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Deadly excitements : shadows and phantoms /

History of the American pulp magazine. Includes such titles as The Shadow, Black Mask, Weird Tales, Scientic Detective Monthly and Scarlet Adventuress as well as characters like Doc Savage, Captain Future, The Spider, Phantom Detective, The Whisperer and Senorita Scorpion, quick-trigger blonde from...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sampson, Robert, 1927-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University Popular Press, [1989]
Subjects:
Adventure stories, American > History and criticism.
Adventure stories, American > Periodicals > Collectors and collecting.
Popular literature > United States > History and criticism.
Popular literature > Periodicals > Collectors and collecting.
American periodicals > History > 20th century.
American periodicals > Collectors and collecting.
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Summary:History of the American pulp magazine. Includes such titles as The Shadow, Black Mask, Weird Tales, Scientic Detective Monthly and Scarlet Adventuress as well as characters like Doc Savage, Captain Future, The Spider, Phantom Detective, The Whisperer and Senorita Scorpion, quick-trigger blonde from Old Texas.
Physical Description:223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:0879724498
0879724501 (pbk.)