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* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: The men's adventure subgenre had a lot of "man versus [[WildWilderness wilderness]]" narratives, in which animals - ranging from the [[ScaryAnimalsIndex usual culprits]] like [[BearsAreBadNews bears]], [[PantheraAwesome big cats]], [[ThreateningShark sharks]], and the like, to the truly [[PleasantAnimalsIndex improbable and harmless]] - tormented our heroes, as in the infamous ''Man's Life'' story "Weasels Ripped My Flesh!"
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* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: The men's adventure subgenre had a lot of "man versus [[WildWilderness wilderness]]" narratives, in which our heroes were tormented by animals - ranging from the [[ScaryAnimalsIndex usual culprits]] like [[BearsAreBadNews bears]], [[PantheraAwesome big cats]], [[ThreateningShark sharks]], and the like, to the truly [[PleasantAnimalsIndex improbable and harmless]] - tormented our heroes, harmless]], as in the infamous ''Man's Life'' story "Weasels Ripped My Flesh!"Flesh!" [[note]]Yes, that's where Music/FrankZappa got the name[[/note]]
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* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: The men's adventure subgenre had a lot of "man versus [[WildWilderness wilderness]]" narratives, in which unlikely animals - ranging from the [[ScaryAnimalsIndex usual culprits]] like [[BearsAreBadNews bears]], [[PantheraAwesome big cats]], [[ThreateningShark sharks]], and the like, to the truly [[PleasantAnimalsIndex improbable and harmless]] - tormented our heroes, as in the infamous ''Man's Life'' story "Weasels Ripped My Flesh!"
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Once upon a time, there was [[PulpMagazine pulp]]. Pulp was a style of writing that emerged onto the scene in the 1920s, featuring a variety of stories printed on cheap paper (hence "pulp"). Back in the day, pulp content ranged from the {{Cosmic Horror Stor|y}}ies of Creator/HPLovecraft to the [[FilmNoir noir pieces]] of Creator/RaymondChandler and from the over-the-top action of ''Literature/DocSavage'' to the HeroicFantasy of ''Literature/ConanTheBarbarian'' and even the RaygunGothic of Hugo Gernsback's Magazine/AmazingStories. The pulp era died down by the late '50s, when the leading distributor of pulp, the American News Company, went bankrupt, although there was a resurgence in the '60s and '70s in the form of the "men's adventure magazines", which straddled the line between pure pulp adventure and ostensibly-true LuridTalesOfDoom, all with a RatedMForManly aesthetic.
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Once upon a time, there was [[PulpMagazine pulp]]. Pulp was a style of writing that emerged onto the scene in the 1920s, featuring a variety of stories printed on cheap paper (hence "pulp"). Back in the day, pulp content ranged from the {{Cosmic Horror Stor|y}}ies of Creator/HPLovecraft to the [[FilmNoir noir pieces]] of Creator/RaymondChandler and from the over-the-top action of ''Literature/DocSavage'' to the HeroicFantasy of ''Literature/ConanTheBarbarian'' and even the RaygunGothic of Hugo Gernsback's Magazine/AmazingStories. The pulp era died down by the late '50s, when the leading distributor of pulp, the American News Company, went bankrupt, although there was a resurgence in the '60s and '70s in the form of the DarkerAndEdgier "men's adventure magazines", which straddled the line between pure pulp adventure and ostensibly-true LuridTalesOfDoom, all with a RatedMForManly aesthetic.
aesthetic. These are today best-remembered as things to read as the barber shop while you waited for your turn.
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* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: The men's adventure subgenre had a lot of "man versus wilderness" [[WildWilderness wilderness]]" narratives, in which unlikely animals tormented our heroes, as in the infamous ''Man's Life'' story "Weasels Ripped My Flesh!"
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* WildWilderness - The men's adventure pulps were often seen as the "outdoors" equivalent to the more "sophisticated", indoors magazines like ''Magazine/{{Playboy}}''. Their heroes were often rugged, outdoorsy types living in [[BleakBorderBase small communities on the edge of the wilderness]] or leading safari tours into the SavageSouth, shipwrecked sailors in lifeboats or on some DesertedIsland, or other varieties of tough guy on some kind of {{Robinsonade}}. This was the perfect environment to meet [[AttackOfTheKillerWhatever the improbably violent animals]] mentioned above, though some of these stories would temper the carnage with a GreenAesop.
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* The Franchise/MonsterVerse movies mix some of this flavour in with all the {{kaiju}} action, particularly in the films featuring Kong: ''Film/KongSkullIsland'' is a LostWorld adventure set in TheSeventies, and in ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'', the big ape travels to an even ''lost-er'' world BeneathTheEarth, where he finds [[AnAxeToGrind a gigantic axe]] that basically turns him into a 335-foot tall BarbarianHero.
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* The Franchise/MonsterVerse movies mix some of this flavour in with all the {{kaiju}} action, particularly in the films featuring Kong: ''Film/KongSkullIsland'' is a LostWorld adventure set in TheSeventies, and in ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'', the big ape travels to an even ''lost-er'' world BeneathTheEarth, where he finds [[AnAxeToGrind a gigantic axe]] axe that basically turns him into a 335-foot tall BarbarianHero.
