The Mysterious Wu Fang

The author of all seven lead novels was Robert J. Hogan, who was simultaneously writing the novels for G-8 and His Battle Aces, producing 130,000 to 150,000 words per month; Hogan was told not to rewrite, but to deliver his first drafts.

There were short stories along with the lead novel in each issue, also with a "yellow peril" theme; the authors included Steve Fisher, Frank Gruber, O.B.

[2] According to pulp historian Joseph Lewandowski, the decision to switch titles may have been because Wu Fang was too juvenile, and Dr.

[3] The publisher was Popular Publications, who were based in Chicago with editorial offices in New York.

Unpublished in the magazine was an eighth novel, V2#4, advertised for April 1936, "The Case of the Living Poison.

Three men fight a snake and lizards while a man in a robe crouches in the background
Cover of the first issue; artwork is by Jerome Rozen [ 1 ]