Books by Richard A. Lupoff

A long-unavailable comics classic returns! Eleven comic book collectors, creators and writers recall their childhood comic heroes - more than 100 in all. The reprint from the 1970 Arlington House original sports an all-new introduction by Comics Buyer's Guide Editor Maggie Thompson and includes 16 pages of full-color comic book covers.

While overseeing a movie about African-American World War II pilots, recently promoted claims adjuster Hobart Lindsey becomes involved in a tricky murder investigation when a body is found in one of the film's vintage airplanes.

Aviators Howard Hughes, Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart are pitted against The Red Baron, his younger brother, and the Princess Irini Lvova in a daring race to fly around the poles for a $50,000 prize.

Offers twelve short fantasy and mystery stories including tales within the Cthulhu Mythos, Sherlock Holmes-style mysteries, and alternate universes.

An investigation into a missing collection of valuable comic books leads Hobart Lindsey into a confrontation with a ruthless killer.

Get a feel for the Golden Age of comics with this sequel to the bestselling "All in Color for a Dime". Full of facts about America's favorite reading matter, here is an entertaining excursion into the world of comics. 16 page color section.

When, in 1942, the magnetic skyliner, City of Santa Barbara, begins receiving radio messages from the other side of the sun, Jack Northrop concludes the signals are from Counter-Earth and plans an expedition.

With a lunatic on his heels, Hobart Lindsey, insurance claims adjuster, attempts to track down the identity of a cover model on a pulp fiction novel, who--if she ever existed--is the beneficiary of a millionaire's fortune.

After losing his job, camera operator Alfonso Ivanovich Peterov and the crew of a spaceship journeying to the far edge of the solar system find themselves thrown into an unknown and dangerous universe.

Like Malamud and Jackson, Avram Davidson brought a unique level of charm, wit, and intrigue to the short story form. Collected here for the first time are his remarkable mystery tales, including the 1815 investigations of New York's Chief Constable; a sinister lesson in New England thrift; New Amsterdam river pirates versus the KGB; treachery in a nursing home; and expatriates who will kill for a little peace and quiet.

A shared world anthology set in Ramsey Campbell's "Severn Valley" includes stories by Campbell, Richard A. Lupoff Michael Szymanski, and others.

Clive and his comrades face the ancient evil of the masters of the Dungeon in the labyrinthine depths of The Hidden City, while in The Final Battle, Clive confronts his ultimate challenge on the ninth level of the shared universe, in two complete novels that mark the epic conclusion of the fantasy series. Original.

Detective Plum has just returned from Nevada, where she discovered her recent marriage wasn't all she thought it would be. Back on the beat in Berkeley, Plum finds herself investigating the city's denizens when a killer strikes at a local radio station. Detective Plum's investigation takes her into the milieu of old-time radio as she trails the killer of the man known as "Radio Red", Bob Bjorner.

When MacReedy cashes an ancient insurance policy, nobody remembers that he was a pioneer black filmmaker--at least, not until the fire at Berkeley's Pacific Film Archive proves to be arson. By the author of The Bessie Blue Killer.

It's like Bogie said: When a man's partner is killed, he's supposed to do something about it. Actually, Cletus Berry was just Lindsey's roommate for a couple of training seminars, but all the same, they were good friends, and when Cletus is found shot in a Manhattan alley, Lindsey's going to do something. There aren't many clues in the ice and grime of Hell's Kitchen, but Lindsey doesn't give up easily. He follows a lead to an antique toy chariot that once was Julius Caesar's plaything, and now that toy is taking him for a marvelously readable ride through New York's dirty streets and Rome's underground, into the worlds of high art and politics.

Set against the backdrop of oriental splendor and superhuman conflict, a beautiful warrior and a fierce man-god go up against a being more powerful than the gods to obtain a magical sword that holds the power of death and the key to enlightenment. Original.