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Argosy (magazine)

December 15, 2023

For the British magazines with this title, see Argosy (UK magazine).
"The Golden Argosy" redirects here. For the book, see The Golden Argosy (book).

Argosy was an American magazine. It was founded in 1882 as The Golden Argosy, a children's weekly, edited by Frank Munsey and published by E. G. Rideout. Munsey took over as publisher when Rideout went bankrupt in 1883, and after many struggles made the magazine profitable. He shortened the title to The Argosy in 1888 and targeted an audience of men and boys with adventure stories. In 1894 he switched it to a monthly schedule and in 1896 he eliminated all non-fiction and started using cheap pulp paper, making it the first pulp magazine. Circulation had reached half a million by 1907, and remained strong until the 1930s. The name was changed to Argosy All-Story Weekly in 1920 after the magazine merged with All-Story Weekly, another Munsey pulp, and from 1929 it became just Argosy.

Argosy
Cover of the April 1906 issue
FounderFrank Munsey
Founded1882
Final issue2016

In 1925 Munsey died, and the publisher, the Frank A. Munsey Company, was purchased by Thomas Dewart, who had worked for Munsey. By the end of the 1930s circulation had fallen to no more than 50,000, and after a failed effort to revive the magazine by including sensational non-fiction, it was sold in 1942 to Popular Publications, another pulp magazine publisher. Popular converted it from pulp to slick format, and initially attempted to make it a fiction-only magazine, but gave up on this within a year. Instead it became a men's magazine, carrying fiction and feature articles aimed at men. Circulation soared and by the early 1950s was well over one million.

Early contributors included Horatio Alger, Oliver Optic, and G. A. Henty. During the pulp era, many famous writers appeared in Argosy, including O. Henry, James Branch Cabell, Albert Payson Terhune, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Erle Stanley Gardner, Robert E. Howard, and Max Brand. Argosy was regarded as one of the most prestigious publications in the pulp market, along with Blue Book, Adventure and Short Stories. After the transition to slick format it continued to publish fiction, including science fiction by Robert Heinlein, Arthur Clarke, and Ray Bradbury. From 1948 to 1958 it published a series by Gardner called "The Court of Last Resort" which examined the cases of dozens of convicts who maintained their innocence, and succeeding in overturning many of the convictions. NBC adapted the series for television in 1957.

Popular sold the magazine to David Geller in 1972, and in 1978 Geller sold it to the Filipacchi Group, which closed down the magazine at the end of the year. The title has been revived several times, most recently in 2016.

Publication history edit

The Golden Argosy edit

In the late 1870s, Frank Munsey was working in Augusta, Maine, as the manager of the local Western Union office. He helped a friend get a job at a publisher in Augusta, and after a couple of years his friend moved to New York City to another publishing company. Munsey was becoming more familiar with the publishing industry during this time, and decided he wanted to launch a magazine of his own. He had some difficulty in getting anyone to agree to invest, but eventually persuaded a stockbroker he knew to put in $2,500 ($76,000 in 2022), of which $500 was a loan to Munsey. Munsey invested $500 of his own, and his friend in New York City added another $1,000, making a total of $4,000 ($121,000 in 2022) in capital.[1][2] Munsey resigned from Western Union, and moved to New York on September 23, 1882, bringing with him manuscripts he had bought for the magazine before leaving Augusta.[3]

 
Frank Munsey

Once in New York, Munsey quickly realized that the cost estimates he had made, based on what he had been able to learn while in Maine, were unrealistically low.[4][5] His original plan for the magazine had been to make it a close copy of Golden Days, a weekly paper for children published in Philadelphia by James Elverson,[6] and to include lithographed covers and internal illustrations.[4][5] He abandoned these ideas and came up with a simplified approach, still based on Golden Days, that he believed could be made profitable. He wrote to the stockbroker who had promised $2,500 to get the funds sent to him, but received no reply, and since this made it impossible to start the magazine as planned, Munsey released his New York friend from his promise of investment. This left Munsey with only about $40 ($1,210 in 2022), along with the manuscripts he had in hand, which had cost over $500 to acquire. He began looking for a publisher who would back the new magazine, and eventually persuaded E. G. Rideout to take it on. The first issue, titled The Golden Argosy, with Munsey as editor and manager, was dated December 9, 1882;[4][5] it was eight pages long and cost five cents ($1.52 in 2022).[7] Subscribers were offered a set of colored chromolithographs along with their subscription.[4]

Five months later Rideout went bankrupt. Munsey had not drawn all his salary, and Rideout had borrowed money from him as well, so he was owed about $1,000 ($31,000 in 2022) by the bankrupt company. He claimed the magazine's title and subscription list in return for his debt, succeeding over a competing claim from a publisher who would have merged the magazine's subscriptions into those of his own publication.[8][9][10] The first issue with Munsey as publisher was dated September 8, 1883.[11] Munsey again was reduced to a few dollars, but he was able to borrow $300 ($9,400 in 2022) from Oscar Holway, a banker in Augusta who was a friend.[8][9] At about this time he bought some stories from Malcolm Douglas, but when Douglas came to collect his payment Munsey offered him the job of editor, at $10 ($300 in 2022) per week, in lieu of payment for the stories. Douglas accepted.[8]

Issue data for The Golden Argosy and The Argosy up to 1894[12]
January February March April May June July August September October November December
1882 Dates: 9,16,23,30
Volume: 1/1 to 1/4
Issue: 1 to 4
1883 Dates: 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,24 3,10,17,24,31 7,14,21,28 5,12,19,26 2,9,16,23,30 7,14,21,28 4,11,18,25 1,8,15,22,29 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,24 1,8,15,22,29
Volume: 1/5 to 1/8 1/9 to 1/12 1/13 to 1/17 1/18 to 1/21 1/22 to 1/25 1/26 to 1/30 1/31 to 1/34 1/35 to 1/38 1/39 to 1/43 1/44 to 1/47 1/48 to 1/51 1/52, 2/1 to 2/4
Issue: 5 to 8 9 to 12 13 to 17 18 to 21 22 to 25 26 to 30 31 to 34 35 to 38 39 to 43 44 to 47 48 to 51 52 to 56
1884 Dates: 5,12,19,26 2,9,26,23 1,8,25,22,29 5,12,19,26 3,10,17,23,31 7,14,21,28 5,12,19,26 1,9,26,23,30 6,13,20,27 4,11,18,25 1,8,15,22,29 6,13,20,27
Volume: 2/5 to 2/8 2/9 to 2/12 2/13 to 2/17 2/18 to 2/21 2/22 to 2/26 2/29 to 2/30 2/31 to 2/34 2/35 to 2/39 2/40 to 2/43 2/44 to 2/47 2/48 to 2/52 3/1 to 3/4
Issue: 57 to 60 61 to 64 65 to 69 70 to 73 74 to 78 79 to 82 83 to 86 87 to 91 92 to 95 96 to 99 100 to 104 105 to 108
1885 Dates: 3,10,17,24,31 7,14,21,28 7,14,21,28 4,11,18,25 2,9,16,23,30 6,13,20,27 4,11,18,25 1,8,15,22,29 5,12,19,26 3,10,17,24,31 7,14,21,28 5,12,19,26
Volume: 3/5 to 3/9 3/10 to 3/13 3/14 to 3/17 3/18 to 3/21 3/22 to 3/26 3/27 to 3/30 3/31 to 3/34 3/35 to 3/39 3/40 to 3/43 3/44 to 3/48 3/49 to 3/52 4/1 to 4/4
Issue: 109 to 113 114 to 117 118 to 121 122 to 125 126 to 130 131 to 134 135 to 138 139 to 143 144 to 147 148 to 152 153 to 156 157 to 160
1886 Dates: 2,9,16,23,30 6,13,20,27 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,24 1,8,15,22,29 5,12,19,26 3,10,17,24,31 7,14,21,28 4,11,18,25 2,9,16,23,30 6,13,20,27 4,11,18,25
Volume: 4/5 to 4/9 4/10 to 4/13 4/14 to 4/17 4/18 to 4/21 4/22 to 4/26 4/27 to 4/30 4/31 to 4/35 4/36 to 4/39 4/40 to 4/43 4/44 to 4/48 4/49 to 4/52 5/1 to 5/4
Issue: 161 to 165 166 to 169 170 to 173 174 to 177 178 to 182 183 to 186 187 to 191 192 to 195 196 to 199 200 to 204 205 to 208 209 to 212
1887 Dates: 1,8,15,22,29 5,12,19,26 5,12,19,26 2,9,16,23,30 7,14,212,28 4,11,18,25 2,9,16,23,30 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,23 1,8,15,22,29 5,12,19,26 3,10,17,24,31
Volume: 5/5 to 5/9 5/10 to 5/13 5/14 to 5/17 5/18 to 5/22 5/23 to 5/26 5/27 to 5/30 5/31 to 5/35 5/36 to 5/39 5/40 to 5/43 5/44 to 5/48 5/49 to 5/52 6/1 to 6/5
Issue: 213 to 217 218 to 221 222 to 225 226 to 230 231 to 234 235 to 238 239 to 243 244 to 247 248 to 251 252 to 256 257 to 260 261 to 265
1888 Dates: 7,14,21,28 4,11,18,25 3,10,.17,24,31 7,14,21,28 5,12,19,26 2,9,16,23,30 7,14,21,28 4,11,18,25 1,8,15,22,29 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,24 1,8,15,22,29
Volume: 6/6/ to 6/9 6/10 to 6/13 6/14 to 6/18 6/19 to 6/22 6/23 to 6/26 6/27 to 6/31 6/32 to 6/35 6/36 to 6/39 6/40 to 6/44 6/45 to 6/48 6/49 to 6/52 7/1 to 7/5
Issue: 266 6o 269 270 to 273 274 to 278 279 to 282 283 to 286 287 to 291 292 to 295 296 to 299 300 to 304 305 to 308 309 to 312 313 to 317
1889 Dates: 5,12,19,26 2,9,16,23 2,9,16,23,30 6,13,20,27 4,11,18,25 1,8,15,22,29 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,24,31 7,14,21,28 5,12,19,26 2,9,16,23,30 7,14,21,28
Volume: 7/6 to 7/9 7/10 to 7/13 7/14 to 7/18 7/19 to 7/22 7/23 to 7/26 8/1 to 8/5 8/6 to 8/9 8/10 to 8/14 8/15 to 8/18 8/19 to 8/22 8/23 to 89/1 9/2 to 9/5
Issue: 318 to 321 322 to 325 326 to 330 331 to 334 335 to 338 339 to 343 344 to 347 348 to 352 353 to 356 357 to 360 361 to 365 366 to 369
1890 Dates: 4,11,18,25 1,8,15,22 1,8,15,22,29 5,12,19,26 3,10,17,24,31 7,14,21,28 5,12,19,26 2,9,16,23,30 6,13,20,27 4,11,18,25 1,8,15,22,29 6,13,20,27
Volume: 9/6 to 9/9 9/10 to 9/13 9/14 to 9/18 9/19 to 9/22 9/23 to 10/1 10/2 to 10/5 10/6 to 10/9 10/10 to 10/14 10/15 to 10/18 10/19 to 10/22 10/23 to 11/1 11/2 to 11/5
Issue: 370 to 373 374 to 377 378 to 382 383 to 386 387 to 391 392 to 395 396 to 399 400 to 404 405 to 408 409 to 412 413 to 417 418 to 421
1891 Dates: 3,10,17,24,31 7,14,21,28 7,14,21,28 4,11,18,25 2,9,16,23,30 6,13,20,27 4,11,18,25 1,8,15,22,29 5,12,19,26 3,10,17,24,31 7,14,21,28 5,12,19,26
Volume: 11/6 to 11/10 11/11 to 11/14 11/15 to 11/18 11/19 to 11/22 11/23 to 12/1 12/2 to 12/5 12/6 to 12/9 12/10 to 12/14 12/15 to 12/18 12/19 to 12/23 12/24 to 13/1 13/2 to 13/5
Issue: 422 to 426 427 to 430 431 to 434 435 to 438 439 to 443 444 to 447 448 to 451 452 to 456 457 to 460 461 to 465 466 to 469 470 to 473
1892 Dates: 2,9,16,23,30 6,13,20,27 5,12,19,26 2,9,16,23,30 7,14,21,28 4,11,18,25 2,9,16,23,30 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,24 1,8,15,22,29 5,12,19,26 3,10,17,24,31
Volume: 13/6 to 13/10 13/11 to 13/14 13/15 to 13/18 13/19 to 13/22 13/23 to 14/1 14/2 to 14/5 14/6 to 14/10 14/11 to 14/14 14/15 to 14/18 14/19 to 14/23 14/24 to 15/1 15/2 to 15/6
Issue: 474 to 478 479 to 482 483 to 486 487 to 491 492 to 495 496 to 499 500 to 504 505 to 508 509 to 512 513 to 517 518 to 521 522 to 526
1893 Dates: 7,14,21,28 4,11,18,25 4,11,18,25 1,8,15,22,29 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,24 1,8,15,22,29 5,12,19,26 2,9,16,23,30 7,14,21,28 4,11,18,25 2,9,16,23,30
Volume: 15/7 to 15/10 15/11 to 15/14 15/15 to 15/18 15/19 to 15/23 15/24 to 16/1 16/2 to 16/5 16/6 to 16/10 16/11 to 16/14 16/15 to 16/19 16/20 to 16/23 16/24 to 17/1 17/2 to 17/6
Issue: 527 to 530 531 to 534 535 to 538 539 to 543 544 to 547 548 to 551 552 to 556 557 to 560 561 to 565 566 to 569 570 to 573 574 to 578
1894 Dates: 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,24 3,10,17,24
Volume: 17/7 to 17/10 17/11 to 17/14 17/15 to 17/18
Issue: 579 to 582 583 to 586 587 to 590
     Frank A. Munsey      Malcolm Douglas      Matthew White
Not all bibliographic sources include Douglas, but Munsey's biographer, George Britt, gives details of Douglas's hire, and he is described in J. Randolph Cox's The Dime Novel Companion as "the real editor of Golden Argosy".[13][8][14] Douglas's first issue was dated September 8, 1883, and White took over with the December 4, 1886 issue.[12][note 1]

A friend from Augusta, John Fogler, who had become cashier of Augusta's First National Bank, was able to arrange another loan for Munsey, of $1,000.[16] Munsey managed to maintain the regular weekly schedule but the financial pressure on him was enormous.[17][18] Rideout had set up Munsey in an office on Barclay Street in what is now known as Tribeca, in Manhattan; Munsey moved to an office on Warren Street nearby to reduce the rent, and he and Douglas would eat in a German beer saloon where they could get a free lunch. Munsey and Douglas assembled free material by rewriting items from English boys' papers. One week, Douglas was unable to find enough material to fill an issue. Munsey wrote a short story that night: "Harry's Scheme, or Camping Among the Maples", about two boys in the Maine woods, and turned it in to Douglas the next morning.[17][13][note 2] Douglas twice saw Munsey write a letter to Elverson, offering the subscription list of The Golden Argosy in return for a job at $50 per week, but Munsey did not mail either letter.[17][18]

In 1884 James Blaine was the Republican candidate for President. Blaine knew of Munsey from Augusta, and his campaign needed help with publicity: Munsey proposed a new magazine, Munsey's Illustrated Weekly, to carry campaign news. It only lasted two months, from September 6 to November 8, 1884, but it helped Munsey by giving him an official-seeming presence in publishing that made it much easier for him to obtain credit for paper and other supplies.[20] Before the campaign he had been unable to get credit; after it he was $8,000 ($243,000 in 2022) in debt to his suppliers. Ten years later Munsey recalled the change, and said "That debt made me. Before, I had no credit and had to live from hand to mouth. But when I owed $8,000 my creditors didn't dare drop me. They saw their only chance of getting anything was to keep me going."[21] Munsey had a bank account in New York, but kept two more, in Maine and Chicago, moving funds between them constantly: "I kept thousands of dollars in the air between these three banks. It was a dizzy, dazzling, daring game, a game to live for, to die for, a royal glorious game".[22] Munsey told a story of being unable to meet payroll because the New York bank would not give him credit. He went to the bank, upbraided the president for his "effrontery", and left without letting the man speak.[22] When his employee went to the bank again that day, he was able to cash the payroll check.[22]

