#Pulp Hero

[weirdellis]

Knows'n around the alley.

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[chernobog13]

George Gross' cover for the Warner Paperback edition of The Avenger: River of Ice.

If The Avenger looks eerily similar to his fellow Street & Smith pulp hero, Doc Savage, it's because the model used for this painting is actor Steve Holland. Holland was the model used by artist James Bama for his famous Doc Savage paperback covers.

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Geof Isherwood: The Shadow

[chronivore]

Jules De Grandin Ghost-Breaker

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[kekwcomics]

McCLURE'S MAGAZINE (S S McClure Co., 1909 - 1910)

Art: F X Leyendecker

[siryl]

"Kull the Conqueror" by Rei Zernan.

[atomic-chronoscaph]

The Crimson Clown's Threat - art by John A. Coughlin (1931)

[browsethestacks]

The Bat-Man

Art by Sandy Jarrell

[siryl]

What’s up with the Rorschach patterns on the stairs?

KULL OF ATLANTIS

Art by JUSTIN SWEET

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The Spider, August, 1940.

The Pirates from Hell!

And they do it using trains and planes and trucks. All well away from the sea.

Legally speaking, "Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically intending to steal cargo and other valuable goods."

So no matter how much you jolly your roger, if you do it inland, you're just a crook who dresses funny.

Art by J. Fleming Gould (?)

To read the story, go to

[driveintheaterofthemind]

Arthouse Muppets

The Scarlet Pimpernel featuring Kermit, Piggy And Sam The Eagle

Art by Bruce McCorkindale

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The Shadow Strikes #14

by Eduardo Barreto; Anthony Tollin and John Workman

DC

[chronivore]

Hellboy / Hero with Good Publicity

[kekwcomics]

SECRET AGENT "X" Vol. 3 #1 "The Octopus of Crime" (Ace Magazines, 1934, though this is a 1970s facsimile)

Artist uncredited.