Pulp Fiction, 1943 · page 27 of 100
12 Sports Aces, May 1943 — page 27: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a story page from a pulp magazine featuring the opening of "Miles for Sale" by Richard Brister. The page includes a dramatic illustration of runners competing in a race, with the lead runner breaking through a finish line tape. The text introduces Larry Hanlon, a former track champion turned salesman, who is preparing for an attempt at a world mile record. A sports writer named Jim Keenan encounters him and notices suspicious equipment—earplugs and other items—suggesting Larry may be taking questionable measures to achieve his athletic goal.
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Larry Hanlon had been a track champion before he was a salesman. But in order to win that world mile record, Larry had te pay a high vrice for those... . : Mules for Sale By Richard Brister in a neat pile before him—spikes, adhesive, earplugs, a towel] for a muffler. He was pulling white wool socks on his feet when a shadow fell on him. He fooked up and recognized Jim Kee- iz WAS almost time. Everything lay nan, the syndicated sports writer, in the doorway. Keenan’s quick eyes had found the earplugs already. “Looks like you might be going swimming, Larry.” “Yeah,” Larry said. Gomichbooks