Pulp Magazine Socks
Description: Fantastic Novels was an American science fiction and fantasy pulp magazine published by the Munsey Company of New York from 1940 to 1941, and again by Popular Publications, also of New York, from 1948 to 1951. It was a companion to Famous Fantastic Mysteries. Like that magazine, it mostly reprinted science fiction and fantasy classics from earlier decades, such as novels by A. Merritt, George Allan England, and Victor Rousseau, though it occasionally published reprints of more recent work, such as Earth's Last Citadel, by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore.
Description: cover of the September 1940 issue of Street & Smith's Detective Story Magazine. The dramatic cover art, painted by prolific pulp illustrator Modest Stein, This issue prominently features the story "The Red Tide" by the legendary noir author Cornell Woolrich, as well as the complete mystery novel "The Vengeful Dane" by Walter Ripperger.
Description: The March 1938 debut of Captain Satan (King of Adventure) pulp magazine bursts onto the scene with Malvin Singer’s wild illustration of a no-nonsense fellow brandishing a Tommy gun, his shadow inexplicably replaced by a gigantic devil brandishing a trident—because nothing says “good day” like being haunted by your own overachieving inner demon. The cover teases the action-packed feature novel, “The Mask of the Damned” by William O’Sullivan.
Description: The vintage cover of the August 1946 issue of Adventure pulp magazine features highly detailed and vivid cover artwork painted by Peter Stevens. The portrait depicts a grizzled man with an intense expression wearing a patterned, golden-fringed military hat over a red head wrap, gripping the barrel of a firearm.
Description: December 10, 1932 issue of Argosy Weekly, the vintage pulp magazine cover marks the 50th Anniversary Number of Argosy Weekly, the world’s first pulp fiction magazine. The cover, illustrated by renowned artist Paul Stahr, features a dramatic Western action scene with a cowboy firing a revolver during a cattle stampede. This milestone issue is significant for featuring the first installment of Max Brand’s serial, "The Longhorn Feud".
Description: Step into the golden age of weird menace with this striking cover art from the February 1939 issue of Eerie Mysteries pulp magazine. The illustration features a classic horror layout: a wide-eyed woman looks on in terror as a demonic, green-skinned villain holds a tall glass containing a tiny, shrunken woman trapped inside bubbling liquid. Capturing the peak of 1930s shock fiction, the design highlights the sensational feature story, "Horror’s Handshake: Sinister Novel of Satan’s Receptionist" by Ralph Powers. It is the perfect vintage decor piece for fans of retro horror, classic pulp magazines, gothic americana, and sci-fi monster art.
Description: A classic vintage pulp magazine cover illustrated by Mat Kauten features a gritty cowboy in a flashy red shirt, heroically blasting away with his smoking revolver from behind a fallen log, while a wide-eyed blonde woman looks on as if wondering whether she’s stumbled into a shootout or a very dramatic picnic.
Description: The May 1932 issue of Redbook practically leaps off the rack with a dazzling cover by McClelland Barclay, the undisputed king of the “pretty girl” genre. In the spotlight, a glowing blonde in a blue top grins as she cradles a tiny wire fox terrier—arguably the most pampered pooch ever to grace print—against a bold red background that all but winks and wags in your direction.
Description: The front cover of the October 15, 1934 issue of Adventure magazine, a hit among American pulp fans, bursts with chaos in Ray Dean’s lively illustration: a dapper man in a spotless white suit skillfully ducks a flying dagger, clearly regretting not just ordering a quiet drink instead of starring in an impromptu tavern demolition derby.
Description: front cover of the November 1954 issue of If Worlds of Science Fiction magazine.
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