Pulp sources
ThePulp.Net is not affiliated in any way with any of the sites linked from this page, nor are these sources paying to be listed here, nor do we vouch for the quality of service you might received from them.
Rather, these are some of the locations on the Internet that often have pulp or pulp-related publications available. If you are looking for a particular item, we strongly recommend that you shop around. We have noted that prices can vary considerably between sites. Caveat emptor.
In addition to the for-profit sites, we’ve also include sites for fan trading and sites offering free electronic texts.
If you know of a site not listed here that you would like to share with other pulp fans, please let us know about it.
Following the newsgroup listing, sites appear in alphabetical order.
- Advanced Book Exchange
- ABE gives you the chance to search the wares of many book dealers. We have noticed that the inventory lists aren’t always up to date.
- Adventure House
- John Gunnison’s Adventure House site gives visitors a chance to find
out more about and order the pulp-reprint magazine High Adventure, original
pulps, pulp references and other pulp-related items. - David T. Alexander Collectibles
- Long–time pulp dealer David T. Alexander’s Web site has an extensive listing pulps, pulp memorabilia and pulp reprints, in addition to comic books, other magazines and movie items.
- Alota Stuff Collectibles
- You’ll find pulps for sale here, as well as Big Little Books, comics and more.
- All Things Pulp
- This company specializes in canvas reprints of “remastered” covers and some interior illustrations from a variety of pulp genre, including detective, science fiction, horror and more, as well as pinups, movie magazines and art deco designs.
- Art’s Not Dead Online Gallery
- You’ll find numerous pulp magazine posters, many from the Spicy line, mixed in with posters from the men’s adventure magazines and ’50s sleaze paperbacks for sale at this site. There are also many vintage sci-fi pulp posters. You can purchase the posters on paper or canvas.
- Bookery Fantasy
- Tim Cottrill has a pair of stores in Fairborn, Ohio, specializing in comics, pulps, books, collectibles, games and toys since 1984. Tim is also the author of Bookery’s Guide to Pulps & Related Magazines.
- Books from the Crypt
- This online bookstore sells pulps and pulp-related books (as well as paperbacks, comics and other ephemera) through its eBay auctions and Bibliofind, but also includes specials offered only through its Web site.
- Bud’s Art Books
- Formerly Bud Plant Comic Art, Bud’s Art Books features a variety of pulp-related items (books, statues, posters, etc.). The company puts out a fully-illustrated
catalog regularly. - Books Are Everything
- Graham Holroyd’s site has information on the pulps, magazines and science-fiction and fantasy books he carries.
- Mike Chomko Books
- Mike Chomko distributes many pulp-related publications, reprints, fascimilies and more from other publishers, often at a discount. Check out his site for his monthly listing.
- Cobblestone Books Online
- You can find pulps and pulp-related reprints at the Web site for this bookstore specializing in science fiction, fantasy, horror and mysteries.
- Curious Book Shop
- Curious Book Shop of East Lansing, Mich., lists a good selection of pulp magazines on its Web site. You’ll also find science fiction books, original art and more.
- eBay online auctions
- EBay is quite likely the hub of pulp sales activity on the Web, with auctions for pulps, pulp reprints, collectibles and some memorabilia. Search for “pulp” or a specific name or character to find items for sale.
- Empire Collectibles
- This San Diego, Calif., dealer buys and sells comics and pulp. Its Web site lists for sale a variety of pulps, from Amazing Stories to Weird Tales, graded and typically priced using Bookery Fantasy’s Ultimate Guide to the Pulps.
- E-text sources
- Pulp fans and others have posted electronic text versions of pulp stories online. You’ll find e-text links on the Pulp.Links page and the various character pages at ThePulp.Net. Here’s a sampling of what’s available:
- Adventure House Pulp E-Texts: John Gunnison has posted 10 pulp stories in PDF on his Adventure House site. There’s also an article on the pulps, “The Bloody Pulps,” that appeared in a 1962 issue of Playboy magazine.
- Age of Aces, publisher of air war pulp reprints, has begun posting a selection of air warstories online under its Age of Aces Presents section.
- Doc Savage in French: Christian Vanderhaegen is posting French translations of Doc Savage adventures on this site.
- Fantasy Library Stacks: Delving into the stacks at the Fantasy Library unearths a mix of pulp stories (by Edgar Rice Burroughs, H.P. Lovecraft and others) as well as other tales (by Sax Rohmer, Mary Shelley and more).
- PulpGen: Larry Estep and Darrell Smith’s Web site has several hundred pulp stories available for download in PDF versions. The stories are listed by magazine, story title and author, to help you quickly find what you are looking for.
- Fading Shadows Inc.
- Fading Shadows’ site includes information about ordering Echoes, Behind the Mask, Double Danger Tales and other pulp fanzines, reference books and reprint series.
