''Golden Fleece Historical Adventure'' was an American adventure
pulp magazine which published nine issues between 1938 and 1939. ''Golden Fleece'' specialised in publishing
historical fiction. It published two stories by
Robert E. Howard, the creator of
Conan the Barbarian
Conan the Barbarian (also known as Conan the Cimmerian) is a fictional sword and sorcery hero who originated in pulp magazines and has since been adapted to books, comics, films (including '' Conan the Barbarian'' and '' Conan the Destroyer'') ...
: "
Black Vulmea's Vengeance" and "Gates of Empire". Other writers included
Talbot Mundy
Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon, 23 April 1879 – 5 August 1940) was an English writer of adventure fiction. Based for most of his life in the United States, he also wrote under the pseudonym of Walter Galt. Best known as the ...
,
H. Bedford-Jones,
Ralph Milne Farley
Roger Sherman Hoar (April 8, 1887 – October 10, 1963) was an American state senator and assistant Attorney General, for the state of Massachusetts. He wrote and published science fiction under the pseudonym of Ralph Milne Farley.
Family
Hoar w ...
, and
Murray Leinster
Murray Leinster (June 16, 1896 – June 8, 1975) was a pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an American writer of genre fiction, particularly of science fiction. He wrote and published more than 1,500 short stories and articles, 14 movie ...
. Contributing artists included
Jay Jackson, Harold Delay,
Harold McCauley, and
Margaret Brundage
Margaret Brundage, born Margaret Hedda Johnson (December 9, 1900April 9, 1976), was an American illustrator and painter who is remembered chiefly for having illustrated the pulp magazine ''Weird Tales''. Working in pastels on illustration bo ...
, who painted two covers for ''Golden Fleece''.
[Ashley (1985), pp. 319-320.][Agnew, (2018) p. 174]
Science fiction historian
Mike Ashley describes it as a "rousing and unpretentious" magazine, and suggests that it may have failed because of distribution problems; the publisher, Sun Publications, was a small Chicago-based firm. Ashley also suggests that it would have been difficult for the magazine to compete with ''
Adventure
An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky. Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting, or other extreme ...
'', one of the leading pulp magazines of its day.
[Ashley (1985), pp. 319-320.]
Bibliographic details
The publisher was Sun Publications of Chicago; the editors were A. J. Gontier, Jr., and C.G. Williams. There were nine monthly issues, from October 1938 to June 1939. There was one volume of three issues, and a second volume of six issues. Each magazine was in pulp format, with 128 pages, priced at 20 cents.
[Ashley (1985), pp. 319-320.]
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Magazines established in 1938
Magazines disestablished in 1939
Magazines published in Chicago
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