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Pulp characters
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Though there were numerous small publishers that put out character pulps, the majority were published by Street and Smith, Popular Publications, Thrilling (Standard/Better Publications) and Ace (Magazine Publications/Periodical House).
Here is a rundown of their key character magazines:
StreetandSmith Street and Smith
- The Shadow (1931-49) 325 issues.
- Doc Savage (1933-49) 181 issues.
- Bill Barnes, Air Adventurer (1934-35) 20 issues, numerous stories (including as a backup in Doc Savage).
- The Skipper (1936-37) 12 issues, 40 stories as back-up series in Doc Savage.
- The Whisperer (1936-37, 1940-42) 14 issues/10 issues, 25 stories as back-up series in The Shadow.
- The Avenger (1939-42) 24 issues, plus six stories (five in Clues Detective magazine and one in The Shadow).
- The Wizard/Cash Gorman (1940-41) four issues/two issues.
PopularPublications Popular Publications (and affiliates)
- The Spider (1933-43) 118 issues.
- G-8 and His Battle Aces (1933-44) 110 issues.
- Dusty Ayres and His Battle Birds (1934-35) 12 issues.
- The Secret Six (1934-35) four issues.
- Operator 5 (1934-39) 48 issues.
- Mysterious Wu Fang (1935-36) seven issues.
- Dr. Yen Sin (1936) three issues.
- Captain Satan (1938) five issues.
- The Octopus/The Scorpion (1939) one issue/one issue.
- Captain Combat (1940) three issues.
- Captain Zero (1949-50) three issues.
ThrillingGroup Thrilling (Standard/Better Publications)
- The Lone Eagle (1933-43) 76 issues.
- The Phantom Detective (1933-53) 170 issues.
- The Masked Detective (1940-42) 12 issues, with one story as a backup in Thrilling Mystery.
- The Ghost/The Green Ghost Detective (1940-44) four issues/three issues, six stories as a backup in Thrilling Mystery.
- Captain Future (1940-51) 27 issues.
AceMagazines Ace Magazines (Magazine Pub/Periodical House)
- Moon Man (1933-36) 39 issues.
- Secret Agent X (1934-39) 41 issues.
- Captain Hazzard (1938) one issue.
The following 12 page(s) belong to PulpCharacters
| AvengerThe [AvengerThe] |
| CaptainBabyface [CaptainBabyface] |
| CaptainFuture [Captain Future] |
| CaptainHazzard [Capt. Hazzard] |
| DocSavage [DocSavage] |
| DustyAyres [DustyAyres] |
| G8andHisBattleAces [G-8 and His Battle Aces] |
| Operator5 [Operator5] |
| PhantomDetectiveThe [The Phantom Detective] |
| ShadowThe [ShadowThe] |
| SpiderThe [SpiderThe] |
| Tarzan [Tarzan] |
