I'll pound you to a "Pulp" if you don't show off yours! 23 23

[Knightsofold]

3 hours ago, N e r V said:

 

You guys are talking about the October 1912 Tarzán cover, correct? Not the actual All Story 1?

 

 

I meant the All-October All-Story Tarzan cover like you said.  That 1 is a mistake.

[RedFury]

6 hours ago, Knightsofold said:

I meant the All-October All-Story Tarzan cover like you said.  That 1 is a mistake.

Hey, I do have that 1st issue.  But I wish I had the Tarzan one!  

[Knightsofold]

What number is the 1st Tarzan one?

[RedFury]

3 hours ago, Knightsofold said:

What number is the 1st Tarzan one?

Vol 24 No 2, Oct 1912.  It's the 94th issue in the series.

[Dreamtoreal1]

my first Pulp!  #beauty

[OtherEric]

1 hour ago, Dreamtoreal1 said:

my first Pulp!  #beauty

I bet it won’t be your last, they’re addictive once you get your first taste!

[Robot Man]

2 hours ago, Dreamtoreal1 said:

my first Pulp!  #beauty

Great cover Pablo! Hopefully, you don't start buying pulps too.  

[RedFury]

12 hours ago, Dreamtoreal1 said:

my first Pulp!  #beauty

A cool skeleton cover and a Bloch story?  What's not to love!  
I started out buying one pulp, too...

[OtherEric]

A couple very different pickups tonight.  First, an issue of Operator #5.  This is actually the last issue before the famous "Purple Invasion" storyline starts.  38 down, 10 to go.  I'll get there before too much longer.

[Scrooge]

4 minutes ago, OtherEric said:

38 down, 10 to go.  I'll get there before too much longer.

Group shot when you get close. Do you have all issues for the Purple Invasion already?

[OtherEric]

Next, the October 1939 issue of Weird Tales.  Kenneth Sterling certainly got his name big on the cover for somebody's first and only fiction sale; his coauthor probably had a lot to do with that.  He actually wound up being a prominent doctor doing research into thyroid conditions; his Wikipedia page mentions the story but mostly covers his medical career.  This one also has a reprint of Howard's "Worms of the Earth".

[OtherEric]

1 minute ago, Scrooge said:

Group shot when you get close. Do you have all issues for the Purple Invasion already?

I do; although a few need upgrading even by my low standards.  I had posted all the Purple Invasion issues prior to the Photobucket fiasco.  I actually now have the entire second half of the run; all my missing issues range from 8-24 (v2 n4 to v6 n4).

[RedFury]

8 hours ago, OtherEric said:

I do; although a few need upgrading even by my low standards.  I had posted all the Purple Invasion issues prior to the Photobucket fiasco.  I actually now have the entire second half of the run; all my missing issues range from 8-24 (v2 n4 to v6 n4).

I have 8 issues of Operator #5, including 4 from the Purple Invasion series.  I just pick one up every once in a while.  

I haven't read the Purple Invasion series, but it looks fun.  I did read the very first issue of the series, and I liked it.  Jimmy Christopher seemed to be a bit of a forerunner of James Bond.

[OtherEric]

4 hours ago, RedFury said:

I have 8 issues of Operator #5, including 4 from the Purple Invasion series.  I just pick one up every once in a while.  

I haven't read the Purple Invasion series, but it looks fun.  I did read the very first issue of the series, and I liked it.  Jimmy Christopher seemed to be a bit of a forerunner of James Bond.

The Purple Invasion is a LOT of fun, but it's one of those creative works where it manages to be great without necessarily being good on the way.  I still love it.

You're not wrong on the Bond  vibe, either.  Although nobody who hasn't seen the issue would believe it when the main character introduces himself as "Christopher.  James Christopher." decades before Bond first appeared .

Edited May 1, 2018 by OtherEric

[N e r V]

This photo caught my attention recently since I was trying to see how many of the books out at this time (around November 1938) I had. Not many comics to see since Superman was only about 6 months old and Batman was about 6 months away but look at them pulps!

Really cool to see how the pulps at that time were side by side with every other magazine of the era but that would start to change in a few years as the comics began to push for more space on newsstands.

 

 

 

 

[RedFury]

7 hours ago, N e r V said:

This photo caught my attention recently since I was trying to see how many of the books out at this time (around November 1938) I had. Not many comics to see since Superman was only about 6 months old and Batman was about 6 months away but look at them pulps!

Really cool to see how the pulps at that time were side by side with every other magazine of the era but that would start to change in a few years as the comics began to push for more space on newsstands.

 

 

 

 

Amazing photo.  Here's a couple I spotted that I have copies of:

Startling Stories, Jan 1939 (#1) (middle, 4th row from top)

Golden Fleece, Dec 1938 (#3) (middle left)

I also see the Dec 1938 Weird Tales on the right edge, but I don't have a scan of my copy handy.

Also, the Argosy that's peeking out on the left edge appears to be the Nov 19 1938 issue.

[N e r V]

I spotted this one too.

 

 

The boards here shrink the picture picture but the site I pulled it from allows you to enlarge the picture better to see what the actual issues might be.

 

http://www.shorpy.com/node/22330?size=_original

 

Edited May 2, 2018 by N e r V

[Scrooge]

Here are others from this shot / month I have -

[N e r V]

If I had to judge the market based on that newsstands selection I would guess in 1938 people were mostly interested in westerns,detective,science fiction and movie magazines. Sports somewhat too.

 

[Scrooge]

You're over-representing Science-Fiction in your count.

Without counting bi-weekly and weekly series or Quarterlies differently, just the titles, in that month, there were 149 different pulp titles published. Only 4 were Science-Fiction: Amazing, Astounding, Marvel Science Stories and Thrilling Wonder Stories. That's it.

The actual breakdown of the market at that time period is:

 

Genre	#	%
Western	35	24%
Detective	34	23%
Romance	19	13%
Sports	18	12%
Adventure	17	12%
Aviation	10	7%
Mystery	8	6%
Miscellaneous	4	3%
Science-Fiction	4	3%

So, Western and Detective ruled the roost as seen in the photo.

 

Edited May 2, 2018 by Scrooge