A complete issue · 266 pages · 1914
The Argosy, Vol. 76, No. 3
A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1914 — all 266 pages of painted-cover fiction magazines that launched science fiction, horror, and hardboiled crime, free to page through at ComicBooks.com.
A complete issue · 266 pages · 1914
Gold Grabbers by William Wallace Cook. Mining story wherein Lee Bremerton, impoverished prospector, accepts a $500/month offer from his former partner Silas Deane—now a wealthy mining magnate—to manage a declining Arizona mine near Phoenix. The property, previously profitable, has lost output and seen two superintendents shot. Deane claims a gang seeks to freeze him out and needs Bremerton's expertise to restore production and justify a half-million-dollar sale to a syndicate. Bremerton insists the operation remain honest. The narrative explores the contrasted fortunes of the two former blanket-mates: Deane prospered through questionable means while Bremerton's principles kept him poor. Despite reservation about previous superintendents' fates, Bremerton accepts, desperate for income.
Each page has its own page — the cartoon, who’s in it, and what the satire means.