A woman in exotic costume—red headwrap, ornate vest, dark beads—gazes directly outward while holding prayer beads, a campfire glowing at her feet. Behind her, figures in period dress gather in shadow. The cover announces "A Gypsy Fantasy" by Paul Regard, titled "The Haunted Legacy." All-Story Weekly epitomized the pulp magazine business: ten-cent weeklies printed on wood pulp, their painted covers depicting adventure, romance, and the supernatural. These magazines established visual and narrative templates that would shape comic books for decades—the exotic locale, the mysterious woman, the promise of supernatural intrigue. Genre imagery and sensational typography competed for newsstand attention, selling stories of fantasy and otherness to mass audiences.
About this artifact
- Date
- Saturday, May 2 (early 20th century)
- Rights
- Public domain — free to view, share, and reuse.
- Restoration
- Digitally restored and hosted by comicbooks.com.
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