Action Stories

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) Bi-monthly (June 1934–June 1936) Monthly (August 1936–January 1937) Bi-monthly (February 1937–April 1943) Quarterly (Summer 1943-Fall 1950)
First Issue	September 1921
Final Issue — Date — Number	Fall 1950 #50, vol. 5 (#225 overall)
Company	Fiction House
Country	USA
Language	English
ISSN	unknown

Action Stories was a multi-genre pulp magazine published between September 1921 and Fall 1950, with a brief hiatus at the end of 1932.

As an adventure pulp, it did not feature the horror and science fiction of other pulp magazines. Instead it focused on real-world adventure stories. At first mostly westerns but branching out into sports fiction, war stories and adventures in exotic countries in 1937.

Reprints

A British reprint published by Hutchinson & Co. ran from April 1923 to January 1928.

In 2007 replicas of the original pulp magazine are available from publishers such as Girasol Collectibles and Adventure House.

References

• Amazing Tales - The Graphic Design of the Pulps,

External links

• Magazine Datafile for Action Stories
  • Illustrated issue checklist
  • Issue contents (beginning of list, which covers several pages)

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