A complete issue · 210 pages · 1928
Adventure Magazine Cover
A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1928 — all 210 pages of painted-cover fiction magazines that launched science fiction, horror, and hardboiled crime, free to page through at ComicBooks.com.
A complete issue · 210 pages · 1928
This issue of Adventure (Volume 65, Number 4) contains the serial "Texas Man" by William MacLeod Raine, an adventure narrative. The interior pages feature extensive advertising rather than additional fiction content visible in this OCR excerpt. Advertisements include educational and self-improvement offerings: drafting courses from The American School promising job placement and salary increases; Railway Postal Clerk positions through the Franklin Institute; a home-study program for draftsmen; and tailoring sales representation. Consumer product ads promote Bayer Aspirin, Forhan's toothpaste for gum health, Rexall Orderlies for constipation relief, Westclox pocket watches, and a nose-shaping device. A substantial multi-page advertisement promotes a ten-volume encyclopedia titled Woman, featuring historical accounts of famous and infamous women from antiquity through modern times, including Cleopatra, Jeanne d'Arc, and various courtesans and royalty.
Each page has its own page — the cartoon, who’s in it, and what the satire means.