A complete issue · 89 pages · 1976
Selección Terror: Algo Horrible en la Ciénaga
A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1976 — all 89 pages of painted-cover fiction magazines that launched science fiction, horror, and hardboiled crime, free to page through at ComicBooks.com.
A complete issue · 89 pages · 1976
"Something Horrible in the Swamp" by Clark Carrados is a crime narrative in two parts. The opening section depicts eight victims of a con artist, Allan Raddison, who has defrauded them of substantial sums (ranging from twelve to twenty thousand pounds over five years). They convene at Hendon Cottage as judge and jury, armed with revolvers. Raddison claims immortality, but they execute him with eight bullets. The conspirators dispose of his body in the nearby swamp and clean the crime scene, agreeing to maintain silence. The second section introduces Hugo Droxton, an applicant for a butler-chauffeur position with Sylvia Forrester in London. Droxton charms both Sylvia and her housekeeper Mrs. Sloan, securing employment at twelve pounds weekly. Sylvia then reveals her secret identity as H. K. Pennicut, an author of detective and suspense novels. She receives news that her work "The Devotee of Death" has been purchased for film adaptation and instructs Droxton to post her acceptance letter.
Each page has its own page — the cartoon, who’s in it, and what the satire means.