Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Lion Men of Mongo |
1974 |
Buy |
| The Plague of Sound |
1974 |
Buy |
| The Space Circus |
1974 |
Buy |
| The Time Trap of Ming XIII |
1974 |
Buy |
| The Witch Queen of Mongo |
1974 |
Buy |
| The War of the Cybernauts |
1975 |
Buy |
Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1952 |
1952 |
N/A |
| The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction Nineteenth Series |
1971 |
Buy |
| Best From Fantasy And Science Fiction: 18th Series |
1973 |
Buy |
| Antigrav |
1975 |
Buy |
| Weird Heroes Volume 1 |
1975 |
Buy |
| Weird Heroes Volume 6 |
1977 |
Buy |
| Alfred Hitchcock’s Borrowers of the Night |
1983 |
Buy |
| Alfred Hitchcock’s Fatal Attractions |
1983 |
Buy |
| Great Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction |
1985 |
Buy |
| The Best Horror Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction |
1988 |
Buy |
| Isaac Asimov’s Fantasy! |
1989 |
Buy |
| Year’s Best SF 4 |
1999 |
Buy |
| Crafty Cat Crimes |
2000 |
Buy |
| The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy |
2001 |
Buy |
| DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction |
2002 |
Buy |
| DAW 30th Anniversary Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthologies |
2002 |
Buy |
| Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2008; Vol 114 No. 2 |
2008 |
Buy |
| Science Fiction Gems, Vol. One |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Second Mystery Megapack |
2014 |
Buy |
| The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (March/April 2014) |
2014 |
Buy |
| Zombies: More Recent Dead |
2014 |
Buy |
| X is for Xmas |
2015 |
Buy |
| Never Fear - The Apocalypse |
2017 |
Buy |
Barnum System Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Fire Eater |
1970 |
Buy |
| Clockwork’s Pirates |
1971 |
Buy |
| Shaggy Planet |
1973 |
Buy |
| Space Hawk, Inc. |
1974 |
Buy |
| Il perfido Cyborg |
1978 |
N/A |
| The Wicked Cyborg |
1978 |
Buy |
| Dr. Scofflaw |
1979 |
Buy |
Barnum System: Ben Jolsen Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Sword Swallower |
1968 |
Buy |
| Flux |
1974 |
Buy |
| Shaggy Planet |
1943 |
N/A |
| Il perfido Cyborg |
1978 |
N/A |
Barnum System: Jack Summer Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Death Cell |
1971 |
Buy |
| Plunder |
1972 |
Buy |
| Shaggy Planet |
1943 |
N/A |
| A Whiff of Madness |
1976 |
Buy |
| Galaxy Jane |
1986 |
Buy |
| Il perfido Cyborg |
1978 |
N/A |
Barnum System: Star Hawks Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Empire Ninety Nine |
1980 |
Buy |
| The Cyborg King |
1981 |
Buy |
| Shaggy Planet |
1943 |
N/A |
| Il perfido Cyborg |
1978 |
N/A |
Ben Spanner & H. J. Mavity Mysteries Seroes Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Even the Butler Was Poor |
1990 |
Buy |
| Now He Thinks He’s Dead |
1992 |
Buy |
Buck Rogers: The Complete Newspaper Dailies Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Vol. 1: 1929-1931 |
2008 |
Buy |
| The Phantom: The Complete Newspaper Dailies, Vol. 1: 1936-1937 |
2009 |
N/A |
| Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Vol. 2: 1930-1932 |
2009 |
Buy |
| Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Vol. 3: 1932-1934 |
2009 |
Buy |
| The Phantom: The Complete Newspaper Dailies, Vol. 3: 1939-1940 |
2011 |
N/A |
| The Phantom: The Complete Newspaper Dailies, Vol. 0 |
1939 |
N/A |
| Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Vol. 4: 1934-1935 |
2010 |
Buy |
| Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Vol. 5: 1935-1936 |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Phantom: The Complete Newspaper Dailies, Vol. #5: 1943-1944 |
2012 |
N/A |
| Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Vol. 6: 1936-1938 |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Phantom: Complete Newspaper Dailies, Vol. 6 |
