A complete issue · 156 pages · 1928
Detective Fiction Weekly, July 7, 1928
A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1928 — all 156 pages of painted-cover fiction magazines that launched science fiction, horror, and hardboiled crime, free to page through at ComicBooks.com.
A complete issue · 156 pages · 1928
This issue features three serials spanning multiple installments: "The Crime Crew" by Wyndham Martyn (Part 1 of 6), concerning two master minds battling for riches; "The Blue Chrysanthemum" by Peter Perry (Part 3 of 5), in which a flower leads to murder; and "The Strange Voyage of the Albatross." Novelettes and short stories include "The Clock Told" by Jobby Gedern, a novelette about confessing a crime; "When Dips Fall Out" by Thomas Topham, described as funny but not for the criminals involved; "Too Plausible" by Joseph W. Barry, about a perfect crime gone awry; and a story featuring a holdup. True Stories section includes "Guillotined" by Robert W. Sneddon on five guilty and two innocent heads; "A Sinner At Seventy" by Alison Murphy concerning two murders for five hundred dollars; and "The Water Cure" by Robert Hoat. Features include "Character Revealed In Your Handwriting" by John Fraser and coverage of Detroit Patrolman Guyot W. Craig.
Each page has its own page — the cartoon, who’s in it, and what the satire means.