Auctions: comic books in 'Pulp Adventure'

Adventure (1910-1971 Ridgway/Butterick/Popular/New Publications) Pulp/Magazine Vol. 131 #1 VG/FN 5.0

Volume 131, Issue 1 - July, 1956. 8.5" x 11", 82 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Argosy Part 5: Argosy Magazine (1943-1979 Popular) Vol. 318 #1 FN 6.0

Dime Detective Magazine (1931-1953 Popular Publications) Pulp Vol. 19 #1 VG- 3.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Front cover detached 10%. Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Extensive. Staple rust: Slight.

Volume 19, Issue 1 - August, 1935. 6.75" x 9.75", 130 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

Doc Savage (1966 Gold Key) 1 VF 8.0

Number/month on cover: 10192-611, no month listed. Comic book version of the pulp magazine hero of the 1930s/40s. Issue features an adaptation of the Doc Savage story "The Thousand-Headed Man" in which Doc and his team search for the three keys which will lead to the Thousand-Headed Man. Pinups on inside and back covers. No ads, entire issue is comic from cover to cover. Story and art credits: unknown. Cover price $0.12.

Everybody's Magazine (1899-1930 The Ridgway Co.) Pulp Vol. 13 #1 FN- 5.5

Paper: Off white

Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.

Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 10 #3 CGC 6.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4416090004

"The Scarlet Plague" a novelette by Jack London.

Volume 10, Issue 3 - February, 1949. Cover by Lawrence Stevens. Stories by Inez Haynes Gillmore and Jack London. Illustrations by Lawrence Stevens and Leydenfrost. Book-length novel: "Angel Island" by Inez Haynes Gillmore - Five desperate, earthbound men...an isle where Love and Death were neighbors...a day when wings fought free of fetters to make a strange new world. Novelette: "The Scarlet Plague" by Jack London - Across a sick world it had crept, leaving man and his works destroyed. Now, in the twilight of history, only one remembered -- a blurred and faded picture of the death of our times. Also: The Readers' Viewpoint; In the Next Issue; Masters of Fantasy by Neil Austin - M.P. Shiel, High Priest of Phantasy; and The Lawrence Portfolio. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., 130 newsprint pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

Famous Fantastic Mysteries (1939-1953 Frank A. Munsey/Popular/Altus) Pulp Vol. 10 #3 CGC 5.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4416200007

"The Scarlet Plague" a novelette by Jack London.

Volume 10, Issue 3 - February, 1949. Cover by Lawrence Stevens. Stories by Inez Haynes Gillmore and Jack London. Illustrations by Lawrence Stevens and Leydenfrost. Book-length novel: "Angel Island" by Inez Haynes Gillmore - Five desperate, earthbound men...an isle where Love and Death were neighbors...a day when wings fought free of fetters to make a strange new world. Novelette: "The Scarlet Plague" by Jack London - Across a sick world it had crept, leaving man and his works destroyed. Now, in the twilight of history, only one remembered -- a blurred and faded picture of the death of our times. Also: The Readers' Viewpoint; In the Next Issue; Masters of Fantasy by Neil Austin - M.P. Shiel, High Priest of Phantasy; and The Lawrence Portfolio. 7-in. x 9 1/2-in., 130 newsprint pages, B&W. Published by Popular Publications Cover price $0.25.

Green Hornet Comics (1940) 18 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. 2 wraps missing (affects "Invisible Paint" and "Dam of Death" stories). Staple missing (not manufacturing).

Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories and art by Jerry Robinson, Marv Lev, Bob Powell, Art Helfant, and Arturo Cazeneuve. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. Nazi saboteurs enlist American hoboes to target a dam, in GH stories with art by Joker co-creator Jerry Robinson. The Twinkle Twins meet Mike the Muscle's nephew Mikey, a juvenile delinquent in the making, and try to set him straight. The clue to a million-dollar robbery is a crate of oranges, in a story that promotes War Bonds, a WWII fundraising drive. Bondage cover by comics legend Alex Schomburg references the Hornet's success in radio and movie serials. Green Hornet: The Society of the Swastika!; Spirit of 76; Mighty Midgets: Invisible Paint; Youngun and Tagalong; Green Hornet: Dam of Death!; The Story Behind the Cover; Twinkle Twins: The Lad Who was Bad!; Zebra: The Mystery of the Pink Drake Brand; Green Hornet Buzzers. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Green Hornet Comics (1940) 47 CGC 6.0

Paper: Light tan to off white

Label #4667957025

Cover by Al Avison. Stories and art by Allen Saunders, Alfred Andriola, Buford Tune, and Al Avison. The first comic to feature The Green Hornet, the radio-turned-movie superhero from the creator of the Lone Ranger. The Green Hornet sets out to prove that an escaped convict is innocent of murder. The reader is invited to solve several two-page mysteries before the Green Hornet can. Plus reprints of the classic comic strip Kerry Drake, as Dr. Zero immobilizes Kerry with spider venom and takes him captive. Green Hornet: The Double-Cross Murder; Green Hornet's U-Solve-It Mystery; Kerry Drake; The Story Behind the Cover; Green Hornet: Trapping a Murderer! Final issue of the series. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Marvel Science Fiction (1951-1952 Stadium) Pulp / Digest Vol. 3 #4 FN 6.0

Marvel Science Stories (1938-1939 Postal Publications) Pulp 1st Series Vol. 1 #4 CGC 4.0

Paper: White

Label #4392596013

April 1939. Cover by Norman Saunders. Science Fiction stories by John Taine and Harl Vincent. 7" x 10"; black and white; 128 newsprint pages. Cover price $0.15.

Pluck and Luck (1898-1929 Frank Tousey) Magazine 782 VG- 3.5

May 28, 1913. "Young Monte Cristo; or, The Millions of the Sunken Island" by Howard Austin. 11" x 8", 36 pages. Cover price $0.05.

Shadow Comics (1940 Street & Smith) Vol. 4 #5 GD- 1.8

Miswrap/cut, edge damage (some pages not fully cut during manufacturing). Cover coming loose at the staple. Small punctures to back cover. Internal tearing. Water spotting.

Shadow Comics (1940 Street & Smith) Vol. 7 #5 CGC 3.5

Paper: Cream to off white

Label #4200612001

Shadow Comics (1940 Street & Smith) Vol. 7 #10 GD+ 2.5 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Piece fill, color touch and TRIMMED.