Cult Magazines: A to Z : A Compendium of Culturally Obsessive and Curiously Expressive Publications

Exploring the subcultures of mid-20th-century America, this encyclopedia comprehensively documents the huge quantity of cult magazines that thrived beneath the mainstream. Chronicling the period between 1925 and 1990, prior to the rise of the Internet age, the book reveals how thousands of these specialized magazines were produced, gratifying the secret life of every fad, taste, obsession, and hush-hush desire. Nothing was beyond the scope of the imaginative publishers and eccentric editors, the guide shows, as it goes behind the scenes of titles such as Amazing Stories , Doctor Death , Gee-Whiz , Jaybird , Phantom Detective , and True Thrills . Featuring full-color reproductions of hundreds of distinctive cult cover images, this reference's backgrounds, histories, and essays offer a complete picture of a bygone era. Contents......Page 4 INTRODUCTION......Page 6 MAGAZINE SIZES......Page 7 Acme News Company to The Avenger......Page 8 Ballyhoo to Brain Power......Page 30 Captain Billy’s Whiz Bang to Creem......Page 46 Daring Doll to Dream World......Page 55 Elvis Presley to Eyeful......Page 63 Face & Physique to Future Sex......Page 75 Gasm to Ghost Stories......Page 90 Health Knowledge to Humorama......Page 96 Jack Dempsey’s Fight to Jungle Stories......Page 114 Knight Magazine to Lunatickle......Page 117 Magazine of Fantasy & SF to Mystic......Page 120 Operator #5 to The Organ......Page 133 Pearson’s Magazine to Punk......Page 139 Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine......Page 154 Ray Gun to Rogue Maga zine......Page 158 Satana to Super-8 Filmmaker......Page 170 Tales of Magic & Mystery to True Strange Stories......Page 195 Uncanny Tales to Volitant Publishing......Page 200 Weider Maga zines to World War 3 Illustrated......Page 204 The Yellow Peril to Your Body......Page 214 Zane Grey’s Western Magazine to Zest......Page 218 CONTRIBUTORS......Page 220 INDEX......Page 222

Exploring the subcultures of mid-20th-century America, this encyclopedia comprehensively documents the huge quantity of cult magazines that thrived beneath the mainstream. Chronicling the period between 1925 and 1990, prior to the rise of the Internet age, the book reveals how thousands of these specialized magazines were produced, gratifying the secret life of every fad, taste, obsession, and hush-hush desire. Nothing was beyond the scope of the imaginative publishers and eccentric editors, the guide shows, as it goes behind the scenes of titles such as Amazing Stories, Doctor Death, Gee-Whiz, Jaybird, Phantom Detective, and True Thrills. Featuring full-color reproductions of hundreds of distinctive cult cover images, this reference's backgrounds, histories, and essays offer a complete picture of a bygone era.

Exploring the subcultures of mid-20th-century America, this encyclopaedia comprehensively documents different magazines that thrived beneath the mainstream. Chronicling the period between 1925 and 1990, it reveals how thousands of these specialised magazines were produced, gratifying the secret life of fad, taste, obsession, and hush-hush desire