Pulp Project 1557 - Recently Updated Pages

Shanghai

cleireac — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:56:15 CST

Introduction

History

Geography

Vintage Maps
Shanghai 1933 map

Architecture And Scenery

Fictional Events

Real-Life Personalities

Fictional Personalties

Reference Works

Links
Tales of Old Shanghai

London

cleireac — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:49:33 CST

Introduction

History

Geography

Vintage Maps
1933 London Underground

Architecture And Scenery

Fictional Events

Real-Life Personalities

Fictional Personalties

Reference Works

Links

Pulp Inspirational Material

cleireac — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:46:23 CDT

A miscellany of Inspirational Pulp and Pulp-ish Resources:

Books

Vintage Fiction
Vintage Non Fiction
Contemporary Fiction
Contemporary Non-Fiction

Pulp References

Latest in Pulp RelatedNews

Old Time Radio Shows

Adventures By Morse
The Adventures of Sam Spade, Dectective
The Adventures of Rocky Jordan
Chandu, the Magician
Gangbusters
Green Hornet
I Love A Mystery
Jungle Jim
Paul Temple
Quiet Please
The Shadow
Suspense
Voyage of the Scarlet Queen
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar

BBC Radio Detectives

Downloadable Radio Programs

RUSC
RadioLovers

Vintage Films and Movie Serials

Movie Serials

Film Themes

Greatest Films of the 1930s
Greatest Films of the 1940s
Fu Manchu and the Yellow Peril
"Old Dark House" Flicks
Universal Classic Horror (Frankenstein, The Mummy, Dracula, The Werewolf)
Mad Scientists in Film
B-Movie Detective Series
Charlie Chan
The Falcon
I Love A Mystery
Mr. Moto
Nancy Drew
Screwball Comedy

Contemporary Films

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the Fourth Dimension
Big Trouble in Little China
Cast a Deadly Spell
Chinatown
Doc Savage: Man of Bronze
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
LA Confidential
The Mummy
The Mummy Returns
The Phantom
The Rocketeer
The Shadow
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (I can just see a hybrid Pulp/Toon adventure based on this one....)

Television

Bring 'Em Back Alive!
The Lost World
Relic Hunter
Tales of the Gold Monkey
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (while many of the adventures fall outside of the "Pulp Era" as defined here, these episodes do provide a great deal of both historical and fictional background information)
Talespin (d6 Sourcebook) Disney cartoon series based loosely onTales of the Gold Monkey (see above), using many of the characters from their animated feature The Jungle Book.

Graphic Novels and Comic Books

Airboy (Eclipse Books) and Airboy (original)
Agent 13
Batman
Doc Savage
Flash Gordon
The Green Hornet
Jazz Age
Justice Inc.
The Night Prowler
The Phantom
The Phantom Stranger
Radioactive Man
The Rocketeer
Sandman Mystery Theatre
The Shadow
The Shadow Strikes
The Spider
The Spirit
Terry and the Pirates
Tintin
The Twilight Avenger
Valkyrie

Computer Games

Crimson Skies (Microsoft)
Hearts of Iron
Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Rocket Ranger

Board and other Games (non-RPG)

Crimson Skies (FASA)
Flash Gordon (FGU)
Gumshoe (Sleuth Publications)
Treasure of the Lost Temple (FGU)

Other Graphic Arts

The Pulp Gallery Pulp Magazine Cover Scans

Cairo

cleireac — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:32:20 CDT

Introduction

History

Geography

Vintage Maps
Nicohosoff Map

Architecture And Scenery

A street scene
Gavin's Egyptomania Pages -- plenty of great images to use for handouts! Especially check out hisEgypt 1931 photos.
Mena House Hotel
Shepheard Hotel

Fictional Events

The Discovery of Im-Ho-Tep's tomb

Real-Life Personalities

Fictional Personalties

Sir Joseph Whimple and Dr. Mueller, discoverer's of Im-Ho-Tep's Tomb

Reference Works

Links

American University in Cairo discussion on The Mummy (1932)
Pocket Guide to Egypt -- Produced by the U.S. Army, online at the Internet Archive
Radio Program: Chandu, the Magician
Radio Program: The Adventures of Rocky Jordan

Chandu, the Magician

cleireac — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:22:54 CDT

Frank "Chandu" Chandler

Frank Chandler studied Eastern mysticism in India and has developed psychic abilities. He is known to those in the East as "Chandu, the Magician."

