A complete issue · 193 pages · 1919
Munsey's Magazine, May 1919
A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1919 — all 193 pages of painted-cover fiction magazines that launched science fiction, horror, and hardboiled crime, free to page through at ComicBooks.com.
A complete issue · 193 pages · 1919
"Brokers in Adventure" by George Agnew Chamberlain This serial story, illustrated by Lee Conrey, presents a romance between Fifth Avenue finance and African big-game hunting. Charles Harlow, a successful maritime lawyer earning fifty thousand yearly, encounters his old college friend Flange Rordon, a hard-muscled adventurer recently returned from eight years exploring the world. Rordon criticizes Harlow's sedentary, money-driven existence and challenges him to abandon his dull routine. The encounter sets up tension for an adventure involving elephant hunting in Africa alongside a beautiful, spoiled society woman who insists on joining an expedition. Through witty dialogue and physical contrast—Rordon's muscular vitality versus Harlow's softened prosperity—Chamberlain explores themes of masculine purpose and escape from urban constraint.
Each page has its own page — the cartoon, who’s in it, and what the satire means.