It's the question on everyone's lips. Or at least on those
of the evil masterminds of crime known as
Continent-Eight.
The Emperor is the central figure in a series of underground pulp magazine novels FuturesPast Editions and Deerstalker Editions are reprinting, written by Charles Lee Jackson II and featuring the exploits of The Emperor, a debonair 1960s-style adventurer with a team of agents who help him out on his cases.
A bit of Doc Savage, a bit of James Bond and a dash of The Saint, The Emperor will face many perils and the world's deadliest villains during his career, but few as dangerous as those of Continent-Eight, the dread Executive of Crime.
What is Continent-Eight? Next you will be asking, Who is Varan Haruchi, or the Gila, or Victoria Poten, or Warhead, or Madame von Teufel.
Maybe you should read what follows. The first draft of our Pocket Guide to Charles Lee Jackson II's Emperorverse - and then read for yourself the underground pulp action sensation – first time ever in book form!
Are you a fan of Jason Bourne and Cotton Malone? Of “Maverick” and “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.”? Of Modesty Blaise and Catwoman? Of Spiderman and Green Lantern? Of Doc Savage or the Spider?
Then prepare to enter a world of adventure and danger, of a
hero unequaled since the days of the movie serial, of the comic book, and of
the pulp magazine -- a world of memorable characters, good and evil. Welcome to
the Emperorverse! For over four decades, in dozens of privately published comic books and pulp magazines, Charles Lee Jackson II has produced a unique body of work set in what his fans hail as the "Emperorverse". Its central figure is The Emperor, an adventurer and crusader for good right out of the 1960s, whose other identity is the harassed head of a minor Hollywood movie studio. The Emperor is smart, swift, capable of amazing feats, all but indestructible, well-dressed, able to charm beautiful women with a single smile. He leads the fight for law and justice against all odds.
In his war against evil, The Emperor is aided by as memorable a group of allies in crime-busting as Doc Savage's fabled companions. His supporting cast includes Bill Mills, musician, stuntman, and
adventurer who joined The Emperor to make motion pictures
and stayed to fight crime; Max Decker, Federal Intelligence agent who met The
Emperor in the field and worked for many years as a crime-fighter while
masquerading as a criminal gang-leader, the Gila; the amazing Shanghai Lil,
red-headed woman as skilled with a blade as her wits; Ed Green, who works with
The Emperor and the US Army. Plus a host of costumed crime-busters, super and
otherwise, among them Shooting Star, Solara, Nemesis, Cat's-Eye, Fireball, and
the robot Titan.
Opposing The Emperor is Continent-Eight, the international Executive of Crime and its creator, Varan Haruchi, AKA The Black Dragon, whose exposure to arcane experimental chemicals has resulted in his long-lived youthful appearance. The Emperor also encounters a host of other evil-doers in his war against crime and destruction: Dr. Yalta, doctor and dentist once recruited by US intelligence for his resemblance to warlord Adolf Hitler, kept young by the same accident, who now supervises medical and scientific crimes for Continent-Eight. Their colleague Maskman, a mysterious helmeted figure, whose true identity is unknown even to his partners in crime. Victoria Poten, The Jade Dragon, third generation Eurasian crime boss whose personal goals of crime often place her at odds with her Continent-Eight partners. Horst Sterling Rosefeld, the mysterious and powerful leader of the Church of Nihilism, dedicated to the destruction of the human race and ruthless enough to succeed. And a rogue's gallery of sinister figures, notable among them Johnny Rainbow, the Steel Skull, Xavier Xavier AKA Dr. Double X, the Eye, Alain Sarnov, the Dragon, Warhead, and Madame von Teufel.
Opposing The Emperor is Continent-Eight, the international Executive of Crime and its creator, Varan Haruchi, AKA The Black Dragon, whose exposure to arcane experimental chemicals has resulted in his long-lived youthful appearance. The Emperor also encounters a host of other evil-doers in his war against crime and destruction: Dr. Yalta, doctor and dentist once recruited by US intelligence for his resemblance to warlord Adolf Hitler, kept young by the same accident, who now supervises medical and scientific crimes for Continent-Eight. Their colleague Maskman, a mysterious helmeted figure, whose true identity is unknown even to his partners in crime. Victoria Poten, The Jade Dragon, third generation Eurasian crime boss whose personal goals of crime often place her at odds with her Continent-Eight partners. Horst Sterling Rosefeld, the mysterious and powerful leader of the Church of Nihilism, dedicated to the destruction of the human race and ruthless enough to succeed. And a rogue's gallery of sinister figures, notable among them Johnny Rainbow, the Steel Skull, Xavier Xavier AKA Dr. Double X, the Eye, Alain Sarnov, the Dragon, Warhead, and Madame von Teufel.
(Their solo adventures, usually involving a walk-on by The Emperor, are told in a series of novels titled "The Emperor's Secret Files". The Emperor's own exploits are recounted in a separate series called "The Amazing Adventures of The Emperor". Both series are available in paperback and ebook formats.)
They are all part of the Emperorverse, an incredible assembly of international spies, space aliens, mad scientists, colorful villains, costumed heroes, secret agents, spacemen, and even the cowboys of yesteryear, all engaged in the wildest and wooliest adventures you’ve ever read.
It's an amazing and unequaled creative tapestry, woven into a complex, interrelated web that snares the imagination. Brought to you by its creator, Charles Lee Jackson II, and Deerstalker Editions.
If you are a fan of David Leadbetter, James Rollins, Lester Dent, Leslie Charteris and/or Maxwell Grant, you won't want to miss The Emperor books.
From FuturesPast Editions.
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