The fact that The Golden Argosy never missed an issue also helped Munsey persuade the businesses he worked with to extend him credit, which in turn helped him invest in the business. In the winter of 1885/1886 he wrote a serial, Afloat in a Great City, with the intention of using it as the basis for an advertising campaign to increase subscriptions. Munsey owed $5,000 at this point, and went into debt by about another $10,000 to advertise the story, distributing 100,000 sample copies of the March 13, 1886 issue containing the first installment of the serial in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the surrounding areas. The campaign was a success, and from being a more-or-less breakeven concern, The Golden Argosy began to net Munsey about $100 a week in profit, not counting the cost of the campaign. This convinced Munsey to invest further in building circulation.[23][24] A new editor, Matthew White, took over from Douglas at the end of the year.[8] At the same time Munsey doubled the page count and increased the price from five cents to six.[23][25][26] In 1887 he began a national advertising campaign, with traveling representatives as far west as Nebraska, and a mail campaign for points further west.[24] He wrote another story, The Boy Broker, for serialization, beginning in the February 5, 1887 issue,[24][27] and credited it with adding 20,000 to The Golden Argosy's circulation.[24][28] Over five months the campaign gave away 11,500,000 sample issues: his debt ballooned to $95,000 ($3.09 million in 2022), but he was now clearing $1,500 ($49,000 in 2022) a week in profit, and circulation reached 115,000 in May 1887.[24][29][note 3]

The Argosy edit

Monthly issue data for The Argosy from 1894 to 1917[12]
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1894 18/1 18/2 18/3 18/4 18/5 18/6 19/1 19/2 19/3
1895 19/4 19/5 19/6 20/1 20/2 20/3 20/4 20/5 20/6 21/1 21/2 21/3
1896 21/4 21/5 21/6 22/1 22/2 22/3 22/4 22/5 22/6 23/1 23/2 23/3
1897 23/4 23/5 23/6 24/1 24/2 24/3 24/4 25/1 25/2 25/3 25/4 26/1
1898 26/2 26/3 26/4 27/1 27/2 27/3 27/4 28/1 28/2 28/3 28/4 29/1
1899 29/2 29/3 29/4 30/1 30/2 30/3 30/4 31/1 31/2 31/3 31/4 32/1
1900 32/2 32/3 32/4 33/1 33/2 33/3 33/4 34/1 34/2 34/3 34/4 35/1
1901 35/2 35/3 35/4 36/1 36/2 36/3 36/4 37/1 37/2 37/3 37/4 38/1
1902 38/2 38/3 38/4 39/1 39/2 39/3 39/4 40/1 40/2 40/3 40/4 41/1
1903 41/2 41/3 41/4 42/1 42/2 42/3 42/4 43/1 43/2 43/3 43/4 44/1
1904 44/2 44/3 44/4 45/1 45/2 45/3 45/4 46/1 46/2 46/3 46/4 47/1
1905 47/2 47/3 47/4 48/1 48/2 48/3 48/4 49/1 49/2 49/3 49/4 50/1
1906 50/2 50/3 50/4 51/1 51/2 51/3 51/4 52/1 52/2 52/3 52/4 53/1
1907 53/2 53/3 53/4 54/1 54/2 54/3 54/4 55/1 55/2 55/3 55/4 56/1
1908 56/2 56/3 56/4 57/1 57/2 57/3 57/4 58/1 58/2 58/3 58/4 59/1
1909 59/2 59/3 59/4 60/1 60/2 60/3 60/4 61/1 61/2 61/3 61/4 62/1
1910 62/2 62/3 62/4 63/1 63/2 63/3 63/4 64/1 64/2 64/3 64/4 65/1
1911 65/2 65/3 65/4 66/1 66/2 66/3 66/4 67/1 67/2 67/3 67/4 68/1
1912 68/2 68/3 68/4 69/1 69/2 69/3 69/4 70/1 70/2 70/3 70/4 71/1
1913 71/2 71/3 71/4 72/1 72/2 72/3 72/4 73/1 73/2 73/3 73/4 74/1
1914 74/2 74/3 75/4 76/1 76/2 76/3 76/4 77/1 77/2 77/3 77/4 78/1
1915 78/2 78/3 78/4 79/1 79/2 79/3 79/4 80/1 80/2 80/3 80/4 81/1
1916 81/2 81/3 81/4 82/1 82/2 82/3 82/4 83/1 83/2 83/3 83/4 84/1
1917 84/2 84/3 84/4 85/1 85/2 85/3 85/4 86/1 86/2 86/3
     Matthew White
Matthew White was editor throughout this period, though Mott reports that he spent a year or more in London working for Munsey during 1913–1914,[15][31][32] and according to Moskowitz the editorial duties for The Argosy were handled by Bob Davis, the editor of All-Story Weekly, during this time.[15]

The improvement in Munsey's finances in 1887 was temporary, though before Munsey realized it he had given up his cheap rooms and moved to the Windsor Hotel on Fifth Avenue.[33] Another advertising campaign was launched; it cost $20,000 ($651,000 in 2022) but produced no results, and Munsey began to experiment with the magazine, trying to find a profitable approach. He shortened the title to just The Argosy with the December 1, 1888 issue to make it sound more like an adventure magazine and less like a children's paper.[33][34][15] He later commented that he had not realized the problems attendant on magazines for children—they grew up quickly and dropped their subscriptions, so circulation was very difficult to maintain, and because they had little spending power it was hard to interest advertisers.[35] He reduced the page size and increased the page count, and added illustrated covers, and cut the price, and then reversed all these changes, but nothing worked.[33] In 1890 circulation dropped to the point where it no longer covered its own costs.[36] The expenses Munsey had taken on after the successful campaign in 1887 were now a drain, and when his friend Fogler visited, and was impressed that Munsey was living at the Windsor, he told Fogler, "I can't afford it ... but it is a means to an end. It gives me standing to have the acquaintance of the men I meet here."[33] Fogler also discovered on that visit that Munsey had a personal pew in a popular church, which cost him $1,000 ($81,000 in 2022) a year.[33]

Munsey launched two more periodicals, hoping that they would establish themselves as profitable before The Argosy failed completely.[37] The first was Munsey's Weekly, launched on February 2, 1889;[37][38] the second was a newspaper, the Daily Continent, which he took over in February 1891 and gave up on four months later.[37][39] The Weekly was not a success either, and in late 1891 Munsey converted it into a monthly, titled Munsey's Magazine, priced at twenty-five cents ($8.14 in 2022). Fogler, now working for a bank in Kansas, arranged a loan for Munsey that grew to $8,000 ($261,000 in 2022), with half Munsey's stock as collateral. During the Panic of 1893 the bank called in the loan, and Munsey offered Fogler the stock if he would take over the loan. Fogler declined, and Munsey had to arrange for another loan at 18% interest to cover the repayment.[37] In October 1893 Munsey cut the price of Munsey's Magazine to ten cents ($3.03 in 2022). He had to struggle to distribute it at this price, since the American News Company had a monopoly on magazine distribution and had little interest in a low-priced magazine. By the February issue Munsey was printing 200,000 copies, and it soon became successful enough to guarantee his financial security.[40]

The Argosy did not share in the success of Munsey's Magazine; circulation continued to decline, but Munsey kept it going, as he later said, "as a matter of sentiment", and to see what could be made of it. From a high of 115,000 the circulation fell to 9,000 for the March 24, 1894 issue, which was the last one as a weekly. Munsey switched it to monthly publication with the April issue, and circulation jumped to 40,000 immediately, but went no higher for over two years.[41] With the October 1896 issue Munsey changed it to carry fiction only, targeted at adults rather than children.[41][32][12] Starting with the December issue he began printing it on cheap wood-pulp paper,[41][32] making The Argosy the first pulp magazine.[31] The all-fiction format brought about another jump in circulation to 80,000.[41] In 1898, with circulation still at around 80,000, Munsey bought Peterson's Magazine and merged it into The Argosy.[41][42] A year or so later circulation began to climb again: Munsey spent nothing on advertising, but circulation reached 300,000 in 1902, and hit half a million in 1907, 25 years after it was launched.[41] The magazine absorbed two other Munsey publications, The Puritan and Junior Munsey, in 1902, and Munsey credited some of the increase in circulation to the mergers.[43]

Weekly issue data for The Argosy from 1917 to 1942[12][44]
January February March April May June July August September October November December
1917 Dates: 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,24 1,8,15,22,29
Volume: 87/1 to 87/4 88/1 to 88/4 89/1 to 90/1
1918 Dates: 5,12,19,26 2,9,16,23 2,9,16,23,30 6,13,20,27 4,11,18,25 1,8,15,22,29 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,24,31 7,14,21,28 5,12,19,26 2,9,16,23,30 7,14,21,28
Volume: 90/2 to 91/1 91/2 to 92/1 92/2 to 93/2 93/3 to 94/2 94/3 to 95/2 95/3 to 96/3 96/4 to 97/3 97/4 to 98/4 99/1 to 99/4 100/1 to 100/4 101/1 to 102/1 102/2 to 103/1
1919 Dates: 4,11,18,25 1,8,25,22 1,8,15,22,29 5,12,19,26 3,10,17,24,31 7,14,21,28 5,12,19,26 2,9,16,23,30 6,13,20,27 4,11,18,25 1,8,15,22,29 6,13,20,27
Volume: 103/2 to 104/1 104/2 to 105/1 105/2 to 106/2 106/3 to 107/2 107/3 to 108/3 108/4 to 109/3 109/4 to 110/3 110/4 to 111/4 112/1 to 112/4 113/1 to 113/4 114/1 to 115/1 115/2 to 116/1
1920 Dates: 3,10,17,24,31 7,14,21,28 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,24 1,8,15,22,29 5,12,19,26 3,10,17,24,31 7,14,21,28 4,11,18,25 2,9,16,23,30 6,13,20,27 4,11,18,25
Volume: 116/2 to 117/2 117/3 to 118/2 118/3 to 199/2 119/3 to 120/2 120/3 to 121/3 121/4 to 122/3 122/4 to 123/4 124/1 to 124/4 125/1 to 125/4 126/1 to 127/1 127/2 to 128/1 128/2 to 129/1
1921 Dates: 1,8,15,22,29 5,12,19,26 5,12,19,26 2,9,16,23,30 7,14,21,28 4,11,18,25 2,9,16,23,30 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,24 1,8,15,22,29 5,12,19,26 3,10,17,24,31
Volume: 129/2 to 130/2 130/3 to 131/2 131/3 to 132/2 132/3 to 133/3 133/4 to 134/3 134/4 to 135/1 135/2 to 135/6 136/1 to 136/4 136/4 to 137/2 137/3 to 138/1 138/2 to 138/5 138/6 to 139/4
1922 Dates: 7,14,21,28 4,11,18,25 4,11,18,25 1,8,15,22,29 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,24 1,8,15,22,29 5,12,19,26 2,9,16,23,30 7,14,21,28 4,11,18,25 2,9,16,23,30
Volume: 139/5 to 140/2 140/3 to 140/6 141/1 to 141/4 141/5 to 142/3 142/4 to 143/1 143/2 to 143/5 143/6 to 144/4 144/5 to 145/2 145/3 to 146/1 146/2 to 146/5 146/6 to 147/3 147/4 to 148/2
1923 Dates: 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,24 3,10,17,24,31 7,14,21,28 5,12,19,26 2,9,16,23,30 7,14,21,28 4,11,18,25 1,8,15,22,29 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,24 1,8,15,22,29
Volume: 148/3 to 148/6 149/1 to 149/4 149/5 to 150/3 150/4 to 151/1 151/2 to 151/5 151/6 to 152/4 152/5 to 153/2 153/3 to 153/5 153/6 to 154/5 154/6 to 155/3 155/4 to 156/1 156/2 to 156/6
1924 Dates: 5,12,19,26 2,9,16,23 1,8,15,22,29 5,12,19,26 3,10,17,24,31 7,14,21,28 5,12,19,26 2,9,16,23,30 6,13,20,27 4,11,18,25 1,8,15,22,29 6,13,20,27
Volume: 157/1 to 157/4 157/5 to 158/2 158/3 to 159/1 159/2 to 159/5 159/6 to 160/4 160/5 to 161/2 161/3 to 161/6 162/1 to 162/5 162/6 to 163/3 163/4 to 164/1 164/2 to 164/6 165/1 to 165/4
1925 Dates: 3,10,17,24,31 7,14,21,28 7,14,21,28 4,11,18,25 2,9,16,23,30 6,13,20,27 4,11,18,25 1,8,15,22,29 5,12,19,26 3,10,17,24,31 7,14,21,28 5,12,19,26
Volume: 165/5 to 166/3 166/4 to 167/1 167/2 to 167/5 167/6 to 168/3 168/4 to 169/2 169/3 to 169/6 170/1 to 170/4 170/5 to 171/3 171/4 to 172/1 172/2 to 172/6 173/1 to 173/4 173/5 to 174/2
1926 Dates: 2,9,16,23,30 6,13,20,27 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,24 1,8,15,22,29 5,12,19,26 3,10,17,24,31 7,14,21,28 4,11,18,25 2,9,16,23,30 6,13,20,27 4,11,18,.25
Volume: 174/3 to 175/1 175/2 to 175/5 175/6 to 176/3 176/4 to 177/1 177/2 to 177/6 178/1 to 178/4 178/5 to 179/3 179/4 to 180/1 180/2 to 180/5 180/6 to 181/4 181/5 to 182/2 182/3 to 182/6
1927 Dates: 1,8,15,22,29 5,12,19,26 5,12,19,26 2,9,16,23,30 7,14,21,28 4,11,18,25 2,9,16,23,30 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,24 1,8,15,22,29 5,12,19,26 3,10,17,24,31
Volume: 183/1 to 183/5 183/6 to 184/3 184/4 to 185/1 185/2 to 185/6 186/1 to 186/4 186/5 to 187/2 187/3 to 188/1 188/2 to 188/5 188/6 to 189/3 189/4 to 190/2 190/3 to 190/6 191/1 to 191/5
1928 Dates: 7,14,21,28 4,11,18,25 3,10,17,24,31 7,14,21,28 5,12,19,26 2,9,16,23,30 7,14,21,28 4,11,18,25 1,8,15,22,29 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,24,31 1,8,15,22,29
Volume: 191/6 to 192/3 192/4 to 193/1 193/2 to 193/6 194/1 to 194/4 194/5 to 195/2 195/3 to 196/1 196/2 to 196/5 196/6 to 197/3 197/4 to 198/2 198/3 to 198/6 199/1 to 199/4 199/5 to 200/3
1929 Dates: 5,12,19,26 2,9,16,23 2,9,26,23,30 6,13,20,27 4,11,18,25 1,8,15,22,29 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,24,31 7,14,21,28 5,12,19,26 2,9,16,23,30 7,14,21,28
Volume: 200/4 to 201/1 201/2 to 201/5 201/6 to 202/4 202/5 to 203/2 203/3 to 203/6 204/1 to 204/5 204/6 to 205/3 205/4 to 206/2 206/3 to 206/6 207/1 to 207/4 207/5 to 208/3 208/4 to 209/1
1930 Dates: 4,11,18,25 1,8,15,22 1,8,15,22,29 5,12,19,26 3,10,17,24,31 7,14,21,28 5,12,19,26 2,9,16,23,30 6,13,20,27 4,11,18,25 1,8,15,22,29 6,13,20,27
Volume: 209/2 to 209/5 209/6 to 210/3 201/4 to 211/2 211/3 to 211/6 212/1 to 212/5 212/6 to 213/3 213/4 to 214/1 214/2 to 214/6 215/1 to 215/4 215/5 to 216/2 216/3 to 217/1 217/2 to 217/5
1931 Dates: 3,10,17,24,31 7,14,21,28 7,14,21,28 4,11,18,25 2,9,16,23,30 6,13,20,27 4,11,18,25 1,8,15,22,29 5,12,19,26 3,10,17,24,31 7,14,21,28 5,12,19,26
Volume: 217/6 to 218/4 218/5 to 219/2 219/3 to 219/6 220/1 to 220/4 220/5 to 221/3 221/4 to 222/1 222/2 to 222/5 222/6 to 223/4 223/5 to 224/2 224/3 to 225/1 225/2 to 225/5 225/6 to 226/3
1932 Dates: 2,9,16,23,30 6,13,20,27 5,12,19,26 2,9,16,23,30 7,14,21,28 4,11,18,25 2,9,16,23,30 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,24 1,8,15,22,29 5,12,19,26 3,10,17,24,31
Volume: 226/4 to 227/2 227/3 to 227/6 228/1 to 228/4 228/5 to 229/3 229/4 to 230/1 230/2 to 230/5 230/6 to 231/4 231/5 to 232/2 232/3 to 232/6 233/1 to 233/5 233/6 to 234/3 234/4 to 235/2
1933 Dates: 7,14,21,28 4,11,18,25 4,11,18,25 1,8,15,22,29 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,24 1,8,15,22,29 5,12,19 2,9,16,23,30 7,14,21,28 4,11,18,25 2,9,16,23,30
Volume: 235/3 to 235/6 236/1 to 236/4 236/5 to 237/2 237/3 to 238/1 238/2 to 238/5 238/6 to 239/3 239/4 to 240/2 240/3 to 240/5 240/6 to 241/4 241/5 to 242/2 242/3 to 242/6 243/1 to 243/5
1934 Dates: 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,24 3,10,17,24,31 7,14,21,28 5,12,19,26 2,9,16,23,30 7,14,21,28 4,11,18,25 1,8,15,22,29 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,24 1,8,15,22,29
Volume: 243/6 to 244/3 244/4 to 245/1 245/2 to 245/6 246/1 to 246/4 246/5 to 247/2 247/3 to 248/1 248/2 to 248/5 248/6 to 249/3 249/4 to 250/2 250/3 to 250/6 251/1 to 251/4 251/5 to 252/3
1935 Dates: 5,12,19,26 2,9,16,23 2,9,16,23,30 6,13,20,27 4,11,18,25 1,8,15,22,29 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,24,31 7,14,21,28 5,12,19,26 2,9,16,23,30 7,14,21,28
Volume: 252/4 to 253/1 253/2 to 253/5 253/6 to 254/4 254/5 to 255/2 255/3 to 255/6 256/1 to 256/5 256/6 to 257/3 257/4 to 258/2 258/3 to 258/6 259/1 to 259/4 259/5 to 260/3 260/4 to 261/1
1936 Dates: 4,11,18,25 1,8,15,22,29 7,14,21,28 4,11,18,25 2,9,16,23,30 6,13,20,27 4,11,18,25 1,8,15,22,29 5,12,19,26 3,10,17,24,31 7,14,21,28 5,12,19,26
Volume: 261/2 to 261/5 261/6 to 262/4 262/5 to 263/2 263/3 to 263/6 264/1 to 264/5 264/6 to 265/3 265/4 to 266/1 266/2 to 266/6 267/1 to 267/4 267/5 to 268/3 268/4 to 269/1 269/2 to 269/5
1937 Dates: 2,9,16,23,30 6,13,20,27 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,24 1,8,15,22,29 5,12,19,26 3,10,17,24,31 7,14,21,28 4,11,18,25 2,9,16,23,30 6,13,20,27 4,11,18,25
Volume: 269/6 to 270/4 270/5 to 271/2 271/3 to 271/6 272/1 to 272/4 272/5 to 273/3 273/4 to 274/1 274/2 to 274/6 275/1 to 275/4 275/5 to 276/2 276/3 to 277/1 277/2 to 277/5 277/6 to 278/3
1938 Dates: 1,8,15,22,29 5,12,19,26 5,12,19,26 2,9,16,23,30 7,14,21,28 4,11,18,25 2,9,16,23,30 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,24 1,8,15,22,29 5,12,19,26 3,10,17,24,31
Volume: 278/4 to 279/2 279/3 to 279/6 280/1 to 280/4 280/5 to 281/3 281/4 to 282/1 282/2 to 282/5 282/6 to 283/4 283/5 to 284/2 284/3 to 284/6 285/1 to 285/5 285/6 to 186/3 286/4 to 287/2
1939 Dates: 7,14,21,28 4,11,18,25 4,11,18,25 1,8,15,22,29 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,24 1,8,15,22,29 5,12,19,26 2,9,16,23,30 7,14,21,28 4,11,18,25 2,9,16,23,30
Volume: 287/3 to 287/6 288/1 to 288/4 288/5 to 289/2 289/3 to 290/1 290/2 to 290/5 290/6 to 291/3 291/4 to 292/2 292/3 to 292/6 293/1 to 293/5 293/6 to 294/3 294/4 to 295/1 295/2 to 295/6
1940 Dates: 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,24 2,9,16,23,30 6,13,20,27 4,11,18,25 1,8,15,22,29 6,13,20,27 3,10,17,24,31 7,14,21,28 5,12,19,26 2,9,16,23,30 7,14,21,28
Volume: 296/1 to 296/4 296/5 to 297/2 297/3 to 298/1 298/2 to 298/5 298/6 to 299/3 299/4 to 300/2 300/3 to 300/6 301/1 to 301/5 301/6 to 302/3 302/4 to 303/1 303/2 to 303/6 304/1 to 304/4
1941 Dates: 4,11,18,25 1,8,15,22 1,8,15,22,29 5,12,19,26 3,10,17,24,31 7,14,21,28 5,12,19,26 2,9,16,23,30 6,13,20,27 4 1,15,29 13,27
Volume: 304/5 to 305/2 305/3 to 305/6 306/1 to 306/5 306/6 to 307/3 307/4 to 308/2 308/3 to 308/6 309/1 to 309/4 309/5 to 310/3 310/4 to 311/1 311/2 311/3 to 311/5 311/6 to 312/1
1942 Dates: 10,24 7,21 7,15 1,15
Volume: 312/2 to 312/3 312/4 to 312/5 312/6 to 313/1 313/2 to 313/3
     Matthew White      A. H. Bittner (June 1928 – June 1931      Don Moore (July 1931 – July 1934)      Frederick Clayton (August 1934 – April 1936)      Jack Byrne (May 1936 – June 1937)      Chandler H. Whipple (July 1937 – June 1939)      George W. Post (July 1939 – February 1942      Harry Gray (March 1942 – August 1942)

