The Spider (magazine)
The Spider was an American pulp magazine that was published from 1933 to 1943. It included a lead novel in every issue that featured The Spider, a heroic crimefighter. It was published by Popular Publications, as a rival to Street & Smith's The Shadow and Standard Magazine's The Phantom Detective. Many of the stories involved science fiction plot devices, such as a metal-eating virus, or giant robots.[1][2]
The magazine was cancelled in 1943, because of the shortage of paper caused by World War II. The last issue was dated December 1943.[1]
Bibliographic details
| Issue data for The Spider | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| 1933 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 1/3 | |||||||||
| 1934 | 1/4 | 2/1 | 2/2 | 2/3 | 2/4 | 3/1 | 3/2 | 3/3 | 3/4 | 4/1 | 4/2 | 4/3 |
| 1935 | 4/4 | 5/1 | 5/2 | 5/3 | 5/4 | 6/1 | 6/2 | 6/3 | 6/4 | 7/1 | 7/2 | 7/3 |
| 1936 | 7/4 | 8/1 | 8/2 | 8/3 | 8/4 | 9/1 | 9/2 | 9/3 | 9/4 | 10/1 | 10/2 | 10/3 |
| 1937 | 10/4 | 11/1 | 11/2 | 11/3 | 11/4 | 12/1 | 12/2 | 12/3 | 12/4 | 13/1 | 13/2 | 13/3 |
| 1938 | 13/4 | 14/1 | 14/2 | 14/3 | 14/4 | 15/1 | 15/2 | 15/3 | 15/4 | 16/1 | 16/2 | 16/3 |
| 1939 | 16/4 | 17/1 | 17/2 | 17/3 | 17/4 | 18/1 | 18/2 | 18/3 | 18/4 | 19/1 | 19/2 | 19/3 |
| 1940 | 19/4 | 20/1 | 20/2 | 20/3 | 20/4 | 21/1 | 21/2 | 21/3 | 21/4 | 22/1 | 22/2 | 22/3 |
| 1941 | 22/4 | 23/1 | 23/2 | 23/3 | 23/4 | 24/1 | 24/2 | 24/3 | 24/4 | 25/1 | 25/2 | 25/3 |
| 1942 | 25/4 | 26/1 | 26/2 | 26/3 | 26/4 | 27/1 | 27/2 | 27/3 | 27/4 | 28/1 | 28/2 | 28/3 |
| 1943 | 28/4 | 29/1 | 29/2 | 29/3 | 29/4 | 30/1 | 30/2 | |||||
| Issues of The Spider, showing volume and issue number. The colors identify the editors for each issue: Rogers Terrill Robert Turner and Ryerson Johnson | ||||||||||||
The Spider was published by Popular Publications, and produced 118 issues between October 1933 and December 1943. It was pulp format for all issues; it began at 128 pages and was reduced to 112 pages after March 1936. The price was 10 cents throughout its run.[3][2] The volume numbering was entirely regular, with four issues per volume; the last issue was volume 30 number 2.[3] It was monthly from the first issue until March 1943; the four remaining issues were dated June, August, October and December 1943.[3]
References
- Cook (1983), pp. 521-527.
- Weinberg (1985), pp. 602-604.
- Stephensen-Payne, Phil (January 1, 2022). "The Spider". Galactic Central. Retrieved January 1, 2022.
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Sources
- Cook, Michael L. (1983). "The Spider". In Cook, Michael L. (ed.). Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 521–527. ISBN 0-313-23310-1.
- Weinberg, Robert (1985). "The Spider". In Tymn, Marshall B.; Ashley, Mike (eds.). Science Fiction, Fantasy and Weird Fiction Magazines. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 602–604. ISBN 0-3132-1221-X.