Robert Sampson

Robert Sampson was an American writer and pulp-fiction scholar whose best-known work is the multi-volume Yesterday's Faces, a detailed study of recurring characters from the early pulp magazines. Search results also show related books including The Night Master, Spider, and Deadly Excitements, along with short fiction published in magazines and anthologies.

A memorial listing in Pulp Vault identifies him as "Robert Sampson: 1928–1992," which suggests the dates sometimes attached to him may vary by source. Based on the material I could confirm here, he was active as both a researcher and a storyteller, and he is remembered warmly within pulp and genre-reading circles for his knowledge, generosity, and love of popular fiction.

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