Number 32

The Pulpster #32 (2023)

Number 32 of The Pulpster was published for PulpFest 2023.

100 years of Sport Story

The thrill of the game
Street & Smith scored with the debut of the first all-sports pulp
by Michelle Nolan

Two unique annuals
In 1942 and 1943, the Sport Story annuals tallied some unusual characteristics
by Michelle Nolan

The heroes of 1933

The pulp-hero revolution
The success of The Shadow triggered a tsunami of new characters
by Will Murray

The heroic age
A timeline that traces the pulp hero from 1931 to 1958
by Will Murray

Pat Savage: the great pulp heroine of 1933
Lester Dent pioneered ‘a two-fisted young woman who could go out and do things’
by Craig McDonald

The man in the moon helmet
Frederick C. Davis’ hero rose to battle crime — and sometimes cops — for 38 adventures
by Sara Light-Waller

A century of Weird Tales

One Weird Tales Club member’s claim to fame
Hugh Hefner’s love of the pulps was reflected in his men’s magazine
by Tony Davis

What kind of man reads Blood ’n’ Thunder?
The Playboy publisher not only subscribed, but published his own pulp fanzine in his youth
by Tony Davis

Remembering Weird Tales, HPL
Frank Belknap Long reflects on writing supernatural horror and science fiction.
by Darrell Schweitzer

ERBFest 2023

Burrough’s cautionary tale
Conceived as a warning against communism, the Moon trilogy still entertains today
by Henry G. Franke III

A hero for a new generation
ERB Inc. looks to the future with an historic cast of characters and places
by Jess Terrell

Fiction House at 100

The home for action
Part 2: After an uncertain hiatus, the pulp publisher undergoes a rebirth
by Michael Chomko
(Part 1 appeared in The Pulpster #31. The conclusion will appear in The Pulpster #33 in 2024.)

Thurman T. Scott speaks
An interview with the man who rebuilt Fiction House
by Roger Hill

Articles

Odes to the pulp magazines
Poetic inspiration in a writers’ magazine for would-be fictioneers
by William Lampkin

The time Hitchcock outdid Woolrich
The premiere episode of 1957’s Suspicion ticked toward an explosive ending
by Kurt Brokaw

Departments

From the Editor, by William Lampkin
From the Publisher, by Michael Chomko
Final Chapters, by Tony Davis

On the cover

Modest Stein’s painting originally appeared on the cover of Sport Story Magazine (March 1939), a Street & Smith publication.

Errata

p. 42, Frederik Pohl’s first name was misspelled.
p. 43, “Armageddon – 2119 A.D.” appeared in the August 1928 number of Amazing Stories (not 1922).