12 Adventure Stories was one of several adventure pulp magazines published by the Ace group during the pulp fiction era.
It was part of Ace’s numbered series of adventure magazines, alongside similar titles like 10 Action Adventures and 10 Short Novels. The magazine was part of the broader adventure pulp genre, which was the most popular of all pulp genres by number of issues published.
Context in Pulp Publishing
Adventure pulp magazines of this era typically featured stories with diverse settings and themes, including:
- Foreign adventures with American heroes
- Northern stories
- Sea stories
- War stories
- Railroad stories
- Circus stories
- Sports stories
- Mystery stories
Like other adventure pulps of its time, the magazine would have featured vivid covers designed to catch readers’ attention at newsstands.
These publications were characterized by their rough pulp pages and fast-paced story openings that aimed to immediately engage readers.
| # | Get It | Name | Date | Editor | Artist | Containing |
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| 1 | 12 Adventure Stories, Vol. 1, No. 2 | 1938-12-01 |
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| 2 | 12 Adventure Stories, Vol. 1, No. 3 | 1939-03-01 | Norman Saunders |
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| 3 | 12 Adventure Stories, Vol. 1, No. 4 | 1939-05-01 |
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| 4 | 12 Adventure Stories, Vol. II, No. 1 | 1939-08-01 |
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| 5 | 12 Adventure Stories, Vol. 2, No. 2 | 1939-10-01 | Norman Saunders |
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