Operation Earthworm

Operation Earthworm

Joe Archibald

Children's Books / Young Adult / Sports

Classic Science Fiction! Septimus Spink didn\'t need to read Jules Verne\'s "Journey To The Center Of The Earth". He had more amazing ideas of his own. Interplanetary Press, Circa 2022-Septimus Spink, the first Earthman to reach and return from New Mu in a flying saucer, threw a hydroactive bombshell into the meeting of the leading cosmogonists at the University of Cincinnatus today. The amazing Spink, uninvited, crashed this august body of scientists and laughed at a statement made by Professor Apsox Zalpha as to the origin of Earth and other planets.
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The Willie Klump

The Willie Klump

Joe Archibald

Children's Books / Young Adult / Sports

The character of William J. "Willie" Klump had quite a career in the pulps. He first appeared in Popular Detective magazine in 1938 and went on to appear in more than 60 stories over the next 21 years. Willie is something of a loser, but as a private detective he somehow always manages to get the job done (often with the help of friends, including his girlfriend and secretary, Gertie Mudgett, who often saves the day).Willie was the creation of Joe Archibald (1898-1986), a prolific writer who published more than 900 stories in the pulps, digest, and "slick" magazines like Collier's and The Saturday Evening Post. He also illustrated prolifically for pulp magazines.Included in this volume are:MURDER IN THE WORST DEGREEMORGUE SHEET MUSICWHERE THERE'S A WILLIE THERE'S A WAYAN ACE AND A PEARHUBBA HUBBA HOMICIDEFIT TO BE TRIEDTHE MOURNING AFTERWHEN A BODY MEETS A BODYPHOTO FINISH FOR A DAMEKLUMP A LA CARTESTUCK WITH THE EVIDENCEWHAT A...
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