*Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror: We’re continuing to introduce the new layout for our books categories, with an image for each book. This week, we return to our Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Category and have reached the Golden Amazon series by John Russell Fearn. Fearn was a very prolific British writer from the pulp age of science fiction and wrote under a variety of pseudonyms. The Golden Amazon was a super-powered space heroine who starred in some 27 books of pulp-style adventures. The publication history of these is complicated, with many, previously in magazines, not appearing in book form until the 1990s when, for my money, the most attractive versions are from the American publisher Gryphon Books, unusually published in paperback with dust jackets, and featuring the technicolour covers of veteran British sci-fi artist Ron Turner. These are hard to find; we understand that the print runs were limited to 500 of each, but a great goal for the collectors among you, and we can start you off with four of the Gryphon editions, including #1, plus an earlier edition from the UK publisher Zeon.
PICTURED: THE GOLDEN AMAZON BY JOHN RUSSELL FEARN
1 THE GOLDEN AMAZON Gryphon 1996 1st US PB thus NM £20 With DJ NM SOLD
4: THE AMAZON’S DIAMOND QUEST Gryphon 1998 1st US PB thus NM £20 With DJ NM
6: TWIN OF THE  AMAZON Gryphon 1998 1st US PB thus NM £20 With DJ NM
7: CONQUEST OF THE AMAZON Gryphon 1998 1st US PB thus NM £18 With DJ VF
8: LORD OF ATLANTIS Zeon 1991 1st UK PB thus VF £15 68 pages