The Argosy's circulation fell from this peak, and it returned to a weekly schedule in 1917.[12][15] In 1906 Munsey had started The Railroad Man's Magazine, which carried both fiction and non-fiction; after the January 18, 1919 issue it was merged into The Argosy, which was briefly retitled Argosy and Railroad Man's Magazine, reverting to just Argosy with the May 31 issue.[45][46][47] Paper shortages caused by World War I forced a reduction in the page count of both The Argosy and All-Story Weekly, another Munsey fiction magazine, and costs continued to go up after the war. Most of the other major fiction magazines of the day increased their price to twenty cents ($5.84 in 2022). At fifteen cents, Top-Notch Magazine was an exception, but Munsey kept both Argosy and All-Story at only ten cents. In 1920 he merged All-Story Weekly into The Argosy, explaining that this let him keep the price of the combined magazine at ten cents, while saving "all the cost of stories in one magazine, all the cost of the editorial force, all the cost of typesetting, all the cost of making electrotype plates, and many other minor costs".[48] Sam Moskowitz, a magazine historian, argues that the low price, sustained through most of the 1920s, must have been a strong benefit to circulation, which is reported to have reached half a million when the combined magazine, now titled Argosy All-Story Weekly, debuted. Circulation stayed at about 400,000 during the following decade.[48] The first issue of the new magazine added pages to allow it to carry continuations of the serials that had been running in each of the two magazines before the merger, and Moskowitz comments that this approach "was such that it is doubtful that a single nonduplicating reader was lost from either magazine".[48] The page count gradually dropped again as the serials were completed, from 224 after the merger to 144 at the end of the year.[48]

Dewart, Popular Publications, and later revivals edit

Monthly issue data for The Argosy from 1942 to 1970[12][44]
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1942 313/4 313/5 313/6 314/1 314/2 314/3 314/4 314/5
1943 314/6 315/1 315/2 315/3 315/4 315/5 315/6 316/1 316/2 316/3 316/4 317/1
1944 317/2 317/3 317/4 318/1 318/2 318/3 318/4 419/1 319/2 319/3 319/4
1945 320/1 320/2 320/3 320/4 321/1 321/2 321/3 321/4 211/1
1946 322/2 322/3 322/4 323/1 323/2 323/3 323/4
1947 324/1 324/2 324/3 324/4 324/5 324/6 325/1 325/2 325/3 325/4 325/5 325/6
1948 326/1 326/2 326/3 326/4 326/5 326/6 327/1 327/2 327/3 327/4 327/5 327/6
1949 328/1 328/2 328/3 328/4 328/5 328/6 329/1 329/2 329/3 329/4 329/5 329/6
1950 330/1 330/2 330/3 330/4 330/5 330/6 331/1 331/2 331/3 331/4 331/5 331/6
1951 332/1 332/2 332/3 332/4 332/5 332/6 333/1 333/2 333/3 333/4 333/5 333/6
1952 334/1 334/2 334/3 334/4 334/5 334/6 335/1 335/2 335/3 335/4 335/5 335/6
1953 336/1 336/2 336/3 336/4 336/5 336/6 337/1 337/2 337/3 337/4 337/5 337/6
1954 338/1 338/2 338/3 338/4 338/5 338/6 339/1 339/2 339/3 339/4 339/5 339/6
1955 340/1 340/2 340/3 340/4 340/5 340/6 341/1 341/2 341/3 341/4 341/5 341/6
1956 342/1 342/2 342/3 342/4 342/5 342/6 343/1 343/2 343/3 343/4 343/5 343/6
1957 344/1 344/2 344/3 344/4 344/5 344/6 345/1 345/2 345/3 345/4 345/5 345/6
1958 346/1 346/2 346/3 346/4 346/5 346/6 347/1 347/2 347/3 347/4 347/5 347/6
1959 348/1 348/2 348/3 348/4 348/5 348/6 349/1 349/2 349/3 349/4 349/5 349/6
1960 350/1 350/2 350/3 350/4 350/5 350/6 351/1 351/2 351/3 351/4 351/5 351/6
1961 352/1 352/2 352/3 352/4 352/5 352/6 353/1 353/2 353/3 353/4 353/5 353/6
1962 354/1 354/2 354/3 354/4 354/5 354/6 355/1 355/2 355/3 355/4 355/5 355/6
1963 356/1 356/2 356/3 356/4 356/5 356/6 357/1 357/2 357/3 357/4 357/5 357/6
1964 358/1 358/2 358/3 358/4 358/5 358/6 359/1 359/2 359/3 359/4 359/5 359/6
1965 360/1 360/2 360/3 360/4 360/5 360/6 361/1 361/2 361/3 361/4 361/5 361/6
1966 362/1 362/2 362/3 362/4 362/5 362/6 363/1 363/2 363/3 363/4 363/5 363/6
1967 364/1 364/2 364/3 364/4 364/5 364/6 365/1 365/2 365/3 365/4 365/5 365/6
1968 366/1 366/2 366/3 366/4 366/5 366/6 367/1 367/2 367/3 367/4 367/5 367/6
1969 368/1 368/2 368/3 368/4 368/5 368/6 369/1 369/2 369/3 369/4 369/5 369/6
1970 370/1 370/2 370/3 370/4 370/5 370/6 371/1 371/2 371/3 371/4 371/5 371/6
     Harry Gray (May – August 1942)      Burroughs Mitchell (September – October 1942)      Rogers Terrill (November 1942 – Feb 1944)      Harry Steeger (Mar 1944 – Jul 1949 and Jun 1955 – April 1970)      Jerry Mason (Aug 1949 – Jun 1953)      Howard J. Lewis (Jul 1953 – Sep 1954)      James B. O'Connell (Oct 1954)      Ken W. Purdy (Nov 1954 – May 1955)      Hal Steeger (May 1970 – Dec 1970)

In December 1925 Munsey had appendicitis, and never recovered; he died, aged 71, on December 22.[49] The Frank A. Munsey Corporation, which continued as the publisher, was sold to Thomas Dewart, who had been working for Munsey.[50] Matthew White, who had been editor since 1886, was finally replaced by A. H. Bittner in 1928. Bittner stayed as editor for three years; and his successors throughout the 1930s each lasted between one and three years.[12] In October 1929 Munsey's Magazine and Argosy All-Story Weekly were combined and immediately split again into two magazines: one was titled All-Story Combined with Munsey's, and the other continued as Argosy.[51][45]

In 1932 Don Moore, who had become editor in July 1931,[52][53] bought two stories from Frank Morgan Mercer that turned out to have been copied from earlier stories by H. Bedford-Jones and James Francis Dwyer. Up to this point Argosy paid on acceptance; because of the plagiarism the policy was changed to pay new authors only after publication, to allow plagiarism to be detected.[54][55][56][note 4]

Moore left to work at Cosmopolitan in mid-1934, and was replaced by Frederick Clayton, who had been associate editor.[57] In 1936 Clayton was hired by Liberty, and Jack Byrne, who had been working at Fiction House, took over as editor for a year before being replaced by Chandler Whipple.[58][59] Another Munsey magazine, All-American Fiction, was merged into Argosy in 1938.[60][45] In 1939 Whipple resigned and George Post, who had been part of Whipple's editorial team, became editor.[61][62]

Argosy remained a weekly until the October 4, 1941 issue, then switched to an irregular schedule with two issues a month.[63] Post left in early 1942, and was briefly replaced by Harry Gray and then for two issues by Burroughs Mitchell.[44][64][12]

In September 1942 Popular Publications, a pulp magazine publisher, bought all the Munsey pulp magazine titles from Dewart, including Argosy,[65][66] which by this time had a circulation of only 40,000 to 50,000.[67][note 5] The new editor was Rogers Terrill. Argosy ceased to use pulp paper from 1943, becoming a slick magazine.[71][72] In early 1944 Harry Steeger, the owner of Popular, took over the editorship for five years,[12] hiring Jerry Mason away from This Week in 1949 to replace himself as editor.[12][73] Mason stayed for four years; when he left in mid-1953 Howard Lewis was promoted to editor from executive editor.[74][75] Lewis resigned in 1954, and Ken Purdy, the editor of Argosy's main rival, True, was hired,[68][69][76] but stayed less than a year.[12] James O'Connell, who had been fiction editor of Argosy since 1948,[12][77] was editor for one issue, dated October 1954, and then Steeger took the editing chair again.[12][73] Circulation prospered under Popular, reaching 600,000 in June 1948, and 1.25 million by 1954.[69][70] This growth was aided by some lucky publicity, broadcast to millions of radio listeners: after the acquisition by Popular, Argosy was the subject of a question on the popular Take It or Leave It radio show, which referred to it as a pulp magazine. Two weeks later the show's host apologized, and asked the studio audience to chant "Argosy is a slick" on the air.[70][78]

Argosy's circulation remained over a million until at least 1973,[68][79] and the advertising revenue this provided made the magazine an attractive acquisition target.[80] Steeger sold Popular Publications to David Geller's Brookside Publications in 1972.[80][81] In early January 1978 Geller sold the company to the Filipacchi Group.[80][82][83] The last issue from Popular was dated November/December 1978.[71] Four more monthly issues appeared starting in August 1979, published by Lifetime Wholesalers, Inc. The last issue was dated November 1979, after which regular publication ceased.[12][71]

Special issues, associated titles, and revivals edit

Monthly issue data for The Argosy from 1971 to 1979[12]
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1971 372/1 372/2 372/3 372/4 372/5 372/6 373/1 373/2 373/3 373/4 373/5 373/6
1972 374/1 374/2 374/3 374/4 374/5 374/6 375/1 375/2 375/3 375/4 375/5 375/6
1973 376/1 376/2 376/3 376/4 376/5 376/6 377/7 377/8 377/9 377/10 377/11 377/12
1974 379/1 379/2 379/3 379/4 379/5 379/6 380/1 380/2 380/3 280/4 280/5 280/6
1975 281/1 281/2 281/3 281/4 281/5 281/6 282/1 282/2 282/3 282/4 282/5 382/6
1976 383/1 383/2 383/3 383/4 383/5 384/1 384/2 384/3 384/4 384/5 384/6
1977 384/7 384/8 385/3 385/4 385/5 385/6 386/1 386/2 386/3 386/4 386/5
1978 386/6 387/1 387/2 387/3 387/4 387/5 387/6 388/1 388/2 338/3
1979 339/1 339/2 339/3 339/4
     Hal Steeger (Jan 1971 – Jan 1972)      Milt Machlin (Feb 1972 – Mar 1973)      Gil Paust (Apr 1973 – Feb 1974)      Randolph Sugar (Mar 1974 – Apr 1975)      Ernest Baxter (May 1975 – Jun 1976)      Lou Sahadi (July 1976 – Nov/Dec 1978)      Garrik Roen (Aug 1979 – Nov 1979)

