A complete issue · 3 pages · 1909
Munsey's Magazine, Volume XLIII
A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1909 — 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
This volume index documents a 1910 periodical containing diverse nonfiction articles and fiction. The nonfiction spans biography (Julia Ward Howe, Kit Carson, Thomas Edison), history (Revolutionary War sites, famous historical romances including Abelard and Heloise, the Ruskins, and Catherine and Potemkin), and contemporary topics (automobile industry growth, Bible sales methods, the German chancellorship, Wall Street activities). Articles by contributors including Walter Prichard Eaton, Isaac Marcosson, and Arthur B. Reeve address business conditions, social issues, and cultural matters. The fiction includes approximately eighty short stories by authors such as O. Henry, Temple Bailey, Edward Boltwood, and Montague Glass, ranging from comedy to adventure. Serial installments include "A Fight for Life" by James Oliver Curwood and "The Pursuit" by Frank Savile. Regular departments feature light verse and theatrical criticism.
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Each page has its own page — the cartoon, who’s in it, and what the satire means.