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* The landmark Pre-Code action-adventure movie ''Film/KingKong1933'' is an important work of pulp, being about a giant ape who's discovered by a film crew on an uncharted island. It's got the over-the-top action, awe at the exotic, and fearless adventuring associated with pulp ficiton.
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* The landmark Pre-Code action-adventure movie ''Film/KingKong1933'' is an important work of pulp, being about a giant ape who's discovered by a film crew on an uncharted island. It's got the over-the-top action, awe at the exotic, and fearless adventuring associated with pulp ficiton.fiction.
* ''Film/Batman1989'' largely falls into this style with its pulp-noir aesthetic. The film, about superhero Franchise/{{Batman}} (Creator/MichaelKeaton) fighting to prevent clown gangster the Joker (Creator/JackNicholson) from terrorizing Gotham City, is set in an AmbiguousTimePeriod with some TheForties-style touches in the costumes and architecture.
* The action-adventure-western ''Film/BlowingWild'' (1953) is about a group of oilmen (Creator/GaryCooper, Creator/AnthonyQuinn, and Ward Bond) struggling to survive in bandit-infested territory in South America. It's presumably [[NewOldWest set about the time of its release]] and has pulpy thrills and macho content.
* The silent gangster movie ''Film/ThePenalty'' (1920) is about mobster Blizzard (Creator/LonChaney), who unnecessarily had both of his legs amputated as a child, and now plots his revenge on the mistaken doctor (Charles Clary) and the city of San Francisco as a whole. While not a pulp film of the rock-'em-sock-'em action-adventure variety, it's still a crime-drama-thriller with sensationalistic elements, like the main character's [[spoiler:secret lair, complete with an arsenal and operating room, that's accessible through a secret entrance in a fireplace]], and a lurid, morbid plot.
* ''Film/Batman1989'' largely falls into this style with its pulp-noir aesthetic. The film, about superhero Franchise/{{Batman}} (Creator/MichaelKeaton) fighting to prevent clown gangster the Joker (Creator/JackNicholson) from terrorizing Gotham City, is set in an AmbiguousTimePeriod with some TheForties-style touches in the costumes and architecture.
* The action-adventure-western ''Film/BlowingWild'' (1953) is about a group of oilmen (Creator/GaryCooper, Creator/AnthonyQuinn, and Ward Bond) struggling to survive in bandit-infested territory in South America. It's presumably [[NewOldWest set about the time of its release]] and has pulpy thrills and macho content.
* The silent gangster movie ''Film/ThePenalty'' (1920) is about mobster Blizzard (Creator/LonChaney), who unnecessarily had both of his legs amputated as a child, and now plots his revenge on the mistaken doctor (Charles Clary) and the city of San Francisco as a whole. While not a pulp film of the rock-'em-sock-'em action-adventure variety, it's still a crime-drama-thriller with sensationalistic elements, like the main character's [[spoiler:secret lair, complete with an arsenal and operating room, that's accessible through a secret entrance in a fireplace]], and a lurid, morbid plot.
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* The animated series ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin1991'' is a part of the Franchise/{{Tintin}} franchise that has the titular hero-reporter (and his dog, Snowy) setting off on highly pulpy globetrotting adventures.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin2011'', a computer-animated movie, is based on three Franchise/{{Tintin}} stories: ''The Crab with the Golden Claws'', ''The Secret of the Unicorn'', and ''Red Rackham's Treasure''. Pulpy elements include high adventure, manic action, pirates, exotic locales, lost treasure, and an intrepid hero.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin2011'', a computer-animated movie, is based on three Franchise/{{Tintin}} stories: ''The Crab with the Golden Claws'', ''The Secret of the Unicorn'', and ''Red Rackham's Treasure''. Pulpy elements include high adventure, manic action, pirates, exotic locales, lost treasure, and an intrepid hero.
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While most works in the genre are not set during the interwar "pulp era" (though the occasional one, such as ''Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre'' [1948], is), Main/TheWestern could be considered an inherently pulpy genre, thanks to it frequently featuring heightened reality, an exotic historical setting (often nostalgically rendered), double-fisted machismo, a sensationalistic tone, plenty of action and/or adventure, print-the-legend storytelling, larger-than-life mythmaking, and fairly clear lines of morality.
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* The Pre-Code classic ''Film/IslandOfLostSouls'' (1932) could be considered one of the quintessential pulp horror movies (though it also has a fair amount of pulp adventure, as well), being about a shipwrecked sailor (Richard Arlen) who finds himself trapped on a South Seas island ruled by mad scientist Dr. Moreau (Creator/CharlesLaughton). Based on the book ''Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau'' by Creator/HGWells, it's a still-chilling example of the scarier side of pulp fiction with its lurid horror and exotic locales.
* Based on a short story of the same title by Richard Connell, ''Film/TheMostDangerousGame'' (1932) is a Pre-Code fusion of pulp action-adventure and pulp horror about a shipwreck survivor (Creator/JoelMcCrea) who finds himself trapped on a remote island controlled by a mad count (Leslie Banks) who's taken game-hunting to the next level. It has heroic action and sensationalistic horror.
