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Pulp. Vintage Octopus Pulp Covers! IMAGE CREDITS (in order of appearance) The mechanical octopus attacks the fleeing heroine, who has no need for an oxygen mask.

Vintage Octopus Pulp Covers!

With all that leg she absorbs more O2 from the surrounding atmosphere than our hero (who needs an oxygen mask but not a space-suit!) (Is he wearing a skirt? It's very fetching, whatever it is.) The All-Top title is clearly a veiled reference to the heroine's hardly all-encompassing top. "Satan of the Sea Spreads Evil Tentacles to Guard the Treasures of the Deep" in a Vivid Short Novel, Gateway to Oblivion by Donald Barr Chidsey. From DC Publications. Cover art by Rudolph Belarski. From Warren Magazines. From DC Publications. Poor thing. This is just fabulous - octopus cheesecake. "The Tentacles from Below: An Astounding Novelette of the Ocean Floor" by Anthony Gilmore.

"Sunken Cities" by Douglas Newton. A. Do rifles work under water? "The Boats of the Glen Carrig," by William H. "Marooned Under the Sea" by Paul Ernst. Space Harpoons! Cover Art by Frank R. Pulp Series Character Reprint Index. Regard Noir. Collectors showcase. Pulp's comics. Cool French Comics. French Wold Newton Universe 1800-1900. Mario de Monteleone (a descendent of Andrea Vitelli, aka Bel Demonio) marries Maria d'Amalfi.

French Wold Newton Universe 1800-1900

Birth of their first son Fulvio Coriolani. (Paul Féval- Les Compagnons du Silence) The Convent of the Brothers of Mercy in Sartene in Corsica is already the heardquarters of the Veste Nere led by one Michele Pozza or Michele Bozzo, a.k.a. Fra Diavolo (Paul Féval - Les Habits Noirs). Some historians believe that Mario, Bozzo, Fra Diavolo, etc. are just aliases of the same man, the future Colonel, leader of the Black Coats. French Wold Newton Universe 1900-1945. Following on the footspeps of the Lidenbrock expedition, French adventurers discover a race of peaceful, scientifically advanced bat-like humanoids living inside vast, underground caverns.

French Wold Newton Universe 1900-1945

(Commandant Gaston de Wailly - Le Monde de l'Abîme) 1906: Another crime fighter appears on the French scene, Miss Mousqueterr (Paul d'Ivoi - Miss Mousqueterr) 1907: French aviators discover a race of peaceful, reptilian humanoids living in a secret valley at the North Pole. (Charles Derennes - Le Peuple du Pôle) Young Dicky, "King of the Reporters", travels aboard super-powered dirigibles armed with nuclear grenades. Professor Lionel-Prospero Macduff performs a heart transplant operation during a perilous mission to the Pole. Mad scientist Professor Bro creates a perfect android, Dajann-Phinn, then kills him. Miramar, a villainous super-powered scientist with cat-like eyes, spreads terror. A portion of the light spectrum is temporarily destroyed by a mysterious alien force. French Wold Newton Universe 1945-Present.

For this section, we have merely listed some of the most notable characters and series in chronological order, from the date of their first appearances.

French Wold Newton Universe 1945-Present

French Wold Newton Universe Before 1800. 1648: D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers fight Milady's son, Mordaunt, and the nefarious plots of Cardinal de Mazarin.

French Wold Newton Universe Before 1800

(Alexandre Dumas - Vingt Ans Apres) SEE ARTICLE 1710: The Chevalier de Lagardere saves Aurore of Nevers from the sinister machinations of the Prince of Gonzague who had her father killed. (Paul Féval - Le Bossu) Explorer Jacques Massé discovers a "Land that Time Forgot" near South Africa. (Simon Tyssot de Patot - Voyages et Aventures de Jacques Massé) 1715: The son of a squire and a chambermaid, Gil Blas of Santillane, leaves home and embarks on a series of picaresque exploits. 1735: Disguised as the Hunchback, Lagardere exposes and defeats the villainous Prince of Gonzague. 1739: Birth of the man who will eventually be known as the Count of Monteleone, Fra Diavolo and Colonel Bozzo-Corona, leader of the Black Coats. 1743: Birth of Joseph Balsamo. 1752: Voltaire's close encounter with the alien Micromegas from Sirius.

French Wold Newton Universe The Future. In this section, we have included series which take place in a present time, contemporary with that of the writing of the books, but which contain world-changing events, such as alien encounters, invasions, etc.

French Wold Newton Universe The Future

In this section, we have included series taking place in a future where Humans have not (yet) discovered FTL and have not (yet) spread throughout the galaxy, and novels dealing with cataclysmic changes on Earth In this section, we have included space opera series in which Humanity has spread throughout the galaxy. In this section, we have included series which are located so far in the future that present-day Earth is either a memory (at best) or totally recognizable. Comics.