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Adventure [1910]
Country: US
Total Issues: 878
Begun in 1910 as a way for publisher Ridgway to tap into a new market, in response to the success of pulps like Argosy , which by 1910 were selling hundreds of thousands of copies of each issue. Unlike other pulps, which contained a wide variety of stories ranging from danger to romance, it specialized in stories of danger and thrills. It survived, in one form or another, into the early 1970's.
Issues & Index Sources
Nov-1910 – Apr-1971 :General Fiction Index Publishers
Nov-1910 – 23-Sep-1926 : The Ridgway Company
8-Oct-1926 – Apr-1934 : The Butterick Publishing Company
May-1934 – Apr-1971 : Popular Publications, Inc.
Editors
Nov-1910 – Jan-1912? : Trumbull White
Feb-1912 – 15-Jun-1927 : Arthur S. Hoffman
1-Jul-1927 – 1-Oct-1927 : Joseph Cox
15-Oct-1927 – 15-Feb-1930 : Anthony M. Rud
1-Mar-1930 – Feb-1934 : Albert A. Proctor
Mar-1934 – Aug-1934 : William Corcoran
1-Sep-1934 – Dec-1940 : Howard V.L. Bloomfield
Jan-1941 – Dec-1948 : Kenneth S. White
Jan-1949 – Sep-1951 : Kendall Goodwyn
Nov-1951 – Mar-1953 : Ejler Jacobsson
Apr-1953 – Jun-1953 : Jerry Mason
Aug-1953 – Jun-1954 : James O'Connell
Aug-1954 – Aug-1964 : Alden H. Norton
Oct-1964 – Aug-1965 : Gil Paust
Oct-1965 – Oct-1970 : Peter H. Gannett
Dec-1970 – Apr-1971 : Bruce Cassiday
Formats
Nov-1910 – Sep-1926 : pulp
Oct-1926 – Jul-1927 : slick paper
Aug-1927 – Nov-1950 : pulp
Jan-1951 – Jul-1951 : digest
Aug-1951 – Apr-1953 : pulp
Jun-1953 – Oct-1970 : bedsheet (11"x8.5")
Dec-1970 – Apr-1971 : digest
Prices
initially 15c
Pagecounts
192pp (rising to 224pp)
Frequency
Nov-1910 – Aug-1917 : monthly
1-Sep-1917 – 15-Sep-1921 : twice-monthly
10-Oct-1921 – 30-Mar-1926 : thrice-monthly
8-Apr-1926 – 23-Nov-1926 : twice-monthly
8-Dec-1926 – 31-Dec-1926 : thrice-monthly
1-Jan-1927 – 15-May-1933 : twice-monthly
Jun-1933 – Aug-1934 : monthly
1-Sep-1934 – 15-Oct-1935 : twice-monthly
Nov-1935 – May-1951 : monthly
Jul-1951 – Aug-1955 : bimonthly
Sep-1955 – Apr-1958 : monthly
Jun-1958 – Apr-1971 : bimonthly
Related Sites
A History of Adventure Magazine
Science Fiction Encyclopedia
The Pulp Magazines Project
MagazineArt
Mentioned in: The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps , Ultimate Guide to the Pulps , It's a Man's World
Online Sources
Online Books
Issue Checklist Adventure (Canada)
Country: Canada
Canadian reprint edition of Adventure .
Formats: standard pulpIssues & Index Sources: in 1930s – in 1950s :General Fiction Index (sample issues only)
Mentioned in: The Pulpster #11, 2001
Issue Checklist Adventure [1921]
Country: UK
Total Issues: 1878 (numbered)
Boys' story-paper; briefly retitled New Adventure , 30-Apr-1932 - 29-Oct-1932. Incorporates: Red Arrow from 25-Mar-1933
Issues & Index Sources
17-Sep-1921 – 14-Jan-1961 #becomes Rover and Adventure
Publishers
D.C. Thomson
Editors
R.T. Eves; Stuart Gilchrist
Pagecounts
28pp; 20pp; 16pp; 12pp
Frequency
weekly; fortnightly; weekly
Adventure [1960s]
Country: US
Weekly story paper.
Publishers: The Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention of Nashville, TennesseeIssues & Index Sources: in 1960s
Editors: Adrienne Bonham
Pagecounts: 32pp
Frequency: weekly
Adventure [1987]
Country: UK
Total Issues: 1
A one-shot summer special the size of one of the glossy newspaper Sunday supplement magazines.
Publishers: D.C. ThomsonIssues & Index Sources: 1987 :Story Paper Index
Prices: 60p
Pagecounts: 32pp
Adventure (Australia) [1950s]
Country: Australia
Total Issues: 10?
A series of Australian booklets, numbered but not dated. These slim (usually 34 page), undated publications were published on a monthly or bimonthly schedule during the early to mid 1950s. Most cover art was the work of Stan Pitt, both under his own name and the pseudonym "Safone Jais".
Publishers: Malian Press, SydneyIssues & Index Sources: in 1950s :Adventure Fiction Index (Missing: #4; #7; any after #10)
Formats: digest
Issue Checklist Adventure (Australia) [1960s]
Country: Australia
Total Issues: 12+16=28?
Issues & Index Sources
Feb-1969 – Dec-1970 Mar-1971 – Jun-1972 , as Men and AdventurePublishers
Cavalcade Magazine Pty Ltd, Sydney
More Images Adventure for Men
Country: US
Total Issues: 45+
Publishers: Jalart House Inc., Port Chester, NYIssues & Index Sources: Oct-1965 – Mar-1974
Mentioned in: It's a Man's World
Issue Checklist Adventure Library (UK)
Country: UK
Total Issues: 34 (numbered?)
Previously Newnes Adventure Library/Bulldog Adventure Library (qv).
Publishers: NewnesIssues & Index Sources: Jan-1933 – Sep-1933
Pagecounts: 68pp
Frequency: 4 per month
Adventure Library (US)
Country: US
Total Issues: 181
Publishers: Street & Smith (New York)Issues & Index Sources: Jan-1925 – Dec-1931 :Dime Novel Bibliography
Formats: paperback
Prices: 15c
Frequency: bi-weekly
Mentioned in: Dime Novel Bibliography
Adventure (US, 1910)
v1 #1 November 1910 (The Ridgway Company 15¢ 188pp pulp cover by M. Leone Bracker)
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v1 #2 December 1910 (The Ridgway Company 15¢ pulp cover by J. G. Sommer)
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v1 #3 January 1911 (The Ridgway Company 15¢ pulp cover by Dan Sayre Groesbeck)
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v1 #4 February 1911 (The Ridgway Company 15¢ 569-758pp+ pulp cover by Charles B. Falls)
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v1 #5 March 1911 (The Ridgway Company 15¢ pulp cover by M. Leone Bracker)
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v1 #6 April 1911 (The Ridgway Company 15¢ pulp cover by Dan Smith)
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v2 #1 May 1911 (The Ridgway Company 15¢ pulp cover by M. Leone Bracker)
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v2 #2 June 1911 (The Ridgway Company 15¢ 191-378pp pulp cover by Dan Smith)
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v2 #3 July 1911 (The Ridgway Company 15¢ pulp cover by Harry Townsend)
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v2 #4 August 1911 (The Ridgway Company 15¢ 192pp pulp cover by P. E. Cowen)
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