* The landmark Pre-Code action-adventure movie ''Film/KingKong1933'' is an important work of pulp, being about a giant ape who's discovered by a film crew on an uncharted island. It's got the over-the-top action, awe at the exotic, and fearless adventuring associated with pulp ficiton.
* Based on a short story of the same title by Richard Connell, ''Film/TheMostDangerousGame'' (1932) is a Pre-Code fusion of pulp action-adventure and pulp horror about a shipwreck survivor (Creator/JoelMcCrea) who finds himself trapped on a remote island controlled by a mad count (Leslie Banks) who's taken game-hunting to the next level. It has heroic action and sensationalistic horror.
* The landmark Pre-Code action-adventure movie ''Film/KingKong1933'' is an important work of pulp, being about a giant ape who's discovered by a film crew on an uncharted island. It's got the over-the-top action, awe at the exotic, and fearless adventuring associated with pulp ficiton.
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* As part of ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' is ''Where Monsters Dwell'' featuring the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] character the [[AcePilot Phantom Eagle,]] a CoolPlane, [[NubileSavage Amazons]], and an IslandOfMystery full of [[EverythingIsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaurs.]] It being another Creator/GarthEnnis piece, it's also a DeconstructiveParody, as the Eagle is a send up of these kinds of heroes; sexist, cowardly, and completely incompetent. It's TheNotLoveInterest Clemmie who does all the heroic stuff (and who [[LipstickLesbian gets to have lots of sex with the Amazons.]])
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* As part of ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' is ''Where Monsters Dwell'' featuring the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] character the [[AcePilot Phantom Eagle,]] a CoolPlane, [[NubileSavage Amazons]], and an IslandOfMystery full of [[EverythingIsBetterWithDinosaurs dinosaurs.]] dinosaurs. It being another Creator/GarthEnnis piece, it's also a DeconstructiveParody, as the Eagle is a send up of these kinds of heroes; sexist, cowardly, and completely incompetent. It's TheNotLoveInterest Clemmie who does all the heroic stuff (and who [[LipstickLesbian gets to have lots of sex with the Amazons.]])
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* ''The Takers'' is an ''Franchise/IndianaJones''-style homage novel by Jerry Ahern, about an [[SelfInsertFic action-adventure novelist]] and his LoveInterest -- an IntrepidReporter who investigates wacky UFO and occult stories -- who team up to investigate the murder of a CIA agent, and the log of a 19th Century expedition searching for {{Atlantis}}. It manages to work in {{Pirates}}, AncientAstronauts, MysteriousAntarctica, {{Flying Saucer}}s, ThoseWackyNazis, a DiabolicalMastermind and his KnifeNut [[DaddysLittleVillain daughter]], and a nuclear submarine!
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* ''The Takers'' is an ''Franchise/IndianaJones''-style homage novel by Jerry Ahern, about an [[SelfInsertFic action-adventure novelist]] and his LoveInterest -- an IntrepidReporter who investigates wacky UFO and occult stories -- who team up to investigate the murder of a CIA agent, and the log of a 19th Century expedition searching for {{Atlantis}}. It manages to work in {{Pirates}}, AncientAstronauts, MysteriousAntarctica, {{Flying Saucer}}s, ThoseWackyNazis, a DiabolicalMastermind and his KnifeNut PsychoKnifeNut [[DaddysLittleVillain daughter]], and a nuclear submarine!
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[[caption-width-right:318: So [[JungleOpera a Jungle Girl]], [[Franchise/DocSavage a Super-Scientist]], [[ComicBook/TheSpirit a Masked Vigilante]] and [[ComicBook/{{Blackhawk}} an Ace Pilot]] walk into a bar...]]
Once upon a time, there was [[PulpMagazine pulp]]. Pulp was a style of writing that emerged onto the scene in the 1920s, featuring a variety of stories printed on cheap paper (hence "pulp"). Back in the day, pulp content ranged from the {{Cosmic Horror Stor|y}}ies of Creator/HPLovecraft to the [[FilmNoir noir pieces]] of Creator/RaymondChandler and from the over-the-top action of ''Franchise/DocSavage'' to the HeroicFantasy of ''Literature/ConanTheBarbarian'' and even the RaygunGothic of Hugo Gernsback's Magazine/AmazingStories. The pulp era died down by the late '50s, when the leading distributor of pulp, the American News Company, went bankrupt, although there was a resurgence in the '60s and '70s in the form of the "men's adventure magazines", which straddled the line between pure pulp adventure and ostensibly-true LuridTalesOfDoom, all with a RatedMForManly aesthetic.
Then, people started looking back on the pulp era nostalgically, and when they did, they usually locked onto the over-the-top stories of ProtoSuperhero characters like ''Literature/TheShadow'', ''Franchise/DocSavage'', and ''ComicStrip/ThePhantom''. Many point to ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' and the sequel ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' movies, which took 1930s pulp adventures as an inspiration, as the keystone of the pulp resurgence, but whatever kicked it off, pulp has recaptured the heart of many a geek.
