Fantastic Story Magazine (1950-1955 Best Books) Pulp comic books 1938-1955
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Published Mar 1950 by Best Books.$63.00
View scans- Paper: Cream
- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
Spring 1950. "Trespass!" 1st published science fiction by Gordon R. Dickson (done in collaboration with Poul Anderson). Stories by Edmond Hamilton, Festus Pragnell, J. Harvey Haggard, Anthony Rud, Raymond Z. Gallun, Carter Sprague, Stanley G. Weinbaum, John Russell Fearn, and Robert Arthur. One Virgil Finlay illustration. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 160 pages. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Jun 1950 by Best Books.
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"The Bore" a short story by James Blish, and "the Moon and Mr. Wick" another short story by Jack Williamson.
Volume 1, Issue 2 - Summer, 1950. Stories by Richard Vaughan, R.F. Starzl, John Beynon Harris, Frank K. Kelly, James Blish, Raymond A. Young, and Jack Williamson. One Virgil Finlay illustration. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 162 pages. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Sep 1950 by Best Books.$49.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
Fall 1950. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Stanton A. Coblentz, Eando Binder, Garth Bentley, Paul Ernst, Millard Verne Gordon, William Morrison, and Carter Sprague. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 160 pages. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Jan 1951 by Best Books.$30.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$21.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 30%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
$4.50
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Back cover detached 15%. Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Winter 1951. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories: "Enslaved Brains" by Eando Binder, "The Amazing Planet" by Clark Ashton Smith, "The Reign of the Reptiles" by A. Connell, "Invisible" by Eric Frank Russell, "Museum" by Frank Belknap Long, "The Cosmic Cocktail" by Siegfried Wagener, and "When Flame Globes Dance" by Milton Lesser. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 162 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Apr 1951 by Best Books.
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Volume 2, Issue 2 - Spring, 1951. Earle K. Bergey cover. Stories by J.W. Walsh, Francis Flagg and Forrest J. Ackerman, Captain S.P. Meek, Arthur K. Barnes, Carter Sprague, and Damon Knight. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 148 pages. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Jul 1951 by Best Books.
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Summer 1951. Stories by David H. Keller, M.F. .Rupert, Kelvin Kent, Will Garth, A. Connell, Allen K. Lang, Matt Lee, and Dave Dryfoos. Alex Schomburg illustration. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 146 pages. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Oct 1951 by Best Books.$7.49
Fall, 1951. Stories by John Scott Campbell, Wilbur S. Peacock, Edmond Hamilton, Gordon A. Giles, Raymond Z. Gallun, Chad Oliver, William Morrison, and Mack Reynolds. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 146 pages. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Jan 1952 by Best Books.$9.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 15%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
- Paper: Cream
- Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
Volume 3, Issue 2 - Winter, 1952. Stories by David H. Keller, Wesley Arnold, Gordon A. Giles, H.B. Fyfe, L. Sprague De Camp, Mack Reynolds, and Robert Moore Williams. Virgil Finlay illustration. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 148 pages. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Apr 1952 by Best Books.
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Two stories by Stanley G. Weinbaum, "Dawn of Flame" a novelette and "The Black Flame" a complete novel.
Volume 3, Issue 3 - Spring, 1952. Alex Schomburg Cover. Two stories by Stanley G. Weinbaum ("Dawn of Flame" and "The Black Flame"), plus stories by J.W. Groves, Sam Merwin Jr., Laurence Manning. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 148 pages. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Jul 1952 by Best Books.
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Summer 1952. Stories by A.E. Van Vogt (reprinting his classic "Slan"), Daniel Keyes, Leigh Brackett, Raymond Z. Gallun, Mari Wolf, and Larry Clinton. Virgil Finlay (3) and Alex Schomburg illustrations. Schomburg cover. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Sep 1952 by Best Books.$30.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$13.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
$13.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$9.00
View scans- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.
Fall 1952. Cover by Ed Emshwiller. Stories: "A Million Years To Conquer" by Henry Kuttner, "Second Chance" by W. Kubilius & Fletcher Pratt, "Orphan of Space" by Don Wilcox, "The Hunters" by Alfred Coppel, "Greenhorn" by Harry Stine, "The Question" by Ralph Carghill, and "Science Can Wait" by Ray Cummings. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 146 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Nov 1952 by Best Books.
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Nov 1952. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Joseph J. Millard, Kendall Foster Crossen, Robert Donald Locke, Rog Phillips, Alan E. Nourse, Paul Lawrence Payne, and Walter M. Miller. Virgil Finlay (2) and Alex Schomburg illustrations. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Jan 1953 by Best Books.
