Hero & Adventure Pulps

The following pages contain covers, many from my own collection, and short informative pieces on the artists and writers. Clicking on the thumbnail pictures reveals larger images.
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doc_sav1.jpg (72769 bytes)Doc Savage, Vol. XXII, No. 3, Nov., 1943. Monthly publication by Street & Smith Publications, New York. Doc Savage "book-length novel," The Secret of the Su, by Kenneth Robeson. Cover by Modest Stein. After the success of The Shadow, Street & Smith came out with Doc Savage, The Man of Bronze, which came out one month after Standard Magazine's The Phantom Detective.
fantsct1.jpg (74687 bytes)Fantastic Adventures, Vol. 10, No. 8, Aug., 1948. Published monthly by Ziff-Davis, Chicago. Cover by Walter Haskell Hinton.
Adventr.jpg (109425 bytes)Adventure, Vol. LIX, No. 3, August 23, 1926. The Ridgeway Company, New York. Published twice a month. Early travel and adventure pulp. Beautiful cover, but uncredited. One of the earliest, longest running, and best of the pulps.
Widewrld.jpg (156451 bytes)The Wide World Magazine, Vol. LX, No. 358, February, 1928. Stamp on page 3 shows magazine sold by Regal Stationers, 3107 16th Street, San Francisco. Not quite a true pulp magazine. Pulp size and format, but with slick paper. Stories considered true, but more than likely fiction based on true stories.
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