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This theme issue celebrates the centennial of ADVENTURE MAGAZINE, the greatest pulp of them all. Articles include an analysis of pulp plotting methods by the magazine's best editor, Arthur Sullivant Hoffman; a survey of the magazine's popular series about a warrior queen in medieval Sicily; a rundown on the 1934 cliffhanger serial based on an ADVENTURE novel by W. C. Tuttle; a career overview of Gordon Young, one of the magazine's best writers; and a round-robin "Camp-Fire" discussion on ADVENTURE's best issues, writers, stories, and series characters.