Checklist – Conan the Barbarian
A checklist of the Conan the Barbarian stories that Robert E. Howard wrote and had published in Weird Tales.
The Occult Detectives
Occult Detectives have been saving us from the ghouls and ghosts of the world for a number of years. You’ll know of some of these heroes of our darkest nights; for instance, Dr. Van Helsing who saved us from Count Dracula.
When You Think of Weird Tales
In 1925, Seabury Quinn (1889-1969) brought us the French occult detective Dr. Jules de Grandin. He continued writing him until 1951, having produced ninety-two stories and novelettes, and one serialized novel.
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The Filmography of Fu-Manchu
Fu-Manchu is an important character in our collective fictional universe. This short Filmography of Fu-Manchu traces the evil genius from the early silent movies through the latest incarnations.
Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective, Is Not Politically Correct
Let’s face it. Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective, is not Politically Correct. If you were hoping for a nice, polite, inoffensive, milquetoast gentleman, Dan Turner is not your Private Eye. Or gumshoe. Or peeper. Or private skulk.
The Story of Laura
Otto Preminger adapted “Laura” into the hit movie starring Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews. The film version is considered a masterpiece of early noir and its theme became a jazz standard.
Captain Future and The Futuremen
As she lay dying, Elaine Newton charged Wright, known as The Brain, Otho the android and Grag the robot to raise her son Curtis on the Moon- to educate and train him “to war always against those who would pervert science to ambition.”
The Evolution of Buck Rogers
Caught in a mining accident in 1927, Anthony Rogers fell into a state of suspended animation for 492 years. He awakens in 2419, in a world where Americans are mere back woods gangs “not worth the trouble of subduing” by the ruling Han Airlords, the Supreme Overlords of the earth. The stage is set for the “Second War of Independence.”
