American pulp fiction magazine
Action Stories Editor Unknown pre-october 1935 J. F. Byrne (October 1935-June 1936)Malcolm Reiss (August 1936-Spring 1949)
Unknown post-spring 1949 Categories Pulp magazine Frequency Monthly (September 1921–December 1932)Irregular (November 1933–March 1934)
Quarterly (Summer 1943-Fall 1950) First issue September 1921 Final issue Fall 1950 Company Fiction House Country USA
Action Stories pulp magazine published between September 1921 and Fall 1950, with a brief hiatus at the end of 1932.[ 1]
As an adventure pulp, Action Stories focused on real-world adventure stories. At first the magazine published mainly westerns , but it branched out into sports fiction, war stories and adventures in exotic countries by 1937.[ 2] [ 3]
Writers whose work appeared in Action Stories included Robert E. Howard , Walt Coburn , 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.[ 1] [ 4] [ 5] Action Stories occasionally reprinted fiction by writers such as Jack London and Edgar Wallace .[ 1] Dashiell Hammett story ("Laughing Masks", November 1923) printed under Hammett's "Peter Collinson" pseudonym.[ 1]
Action Stories had covers illustrated by Norman Saunders , George Gross and Allen Anderson.[ 1]
References
^ a b c d e Cottrill, Tim. Bookery's Guide to Pulps and Related Magazines, 1888-1969 . Bookery Press, Fairborn, OH, 2005. (pp.15-16)
^ 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)
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