Archive for 2009

C.K. Gill

One of the greatest creative minds ever employed exclusively by Bulwark Publications, C.K. Gill is famous for his creations, his odd sense of humor, and his longevity in publishing. Most who met Gill found his easy smile and infectious laugh what they most remember, though more people remember his writing (which varied from strong to [...]

November 2, 2009 Tags: A.J. Soltare, AIR RAID REED, Almanarcana, AMERIKIDDO, August Villers, BARNSTORM BRADLEY, Books Bizarre, BRICK BRADLEY, Brooklyn, BROOKLYON, BULLETEENS, Bulwark Comics, Bulwark Publications, Bulwark Publishing, C.K. Gill, CALAMATINA, CATTALION, Chicago, Clark Kent, Collected C.K. Gill, Comte du San Gyrmayn, CONSTELLAGENT, Croatia, Crotia, dime-novels, DOC SCARAB, DOCTOR ENIGMA, DYNAST, editor, Ellis Island, encyclopedia, FIVE PROMETHEANS, G.U.A.R.D., Geneva House, Golden Age, Great Britain, Green Gazette, Gyrmayn Annals, HANDORR, HEADLINE HAL, historian, Illinois, John Hawksmoor, JOHN UNKNOWN, Kharm, Medium-Comics/Graphic Novels, MIKE MAELSTROM, Milwaukee, National Periodicals, NEWSIE, Northwestern, O.R.P.H.A.N., orphanage, Oscar Kharm, penny dreadfuls, penny papers, PHARAOHAWK, PHARLAKANS, Pierre Aurlathe, RAPTANS, research, Rupert Kharm, silver, Silver Age, Stavros Krashos, T.H.R.E.A.T., TANK TAYLOR, THEONS, Toronto, University of Chicago, urn, USAPES, Vanguard ring, Vasily Nashivev, Villers, VOID VANDALS, volume, volumeternal, William Carson, Wisconsin, World War I, World-Bulwark Pulps, World-Vanguard, writer, XERXREX, ZYNTHORN Posted in: Genre-Adventure Fiction, Genre-Battle Fiction, Genre-Biography, Genre-Contemporary Fiction, Genre-Detective Fiction, Genre-Fantasy Fiction, Genre-Frontier Fiction, Genre-Heroic Fiction, Genre-Holiday Fiction, Genre-Horror/Weird Fiction, Genre-Mystery Fiction, Genre-Science Fiction, Medium-Books, Medium-Comics/Graphic Novels, Medium-Magazines & Pulps, World-Bulwark Pulps, World-Golden Age Comics, World-Kharndam, World-Silver Age Comics, World-Vanguard One Comment

Review: Grants Pass

4 out of 5 stars, IMO.
A very well done anthology of stories about a modern apocalypse and the fabled safe haven of Grants Pass, Oregon. The world falls apart due to bioengineered plagues and the chaos that ensues from them. The stories here, like many anthologies, vary in terms of their ability to grab [...]

August 24, 2009 Posted in: Uncategorized Comments Closed

A.J. Soltare

“A.J. Soltare is one of our authors of whom we’re very proud. He has worked with Bulwark under my father and my uncles Rupert and Sebastian. He claims I’m the easiest `boss’ with whom he’s ever had to work, but I suspect I let him get away with more as he’s been around the offices [...]

