SECRETS of the STEVE MERTZ LIBRARY (Part 3)
Over the past two days, we've seen that Steve has some mighty swell books, and they just keep on a'comin'. The first books visible on row Three are Donald Hamilton's adventures of Matt Helm. I can't...
View ArticleSECRETS of the STEVE MERTZ LIBRARY (Part 4)
Here we are at the fourth and final row this photo gives us access to. Sad, ain't it? We'll all be up nights wondering what Steve has stashed on Row Five, with authors S thru Z.In the shadows under...
View ArticleForgotten Books: NO ORCHIDS FOR MISS BLANDISH by James Hadley Chase
To begin with, this title is absolutely correct. There are no orchids in this book for Miss Blandish or anyone else. I don’t believe there is even a mention of orchids, so if your name happens to be...
View ArticleJames Bama's SAVAGE Paintings
The Man of Bronze?What's going on here? Did Bama's original Doc have hair?The MajiiThe Midas ManThe Terror in the Navy
View ArticleSix Scarlet Scorpions: A PAT SAVAGE Adventure by Will Murray
Though Pat Savage has played minor roles—and at least one major role—in Will Murray’s WILD Adventures of Doc Savage, I wasn’t sure what to expect from a book with her in the lead. Unlike Cousin Doc,...
View ArticleForgotten Books: THE SNATCHERS by Lionel White (1953)
I’d say that this book has echoes of Richard Stark’s Parker novels—but I can’t, because it was published seven years before the first Parker book, The Hunter. What’s the opposite of echoes? Beats me,...
View ArticleAMAZING! ASTONISHING! WEIRD!
We here present another sampling of images from Todd Frye's AMAZING! ASTONISHING! WEIRD! - The Complete Pulp Magazine Covers Vol. 2, the book that brings you color pics of every ding dang cover of...
View ArticleDan Turner, Hollywood Detective comics: "Quicksand Caper"
This thrilling adventure appeared in the April, 1945 ish of Hollywood Detective. More Dan Turner in Pictures stories HERE.
View ArticleForgotten Books: TWELVE "CHINAMEN" and a WOMAN (1940)
Yeah, I know the real title of this book, and so do you, but the copy I read said “Chinamen,” so I have a valid excuse (other than a creeping case of pc-itis) for calling it this.Published in 1940,...
View ArticleFREE James Hadley Chase books (Yep, REAL Books)
UPDATE (6:26am):I got a taker. The books are gone. Thanks for looking!These two unread trade paperbacks are looking for a good home -- with someone willing to review them (anywhere you like). That's...
View ArticleWEAR YOUR FAVORITE BOOK(S)
These and many more booklovers' T-shirts are offered up for sale at outofprintclothing.com, for $28 plus postage. You can tell them I sent you if you want, but they won't know who the heck I am.
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