015 Doc Savage: The Sinister Shadow Lester Dent Doc SavageHero Pulps
-- -- -- --1935 Dragon Lord of the Underworld Grant Stockbridge The SpiderHero Pulps
-- -- -- --1934 Empire of Doom Grant Stockbridge The SpiderHero Pulps
-- -- -- --1936 Green Globes of Death Grant Stockbridge The SpiderHero Pulps, The Fly
-- -- -- --1935 Hordes of the Red Butcher Grant Stockbridge The SpiderHero Pulps
-- -- -- --1935 Hosts of the Flaming Death Curtis Steele Operator 5Hero Pulps
-- -- -- --1934 House of Walking Corpses Robert J. Hogan Secret SixHero Pulps
-- -- -- --1935 Invasion of the Crimson Death Cult Curtis Steele Operator 5Hero Pulps
-- -- -- --1934 Invasion of the Dark Legions Curtis Steele Operator 5Action, Adventure, Hero Pulps
-- -- -- --1935 Invasion of the Yellow Warlords Curtis Steele Operator 5Hero Pulps
-- -- -- --1936 Laboratory of the Damned Grant Stockbridge The SpiderHero Pulps
-- -- -- --1935 League of War-Monsters Curtis Steele Operator 5Hero Pulps
-- -- -- --1936 Legions of Madness Grant Stockbridge The SpiderHero Pulps
-- -- -- --1934 Legions of Starvation Curtis Steele Operator 5Hero Pulps
-- -- -- --1935 Legions of the Death Master Curtis Steele Operator 5Hero Pulps
-- -- -- --1935 March of the Flame Marauders Curtis Steele Operator 5Hero Pulps
-- -- -- --1934 Master of Broken Men Curtis Steele Operator 5Hero Pulps
-- -- -- -- Operator #5: The History of the Purple Wars Harrison Stievers Operator 5Hero Pulps, on Pulp Fiction
-- -- -- --1935 Overlord of the Damned Grant Stockbridge The SpiderHero Pulps
-- -- -- --2016 Pat Savage: Six Scarlet Scorpions Lester Dent Hero Pulps
-- -- -- --1934 Prince of the Red Looters Grant Stockbridge The SpiderHero Pulps, The Fly
-- -- -- --1935 Reign of the Death Fiddler Grant Stockbridge The SpiderHero Pulps
-- -- -- --1934 Reign of the Silver Terror Grant Stockbridge The SpiderHero Pulps
-- -- -- --1934 Satan's Death Blast Grant Stockbridge The SpiderHero Pulps
-- -- -- --1935 Scourge of the Invisible Death Curtis Steele Operator 5Hero Pulps
-- -- -- --1934 Secret Agent X-9 Dashiell Hammett Hero Pulps
-- -- -- --1934 Serpent of Destruction Grant Stockbridge The SpiderHero Pulps, Drug Lord
-- -- -- --1935 Slaves of the Crime Master Grant Stockbridge The SpiderHero Pulps
-- -- -- --1936 Slaves of the Dragon Grant Stockbridge The SpiderHero Pulps
-- -- -- --1936 Slaves of the Murder Syndicate Grant Stockbridge The SpiderHero Pulps
-- -- -- --1936 The Cholera King Grant Stockbridge The SpiderHero Pulps, Bio-Warfare, Quarantine
-- -- -- --1935 The City Destroyer Grant Stockbridge The SpiderHero Pulps
-- -- -- --1935 The Flame Master Grant Stockbridge The SpiderHero Pulps
-- -- -- --1934 The Golden Alligator Robert J. Hogan Secret SixHero Pulps
-- -- -- --1934 The Green Death Mists Curtis Steele Operator 5Action, Adventure, Hero Pulps
-- -- -- --1934 The Invisible Empire Curtis Steele Operator 5Hero Pulps
-- -- -- --1934 The Mad Horde Grant Stockbridge The SpiderHero Pulps
-- -- -- --1934 The Masked Invasion Curtis Steele Operator 5Hero Pulps, Pulp Fiction
-- -- -- --1934 The Melting Death Curtis Steele Operator 5Hero Pulps
-- -- -- --1934 The Monster Murders Robert J. Hogan Secret SixHero Pulps
-- -- -- --1934 The Red Death Rain Grant Stockbridge The SpiderHero Pulps
-- -- -- --1935 The Red Invader Curtis Steele Operator 5Espionage, Hero Pulps, Terrorist
-- -- -- --1934 The Red Shadow Robert J. Hogan Secret SixHero Pulps
-- -- -- --1934 The Yellow Scourge Curtis Steele Operator 5Hero Pulps
-- -- -- --1934 Wings of the Black Death Grant Stockbridge The SpiderHero Pulps
-- -- -- -- Zorro #1: The Mark of Zorro Johnston McCulley Adventure, Hero Pulps, Pulp Fiction, Wild West