The Cavalier, January 1910

This contents page from The Cavalier showcases the pulp magazine's characteristic mix of serial adventures and short fiction. Published monthly by Frank A. Munsey Company at ten cents per copy, the magazine offered readers six ongoing serials—including The Red Emperor by Bannister Merwin and Knights of the Caribbean by Stephen Chalmers—alongside standalone stories and a complete novel. The typography signals the era's popular fiction: tales of exotic locales, mysterious plots, and daring protagonists. By 1910, such wood-pulp monthlies had become America's dominant form of commercial storytelling, establishing narrative formulas and genre conventions—adventure, mystery, science fiction—that would directly influence the comic book industry emerging two decades later.