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  • Item #60109604
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    10-Story Detective Magazine (1938-1949 Ace Magazines) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 VG 4.0

    1" Cumulative spine split.

    Starts Jul 6
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    44 Western Magazine (1937-1954 Popular Publications^) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 GD/VG 3.0

    Starts Jul 6
  • Item #59061900
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    Argosy Part 4: Argosy Weekly (1929-1943 William T. Dewart) Vol. 242 #1 GD/VG 3.0

    Starts Jul 6
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    Argosy Part 4: Argosy Weekly (1929-1943 William T. Dewart) Vol. 270 #5 VG 4.0

    Cover oxidation.

    Starts Jul 6

    "Seven Worlds to Conquer" 5/6 a serial by Edgar Rice Burroughs, plus "Z is for Zombie" 1/6 a serial by Theodore Roscoe.

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    Beasts of Tarzan HC (1916 Grosset & Dunlap) 1N-REP VG/FN 5.0

    Sticker and writing on interior cover.

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    No Dust Jacket - 1st Grosset and Dunlap printing - Red Cover (Published by Grosset & Dunlap). Written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Art by J. Allen St. John. Tarzan's adversaries from the previous novel, The Return of Tarzan, Nikolas Rokoff and Alexis Paulvitch, return and kidnap Tarzan and Jane's son, Jack. Exiled to a remote jungle island, our jungle hero must race against the clock and overcome incredible odds to save his family from certain death! Hardcover, 5-in.x 7-in., 344 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations).

  • Item #58625062
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    Cosmic Stories (1941 Albing Publications) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 VG 4.0

    2" spine split from top.

    Starts Jul 6
  • Item #59062154
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    Detective Mysteries (1938 Western Fiction) Pulp 1 GD/VG 3.0

    Starts Jul 6

    Volume 1, Issue 1 - November, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #59726807
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    Detective Short Stories (1937-1947 Manvis Publications) Pulp Vol. 3 #4 VG 4.0

    Starts Jul 6

    Short stories by Anthony Boucher and E. Hoffman Price.

  • Item #58532966
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    Detective Tales (1935-1953 Popular Publications) Pulp 2nd Series Vol. 28 #2 FN 6.0

    Starts Jul 6
  • Item #60240500
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    Dime Detective Magazine (1931-1953 Popular Publications) Pulp Vol. 15 #4 VG 4.0

    Starts Jul 6
  • Item #60240501
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    Dime Detective Magazine (1931-1953 Popular Publications) Pulp Vol. 21 #4 VG 4.0

    Starts Jul 6
  • Item #60776234
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    Dime Detective Magazine (1931-1953 Popular Publications) Pulp Vol. 23 #3 GD/VG 3.0

    Interior oxidation.

    Starts Jul 6

    Volume 23, Issue 3 - February, 1937. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #58542332
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    Dime Mystery Magazine (1932-1950 Dime Mystery Book Magazine - Popular) Pulp Vol. 31 #1 FN 6.0

    Starts Jul 6
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    Dime Mystery Magazine (1932-1950 Dime Mystery Book Magazine - Popular) Pulp Vol. 32 #1 FN 6.0

    Starts Jul 6

    Long running pulp magazine focusing on weird mystery stories. Cover by Gloria Stoll Karn. "Dead Men Rise Up Never" by Ray Bradbury, plus stories by William R. Cox, Francis K. Allan, Joel Reeve, Ken Lewis, Cyril Plunkett, Dorothy Dunn, Talmage Powell and D. R. Banat. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., 98 pages, text, with B&W illustrations Cover price $0.15.

  • Item #60932663
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    Dime Mystery Magazine (1932-1950 Dime Mystery Book Magazine - Popular) Pulp Vol. 34 #4 VG/FN 5.0

    Starts Jul 6
  • Item #59061912
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    Dime Mystery Magazine (1932-1950 Dime Mystery Book Magazine - Popular) Pulp Vol. 35 #2 VG/FN 5.0

    Starts Jul 6

    Long running pulp magazine focusing on weird mystery stories. Cover by ?. "Wake for the Living" by Ray Bradbury, plus stories by Francis K. Allan, Arthur Leo Zagat, Joe Kent, Wyatt Blassingame, Lix Agrabee and Charles W. Harbaugh. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., 98 pages, text, with B&W illustrations Cover price $0.15.

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    Doc Savage The Man of Bronze (1991 Millennium) 1 CBCS 7.5

    Paper: White

    Label #19-2AD1FA5-011

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    Starts Jun 10
  • Item #54320288
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    Doc Savage The Man of Bronze Repel (1993) 1 CBCS 8.5

    Paper: White

    Slab: Scuffing on back of case

    Label #19-2AD1FA5-010

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    Starts Jun 10
  • Item #60820297
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    Famous Detective (1949-1956 Columbia Publications) Pulp Vol. 10 #5 GD/VG 3.0

    Starts Jul 6

    Volume 10, Issue 5 - November, 1949. 6.75" x 9.75", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

  • Item #60669903
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    Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 13 #4 VG/FN 5.0

    Tape on interior of cover.