In addition to the monthly issues, between 1975 and 1978 Argosy published about fifty special issues on specific topics such as sharks, basketball, guns, or treasure hunting. There were also two associated magazines: Argosy UFO appeared in July 1976 and ceased publication with its eighth issue, dated Winter 1977/1978. Argosy Gun produced four issues dated from Fall 1977 and Summer 1978, and may have published more.[45]

Argosy has been revived three times since the Lifetime Wholesalers issues appeared in 1979. Between 1989 and 1994, six issues were produced by Richard Kyle, at irregular intervals.[84] Three more issues, dated in 2004 and 2005, appeared from Lou Anders and James A. Owen, with the third issue edited by Owen alone, and retitled Argosy Quarterly. One more issue, from Altus Press, appeared in 2016,[12][84] edited by Matthew Moring.[85]

Contents and reception edit

Early years edit

 
Cover of The Golden Argosy for May 19, 1883, featuring the first installment of Hector's Inheritance by Horatio Alger

The first issue of The Golden Argosy included the first installment of two novels: Do and Dare, or a Brave Boy's Fight for a Fortune, by Horatio Alger, which took the cover page, and Nick and Nellie, or God Helps them that Helps Themselves, by Edward S. Ellis. There were also short stories and some non-fiction. The target audience was both boys and girls, from ten to twenty years old.[86][15] When Munsey began to write serialized novels for the magazine, starting with Afloat in a Great City in 1886, he used the same basic plot that Alger had been successful with: rags to riches stories of boys succeeding against the odds.[17] Other early serials were boys' adventure tales, occasionally with science fiction ideas such as lost races. Multiple serials often ran simultaneously.[12] Early contributors included Harry Castlemon, whose Don Gordon's Shooting-Box began serialization in the March 3, 1883 issue;[15][87] Frank H. Converse, who in addition to an early serial (A Voyage to the Gold Coast, or Jack Bond's Quest, beginning in the March 24, 1883 issue) had several short stories in the first couple of years of the magazine;[15][88] Oliver Optic, (Making a Man of Himself, beginning in the October 20, 1883 issue);[15][89] and G. A. Henty (Facing Peril: A Tale of the Coal Mines, from September 5, 1885).[15][90]

The magazine's subtitle, "Freighted with Treasures for Boys and Girls" was dropped in 1886, though the contents were still aimed at the same youthful readers as before.[15] P. T. Barnum's Dick Broadhead: a Story of Wild Animals and the Circus was serialized from May to August 1887.[15][91] There was little science fiction in the early years; one exception was The Conquest of the Moon, by Andre Laurie, which began serialization in The Argosy in 1889;[32] another was William Murray Graydon's The River of Darkness; or, Under Africa (1890). "When the Redcoats Came to Bennington", an early story by Upton Sinclair, appeared in the December 1895 issue.[15][92]

Pulp era edit

Editorial policy edit

 
Cover of the August 15, 1925 issue

After the change to an all-fiction monthly format in 1896, The Argosy was a men's and boy's adventure magazine,[15] though The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction describes many of the serials in the first decade or so after the change as "still only a little above juvenile adventure stories".[12] In 1926, Albert William Stone, a fairly prolific pulp author, visited Manhattan to meet with the editors of the various magazines he had been selling to, and find out more about what their requirements were for submissions.[93] Stone had sold several stories to Bob Davis, the editor of All-Story Weekly, before its merger with The Argosy, but had never sold to Matthew White, who had been editor of The Argosy since before the change to pulp format.[94][12] White had sent Stone an encouraging note in reply to an early submission of his: "Two things I like about this story are its Western atmosphere, and its brevity—two thousand five hundred words ... If those hints are of any value to you, try us again."[94] In the interview with Stone, White expanded upon what he was looking for. "I require yarns ... that violate the traditions relative to 'logical development'. By this I mean that I do not want the story developed in what is commonly called the 'natural' way. I require unexpected development—surprises at every turn it is possible to have them without destroying the convincingness of the story ... In other words, stories that are a constant challenge to the author's inventive ability, one situation after another, and that keep the writer perspiring freely."[95]

Ed Hulse, a historian of pulp magazines, while generally praising the quality of the fiction in Argosy during the pulp era, comments that during the 1920s some "bland, conventional dramas" appeared in the magazine, by writers such as Edgar Franklin, Isabel Ostrander, and E. J. Rath. Hulse suggests that this editorial policy was aimed at attracting more women readers to the magazine.[96]

After White's editorship, and for the next fifteen years, the requirements that Argosy's editors sent to writers' magazines such as Writer's Digest and Author & Journalist emphasized that they were looking for stories focused on action, with a masculine point of view. Bittner's comments in 1928 asked for "any good clean story with sound plot, rapid-fire action and strong masculine appeal", and gave a long list of genres all of which were acceptable—even romance so long as "the love element is not unduly stressed".[97] In 1931 Moore outlined the stories to be excluded: "love or domestic tales, sex stories, stories with a predominant woman interest or told from a woman’s viewpoint".[98] In 1935 Clayton provided a list of hackneyed plots to be avoided, including escaping convicts, an underwater adventure in which the hero fights an octopus and a giant clam as well as the villain, and a legionnaire who "dies gloriously for Dear Old France".[99] The policy of action stories told from a male viewpoint continued through the rest of the decade.[100]

New writers edit

 
Cover of the October 1905 issue

Many writers who later became well-known sold to The Argosy early in their careers. William MacLeod Raine's first story, "The Luck of Eustace Blount", appeared in the March 1899 issue.[101][102] William Wallace Cook contributed numerous serials in the first decade of the 20th century, beginning with The Spur of Necessity in the September 1900 issue after half-a-dozen sales to other markets.[103][104] Cook wrote adventure fiction with elements of satire, an unusual combination for the pulps.[105] James Branch Cabell's first sale was to The Argosy; his "An Amateur Ghost" appeared in the February 1902 issue.[106][107] William Hamilton Osborne's first sale was also to The Argosy, but after paying for it White returned the story to Osborne as the plot was too similar to other stories that had appeared elsewhere. It did eventually appear in the New York Daily News, but Osborne's first appearance in print was in The Argosy with "Turner's Luck with Rouge et Noir", in the September 1902 issue.[108][109] Louis Joseph Vance, the creator of the character The Lone Wolf, published most of his fiction in The Popular Magazine, but his first two sales were to Munsey, including The Coil of Circumstance, a serial that began in the November 1903 Argosy.[110][111] Albert Payson Terhune, later the author of Lad: A Dog, frequently published in the Munsey magazines early in his career.[112][113] His first sale to The Argosy was "The Fugitive", a novella that began serialization in the August 1905 issue, and he sold a dozen more stories to the magazine over the next few years.[112] An early story by Mary Roberts Rinehart, "The Misadventures of a Pearl Necklace", appeared in February the following year.[114]

Science fiction and fantasy edit

 
Cover for the story "The Metal Monster" by A. Merritt (August 7, 1920)

The first pulp issue, in December 1896, included a science fiction story, "Citizen 504", by C. H. Palmer, and science fiction featured regularly thereafter.[32] Five science fiction adventure novels by William Wallace Cook appeared, starting in 1903 with A Round Trip to the Year 2000, or A Flight Through Time. Lost race stories continued to appear, such as Frank Aubrey's A Queen of Atlantis (1899), Frank Savile's Beyond the Great South Wall (1899–1900),[12] and Perley Poore Sheehan's The Abyss of Wonders (1915), described by Hulse as "arguably the finest lost race novel ever to appear in a Munsey magazine".[115] Francis Stevens contributed another lost world novel, The Citadel of Fear, in 1918.[115]

Humorous stories about scientific inventions were another theme.[12] Howard Rogert Garis began selling to Argosy in 1904; his "Professor Jonkin" stories were lighthearted examples of the genre,[116] and other examples came from H.D. Smiley, whose "Bagley's Coagulated Cyclone" and "Bagley's Rain-Machine" appeared in the September 1906 and February 1907 issues.[117][118] Some more sophisticated science fiction also appeared, including "Finis", an end of the world story by Frank Lillie Pollock, in June 1906.[12][119] George Griffith, an important early science fiction writer from the UK, published almost none of his work in the US in his lifetime. An exception was The Lake of Gold, serialized in The Argosy from December 1902 to July 1903, in which a group of Britons and Americans use the riches from a lake of gold in Patagonia to enforce peace across Europe.[120][121][note 6]

The Argosy's sister magazine, All-Story Weekly, was the venue for most of the science fiction in the Munsey magazines, but Argosy printed Murray Leinster's first science fiction story, "The Runaway Skyscraper", in 1919.[12][note 7] Leinster's first sale, "The Atmosphere", had appeared in The Argosy the previous year.[125] Edgar Rice Burroughs's Barsoom series had begun in All-Story Weekly, as had his Tarzan novels; when the two magazines merged in 1920 later episodes of each series appeared in the combined magazine, Argosy All-Story Weekly.[126] Abraham Merritt's The Metal Monster began serialization in the August 7 issue, the third one after the merger,[12][127] and many more science fiction and fantasy stories followed in the next two decades by authors such as Ray Cummings, Ralph Milne Farley, Otis Adelbert Kline, Victor Rousseau, Eando Binder, Donald Wandrei, Manly Wade Wellman, Jack Williamson, Arthur Leo Zagat, and Henry Kuttner.[12][32] Merritt's The Ship of Ishtar, which was serialized in 1924, was voted Argosy's most popular story in a reader poll in 1938.[32][128] In 1940 and 1941 Frederick C. Painton published a series of stories in Argosy about Joel Quaite, a time detective who travels into the past to solve mysteries.[129]

Erle Stanley Gardner, later famous for his Perry Mason detective stories, sold "Rain Magic", his first science fiction short story, to Argosy in 1928, and went on to write several more. Gardner combined science fiction with detective plots in some of these stories, and he was not the only writer to do so: Garret Smith's "You've Killed Privacy!" in the July 7, 1928 Argosy was about using CCTV to catch criminals, and Leinster's "Darkness on Fifth Avenue", in the November 30, 1929 Argosy, about a device that can bring artificial darkness to an area, was originally intended for the detective pulps.[130]

Other genres edit

 
Cover of the November 10, 1917 issue

Argosy's Western fiction included Zane Grey's Last of the Duanes, which appeared in the September 1914 Argosy,[131] and Walt Coburn's first story, "The Peace Treaty of the Seven Up", in the July 8, 1922 issue.[132][133] Max Brand, a very prolific Western writer, sold his first pulp stories to All-Story in 1917, but by the end of the year had begun selling to Argosy too.[134][135] Clarence Mulford was the creator of the character Hopalong Cassidy; the first few stories in the series appeared in other magazines, but many were published in Argosy in the early 1920s.[136][115] Robert E. Howard, best known for his stories about Conan the Barbarian, also wrote Westerns, several of which were published in Argosy in the mid-1930s.[137]

O. Henry appeared in the March 1904 Argosy with "Witches Loaves".[138] H. Bedford-Jones, a popular author with over 1,000 stories published in the pulps over his career, sold his first story, "Out of a Stormy Sky", to The Argosy in 1910, and appeared in its pages regularly for the next four decades.[115][139] Bedford-Jones's series about adventurer John Solomon began with The Gate of Farewell, serialized in the January and February 1914 issues, and continued in The Argosy and elsewhere for over twenty years.[115][140] George Worts published the first of his "Peter the Brazen" series, about an "expert wireless operator and dauntless adventurer", in Argosy in the October 5, 1918 issue; it became one of the most popular series in the magazine, with all twenty stories appearing in Argosy into the mid-1930s.[141][142] Under his own name and a pseudonym, Loring Brent, Worts contributed scores of other stories to Argosy over the same period.[142][143] Johnston McCulley had launched his Zorro series in All-Story in 1919 and more episodes appeared in Argosy after the two magazines merged.[144]

Fred MacIsaac, one of Argosy's most popular authors, first appeared in the November 1, 1924 issue with the first installment of his novel Nothing but Money. Most of MacIsaac's work was not science fiction; an exception was The Hothouse World, a serial that ran in Argosy from February 21 to March 28, 1931.[145][146] Theodore Roscoe was a frequent contributor of adventure stories set in exotic locations such as Timbuktu and Saigon. He traveled the world once his writing began to pay him well enough to allow him to do so, and used the experience to add color to his stories.[147] Borden Chase sold his first story, "Tunnel Men", to Argosy in 1934 while he was a laborer on the tunnel being built under the East River in New York. He became a regular contributor, and his "East River", which appeared in Argosy in December 1934, was filmed the following year as Under Pressure.[148] Ship of the Line, an early novel in C. S. Forester's stories about Horatio Hornblower, was serialized in Argosy in early 1938.[149][150] Max Brand, though best known for his Westerns, wrote in many other genres as well, including historical fiction and mystery stories. He was the creator of Dr. Kildare, and four novels in the series appeared in Argosy between 1938 and 1940.[150][151] Mystery contributors included Cornell Woolrich, beginning with "Hot Water" in the December 28, 1935 issue,[152][153] and Norbert Davis.[154]

Art edit

In 1903 Street & Smith launched The Popular Magazine, an early pulp rival to The Argosy with color art on the cover. Up to this point The Argosy had had text only on the cover, and no art, but in 1905, probably in response to The Popular Magazine, it began to run limited color art on the cover, and in 1912 it began to use full-color cover art.[155] At the start of the 1920s the most frequent cover artists for Argosy were Modest Stein, Stockton Mulford, and P. J Monahan; by the end of the decade Paul Stahr and Robert Graef had taken over most of the covers, and remained the main cover artists until the mid-1930s. Hulse considers the artwork of this era to have been "consistently good".[145] Towards the end of the 1930s Rudolph Belarski, Emmett Watson, and George Rozen become regular cover artists.[150]

Virgil Finlay was a popular illustrator for the Munsey magazines at the end of the 1930s and start of the 1940s. When Argosy planned to reprint Seven Footprints to Satan, one of A. Merritt's novels, in 1939, Merritt persuaded the editor, G. W. Post, to use Finlay as the interior illustrator.[156][157]

Men's magazine era edit

Transition from pulp format edit

 
Gypsy Rose Lee, the author of The G-String Murders, which were part of Argosy's citation for obscenity in 1942

In 1942, in an attempt to revive the magazine's fortunes, the all-fiction format was abandoned and articles about World War II and "sensationalized" news stories were added.[31][158] The cover was redesigned starting with the March 7, 1942, issue, with the outline of a jet plane replacing the galleon behind the title, and a picture of the film star Dorothy Lamour on the cover instead of the usual adventure-themed cover art.[158] The title was changed to The New Argosy, though this change was reversed with the August issue.[12][63] The publication frequency was changed to monthly starting in May.[63]

The new version of Argosy was almost immediately caught in a crackdown by Frank Walker, the Postmaster General. The Post Office declared that publishers should consider "decency and good morals" in deciding what could be included in a mailed magazine, and promptly notified dozens of publishers that they had to attend a hearing in Washington or lose their permits. Argosy's citation from the Post Office listed stories considered to be obscene; the list included The G-String Murders, a serial by Rose Louise Hovick (better known as the burlesque performer Gypsy Rose Lee) that began in May 1942, and "How Paris Apaches Terrorize Nazis in Girl Orgies" and "Sex Outrages by Jap Soldiers", articles in the July and August 1942 issues.[159] The hearings were thought by most publishers to be pointless, and nobody from Munsey attended. Argosy briefly lost its permit as a result,[160][note 8] but did not miss any issues.[63]

When Popular Publications acquired Argosy at the end of 1942, they announced that it would immediately return to a fiction-only format.[161] Richard Abbott, the editor of Writer's Digest, commented that Popular were "again making Argosy the fine old book it was", and that when they acquired Argosy it had "recently been degraded by wretched editing".[162] In September 1943, the format changed from pulp to slick, but Popular still planned to print only fiction. Rogers Terrill, the editor, announced that "we have stepped out of the pulp field entirely ... We felt there was room in the country for an all-fiction slick, and we're it."[72][163]

Slick men's magazine era edit

 
Harry Steeger, the founder of Popular Publications, and Jerry Mason, from 1949 to 1953 the editor of Argosy

