MEN’S ADVENTURE QUATERLYVol 1 No 2Edited by Robert Deis & Bill CunninghamPulp 2.0153 pgs So here’s our question. When is the second issue of a magazine not only equal in quality to the first issue but even better? Well, for the answer to that you’ll have to query editors Robert
THE FATEFUL EIGHTBy Mark Allen VannXepico Press293 pgs Last year writer Mark Allen Vann impressed us with the debut of his first collection of new pulp tales, “Eight Against the Darkness.” In it, Vann introduced eight distinct heroes all molded on established pulp genres and each was a gem. Enough
SHERLOCK HOLMES VS DRACULABy Loren D. EstlemanTitan Books196 pgs There have been numerous Holmes pastiches that pit him against the King of Vampires. Some have been decent, others abysmal, and a few extremely well done. This tome falls totally in the latter category and is a great deal of fun.
COBRA WOMANBy Len LevinsonRough Edge Press287 pgs When he was a young boy, Sam Wishnefsky saw an old 1944 movie called “Cobra Movie” starring exotic beauty Maria Montez. In it, the South Seas temptress dances the alluring snake dance and is forever imprinted on Sam’s psyche. Years later, at 26,
LIVE FAST, SPY HARDBy Max Allan Collins with Matthew V. ClemensA John Sand ThrillerWolfpack Publishing263 pgs The 60s spy vibes continue in this second John Sand adventure that proved to be so much fun in the first. For those who came in late, John Sand is the actual British agent
GET OUT OF TOWNAn Aaron Mackey WesternBy Terrence McCauleyPinnacle Western341 pgs This is book three in Terrence McCauley’s series featuring ex-Cavalry Captain Aaron Mackey and his black former Sergeant, Billy Sunday. If you haven’t read the first two entries, we’d advise you to put this volume back on your bookshelf
RELENTLESSA Gray Man NovelBy Mark GreaneyBerkley512 pgs Imagine the cloak and dagger finesse of Ian Fleming’s James Bond spy novels blended with Tom Clancy military techno-thrillers and you get the Gray Man. Author Mark Greaney, according to the publisher’s promotional write-ups, traveled the world to research the locations of his
SHOOT-OUT AT SUGAR CREEKA Caleb York WesternBy Mickey Spillane & Max Allan CollinsKensington BooksAvailable April 27 – 2021222 pages The sixth chapter in the Caleb York series picks up where the fifth ended, with the people of Trinidad New Mexico dealing with the aftermath of the worst winter recorded in
BENEDICT & BRAZOS # 2 Badge For BrazosBy E. Jefferson ClayBold Venture Press Yank Duke Benedict and Reb Hank Brazos need a stake to continue their hunt for outlaw Bo Rangle who knows the whereabouts of $200,000 dollars stolen at the end of the Civil War. To that end, they
EVOLUTION MANBy Charles E. MillhouseStormgate Press265 pgs Young Caidin Wells is a thrill seeker. Anything from fast cars to skydiving, he willing signs regardless of the risk. Only in his twenties, he thinks himself invulnerable. Then one day his hand slips off a mountain face and Caidin plunges hundreds of
BARNSTORMERS Book TwoBy Matthew BieniekAvailable at Amazon207 pgs College grads Kristina “Kiki” Hansen and Bridget Doyle continue their adventures as high-flying barnstormers while continuing their undercover work as agents for the international police agency known as ICPO. In this volume, the girls find themselves in gangster-ridden Chicago still chasing after
THE BLOODY SPURA Caleb York WesternBy Mickey Spillane & Max Allan CollinsPinnacle Books270 pgs This is the third of Max Collins’ five Caleb York adventures. York was a western character created by the late Mickey Spillane in a movie script possibly intended for his pal John Wayne. Collins adapted that
