The Pig-Boat and the Pup — Adventure Magazine Pulp Print

This restored artwork appeared on the July 1943 issue of Adventure Magazine, Volume 109, Number 3. Painted by Maurice Bower, the cover illustrates “The Pig-Boat and the Pup,” a nautical adventure novelette by A. H. Hoenninger.

The title uses the period term “pigboat,” American slang for a submarine. Published during World War II, the combination of submarine adventure, underwater peril, and violent shark imagery gave the cover an unmistakable wartime pulp character.

Adventure was one of the major American pulp magazines of the early and mid-20th century. Its covers used bold typography, saturated color, and scenes of extreme danger to promise readers stories of exploration, war, survival, and action.

The original magazine cover has been carefully cleaned, color-balanced, and prepared as display-ready wall art. The restoration preserves the saturated color, paper texture, bold typography, and gritty period character of the original pulp artwork. Each print includes a warm cream border as part of the design.

AVAILABLE SIZES

8 × 10 inches
11 × 14 inches
18 × 24 inches

You will receive one unframed art print in the size selected. Frame, mat, furniture, and decorative accessories shown in the product mockups are not included.

Colors may vary slightly from what appears on your screen because of differences in monitor settings and the printing process. Subtle variations, grain, and signs of age inherited from the original magazine cover are part of the artwork’s vintage character.

This print is produced to order and carefully packaged for shipment.

A bold piece of wall art for collectors of pulp fiction, vintage magazines, shark imagery, nautical adventure, and World War II-era popular culture.