By the end of 1943, the policy had changed back to include feature articles again as well as fiction.[164][165] This made Argosy a competitor with slick general men's magazines such as True.[72] The publisher, Harry Steeger, later explained the reason for the change of focus, arguing that women had been the primary target for advertisers before World War II, but afterwards "new buying pursuits were adopted by the male and it began to be recognized by the advertising agencies that the male was an individual to be reckoned with in the purchase of all types of products ...".[72] The non-fiction material was mostly written in-house; in 1950 Argosy rejected over 99% of the unsolicited non-fiction manuscripts it received.[166]

After Argosy was acquired by Popular Publications, less science fiction appeared for a couple of years. Exceptions included some of Walter R. Brooks' Mr. Ed stories. The late 1940s saw more science fiction again, with stories by Nelson Bond, A. Bertram Chandler, and Robert A. Heinlein, whose "Gentlemen, Be Seated!" appeared in the May 1948 issue, and in the 1950s Argosy published work by Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, and Philip José Farmer. In 1977 one of Argosy's special issues was devoted to science fiction; the stories in it were all reprinted from Popular's Super Science Stories, rather than from earlier issues of Argosy.[12]

In September 1948 Erle Stanley Gardner began a true-crime column in Argosy called "The Court of Last Resort".[167] Gardner enlisted assistance from professional experts to examine the cases of dozens of convicts who maintained their innocence after their appeals were exhausted. The column ran for ten years, ending in October 1958, and was adapted for television as a 26-episode series by NBC. Many of the convictions were eventually overturned[168][73]

Assessment edit

John Clute, discussing the American pulp magazines in the first two decades of the twentieth century, has described The Argosy and its companion The All-Story as "the most important pulps of their era."[169] In the era before the Second World War, Argosy was regarded as one of the "Big Four" pulp magazines, along with Blue Book, Adventure and Short Stories.[170][171] In the early 1960s Theodore Peterson, a magazine historian, considered the slick incarnation of Argosy, along with True, to be "the best magazines of their kind".[68] Peterson suggests that it was the success of these two magazines that led to the expansion of the men's magazine market during the 1950s.[68]

Additional bibliographic details edit

Titles edit

Argosy's title changed many times, either in an attempt to attract more readers, or because of mergers with other magazines.[172]

Title Issue dates Notes
The Golden Argosy December 9, 1882 – November 24, 1888
The Argosy December 1, 1888 – January 18, 1919 Shortened to avoid the implication that it was a children's magazine.[15]
The Argosy and Railroad Man's Magazine January 25, 1919 – May 24, 1919 Merged with The Railroad Man's Magazine.[47]
Argosy May 31, 1919 – July 17, 1920
Argosy All-Story Weekly July 24, 1920 – September 28, 1929 Merged with All-Story Weekly.[173]
Argosy October 5, 1929 – February 21, 1942 Often Argosy Weekly on the cover, but just Argosy on the masthead.[45]
The New Argosy March 7, 1942 – July 1942 Part of an attempt to improve circulation.[12][158]
Argosy August 1942 – March/April 2004
Argosy Quarterly Spring 2005
Argosy Fall 2016

Reprint magazines and anthologies edit

The long history of Argosy meant that by the 1930s there were many stories readers had heard of but could no longer obtain. In response to reader requests, Munsey launched Famous Fantastic Mysteries in 1939 to reprint old stories from both Argosy and All-Story Weekly. The following year Munsey launched Fantastic Novels, another reprint magazine, to make longer stories available without needing to serialize them in Famous Fantastic Mysteries. Fantastic Novels only lasted five issues before being discontinued in 1941, but Famous Fantastic Mysteries lasted for 81 issues, ceasing publication with the June 1953 issue.[174][175] Popular brought back Fantastic Novels for another 20 issues between 1948 and 1951, and also produced five issues of A. Merritt's Fantasy Magazine, also as a reprint venue for stories from the old Munsey magazines, between 1949 and 1950.[175][176]

In 1976 Popular published two anthology magazines of stories, mostly science fiction and fantasy, titled The Best of Argosy Annual, though only some of the stories included had originally appeared in Argosy.[47] A collection of science fiction stories from the early years of The Argosy was edited by Gene Christie and published in 2010, titled The Space Annihilator and Other Early Science Fiction From the Argosy.[12]

There was a Canadian reprint edition; the first and last known issues were dated April 21, 1924, and July 1960.[47]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Richard Titherington was hired by Munsey in September 1886, and recalls White being hired in December of that year, but adds that in his recollection he, Munsey and White worked together on the magazine without specific titles, and that it was not until 1889 that White could be said to have definitely taken over as editor.[15]
  2. ^ This is how Munsey's biographer recounts the events, citing Douglas as his source, but "Harry's Scheme" appeared in the February 3, 1883 issue of The Golden Argosy, before Rideout went bankrupt, so Douglas may not have been editor at the time, or he may have been hired before Munsey took control of the magazine.[13][19]
  3. ^ Britt quotes a circulation of 150,000, but this appears to be an error as Munsey twice cites a circulation peak of 115,000 in his own account of events.[24][30][29]
  4. ^ Bedford-Jones tracked down Mercer's address and went to see him, taking a police officer with him in the hope of taking him to court. To his surprise he discovered that Mercer had been quite unaware that plagiarism was illegal, and had thought only that he had come up with a clever way of making money. The police officer commented to Bedford-Jones that Mercer "didn't belong in jail, but in the bughouse".[55]
  5. ^ Peterson gives a circulation of 11,500 at the time of the acquisition,[68] and Newsweek gives it variously as 40,000 and 47,000.[69][70] Moonan gives a figure of 40,000.[31]
  6. ^ The other work of Griffith's to appear in the US was Stories of Other Worlds, in 1900, in the US edition of Pearson's Magazine, which at the time carried the same material as the UK edition.[122] Thus, while two of Griffith's serials were published in the US, only The Lake of Gold was published in a magazine that was both edited and published in the US.[121][123]
  7. ^ The story had been written at White's request, after Leinster had mentioned in a letter he was working on a story that started "The whole thing began when the clock on the Metropolitan Tower began to run backwards". Once White asked to see it, Leinster "had to write it or admit I was lying".[124]
  8. ^ First-class mail was much more expensive than a second-class mailing permit, so the permanent loss of a permit meant the death of the magazine.[160]

