# Scarlet Adventuress--Pulp Magazine--Info? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-books-manga\ **Created:** [January 12, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scarlet-adventuress-pulp-magazine-info/978101 "2023-01-12T14:11:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scarlet-adventuress-pulp-magazine-info/978101/1 "2023-01-12T14:11:45Z")
Wiki & Google have basically failed me. The SDMB is my next step. _Scarlet Adventuress_ was a Pulp Magazine, with a female protagonist. It was published at least by 1935, or earlier. Later, it may have been re-titled _Modern Adventuress_. Any info on the series, including possible reprints, would be helpful. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scarlet-adventuress-pulp-magazine-info/978101/2 "2023-01-12T14:39:38Z")
Comic Books Plus has a scan of one issue but precious little other info. The publisher is Associated Authors. There’s a little more info barely readable at the bottom of the second babe of the scan. And, get this, the editor’s name appears to be David Bruce _Scarlet_. > **[Scarlet Adventuress v01 03 (Unknown) - Comic Book Plus](https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=33001)** > > This book has 52 pages and was uploaded by cimmerian32 on May 13, 2013. The file size is 73.38mb. Publisher is Unknown ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scarlet-adventuress-pulp-magazine-info/978101/3 "2023-01-12T14:59:51Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > There’s a little more info barely readable at the bottom of the second babe of the scan. Second **page**. My Freudian slip is showing. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scarlet-adventuress-pulp-magazine-info/978101/4 "2023-01-12T15:24:40Z")
What kind of weird faux-see-thru dress with a built-in push up bra is that? Also, someone should tell that model that her left shoulder is probably dislocated. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scarlet-adventuress-pulp-magazine-info/978101/5 "2023-01-12T15:30:02Z")
Yikes! Read the captions for the illustrations in the first story! Like Ricky Gervais would say, “It’s funny because it’s racist.” ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2023, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scarlet-adventuress-pulp-magazine-info/978101/6 "2023-01-12T22:55:22Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Scarlet Adventures > **[Scarlet Adventuress](https://pulpcovers.com/tag/scarletadventuress/)** > > The Best Of The Worst ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scarlet-adventuress-pulp-magazine-info/978101/7 "2023-01-13T01:01:25Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Later, it may have been re-titled _Modern Adventuress_. Yes. Jul-1935 – Jan-1937: as **Scarlet Adventuress** Mar-1937 – Sep-1937, as **Modern Adventuress** Nov-1937 – Jul-1938, as **Scarlet Adventuress** Complete contents and cover art info available at [philsp.com/homeville](http://www.philsp.com/homeville/fmi/j00/j00599.htm#A136). Click for publisher info. If you’re not familiar with Homeville, it’s an unbelievably comprehensive site for all fiction. The cover above is given as #4 rather than #3, art by [Wynne W. Davies](https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/davies_wynne-w.htm). If you’re looking for specific protagonists, try Jeff Nevin’s [Encyclopedia of Pulp Heroes](http://jessnevins.com/pulp/introduction.html). Probably not findable, but look for the fanzine Nemesis, Inc. **#13 (Fall 1982)** - " **Robert Sampson** wrote about _Scarlet Adventuress_, a short-lived pulp magazine focused on exotic adventuresses." And Doug Ellis wrote [An Index to “Scarlet Adventuress” and “Modern Adventuress”](https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1574868) in 2002 for the The 2nd Annual Windy City Pulp and Paperback Show Collectable Program Booklet. An immense pulp fandom exists. Or used to. Hopefully some are still alive. Try to contact some of the names or people at [Pulpfest](https://pulpfest.com/). I’ve been to one and they’re lots of fun with people who know everything. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scarlet-adventuress-pulp-magazine-info/978101/8 "2023-01-13T15:07:45Z")
Is there one consistent protagonist? Or is it an anthology? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scarlet-adventuress-pulp-magazine-info/978101/9 "2023-01-13T20:32:09Z")
It’s a magazine with different contents every month. Some writers sold to it more than once, though. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2023, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scarlet-adventuress-pulp-magazine-info/978101/10 "2023-01-14T13:02:17Z")
My thanks.