Once upon a time, there was [[PulpMagazine pulp]]. Pulp was a style of writing that emerged onto the scene in the 1920s, featuring a variety of stories printed on cheap paper (hence "pulp"). Back in the day, pulp content ranged from the {{Cosmic Horror Stor|y}}ies of Creator/HPLovecraft to the [[FilmNoir noir pieces]] of Creator/RaymondChandler and from the over-the-top action of ''Franchise/DocSavage'' to the HeroicFantasy of ''Literature/ConanTheBarbarian'' and even the RaygunGothic of Hugo Gernsback's Magazine/AmazingStories. The pulp era died down by the late '50s, when the leading distributor of pulp, the American News Company, went bankrupt, although there was a resurgence in the '60s and '70s in the form of the "men's adventure magazines", which straddled the line between pure pulp adventure and ostensibly-true LuridTalesOfDoom, all with a RatedMForManly aesthetic.
Then, people started looking back on the pulp era nostalgically, and when they did, they usually locked onto the over-the-top stories of ProtoSuperhero characters like ''Literature/TheShadow'', ''Franchise/DocSavage'', and ''ComicStrip/ThePhantom''. Many point to ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' and the sequel ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' movies, which took 1930s pulp adventures as an inspiration, as the keystone of the pulp resurgence, but whatever kicked it off, pulp has recaptured the heart of many a geek.
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[[caption-width-right:318: So [[JungleOpera a Jungle Girl]], [[Franchise/DocSavage [[Literature/DocSavage a Super-Scientist]], [[ComicBook/TheSpirit a Masked Vigilante]] and [[ComicBook/{{Blackhawk}} an Ace Pilot]] walk into a bar...]]
Once upon a time, there was [[PulpMagazine pulp]]. Pulp was a style of writing that emerged onto the scene in the 1920s, featuring a variety of stories printed on cheap paper (hence "pulp"). Back in the day, pulp content ranged from the {{Cosmic Horror Stor|y}}ies of Creator/HPLovecraft to the [[FilmNoir noir pieces]] of Creator/RaymondChandler and from the over-the-top action of''Franchise/DocSavage'' ''Literature/DocSavage'' to the HeroicFantasy of ''Literature/ConanTheBarbarian'' and even the RaygunGothic of Hugo Gernsback's Magazine/AmazingStories. The pulp era died down by the late '50s, when the leading distributor of pulp, the American News Company, went bankrupt, although there was a resurgence in the '60s and '70s in the form of the "men's adventure magazines", which straddled the line between pure pulp adventure and ostensibly-true LuridTalesOfDoom, all with a RatedMForManly aesthetic.
Then, people started looking back on the pulp era nostalgically, and when they did, they usually locked onto the over-the-top stories of ProtoSuperhero characters like ''Literature/TheShadow'',''Franchise/DocSavage'', ''Literature/DocSavage'', and ''ComicStrip/ThePhantom''. Many point to ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' and the sequel ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' movies, which took 1930s pulp adventures as an inspiration, as the keystone of the pulp resurgence, but whatever kicked it off, pulp has recaptured the heart of many a geek.
Once upon a time, there was [[PulpMagazine pulp]]. Pulp was a style of writing that emerged onto the scene in the 1920s, featuring a variety of stories printed on cheap paper (hence "pulp"). Back in the day, pulp content ranged from the {{Cosmic Horror Stor|y}}ies of Creator/HPLovecraft to the [[FilmNoir noir pieces]] of Creator/RaymondChandler and from the over-the-top action of
Then, people started looking back on the pulp era nostalgically, and when they did, they usually locked onto the over-the-top stories of ProtoSuperhero characters like ''Literature/TheShadow'',
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As stated above, Two-Fisted Tales don't often attempt to recapture the varied feel of all the old pulps; it's very rare you'll see someone trying to overlay the Franchise/DocSavage feel onto a Cthulhu story ([[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu not that it's impossible]]). Usually, it attempts to focus on the thrilling heroics, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools not that that's a bad thing]].
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As stated above, Two-Fisted Tales don't often attempt to recapture the varied feel of all the old pulps; it's very rare you'll see someone trying to overlay the Franchise/DocSavage Literature/DocSavage feel onto a Cthulhu story ([[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu not that it's impossible]]). Usually, it attempts to focus on the thrilling heroics, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools not that that's a bad thing]].
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* ''ComicBook/{{Planetary}}'' features Axel Brass, one of the universe's "Century Babies" and a CaptainErsatz of Franchise/DocSavage, who once headed up an entire secret society of Captain Ersatzes based on the pulp heroes of the era. His adventures and dealings with Elijah Snow are regularly chronicled.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Planetary}}'' features Axel Brass, one of the universe's "Century Babies" and a CaptainErsatz of Franchise/DocSavage, Literature/DocSavage, who once headed up an entire secret society of Captain Ersatzes based on the pulp heroes of the era. His adventures and dealings with Elijah Snow are regularly chronicled.
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* Creator/DCComics' ''ComicBook/{{First Wave|DCComics}}'' imprint, a Two-Fisted Tales and DieselPunk universe that includes Franchise/DocSavage, Literature/TheAvenger, ComicBook/TheSpirit and [[JunglePrincess Rima the Jungle Girl]], as well as DCU characters who fit the paradigm like Franchise/{{Batman}} (who in this world is ComicBook/TheShadow, complete with twin guns) and ComicBook/BlackCanary.