- Fantastic Collectibles
- Ray Bowman’s site includes his book and pulp lists, as well as information on how to grade the condition of a pulp magazine.
- The Forum On-Line Antiques Mall
- There are plenty of 1940s Western pulps for sale at this site.
- Funk & Junk
- Funk & Junk sells collectible antiques, including some pulps.
- Girasol Collectables
- Brothers Neil and Leigh Mechem are serious pulp fans and it shows in their line of pulp replicas. You’ll find a wide range of replicas, from The Spider and Operator #5 to Oriental Stories and Doctor Death. This Canadian site also offers a selection of pulps and pulp-related books and magazines for sale.
- Graffix Multimedia Image Services
- Mark Halegua’s Graffix Multimedia sells downloadable collections of pulp magazine covers. Costs are determined by the resolution of the collections, which range from 72dpi to 300dpi.
- Graphitti Designs
- Graphitti Designs has offered pulp collectibles such as busts of Doc Savage and The Shadow in the past (the limited edition solid bronze Man of Bronze bust is still available as of March 2001). You’ll find posters from several Doc covers by James Bama (included signed ones), Bob Larkin and Walter Baumhofer.
- The Gutenberg Project
- Since the early 1970s, Project Gutenberg has been archiving works of literature in the public domain on the nation’s Internet computers. Here you’ll be able to find many Edgar Rice Burroughs adventures, as well as many, many other novels. And are all free. To find out what authors and works are available and where to get them, visit PG’s e-text listings page.
- Hake’s Americana & Collectibles
- Here’s a good source for pulps and rare pulp-related memorabilia, such as club pins, movie items, etc.
- Heartwood Auctions
- Heartwood Auctions offers a range of pulp magazines on its online auction site. Their website promises auctions to comics, men’s adventure magazines, Saturday Evening Posts and true crime magazines, in addition to their current pulps listings. Sign up for their email newsletter on the website.
- The Online Books Page
- Links to sites with electronic texts of books.
- Pandora’s Books Online
- Pandora’s Books lists numerous pulps, particularly Doc Savage, pulp reprints and pulp-related books and fanzines.
- The Popular Press book catalog
- The Popular Press was formerly the publishing arm of Bowling Green State University in Ohio, but is now affiliated with the University of Wisconsin Press. It published much of Robert Sampson’s pulp studies, including his thorough books on The Shadow and The Spider. A few of Simpson books, including his Yesterday’s Faces series, still may be available.
- Prevue magazine
- You’ll find back issues of Jim Steranko’s magazine — which also has been known as Comixscene and Mediascene — available for sale, also with other pulp-related publications.
- Pulp Fiction Central
- Vintage New Media’s site offers for sale: electronic texts of numerous pulps, including The Spider, Operator 5, G-8, Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds, Carroll John Daly and more; some pulps; pulp reprints; and a variety of pulp fanzines.
- PulpsOnCDRom.com
- Mark Halegua’s second website, PulpsOnCDRom.com, sells CD-ROMs of pulp cover scans, including detective, western and science fiction pulps, as well as several sampler disks representing a variety of pulp genres. The site includes numerous samples.
- Pulp Ts
- This Tampa, Fla., website offers a variety of vintage illustrations on T–shirts and as prints. In addition to vintage comic book covers, pin–ups and World War I and II posters, you’ll find a handful of pulp magazine covers available for their products.
- Soliver’s Collectables
- Stephen Oliver lists pulp magazines for sale on his website, as well as stamps, coins, trading cards and other collectibles.
- TIAS.com Fine Antiques and Collectibles on the Web
- This online antiques mall includes a Paper and Ephemera section for magazines. Searching within this category for “pulps” – or a more specific search term – will turn up numerous listings.
- Robot Gangster
- Looking for authorized T–shirts featuring classic Popular Publication characters such as The Spider, G–8 and Operator #5? Here’s your site. These aren’t simply pulp magazines covers on T–shirts, but rather clever artwork, icons and logos.
- Vintage Pulps
- In connection with his eBay store, David Lindman has a website listing a variety of pulps for sale, organized by genre. A more extensive collection of pulps is available through his eBay store.
- Vinylz Art
- This New Jersey company offers canvas posters of selected covers from The Ghost Super-Detective, Unknown and Unknown Worlds pulps, as well as Astounding and other sci-fi digests.
- Gene Zambolas
- Dealer Gene Zambolas specializes in mystery and western fiction and includes pulps, paperbacks and digests in his offerings.
- Zardoz Books
- This British bookstore feaatures a variety of pulps and pulp-related books. You can browse, as well as search, their stock. It is run by Maurice Flanagan, who publishes Paperbacks, Pulps and Comics.
