Pulp Magazine - Notable Original Characters

Notable Original Characters

While the majority of pulp magazines were anthology titles featuring many different authors, characters and settings, some of the most enduringly popular magazines were those that featured a single recurring character. These were often referred to as "hero pulps" because the recurring character was almost always a larger-than-life hero in the mold of Doc Savage or The Shadow.

Popular pulp characters included:

  • The Avenger
  • Biggles
  • The Black Bat
  • Bran Mak Morn
  • Buck Rogers
  • Captain Future
  • Conan the Barbarian
  • The Continental Op
  • Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective
  • Doc Savage
  • Doctor Death
  • Dr. Yen Sin
  • Domino Lady
  • The Eel
  • Flash Gordon
  • Fu Manchu
  • G-8
  • Green Lama
  • Hopalong Cassidy
  • Jim Anthony
  • John Carter of Mars
  • Jules de Grandin
  • Ka-Zar
  • Khlit the Cossack
  • Kull
  • Moon Man
  • Nick Carter
  • Operator No. 5
  • The Phantom Detective
  • Lord Lister(aka Raffles)
  • Secret Agent X
  • Sexton Blake
  • The Shadow
  • The Spider
  • Solomon Kane
  • Tarzan
  • Zorro

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