Welcome to the March 11, 2013 installment of All Pulp’s New Pulp Best Seller List, originally created by Barry Reese! Before we get to what you’re all waiting for, here are the rules by which this little list comes together.
1) This list only tracks sales through AMAZON. It does not keep track of sales through Barnes and Noble, face-to-face or anything else!
2) This list only tracks PRINT sales. Exactly how Amazon calculates these thingsis mostly a trade secret and they vary wildly from day to day. If we checked this tomorrow, the list could be very different. This list reflects salesranks as of Monday morning March 11, 2013.
3)In order to keep the focus on new releases, eligible works must have been published within the last three months. So, since this list is being done on March 11, 2013, we are only looking at books published since December 11, 2012. Please keep that in mind before complaining that Title X is not listed. Also, keep in mind that for the most part, we are tracking sales from smaller and mid level press publishers who actively publish New Pulp material. We won’t generally track sales from Simon and Schuster or places like that — they have the New York Times Bestseller List for that. If one of the major publishers starts doing The Shadow or something, we’ll track that, but some publishers will not be listed here in order to keep the focus on the publishers activelyworking to produce and promote New Pulp.
4) Like the name suggests, we’re tracking “New” pulp —not sales rankings for reprints of classic material. In order for something to qualify for this list, it has to be at least 50% new material that has not been printed in bookform before.
5)We are human. If you are aware of a title that should be listed below (keeping in mind all the rules above), please let us know and we will make sure to remedy the situation.
6) This information is garnered mostly from All Pulp, New Pulp, the Pulp Factory mailing list and a few other sites. If you think we might miss yourrelease, let us know in advance — drop All Pulp a line and tell us when it’s being released.
Without further ado, here’s the completely and totally unofficial New Pulp bestseller list as of right now (title, then publisher, then release date, then sales rank):
1)Doc Savage: Skull Island by Will Murray (Altus Press, February 26, 2013) – 9,255
2)Sherlock Holmes and the Texas Adventure by Dicky Neely (MX Publishing, December 14, 2012) – 55,070
3)The Detective, The Woman, and the Winking Tree by Amy Thomas (MX Publishing, January 22, 2013) – 78,832
4)Monster Earth by Various (Mechanoid Press, January 18, 2013) -82,461
5)Cadaver Island by Kevin Rodgers (Pro Se Productions, March 6, 2013) – 116,913
6)Fourteen Western Stories by Lloyd Fonvielle (Lloyd Fonvielle, January 23, 2013) – 249,402
7)Prohibition by Terrence McCauley (Airship 27 Productions, December 15, 2012) 283,483
8)Finn’s Golem by Gregg Taylor (Autogyro, January 10, 2013) – 298,810
9) Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective, Volume 4 by Various (Airship 27, January 19, 2012) – 450,526
10) The City of Smoke and Mirrors by Nick C. Piers (Pro Se Productions, February 22, 2013) 499,083
Will Murray’s revival of The Man of Bronze has returned to the top of the list (with the help of a big primate type), a position he and Altus Press will most likely maintain for the book’s entire time of eligibility for the list. As a character, Sherlock Holmes still has a strong showing on the list, Dicky Neely’s ‘Texas Adventure’ making a huge reentry in its last week. Another title on its way out this week, Airship 27’s ‘Prohibition’ by Terrence McCauley also holds its own, a consistent performer on the list. Pro Se makes a top five entry with the debut of Kevin Rodger’s ‘Cadaver Island’, a futuristic horror thriller.
As for publishers this week, Pro Se Productions, Airship 27, and MX Publishing lead the way with two titles each, while Altus Press, Mechanoid Press, Lloyd Fonvielle, and Autogyro each have one title inthe Top Ten. It’s Monday, folks! Enjoy this list with your weekly grain of salt!
On their Facebook page, Altus Press has teased their upcoming release of The Complete Tales of Doctor Satan by Paul Ernst. This edition features an introduction by John Pelan and will be available (hopefully) in time for the Windy City Pulp and Paper Con in April.
