A complete issue · 100 pages · 1881
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A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1881 — 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 · 1881
This dime novel by Mrs. M. V. Victor depicts a frontier murder trial in Bourbon County, Kentucky. Young William Wood, son of a Methodist minister, faces execution for allegedly stealing valuable gray carriage horses from Squire Ringgold. Evidence against him includes testimony from Dan Smith, a merchant trader who witnessed suspicious activity near the stable, and Squire Ringgold's account of the unlocked stable and Wood's nighttime absence. Wood claims he was raccoon hunting and that his stable key was stolen from his jacket. Sallie Ringgold, the squire's daughter and schoolteacher, testifies reluctantly but declares her belief in Wood's innocence. The hostile crowd of settlers, desperate to eliminate horse-theft gangs plaguing the region, appears determined to convict. A tall stranger in hunter's costume observes the proceedings. An execution rope hangs visibly outside the courthouse as the jury deliberates.
Each page has its own page — the cartoon, who’s in it, and what the satire means.