Over the Top, Volume 3, Number 2

Over the Top, Volume 3, Number 2 (November 1929) This Street & Smith pulp features military fiction centered on World War I. Arthur Guy Empey's serial novel "Jimmie Hicks, the Doughboy" opens the issue; the initial chapter introduces privates Buck and Peewee, confined to a replacement camp. Peewee persuades Buck to escape for a concert party featuring an impersonator named James Hicks, whom Buck claims owes his aunt back rent. The pair slip past sentries under cover of darkness, Peewee's pants torn by barbed wire during their escape. Additional stories include Captain John B. Bellinger Jr.'s "When the Line Broke," Bill Morgan's "Find the Woman," and works by Edward Arthur Dolph, Kenneth Keith Colvin, Benge Atlee, and Robert Carse. An uncredited piece on General Headquarters operations rounds out the contents. The issue emphasizes combat narratives and soldier humor throughout.