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Starting in the 1960s, fanzine publications began the process of researching, documenting and preserving pulp history. From interviews of surviving writers and publishers, to detailed bibliographies and cataloguing efforts, the fanzine has been critical in keeping the pulp fiction era alive.
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Fighting Crime One Dime at a Time: The Great Pulp Heroes
by Ed Hulse
The Shadow, The Spider, The Avenger, Doc Savage, The Black Bat, The Phantom Detective - these swashbuckling heroes of mid-20th-century pulp fiction all had one thing in common: They fought crime from outside the law, unhindered by red tape and unmindful of such legal niceties as due process.
Genre: on Pulp Fiction
The Blood 'n' Thunder Guide to Pulp Fiction
by Ed Hulse
Illustrated with 750 magazine covers and original paintings, THE BLOOD 'N' THUNDER GUIDE TO PULP FICTION presents a complete and lively history of this unique literary form, covering genres individually and identifying key titles, authors, and stories.
Genre: on Pulp Fiction
Operator #5: The History of the Purple Wars
by Harrison Stievers
The entire history of the The Purple Invasion, the War and Peace of the pulps which ran for over a year in the pages of OPERATOR #5 Loaded with illustrations from the original pulps.
Year: 2000
Genre: Hero Pulps, on Pulp Fiction
Titles
| Got It | Want It | Read It | Year | Title | |||||||
| -- | -- | -- | Chronology of Shadows: A Timeline of The Shadow's Exploits | by Rick Lai | |||||||
| -- | -- | -- | Clark Ashton Smith: A Comprehensive Bibliography | by S.T. Joshi | |||||||
| -- | -- | -- | Clark Ashton Smith: A Critical Guide to the Man and His Work | by Steve Behrends | |||||||
| -- | -- | -- | Dime Detective Companion | by James L. Traylor | |||||||
| -- | -- | -- | Fighting Crime One Dime at a Time: The Great Pulp Heroes | by Ed Hulse | |||||||
| -- | -- | -- | The Blood 'n' Thunder Guide to Pulp Fiction | by Ed Hulse | |||||||
| -- | -- | -- | Weird Talers | Essays on Robert E. Howard and Others | by Bobby Derie | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 1973 | Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life | by Philip Jose Farmer | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 2000 | Operator #5: The History of the Purple Wars | by Harrison Stievers | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 2010 | The Revised Complete Chronology of Bronze | by Rick Lai | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 2011 | Writings in Bronze | by Will Murray | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 2018 | A Comprehensive Index to Black Mask, 1920-1951 | by E.R. Hagemann | ||||||
| -- | -- | -- | 2019 | Joseph T. Shaw: The Man Behind Black Mask | by Milton T. Shaw | ||||||
