pulp hero
Magazine adventure star
A pulp hero is a protagonist from the cheap fiction magazines of the early twentieth century—so named for the rough wood-pulp paper they were printed on.
These characters tend toward larger-than-life abilities and clear moral purpose: Doc Savage, The Shadow, Zorro.
The term now describes any hero in that swashbuckling, melodramatic mold, whether in fiction, film, or comics.
- adventureRisky exciting undertaking
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- noirHard-boiled film genre
- dark alleyUnlit narrow passage
- vigilanteExtralegal justice-seeker
masked avenger · masked · crime fighter · dime · magazine · penny dreadful · serial · crimefighter · shadow · man of mystery · mysterious · trenchcoat · fedora · lone wolf · villain · sidekick · hardboiled · justice
- pulp fictiondime novels, penny dreadfuls, potboilers, page turners, page-turners
pulp herosupervillain
Powerful fictional evil antagonist
arch-nemesis · mad scientist · crime boss · femme fatale · henchman
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