Modern Day Pulps
Doc Savage. The Shadow. Hardy Boys. Dr. Who. and more.

Novels cranked out at an astonishing rate, often by a number of writers hiding under a common pseudonym (Kenneth Robeson for Doc Savage, Franklin W. Dixon for Hardy Boys, Carolyn Keene for Nancy Drew). Inconsistencies crop up. Formulas tend to develop. But surprisingly, writing improves over the years... especially if it's the same team of writers grinding out stories year after year.

Howabout a modern day pulp series for the Philippines? Strong female & male leads with hetero- and homo-sexual friends / compatriots from different religions and social strata (it's the 90s, man). PG rated stuff for sex, R rated stuff for violence. Plausibility not realism. Travel. Combat. Intrigue. Mysteries. Psychics and Malignos. Dastardly villains. Dangerous situations. Educate readers with snippets of Philippine trivia, history, political and social quirks.

A bible that everyone follows. Mostly. An issue #50 special that twists everything around and kills off nearly the entire supporting cast.... MWAHAHAHA! Nah.

And do it in comics... ala Tintin (who was also very pulp-ish in style).

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