Munsey's Magazine, founded in 1889, pioneered the affordable pulp format that democratized fiction for American readers. By the 1920s, it published a mix of adventure, mystery, and romance across 128 pages for a dime. This index page catalogs the volume's contents—novels by established authors like Frank A. Munsey and Kenneth Perkins alongside short stories spanning genres from crime to comedy. The magazine's broad appeal and accessible price point established the market that would eventually nurture comic books, proving that serialized entertainment in cheaply-produced formats could sustain a vast readership and launch entire literary traditions.
About this artifact
- Date
- 1926
- Rights
- Public domain — free to view, share, and reuse.
- Restoration
- Digitally restored and hosted by comicbooks.com.
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