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Fantastic (1952-1980 Ziff-Davis/Ultimate) comic books 1938-1955

  • Vol. 1 #1
    Fantastic (1952-1980 Ziff-Davis/Ultimate) Vol. 1 #1


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    Volume 1, Issue 1 - Summer, 1952. Cover by Barye Phillips and L.R. Summers. Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories: "Six and Ten are Johnny" by Walter M. Miller, Jr., "For Heaven's Sake" by Sam Martinez, "Someday They'll Give us Guns" by Paul W. Fairman, "Full Circle" by Louise Lee outlaw, "The Opal Necklace" by Kris Neville, "The Smile" by Ray Bradury, "And Three To Get Ready" by H.L. Gold, "What If" by Isaac Asimov, and "Professor Bingo's Snuff" by Raymond Chandler. Softcover Pulp Digest, 5 1/2-in x 8-in, 162 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 1 #2
    Fantastic (1952-1980 Ziff-Davis/Ultimate) Vol. 1 #2


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    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 50%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    Fall 1952. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Anthony Boucher, Roy Huggins, Theodore Sturgeon, Truman Capote (reprinting his classic "Miriam" story, winner of the O. Henry Award), Jerome Bixby, Fritz Leiber, Eric Frank Russell, Dean Evans, and Edgar Allan Poe. Heinrich Kley portfolio. Front cover by Leo R. Summers. Back cover by George Tooker. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white with some spot color; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 1 #3
    Fantastic (1952-1980 Ziff-Davis/Ultimate) Vol. 1 #3


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    Nov-Dec 1952. Science fiction and fantasy stories by "Mickey Spillane" (ghost written by H. Browne. , Richard Matheson, Chad Oliver, Dean Evans, Cornell Woolrich, Ivor Jorgensen, Ralph Robin, John Jakes, E.M. Forster, and Edgar Allan Poe. Virgil Finlay illustration. Wraparound cover by Barye W. Phillips. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white with some spot color; 160 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 2 #1
    Fantastic (1952-1980 Ziff-Davis/Ultimate) Vol. 2 #1


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    • Front cover detached 60%.
    • .5" Spine split from bottom.

    Jan-Feb 1953. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Richard Matheson, Henry Kuttner, C.M. Kornbluth, Edgar Allan Poe and Robert Bloch, Joseph Shallit, Del Molarsky, Samuel Hopkins Adams, Kris Neville, Dean Evans, and John Wyndham. Virgil Finlay and Heinrich Kley illustrations. Wraparound cover by Robert Frankenberg. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white with some spot color; 164 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

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    • Water damage: Slight.
    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.

    March-April 1953. Cover by Richard Powers. Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories: "The Third Guest" by B. Traven, "The Delicate Dinosaur" by William Markham Altman, "The Cold Green Eye" by Jack Williamson, "Something For The Woman" by Ivar Jorgensen, "The Sword of Yung Lo" by Maurice Walsh, "Stop On The Red" by Franklin Gregory, "Escape Me Never" by J.T. M'intosh, "Root of Evil" by Shirley Jackson, "A Star Falls On Broadway" by Harry Fletcher, "Three Wishes" by Poul Anderson, "The Devil George and Rosie" by John Collier, and "The Tourists" by Billy Rose. Softcover Pulp Digest, 5 1/2-in x 8-in, 164 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 2 #3
    Fantastic (1952-1980 Ziff-Davis/Ultimate) Vol. 2 #3


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    • Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Staple rust: Slight.

    May-June 1953. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Isaac Asimov, Alfred Bester, Stephen Vincent Benet, William P. McGivern, John Wyndham, Roger Dee, Esther Carlson, and Chad Oliver. Bernard Krigstein illustrations. Wraparound cover by W.T. Mars. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white with some spot color; 164 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

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    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

    July-Aug 1953. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Theodore Sturgeon, Evelyn Waugh, John Wyndham, Ralph Robin, William P. McGivern, H.L. Gold, Charles Larson, Ivar Jorgensen, Robert Terrall, and Robert Sheckley. Cover by Rupert Conrad. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white with some spot color; 164 pages. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 2 #5
    Fantastic (1952-1980 Ziff-Davis/Ultimate) Vol. 2 #5


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    Sept-Oct 1953. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Walter M. Miller Jr., Ralph Robin, William P. McGivern, Richard Matheson, Jerome Bixby, Robert Sheckley, Mack Reynolds, Phillip Latham, and Ivar Jorgensen. Bernard Krigstein illustration. Cover by Leo Summers. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 148 pages. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 2 #6
    Fantastic (1952-1980 Ziff-Davis/Ultimate) Vol. 2 #6


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    • Water damage: Slight.
    • Water damage.