The complete series is finally collected in one edition! All eight installments of this classic series from Weird Tales by pulp master Paul Ernst finally sees republication.
Available soon from Altus Press in hard- and softcover.
Eighty years ago in February, 1933 the Street & Smith company released the first issue of Doc Savage Magazine, introducing one of the most
popular and influential pulp superheroes ever to hit the American scene. Doc Savage was the greatest adventure and scientist of his era, and while his magazine ended in 1949, he influenced the creators of Superman, Batman, Star Trek, The Man from UNCLE and the Marvel Universe—to name only a few.
While that first issue of Doc Savage was fresh on Depression newsstands, RKO Pictures released one of the most important fantasy films of all time. Everyone knows the story of how King Kong was discovered on Skull Island and hauled back to New York in chains, only to perish tragically atop the world’s tallest skyscraper, the Empire State Building.
As it happened, that was where Doc Savage had his world headquarters. For decades, fans have wondered: Where was Doc the day Kong fell?
On the eightieth anniversary of these fictional giants, Altus Press is proud to release the first authorized clash between The Man of Bronze and the Eighth Wonder of the World—Doc Savage: Skull Island.Written by Will Murray in collaboration with Joe DeVito, creator of KONG: King of Skull Island, Doc Savage: Skull Island is a new pulp epic.
The story opens when Doc returns from his Fortress of Solitude in the North Pole to discover the cold corpse of Kong lying on his doorstep.
“I know this creature,” he tells his dumbfounded men.
Tasked to dispose of the remains, the Man of Bronze then tells the untold story of his epic encounter with Kong back in 1920, after Doc returns from service in World War I, long before Kong became King Kong.
Doc Savage: Skull Island is a multi-generational story in which Doc and his father—the man who placed him in the hands of scientists who made him into a superman—sail to the Indian Ocean in search of Doc’s grandfather, the legendary Stormalong Savage, whose famous ship has been discovered floating, deserted, her masts snapped by some incredible force.
The quest for Stormalong Savage leads to the fog-shrouded Indian Ocean—and Skull Island! There, Doc Savage faces his first great test as he encounters its prehistoric dangers and tangles with the towering, unstoppable Kong.
“When Joe DeVito brought this idea to me,” says Will Murray, “I knew it had to be written with reverence for both of these immortal characters. So I used the locale of Skull Island to tell a larger story, an untold origin for Doc Savage. It all started back on Skull Island….”
Doc Savage: Skull Island has already been hailed as “The Doc Savage novel that Doc fans have been waiting on for 80 years!”
Doc Savage: Skull Island is will be released in March, as the fifth entry in Altus Press’ popular Wild Adventures of Doc Savage series. Cover by Joe DeVito. Source(s): Altus Press http://www.altuspress.com/>
Eighty years ago in February, 1933 the Street & Smith company released the first issue of Doc Savage Magazine, introducing one of the most popular and influential pulp superheroes ever to hit the American scene. Doc Savage was the greatest adventure and scientist of his era, and while his magazine ended in 1949, he influenced the creators of Superman, Batman, Star Trek, The Man from UNCLE and the Marvel Universe—to name only a few.
While that first issue of Doc Savage was fresh on Depression newsstands, Universal Studios released one of the most important fantasy films of all time. Everyone knows the story of how King Kong was discovered on Skull Island and hauled back to New York in chains, only to perish tragically atop the world’s tallest skyscraper, the Empire State Building.
As it happened, that was where Doc Savage had his world headquarters. For decades, fans have wondered: Where was Doc the day Kong fell?
On the eightieth anniversary of these fictional giants, Altus Press is proud to release the first authorized clash between The Man of Bronze and the Eighth Wonder of the World—Doc Savage: Skull Island.Written by Will Murray in collaboration with Joe DeVito, creator of KONG: King of Skull Island, Doc Savage: Skull Island is a new pulp epic.
