Justin Marriott [ed] – Pulp Horror: All Review’s Special

Justin Marriott [ed] – Pulp Horror: All Review’s Special (Paperback Fanatic, Jan. 2020)

Josh Kirby

Blurb:
130 reviews of vintage horror paperbacks, comics and pulps. 115 pages black-and-white, fully illustrated with many covers. Movie tie-ins, natures-run-amok, occult detectives, possessed teenagers, punk rock werewolves, Cthulhu mythos and much more.

Reviewers:
Ben Boulden, James Doig, Andreas Decker, Kev Demant, Jeff Popple, Jim O’Brien, Penny Tesarek, Tom Tesarek, Simon Ruleman, Justin Marriott

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Justin Marriott (ed.) – Pulp Horror #7

Justin Marriott (ed.) – Pulp Horror #7 (August, 2018)

Cover painting: Rik Rawling

Justin Marriott – Pulpit Of Horror: Editorial

Justin Marriott – Four-Colour Mummies
Justin Marriott – A Short Order Of Mummies: includes Marriott/ Demant/ Vault checklist of mummy-themed horror & supernatural fiction, 1924-1981
Justin Marriott – Novel Mummies & Checklist, 1940-1990
Andreas Decker & Justin Marriott – Die Mumie Kommen

Justin Marriott – Ditko and Ellison: Pre-code Horror and the Year’s Best

Justin Marriott (ed) – Pulp Horror 6

 

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Justin Marriott (ed) – Pulp Horror 6

The Postbag Of Horror. Mark Savage, John Fennessy, Tom Tesarek, Nigel Taylor.
Justin Marriott – The Axeman Cometh: A Visual Guide To Berni Wrightson
Jim O’Brien – 1977: Year Of The Mad Dogs
Tom Tesarek – Rumour, Fear And The Madness Of Crowds: Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting Of Hill House
Justin Marriott/ Kev Demant – Peter Saxon: The Disorientated Man/ A Saxon Horde
Justin Marriott -The Pack: Killer Dogs In Horror Thrillers
Andreas Decker – Wolfhart Luther and his Little Horror Empire; Dr. Morton
Justin Marriott – The Nazi Leprechauns Made me Do It. Sneak preview of Grady Hendrix’s Paperbacks From Hell

120+ bound pages of the rabid, the perverse, the horrific and festering!

Justin Marriott (ed.) – Paperback Fanatic # 33

Out now – all 200 pages of it!

Justin Marriott (ed.) Paperback Fanatic # 33 (August 2015)

Justin Marriott – Fanatical Thoughts

Fanatical mails: The Postal Fanatics have their say on issues 31 and 32 : Chris Mikul, Colin Clyes, Clive Davies, Andy Boot, Tom Tesarek, Richard Sala, James Doig, Nigel Taylor, Scott Carlson, Cassandra Solon-Parry, Kev Demant

Scott Carlson – Astonishing histories: The author picks up the Ballantine baton

James Doig – Carter Brown: the Australian series. Australia’s finest export

Tom Tesarek and Scott Carlson – …on their weasels-ripping-flesh good time in Chicago at the windy city pulp convention.

Lynn Munroe – Ed Wood. A checklist of Ed’s unique body of paperbacks.
Lynn Munroe – HoIlywood Rat Race: reviewed.
Lynn Munroe – Ed Wood’s Sex Tales. The super rare Wood mags

Anthologies
Nigel Taylor – Fantastic Symphonies
Justin Marriot – Alfred Hitchcock
James Doig – An Australian anthology of horror/sf pulps unearthed
Justin Marriot – An Invitation To The Hunt

Justin Marriot – A Visual Guide to Corgi
Justin Marriot – A Brief history of Corgi books: Billions and squillions of gorgeous Corgi cover scans

Editor Justin Marriott
Assistant Editor Jim O’Brien
http://www.thepaperbackfanatic.com

Paperback Fanatic #29/ #30

Out now; a delicious double-whammy from Fanatic HQ!

Justin Marriott (ed.) – Paperback Fanatic #29 (July, 2014)

Fanatical Thoughts – The Renegade Publishers issue
Fanatical Mails: Readers’ letters. Andrew Kersten, Chris Mikul, Colin Clynes, Dave Hyman, Nigel Taylor, Jim Walker, Tom Tesarek, Stuart Williams, Andy Boot, Kev Demant.

