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  • Item #60043283
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    True Love Affairs (1940 Munsey) Pulp 1 FN 6.0

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

    Tape on interior cover.

    Starts Apr 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.

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    Variety Detective Magazine (1938-1939 Ace Magazines) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 GD/VG 3.0

    Starts Apr 6

    Volume 1, Issue 1 - August, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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    Variety Love Stories (1938-1949 Ace Magazines) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 VG 4.0

    Starts Apr 6
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    Variety Sports Magazine (1938 Ace) Pulp Vol. 1 #1 VG/FN 5.0

    Starts Apr 6
  • Item #60199073
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    Vault of Horror (1950 E.C. Comics) 33 GD- 1.8

    3.75" Cumulative spine split.

    Starts Apr 6

    Cover by Johnny Craig. Ad for MAD magazine. "Together They Lie!", art by Reed Crandall; Agnes and her boss's attorney decided to create a major hoax on her employer, Mr. Horton, as she implied to him that his wife was having an affair with his attorney. "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Jack Davis; Children in town question people about various things regarding death and funerals, and are fascinated about a man dying in the electric chair. "Wrecker!" text story. E.C. Addict Fan Club promo. "A Slight Case of Murder!", art by George Evans; Doc Swanson gazes up at the abandoned mansion on the hill and figures it holds the answer to all of the killings. "Strung Along!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Albert B. Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Graham Ingels (as Ghastly); Tony once was a famed puppeteer, performing shows all over and becoming quite wealthy. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60632130
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    Voodoo (1952 Ajax/Farrell) 17 FR 1.0

    Full length spine split. Cover oxidation. Staples added (not manufacturing).

    Starts Apr 6

    Ajax-Farrell's horror series Voodoo managed to stand out in the crowded field of pre-Code horror comics by dint of its sheer weirdness. A voodoo mage offers to bring a doctor's wife back to life...for a price. A British soldier returns to the Irish lands where his ancestor ordered a massacre, and learns the horrifying secret of the bog people. A man visiting India becomes caught up in the Thuggee murder cult. Forever Dead; Creatures from the Deep; The Dreadful Vision; Ape's Laughter; Cult of the Cruel. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60409918
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    Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) 21 GD+ 2.5 (R)

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    RESTORATION. Staples replaced and TRIMMED. First and fifteenth wrap MARRIED.

    Starts Apr 6

    68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60617211
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    Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) 23 GD/VG 3.0

    Cover coming loose at one staple. Lateral spine tear.

    Starts Apr 6

    68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) 24 GD+ 2.5

    Lateral spine tear.

    Starts Apr 22

    68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60617213
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    Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) 27 GD- 1.8

    Centerfold detached at both staples with cover detached at one.

    Starts Apr 6

    68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) 28 GD+ 2.5

    Tape on interior cover under staples. Water damage.

    Starts Apr 22

    68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) 47 PR 0.5

    Interior is complete. Full length spine split, back cover missing.

    Starts Apr 22

    52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60454735
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    Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) 90 CBCS 7.5

    Paper: Off white

    Label #23-3D47B15-013

    Starts Apr 6

    52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940 Dell/Gold Key/Gladstone) 137 CBCS 8.0

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Label #23-3D47B15-011

    Starts Apr 6

    36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60446525
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    Wambi, Jungle Boy (1942 Fiction House) 4 CGC 8.0

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Label #4368650008

    Starts Apr 6

    Art by Henry Kiefer and others. Cover by Henry Kiefer. Jungle hero Wambi is a boy who can talk to animals, including his friends Tawn the elephant and Ogg the ape. The series resumes after a five-year hiatus. A prince's jungle safari offers a golden opportunity to his vizier, who wants to do away with him; A colonial commissioner finds trouble when trying to return a native treasure to its rightful owners; The origin of Wambi retold. Beware the Fanged Furies; How Wambi Came To the Jungle; Wambi; Spoor of the Tuskers' Graveyard; The Valley of Whispering Drums. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #56039220
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    Published 1949 by EC.

    War Against Crime (1948 EC) 6 CGC 5.5

    Paper: Slightly britle

    Slab: Scuffing on front of case

    Label #3874874007

    Starts Apr 6

    Cover by Johnny Craig. Stories and art by Ed Waldman, Johnny Craig, and Al Feldstein. E.C.'s early Pre-Trend crime title featured gangsters, gunplay and femmes fatale. Cop's wife Midge uses her inside knowledge to become a secret crime mastermind, in a story by Johnny Craig. A woman drives a man to robbery and murder, with art by Al Feldstein. Boxer Big Mike Largo finds crime more rewarding and easier on the knuckles, at least for a while. The Woman Who Loved Life; The Crusher; Too Big for the Job!; Money-Hungry. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60313331
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    Published Nov 1952 by Ajax.