2013 |
N/A |
| Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Vol. 7: 1938-1940 |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Phantom Complete Newspaper Dailies, Vol. 7: 1946-1947 |
2014 |
N/A |
| The Phantom: The Complete Newspaper Dailies, Vol. 8: 1947-1949 |
2015 |
N/A |
| The Phantom: The Complete Newspaper Dailies, Vol. 9: 1949-1950 |
2015 |
N/A |
| The Phantom: The Complete Newspaper Dailies and Sundays, Vol. 10: 1950-1951 |
2016 |
N/A |
| The Phantom: The Complete Newspaper Dailies, Vol. 11: 1951-1953 |
2017 |
N/A |
| The Phantom: The Complete Newspaper Dailies, , Vol. 12 |
2017 |
N/A |
| The Phantom: The Complete Newspaper Dailies, Vol. 13: 1955-1957 |
2018 |
N/A |
| The Phantom: The Complete Newspaper Dailies, Vol. 14: 1956-1957 |
2018 |
N/A |
| The Phantom Complete Newspaper Dailies:, Vol. 0 |
2019 |
N/A |
| The Phantom: The Complete Dailies -Volume 17: 1961-1962 |
2019 |
N/A |
| The Phantom the complete dailies volume 18: 1962-1964 |
2019 |
N/A |
Chameleon Corps Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Chameleon Corps and Other Shape Changers |
1974 |
Buy |
| Flux |
1974 |
N/A |
Classic Battlestar Galactica Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Battlestar Galactica |
1978 |
Buy |
| Galactica |
1978 |
N/A |
| The Cylon Death Machine |
1979 |
Buy |
| Resurrection |
1979 |
N/A |
| The Tombs of Kobol |
1979 |
Buy |
| The Young Warriors |
1980 |
Buy |
| Galactica Discovers Earth |
1980 |
Buy |
| The Living Legend |
1982 |
Buy |
| War of the Gods |
1982 |
Buy |
| Greetings From Earth |
1983 |
Buy |
| Experiment in Terra |
1984 |
Buy |
| Experiment in Terra - Battlestar Galactica 09 |
1984 |
N/A |
| The Long Patrol |
1984 |
Buy |
| Battlestar Galactica 11: The Nightmare Machine |
1985 |
Buy |
| The Nightmare Machine |
1985 |
Buy |
| Battlestar Galactica 12: “Die, Chameleon!” |
1986 |
N/A |
| Die, Chameleon! |
1986 |
Buy |
| Battlestar Galactica 13: Apollo’s War |
1987 |
Buy |
| Apollo’s War |
1987 |
Buy |
| Battlestar Galactica 14: Surrender the Galactica! |
1988 |
N/A |
| Surrender the Galactica! |
1988 |
Buy |
Collections#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| What’s Become of Screwloose? and Other Inquiries |
1971 |
Buy |
| Odd Job #101, and Other Future Crimes and Intrigues |
1974 |
Buy |
| Nutzenbolts and More Troubles with Machines |
1975 |
Buy |
| Adam and Eve on a Raft |
2001 |
Buy |
| Subject to Change |
2016 |
Buy |
Comic Book Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Great Comic Book Artists |
1986 |
Buy |
| The Definitive Illustrated History from the 1890s to the 1980s |
1986 |
Buy |
| Over Fifty Years of American Comic Books |
1990 |
Buy |
| Great American Comic Books |
2001 |
Buy |
| Comic Book Encyclopedia |
2004 |
Buy |
| Alex Raymond |
2015 |
Buy |
Ex-Chameleon Corps Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Daredevils, Ltd |
1987 |
Buy |
| Starpirate’s Brain |
1987 |
Buy |
| Flux |
1974 |
N/A |
| Everybody Comes to Cosmo’s |
1988 |
Buy |
Fragmented America Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| After Things Fell Apart |
1970 |
Buy |
| Gadget Man |
1971 |
Buy |
| Hawkshaw |
1973 |
Buy |
| Crackpot |
1977 |
Buy |
| Brinkman |
1981 |
Buy |
Graphic Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| William Shatner’s Tek World |
1994 |
Buy |
| The Phantom |
2018 |
Buy |
Groucho Marx Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Groucho Marx, Master Detective |
1998 |
Buy |
| Groucho Marx, Private Eye |
1999 |
Buy |
| Elementary, My Dear Groucho |
1999 |
Buy |
| Groucho Marx and the Broadway Murders |
2001 |
Buy |
| Groucho Marx, Secret Agent |
2002 |
Buy |
| Groucho Marx, King of the Jungle |
