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Secret Agent “X” – The Complete Series Volume 4

Continuing the complete reprint series... contains "Devils of Darkness," "Talons of Terror," "The Corpse Cavalcade" and "The Golden Ghoul."

Secret Agent “X” – The Complete Series Volume 4
The Revised Complete Chronology of Bronze

Rick Lai's Doc Savage chronology has been completely updated! Contains the radio scripts and more new info.

The Revised Complete Chronology of Bronze
The Crimson Mask Omnibus Volume 1

Beginning the complete reprinting of the series. Contains the first five stories by Norman Daniels!

The Crimson Mask Omnibus Volume 1
The Weird Adventures of The Blond Adder

For the first time, all five stories by Doc Savage author Lester Dent!

The Weird Adventures of The Blond Adder
The The Finding of Lot's Wife

The mountains near the Dead Sea hide a forgotten people... Quite possibly the best lost race story ever published.

The The Finding of Lot's Wife
The Curse of the Harcourts

A Millennium of Terror! The classic serial from Dime Mystery Magazine... never reprinted before!

The Curse of the Harcourts
The Black Bat Omnibus Volume 1

Read the series from the start! The first three stories by Norman Daniels!

The Black Bat Omnibus Volume 1
Seekers of the Glittering Fetish: The Complete Adventures of Armless O’Neil, Volume 1

The first six stories by Dan Cushman... hard-boiled goodness!

Seekers of the Glittering Fetish: The Complete Adventures of Armless O’Neil, Volume 1
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Secret Agent “X” – The Complete Series Volume 4

Secret Agent “X” – The Complete Series Volume 4

by Paul Chadwick, Emile C. Tepperman and G. T. Fleming-Roberts

For 41 issues from 1934 to 1939, SECRET AGENT “X” battled the forces of evil in the page of his own pulp magazine. Now, for the first time… the complete pulp series is being reprinted in nine deluxe omnibus editions! The text has been reset and all the original interior illustrations have been remastered.

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The Crimson Mask Omnibus Volume 1

The Crimson Mask Omnibus Volume 1

by Norman Daniels and Frank Johnson with Tom Johnson

Part of the early 1940s pulp hero revival, pharmacist Bob Clarke takes on the underworld as The Crimson Mask! The first of three volumes collecting the entire series, this first volume includes an all-new introduction by pulp historian Tom Johnson.

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The Weird Adventures of The Blond Adder

The Weird Adventures of The Blond Adder

by Lester Dent with Will Murray

It’s 1933 and pulp writer Lester Dent has created a new hero who used gadgets to solve mysteries and fight crime. No, it’s not Doc Savage, but Lee Nace, the Blond Adder! This volume collects for the first time all five Lee Nace adventures from the pages of Ten Detective Aces.

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The Curse of the Harcourts

The Curse of the Harcourts

by Chandler H. Whipple

A Millennium of Terror! This is the complete history of the grim saga of the house of Harcourt and the fearful doom which for nine centuries overshadowed it… Running for six parts in the pages of Dime Mystery Magazine in 1935, this epic has never been reprinted before.

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The Black Bat Omnibus Volume 1

The Black Bat Omnibus Volume 1

by Norman Daniels

D.A. Tony Quinn, blinded by a criminal’s acid, begins a new career in his quest to fight crime as the Black Bat! This collection contains the first thee adventures of the Black Bat: “Brand of the Black Bat,” “Murder Calls the Black Bat,” and “The Black Bat Strikes Again,” uncut and restored. The first volume of the complete reprinting of the series.

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Seekers of the Glittering Fetish: The Complete Adventures of Armless O’Neil, Volume 1

Seekers of the Glittering Fetish: The Complete Adventures of Armless O’Neil, Volume 1

by Dan Cushman

For the first time, Dan Cushman’s exotic locale hard-boiled adventure stories are collected in two editions. This volume collects the first six adventures of Armless O’Neil, from 1945-48 issues of Jungle Stories and Action Stories: “Seekers of the Glittering Fetish,” “Black Mahogany,” “Jackal Kill,” “Five Suns to Angola!,” “Dread Safari,” and “Blood-Spoor of the Devil-Stones.”

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The Complete Adventures of The Griffon Volume 1

The Complete Adventures of The Griffon Volume 1

by Arch Whitehouse

Fighting the aerial forces of evil for nearly ten years in the pages of Flying Aces, Kerry Keen AKA The Griffon returns to print! This edition begins a complete reprinting of the entire series. Volume 1 contains his first six stories, all from 1935:

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The Casebook of Seekay and Other Prototypes of The Avenger

The Casebook of Seekay and Other Prototypes of The Avenger

by Paul Ernst with Will Murray

It’s well known that Walter Gibson and Lester Dent pitched ideas that led to the creation of The Avenger, but what aspects did writer Paul Ernst introduce? This collection explores this relatively-unexplored question. From the pages of Popular Publications from 1936-38, these ten stories examine characters whose weapons, physical traits, unique facial quirks and back story were similar to The Avenger.

