Tales of Masks & Mayhem

by Maxentius Andor Scarlatti, Therese Drippe, John L. French, Lance Curry, Michael A. Black, Debra Delorme, and Will Murray

Back in print! All-new pulp tales featuring Doc Atlas, The Night Hawk, The Tarantula, The Scarecrow, The Black Ghost, The Grey Monk, and Secret Agent "X" and written by Maxentius Andor Scarlatti, Therese Drippe, John L. French, Lance Curry, Michael A. Black, Debra Delorme, and Will Murray.

458 pages, approx. 6"x9"

Tales of Masks & Mayhem

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11 Comments

  1. MBrown
    April 29, 2009

    I know the Johnson’s did 2 more volumes of ToM&M. Any plans to bring them out under the Altus line?

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    • Matt
      May 8, 2009

      Probably not in the immediate future, as they’re still in print with other publishers.

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  2. MBrown
    June 16, 2009

    This is a new edition of a collection first published by Mystic Toad Press, now in print from ALTUS PRESS. It reprints stories from Fading Shadow’s “Double Danger Tales” zine, which focused on new pulp heroes or new stories of classic pulp heroes in the public domain.

    I wish they had indicated what issues these stories had appeared. Since they didn’t, here is the info.

    “Monarch of the Flame Madness” by Maxentius Andor Scarlatti appeared in DDT #14 & 15. It stars The Tarantula, a character in the style of The Spider.

    “Crimson Harvest” by Therese Drippe & Tom Johnson appared in DDT #31. It stars The Black Bat, a classic pulp hero.

    “The Grey Monk’s Justice” by John L. French appeared in DDT #44. It stars The Grey Monk, a character somewhat in style with the Shadow. Unlike most new hero pulps, this one is set in modern times.

    “Lunar League” by Lance Curry appeared in DDT #41. It has the classic pulp hero Secret Agent X going after another classic pulp hero, the Moon Man.

    “Doc Atlas: Gorilla Killer” by Michael Black appeared in DDT #16. It starts Black’s Doc Savage pastiche, Doc Atlas. You can also get his Doc Atlas novel, Melody of Vengence. Both are set in 1947.

    “Hunter’s Moon” by Debra Delorme & Tom Johnson appeared in DDT #20. It has Debra’s The Scarecrow teaming up with Johnson’s The Black Ghost against a common enemy, Obsidian. This one, too, seems set in modern times. Both heroes are more or less in the style of The Shadow.

    “The Night Hawk” by Will Murray appeared in DDT #50. It stars Murray’s Night Hawk, a very unique pulp hero.

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    • Matt
      June 19, 2009

      Thanks for adding this. I didn’t know it myself.

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  3. Dave Brzeski
    March 31, 2012

    Is this likely to be added to the roster of Altus Press ebook editions at some point?

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    • moring
      April 4, 2012

      Yes, certainly.

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      • Dave Brzeski
        April 29, 2012

        Great news. According to Tom Johnson, it’s unlikely that volumes 2 & 3 will be made available in ebook format, as the writers are looking to sell their stories to other markets. I managed to get pdf copies from the E-BookTime site, before they get taken down (Not easy as they don’t sell to the UK, but I made a deal with a US friend). There’s also a volume 4 currently available in kindle format from amazon.
        Hurry up with the kindle edition of vol 1 guys. :D

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  4. Tom Johnson
    April 29, 2012

    Thanks Dave! Matt will get to TOM&M #1 as soon as he can. Thanks for your support. I don’t think you have to worry about new editions of Volume #2 & 3, as we will never reprint them. The individual authors own the rights to their stories, and may reprint their stories elsewhere at some point, but even that may never come about. I’m glad that you were able to get pdf copies of them through your friend.

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  5. Matthew Moring
    April 30, 2012

    I try to do the e-books in batches, and I think this title will be in the next lot of them.

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  6. Dave Brzeski
    August 8, 2012

    Great. I just saw your latest reply in one of my periodic checks to see if it was out in ebook yet. Any idea when it’ll be?

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  7. Tom Johnson
    August 8, 2012

    Thanks Dave, keep watching. Matt is just snowed under right now, but he will get to it eventually. BTW, we’re just waiting for one more story to come in and V #5 will be ready from NTD. I don’t know the title of the upcoming story yet, but so far the line up is “The Green Death”, a Doc Atlas story by Mike Black, “The Death Tower”, a Secret Agent X story by Eddy Thomas, “Hunter’s Moon”, a Moon Man story by Tom Johnson, “The Silence of Death”, a Colonel Jeremiah Custer story by John Edwards, and “Wolf Hunt”, a Nightmare story by John French. There may also be a Phantom Detective story, but we’re not certain. The issue should be around 100,000 words.

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