Tales of the Shadowmen 2: Gentlemen of the Night

Tales of the Shadowmen #2

by Jean-Marc Lofficier (Editor), Randy Lofficier, Matthew Baugh

On the rooftops of the Louvre, Fantômas duels with Zenith the Albino... Meanwhile, in Surrey, the Sâr Dubnotal and Harry Dickson team up to destroy the Werewolf of Rutherford Grange... Arsène Lupin joins forces with Kogoro Akechi to thwart the Vampires, and with Lady Diana Wyndham to outwit Baron Karl von Hessel... The Countess Cagliostro runs afoul of the Phantom of the Opera's Angels of Music and Rouletabille meets its deadliest challenge... D'Artagnan faces an untimely impediment on his quest to recover the Queen's diamonds... Doctor Omega meets Albert Einstein and ponders the mystery of the Melons of Trafalmadore... And also Judex, the Nyctalope, Doc Ardan, Fu-Manchu, Sherlock Holmes, John Devil, Frankenstein and many more! This second anthology of all-new stories, featuring Heroes and Villains from Pulp Literature, edited by JM & Randy Lofficier (Superman, Strangers), combines the talents of renowned American, British, Canadian and French authors such as Xavier Mauméjean (League of Heroes), Kim Newman (Anno Dracula), John Peel (Doctor Who, Star Trek), Chris Roberson (O One), Brian Stableford (Inherit the Earth, Architects of Emortality) and Philippe Ward (Artahe) with a new generation of gifted storytellers such as Matthew Baugh, Win Eckert, G.L. Gick and Rick Lai.

Genres: Short Stories, Anthologies, Pulp

300 pages, Paperback

First published December 30, 2005

About the author

Jean-Marc Lofficier is a French author of books about films and television programs, as well as numerous comic books and translations of a number of animation screenplays. He usually collaborates with his wife, Randy Lofficier

Reviews

[Becky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tales of the Shadowmen is an interesting collection of obscure pulp fiction, mostly paranormal, noir, and combinations of the two. I recommend it to fans of gentleman thieves, proto-superheroes/villains, and improbable literary crossovers.

[Nick · Rating 3 out of 5]

As with any anthology the quality of the stories varies, but all of them made for decent pulpy entertainment. I don't know if I'd go hunting for the other 10+ volumes in the series, but if I happened on one at a used bookstore I'd probably give it a spin.

[Travis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another volume of clever team ups and dark mystery and adventure.

Kim Newman's 'Angels of music; is one of my favorites.

Like any anthology, it is uneven, but rather than stories being 'bad' it's more a case of them feeling rushed or containing a cheat to make the team up work.

Highly recommend it to fans of Farmers 'Wold-Newton' stories or Moores LoEG comics.

[Riju Ganguly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very-very enjoyable, but with the statutory warning: for maximum pleasure suspension of disbelief is absolutely essential.