2005 |
Buy |
Harry Challenge Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Prisoner of Blackwood Castle |
1984 |
Buy |
| The Curse of the Obelisk |
1987 |
Buy |
Jack Conger Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A Talent for the Invisible |
1973 |
Buy |
| The Panchronicon Plot |
1977 |
Buy |
| Hello, Lemuria Hello |
1979 |
Buy |
John Easy Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| If Dying Was All |
1971 |
Buy |
| Too Sweet to Die |
1972 |
Buy |
| The Same Lie Twice |
1973 |
Buy |
| One Grave Too Many |
1974 |
Buy |
Laverne And Shirley Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Teamwork |
1976 |
Buy |
| Easy Money |
1976 |
Buy |
| Gold Rush |
1976 |
Buy |
Marvel Novel Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Amazing Spider-Man: Mayhem in Manhattan |
1978 |
Buy |
| Hulk: Stalker from the Star |
1978 |
Buy |
| The Incredible Hulk: Cry of the Beast |
1979 |
Buy |
| Captain America: Holocaust For Hire |
1979 |
Buy |
| Fantastic Four: Doomsday |
1979 |
Buy |
| Iron Man: And Call My Killer… Modok! |
1979 |
Buy |
| Doctor Strange: Nightmare |
1979 |
Buy |
| The Amazing Spider-Man: Crime Campaign |
1979 |
Buy |
| Marvel Superheroes |
1979 |
Buy |
| The Avengers: The Man Who Stole Tomorrow |
1979 |
Buy |
| The Hulk/Spider-Man: Murdermoon |
1979 |
Buy |
Navarro and Briggs#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Wisemann Originals |
1989 |
Buy |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Cheap Thrills |
1972 |
Buy |
| An American Family |
1973 |
Buy |
| The Adventurous Decade |
1975 |
Buy |
| The Dime Detectives |
1988 |
Buy |
| The Encyclopedia of American Comics |
1990 |
Buy |
| The Comic Book Reader’s Companion |
1993 |
Buy |
| The Funnies |
1995 |
Buy |
| Comic Book Culture |
2000 |
Buy |
| Joe Chiodo’s How to Draw and Paint Pin-Ups |
2006 |
Buy |
| Good Girl Art |
2007 |
Buy |
Odd Jobs, Inc Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Calling Dr. Patchwork |
1978 |
Buy |
| Hail Hibbler |
1980 |
Buy |
| Big Bang |
1982 |
Buy |
| Brainz, Inc |
1985 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Ghost Breaker |
1971 |
N/A |
| The Lion Men of Mongo |
1974 |
N/A |
| The Tin Angel |
1973 |
Buy |
| The Plague of Sound |
1974 |
N/A |
| Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold |
1973 |
Buy |
| The Space Circus |
1974 |
N/A |
| The Time Trap of Ming XIII |
1974 |
N/A |
| The Hellhound Project |
1975 |
Buy |
| The Witch Queen of Mongo |
1974 |
N/A |
| When the Waker Sleeps |
1975 |
Buy |
| The War of the Cybernauts |
1975 |
N/A |
| The Enormous Hourglass |
1976 |
Buy |
| Nemo |
1977 |
Buy |
| Challengers of the Unknown |
1977 |
Buy |
| Emperor Of The Last Days |
1977 |
Buy |
| The Island Of Dr. Moreau |
1977 |
Buy |
| Capricorn One |
1978 |
Buy |
| Cowboy Heaven |
1979 |
Buy |
| Ghosting |
1980 |
Buy |
| Skyrocket Steele |
1980 |
Buy |
| Robot in the Closet |
1981 |
Buy |
| Upside Downside |
1982 |
Buy |
| The Great British Detective |
1982 |
Buy |
| Hellquad |
1984 |
Buy |
| Graveyard of My Own |
1985 |
Buy |
| Suicide, Inc. |
1985 |
Buy |
| The Tijuana Bible |
1989 |
Buy |
TekWar Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| TekWar |
1989 |
Buy |
| TekLords |
1991 |
Buy |
| TekLab |
1991 |
Buy |
| Tek Vengeance |
1993 |
Buy |
| TekSecret |
1993 |
Buy |
| TekPower |
1994 |
Buy |
| TekMoney |
1995 |
Buy |
| Tek Kill |
1996 |
Buy |
| TekNet |
1997 |
Buy |
The Avenger Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Avenger Volume 3 |
1974 |
N/A |
| Justice, Inc. |
1939 |
Buy |
| The Yellow Hoard |
1939 |
Buy |
| The Sky Walker |
1939 |
Buy |
| The Devil’s Horns |
1939 |
Buy |
| The Frosted Death |
1940 |
Buy |
| The Blood Ring |
1940 |
Buy |
| Stockholders in Death |
1940 |
Buy |
| The Glass Mountain |
