BLUEBOOK - August 1952 - ROBERT BLOCH, JOHN D MacDONALD, STAN DRAKE, IB MELCHIOR
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1952
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English
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United States
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Drake
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Bluebook
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McCall Corp.
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August
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4
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95
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Controlled Circulation
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1st Edition, Illustrated
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Action & Adventure, Biography, Crime & Detective, History, Humor & Satire, Literature, Nature & Outdoors, Sports
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Al Stump, Al Tarter, Bob Fink, Cecil Carnes, Charles A. Roberts, Charles Geer, Dave Stone, Elsie Lee, George Scullin, Hank Berger, Horace Bailey Brown, Ib Melchior, John Cullen Murphy, John D. MacDonald, John T. Dunlavy, Johnny Blue, Jon Cleary, J...
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Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Western
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Measures 8-11/32" X 11-1/16", 128 pp plus covers, b w two-toned photos illustrations, Volume 95, Number 4 (August 1952), published by McCall Corp. (NY).
Group 9-1933
BLUEBOOK had been amongst the first of the "pulp" magazines to have been published (starting in 1905), and over the years has attracted the talents of such well-known authors as EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS; ZANE GREY; H. RIDER HAGGARD; CLARENCE E. MULFORD; SAX ROHMER; ROBERT HEINLEIN ; MacKINLAY KANTOR; THEODORE PRATT; LUKE SHORT; GEORGE SIMENON -- and the list just goes on. By 1952, however, the writing was on the wall for the "pulps"; and BLUEBOOK began expanding beyond their "pulp" base, attempting to attract audiences that gravitated more towards the "slicks," such as THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, COLLIERS, THE AMERICAN MERCURY and so on; but this lasted only until 1956. By 1960, BLUEBOOK had become exclusively another of the "men's adventure magazines," until its demise in 1975. But here's a great example of BLUEBOOK's experimentation as a 1950's "slick" magazine:
Contents:
Front Cover -- illustrated by JOHN CULLEN MURPHY
Purely Personal: Who Wrote What In This Month's BLUEBOOK
Coming Up (Previews Of The Next Issue)
Thinking Out Loud (Editorial comments) -- written by MAXWELL HAMILTON
What Next! (Short true humorous anecdotes)
Pro And Con (Letters from readers
The Revolution Comes To Trotting! -- written by JOHNNY BLUE, illustrated by JOHN CULLEN MURPHY
Idiot -- written by WEBB B. GARRISON, illustrator unattributed
Sometimes You Lose -- written by WILLIAM HOLDER, illustrated by STAN DRAKE
Wanna Bet (Curious but true facts) -- written by JOSEPH C. STACEY
Squaw For Sale -- written by CHARLES A. ROBERTS, illustrated by HOWARD WILLIAMSON
Balcony Fall Sequel (JIMMY DOOLITTLE anecdote) -- writer unattributed
The Curse Of The Artist's Wife -- written by HORACE BAILEY BROWN, illustrated by AL TARTER
Episode In Haiti -- written by RICHARD STERN, illustrated by HERB SASLOW
Here We Go Again! -- written by AL STUMP, illustrated by JOHN CULLEN MURPHY
It Isn't True (Misunderstood information) -- written by JOHN T. DUNLAVY, illustrator unattributed
A Rosy Future For Roderick -- written by NELSON BOND, illustrated by GEORGE WITHERS
Third Base Coach -- written by WILLIAM HEUMAN, illustrated by RAY QUIGLEY
Six Finger Village -- written by IB MELCHIOR, illustrator unattributed
Sport Time (Short true sports anecdotes)
Delivery Boy War -- written by JOHN D. MacDONALD, illustrated by MILLER POPE
"Dere's Sad News Here" -- written by GEORGE SCULLIN, illustrated by HANK BERGER
Ever Since Eve -- written by ELSIE LEE, illustrator unattributed
Come Again, McKechnie -- written by JON CLEARY, illustrated by BOB FINK
Let's Finish The Lindbergh Case (nonfiction) -- written by CECIL CARNES
"The Rivet's Still There" (LEVI Blue Jeans) -- written by M. R. KRYTHE
North Wind Crying -- written by TOM ROAN, illustrated by CHARLES GEER
Henry, The Geepey And The Gooney -- written by JOSEPH LAWRENCE, illustrated by DAVE STONE
Once A Sucker -- written by ROBERT BLOCH, illustrated by STAN DRAKE
Relax And Enjoy (reviews of books, records, TV movies)
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