Timeline

<body stylesrc="pulp_timeline.htm">  <p><img src="Timeline.gif" width="600" height="25" alt="Timeline.gif (1892 bytes)"></p> <p>Thick lines represent pulp publications, while thin lines represent dime novels, slicks or digest publications.  While for most magazines, the date of initial publication is pretty clear, the late of cancellation, or of transition to a non-pulp format, is often only an educated guess.</p> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td></td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1">Argosy</font></strong></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"><hr> </td> <td width="470"><hr> </td> <td width="120"><hr> </td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>The Popular Magazine</strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="80"></td> <td width="290"><hr> </td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Blue Book (Previously Monthly Story)</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>???</strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100"></td> <td width="30"><hr> </td> <td width="400"><hr> </td> <td width="70"><hr> </td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>All-Story</strong></font></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100"></td> <td width="150"><hr> </td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Merged with Argosy</strong></font></td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Adventure</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>???</strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="150"></td> <td width="350"><hr> </td> <td width="100"><hr> </td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Short Stories</strong></font></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="150"><hr> </td> <td width="250"><hr> </td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1">???</font></strong></td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Tip-Top Weekly</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Top-Notch</strong></font></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="170"><hr> </td> <td width="280"><hr> </td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>???</strong></font></td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>New Nick Carter Weekly</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Detective Story</strong></font></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="200"><hr> </td> <td width="340"><hr> </td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>???</strong></font></td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Buffalo Bill Weekly</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Western Story</strong></font></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="240"><hr> </td> <td width="300"><hr> </td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>???</strong></font></td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Black Mask</strong></font></td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="250"></td> <td width="310"><hr> </td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Love Story</strong></font></td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="260"></td> <td width="280"><hr> </td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>???</strong></font></td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Weird Tales</strong></font></td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="280"></td> <td width="310"><hr> </td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Amazing Stories</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong></strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="310"></td> <td width="230"><hr> </td> <td width="60"><hr> </td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong></strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Wild West Weekly</strong></font></td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="70"><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong></strong></font></td> <td width="250"><hr> </td> <td width="180"><hr> </td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>???</strong></font></td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Wonder Stories</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong></strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="340"></td> <td width="210"><hr> </td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>???</strong></font></td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Astounding Stories</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>???</strong></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="340"></td> <td width="200"><hr> </td> <td width="60"><hr> </td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>The Shadow</strong></font></td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="360"></td> <td width="180"><hr> </td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Dime Mystery</strong></font></td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="370"></td> <td width="190"><hr> </td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>???</strong></font></td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Dime Detective</strong></font></td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="370"></td> <td width="190"><hr> </td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>???</strong></font></td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Dime Western</strong></font></td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="370"></td> <td width="190"><hr> </td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>???</strong></font></td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>The Phantom Detective</strong></font></td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="380"></td> <td width="200"><hr> </td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Doc Savage</strong></font></td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="380"></td> <td width="160"><hr> </td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>The Spider</strong></font></td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="380"></td> <td width="100"><hr> </td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>G-8</strong></font></td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="380"></td> <td width="110"><hr> </td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="390" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Spicy </strong></font></td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1">Detect.</font></strong></td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> <td width="90"><hr> </td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>???</strong></font></td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="390" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Spicy </strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Mystery</strong></font></td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> <td width="90"><hr> </td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>???</strong></font></td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="390" align="right"><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Spicy </strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Advent.</strong></font></td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> <td width="90"><hr> </td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>???</strong></font></td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td align="right"><strong><font face="Arial" size="1">The Aven</font></strong></td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1">ger</font></strong></td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="440"><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> <td width="30"><hr> </td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Jungle Stories</strong></font></td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="440"><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> <td width="150"><hr> </td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td align="right"><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Unkn</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>own</strong></font></td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="440"><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> <td width="30"><hr> </td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Startling Stories</strong></font></td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="440"><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> <td width="120"><hr> </td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>???</strong></font></td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Planet Stories</strong></font></td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="440"><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> <td width="120"><hr> </td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>???</strong></font></td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td align="right"><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Captain </strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Future</strong></font></td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="450"><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> <td width="40"><hr> </td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> </table> </div><div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td align="right"><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>Hollywood</strong></font></td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong> Detective</strong></font></td> <td><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="480"><strong><font face="Arial" size="1"></font></strong></td> <td width="80"><hr> </td> <td><font face="Arial" size="1"><strong>???</strong></font></td> </tr> </table> </div>  </body>