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Jan 1953. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Edmond Hamilton, Murray Leinster, L. Sprague de Camp, Thomas L. McClary, Richard Matheson, Frank M. Robinson, and Alfred Coppel. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Mar 1953 by Best Books.Auction opens January 4
- Cover oxidation.
- Paper: White
- Label #4474815003
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
- Water damage.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Volume 5, Issue 2 - March, 1953. Alex Schomburg cover. Stories: "Shadow Over Mars" by Leigh Brackett, "The Best Laid Scheme" by L. Sprague de Camp, "Baby Face" by Henry Kuttner, "Hero" by Horace L. Gold, "The War of the Weeds" by Carl Jacobi, "Death Ship" by Richard Matheson, and "Too Bad You Died" by Joseph Slotkin. Softcover Pulp, 6.75" x 9", 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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Published May 1953 by Best Books.
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May 1953. Cover by Ed Emshwiller. Stories by Murray Leinster, Jerry Shelton, Ed Weston, Kelvin Kent, Curt Storm, William Fitzgerald, and robert Moore Williams. Alex Schomburg illustration. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 146 pages. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Jul 1953 by Best Books.
- Trimmed
- Paper: Cream to off white
- Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
July 1953. Cover by Walter Popp. Stories by Philip K. Dick, Murray Leinster, L. Sprague de Camp, Frederic Brown, Joel Townsley Rogers, Cleve Cartmill, Colin G. Jameson Sr. and Jr., Sam Merwin Jr., and Richard Matheson. Virgil Finlay (2) and Alex Schomburg illustrations. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 144 pages. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Sep 1953 by Best Books.
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Volume 6, Issue 2 - September, 1953. Alex Schomburg cover. Stories by Manly Wade Wellman, L. Sprague de Camp, Otis Adelbert Kline, Roscoe Clark, Robert Moore Williams, R.W. Stockheker, Clyde B. Smith, Charles A. Stearns, and Sam Sackett. Two Virgil Finlay illustrations. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 130 pages. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Jan 1954 by Best Books.
- Paper: Cream to off white
- Foxing. Soiling. Water damage.
- Paper: Off white
$7.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Winter 1954. Alex Ebel cover. Stories: "The Dark World" by Henry Kuttner, "The Doulbe Minds" by John W. Campbell, "Welcome, Stranger" by Monroe Schere, "The Rebels" by Gordon R. Dickson, "Mousehole" by Stuart Harbour, "Split Personality" by William Morrison. Softcover Pulp, 7-in x 10-in, 134 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Apr 1954 by Best Books.$2.50
View scans- Paper: Cream
- Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
Spring 1954. Cover by Jack Coggins. Stories by Murray Leinster, Arthur Leo Zagat, Tom Wilson, Walter H. Mulstay, R.J. McGregor, Alfred Coppel, and William L. Bade. Virgil Finlay (2) and Alex Schomburg illustrations. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 130 pages. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Jun 1954 by Best Books.
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Volume 7, Issue 2 - Summer, 1954. Cover by Walter Popp. Stories: "A God Named Kroo" by Henry Kuttner, "The Brink of Infinity" by Stanley G. Weinbaum, "The Lotos Eaters" by Bolling Branham, "Promotion To Satellite" by Ray Bradbury, "Elixer of Doom" by Ray Cummings, "Lorelei" by Charles F. Ksanda, "A Thousand Futures" by Conan T. Troy, "Martians Twitter" by Wilbur S. Peacock, and "The New Wine" by William Vine. Four Virgil Finlay illustrations. Softcover pulp, 6.75" x 9", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Oct 1954 by Best Books.
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Fall 1954. Cover by Jack Coggins. Stories by Edmond Hamilton, Arthur K. Barnes, Paul MacNamara, Kelvin Kent, and Dave Dryfoos. Three Virgil Finlay illustrations. This issue appeared in the "Back to the Future" (part 1) movie. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 130 pages. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Jan 1955 by Best Books.$4.80
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Book length crease on front cover. Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.
$9.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Moderate.
Winter 1955. Alex Schomburg cover. Stories by Murray Leinster, Jack Vance, Kelvin Kent, Bryce Walton, and Winston Marks. Virgil Finlay (2) and Alex Schomburg illustrations. 7-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 112 pages. Cover price $0.25.
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Published Mar 1955 by Best Books.
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Plenty of great writers in this in this issue including Ray Bradbury!
Spring 1955. Alex Schomburg cover. Stories: "Fog Over Venus" by Arthur K. Barnes, "Atomic!" by Henry Kuttner, "Pygmalion's Spectacles" by Stanley G. Weinbaum, "No More Friction" by Dr. David H. Keller, "The Piper" by Ray Bradbury, "The Quick Thinkers" by Charles Foster, and "The Blue Primroses" by Charles A Stearns. 7-in. x 10-in., 114 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