July 10, 2009 Tags: "Six-Spell-Shooter", A.J. Soltare, ACE BARRIGAN, Alexander James Soltare, Arcaniac, author, bibliography, Blake Hart Montgomery, Bold as Brass, Books Bizarre, Boxing Thrills, BRASS BRADLEY, Bulwark Publications, Bulwark/Prospect, Chicago, Curtis Winter, DOC ENIGMA, Gaming Thrills, Green Gazette, H. Bedford Jones, HERO THRILLS, Ignisceror, Jack London, John Solo, KHARNDAM Collected, Kharndam Tales, Lester Dent, MISTER CONUNDRUM, Nemeses Nocturnal, Occult Thrills, ORKNEY STREET, Oscar Kharm, pseudonyms, quartet, Racing Thrills, Romance Thrills, Rupert Kharm, Sagas Supernatural, Science Thrills, Sebastian Kharm, Silver Age, Space Thrills, Tales Terrific, THE GASLIGHT, THE REDRESSOR, TRUE-LIFE MAGAZINE, Twelvelands, Underwood, Virginia Harold, Western Thrills Posted in: Genre-Adventure Fiction, Genre-Battle Fiction, Genre-Biography, Genre-Detective Fiction, Genre-Fantasy Fiction, Genre-Heroic Fiction, Genre-Holiday Fiction, Genre-Horror/Weird Fiction, Genre-Mystery Fiction, Genre-Science Fiction, Medium-Audio/Radio, Medium-Books, Medium-Comics/Graphic Novels, Medium-Magazines & Pulps, Medium-TV/Movies, World-Bulwark Pulps, World-Golden Age Comics, World-Kharndam, World-Seven Cities, World-Silver Age Comics, World-Vanguard 2 Comments

Boroughs of Fairgeth (3)

[Continued from posts on June 30, 2009 & July 5, 2009]
Appleton: The smallest borough of Fairgeth is Appleton, tucked in between the Village and Sawgeth. Once the home of many farmers’ markets, the neighborhood mysteriously attracted many spiritualists and psychics (and, according to some, many ghosts along with them) in the 19th century. More inexplicable [...]

July 7, 2009 Tags: "Dread of the Drugged Druids", "Homecoming", "Hunting Blind", "Mastromwood", "Missing Maidens & Medusas", "Mysteries Matriculate Immaculate and Immolate", "Out of the Smoke Into the Fire", "Return of the Terror Tarot, "The Blue Haze Blues", A.J. Soltare, Academy, ACE BARRIGAN, Appleton, Barton Village, bluffs, boroughs, Bulwark Publications, Bulwark/Prospect, Catholic, Charles Pherris, Chester Blythe, City without Shame, Craig Nordoff, cult, curse, cursed, druid, Druidica, Eastmore, Edward Ullers, estates, FAIRGETH, Fairgeth on File, farmer, gallery, Gangland Thrills, garden, ghost, haunted, hills, hoax, Marcus Heights, market, MATTHEW SLATE, MAX MEDIUM, monster, moors, mountain, museum, Norman Crenshaw, Occult Thrills, Paduan School, park, Paul Nordoff, Pierce Highway, private school, psychic, rich, Roger Ashwood, Saint Anthony of Padua, Saint B's, Saint Benedict, Saint Brendan, Saint Theresa's School for Wayward Girls, San Francisco, Sawgeth, secrets, slaughterhouse, spiritualism, spiritualist, Stan Plymouth, Steve Mark, stone circle, swamps, tannery, THE CHANTEUSE, the Skirts, Three Saints Cathedral, Upton Posted in: Genre-Detective Fiction, Genre-Fantasy Fiction, Genre-Horror/Weird Fiction, Genre-Mystery Fiction, Medium-Audio/Radio, Medium-Books, Medium-Comics/Graphic Novels, Medium-Electronic Games, Medium-Magazines & Pulps, Medium-Role-Playing Games, Medium-TV/Movies, World-Bulwark Pulps, World-Seven Cities No Comments

Boroughs of Fairgeth (2)

[Continued from Blog Post 06/30/09]

The Pipes: While now the manufacturing and industrial area in which Fairgeth’s water treatment plants reside, the Pipes got their name in the 19th century for the opium dens and tobacconists among the Oriental and Dutch settlers prevalent in this area. The neighborhood remains a crime-riddled area known for wars (over [...]