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* Creator/DCComics' ''ComicBook/{{First Wave|DCComics}}'' imprint, a Two-Fisted Tales and DieselPunk universe that includes Franchise/DocSavage, Literature/DocSavage, Literature/TheAvenger, ComicBook/TheSpirit and [[JunglePrincess Rima the Jungle Girl]], as well as DCU characters who fit the paradigm like Franchise/{{Batman}} (who in this world is ComicBook/TheShadow, complete with twin guns) and ComicBook/BlackCanary.
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* ''Adventureman'' by Creator/MattFraction, featuring an {{Expy}} of Franchise/DocSavage passing on his powers to a single mom and her sisters.
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* Creator/PhilipJoseFarmer's long writing career is marked by his great love of the pulps and he devoted great energy to his many Two-Fisted Tales. Even his works which aren't in the genre are often informed by it. ''Franchise/DocSavage: His Apocalyptic Life'' provides a biography of the pulp era hero and links him to other period heroes.
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* Creator/PhilipJoseFarmer's long writing career is marked by his great love of the pulps and he devoted great energy to his many Two-Fisted Tales. Even his works which aren't in the genre are often informed by it. ''Franchise/DocSavage: ''Literature/DocSavage: His Apocalyptic Life'' provides a biography of the pulp era hero and links him to other period heroes.
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As stated above, Two Fisted Tales don't often attempt to recapture the varied feel of all the old pulps; it's very rare you'll see someone trying to overlay the Franchise/DocSavage feel onto a Cthulhu story ([[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu not that it's impossible]]). Usually, it attempts to focus on the thrilling heroics, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools not that that's a bad thing]].
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* Creator/PhilipJoseFarmer's long writing career is marked by his great love of the pulps and he devoted great energy to his many Two Fisted Two-Fisted Tales. Even his works which aren't in the genre are often informed by it. ''Franchise/DocSavage: His Apocalyptic Life'' provides a biography of the pulp era hero and links him to other period heroes.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' transposed characters from ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'' into this kind of adventure setting, with Baloo as an AcePilot in a 1930s-inspired WorldOfFunnyAnimals.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'' transposed characters from ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'' ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}'' into this kind of adventure setting, with Baloo as an AcePilot in a 1930s-inspired WorldOfFunnyAnimals.
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* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' solved mysteries and rewrote history every episode. The [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 revival show]] takes it UpToEleven.
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* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' solved mysteries and rewrote history every episode. The [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 revival show]] takes it UpToEleven.up a notch.
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Then, people started looking back on the pulp era nostalgically, and when they did, they usually locked onto the over-the-top stories of ProtoSuperhero characters like ''Radio/TheShadow'', ''Franchise/DocSavage'', and ''ComicStrip/ThePhantom''. Many point to ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' and the sequel ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' movies, which took 1930s pulp adventures as an inspiration, as the keystone of the pulp resurgence, but whatever kicked it off, pulp has recaptured the heart of many a geek.
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Then, people started looking back on the pulp era nostalgically, and when they did, they usually locked onto the over-the-top stories of ProtoSuperhero characters like ''Radio/TheShadow'', ''Literature/TheShadow'', ''Franchise/DocSavage'', and ''ComicStrip/ThePhantom''. Many point to ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' and the sequel ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' movies, which took 1930s pulp adventures as an inspiration, as the keystone of the pulp resurgence, but whatever kicked it off, pulp has recaptured the heart of many a geek.
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* Creator/DCComics' ''ComicBook/{{First Wave|DCComics}}'' imprint, a Two-Fisted Tales and DieselPunk universe that includes Franchise/DocSavage, Literature/TheAvenger, ComicBook/TheSpirit and [[JunglePrincess Rima the Jungle Girl]], as well as DCU characters who fit the paradigm like Franchise/{{Batman}} (who in this world is Radio/TheShadow, complete with twin guns) and ComicBook/BlackCanary.
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* Creator/DCComics' ''ComicBook/{{First Wave|DCComics}}'' imprint, a Two-Fisted Tales and DieselPunk universe that includes Franchise/DocSavage, Literature/TheAvenger, ComicBook/TheSpirit and [[JunglePrincess Rima the Jungle Girl]], as well as DCU characters who fit the paradigm like Franchise/{{Batman}} (who in this world is Radio/TheShadow, ComicBook/TheShadow, complete with twin guns) and ComicBook/BlackCanary.
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* Creator/GarthEnnis's run on ''Radio/TheShadow'' is a full on GenreDeconstruction of Two-Fisted Tales. A romantic view of the pre-war Thirties is only possible by ''intentionally'' ignoring the heinous war crimes committed by the Axis Powers, especially the Nanjing Massacre. A character in the series {{Lampshades}} this, saying he expected more of "rip-roaring" adventure in the Japanese-occupied China.
