A complete issue · 150 pages · 1928
Argosy All-Story Weekly, July 7, 1928
A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1928 — all 150 pages of painted-cover fiction magazines that launched science fiction, horror, and hardboiled crime, free to page through at ComicBooks.com.
A complete issue · 150 pages · 1928
This July 7, 1928 issue of Argosy All-Story Weekly contains multiple serials and complete stories in the adventure and crime genres. Featured serials include Donald Bayne Hobart's "Two-Gun Magic" (a Western about gunslinging), Fred MacIsaac's "World Brigands" (a speculative political thriller set in 1940 depicting European conflict with the United States), and Edgar Franklin's "Now We're Rich" (a family drama). Garret Smith's complete novelette "You've Killed Privacy!" centers on Edison Ward, the shy son of a famous radio inventor, who faces assassination attempts after the public mocking of his father's new televisor technology for broadcasting moving pictures. Other complete stories include "Fair Exchange" (banking), "Fifteen Minutes of Fate" (swamp gambling), and "Ask Him Another" (circus/journalism). Non-fiction features cover Attila, wild horses, and playing card history.
Each page has its own page — the cartoon, who’s in it, and what the satire means.