    War Report (1952) 2 FN- 5.5 (R)

    Trimmed

    TRIMMED. Trimmed on two interior pages.

    Starts Apr 6

    36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60312948
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    Published May 1953 by Ajax.

    War Report (1952) 5 GD+ 2.5

    2" Spine split from top with a piece coming loose. Cover detached.

    Starts Apr 6

    "Suicide Alley," in which the North Koreans unleash destructive UFOs on American pilots; "Get That Man," in which a U.S. unit has to retrieve an enemy soldier to prove the bubonic plague is spreading in North Korea; "Operation T.N.T.," wherein an American G.I., with the help of a South Korean woman and her pet bird, blow up a "filthy communist" ammunition dump (the explosion is 'almost as pretty as an atom bomb!'); and "Glory and the Grave," a tale of the signal corps. Two page text story, "Soft Assignment," and an advertisement for the "hide away Nu-Yuth Bra - reduces bust appearance in seconds." 36 pages. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #59632913
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    Web of Mystery (1951) 10 VG- 3.5 (R)

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    RESTORATION: All three edges trimmed.

    Starts Apr 6

    Stories by Bill Molno, Lou Cameron, Mike Sekowsky, and Chic Stone. Suspense-filled horror tales that weave a Web of Mystery for the reader! 36 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60439823
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    Weird Fantasy (1950 E.C. Comics 1st Series) 16 CGC 4.0 1950 Variant

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #2086116010

    Starts Apr 6

    4th ISSUE in series (see note following) - Al Feldstein classic outer space cover. "The Last City" (art by Feldstein), "The Mysterious Ray From Another Dimension" (script and art by Harvey Kurtzman), "Second Childhood" (art by Jack Kamen), and "A Trip To a Star" (art by Wally Wood). Featured in Frederic Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent. NOTE: See 2nd Series for 1952 #16. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60176852
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    Weird Fantasy (1951 E.C. Comics 2nd Series) 10 FR 1.0

    Cover loose at both staples. several cover-to-cover puncture tears. Cover oxidation.

    Starts Apr 6

    "The Secret of Saturn's Ring" (art by Wally Wood), "A Timely Shock" (art by Jack Kamen), "The Mutants" (art by Wood), and "Not on the Menu" (art by Joe Orlando). Al Feldstein cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Weird Fantasy (1951 E.C. Comics 2nd Series) 12 CGC 5.5

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #3709612016

    Starts Apr 6

    Al Feldstein classic outer space cover. Joe Orlando The EC Artist of the Issue article by Al Feldstein. "Project...Survival!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Al Feldstein (co-plot and script), art by Wally Wood; With a civil war raging on Earth, the President of the Amalgamated Rocket Corporation believes, that with the help of science, man can reach the Moon and use it as a base; What scares the scientists is that he also intends to use the highly powerful Electron Bomb on the rebels, a move that could end all life on Earth! "A Lesson In Anatomy!!", script by Bill Gaines (co-plot) and Al Feldstein (co-plot, script), art by Jack Kamen; Chased away from his father's lab while he dissects a body, Stevey finds a stranger in the forest. Wanting to brag, Stevey tells the man all sorts of falsehoods, which he believes; But Stevey soon learns a secret about the stranger he doesn't expect to discover. Shock SuspenStories ad. "Explosive!" text story. "The Die Is Cast!", script by Al Feldstein (script and plot) and William Gaines (plot), art by Wally Wood; The I.S.E.A. of Earth has commissioned Commander Stone to write out a detailed report on the destruction of his spaceship; What he tells about is almost too hard to believe. "A Man's Job!", script by Al Feldstein, art by Joe Orlando. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Weird Science (1950 E.C.) 4(15) CGC 4.0

    Paper: Off white to white

    Label #2083299007

    Starts Apr 6

    Cover by Al Feldstein. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Kamen, Graham Ingels and Al Feldstein. NOTE: There are two issues in this series numbered 15. The issue pictured here, dated Nov/Dec 1950, although numbered 15, is the actual # 4 in the series. The one dated Nov/Dec 1952 is issue # 15 in the series. EC's influential New Trend title featured some legendary sci-fi and comics artists. An atom-bomb test dooms a couple, but their orphaned son is mutated by radiation into a super-genius, in a story by Harvey Kurtzman. A couple ignores the old man's warning not to open the back door, in the only sci-fi story from EC horror legend Graham Ingels. An alien-invasion radio drama causes a mass panic with a twist ending, in a story by Al Feldstein. Panic!; The Radioactive Child!; House, in Time!; Gargantua! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60439785
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    Published Mar 1951 by EC.

