How do you stop a superhuman villain who knows what you’re going to do before you do?
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Tag: Retro
Warlord Of Mars No. 5
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If you look closely you can see that he’s reading the 1960’s paperbacks with the great Robert Abbett cover paintings.
Joyland (Glen Orbik Cover)
Who Dares Enter The Funhouse Of Fear?
When this novel is published in June 2013, there will also be a cover by Robert McGinnis.
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Johnny Gossamer (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Promos)
The film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang features a series of pulp mystery novels (and a movie based on them) as a significant piece of the plot. Legendary pulp cover artist Robert McGinnis was brought in to paint covers for some of these fake books.
Captain Sinbad
The Automatic Detective
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If there was an awesome tagline, this would be the best retro sci-fi neo-noir robot detective cover ever. Submit one in the comments!
The Frost-Haired Vixen
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Seduction Of The Innocent
Comic Books Are Corrupting America’s Youth!
Or so the esteemed Dr. Werner Frederick would have people believe—people like the Congressmen holding hearings on banning violent crime and horror “funny books.” And when the crusade provokes a most un-funny murder, Jack Starr—comics syndicate troubleshooter—has no shortage of suspects. Was it the knife-wielding juvenile delinquent or the naked seductress? Perhaps a frustrated publisher or an outraged cartoonist. Or was it a comic book reader…?
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Web Of The City
If You Cross Them, They Will Kill You
In Rusty Santoro’s neighborhood, the kids carry knives, chains, bricks. Broken glass. And when they fight, they fight dirty, leaving the streets littered with the bodies of the injured and the dead. Rusty wants out—but you can’t just walk away from a New York street gang. And his decision may leave his family to pay a terrible price.
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Say Yes To Murder (Tribute)
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Adventures in Science Fantasy
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The artists were intentionally mimicking J. Allen St. John’s work with the title lettering for this 200-copy limited-edition volume.
The Cocktail Waitress
James Bond (2002)
Dinocalypse Now
When the Century Club is called in to prevent the assassination of FDR, it’s just another day on the job — but what they discover puts not just the President, but the entire world in jeopardy.
Which psychic dinosaurs taking over Manhattan and beyond, it’s up to Sally Slick, Jet Black, Mack Silver, and the other Centurions to save humanity — from extinction!
This book is planned as the first of a trilogy. Its Kickstarter campaign kickstarts March 20th.
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Sweet Hellfire (Original Title: Diamond’s Revenge)
She Was Good At Being Bad
Again, Fleecs manages to put comic artwork into a perfect pulp frame. The “original title”, the pose, the “masterpiece of lusty action” line, the Adult Reading tag. Perfect. Also, note Cyclopes in the mirror.