The Renegade Publishers & Friends

American Hysteria – Wisdom House
Nostalgia Ain’t What It Used To Be – Everest publishers
Get Banner – Banner Books
A – Zebra – Early Zebra Books
Top (Shelf) Sellers – Top Sellers And Flamingp
I Fought The Law – The Trials and Tribulations of Freeway Venus Press
Six Continental Sin Publishers – Bedside, Chariot, Magnet (not that one), Bell-Ringer, Gaslight and Imperial Page.
Whacking Off! – Essex House Erotica
Chills & Boom – Laser & Venture books
Never Mind The Haddocks – Peter Haddock Imprints
Major Minor Books – Major Books
Justin Marriott (ed.) – Paperback Fanatic #30 (July, 2014)

PAJ – Interview with SF & Fantasy Artist Peter Andrew Jones
Warm Flesh & Hot Lead – The ‘Adult Western’ Genre
James Doig & Graeme Flanagan – James Workman – A Scot Aus-Pulp Legend
The Human Crossbow – The Crusader fiction of Andrew J. Offult
The Mad Reader – The Mad magazine paperbacks.
Nigel Tatlor – Lure Of The White Worm; Bram Stoker’s other strangely strange horror novel
Dawn Of The Dead– The Horror Movie Tie-ins.

Subscription details, etc from the Fanatic Megastore

See also the Paperback Fanatic 29-30 thread on the Vault forum

Justin Marriott (ed.) – Paperback Fanatic #28

Justin Marriott (ed.) – Paperback Fanatic #28  (Jan, 2014).

Justin Marriott – Fanatical Thoughts. Editorial

Fanatical Mails: Colin Clynes, Lynn Munroe, Dianne Francis, Rob Matthews, Chris Elliott-Cannon, Tom Tesarek, Von doom, Andy Boot, Kev Demant, Nigel Taylor, Ian Millstead, Jim Walker.

Justin Marriott – Don’t Let Your Wife, Girlfriend, Or Mistress Read This Article!: History of Chicago based sleaze publishers, Novel Books (Female Psycho Ward!!!, Nympho Lodge, Torture Love-Cage, etc.).

Justin Marriott – Armada Of Horror. A terrify the small special. Christine Bernard’s Amanda Ghost anthologies, Chetwynd-Hayes Monsters series, Ramsey Campbell’s The Gruesome Book & many more.

Pat Black – Nightmare. Mary Danby’s horror trilogy for younger readers of all ages.

Justin Marriott – Artists Assembled: The Sequel: The comic/ paperback crossover. Continued from previous issue.

Justin Marriott – The Juvies: Teensploitation. Get ready to rumble with the cosh boys, teds, hula hulas, Mary Lou’s & Co.

Justin Marriott – The Wizard Of Gore: Those blood-splattered Hershell G. Lewis tie-ins.

Lynn Munroe – Fargo. Misadventures of John Benteen’s presumably lonesome cowboy.

Graham Andrews – Have Blaster, Will Travel. Richard L. Prather’s ‘Shell Scott’ PI novels.

Justin Marriott – Monster: Why Nelson De Mille’s tough cops, Ryker & Keller were “effectively the same character.” Incorporates ‘The Edson T. Hamill Rykers, published after De Mille quit for Manor books. The Child Killer, The Sadist, The Slasher and – what were they thinking of – Motive For Murder.

Joe Kenney – Glorious Trash: Ryker: A second appraisal of the above.

Paperback Fanatic 25

Justin Marriott (ed.) – Paperback Fanatic # 25,   March 2013

Cover: Les Edwards

Regular departments:

Fanatical thoughts:
Fanatical mails: Chris Mikul, Charles C. Allbrittan III, David Hyman, Michel Parry, Johnny Mains, Graham Andrews, Scott Carlson, Andy Boot, Nigel Taylor, Andy Brennert, Paul Williams, Graeme Flanagan, David Southall, Jim Walker.
Top Tens: Scott Carson, Nigel Taylor & Jim Walker choose theirs.

‘Weird Tales special.

Ramsey Campbell – Weird Tales Revisited
Justin Marriott – Sirens, Temptresses & Godesses. Avon Fantasy Reader.
Justin Marriott – A Macabre Reader. The Fanatic’s DIY ‘Weird Tales’ anthology.
Justin Marriott – Weird Britain: ‘Weird Tales’: the UK editions.
Jim Walker – The Pulp Fanatic: personal reminiscences on ‘Weird Tales’
Justin Marriott – The Book Of Brundage: Interview with Alistair Durie
Justin Marriott – Shadow over Belknap. The fantastic FBL
‘Weird Tales’ in ’60’s & ’70’s paperbacks. Checklist
Graham Andrews – Leo Margulies, anthologist extraordinaire.
Justin Marriott – No Boundaries: Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore
‘Weird Tales’ in Panther paperback. Checklist
Robert Weinberg – A few words on the Seabury Quinn/ ‘Jules de Grandin’ Paperback Library series.
Kev Demant – Gruesome Cargoes: The Arrow ‘Not At Night’ reprints.

