Issue #7 – Fall 2024 – front and back cover art by Iason Ragnar Bellerophon – 64 pages. Printed magazine: $21.00 plus shipping – PDF download: $5.00
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Contents:
Editorial by R. Paul Sardanas – Exploring the poetic voice of A Feast Unknown.
Italian Ices and Earth Wreckers by D. B. Brodie with visual excerpts from Doc Savage Magazine #5 – In 1976, Rickie Talos and Harry Kingman (son of the Talos pastiche of Monk Mayfair) spend a day at the beach on Coney Island and pick up the latest copy of the Marvel Doc Savage magazine to read.
Madness, Part 4 by R. Paul Sardanas / artwork by Iason Ragnar Bellerophon – The concluding chapter of the Talos pastiche re-imagining of H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness.
I am James, I am Patricia by RPS / artwork by IRB – Poetry and art portraying how fictional characters can become passionately merged with their readers.
The Scripture of Ghost and Lion by R. Paul Sardanas / artwork by Iason Ragnar Bellerophon – A powerful, sweeping blend of poetry, philosophy and Talos history spanning life and death in the Talos family from the 18th to the 19th centuries.
In Cold Blood by Richard Lawrence / artwork by Iason Ragnar Bellerophon – In Truman Capote’s harrowing classic of murder and its consequences, Capote cites Doc Savage’s “Crime College”. In this tale, Capote and Doc Talos meet and discuss both the horrors and hoped-for redemptions for those who succumb to crime.
Nails, Part 1 by RPS / artwork by IRB – A major story in the Doc Talos canon begins in serialized form, as Rickie Talos is kidnapped in Africa by a false “Tarzan”, then imprisoned in the Archon Sanctuary, where she is subjected to a nightmare of indoctrination by the cult’s leader, Ruha.
The Observation Deck – creators from this issue discuss their process and inspirations.
Pulp Community Bookstore – special section showcasing creations from around the pulp community.
Doc Talos 