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Frank Reade Weekly Magazine
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Categories:Science Fiction | Adventure
Publication History:Issues: 96 |  Sequence: #1 - #96 |  Dates: -
Frank Reade, the 19th century's most popular science fiction hero helped lay the groundwork for modern science fiction. The stories began with "Frank Reade and His Steam Man of the Plains, or, The Terror of the West." Written by Harold Cohen under the pen name Harry Enton, as a knockoff of an earlier steam man story, it was serialized in Boys of New York magazine in 1876. That version of Frank Reade, who invented robots powered by steam, appeared in four serial stories.

He then became Frank Reade Sr. ("suddenly middle-aged," as Jess Nevins put it) and was supplanted by his brash young son, Frank Jr. The teenage inventor-hero Frank Reade Jr. was wildly popular, starring in at least 179 violent "blood and thunder" adventures aimed at boys. After improving on his dad's steam-driven inventions, Frank Jr. turned to electricity as the motive power of the future! He built electric-powered robots, submarines, ATVs, and helicopter airships, all heavily armed and armored. He had adventures around the world, even accidentally venturing into outer space.

There's little consistent continuity between stories: Sometimes Frank Jr. has a wife, more often he doesn't; the location of Readestown varies; and he rarely deploys the same vehicle more than once. In only one story does Frank Jr. have a son, Frank Reade III, and a daughter, Kate. More consistent in the dime novels are Frank Jr.'s assistants, Pomp and Barney, who are played for laughs as broad ethnic stereotypes.

The dime novel stories, published under the pseudonym Noname (but mostly written by Luis Senarens), were reprinted for decades in Frank Reade Library, Frank Reade Weekly, and other periodicals. They were read by millions of people and made an indelible impact on the earliest generations of science fiction readers, writers, and editors.

Published by Frank Tousey. History

1876-1894: Frank Reade stories ran in Boys of New York. They were also reprinted in The Five Cent Wide Awake Library starting in 1883.

1892-1898: Frank Reade Jr. got his own series, Frank Reade Library, a combination of reprints and new stories that ran for 192 issues. 1894-1906: Stories were reprinted yet again in Frank Reade Weekly Magazine (1902-1904) and the British series Aldine's Romance of Travel, Invention and Adventure Library (1894-1906), both with snazzy new color covers.

1928: At the dawn of science fiction's Golden Age, a group of fans published their own version of Frank Reade, with new stories, that ran 86 issues. Early fanfic!

1979-86: A 10-volume set reprinting Frank Reade Library was released by Garland Publishing.
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1 Frank Reade Weekly Magazine v01 01 - White Cruiser of the Clouds 37 Pulpshmoo Dec 28, 2014 89.00 3845 65
2 v1 02 - Frank Reade, Jr.'s Submarine Boat The Explorer 34 krotrek Dec 14, 2019 53.00 2913 87
3 v1 03 - Frank Reade, Jr's Electric Van 32 krotrek Dec 15, 2019 53.00 1393 21
4 v1 04 - Frank Reade, Jr.'s Electric Air Canoe 34 krotrek Dec 15, 2019 68.00 1108 15
5 v1 05 - Frank Reade, Jr's Sea Serpent 36 krotrek Oct 4, 2022 58.00 555 14
6 v1 06 - Frank Reade, Jr's Electric Terror the Thunderer 36 krotrek Dec 25, 2019 61.00 1153 33
7 v1 07 - Frank Reade, Jr's Air Wonder the Kite 34 krotrek Dec 25, 2019 70.00 1308 36
8 v1 08 - Frank Reade, Jr.'s Deep Sea Diver the Tortoise 34 krotrek Dec 31, 2019 65.00 1239 50
9 v1 09 - Frank Reade, Jr's Electric Invention the Warrior 34 krotrek Dec 31, 2019 62.00 1229 50
10 v1 10 - Frank Reade, Jr., and his Electric Air Boat 34 krotrek Dec 31, 2019 60.00 1217 51
11 v1 11 - Frank Reade, Jr., and His Torpedo Boat 32 krotrek Dec 31, 2019 45.00 1304 45
12 v1 12 - Fighting the Slave Hunters 34 krotrek Jan 4, 2020 40.00 1372 43
13 v1 13 - From Zone to Zone 36 krotrek Jan 4, 2020 64.00 794 18
14 v1 14 - Frank Reade, Jr., and His Electric Cruiser of the Lakes 34 krotrek Jan 4, 2020 34.00 873 45
15 v1 15 - Frank Reade, Jr., and his Electric Turret 34 krotrek Jan 4, 2020 34.00 1078 34
16 v1 16 - Frank Reade, Jr., And His Engine of the Clouds 36 krotrek Jan 4, 2020 36.00 1068 36
17 v1 17 - In the Great Whirlpool 34 krotrek Jan 4, 2020 35.00 1376 36
18 v1 18 - Chased Across the Sahara 34 krotrek Jan 4, 2020 42.00 916 34
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19 v1 19 - Six weeks in the Clouds 36 krotrek Jan 4, 2020 44.00 1215 41
20 v1 20 - Around the World, Underwater 34 krotrek Jan 4, 2020 32.00 1375 34
21 v1 21 - The Mystic Brand 34 krotrek Jan 8, 2020 40.00 860 30
22 v1 22 - Frank Reade, Jr.'s Electric Air Racer 34 krotrek Jan 8, 2020 69.00 1065 40
23 v1 23 - The Sunken Pirate 34 krotrek Jan 8, 2020 36.00 859 31
24 v1 24 - Frank Reade, Jr.'s Magnetic Gun-Carriage 32 krotrek Jan 8, 2020 32.00 953 38
25 v1 25 - Frank Reade, Jr., and his Electric Ice Ship 34 krotrek Jan 8, 2020 34.00 1055 44
26 v1 26 - Frank Reade, Jr.'s Electric Sea Engine 34 krotrek Jan 8, 2020 43.00 876 38
27 v1 27 - The Black Range 34 krotrek Jan 8, 2020 42.00 877 47
28 v1 28 - Over the Andes with Frank Reade, Jr., in his New Air-Ship 34 krotrek Jan 8, 2020 41.00 864 38
29 v1 29 - Frank Reade, Jr., Exploring a Submarine Mountain 34 krotrek Jan 8, 2020 41.00 892 39
30 v1 30 - Adrift in Africa 34 krotrek Jan 8, 2020 29.00 938 32
31 v1 31 - Frank Reade, Jr.'s Search for a Lost Man 34 krotrek Jan 8, 2020 28.00 968 34
32 v1 32 - Frank Reade, Jr.'s Search for the Sea Serpent 34 krotrek Jan 8, 2020 28.00 1062 43
33 v1 33 - Frank Reade, Jr.'s Prairie Whirlwind 34 krotrek Jan 8, 2020 28.00 1268 44
34 v1 34 - Around the Horizon for Ten Thousand Miles 34 krotrek Jan 8, 2020 28.00 1347 45
  
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