A complete issue · 3 pages · 1902
Munsey's Magazine, Volume 28
A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1902 — all 3 pages of painted-cover fiction magazines that launched science fiction, horror, and hardboiled crime, free to page through at ComicBooks.com.
About this issue
Volume XXVIII of this periodical contains a mix of articles, serials, short stories, and poetry. Special articles cover historical and contemporary topics including architecture (Blenheim Palace, Manhattan evolution), institutions (Westminster Abbey, British Academy), and social commentary on matrimony, heraldry, and maritime commerce. Notable pieces address early American medicine, African princes, Russian czars, opera, and alpine climbing. Three serials run across multiple issues: John Oxenham's "Barbe of Grand Bayou" (340, 531, 691), Max Pemberton's "Gold Wolf" (54, 210, 403, 563), and Frederick Upham Adams's "John Burt" (183, 308, 468, 631, 791), plus Louise Kennedy Mabie's "True Love of Aaron Burr." Short stories cover domestic and adventure themes—tales of romance, inheritance disputes, and emotional dilemmas. Storiettes include frontier narratives ("Sheriff of Aioe"), romantic plots ("Love Story of an Ugly Girl"), and period pieces. Poetry contributors include established names like Edgar Fawcett and Grace MacGowan Cooke, addressing themes of love, nature, and philosophical reflection.
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