BBB Pulp Pick - True Confessions

As noted in last week's Pulp Pick, Modern Mechanics and Inventions (et al) was hitting news stands across America in the 1920s. Another popular Fawcett publication was introduced in 1922: True Confessions - still in publication today. During the 1920s, Jack Smalley was the editor, and early issues in the run sometimes featured cover illustrations by Norman Saunders, (who also provided illustrations for Modern Mechanics).

Directed at a female readership between the ages of 20 and 35, it climbed to a circulation of two million during the 1930s, carrying such articles as "The Romantic Story of Jack Dempsey's Cinderella Bride." With True Confessions Fawcett was in competition with rival publishers Macfadden (True Story, True Romance, Experiences) and Hillman Periodicals (Real Story, Real Confessions, Real Romances, Crime Confessions).

Related BBB Articles:
01/15/2007 - Capt Billy's Whiz Bang
01/22/2007 - Smokehouse Monthly
01/29/2007 - Modern Mechanics and Inventions