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The Adventurous Cover of Adventure Magazine

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One of the most popular and financially successful pulp magazines, Adventure Magazine ran from 1910 t0 1971, for a total of 881 issues!  That’s 881 covers, all done by some of the best illustrators and artists in the pulp field.  I can’t share all 881 of those covers but I can still offer a small but representative sampling of the adventurous covers of Adventure Magazine!  As you can see Adventure featured adventures that took place everywhere, including underwater, in the jungle, in war, and during the era of the Old West.

By Charles Dye

by Griffith Foxley

by Herb Mott

by Mel Crair

by Mort Kunstler

by Peter Stevens

by Rico Tomaso

by Roger Kastel

by Shannon Stirnweis

by Sydney Shores

by Victor Prezio

by Walter Baumhofer

The Stirring Covers of Stirring Science Stories

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Stirring Science Stories was one of the many adventure and science fiction-themed pulp magazines to be published in the 40s.  Among those who contributed stories to Stirring Science Stories were Frederik Pohl, Cyril Kornbluth, Robert W. Lowndes, and Donald Wollheim.  Unfortunately, the stories did not stir readers and the magazine only ran for four issues, from February 0f 1941 to March of 1942.  Though the magazine did not last for long, it’s remembered for its four distinctive covers.

To me, it appears that the covers got progressively darker as the series continued.  Take a look at them below and see if you agree.

by Leo Morey

by Hannes Bok

by Hannes Bok

by Hannes Bok