Tag - Street & Smith Publications

Pulp Articles

It was never that much fun!

Churning out yarns for the pulp magazines wasn’t as cheery as the French Riviera, one hopeful fictioneer quickly learned. By Hal Murray Bonnett I wrote...

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Pulps: the early years

One hundred twenty-five years ago, “Argosy” introduced the pulp magazine to a populace eager for inexpensive, popular fiction. By Tony Davis The history of...

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Doc Savage

The Man of Bronze’s fight against evil raced through 181 novels. From a headquarters on the 86th floor of a towering Manhattan skyscraper, Doc Savage and his...

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The day the pulps died

On April 8, 1949, Street & Smith canceled its last four pulp magazines: The Shadow, Doc Savage, Detective Story and Western Story. Here’s the story of the day...

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The Shadow

From the spring of 1931 until the summer of 1949, a slim figure cloaked in black fought mobsters, evil scientists, crazed old men and foreign invaders with two...

Pulp events

Events are subject to change.

March 27-29, 2026: Windy City Pulp and Paperback Convention, Lombard, Ill.

June 12-13, 2026: Robert E. Howard Days, Cross Plains, Texas

July 30-Aug. 2, 2026: PulpFest 2026, including Doc Con, FarmerCon, and Shadow Con, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Oct. 10, 2026: Doc Fan Gathering, La Plata, Mo.

On–going:
• Gotham Pulp Collectors Club, 1 p.m. the third Saturday of each month via Zoom. Check its website for location.