Action Stories
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| Editor | Unknown pre-october 1935 J. F. Byrne (October 1935-June 1936) |
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| Categories | Pulp magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly (September 1921–December 1932) Irregular (November 1933–March 1934) |
| First issue | September 1921 |
| Final issue | Fall 1950 |
| Company | Fiction House |
| Country | USA |
Action Stories was a multi-genre pulp magazine published between September 1921 and Fall 1950, with a brief hiatus at the end of 1932.
As an adventure pulp,[1] it did not feature the horror and science fiction of some other pulp magazines. Instead, it focused on real-world adventure stories—at first mostly westerns, but branching out into sports fiction, war stories and adventures in exotic countries by 1937.[2]
Writers whose work appeared in Action Stories included Robert E. Howard,[3] Walt Coburn,[4] Morgan Robertson (a number of his stories were posthumously published here), Horace McCoy, Theodore Roscoe, Greye La Spina, Anthony M. Rud, Thomas Thursday and Les Savage, Jr..
References
- ^ Amazing Tales - The Graphic Design of the Pulps Archived June 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 11 October 2007
- ^ Note made by contents for August 1937 Archived November 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 18 October 2007
- ^ Paul Herman, "Introduction" to The Complete Action Stories by Robert E. Howard. Wildside Press LLC, 2004, ISBN 978-0-8095-1125-9 (pp.7-9)
- ^ The Western Story: A Chronological Treasury by Jon Tuska. University of Nebraska Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0-8032-9439-4 (p. xxviii)
External links
- Magazine Datafile for Action Stories
- Illustrated issue checklist
- Issue contents (beginning of list, which covers several pages)
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