Chandler is a Master of the 'Three Times Three,' and a member of 'the Brotherhood of the Lotus,' a college (of sorts) of mystics employed by the 'Inner Council,' an international diplomatic and intelligence agency. Chandler is occasionally tasked by the Council to investigate matters that threaten the security of the world.

He is often assisted by Princess Naji, an Egyptian woman whose family history stretches back thousands of years. Chandler loves Naji, but she holds him at arms' length, due to a secret Naji refuses to divulge, in spite of the love she has for him. She is a sorceress who wields 'the power of the Blue Flame.' Her family has opposed the 'dark arts' throughout the centuries, but may have one apostate in the line.

He is known to travel with his sister, Dorothy Regent, his teenaged niece and nephew Bob (17) and Betty (16), and occasionally his brother-in-law, chemist Robert Regent.

On a mission to locate his brother-in-law, who for ten years was presumed drowned. After a set of Regent's formulas are discovered missing from his home laboratory/office, Chandler, Dorothy and the children follow the trail to Egypt, Algiers, and Malta. Robert Regent had been kidnapped by the megalomaniac scientist known by the palindrome name of Roxor. After many close calls, they rescue Regent.

Later missions pit them against not only Roxor, but also a Russian, Prince Dimitry, who is a master of sorts of Black Magic, and has influence with an international gang of thugs from India known as the 'Daku Kafai,' or 'Brotherhood of Jeopardy.'

Links
Episodes available for download at the Internet Archive

Shepheard Hotel

cleireac — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:18:20 CDT

Luxury Hotel in Cairo. Used as a setting in the 1930's-1940's radio serial Chandu the Magician

Links
Shepheard Hotel - History

Mena House

cleireac — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:16:22 CDT

Luxury Hotel in Cairo. Used as a setting in the 1930's-1940's radio serial Chandu the Magician

Links
Mena House Oberai

Pulp Geography

cleireac — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:39:49 CDT

Pulp Cities

Specific Geographical Locations

Everglades
New York City

100 Years of New York City (sponsored by the New York Times)

Empire State Building

New York Worlds Fair

Niagara Falls
Hoover Dam
Maelstrom
Panama Canal
San Francisco

Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco Virtual Museum

Hollywood

Historical Hollywood Photographs

Zanzibar Island
Eiffel Tower

Generic Locations

Airport
Aircraft Hanger
Automat
Bridge, Lift
Bridge, Suspension
Bus Terminal
Canal Lock
Carnival
Cemetary
Circus
Coal Mine
Dam
Dock
Grocery Store

Safeway, 1930s and 1940s

Hobo Jungle
Library
Lumber Mill
Movie Studio

Republic Studios Backlot

Movie Locations

Movie Theatre
Museums
Lighthouse
Radio Broadcast Station
Ranch
Railroad Station
Reservoir
Skyscraper
Steel Mill
Subway

Cincinnati Subway -- adbandoned by 1930 (great pics and a 1925 map of the proposed line here)
New York Subway

Treasure Islands
Wharf
World Fairs
Zepplin, on top of
Zoo

Fictitious Locations

Bangalla (The Phantom)
Cathne (Tarzan)
Duchy of Grand Fenwick (The Mouse that Roared)
Fear Cay (Doc Savage)
Hidalgo (Doc Savage)
Kor (She)
Land of Always Night (Doc Savage)
Lost Plateau (I Love A Mystery)
Maple White Land (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Marivellas Islands (Tales of the Gold Monkey)
Opar (Tarzan)
Ruritania (Prisonder of Zenda)
Skull Island (King Kong)
Terror Island (Doc Savage)
Thunder Island (Doc Savage)
Wichinois (Arrowsmith)
Skartaris (The Warlord comic by Mike Grell)

