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ADVENTURE YARNS.
Holyoke, MA: Columbia Publications, Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. The first of two issues published. Fiction by Zachary Strong (pseudonym for E. B. Mann), Cliff Campbell (pseudonym for Abner Sundell), two by Will Jenkins (with one as Murray Leinster), and others.
AMAZING STORIES.
Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1938. Octavo, single issue, cover by Henry F. Kroeger, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Robert Bloch, Ralph Milne Farley, and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 14-49].
ARGOSY.
New York: The Frank A. Munsey Company, 1938. Octavo, single issue, cover by Rudolph Belarski, pictorial wrappers. Pulp Magazine. Fiction by A. Merritt ("The Ship of Ishtar" part 5), Theodore Roscoe, Judson Philips (Judson Pentecost Philips wrote over 100 crime novels many using the pseudonym Hugh Pentecost), and others.
ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION.
New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue, cover painting by Howard V. Brown, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. The first published story by Lester Del Rey, "The Faithful." [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 60-103].
ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION.
New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue, cover painting by Charles Schneeman, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. First issue with the logo change with Astounding in block letters across the top of the magazine. Stories by L. Sprague De Camp, Manly Wade Wellman, Edmond Hamilton, Lester Del Rey and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 60-103].
ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION.
New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue, cover painting by Howard V. Brown, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. First issue with the logo change with Astounding in block letters across the top of the magazine. Stories by L. Sprague De Camp, Manly Wade Wellman, Edmond Hamilton, Lester Del Rey and others. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 60-103].
ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION.
New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue, cover painting by Howard V. Brown, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. The first sf story by L. Ron Hubbard, "The Dangerous Dimension" appears. Stories by Clifford Simak, Ross Rocklyne, Ray Cummings, Raymond Z. Gallun, conclusion of the serial novel The Legion of Time by Jack Williamson. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 60-103].
ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION.
New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue, cover by Howard V. Brown, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Clifford Simak, Harl Vincent, Malcolm Jameson, Nelson Bond, Ross Rocklyne, serial novels by Nat Schachner and L. Ron Hubbard ("The Tramp," p. 3). [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 60-103].
ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION.
New York: Street & Smith Publications, Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue, cover by Thomson, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Eric Frank Russell, Manly Wade Wellman. Part 1 of "The Tramp" by L. Ron Hubbard. [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 60-103].
THE RED STAR OF TARZAN [TARZAN AND THE FORBIDDEN CITY] in ARGOSY [complete in six issues].
New York: The Frank A. Munsey, Company, 1938. Octavo, six issues, cover illustration for the March 19 issue by Rudolph Belarski, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Complete six part serial "The Red Star of Tarzan." The editor had this serial re-written and expanded by Ben Nelson and Burroughs Mitchell. The novel, published in book form as TARZAN AND THE FORBIDDEN CITY, used Burroughs manuscript and not the serial version. Belarksi based his Tarzan cover painting on Johnny Weissmuller. [Reference: Zeuscher, Edgar Rice Burroughs: The Bibliography, pp. 341-342].
THE BLUE BOOK MAGAZINE.
Dayton, OH: McCall Corporation, 1938. Octavo, single issue, cover by Herbert Morton Stoops, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes the conclusion of "Tarzan and the Elephant Men."
BLACK MASK.
New York: Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Cornell Woolrich, "After Dinner Story," Dwight Babcock, Steve Fisher and others. [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazine, pp. 62-68].
SWEETHEART STORIES.
New York: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes part one (of four) of "Deserted!" by Cornell Woolrich. "...is historically important as Woolrich's first piece of fiction during his crime-writing period that approached the length of a novel, and to the student of his earlier work it's a fascinating mix of conventional romance ingredients with customary Woolrich plot flubs-and with material lifted bodily from two previous pulp suspense tales." - Nevins, Cornell Woolrich: First You Dream, Then You Die, p. 204. It does have crime elements (a woman marries a gangster), and has not been reprinted, which may be for the best.
CRIME BUSTERS.
New York: Street & Smith Publishers, Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue photo cover, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Stories by Maxwell Grant (Norgil), Lester Dent (Gadget Man), Theodore Tinsley, Frank Gruber, Norvell W. Page, Laurence Donovan, Steve Fisher, and Alan Hathway. [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 115-118].
