What is the name of the literary magazine that first published Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Gold-Bug'?

The literary magazine that first published Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Gold-Bug” was The Dollar Newspaper.

The Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper printed the story beginning on June 21, 1843. Poe had originally sold “The Gold-Bug” to George Rex Graham for Graham’s Magazine, reportedly for $52, but reclaimed it after learning about the Dollar Newspaper’s writing contest. Poe won the contest’s grand prize, which included $100, and the newspaper secured the copyright before publication.

The story follows William Legrand, his servant Jupiter, and an unnamed narrator as they investigate a strange gold-colored beetle and decipher a cryptogram leading to buried treasure. Its secret-writing puzzle made the story one of Poe’s best-known examples of detective-style reasoning and helped popularize cryptography among nineteenth-century readers.

Later reprints can create confusion about the first publication. The Saturday Courier reprinted the story in Philadelphia soon afterward, and many newspapers followed. The Dollar Newspaper remains the original publisher, while Graham’s Magazine is associated with the earlier sale and withdrawal rather than the first printing. “The Gold-Bug” became Poe’s most widely read prose work during his lifetime.