(map 1, map 2, notes - click on "show original post") - courtesy of Jeff Mejia

Miscellaneous Locations

Visit also Pulp Mythology

Seven Wonders of the World
Mysterious Places

Vintage Maps

Hipkiss' Scanned Old Maps
New World Atlas and Gazetteer 1922 Edition

Sorted By Continent

North America

United States
Historical City Maps (mostly Automobile Blue Book)

States

California

Los Angeles (1935)

Hollywood

Historical Hollywood Photographs

San Francisco

San Francisco Virtual Museum

New York State

New York City

Lower Manhattan(1920) and (1934)

Upper Manhattan (1920) and (1934)

100 Years of New York City (sponsored by the New York Times)

Miscellaneous Guides produced by the Federal Writers' Project

Mexico

Mayan Ruins

South America

Pan American Airways System (1933)

Europe

England

360-degree Panorama of Stonehenge (courtesy the BBC)

Germany

1940s Berlin

German Road Maps

Africa

Great Rift Valley
Zanzibar Island
USGS - Volcanoes of Africa

Egypt

Valley of the Kings

National Geographic's Egypt File--With Thanks to Terra Incognita Daily Dispatch!

Rigby's World of Egypt--With Thanks to Terra Incognita Daily Dispatch!
Theban Mapping Project -- A project to map out the Valley of the Kings
PyramidCam -- A real time view of the pyramids
Pocket Guide to Egypt -- Produced by the U.S. Army during WWII, hosted at the Internet Archive

Asia

China

Tales of China
Shanghai

Shanghai 1945
Streets of Shanghai (A wiki guide to Shanghai in the 1920's)

Peking (named changed to Beijing in 1949)
Forbidden City Interactive Tour (with music - be warned)--With Thanks to Terra Incognita Daily Dispatch!

Pocket Guide to China -- Produced by the U.S. Army during WWII, hosted at the Internet Archive

India

Various maps from the 1890's and 1920's

Australia

Oceania

Antartica

New Scwabenland (Hitler's Antarctic Nazi Base 1945)

Aviators

cleireac — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:28:41 CDT

Real Life Personalities

Amelia Earhart
Howard Hughes
Charles Lindbergh
Baron Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron)
Roald Amundsen
Hubert Julian

Fictional Personalities

Biggles
Bill Barnes
Dusty Ayres
G-8
Blackhawk
Kerry Keen

Missing Aviators

WWI Flying Aces

Non-Fictional

cleireac — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:27:52 CDT

Roald Amundsen
Smedley Butler
Winston Churchill
The Collyer Brothers
Marie Curie
Charles DeGaulle
Lester Dent
Joe Di Maggio
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Amelia Earhart
Albert Einstein
Robert Goddard
Adolf Hitler
Herbert Hoover
J.Edgar Hoover
Harry Houdini
Robert E. Howard
Howard Hughes
Hubert Julian
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
Lai Choi San
Charles Lindbergh
Huey P. Long
H.P. Lovecraft
Guglielmo Marconi
Sylvanus G. Morely
Benito Mussolini
Norvell Page
Otto Rahn
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Josef Stalin
Nikola Tesla
Baron Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron)
Sarah Winchester

Hubert Julian

cleireac — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:27:05 CDT

Links
Wikipedia Article

Pulp Mythology

cleireac — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:24:34 CDT

Mysterious Places

Bermuda Triangle
Caithness
Devil's Triangle
Haunted Houses
Magnetic Hill
Rosslyn Chapel
Sargasso Sea
Winchester Mystery House
Great Pyramids (Giza, China, S. America...)
Sphinx (see Pulp Science/Egyptology in this wiki)
Curse of King Tut
Ubar
Stonehenge
Mayan Ruins

Mysterious PlacesWebsite
Forgotten Wonders Website

Artifacts Of Wonder

Ark Of The Covenant
Crystal Skulls
Fountain of Youth
Golden Fleece
Holy Grail
Maltese Falcon
Noah's Ark
Pandora's Box
Spear Of Destiny
Voynich Manuscript

