A complete issue · 178 pages · 1902
Munsey's Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 5
A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1902 — all 178 pages of painted-cover fiction magazines that launched science fiction, horror, and hardboiled crime, free to page through at ComicBooks.com.
A complete issue · 178 pages · 1902
This issue of Munsey's Magazine contains serialized and short fiction alongside illustrated nonfiction articles. The leading serial is "The Gold Wolf" by Max Pemberton (chapters VII-X), continuing a narrative about unspecified intrigue. Other serials include "John Burt" by Frederick Upham Adams (chapters X-XIII). Short stories include "Over Sunday" by Juliet Wilbor Tompkins, "Sonora Slim's Señorita" by Rothwell Brown, "A Musical Interlude" by Grace MacGowan Cooke, and "An Interrupted Rest Cure" by L. M. Burns. The magazine also features illustrated articles on contemporary subjects: "Country Life in England" by Lady Colin Campbell discussing English country house society and hospitality customs; "The New Photography" by Charles H. Caffin; "The Moros in Peace and War" by Oscar K. Davis; and "The Making of a Popular Song" by Gilbert Tompkins. Additional pieces include essays on whipping posts and mountain sanitariums, poetry, and editorial columns on libraries and theatrical criticism.
Each page has its own page — the cartoon, who’s in it, and what the satire means.