A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1881 — all 16 pages of painted-cover fiction magazines that launched science fiction, horror, and hardboiled crime, free to page through at ComicBooks.com.

Home › Exhibition › Pulp Fiction › Read

A complete issue · 16 pages · 1881

Beadle's Half Dime Library No. 215

1881 · Free to read

Beadle's Half Dime Library No. 215 — page 2 of 16 — 2 / 16

Beadle's Half Dime Library No. 215 — page 3 of 16 — 3 / 16

Beadle's Half Dime Library No. 215 — page 4 of 16 — 4 / 16

Beadle's Half Dime Library No. 215 — page 5 of 16 — 5 / 16

Beadle's Half Dime Library No. 215 — page 6 of 16 — 6 / 16

Beadle's Half Dime Library No. 215 — page 7 of 16 — 7 / 16

Beadle's Half Dime Library No. 215 — page 8 of 16 — 8 / 16

Beadle's Half Dime Library No. 215 — page 9 of 16 — 9 / 16

Beadle's Half Dime Library No. 215 — page 10 of 16 — 10 / 16

Beadle's Half Dime Library No. 215 — page 11 of 16 — 11 / 16

Beadle's Half Dime Library No. 215 — page 12 of 16 — 12 / 16

Beadle's Half Dime Library No. 215 — page 13 of 16 — 13 / 16

Beadle's Half Dime Library No. 215 — page 14 of 16 — 14 / 16

Beadle's Half Dime Library No. 215 — page 15 of 16 — 15 / 16

Beadle's Half Dime Library No. 215 — page 16 of 16 — 16 / 16

About this issue

Captain Bullet, the Raider King; or, Little Topknot's Crusade by T. C. Harbaugh is a Western adventure serial set in Silver Valley, south of Arkansas. Two hardened raiders, Captain Bullet and his partner Texas, plot to steal a prized white stallion named White Lightning from rancher Bodine. When they seize the horse, Bodine's daughter Bessie pursues them on horseback. She shoots Texas from his saddle but loses ground when a massive buffalo herd, pursued by Comanche hunters, stampedes across the valley. Captain Bullet escapes toward the hills while Bessie must flee for her life as the thundering herd bears down on her. The serial combines horse-theft intrigue with frontier action and peril.

Browse this issue page by page

Each page has its own page — the cartoon, who’s in it, and what the satire means.