Cryptic Creatures

Martians and "Little Green Men"
Gremlins
Loch Ness Monsters
Florida "Skunk Ape"
Mole Men
Yeti

Historical Trivia

Marie Celeste
Last Flight of Amelia Earhart
The Hannebu (Nazi UFO Prototype, 1943)
Operation Highjump (13 ship task force, Adm. Byrd,vs. Nazi UFO flight, 1946)

Off the Map

Atlantis
Lemuria
Mu
Shangri La
New Scwabenland (Hitler's Antarctic Nazi Base 1945)
Gilgamesh's City of the Gods
Hollow Earth

Archaeology

cleireac — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:23:24 CDT

Resources

Ancient Script Fonts
Dead Men Do Tell Tales: A 1930's Archaeological Expedition into Abyssinia -- A book about Count Byron Kuhn de Prorok's expedition into Abyssinia (Ethiopia). According to reviews, makes for some fascinating reading of a real-life Indiana Jones character.

Ancient Archaeology -- List of remarkable archaeological finds

Ancient and Old Languages Database

Linear B Glossary

360-degree Panorama of Stonehenge (courtesy the BBC)

Mayan Ruins

Pulp Egyptology

Links

Archaeology Magazine Online

Mayan Ruins

cleireac — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:20:55 CDT

Calakmul - One of the largest complex of Mayan Ruins discovered. It was found in the 1930's, but not significantly excavated until the 1980's.

Wikipedia Article

Stonehenge

cleireac — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:08:06 CDT

Links

360-degree Panorama of Stonehenge (courtesy the BBC)

Kerry Keen

cleireac — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:53:41 CDT

Kerry Keen is a wealthy ballistics expert who moonlights as the Griffon, an air vigilante flying a custom aircraft, the Black Bullet, defending America against foreign agents and saboteurs.

He is assisted by his Irish engineer and gunner, Barney O'Dare.

The Griffon is a misunderstood hero, often suspected by the local police, specifically Detective Drury Lang, of criminal behavior.

Kerry Keen/the Griffon first made his appearance in a series of short stories by Arch Whitehouse in Flying
Aces Magazine. The magazine featured a new story 'The Griffon' story every other month, starting with the June 1935 issue. There were 43 stories in all, and the series concluded in February, 1942. Below is a complete list:

1. Guns of the Griffon, June, 1935
2. The Griffon's Gamble, August, 1935
3. Hawks of Hate, September, 1935
4. Red Heads of Death, October, 1935
5. Guile of the Griffon, November, 1935
6. Legion of the Flame, December, 1935
7. Clue of the Cockpit Clock, January, 1936
8. Death Flies the Electra!, March, 1936
9. Trans-Atlantic Intrigue, May, 1936
10. Sky-Gun Snare, July, 1936
11. Zeppelins Vanish, September, 1936
12. Sea Hangar Snare, November, 1936
13. Riddle of the Rocket, January, 1937
14. Cavalry of the Clouds, March, 1937
15. Twin-Engine Treachery, May, 1937
16. Test Pilot Terror, July, 1937
17. The Carrier Coup, September, 1937
18. Scourge of the Sky Brood, November, 1937
19. Griffon's Nemesis, January, 1938
20. Coffin in the Fog, March, 1938
21. Death Haunts the Clipper, May, 1938
22. Clipped-Wing Clue, July, 1938
23. Black-Out Vultures, September, 1938
24. Fog-Flyer's Fate, November, 1938
25. Hurricane Wings, January, 1939
26. Vultee Vortex, March, 1939
27. Birdman's Booty, May, 1939
28. Lockheed Loot, July, 1939
29. Television Tracers, September, 1939
30. Sky-Gun Scorne, November, 1939
31. Contraband Cocardes, January, 1940
32. Death Hurtles North, March, 1940
33. Rip-Cord Ruse, May, 1940
34. Clipper Hi-Jack, July, 1940
35. Chute Raid Ruse, September, 1940
36. The Death Dolphin, November, 1940
37. The Silient Raider, January, 1941
38. Nightowl Nemesis, March, 1941
39. Sku Sabotage, May, 1941
40. Code on the Keyboard, July, 1941
41. Murder Steals the Picture, September, 1941
42. Curse of the Curtiss, December, 1941
43. Convoy of Death, February, 1942

