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Retirement. Publishers, thank you for the many years of reading pleasure you gave me, but all good things must come to an end. Due to failing eyesight I am forced to retire. I can no longer review your books, and any that you send will be donated to the local library, unread. Do not send any more. I can only read for a couple hours every day, and this does not allow me to finish a book in reasonable time. I will be devoting time to my own books from now on, and reading on a personal level. Books that interest me. I prefer paperbacks and hardbacks, not eBooks. My eyesight has been failing the last few years, and I cannot handle hundreds of review books any more. My books are still available for review. Anyone interested in reviewing any of them, they are found in the Link to Tom’s Books On Amazon. Contact me for pdf copies at fadingshadows40@gmail.com

Showing posts with label The Masked Avenger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Masked Avenger. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

The Masked Avenger

The Masked Avenger by Tom Johnson. Only three novellas were written, and original published in WEIRD STORIES and DOUBLE DANGER TALES, then in ALTUS PRESS’ TRIPLE DETECTIVE series www.altuspress.com  and now on Kindle for $0.99 each: see my Amazon page at http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B008MM81CM


After an episode of The Equalizer around 1987, where-in a young boy with AIDS and his grandmother were being harassed by a group of rednecks from a bar in the neighborhood, it made me think the pulps needed a masked hero to protect children back in the day. If you remember the segment, it was a Christmas episode, and the boy had a poster of a superhero hanging on his wall. He thought The Equalizer was the superhero and called him for help. Well, I decided right then I was going to create a pulp hero who would be a protector of children, while wiping out gangdom at the same time, thus was born The Masked Avenger.

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Triple Detective #4

TRIPLE DETECTIVE #4: Guest Editor Tom Johnson and Altus Press www.altuspress.com presents the final issue of TRIPLE DETECTIVE. Contained in this issue is THE GIBBERING GAS OF MADNESS by Capt. Kerry McRoberts. Featuring The Eagle, America’s greatest spy. CITY OF PHANTOMS by Robert Wallace. Featuring The Black Bat & The Phantom Detective is a case together. PLAGUE OF DEATH by Tom Johnson. Featuring The Masked Detective. An additional surprise is in store for the readers with THE LEGEND by Tom Johnson. Tom Johnson wrote all stories in this issue. We just couldn’t get authors to contribute, and Tom didn’t have time to continue filling each issue with novels. This giant issue also contains a Phantom Detective comic not reprinted in THE PHANTOM DETECTIVE COMPANION. Available for $13.05 on Altus Press and Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Triple-Detective-4-Fall-1956/dp/1450508588/ref=la_B008MM81CM_1_12?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1424108120&sr=1-12

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Weird Stories #1


The FADING SHADOWS genre magazines kicked off in June 1995. By October 1996 we launched WEIRD STORIES #1, with a great cover by Albert Roberts, and containing six stories by Rick Brooks, Ginger Johnson, Sean Danawski, T.J. Glenn, Jeffrey Zverloff, and Tom Johnson. WEIRD STORIES only lasted for 26 issues, but each issue contained approximately 40k words, which amounts to a lot of fiction. Back issues are still available from Tom & Ginger.

Friday, March 28, 2014

Tom's New Pulp Creations


Tom’s New Pulp Creations


Guns of The Black Ghost: This is my tribute to Walter Gibson and The Shadow. Set in contemporary times, Jimmy Malone dons a black hood and cape sending fear into the hearts of evildoers, as he battles the underworld in the tradition of a modern day Shadow or Spider. Burning eyes, a mocking laugh, and blazing automatics announce his entrance into an affray. Gangsters cringe when they come up against the guns of the Black Ghost! Available on Amazon Kindle $3.99.


