Begun in 1910 as a way for publisher Ridgway to tap into a new market, it specialized in stories of danger and thrills. At this time other pulp and popular magazines contained a wide variety of stories ranging from danger to romance (even when these are not the same thing). Its creation was a logical response to the success of pulps like ARGOSY, which by 1910 were selling hundreds of thousands of copies of each issue; but the focus on adventure was something new. It survived, in one form or...
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ROMANCE specialized in romance and love stories set among exotic and distant lands, in historical settings, and in the face of danger and adventure. This was the second pulp magazine published by Ridgway, a company which had been successful first with EVERYBODY'S MAGAZINE, a mass-market title printed on quality paper and aimed at both men and women, and secondly with ADVENTURE, a purely pulp magazine aimed primarily at men. It debuted in November 1919, and at first published mostly fiction in...
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More action and adventure! Fiction House's ACTION NOVELS published 25 issues in the period 1928-33. It was revived as a quarterly as ALL-ADVENTURE ACTION NOVELS in 1937, but only actually published one issue each in 1937, 1938 and 1939, before disappearing for good. Source: AHGTTP.
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In the beginning, SHORT STORIES was a small magazine that published literary short stories, often translated from other languages. By the 1914 it had become a pulp magazine, generally featuring an action scene on its cover. A SHORT STORIES cover from its glory days is immediately recognizable from the iconic red sun that from 1917 was always found in the background. For many years it published two issues a month, but went to monthly publication with the April, 1949 issue. In the 1950's it...
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Adventure in the Orient! A continuation of ORIENTAL STORIES, there were five issues published quarterly 1933-4. A rare and valued pulp.
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Skull and artifacts from a Mayan tomb. Artist: Source: eBay seller ThomasC at American Art Archives, which also has its own wonderful website about American illustrators
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Soldier in light armor pulling his sword out of its scabbard at a threat in a tavern. Artist: Source: Film and pulp collector Ed Hulse Restoration by: magscanner
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Tough fighter is about to hit you out of the field, never mind the lei and the flower behind his right ear. Artist: Hubert Rogers Source: eBay seller mybckpages Restoration by: magscanner
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Serious-looking western gunman is "Hard to Kill." Artist: Source: A pulp collector Restoration by: magscanner
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Algerian Bedouin fighter in robes with gun and camel. "They March From Yesterday," by Georges Surdez. [Foreign legion] Artist: Howard V. Brown Source: Mr. Door Tree Restoration by: magscanner
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Vultures fly in overhead, circling around you, and it's a good bet you're in trouble somehow. Content: stories by J. D. Newsom, Alan LeMay, Gordon young, Hugh Pendexter, George E. holt, and Henry LaCossitt. Artist: Source: Tak Restoration by: magscanner
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Up in the Arctic, the sled dogs are fighting with each other, and with the explorer, who is defending himself with a knife as one dog takes a bite out of his arm. Artist: Source: matthew42383 Restoration by:
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Walt Coburn, "Guns of the Dawn Rider," Ted Roscoe, "Satan's Queen,", and Gene Cunningham, "The Red Rustler's Brand". Artist: Norman Saunders Source: Photographer PopKulture Restoration by: magscanner
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Sailor taking a shrunken head turns to fire his automatic pistol at someone who has just shot an arrow at him (missing him). Stories about the South Seas, wartime Germany, medieval France, and the frontier west. Artist: Rafael De Soto Source: Penny Round Restoration by: magscanner
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Man with gun on woman as they stand at the prow of a boat. Hitler is Alive! Artist: Source: eBay seller ThomasC at American Art Archives, which also has its own wonderful website about American illustrators
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Pirates coming up over the gunwales of your ship, and heading right for you; not with pleasant intentions. "The Sea Plunderers," by Barry Fleming. Artist: Ray Dean Source: Mr. Door Tree Restoration by: magscanner
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A lot of adventurers examining the globe for their next exploit. That same chin. Medieval knight, Viking, Puritan, Pirate, Conquistador, all adventure. Canadian edition. Artist: Hubert Rogers Source: Ross L. Dobbin estate
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A Yankees player who looks a lot like Babe Ruth is about to become "The Flying Pitcher." Artist: Source: A pulp collector Restoration by: magscanner
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A couple of tough guys and a sailing ship. Pirates? Corsairs? "The Bloody Decks of Every," by H. Bedford-Jones. Artist: Source: Mr. Door Tree Restoration by: magscanner
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White hunter turns to look over his left shoulder, as his black gunbearer shouts and waves his hand at something surprising. Content: "Shadow of the Python," by Robert Simpson, and items by H. Bedford-Jones, f. R. Buckley, Negley Farson, General de Nogales, Ared White, S. B. H. Hurst, Reginald Campbell, and Captain Frederick Moore. Artist: Hubert Rogers Source: Tom Johnson Restoration by: magscanner
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Latin, maybe Mexican, man lights a cigarette while standing near a wall with a wanted poster. Content: stories by Talbot Mundy, Georges Surdez, W. C. Tuttle, Charles L. Clifford, and L. Patrick Greene. Artist: Source: Tak Restoration by: magscanner
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Man in pith helmet and with red bandanna around his neck holds an automatic pistol in his right hand as he looks around at his left. Contant: stories by Arthur O. Friel, H. Bedford-Jones, L. Patrick Greene, R. R. Buckley, R. V. Gery, and Hugh Pendexter. Artist: Hubert Rogers Source: Tak Restoration by: magscanner
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Adventure, the pulp magazine, first issue: November, 1910. Doug Ellis, the owner of the original art for this issue, paid to have the painting restored professionally, and the restorers have written a detailed article about the process .
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Artist: Walter Baumhofer Source: eBay seller ThomasC at American Art Archives, which also has its own wonderful website about American illustrators
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Oriental assassin seems to have dipped his knife in something green from the box, probably poison. "The War Lord of Darkness," by Erle Stanley Gardner. Artist: Walter M. Baumhofer Source: Mr. Door Tree Restoration by: magscanner
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Beautiful slave girl being bid on or wager over by what look like Arab slavers or shieks. Artist: Margaret Brundage Source: Heritage Auction Galleries Restoration by: magscanner
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Incarnated spirit of Prester John. ADVENTURE is on its way! Artist: Source: Photographer PopKulture
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Artist: D. Franklin Source: The John Datson LaRue pulp collection Image Processing by: magscanner
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Devious Eastern gentleman about to make a fool of some silly Western guy. King Taotai by Charles Gilson. Artist: Charles Durant Source: Ross L. Dobbin estate
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Three-masted sailing ship skips rapidly across the sea. Artist: I. Nelson Wiloux [?] Source: eBay seller pulpdog57 Restoration by: magscanner
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Two guys battling it out with fists, standing in a small sailboat in a rough sea. They've got torn clothes and shirts with numbers on them, looking like escaped prisoners. "Spy Cargo," by Ared White, and "The Dark Gods Call," by Robrt Carse. With Col. George B. Rodney, and S. Omar Barker. Artist: Ray Dean Source: Mr. Door Tree Restoration by: magscanner
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Mysterious doings as a Chinese man looks away from where pigeons seem to be flocking around the hat and billy club of a policeman, who has apparently been making a telephone call: "The Haunted Pigeons," by Walter C. Brown -- a chinatown mystery novelette. Also, "Buck Summers Buys a Horse," by James B. Hendryx. Artist: Source: Tak Restoration by: magscanner
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