Since the start of the pulp era, cults have been a popular subject. Usually dressed in red and concealing their faces behind hoods, cult members have menaced and frightened.
For this Halloween, here are some of the cults of the pulp era.
by Walter Baumhofer
by Arnold Kohn
by John Newton Howitt
by Rudolph Zirm
by Tom Lovell
by John Walter Scott
by George Hargis
by Harry Lemon Parkhurst
by Hugh Joseph Ward
by John Drew
by J. Allen St. John
by Arnold Kohn
Don’t mess with the eagles.
by Arnold Kohn
This cover is from 1948. As soon as I saw the title of the story, I knew I had it to share it.
by Robert Gibson Jones
First published in 1926, Amazing Stories was the first magazine to be devoted to science fiction and it’s still going, nearly 100 years later! There have been many amazing covers over the course of this magazine’s history. Here are just a few of them.
by Arnold Kohn
by Ed Valigursky
by Frank R. Paul
by H.R. Hammond
by Harold W. McCauley
by J. Allen St. John
by Leo Morey
by Robert Frank
by Robert Fuqua
by Robert Gibson Jones
Published by Ziff-Davis, Mammoth Mystery was a crime fiction magazine that ran for 11 issues, from 1945 to 1947. Thought the magazine had a short run, contributions from writers like Robert Bloch and covers from artists like Arnold Kohn have made it popular amongst collectors. Below is a small sampling of the covers of Mammoth Mystery.
January 1946. By RR Epperly
June, 1946. By Arnold Kohn.
August, 1946. By Arnold Kohn
February, 1947. By Arnold Kohn
April, 1947. By Arnold Kohn
by Arnold Kohn
This cover is from 1947.
by Arnold Kohn
I don’t think that’s a real eagle.
by Enoch Bolles
Sometime glamorous. Sometimes sordid. Sometimes dangerous. The life of the model has always been a popular subject for the pulps. Below are some pulp covers that deal not only with the experience of being model but also the weight of being an artist. There’s a price for everything.
by Ann Cantor
by Arnold Kohn
Artist Unknown
by Bernard Safran
by John Drew
by Paul Rader
by Rafael DeSoto
by Robert Bonfils
by Verne Tossey
by Hugh Joseph Ward
by Arnold Kohn
This is from 1947. Don’t try this at home.
by John Walter Scott
Since the start of the pulp era, cults have been a popular subject. Usually dressed in red and concealing their faces behind hoods, cult members have menaced, tortured, and frightened. Luckily, there’s often a strong-jawed hero right around the corner to take them out and save the day.
Here’s a few of the cults of the pulp era!
by George Hargis
by Harry Lemon Parkhurst
by Hugh Joseph Ward
by J. Allen St. John
by John Drew
by John Newton Howitt
by Rudolph Zirm
by Tom Lovell
by Walter Baumhofer
by Arnold Kohn
Through the Shattered Lens 