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* Creator/GarthEnnis's run on ''Radio/TheShadow'' ''ComicBook/TheShadow'' is a full on GenreDeconstruction of Two-Fisted Tales. A romantic view of the pre-war Thirties is only possible by ''intentionally'' ignoring the heinous war crimes committed by the Axis Powers, especially the Nanjing Massacre. A character in the series {{Lampshades}} this, saying he expected more of "rip-roaring" adventure in the Japanese-occupied China.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Crimefighters}}'' is a pulp-themed, role-playing tabletop game from 1981. It emulates the quests of popular Crime and Detective pulp characters (such as Doc Savage, the Shadow, and Agent X-9) against criminal masterminds. The game presents three [[CharacterClassSystem character classes]]: the Defender, an in-universe LawfulGood that fights crime and gains experience by capturing, not killing, offenders; the Avenger, an in-universe ChaoticGood with a penchant for vigilantism and therefore gains experience points by killing criminals; and the Pragmatist, in-universe NeutralGood, that usually abides by the law but is willing to break it in order to bring villains to justice.
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* ''Webcomic/SemiAutoSemla'' is a webcomic that seeks to emulate the genre and the tone, complete with the gratuitous numbers of damsels in distress and heavy-duty action.
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* [[https://www.reddit.com/r/pulp/ r/Pulp]] is a subreddit devoted to the creation of modern pulp fiction, juicy taglines and lurid covers included.
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* [[https://pulpcovers.com/ Pulpcovers.com]] is a blog that posts the cover art - and sometimes interior illustrations - from pulp magazines and old paperbacks. Sometimes they include a link to a pdf of the original magazine, too.
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* The novel ''Gods of Manhattan'', in the ''Literature/PaxBritannica'' series of {{Steampunk}} novels, features two-fisted adventurer Doc Thunder (Savage, with elements of Hugo Danner and Superman), and killer vigilante Blood Spider (the Spider, with elements of the Shadow), amongst others.
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* The novel ''Gods of Manhattan'', in the ''Literature/PaxBritannica'' ''Literature/PaxBritannia'' series of {{Steampunk}} novels, features two-fisted adventurer Doc Thunder (Savage, with elements of Hugo Danner and Superman), and killer vigilante Blood Spider (the Spider, with elements of the Shadow), amongst others.
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Once upon a time, there was [[PulpMagazine pulp]]. Pulp was a style of writing that emerged onto the scene in the 1920s, featuring a variety of stories printed on cheap paper (hence "pulp"). Back in the day, pulp content ranged from the {{Cosmic Horror Stor|y}}ies of Creator/HPLovecraft to the [[FilmNoir noir pieces]] of Creator/RaymondChandler and from the over-the-top action of ''Franchise/DocSavage'' to the [[HeroicFantasy sword-and-sandals fantasy]] of ''Literature/ConanTheBarbarian'' and even the RaygunGothic of Hugo Gernsback's Magazine/AmazingStories. The pulp era died down by the late '50s, when the leading distributor of pulp, the American News Company, went bankrupt, although there was a resurgence in the '60s and '70s in the form of the "men's adventure magazines", which straddled the line between pure pulp adventure and ostensibly-true LuridTalesOfDoom, all with a RatedMForManly aesthetic.
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Once upon a time, there was [[PulpMagazine pulp]]. Pulp was a style of writing that emerged onto the scene in the 1920s, featuring a variety of stories printed on cheap paper (hence "pulp"). Back in the day, pulp content ranged from the {{Cosmic Horror Stor|y}}ies of Creator/HPLovecraft to the [[FilmNoir noir pieces]] of Creator/RaymondChandler and from the over-the-top action of ''Franchise/DocSavage'' to the [[HeroicFantasy sword-and-sandals fantasy]] HeroicFantasy of ''Literature/ConanTheBarbarian'' and even the RaygunGothic of Hugo Gernsback's Magazine/AmazingStories. The pulp era died down by the late '50s, when the leading distributor of pulp, the American News Company, went bankrupt, although there was a resurgence in the '60s and '70s in the form of the "men's adventure magazines", which straddled the line between pure pulp adventure and ostensibly-true LuridTalesOfDoom, all with a RatedMForManly aesthetic.
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* This trope is what ''Film/PulpFiction'' is named after.
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* This trope is what ''Film/PulpFiction'' is named after.after, though in practice, it's more of a crime noir tale than anything from the old pulps.
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** ''Franchise/StarWars'', another creation of George Lucas, was inspired by elements of the pulp series '' Literature/BuckRogers'' and was in fact originally intended to be a film adaptation of it.
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** ''Franchise/StarWars'', another creation of George Lucas, was inspired by elements of the pulp series '' Literature/BuckRogers'' ComicStrip/FlashGordon'' and was in fact originally intended to be a film adaptation of it.
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** ''Franchise/StarWars'', another creation of George Lucas, was inspired by elements of the pulp series''Franchise/BuckRogers'' and was in fact originally intended to be a film adaptation of it.
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** ''Franchise/StarWars'', another creation of George Lucas, was inspired by elements of the pulp series''Franchise/BuckRogers'' series '' Literature/BuckRogers'' and was in fact originally intended to be a film adaptation of it.
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** ''Franchise/StarWars'', another creation of George Lucas, was inspired by elements of the pulp series''Franchise/BuckRogers'' and was in fact originally intended to be a film adaptation of it.
