From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. English: Pulp magazines or pulp fiction; often referred to as "the pulps" were inexpensive fiction magazines. They were widely published from the s through the s. The name "pulp" comes from the cheap wood pulp paper on which such magazines were printed. Pulp covers, printed in color on higher-quality slick paper, were famous for their half-dressed damsels in distress , usually awaiting a rescuing hero.
Sure, many came out during the war, and G. However, most came out in the s and early 60s. So what gives? Well, the first obvious answer is that Nazis will forever be the perfect villain; tailor made for sweaty action mags. The other reason is a bit more complicated….