The story opens when Doc returns from his Fortress of Solitude in the North Pole to discover the cold corpse of Kong lying on his doorstep.
“I know this creature,” he tells his dumbfounded men.
Tasked to dispose of the remains, the Man of Bronze then tells the untold story of his epic encounter with Kong back in 1920, after Doc returns from service in World War I, long before Kong became King Kong.
Doc Savage: Skull Island is a multi-generational story in which Doc and his father—the man who placed him in the hands of scientists who made him into a superman—sail to the Indian Ocean in search of Doc’s grandfather, the legendary Stormalong Savage, whose famous ship has been discovered floating, deserted, her masts snapped by some incredible force.
The quest for Stormalong Savage leads to the fog-shrouded Indian Ocean—and Skull Island! There, Doc Savage faces his first great test as he encounters its prehistoric dangers and tangles with the towering, unstoppable Kong.
“When Joe DeVito brought this idea to me,” says Will Murray, “I knew it had to be written with reverence for both of these immortal characters. So I used the locale of Skull Island to tell a larger story, an untold origin for Doc Savage. It all started back on Skull Island….”
Doc Savage: Skull Island has already been hailed as “The Doc Savage novel that Doc fans have been waiting on for 80 years!”
Doc Savage: Skull Island is will be released in March, as the fifth entry in Altus Press’ popular Wild Adventures of Doc Savage series. Cover by Joe DeVito. Source(s): Altus Press http://www.altuspress.com/>
Altus Press has announced that The Black Bat Omnibus Volume 2 will be available Spring 2013.
From Altus Press: Thanks for your patience on this one… it’ been partially done since late 2009!
The Black Bat Omnibus Volume 2 By Norman A. Daniels Contains the next three Black Bat adventures: “The Black Bat’s Challenge,” “The Black Bat’s Spy Trail,” and “”The Black Bat’s Crusade.” 400 pages, $29.95. Coming later this spring.
Pro Se Productions, a leader in Genre Fiction and New Pulp adventures, proudly announces the long awaited newest volume of its Pulp Obscura line! THE NEW ADVENTURES OF THE GRIFFON!
Pulp Obscura, an imprint of Pro Se Productions in conjunction with Altus Press, brings yet another rare and classic Pulp Character back to life from Pulp’s Golden Era! Kerry Keen is a young millionaire playboy by day to hide his nocturnal adventures as a costumed airborne crime fighter! From a secret underground hangar on his Long Island estate in the Graylands, The Griffon takes to the skies in the Black Bullet, his supercharged and heavily armed seaplane on missions of justice and vengeance!
The Griffon was created by Arch Whitehouse and appeared in Flying Aces MAgazine, his adventures beginning in the June 1935 issue.
These new tales take Kerry and his companions, Barney O’Dare and Barbara “Pebbles” Colony back into the skies for six terrific flights of danger and intrigue!
This stunning collection features an incredible cover by Mike Fyles as well as fantastic format and design by Sean Ali! Six Tales of Action, Excitement, Mystery and Amazing Arial Adventure take flight in this collection from writers Van Allen Plexico, Chuck Miller, Phil Bledsoe, S. E. Dogaru, Don Thomas and R. P. Steeves!
Beware THE VENGEANCE OF THE VIPER! Fight alongside The Griffon against THE DEVIL AND THE BLOODY BARONESS! Fly into the HELL ABOVE US! Encounter TERROR OVER THE PACIFIC! Solve THE CASE OF THE DANGEROUS DIRIGIBLE! Uncover THE CLOCKWORK PLAN OF HERR DROSSELMEYER! All in THE NEW ADVENTURES OF THE GRIFFON! Climb into the cockpit of the Black Bullet with Kerry Keen and fly off into THE NEW ADVENTURES OF THE GRIFFON from PULP OBSCURA!
