Pulp Action from the Wild West through the Dirty 30s and More.
The Mk V was a Fighter design in the form of a sesquiplane (a biplane having one wing of less than half the area of the other) with straight lower wing and no tail. The experimental craft was fitted with a 600 hp Rolls-Royce Goshawk engine and two Vickers machine guns. While it demonstrated equal capability to conventional fighters of the day, other issues prevented it from going into production. It was first flown from Andover in May 1934.
Witch Doctor’s Juju Hut as found in the 1930s
The creature dodged back, and the blow that would have crushed its skull grazed a hairbreadth from its face. Waldo struck no second blow, and the cold sweat sprang to his forehead when he realized how nearly he had come to murdering a young girl. “I crave your pardon,” he said. “I had no idea that there was a lady here. I am very glad that I did not injure you.” But now his attention was required by more pressing affairs — the cave men were returning to the attack. . . .
Continue reading “The Cave Girl”
Tacoma Times, Nov 27th, 1912
Came upon field-enclosure with earth-men acrobating ~~ Wore strange pad-armour and nose elastics ~~ Made foot-steps on each other’s face features in dispute over skin-spheroid ~~ Slaughter gave onlookers great rah-rah gladness.
From Views of ancient monuments in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan, 1844
CASTLE, AT TULOOM.
ON STONE, BY A. PICKEN.
The ruined City of Tuloom is situated on a ledge of rocks on the eastern shore of Yucatan. The building given in Plate XXIII., although called a Castillo, or Castle, was, there can be little doubt, a place used for the religious ceremonies of the Indians. At the time the drawing was made, trees obstructed the view, which had to be cut down before the design of the edifice could be made out. Continue reading “Castle at Tuloom, 1844”
Here’s a little wallpaper composite I threw together a few years ago with various scenes from the Fritz Land sci-fi classic Metropolis
Interior art of the Domino Lady by Paul Jepsen (1909-1987)
Saucy Romantic Adventures, August, 1936 Continue reading “Domino Lady Illustrations, 1936”
On the tombstone, with upraised arms and rage in every feature, towered the terrific for of Spring-Heeled Jack. Freezer and Links stood transfixed; their ghastly burden slipped slowly to the grass, but they remained gaping, terror-struck. Vengeance had fallen!
Spring-Heeled Jack, 1904, issue #2
SAFE from bomb attacks, free from disease and changing temperatures, living in cities a mile beneath the surface of the earth, such is the dream of science for the man of the future, a not impractical dream which may doom the towers of Manhattan and every other large city to destruction… (Modern Mechanix, July, 1934)
Maura Monti during the filming of the Mexican film “La Mujer Murcielago” (“The Batwoman”)
