A complete issue · 148 pages · 1927
Weird Tales, Vol. IX No. 6
A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1927 — all 148 pages of painted-cover fiction magazines that launched science fiction, horror, and hardboiled crime, free to page through at ComicBooks.com.
A complete issue · 148 pages · 1927
This June 1927 issue of Weird Tales (Vol. IX, No. 6) contains fiction spanning supernatural, scientific, and adventure genres. Featured stories include "A Suitor From the Shades" by Greye La Spina, a ghost-story about a deceased lover; "The Dark Chrysalis" (Part 1) by Eli Colter, a three-part serial about microbe-hunters combating cancer; "The Fourth Dimension" by Charles Ford, a brief ghost-story involving an overturned canoe; and "The Arctic Death" by Wilford Allen, concerning a lethal cold spreading from the North. Additional content includes "Out of the Grave" by Eldridge Morton featuring Dr. Rocusek's vengeful plan, "The Left Eye" by Henry S. Whitehead about crime and giant spiders, and "The Choking of Allison Grey" by Guy Pain set among Mandingo peoples. The issue concludes the serial "Explorers Into Infinity" by Ray Cummings, depicting a space voyage. Also included are verse, an article on historical sorcerers, and Ivan Turgenieff's "The Song of Triumphant Love."
Each page has its own page — the cartoon, who’s in it, and what the satire means.