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For the British magazines with this title see Argosy UK magazine The Golden Argosy redirects here For the book see The Golden Argosy book Argosy was an American magazine It was founded in 1882 as The Golden Argosy a children s weekly edited by Frank Munsey and published by E G Rideout Munsey took over as publisher when Rideout went bankrupt in 1883 and after many struggles made the magazine profitable He shortened the title to The Argosy in 1888 and targeted an audience of men and boys with adventure stories In 1894 he switched it to a monthly schedule and in 1896 he eliminated all non fiction and started using cheap pulp paper making it the first pulp magazine Circulation had reached half a million by 1907 and remained strong until the 1930s The name was changed to Argosy All Story Weekly in 1920 after the magazine merged with All Story Weekly another Munsey pulp and from 1929 it became just Argosy ArgosyCover of the April 1906 issueFounderFrank MunseyFounded1882Final issue2016In 1925 Munsey died and the publisher the Frank A Munsey Company was purchased by Thomas Dewart who had worked for Munsey By the end of the 1930s circulation had fallen to no more than 50 000 and after a failed effort to revive the magazine by including sensational non fiction it was sold in 1942 to Popular Publications another pulp magazine publisher Popular converted it from pulp to slick format and initially attempted to make it a fiction only magazine but gave up on this within a year Instead it became a men s magazine carrying fiction and feature articles aimed at men Circulation soared and by the early 1950s was well over one million Early contributors included Horatio Alger Oliver Optic and G A Henty During the pulp era many famous writers appeared in Argosy including O Henry James Branch Cabell Albert Payson Terhune Edgar Rice Burroughs Erle Stanley Gardner Robert E Howard and Max Brand Argosy was regarded as one of the most prestigious publications in the pulp market along with Blue Book Adventure and Short Stories After the transition to slick format it continued to publish fiction including science fiction by Robert Heinlein Arthur Clarke and Ray Bradbury From 1948 to 1958 it published a series by Gardner called The Court of Last Resort which examined the cases of dozens of convicts who maintained their innocence and succeeding in overturning many of the convictions NBC adapted the series for television in 1957 Popular sold the magazine to David Geller in 1972 and in 1978 Geller sold it to the Filipacchi Group which closed down the magazine at the end of the year The title has been revived several times most recently in 2016 Contents 1 Publication history 1 1 The Golden Argosy 1 2 The Argosy 1 3 Dewart Popular Publications and later revivals 1 4 Special issues associated titles and revivals 2 Contents and reception 2 1 Early years 2 2 Pulp era 2 2 1 Editorial policy 2 2 2 New writers 2 2 3 Science fiction and fantasy 2 2 4 Other genres 2 2 5 Art 3 Men s magazine era 3 1 Transition from pulp format 3 2 Slick men s magazine era 4 Assessment 5 Additional bibliographic details 5 1 Titles 5 2 Reprint magazines and anthologies 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 9 Sources 10 External linksPublication history editThe Golden Argosy edit In the late 1870s Frank Munsey was working in Augusta Maine as the manager of the local Western Union office He helped a friend get a job at a publisher in Augusta and after a couple of years his friend moved to New York City to another publishing company Munsey was becoming more familiar with the publishing industry during this time and decided he wanted to launch a magazine of his own He had some difficulty in getting anyone to agree to invest but eventually persuaded a stockbroker he knew to put in 2 500 76 000 in 2022 of which 500 was a loan to Munsey Munsey invested 500 of his own and his friend in New York City added another 1 000 making a total of 4 000 121 000 in 2022 in capital 1 2 Munsey resigned from Western Union and moved to New York on September 23 1882 bringing with him manuscripts he had bought for the magazine before leaving Augusta 3 nbsp Frank MunseyOnce in New York Munsey quickly realized that the cost estimates he had made based on what he had been able to learn while in Maine were unrealistically low 4 5 His original plan for the magazine had been to make it a close copy of Golden Days a weekly paper for children published in Philadelphia by James Elverson 6 and to include lithographed covers and internal illustrations 4 5 He abandoned these ideas and came up with a simplified approach still based on Golden Days that he believed could be made profitable He wrote to the stockbroker who had promised 2 500 to get the funds sent to him but received no reply and since this made it impossible to start the magazine as planned Munsey released his New York friend from his promise of investment This left Munsey with only about 40 1 210 in 2022 along with the manuscripts he had in hand which had cost over 500 to acquire He began looking for a publisher who would back the new magazine and eventually persuaded E G Rideout to take it on The first issue titled The Golden Argosy with Munsey as editor and manager was dated December 9 1882 4 5 it was eight pages long and cost five cents 1 52 in 2022 7 Subscribers were offered a set of colored chromolithographs along with their subscription 4 Five months later Rideout went bankrupt Munsey had not drawn all his salary and Rideout had borrowed money from him as well so he was owed about 1 000 31 000 in 2022 by the bankrupt company He claimed the magazine s title and subscription list in return for his debt succeeding over a competing claim from a publisher who would have merged the magazine s subscriptions into those of his own publication 8 9 10 The first issue with Munsey as publisher was dated September 8 1883 11 Munsey again was reduced to a few dollars but he was able to borrow 300 9 400 in 2022 from Oscar Holway a banker in Augusta who was a friend 8 9 At about this time he bought some stories from Malcolm Douglas but when Douglas came to collect his payment Munsey offered him the job of editor at 10 300 in 2022 per week in lieu of payment for the stories Douglas accepted 8 Issue data for The Golden Argosy and The Argosy up to 1894 12 January February March April May June July August September October November December1882 Dates 9 16 23 30Volume 1 1 to 1 4Issue 1 to 41883 Dates 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29Volume 1 5 to 1 8 1 9 to 1 12 1 13 to 1 17 1 18 to 1 21 1 22 to 1 25 1 26 to 1 30 1 31 to 1 34 1 35 to 1 38 1 39 to 1 43 1 44 to 1 47 1 48 to 1 51 1 52 2 1 to 2 4Issue 5 to 8 9 to 12 13 to 17 18 to 21 22 to 25 26 to 30 31 to 34 35 to 38 39 to 43 44 to 47 48 to 51 52 to 561884 Dates 5 12 19 26 2 9 26 23 1 8 25 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 23 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 1 9 26 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27Volume 2 5 to 2 8 2 9 to 2 12 2 13 to 2 17 2 18 to 2 21 2 22 to 2 26 2 29 to 2 30 2 31 to 2 34 2 35 to 2 39 2 40 to 2 43 2 44 to 2 47 2 48 to 2 52 3 1 to 3 4Issue 57 to 60 61 to 64 65 to 69 70 to 73 74 to 78 79 to 82 83 to 86 87 to 91 92 to 95 96 to 99 100 to 104 105 to 1081885 Dates 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26Volume 3 5 to 3 9 3 10 to 3 13 3 14 to 3 17 3 18 to 3 21 3 22 to 3 26 3 27 to 3 30 3 31 to 3 34 3 35 to 3 39 3 40 to 3 43 3 44 to 3 48 3 49 to 3 52 4 1 to 4 4Issue 109 to 113 114 to 117 118 to 121 122 to 125 126 to 130 131 to 134 135 to 138 139 to 143 144 to 147 148 to 152 153 to 156 157 to 1601886 Dates 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25Volume 4 5 to 4 9 4 10 to 4 13 4 14 to 4 17 4 18 to 4 21 4 22 to 4 26 4 27 to 4 30 4 31 to 4 35 4 36 to 4 39 4 40 to 4 43 4 44 to 4 48 4 49 to 4 52 5 1 to 5 4Issue 161 to 165 166 to 169 170 to 173 174 to 177 178 to 182 183 to 186 187 to 191 192 to 195 196 to 199 200 to 204 205 to 208 209 to 2121887 Dates 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 212 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 23 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31Volume 5 5 to 5 9 5 10 to 5 13 5 14 to 5 17 5 18 to 5 22 5 23 to 5 26 5 27 to 5 30 5 31 to 5 35 5 36 to 5 39 5 40 to 5 43 5 44 to 5 48 5 49 to 5 52 6 1 to 6 5Issue 213 to 217 218 to 221 222 to 225 226 to 230 231 to 234 235 to 238 239 to 243 244 to 247 248 to 251 252 to 256 257 to 260 261 to 2651888 Dates 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29Volume 6 6 to 6 9 6 10 to 6 13 6 14 to 6 18 6 19 to 6 22 6 23 to 6 26 6 27 to 6 31 6 32 to 6 35 6 36 to 6 39 6 40 to 6 44 6 45 to 6 48 6 49 to 6 52 7 1 to 7 5Issue 266 6o 269 270 to 273 274 to 278 279 to 282 283 to 286 287 to 291 292 to 295 296 to 299 300 to 304 305 to 308 309 to 312 313 to 3171889 Dates 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28Volume 7 6 to 7 9 7 10 to 7 13 7 14 to 7 18 7 19 to 7 22 7 23 to 7 26 8 1 to 8 5 8 6 to 8 9 8 10 to 8 14 8 15 to 8 18 8 19 to 8 22 8 23 to 89 1 9 2 to 9 5Issue 318 to 321 322 to 325 326 to 330 331 to 334 335 to 338 339 to 343 344 to 347 348 to 352 353 to 356 357 to 360 361 to 365 366 to 3691890 Dates 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27Volume 9 6 to 9 9 9 10 to 9 13 9 14 to 9 18 9 19 to 9 22 9 23 to 10 1 10 2 to 10 5 10 6 to 10 9 10 10 to 10 14 10 15 to 10 18 10 19 to 10 22 10 23 to 11 1 11 2 to 11 5Issue 370 to 373 374 to 377 378 to 382 383 to 386 387 to 391 392 to 395 396 to 399 400 to 404 405 to 408 409 to 412 413 to 417 418 to 4211891 Dates 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26Volume 11 6 to 11 10 11 11 to 11 14 11 15 to 11 18 11 19 to 11 22 11 23 to 12 1 12 2 to 12 5 12 6 to 12 9 12 10 to 12 14 12 15 to 12 18 12 19 to 12 23 12 24 to 13 1 13 2 to 13 5Issue 422 to 426 427 to 430 431 to 434 435 to 438 439 to 443 444 to 447 448 to 451 452 to 456 457 to 460 461 to 465 466 to 469 470 to 4731892 Dates 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31Volume 13 6 to 13 10 13 11 to 13 14 13 15 to 13 18 13 19 to 13 22 13 23 to 14 1 14 2 to 14 5 14 6 to 14 10 14 11 to 14 14 14 15 to 14 18 14 19 to 14 23 14 24 to 15 1 15 2 to 15 6Issue 474 to 478 479 to 482 483 to 486 487 to 491 492 to 495 496 to 499 500 to 504 505 to 508 509 to 512 513 to 517 518 to 521 522 to 5261893 Dates 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30Volume 15 7 to 15 10 15 11 to 15 14 15 15 to 15 18 15 19 to 15 23 15 24 to 16 1 16 2 to 16 5 16 6 to 16 10 16 11 to 16 14 16 15 to 16 19 16 20 to 16 23 16 24 to 17 1 17 2 to 17 6Issue 527 to 530 531 to 534 535 to 538 539 to 543 544 to 547 548 to 551 552 to 556 557 to 560 561 to 565 566 to 569 570 to 573 574 to 5781894 Dates 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 3 10 17 24Volume 17 7 to 17 10 17 11 to 17 14 17 15 to 17 18Issue 579 to 582 583 to 586 587 to 590 Frank A Munsey Malcolm Douglas Matthew White Not all bibliographic sources include Douglas but Munsey s biographer George Britt gives details of Douglas s hire and he is described in J Randolph Cox s The Dime Novel Companion as the real editor of Golden Argosy 13 8 14 Douglas s first issue was dated September 8 1883 and White took over with the December 4 1886 issue 12 note 1 A friend from Augusta John Fogler who had become cashier of Augusta s First National Bank was able to arrange another loan for Munsey of 1 000 16 Munsey managed to maintain the regular weekly schedule but the financial pressure on him was enormous 17 18 Rideout had set up Munsey in an office on Barclay Street in what is now known as Tribeca in Manhattan Munsey moved to an office on Warren Street nearby to reduce the rent and he and Douglas would eat in a German beer saloon where they could get a free lunch Munsey and Douglas assembled free material by rewriting items from English boys papers One week Douglas was unable to find enough material to fill an issue Munsey wrote a short story that night Harry s Scheme or Camping Among the Maples about two boys in the Maine woods and turned it in to Douglas the next morning 17 13 note 2 Douglas twice saw Munsey write a letter to Elverson offering the subscription list of The Golden Argosy in return for a job at 50 per week but Munsey did not mail either letter 17 18 In 1884 James Blaine was the Republican candidate for President Blaine knew of Munsey from Augusta and his campaign needed help with publicity Munsey proposed a new magazine Munsey s Illustrated Weekly to carry campaign news It only lasted two months from September 6 to November 8 1884 but it helped Munsey by giving him an official seeming presence in publishing that made it much easier for him to obtain credit for paper and other supplies 20 Before the campaign he had been unable to get credit after it he was 8 000 243 000 in 2022 in debt to his suppliers Ten years later Munsey recalled the change and said That debt made me Before I had no credit and had to live from hand to mouth But when I owed 8 000 my creditors didn t dare drop me They saw their only chance of getting anything was to keep me going 21 Munsey had a bank account in New York but kept two more in Maine and Chicago moving funds between them constantly I kept thousands of dollars in the air between these three banks It was a dizzy dazzling daring game a game to live for to die for a royal glorious game 22 Munsey told a story of being unable to meet payroll because the New York bank would not give him credit He went to the bank upbraided the president for his effrontery and left without letting the man speak 22 When his employee went to the bank again that day he was able to cash the payroll check 22 The fact that The Golden Argosy never missed an issue also helped Munsey persuade the businesses he worked with to extend him credit which in turn helped him invest in the business In the winter of 1885 1886 he wrote a serial Afloat in a Great City with the intention of using it as the basis for an advertising campaign to increase subscriptions Munsey owed 5 000 at this point and went into debt by about another 10 000 to advertise the story distributing 100 000 sample copies of the March 13 1886 issue containing the first installment of the serial in Manhattan Brooklyn and the surrounding areas The campaign was a success and from being a more or less breakeven concern The Golden Argosy began to net Munsey about 100 a week in profit not counting the cost of the campaign This convinced Munsey to invest further in building circulation 23 24 A new editor Matthew White took over from Douglas at the end of the year 8 At the same time Munsey doubled the page count and increased the price from five cents to six 23 25 26 In 1887 he began a national advertising campaign with traveling representatives as far west as Nebraska and a mail campaign for points further west 24 He wrote another story The Boy Broker for serialization beginning in the February 5 1887 issue 24 27 and credited it with adding 20 000 to The Golden Argosy s circulation 24 28 Over five months the campaign gave away 11 500 000 sample issues his debt ballooned to 95 000 3 09 million in 2022 but he was now clearing 1 500 49 000 in 2022 a week in profit and circulation reached 115 000 in May 1887 24 29 note 3 The Argosy edit Monthly issue data for The Argosy from 1894 to 1917 12 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec1894 18 1 18 2 18 3 18 4 18 5 18 6 19 1 19 2 19 31895 19 4 19 5 19 6 20 1 20 2 20 3 20 4 20 5 20 6 21 1 21 2 21 31896 21 4 21 5 21 6 22 1 22 2 22 3 22 4 22 5 22 6 23 1 23 2 23 31897 23 4 23 5 23 6 24 1 24 2 24 3 24 4 25 1 25 2 25 3 25 4 26 11898 26 2 26 3 26 4 27 1 27 2 27 3 27 4 28 1 28 2 28 3 28 4 29 11899 29 2 29 3 29 4 30 1 30 2 30 3 30 4 31 1 31 2 31 3 31 4 32 11900 32 2 32 3 32 4 33 1 33 2 33 3 33 4 34 1 34 2 34 3 34 4 35 11901 35 2 35 3 35 4 36 1 36 2 36 3 36 4 37 1 37 2 37 3 37 4 38 11902 38 2 38 3 38 4 39 1 39 2 39 3 39 4 40 1 40 2 40 3 40 4 41 11903 41 2 41 3 41 4 42 1 42 2 42 3 42 4 43 1 43 2 43 3 43 4 44 11904 44 2 44 3 44 4 45 1 45 2 45 3 45 4 46 1 46 2 46 3 46 4 47 11905 47 2 47 3 47 4 48 1 48 2 48 3 48 4 49 1 49 2 49 3 49 4 50 11906 50 2 50 3 50 4 51 1 51 2 51 3 51 4 52 1 52 2 52 3 52 4 53 11907 53 2 53 3 53 4 54 1 54 2 54 3 54 4 55 1 55 2 55 3 55 4 56 11908 56 2 56 3 56 4 57 1 57 2 57 3 57 4 58 1 58 2 58 3 58 4 59 11909 59 2 59 3 59 4 60 1 60 2 60 3 60 4 61 1 61 2 61 3 61 4 62 11910 62 2 62 3 62 4 63 1 63 2 63 3 63 4 64 1 64 2 64 3 64 4 65 11911 65 2 65 3 65 4 66 1 66 2 66 3 66 4 67 1 67 2 67 3 67 4 68 11912 68 2 68 3 68 4 69 1 69 2 69 3 69 4 70 1 70 2 70 3 70 4 71 11913 71 2 71 3 71 4 72 1 72 2 72 3 72 4 73 1 73 2 73 3 73 4 74 11914 74 2 74 3 75 4 76 1 76 2 76 3 76 4 77 1 77 2 77 3 77 4 78 11915 78 2 78 3 78 4 79 1 79 2 79 3 79 4 80 1 80 2 80 3 80 4 81 11916 81 2 81 3 81 4 82 1 82 2 82 3 82 4 83 1 83 2 83 3 83 4 84 11917 84 2 84 3 84 4 85 1 85 2 85 3 85 4 86 1 86 2 86 3 Matthew White Matthew White was editor throughout this period though Mott reports that he spent a year or more in London working for Munsey during 1913 1914 15 31 32 and according to Moskowitz the editorial duties for The Argosy were handled by Bob Davis the editor of All Story Weekly during this time 15 The improvement in Munsey s finances in 1887 was temporary though before Munsey realized it he had given up his cheap rooms and moved to the Windsor Hotel on Fifth Avenue 33 Another advertising campaign was launched it cost 20 000 651 000 in 2022 but produced no results and Munsey began to experiment with the magazine trying to find a profitable approach He shortened the title to just The Argosy with the December 1 1888 issue to make it sound more like an adventure magazine and less like a children s paper 33 34 15 He later commented that he had not realized the problems attendant on magazines for children they grew up quickly and dropped their subscriptions so circulation was very difficult to maintain and because they had little spending power it was hard to interest advertisers 35 He reduced the page size and increased the page count and added illustrated covers and cut the price and then reversed all these changes but nothing worked 33 In 1890 circulation dropped to the point where it no longer covered its own costs 36 The expenses Munsey had taken on after the successful campaign in 1887 were now a drain and when his friend Fogler visited and was impressed that Munsey was living at the Windsor he told Fogler I can t afford it but it is a means to an end It gives me standing to have the acquaintance of the men I meet here 33 Fogler also discovered on that visit that Munsey had a personal pew in a popular church which cost him 1 000 81 000 in 2022 a year 33 Munsey launched two more periodicals hoping that they would establish themselves as profitable before The Argosy failed completely 37 The first was Munsey s Weekly launched on February 2 1889 37 38 the second was a newspaper the Daily Continent which he took over in February 1891 and gave up on four months later 37 39 The Weekly was not a success either and in late 1891 Munsey converted it into a monthly titled Munsey s Magazine priced at twenty five cents 8 14 in 2022 Fogler now working for a bank in Kansas arranged a loan for Munsey that grew to 8 000 261 000 in 2022 with half Munsey s stock as collateral During the Panic of 1893 the bank called in the loan and Munsey offered Fogler the stock if he would take over the loan Fogler declined and Munsey had to arrange for another loan at 18 interest to cover the repayment 37 In October 1893 Munsey cut the price of Munsey s Magazine to ten cents 3 03 in 2022 He had to struggle to distribute it at this price since the American News Company had a monopoly on magazine distribution and had little interest in a low priced magazine By the February issue Munsey was printing 200 000 copies and it soon became successful enough to guarantee his financial security 40 The Argosy did not share in the success of Munsey s Magazine circulation continued to decline but Munsey kept it going as he later said as a matter of sentiment and to see what could be made of it From a high of 115 000 the circulation fell to 9 000 for