Tales of Magic and Mystery, March 1928

Overview:

  • Title: Tales of Magic and Mystery, March 1928
  • Author: Walter B. Gibson
  • Year: 2013
  • ISBN-10: 9781597984515
  • Publisher: Adventure House
  • Price: $14.95
  • Pages: 72
  • Binding: Trade Paperback
  • Type: MAGAZINE
  • Title Reference: Cool Air
  • Notes:
    • Facsimile print-on-demand reprint of the March 1928 pulp magazine, including ads. The original pulp magazine was published by Personal Arts Company and edited by {{A|Walter B. Gibson}}.
    • Titled Tales of Magic & Mystery on the contents page only. On the cover and on the page's headers this magazine it titled Tales of Magic and Mystery.
    • Date of publication of this facsimile is from Amazon.com. as of 2013-04-14. No publishing date listed anywhere in or on this reprint.
    • Volume 1, Number 4.
    • This magazine only lasted five issues, and the editor is not credited, although this site http://www.philsp.com/data/data392.html#TALESOFMAGICANDMYSTERY lists Walter B. Gibson as the editor.
    • Artists are not credit, and no artwork is signed, although some is initialed.
    • Magazine published a mix of magic articles, supernatural articles, and supernatural short stories.
    • "Magic Pictorial" is fifteen black-and-white photos of mystics and magicians with some heavy textual captions. This may be a series.
    • Lovecraft's story is also graced with six micro-illustrations. The artwork for Howard Thurston's article is clearly by two different people. The second and third pieces of artwork for "The Girl Who Was Burned Alive" resembles {{A|Mike Hinge}}'s.
    • "Easy Magic You Can Do" is various magic tricks with illustrations, it is probably written by Gibson.