Adventure Pulp Magazine Lot (1935–1937) — Gordon Young, Talbot Mundy, H. Bedford-Jones — 3 Issues

Description

By the mid-1930s, pulp magazines were at their wild, roaring peak — the cheap thrills of the Depression era. Sold for a dime or fifteen cents, they offered readers a ticket out of their own lives: pirates, mercenaries, explorers, and soldiers of fortune filled the pages. Adventure was one of the best of the bunch, running from 1910 through the 1950s and attracting a devoted audience of readers who wanted grit and realism alongside their heroics. These weren’t sanitized tales — they were tough, fast, and often very well written, by men who’d actually seen the far corners of the world they wrote about.

These three issues from 1935 and 1937 feature striking painted covers by John Newton Howitt and Hubert Rogers — the kind of imagery that defined pulp art: muscular heroes, desperate fights, and exotic locales rendered in bold color. Inside are stories by regular Adventure contributors Gordon Young, Talbot Mundy, H. Bedford-Jones, Harold Titus, and Robert E. Pinkerton — pulp veterans who set the standard for action storytelling in the interwar years. Together, they capture what made the genre so enduring: restless energy, high stakes, and no shortage of sweat and blood.

A terrific trio from the heart of the pulp era — three classic issues of Adventure packed with fearless heroes, vivid art, and the raw storytelling that defined 1930s popular fiction.