Pulp Fiction, 1943 · page 98 of 100
12 Sports Aces, May 1943 — page 98: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Page Analysis This is page 96 of a pulp fiction magazine titled "12 Sports Aces." The page is divided between advertisements (left side) and story prose (right side). The visible story text depicts a scene between two characters, Buddy and Jimmy, after what appears to be a boxing match. Jimmy confesses to Buddy that he bet money on Buddy's fight at 10-to-1 odds using funds Buddy had asked him to recover from a bookie named Hollis. The passage explores their friendship and mutual sacrifice, with both having risked their finances on the outcome. The left side contains period advertisements for false teeth adhesive, vitamin supplements, mail-order clothing, dice and cards, and eyeglasses—typical of pulp magazine advertisements from this era.
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