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

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

Bulwark Comics: John Unknown

JOHN UNKNOWN
A Bulwark Comics property since February 1941 (Occult Comics #14), JOHN UNKNOWN™ was a mystery story with mystical touches. No one—not even John himself—knew his origins or his true identity. He was a real John Doe who solved other mysteries because he needed to be distracted from his own. After a time, John’s quest [...]

January 12, 2009 Tags: Adventures Astounding, Adventures Occult, Bulwark Comics, C.K. Gill, Crossroads, DOCTOR ENIGMA, DOCTOR SCARAB, D’GART, Enigmas, Golden Age, Guardian Comics, HANDORR, HANDORR THE MYSTIC, HANDORR THE SORCERER, ISLA MYSTERIA, John Doe, JOHN UNKNOWN, KRILOVICH THE WIZARD, mysticircle, Occult Comics, PHARAOHAWK, Ragnarok, Silver Age, SNOW SHAMAN Posted in: Genre-Contemporary Fiction, Genre-Fantasy Fiction, Genre-Heroic Fiction, Medium-Comics/Graphic Novels, World-Golden Age Comics, World-Modern Age Comics, World-Silver Age Comics One Comment

Kharndam Guide: Wyrdoors

Wyrdoors

Quote by Zaran of Drakesfall, 692 OD, from The Book of Zaran, held in Drakesfall’s Library Incandescent.

After the Golden Age, when nigh every race last came together in the Aurum Alliance, the Fourth Age birthed the powerful mystics known as the Akanri. This mysterious order (with members including elves, dwarves, humans, prigams, shay, rhamathi, [...]

January 6, 2009 Tags: Akanri, Akanri Channels, Aurum Alliance, Book of Zaran, Door of Syjath, Drakesfall, dwarves, elves, ershay, giants, Golden Age, humans, kyrds, Library Incandescent, Nine Arches of Xhonoril, onyx, prigams, rhamathi, runic magic, shay, Syjathitur, teleporting, Twelve Dancers, Twelvelands, wyrdoor, wyrdoors, Xhonoril, Zaran Posted in: Genre-Fantasy Fiction, Medium-Comics/Graphic Novels, Medium-Electronic Games, Medium-Role-Playing Games, World-Kharndam 2 Comments

Bulwark Comics: Golden Age Characters

For some reason, there are trinities in comic books. Since the birth of the medium, certain characters become the paramount representatives for their respective comics companies. For some reason, it seems to run in trios of characters; it’s only a theory but perhaps the presence of “The Big Three” (Allied leaders Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin) during [...]

December 10, 2008 Tags: ACE BARRIGAN, BLAZE BERET, BOB BLAST, BRASS BRADLEY, BULLETEENS, CALAMITY KID, CAPTAIN RADIUM, CHANTEUSE, COLONEL LIBERTY & THE REBELS, COMET CORPS, DOC DRAGON, DOCTOR ENIGMA, EERIE COMPANY, Electri-Comics, ELECTRI-GAL, ELECTRI-KID, EVERGLADIATOR, FEAR PATROL, FIREFIST, FLINT FAIRMONT, FULMI-NANCY, FULMI-NANCY THE ELECTRI-GAL, FULMIN-ANDY, FULMINTRIO, G.U.A.R.D., GHOST BOMBER, Golden Age, GOLIATH GIRL, Guardian Comics, GUNNERY GORILLA, HANDORR THE SORCERER, HEADLINE HAL, HUMAN SWORD, JOHN UNKNOWN, KRAUT-KRUSHERS, LT. FULMINANT, MAJOR MIDNIGHT, MANTICORN, MIASMA, NITA OF THE TROPICS, REX RACER, SARGE SKELETON, SCARLET MARVEL, SGT. RAVEN, SIR FALCON & PEREGRINE, SOLOMON LAZARUS, STAR-SOLDIERS, STRAIGHT-SHOOTER, SUB-MARIE, Super-Thrills Comics, SWIFT SCOTT, TANK TAYLOR, TOR-KAN, UNSEEN SERGEANT, UNSEEN SOLDIER, WARPATH & THE TRAIL-BLAZERS, WIDOW & VEIL, ZEB PETERS Posted in: Genre-Adventure Fiction, Genre-Heroic Fiction, Medium-Comics/Graphic Novels, Medium-Magazines & Pulps, World-Bulwark Pulps, World-Golden Age Comics 4 Comments