July 5, 2009 Tags: "Adrift on a Melody", "Green Tablets and Goldbricks", "One Night Only!", "Seven Roses for Mother", "Six-Spell-Shooter", "Skeletons Make a Racket", "The Pipes Play Hokus Pokus", "The Scarlet Pearls of Siam", "The View from Above", A.J. Soltare, ACE BARRIGAN, Algeth Bay, Algeths, Archer Building, Balkan, Barton Village, bell tower, bohemian, boroughs, Bowman Investigations, Bulwark Publications, Bulwark/Prospect, Carson Cullen, cemetery, Charles Pherris, Chester Blythe, City without Shame, crime lord, Dinetti Mob, DINO STILETTO, Dutch, earthquake, Edward Ullers, English, FAIRGETH, Fairgeth on File, First Church, Gangland Thrills, graveyard, Greek, hokus, Irish, Ivy League, Mediterranean, Newfield University, Newfields, Norman Crenshaw, Occult Thrills, opium, Oriental, Poole River, Post Tollway, Professor Hermegist, restaurant, Rockies, Sawgeth, skyscraper, South Fairgeth, Spate of Aces, Stan Plymouth, tavern, THE CHANTEUSE, the Pipes, the Spires, theater, tobacco, Venture Towers, warehouse Posted in: Genre-Detective Fiction, Genre-Horror/Weird Fiction, Genre-Mystery Fiction, Medium-Audio/Radio, Medium-Books, Medium-Comics/Graphic Novels, Medium-Electronic Games, Medium-Magazines & Pulps, Medium-Role-Playing Games, Medium-TV/Movies, World-Bulwark Pulps, World-Seven Cities 2 Comments

Boroughs of Fairgeth

The fame of Fairgeth spread through the pages of GANGLAND THRILLS™ and OCCULT THRILLS™ magazine and the exploits of heroes like ACE BARRIGAN™, THE CHANTEUSE™, and MAX MEDIUM™ or villains like BOSS MACKAY™, DINO STILETTO™, and MATTHEW SLATE™. In all fairness, the city grew as a random patchwork of background details, buildings, street names, and [...]

June 30, 2009 Tags: "Aces and Hates", abbey, ACE BARRIGAN, Algeth Bay, Algethope, Bartram Algeth, BOSS MACKAY, Bulwark/Prospect, California, Carson Cullen, Carter Bridge, Charles Pherris, City without Shame, curse, DINO STILETTO, Docks, Edward Ullers, FAIRGETH, gambling, Gangland Thrills, Ilgeth, Mackay Mob, MATTHEW SLATE, MAX MEDIUM, Minster Bridge, Norman Crenshaw, Occult Thrills, Old Town, Pacific, Poole River, River Row, Roger Ashwood, Saint Anthony of Padua, Saint Benedict, Saint Brendan, Seven Bells, THE CHANTEUSE, Three Saints Cathedral, Victor Northrup, “A Canary Sings at Midnight”, “Possessed by Prior Penitents”, “Song on a Bridge’s Edge” Posted in: Genre-Detective Fiction, Genre-Horror/Weird Fiction, Genre-Mystery Fiction, Medium-Audio/Radio, Medium-Books, Medium-Magazines & Pulps, Medium-Role-Playing Games, Medium-TV/Movies, World-Bulwark Pulps, World-Seven Cities No Comments

Guardian Comics (Part II)

Guardian Comics (Part 2)
[For the complete history of Guardian Comics, start with the Guardian Comics post from May 31, 2009.]

Electri-Comics (April 1940 to October 1958; 223 issues);
Since her premiere in Best Comics #35 (December 1938), FULMI-NANCY THE ELECTRI-GAL proved to be one of the biggest hits ever produced by Guardian Comics. In fact, nearly [...]