    Weird Science (1950 E.C.) 6 CGC 5.0

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Label #2093397004

    Starts Apr 6

    Cover by Al Feldstein. Stories by Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Kamen, Wally Wood, and Al Feldstein. EC's influential New Trend title featured some legendary sci-fi and comics artists. A bodybuilder gains super-strength from his scientist brother's device, but isn't prepared for the side effects, in a story by Harvey Kurtzman. A time-traveling scientist wants to save the Titanic and his parents, but creates a "12 Monkeys" effect instead, with art by Wally Wood. A harmless-looking flower found by astronauts on Venus becomes monstrous when brought back to Earth. Spawn of Venus; Man and Superman!; Dilemma; Sinking of the Titanic!; Divide and Conquer. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60488335
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    Published Jan 1952 by EC.

    Weird Science (1950 E.C.) 11 CGC 4.5

    Paper: Cream to off white

    Label #0357806009

    Starts Apr 6

    Cover by Al Feldstein. Stories by Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein. Art by Jack Kamen, Wally Wood and Joe Orlando. EC's influential New Trend title featured some legendary sci-fi and comics artists. An artificial-intelligence program develops a crush on the female scientist who's developing it. An attempt to mine the moon ends disastrously, with art by Wally Wood. Raymond travels back in time and seeks the truth about his father's disappearance, with art by Joe Orlando. Plus The EC "Artist of the Issue" featuring Jack Kamen. Classic Al Feldstein rockets and outer space cover. The Conquerors of the Moon; Only Human; Why Papa Left Home; The Worm Turns! 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #60326911
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    Published Sep 1953 by EC.

    Weird Science (1950 E.C.) 21 FR 1.0

    Nearly full spine split with tape. Cover detached. Cover oxidation with chipping. Residue. Water damage.

    Starts Apr 6

    Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein appear in "EC Confidential" (art by Wally Wood), "Punishment Without Crime" (art by Jack Kamen), "Two's Company" (art by Al Williamson with Frank Frazetta), and "The Ugly One" (art by Joe Orlando). Wood cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Item #59061921
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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 32 #1 FN 6.0

    1/2" spine split from top.

    Starts Apr 6

    Volume 32, Issue 1 - July 1938. Edited by Farnsworth Wright. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.25.

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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 34 #6 GD/VG 3.0

    First page detached and taped in place.

    Starts Jul 6

    Volume 34, Issue 6 - December 1938. Edited by Edwin Baird. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.15.

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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 35 #5 VG 4.0

    Starts Apr 6

    Volume 35, Issue 5 - September 1940. Edited by Dorothy McIlwraith. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.15.

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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 35 #8 GD/VG 3.0

    Starts Apr 6

    Volume 35, Issue 8 - March 1941. Edited by Dorothy McIlwraith. Horror and Fantasy stories in the pulp style. 6.75-in. x 10-in.; 128 newsprint pages, text (with B&W illustrations). Cover price $0.15.

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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 36 #7 VG/FN 5.0

    Starts Apr 6

    Sept 1942. Cover by A. R. Tilburn. Horror and supernatural stories by Manly Banister, Seabury Quinn, Greye La Spina, Robert Bloch "A Question of Etiquette", Fritz Leiber "Spider Mansion", David H. Keller MD, Clark Ashton Smith, H. P. Lovecraft "Herbert West: Reanimatore - Part 3 of 6", Nelson S. Bond, and Kuke Nichols. Illustrations by Boris Dolgov, Irwin J. Weill, Richard Bennett, Correll, Harold Raynor, Andrew Brosnatch, and Hannes Bok. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Item #58532976
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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 37 #6 VG/FN 5.0

    Starts Apr 6

    July 1944. Cover by A. R. Tilburne. "The Beasts of Barsac" by Robert Bloch, "There Was an Old Woman" by Ray Bradbury, and "Lady MacBeth of Pimley Square" by August Derleth, plus other horror and supernatural tales by Seabury Quinn, Manly Wade Wellman, P. Schuyler Miller, George N. Laws, Allison V. Harding, Crawford Sullivan, Stanton A. Coblentz. Illustrations by Hannes Bok, Virgil Finlay, Frank Utpatel, Elton Fax, A. R. Tilburne, Richard Bennett, Boris Dolgov, Andrew Brosnatch. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in., 96 newsprint pages, black and white (text with illustrations). Cover price $0.15.