the March 24 1894 issue which was the last one as a weekly Munsey switched it to monthly publication with the April issue and circulation jumped to 40 000 immediately but went no higher for over two years 41 With the October 1896 issue Munsey changed it to carry fiction only targeted at adults rather than children 41 32 12 Starting with the December issue he began printing it on cheap wood pulp paper 41 32 making The Argosy the first pulp magazine 31 The all fiction format brought about another jump in circulation to 80 000 41 In 1898 with circulation still at around 80 000 Munsey bought Peterson s Magazine and merged it into The Argosy 41 42 A year or so later circulation began to climb again Munsey spent nothing on advertising but circulation reached 300 000 in 1902 and hit half a million in 1907 25 years after it was launched 41 The magazine absorbed two other Munsey publications The Puritan and Junior Munsey in 1902 and Munsey credited some of the increase in circulation to the mergers 43 Weekly issue data for The Argosy from 1917 to 1942 12 44 January February March April May June July August September October November December1917 Dates 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29Volume 87 1 to 87 4 88 1 to 88 4 89 1 to 90 11918 Dates 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28Volume 90 2 to 91 1 91 2 to 92 1 92 2 to 93 2 93 3 to 94 2 94 3 to 95 2 95 3 to 96 3 96 4 to 97 3 97 4 to 98 4 99 1 to 99 4 100 1 to 100 4 101 1 to 102 1 102 2 to 103 11919 Dates 4 11 18 25 1 8 25 22 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27Volume 103 2 to 104 1 104 2 to 105 1 105 2 to 106 2 106 3 to 107 2 107 3 to 108 3 108 4 to 109 3 109 4 to 110 3 110 4 to 111 4 112 1 to 112 4 113 1 to 113 4 114 1 to 115 1 115 2 to 116 11920 Dates 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25Volume 116 2 to 117 2 117 3 to 118 2 118 3 to 199 2 119 3 to 120 2 120 3 to 121 3 121 4 to 122 3 122 4 to 123 4 124 1 to 124 4 125 1 to 125 4 126 1 to 127 1 127 2 to 128 1 128 2 to 129 11921 Dates 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31Volume 129 2 to 130 2 130 3 to 131 2 131 3 to 132 2 132 3 to 133 3 133 4 to 134 3 134 4 to 135 1 135 2 to 135 6 136 1 to 136 4 136 4 to 137 2 137 3 to 138 1 138 2 to 138 5 138 6 to 139 41922 Dates 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30Volume 139 5 to 140 2 140 3 to 140 6 141 1 to 141 4 141 5 to 142 3 142 4 to 143 1 143 2 to 143 5 143 6 to 144 4 144 5 to 145 2 145 3 to 146 1 146 2 to 146 5 146 6 to 147 3 147 4 to 148 21923 Dates 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29Volume 148 3 to 148 6 149 1 to 149 4 149 5 to 150 3 150 4 to 151 1 151 2 to 151 5 151 6 to 152 4 152 5 to 153 2 153 3 to 153 5 153 6 to 154 5 154 6 to 155 3 155 4 to 156 1 156 2 to 156 61924 Dates 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27Volume 157 1 to 157 4 157 5 to 158 2 158 3 to 159 1 159 2 to 159 5 159 6 to 160 4 160 5 to 161 2 161 3 to 161 6 162 1 to 162 5 162 6 to 163 3 163 4 to 164 1 164 2 to 164 6 165 1 to 165 41925 Dates 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26Volume 165 5 to 166 3 166 4 to 167 1 167 2 to 167 5 167 6 to 168 3 168 4 to 169 2 169 3 to 169 6 170 1 to 170 4 170 5 to 171 3 171 4 to 172 1 172 2 to 172 6 173 1 to 173 4 173 5 to 174 21926 Dates 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25Volume 174 3 to 175 1 175 2 to 175 5 175 6 to 176 3 176 4 to 177 1 177 2 to 177 6 178 1 to 178 4 178 5 to 179 3 179 4 to 180 1 180 2 to 180 5 180 6 to 181 4 181 5 to 182 2 182 3 to 182 61927 Dates 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31Volume 183 1 to 183 5 183 6 to 184 3 184 4 to 185 1 185 2 to 185 6 186 1 to 186 4 186 5 to 187 2 187 3 to 188 1 188 2 to 188 5 188 6 to 189 3 189 4 to 190 2 190 3 to 190 6 191 1 to 191 51928 Dates 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 31 1 8 15 22 29Volume 191 6 to 192 3 192 4 to 193 1 193 2 to 193 6 194 1 to 194 4 194 5 to 195 2 195 3 to 196 1 196 2 to 196 5 196 6 to 197 3 197 4 to 198 2 198 3 to 198 6 199 1 to 199 4 199 5 to 200 31929 Dates 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 2 9 26 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28Volume 200 4 to 201 1 201 2 to 201 5 201 6 to 202 4 202 5 to 203 2 203 3 to 203 6 204 1 to 204 5 204 6 to 205 3 205 4 to 206 2 206 3 to 206 6 207 1 to 207 4 207 5 to 208 3 208 4 to 209 11930 Dates 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27Volume 209 2 to 209 5 209 6 to 210 3 201 4 to 211 2 211 3 to 211 6 212 1 to 212 5 212 6 to 213 3 213 4 to 214 1 214 2 to 214 6 215 1 to 215 4 215 5 to 216 2 216 3 to 217 1 217 2 to 217 51931 Dates 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26Volume 217 6 to 218 4 218 5 to 219 2 219 3 to 219 6 220 1 to 220 4 220 5 to 221 3 221 4 to 222 1 222 2 to 222 5 222 6 to 223 4 223 5 to 224 2 224 3 to 225 1 225 2 to 225 5 225 6 to 226 31932 Dates 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31Volume 226 4 to 227 2 227 3 to 227 6 228 1 to 228 4 228 5 to 229 3 229 4 to 230 1 230 2 to 230 5 230 6 to 231 4 231 5 to 232 2 232 3 to 232 6 233 1 to 233 5 233 6 to 234 3 234 4 to 235 21933 Dates 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30Volume 235 3 to 235 6 236 1 to 236 4 236 5 to 237 2 237 3 to 238 1 238 2 to 238 5 238 6 to 239 3 239 4 to 240 2 240 3 to 240 5 240 6 to 241 4 241 5 to 242 2 242 3 to 242 6 243 1 to 243 51934 Dates 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29Volume 243 6 to 244 3 244 4 to 245 1 245 2 to 245 6 246 1 to 246 4 246 5 to 247 2 247 3 to 248 1 248 2 to 248 5 248 6 to 249 3 249 4 to 250 2 250 3 to 250 6 251 1 to 251 4 251 5 to 252 31935 Dates 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28Volume 252 4 to 253 1 253 2 to 253 5 253 6 to 254 4 254 5 to 255 2 255 3 to 255 6 256 1 to 256 5 256 6 to 257 3 257 4 to 258 2 258 3 to 258 6 259 1 to 259 4 259 5 to 260 3 260 4 to 261 11936 Dates 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26Volume 261 2 to 261 5 261 6 to 262 4 262 5 to 263 2 263 3 to 263 6 264 1 to 264 5 264 6 to 265 3 265 4 to 266 1 266 2 to 266 6 267 1 to 267 4 267 5 to 268 3 268 4 to 269 1 269 2 to 269 51937 Dates 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25Volume 269 6 to 270 4 270 5 to 271 2 271 3 to 271 6 272 1 to 272 4 272 5 to 273 3 273 4 to 274 1 274 2 to 274 6 275 1 to 275 4 275 5 to 276 2 276 3 to 277 1 277 2 to 277 5 277 6 to 278 31938 Dates 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31Volume 278 4 to 279 2 279 3 to 279 6 280 1 to 280 4 280 5 to 281 3 281 4 to 282 1 282 2 to 282 5 282 6 to 283 4 283 5 to 284 2 284 3 to 284 6 285 1 to 285 5 285 6 to 186 3 286 4 to 287 21939 Dates 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28 4 11 18 25 2 9 16 23 30Volume 287 3 to 287 6 288 1 to 288 4 288 5 to 289 2 289 3 to 290 1 290 2 to 290 5 290 6 to 291 3 291 4 to 292 2 292 3 to 292 6 293 1 to 293 5 293 6 to 294 3 294 4 to 295 1 295 2 to 295 61940 Dates 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 7 14 21 28Volume 296 1 to 296 4 296 5 to 297 2 297 3 to 298 1 298 2 to 298 5 298 6 to 299 3 299 4 to 300 2 300 3 to 300 6 301 1 to 301 5 301 6 to 302 3 302 4 to 303 1 303 2 to 303 6 304 1 to 304 41941 Dates 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 1 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 14 21 28 5 12 19 26 2 9 16 23 30 6 13 20 27 4 1 15 29 13 27Volume 304 5 to 305 2 305 3 to 305 6 306 1 to 306 5 306 6 to 307 3 307 4 to 308 2 308 3 to 308 6 309 1 to 309 4 309 5 to 310 3 310 4 to 311 1 311 2 311 3 to 311 5 311 6 to 312 11942 Dates 10 24 7 21 7 15 1 15Volume 312 2 to 312 3 312 4 to 312 5 312 6 to 313 1 313 2 to 313 3 Matthew White A H Bittner June 1928 June 1931 Don Moore July 1931 July 1934 Frederick Clayton August 1934 April 1936 Jack Byrne May 1936 June 1937 Chandler H Whipple July 1937 June 1939 George W Post July 1939 February 1942 Harry Gray March 1942 August 1942 The Argosy s circulation fell from this peak and it returned to a weekly schedule in 1917 12 15 In 1906 Munsey had started The Railroad Man s Magazine which carried both fiction and non fiction after the January 18 1919 issue it was merged into The Argosy which was briefly retitled Argosy and Railroad Man s Magazine reverting to just Argosy with the May 31 issue 45 46 47 Paper shortages caused by World War I forced a reduction in the page count of both The Argosy and All Story Weekly another Munsey fiction magazine and costs continued to go up after the war Most of the other major fiction magazines of the day increased their price to twenty cents 5 84 in 2022 At fifteen cents Top Notch Magazine was an exception but Munsey kept both Argosy and All Story at only ten cents In 1920 he merged All Story Weekly into The Argosy explaining that this let him keep the price of the combined magazine at ten cents while saving all the cost of stories in one magazine all the cost of the editorial force all the cost of typesetting all the cost of making electrotype plates and many other minor costs 48 Sam Moskowitz a magazine historian argues that the low price sustained through most of the 1920s must have been a strong benefit to circulation which is reported to have reached half a million when the combined magazine now titled Argosy All Story Weekly debuted Circulation stayed at about 400 000 during the following decade 48 The first issue of the new magazine added pages to allow it to carry continuations of the serials that had been running in each of the two magazines before the merger and Moskowitz comments that this approach was such that it is doubtful that a single nonduplicating reader was lost from either magazine 48 The page count gradually dropped again as the serials were completed from 224 after the merger to 144 at the end of the year 48 Dewart Popular Publications and later revivals edit Monthly issue data for The Argosy from 1942 to 1970 12 44 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec1942 313 4 313 5 313 6 314 1 314 2 314 3 314 4 314 51943 314 6 315 1 315 2 315 3 315 4 315 5 315 6 316 1 316 2 316 3 316 4 317 11944 317 2 317 3 317 4 318 1 318 2 318 3 318 4 419 1 319 2 319 3 319 41945 320 1 320 2 320 3 320 4 321 1 321 2 321 3 321 4 211 11946 322 2 322 3 322 4 323 1 323 2 323 3 323 41947 324 1 324 2 324 3 324 4 324 5 324 6 325 1 325 2 325 3 325 4 325 5 325 61948 326 1 326 2 326 3 326 4 326 5 326 6 327 1 327 2 327 3 327 4 327 5 327 61949 328 1 328 2 328 3 328 4 328 5 328 6 329 1 329 2 329 3 329 4 329 5 329 61950 330 1 330 2 330 3 330 4 330 5 330 6 331 1 331 2 331 3 331 4 331 5 331 61951 332 1 332 2 332 3 332 4 332 5 332 6 333 1 333 2 333 3 333 4 333 5 333 61952 334 1 334 2 334 3 334 4 334 5 334 6 335 1 335 2 335 3 335 4 335 5 335 61953 336 1 336 2 336 3 336 4 336 5 336 6 337 1 337 2 337 3 337 4 337 5 337 61954 338 1 338 2 338 3 338 4 338 5 338 6 339 1 339 2 339 3 339 4 339 5 339 61955 340 1 340 2 340 3 340 4 340 5 340 6 341 1 341 2 341 3 341 4 341 5 341 61956 342 1 342 2 342 3 342 4 342 5 342 6 343 1 343 2 343 3 343 4 343 5 343 61957 344 1 344 2 344 3 344 4 344 5 344 6 345 1 345 2 345 3 345 4 345 5 345 61958 346 1 346 2 346 3 346 4 346 5 346 6 347 1 347 2 347 3 347 4 347 5 347 61959 348 1 348 2 348 3 348 4 348 5 348 6 349 1 349 2 349 3 349 4 349 5 349 61960 350 1 350 2 350 3 350 4 350 5 350 6 351 1 351 2 351 3 351 4 351 5 351 61961 352 1 352 2 352 3 352 4 352 5 352 6 353 1 353 2 353 3 353 4 353 5 353 61962 354 1 354 2 354 3 354 4 354 5 354 6 355 1 355 2 355 3 355 4 355 5 355 61963 356 1 356 2 356 3 356 4 356 5 356 6 357 1 357 2 357 3 357 4 357 5 357 61964 358 1 358 2 358 3 358 4 358 5 358 6 359 1 359 2 359 3 359 4 359 5 359 61965 360 1 360 2 360 3 360 4 360 5 360 6 361 1 361 2 361 3 361 4 361 5 361 61966 362 1 362 2 362 3 362 4 362 5 362 6 363 1 363 2 363 3 363 4 363 5 363 61967 364 1 364 2 364 3 364 4 364 5 364 6 365 1 365 2 365 3 365 4 365 5 365 61968 366 1 366 2 366 3 366 4 366 5 366 6 367 1 367 2 367 3 367 4 367 5 367 61969 368 1 368 2 368 3 368 4 368 5 368 6 369 1 369 2 369 3 369 4 369 5 369 61970 370 1 370 2 370 3 370 4 370 5 370 6 371 1 371 2 371 3 371 4 371 5 371 6 Harry Gray May August 1942 Burroughs Mitchell September October 1942 Rogers Terrill November 1942 Feb 1944 Harry Steeger Mar 1944 Jul 1949 and Jun 1955 April 1970 Jerry Mason Aug 1949 Jun 1953 Howard J Lewis Jul 1953 Sep 1954 James B O Connell Oct 1954 Ken W Purdy Nov 1954 May 1955 Hal Steeger May 1970 Dec 1970 In December 1925 Munsey had appendicitis and never recovered he died aged 71 on December 22 49 The Frank A Munsey Corporation which continued as the publisher was sold to Thomas Dewart who had been working for Munsey 50 Matthew White who had been editor since 1886 was finally replaced by A H Bittner in 1928 Bittner stayed as editor for three years and his successors throughout the 1930s each lasted between one and three years 12 In October 1929 Munsey s Magazine and Argosy All Story Weekly were combined and immediately split again into two magazines one was titled All Story Combined with Munsey s and the other continued as Argosy 51 45 In 1932 Don Moore who had become editor in July 1931 52 53 bought two stories from Frank Morgan Mercer that turned out to have been copied from earlier stories by H Bedford Jones and James Francis Dwyer Up to this point Argosy paid on acceptance because of the plagiarism the policy was changed to pay new authors only after publication to allow plagiarism to be detected 54 55 56 note 4 Moore left to work at Cosmopolitan in mid 1934 and was replaced by Frederick Clayton who had been associate editor 57 In 1936 Clayton was hired by Liberty and Jack Byrne who had been working at Fiction House took over as editor for a year before being replaced by Chandler Whipple 58 59 Another Munsey magazine All American Fiction was merged into Argosy in 1938 60 45 In 1939 Whipple resigned and George Post who had been part of Whipple s editorial team became editor 61 62 Argosy remained a weekly until the October 4 1941 issue then switched to an irregular schedule with two issues a month 63 Post left in early 1942 and was briefly replaced by Harry Gray and then for two issues by Burroughs Mitchell 44 64 12 In September 1942 Popular Publications a pulp magazine publisher bought all the Munsey pulp magazine titles from Dewart including Argosy 65 66 which by this time had a circulation of only 40 000 to 50 000 67 note 5 The new editor was Rogers Terrill Argosy ceased to use pulp paper from 1943 becoming a slick magazine 71 72 In early 1944 Harry Steeger the owner of Popular took over the editorship for five years 12 hiring Jerry Mason away from This Week in 1949 to replace himself as editor 12 73 Mason stayed for four years when he left in mid 1953 Howard Lewis was promoted to editor from executive editor 74 75 Lewis resigned in 1954 and Ken Purdy the editor of Argosy s main rival True was hired 68 69 76 but stayed less than a year 12 James O Connell who had been fiction editor of Argosy since 1948 12 77 was editor for one issue dated October 1954 and then Steeger took the editing chair again 12 73 Circulation prospered under Popular reaching 600 000 in June 1948 and 1 25 million by 1954 69 70 This growth was aided by some lucky publicity broadcast to millions of radio listeners after the acquisition by Popular Argosy was the subject of a question on the popular Take It or Leave It radio show which referred to it as a pulp magazine Two weeks later the show s host apologized and asked the studio audience to chant Argosy is a slick on the air 70 78 Argosy s circulation remained over a million until at least 1973 68 79 and the advertising revenue this provided made the magazine an attractive acquisition target 80 Steeger sold Popular Publications to David Geller s Brookside Publications in 1972 80 81 In early January 1978 Geller sold the company to the Filipacchi Group 80 82 83 The last issue from Popular was dated November December 1978 71 Four more monthly issues appeared starting in August 1979 published by Lifetime Wholesalers Inc The last issue was dated November 1979 after which regular publication ceased 12 71 Special issues associated titles and revivals edit Monthly issue data for The Argosy from 1971 to 1979 12 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec1971 372 1 372 2 372 3 372 4 372 5 372 6 373 1 373 2 373 3 373 4 373 5 373 61972 374 1 374 2 374 3 374 4 374 5 374 6 375 1 375 2 375 3 375 4 375 5 375 61973 376 1 376 2 376 3 376 4 376 5 376 6 377 7 377 8 377 9 377 10 377 11 377 121974 379 1 379 2 379 3 379 4 379 5 379 6 380 1 380 2 380 3 280 4 280 5 280 61975 281 1 281 2 281 3 281 4 281 5 281 6 282 1 282 2 282 3 282 4 282 5 382 61976 383 1 383 2 383 3 383 4 383 5 384 1 384 2 384 3 384 4 384 5 384 61977 384 7 384 8 385 3 385 4 385 5 385 6 386 1 386 2 386 3 386 4 386 51978 386 6 387 1 387 2 387 3 387 4 387 5 387 6 388 1 388 2 338 31979 339 1 339 2 339 3 339 4 Hal Steeger Jan 1971 Jan 1972 Milt Machlin Feb 1972 Mar 1973 Gil Paust Apr 1973 Feb 1974 Randolph Sugar Mar 1974 Apr 1975 Ernest Baxter May 1975 Jun 1976 Lou Sahadi July 1976 Nov Dec 1978 Garrik Roen Aug 1979 Nov 1979 In addition to the monthly issues between 1975 and 1978 Argosy published about fifty special issues on specific topics such as sharks basketball guns or treasure hunting There were also two associated magazines Argosy UFO appeared in July 1976 and ceased publication with its eighth issue dated Winter 1977 1978 Argosy Gun produced four issues dated from Fall 1977 and Summer 1978 and may have published more 45 Argosy has been revived three times since the Lifetime Wholesalers issues appeared in 1979 Between 1989 and 1994 six issues were produced by Richard Kyle at irregular intervals 84 Three more issues dated in 2004 and 2005 appeared from Lou Anders and James A Owen with the third issue edited by Owen alone and retitled Argosy Quarterly One more issue from Altus Press appeared in 2016 12 84 edited by Matthew Moring 85 Contents and reception editEarly years edit nbsp Cover of The Golden Argosy for May 19 1883 featuring the first installment of Hector s Inheritance by Horatio AlgerThe first issue of The Golden Argosy included the first installment of two novels Do and Dare or a Brave Boy s Fight for a Fortune by Horatio Alger which took the cover page and Nick and Nellie or God Helps them that Helps Themselves by Edward S Ellis There were also short stories and some non fiction The target audience was both boys and girls from ten to twenty years old 86 15 When Munsey began to write serialized novels for the magazine starting with Afloat in a Great City in 1886 he used the same basic plot that Alger had been successful with rags to riches stories of boys succeeding against the odds 17 Other early serials were boys adventure tales occasionally with science fiction ideas such as lost races Multiple serials often ran simultaneously 12 Early contributors included Harry Castlemon whose Don Gordon s Shooting Box began serialization in the March 3 1883 issue 15 87 Frank H Converse who in addition to an early serial A Voyage to the Gold Coast or Jack Bond s Quest beginning in the March 24 1883 issue had several short stories in the first couple of years of the magazine 15 88 Oliver Optic Making a Man of Himself beginning in the October 20 1883 issue 15 89 and G A Henty Facing Peril A Tale of the Coal Mines from September 5 1885 15 90 The magazine s subtitle Freighted with Treasures for Boys and Girls was dropped in 1886 though the contents were still aimed at the same youthful readers as before 15 P T Barnum s Dick Broadhead a Story of Wild Animals and the Circus was serialized from May to August 1887 15 91 There was little science fiction in the early years one exception was The Conquest of the Moon by Andre Laurie which began serialization in The Argosy in 1889 32 another was William Murray Graydon s The River of Darkness or Under Africa 1890 When the Redcoats Came to Bennington an early story by Upton Sinclair appeared in the December 1895 issue 15 92 Pulp era edit Editorial policy edit nbsp Cover of the August 15 1925 issueAfter the change to an all fiction monthly format in 1896 The Argosy was a men s and boy s adventure magazine 15 though The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction describes many of the serials in the