June 2, 2009 Tags: 28TH CENTURY BOY, AIRBURN, aliens, American, Andrew Lang, Arabian Nights, Arrow Comics, Atlantis, BARNEY THE CLOCKWORKER, Best Comics, BIG BEN TATE, Blast Comics, BLITZ BAILEY, BLITZCRAIG, British, Brothers Grimm, Bulwark pulps, Canadian, CARBUNCLE CARMICHAEL, caveman, CAVEMAN CARTER, CLIFF DOVER, COLONEL LIBERTY & THE REBELS, COMET CORPS, DANGEROUS DANIEL, DAWES, dinosaur, DOC HUNTER, DOC HUNTER EXPLORER, DONNELLA, DRUID THE DRACADIAN, ECHO COMPANY, Electri-Comics, ELECTRI-GAL, ELECTRI-KID, evil twin, faerie tale, Fantasticomics, FIREFIST, FLINT FAIRMOUNT, FOE OF FIGMENTS, FRONTLINE FRANK, FULMI-NANCY, FULMI-NANCY THE ELECTRI-GAL, FULMI-NASTY THE ELECTRIXEN, FULMIN-ANDY THE ELECTRI-KID, FULMINIA, FULMINTRIO, Genre-Fantasy Fiction, Genre-Horror/Weird Fiction, German, Giant Comics, GOLIATH GIRL, Guardian Comics, HANDORR THE SORCERER, IN THE GLASSTLE OF GLORA, Italian, JACQUES ROCKET, JANICE MARSHALL, JANICE MARSHALL UNDERCOVER MARTIAN, Japanese, JEANNIE DJINNI, jungle, JUNGLE QUEEN, LORD OF LIGHTNING, lost world, LT. FULMINANT, M.P. OF MAGIC, Magic, MAJOR MEGALITH, MOON-BASE MAX, mysticism, NEIGHBORS OF WISHLAND, NITA, POLLY BUNYAN, Port Thunder, PRIVATE BRACE OF DANGER COMPANY, REX RACER, REX RACER 28TH CENTURY BOY, Rocket Comics, Savage Comics, science fiction, Science Thrills, Secret Comics, SIR FULMINUS, SIR FULMINUS LORD OF LIGHTNING, Space Thrills, SPARKY THE FULMENTIGER, STAR-SOLDIERS, STEEL STAG, SWORDIANE, TALES OF WISHLAND, TARA OF THE TROPICS, TEN-FOOT TAYLOR, THE ATLANTISCROLLS, THE FULMENTOR, THE FULMI-KNIGHTS, THE FULMINTRIO, THE HUMAN SWORD, THE LANDS BEYONDREAMS, THE MANTICORN, THE MATHESON FAMILY, THE SHANGRI-LADY, THE STEEL STAG, THE TERROR TANK, THE TUNDRAGON, THE UNDERNAUTS, THE WHYLAND GUARD, thriller, time travel, TIME-TRAPPED TALES, TONY THE IRON-PONY, TOR-KAN THE JUNGLE LORD, TRANCE TAMMETT, UNDERCOVER MARTIAN, Ventesch WISHLAND. D.J. Ventesch, Victory Comics, war, Wondrous Comics, World War I, World War II Posted in: Genre-Adventure Fiction, Genre-Battle Fiction, Genre-Children's Fiction, Genre-Fantasy Fiction, Genre-Frontier Fiction, Genre-Heroic Fiction, Genre-Horror/Weird Fiction, Genre-Science Fiction, Medium-Comics/Graphic Novels, Medium-Magazines & Pulps, Medium-Role-Playing Games, World-Golden Age Comics, World-Silver Age Comics, World-Vanguard, World-Wishland No Comments

Guardian Comics (Part I)

Guardian Comics started in 1936 Toronto, Ontario solely as a medium that collected and republished comic strips in book form, like most early comic books. Terry Zuller, Guardian’s editor in chief, wanted to oversee a creative stable like the one he’d once marshaled on American pulps like Scarab Stories. Zuller commissioned six writers and artists [...]

