Operator #5, Volume 9, Issue 4, November-December 1937: #36 The Bloody Frontiers

Operator #5 #36

by Curtis Steele (Pseudonym), Emile C. Tepperman, Will Murray (Introduction)

With those merciless vandals turned loose by the Purple Emperor, helpless America had been plunged back into the dark days of primitive warfare, and sacked civilization lay smouldering in ruins. For the coming of the Gothic hordes with fire and sword was a living scourge across the face of the eastern states, and Operator 5, racing against time, sped on to New York's wrecked towers to meet there in battle the fury of Urslup the Strong!

180 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 3, 2013

About the author

Henry Steeger, the owner of pulp publisher Popular Publications, launched the monthly pulp magazine "Operator #5," about a hero who would "single-handedly, or almost, save the nation from complete destruction regularly every month," in 1934. The novels were published under the pseudonym Curtis Steele, and were written by Frederick C. Davis until November 1935, then by Emile C. Tepperman until March 1938, and then Wayne Rogers for the remainder of the run.

Reviews

[Jeff J. · Rating 4 out of 5]

#36 in the Operator #5 pulp series, eleventh in the Purple Wars sequence. Invading mongols attack Chicago, while goths attack New York City. Diane is in jeopardy! Much chaos ensues.

[Ronald · Rating 3 out of 5]

written by emile tepperman; #11 in the purple invasion story arc; read SOMETIME in 2002