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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

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

Fairgeth: Introduction (Part I)

“Wassat? You ain’t never been here before? Dis is a town like no other, pal! Ya say yer prayers, don’tcha?”
—“Hack Harry” (cabbie played by Albert Sonarm) in ACE BARRIGAN™ and the Fairgeth Phantom (1941)

“From the first, Fairgeth was accursed, for Bartram Algeth’s founding of the town came from blood [...]

April 11, 2009 Tags: "Aces and Hates", "Fairgeth on Fire", "His Teeth Made a Racket under My Fist!", A.J. Soltare, ACE BARRIGAN, Albert Sonarm, Bartram Algeth, BOSS MACKAY, Bulwark Publications, Bulwark/Prospect, Carson Cullen, Daisy of the Desert, Dinah Pierce, FAIRGETH, Fairgeth on File, Fairgeth Phantom, Gangland Thrills, HACK HARRY, HERO THRILLS, Luxury Pictures, Mary Stevens, Max Dawes, Mona Davidson, Morocco, Occult Thrills, Prospect, Sidney Masters Posted in: Genre-Adventure Fiction, Genre-Contemporary Fiction, Genre-Detective Fiction, Genre-Fantasy Fiction, Genre-Heroic Fiction, Genre-Horror/Weird Fiction, Genre-Mystery Fiction, Genre-Science Fiction, Medium-Books, Medium-Electronic Games, Medium-Magazines & Pulps, Medium-TV/Movies, World-Bulwark Pulps, World-Golden Age Comics, World-Seven Cities, World-Silver Age Comics, World-Vanguard 5 Comments

Bulwark Publishing: The THRILLS™ Pulps

The Bulwark THRILLS™ Pulps

Among the most popular publications Bulwark put out from the 1920’s through the 1950’s were the THRILLS™ magazines. In fact, that trademark continues today with their nonfiction magazine on gaming (now mainly electronic, but also card and role-playing) GAMING THRILLS™.

The first magazine was the only one that was a digest-sized magazine [...]

January 10, 2009 Tags: "Fairgeth on Fire", "His Teeth Made a Racket under My Fist!", "Skeletons Make a Racket", "Terror in a Blue Haze", "To Scale a Mountain of Skulls", A.J. Soltare, ACE BARRIGAN, Adventures in Combat, Air Thrills, Allied Thrills, BARNSTORM BRADLEY, Barnstorm Bradley's Air Aces, Blake Montgomery, BONNIE VILLE, bootleggers, BOSS MACKAY, Boxing Thrills, BRASS BRADLEY, Bulwark Press, Bulwark Publications, BULWARKS & BASILISKS, Carson Cullen, CHANTEUSE, Chester Blythe, cops, CRIMSON CORSAIR, DEMON FIGHTER, digest, DOCTOR ENIGMA, Edgar Rice Burroughs, FAIRGETH, FANGED DETECTIVE, gaming, Gaming Thrills, gangbusters, Gangland Thrills, GASLIGHT, Green Gazette, HERO THRILLS, John Farnsworth, Jungle Thrills, LEXICON JONES, NINE-LIVES TAYLOR, Occult Thrills, OPERATIVE #8, paperback, Pinkertons, Pirate Thrills, private eyes, pulp, RACE CLARK, Racing Thrills, REED BRAND, role-playing games, Romance Thrills, science fiction, Science Thrills, SKIDOO MARTIN, SOLOMON LAZARUS, Space Age, Space Thrills, Stan Plymouth, Thrills, TOR-KAN, Western Thrills, Wing-Walking Wonder, World of Kharndam, World War II, WWII Posted in: Genre-Adventure Fiction, Genre-Battle Fiction, Genre-Fantasy Fiction, Genre-Frontier Fiction, Genre-Heroic Fiction, Genre-Horror/Weird Fiction, Genre-Mystery Fiction, Genre-Science Fiction, Medium-Books, Medium-Comics/Graphic Novels, Medium-Magazines & Pulps, Medium-Role-Playing Games, World-Bulwark Pulps, World-Golden Age Comics, World-Kharndam, World-Seven Cities, World-Vanguard 3 Comments