In 1934, Popular acquired 

Adventure from the Butterick Company. Around the same time, the

purchased a number of titles from Clayton Publications such as Ace-High
Magazine and Complete Adventure Novelettes. In 1940, they purchased Black Mask from The
Pro-Distributors, Inc. In 1942 the firm acquired the properties of the Frank A. Munsey
Company In 1949, they acquired all of the pulp titles Street & Smith had recently cancelled,
with the exceptions of The Shadow (due to the radio show) and their other hero pulps,
and Astounding, although Popular did not publish revivals of them all.
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 was sold to Brookside Publications, a company owned by advertising
magnate David Geller. At the time it was still publishing Argosy, Railroad, recently
ending Adventure and True Adventure. In c. 1977, Geller sold Popular to French publisher
Hachette.[5][6] In 1981, they sold the rights to Joel Frieman who established Blazing Publications,
which in 1988 renamed itself Argosy Communications, Inc. Under those names, it published a
few comic-book versions of characters, as well as allowed the reprinting of several of their
properties. In 2014 most of its titles–including all copyrights and associated intellectual
property–were acquired by Steeger Properties, LLC,[7] with Argosy Communications retaining
only a few pulp heroes such as The Spider, G-8, and Operator #5.
In 1934, Popular acquired Adventure from the Butterick Company. Around the same time, the
purchased a number of titles from Clayton Publications such as Ace-High
Magazine and Complete Adventure Novelettes. In 1940, they purchased Black Mask from The
Pro-Distributors, Inc. In 1942 the firm acquired the properties of the Frank A. Munsey
Company In 1949, they acquired all of the pulp titles Street & Smith had recently cancelled,
with the exceptions of The Shadow (due to the radio show) and their other hero pulps,
and Astounding, although Popular did not publish revivals of them all.
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 was sold to Brookside Publications, a company owned by advertising
magnate David Geller. At the time it was still publishing Argosy, Railroad, recently
ending Adventure and True Adventure. In c. 1977, Geller sold Popular to French publisher
Hachette.[5][6] In 1981, they sold the rights to Joel Frieman who established Blazing Publications,
which in 1988 renamed itself Argosy Communications, Inc. Under those names, it published a
few comic-book versions of characters, as well as allowed the reprinting of several of their
properties. In 2014 most of its titles–including all copyrights and associated intellectual
property–were acquired by Steeger Properties, LLC,[7] with Argosy Communications retaining
only a few pulp heroes such as The Spider, G-8, and Operator #5.
In 1934, Popular acquired Adventure from the Butterick Company. Around the same time, the
purchased a number of titles from Clayton Publications such as Ace-High
Magazine and Complete Adventure Novelettes. In 1940, they purchased Black Mask from The
Pro-Distributors, Inc. In 1942 the firm acquired the properties of the Frank A. Munsey
Company In 1949, they acquired all of the pulp titles Street & Smith had recently cancelled,
with the exceptions of The Shadow (due to the radio show) and their other hero pulps,
and Astounding, although Popular did not publish revivals of them all.
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 was sold to Brookside Publications, a company owned by advertising
magnate David Geller. At the time it was still publishing Argosy, Railroad, recently
ending Adventure and True Adventure. In c. 1977, Geller sold Popular to French publisher
Hachette.[5][6] In 1981, they sold the rights to Joel Frieman who established Blazing Publications,
which in 1988 renamed itself Argosy Communications, Inc. Under those names, it published a
few comic-book versions of characters, as well as allowed the reprinting of several of their
properties. In 2014 most of its titles–including all copyrights and associated intellectual
property–were acquired by Steeger Properties, LLC,[7] with Argosy Communications retaining
only a few pulp heroes such as The Spider, G-8, and Operator #5.
In 1934, Popular acquired Adventure from the Butterick Company. Around the same time, the
purchased a number of titles from Clayton Publications such as Ace-High
Magazine and Complete Adventure Novelettes. In 1940, they purchased Black Mask from The
Pro-Distributors, Inc. In 1942 the firm acquired the properties of the Frank A. Munsey
Company In 1949, they acquired all of the pulp titles Street & Smith had recently cancelled,
with the exceptions of The Shadow (due to the radio show) and their other hero pulps,
and Astounding, although Popular did not publish revivals of them all.
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 was sold to Brookside Publications, a company owned by advertising
magnate David Geller. At the time it was still publishing Argosy, Railroad, recently
ending Adventure and True Adventure. In c. 1977, Geller sold Popular to French publisher
Hachette.[5][6] In 1981, they sold the rights to Joel Frieman who established Blazing Publications,
which in 1988 renamed itself Argosy Communications, Inc. Under those names, it published a
few comic-book versions of characters, as well as allowed the reprinting of several of their
properties. In 2014 most of its titles–including all copyrights and associated intellectual
property–were acquired by Steeger Properties, LLC,[7] with Argosy Communications retaining
only a few pulp heroes such as The Spider, G-8, and Operator #5.
In 1934, Popular acquired Adventure from the Butterick Company. Around the same time, the
purchased a number of titles from Clayton Publications such as Ace-High
Magazine and Complete Adventure Novelettes. In 1940, they purchased Black Mask from The
Pro-Distributors, Inc. In 1942 the firm acquired the properties of the Frank A. Munsey
Company In 1949, they acquired all of the pulp titles Street & Smith had recently cancelled,
with the exceptions of The Shadow (due to the radio show) and their other hero pulps,
and Astounding, although Popular did not publish revivals of them all.
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 was sold to Brookside Publications, a company owned by advertising
magnate David Geller. At the time it was still publishing Argosy, Railroad, recently
ending Adventure and True Adventure. In c. 1977, Geller sold Popular to French publisher
Hachette.[5][6] In 1981, they sold the rights to Joel Frieman who established Blazing Publications,
which in 1988 renamed itself Argosy Communications, Inc. Under those names, it published a
few comic-book versions of characters, as well as allowed the reprinting of several of their
properties. In 2014 most of its titles–including all copyrights and associated intellectual
property–were acquired by Steeger Properties, LLC,[7] with Argosy Communications retaining
only a few pulp heroes such as The Spider, G-8, and Operator #5.
In 1934, Popular acquired Adventure from the Butterick Company. Around the same time, the
purchased a number of titles from Clayton Publications such as Ace-High
Magazine and Complete Adventure Novelettes. In 1940, they purchased Black Mask from The
Pro-Distributors, Inc. In 1942 the firm acquired the properties of the Frank A. Munsey
Company In 1949, they acquired all of the pulp titles Street & Smith had recently cancelled,
with the exceptions of The Shadow (due to the radio show) and their other hero pulps,
and Astounding, although Popular did not publish revivals of them all.
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 was sold to Brookside Publications, a company owned by advertising
magnate David Geller. At the time it was still publishing Argosy, Railroad, recently
ending Adventure and True Adventure. In c. 1977, Geller sold Popular to French publisher
Hachette.[5][6] In 1981, they sold the rights to Joel Frieman who established Blazing Publications,
which in 1988 renamed itself Argosy Communications, Inc. Under those names, it published a
few comic-book versions of characters, as well as allowed the reprinting of several of their
properties. In 2014 most of its titles–including all copyrights and associated intellectual
property–were acquired by Steeger Properties, LLC,[7] with Argosy Communications retaining
only a few pulp heroes such as The Spider, G-8, and Operator #5.