  • Item #58542358
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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 38 #5 FN 6.0

    Starts Apr 6

    Cover by Pete Kuhlhoff. "The Man Who Cried Wolf!" by Robert Bloch, "The Watchers" by Ray Bradbury, and "The Lost Day" by August Derleth, plus other horror and supernatural tales by Edmond Hamilton, Harold Lawlor, Thorp McClusky, Emil Petaja, Manly Wade Wellman, and Charles King. Illustrations by Hannes Bok, Boris Dolgov, Dwight Boyce, Andrew Brosnatch, Irwin J. Weill, A. R. Tilburne. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in., 96 newsprint pages, black and white (text with illustrations). Cover price $0.15.

  • Item #56790392
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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 39 #11A GD/VG 3.0

    5" Cumulative spine split.

    Starts Apr 6

    May 1947. Note: The May 1947 issue and July 1947 erroneously have the same volume and issue number. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by Allison V. Harding "The Place with Many Windows", Seabury Quinn, Carl Jacobi, William Tenn, Ray Cummings, Harold Lawler, Manly Banister, and Walter Harwood. Illustrations by Andrew Brosnatch, Lee Brown Coye, Irwin J. Weill, Boris Dolgov, Fred Humiston, M. N. Beale, and John Giunta. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Item #58210595
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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 39 #11A GD/VG 3.0

    3" Cumulative spine split.

    Starts Jul 6

    May 1947. Note: The May 1947 issue and July 1947 erroneously have the same volume and issue number. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by Allison V. Harding "The Place with Many Windows", Seabury Quinn, Carl Jacobi, William Tenn, Ray Cummings, Harold Lawler, Manly Banister, and Walter Harwood. Illustrations by Andrew Brosnatch, Lee Brown Coye, Irwin J. Weill, Boris Dolgov, Fred Humiston, M. N. Beale, and John Giunta. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

  • Item #56559399
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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 40 #1 VG 4.0

    Cover oxidation.

    Starts Apr 6

    November, 1947. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by Robert Bloch "The Cheaters, Allison V. Harding, Bert David Ross, Stephen Grendon, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Carl Jacobi, Seabury Quinn, and George Whitley. Illustrations by Fred Humiston, Lee Brown Coye, and Boris Dolgov. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 100 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

  • Item #56790393
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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 40 #1 VG 4.0

    .5" Spine split from bottom.

    Starts Jul 6

    November, 1947. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by Robert Bloch "The Cheaters, Allison V. Harding, Bert David Ross, Stephen Grendon, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Carl Jacobi, Seabury Quinn, and George Whitley. Illustrations by Fred Humiston, Lee Brown Coye, and Boris Dolgov. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 100 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

  • Item #58542359
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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 40 #3 VG/FN 5.0

    Starts Jul 6

    Volume 40, Issue 3 - March, 1948. 25th Anniversary Issue. Cover by Lee Brown Coye. Horror and supernatural stories by Edmond Hamilton "The Might-Have-Been", Allison V. Harding, H. Russell Wakefield, Manly Wade Wellman, Carl Jacobi, August Derleth "The La Prello Paper", Ray Bradbury "The October Game", Robert Bloch "Catnip", Clark Ashton Smith, Theodore Sturgeon "The Professor's Tidy Bear", Seabury Quinn, Algernon Blackwood, and H. P. Lovecraft (verse). Illustrations by Lee Brown Coye, E. J. Beaumont, Boris Dolgov, and John Guinta. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

  • Item #57073094
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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 40 #4 VG 4.0

    Starts Jul 6

    May 1948. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by Allison V. Harding "City of Lost People", Harold Lawlor, C. Hall Thompson, August Derleth "Saunder's Little Friend", Ray Bradbury "Black Ferris", Roger S. Vreeland, Stanton A. Coblentz, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Peter Phillips, and Davis Grubbs -as (Dave Grubbs) "One Foot in the Grave". Illustrations by John Giunta, Lee Brown Coye, Boris Dolgov, and Fred Humiston. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 40 #4 GD/VG 3.0

    Starts Apr 6

    May 1948. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by Allison V. Harding "City of Lost People", Harold Lawlor, C. Hall Thompson, August Derleth "Saunder's Little Friend", Ray Bradbury "Black Ferris", Roger S. Vreeland, Stanton A. Coblentz, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Peter Phillips, and Davis Grubbs -as (Dave Grubbs) "One Foot in the Grave". Illustrations by John Giunta, Lee Brown Coye, Boris Dolgov, and Fred Humiston. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 40 #5 VG/FN 5.0

    Starts Apr 6

    July 1948. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by Edmond Hamilton "Twilight of the Gods", Allison V. Harding. Harold Lawlor, Stephen Grendon, Theodore Sturgeon "Abreaction", Malcolm M. Ferguson, Manly Wade Wellman, and E. Everett Evans. Illustrations by Fred Humiston, Vincent Napoli, John Giunta, Lee Brown Coye, and Boris Dolgov. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 41 #3 GD/VG 3.0

    3" cumulative spine split.

