(1937) “Jungle Getaway”

Thomas A. Curry Jr (1900-1976), better known as ‘Tom Curry’ to Pulp readers, was a successful writer of action stories, Westerns in particular. His popular Rio Kid got his own magazine in the Standard Magazines chain, edited by Leo Marguiles. Other famous writers who wrote for Rio Kid were Louis L’Amour, Hapsburg Liebe and Walter […]

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The Jungle Triangle

Looking at copies of Jumbo Tales I was first struck by how lush these covers were (and who could refuse buying them?) but secondly how each followed a formula of construction I like to call “The Triangle”. There is some variation but the most popular examples feature three main focal points set in a triangle. […]

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