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Doc Savage: The Sinister Shadow

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Doc Savage: The Sinister Shadow
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When millionaire Lamont Cranston and attorney Ham Brooks are kidnapped by gunmen driving a black hearse, it spells trouble for Doc Savage. Trouble with compound interest when Cranston’s personal lawyer is mysterious murdered before he can consult with criminologist George Clarendon––who is secretly The Shadow!

These strange events put the Man of Bronze and the Dark Avenger on a collision course that threatens to expose the deepest secrets of both supermen. The conflict intensifies when underworld figure Cliff Marsland is captured and shipped off to Doc’s secret Crime College!

Will these legendary crimefighters join forces––or will the diabolical Funeral Director have the last laugh on Doc Savage and The Shadow?

The Spider: The Doom Legion (The Wild Adventures of The Spider)

The Spider: The Doom Legion (The Wild Adventures of The Spider)
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When a weird meteor crashes in the heart of Central Park on Halloween night, its uncanny light attracts the attention of Richard Wentworth––alias The Spider!

Investigating, the millionaire criminologist encounters a maelstrom of madness in the making. Drawn, too, are two sinister figures from the past––international master criminals who join forces to harness the power of the pulsing meteorite.

Alone, The Spider confronts his greatest challenge, but he is not alone this time. For the unholy power of the meteorite draws James Christopher, alias Operator 5, and another government agent from the past, known only as G-8….

Together, this heroic trio must battle a pair of powerful adversaries intent on harnessing and unleashing the malevolent power of the Green Meteorite. But how can they work together when one of them is branded an outlaw?

Pat Savage: Six Scarlet Scorpions

Pat Savage: Six Scarlet Scorpions
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When a man so anemic that he might be a vampire’s victim comes to Patricia Savage for rescue, the impetuous girl can’t say no. Excitement is her meat and danger her dessert.

Accompanied by Doc Savage aide, Monk Mayfair, Pat finds herself in the worst danger of her life. Wanted for murder, hounded by the minions of a weird mystery figure calling himself Chief Standing Scorpion, narrowly evading the hordes of the Vinegarroon tribe, the bronze-skinned golden girl battles her way to a secret cached in an ancient ruin.

From the oilfields of Oklahoma to the forbidding Ozark Mountains, the trail of scorpionic doom winds. Will Pat Savage’s first great adventure also be her last?

The Wild Adventures of Cthulhu

The Wild Adventures of Cthulhu
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Ten Titanic Terror Tales in the Lovecraft tradition!

Before recorded history, they were. Cthulhu. Nyarlathotep. Azathoth. Yog-Sothoth. Shub-Niggurath. Nug. Yeb. And Others. The Great Old Ones. Lurking just outside our reality. Powerful. Potent. And exceedingly patient. Awaiting the inevitable hour when the malignant stars are again right, permitting them to infiltrate the Earth, claiming our green world as their dark domain.

Against these impersonal cosmic forces stand the men and women of the Cryptic Events Evaluation Section of the Department of Defense. Can these dedicated agents hold back the eternal night foretold nightmare corpse-city of R’lyeh rises from the Pacific deep and Great Cthulhu awakens from his brooding slumber?

Don’t count on it….

The Wild Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Wild Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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Ten traditional tales of Victorian London’s greatest consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes, as he investigates some of his most baffling mysteries.* Is a blue-skinned dinosaur tearing up the Essex countryside? “The Wild Adventure of the Indigo Impossibility” provides the astonishing answer.

* Holmes and Watson plunge into the darkest dens of Limehouse in search of “The Mystery of the Elusive Li Shen.” Is he man, myth, or monster?* What is the secret of the uncatchable Thames footpad chronicled in “The Adventure of Old Black Duffel?”* A famous American soldier of fortune asks Sherlock Holmes to locate a Russian adventuress long believed dead in “The Adventure of the Nebulous Nihilist.”

* Did fairies lure a young Manchester boy to his doom? “The Misadventure of the Bonny Boy” tells the chilling tale.* A wealthy art collector challenges Sherlock Holmes with an unsolvable riddle. Or is it a riddle? What is “The Enigma of Neptune’s Quandary?”* Is a dead man haunting his office––or might an even stranger explanation exist for why his frightened face is imprinted on a windowpane? “The Adventure of the Glassy Ghost” reveals all.

* A fiendish murderer strikes down victim after victim in “The Problem of the Bruised Tongues.” The only clue: the discolored tips of their tongues.* “The Adventure of the Throne of Gilt.” What could it be, and why should Dr. John Watson fear it so?* A revengeful enemy plots a gruesome end for Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in “The Unsettling Matter of the Graveyard Ghoul.”

Dark Avenger: The Strange Saga of The Shadow (Will Murray’s Pulp History Series) Nonfiction

Dark Avenger: The Strange Saga of The Shadow (Will Murray's Pulp History Series) Nonfiction
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Who is The Shadow? How did he come to be? Master of Mystery: The Rise of The Shadow delves into the murky origins of perhaps the most significant media creation of all time.

Between 1930 and 1954, The Shadow was a dominant figure in American popular culture. A multi-media sensation, he emerged from the creative cauldron of the earliest days of radio drama, and soon migrated to magazines, comic books, film and eventually paperback books. Only Superman and Batman, who were created a few years later, rivaled The Shadow in global public recognition.

A century later, this enigmatic personality and his famous mantra, “Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!” remains recognizable to new generations born long after his remarkable reign.

Popular culture historian and novelist Will Murray explores radio’s first superstar and talks to the writers and artists who took a nebulous radio personality and brought him to blazing life in the pages of more than 300 classic pulp novels. Packed with revelations, Master of Mystery reveals how The Shadow inspired the creation of Batman in 1939!

Including rare interviews with Walter B. Gibson, Theodore Tinsley, John L. Nanovic, Graves Gladney and Edd Cartier.

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