Links and Other Notes

Black Bullet blueprints (pdf)

Sources

Online stories at PulpGen
Ken Horne Homepage Archives has some Griffon stories

Fictional

cleireac — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:47:18 CDT

General

Biggles
Clark Savage Jr (also known as Doc Savage)
Peter Moore (also known as Peter the Brazen)
Jimgrim
Richard Wentworth
Nero Wolfe
The Shadow
Harry Vincent
Tarzan
John Carter
Ace Mifflin and Professor Clifton Jennings from Jazz Age
Bill Barnes
G-8
Kerry Keen
Hans Zarkov
Flash Gordon
Dale Arden
Grace Culver
Frank Chandler, aka Chandu, the Magician

Pulp Heroes

cleireac — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:30:30 CDT

The Avenger
Bill Barnes
Frank Chandler, aka Chandu, the Magician
Jimmy Christopher, Operator #5
G-8
Flash Gordon
Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones, Jr.
Kerry Keen
Rick O'Connell
Doc Savage
The Phantom Detective
Secret Agent X
The Shadow
The Spider
The Whisperer
Hans Zarkov

Pulp Heroines

Link: Pulp and Adventure Heroes of the Pre-War Era Web-Site (by Jess Nevins)

Egyptology

cleireac — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:06:23 CDT

General Resources

Egyptology Resources
Egyptology Online
The Valley of the PharaohsTM -- Free files from Palladium's Egypt-themed RPG
Ancient Egypt Index-- Note: This is a collection of mostly esoteric and pseudo-scientificegyptology pages
National Geographic's Egypt File--With Thanks to Terra Incognita Daily Dispatch!
The British Museum's Ancient Egypt Page --With Thanks to Terra Incognita Daily Dispatch!

Language and Hieroglyphics

How to Pronounce Ancient Egyptian--With Thanks to Terra Incognita Daily Dispatch!

Pyramids, Tombs and Mummies

Egyptian Royal Tombs of the New Kingdom
Valley of the Kings-- Interactive atlas
General Horemheb's Tomb-- Floorplans and 3-D model
Theban Mapping Project -- A project to map out the Valley of the Kings
PyramidCam

Other Locations of Interest

The Sphinx

Ephemera and Helpful Images

cleireac — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:04:16 CDT

Pulp Covers

Pulp Interior Illustrations

Props And Handouts

Pulp Miniatures

Pulp Project 1557 - Recently Updated Pages

Shanghai

London

Pulp Inspirational Material

Books

Old Time Radio Shows

Downloadable Radio Programs

Vintage Films and Movie Serials

Film Themes

Contemporary Films

Television

Graphic Novels and Comic Books

Computer Games

Board and other Games (non-RPG)

Other Graphic Arts

Cairo

Introduction

History

Geography

Architecture And Scenery

Fictional Events

Real-Life Personalities

Fictional Personalties

Reference Works

Links

Chandu, the Magician

Frank "Chandu" Chandler

Shepheard Hotel

Mena House

Pulp Geography

Specific Geographical Locations

Generic Locations

Fictitious Locations

Miscellaneous Locations

Vintage Maps

Sorted By Continent

North America

South America

Europe

Africa

Asia

Australia

Antartica

Aviators

Real Life Personalities

Fictional Personalities

Non-Fictional

Hubert Julian

Pulp Mythology

Mysterious Places

Artifacts Of Wonder

Cryptic Creatures

Historical Trivia

Off the Map

Other Links

Archaeology

Resources

Links

Mayan Ruins

Stonehenge

Links

Kerry Keen

Links and Other Notes

Sources

Fictional

General

Pulp Heroes

Egyptology

General Resources

Language and Hieroglyphics

Pyramids, Tombs and Mummies

Other Locations of Interest

Links

Ephemera and Helpful Images