Author: Greg Hatcher

Prior to his untimely passing in October of 2021, Greg Hatcher was a longtime columnist and author and the primary founder of Atomic Junk Shop; all of the other founding contributors were invited by him. His Author's bio at the time of his death follows. Greg has been writing for one outlet or another since 1992. He was a contributing editor at WITH magazine for over a decade and during that time was a three-time winner of the Higher Goals Award for children's writing; once for fiction and twice for non-fiction. Following that, he did a weekly column for Comic Book Resources as one of the rotating features on the Comics Should Be Good! blog for eleven years, before moving on to this current gig at Atomic Junk Shop. He also teaches writing in the Young Authors classes offered as part of the YMCA's Afterschool Arts Program in west Seattle, for students in the 6th through the 12th grade. A fan of pulp fiction ever since he discovered the Doc Savage paperback reprints from Bantam Books in the 1970s, he has contributed a number of action-adventure stories to various 'new pulp' anthologies in recent years. Likewise a lifelong mystery fan, he has also written Nero Wolfe pastiches for the Wolfe Pack Gazette and several Sherlock Holmes adventures for the Airship 27 CONSULTING DETECTIVE series. He lives in Burien, Washington, with his wife Julie, their cat Magdalene, and ten thousand books and comics.

Greg Hatcher

It’s Wold Newton Day!

By Greg Hatcher December 13, 2016 February 4, 2017 itemprop="discussionURL"13

Well, it is as I write this, anyway. December 13th. What’s Wold Newton Day, you ask? Well, it’s the day a meteorite struck outside the village of Wold Newton, England, …

Greg Hatcher, Science Fiction

Two-Fisted Historians

By Greg Hatcher December 6, 2016 February 4, 2017 itemprop="discussionURL"14

Tough, two-fisted historians guarding the timeline is one of my favorite things. Here’s a quick rundown on some of them, including the brand-new one from NBC that might be the best version ever.

Greg Hatcher, Mystery and Mayhem

Doc Savage and Me

By Greg Hatcher November 29, 2016 February 4, 2017 itemprop="discussionURL"8

So Dave Smith wanted to know about me and Doc Savage, and I answered him. A column’s worth of answers, it turns out.

Greg Hatcher, Rummaging & Ruminating

Hatcher’s Junk Drawer #1

By Greg Hatcher November 22, 2016 September 17, 2017 itemprop="discussionURL"6

Every so often I’ll be doing a roundup like this. Bits of this and that. Not a column so much as a few column-ettes. This time it’s a couple of cool books people sent me, some scattered thoughts on The Twlight Zone and its imitators, and checking in with everyone’s favorite giant gorilla.

Greg Hatcher, Movies, Mystery and Mayhem, Obituaries

So Long, Mr. Solo

By Greg Hatcher November 14, 2016 November 12, 2017 itemprop="discussionURL"14

Yes, of course Robert Vaughn was Napoleon Solo, the man from UNCLE. But he was also badass private op Harry Rule, cunning con artist Albert Stroller, the last of the Magnificent Seven, and so much more.

Greg Hatcher, Mystery and Mayhem

The Forgotten 007

By Greg Hatcher November 8, 2016 February 4, 2017 itemprop="discussionURL"53

BECAUSE YOU DEMANDED IT! Well, one of you, anyway. Last week a reader challenged me to write about the most underrated James Bond film. So here it is. Plus a bunch of ancillary commentary about the 007 phenomenon in general.

Greg Hatcher, Science Fiction

On the Run in 1970s Post-Apocalypse Southern California

By Greg Hatcher November 1, 2016 February 4, 2017 itemprop="discussionURL"22

So… WHY exactly were there so many silver motor homes tooling around in the post-apocalyptic hellscape of southern California ranch country in the 1970s, anyway?