Pulp Research Books

Pulp Research Books

Many research books were written in the early days of pulp fandom. There are too many books on science fiction to attempt to list, so I’ve limited this one to the lesser-covered pulps. I know I am overlooking many fine books. Nor does this list cover the area of comic books! If you see something that I should have listed, please contact me at fadingshadows40@gmail.com Following is a short list:

The Secret Agent “X” Companion by Tom Johnson & Will Murray (Altus Press)

Operator #5: The History of the Purple Wars by Harrison Stievers (Tom Johnson) from Altus Press

The Phantom Detective Companion by Tom Johnson (Altus Press)

G-Man Companion by Tom Johnson (Altus Press)

The Black Bat Companion by Tom Johnson (Altus Press)

From Shadow to Superman (The Belmont Shadows of the 1960s) by Tom Johnson (Fading Shadows, Inc.)

“The Green Ghost” (And Other Articles) by Tom Johnson (Fading Shadows, Inc.)

Twenty Years of Murder by Don Hutchison

Dime Detective Companion by James L. Traylor (Altus Press)

The Pulp Hero by Nick Carr (Wild Cat Books)

Master of the Pulps by Nick Carr (Wild Cat Books)

America’s Secret Service Ace (Operator #5) by Nick Carr (Weinberg’s Pulp Classics)

The Flying Spy (G-8) by Nick Carr (Weinberg’s Pulp Classics)

The Other Detective Pulp Heroes by Nick Carr

The Western Pulp Hero by Nick Carr

The Amazing Pulp Heroes by Frank Hamilton & Link Hullar

Daring Adventurers by Rick Lai (Altus Press)

Criminal Masterminds by Rick Lai (Altus Press)

Chronology of Shadows (The Shadow) by Rick Lai

Chronology of Bronze (Doc Savage) by Rick Lai (Altus Press)

Gangland’s Doom by Frank Eisgruber, Jr. (Altus Press)

The Spider by Robert Sampson

Deadly Excitements by Robert Sampson

Yesterday’s Faces (set of volumes) by Robert Sampson

The Western Pulps by John Dinan

Sports in the Pulp Magazines by John Dinan

Adventure by Robert Kenneth Jones

The Gray Nemesis (The Avenger) by Howard Hopkins (Golden Perils)

Pulp Man’s Odyssey (On Hugh Cave) by Audrey Parente

Horrors and Unpleasantries (The Horror Genre) by Sheldon Jaffery

Lester Dent: The Man, His Craft and His Market by Martin Laird

Danger Is My Business: An Illustrated History of the Pulp Magazines by Lee Server

The Shadow Scarpbook by Walter Gibson

Duende: The History of the Shadow by Will Murray

Writings in Bronze by Will Murray

Wordslinger: An Epitaph For The Western by Will Murray

Doc Savage: Arch Enemy of Evil: Pulp & Reprint History by Larry Widen & Chris Miracle

Captain Future Handbook by Chuck Juzek (Wild Cat Books)

Pulp Magazines: An Informal History by Ron Goulart (Ace Paperbacks)

Detective and Mystery Fiction: An International Bibliography of Secondary Sources by Walter Albert (Brownstone Books)

Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines by Michael L. Cook (Greenwood Press)

Monthly Murders Complied By Michael L. Cook (Greenwood Press)

Hero Pulp Reprint Index by Bill Thom (Fading Shadows)