Pulp Histories
In addition to prose, Altus Press has published several histories on the medium, primarily focused on specific characters. The titles include:
- Pulpmaster: The Theodore Roscoe Story (by Audrey Parente)
- Echoes 30: Three Decades of Pulp Fandom’s Greatest Magazine (by Tom Johnson)
- Dan Fowler: G-Man Companion (by Tom Johnson, with Will Murray, Robert Sidney Bowen, Charles Greenberg, and Norvell W. Page. Includes two Dan Fowler stories plus an unpublished one.)
- The Black Bat Companion (by Tom Johnson, with Will Murray, Norman Daniels, Nico Mathies, Matthew Moring, Al Tonik and Prentice Winchell)
- Dime Detective Companion (by James L. Traylor with Monte Herridge, Marvin Lachman, Will Murray, William E. Barrett, Carroll John Daly, Frederick C. Davis, T.T. Flynn, and John Lawrence)
- The Revised Complete Chronology of Bronze (by Rick Lai)
- The Phantom Detective Companion (by Tom Johnson, Will Murray, Al Tonik, Harold Ward, Charles S. Strong)
- Operator No. 5: The History of the Purple Wars (by Harrison Stievers)
- Rick Lai’s Secret Histories: Criminal Masterminds (by Rick Lai)
- Rick Lai’s Secret Histories: Daring Adventurers (by Rick Lai)
- Gangland’s Doom: The Shadow of the Pulps (by Frank Eisgruber, Jr.)
- Chronology of Shadows: A Timeline of The Shadow’s Exploits (by Rick Lai)
- The Secret Agent X Companion (by Tom Johnson and Will Murray)
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