    Nov-Dec 1953. Science fiction and fantasy stories by William P. McGivern, Frank M. Robinson, Robert Sheckley, Rog Phillips, Robert Bloch, Ralph Robin, Wallace West and Richard Burr, and Bill Peters. Cover by Vernon Kramer. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 132 pages. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 3 #1
    Fantastic (1952-1980 Ziff-Davis/Ultimate) Vol. 3 #1


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    • 1/2" Cumulative spine split. Water damage.

    Jan-Feb 1953. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Ray Bradbury, Algis Budrys, Walter M. Miller Jr., Wallace West and John Hillyard, Frank Freeman, Jerome Bixby, Vern Fearing, William P. McGivern, Sam Merwin, and Gordon Schendel. Cover by Vernon Kramer. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 3 #2
    Fantastic (1952-1980 Ziff-Davis/Ultimate) Vol. 3 #2

    April 1954. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Theodore Sturgeon, William Lindsay Gresham, William P. McGivern, Robert Bloch, Jerome Bixby, Doris E. Kaye, and Naille Wilde. Cover by Augusto Marin. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

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  • Vol. 3 #3
    Fantastic (1952-1980 Ziff-Davis/Ultimate) Vol. 3 #3
    • 1/4" Spine split from top.
    • 2 1/4" Cumulative spine split. Staple rust with migration.

    June 1954. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Robert K. White, Robert Sheckley, J. Munro MacLennan, Richard Matheson, Lawrence Chandler, Vern Fearing, William Lindsay Gresham, Randall Garrett, Richard Wilson, Michael Shaara, Louis Estes. Cover by Ernest Schroeder. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 3 #4
    Fantastic (1952-1980 Ziff-Davis/Ultimate) Vol. 3 #4


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    Volume 3, Issue 4 - August, 1954. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Ivar Jorgensen, Lysander Kemp, Milton Lesser, J.B. Drexel, Winston Marks, and Vern Fearing. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 3 #5
    Fantastic (1952-1980 Ziff-Davis/Ultimate) Vol. 3 #5

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    Oct 1954. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Milton Lesser, Stan Baer, Lee Priestley, Jerome Bixby, Michael Fischer, and Gerald Vance. Cover by Ernie Barth. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 3 #6
    Fantastic (1952-1980 Ziff-Davis/Ultimate) Vol. 3 #6


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    Dec 1954. Science fiction and fantasy stories by John Toland, Robert Moore Williams, Niall Wilde, Lawrence Chandler, and Raymond Stark. Cover by Ralph Castenir. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 4 #1
    Fantastic (1952-1980 Ziff-Davis/Ultimate) Vol. 4 #1

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    February 1955. Science fiction and fantasy stories by C.H. Thames, Henry Still, Lawrence Chandler, Lysander Kemp, Joy Hall, Richard Wilson, and Milton Lesser. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 4 #2
    Fantastic (1952-1980 Ziff-Davis/Ultimate) Vol. 4 #2


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    April 1955. Science fiction and fantasy stories by C.H. Thames, Henry Still, Lawrence Chandler, Lysander Kemp, Joy Hall, Richard Wilson, and Milton Lesser. Virgil Finlay (3) and George Evans illustrations. Cover by Edward Valigursky. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 4 #3
    Fantastic (1952-1980 Ziff-Davis/Ultimate) Vol. 4 #3


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    • Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.
    • Front cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.

    June 1955. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Paul W. Fairman, J.J. Allerton, Ron Butler, P.F. Costello, and C.H. Thames. George Evans illustration. Cover by Edward Valigursky. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 4 #4
    Fantastic (1952-1980 Ziff-Davis/Ultimate) Vol. 4 #4


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    • Water damage: Slight.

    Aug 1955. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Frank Herbert, Dick Purcell, Winston Marks, Paul W. Fairman, and Milton Lesser. Cover by Edward Valigursky. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 4 #5
    Fantastic (1952-1980 Ziff-Davis/Ultimate) Vol. 4 #5


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    Oct 1955. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Clee Garson, Lee Grant, Ron Butler, Alice Eleanor Jones, and Paul W. Fairman. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

  • Vol. 4 #6
    Fantastic (1952-1980 Ziff-Davis/Ultimate) Vol. 4 #6


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    • Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

    Dec 1955. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Paul W. Fairman, Ivar Jorgensen, John Toland, C.H. Thames, and Milton Lesser. Cover by Edward Valigursky. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.