PULP MAGAZINES....Monsters...Murder....Mystery!

[ChrisW]

I know this thread is more concerned with the pulp magazines from the 30s and 40s, but if you like men's adventure magazines, pick up a copy of... "Men's Adventure Magazines"! Published by TASCHEN,  it has a slew of cover images of magazines from the Rich Oberg collection. It is a heavy, thick book, chock full of illustrations. In fact, you can't take it in one, or even a few sittings. After a while I got tired of the "women in peril" images, and the "men in peril", and the "soldier in peril", and the...

Interesting, albiet limited text. Also interesting is that it's printed in English, German and French.

Very good reference book, highly recommended.

BTW, a pretty good book is "Pulp Art" by Robert Lesser. I've seen it in reduced price areas of book stores.

HepCat, I went through the thread and saw you mentioned the "Men's Adventure" book back in 2011! Funny tho, that the cover you display is different than the one that I have.

Also wanted to mention that I'm a big fan of Edd Cartier.

[bigbud]

Now that is one scary cover!

Oh...another of those Bud stories via this cover.....I was talking to a friend about water skiing on one of our Kansas lakes. He said he had been out many times on this one particular lake and had a great time. Then he mentioned the time one of the party he was in let go of the tow rope and came to a stop in the middle of a school of water moccasins (rather deadly snakes). I asked him what happened? he told me the guy died, but the chances of something like that happening are so very small that he didn't consider it to be a consideration. I don't ski Kansas.........

[Mike Scott]

I love "Pulp Art" and this "Men's Adventure" book looks like another good one. Thanks, Chris!

[bigbud]

Doc Savage #1, 1933.....with Walter Baumhofer's sig. on title page.......

[Hepcat]

HepCat, I went through the thread and saw you mentioned the "Men's Adventure" book back in 2011! Funny tho, that the cover you display is different than the one that I have.

I believe that it's the same book, but with a new and different cover. Here's the original cover again:

[bigbud]

Wow... both those covers are pretty gruesome! Ha!

[bigbud]

Here's a detective title that lasted only two issues in 1941. The stories were said to be sluggish and written by several different writers. The title then became The Red Hood Detective Stories and lasted only one issue as such.....

[Wicked Lester]

I have the reprint of that. Hearing the stories are sluggish makes me think Ebay here we come.

[ChrisW]

Not a bad book. It contains a number of new and reprint articles about the history of the pulps and their authors.
The cover shown was done for this book. The back cover is the iconic image of the Shadow as a skeletal figure reaching out from parted curtains.

[Mike Scott]

The back cover is the iconic image of the Shadow as a skeletal figure reaching out from parted curtains.

One of my fave Shadow covers!

[ChrisW]

Yup, that's the one!

[bigbud]

ChrisW...Scott, I agree with ya! That is one of the best Shadow covers ever!

[bigbud]

To me, The Black Hush cover is pretty much my favorite. Dig the Shadow Club ink stamp on his cheek....

[Mike Scott]

To me, The Black Hush cover is pretty much my favorite.

Great close-up image!

[bigbud]

Ladies in distress make for great pulp covers too! The whole French Foreign Legion want this gal back! Ha!