Crime’s Last Stand: In this debut adventure of the masked hero, will evil win out? Blood covers the streets as gangsters kill indiscriminately. As a little boy lies helpless in the hospital, a new paladin takes up arms to bring the killers to justice. Can even the great Masked Avenger survive the final battle with the city's underworld when crime makes its last stand? Available on Amazon Kindle $0.99


The Mind Master: New York has a new hero. In a contemporary setting, thieves knock over an art gallery, stealing famous and valuable paintings, and at the same time hit a museum displaying a necklace once belonging to Queen Bathsheba given to her by King Solomon, its value beyond price. From the chaos rises a new hero, The Mind Master! Available on Amazon Kindle $0.99.


Crime’s Dark Streets: Dark streets that lead to ebony alleys in the city’s immigrant district culminate in a spider’s web of fear when emissaries of evil abduct homeless children. When The Masked Avenger promises protection to the city’s unwanted children, can he keep that promise? Follow our paladin as he embarks on his second dangerous mission! Available on Amazon Kindle $0.99.


The Black Shadow: Chu Chul, the evil Chinese mastermind, thought to be long dead is back to win the throne of China. But first he vows to kill his mortal enemy, Dorus Noel. After Chu Chul robs a Korean temple of valuable treasures to finance his army, a mysterious assassin appears in New York’s Chinatown to assist Noel in his battle with the evil Chinaman. Could The Black Shadow be Dorus Noel’s new houseboy? Go with Noel and Kim Young Ju, as they search for the mastermind’s opium den while the black cloak of The Black Shadow watches over the dark streets of Chinatown. Available on Amazon Kindle $0.99.


Crime’s Death Plague: The trail begins in a Chicago orphanage, but when a boy is kidnapped, it takes The Masked Avenger to New York City where he must uncover the identity of a German scientist and stop him from releasing a deadly virus and killing everyone in New York. Can one man, even such as The Masked Avenger, succeed when America looks to be doomed? Available on Amazon Kindle $0.99.


In The Silence of Death, Colonel Jeremiah Custer's Wild West Show comes across murder in a small Texas town. A mystifying murder mystery ensnares the famous criminologist and sharpshooter, Colonel Jeremiah Custer when his
team encounters a young boy accused of mayhem. The lad cannot deny the
charges for he can neither hear nor speak. The scientific brain of the
greatest man hunter is put to task as he attempts to unravel this new crime! The ex intelligence officer puts his scientific brain to work to
prove that the deaf mute boy is not the killer. Follow Colonel Custer and
his aides as they unravel this deep mystery, and bring to justice this evil
murderer. Available on Amazon Kindle $1.99.

Sunday, October 13, 2013

The Masked Avenger


Tom Johnson’s popular new pulp hero, The Masked Avenger trilogy is available in two formats, the thrilling TRIPLE DETECTIVE issues from Altus Press and also as a Kindle edition from the author.


“Crime’s Last Stand”: The debut adventure of the masked hero, will evil win out? Blood covers the streets as gangsters kill indiscriminately. As a little boy lies helpless in the hospital, a new paladin takes up arms to bring the killers to justice. Can even the great Masked Avenger survive the final battle with the city's underworld when crime makes its last stand? $.99 from Kindle edition, and $13.46 from Altus Press (TRIPLE DETECTIVE #2).

“Crime’s Dark Streets”: The dark streets that lead to ebony alleys in the city’s immigrant district culminate in a spider’s web of fear when emissaries of evil abduct homeless children. When The Masked Avenger promises protection to the city’s unwanted children, can he keep that promise? Follow our paladin as he embarks on his second dangerous mission! $.99 from Kindle edition, and $13.46 from Altus Press (TRIPLE DETECTIVE #3).

“Crime’s Death Plague”: The trail begins in a Chicago orphanage, but when a boy is kidnapped, it takes The Masked Avenger to New York City where he must uncover the identity of a German scientist and stop him from releasing a deadly virus and killing everyone in New York. Can one man, even such as The Masked Avenger, succeed when America looks to be doomed? $.99 from Kindle edition, and #13.46 from Altus Press (TRIPLE DETECTIVE #4).