1940 |
Buy |
| Tuned for Murder |
1940 |
Buy |
| The Smiling Dogs |
1940 |
Buy |
| River of Ice |
1940 |
Buy |
| The Flame Breathers |
1940 |
Buy |
| Murder on Wheels |
1940 |
Buy |
| Murder On Wheels |
1973 |
N/A |
| Three Gold Crowns |
1941 |
Buy |
| House of Death |
1941 |
Buy |
| The Hate Master |
1941 |
Buy |
| Nevlo |
1941 |
Buy |
| Death in Slow Motion |
1941 |
Buy |
| Pictures of Death |
1941 |
Buy |
| The Green Killer |
1942 |
Buy |
| The Happy Killers |
1942 |
Buy |
| The Black Death |
1942 |
Buy |
| The Wilder Curse |
1942 |
Buy |
| Midnight Murder |
1942 |
Buy |
| The Man From Atlantis |
1974 |
Buy |
| Red Moon |
1974 |
Buy |
| The Purple Zombie |
1974 |
Buy |
| Dr. Time |
1974 |
Buy |
| The Nightwitch Devil |
1974 |
Buy |
| Black Chariots |
1974 |
Buy |
| The Cartoon Crimes |
1974 |
Buy |
| The Blood Countess |
1975 |
Buy |
| The Death Machine |
1975 |
Buy |
| The Glass Man |
1975 |
Buy |
| The Iron Skull |
1975 |
Buy |
| Demon Island |
1975 |
Buy |
| Weird Insects |
1975 |
N/A |
| Roaring Heart of the Crucible |
2013 |
Buy |
The Story of the Phantom Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Story Of The Phantom |
1972 |
N/A |
| The Story of the Phantom: The Ghost Who Walks |
1972 |
Buy |
| The Slave Market of Mucar |
1972 |
Buy |
| The Scorpia Menace |
1972 |
N/A |
| The Scorpia Menace! |
1972 |
Buy |
| The Veiled Lady |
1973 |
Buy |
| The Golden Circle |
1973 |
Buy |
| The Mysterious Ambassador |
1973 |
Buy |
| The Mystery of the Sea Horse |
1973 |
Buy |
| The Hydra Monster |
1973 |
Buy |
| Killer’s Town |
1973 |
N/A |
| Killer’s Town |
1973 |
Buy |
| Google-Eyed Pirates |
1974 |
Buy |
| The Goggle-Eyed Pirates |
1974 |
N/A |
| The Swamp Rats |
1974 |
Buy |
| The Vampires and the Witch |
1974 |
Buy |
| The Island of Dogs |
1975 |
Buy |
| The Assassins |
1975 |
Buy |
| The Curse of the Two-Headed Bull |
1975 |
Buy |
| The Phantom |
1996 |
Buy |
Urania#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Broke Down Engine |
1971 |
Buy |
Vampirella Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Bloodstalk |
1975 |
Buy |
| On Alien Wings |
1975 |
Buy |
| Deadwalk |
1976 |
Buy |
| Blood Wedding |
1976 |
Buy |
| Deathgame |
1976 |
Buy |
| Snake God |
1976 |
Buy |
Ron Goulart was a remarkably prolific writer whose 267 books cover science fiction, mystery, humor, tie-in fiction, comic book history, and pulp adventure. His career spans decades, with contributions to franchises like Flash Gordon, Battlestar Galactica, The Avenger, Vampirella, The Phantom, and the TekWar series (credited to William Shatner). He also wrote original series including the Barnum System books, the Fragmented America novels, the Odd Jobs Inc. adventures, and the Groucho Marx mystery series.
Beyond fiction, Goulart was a serious historian of comics and pulp culture. His non-fiction titles include Cheap Thrills, The Dime Detectives, The Encyclopedia of American Comics, and Comic Book Encyclopedia. He also wrote the Comic Book series of reference works and a biography of artist Alex Raymond. His anthology appearances range from Fantasy & Science Fiction to collections of cat-themed crime stories and zombie fiction. For readers interested in the overlap between science fiction, pulp adventure, and pop culture history, Goulart’s catalog has few rivals in sheer variety.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Ron Goulart written?
Ron Goulart has written 267 books across 30 series.
What was Ron Goulart's first book?
Ron Goulart’s first book is Justice, Inc., published in 1939.
What genres does Ron Goulart write in?
Ron Goulart writes non-fiction, paranormal, and urban fantasy. Their best-known work includes the Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon series.