105: ThinkWORKS 105 Adventures in Comics 4: The Greatest Heroes No One Remembers- The Age of Pulp

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The Shadow. Doc Savage. Sexton Blake. Sherlock Holmes. The Avenger. The Domino Lady. The Phantom.They sold millions of copies, and were the Netflix of their era, and yet very few people know about them or understand just how important they were for every superhero that followed.This is the first part of our discussion on pulp comics, as Darren Smithson & Chris Dingsdale discuss the action heroes and why they are so important.(Part Two will follow later in the year and discuss the sword & sandal tales (Tarzan, Conan, Solomon Kane etc), and the scientific heroes (Flash Gordon, John Carter, Buck Rogers etc).Join in the discussion HERE.

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