The phrase “pulp fiction” makes most people think of the 1994 Quentin Tarantino film. But the phrase actually comes from magazines of explicit content that used to be printed on wood pulp paper. The first example dates back to 1896, and the format's height of popularity came in the 1920s, 30s, and 40s.
Historic Wally Wood Shock SuspenStories #6 Cover Art Heads to Auction
Historic Wally Wood Shock SuspenStories #6 Cover Art Heads to Auction
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Shock SuspenStories #6 will go up for bid at Heritage Auctions June 17-19 Comics and Comic Art Signature Auction. The story behind this cover is a forceful condemnation of hate groups in America. As
Steven Spielberg noted in the 2017
Shock SuspenStories collection containing this issue, For the first time, Gaines attacked subjects like racial and religious prejudice in the
Shock Suspenstories title, and confronted these controversial topics head on.
Wally Wood Shock SuspenStories #6 cover, EC Comics 1952.
The interior story behind this cover of