CRIME BUSTERS.
New York: Street & Smith Publishers, Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue photo cover, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Stories by Maxwell Grant (Norgil), Lester Dent (Gadget Man), Theodore Tinsley, Frank Gruber, Norvell W. Page, Laurence Donovan, Steve Fisher, and Alan Hathway. [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 115-118].
CRIME BUSTERS.
New York: Street & Smith Publishers, Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Stories by Maxwell Grant (Norgil), Lester Dent (Gadget Man), Theodore Tinsley (Carrie Cashin), Frank Gruber, Norvell W. Page, Wyatt Blassingame, Arthur J. Burks and Ned O'Doherty. [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 115-118].
CRIME BUSTERS.
New York: Street & Smith Publishers, Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue cover by Graves Gladney, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Stories by Kenneth Robeson (Lester Dent), Theodore Tinsley (Carrie Cashin), Maxwell Grant (Norgil), Mark Harper (pseudonym for Joseph T. "Cap" Shaw), Frank Gruber, Norvell W. Page and Laurence Donovan. [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 115-118].
FANTASY: A MAGAZINE OF THRILLING SCIENCE-FICTION. [3 issues, all published, bound volume].
London: Published by George Newnes Ltd., 1938-1939. Octavo, three issues, all covers by S. R. Drigin, pictorial wrappers bound in black boards with spine stamped in gold. Fantasy magazine was a combination of reprints and new materials as well as factual articles. Authors included John Beynon, John Russell Fearn, Eric Frank Russell and others. The magazine was canceled due to the war. "Fantasy 's lifetime was too short to make a value judgment on its position in SF, but there is not denying that Sprigg had considerable editorial acumen and that Fantasy would no doubt have developed into a major magazine" - Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 254-56.
FANTASY: A MAGAZINE OF THRILLING SCIENCE-FICTION. [3 issues, all published].
London: Published by George Newnes Ltd., 1938-1939. Octavo, three issues, all covers by S. R. Drigin, pictorial wrappers. Fantasy magazine was a combination of reprints and new materials as well as factual articles. Authors included John Beynon, John Russell Fearn, Eric Frank Russell and others. The magazine was canceled due to the war. "Fantasy 's lifetime was too short to make a value judgment on its position in SF, but there is not denying that Sprigg had considerable editorial acumen and that Fantasy would no doubt have developed into a major magazine" - Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 254-56.
G-8 and HIS BATTLE ACES.
Chicago, IL: Popular Publications, Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "The Bloody Wings of the Vampire." [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 253-255].
G-8 and HIS BATTLE ACES.
Chicago, IL: Popular Publications, Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue, cover by Frederick Blakeslee, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "Patrol of the Phantom." [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 253-255].
G-8 and HIS BATTLE ACES.
Chicago, IL: Popular Publications, Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue, cover by Frederick Blakeslee, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "The Flames of Hell." [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 253-255].
G-MEN.
New York: Better Publications, Inc., 1938. Octavo, single issue, cover by Richard Lyon, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. "T.N.T." by C.K.M. Scanlon. "The new G-Men magazine was probably the most popular pulp of those featuring federal agent crime stories and enjoyed a large following of devoted readers." - Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazine, pp. 263-264. [Reference: Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazine, pp. 263-264].
GOLDEN FLEECE.
Chicago: Sun Publications, 1938. Octavo, single issue, cover by Harold Delay, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by H. Bedford-Jones, E. Hoffman Price (2), Anthony Rud and others. [Reference: Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 319-320].
GOLDEN FLEECE. October, 1938 - June, 1939. Nine issues, all published.
Chicago: Sun Publications, 1938-1939. Octavo, all published, cover art by Harold Delay (1-6, 8) and M[argaret] Brundage (7 and 9), pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. A short lived magazine of mostly historical fiction. Authors published include: Talbot Mundy, H. Bedford-Jones, E. Hoffman Price, Clyde B. Clason, E.C. Vivian, Johnston McCulley, Murray Leinster and Robert E. Howard ("Black Vulmea's Revenge," 11/38 and "Gates of Empire," 1/39). A popular magazine which likely ceased due to distribution issues. [Reference: Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 319-320].