Blood 'n' Thunder: Spring 2011: Adventure, Mystery, and Melodrama in the Early 20th Century

This issue features a lengthy section devoted to DIME DETECTIVE, the long-running pulp magazine that was more influential to the development of hard-boiled crime fiction than any other save the legendary BLACK MASK. In addition to an overview of DIME DETECTIVE, the Spring 2011 BLOOD 'N' THUNDER also has a never-before-reprinted story from the magazine's November 1931 debut Frederick Nebel's "Death Alley," starring the inimitable Cardigan of the Cosmos Detective Agency. Martin Grams Jr. presents a detailed history of The Shadow's early years (1930-32) on radio, famous collector Walker Martin reminisces about collecting pulps, Daniel J. Neyer covers the 1937 cliffhanger serial TIM TYLER'S LUCK, Ed Hulse discusses a 1941 Wild Bill Elliott "B" Western adapted from a story by detective-pulp specialist Norbert Davis, and more. This 108-page issue is packed with illustrations.