JJinLV Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Hi all! I do research about the portrayal of sharks - whether positively or negatively. scientifically plausible or implausible, which species and so on - and I'm hoping folks in the community here can give me some insight into where and how they appear in pulps (and early adventure and military comics). I'm interested in both cover portrayals (if there are any) as well as narratives. These would presumably be primarily in 'adventure' stories but I'm interested in any genre. Any suggestions for where to start would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post waaaghboss Posted February 6, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2023 (edited) 1920 1943 1939 1935 1936 Not mine. Mycomicshop.com is a good resource if you want to scan pulp covers. Edited February 6, 2023 by waaaghboss Sarg, pmpknface, JJinLV and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 Cool thread‼️👍 1950's war comics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Guy Posted February 7, 2023 Share Posted February 7, 2023 Sharks are EVERYWHERE in Comics and Pulps! Right up there with Gorillas... FoggyNelson, IngelsFan and JJinLV 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJinLV Posted February 7, 2023 Author Share Posted February 7, 2023 Amazing! Yes, that's exactly what I'm looking for. Thank you for the MyComicShop recommendation. Looking through their archives now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJinLV Posted February 8, 2023 Author Share Posted February 8, 2023 As I go along, would it be ok if from time to time I posted some results on this thread? It is unlikely any of what I post, certainly at first, would be books I possess and some will likely be comics. At first it will mostly be covers and stories scanned by others that are available in various digital archives and perhaps later items I scan myself. IngelsFan and FoggyNelson 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 Did not realize there were so many sharks in pulps🤫😳 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 On 2/7/2023 at 10:05 PM, JJinLV said: As I go along, would it be ok if from time to time I posted some results on this thread? It is unlikely any of what I post, certainly at first, would be books I possess and some will likely be comics. At first it will mostly be covers and stories scanned by others that are available in various digital archives and perhaps later items I scan myself. In general, yes, that's fine. If you're going more heavily comics than pulps you might want to start a second thread in Comics General, but a few mixed in are fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waaaghboss Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 On 2/8/2023 at 6:49 AM, FoggyNelson said: Did not realize there were so many sharks in pulps🤫😳 Oddly I found more covers with octopuses than with sharks 😄 FoggyNelson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 On 2/8/2023 at 4:40 PM, waaaghboss said: Oddly I found more covers with octopuses than with sharks 😄 Eight times as many?😃😀😜 Hibou, waaaghboss, asimovpulps and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwination Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 (edited) Pep Stories v05n06 (1929-06.King) cover Bolles Do excuse my grubby copy. When it comes to scarce girlies, I will take any copy I can get. No terror here, this shark seems as tame as a puppy dog Edited September 24, 2023 by Darwination waaaghboss, OtherEric and ThothAmon 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwination Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 (edited) I don't know if we are calling the men's adventure magazines pulps for the purpose of your research (I think they're pulps), but I consider this one the most iconic shark portrayal pulp cover ever. Mort Kunstler, Adventure 1956-08 sorry for the little image, not my copy and I couldn't find bigger - Edited September 20, 2023 by Darwination OtherEric, PopKulture, Pat Calhoun and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwination Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 Not mine, but I saw it in the upcoming Kump Adventure/Jungle Auction at HA and thought of this thread October 1929 Robot Man 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTheDuck Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 Not the main attraction of this cover, but present. Generally, I find sharks portrayed as the stone-cold man-killers they really are./s Darwination 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwination Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 (edited) lol, Bob Edited September 29, 2023 by Darwination frozentundraguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwination Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 (edited) Not in my collection, but on the bay - I always seem to notice the shark covers after this thread. A very strange sweat in the Weider stable, American Manhood, art by Peter Poulton Edited January 15 by Darwination pmpknface 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwination Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 IngelsFan, pmpknface, OtherEric and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waaaghboss Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 (edited) Just found this today at a bookstore, not a shark but close? Edited January 27 by waaaghboss pmpknface, Pat Calhoun, IngelsFan and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darwination Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Now, now, if we get into octopi, it's gonna get wild in here! That's a sweet mag! IngelsFan and waaaghboss 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