Get your print copy today from Amazon HERE or from Pro Se’s own Createspace store HERE! for $15.00! Coming soon for your Kindle, Nook, and Ebook Readers!
For more from Pro Se-www.prosepulp.com!
For The Complete Adventures of the Griffon Volume 1 Reprints from Altus, go HERE! And Volume 2 HERE!
About From Deep Waters: The Complete Adventures of the Major, Volume 1– The long-running and much-beloved series from the pages of Short Stories is finally collected in order and with a plethora of bonus material. Join Aubrey St. John Major–AKA the Major–and his faithful companion, Jim the Hottentot, on their adventures across the diamond country of Africa. This collection includes the first 12 stories, uncut and with all the original illustrations, along with Greene’s correspondence, and an article by Archibald Bittner on the author. Capped with a career-spanning introduction by pulp historian Ed Hulse, this is a collection decades in the making.
The 320 Page Deep Waters: The Complete Adventures of the Major, Volume 1 contains the following stories:
No Evidence (Adventure, November 1, 1919) Two of a Kind (Adventure, November 15, 1920) Lines of Cleavage (Adventure, February 1, 1921) Ivory (Adventure, March 1, 1921) Amnesia (Adventure, April 1, 1921) A Deal in Diamonds (Short Stories, May 1921) Tools (Adventure, August 1, 1921) Bitter Alum (Short Stories, August 1921) The Seventh Plague (Short Stories, September 10, 1921) Royal Game (Short Stories, November 10, 1921) Kruger’s Gold (Short Stories, October 10, 1922) From Deep Waters (Short Stories, November 25, 1922)
Altus Press’ Matt Moring shared a pre-Christmas announcement!
Press Release:
The Masked Rider Archives Volume 1 By Oscar Schisgall and William H. Stueber Introduction by Will Murray
Collected for the first time: the original Masked Rider series! Originally published by Ranger Publications, Altus Press has committed to collecting all the rare and illusive Masked Rider yarns from these early years prior to its acquisition by Standard Publications. Each volume will include new articles and information about the series as well as the history of Ranger Publications, one of the earliest companies run by Marvel Comics founder Martin Goodman.
Volume 1 contains the first three stories, uncut, in order, and accompanied by the original illustrations: “The Black Caballero” by Oscar Schisgall along with “The Avenging Shadow” and “Sapphire Mesa,” both by William H. Stueber.
The greatest creation of Theodore Roscoe is collected for the first time! One of the most popular writers to ever appear in the pages of Argosy, Roscoe penned the adventures of Old Thibault Corday of the French Foreign Legion, who appeared in more than twenty stories from 1929 to 1939. Volume 4 collects the last four stories of the series, from 1938-39.
186 pages Approx. 6″x9″x0.5″ Approx. 0.9 lbs.
Learn more about The Heads of Sergeant Baptiste: The Complete Adventures of Thibaut Corday and the Foreign Legion, Volume 4 here.
Frederick Nebel’s unforgettable character Jack Cardigan was one of the main reasons behind the success of the legendary Dime Detective Magazine. His hard-boiled P.I. stories were a major influence to other writers of the era, yet only a handful have been reprinted since their original 44-story run eighty years ago. Volume 4 of this series contains the last 11 installments, complete and uncut, with the original illustrations by John Fleming Gould.
A Couple of Quick Ones (June 1, 1935) The Dead Die Twice (August, 1935) Death in the Raw (October, 1935) The Curse of Cardigan (December, 1935) Blood in the Dark (January, 1936) The Sign of Murder (March, 1936) Lead Poison (April, 1936) Murder By Mail (June, 1936) Make Mine Murder (November, 1936) Behind the 8-Ball (March, 1937) No Time to Kill (May, 1937)
Available in paperback. 412 pages Approx. 6″x9″x1″ Approx. 1.6 lbs.
Learn more about The Complete Casebook of Cardigan, Volume 4: 1935-37 here.