
Pulp Fiction > Hero Pulps
The Crime Fighting Super Hero emerged during the Pulp Fiction era in a category of magazines now known as the Hero Pulps. These magazines were incredibly successful with publishing runs many times lasting for over a decade. The Spider, Operator 5, The Shadow and Doc Savage were some of the Hero Pulps that captivated readers for decades.
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Zorro #1: The Mark of Zorro
by Johnston McCulley
The Mark of Zorro (a.k.a. The Curse of Capistrano) introduces popular culture's first masked crime-fighter. This volume includes two additional adventures, "Zorro Saves a Friend" and "Zorro Hunts a Jackal."
Genre: Adventure, Hero Pulps, Pulp Fiction, Westerns

The Bat Staffel
by Robert J. Hogan
In the skies of France, G-8 and his men are pitted against a mad German scientist, Doktor Krueger, keen on destruction. In this first novel, giant bat-like creatures are spreading death and destruction in a bizarre plot to turn the Allied cause to defeat. But the Battle Aces' Spads are on the tail of this diabolical scheme. And the Master of daring, deception and disguise, G-8, can bring them down in the final dogfight.
Year: 1933
Genre: Hero Pulps, Weird Menace

The Spider Strikes
by R.T.M. Scott
Celebrated crime author R. T. M. Scott introduces the sinister Spider in his premiere case. Go with criminologist Richard Wentworth during his first electrifying adventure, in which the avenging arachnid crosses swords with the malevolent mastermind known by the cryptic signature of Mr. X as...The Spider Strikes!
Year: 1933
Genre: Hero Pulps

The Masked Invasion
by Curtis Steele and Frederick C. Davis
Jmmy Christopher is Operator 5. In THE MASKED INVASION he fends off the Masked Empire, an organization that threatens the very existance of the United States as a democratic force. Originally printed in the April, 1934 issue of Operator 5 Magazine.
Year: 1934
Genre: Hero Pulps, Pulp Fiction
Titles
Got It | Want It | Read It | Year | Title | |||||||
-- | -- | -- | Zorro #1: The Mark of Zorro | by Johnston McCulley | |||||||
-- | -- | -- | 1933 | The Bat Staffel | by Robert J. Hogan | ||||||
-- | -- | -- | 1933 | The Spider Strikes | by R.T.M. Scott | ||||||
-- | -- | -- | 1934 | City of Flaming Shadows | by Grant Stockbridge | ||||||
-- | -- | -- | 1934 | Secret Agent X-9 | by Dashiell Hammett | ||||||
-- | -- | -- | 1934 | Secret Six #1: The Red Shadow | by Robert J. Hogan | ||||||
-- | -- | -- | 1934 | The Mad Horde | by Grant Stockbridge | ||||||
-- | -- | -- | 1934 | The Masked Invasion | by Curtis Steele | ||||||
-- | -- | -- | 1934 | The Red Death Rain | by Grant Stockbridge | ||||||
-- | -- | -- | 2000 | Operator #5: The History of the Purple Wars | by Harrison Stievers | ||||||
-- | -- | -- | 2013 | Doc Savage: Skull Island | by Will Murray | ||||||
-- | -- | -- | 2015 | Doc Savage: The Sinister Shadow | by Lester Dent | ||||||
-- | -- | -- | 2016 | Pat Savage: Six Scarlet Scorpions | by Lester Dent | ||||||
-- | -- | -- | 2018 | The Spider: The Doom Legion | by Will Murray |
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