first decade or so after the change as still only a little above juvenile adventure stories 12 In 1926 Albert William Stone a fairly prolific pulp author visited Manhattan to meet with the editors of the various magazines he had been selling to and find out more about what their requirements were for submissions 93 Stone had sold several stories to Bob Davis the editor of All Story Weekly before its merger with The Argosy but had never sold to Matthew White who had been editor of The Argosy since before the change to pulp format 94 12 White had sent Stone an encouraging note in reply to an early submission of his Two things I like about this story are its Western atmosphere and its brevity two thousand five hundred words If those hints are of any value to you try us again 94 In the interview with Stone White expanded upon what he was looking for I require yarns that violate the traditions relative to logical development By this I mean that I do not want the story developed in what is commonly called the natural way I require unexpected development surprises at every turn it is possible to have them without destroying the convincingness of the story In other words stories that are a constant challenge to the author s inventive ability one situation after another and that keep the writer perspiring freely 95 Ed Hulse a historian of pulp magazines while generally praising the quality of the fiction in Argosy during the pulp era comments that during the 1920s some bland conventional dramas appeared in the magazine by writers such as Edgar Franklin Isabel Ostrander and E J Rath Hulse suggests that this editorial policy was aimed at attracting more women readers to the magazine 96 After White s editorship and for the next fifteen years the requirements that Argosy s editors sent to writers magazines such as Writer s Digest and Author amp Journalist emphasized that they were looking for stories focused on action with a masculine point of view Bittner s comments in 1928 asked for any good clean story with sound plot rapid fire action and strong masculine appeal and gave a long list of genres all of which were acceptable even romance so long as the love element is not unduly stressed 97 In 1931 Moore outlined the stories to be excluded love or domestic tales sex stories stories with a predominant woman interest or told from a woman s viewpoint 98 In 1935 Clayton provided a list of hackneyed plots to be avoided including escaping convicts an underwater adventure in which the hero fights an octopus and a giant clam as well as the villain and a legionnaire who dies gloriously for Dear Old France 99 The policy of action stories told from a male viewpoint continued through the rest of the decade 100 New writers edit nbsp Cover of the October 1905 issueMany writers who later became well known sold to The Argosy early in their careers William MacLeod Raine s first story The Luck of Eustace Blount appeared in the March 1899 issue 101 102 William Wallace Cook contributed numerous serials in the first decade of the 20th century beginning with The Spur of Necessity in the September 1900 issue after half a dozen sales to other markets 103 104 Cook wrote adventure fiction with elements of satire an unusual combination for the pulps 105 James Branch Cabell s first sale was to The Argosy his An Amateur Ghost appeared in the February 1902 issue 106 107 William Hamilton Osborne s first sale was also to The Argosy but after paying for it White returned the story to Osborne as the plot was too similar to other stories that had appeared elsewhere It did eventually appear in the New York Daily News but Osborne s first appearance in print was in The Argosy with Turner s Luck with Rouge et Noir in the September 1902 issue 108 109 Louis Joseph Vance the creator of the character The Lone Wolf published most of his fiction in The Popular Magazine but his first two sales were to Munsey including The Coil of Circumstance a serial that began in the November 1903 Argosy 110 111 Albert Payson Terhune later the author of Lad A Dog frequently published in the Munsey magazines early in his career 112 113 His first sale to The Argosy was The Fugitive a novella that began serialization in the August 1905 issue and he sold a dozen more stories to the magazine over the next few years 112 An early story by Mary Roberts Rinehart The Misadventures of a Pearl Necklace appeared in February the following year 114 Science fiction and fantasy edit nbsp Cover for the story The Metal Monster by A Merritt August 7 1920 The first pulp issue in December 1896 included a science fiction story Citizen 504 by C H Palmer and science fiction featured regularly thereafter 32 Five science fiction adventure novels by William Wallace Cook appeared starting in 1903 with A Round Trip to the Year 2000 or A Flight Through Time Lost race stories continued to appear such as Frank Aubrey s A Queen of Atlantis 1899 Frank Savile s Beyond the Great South Wall 1899 1900 12 and Perley Poore Sheehan s The Abyss of Wonders 1915 described by Hulse as arguably the finest lost race novel ever to appear in a Munsey magazine 115 Francis Stevens contributed another lost world novel The Citadel of Fear in 1918 115 Humorous stories about scientific inventions were another theme 12 Howard Rogert Garis began selling to Argosy in 1904 his Professor Jonkin stories were lighthearted examples of the genre 116 and other examples came from H D Smiley whose Bagley s Coagulated Cyclone and Bagley s Rain Machine appeared in the September 1906 and February 1907 issues 117 118 Some more sophisticated science fiction also appeared including Finis an end of the world story by Frank Lillie Pollock in June 1906 12 119 George Griffith an important early science fiction writer from the UK published almost none of his work in the US in his lifetime An exception was The Lake of Gold serialized in The Argosy from December 1902 to July 1903 in which a group of Britons and Americans use the riches from a lake of gold in Patagonia to enforce peace across Europe 120 121 note 6 The Argosy s sister magazine All Story Weekly was the venue for most of the science fiction in the Munsey magazines but Argosy printed Murray Leinster s first science fiction story The Runaway Skyscraper in 1919 12 note 7 Leinster s first sale The Atmosphere had appeared in The Argosy the previous year 125 Edgar Rice Burroughs s Barsoom series had begun in All Story Weekly as had his Tarzan novels when the two magazines merged in 1920 later episodes of each series appeared in the combined magazine Argosy All Story Weekly 126 Abraham Merritt s The Metal Monster began serialization in the August 7 issue the third one after the merger 12 127 and many more science fiction and fantasy stories followed in the next two decades by authors such as Ray Cummings Ralph Milne Farley Otis Adelbert Kline Victor Rousseau Eando Binder Donald Wandrei Manly Wade Wellman Jack Williamson Arthur Leo Zagat and Henry Kuttner 12 32 Merritt s The Ship of Ishtar which was serialized in 1924 was voted Argosy s most popular story in a reader poll in 1938 32 128 In 1940 and 1941 Frederick C Painton published a series of stories in Argosy about Joel Quaite a time detective who travels into the past to solve mysteries 129 Erle Stanley Gardner later famous for his Perry Mason detective stories sold Rain Magic his first science fiction short story to Argosy in 1928 and went on to write several more Gardner combined science fiction with detective plots in some of these stories and he was not the only writer to do so Garret Smith s You ve Killed Privacy in the July 7 1928 Argosy was about using CCTV to catch criminals and Leinster s Darkness on Fifth Avenue in the November 30 1929 Argosy about a device that can bring artificial darkness to an area was originally intended for the detective pulps 130 Other genres edit nbsp Cover of the November 10 1917 issueArgosy s Western fiction included Zane Grey s Last of the Duanes which appeared in the September 1914 Argosy 131 and Walt Coburn s first story The Peace Treaty of the Seven Up in the July 8 1922 issue 132 133 Max Brand a very prolific Western writer sold his first pulp stories to All Story in 1917 but by the end of the year had begun selling to Argosy too 134 135 Clarence Mulford was the creator of the character Hopalong Cassidy the first few stories in the series appeared in other magazines but many were published in Argosy in the early 1920s 136 115 Robert E Howard best known for his stories about Conan the Barbarian also wrote Westerns several of which were published in Argosy in the mid 1930s 137 O Henry appeared in the March 1904 Argosy with Witches Loaves 138 H Bedford Jones a popular author with over 1 000 stories published in the pulps over his career sold his first story Out of a Stormy Sky to The Argosy in 1910 and appeared in its pages regularly for the next four decades 115 139 Bedford Jones s series about adventurer John Solomon began with The Gate of Farewell serialized in the January and February 1914 issues and continued in The Argosy and elsewhere for over twenty years 115 140 George Worts published the first of his Peter the Brazen series about an expert wireless operator and dauntless adventurer in Argosy in the October 5 1918 issue it became one of the most popular series in the magazine with all twenty stories appearing in Argosy into the mid 1930s 141 142 Under his own name and a pseudonym Loring Brent Worts contributed scores of other stories to Argosy over the same period 142 143 Johnston McCulley had launched his Zorro series in All Story in 1919 and more episodes appeared in Argosy after the two magazines merged 144 Fred MacIsaac one of Argosy s most popular authors first appeared in the November 1 1924 issue with the first installment of his novel Nothing but Money Most of MacIsaac s work was not science fiction an exception was The Hothouse World a serial that ran in Argosy from February 21 to March 28 1931 145 146 Theodore Roscoe was a frequent contributor of adventure stories set in exotic locations such as Timbuktu and Saigon He traveled the world once his writing began to pay him well enough to allow him to do so and used the experience to add color to his stories 147 Borden Chase sold his first story Tunnel Men to Argosy in 1934 while he was a laborer on the tunnel being built under the East River in New York He became a regular contributor and his East River which appeared in Argosy in December 1934 was filmed the following year as Under Pressure 148 Ship of the Line an early novel in C S Forester s stories about Horatio Hornblower was serialized in Argosy in early 1938 149 150 Max Brand though best known for his Westerns wrote in many other genres as well including historical fiction and mystery stories He was the creator of Dr Kildare and four novels in the series appeared in Argosy between 1938 and 1940 150 151 Mystery contributors included Cornell Woolrich beginning with Hot Water in the December 28 1935 issue 152 153 and Norbert Davis 154 Art edit In 1903 Street amp Smith launched The Popular Magazine an early pulp rival to The Argosy with color art on the cover Up to this point The Argosy had had text only on the cover and no art but in 1905 probably in response to The Popular Magazine it began to run limited color art on the cover and in 1912 it began to use full color cover art 155 At the start of the 1920s the most frequent cover artists for Argosy were Modest Stein Stockton Mulford and P J Monahan by the end of the decade Paul Stahr and Robert Graef had taken over most of the covers and remained the main cover artists until the mid 1930s Hulse considers the artwork of this era to have been consistently good 145 Towards the end of the 1930s Rudolph Belarski Emmett Watson and George Rozen become regular cover artists 150 Virgil Finlay was a popular illustrator for the Munsey magazines at the end of the 1930s and start of the 1940s When Argosy planned to reprint Seven Footprints to Satan one of A Merritt s novels in 1939 Merritt persuaded the editor G W Post to use Finlay as the interior illustrator 156 157 Men s magazine era editTransition from pulp format edit nbsp Gypsy Rose Lee the author of The G String Murders which were part of Argosy s citation for obscenity in 1942In 1942 in an attempt to revive the magazine s fortunes the all fiction format was abandoned and articles about World War II and sensationalized news stories were added 31 158 The cover was redesigned starting with the March 7 1942 issue with the outline of a jet plane replacing the galleon behind the title and a picture of the film star Dorothy Lamour on the cover instead of the usual adventure themed cover art 158 The title was changed to The New Argosy though this change was reversed with the August issue 12 63 The publication frequency was changed to monthly starting in May 63 The new version of Argosy was almost immediately caught in a crackdown by Frank Walker the Postmaster General The Post Office declared that publishers should consider decency and good morals in deciding what could be included in a mailed magazine and promptly notified dozens of publishers that they had to attend a hearing in Washington or lose their permits Argosy s citation from the Post Office listed stories considered to be obscene the list included The G String Murders a serial by Rose Louise Hovick better known as the burlesque performer Gypsy Rose Lee that began in May 1942 and How Paris Apaches Terrorize Nazis in Girl Orgies and Sex Outrages by Jap Soldiers articles in the July and August 1942 issues 159 The hearings were thought by most publishers to be pointless and nobody from Munsey attended Argosy briefly lost its permit as a result 160 note 8 but did not miss any issues 63 When Popular Publications acquired Argosy at the end of 1942 they announced that it would immediately return to a fiction only format 161 Richard Abbott the editor of Writer s Digest commented that Popular were again making Argosy the fine old book it was and that when they acquired Argosy it had recently been degraded by wretched editing 162 In September 1943 the format changed from pulp to slick but Popular still planned to print only fiction Rogers Terrill the editor announced that we have stepped out of the pulp field entirely We felt there was room in the country for an all fiction slick and we re it 72 163 Slick men s magazine era edit nbsp Harry Steeger the founder of Popular Publications and Jerry Mason from 1949 to 1953 the editor of ArgosyBy the end of 1943 the policy had changed back to include feature articles again as well as fiction 164 165 This made Argosy a competitor with slick general men s magazines such as True 72 The publisher Harry Steeger later explained the reason for the change of focus arguing that women had been the primary target for advertisers before World War II but afterwards new buying pursuits were adopted by the male and it began to be recognized by the advertising agencies that the male was an individual to be reckoned with in the purchase of all types of products 72 The non fiction material was mostly written in house in 1950 Argosy rejected over 99 of the unsolicited non fiction manuscripts it received 166 After Argosy was acquired by Popular Publications less science fiction appeared for a couple of years Exceptions included some of Walter R Brooks Mr Ed stories The late 1940s saw more science fiction again with stories by Nelson Bond A Bertram Chandler and Robert A Heinlein whose Gentlemen Be Seated appeared in the May 1948 issue and in the 1950s Argosy published work by Ray Bradbury Arthur C Clarke and Philip Jose Farmer In 1977 one of Argosy s special issues was devoted to science fiction the stories in it were all reprinted from Popular s Super Science Stories rather than from earlier issues of Argosy 12 In September 1948 Erle Stanley Gardner began a true crime column in Argosy called The Court of Last Resort 167 Gardner enlisted assistance from professional experts to examine the cases of dozens of convicts who maintained their innocence after their appeals were exhausted The column ran for ten years ending in October 1958 and was adapted for television as a 26 episode series by NBC Many of the convictions were eventually overturned 168 73 Assessment editJohn Clute discussing the American pulp magazines in the first two decades of the twentieth century has described The Argosy and its companion The All Story as the most important pulps of their era 169 In the era before the Second World War Argosy was regarded as one of the Big Four pulp magazines along with Blue Book Adventure and Short Stories 170 171 In the early 1960s Theodore Peterson a magazine historian considered the slick incarnation of Argosy along with True to be the best magazines of their kind 68 Peterson suggests that it was the success of these two magazines that led to the expansion of the men s magazine market during the 1950s 68 Additional bibliographic details editTitles edit Argosy s title changed many times either in an attempt to attract more readers or because of mergers with other magazines 172 Title Issue dates NotesThe Golden Argosy December 9 1882 November 24 1888The Argosy December 1 1888 January 18 1919 Shortened to avoid the implication that it was a children s magazine 15 The Argosy and Railroad Man s Magazine January 25 1919 May 24 1919 Merged with The Railroad Man s Magazine 47 Argosy May 31 1919 July 17 1920Argosy All Story Weekly July 24 1920 September 28 1929 Merged with All Story Weekly 173 Argosy October 5 1929 February 21 1942 Often Argosy Weekly on the cover but just Argosy on the masthead 45 The New Argosy March 7 1942 July 1942 Part of an attempt to improve circulation 12 158 Argosy August 1942 March April 2004Argosy Quarterly Spring 2005Argosy Fall 2016Reprint magazines and anthologies edit The long history of Argosy meant that by the 1930s there were many stories readers had heard of but could no longer obtain In response to reader requests Munsey launched Famous Fantastic Mysteries in 1939 to reprint old stories from both Argosy and All Story Weekly The following year Munsey launched Fantastic Novels another reprint magazine to make longer stories available without needing to serialize them in Famous Fantastic Mysteries Fantastic Novels only lasted five issues before being discontinued in 1941 but Famous Fantastic Mysteries lasted for 81 issues ceasing publication with the June 1953 issue 174 175 Popular brought back Fantastic Novels for another 20 issues between 1948 and 1951 and also produced five issues of A Merritt s Fantasy Magazine also as a reprint venue for stories from the old Munsey magazines between 1949 and 1950 175 176 In 1976 Popular published two anthology magazines of stories mostly science fiction and fantasy titled The Best of Argosy Annual though only some of the stories included had originally appeared in Argosy 47 A collection of science fiction stories from the early years of The Argosy was edited by Gene Christie and published in 2010 titled The Space Annihilator and Other Early Science Fiction From the Argosy 12 There was a Canadian reprint edition the first and last known issues were dated April 21 1924 and July 1960 47 See also editWorks originally published in ArgosyNotes edit Richard Titherington was hired by Munsey in September 1886 and recalls White being hired in December of that year but adds that in his recollection he Munsey and White worked together on the magazine without specific titles and that it was not until 1889 that White could be said to have definitely taken over as editor 15 This is how Munsey s biographer recounts the events citing Douglas as his source but Harry s Scheme appeared in the February 3 1883 issue of The Golden Argosy before Rideout went bankrupt so Douglas may not have been editor at the time or he may have been hired before Munsey took control of the magazine 13 19 Britt quotes a circulation of 150 000 but this appears to be an error as Munsey twice cites a circulation peak of 115 000 in his own account of events 24 30 29 Bedford Jones tracked down 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