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The Hand of Red Finger

The Hand of Red Finger

by Arthur Leo Zagat with Tom Johnson and Will Murray

“Der Rote Finger!” the foreign spy gasped as he came face to face with America’s top agent. Ford Duane, a mild mannered bookstore owner is, in truth, the dreaded Red Finger, top agent of P.A.T., hunter and destroyer of foreign spies.

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Super-Detective Jim Anthony: The Complete Series Volume 1

Super-Detective Jim Anthony: The Complete Series Volume 1

by Victor Rousseau

Another complete series collection from Altus Press, this time focusing on the classic Doc Savage clone Jim Anthony, complete and uncut from the pages of the Super-Detective pulp magazine from 1940-43. Volume 1 contains the first three adventures, collecting the Rado Ruric trilogy: “Dealer in Death,” “Legion of Robots” and “Madame Murder.” These also include editor notes and correspondence, and this edition contains an all-new introduction by Will Murray.

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The Finding of Lot’s Wife

The Finding of Lot’s Wife

by Alfred Clark

The mountains near the Dead Sea hide a forgotten people… Quite possibly the best lost race story ever published. Out of print since 1896, it’s another edition in the Altus Press Lost Race Library.

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Wings of Danger

Wings of Danger

by Arthur A. Nelson

Join the expedition as a lost colony of Vikings is discovered in East Africa; “Wings of Danger” is one of the best Lost Race stories from the pulps. Originally published as “The Adventurers” in Adventure in 1915, it’s another edition in the Altus Press Lost Race Library.

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Yellow Men Sleep

Yellow Men Sleep

by Jeremy Lane

Join explorer Con Levington as he searches for a lost civilization in the Gobi desert. Originally published as “The Fragrant Web” in All-Story Weekly in 1919. A lost classic of the Lost Race genre. Another book in the Altus Press Lost Race Library.

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The Revised Complete Chronology of Bronze

The Revised Complete Chronology of Bronze

by Rick Lai

Completely revised and expanded, Rick Lai’s authoritative chronology has been heavily updated to include Lester Dent’s radio scripts and new data unearthed from the recent restored Doc Savage reprint editions.

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The Phantom Detective Companion

The Phantom Detective Companion

by Tom Johnson, Will Murray, Al Tonik, Harold Ward, Charles S. Strong, Matthew Moring, Edmond Good, Lin Streeter and Everett Hibbard

The longest-running hero of the pulp era! For the first time, the history of the Phantom Detective is bought under one volume, completely updated! Includes an index to nearly 175 stories, 100s of pages of articles, two unused Phantom story plots from the mid-1930s and nearly all of the Phantom’s comic book appearances. It’s 400 pages of must-own information for any pulp fan to enjoy.

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Rick Lai’s Secret Histories: Criminal Masterminds

Rick Lai’s Secret Histories: Criminal Masterminds

by Rick Lai

The follow-up to Lai’s “Daring Adventurers” collection, this volume contains the following: “The Chronological Crimes of Wu Fang and Yen Sin,” “The Secret History of Captain Nemo,” “A Brief Biography of Dr. Caber (1883-1945?),” “The Bride of Shiwan Khan,” “The Mask of Erik,” “The Life of Dr. Antonio Nikola (1856-1898?),” “The Brothers Zaroff,”

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Pulp Detectives

Pulp Detectives

by Tom Johnson

For the first time, nine all-new stories starring the classic pulp heroes of the 1930s, featuring characters such as The Phantom Detective, The Black Bat, The Lone Eagle, The Masked Detective, Secret Agent X and Nightwind. Written by pulp scholar Tom Johnson, it’s nearly 350 pages of excitement!

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Triple Detective #4 (Fall 1956)

Triple Detective #4 (Fall 1956)

by Capt. Kerry McRoberts, Robert Wallace, and Tom Johnson

The largest issue from the relaunched Triple Detective! This time enjoy these stories: THE GIBBERING GAS OF MADNESS by Capt. Kerry McRoberts. When Scientist working on

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Triple Detective #3 (Summer 1956)

Triple Detective #3 (Summer 1956)

by G. Wayman Jones, Robert Wallace, and Tom Johnson

Back again for another issue! Thrill to the all-new adventures of The Black Bat, The Phantom Detective and The Masked Avenger! Written by G. Wayman Jones, Robert Wallace, and Tom Johnson.

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