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* Many of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' stories are parodies of this.
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* Many ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'' contains elements of this. By extension, often ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' stories are parodies this since it is a parody of this.''Jonny Quest''.
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Once upon a time, there was [[PulpMagazine pulp]]. Pulp was a style of writing that emerged onto the scene in the 1920s, featuring a variety of stories printed on cheap paper (hence "pulp"). Back in the day, pulp content ranged from the {{Cosmic Horror Stor|y}}ies of Creator/HPLovecraft to the [[FilmNoir noir pieces]] of Creator/RaymondChandler and from the over-the-top action of ''Franchise/DocSavage'' to the [[HeroicFantasy sword-and-sandals fantasy]] of ''Literature/ConanTheBarbarian'' and even the RaygunGothic of Hugo Gernsback's Magazine/AmazingStories. The pulp era died down by the late '50s, when the leading distributor of pulp, the American News Company, went bankrupt.
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Once upon a time, there was [[PulpMagazine pulp]]. Pulp was a style of writing that emerged onto the scene in the 1920s, featuring a variety of stories printed on cheap paper (hence "pulp"). Back in the day, pulp content ranged from the {{Cosmic Horror Stor|y}}ies of Creator/HPLovecraft to the [[FilmNoir noir pieces]] of Creator/RaymondChandler and from the over-the-top action of ''Franchise/DocSavage'' to the [[HeroicFantasy sword-and-sandals fantasy]] of ''Literature/ConanTheBarbarian'' and even the RaygunGothic of Hugo Gernsback's Magazine/AmazingStories. The pulp era died down by the late '50s, when the leading distributor of pulp, the American News Company, went bankrupt.
bankrupt, although there was a resurgence in the '60s and '70s in the form of the "men's adventure magazines", which straddled the line between pure pulp adventure and ostensibly-true LuridTalesOfDoom, all with a RatedMForManly aesthetic.
* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: The men's adventure subgenre had a lot of "man versus wilderness" narratives, in which unlikely animals tormented our heroes, as in the infamous ''Man's Life'' story "Weasels Ripped My Flesh!"
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* Plenty of [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazis]] to be punched out. Most of them will be the source of, exploiting, or ''trying'' to exploit [[StupidJetpackHitler either Mad / Weird Science]] or [[{{Ghostapo}} the Occult]].
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* Plenty of [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazis]] to be punched out. Most of them will be the source of, exploiting, or ''trying'' to exploit [[StupidJetpackHitler either Mad / Weird Science]] or [[{{Ghostapo}} the Occult]]. In later material, DirtyCommies (sometimes overlapping with the above YellowPeril) would sometimes take their place.
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* ChandlerAmericanTime: The pre-war thirties is a popular time frame.
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* ChandlerAmericanTime: The pre-war thirties is a popular time frame.
frame. As noted above, lots of this stuff was still being published well into the '70s, but even by then it had a very retro-'30s or '40s sensibility, as evidenced by the fact that Nazi villains remained a staple, whether the stories were period pieces set during the war or not.
* OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious - Especially in the post-war pulps. The men's adventure subgenre in particular is often credited with bringing cryptids from the fringes of science and into mainstream pop culture. BigfootSasquatchAndYeti were particularly common.
* OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious - Especially in the post-war pulps. The men's adventure subgenre in particular is often credited with bringing cryptids from the fringes of science and into mainstream pop culture. BigfootSasquatchAndYeti were particularly common.
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* Creator/DCComics' ''[[ComicBook/FirstWaveDCU First Wave]]'' imprint, a Two-Fisted Tales and DieselPunk universe that includes Franchise/DocSavage, Literature/TheAvenger, ComicBook/TheSpirit and [[JunglePrincess Rima the Jungle Girl]], as well as DCU characters who fit the paradigm like Franchise/{{Batman}} (who in this world is Radio/TheShadow, complete with twin guns) and ComicBook/BlackCanary.
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* Creator/DCComics' ''[[ComicBook/FirstWaveDCU First Wave]]'' ''ComicBook/{{First Wave|DCComics}}'' imprint, a Two-Fisted Tales and DieselPunk universe that includes Franchise/DocSavage, Literature/TheAvenger, ComicBook/TheSpirit and [[JunglePrincess Rima the Jungle Girl]], as well as DCU characters who fit the paradigm like Franchise/{{Batman}} (who in this world is Radio/TheShadow, complete with twin guns) and ComicBook/BlackCanary.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' features elements of Two-Fisted Tales, with Nazis, [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys evil monkeys]], WeirdScience, and the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] crime-fighter Lobster Johnson. A spin-off series featuring Lobster Johnson has taken these elements and cranked them up to eleven.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' features elements of Two-Fisted Tales, with Nazis, [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys [[ManiacMonkeys evil monkeys]], WeirdScience, and the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] crime-fighter Lobster Johnson. A spin-off series featuring Lobster Johnson has taken these elements and cranked them up to eleven.
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* This is ''Podcast/DecoderRingTheatre'''s entire schtick, with both of their main series, ''Podcast/RedPandaAdventures'' and ''Podcast/BlackJackJustice'', being heavily influenced by this style.