    Starts Jul 6

    "Gentlemen, Be Seated" a short story by Robert Heinline

    Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #58747486
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    Marvel Science Fiction (1951-1952 Stadium) Digest Vol. 3 #4 VG 4.0

    Starts Jul 6
  • Item #60005015
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    Marvel Science Stories (1938-1939 Postal Publications) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 1 #1 PR 0.5

    INCOMPLETE. Piece missing from interior (affects "Survival" story). Cover glued to interior along spine.

    Starts Jul 6

    Aug 1938. Cover by Norman Saunders. Science Fiction stories by Arthur J. Burks, Henry Kuttner "Avengers of Space", Robert O. Kenyon, James Hall, Stanton A. Coblentz, and Leon Byrne. Illustrations by Paul. 7" x 10"; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Item #60591414
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    Marvel Science Stories (1938-1939 Postal Publications) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 1 #2 FR 1.0

    Tape on inside of cover. 6" Cumulative spine split.

    Starts Jul 6

    Jack Williamson, Henry Kuttner; Stant Coblentz, and David H. Keller.

    Cover by Frank R. Paul. "Exodus" by Arthur J. Burks, "The Time Trap" by Henry Kuttner, "The Dead Spot" by Jack Williamson, "Rout of the Fire Imps" by Stanton A. Coblentz, "The Thirty and One" by David H. Keller. Illustrations by Frank R. Paul, Jack Binder. 7" x 10"; black and white (text); 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Item #59062158
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    Marvel Science Stories (1938-1939 Postal Publications) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 1 #4 FR 1.0

    Slices in back cover.

    Starts Jul 6

    April 1939. Cover by Norman Saunders. Science Fiction stories by John Taine and Harl Vincent. 7" x 10"; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Item #58005205
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    Marvel Science Stories (1938-1939 Postal Publications) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 1 #5 VG 4.0

    Starts Jul 6

    Aug 1939. Cover by John W. Scott. Science Fiction stories by Frederic Arnold Kummer, Jr, R. DeWitt Miller, Lloyd Arthur Esbach. 7" x 10"; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. NOTE: Title becomes Marvel Tales (1939-1940 Western Fiction) Pulp with Vol. 1 #6 Cover price $0.15.

  • Item #56558956
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    Marvel Science Stories (1950-1952 Stadium) Pulp 2nd Series Vol. 3 #1 VG 4.0

    1.5" cumulative spine split. Cover oxidation.

    Starts Jul 6

    "temptress of the time flow" a novel by Gardner F. Fox (DC Comics writer),"The Cataaaa" a short story by A. E. Van Vogt, and "Race to the Moon" an article by Forrest J. Ackerman.

    November 1950. Formerly Marvel Stories. Cover by Norman Saunders. Science Fiction Stories: "Trin" by Arthur J. Burks, "Temptress of the Time Flow" by Gardner F. Fox, "Overlord of Earth" by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, "Firebrand!" by A. Bertram Chandler, "The Cataaaa" by A. E. Van Vogt, "The Guinea Pig" by Cedric Walker, "The Day They Landed" by Paul Chadwick, plus other editorial features. Illustrations by F.R. Paul and V. Napoli. Softcover Pulp, 6 1/2-in x 9 1/4-in, 134 Pages, B&W. NOTE: See Marvel Science Stories (1938-1939 Postal Publications) Pulp 1st Series; Marvel Tales (1939-1940 Western Fiction) Pulp; and Marvel Stories (1940-1941 Western Fiction) Pulp for earlier issues. Cover price $0.25.

  • Item #58210605
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    Phantom Detective (1933-1953 Standard Magazines) Pulp Vol. 2 #2 GD 2.0

    Starts Jul 6
  • Item #59061918
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    Phantom Detective (1933-1953 Standard Magazines) Pulp Vol. 21 #1 FN 6.0

    Starts Jul 6
  • Item #59062163
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    Phantom Detective (1933-1953 Standard Magazines) Pulp Vol. 23 #1 GD 2.0

    Starts Jul 6
  • Item #59061906
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    Phantom Detective (1933-1953 Standard Magazines) Pulp Vol. 29 #1 FN 6.0

    Starts Jul 6
  • Item #59062165
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    Phantom Detective (1933-1953 Standard Magazines) Pulp Vol. 36 #1 VG 4.0

    Cover and interior oxidation.

    Starts Jul 6
  • Item #60776242
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    Phantom Detective (1933-1953 Standard Magazines) Pulp Vol. 48 #1 GD/VG 3.0

    Water damage.