    Starts Jul 6

    March 1949. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by August Derleth "The Testament of Claiborne Boyd", Theodore Sturgeon "The Martian and the Moron", Robert Bloch "The Strange Island of Dr. Nork", Allison V. Harding, Arthur J. Burks, Stanton A. Coblentz, and Thorp McClusky. Illustrations by Fred Humiston, Vincent Napoli, Boris Dolgov, and Lee Brown Coye. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.20.

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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 41 #5 VG 4.0 (R)

    Trimmed

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    Starts Apr 6

    July 1949. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by Fredric Brown "Come and Go Mad", Ewen Whyte, H. Russell Wakefield, Stephen Grendon, Russell Branch, Stanton A. Coblentz, Frietz Lieber "In the X-Ray", Harold Lawlor, Robert Bloch "Floral Tribute", and Seabury Quinn. Illustrations by Boris Dolgov, John Giunta, Vincent Napoli, and Matt Fox. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 41 #5 GD/VG 3.0

    Starts Jul 6

    July 1949. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by Fredric Brown "Come and Go Mad", Ewen Whyte, H. Russell Wakefield, Stephen Grendon, Russell Branch, Stanton A. Coblentz, Frietz Lieber "In the X-Ray", Harold Lawlor, Robert Bloch "Floral Tribute", and Seabury Quinn. Illustrations by Boris Dolgov, John Giunta, Vincent Napoli, and Matt Fox. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 42 #1 GD/VG 3.0

    Cover detached, tape stains.

    Starts Jul 6

    Volume 42, Issue 1 - November, 1949. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by Allison V. Harding "The Underbody", Arthur J. Burks, Seabury Quinn, H. Russell Wakefield, Ewen Whyte, August Derleth "Twilight Play", Mary Elizabeth Counselman, Malcolm Kenneth Murchie, Yves Theriault, Emil Petaja, and Malcolm M. Ferguson. Illustrations by Vincent Napoli, lee Brown Coye, Boris Dolgov, and Fred Humiston. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 100 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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    Weird Tales (1923-1985 Popular Fiction) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 42 #5 VG/FN 5.0

    Starts Jul 6

    July 1950. Cover by Matt Fox. Horror and supernatural stories by Arthur J. Burks "Shallajai", Robert Bloch "The Weird Tailor", Eric Frank Russell, Seabury Quinn, H. Russell Wakefield, Mary Elizabeth Counselman, August Derleth "The Closing Door", Margaret St. Clair, and Cleve Cartmill. Illustrations by Charles A. Kennedy, Vincent Napoli, Matt Fox, Fred Humiston, and John N. Anderson. 6 3/4-in. x 10-in.; black and white; 96 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.25.

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    Weird Tales of the Future (1952) 6 FR 1.0

    6" cumulative spine split. Cover detached. Cover oxidation.

    Starts Apr 6

    Cover by Bernard Baily. Stories and art by Tony Mortellaro, Eugene Hughes, and Hy Fleishman. Pre-Code tales of science fiction and horror from Stanley Morse Publications. Humans in the near-perfect society of 2053 set out to eliminate disease. A scientist who manages to shrink down in size is accidentally swallowed by a colleague. Plus an adventure of whimsical spacefaring hero Jumpin' Jupiter. Classic alien-abduction cover by Bernard Baily. Time and Tide; Plaything; The Purple Mists; Death Rides the Galaxy; Jonah; The Beginning or the End! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Western Thrillers (1948 Fox) 6 FR 1.0

    Full length spine split (partially taped). Oxidation and chipping.

    Starts Apr 6

    Cover by Sal Brodsky. Art by Ken Battefield and others. Gun-blazing Western adventure from Fox Feature Syndicate. Doc Webster becomes the medical resource for local outlaws, and meets a saloon singer and a violent end; Redheaded outlaw Sally Fredericks uses a bullwhip instead of a gun to commit her crimes; The new lawyer in town becomes a target for lawless Jed Reed. Wild Doc Webster; Sally Fredericks: Woman With A Whip; The Arm Of Peace; Fool's Gold. Final issue under this title; numbering continues with My Past (1949 Confessions) #7. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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    Western Yarns (1938-1939 Columbia) Pulp 1st series Vol. 1 #1 GD 2.0

    Water damage.

    Starts Apr 6

    Volume 1, Issue 1 - January, 1938. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.