Comic books in 'Pulp Adventure'

Add to cart Fine $32.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight.

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Volume 1, Issue 1 - November, 1940. 6.75" x 9.75", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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1st printing. Wildside Pulp Classics - Written by Brant House. From nowhere hurtled that black death car, and from nowhere came its grisly occupants - not of this earth and immune to bullets! When Secret Agent 'X' makes a desperate maneuver to block their invasion of the land of the living, he stumbles into a weird terror trap, and comes face-to-face with a man he knew - a man who died five years ago! From the pages of the September, 1935 issue of Secret Agent X comes this sensational, full-length novel, Legions of the Living Dead. Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 134 pages, text only. Cover price $15.00.

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First edition, 2008. Cover by Norman Saunders. Contrary to what it looks like, this is a new adventure written by Stephen Payne in the pulp style. It resembles a pulp reprint right down to the ads included and the double-column layout of the text. 6 1/2-in. x 10 1/4-in., 128 pages, black and white. Cover price $14.95.

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First edition, 2012. Not a pulp reprint but a new novel of Secret Agent X by Stephen Payne. Presented in the double-column pulp format and even some vintage ads, it certainly has the flavor of a pulp. What is more important? Life—or lucre? Most of us would cast our vote in favor of life. But for one group of men, wealth possesses a far greater hold. Such a position becomes apparent when a New York publishing magnate dies in a horrible fit of madness. In response his surviving friends band together, vowing they would rather die than capitulate to his murderer. His name? The Fool. And Secret Agent X, man of a thousand faces, found that even he was not immune from the wiles of a madman. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 204 pages, black and white. Cover price $14.95.

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First edition, 2014. Not a pulp reprint but a new adventure by Stephen Payne. Introduction by Tom Johnson. Lengthy afterword by Payne explaining how he wanted to write the origin story of the Secret Agent. What was the shocking connection between the Secret Agent and the white-robed crime king, the Resurrectionist? And why was this weird villain murdering men, only to raise them from the dead? True, he was out to enrich himself, since he plundered on a grand scale. But he was really out for power and control. Such dominion would he gain only after he had acquired that most closely guarded of secrets - the real identity of Secret Agent X. And the Man of a Thousand Faces realized that even he might finally have run out of time - and surprises. 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 316 pages (almost an inch thick!), black and white. Cover price $14.95.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $420.00 View scans Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

NOTE: This issue was printed earlier int he same year as Confessions of a Federal Dick. Cover price $0.35.

Add to cart Good $105.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 4, Issue 1 - December 1, 1932. 7" x 10", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $145.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 4, Issue 6 - February 15, 1933. 7" x 10", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $145.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 5, Issue 4 - April 15, 1933. 7" x 10", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $310.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 6, Issue 3 - July 1, 1933. 7" x 10", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $720.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 7, Issue 1 - September 1, 1933. 7" x 10", black and white, 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $32.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 7, Issue 5 - November 1, 1933. 7" x 10", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $95.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Add to cart Very Good $105.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 8, Issue 1 - December 1, 1933. Cover by G. Rozen. Stories include "The Crime Clinic" by Maxwell Grant; "The Kidnapped Car" by Laurence Donovan; "Dust to Dust" by Charles M. Stuart; and "Mr. Grawitz Comes Home" by Michael Tilden. 7" x 10", black and white, 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $89.00 View scans Paper: Off white

Volume 9, Issue 4 - April 15, 1934. Cover by G. Rozen. Stories include "Crime Circus" by Maxwell Grant; "Fahey Gets a Break" by Milton Burns; "Regular Routine" by A.D. Kelly; and "High Steel" by Laurence Donovan. 7" x 10", black and white, 136 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $59.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 25%. Back cover detached 25%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 11, Issue 1 - September 1, 1934. 7" x 10", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $56.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

November 15, 1934. Stories include "Doom on the Hill" by Maxwell Grant; "Murder at the Crossing" by Paul Ernst; "Killer's Goal" by Anson Hatch; and "Crown for a Killer" by Bruce Harley plus the columns "Codes" by Henry Lysing and "The Third Degree" by Dean Callahan. 7" x 10", black and white, 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $56.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

Volume 13, Issue 4 - April 15, 1935. 7" x 10", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $105.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 14, Issue 1 - June 1, 1935. 7" x 10", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $48.00 View scans Paper: Off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 14, Issue 2 - June 15, 1935. 7" x 10", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $39.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 30%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 15, Issue 5 - November 1, 1935. 7" x 10", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $110.00 View scans Paper: Off white

Add to cart Very Good $105.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Staple rust. Foxing. Soiling. Moisture damage.

Volume 15, Issue 6 - November 15, 1935. 7" x 10", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $155.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

December 15, 1936. Stories include "Intimidation, Inc." by Maxwell Grant; "One for the Record" by Alan Hathaway; "Key Witness" by James Duncan; and "Shoe Leather Kid" by Steve Fisher plus the columns "Codes" by Henry Lysing and "The Third Degree" by Dean Callahan. 7" x 10", black and white, 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $62.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 20%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

January 15, 1937. Stories include "Foxhound" by Maxwell Grant; "Water Cop" by Bruce Harley; "Chinatown Kid" by Steve Fisher; and "Murder Epic" by Saunders M. Cummings plus the columns "Codes" by Henry Lysing and "The Third Degree" by Dean Callahan. 7" x 10", black and white, 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $125.00 View scans Paper: Cream Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 10%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

