Have A Culty Halloween With The Pulps


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

The Adventurous Cover of Adventure Magazine


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 Problematic Covers of Fire Fighters


In 1929, a pulp magazine called Fire Fighters hit the stands.  Published by Hersey Magazines, it featured stories about the men who fought to put out fires.  It only ran for three issues and today, it is best-known for the publisher’s unfortune corporate logo.  Before it was appropriated by the Nazis, the swastika was a widely recognized religious and philosophical symbol.  When Hersey adopted it as their corporate logo and branded it as being “the symbol of good reading,” they had no idea what the future would hold.  Hersey would later change their corporate logo to a four-leaf clover.

There were only three issues of Fire Fighters.  All three of the covers were done by Walter Baumhofer.

 

The Exciting Covers of Dime Western Magazine


by Walter Baumhofer

Published by Popular Publications, Dime Western Magazine ran for over 20 years, from 1932 to 1954.  The best western stories were combined with exciting, action-filled covers, in order to keep fans of cowboys and six-guns reading.  Here is just a small sampling of the many covers of Dime Western Magazine!

by Ernest “Darcy” Chiriacka

by Ernest “Darcy” Chiriacka

by Ernest “Darcy” Chiriacka

by Ernest “Darcy” Chiriacka

by Ernest “Darcy” Chiriacka

by Grant Hargis

by Harry Kirchner

by Sam Cherry

by Walter Baumhofer

by Walter Baumhofer

by Walter Baumhofer

by Walter Baumhofer

The Dastardly Cults of the Pulp Era


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