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* This is ''Podcast/DecoderRingTheatre'''s entire schtick, with both of their main series, ''Podcast/RedPandaAdventures'' and ''Podcast/BlackJackJustice'', being heavily influenced by this style.
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* ''Film/TheAbominableDrPhibes'' is a horror-comedy version of this, with its MadScientist title character lurking in a spectacular ArtDeco mansion and terrorizing 1920s London, alongside his band of clockwork musicians.
** Taken even further in the sequel, ''Film/DrPhibesRisesAgain'', where Phibes travels to Egypt and gets into a race with an AdventurerArchaeologist to find an ancient tomb that can grant [[LivingForeverIsAwesome eternal life]].
** Taken even further in the sequel, ''Film/DrPhibesRisesAgain'', where Phibes travels to Egypt and gets into a race with an AdventurerArchaeologist to find an ancient tomb that can grant [[LivingForeverIsAwesome eternal life]].
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* Pulp Cthulhu supliment for '' TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'' does this to the parent game, turning the fraidy investigators to pulp heroes by tweaking the game rules, and adding weird science in mix with the traditional Lovecraftian setting, resulting a setting where insane adventurer is bad news... For the adverseries!
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* Pulp Cthulhu supliment The ''Pulp Cthulhu'' supplement for '' TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'' does this to the parent game, turning the fraidy investigators to pulp heroes by tweaking the game rules, and adding weird science in mix with the traditional Lovecraftian setting, resulting a setting where insane adventurer is bad news... For the adverseries!
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* The ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'' series, easily. Set in modern times, but all the elements are there: Indiana Jones-esque hero, lots of bad guys to fight in the middle of a war, exotic locations to visit, women to rescue (and be rescued by), betrayal, and the overall theme. It's essentially the playable form of a pulp hero story.
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* The ''VideoGame/{{Uncharted}}'' series, easily.series. Set in modern times, but all the elements are there: Indiana Jones-esque hero, lots of bad guys to fight in the middle of a war, exotic locations to visit, women to rescue (and be rescued by), betrayal, and the overall theme. It's essentially the playable form of a pulp hero story.
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* In 1997 Creator/DCComics had a "Pulp Heroes" event, in which all their annuals were written in the style of the pulps. Ones that particularly fitted the TwoFistedTales paradigm were under the banners "My Greatest Adventure" and "Tales of the Unexpected". "Suspense Detective" also fitted to an extent, although that was more the PrivateDetective trope. "[[RomanceArc Young Romance]]" and "[[NewOldWest Weird Western Tales]]" were based on very different pulp genres.
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* In 1997 Creator/DCComics had a "Pulp Heroes" event, in which all their annuals were written in the style of the pulps. Ones that particularly fitted the TwoFistedTales Two-Fisted Tales paradigm were under the banners "My Greatest Adventure" and "Tales of the Unexpected". "Suspense Detective" also fitted to an extent, although that was more the PrivateDetective trope. "[[RomanceArc Young Romance]]" and "[[NewOldWest Weird Western Tales]]" were based on very different pulp genres.
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* Creator/DCComics' ''[[ComicBook/FirstWaveDCU First Wave]]'' imprint, a TwoFistedTales and DieselPunk universe that includes Franchise/DocSavage, Literature/TheAvenger, ComicBook/TheSpirit and [[JunglePrincess Rima the Jungle Girl]], as well as DCU characters who fit the paradigm like Franchise/{{Batman}} (who in this world is Radio/TheShadow, complete with twin guns) and ComicBook/BlackCanary.
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* Creator/DCComics' ''[[ComicBook/FirstWaveDCU First Wave]]'' imprint, a TwoFistedTales Two-Fisted Tales and DieselPunk universe that includes Franchise/DocSavage, Literature/TheAvenger, ComicBook/TheSpirit and [[JunglePrincess Rima the Jungle Girl]], as well as DCU characters who fit the paradigm like Franchise/{{Batman}} (who in this world is Radio/TheShadow, complete with twin guns) and ComicBook/BlackCanary.
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* Through a degree of separation (it's ostensibly based on Creator/HannaBarbera cartoons such as ''Jonny Quest''), ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays'', which is what happens when the heroes of TwoFistedTales settle down. Weird science, exotic locations, and the patriarch of the family is even named Doc (and could pass for Savage in the right light).
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* Through a degree of separation (it's ostensibly based on Creator/HannaBarbera cartoons such as ''Jonny Quest''), ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays'', which is what happens when the heroes of TwoFistedTales Two-Fisted Tales settle down. Weird science, exotic locations, and the patriarch of the family is even named Doc (and could pass for Savage in the right light).
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* Marvel Noir, especially the ones that involve powers like Spider-Man.
** The ''Deadpool'' mini was called ''Deadpool Pulp'', rather than ''Noir''.
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* Marvel Noir, ''ComicBook/MarvelNoir'', especially the ones that involve powers like Spider-Man.
** The ''Deadpool'' mini was called''Deadpool Pulp'', ''ComicBook/DeadpoolPulp'', rather than ''Noir''.
** The ''Deadpool'' mini was called