    Starts Jul 6
  • Item #60820304
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    Phantom Detective (1933-1953 Standard Magazines) Pulp UK Edition 3 GD 2.0

    Cover detached.

    Starts Jul 6
  • Item #57840789
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    Science Fiction (1939-1941 Blue Ribbon/Columbia) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 VG/FN 5.0

    Minor edge chipping.

    Starts Jul 6

    Volume 1, Issue 1 - March, 1939. Science Fiction and adventure stories pulp magazine. This issue features "Under the White Star" by Edmond Hamilton. 7-in. x 10-in., 132 pages, Text) Cover price $0.15.

  • Item #60932671
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    Shadow (1931-1949 Street & Smith) Pulp Vol. 41 #6 VG 4.0

    1" Cumulative spine split. Oxidation.

    Starts Jul 6

    Volume 41, Issue 6 - May 15, 1942. 6.5" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60776131
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    Shadow Comics (1940 Street & Smith) Vol. 3 #1 GD+ 2.5

    Centerfold detached at single center staple. Cover oxidation.

    Starts Jul 6
  • Item #60897902
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    Shadow Comics (1940 Street & Smith) Vol. 3 #5 CGC 9.6 Edgar Church (Mile High)

    Only copy at the top CGC grade of 9.6.

    Paper: White

    Edgar Church (Mile High)

    Label #4006147001

    Starts Jul 6
  • Item #54320565
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    Sting of the Green Hornet (1992) 1A CBCS 9.8

    This item's CBCS grade equals the top CGC census grade.

    Paper: White

    Slab: Scuffing on front of case

    Label #19-2B0472B-043

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    Starts Jun 10

    Collector's Edition (indicated by cover price of $2.75). Out of the Shadows. Story by Jeff Butler and Ron Fortier. Art and cover by Jeff Butler. An alternate-history series that has the Green Hornet and Kato battling spies during World War II and meeting some familiar faces of the era. The Green Hornet faces the villain known as The Baroness and a German plot to replace an American gangster with a German spy. Featuring cameos by Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, and The Shadow. Originally came polybagged with a poster and trading card and may or may not be polybagged when purchased. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $2.75.

  • Item #60043277
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    Strange Stories (1939-1941 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 GD 2.0

    Starts Jul 6

    Volume 1, Issue 1 - February, 1939. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.

  • Item #59857304
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    Strange Stories (1939-1941 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 2 #1 GD 2.0 (R)

    Restored (see item notes)

    RESTORATION. Color touch and TRIMMED. 4.5" Cumulative spine split (partially taped).

    Starts Jul 6
  • Item #54323962
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    Tales of the Green Hornet (1992/09-11 3rd Series) 1B CBCS 9.8

    Paper: White

    Slab: Scuffing on front and back of case

    Label #19-2B0472B-044

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    Starts Jun 10

    Unpolybagged and is missing Limited-Edition Hologram Card. Cover art by Norm Breyfogle. Death House, script by James Van Hise, pencils by Sal Velluto inks by David Mowry; Sometime in the future, an aging Paul Reid reflects on family history, and the one incident that Britt I would not discuss, though a Sentinel front page clipping and his own journal documented it. 1936: A major, high society party attended by the city's most elite personages is revealed to be a devious trap set by Aaron Vanek, an escaped convict who blames them all for his conviction and five years of incarceration. The mansion is laden with incredible death traps, but among the invitees is Daily Sentinel publisher Britt Reid I, who manages to not only avoid traps, but to overpower one of Vanek's thugs as well. 36 pgs. $2.75. Cover price $2.75.

  • Item #60836433
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    Ten Detective Aces (1933-1949 Ace Magazines) Pulp Vol. 19 #2 FR 1.0

    7" cumulative spine split. Water damage.

    Starts Jul 6
  • Item #60932672
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    Thrilling Detective (1931-1953 Standard) Pulp Vol. 21 #1 VG 4.0

    Starts Jul 6
  • Item #60932673
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    Two Complete Detective Books (1939-1954 Fiction House) Pulp 30 VG 4.0

    Starts Jul 6
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    Uncanny Stories (1941 Manvis Publications) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 GD 2.0

    Tape on interior cover.

    Starts Jul 6

    Vol. 1 #1 - April 1941. Novels: "Coming of the Giant Germs" by Ray Cummings, "Beyond Hell" by R. DeWitt Miller. Short stories: "Man From the Wrong Time-Track" by Denis Plimmer, "Speed Will be My Bride" by David H. Keller, "Meet My Brother - Mr. Ghost" by Wayne Overholser. Novelette: "The Earth-Stealers" by Frederic Kummer. 7-in. x 10-in. 118 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.15.