Arthur J. Burks – Part 6: 1932

If you missed the last one…

1932 saw Ned Pines Thrilling magazines as a strong market for Burks. Thrilling Detective and Thrilling Adventures replace many of the aviation Pulps that are dwindling. Only seven of his sales are for airplane mags. Having served in the tropics as a Marine, Burks is well equipped with jungle experience for adventure stories. His having written detective fiction since 1924, allows him to write in that genre again. He sells his first detective story to The Shadow, a back-up tale called “Faith of the Lawless”.

Sadly, Burks hasn’t tried to write any Science Fiction for other magazines. We get a two-parter for Astounding but it will be 1936 before other SF Pulps like Thrilling Wonder Stories come on the market. Since only Harry Bates is paying 2 cents a word, why write for that skin-flint Hugo Gernsback at Wonder Stories? T. O’Conor Sloane at Amazing Stories might pay but AJB would be lucky to get 1 cent a word. Weird Tales even grimmer. There is no economic incentive to pen more brain operations or spaceships at this time. What will really make Burks a dyed-in-the-wool SF writer is 1934’s Cosmos experiment. Until then, we must wait…

Janaury

“The Dagger of Death” (Thrilling Detective, January 1932)

“The Mind Master” (Astounding Stories, January February 1932) For Science Fiction, he wrote a sequel to “Manape the Mighty”. This one is set in the city not the jungle. For his title he reversed Edgar Rice Burroughs “Mastermind of Mars”. For more on “The Mind Master” go here.

February

“The Cowled Cobra” (Thrilling Detective, February 1932)

“Peter Quals, Leader of Samurai” (Soldiers of Fortune, February 1932)

March

“Aztec Gold” (Thrilling Adventures, March 1932)

April

“Faith of the Lawless” (The Shadow, April 1932)

“He Who Flew Alone” (Sky Birds, April 1932)

“Rendezvous” (War Aces, April 1932)

“The Weight Maker” (Sport Story, April 25, 1932)

May

“Matchless Gentleman” (Sport Story, May 25, 1932)

“The Yellow Hand” (Thrilling Detective, May June July 1932)

June

“The Golden Glover” (Sport Story, June 25-July 25, 192)

“The Spy Who Died” (Sky Birds, June 1932)

“Squealer’s Pay” (Gang World, June 1932)

July

“Dark Angel” (Sky Fighters, July 1932)

“High Boomerang” (War Aces, July 1932)

“Steel-Fisted” (Gang World, July 1932)

August

“Borrowed Time” (Flying Aces, August 1932)

“Men of Steel” (Top-Notch, August 15, 1932)

“Those Terrible Towheads” (Sport Story, August 25, 1932)

October

“Bare Fists” (Thrilling Adventures, October 1932)

“Champion’s Heart” (Sport Story, October 25, 1932)

“The Curse of the Eighth” (Sky Fighters, October 1932)

“The Iron Leatherneck” (Top-Notch, October 1, 1932)

“Shuffle-shoes” (Top-Notch, October 1932)

November

“The Bats of Bataan” (Thrilling Adventures, November 1932)

December

“Black Dragon” (Thrilling Adventures, December 1932)

On to 1933…

 

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