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Cover of Fantastic Adventures, July 1947
Adventure was an American pulp magazine that was first published in November 1910 by the Ridgway company, an subsidiary of the Butterick Publishing Company. Adventure went on to become one of the most profitable and critically acclaimed of all the American pulp magazines. The magazine had 881 issues. Its first editor was Trumbull White, he was succeeded in 1912 by Arthur Sullivant Hoffman (1876–1966), who would edit the magazine until 1927.
Published by Ziff-Davis from 1939 to 1953, it was one of the leading magazines in the genre during its run. Fantastic Adventures featured a mix of stories, including sword and sorcery tales, space opera adventures and other genres of speculative fiction. The magazine published work by such notable authors as Robert E. Howard, Edgar Rice Burroughs and Ray Bradbury. It also featured cover art by prominent artists such as Frank R. Paul and Earle K. Bergey. Fantastic Adventures ceased publication in 1953 due to declining sales, but it remains a popular publication among fans of pulp fiction and early science fiction.
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