Status
Available
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Publication
Collectors Pr (2001), Edition: 1 Ed, 208 pages
Description
Pulp fiction' s lurid adventures were vividly reflected on the magazines' eye-catching covers. Hard-boiled dames, bizarre monsters, dicks and ' tecs, sinister villains, and muscled warriors all appeared each month to tempt readers out of their hard-earned dimes. This gorgeous full-color compilation features hundreds of the genre' s most thrilling covers and includes an index. Taken collectively, they provide a dazzling panorama of some 60 years of illustration and social commentary.
User reviews
LibraryThing member Ronrose1
This is a coffee table sized book, jam packed with wizbang reproductions of zillions, well maybe just hundreds, of covers from the pulp era. If it is possible to bring back memories of an era most of us never knew; then this book succeeds brilliantly. The vibrantly alive, dazzlingly colored, action
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covers bring these pulps to life much as they did for our parents and grandparents of the 20's and 30's. Highly recommended for the young in spirit and the gray of hair alike, for who knows what evil lurks in these pages. Show Less
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Awards
Independent Publisher Book Awards (Gold — Popular Culture — 1999)
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
208 p.; 11.5 x 11 inches
ISBN
1888054123 / 9781888054125