A complete issue · 116 pages · 1939
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A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1939 — all 116 pages of painted-cover fiction magazines that launched science fiction, horror, and hardboiled crime, free to page through at ComicBooks.com.
A complete issue · 116 pages · 1939
This detective and crime pulp contains eleven stories across multiple genres. Featured works include "The Morgue Is Full of Heroes" by James A. Kirch, following troubleshooter Steve Craig investigating a suicide scenario; "Bullet Bandwagon" by Harold F. Sorensen, where detective Keating confronts "the Big Timekeeper" at death; and "The Vengeance Broker" by Benton Greer, in which Krueger seeks cold cash despite hot circumstances. Additional stories include Stanley Crawford's "Disaster Snare," featuring investigator Hart; Poul Adams's "Plunder Deadline" about Eddie Foster's criminal success; S. J. Bailey's "Classroom Sleuth" involving student Johnny Cushing; and "The Corpse Clue" by Grant Mesón, wherein Dr. Kettle uses a poker game to break an alibi. The issue also contains stories by Leon Dupont, Charles Q. Evans, Eric Lennox, and Ronald Flagg, featuring themes of theft, prison breaks, and murder.
Each page has its own page — the cartoon, who’s in it, and what the satire means.