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THE TOP FOUR SILVER JOHN STORIES FOR HALLOWEEN

Posted in Pulp Heroes, tagged , , , , , , on October 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »

 Regular readers of Balladeer’s Blog will recognize Manly Wade Wellman’s Silver John from my Pulp Heroes page. Silver John, so- named because of the silver strings on his guitar and the silver coins he carried in his pockets, roamed the Appalachian Mountains decades ago combating dark supernatural menaces. On my Pulp Heroes page I’ve done a synopsis [...]

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PULP HEROES: THE MOON MAN – STORIES 10-12

Posted in Pulp Heroes, tagged , , , , , on September 16, 2011 | 6 Comments »

I’m continuing my look at Frederick C Davis’ pulp hero the Moon Man. In reality police detective Stephen Thatcher, the Moon Man stalked the night-darkened streets of fictional Great City (“Great City ya got here … it’d be a shame if something happened to it …”) clad in his black costume and his helmet made [...]

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PULP HEROES: THE MOON MAN – STORIES 7-9

Posted in Pulp Heroes, tagged , , , , on September 10, 2011 | 4 Comments »

I’m continuing my look at Frederick C Davis’ pulp hero the Moon Man. In reality police detective Stephen Thatcher, the Moon Man stalked the night-darkened streets of fictional Great City (“Great City ya got here … it’d be a shame if something happened to it …”) clad in his black costume and his helmet made [...]

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PULP HEROES: THE MOON MAN – STORIES 4-6

Posted in Pulp Heroes, tagged , , , , , , on September 3, 2011 | 11 Comments »

I’m continuing my look at Frederick C Davis’ pulp hero the Moon Man. In reality police detective Stephen Thatcher, the Moon Man stalked the night-darkened streets of fictional Great City (“Great City ya got here … it’d be a shame if something happened to it …”) clad in his black costume and his helmet made [...]

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PULP HEROES: THE MOON MAN – STORIES 1-3

Posted in Pulp Heroes, tagged , , , , , , on August 24, 2011 | 8 Comments »

I’m continuing my look at Frederick C Davis’ pulp hero the Moon Man. In reality police detective Stephen Thatcher, the Moon Man stalked the night-darkened streets of fictional Great City (“Great City ya got here … it’d be a shame if something happened to it …”) clad in his black costume and his helmet made [...]

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PULP HEROES: THE MOON MAN

Posted in Pulp Heroes, tagged , , , , , , on July 18, 2011 | 12 Comments »

 THE MOON MAN – Created by Frederick C Davis, the Moon Man is, to me, the epitome of the campy but fascinating heroes the old pulp publications used to treat readers to, issue after issue. Operating in fictional Great City, the Moon Man not only waged war on the ruthless representatives of the criminal element, [...]

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PULP HEROES: THE FINAL TWO SILVER JOHN SHORT STORIES

Posted in Pulp Heroes, tagged , , , on July 12, 2011 | 4 Comments »

I’m continuing my look at Manly Wade Wellman’s pulp hero Silver John, the roaming singer and guitarist who fights supernatural forces in the Appalachian Mountains of long ago, sort of like a countrified Orpheus meets Kolchak. He’s called Silver John because of the silver strings on his guitar and the silver coins he carries in his [...]

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PULP HEROES: SILVER JOHN – AN UNDEAD HANGING VICTIM AND A SUPERNATURAL SHOOTING CONTEST

Posted in Pulp Heroes, tagged , , , , , on June 29, 2011 | 6 Comments »

I’m continuing my look at Manly Wade Wellman’s pulp hero Silver John, the roaming singer and guitarist who fights supernatural forces in the Appalachian Mountains of long ago, sort of like a countrified Orpheus meets Kolchak. He’s called Silver John because of the silver strings on his guitar and the silver coins he carries in his [...]

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PULP HEROES: SILVER JOHN – A TRIO OF TALES

Posted in Pulp Heroes, tagged , , , , , on June 23, 2011 | 6 Comments »

I’m continuing my look at Manly Wade Wellman’s pulp hero Silver John, the roaming singer and guitarist who fights supernatural forces in the Appalachian Mountains of long ago, sort of like a countrified Orpheus meets Kolchak. He’s called Silver John because of the silver strings on his guitar and the silver coins he carries in his [...]

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PULP HEROES: SILVER JOHN – “WHO ELSE COULD I COUNT ON” AND “OWLS HOOT IN THE DAYTIME”

Posted in Pulp Heroes, tagged , , , , , on June 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »

I’m continuing my look at Manly Wade Wellman’s pulp hero Silver John, the roaming singer and guitarist who fights supernatural forces in the Appalachian Mountains of long ago, sort of like a countrified Orpheus meets Kolchak. He’s called Silver John because of the silver strings on his guitar and the silver coins he carries in his [...]

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