{"product_id":"blood-n-thunder-2021-annual-gilbert-colon-9798450180519","title":"Blood 'n' Thunder 2021 Annual","description":"After an absence of two years the award-winning journal of vintage adventure, mystery, and melodrama is back with a book-length annual! A blue-ribbon panel of contributors has provided informative, well-researched historical essays covering pulp fiction, early movies, and Old Time Radio thrillers. Written \u003ci\u003eby\u003c\/i\u003e aficionados \u003ci\u003efor\u003c\/i\u003e aficionados, \u003ci\u003eBlood 'n' Thunder \u003c\/i\u003eis now in its 20th year of documenting American popular culture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, leavening its serious research with a generous quantity of fannish fun. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 2021 Annual begins with a centennial tribute to the legendary hard-boiled detective pulp \u003ci\u003eBlack Mask \u003c\/i\u003ethat includes a history of the magazine. Famous works by H. P. Lovecraft and A. Merritt are analyzed and compared to their film adaptations. The fantasy-adventure novels by Spider chronicler Norvell W. Page are examined. The dazzling career of aviation-story king George Bruce, one of the few pulp writers who became a top-paid Hollywood screenwriter, is extensively documented. The rare, notorious one-shot pulp magazine starring Flash Gordon is dissected mercilessly. Early radio dramas adapted from the horror-fantasy pulps \u003ci\u003eWeird Tales\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Witch's Tales\u003c\/i\u003e are explored, and there's a richly detailed account of The Lone Ranger's 1933 creation for the same medium. \u003ci\u003eBlood 'n' Thunder\u003c\/i\u003e editor-publisher Ed Hulse contributes a making-of essay on the 1943 Republic serial \u003ci\u003eSecret Service in Darkest Africa\u003c\/i\u003e as well as a lengthy career survey of veteran \"B\"-movie director George Sherman. The Annual's pulp-fiction reprint is \"Mountain Man,\" the 1934 first installment in the hilarious Breckinridge Elkins series written by Conan the Barbarian creator Robert E. Howard. As usual for \u003ci\u003eBlood 'n' Thunder\u003c\/i\u003e, the essays and articles are profusely illustrated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gilbert Colon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8450180511\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798450180519\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.55d","brand":"Gilbert Colon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44128184369407,"sku":"9798450180519","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_db481116-3fdc-417f-ba54-28e709c25d11.jpg?v=1687457400","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blood-n-thunder-2021-annual-gilbert-colon-9798450180519","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}