Pulp Collecting 101 — collecting

To Slab or Not to Slab....that is the question! If you haven't heard yet, CGC  (Certified Guaranty Company) launched its pulp grading service in early 2024 after decades of grading comics and other collectibles. This leads to a common question for collectors, dealers, and investors....is it worth grading my pulp? Read more to find out!

If you're here, you may be asking the questions, "what are pulp magazines?" Does it have something to do with Pulp Fiction? Well you're in the right place, keep on reading! History Lesson First things first: they are called "pulps" because of the cheap pulp paper used to print the pages of the magazines.  The pulp magazine format originated in the late 1890s in a magazine called Argosy. After success in providing cheap entertainment to the masses, Street & Smith followed suit and over the next 20-30 years more and more publishers joined the fray. By the 1920s-1940s, there were scores of...