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The great pulp heroes / by Don Hutchison.
- Title
- The great pulp heroes / by Don Hutchison.
- Author
- Hutchison, Don
- Publication
- Oakville, ON. ; Buffalo, N.Y. : Mosaic Press, c1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PS374.P63 H88 1996 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Parker, Susan
- Description
- 276 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
- Summary
- A history of the great heroes of pulp fiction magazines of the 1930s and 1940s, including: The Shadow, Doc Savage, Superman, G-8 the Master Spy, The Spider, Secret Service Operator 5, The Phantom Detective, The Black Bat, The Green Ghost, The Purple Scar, The Crimson Mask, Captain Future, Flying Aces, The Lone Eagle, The Avenger, The Whisperer, Tarzan, Zorro and more.
- Subject
- Zorro (Fictitious character)
- Shadow (Fictitious character)
- Tarzan (Fictitious character)
- Savage, Doc (Fictitious character)
- 1900-1999
- American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism
- Popular literature > United States > History and criticism
- Spider (Fictitious character)
- G-8 (Fictitious character)
- Heroes in literature
- Pulp literature > History and criticism
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The great story explosion -- The Shadow's shadow -- Doc! -- G-8's weird war -- The Spider's web -- Pulp paranoia: The Operator #5 saga -- Twenty years of murder -- Black bats and green ghosts -- Calling Captain Future -- Cloudland cavaliers -- Justice, Inc. -- Masters of menace -- Lost cities and hidden jungles -- The road to zero.
- ISBN
- 0889625859
- LCCN
- ^^^96154638^
- OCLC
- 35021627
- SCSB-11796035
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library