Fantastic (1952-1980 Ziff-Davis/Ultimate) comic books 1959 or before

Add to cart Very Good $8.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

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.

Add to cart Very Good $8.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

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.

Add to cart Fine $17.00 View scans

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.

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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.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $9.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $3.80 View scans 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.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $5.00 View scans

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $2.50 View scans

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.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $2.50

Add to cart Very Good $2.50

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $7.00 View scans

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $3.00 View scans

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.

Add to cart Very Good $3.80

Add to cart VG 4.0 $3.80

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $2.70 View scan 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.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $5.00 View scans

Add to cart Very Good $3.80

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $2.50

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.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $5.00

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $5.00 View scans 1/4" Spine split from top.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $2.50 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.

Add to cart Good $2.00

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.

Add to cart Fine $29.00 View scans

Add to cart Very Good $3.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Extensive.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $2.50 View scans 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.

Add to cart Fine $19.00 View scans

Add to cart Very Good $8.00 View scans 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.

Add to cart Very Good $3.80

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.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $6.00 View scans 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.

Add to cart GD+ 2.5 $5.00

February 1956. Science fiction and fantasy stories by John Pollard, E.K. Jarvis, Karl Stanley, and Milton Lesser. Carmine Infantino illustration. Cover by Edward Valigursky. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart Fine $5.00 View scans Back cover detached 5%.

April 1956. Science fiction and fantasy stories byJohn Pollard, E.K. Jarvis, Karl Stanley, and Milton Lesser. Carmine Infantino illustration. Cover by Edward Valigursky. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart Fine $17.00

Add to cart Very Good $5.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Extensive.

Oct 1956. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Stephan Wilder, Randall Garrett, Darius John Granger, Harlan Ellison (as "Lee Archer"), Leonard G. Spencer, and Kate Wilhelm. Four Virgil Finlay illustrations. Cover by Edward Valigursky. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 132 pages. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart Good $6.30 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Staple rust: Slight.

April, 1957. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Henry Slater, Robert Silverberg, Ralph Burke, Stanley Mullen, Calvin Knox, and Hall Thornton. Virgil Finlay illustration. Cover by Edward Valigursky. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $3.60 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

May 1957. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Henry Slater, Robert Silverberg, Ralph Burke, Stanley Mullen, Calvin Knox, and Hall Thornton. Virgil Finlay illustration. Cover by Edward Valigursky. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $3.60 View scans Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 15%.

July 1957. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Henry Slater, Robert Silverberg, Ralph Burke, Stanley Mullen, Calvin Knox, and Hall Thornton. Virgil Finlay illustration. Cover by Edward Valigursky. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 132 pages. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $14.00 View scans

November, 1957. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Henry Slater, Robert Silverberg, Ralph Burke, Stanley Mullen, Calvin Knox, and Hall Thornton. Virgil Finlay illustration. Cover by Edward Valigursky. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 132 pages. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart Good $4.00

December 1957. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Henry Slater, Robert Silverberg, Ralph Burke, Stanley Mullen, Calvin Knox, and Hall Thornton. Virgil Finlay illustration. Cover by Edward Valigursky. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart Good $4.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

March 1958. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Henry Slater, Robert Silverberg, Ralph Burke, Stanley Mullen, Calvin Knox, and Hall Thornton. Virgil Finlay illustration. Cover by Edward Valigursky. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart Good $4.00

April 1958. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Henry Slater, Robert Silverberg, Ralph Burke, Stanley Mullen, Calvin Knox, and Hall Thornton. Virgil Finlay illustration. Cover by Edward Valigursky. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 132 pages. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $3.60 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

July 1958. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Henry Slater, Robert Silverberg, Ralph Burke, Stanley Mullen, Calvin Knox, and Hall Thornton. Virgil Finlay illustration. Cover by Edward Valigursky. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart Good $2.50

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $2.50 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Nov 1958. Cover by Gabe Keith. Science fiction and fantasy stories by John Windham, Robert Bloch, John Boland, Robert F. Young, and Randall Garrett. Illustrations by Finlay, Schroeder, and Schoenherr. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart Good $4.00 View scans Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

December, 1958. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Henry Slater, Robert Silverberg, Ralph Burke, Stanley Mullen, Calvin Knox, and Hall Thornton. Virgil Finlay illustration. Cover by Edward Valigursky. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $24.00 View scans Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $9.00 View scans

Add to cart GD 2.0 $4.00

January, 1959. Cover by Edward Valigursky. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Marion Zimmer Bradely, Tom Godwin, John Christopher, A. Bertram Chandler, and Jack Sharkey. Illustrations by Summers. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 132 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $7.00 View scans Front cover detached 10%.

Add to cart Fair $2.50

March, 1959. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $7.00 View scans

Volume 8, Issue 5 - May, 1959. Features The Hungry Eye by Robert Bloch, and Guardian Devil by Robert Silverberg. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $6.00 View scans

June, 1959. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart Very Good $8.00 View scans

Add to cart Good $4.00

Add to cart Coverless $2.50

Cover by Leo Summers. Stories by Robert Bloch, A. Bertram Chandler, William F. Temple, Ray Bradbury, Arthur Porges, Jack Sharkey, Ron Goulart, Robert F. Young. Illustrations by Leo Summers. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $6.00 View scans

Add to cart Good $4.00

Add to cart Fair $2.50

August, 1959. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart Coverless $2.50

Cover by Taylor Oughton. Stories by Charles W. Runyon, Mack Reynolds, Jack Sharkey, Phyllis Gotlieb, Henry Slesar, A. Bertram Chandler, Jess Shelton. Illustrations by Leo Summers. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart Very Good $3.80 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Good $2.50

Oct 1959. Cover by Edward Valigursky. Science fiction and fantasy stories by Marion Zimmer Bradely, Tom Godwin, John Christopher, A. Bertram Chandler, and Jack Sharkey. Illustrations by Summers. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $7.00 View scans 1" spine split from bottom.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $7.00

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $6.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

November, 1959. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart Very Good $8.00 View scans Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Good $4.00

Add to cart Good $4.00

December, 1959. 5.5-in. x 7.75-in.; black and white; 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.35.