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The company was formed in 1930 by Henry "Harry" Steeger. In 1942 the firm acquired the properties of the Frank A Munsey Co. . In 1949, they picked up the rights to several of Street & Smith 's pulps, and there were rumors they might acquire S&S's pulp heroes The Shadow and Doc Savage , which never happened.

Other imprints used included Fictioneers, Inc. (1939-58), All-Fiction Field, Inc. (1942-58), New Publications, Inc. (1936-60), Recreational Reading (1936-60), and Post Periodicals, Inc. (1936-60).

In 1972, the company's rights were sold to Blazing Publications, which in 1988, renamed itself Argosy Communications. Under those names, it published a few comic book version of characters, as well as allowed the reprinting of several of their properties.


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  • Argosy (acquired after 1942)

  • Dime Adventure

  • Dime Detective

  • Dime Mystery Magazine

  • Dime Western Magazine

  • Fifteen Love Stories

  • Horror Stories (weird menace)

  • Strange Detective Mysteries

  • Terror Tales (weird menace)

  • True Adventure

  • Western Love Romances



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