No wonder I don't read pulps. Too much reading, not enough artwork.

I've recently got the chance to read some of the earliest issues of DETECTIVE COMICS and managed to read a strip that was very reminicent of that pulp novel, THE CLAWS OF THE RED DRAGON serial (which eventually became the BRUCE NELSON strip) All the element that were in that MYSTERIOUS WU-FANG story was in that strip.

BTW; Robert J. Hogan's Wu-Fang might have been the basis for the Wu Fang in the SHANGHAI SHERIDAN strip.

Fanzines are something I am not familiar with. I would like to see a Magazine forum.

Fanzine's were amateur magazines written by fans. Alter Ego was one such, Star Studded Comics by the Texas Trio is another (I just recently finished my run of SSC). There's a really great book you should check out called "The Golden Age of Comic Book Fandom" by Bill Schelly. Great reading!

One of the things that made Fanzine's interesting, besides the articles on comics & characters, was the original strips written and drawn by the fans of these publications, some of whom went on to professional careers in comics.

I'll post some scans shortly.....

Alter Ego # 4

Alter Ego # 5

Alter Ego # 7



For Timulty.

Alter Ego # 8

Alter Ego # 9

Alter Ego # 10