A complete issue · 192 pages · 1916
Munsey's Magazine, April 1916
A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1916 — all 192 pages of painted-cover fiction magazines that launched science fiction, horror, and hardboiled crime, free to page through at ComicBooks.com.
A complete issue · 192 pages · 1916
This issue contains a historical essay examining the origins and development of the English people and character, examining the successive waves of settlement and cultural influence that shaped Britain. The piece traces Anglo-Saxon settlement beginning with Hengist and Horsa's 449 A.D. landing in Kent, through subsequent Angle and Saxon migrations that populated the north and midlands, and into later Danish and Norman influences. The author emphasizes how England's geographical insularity combined with "progressive conservatism" produced distinctive national traits while absorbing external influences. The essay explores institutional roots of English liberty, noting how concepts of the "free-necked man" with participatory rights in local government predated later parliamentary structures. It details the contributions of early Celtic and Roman missionaries to Christianity's establishment, and examines the Norman Conquest's impact. The issue is heavily illustrated with architectural and historical landmarks including Parliament, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, Windsor Castle, and Stonehenge.
Each page has its own page — the cartoon, who’s in it, and what the satire means.