Sailor Steve Costigan
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Sailor Steve Costigan is a fictional character created by American writer Robert E. Howard. He is a merchant sailor on the Sea Girl and is also its champion boxer. His only true companion is a bulldog
"Alleys of Darkness" was originally published in the final issue of Magic Carpet in 1934
Oriental Stories
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Oriental Stories, later retitled The Magic Carpet Magazine, was an American pulp magazine published by Popular Fiction and edited by Farnsworth Wright. It was launched in 1930 under the title Oriental
Sailor Steve Costigan
…the Costigan stories mirrors this, especially in the endings, with their humorous stings, inappropriate life lessons, and outright punch lines. When Magic Carpet Magazine opened up as a companion to Weird Tales, Howard took some of the unsold Costigan stories and submitted them to the potential new market. The editor of…
Cover of first issue (October/November 1930), in wonton font
Oriental Stories cover for Spring 1932
The first issue under the new title, dated January 1933. The cover art is by Margaret Brundage.