Harry Steeger

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Henry "Harry" Steeger was co-founder and President of Popular Publications, one of the major publishers of pulp magazines.

Leaving a job for another publisher, Steeger's new firm launched four titles. Battle Aces was the only title to survive and more titles were produced with the ensuing months.

With Horror Stories and Terror Tales, Steeger started the "Shudder Pulp" genre. Albeit short lived, this genre was responsible for some of the most stiking cover art of the pulp era. The over the top stories of torture and titilation however, led the public look down on the fiction found in pulp magazines.