Tag Archives: two-fisted action

Issue 12 Cover Reveal

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Cameron Mount

Early on we were so excited about the cover art we had blog posts that were just cover reveals. We never lost the enthusiasm for the cover art, but somewhere along the way we just forgot to highlight it on … Continue reading →

Posted in New Issue, Pulp | Tagged cover, fantasy, horror, just-plain-weird, New Issue, noir, pulp fiction, retro sci-fi, science-fiction, two-fisted action, Weird West, Western | 4 Comments

Pulp Appeal: The Green Hornet

Posted on May 28, 2018 by Cameron Mount

“The Green Hornet – He hunts the biggest of all game, the public officials that even the G-men cannot reach!” Thus starts the half-hour-long radio serial about a millionaire playboy with a crime-and-corruption fighting secret identity, The Green Hornet. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Pulp Appeal | Tagged Bruce Lee, Chris Roberson, golden age of pulp, inspiration, radio, The Green Hornet, tropes, two-fisted action | 5 Comments

Pulp Appeal: Indiana Jones

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Matthew X. Gomez

The Indiana Jones series is what happens when two powerhouses of the ‘70s and ‘80s decide to craft a love letter to the adventure serials of the 1930s and ‘40s. Indiana Jones is an adventurer first and an academic second, … Continue reading →

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Pulp Appeal: The Shadow

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Cameron Mount

“Hahahahahahaha. Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? Ahahahahaha. The Shadow knows.” This is how the radio play always starts before the narrator introduces the episode. “The Shadow,” the narrator says, is “a man of mystery who … Continue reading →

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What, Another Magazine?

Posted on February 12, 2017 by Matthew X. Gomez

The goal of BROADSWORDS AND BLASTERS is to highlight those genres that the editors enjoy reading and we hope our readers enjoy too. Whether its tales of adventurers stealing gems from ancient temples, Westerns where a six-gun is … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Broadswords and Blasters!

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Matthew X. Gomez

This is the excerpt for your very first post. Continue reading →

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