10 Story Book, March 1922

10 Story Book advertised itself as "A Magazine for Iconoclasts," targeting readers hungry for entertainment beyond mainstream periodicals. This March 1922 cover presents a woman in fashionable 1920s attire—drop-waist dress, rolled stockings, and decorative headpiece—posed with a small dog. The bold red background and art deco typography signal the pulp magazine's visual strategy: eye-catching design and suggestive imagery to drive newsstand sales. At 25 cents, such publications delivered serialized adventure stories across multiple genres—crime, romance, and early science fiction—establishing the narrative patterns and visual conventions that would directly influence the emerging comic book medium.