Halfpenny Marvel

*Halfpenny Marvel*
	Cover 'Halfpenny Marvel #74 from 1895
Categories	Story paper
Frequency	Weekly
First issue	1893;131 years ago
Final issue	1922
Company	Amalgamated Press
Country	United Kingdom
Based in	London
Language	English

The Halfpenny Marvelwas a Britishstory paperfor children of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, published byAmalgamated Press.It was the first ofAlfred Harmsworth'sstory papers aimed at putting the "penny dreadfuls"out of business by producing" pure, healthy literature "at a cheaper price. Begun in 1893, the magazine was originally namedThe Halfpenny Marvel Library,but was shorted toThe Marvelin 1898. The magazine folded in 1922.^[1]

References

^R. B. Kershner (1 February 2014).Joyce, Bakhtin, and Popular Literature: Chronicles of Disorder.University of North Carolina Press. p. 52.ISBN 978-1-4696-1621-6.Retrieved27 November2015.

[rbker-1] R. B. Kershner (1 February 2014).Joyce, Bakhtin, and Popular Literature: Chronicles of Disorder.University of North Carolina Press. p. 52.ISBN 978-1-4696-1621-6.Retrieved27 November2015.

[1]