{"product_id":"blood-n-thunder-2025-special-edition","title":"BLOOD N THUNDER 2025 Special Edition","description":"This issue will be of special interest to fans of \u003cem\u003eThe Shadow\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDoc Savage\u003c\/em\u003e, and their respective creators. Pulp historian and novelist \u003cstrong\u003eWill Murray\u003c\/strong\u003e tells the complete story behind “The Golden Vulture,” a Shadow novel originally written by \u003cem\u003eDoc Savage\u003c\/em\u003e scribe Lester Dent in 1932 but shelved for six years until being revised by Walter B. Gibson, chief chronicler of The Shadow’s exploits. The article is loaded with quotes from correspondence between editor and writer, much of it only recently uncovered. Dent fans will also love “Boiled Eggs,” a 1931 air-war story written by Lester but rejected by its intended market. This exciting unsold yarn, found among Dent’s papers, sees print for the first time here.Another Shadow-related treat is the publication of a 1929 novella titled “The Shadow of Wall Street,” thought by pulp historian Sam Moskowitz to have influenced the later creation of the more familiar Shadow of pulps, radio, and movies. Read it here and judge for yourself.Also in the \u003cem\u003e2025 Special Edition\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEd Hulse\u003c\/strong\u003e on famous detective-story writer Raymond Chandler and his difficulties writing the original screenplay for 1946’s film noir classic \u003cem\u003eThe Blue Dahlia\u003c\/em\u003e, which earned him an Oscar nomination. Ed also contributes the issue’s longest piece: a comprehensive history of “The Bat,” the legendary master criminal who first appeared in a 1920 play subsequently adapted several times to film and TV. Most importantly, The Bat was acknowledged by Bob Kane to have influenced the creation of a certain Caped Crusader still plying his trade in movies and comics.There’s much, much more in the \u003cem\u003eBlood ‘n’ Thunder 2025 Special Edition\u003c\/em\u003e, written as always with the award-winning combination of fannish enthusiasm and rigorous scholarship that has made \u003cem\u003eBnT\u003c\/em\u003e a must-have publication for 23 years!","brand":"Murania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44660679770215,"sku":"kdp1789810517983","price":21.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/9109\/5911\/files\/blood-n-thunder-2025-special-edition_1.jpg?v=1789810522","url":"https:\/\/yearroundseamwear.shop\/products\/blood-n-thunder-2025-special-edition","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}