A New Pulp Hero for the 21st Century!
- Bryan Alaspa
- 6 minutes ago
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So, as you can tell from the number of blog posts I did and have done about pulp heroes, I am in my pulp phase. I have often said I felt like I was born in the wrong time. There was a time when writers were paid by the word to crank out novel length stories for magazines like The Shadow and The Spider (my two favorites). And, thankfully, a lot of those stories still exist and you can still read them and I highly recommend it.
So, of course, I had to create my own. Yes, this is the big thing I mentioned on Facebook that I have NO IDEA if anyone other than me cares about - but they say write what you want to read so I created my own pulp hero. Let me introduce you to - The Revenant.
The Revenant Summary
The Revenant dresses in white (unlike the Shadow and The Spider), but can phase in an out of our reality, becoming like a ghost. He carries the traditional two automatics, but prefers to use fear and psychology to get his enemies to meet their own demise.
in reality, The Revenant is Thaddeus Vale. A man who has inherited wealth, but also suffers from PTSD from his time in World War I. He died, on the battlefield, but came back to life, not determined to fight injustice in Central City. With his allies and agents, they team up to beat back villains bent on murder and massacre in the 1930s.
My Plan for the Series
Here is what I plan on doing... The first issue - The Revenant and The Dirigibles of Death - will
arrive exclusively for Kindle on November 14. I then plan on trying to release a new novella length Revenant story every month - for 10 months. The second one, as of this writing, is already in the world with ideas for the 3rd.
Conclusion - Join the Ride!
I hope people will find this and join the ride. All issues will be released at first exclusively for Kindle. If there is enough demand, I will release print editions, too. If you have a Kindle or Kindle app, please join the ride. Enjoy some pulp-vibe tales of adventure and suspense with just a touch of horror added in.
Stay tuned!