AIRSHIP 27 PODCAST (APRIL 2026): A NEW PULP FLIGHT

Airship 27's (April 2026) Podcast glides high, with Ron Fortier and Rob Davis presenting its past six, New Pulp releases for its big "clean up" year.

The awesome lineup consists of a science-fiction, crime melodrama, Under a Crooked Star, by Daniel Whiston; a Bigfoot P.I. case, California Wolves, by Michael Panush; an alternate-history (post Civil War) excursion, Tenderfoot: An American Mammoths Novel, also by Panush; a spirited, sequel anthology, The Adventures of Radio Rita, Vol 2 (with stories by Curtis Fernlund, Gene Moyers, Glen Held and Samantha Lienhard); a mystical, French & Indians War exploit, Tomahawks and Sorcery, by Teel James Glenn; and a gusty, new pirate sojourn, Jezebel Johnston, Vol 10: No Quarter, by Nancy Hansen. 

The fellows also cover several upcoming (in-progress), Airship titles, including a spectacular, Adventures of Sinbad double feature, a new Barry Baskervilles book and a fascinating sequel to Edgar Rice Burroughs' Beyond Thirty. 

"Radio in" for all the finer, New Pulp details: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIAYXb74UwM

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REVENGE OF THE CREATURE: A MONSTERS OF THE MOVIES TRIBUTE

Classic Monsters of the Movies: Revenge of the Creature is a recommended supplement to Nige Burton & Jamie Jones' revised, Creature from the Black Lagoon, deluxe edition (see earlier, April post). 

Revenge of the Creature is a fascinating, 3-D follow-up to Universal's original hit, which transports the Gill-man to Ocean Harbor Oceanarium (Florida's Marineland), where he's put on undignified display before achieving a rattling escape, a la King Kong. 

Burton & Jones cover the production's development, while comparing its content to the hard-to-rival original. They also offer insights on director Jack Arnold; producer/cowriter William Alland; screenwriter Martin Berkeley; and the movie's stars: John Agar, Lori Nelson, John Bromfield, Nestor Paiva, Brett Halsey, Clint Eastwood (in a memorable cameo), and as the Gill-man, Ricou Browning (underwater) and Tom Hennesy (on land). 

As with Classic Monsters' Creature from the Black Lagoon volume, Revenge ... contains rare photos, impressive, publicity materials, "Quotable Quotes" and delightful trivia. 

I consider Revenge ... a stand-out sequel and Burton & Jones' "ultimate guide" a stand-out issue for its research and meticulous analysis. (I do hope that the deft duo fashions a Creature Walks Among Us edition to complete the saga. There's no doubt that such would prove oh-so-enriching.) 

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HAPPY EARTH DAY 2026 (4/22)

 

CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON: A CLASSIC MONSTERS OF THE MOVIES TRIBUTE

Classic Monsters of the Movies, courtesy of authors/researchers Nige Burton and Jamie Jones, have unleased a revised edition of their celebrated, Creature from the Black Lagoon homage. 

This special, 36-pg deluxe edition features many historic details on the Creature, aka the Gill-man, including its director, monster-maestro Jack Arnold; producer William Alland; Gill-man designer, Millicent Patrick; Gill-man sculptors, Jack Kevan and Chris Mueller Jr.; art director Hilyard M. Brown; composers Henry Mancini, Hans Salter and Herman Stein; cinematographer Scotty Welbourne; its ticket-securing, 3-D draw; and its memorable cast: Richard Carlson, Julia Adams, Richard Denning, Antonio Morena, Nestor Paiva, Whit Bissell, Ginger Stanley (Adams' underwater understudy); and, as the titular specimen, Ricou Browning (submerged) and Ben Chapman (on land). 

This "ultimate" guide also includes a plethora of rare stills, trivia blurbs and clever quotes, which every Creature connoisseur will appreciate. 

If one loves the Gill-man (or Universal monsters in general), this Classic Monsters volume is an essential: a comprehensive triumph that one will return to it time and again. 

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THE DEVIL RIDES OUT (THE DEVIL'S BRIDE): A CLASSIC MONSTERS OF THE MOVIES TRIBUTE

Hammer Films-Seven Arts/20th Century Fox's The Devil Rides Out, aka The Devil's Bride (for U.S. distribution) is a wicked, 1968 masterpiece, based on Dennis Wheatley's 1934 novel, adapted for the screen by the prolific Richard Matheson and directed by terror maestro Terence Fisher. Thanks to writers/historians Nige Burton & Jamie Jones, Classic Monsters of the Movies now celebrates this cinematic, (oc)cult classic in a meaty, 36-page volume.

The plot centers on Lee's investigator/adventurer Duc de Richleau (Wheatley's popular, Black Magic-series protagonist), who tangles with Charles Gray's mind-bending warlock, Mocata, who intends to baptize Nike Arrighi's Tanith Carlisle and torment Leon Greene's Rex Van Ryn, all in the blasphemous name of Baphomet, i.e. Satan. Duc de Richleau will have none of it, despite Mocata's daunting array of apparitions, which include a humongous spider, a sneering, hypnotic-eyed entity and an unearthly horse with a Templar-implied rider. (BTW: Lee and Gray would go on to play Bond villains, making this confrontation a pre-Scaramanga-vs Blofeld-allusion of sorts.)

Burton & Jones do an outstanding job detailing the adaptation's development, placing keen attention on Wheatley, Matheson and Fisher, as well as producer Anthony Nelson Keyes, composer James Bernard, special-effects wizard Les Bowie, cinematographer Arthur Grant and of course, the movie's sophisticated cast, which in addition to Lee, Gray, Arrighi and Greene, features Patrick Mower, Sara Lawson, Paul Eddington, Gwen Ffragcon-Davis, Rosalyn Landor, Russell Waters and stuntman Eddie Powell.  

Adorning Burton & Jones' text are "Quotable Quotes," delightful trivia and archival, publicity materials, which possess extra vibrancy, thanks to the volume's high-quality, paper stock.

The Devil Rides Out is one of the best of its kind, holding a status comparable to such contemporary examples as Night (Curse) of the Demon, The City of the Dead (Horror Hotel), The Innocents, The Haunting, Rosemary's Baby and The Legend of Hell House. Burton & Jones' meticulous work also ensures this Classic Monsters submission as one of the best in their grand, encyclopedic succession. 

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