This index page catalogs the contents of Munsey's Magazine Volume 56, listing special articles on timely subjects—woman suffrage, naval innovation, wartime technology—alongside complete novels and serialized fiction. Munsey's, founded in 1889, pioneered the pulp magazine format: cheap wood-pulp paper, mass circulation, and illustrated stories across adventure, mystery, and speculative fiction. By 1915, the magazine had established itself as a primary venue for both established and emerging writers, distributing genre narratives to millions of American readers and establishing conventions that comic books would later adopt: dramatic cover art, serialized storytelling, and genre-specific appeal.
About this artifact
- Date
- October 1915–January 1916
- Rights
- Public domain — free to view, share, and reuse.
- Restoration
- Digitally restored and hosted by comicbooks.com.
Part of our mission to preserve and restore the public-domain heritage of the medium.