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Action and Adventure

Action Stories

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Title:Action Stories
Issues Available:2
Latest Issue:Action Stories v17 11 - Señorita Scorpion - The Curse of Montezuma | Uploaded: Mar 14, 2021
Categories:Adventure | Mixed Bag
Publication History:Issues: 224 |  Sequence: v1 #1 - v19 #8 |  Dates: -
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Adventure

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Title:Adventure
Issues Available:26
Latest Issue:Adventure v122 5 | Uploaded: May 12, 2018
Categories:Adventure
Adventure magazine first appeared in October 1910. In its first ten years of publication, it carried stories by such well known authors as Rider Haggard, John Buchan, Rafael Sabatini & Baroness Orczy. By the 1920s, Adventure had become one of the most profitable and critically acclaimed magazines of its kind, and in 1935, it would be hailed as 'The No. 1 Pulp' by the editors of Time. At its peak it was publishing over 300,000 copies.
Adventure's reputation as 'The No. 1 Pulp', stems from the editorship of Arthur Hoffman, who was editor from 1912 to 1927. Hoffman introduced several key features establishing Adventure as more than just a magazine; the editorial pages column known as 'The Camp-Fire'; 'Lost Trails' which helped re-unite readers with lost family and friends; 'Wanted-Men and Adventurers,' a 'Help Wanted' section for those interested in excitement and adventure; and 'Ask Adventure,' wherein readers submitted questions to the magazine's international panel of experts.
Adventure was first published by the Ridgway Co., an offshoot of the Butterick Publishing Company, which was mainly known for the publication of sewing patterns, so Adventure was a vast departure into the pulp market.
It ran from 1910 until 1953 for a total of 753 issues. In April 1953, the pulp changed its format to that of a men's adventure magazine for a further 128 issues. The magazine finally folded in 1971.

Dick Turpin

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Title:Dick Turpin
Issues Available:1
Latest Issue:Dick Turpin 170 - The Spectre's Secret | Uploaded: Oct 13, 2012
Categories:Adventure
Dick Turpin was a story paper published by Aldine Publishing from April 1902 to September 1909, starring 19th century highwayman Dick Turpin.
Apparently published 4 times a month it ran for a total of 182 issues (This figure doesn't equate to the time-scale of the publication).
The stories were mostly written by A. Sherrington Burrage writing under the name Charlton Lea.
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Mammoth Adventure

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Title:Mammoth Adventure
Issues Available:1
Latest Issue:Mammoth Adventure v1 3 | Uploaded: May 12, 2013
Categories:Adventure
Mammoth Adventure was a short-lived bi-monthly pulp magazine published by Ziff-Davis based in Chicago, USA.
It ran for 8 issues between July 1946 to September 1947.
As the title suggests it features mostly Adventure stories both historical and modern.
The covers featured luridly drawn depictions of one of the stories within.

Spicy Adventure

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Title:Spicy Adventure
Issues Available:1
Latest Issue:Spicy Adventure Stories v4 6 | Uploaded: Jun 21, 2013
Categories:Adventure
Spicy-Adventure Stories was a monthly pulp magazine published by Culture Publications based in New York, USA.
It ran from July 1934 to December 1942 for a total of 95 issues.
It contained adventure stories of a risqué nature and the covers reflected this, featuring nearly always a scantily clad young maiden in some form of jeopardy.
N.B. From late 1935 through late 1937, most issues appeared in two different versions - one un-censored and the other self-censored. The censored version was identifiable by a star within a box located at the top of the cover. The interior illustrations were typically 'toned down' in the censored versions e.g. lingerie drawn over a topless female, and some even had variant contents.
Due to censorship issues the title was cancelled and was changed to the more acceptable Speed Adventure Stories, featuring tamer stories. This was published as a Bi-Monthly from January 1943 to January 1946 for a further total of 18 issues. It had two different publishers during this spell, Trojan Publishing and Arrow Publishing.

Thrilling Adventures

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Title:Thrilling Adventures
Issues Available:1
Latest Issue:Thrilling Adventures v2 3 | Uploaded: Oct 31, 2015
Categories:Adventure
Publication History: Dates: -
Thrilling Adventures was a monthly pulp magazine published by Metropolitan Magazines Inc. based in New York, USA.
Thrilling Adventures was created by editor Leo Margulies and was patterned after the pulp 'Adventure'. It was one of 16 pulps that Margulies founded that incorporated the adjective 'Thrilling' in the title. Metropolitan Magazines changed its name to Thrilling Publications to reflect that.
It consisted of 'Adventure' and sports stories which appealed to the more mature reader. Well known authors who had their stories published were Edgar Rice Burroughs, Louis Lamour and L. Ron Hubbard amongst others.
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  Joyce of the Secret Squadron - A Captain Midnight Adventure 256 Archive Sep 25, 2017 45.00 4637 91
  Leather-Clad Tales of Adventure 38 288 narfstar May 22, 2025 144.00 283 13
  Oriental Stories v02n01 148 narfstar May 22, 2025 122.00 155 40
  Oriental Stories v02n03 146 narfstar May 22, 2025 114.00 192 24
3 Scarlet Adventuress v01 03 52 cimmerian32 May 13, 2013 73.00 11500 204
  
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