Pulp Action from the Wild West through the Dirty 30s and More.
The original Zorro, Don Diego de la Vega, is captured and imprisoned just as Spain concedes California to Santa Anna. 20 years go by and his mortal enemy, Don Rafael Montero, returns to California with a plan to become wealthy at the expense of the peasants. The original Zorro escapes from prison and trains a new Zorro to take his place. (IMDb) Continue reading “Mask of Zorro, 1998”
Illustrations from the 1922 edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ At The Earth’s Core by J. Allen St. John
Looked through aperture in big wall ~~ Saw earth-being producing discordant sounds ~~ Made many quick, jerky motions ~~ Grew very hoarse ~~ Said “Hello, Central” eighteen times ~~ Yelled at inanimate object in right hand ~~ Seemed in pain.
Before this cover by Alex Steinweiss, most records came in a plain, brown, paper sleeve with a hole in the middle showing who the artist and song was. Steinweiss had a better idea. He took a cameraman to the city’s famous Imperial Theatre, where he convinced the owner to briefly change the signage of the marquee, and made history.
Smash Song Hits by Rodgers and Hart by Richard Rodgers and the Imperial Orchestra, Columbia Records (1939)
Parlor Games Comic from the Evening Star, Washington DC, December 17, 1939
Odd “Facts” About Mars, published in a variety of American newspapers in October, 1912
“Jesus, take the wheel… No! Not that one!”
Nightclub Showgirl somewhere in NYC, 1929
Even the Soviets wanted in on the Snow Cruiser action, as seen on this Tekhnika Molodezhi cover.
There came the sound of a bell, deep and muffled. “Listen!” Colonel Manfred gasped, his eyes wide with terror, “there is someone moving without. Ah, look!” Inch by inch the door was opening, then a spectre form, gaunt and fantastic, glided into the room
Spring-Heeled Jack, 1904, issue #4