June 15, 1937. Stories include "The Shadow's Rival" by Maxwell Grant; "Saturday Night Kid" by Steve Fisher; "The Ghost Cop" by Harold A. Davis; "Midnight Reporter" by Stephen Gould; and "The Flying Skull" by Frank Gruber, plus the columns "Codes" by Henry Lysing and "The Third Degree" by Dean Callahan. 7" x 10", black and white, 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $77.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

July 1, 1937. Stories include "Crime, Insured" by Maxwell Grant; "Smooth as Silk" by Frankie Lewis; "Murder: Made to Order" by Joseph H. Hernandez; "The Gleaming Hand" by Norman A. Daniels; and "Flashback to Murder" by Ben Conlon, plus the columns "Codes" by Henry Lysing and "The Third Degree" by Dean Callahan. 7" x 10", black and white, 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $86.00 View scans Paper: Off white

November 1, 1937. Photo cover of actor Rod LaRocque as the Shadow. The Shadow stars in "Death Turrets" by Maxwell Grant. Other detective and mystery stories by Steve Fisher, Norman A. Daniels, and George Allan Moffatt. 7" x 10"; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $110.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

Add to cart Very Good $115.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream to off white

November 1, 1937. The Shadow stars in "Racket Town" by Maxwell Grant. Other detective and mystery stories by George Allan Moffatt, Norman A. Daniels, Stephen Gould, and Jack Storm. 7" x 10"; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $73.00 View scans Trimmed Paper: Cream Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

January 15, 1938. Cover by Rozen. Stories include "Hills of Death" by Maxwell Grant; "Shanghai Transport" by Stephen Gould; "A Bowler's Mark of Death" by George Allan Moffatt; and "Crime Rides Light" by William G. Bogart, plus the columns "Codes" by Henry Lysing and "The Third Degree" by Dean Callahan. Ed Cartier illustrations. 6.5" x 9", black and white, 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fair $27.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Back cover detached 50%. Front Cover Detached. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 25, Issue 3 - April 1, 1938. 7" x 10", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $62.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream

Add to cart Good $59.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white 7" Spine split from top of book.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $27.00 View scans RESTORATION: Cover trimmed. Tape over tears on cover. Dime size pieces chipped off on several interior pages.

Volume 25, Issue 6 - May 15, 1938. Stories include "The Hand" by Maxwell Grant (1st of 5 appearances of The Hand); "Magenta Murder" by Frank Gruber; "Death in the News" by Milton Lowe; "Painted Alibi" by Norman A. Daniels; and "Border Racket" by William G. Bogart plus the columns "Codes" by Henry Lysing and "The Third Degree" by Dean Callahan. Ed Cartier illustrations. 7" x 10", black and white, 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Good $35.00 View scans Paper: Cream Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Extensive.

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $33.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream Front cover detached 60%. Back cover detached 60%. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 26, Issue 1 - June 1, 1938. 6.5" x9.5", black and white, 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

March 1, 1939. Stories include "River of Death" by Maxwell Grant; "Kid from New York" by Steve Fisher; "Lightning Strikes Twice" by Clifford Goodrich; and "Eyes That Saw" by Leo Stalnaker plus the columns "Codes" by Henry Lysing and "The Third Degree" by Dean Callahan. 7" x 10", black and white, 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $39.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 15%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Moderate.

May 1, 1939. Cover by Graves Gladney. Stories include "Death's Harlequin" by Maxwell Grant; "Storm Kid" by Steve Fisher; and "Ex-Cop" by Clifford Goodrich, plus the column "Codes" by Henry Lysing. Edd Cartier illustrations. 7" x 10", black and white, 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $45.00 View scans Paper: Light tan to Cream

August 1, 1939. Cover by Graves Gladney. Stories include "Isle of Gold" by Maxwell Grant; "The Donovan Kid" by Steve Fisher; "The Spirits Talk" by Clifford Goodrich; and "Loud-Mouth Stuff" by Jackson Gregory Jr. plus the column "Codes" by Henry Lysing. Edd Cartier illustrations. 7" x 10", black and white, 130 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $525.00 View scans 2" Cumulative spine split. Staple rust with migration. Water damage.

Add to cart FR 1.0 $305.00 View scans Full length spine split, front and back cover detached, interior oxidation.

Volume 31, Issue 2 - September 15, 1939. 1st appearance of Shiwan Khan. Cover portrait (of Kahn) by Graves Gladney. Stories include "The Golden Master" by Maxwell Grant, "When the Blind Die" by Jack Storm, and "Banana Oil" by Robert C. Blackmon. 136 pages, Text only. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $63.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white Front cover detached 5%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 31, Issue 5 - November 1, 1939. 6.5" x 9", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Very Good $48.00 View scans Paper: Off white

Volume 33, Issue 5 - May 1, 1940. 6.5" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart Fine $77.00 View scans Paper: Cream to off white

Volume 34, Issue 5 - August 1, 1940. 6.5" x 9", 116 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $105.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 20%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 35, Issue 3 - October 1, 1940. 6.5" x 9", 114 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $62.00 View scans Paper: Off white

Add to cart FR/GD 1.5 $33.00 View scans Paper: Off white Front cover detached 5%. Back Cover Detached. Water damage: Moderate. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 35, Issue 4 - October 15, 1940. Cover by Graves Gladney. The Shadow stars in "City of Fear" by Maxwell Grant. Other detective and mystery stories inclued "The Highway Kid" by Grant Lane, and "Codes" by Henry Lysing. 6 3/4" x 9 1/4"; black and white; 114 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.10.