Number 33

The Pulpster #33 (2024)

Number 33 of The Pulpster was published for PulpFest 2024.

The Spicys: 90 Sizzling Years

A taste of forbidden fruit to come
Ashcan pulps set the stage for the Spicy magazines to come
by Ed Hulse

Spicy Mystery re-examined
There’s more to the Culture Publications’ pulp than its racy covers
by Alfred Jan

Between the covers
What was — and was not — acceptable when writing for Spicy Detective
by Willard E. Hawkins

ERBFest: The Land That Time Forgot at 100

A wartime evolutionary tale
Burroughs introduces an audacious alternative evolutionary path in his Caspak trilogy
by Henry G. Franke III

ERB’s weird Wieroos
The bat-like creatures precariously topped the evolutionary ladder in the Caspak trilogy
by Jess Terrell

Fiction House at 100

The home for action
Part Three: Decline and Fall
by Michael Chomko

Fiction House’s Gentleman Farmer
Thurman T. Scott took agriculture just as seriously as he did publishing
by William Lampkin

Articles

Why are pulps so scarce?
The No. 2 answer gets down and dirty
by Will Murray (with an illustration by Ron Hill)

Exploring Canada’s pulp landscape
Canpulps have a rich, varied history in the Great White North
by Tony Davis

Who was Secret Agent X?
The identity of the protagonist in the eponymous pulp was never clearly revealed
by Will Murray

The unsung hero of hardboiled pulps
Frederick Nebel’s talent and ability were just what the editor wanted
by John C. Bruening

The price that dreams are made of
What’s worth more? The five pulps with or the first edition of The Maltese Falcon?
by Kurt Brokaw

Departments

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

On the cover

This number’s cover features a somewhat grisly scene painted by H.J. Ward for Spicy Mystery Stories (August 1940). It illustrated “City of the Walking Dead” by Luke Terry (aka Edwin Truett Long).

Errata

p. 64, “An attendee at Pulpcon, Cat (Jaster) was also involved with Pulp Adventures and a very active participant in pulp newsgroups.” Her obituary incorrectly said she was involved with Bold Venture Press.