Scott D. Parker: Writer

I didn't get to see Indiana Jones at the Temple of Doom on opening day because of school. And my parents. Back in 1984, I was finish...

I spent the bulk of my selections of free comic books selecting things I'd never heard of except for the DC comics ones. But the two sto...

Sometimes, a little known fact in history can spark an entire story. THE ESCAPE ARTIST is the latest novel by Meltzer, a man who has a h...

THE BLACK FALCON is not only the fourth Shadow novel I’ve read in 2018 but my fourth one overall. And, to date, it might be my favorite fo...

In the third Shadow novel I’ve read (actually heard; thanks Audible!), THE ROMANOFF JEWELS begins in the apartment full of wealthy men. Au...

Eighty-five years ago today, Doc Savage landed on magazine shelves for the first time and, one might argue, helped change popular cultur...

Hot on the heels of my first Shadow novel, PARTNERS IN PERIL , I have now read my second, THE SHADOW UNMASKS. And I loved it just as much....

Well, it took a while, but I finally read my first Shadow novel.* I think like most of us, I’ve known about The Shadow for a long time. ...

[This post originally was published in July 2016] Nearly a calendar year after Batman 253, Batman 259 landed in the spinner racks across A...

[This post was originally published on another blog in July 2016] As much as I love and enjoy continuity and canonization of material in com...

Last week, I attended a small comic convention here in Houston that served as a throwback to the early days of comic book fandom. It was h...

A little under a month ago, I discovered Walt Slade, El Halcon, the Texas Ranger extraordinaire as chronicled by prolific author Bradford ...

Sometimes, a western features a guy walking, riding, talking, and thinking. But little in the way of shooting. THE FOURTH GUNMAN by Merle...

When I read Frank Gruber’s retelling of his days as a struggling then successful pulp fiction writer from the 1930s, I realized something ...

I’m to the point now where I rarely, if ever, read any reviews prior to seeing a movie. I watch the trailer and if it grabs me, I’ll go see ...

James Reasoner has written so many books I’m not even sure he knows how many. A career writer of over 40 years, Reasoner is an old-school pu...

(This is the April 2015 edition of Barrie Summy's Book Review Club. For the complete list, click the icon at the bottom of this essay.) ...

I'll admit something to y'all: this is a bit exciting for me. Well, let me take that back. This is a lot exciting. When you are in ...

(This is the August 2011 entry for Barry Summy's Book Review Club. For the complete list, click the icon at the end of my review.) Job I...

(This is the June 2011 edition of Barrie Summy's Book Review Club. For a complete list of participants, click on the icon at the end of ...