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Doc Savage reprints a success?
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Anim8rFSK
2009-09-30 17:14:23 UTC
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Got this from a friend, and told him I'd ask here:

"I think I recall that you're a Doc Savage fan--do you happen to know if
the recent reprintings of the old magazines are regarded as a "success"?
I was talking with a Swiftonian about whether TS is basically
"dead"--and got to wondering about other attempts to resurrect old
series characters."

Anybody?

TIA
--
"He'll succumb to all who find
DOC SAVAGE! DOC SAVAGE!"

Hey, that's what we THOUGHT the words were,
first time we saw the movie in the theater . . .
The Loser
2009-09-30 17:37:41 UTC
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Post by Anim8rFSK
"I think I recall that you're a Doc Savage fan--do you happen to know if
the recent reprintings of the old magazines are regarded as a "success"?
I was talking with a Swiftonian about whether TS is basically
"dead"--and got to wondering about other attempts to resurrect old
series characters."
Anybody?
TIA
-------The pulp reprint market appears to be doing quite well. Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum books are still reprinting The Shadow and Doc Savage
(also recently added The Avenger). Girasol Press in Canada has been
adding titles each month for years now. Their Spider title has reached
number 46 and they are still reprinting Terror Tales, Weird Tales,
Spicy's, etc. Adventure House is still reprinting pulp, so is John
Locke's Off-Trail Press. There are many others too numerous to name.
This appears to be the golden age for pulp reprints.

-----Walker Martin.
Anim8rFSK
2009-09-30 21:16:45 UTC
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Post by The Loser
Post by Anim8rFSK
"I think I recall that you're a Doc Savage fan--do you happen to know if
the recent reprintings of the old magazines are regarded as a "success"?
I was talking with a Swiftonian about whether TS is basically
"dead"--and got to wondering about other attempts to resurrect old
series characters."
Anybody?
TIA
-------The pulp reprint market appears to be doing quite well. Anthony
Tollin's Sanctum books are still reprinting The Shadow and Doc Savage
(also recently added The Avenger). Girasol Press in Canada has been
adding titles each month for years now. Their Spider title has reached
number 46 and they are still reprinting Terror Tales, Weird Tales,
Spicy's, etc. Adventure House is still reprinting pulp, so is John
Locke's Off-Trail Press. There are many others too numerous to name.
This appears to be the golden age for pulp reprints.
-----Walker Martin.
Thanks!
--
"He'll succumb to all who find
DOC SAVAGE! DOC SAVAGE!"

Hey, that's what we THOUGHT the words were,
first time we saw the movie in the theater . . .
J
2009-10-01 10:13:55 UTC
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They are still being printed, and new series have appeared, but I
suspect the press runs are far smaller than they were at the outset.
The earlier titles are being remaindered all over the place...

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