The next appearance of John Sunlight in a comic book story was a very unique one, as it was a pastiche, rather than an “authorized” Doc Savage property. And it was in a series whose original creator, the late great Dave Stevens, was an enthusiastic Doc fan. He created the popular Rocketeer series. Stevens passedContinue reading “Omnipresent Sunlight: Doc Savage’s archenemy – Part 11”
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Omnipresent Sunlight: Doc Savage’s archenemy – Part 10
John Sunlight’s appearance in DC Comics’ First Wave event of 2010 was iconoclastic indeed. The whole series had lofty goals of redefining pulp and comic book heroes into a format that could stimulate interest among readers in the millennial world — in retrospect, it didn’t fully succeed in creating a revolution in heroic literature, butContinue reading “Omnipresent Sunlight: Doc Savage’s archenemy – Part 10”
Three pulp authors discuss Philip José Farmer and Win Scott Eckert’s The Monster on Hold
What follows is a review/discussion by three diverse authors…all enthusiastic creators and readers of pulp adventure. The three of us met in 2021 and immediately enjoyed one another’s company and writings to the degree that we joined in the tradition of author circles like the 1930’s Kalem Club (a literary group whose last names allContinue reading “Three pulp authors discuss Philip José Farmer and Win Scott Eckert’s The Monster on Hold”
Omnipresent Sunlight: Doc Savage’s archenemy – Part 9
Time is strange. It doesn’t feel as if almost 20 years passed after Millennium Productions’ fine Doc Savage comics story The Monarch of Armageddon, before the character of John Sunlight would appear anywhere again. And yet it was 2010 that DC Comics (who had held the comic book rights to produce Doc stories in theContinue reading “Omnipresent Sunlight: Doc Savage’s archenemy – Part 9”
Omnipresent Sunlight: Doc Savage’s archenemy – Part 8
Thirty years ago, Millennium Productions’ comic book presentation of The Monarch of Armageddon was coming to its climax. The final issue of the four-issue series had a dynamic cover by Brian Stelfreeze, depicting Doc fighting the ubermensch from the hidden civilization of Thule, Xaus. The primary villain of the story, however, was John Sunlight. AcrossContinue reading “Omnipresent Sunlight: Doc Savage’s archenemy – Part 8”
Introducing Conseil du Mal (The Council of Evil) – three authors discussing the world of pulp
Brace yourselves, aficionados of pulp literature…three authors have joined together in a cabal to perpetrate all manner of literary wickedness and mayhem. Atom Mudman Bezecny, André Vathier, and R. Paul Sardanas will be wandering the twisting corridors and dark alleys of the world of pulp as Conseil du Mal. A brief introduction: Atom Mudman BezecnyContinue reading “Introducing Conseil du Mal (The Council of Evil) – three authors discussing the world of pulp”
Fun, Passion and Insight: The Incomparable World of Pulp
In a 1980’s comic book called Aztec Ace (written by Doug Moench, the author who also did the superb 70’s black and white Doc Savage magazine for Marvel — the paperback cover to The Man of Bronze, as well as a Shadow paperback cover are also prominently displayed below), there is a splash page inContinue reading “Fun, Passion and Insight: The Incomparable World of Pulp”
Omnipresent Sunlight: Doc Savage’s archenemy – Part 7
In the last installment, we were halfway through Millennium Productions’ original comic story The Monarch of Armageddon, written by Mark Ellis and drawn by Darryl Banks. The tale featured John Sunlight as its prime antagonist, and took place as a direct sequel to the Lester Dent pulp Doc Savage novel, The Devil Genghis. Across theContinue reading “Omnipresent Sunlight: Doc Savage’s archenemy – Part 7”
Doc Talos goes primal! Iason Ragnar Bellerophon Wolves Art Preview
The new Doc Talos novel Wolves, based on the classic Doc Savage adventure Brand of the Werewolf, is due for release in March as a Clear Text paperback with full color painted illustrations by Iason Ragnar Bellerophon. For those new to the Doc Talos experience, the books are also published in what we call SpecialContinue reading “Doc Talos goes primal! Iason Ragnar Bellerophon Wolves Art Preview”
Omnipresent Sunlight: Doc Savage’s archenemy – Part 6
In the previous article, I began a look back at the 1991-92 Millennium Productions depiction of Doc’s ultimate enemy, John Sunlight. Written by Mark Ellis and drawn by Darryl Banks, Sunlight was the antagonist in an ambitious, complex story called The Monarch of Armageddon. It was a direct sequel to the 1938 pulp novel TheContinue reading “Omnipresent Sunlight: Doc Savage’s archenemy – Part 6”
Doc Talos 