Artist: Clarence Doore.
Artist: Unknown.
Artist: Unknown.
Artist: Thomas Beecham.
Artist: Thomas Beecham.
Artist: Thomas Beecham.
Artist: Thomas Beecham.
Artist: Thomas Beecham.
Artist: Thomas Beecham.
Artist: Thomas Beecham.
True Strange magazine and its unofficial follow-up, True Weird magazine, were two sadly short-lived pulps that combined the allure of the action-adventure and men sweat magazines with the gonzo supermarket tabloids that used to claim Elvis, Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster teamed up to thwart a Red Chinese plot to knock the world of it axis on a weekly basis. Both were published by Weider Periodicals Inc., which was founded by noted bodybuilder, Joe Weider and his brother, Ben. Known mostly for fitness magazines and periodicals, the Weiders would occasionally branch out into other genres like this. Both of these salacious magazines featured “outré, tabloid-like stories that had some sensational, supernatural, occult or otherwise weird angle”. The first offered the strange, fantastic and "true", while the second held a spotlight on the incredible, weird and "factual". But True Weird only lasted for three issues, the first hitting the stands in November, 1955, and the last in May, 1956. And True Strange lasted a little longer with seven issues, running from October, 1956, before pulling the plug in February, 1958.
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