May 31, 2009 Tags: AIRBURN, Arrow Comics, Australian, Best Comics, Blast Comics, BLITZ BROTHERS, BLITZCRAIG, BOB BLAST, BRIGADEMONS, BRIGADIER BLACK, British, Bulls-Eye on History, Bulwark Publications, BULWARKS & BASILISKS, Canadian, CAPES & COWLS, Charles Knight, Clash Comics, Clive Horrach, COACHWHIP HAMMOND, comic books, comic strips, CORPORAL KANGAROO, DOC DRAGON, DONNELLA, DRUID DAWES, E.C. Buckner, ECHELON OF EVIL, Electri-Comics, exploration, faerie tales, Fantasticomics, G.U.A.R.D., Genre-Fantasy Fiction, GIRISH, Golden Age, Guardian Comics, Harvard, historical adventures, HUMANTA, Indian, Jim Adams Sharpshooter, jungle, KID SPITFIRE, Knights of the Round Table, Marshall Ranheart, Mike Harrigan Bounty Hunter, Native Americans, Ontario, pulps Scarab Stories, RED ROBINSON, Richard West, Robin Hood, Savage Comics, SECRET SHAMAN, Silver Age, SIR FALCON & PEREGRINE, SUB-MARIE, superhumans, TALL TRAILS, Terry Zuller, THE BRAVES FOUR, THE EVERGLADIATOR, THE FOUR FAKIRS, THE HANGING JUDGE, THE HUMAN SWORD, THE MANTICORN, THE THAMESERPENT, THE TRAIL-BLAZERS, THE TRINITEAM, THE WIDOW & VEIL, THOMAS TWO-EAGLES, Toronto, Wanted!, Wild West, WILD WEST TRAIL TALES, Wondrous Comics Posted in: Genre-Adventure Fiction, Genre-Battle Fiction, Genre-Children's Fiction, Genre-Fantasy Fiction, Genre-Frontier Fiction, Genre-Heroic Fiction, Genre-Horror/Weird Fiction, Medium-Comics/Graphic Novels, Medium-Magazines & Pulps, Medium-Role-Playing Games, World-Bulwark Pulps, World-Golden Age Comics, World-Silver Age Comics, World-Vanguard No Comments

The Von Baurs

The Von Baur Family: An Occult History
The Von Baurs rose along the Haldenaab in northeastern Bavaria. The tiny village of Baur came under attack in 1483 by “forces dark and overwhelming,” long postulated to be brigands or barbarians (though hidden histories mark the attackers as diabolic and certainly of fell origins). Only the defenses mustered [...]

May 20, 2009 Tags: America, Annulusi Order, Arndt Von Baur, Asia, Australia, Austria, Axel Von Baur, Baldric, Baur, Bavaria, Belgium, Bleak Baron, Bonn, Brethren of Saint Donnait, Bulwark Publications, Butcher of Slavuta, Cabal of the Seven Mysteries, Club Thirteen, Condottieri Cosini, Corrado, Corrado Von Baur, Czar Peter I, Domini Reattaria, Dresden, Ein Werk Bezüglich des Kämpfens und des Ausrottens von Geistern Besitzende Entitäten und Feindliche Gespenste, Emperor Frederick III, esoteric lore, esoterica, Europe, faeries, First World War, France, Frederick Von Baur, Germany, ghosts, Habsburg, Haldenaab, Hohenstaufen, Holy Roman Empire, Idette Von Baur, Italy, Jadeatici, Kolya Nashivev, London, lycanthropy, Martin Luther, monster hunters, paranormal studies, Rhinevulfen, Rudolf I, Saint Petersburg, Scarlet Scholars, Secret societies, Seers’ Society, Slavuta, vampire, Vasily Baurovitch Nashivev, Venice, Von Baur, Von Bessenheit durch Fremde und Ungehere Geister, Wolfgang Von Baur, Wolves of the Rhine, World War II, World-Vanguard Posted in: Genre-Contemporary Fiction, Genre-Fantasy Fiction, Genre-Heroic Fiction, Genre-Horror/Weird Fiction, Medium-Books, Medium-Magazines & Pulps, World-Vanguard No Comments