THE BLACK BAT’S CRUSADE CONTINUES!

Altus Press has announced that The Black Bat Omnibus Volume 2 will be available Spring 2013.

From Altus Press:
Thanks for your patience on this one... it' been partially done since late 2009!

The Black Bat Omnibus Volume 2
By Norman A. Daniels
Contains the next three Black Bat adventures: "The Black Bat's Challenge," "The Black Bat's Spy Trail," and ""The Black Bat's Crusade." 400 pages, $29.95. Coming later this spring.

ALTUS PRESS UNVEILS A MAJOR ADVENTURE

Altus Press has released Deep Waters: The Complete Adventures of the Major, Volume 1 by L. Patrick Greene. This edition features an introduction by Ed Hulse and is available in paperback and limited edition hardcover.

About From Deep Waters: The Complete Adventures of the Major, Volume 1--
The long-running and much-beloved series from the pages of Short Stories is finally collected in order and with a plethora of bonus material. Join Aubrey St. John Major--AKA the Major--and his faithful companion, Jim the Hottentot, on their adventures across the diamond country of Africa. This collection includes the first 12 stories, uncut and with all the original illustrations, along with Greene's correspondence, and an article by Archibald Bittner on the author. Capped with a career-spanning introduction by pulp historian Ed Hulse, this is a collection decades in the making.

The 320 Page Deep Waters: The Complete Adventures of the Major, Volume 1 contains the following stories:

No Evidence (Adventure, November 1, 1919)
Two of a Kind (Adventure, November 15, 1920)
Lines of Cleavage (Adventure, February 1, 1921)
Ivory (Adventure, March 1, 1921)
Amnesia (Adventure, April 1, 1921)
A Deal in Diamonds (Short Stories, May 1921)
Tools (Adventure, August 1, 1921)
Bitter Alum (Short Stories, August 1921)
The Seventh Plague (Short Stories, September 10, 1921)
Royal Game (Short Stories, November 10, 1921)
Kruger’s Gold (Short Stories, October 10, 1922)
From Deep Waters (Short Stories, November 25, 1922)

ALTUS PRESS JOINS THE FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION

The Heads of Sergeant Baptiste: The Complete Adventures of Thibaut Corday and the Foreign Legion, Volume 4 by Theodore Roscoe is now available from Altus Press.

The greatest creation of Theodore Roscoe is collected for the first time! One of the most popular writers to ever appear in the pages of Argosy, Roscoe penned the adventures of Old Thibault Corday of the French Foreign Legion, who appeared in more than twenty stories from 1929 to 1939. Volume 4 collects the last four stories of the series, from 1938-39.

186 pages
Approx. 6"x9"x0.5"
Approx. 0.9 lbs.

Learn more about The Heads of Sergeant Baptiste: The Complete Adventures of Thibaut Corday and the Foreign Legion, Volume 4 here.

ALTUS PRESS OPENS THE COMPLETE CASEBOOK OF CARDIGAN, VOLUME 4: 1935-37

Nearly a million words written by Frederick Nebel have now seen (re)print by Altus Press in 2012. The Complete Casebook of Cardigan, Volume 4: 1935-37 by Frederick Nebel is now available.

Frederick Nebel's unforgettable character Jack Cardigan was one of the main reasons behind the success of the legendary Dime Detective Magazine. His hard-boiled P.I. stories were a major influence to other writers of the era, yet only a handful have been reprinted since their original 44-story run eighty years ago. Volume 4 of this series contains the last 11 installments, complete and uncut, with the original illustrations by John Fleming Gould.

A Couple of Quick Ones (June 1, 1935)
The Dead Die Twice (August, 1935)
Death in the Raw (October, 1935)
The Curse of Cardigan (December, 1935)
Blood in the Dark (January, 1936)
The Sign of Murder (March, 1936)
Lead Poison (April, 1936)
Murder By Mail (June, 1936)
Make Mine Murder (November, 1936)
Behind the 8-Ball (March, 1937)
No Time to Kill (May, 1937)

Available in paperback.
412 pages
Approx. 6"x9"x1"
Approx. 1.6 lbs.

Learn more about The Complete Casebook of Cardigan, Volume 4: 1935-37 here.