The pulp thriller is the descendent of the penny dreadful and the popular tales that inspired them. While superhero stories take their lead from the myths and legends of gods and monsters, the pulp thriller comes from the stories of the people, the folktales and pseudo-histories that go into the making of a cultural identity. They express something of what matters to the people, often more clearly pinpointing the bad rather than the good, but in that pinpointing still pointing towards what is go…
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