Paperback Fanatic 23

Out now!

Jusin Marrott – Paperback Fanatic # 23 (August, 2012)

Fanatical Mails: Paperback fanatics unite!
Andy Boot, Alan Brennert, Alan Keegan, Scott Forrest, Barry Sandoval, Mike Chivers, John Croot, Colin Clynes, Sandy Robertson, Sukhdev Sandhu, Kev Demant, Andreas Decker, Michel Parry, Nigel Taylor, David Hyman, Graeme Flanagan, Bam!!!

Joe Kenney – The Marksman/ Sharpshooter Connection
Len Levinson – My So-Called Literary Career
Joe Kenney – As Though As They Come: An Interview With Len Levinson
Jim Walker – Fantastic Adventures (incorperating cover gallery)
Andreas Decker – Kiss My Assassin: Rod Gray’s Eve Drum, The Lady From L.U.S.T..
Graham Andrews – Dastardly Digits: Edgar Wallace in Digit paperback
Justin Marriott – The Werewolf Scrapbook
Ray Bradbury covers gallery.

Subscriptions only: available from Fanatic HQ

Justin Marriott – Paperback Fanatic #22

Justin Marriott (ed.) – Paperback Fanatic #22  (May 2012)

Fanatical Thoughts
Results Of Reader Survey: Justin Marriott, Brian Emrich, Clive Davies, David Barraclough, James McRobert, Don Bailey, Murray Ewing, and a cast of thousands.
Fanatical Mails: Bill Halvorsen, Dwayne H. Olson, Colin Clynes, Clive Davies, David Drage, David Southall, Bam!!!, John Gallagher, Andy Boot, Johnny Mains, Nigel Taylor, Kev Demant, Andreas Decker.

Justin Marriott – Forbidden Knowledge: Tandem & Award Occult Paperbacks.
Justin Marriott – Fading Galaxies: The History of two legendary SF publications, Galaxy and If
Justin Marriott – Double Agent: Martin Cruz Smith’s pseudonymous Nick Carter and Inquisitor titles.
Justin Marriott – Confessions Of A Sex Researcher: Bernardt J. Hurwood. Private investigations and horror anthologies.
Justin Marriott & Michel Parry – The Monster Club: Charles Birkin & R. Chetwynd-Hayes. The Tandem-Award paperbacks.
Cranston McMillan – Planet Of The Tie-ins. Those Planet Of The Apes novelisations in full.
Robert Bloch cover gallery

The Paperback Dungeon
Johnny Mains – Confessions of a Compulsive Book Buyer
Joe Kenney – Glorious Trash: David Alexander’s Phoenix series.
Graham Andrews – Robert Bloch’s The Couch

Another astonishing issue of Justin’s sub-only publication. 88 pages of pure pulp heaven & hell!

 

Paperback Fanatic # 21

Justin Marriott (ed.) Paperback Fanatic # 21 (January 2012)

Contents:

Fanatical Thoughts

Fanatical Mail: letters from Bam!!!, Colin Clyne, Andreas Decker, Holger Hasse, Mark Savage, Mike Chivers, Steve Lines, Stephen Sennitt, Stuart Williams, Gary Dobbs, Andy Boot, Kev Demant, Nigel Taylor

Justiin Marriott – Bounding From the Thirties! The Corinth regency reprints of The Phantom Detective and Dr Death, plus Corinth Checklist.

Rob Matthews – Gold Medal’s Golden Age. Part 1 of a definitive A-Z

Andreas Decker – 50 years of Rhodan- a celebration of pulp astronaut Perry Rhodan’s 50th birthday

Andrew Myers – TNT “the overlooked and demented men’s adventure series”

James Doig – Frank Bernier: A Forgotten Australian Paperback Artist.

Abraham Merritt cover gallery- examples from around the world

Paperback Dungeon: Johnny Mains on John Burke (1922-1911)
Review of Hip Pocket Sleaze
Graham Andrews – Fit To Be Tied (new column devoted to film novelisations)
John Kenney – Glorious Trash (regular column)

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