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His magazine ran from April 1934 for 48 issues, until 1939 . Stories were credited to "Curtis Steele", which was a house name for writers Frederick Davis (#1-20), Emile C. Tepperman (#21-39), and Wayne Rogers (#40-48)

The run of issues contained a 13-novel series in which the Purple Empire (an unnamed Europe an power) conquered the United States, and Jimmy Christopher led the fight against them. This started with #26, ''Death's Ragged Army''. The entire Purple Empire sequence was reprinted in the 1990s by Pulp Review /High Adventure. A later sequence dealt with the invasion of the US by Japan , led by the "Yellow Vulture." This sequence started with issue #45, but was left unfinished with the magazine's cancellation.


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