A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1889 — all 32 pages of painted-cover fiction magazines that launched science fiction, horror, and hardboiled crime, free to page through at ComicBooks.com.

Home › Exhibition › Pulp Fiction › Read

A complete issue · 32 pages · 1889

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553

1889 · Free to read

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 2 of 32 — 2 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 3 of 32 — 3 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 4 of 32 — 4 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 5 of 32 — 5 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 6 of 32 — 6 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 7 of 32 — 7 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 8 of 32 — 8 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 9 of 32 — 9 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 10 of 32 — 10 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 11 of 32 — 11 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 12 of 32 — 12 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 13 of 32 — 13 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 14 of 32 — 14 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 15 of 32 — 15 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 16 of 32 — 16 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 17 of 32 — 17 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 18 of 32 — 18 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 19 of 32 — 19 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 20 of 32 — 20 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 21 of 32 — 21 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 22 of 32 — 22 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 23 of 32 — 23 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 24 of 32 — 24 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 25 of 32 — 25 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 26 of 32 — 26 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 27 of 32 — 27 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 28 of 32 — 28 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 29 of 32 — 29 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 30 of 32 — 30 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 31 of 32 — 31 / 32

Beadle's New York Dime Library, No. 553 — page 32 of 32 — 32 / 32

About this issue

This serial installment opens a mystery involving Lola Rutledge, a beautiful young woman imprisoned and condemned to hang for her husband Peter's murder. Convicted on circumstantial evidence—she was found holding a bloodstained knife as her dying husband said "She can tell you"—Lola maintains her innocence privately while accepting her legal fate with stoic dignity. Captain Ezra Vail, a wealthy childhood acquaintance, visits offering escape and financial aid in exchange for marriage; she refuses violently. Her sister Ethel then arrives veiled, having recovered from brain-fever caused by the trial's shock. Ethel believes Lola innocent and reveals her husband Captain Monte (away at sea) instructed her to save Lola or comfort her final hours. The sisters agree that Ethel and Roland will raise Lola's hidden children as their own, concealing the children's parentage and their mother's execution. Lola provides a sealed confession and will to her sister as executors.

Browse this issue page by page

Each page has its own page — the cartoon, who’s in it, and what the satire means.