“The War of the Worlds” is an episode of the American radio drama anthology series The Mercury Theatre on the Air. It was performed as a Halloween episode of the series on Sunday, October 30, 1938, and aired over the Columbia Broadcasting System radio network. Directed and narrated by actor and future filmmaker Orson Welles, the episode was an adaptation of H. G. Wells’ novel The War of the Worlds (1898). It became famous for allegedly causing mass panic, although the scale of the panic is disputed as the program had relatively few listeners.(Wikipedia)
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Category: Pulp Media
Pulp related movies, comics, novels and radio programs
Art from War of the Worlds, 1906
The War of the Worlds, Belgium edition, 1906. Artwork by Brazilian Henrique Alvim Correa (Brazilian, 1876–1910)
Happy Birthday Lester Dent!
Lester Dent (1904 – 1959) was a prolific pulp fiction author of numerous stories, best known as the main author of the series of stories about the superhuman character, “Doc Savage.” He is credited with writing 159 books in 16 years during the 1930s and 40s.
He also wrote the invaluable Pulp Paper Master Fiction Plot
Edgar Rice Burroughs, 1875-1950
Happy Birthday, Edgar Rice Burroughs. Thank you for your amazing imagination
Colliers Magazine Illustrations, 1930s
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, 2004
Green Hornet and Batman, 1966
Grim Death and Bill the Electrocuted Criminal
Grim Death and Bill the Electrocuted Criminal, by Mike Mignola & Thomas E. Sniegoski. 261 pages.
Death was his mistress now, and a harsh one to boot.
I recently found this novel on the bargain shelf at Books-a-Million.
Bentley, as a child, was not a well. Desperate to cure him, his parents searched out far and wide for a cure. They found a “cure” but the experiment cost his parents their lives. Now Death has a job for Bentley to do. Taking on a mask that belonged to his father, he becomes Grim Death, and avenges the sprints of those who come to him for justice.
It was a fun, quick, pulpy read.
Captain Africa (The Phantom), 1955
The Adventures of Captain Africa (1955), Early artwork by Glenn Cravath for the originally intended sequel to The Phantom’s 1943 serial. Changes in the costume and script were made after discovering the rights for The Phantom had expired.
Perils of Nyoka, 1942
Danish movie poster or Perils of Nyoka is a 1942 Republic Movie serial directed by William Witney. It starred Kay Aldridge as Nyoka the Jungle Girl, a character who first appeared in the Edgar Rice Burroughs-inspired serial Jungle Girl. (Wikipedia).