Pulp Fiction, 1943 · page 43 of 100
12 Sports Aces, May 1943 — page 43: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Page Analysis This is an interior story illustration page from a pulp magazine, likely from the 1930s. The page contains three separate anecdotal vignettes presented in comic-strip format with illustrated panels and accompanying text. The top panel describes a 1934 air race finish transmitted via radio facsimile from England to Australia. The middle section features racing roosters on the West Coast that allegedly race without riders or mechanical devices. The bottom panel discusses the origins of ju-jitsu, with a character disputing Japanese invention and claiming Chinese monkeys practiced it centuries earlier. The page appears designed as entertainment trivia presented through illustrations and humorous dialogue.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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