A complete issue · 100 pages · 1955
2-Gun Western, May 1955
A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1955 — all 100 pages of painted-cover fiction magazines that launched science fiction, horror, and hardboiled crime, free to page through at ComicBooks.com.
A complete issue · 100 pages · 1955
This 1955 magazine compiles ten contemporary western stories and five reprinted "classics." Featured stories include "Manhunt" by Burt and Budd Arthur, in which Sheriff Hod Wilks quits his post and rides south seeking vengeance on an unnamed target; United States Marshal James Pearsall pursues him. "The Killer That Came" by Warren Kuhn depicts a gunman returning to settle matters involving a woman. Other stories by various authors feature typical pulp western conflicts: gun battles, cattle disputes, robberies, vigilante justice, and violent personal vendettas. The five reprinted anthology selections include works by Foster Harris, Gunnison Steele, John Lawson, Rod Patterson, and Kenneth Fowler. The issue also advertises a self-instruction mathematics textbook by J.E. Thompson, marketed toward readers seeking job advancement in mechanical and technical fields.
Each page has its own page — the cartoon, who’s in it, and what the satire means.